First India-Delhi Edition-13th November 2022

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ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022 VOTING

OVER 800 TEST COVID POSITIVE ON AUSTRALIA CRUISE

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WB TMC MINISTER APOLOGISES FOR HIS COMMENTS ON PREZ

Begumpet/Peddapal li/Visakhapatnam (Telangana): PM Nar endra Modi on Saturday dedicated the Ramagun dam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL) plant and Bhad rachalam Road- Sattu palli rail line in Pedda palli district of Telan gana to the nation dur ing the second of his two-day visit to the southern states.

During 2nd day of his two-day visit to south ern states, while dedicat ing various developmen tal projects to the nation. PM addressed the people of Ramagundam. “PM Gatishakti Nat’l Master Plan has improved, de veloped connectivity to even remotest areas within country,” PM Modi said. Turn to P5

Kolkata: WB minister Akhil Giri addressing a rally said, “He (Suvendu) says I am not good-looking. We don’t judge anyone by their appearance, we respect office of Prez (of India). But how does our Prez look?” Giri later apologised, I did not mean to disrespect Prez.

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS

British first to divide Indian society: Ram Madhav

NEPAL, TREMORS FELT IN DEL-NCR;

3RD IN WK

New Delhi: Strong tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and Uttarkhand on Saturday evening after an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Nepal. The quake hit at around 7.57 pm on Saturday. The epicentre was Nepal, 3rd time in a week.

New Delhi (PTI): Speaking at an event at DU, BJP leader Ram Madhav said on Satur day, “The Britishers felt that one way of weaken ing India’s independ ence movement was to create a cleavage be tween Hindus and Mus lims. We must be cau tious about this dis course that Hindus and Muslims can’t live to gether. What happened

in 1947 was not just the partition of the land but also the partition of hearts. The purpose of opposing partition should not be just to unify the land but to join hearts as well,” he said.

l Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot releases Congress manifesto with 11 promises including OPS

l Gehlot hints that PM Modi might be behind name change of Sardar Patel Stadium

l Gehlot targets Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal questioning his decision to withdraw from Himachal elections

PRADESH 66% TURNOUT RECORDED

BJP LOOKS AT 2ND TERM CONG EYES COMEBACK

Moni Sharma

HELD IN HIMACHAL

17.98% voter turnout recorded till 11 am

37.19% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm

World's highest polling station 'Tashigang' re corded 98.085 polling

Polling officials brave snow to reach booths in Kangra, Chamba

105-year-old Naro Devi casts her vote as oldest

83-year-old walks 14 km in snow to cast vote in Chamba

No exit polls before 5pm on December 5

‘Pehle mat

1 2 3

Today is the polling day

all the assembly seats

Himachal Pradesh. I request all the voters of Devbhoomi to participate in this festival of democracy with full enthusiasm and create a new record of voting. My special wishes to all the youth of the state who voted for the first time on this occasion.

I was in Delhi in morning, then in Karnataka, then in TN, now I am in Telangana, at night I’ll be in Andhra. People ask me, ‘Don’t you get tired?’ I explain to them, ‘See brother, I eat 2 kilos, 2.5 kilos or 3 kilos of gallis daily, almighty has created me in such a way that… god has blessed me in such a way that all the verbal abuses are pro cessed within me and are converted to nutrition.

MODI SPEAKS

“Sun will rise and lotus

bloom” in Telangana

Telangana wants peoplefirst politics, not family-first

‘Manifesto will be Cong govt’s document in Guj’

Ahmedabad: The Con gress party on Saturday released the election manifesto for the Guja rat Assembly elections with 11 commitments which include waiving the farmers’ loan up to Rs 3 lakh and imple menting the Old Pen sion Scheme in the state.

Releasing the mani festo, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said that this manifesto would be the government’s docu

manifesto will become the government’s docu ment in the first cabinet if our government is formed. In the first cab inet meeting in Ra jasthan, the points of the public manifesto were made official doc uments. We will do the same in Gujarat,” Ge hlot said. He said a judi cial commission will be constituted for the im plementation of the manifesto.

ment in the very first cabinet if the party gets

elected in the state as sembly election. “This

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, along with party leaders releases Congress manifesto for Gujarat polls, in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

The Majestic Princess cruise ship carrying about 800 Covid positive passengers has docked in Sydney and passengers have disembarked in the city. Ship docked at Circular Quay early Saturday, having sailed from New Zealand.

BY CUSTOMS

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday paid customs duty of `6.88L after personnel at Mumbai airport found `18 lakh worth watches in combined baggage of the actor and five members of his team on their arrival from Dubai in a private jet.

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PM Narendra Modi waves to the people at the foundation of projects worth over `9,500 crore, in Ramagundam on Saturday. G Kishan Reddy and other dignitaries are also present here. (Inset) PM Narendra Modi and CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy sharing ‘laugh out loud’ moment.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

cast vote in Chamba.

voter in a wheelchair.

Naro Devi casts her vote as oldest voter.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur with his family members shows inkmarked fingers after casting their votes in Hamirpur on Saturday.

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra @priyankagandhi Dear Himachali people, You all understand the sit uation of yourself and your state very well. Consider ing your circumstances, perform the duty of voting with full understanding and make your important contribution in changing the situation and weaving the future of Himachal.

Stubble burning happening due to failure of state govts

Chief secretaries asked to respond within four days ‘positively’

Refund homebuyer’s money with interest: RERA to Vatika

Gurugram (PTI): Real Estate Regulatory Au thority (RERA) Guru gram has directed de veloper Vatika Limited to refund a homebuyer's money along with inter est after it failed to de liver the property on time.

New Delhi (PTI): After hearing the responses of the chief secretaries of Delhi and three other states on the pollution issue, the NHRC on Sat urday said farmers are burning stubble "under compulsion" and it is due to the "failure" of the four state govern ments that stubble burn ing is happening.

Alarmed over the rise in pollution in DelhiNCR, the National Hu man Rights Commis sion (NHRC) had recent ly asked the chief secre taries of Punjab, Hary ana, UP and Delhi to appear before it on No vember 10 to discuss the matter.

The Commission, af ter considering the re sponses of the states concerned and the gov ernment of Delhi, and the deliberations there on, is of the opinion that the "farmers are burn ing stubble under com pulsion," NHRC said in a statement on Saturday.

"The state govern ments have to provide

harvest machines to get rid of those stubble, but they have failed to pro vide an adequate num ber of requisite ma chines and other meas ures; as a result, farm ers are forced to burn the stubble, causing pollution.”

“Therefore, none of

the states can blame the farmers for stubble burning; instead, it is due to the failure of all four state Governments that the stubble burning is happening in the states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and UP, caus ing enormous pollut ants in the air,” it said.

Operations on Delhi Blue Line to be affected today

Delhi Metro’s Blue Line services will be partial ly restricted during the first several hours on Sunday, early metro us ers may have some dif ficulties. According to a statement from the DMRC on the directive, scheduled maintenance work would cause a dis ruption in the metro service between the sta tions of Ramesh Nagar and Kirti Nagar.

“To undertake the scheduled track main tenance work between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar on the Blue Line i.e. Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec-21 to Noida Elec tronic City/Vaishali), train services on the morning of 13th No vember 2022 (Sunday) will be regulated,” the DMRC said in a state ment.

The Moti Nagar met ro station on the Blue

Line would remain closed till 7:00 AM on Sunday, according to the order. The rest of the line’s services, in cluding those from Dwarka Sec-21/Dwarka to Ramesh Nagar and Kirti Nagar to Noida Electronic City/Vaisha li, will operate as usual. The announcement further stated that dur

ing this time, Free Feed er Bus service would be available to connect Ramesh Nagar and Kir ti Nagar metro stations.

The metro authorities also recommended that travellers make appro priate travel plans.

DMRC is developing new projects for the im provement and develop ment of metro services.

The Commission has asked the chief secretar ies concerned to remain present again either in person or hybrid mode on November 18 for the next hearing on the mat ter, and submit prior of this, their response or affidavits "within four days positively" on the points raised by it, among others, during the deliberations and considerations of their responses, the state ment said.

AQI CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN ‘VERY POOR’ CATEGORY

New Delhi: As per the data shown by the Central Pollution Con trol Board (CPCB), Delhi's air quality continues to remain in the "very poor" cat egory. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 311 on Saturday morning. According to the data, 27 out of the 37 monitoring sites recorded "very poor" AQI readings. In Jahangirpuri, AQI was at 351, 347 in Nehru Nagar, 339 in Sri Au robindo Marg, 335 in RK Puram and 334 in Bawana. According to theMet Depart ment, the minimum temperature reached 12.6 degrees, which is somewhat below the season's aver age. At 8.30 am, the relative humidity was 76%, according to the IMD.

In his plaint, the al lottee said he was prom ised possession of the unit on March 19, 2017.

However, after wait ing for more than five years, he moved a peti tion in the RERA court on May 13 seeking re fund along with com pensation and legal ex penses.

The total sale consid eration of the unit was

more than Rs 1.6 crore and the allottee had paid more than Rs 33.5 lakh, which the RERA court has ordered the promoter to refund with interest.

"The authority here by directs the promoter to refund the amount received by him along with interest at the rate of 10.25 per cent as pre

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scribed under Rule 15 of Haryana real estate (regulation and devel opment) Rule 2017 from the date of each pay ment till the actual date of refund of the amount within the timelines provided in Rule 16 of the Haryana Rules 2017," the court directed the promoter after the hearing on Thursday.

AIIMS ICUs to allow entry/exit by facial recognition

Delhi (Agencies):

From January 1, 2023, the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at the All-India Institute of Medical Sci ences (AIIMS), New Delhi, will have single entry and exit which shall be access con trolled by facial recogni tion-based systems. Fa cilities like a 24x7 facul ty and call centre for at tendants of ICU patients will also be introduced.

"All ICUs shall have single entry and exit

which shall be access controlled by facial rec ognition-based systems w.e.f. 1st January 2023," an office memorandum issued by AIIMS Direc

Trafficked Nigerian woman rescued

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Commission for Women along with the police and NGO Shakti Vahini res cued a Nigerian woman (20) trafficked to the city from Nigeria, an official statement said Saturday. According to the statement, the commission re ceived information from the NGO on Thursday about a woman trafficked to Delhi on October 24 on a tourist visa with promise of a job. However, she was held captive and her passport was taken away. Somehow, she managed to send her brother her lo cation in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar.

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tor Dr. M Srinivas said.

The memorandum added that all ICUs and emergencies at the med ical institute will have a 24x7 faculty for supervi

It has been de cided that all ICUs and emergencies shall have a faculty physically present therein

sion from December 1, 2022, onwards.

“Patient attendants are noted to be entering ICUs outside visiting hours as there is no fa

cility for video consulta tion with them in the ICUs,” the memoran dum said.

"To enable 24x7 super vision of emergency and ICU patients by sen ior faculty, it has been decided that all ICUs and emergencies shall have a faculty physical ly present therein on a 24x7 basis in shifts w.e.f. December 1, 2022. Ap propriate post duty off shall be given to the fac ulty," it said.

Court nixes plaint against Jaleel

New Delhi: A Delhi court dismissed a com plaint against Kerala MLA KT Jaleel over his alleged controversial re marks on Kashmir by observing that “society’s outrage alone is not jus tification for suppress ing free speech.”

Additional Chief Met ropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal, in

his order said the com ments can be “called the opinion of the author (though unsupported by any authority or survey etc. and is arguably in

correct) and is thus pro tected by the fundamen tal freedom of Article 19.” “However, it must be kept in mind that the freedom of speech pro tects actions that the so ciety may find very of fensive. The society’s outrage alone is not jus tification for suppress ing free speech,” the ACMM stated.

International trade fair tickets to be available at 67 metro stations

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The fair was not held in 2020 due to Covid-19. It was the second time in history that the fair was not organised. The first time this happened was in 1980

New Delhi (PTI): Entry tickets for the India In ternational Trade Fair to be held from Novem ber 14-27 will be availa ble at 67 metro stations of the DMRC, officials said on Saturday.

About 2,500 domestic and foreign exhibitors from several countries, including the UK and the UAE, will showcase their products during the 14-day fair at the Pragati Maidan here.

India Trade Promo

tion Organisation (ITPO), an arm of the commerce ministry, said this year, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maha rashtra are the ‘partner states’ while Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are the ‘focus states’.

Overseas participa tion is from 12 coun tries, including Afghan istan, Bangladesh, Bah rain, Belarus, Iran, Ne pal, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, and the UK.

The Delhi Metro Rail

Corporation (DMRC) said it will start selling IITF entry tickets for

‘business days’ (No vember 14-18) from No vember 14 and for ‘gen

eral public days’ (No vember 19-27) from November 19.

The IITF entry tick ets will be available at only 67 selected metro stations, the DMRC said in a statement.

The stations that would be selling the tickets are Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda, Dilshad Garden, Shah dara, Seelampur, Inder lok, Netaji Subhash Place, Rohini West, Rithala, Noida City

Centre, Mandi House, and Barakhamba sta tion among others.

IITF tickets will not be available for sale at the Supreme Court met ro station, it said. This station falls next to Pra gati Maidan.

IITF tickets for both business days as well as general days can be pur chased from customer care centres of these 67 metro stations from 9 am to 4 pm on all days, the DMRC said.

TO HANDLE RUSH

The 14-day fair starts November 14. —FILE PHOTO

Farmers are burning stubble “under compulsion”, says NHRC

Rights panel says, governments have to provide harvest machines

An anti-smog gun being used to spray water droplets to curb air pollution, in Gurugram, Saturday.

The state governments have to provide harvest machines to get rid of those stub ble, but they have failed to do so.

—NHRC, official statement

New Delhi (Agencies):

Columbian artists perform during the 10th Amritsar International Folk Festival, Saturday.

On Nov 8, DMRC launched 8-coach trains on Red Line from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda. These were converted from the fleet’s 6-coach trains

on a 24x7 basis in shifts

—Dr M Srinivas, AIIMS Director

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Sukesh dares Kejriwal, Jain for 'face-to-face' polygraph

n Process should telecast live, says conman

n BJP MP also calls for televised lie detector test

New Delhi (PTI):

Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has said he was ready to face a polygraph test but demanded that it should be conducted "face-to-face" with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP min ister Satyendar Jain and the process be tele cast live. In a statement issued through his law yer, Chandrashekhar also insisted that his allegations were true.

"The polygraph test (should) be conducted as a face-to-face con frontation conducted in the presence of all the three together and the process be telecasted live so that the whole country can watch the 'pandora's box' of reali ty of Kejriwal and Jain unfold in the open," he said in the statement dated November 11.

On Tuesday, BJP MP and the party's former Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari demanded a tel evised lie detector test for Kejriwal, Jain and

Sukesh Chandrashekha, (R) Satyendra Jain

Chandrashekhar. Earlier this week, Chandrashekhar wrote to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena alleging that he was re ceiving threats to with draw his complaints against Kejriwal and AAP leaders Jain and Kailash Gehlot, and

sought transfer to a jail outside the city.

Chandrashekhar lat er issued a press release alleging that he had de livered Rs 50 crore to Jain at his farmhouse in Asola in 2016, after which Kejriwal and oth ers met him at a hotel for dinner.

MAKE HIM PARTY PRESIDENT: ARVIND KEJRIWAL TAUNTS BJP ON JAILED CONMAN SUKESH

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the BJP should make conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar its national president as he was speaking the same language as the saffron party. During a press conference, he said the BJP had brought Chandrashekhar in their fold as a star campaigner.

"The BJP demands my lie-detector test and even Sukesh Chandrashekhar makes the same de mand. They speak the same language. He is fully trained to join the BJP now," Kejriwal said. The Delhi chief minister went on to add, "I have heard that PM Modi's roadshows are not drawing crowds. They should bring Sukesh Chandrashek har to those roadshows. He has so many stories of how he cheated people that the crowd will just come to watch and listen to his stories. In fact, he should be made the BJP'S national president."

WHATSAPP NUMBER TO MOBILISE SUPPORT FOR YOGA TEACHERS

New Delhi: CM Kejriwal on Saturday issued a WhatsApp number for people to pledge their contribution towards the salaries of yoga teach ers under the 'Dilli Ki Yogshala' programme. Kejriwal also accused LG VK Saxena and the BJP of "ruining the lives" of Delhiites by trying to

stop the yoga classes and other works imple mented by AAP govern ment. Kejriwal said those willing to contribute need to send a message on 7277972779 confirm ing their willingness to contribute and also mention the number of teachers they wanted to fund. Each yoga teacher

is paid Rs 15,000 per month."Whosoever wants to fund the salaries can send a message on the number saying they want to contribute for one or two teachers... We will then give them the name of the teacher and ensure that they directly hand over the cheque to that teacher," the CM said,

Civic body polls: AAP releases second list of 117 candidates

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi BJP on Saturday issued its first list of 232 candidates for elec tion to the 250-ward Municipal Corpora tion of Delhi (MCD) next month, the party said in a statement.

The remaining 18 candidates will be an nounced later. The names of 232 candi dates were announced after the approval of party national presi dent J P Nadda, said Delhi BJP general sec retary Harsh Mal hotra.

New Delhi (PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday an nounced its second list of 117 candidates for the December 4 polls to the Municipal Corpo ration of Delhi.

The party had de clared its first list of 134 candidates on Fri day for the 250-mem ber house.

Earlier in the day, AAP national conven er Arvind Kejriwal had dared the Bharati ya Janata Party (BJP) to tell the public about five things that they

have done in the Mu nicipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in the last 15 years.

“Forget even five things, let them come out and tell us about two things that they have done in the MCD. They just hold press conferences and abuse Arvind Kejriwal 24 hours in the day. They

have called me a fraud ster, a terrorist, a Khalistani and what not. What kind of poli tics is this? he said at a press conference.

Accusing the saf fron party of indulg ing in “negative poli tics”, he said, “People do not like negative politics and false accu sations.”

Woman held for kidnapping infant for ‘human sacrifice’

New Delhi (ANI): In a sensational case, a 25-year-old woman in Delhi kidnapped a twomonth-old baby boy for “human sacrifice” for “reviving” her dead fa ther. Delhi police res cued the boy safely within 24 hours and arrested the kidnapper Shweta, Deputy Com missioner of Police South East Esha Pan dey said on Saturday.

Analysis of CCTV footage during the in vestigation played a vital role in solving the sensational infant kid napping case.

The infant was kid napped from Delhi’s Garhi area on Thurs day at around 4 pm, while a team of Amar Colony police station of Southeast district

rescued him safely from the kidnapper at Kotla Mubarakpur area within 24 hours on Friday, the DCP add ed.

The DCP said that the accused Shweta disclosed her father had died in October and she came to know during his cremation

that human sacrifice of an infant of same gender could revive her father and bring him to life.

The DCP said she started searching for an infant boy in the area. She went to the maternity ward of Safdarjung Hospital and introduced herself

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adding the contribution has to be in multiples of Rs 15,000. Kejriwal said, "It was very painful when they stopped the yoga classes. Nearly 17,000 people were attend ing classes. They said they won't pay salaries of yoga teachers. Who stops people from doing yoga? It is a sin."

324 candidates file nomination forms so far; AAP leads with 70

Ahmedabad (PTI): A total of 324 candidates have filed nominations for the two-phase polls to the 182-member Guja rat Assembly since the process began on No vember 5, an official said on Saturday.

While 316 candidates have filed nomination forms for the first phase of polling on December 1, eight for the second phase on December 5, a release from the state's chief electoral officer said. Votes will be count ed on December 8.

As per information made available by poll authorities, 70 AAP can didates have filed nomi nations, followed by 52 from the ruling Bharati ya Janata Party (BJP), 48 from the opposition Congress, 21 from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), nine from the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) and several Inde pendents. AAP candi dates have filed 14 nomi nations for seats in Su rat district, 12 in Rajkot and eight in Kutch, it said.

Nominations have been filed in different districts such as Kutch, Surendranagar, Morbi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devb

humi Dwarka, Por bandar, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Nar mada, Bhavnagar, Tapi, Navsari, Surat, Dang, and Valsad as well.

It said nominations for the second phase have been filed in Mehsana, Aravalli and Ahmedabad. As per the state's poll schedule, the last date for filing nomi nations for the first phase is November 14, with nominations being scrutinised a day later and the last date of with drawal being November 17. For the second phase, the last date for filing nominations is Novem ber 17. The nominations will be scrutinised on November 18, and the last date for withdrawal is November 21.

exploiting women

Ahmedabad (PTI): The Gujarat Congress has al leged an Aam Aadmi Party leader was "black mailing" and "sexually exploiting" women on pretext of providing them election tickets, prompting the AAP to file a complaint with the police's cyber cell.

The Congress cited a video to make the allega tions against the AAP leader and played the clip at a press confer ence. The people of Gu jarat will not spare those who try to hurt the Gu jarati pride and dignity of women, said state Congress spokesperson Pragatiben Ahir.

as working for an NGO for the newly born child and mother. Lat er, she met with the boy’s family members whom she visited often to win over their confi dence. Subsequently, she kidnapped the boy after getting a chance on Thursday.

Delhi DCP (South East) Esha Pandey handing over the parents the baby after rescuing him from the kidnapped woman.

Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at an election rally in Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO

Poll ticket: AAP leader accused of

Delhi BJP issues first list of 232 candidates

Kejriwal said BJP has done everything possible to stop the work of his government, but despite all obstructions, AAP has completed the projects

Sukesh Chandrashekhar had earlier written to LG Vinai Saxena seeking a CBI probe against Kejriwal and others for alleged threat and corruption

Democrats defy expectations, push back Republican’s ‘Red Wave’ in US mid-term polls

K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India

The outcome of the mid term elections in the Unit ed States took almost eve ry one in America and large parts of the world by surprise. The Republicans, i.e former President Trump took victory for granted. The incumbent President, Joe Biden was more or less written off. To some extent the powerful American media was re sponsible for the denigra tion of Mr Biden.

The vigorous, intellectu ally impressive and untir ing campaigning of for mer president Barack Obama did much to put life into the Democratic Party. The other factor that went against the Republican Party was the divisive, er ratic, irresponsible record of Mr. Trump’s presidency. Apart from the Democrats, the independent voters had not forgotten, the un presented and violent at tack on Capital Hill, mas ter minded by the presi dent and his dangerous and anti-national staff in the White House. The world watched the insur rection on TV and was aghast. The world’s oldest and greatest democracy was being torn apart by hoodlums. The life of Vice President Pence was in grave danger.

He had refused to declare that the 2018 election had been stolen.

What happened on last Thursday at Adelaide, was not just a disappointment it was an unmitigated, shameful disaster. India, with the exception of Hardik Pandaya made us all more than uncomfortable. It took Virat Kohli an age to get his fifty. The much praised Surya Kumar Yadav was caught after scoring sixteen runs. He should take lessons in how to be patient

The impartial voter in the mid-term elections made sure that Trump should be taken care of by the electoral guillotine. This mercifully has hap pened. A rival has ap peared. The incumbent Republican Governor of Florida has been re-elect ed. He is no admirer of Mr Trump. He is a dedicated adversary. He will have massive support at the Re publican Convention in 2024. This has changed the political scenario of America. Mr Trump is al ready been called a havebeen. A second Trump presidency would have

been a cataclysm not only for the United States, but for the World.

President Biden lacks charisma, but his politi cal carrier began when he was twenty eight years of age. He is a decent man and an upright one. A vis it by him to India is over due. Humankind is facing horrendous crises. The most frightening is the climate calamity hanging over the globe. It is large ly man made. As the UN

QUOTA POLITICS GOING OUT OF HAND

Tamil Nadu has decided not to implement the 10 percent quo ta for the Eco nomically Weaker Section.

Chief Minister MK Stalin views it as arbitrary and exclusionary. The DMK leader called the Supreme Court’s order upholding the Central government’s decision on the EWS quota as a setback for the centuryold struggle for social jus tice. Stalin has a strong reason to oppose the ver dict as the interest of 82 percent of the population comprising Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class es is at stake. Implementa tion of the Supreme Court’s verdict could cut into the existing quota in the state.

Boycotted by the main Opposition, the AIADMK

Secretary General said at the Sher-mal-Sheikh con ference, “time is running out”. Pious resolutions will not do. Drastic, im mediate action must be

Boycotted by the main Opposition, the AIADMK and the BJP, an all-legislative party meeting called by Stalin there was agreement on rejecting the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which provides for reservation for the EWS as it “created caste discrimination” among the poor

and the BJP, an all-legisla tive party meeting called by Stalin there was agree ment on rejecting the 103rd Constitutional Amend ment which provides for reservation for the EWS as it “created caste discrimi nation” among the poor.

Tamil Nadu is not the

taken to save humanity and the globe. The two are inseparable. Enough con ferences have been held, endless speeches have been made, the T.V

only state to be bothered by the reservation issue. In an other part of the country, Jharkhand, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha government of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, a Bill was passed at a special session of the As sembly to raise caste-based reservation to 77 percent. The Jharkhand Reserva tion of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Bill, 2022 raised total reser vations from 60 percent to 77 percent.

Consequently, the quota of Scheduled Castes has gone up from 10 percent to 12 percent, of OBCs has in creased from 14 percent to 27 percent and Scheduled Tribes from 28 percent to 30 percent. This decision will be subject to the Central gov ernment and the Supreme Court’s approval. Preparing for 2024, Mr Soren?

screens are working over time to record the not so inspiring oratory of a hundred world leaders.

NO END TO RUSSIANUKRAINIAN WAR

The end of RussianUkrainian war is nowhere in sight. The number of child orphans and young widows increase by the day. Has humanity gone on an endless furlough.

TEAM INDIA PLAYED POOR IN SEMIFINALS

Millions of people are enthusiastic fans of our cricketers. Tens of thousands go to stadiums in Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai and other cities to watch them play. Test cricketers have the same popularity as film stars do. The TV audi ences cannot be counted or measured. Nor can the touts who make illegal money. What happened on last Thursday at Adelaide, was not just a disappointment it was an unmitigated, shameful disaster. India, with the exception of Hardik Pandaya made us all more than uncomfortable. It took Virat Kohli an age to get his fifty. The much praised Surya Kumar Yadav was caught after scoring sixteen runs. He should take les sons in how to be patient. Our bowlers could not get a single wicket. The fielding was dismal. The T-20 players are payed huge amounts for playing in T-20 matches. So are the commentators. The BCCI is the second richest sports organisation in the World. One of the current Vice-President’s, I have lit tle doubt does not know the difference between a yorker and a googly. The Cricket Board should meet immediately. Sack six out of eleven of the team that let down India at Adelaide. Unless one is a Bradman, Walter Hammond or Tendulkar, none of the T-20 team players should be retained who are above thirty five years of age.

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personality and great scholar. He was blessed with rich mathematical and scientific knowledge. He was very proud of India’s cultural roots and distinguished himself in Vedic studies. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family. Om Shanti.

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp The indecent remarks made by Mamta didi’s minister on His Excellency Rashtrapati ji shows his feudal mindset. There is evidence of her tribal and anti-women character. In a democracy like India, there is no place for this kind of inferiority complex and malice towards women of colour, race and women.

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from the Democrats, the independent voters had not forgotten, the unpresented and violent attack on Capital Hill, master minded by the president and his dangerous and antinational staff in the White House. The world watched the insurrection on TV and was aghast

Law shouldn’t become instrument of oppression: CJI Chandrachud

New Delhi (PTI): It is the responsibility of all decision makers not just judges to ensure that the law does not be come an instrument of oppression but remains an instrument of jus tice, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday.

Justice Chandra chud, while speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, said it is great to have expectations from citi zens but “we need to understand the limits

as well as the potential ity of the courts as in stitutions”.

“So, how do we en sure, as citizens, that the law becomes an in strument of justice and the law does not become an instrument of op pression. I think the key is the way in which we handle the law which includes all decision makers and not just judges,” the Chief Jus tice of India (CJI) said.

What sustains judi cial institutions in the long run is the sense of

compassion, sense of empathy and ability to answer cries of citizens, he said.

“When you have the

ability to hear unheard voices in your system, (see) unseen faces in the system and then see where the balance be

Sometimes the law and justice do not necessarily follow the same lin ear trajectory. The law can be an instrument of justice but the law can be an instrument of oppression as well. We know how in colonial times the same law, as it exists in the statute books today, could be used as an instrument of oppression.

—D Y Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India

tween the law and jus tice lies then you can truly perform your mis sion as a judge,” Justice Chandrachud said.

EAM meets Kuleba; discuss nuclear concerns in conflict

Jaishankar met Kuleba on sidelines of the ASEAN-India summit in the Cambodian capital

Phnom Penh (PTI): External Affairs Minis

ter S Jaishankar on Sat urday held a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and both the leaders discussed recent developments in the re gion, nuclear concerns and ways to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Jaishankar met Kule ba on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India sum mit here in the Cambo dian capital.

“Pleasure to meet FM @DmytroKuleba of Ukraine. Our discus sions covered recent developments in the conflict, the grain ini

tiative and nuclear con cerns,” he tweeted.

Jaishankar is accom panying Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar who is leading the Indian delegation to the ASE AN-India Commemora

tive Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit here. Ukraine Foreign Dmytro Kuleba took to Twitter and said that he discussed bilateral co operation and ways to end Russia’s war on

PM NARENDRA MODI’S ‘BIG’ SOUTHERN PUSH...

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PM Modi on Saturday dedicated the RFCL plant and Bhadracha lam Road- Sattupalli rail line in the Peddapalli district of Telangana to the nation during the second of his two-day visit to the southern states. Addressing BJP workers he said it is be cause of the ‘karyakar tas’ of BJP that it has won more than 300 seats in the last LS election, PM Modi said on Satur day while addressing a public rally in Begum pet region of Telangana.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of var ious road projects worth over Rs 2,200 crores, namely the Medak-Sid

dipet-Elkathurthy sec tion of NH-765DG; Bod han-Basar-Bhainsa sec tion of NH-161BB; Siron cha to Mahadevpur Sec tion of NH-353C during the event. PM Narendra Modi said while address

ing a public rally in the state’s Begumpet took took a dig at the TRS say ing that the southern state now wants a gov ernment that would work for “every family” instead of “only one”.

Ukraine.

“My Indian counter part @DrSJaishankar and I met to discuss bi lateral cooperation and ways to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. I em phasized that Russia

‘Will hire best lawyers to fight in SC’

Srinagar (PTI): J&K

Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari on Saturday said his party will hire the country’s best law yers to fight in the SC for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A.

On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked the spe cial status granted to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution and divid ed it into two union ter ritories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

It also abrogated Ar ticle 35A which allowed the state to define its permanent residents.

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must immediately cease deadly attacks, withdraw all troops from Ukraine, and com mit to peace. We also focused on global food security,” Kuleba tweet ed. India has not yet con demned the Russian in vasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplo macy and dialogue.

Since the Ukraine conflict began in Febru ary, Prime Minister Nar endra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a number of times.

Social media has posed one of the great est challenges as there is real-time reporting of every little word that

a judge says in court rooms and “you are con stantly evaluated as a judge”, he said.

“There is real-time reporting of every word that a judge says in the court. Those of you who are lawyers will be able to tell your colleagues that everything said by a judge during a course of conversation in the court does not reflect either the mind of the judge or the ultimate conclusion that the judge would arrive at,” the CJI said.

“The process of judg ing that goes on in the courts is dialogic. There is free flowing dialogue between law yers in the court and the judges between themselves in an effort to unravel the truth,” he said.

“So, I do believe that we need to fashion, reengineer, find new solu tions, retrain, recoup, rethink our role in try ing to understand how we meet the challenges of the age we are living in,” he said.

Situation near LAC stable but unpredictable: Pande

New Delhi (ANI): The situation in eastern Ladakh is stable but un predictable and in spite of the onset of winter, there is no significant reduction Chinese ar my’s force levels on Line of Actual Control (LAC), Army Chief General Manoj Pande said on Saturday.

The Army Chief was speaking at the ‘Chanakya Dialogues’ here in the national capital on subject ‘Arm ing the Army-At manirbhar Bharat’. Re plying to a question of Major Gaurav Arya (retd) during ‘fireside chat’ on situation in Eastern Ladakh, Gen eral Manoj Pande said “situation is stable but unpredictable”.

Modi govt adopting zero tolerance policy: MHA

New Delhi (PTI): The Modi govt is adopting a zero tolerance policy to wards the terrorism and will convey to the international commu nity India’s determina tion in its fight against the menace.

The Union Home Ministry said the govt of India is organising the 3rd Ministerial ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) conference on November 18 and 19 in New Delhi where repre sentatives of 75 coun tries and international bodies will participate in the deliberations over two days.

Hosting of the NMFT conference shows the importance being given by the Modi govern ment to the issue of in

ternational terrorism as well as its zero toler ance policy against the menace and having dis cussions on this issue in the international community, a home ministry statement said.Union Home Min ister Amit Shah will be participating in the conference and will con vey India’s determina tion in its fight against terrorism.

All-party meet in TN rejects 10% EWS quota

lll Meeting, boycotted by Principal Oppn AIADMK & its ally BJP, urged the state govt to ‘strongly’ register its opinions when a review petition is filed

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Sta lin on Saturday chaired an all-party meeting of representatives of legis lative parties, at which a resolution was passed, rejecting the 103rd Con stitution Amendment providing for a 10% quo ta for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society. As per the resolution, the parties have also decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court ver dict upholding the valid

ity of the Constitutional amendment.

The AIADMK and the BJP boycotted the meet

EWS RES. IS CONTRARY

T he EWS reservation is contrary to the social justice princi ple prescribed in the Constitution and also against the various judgements of the Supreme Court and is also discriminatory against the poor, the resolution stated. MK Stalin

ing. Former CM O. Pan neerselvam’s faction also did not take part in the meeting.

Representatives from the Congress, PMK, MDMK, VCK, CPM, CPI, Manithaneya Makkal

Katchi, Tamilaga Val vurimai Katchi and The Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi were pre sent. The EWS reserva tion is contrary to the social justice principle prescribed in the Con stitution and also against the various judgements of the Su preme Court and is also discriminatory against the poor, the resolution stated. It also called for the Tamil Nadu govern ment to put forth its ar gument strongly.

“You are aware about the talks on the politi cal, diplomatic and mili tary level which is going on between the two sides. Because of these talks, we have been able to find resolution in five of the seven friction points which were on the table. And it is for the next two friction points, on that we are trying to find resolu

tion,” Gen Pande said. The Army Chief re ferred to the meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coor dination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) held last month in which the two sides agreed to continue discussions through diplomatic and military channels to re solve the remaining is sues along the LAC.

IN POLL SEASON, TURNCOATS ON THE RISE IN MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA

Guwahati: After some of their counterparts in Tripura, at least five MLAs are likely to change party colours in Meghalaya. Along with Nagaland, these two northeastern States are headed for Assembly polls by FebruaryMarch 2023. Unlike Tripura, where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Indig enous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) have lost their MLAs to the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or Tipra Motha and Congress, the constituents of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government are targeting each other. The MDA is headed by Chief Minister Con rad K. Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP).

New Delhi: The BJP condemned West Bengal minister Akhil Giri’s derogatory comments on Prez Murmu’s looks and sought his dismissal from the state govt. Union Trib al Affairs Minister Arjun Munda also demanded that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tender a public apology for Giri’s comments and clarify that at whose behest he made such “unfortunate” remarks. Munda said Giri had insulted the country and claimed that his statement exposed the state’s ruling Trinamool Cong which has been “exploiting” the tribal population.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to RFCL plant, in Ramagundam on Saturday.

S Jaishankar meets with Dmytro Kuleba in Phnom Penh on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

17TH EAST ASIA SUMMIT Indian External Affairs Minister Subrah manyam Jaishankar is accompanying Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is leading the Indian delegation to the ASEAN-India Com memorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit, which are both being held in Cambodia.

D Y Chandrachud

HM Amit Shah

VOTING CONCLUDES, RESULTS ON DEC 8

JAIRAM THAKUR WILL CONTINUE TO BE CM FACE, SAYS BJP CHIEF NADDA

I AM CONFIDENT OF WIN, SAYS CM THAKUR AFTER CASTING HIS VOTE

11 IPS including 5 SPs transferred; Vats sent on central deputation

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: 11 IPS offic ers including five SPs were transferred in Ut tar Pradesh.

Siddharth Shankar Meena was made the new SP in Unnao while Omveer Singh has been transferred to Ghazipur as SP. He was SP Vigi lance in Lucknow.

Hemraj Meena who was SP Railways in Prayagraj, has been made SSP Mo radabad whereas DCP in Kanpur commis sionerate Brijesh Ku mar will be the new SP of Kaushambi.

IN THE COURTYARD

PIL ASKING TO REMOVE NITISH FROM BIHAR CM POST DISMISSED

New Delhi: The SC

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provisions

A bench of

JP Nadda pose for a picture after casting his vote alongwith his family members in Vijaypur on Saturday.

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al President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sat urday said that the cur rent Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh would be the face of the new CM of the state if the party wins the as sembly election.

He said, “We definitely are in a comfortable ma jority. The election has been contested under the leadership of Jairam Thakur and he will con tinue (to be the CM face).”

—JP Nadda, BJP National President

He also took a swipe at Congress leader Ra hul Gandhi as the latter did not participate in any campaign for HP assembly election and said that they (Con gress) are careerist leaders. As the state al

ternates between the BJP and the Congress in the last several elec tions, Nadda thinks that this would change in this electio and peo ple of the state were showing zeal to elect the “BJP” again.

Economy fast paced under PM Modi’s rule, says Amit Shah

Hemant Kutiyal has been put under await ing posting orders and attached to the DGP Headquarters. Similar ly, Ghazipur SP Botre Rohan Pramod has been kept in the waiting list.

2013-batch IPS officer Anurag Vats, who was posted as the SP of Barabanki, has been re lieved for central depu tation in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gov ernment of India.

Nikhil Patha, who was in the waiting list, has been made SP in re gional notification Luc know in place of Brijesh Singh. Singh has been sent to Headquarters as

SP law and order.

Unnao SP Dinesh Tri pathi has also been kept in the waiting list of waiting for posting.

Dinesh Kumar Singh has been made the new SP in Barabanki.

New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh

government

ordered to turn over further investigation to a Special Investiga tion Team (SIT) at SC when it was reviewing a father’s petition stating that his son had been missing for nearly 17 years. A minor, Manoj Prajapati, pe titioner Attu’s son, was charged with violating a woman’s modesty in 2005.

HM Amit Shah dur ing the event said devel opment of the country was based on its infra structure and robust infrastructure is based on the quality of the ce ment used and noted that the company pro duces 15.5 million tonne of cement through its 10 manufacturing facili ties across the country.

“In the last eight years,

Medical and engineering education should be in Tamil and the State gov ernment should start that, it will be easy for the students to study in their mother tongue and they can also do research and development (R&D) in their own language.

—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister

will become a USD 5-trillion economy, ” Amit Shah said.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Nalini and four others released

Chennai: Nalini Sri haran, her husband and three other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assas sination case were re leased from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday. Immediately after she was released from special prison for wom en in Vellore, Nalini went to Vellore central prison from where her husband Sriharan alias Murugan was released and became emotional upon seeing him. Earli er, another convict who was set free in May, Per arivalan, along with his mother Arputhammal received the duo at Pu zhal prison.

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar calls on Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Phnom Penh on Saturday.

Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh at the 19th ASEAN-India Summit on Saturday.

attended by Vice-Presi dent Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday, India and the ten-nation bloc “re

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: Under the pressure of RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary, byelection has been an nounced for Khatauli assembly seat in west ern UP. In fact, on Oc tober 11, the verdict came against BJP

MLA Vikram Saini from this seat in the Mu zaffarnagar riots case and he was sentenced to two years jail. But nei ther his membership was terminated nor his seat was declared va cant. On the contrary, the verdict against SP

leader Azam Khan came on 27 October and on 28 October the Speaker of the Assembly declared his Rampur seat vacant.

At the same time, Jay ant Chaudhary raised the question as to why Vikram Saini’s seat is not being declared va

cant. Speaker did not declare Vikram Saini’s Khatauli seat vacant, despite his repeated questions. Then on No vember 5, the EC an nounced by-elections to Rampur assembly seat of UP and the Mainpuri LS seat vacated due to death of Mulayam Sin gh. After this, the con troversy escalated as Jayant Chaudhary and other leaders expressed their Oppn and a day later Speaker declared the seat vacant.

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: There are some areas in Uttar Pradesh, which have been a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party for a long time. Main puri is one such region from where Mulayam Singh Yadav won the Lok Sabha elections.

Another similar SP fort was Azamgarh, which has now ‘collapsed’. Akhilesh Yadav won the Lok Sabha elec tions from Azamgarh.

But after becoming an MLA this year, he re signed from his seat.

On that seat, the party had contested Mulay am Singh’s nephew

Dharmendra Yadav, who was a multipletime MP from Badaun, but he was defeated by Bhojpuri film actor and BJP candidate Dinesh

Lal Yadav Nirhua. However, he lost by a small margin of eight thousand votes and it was largely due to BSP’s Muslim candi date Shah Alam getting 2.66 thousand votes. Yet a fort of the Mulayam family has collapsed. This time, SP names Dimple Yadav as its candidate from Main puri. This seat is be lieved to be more se cure than Azamgarh and yet, the SP is wor ried about many things.

Poll body prohibits exit, opinion polls for HP, Guj

Shillai recorded the highest turnout at 77 per cent

First India Bureau

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BJP Nation

Jayant is hoping that Samajwadi Party’s alliance will get him the Khatauli seat again and hoping for favourable ‘clime’, his party has also started preparations for the elections

Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple Yadav.

has junked a

seeking direction to remove Nitish Kumar from the office of Chief Minister of Bihar alleging that his appointment was in complete

of the different

of the Constitution of India.

Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh said that post-poll alliance is allowed by anti-de fection law and the 10th schedule of the Constitution, subject to certain conditions.

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Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the coun try witnessed fast-paced economic growth under the leadership of PM Modi and would achieve the USD 5-trillion econ omy goal by 2025. Shah was speaking during the 75th platinum jubi lee celebrations of N Srinivasan-helmed The India Cements Ltd.

HP CHIEF CASTS HIS VOTE Himachal Pradesh BJP President Suresh Kashyap casts his vote with his wife on Saturday.

‘CONG TO HAVE MAJORITY, BJP WON’T SUCCEED IN POACHING’

C hief Minister Jairam Thakur, after casting his vote in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, said the BJP is confident of a win and called upon voters to turn out in large numbers and “further strength en democracy”. “I am confident that people want to repeat this govt. I started receiv ing greetings this morning. I received PM Modi’s message a while ago, he gave me his blessings and best wishes,” he added. CM Thakur’s wife, Sadhna, said there are 50 per cent female voters and it is a big day for us.

C ongress president Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of HP are in the mood for a change of government in the state by eliminating the BJP in the state assembly elec tions. Slamming the ruling BJP, Sharma said, “There is a climate of change. Many sections of the society have suffered especially the govern ment employees, the youth who are desperate due to unemployment, women and youth. who will work after Agnipath.”

They (Congress) are careerist lead ers, realised that they will gain nothing in HP and Gujarat. Once they feel they are winning or can win, they all will come here for credit. They know they won’t gain anything. So they won’t be seen.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with MOS DrL Murugan, TN Governor RN Ravi, releases a special Postal Stamp to mark the Platinum Jubilee of ‘India Cements’, in Chennai on Saturday.

India-ASEAN nations to boost cooperation against terrorism

Phnom Penh: With an eye on the growing Chi nese military and eco nomic assertiveness in the region, India and the 10 members of the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Na tions) on Saturday de cided to establish a com prehensive strategic partnership & enhance cooperation against ter rorism. At 19th AseanIndia Summit in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, that was

affirmed the impor tance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safe ty and security, freedom of navigation and over flight in the region” while “enhancing coop eration against terror ism and transnational crimes”. This year marks the 30th anniver sary of India’s relations with southeast Asian grouping and is being celebrated as the AseanIndia Friendship Year.

HM Amit Shah & Vice Chairman, India Cements, N Srinivasan.

the country has seen fast-paced economic growth. By 2025, India

Hemant Kutiyal Siddharth Meena

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HALF OF META JOB CUTS WERE IN TECH, SAY EXECUTIVES

Economy remains resilient’

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta

California: Facebook own er Meta Platforms told employees that it would stop developing smart dis plays and smartwatches and that nearly half of the 11,000 jobs it eliminated in an unprecedented costcutting move were tech nology roles. In a meeting by Reuters, executives said they were reorganiz ing parts of the company, combining a voice and video calling unit with oth er messaging teams & setting up a new division, Family Foundations, fo cused on tough engineer ing problems. —Agencies

Das on Saturday exuded confidence that India will continue to be the fastestgrowing major economy with a likely growth rate of 7 per cent in 2022-23 on the back of strong macro economic fundamentals and financial sector sta bility.

Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit 2022, Das emphasised that the country’s economy re mains resilient, supported by the banking and nonbanking sectors.

Das said the entire world has withstood multiple shocks. “I call it the triple shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, then the war in Ukraine, and now the fi nancial market turmoil.”

New York: Crisis-struck cryptocurrency platform FTX has gone bankrupt in the United States and its chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has re signed, it said, the latest blow in a saga that has reverberated across the digital currency land scape. The filing comes after the world’s biggest cryptocurrency platform Binance agreed to buy its rival earlier this week but backed out, leading mar ket players to consider possible regulator re sponses. —Agencies

The Governor said the financial market turmoil is mainly emanating from the synchronised mone tary policy tightening across the world by central banks, especially those in advanced countries, led by the US Fed, and the spillo vers are being felt by the emerging market econo mies, including India.

He further said in this kind of successive tur moil, European Union is

MAJOR CHALLENGE

z Our estimate is India will this year grow by 7%. IMF has projected India will grow by about 6.8% in the current year which puts India among the fastest growing major economies in the world,” the RBI governor said.

facing a recession situa tion, but there are possi bilities that it will avoid that.

The US is holding stable, but there are other coun tries where the growth has slowed down.

“So far as India is con

z Das said India has a major challenge with regard to inflation. Retail inflation in Sept raised to 7.4% from 7% in Aug on higher food and energy costs

z The Governor also said India is taking over the presidency of the G20 at a time which is perhaps the most challenging year in modern times.

cerned, economy, overall macroeconomic funda mentals, the financial sec tor stability, all these as pects remain resilient. The banking sector that is the financial sector is stable because of all the param eters with regard to bank

New Delhi: Terming price rise as a major challenge, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Satur day expressed hope that inflation print for October will be lower than 7 per cent. Retail inflation in September increased to 7.4 per cent from 7 per cent in August on higher food and energy costs. Das attributed the expected moderation in inflation in October to measures taken by both the government and RBI in the last 6-7 months. Speak ing at the HT Leadership Summit, Das said there is no need to change the goal post for inflation targeting as higher than 6 per cent inflation would hurt growth.

ing or the non-banking lenders or the other major financial sector players,” he said.

The growth numbers are looking good in the current context, he noted.

“The IMF has projected that India will grow by

India-US trade may reach $500-600 bn by 2030, says Goyal

Upcoming decade going to be ‘Techade’: Sitharaman

New Delhi: Vedanta Re sources Chairman Anil Agarwal on Saturday said production at its semi conductor and display manufacturing unit in Gu jarat will start within two and a half years of the groundbreaking ceremo ny. Semiconductor chips, used in cars, mobile phones and other elec tronics devices, are not manufactured in India at present. Vedanta-Fox conn would invest Rs 1,54,000 crore to set up the facility in Gujarat, which would create one lakh job opportunities, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel had said after the MoU was signed. —PTI

OPENS ITS EV CONNECTOR DESIGN TO AUTOMAKERS

Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Saturday said that the coming decade will be a ‘Techade’, and technology is going to drive us.

Delivering the keynote address at YourStory’s 13th Edition ‘ Techsparks’ here, she also stressed on frugal ity and scalability of inno vation. “.... technology driv en innovators are the ones we need, who are going to look at local solutions which are affordable and have scaling up probabili ties,” Sitharaman said. She said that unless solu

tions are cost-effective and scalable, that typical thing about India innovation is not going to be there, and without these features, things cannot be achieved as aspired. Noting that the coming decade is going to be a “techade”, and technol ogy is what is going to drive us, the Minister said, “in technology is not just going to be looking at some funda mental things you are going to change, but to do some things using several of those, which are yet not available for many of the parts of the world.”

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday exuded confidence that the IndiaUS bilateral trade in goods and services will reach USD 500-600 billion by 2030 as their relation continues to strengthen.

On whether India will join the trade pillar of 14-member Indo-Pacific Eco nomic Framework for Pros perity (IPEF), Goyal said it would depend on what India will get in return.

“India and the US rela tions are continuously im proving and strengthening and today we have a bilat eral trade of about USD 175 billion (exports and im ports of goods and servic es). I believe that in the com ing 7-8 years , it will be USD 500-600 billion by 2030, when our exports in goods and services will be USD 2 tril lion each,” Goyal said.

z The trade between the two countries stands at about USD 175 billion at present.

z While 13 member countries have joined all four subjects trade, supply chains, clean economy and fair economy under IPEF

z India has opted out of the trade pillar as of now. It has joined the other 3 subjects.

On a free trade agree ment with the US, the min ister said America is not looking for a new trade pact with any country.

GOVERNOR

The rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee headed by the RBI Governor has been mandated by the gov ernment to keep inflation within 2-6 per cent range. On the Indian economy, Das said the macroeconomic fundamentals remain strong and growth prospects are looking good. “We ex pect the October number which will be released on Monday to be lower than 7 per cent. Inflation is a matter of concern with which we are now dealing and dealing effectively,” he said.The RBI on its part increased the interest rates and the government also announced several supply side measures, he added.

about 6. 8 per cent in the current year. And that puts India among the fast est-growing major econo mies in the world,” he said.

Das, however, added that India has a major challenge with regard to inflation.

OTHER STORIES

VISTARA ANNOUNCES NON-STOP FLIGHTS FOR MUM & MUSCAT

New Delhi: Vistara on Sat urday announced non-stop flights be tween Mumbai and Muscat, the capital of Oman, starting from December 12. Vistara will operate daily flights between the two cities using its A320neo aircraft and will be the only airline to offer the choice of premium economy class on the route, in addition to Business and Economy Class. This new route will further aid the growing traffic between the two countries.

Now, Disney set to reduce workforce, freeze hiring

San Francisco: Facing a slow revenue growth, Dis ney has reportedly planned to reduce its workforce and freeze hiring. According to an internal leaked memo from Disney CEO Bob Cha pek, seen by CNBC, the company is “limiting head count additions through a targeted hiring freeze”.

“Hiring for the small sub set of the most critical, busi ness-driving positions will continue, but all other roles are on hold. Your segment leaders and HR teams have more specific details on how this will apply to your teams”, he wrote. “As we work through this evalua tion process, we will look at every avenue of operations and labour to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review,” said Chapek.

z TASKFORCE

z Approximately 190,000 people work at Disney.

z Additionally, the company has planned to create “a cost structure taskforce”.

GODREJ ACQUIRE TWO LAND PARCELS

IN NOIDA FOR `337 CR

New Delhi: Godrej Properties on Saturday said that it has been declared the highest bidder for two adjacent land parcels in Noida for a total bid value of Rs 377 cr. The land parcels are located in Noida. “GPL will de velop residential group hous ing on the land parcels located in Sector 146, Noida. The land parcels will offer approximately 3.2 million square feet of pre mium residential apartments of varied configurations,” Godrej Properties said.

New Delhi: Elon Muskowned electric vehicle company Tesla has started to allow other automakers to use its EV connector de sign. The Tesla charging connector, which com bines AC charging and up to 1 mega-watt of DC in a “slim package”, is the most well-known connec tor in America, the compa ny said in a blogpost. It is half the size, twice as pow erful, and has no moving parts compared to Com bined Charging System connectors. —Agencies

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GADKARI PRAISES DR MANMOHAN SINGH

Someone should learn from Nitin Gadkari the skill of ‘hooking or pulling’ dangerous bouncer balls coming towards him on political pitches that bounce uncontrol lably. On November 8, at an important event of ‘TIOL’ at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, in the presence of several corporate leaders, Gadkari heaped praises on former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Giving the ‘TIOL Fiscal Heritage’ award for the year 2022 to former Prime Minister Dr Singh, Gadkari said that ‘The economic reforms initi ated by the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh in 1991 worked to show India a new direction, the country will always be grateful for it.” Gadkari advocated a liberal economic policy whose benefits would reach the poor and the farmers. Gadkari also disclosed that he intended to raise money from the common man for the construction of Indian National Highways, for which people would be able to make monthly payments at an interest rate of 8 percent per annum. It should be noted that on the previous day, Gadkari was campaigning for the party in Himachal Pradesh. But to honour Dr Manmohan Singh, he had come straight from airport to the venue of the event.

SANGH ENSURES HIMACHAL’S REBELLION DOES NOT REACH GUJARAT

The Sangh had taken command of the Gujarat elections a year ago, reliable sources related to the Sangh revealed that after consulting the BJP top, the Sangh had entrusted the responsibility of Gujarat to more than 6,000 of its volunteers, one in each assem bly. More than 40 volunteers are active. Two main centres of election management have been set up, one in Ahmedabad and the other in Rajkot for the Saurashtra region. The BJP High Command had clearly told its workers to work in coordination with the Sangh. Perhaps this was the reason that in the Gujarat elections, the BJP cut off the tickets of its established leaders on a large scale, but there was no squabbling anywhere, the Sangh did not allow Gujarat to become Himachal, the Sangh itself took up the task of convincing the angry leaders.

The Congress may have got a new president in the form of Mallikarjun Kharge, but the functioning looks the same. In the Delhi civic polls, the responsibility of distributing tickets has again been given to the same troupe, which was accused of selling tickets indirectly in past. The chairmanship of Screening Committee for polls has been handed over to Avinash Pandey Dr. Ajoy Kumar has been made co-incharge of Delhi. The other two members are Dr KK Jayakumar and Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin, ex- MLA from U’khand. It is this team that becomes active in every election, which is said to have received the blessings of Alankar Sewai, an important member of Rahul’s team. Later Jagdish Tytler’s name was also added. BJP accused Congress of neglecting Sikhs.

RAHUL PUTS CHAVAN IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION!

BJP govt delaying assembly polls in J&K to continue its proxy rule: AAP

AAP leader alleged that the administration of the newly formed state has been outsourced to bureaucrats

Jammu (PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday al leged the BJP govern ment was delaying the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on one pretext or an other to deny people their democratic rights.

AAP leader Harsh Dev Singh said that while no initiative has been taken to install a popular government in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration seem to have been out sourced to bureaucrats, mostly from outside the Union Territory and having hardly any con nect with the masses who are deprived of even basic amenities.

“The BJP-led govern ment was inventing one excuse after another to deny people their demo cratic rights and to con tinue its proxy rule,” he told reporters in the Chenani area.

Singh said the si

lence of the Centre and the Election Commis sion on Jammu and Kashmir while an nouncing the elections for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat amply re vealed the govern ment’s intention. De

mocracy has been re duced to a farce in Jammu and Kashmir with the political pro cess having been ren dered defunct and po litical parties discred ited and discouraged and opposition parties

suppressed, he alleged. Singh, a former min ister of the erstwhile state, said an elected government alone can deal with the obsequi ous challenges faced by Jammu and Kashmir.

When Rahul Gandhi, heading the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, reached Nanded in Maharashtra, he was received by the former Chief Minister of the state, Ashok Chavan, for whom it was being widely discussed that he would be joining the BJP along with 12 of his sup porting MLAs. The names of senior Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Vijay Vadattiwar were also being mentioned.

Anyway, these specula tions were strengthened when Chavan along with his 12 supporting MLAs reached there late during the trust vote motion of Shide-Fadnavis. His meeting with Fadnavis at a friend’s house during Ganesh festival was also in news. Chavan is look ing for a suitable platform to bring his daughter Sreejaya into active poli tics. When Ashok’s father Yashwant Rao Chavan wasn’t declared as Maha CM by Congress, he reportedly got angry & formed a new party. So, this time as soon as Ashok Chavan received Rahul in Nanded, the Gandhi scion headed straight to a Gurudwara & then held an important meeting of party leaders. While speaking in that meeting, Rahul pointed to Chavan sitting next to him and said, “Look, he is sitting here, till recently there was talk of joining BJP.” Chavan was left without words.

...AND FINALLY I n Bihar’s Gopalganj seat, Lalu Yadav’s party’s candidate Mohan Gupta had to face defeat at the hands of BJP by just 1,794 votes. In this election, two undeclared friends of BJP i.e. BSP and Owaisi’s AIMIM played an important role in making BJP win. At the last moment, BSP fielded Lalu’s brother-in-law i.e. Sadhu Yadav’s wife Indra Yadav, who single-handedly got 8,008 votes, as long as Sadhu was with Lalu, he used to handle the responsi bility of Gopalganj and still holds some influence there. Owaisi’s candidate got more than 12 thousand votes, Nitish Kumar did not even go for the Gopalganj by-election campaign because Mohan Gupta is a liquor businessman.

33 POLICE OFFICERS SHIFTED IN PUNJAB

Chandigarh (PTI): In a major reshuffle in the police department, the Punjab government Sat urday issued transfer and posting orders of 30 IPS and 3 PPS officers with immediate effect, as per official release.

The order of shifting police officers including eight senior superinten dents of police (SSPs) and three commission ers of police comes amid the opposition parties targeting the AAP government over the law and order issue in the state. Senior IPS officer Kuldeep Singh

has been appointed as head of the anti-drug special task force re placing Harpreet Singh Sidhu, the official order said. B Chandra Sekhar has been given the charge of ADG (pris ons) while LK Yadav goes as director, bureau of investigation, it said.

The state govern ment also shifted IPS officer Arunpal Singh from the post of Com missioner of Police, Amritsar and posted him as IG, provisioning. Jaskaran Singh will be the new Amritsar police commissioner.

PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS

Colleague assulated, Docs strike work at Punjab hosp

Phagwara (PTI): Doc tors and para-medical staff of the civil hospi tal here went on a strike on Saturday after one of their colleagues was assaulted by family members of a teenager who succumbed to his injures after being hit by a train, police said.

Following their strike which lasted around eight hours, doctors of civil hospitals in neigh bouring areas, includ ing Bholath, Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala, also suspended their work for sometime in

solidarity with their colleagues in Phag wara, officials said.

Phagwara Additional Deputy Commissioner Nayan Jassal along with other officials rushed to

the spot to take stock of the situation. The pro testing doctors in Phag wara refused to lift their protest till an FIR was lodged against the as sailants, police said.

Protest for relocation of Kashmiri Pandit employees from valley

DENGUE CASES ON THE RISE

Set up dengue hospitals in every district: Yogi

New Delhi (Agencies):

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a highlevel meeting on Satur day to review the den gue situation in Uttar Pradesh and asked the officials to set up dedi cated hospitals in every district to prevent the mosquito-borne disease.

The meeting comes a day after the Allahabad High Court pulled up the state government and the Lucknow Mu nicipal Corporation again for not being able

to control the dengue menace in the capital. The bench had said

the government’s ef forts were only seen in newspapers, but the

situation was different on the ground.

At the meeting, Adi

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es had increased during the past few weeks, ac cording to an official spokesperson.

Jammu (PTI): An or ganisation on Saturday held protest for reloca tion of displaced Kash miri Pandit employees from valley in wake of “selective killings.”

tyanath said the side ef fects of dengue and other infectious diseas

He stressed on inten sifying surveillance and taking the help of accredited social health activists (Asha) and conducting door-todoor screening, a state ment said. Like dedi cated Covid hospitals, dedicated dengue hospi tals need to be opera tional. At least one such hospital must be func tional in every district.

The protestors also de manded constitution of an apex committee head ed by union home minis ter to formulate and im plement the rehabilita tion of KPs in the valley with “security, honour and dignity.” Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj (YAIKS) said it is high time for government led by Prime Minister Nar endra Modi to bring back the entire Kashmi ri Hindu community liv ing as “refugees in vari ous parts of the country to valley and rehabilitate them with security, hon our and dignity”.

Led by YAIKS presi dent, R K Bhat, young

men and women from the community raised slogans in support of their demands and held protest near press club in the city.

AAP leader Harsh Dev Singh addressing the press.

—FILE PHOTO

In a high-level meeting on Saturday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the current status of dengue and other communicable diseases in the state and directed to intensify efforts for prevention.

Brigadier Celia Jane Harvey of British Army during her visit to Gurdwara Bangla Sahib with a delegation of the Royal Military Academy, in New Delhi, Saturday.

A screengrab of the kin of the deceased youth manhandling a doctor at the Civil Hospital, Phagwara on Saturday.

Members of the Youth All India Kashmir Samaj raise slogans during a protest to press for their long pending demands, in Jammu, Saturday.

—PHOTO BY PTI

The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal

CONG STILL TREADING THE OLD PATH

lthough the shirt may appear unassuming and unimportant, it ac tually plays a crucial role in the history and culture of women. A shirt is more than just a top-of-the-body garment; women have used shirts to rein vent themselves throughout history. Shirts and blouses came to represent women’s freedom and equality, but let’s face it, we still adore shirts. The development of shirts closely parallels the advancement of women and their social roles. Early on, women’s shirts only served the purpose of covering the upper body, but men’s shirts evolved into status and power emblems. Women’s shirts fell behind when it comes to fash ion for a very long period. Women’s shirts have changed over time, moving away from being only functional clothing and toward being more about style and flair. Women’s shirts evolved and took

on a more feminine shape with the addition of finer fabrics and other aesthetic altera tions. The shirt’s focus shifted from pure functionality to el egance and beauty. The gar ment started to draw atten tion to women’s femininity. Shorter sleeves and lower necklines started to high light rather than conceal a woman’s body. The idea that a woman’s body should always be hidden was disproved by this re vealing, which gave women a more sensual and attractive appearance.

The shirts were once again at the forefront of social problems in the last ten or so years. A shirt was used to break down gender bar riers and became a representation of even greater equal ity. Men and women started to find com mon ground as the gender divide started to con verge and blur. In the world, the shirt stood for the strength and equality of women. Shirts have always represented particular decades and times they repre sent. They are worn by all. In their closets, everyone keeps shirts of various styles and colors. The shirt is a fantastic way to show off the wearer.

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The COVID-19 pandemic the coronavirus is changing how we greet each other. The tra ditional Indi an and far east way of greeting with folded hands and saying Na maste is slowly becom ing the accepted norm the world over and re placing the convention al handshake.

Unlike a handshake, in Namaste there is no contact with the other person and so avoids any transfer of bugs, and it makes this a safe practice of greeting one another, amid all this panic and anxiety the virus has created.

The Namaste greet ing is used in yoga ex tensively and is meant to connect both the spheres of the brain through the nerve end ings of our hands. The word Namaste is de rived from the San skrit word. Nama means bow or me, and the means you, hence namaste literal ly means “bow me you” or “I bow to the divine in you.”

Conventionally after folding hands together, one is expected to bow forward towards the other person and close one’s eyes as a gesture of respect. The folded palms and fingers are kept close to the heart and the hands point to the third eye that is supposed to be located between our eyebrows. If it is done with deep feelings in the heart and with our minds surrendered, we can invite a deep union of our spirits.

Namaste in yoga is an Añjali Mudrā and is practised in many Asian countries. It is used as a sign of re spect and a greeting not only in India but also in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cam bodia, and Indonesia. It is also used among all yoga practitioners, Buddhists, Taoists, and Shintoists. The gesture is incorporat ed into many yoga asanas and is used for worship among Hin dus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists.

This gesture, when used as a mudra, can al leviate mental stress and anxiety and is therefore used to assist yoga and other practi tioners to focus and get into a meditative state of mind. The physical execution of the pose itself helps to promote flexibility in the hands, wrists, fingers, and arms.

INDIAN NAMASTE THE PREFERRED GREETING OVER

NAMASTE GESTURE AS YOGA ASANA

While Anjali Mudra may be performed by itself from any seated or standing posture, the gesture is also in corporated into physi cal yoga practice as part of many full-body asanas, including:

Anjaneyasana (Cres cent Moon Pose) – Lunge with arms overhead Eka Pada Rajakapo tasana (Pigeon Pose/ King Pigeon Pose) –Seated back-bending

Hanumanasana (Mon key Pose) - Front splits

Malasana (Garland Pose) - Squat

tancing are the first line of defence to con tain the spread of the virus. These are a few precautions that we can all observe to con tain the virusFrequent hand wash ing using soap or hand sanitiser and use them frequently both at home and when you are outside and touch any object

Keeping a distance of one to two meters when your cough Cough or sneeze into your arm sleeve by turning your face to a side

and even have mild symptoms such as headache and slight runny nose, until you recover Avoid travel, confer ences and crowded places if it is not neces sary

Covid-19 can be contained if we all follow simple instruc tions, and it all starts with the way we greet each other. So, Na maste is in and hand shakes are out.

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INDIAN LANGUAGES

The folded hand greet ing though called Na maste or Namaskār in Hindi and Devanagri, is different in other languages. And here is the listHindi & NepaliNamaste Devanagari- Na maste and Namaskar Odia - Namaste/ Na maskar Tamil - Vanakkam Malayalam - Na maste/ Namaskaram Kannada (in Kar nataka – Namaskara (singular) & Nam askaragalu (plural)

Kannada (in North ern Karnataka)Sharanu Telugu–Dandamu/ Nam askaram (singular) –Dandaalu/ Nam askaralu (plural)

–Pranamamu (Formal Telugu) Bengali–Namashkar (used for mally)

–Pranäm (informally) Assamese - Nômôskar Marathi - Namaskar

NAMASTE IN SOUTH EAST ASIAN LAN GUAGES

Nepal - Namaste/ Namaskar Bhutan - Kuzoozang po La Burma - Mingalaba Sri Lanka - Ayubowan Thailand - Sawasdee Laos - Sabaidee Cambodia - Sam peah/ Choum Reap Sur Indonesia - Selamat siang

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

Limiting some items from your diet will have a positive effect on your health. There is much to achieve today and you will find yourself up to it. Academic front seems favourable. You are likely to buy something you have been longing for. You are likely to spend some time in self introspection.

TAURUS

APR

Matsyasana (Fish Pose) – Reclining backbending Prasarita Padottana sana - Wide-legged for ward bend Tadasana/ Samas thiti (Mountain pose) – A variant of the pose used during sun saluta tion sequences

Utkatasana (Chair pose, literally “fierce pose”) - Low squatting with arms overhead Urdhva Hastasana (Upward salute/ Ex tended mountain pose) – Standing and raising arms overhead Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I) – High lunge pose with the right knee bent and arms overhead Vrikshasana (Tree pose) - Balancing pose which replicates the graceful, steady stance of a tree.

WHAT ARE THE UNI VERSAL PRECAU TIONS TO BE FOL LOWED TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF CORONAVI RUS (COV ID-19) Self-quar antine and social dis

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Family issues that are leading to disputes are likely to be resolved amicably. There is a chance of somebody taking you along for a function or a party. Your standing in your professional circle is likely to get a boost. Not keeping regular in your routine can tell on your health.

VIRGO

LIBRA

season requires you to take good care of your health.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

You will succeed in wriggling out of a tight financial situation by curbing wasteful expenditure. An outing with family promises much fun. Prepare well for a long journey, if you want to travel comfortably. Shifting to a new house or a new city cannot be ruled out for some. Plan an exclusive time with lover.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

Something being organised on the social front may get you totally involved. Workload is likely to increase on the professional front and you’ll manage to earn a lot. Good understanding and mutual respect is likely to enhance togetherness for the newlyweds.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Problems faced on the financial front are likely to disappear. Someone who admires you will leave no stone unturned in appeasing you today. Those unwell are likely to recover soon through regular medication. Something may keep you from realizing your full potential on the academic front.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

An initiative on the health front is likely to give rich dividends. Those involved in a project will be able to give a good account of themselves. Someone you despise is likely to turn over a new leaf, so let bygones be bygones. Good news awaits you on the social front.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20 Going the extra mile for someone will be greatly appreciated by all. Much hustle and bustle can be expected on the social front to your delight. You will get a chance to tap your potential on the professional front and impress those who matter. Overall it will be a good day.

It's a girl!

Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover are over the moon as they have welcomed their first child- a baby girl! It was in Au gust that Bipasha and Karan announced they are expecting their first child together.

Since then, Bipasha has been posting the loveliest pictures and videos on Instagram, doc umenting her pregnancy jour ney. The couple had been ea gerly waiting for their baby and their joy knows no bounds as she is finally here!

Earlier, in an interview, Bi pasha Basu shared that she and Karan had been trying for a baby before the pandemic, but then they dropped the idea after the pandemic hit. “In 2021 we decided to try again, and God has been kind, we conceived,” she said.

Singer Mame Khan launched Desert Rose in Jaipur on Saturday. During the occasion, he raised the prestige of Rajasthan by performing in 60 coun tries. While interacting with the media, the sing er said, "There is nothing

wrong with recreating songs. But the creation should be made like a fu sion of singers' songs, not confusion. Because sometimes that too is made, which does not freeze. He also shared insights into his journey as a sing

er. There are 6 songs in his new album, which have been prepared ac cording to the choice of the youth. He further added that he manages to main tain his voice even after singing for a long time, he said, Singer's throat is

like a bowl. The more you brush it, the more it will shine. My condition is also the same because I start my Riyaz in the morning which contin ues throughout the day. This is the only reason I have been able to main tain my voice.

BHEDIYA IS MY DREAM ROLE’ - VARUN

at Jaipur Marriott Hotel on Saturday.

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fter mesmer ising the au dience with the energetic song Jungle Mein Kaand, Bhediya costars Kriti Sanon and Varun Dhawan gave some glimpse of their Magical

Every child has a dream to live like a werewolf or a super hero, as currently, you are living that dream. What was your reaction when you read the script?

I was very happy when I got to read this script, indeed it is my dream role and without wasting a single minute my in ner actor jumped like a Bhediya to get this role, I wanted to feel this Bhediya's every emotion and for that I had taken many ani

prepare yourself for this energetic super natural movie?

This movie is differ ent from all our previ ous releases and we have invested our Blood, Sweat and Tears in this extreme ly precious movie of ours. I had taken ad vanced exercises to get that strong phy sique like Bhediya whereas Kriti had also experimented with her looks.

Did you get inspira tion from the movie JUNOON?

Yes, you can say that, I used to watch that movie a lot and it's a matter of pride that we have such great movies through which we can take

inspiration.

What is the message you learnt from the movie?

Through this movie, we are trying to edu cate people that all animals and hu mans are equally impor tant and we need to re spect each other's exist ence.

We need to protect our envi ronment so all of us can live together happily.

Bling and bright

saree features all-over sequin details. The classic appeal of square-shaped se quins on a colour-rich saree effortlessly translates it into a stand-out ensemble.

Kriti Sanon was recently spotted in a contemporary blingy saree by Akanksha Gajria. The orange-hued

Celebrity fashion styl ist Sukriti Grover styled Kriti’s sequin saree with a bralettestyle satin blouse that definitely added an oomph factor to the sa ree look. The satin blouse featured a dark er shade of tangerine with a bustier neck line and thin straps.

The Bhediya actress's look epitomizes a sar torial way to pull off a saree look.

adhika

Radhika was recently asked about facing rejection be cause the other actors get valued more to which she told inter viewer Siddharth Kan nan, “There’s truth to this, but it becomes sensationalized and it changes its tonality.

Age is a factor and you cannot deny the fact that people want younger actresses in bigger commercial films; it’s just a fact, a younger or conven tional image that they want. You can see the number of surger ies people do. There is an image that we are chas ing and not just in India, across the globe.”

ANANYA’S BIRTHDAY WISH

Aryan Khan turned a year older and cele brated his 25th birthday on Novem ber 12. On this occasion, Ananya Panday took to her Instagram stories and dedi cated a special birthday wish for him. She posted a

major throwback picture that shows Ananya and Ar yan from back when they were little kids. While Ary an can be seen in a red tshirt, Ananya can be seen in a cute pink frock. The picture is just too cute! Meanwhile, in her caption, she wrote that she misses baby Aryan, and called him her ‘first and forever best

“Missing baby Aryan happy birthday to my first and forever best friend @__ aryan__,” wrote Ananya

riti Sanon has her fashion foot forward as she has been stepping out for the promotions of her upcoming film Bhedi ya with co-star Varun Dhawan. This time the actress was spot ted all glammed up in a bright and blingy orangehued saree by Akanksha

Apte is one of the most talented actors in Bollywood.

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon during the promotions of Bhediya

Radhika Apte

Kriti Sanon

Kriti in Akanksha Gajria’s saree

Ananya Panday

Mame Khan

WEDDING BELLS!

TEHZEEB TV'S CONFERENCE

CITY FIRST

Tehzeeb TV's conference, on the topic of 'National Edu cation Policy: Minorities, Modern Educa tion and Skill Develop ment' was organised on Friday at India Islamic Cultural Center. Sever al prominent politi cians and educational ists graced the occasion with their presence in cluding Iqbal Singh Lal pura, Chairman, Na tional Commission for Minorities, Kaushal Kishore, MoS, Housing And Urban Affairs, Govt. of India, Zafar Sareswala, Former Chancellor, MANUU, Ashok Kumar Gadiya, Chairman Mewarh Uni versity, Rihan Khan Suri, Pro VC, Delhi Skill Entrepreneurship & University, Moham med Khalid Qazi, Under Secretary, President's Secretariat, Rashtrapa ti Bhavan, IPS Md Sar faraz Alam, ACP Ja landhar, Rakesh Gupta, Chairman, AWBI, Tariq Anwar General Secre tary, AICC, Dr PA Inam dar, Chancellor, Univer sity, Pune, Mirza Qam

rul Hasan, Chairman, Jamia Co-operative Bank, Dr Syed Farooq, Chairman, Tasmia All India Educational and Social Welfare Society, Ilyas Malik, Education ist, IPS Gauhar Hasan, Amravati Rural, Maha rashtra ASP, Syed Sal man Chishti, Chair man, Chishty Founda tion Ajmer Sharif, Syed Shahnawaz, MLC and former Union Minister, Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi, Islamic Scholar, Dr Kh waja Iftikhar Ahmad, Founder President, In ter-faith Harmony Foundation of India, Ashok Pandey, Chair man, Ahlcon Group, Sirajuddin Qureshi, President India Islamic Cultural Centre and Anju Bala, Member Na tional Commission for scheduled castes.

FAMOUS WORSHIP PLACES IN DELHI

CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH

FATEHPURI MASJID

The

KALKAJI MANDIR

mosque was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s wife. It is en tirely made of red sandstone and is embellished with tiny domes and minarets. Additionally, the building has three gates, one of which faces the Red Fort, which was also constructed at about the same time. The Fatehpuri Masjid, which is situat ed at the western end of Chandni Chowk, offers visitors a glimpse of the city’s contemporary Is lamic culture and serves as a tranquil haven away from Old Delhi’s bustling streets.

The Baptist Missionary Society founded Cen tral Baptist Church in 1814, making it one of the first churches ever built in North India. The church, which was constructed in the Roman style with a deep colonnade and thick columns on the sides, has Urdu inscriptions that can be found close to the altar. The loca tion is a treasure trove of the original inhab itants’ secular spirit given that it is likely the oldest Christian mission in North India.

One of the most venerated temples is the Kalkaji Temple, which is dedicated to Kalka Devi and is situated in South Delhi. The temple, which is also known as Jayanto Peetha and Manokamna Siddha Peetha, is situated next to the well-known Lotus Temple. The idol of Kalka Ji is said to have been self-manifested and dates back to the Satya Yuga, when Goddess Kalika took on human form and slew various demons, including Raktabija.

R.K. PURAM SREE AYYAPPA MAHAKSHETHRAM

This temple, like the majority of other Ayyappa temples outside of Kerala, started as a bhajan sangham with the intention of constructing a tiny shrine for Lord Ayyappa. The deity’s pic ture was all that was available for worship at first, but it quickly acquired popularity. A big shrine designed in the Kerala style was finally built in response to the significant influx of be lievers. It was finished in 1980 and has since drawn many visitors from all around the city.

The grand wedding ceremony of Akshat son of Simmi and DC Jain with Nikita, daughter of Shobha and Sumatilal Bafana was held at BSF Camp Chhawala, Delhi on Friday. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to bless the newlyweds and wished them happy married life.

Bharat24 family celebrated the birthday of Syed Umar, Senior Editor, on Nov 11, Friday and of Amit Mishra, Consulting Editor on Nov 10, Thursday. Jagdeesh Chandra also reached NOIDA on Saturday to greet Syed Umar and Amit Mishra and wish them all the best. Cake cutting and greetings were part of the celebrations in which Managing Editor Ajay Kumar and all other members of the team also greeted both of them on the special occasion.

Mirza Qamrul Hasan, Rihan Khan Suri, Ashok Kumar Gadiya, Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi, Hakim Suleman Khan, Kaushal Kishore, Dr PA Inamdar, Zafar Sareswala, Dr Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmad and Syed Shahnawaz

Syed Shahnawaz greeted by a guest During the lamp lighting ceremony

Hakim Suleman Khan with others

Syed Shahnawaz with others

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Amit Mishra, Consulting Editor-Bharat24 on Saturday, on the occasion of his birthday being on November 10, Sandeep Mishra was also present

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Syed Umar, also seen with Ajay Kumar are Arvind Sharma, Anu Shridhar, Mukesh, Shikha Thakur, Poornima Mishra, Aarif Khan, Raj Pathak, Amit Baliyan, Prasoon Shukla, Sandeep Mishra, Amrita Garg, Amit Mittal and Sheetal Jain

Jagdeesh Chandra with Ajay Kumar, Amrita Garg, Mimansa Malik, Poornima Mishra and Shazia Nasir during the celebrations on Saturday

Vijay Shrivastava, Syed Umar, Ajay Kumar, Arif, Aditi Nagar, Raj Pathak, Shikha Thakur caught in a candid moment

Selfie Moment after celebrations: Ajay Kumar and Syed Umar with Poornima, Shikha, Aditi, Aarif, Muzamil and others

—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN

Jagdeesh Chandra with Sanjay Gupta, KK Parashar, DC Jain and Dr BL Jain with others

Jagdeesh Chandra with Sanjay Gupta, KK Parashar, Akshat Jain and Nikita with others

Simmi Jain, Nikita, Akshat Jain and DC Jain