First India-Delhi Edition-21st November 2022

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Qatar welcome the world at a colourful ceremony, marking the inauguration of the much awaited FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday

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Bengaluru: The explosion in a moving autorickshaw in Mangaluru was an ‘act of terror,’ Karnataka Director General of Police, Praveen Sood said on Sunday. Police revealed that accused, identified as Mohammad Shariq, who was injured in incident, was arrested 3 years ago in a Lashkar case.

HISTORIC COP: INDIA WELCOMES ‘LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND’

Sharm El-Sheikh: Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav speaking at closing of COP 27 on Sunday called COP27 a “historic COP” adding that “the world has waited far too long for the ‘loss and damage fund’ agreement.”

EXPLOSION IN AUTO IN MANGALURU IS AN ACT OF TERROR: DGP 5 DEAD, 18 INJURED IN NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS

Colorado: A gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, leaving five people dead and 18 injured, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club Q was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich according to police.

MAKE SURE BJP WINS IN EVERY BOOTH’

Want to establish India as global content hub: Thakur

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PM addresses 4 rallies at Veraval, Dhorarji, Amreli and Botad in Saurashtra region

He urges people to break all previous records of voter turnout on polling day First India Bureau

Veraval: Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to the people of Gir Somnath district in electionbound Gujarat to make the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vic torious in all the polling booths. He was canvass ing for four BJP candi dates from Gir Somnath district in Gujarat, where the Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

‘I want you to make sure the BJP wins each and every booth here. Will you do it for me? This time, my focus is to win in all the polling booths. If you help me in achieving this, these 4 BJP candidates will automatically reach As sembly,’ Modi said.

Rahul walking with those who opposed Narmada Project Opposition keeps defaming and abusing Gujarat Whenever I come to Amreli, I feel like home; see my people

Panaji: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that the government in tends to make India as a destination for film shooting and production.

“We have seen the pandemic time, and coming out of that, now large numbers are wit nessing IFFI. Through this, regional cinemas are going internation ally,” he told reporters ahead of opening cere mony of International Film Festival of India.

TRIBAL

STANDS

Speeding truck kills 15 in Bihar’s Vaishali

is yet to be ascertained. Among the deceased are children, who died in the crash which oc curred near Sultanpur village of Desari Police Station area. Police launched an investiga tion to nab the driver.

The search deepens as cops stare at large pond in Chhatarpur

Tankers brought to drain pond after Aaftab says he threw the head in it

New Delhi: Delhi Po lice on Sunday recov ered parts of a skull and some bones from forest areas of Mehrauli and Gurgaon and deployed teams to drain a large pond in Chhatarpur, ad joining the Mehrauli forest, as it intensified search for the remains of Shraddha Walkar that were allegedly

dumped in these forest parts six months ago.

Delhi Police along with teams of MCD were involved in pump ing out water from the pond in Chhatarpur since Sunday after noon. The exercise be gan following Aaftab’s claim that he had thrown her head and some other remains in the water body.

“We have heard that

some body parts are dumped here and the search for them is un derway. They are taking out the water from the

pond. This pond sup plies water to the tube wells in the area,” said Mahavir Pradhan, pres ident of the RWA of the

village. He said that they are ready to help the police but there could be another way of finding the body parts,

AAFTAB BURNT 3 LARGE PHOTOS OF SHRADDHA AFTER MURDER: POLICE

New Delhi (PTI): Sources privy to the probe said that Aaftab burnt three photographs of Walkar in the kitchen after killing her. During interrogation, the ac cused said that he had developed a hatred for Walkar and combed through the various belongings of the couple after murdering her. The three big photographs of Walkar were in his bedroom, including two solo photographs from their Uttarakhand tour and a 2020 picture of the couple near Mumbai’s Gateway of India. During interrogation, he said that he wanted to destroy every evidence related to Walkar in the house.

rather than emptying the pond.”Divers could have been deployed to look for the body parts,” he said.

COURT TO HEAR JAIN’S PLEA FOR CONTEMPT TODAY

Police also took Aaft ab to the flat in Meh rauli where he and Walkar lived to gather more evidence. P3

New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court will hear on Monday a plea moved by jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain seeking contempt proceedings against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly leaking CCTV footage to media. Spe cial Judge Vikas Dhull directed the agency to file its response on Jain’s plea, accusing the ED of leaking the CCTV footage purportedly showing the politician getting a massage inside the Tihar jail “despite an undertaking given in the court”. The court had or dered the ED to not leak any content of videos in this regard.

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SHRADDHA MURDER (L) Police personnel and locals gathered at the edge of the pond on Sunday. (Above) Water tankers of MCD at the pond.

PM MODI OFFERS PRAYERS AT SOMNATH TEMPLE

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday reached the Somnath temple to offer prayers. Modi who is in poll-bound Gujarat this weekend is expected to participate in at least 8 programmes crisscrossing the state from Saurashtra to Surat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded during a public meeting at Veraval in Gir Somnath district on Sunday.

TOP QUOTES FROM PM’S RALLIES...

COMMUNITY

WITH BJP: HM

Addressing a public rally at Dediapada, a tribal pocket in South Gujarat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the tribal comunities in the country stand firmly with the BJP. FULL REPORT ON P5

We want to establish India as a big market for production, collaboration, post-produc tion, and film shooting. I am happy that peo ple from across the world are showing their interest.

—Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for I&B

Union Minister for I&B Anurag Thakur, Bollywood actors Suniel Shetty, Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan with Writer Prasoon Joshi on the red carpet of inaugural ceremony of the 53rd IFFI, on Sunday.

New Delhi: A major accident involving about 48 vehicles occurred at bridge on Pune-Bengaluru highway in Pune on Sunday. Accident happened on the Navale bridge, Pune Fire Brigade said.

Ahmedabad: Taking a break from party’s back-to-basics BJY traversing entire length of country from south, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is set to campaign in Gujarat’s Surat, Rajkot areas today. P5

Kathmandu: A delegation team from the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Sunday observed the general elections in Nepal and visited several polling stations.

Kolkata: Bengali actor Aindrila Sharma, 24, passed away on Sunday after suffering multiple cardiac arrests on Saturday night. A cancer survivor, who defeated disease twice and returned to showbiz, Aindrila breathed her last breath at a private hospital in Howrah.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today a plea of Maharashtra govt challenging a Bombay HC’s 2020 order by which it had suspended probe into two FIRs filed against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly making inflammatory comments

Elections to decide Gujarat’s fate in next 25 years

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Lakshmi Mittal and others during inauguration of FIFA WC 2022, at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday. (L) BTS’ Jungkook performing at opening event.

l Total 32 teams set to fight for the FIFA World Cup 2022 prize l Enner Valencia scored twice in the first-half to give Ecuador a 2-0 at the break against Qatar in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khol

l Legendary American actor Morgan Freeman takes the centre stage as narrator in the event and said football spans the world, unites nations in their love of the game

l Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup sta diums on November 18

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Don’t vote for those who want to stop welfare work in Delhi: CM

New Delhi (PTI): Del hi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people not to vote for those in the upcoming munici pal polls who want to stop the development and welfare work in the national capital.

Addressing a public meeting in Paharganj here, he said though his government improved schools and hospitals, it could not do much on the sanitation front as the responsibility lies with the Municipal Cor poration of Delhi (MCD).

The chief minister alleged that the BJP, which has ruled the civic body for 15 years and is seeking a fourth term, is planning to cre ate another garbage mountain in Delhi.

Kejriwal was accom panied by his deputy Manish Sisodia.

“Do not vote for those who want to stop the de velopment and welfare work in Delhi,” Kejri wal said in an apparent reference to the BJP.

“During our tenure, we improved schools and hospitals, provided free electricity and wa ter besides installing CCTVs and building mohalla clinics. But we feel sad that we could not do anything to im prove sanitation as it is the responsibility of the MCD. “Give us one chance to clean Delhi

New Delhi (ANI): Odi sha Pavilion, depicting the artifacts and fashion of the state, has been set up at the International Trade Fair here.

Going with the man tra of ‘Vocal for Local, Local to Global’, the Pa vilion has been decked up highlighting vari ous initiatives of Odis ha Government in this regard.

The pavilion show cases products manufac tured by women arti sans from rural Odisha.

The state government facilitates and fosters these rural entrepre neurs by providing them with the dynamic and vibrant environ ment.

These rural entrepre neurs are being facili tated and fostered by the state, which pro vides them with a con ducive atmosphere to support and promote their small enterprises.

MAHABAL MISHRA JOINS AAP AHEAD OF MCD POLLS

AICC CHIEF MALLIKARJUN KHARGE TO MEET

PARTY WORKERS TODAY

New Delhi: New Con gress president Mal likarjun Kharge will meet party workers at All India Congress Committee (AICC) office at 24, Akbar Road building on Monday. Kharge will hold dialogues with party workers and listen to their issues be tween 11.00 am and 01.00 pm, and listen to their grievances. According to sources, while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is leading the “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, the new AICC Chief

has decided to stay in Delhi and meet workers. There will be no need for party workers to take an appointment to meet the party chief. They will be able to meet him in person and share their grievances if any, they said.

Need Uniform Civil Code, law against ‘love jihad’: Sarma

New Delhi (ANI): Cit ing the Shraddha mur der case as an example, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sun day said India needs Uniform Civil Code and law against ‘love jihad’.

During a roadshow here, the CM said. “Our country doesn’t need Aaftab but a person like Lord Ram, a leader like PM Modi. We need Uni form Civil Code and law against love jihad. We need laws where Aftabs can be hanged to death.”

and we will deliver re sults,” he added.

Targeting the BJP, Kejriwal said the party has “deployed LG sahab to stop my work”.

Sarma also took a swipe at CM Kejriwal and said, “People’s ex citement makes it clear what the result of the

“You have to support those who do the work and develop Delhi,” he told the gathering.

The chief minister said the BJP is “plan

polls will be. Kejriwal is best in theatrics. He thinks Hindus are ene mies, but can India ex ist without Hindus? He

ning” to create another garbage mountain at Basant Road.

“They (BJP) will col lect garbage from Karol Bagh and throw it on

Basant Road. There will be a garbage mountain within a year. There will be a foul smell in the entire area, and mosquitoes and flies

New Delhi (PTI) :

Former Congress MP Mahabal Mishra joined AAP on Sun day in the presence of party’s national con vener Arvind Kejri wal and senior leader Manish Sisodia in a public meeting.

Welcoming Mishra to the party, Kejriwal said, “Mahabal Mishra who is a pop ular leader of Purvanchal commu nity in Delhi, has joined the Aam Aad mi Party family. With your experience amongst the people and the society, we all will take the country forward together.”

from Dwarka Assem bly constituency, was suspended from the Congress for “antiparty activities” dur ing the Delhi Assem bly elections in 2020. He has also been a municipal council lor earlier.

Mishra’s son, Vi nay Mishra, who had joined the AAP in 2020, said that he was certain that his father too would join the party, even though he was “un happy” about his de cision two years ago.

MILLET ON A HIGH

“Five numbers of stalls have been ear marked for the startups for demonstration of their innovations.

Startup like Bariflow labs, Carbon out Tech con Pvt. Ltd. Craftindi ka, Larki Health Care Pvt. Ltd. M/s Yoobbel Technology, etc. have staff at their stalls to explain their products to visitors. Many more similar startups are be ing promoted by the government to avail of such platforms in fu ture”, stated a press statement.

will breed at the landfill site.

“I guarantee you that we will not let them cre ate a garbage mountain at any cost,” he said.

After his induc tion, Mishra on so cial media said he will work to strength en the party. “I have continuously served the people for the last 30 years. Now I will strengthen the party in the entire nation,” he said.

Mishra, a former Lok Sabha MP from West Delhi and a three-time MLA

Taking to social media, Vinay wrote, “When I joined Aam Aadmi Party, my fa ther was very angry. I assured him that this is a party of common people, they have vision for the public and he too would join AAP one day.”

He further said that the party has always worked for the society and that they will continue to do it in the future as well.

‘Investigate all those meeting Jain in prison’

New Delhi (PTI): BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday demanded in vestigative agencies to probe the people meet ing with jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain in his prison cell.

His remarks come a day after videos pur portedly showing Jain receiving massage and meeting visitors in jail emerged.

DyCM Manish Siso dia had on Saturday backed his colleague, saying Jain was under going physiotherapy for a spinal injury suffered from a fall in the prison. He had also accused the

BJP of making a mock ery of Jain’s treatment and hatching a conspir acy to keep him in jail in a “frivolous” case. “Sometimes even God intervenes to expose the dishonest and culprits,”

Tiwari said over AAP’s allegations that the vid eos were leaked.“The question is not who or how the videos were leaked, the question is what was Jain doing there,” he asserted.

WHY THE MISS?

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS’ ASSN REFUTES SISODIA’S ‘TREATMENT’ CLAIM ON

New Delhi (ANI): The Indian Association of Physiotherapists refuted the claims of physiotherapy being given to Satyendar Jain and also demanded an apology for “degrad ing physiotherapy”.

This comes after DyCM Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed the CCTV footage show ing Jain being given a full-body massage was a “treatment for injury”.

A CCTV video emerged

LEAKED VIDEO CLIP

on social media on Sat urday - two days after demands to shift him from the prison were raised by BJP. Sisodia had accused the BJP of leaking the CCTV foot age saying the “physi otherapy” was because of a spinal injury. “Only BJP can make cruel jokes by leaking CCTV

Plastic ban excludes packaging plastic!

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The gov ernment banned the manufacture, import, stocking, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items across In dia from July this year.

The list of banned items include plastic plates, cups, cutlery, plastic sticks for bal loons, flags, ice-cream sticks, wrapping films, invitation cards, ciga rette packs etc.

Surprisingly, the list doesn’t include packag ing plastic. Additionally, companies were made

responsible for recycling their plastic packaging waste under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The Centre has

made it clear that envi ronmental compensa tion shall be levied on polluters as per the Pol luter Pays Principle if

tralised portal and sub mit their action plan to CPCB. However, only a negligible number is ad hering to the EPR rule and few have registered on the portal. CPCB and other departments con cerned simply have no clue as to how much plastic waste they are collecting, segregating, recycling and what their infrastructure is.

footage of an injured person’s treatment... His spine was damaged, it’s on record,” he had said on Saturday. The Indian Association of Physi otherapists tweeted, “IAP strongly con demns the statement of the minister degrading physiotherapy by com paring it with massage given to another minis ter. Shows the level of education and knowl edge to them about our noble profession.”

Car hits home guard jawan when asked to stop

EPR targets are not met by producers and brand owners. They had to compulsorily register through the online cen

Interestingly, EPR tar gets are based on volun tary disclosure by plas tic producers. Under standably, most are re luctant to make disclo sure publicly.

Gurugram (PTI): A home guard on traffic duty was rushed to a hospital after being hit by a car that was sig nalled since the driver was not wearing a seat belt, police said Sunday. The driver managed to flee following the Satur day evening incident at AIT chowk on Golf Course Road and an FIR has been registered against the accused on the complaint of home guard Dinesh, they said.

“The driver veered away as the car came near and hit me. I fell on the road and got in jured,” Dinesh said.

Odisha Pavilion showcases handicraft, handloom at India Int’l Trade Fair in Del

Odisha Pavallion at the India International Trade Fair.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari.

should apologise for the riots in Delhi. BJP will win this election.” Defence Minister Ra jnath Singh, Union

ministers Jitendra Sin gh and Meenakashi Le khi also took part in ‘Vijay Sankalp’ road show at Uttam Nagar.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari inaugurates party office at Pandav Nagar in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari and others during a roadshow, in New Delhi, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Former Congress leader Mahabal Mishra joins AAP in the presence of CM Arvind Kejriwal and DyCM Minister Manish Sisodia at a public meeting on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

CM Arvind Kejriwal greets supporters at a public meeting at Paharganj on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Police conduct fresh searches

New Delhi(PTI): The Delhi Police on Sunday conducted fresh search es across the city, in cluding the forest areas of Chhattarpur and the locality where the ac cused in the Mehrauli murder case Aaftab Poonawala and Shrad ha Walkar used to live, officials said.

The police have scaled up the searches in Mehrauli and at Poonawala’s flat in a bid to recover the remain ing parts of Walkar’s body and the murder weapon, as his custody remand expires on Tuesday.

According to official sources, a Delhi Police team is also conduct ing searches in the for est areas of Gurgaon near the office where Poonawala used to work earlier.

A separate team vis ited the flat where they lived to collect evi dence as part of the ongoing investigation, police officials said.

While the permis sion for Poonawala’s narco test has come, investigators are run ning against time to get it conducted.

The test will be con ducted at Dr Baba Sa heb Ambedkar Hospi tal here in Rohini, most likely on Monday as Poonawala’s five-day police custody ends the next day.

Poonawala allegedly strangled Walkar and

sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for al most three weeks at his house in Mehrauli be fore dumping them across the city over sev eral days past midnight.

The Delhi Police had

on Friday sent teams to Maharashtra, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to hunt for evidence in the case.

According to offi cials, after leaving Mumbai, Walkar and Poonawala had trav

College boys brutally beat pregnant street dog to death, case registered

New Delhi: A group of college students severe ly thrashed a pregnant street dog in Delhi’s New Friends Colony area. According to the Delhi Police, a case has been registered and they are trying to nab the accused.

According to locals, the dog died as a result of her injuries. Accord ing to them, the accused are students from a lo cal college who attacked the dog with stones and sticks before abandon ing it in a field.

The accused is seen in the video carrying the dog to a tin shed and battering it while it pleads for rescue. They later pick up the dog

and abandon it on the field.

Esha Pandey, DCP (Southeast), said: “We received a complaint from a woman who ac cused unknown stu dents of allegedly hit ting the dog. We also have video evidence of

Mother Dairy milk prices see fourth rise in Del-NCR this yr

New Delhi (ANI): Mother Dairy on Sunday said it has decided to hike prices of full-cream milk by Rs 1 per litre and token milk by Rs 2 per litre across Delhi-NCR with effect from Monday. This is the fourth hike in milk prices this year by Mother Dairy. With this, price of full cream milk has increased from Rs 63 to Rs 64 per litre. However, the company has not revised the pric es of full-cream milk sold in 500 ml packs. To ken milk (bulk vended milk) will be sold at Rs 50 per litre.

Mother Dairy said the decision was taken be

cause of hike in procure ment cost of raw milk from dairy farmers.

“This year, entire dairy industry is seeing huge gap in demand and supply. Raw milk availa bility has been hit due to increased cost of feed and fodder, erratic mon soon, etc, putting stress on raw milk prices,” a spokesperson said.

the incident.”

The police registered a case based on the com plaint under Section 429 of IPC and sections of the Prevention of Cru elty to Animals Act. They also stated that the matter is being in vestigated.

elled to several loca tions, including Himachal Pradesh, and police are visiting these places to ascertain whether any develop ment during those trips triggered Poonawala to kill his partner.

Man dies after falling into trench while taking selfie

Faridabad (PTI): A 42-year-old man died af ter falling into a trench while taking a selfie near Vainda rock mine in Aravallis on Guru gram-Faridabad road, police said on Sunday.

Police pulled out the body of the man identi fied as Kamal, a resident of Adarsh Nagar in Ballabgarh, on Sunday.

The incident took place when Kamal along with his friends Ravi and Ha mendra was drinking alcohol on a cliff near Vainda mine.

According to his friends, Kamal was showing the view to his wife on video call. Later, he slipped into the trench while taking his picture.

BY ANI

THREE PERSONS CALLED TO RECORD STATEMENTS

Mumbai: A Delhi Police team called three persons in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Sunday to record their statements, an official said. The process of recording the statements was underway at the Vasai crime branch office, he said. The three persons knew Walkar, the official said without giving more details. Walkar was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in Delhi in May this year. Delhi Police is in Manikpur in Palghar district’s Vasai, the native area of the victim and where the couple had stayed before shifting to Delhi. On Saturday, the police recorded statements of four persons in Palghar, including two men from whom Walkar had sought assistance after she was assaulted by Poonawala in 2020, officials earlier said.

‘CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, FORENSIC EXAM PLAY KEY ROLE’

Ex-lover held for chopping woman’s body in 6 parts

Azamgarh (PTI): An ex-lover has been arrested in the kill ing of a woman whose chopped body was found in a well here, officials said on Sunday.

Prince Yadav was hit by a bullet in a gunfire encounter with the police on Sunday when he was taken to a spot for the recovery of the head of the woman, police said in a statement.

According to po lice, Yadav, who was arrested on Saturday, had concealed a country-made pistol at the spot and used it against police in an attempt to flee from their custody.

The incident had come to light on No vember 15 after some locals found the body inside a well located outside Paschimi vil lage. The body of the woman, who was lat er identified as Arad hana, was found in a semi-naked condi tion, and seemed to be two to three days old, Superintendent of Police (Azamgarh) Anurag Arya had earlier said.

Yadav with the help of his parents, cousin Sarvesh, and other family mem bers had planned to kill Aradhana, who was stated to be in

PRIORITY JOB

Seven others, all of whom allegedly helped the main accused, Prince Yadav, are still at large

her mid-20s, out of resentment because she had married someone else and not him. She lived in Ishaq Pur village of Azamgarh district. It has so far come to light that Yadav had an affair with the victim, who had got married earlier this year to some oth er person. On No vember 9, Yadav had taken Aradhana on his bike to a temple. When they reached there, he, with the help of Sarvesh, strangled her in a sugarcane field. The two then cut her body in six parts, packed them in a polythene bag, and threw it into a well, police said. They threw the head into a pond some distance away.

A sharp-edged weapon, a countrymade pistol, and a cartridge have been recovered by police in the case so far.

Two arrested after shootout with cops in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Two men, accused in several rob bery cases, were arrest ed after they opened fire at the police here in the early hours of Sunday.

The incident took place in Indirapuram of Ghaziabad. In retaliato ry firing by the police, one accused got injured. The two men face over half a dozen cases of robbery and theft, police said. “During checking, a bike was stopped by cops, after which the rider and his accom plice fired at them. One of them fell down while the other was injured in retaliatory firing. Both had over half a dozen cases of robbery and theft against them,” police said.

AIR POLLUTION IMPACT

Premature births, impaired brain development

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New Delhi: People are increasingly falling prey to chest infections and pneumonia in the NCR region due to growing pollution. And scarily, this is across all age groups. Respiratory dis tress and other pollu tion-related problems in kids are growing by about 70 per cent, stud ies say.

Many health experts are calling the predomi nantly ‘very poor’ air quality in Delhi as a health emergency, Breathing in polluted

air causes acute inflam mation of the windpipe and lungs, followed by the toxic chemicals reaching the blood, said a senior city doctor.

Some experts say long-term exposure to air pollution affects the brains of kids and caus es hyper-irritability in them. The toxins cause neuro-inflammation. Some warn of con strained growth of or gans and impaired brain development.

A recent survey by Lo calCircles said 70 per cent people have one or more family members,

or themselves, facing the impact of poor air qual ity in Delhi-NCR. A research by WHO in 2018 said pregnant wom

en can give premature birth if exposed to pol luted air. Air pollution also impacts neurode velopment and cognitive

immunity. Exposure to high levels of air pollu tion puts a child at great er risk of chronic dis eases, including cardio vascular ailments, later in life, experts say.

ability and can trigger asthma and childhood cancer. Another risk is having a baby with a low birth weight and weak

Air pollution from fine particulate matter caused 6.4 million pre mature deaths and 93 billion days lived with illness in 2019, according to Global Burden of Dis ease study. The global cost of health damage associated with expo sure to air pollution is $8.1 trillion, equivalent to 6.1% of global GDP, it added.

New Delhi: A week since the arrest of Aaftab Poonawala, po lice have been scouring for evidence to nail him in court for the murder of Shradha Walkar but it remains a challenge as the crime was detected after nearly six months. Circumstantial evidence and forensic examina tion hold the key in such cases, according to experts. Former Delhi Police Commissioner

SN Shrivastava said the scene of crime has been cleaned up and police are basically depending on the confession of the accused, who seems to be a “clever” person. “It is going to be a very difficult case and will require the help of all organs of the criminal justice system... The court will also have to understand the situation and act accordingly,” he said.

Accused Aaftab Poonawalla (in hoodie) being taken by police during a probe in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Below) Cops on a search operation in Mehrauli forests to look for the other body parts of Shraddha allegedly disposed of by Aaftab, in New Delhi on Sunday.

Volunteers take part in a clean-up drive on the banks of the Yamuna river organised by the Blue Brain Foundation, at Yamuna Ghat, ITO, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Security men outside Aaftab’s rented residence in Mehrauli in New Delhi on Sunday.

4 essential reads about future of world’s largest rainforest

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“Large, lucrative industries offer opportunities to move and launder money; as a result, in many parts of the world, deforestation is driven by the drug trade,” she reported. In the Amazon, for example, drug traffickers are illegally logging forests and hiding cocaine in timber shipments to Europe.

“Promoting sustainable production and consumption are critical to halting deforestation worldwide. But in my view, national and industry leaders also have to root organized crime and illicit markets out of these commodity chains,” Devine concluded

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforesta tion in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsan aro, had encouraged.

Forests play a critical role in slowing climate change by taking up carbon dioxide, and the Amazon rainforest absorbs one-fourth of the CO2 absorbed by all the land on Earth. These articles from The Conversation’s archive examine stresses on the Am azon and the Indigenous groups who live there.

1. MASSIVE LOSSES

The Amazon rainforest is vast, covering some 2.3 mil lion square miles (6 million square kilometers). It ex tends over eight countries, with about 60% of it in Bra zil. And the destruction oc curring there is also enor mous. From 2010 to 2019, the Amazon lost 24,000 square miles (62,000 square kilome ters) of forest – the equiva lent of about 10.3 million U.S. football fields. Much of this land was turned into cattle ranches, farms and palm oil plantations.

Forest clearance in the re gion threatens people, wild species and freshwater sup plies along with the climate.

“The farmers, commercial interest groups and others looking for cheap land all have a clear vested interest in deforestation going ahead, but any possible short-term gain is clearly outweighed by long-term loss,” Vittert con cluded.

2. LEGALIZING LAND GRABS

Much of the Amazon has been under state control for decades. In the 1970s, Brazil’s military government started encouraging farmers and miners to move into the re gion to spur economic devel opment, while also setting some zones aside for conser vation. More recently, how ever, Brazil’s government has made it easier for wealthy interests to seize large swaths of land – including in conser vation areas and Indigenous territories.

Reviewing national laws and land holdings, Universi ty of Florida geographers Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, Cynthia S. Simmons and Robert T. Walker found that Brazil’s National Congress was expanding the legal size of private holdings in the Amazon even before Bolson

BIAS IN FIGHTING GLOBAL TERROR

Terrorism is a glob al issue but it con tinues to pose threat to peace and people’s lives due to the stubbornness of countries like Pakistan and China. These countries use terror groups directly or by providing them with finan cial and logistic support to destabilise governments and kill innocent people in the name of religion. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the “No Money for Terror” conference, some countries use terror as part of their for eign policy and called for im position of cost on nations backing terror. Action against sponsors of terror ism, unfortunately, is selec tive as geo-political interests come into play.

Road building in the Amazon, which increased dramatically during Bolsonaro’s tenure, brings development and related threats like wildfires into wild areas.

University of Richmond geographer David Salisbury also saw it as an existential threat to Indigenous communities

aro was elected in 2019.

3. INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE

Road building in the Ama zon, which increased dramat ically during Bolsonaro’s tenure, brings development and related threats like wild fires into wild areas. Univer sity of Richmond geographer David Salisbury also saw it as an existential threat to Indig enous communities.

Indigenous residents of the Brazilian-Peruvian bor derlands where Salisbury worked “understand that the loggers and their tractors and chainsaws are the sharp point of a road allowing coca growers, land traffickers and

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the “No Money for Terror” conference, some countries use terror as part of their foreign policy and called for imposition of cost on nations backing terror

When the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were destroyed in the 9/11 attack, the deadliest on America, the US govern ment adopted all methods to get after Osama bin Laden and systemically destroyed terror havens in Afghanistan

others access to traditional Indigenous territories and resources,” Salisbury report ed. “They also realize that their Indigenous communi ties may be all that stands in defense of the forest and stops invaders and road builders.”

4. FIVE GLOBAL DEFORESTATION DRIVERS:

BEEF, SOY, PALM OIL, WOOD –AND CRIME

A small handful of highly lu crative commodities are the main causes of deforestation in the Amazon and other tropical regions around the world. In Brazil, much of the land is cleared for raising beef cattle or cultivating soy. In Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil production is spur ring large-scale rainforest destruction. Wood produc tion, for pulp and paper prod ucts as well as fuel, is also a major driver in Asia and Af rica.

“Making the supply chains for these four commodities more sustainable is an im portant strategy for reducing deforestation,” wrote Texas State University geographer Jennifer Devine. But Devine also found a fifth factor inter woven with these four indus tries: organized crime.

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION

and Iraq. Pakistan was ex posed when Osama bin Laden was found hiding on its soil and the US immediately sus pended its financial aid to Is lamabad. It was Donald Trump who said that Paki stan “does not do a damn thing” and that its $1.3 billion aid will remain suspended till it acts against terror havens.

The same strong action is not taken by the US or other western countries when dead ly terror attacks take place in India. Even designating Masood Azhar, deputy leader of the JeM terror group at the UN was blocked by China which backs Pakistan when it comes to sponsoring terror ism in India. The prime min ister rightly pointed out that such selective approach won’t weed out terror.

If India’s North-South (read Tamil Nadu) linguistic divide can be bridged it will re quire a subtle mix of religion and politics, like the one in focus at Kashi Tamil Sanga mam. Tamil Nadu and the Tamil language have been at the fore front of preserving India’s an cient religious and spiritual cul ture. Tamil Nadu, which has an ancient Shiva temple at Ramesh waram, and Varanasi with its Kashi Vishwanath temple have had very close and ancient ties. Thousands of pilgrims from Ta mil Nadu throng Kashi every year bridging the gap politicians try to widen because of the lan guage dispute. The Kashi Tamil Sangamam will help narrow the linguistic divide through spirit ualism and religion.

The naysayers might see BJP’s initiative as politically driven, but the only aspect the Sangamam highlights is unity in diversity. The richness of Ta mil and its culture and that of Hindi and Sanskrit must be used for each other’s mutual en richment. Kashi-Tamil sangam is indeed as holy as the Ganga and Yamuna’s confluence.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.

Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh

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Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda

While addressing the Navashakti Samavesh in Ballari, Karnataka, I was enthralled to feel the love of the people. We can say with utmost faith that the BJP government under the leadership of Hon. PM @narendramodi is a pro-people government that works for the poor & marginalised.

Tomorrow, 21st November, I shall be in Cambodia for an official visit. I shall attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers Plus meeting and the maiden India-ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting, during the visit. Looking forward to a fruitful visit.

Buddha

POLLS TO DECIDE GUJ’S FATE IN NEXT 25 YRS: PM

At a rally in the Botad district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it is for voters to shape the destiny of the state in the coming years

Cong has nothing in Guj, that’s why Rahul Baba is not coming: Amit Shah

Botad (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the state Assembly elec tions in Gujarat will determine where the state will be in the next 25 years.

Addressing a public rally in the Botad dis trict of Gujarat on Sun day, the PM said it was for voters to shape the destiny of the state in the coming years. Ex horting people to vote the BJP back to power in the western state, the Prime Minister, during his 30-minute-long speech in native tongue, Gujarati, said, “This election is not only for the next five years, it will determine what Gujarat looks lie in the next 25 years.” The PM’s visit to the Botad district was part of a jam-packed campaign schedule on Sunday.

Amreli: Addressing a public rally in the Amreli dis trict of poll-bound Gujarat on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he feels like home whenever he visits the district. “Whenever I come to Amreli, I feel like home. The sheer turnout of people here shows which way the election is going this time. The levers of election are not with politicians or candidates, but in the hands of the people who have turned out in such huge numbers today,” the PM said.

Rajkot: In an apparent swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress leader walked with a woman who tried everything to derail the Narmada Project. Earlier on Saturday, during the Maharashtra leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi was joined by activ ist Medha Patkar who spearheaded the Narmada Bachao Aandolan to prevent the displacement of locals due to the water of the Dam.

Tapi (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at Congress lead er Rahul Gandhi, who is currently leading Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra, over his absence from the elec tion campaign in Guja rat and said that Con gress has nothing in Gujarat, that’s why “Ra hul Baba” is not coming to Gujarat for cam paigning and is roam ing in other places.

While addressing an election rally in Tapi district of Gujarat, the Home Minister further said that ever since the BJP government came to power in Gujarat, there has been develop ment in every field.

“There is a BJP govern ment in Gujarat since 1990 and the Congress is saying that the work of the Congress speaks for itself. When it is not in power since 1990, then what is the work of Congress? Congress misleads the people.

The party which has not been in power for ages, then of what work is it talking? Congress should be ashamed.

Ever since the BJP gov ernment came to power in Gujarat, there has been development in every field,” he said.

Modi govt weakening laws enacted by UPA govt for tribals: RaGa

Buldhana (PTI): Con gress leader Rahul Gan dhi on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi-led central government of weakening laws framed by the UPA to empower tribals, and said his party will strengthen them further after com ing to power again.

Addressing the Adi vasi Mahila Workers' Sammelan at JalgaonJamod in Maharash tra’s Buldhana district, Rahul Gandhi said trib als are the “first own ers” of the country and have equal rights like other citizens.

The Modi govern ment was weakening laws like the Panchay ats (Extension to Sched uled Areas) Act, Forest Rights Act, Land Rights, Panchayat Raj Act and the reservation for women in local bodies, Gandhi said.

Buldhana (PTI): Congress General Secretary (com munications) Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a “revolutionary moment” for national politics as well as the party and not an event, and converting it into electoral success will take a while. Addressing a press conference on the last day of the foot march’s Maharashtra leg, Ramesh claimed people were looking for an alternative and wanted to get rid of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “'The Congress is the only ideology that presents an alter native to the BJP and the RSS. The Bharat Jodo Yatra is a revolutionary moment for national politics and the Congress and not an event,” Ramesh said.

Jamnagar: Former UP deputy CM Dinesh Sharma on Sunday held a meeting with BJP workers here, reviewing preparations for the Assembly elections. At the meeting, Sharma told BJP workers to spread out and reach out to the last voter. He added that the BJP was working to implement Gujarat’s ‘development model’ across the length and breadth of the country. Later, speaking to ANI, Sharma said, “The leader ship of PM Narendra Modi and the positive intent with which our govt has Gujarat forward over the last five years gives us the confi dence of returning to power with the maximum seats.”

Bharuch (PTI): Even two years after the death of Congress’ veteran leader and trou bleshooter Ahmed Patel,this electoral season in Gujarat, he is still the party’s ace in his native Bharuch district. While the AAP strives to project itself as the BJP’s main rival in PM Narendra Modi’s home state, the Congress is a significant factor for a seizable section of the people in Bharuch. “All the devel opments that you see in Bharuch today are the result of his (Patel’s) efforts. Ahmed Bhai was such a tall figure that no one can ever forget him,” a local said.

Ahmedabad (PTI): The Centre’s decision of 10% EWS reservation without disturbing the existing quota re solved many issues of the Patels and the communi ty will ensure BJP’s victory in the assembly polls, party leader Hardik Patel said. The spearhead of the 2015 Patidar quota stir said the agitation had directly impacted nearly 20 assem bly segments in the 2017 Gujarat election. He had supported the Congress in the 2017 polls. The Centre in January 2019 imple mented the 10% reserva tion for the EWS.

BYPOLLS

A test of Akhilesh’s leadership skills! MAINPURI-RAMPUR

TOUCH OF LOVE?

Lucknow: Mainpuri Lok Sabha poll is like do or die for Samajwadi Party President Akhile sh Yadav as it is a test of his leadership. After los ing the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat he won in the by-election, he has no op tion but to ensure that his party wins the Main puri seat. Keep in mind that SP won the seats of Azamgarh and Mainpu ri even in the most diffi cult times. For the first time in the 2014 elec tions, being held under the leadership of Naren dra Modi, the SP won both the seats and in 2019 also the party won both the seats. But after per forming very well in the

2022 assembly elections, when Akhilesh Yadav decided to remain an MLA instead of an MP, he left the Azamgarh seat and the party lost that seat in the by-elec tion. Not only this, the party also lost Rampur seat, where MP Azam Khan had resigned.

Now polls are being

held on Azam Khan’s as sembly seat and Main puri seat, which fell va cant after the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav. These polls are a test of Akhilesh’s leadership. Taking no chances, Akhilesh has fielded his wife Dimple. Uncle Shiv pal has also been includ ed in the list of star cam

paigners of the party. The BJP has fielded Raghuraj Singh Shakya, who was close to Shiv pal. Keep in mind that Akhilesh's cousin Dhar mendra Yadav was de feated on the Azamgarh seat. That's why it is very important for Akh ilesh to ensure Dimple’s victory in Mainpuri.

GRAND PROBLEM OF GOP

Sangh means not PM Modi or VHP: Bhagwat

Jabalpur (Agencies): RSS chief Mohan Bhag wat said Sangh does only work to organise Shakha, influence peo ple to work for nation.

“Sangh ka kam hai aadat dalna” (RSS’ job is to make a habit).

Bhagwat also said that PM Narendra Modi “is a swayamsewak and

pracharak, and even to day he is working as a pracharak.” “Yes Modi ji has been a Sangh swayamsevak and also a pracharak. The VHP too is run by our Sway amsevaks. But the Sangh in no way direct ly or remote controls them, they work inde pendently,” he said.

Will lack of aggression result in Cong’s weakening?

New Delhi: Whether the competition is on the playground or in the field of elections, a great player is one who puts all his/her strength into winning. But it seems that the Congress party does not believe in this principle, rather trusts on conserving its strength. It seems that Congress leaders think that keeping it safe will increase their strength.

Maximum show of

strength, during elec tions, increases power. Congress leaders should learn this from Prime Minister Naren dra Modi. He works so hard in every election as if his fate is at stake in this election. Dozens of rallies, meetings, roadshows, election strategy meetings, talks with leaders, he does all the work while being the Prime Minister. In contrast, the Congress fights every election in a half-hearted manner.

For example, Himachal Pradesh elec tions were just held, but only Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s rallies were

held for four days. If Ra hul Gandhi, who is car rying out the Bharat Jodo Yatra could cam paign in Gujarat, then

could he not go to Himachal, even if for one day? Sonia Gan dhi’s health is not good but it is being said that she can attend the rally to be held in Shegaon in Maharashtra. She had gone to Karnataka to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. But she did not go to Himachal to hold a sin gle meeting, nor did she write a letter or issue an appeal to the people of Himachal. If Rahul Gandhi goes to Gujarat,

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will not go. Congress party is using Priyanka in installments. She is the general secretary of the party and she should work hard in elections everywhere.

The ruling party of the country contests the elections with full force but the main opposi tion party shies from taking an aggressive stand in every election and as a result its ‘strength’ is continu ously getting depleted.

Sharat K Verma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a memento of Lord Ganesha during a public meeting for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, in Dhoraji, Gujarat, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Later, at a separate public rally at Dhorarji, the Prime Minister took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his image with so

cial activist Medha Pat kar on the sidelines of the Maharashtra leg of the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Con gress party.

Amit Shah addresses a rally for the Gujarat polls, at Nizar, in Tapi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat feeds fodder to a cow in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Mahesh Sharma

Ahmedabad (PTI): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Sunday suspended seven party leaders, including two former MLAs, for filing nomi nations as independent candidates for the upcoming state Assembly elections after they were denied tickets. The seven candidates are contesting from the seats that will go to polls in the first phase of the elections scheduled to be held on December 1.

Ahmedabad: The BJP has accused the Congress here of “minority appeasement” after a video surfaced in which an opposition party MLA was purportedly heard claiming that only Muslims can save country and the Congress. The Congress, however, claimed the video was three years old and had been tampered with. The Congress said Chandanji Thakor was at that time speaking at a meeting about Hindu-Muslim unity.

A police officer said, “Clashes took place between workers of two parties, police and paramilitary forces reached in time and dis persed workers. Situation is under control now.”

BJP WORKERS ATTACKED DURING AAP RALLY IN SURAT DISTRICT

AHMED PATEL’S NAME STILL HOLDS SWAY IN BHARUCH DIST

‘WE’LL BREAK ALL RECORDS’: FORMER UP DY CM ON GUJARAT POLLS

PATEL COMMUNITY STANDING FIRMLY WITH BJP THIS TIME: HARDIK

“BHARAT JODO YATRA REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT FOR NATIONAL POLITICS”

KHARGE’S TAKE

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav touches the feet of his uncle Shivpal Yadav at an election rally on Sunday.

PM MODI FLAYS CONGRESS, LISTS BJP WORK AT AMRELI CAMPAIGN

PM TO CONG: WHY SEEK VOTES FROM THOSE ALLYING WITH ANTI-NARMADA?

Rahul Gandhi

BJP’S BIG SHOW IN DELHI

New Delhi: Top BJP leaders, including party chief JP Nadda, De fence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union ministers Meenakshi Lekhi and Dr Jitendra Singh, As sam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa and Ut tarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and party MPs Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari and Parvesh Verma took out a total of 14 road shows in the national capital on Sunday campaign ing for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda held a road show in the Sangam Vi har area while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a ‘Vijay Sankalp’ programme and road show along with BJP MP Parvesh Verma.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took out a

MAMATA LIKELY TO MEET PM MODI ON DEC 5 ON SIDELINES OF CHIEF MINISTERS’ MEET

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the chief ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on December 5, an official said on Sunday. During the likely meeting, Mamata Banerjee may press for the release of the state’s dues by the Centre, the official further said. The West Bengal Chief Minister may also bring to the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of erosion by Ganga in areas in and around Farakka barrage, the official further said.

‘FAKE ENCOUNTER’: ODISHA DGP TOLD

TO SUBMIT REPORT

Kendrapada: The National Human Rights Commis sion has sought an action taken report from Odisha DGP, and from Malkan giri DM and SP over an alleged fake encounter by police in Baipariguda on November 10. Acting on a petition filed by rights activist Radhakanta Trip athy. NHRC in its order asked the authorities to submit the report within four weeks. In his petition, Tripathy alleged that the encounter of both Dhana Kamar and Jaykumar Nag by police was fake and both the deceased had no link with the Maoists.

WOMAN KILLED, 2 HURT AS JUMBO BRINGS ROOF DOWN

Udhagamandalam: A 58-year old woman was killed and two others were injured when an elephant brought their house down at Gudalur, about 80 km from here. The incident took place on Saturday midnight when the animal strayed into the human habitat and demolished the house while looking for food, said the officials. The elephant was found mov ing around the residential area for the past two days and damaged some hous es, they said. The officials said they were trying to drive the elephant back into the forest.

KERALA BOAT TRAGEDY: TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED, DEATH TOLL REACHES FOUR

Thiruvananthapuram: With recovery of two more bodies from Bharathapuzha river on Sunday, death toll in Kerala boat tragedy has mounted to four. The deceased were identified as Abdul Salam and Aboobacker. A country boat had overturned in the Bharathapuzha river in the Chamvravattam in Malappuram district on Saturday evening. The bodies of two others Rukhiya and Sainaba were fished out from river on Saturday night. Rescued women Beevathu and Rasiya are recovering at the Alathiyur govt hospital.

ED once again gets active in Saradha Ponzi scam of WB

Kolkata (Agencies): Almost after eight years since the central agen cies launched their probes in the multicrore Saradha Chit fund scam in West Bengal, the ED in a renewed ac tivity froze two bank ac counts of an erstwhile official of the said enti ty, who is also a retired IPS officer.

Rajat Majumdar, the retired director general of West Bengal Police who later became the vice-chairman of the Saradha Group, had also joined active poli tics as the TMC’s state vice-president.

In September 2014, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ar rested Majumdar in connection with the agency’s ongoing probe into the Rs 2,000 crore Saradha Ponzi scam.

ED sources informed that Majumdar was also questioned at the agen cy’s Salt Lake office in two phases till late Sat urday night.

Huge cache of arms seized from J&K house

WANTED TERRORIST RINDA DIES OF DRUG OVERDOSE IN PAKISTAN HOSPITAL

The arms cache was recovered from the house of one Rafaqat Hussain Shah, a resi dent of Panjtaran in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara, in a cordon-and-search op eration last night, a po lice spokesperson said.

During search, one pistol, two pistol maga zines, 16 pistol rounds, two hand grenades, two detonators, and other incriminating materi als were recovered from the said house, the spokesperson said.

In connection with the seizure, a case un der relevant sections of law has been registered and further investiga tion is in progress, the spokesperson said.

ne of India’s most-wanted terrorists Harvinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda died due to an alleged drug overdose in a Military Hospital, in Lahore on Saturday. Police and security agencies, both at the state and Central levels, have confirmed his death. Rinda carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for any information about him. Rinda, who was listed A+ gangster, drugs smuggler and arms supplier, was operating from Pakistan for the last few years. Rinda was the bridge between terrorists and gangsters besides narcotic smugglers.

2 DRONES SPOTTED CLOSE TO IB IN PUNJAB, RETURN AS BSF OPENS FIRE

Chandigarh (PTI): A drone from Pakistan was spotted close to the international border of India and Pakistan in Kassowal area of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, officials said on Sunday. The unmanned aerial vehicle flew back to Pakistan after the Border Security Force (BSF) troops fired at it Saturday night, they said. The BSF personnel fired at the drone and also used five illumination bombs, they said. A search operation is underway, they added. Another drone was spotted in the Channa patan area in Amritsar district at 11:46 pm on Saturday, said the officials. The drone went back after the BSF troops fired 10 rounds, they added.

“Nitish will be gheraoed if he fails to provide jobs”

Motihari (PTI): Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will be gheraoed if he fails to fulfil his promise of pro viding “10 lakh govern ment jobs” to youths of state, political strategistturned-activist Prashant Kishor has said.

Talking to media in Makhania village in East Champaran, Kishor dared the CM to honour his assurance he gave to the youths, after formation of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in August.

“The chief minister, during his Independ ence Day speech at Gan dhi Maidan, had

claimed that the grand alliance government aimed at providing jobs to 10 lakh people in the government sector.

“Deputy CM Tejash wi Yadav had also said

JD(U)-BACKED CANDIDATES WIN PATNA VARSITY POLL

Patna: The JD(U)-backed candidates swept the Patna University Students’ Union (PUSU) polls, winning four of the five panel seats.

PUSU POLL: SEVERAL ROUNDS FIRED IN PATNA VARSITY

that his RJD, as part of the new regime, would deliver on the promise. I, along with the youths of Bihar, will gherao Kumar if he fails on this front,” Kishor said.

Rajnath to attend ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Wednesday

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Cambodia from November 22-23 to attend ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus and In dia-ASEAN Defence Ministers meeting.

Singh will pay the two-day official visit to Cambodia at the invita tion of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia Samdech Pichey Sena TEA Banh, the defence ministry

here said in a statement issued on Sunday.

Cambodia, as the chair of ADMM-Plus, is hosting the ninth an nual meeting at Siem Reap, Cambodia and Singh will address the forum on November 23.

“Energy connectivity to be game changer”

Guwahati (PTI): En ergy connectivity and trading within the re gion can prove to be a game changer for India, Harsh Vardhan Shring la, chief coordinator of India’s G20 Presidency, said here on Sunday.

The de-congestion of power transmission lines through the narrow Siliguri corridor by rout ing via Bangladesh, in accordance with a multi lateral pact, will particu larly benefit the north eastern region, he said.

“Energy connectivity can be a game changer. We (India) have recent ly come up with the

cross-border energy trading policy,” Shring la said on the inaugural day of a two-day con

clave here on the contri bution of the northeast ern region to nationbuilding. Under the policy, power can be traded between Bangla desh, Nepal, Bhutan and India through cor ridors in India and Bangladesh, he said.

Shringla said as a re sult, the private sector has made significant investments in Nepal due to which Nepal is now exporting power to India. This will change the shape of regional

He will also call on the Prime Minister of Cam bodia, the Defence Min istry’s statement said.

“To commemorate 30 years of India-ASEAN relations, India and Cambodia will co-chair the maiden India-ASE AN Defence Ministers Meeting on November 22, presided over by Ra jnath Singh. Various initiatives to boost In dia-ASEAN partner ship are planned to be announced during the meeting,” the Ministry statement further said.

—With PTI inputs

The ABVP won the other seat, while the RJD-sup ported candidates drew a blank. This was the best performance of the JD(U) after 2018. JD(U)’s Anand Mohan was elected the PUSU president. He got 3,710 votes, defeating Shaswat Shekhar of the Congress-backed NSUI by a margin of 1,193 votes.

JD(U)’s Vikramaditya Singh was elected the vice president, while JD(U)’s Sandhya Kumari was elect ed joint secretary.

Patna: Several rounds of firing took place at Patna University on Saturday, after the student union elections were over, which created a chaotic situation in the college premises. A group of students opened fired several rounds after the end of the student union elections at Patna University. The firing hap pened around 2 pm near the gate of Patna Univer sity. Patna Town Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ashok Kumar Singh told ANI that some anti-so cial elements fired in the air at around 2 pm near the Patna College Gate, near Ashok Rajpath.

relations in the future, he claimed.

India had started sell ing power to Bangla desh at the beginning of last decade when the neighbouring country was reeling under an energy crisis, and the supply has increased since then, he said.

He also highlighted the need for de-conges tion of transmission lines along the chick en’s neck’ for evacuat ing excess power from the northeast region.

Lucknow Passport Office gets prestigious award for performance

Lucknow: The Region al Passport Office of Lucknow has been nom inated for the third po sition in the category of Institutional Perfor mance award under the Passport Seva Award. This prestigious award was given to the Luc know RPO at a function held in New Delhi on Saturday.

For this, Regional Passport Officer Kan ishk Sharma was given the award by External

Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar

held in New Delhi.

Sharma is a 2013batch IFS officer and

First India Bureau

roadshow along with BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, while Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

and BJP MP from East Delhi, Gautam Gamb hir held a roadshow in Mandawali area.

Delhi CM Arvind Ke jriwal had a day earlier said the BJP will mount an “attack” on the capi

tal with their “kings and emperors” but the citizens will give them a “befitting response”.

Arvind Kejriwal had a day earlier said that the BJP will mount an ‘attack’ on the capital

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with BJP MP Parvesh Verma during the Vijay Sankalp roadshow at Uttam Nagar in New Delhi.

BJP National President JP Nadda’s roadshow with party candidate in Sangam Vihar on Sunday. PHOTOS BY ANI

Delhi BJP General Secretary Dinesh Pratap Singh during a roadshow in support of candidates of Ghonda Assembly constituency.

Union MoS for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi campaigning for BJP candidate from Andrews Ganj Ward, Preeti Bhati, on Sunday.

Srinagar (PTI): Secu rity forces seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a house in Kupwara dis trict of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

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Harsh Vardhan Shringla. —FILE PHOTO

Ahtesham Siddiqui

at the event

his wife Chandni Sin gh is also an IAS of ficer of UP cadre. She is posted as the Collec tor of Jalaun.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar confers award to Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow, Kanishk Sharma in New Delhi, on Saturday.

Prashant Kishor meets people in Bihar. —FILE PHOTO

Rajnath Singh

Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur and Congress MLA from Himachal, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu travelling from Chandigarh to Delhi in a flight.

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INVEST `30,385 CRORE IN INDIAN EQUITIES IN NOV

6-7% IN NEXT FISCAL’

New Delhi (PTI): India will still grow at 6-7% in the next 2023-24 fiscal even as the economy may be af fected by uncertain global conditions, former Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Ra jiv Kumar has said amid growing fears of the world slipping into a recession.

Kumar further said there is a synchronized downturn in the US, Eu rope, Japan and also in China and that could take the global economy into a recession in the coming months.

DELOITTE EXPECTS INDIA TO POST 6.5%7.1% GROWTH IN CURRENT FISCAL

DEMAT ACCOUNTS

UP 41% TO 10.4

CRORE IN OCTOBER

“Thankfully, there is no such prospect of re cession in India, because although our growth may be negatively affected by the global conditions, we will still manage to grow at 6-7% in 2023-24,” he said.

New Delhi: The number of demat accounts rose to 10.4 crore in October, 41% higher from a year earlier, on attractive re turns from the equity markets, even as incre mental additions of such accounts have been on a declining trend for the past few months. Incre mental additions of demat accounts have been con tinuously declining since Aug. The additions stood at 26 lakh in August, fell to 20 lakh in Sept and fur ther dropped to 18 lakh in Oct 2022. PTI

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The World Bank on Octo ber 6 projected a 6.5% growth rate for the Indian economy for 2022-23, a drop of one percentage point from its June 2022 projec tions, citing the deteriorat ing international environ ment, while IMF projected a growth rate of 6.8% in 2022 as compared to 8.7% in 2021 for India.

Replying to a question on high inflation, Kumar said retail inflation will probably be in the range of

OTHER STORIES

New Delhi (PTI): India is likely to post a 6.5% to 7.1% economic growth during the current financial year 2022-23 amid rising inflation and impending global slowdown, Deloitte India said in a report. “The seemingly unending saga of global economic uncertainties has begun to negatively impact India’s main drivers of growth. So volatile is the current economic environment that if one is looking for certainties from the recent data releases, it is unlikely that a consistent outlook will emerge,” Deloitte said. De loitte expects “India to post a 6.5-7.1% growth during FY22–23 (April 2022 to March 2023) and 5.5-6.1% the following year contingent on the revival of the global economy and improving economic fundamentals.” India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.7% in the 2021-22 fiscal year.

6-7% for some more time.

“After that, my estimate is that it should begin to peak and then come down,” he said.

Kumar added that de pends a lot on global oil prices as it can continue to rise because of the contin ued conflict in Ukraine.

“But otherwise domestic

FTAs DON’T ALWAYS PROMOTE DOMESTIC MFG OR ACCELERATE EXPORT GROWTH: GTRI REPORT

New Delhi: Countries negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) need to keep in mind eight “myths” which surround these pacts, like they lead to accelerated increase in exports and promote domestic manufacturing, according to a report by think-tank GTRI. The report by GTRI claims to dispel these ‘myths’, including that FTAs weaken the WTO, countries are rushing to do FTAs, and these pacts promote investment and lower prices. It is “erroneously” believed that most world trade happens through the FTA route, but in reality, it is less than 20%, said the report titled ‘FTAs: Fabulous, Futile, or Flawed?’. PTI

drivers of inflation will cool down,” he noted.

Asked about the impact of a weakening Indian ru pee on the common man, the former Niti Aayog vice chairman said the com mon Indian does not use a lot of imported goods or services in their consump tion basket.

Decriminalise GST law, slash personal I-T rates in Budget

New Delhi (ANI): Industry body CII has pitched for a reduction in personal in come tax rates, decriminal isation of the goods and services tax and a relook at the capital gains tax rates as part of its agenda pre sented to the government for the forthcoming Budget.

Arguing that the GST law already contains adequate penal provisions for deter rence against evasion of taxes, CII has suggested de criminalisation of GST law.

Also, the applicability of prosecution provisions should not be based on the absolute amount of tax evasion but should be based on real intent to evade the taxes and a cer tain percentage of the tax payable, it stated.

“A fresh look is needed at the capital gains tax with

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

z Arguing that the GST law already contains adequate penal provisions for deterrence against evasion of taxes, CII has suggested decriminalisation of GST law

z The applicability of prosecution provisions should not be based on the absolute amount of tax evasion

respect to its rates and holding period to remove complexities and inconsist encies. Moreover, the Gov ernment should contem plate a reduction in the rates of personal income tax in its next push for re form as this would increase disposable incomes and re vive the demand cycle,” CII President Sanjiv Bajaj said.

BANKS INCREASE EBLRs BY 190 BPS IN TANDEM WITH RBI’S REPO RATE HIKE

Mumbai (PTI): All major banks have increased their external benchmark-based lending rates (EBLRs) by 190 basis points in tandem with the hike in the Re serve Bank’s policy repo rate since May this year, though they have been slow in raising the deposit rates.

The Reserve Bank has hiked the key short-term lending rate (repo) by 190 basis points in four tranch es since May to contain inflation.

By October-end 2022, banks have increased their EBLRs by 190 bps in tan dem with the increase in the policy repo rate since May 2022, according to an RBI article.

Further, banks have also increased their 1-year me dian MCLR by 85 bps from May to October 2022.

From October 1, 2019, all banks have to lend only at an interest rate linked to an external benchmark, such as RBI’s repo rate or Treasury Bill yield.

WEF looking at solutions from India to manage climate change

Markets to focus on global trend: Analysts

New Delhi: As many as 380 infrastructure pro jects, each entailing an in vestment of `150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than `4.58 lakh crore, as per a report. Out of 1,521 projects, 380 reported cost overruns and as many as 642 projects were delayed. “Total origi nal cost of implementa tion of the 1521 projects was `21,18,597.26 crore and their anticipated com pletion cost is likely to be `25,76,797.62 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of `4,58,200.36 crore (21.63% of original cost),” the ministry’s lat est report said. PTI

critical infrastructure projects of dif ferent

ONGC TO REVERSE YEARS OF DECLINE IN PRODUCTION THIS YR

New Delhi: Eight of the 10 most valued firms to gether added `42,173.42 crore in market valuation, with ICICI Bank, Infosys and TCS emerging as the biggest gainers. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI and HDFC, made gain. But in the ranking of top-10 firms, RIL retained the ti tle of the most valued In dian company, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Info sys, ICICI Bank, Hindu stan Unilever, SBI, HDFC, Bharti Airtel and Adani En terprises. PTI

ports

rail, road

New Delhi: ONGC will this year reverse years of decline in production and gradually raise output thereafter as it invests billions of dollars to produce from newer discoveries, company’s management told investors. In current FY, crude oil produc tion is slated to rise to 22.823 million tonne and gas to 22.099 bcm. In the following fiscal year, oil production will climb to 24.636 million tonne and to 25.689 million tonne in 202425, mgmt told investors. PTI

New Delhi (PTI): With no major domestic marketmoving event scheduled this week, stock market in vestors would largely focus on global trends and for eign fund movement, and may face volatility amid monthly derivatives expiry, analysts said.

This week Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes are due for release which would provide further cues to the market.

Apart from F&O expiry, institutional flows will be important, which have dried up in the last couple of trading sessions, he said.

PLANS TO INTRODUCE MORE MODELS

New Delhi (PTI): The World Economic Forum (WEF) is looking at solu tions from India to help ac celerate decarbonisation worldwide as the focus is to try and bring the best prac tices from wherever they are to everyone else, accord ing to a senior executive.

“What India has done with the acceleration of re newables, deployment of new renewables is quite outstanding. If I am not mistaken, the numbers are saying that your demand has grown but you have de coupled the demand for en ergy from the demand for coal. That is a very impor tant element,” WEF’s Rob erto Bocca said.

When asked whether the forum is looking at solu tions from India to help ac celerate decarbonisation worldwide, he replied in the affirmative.

TOP TALKING POINTS

z The World Economic Forum (WEF) is looking at solutions from India to help accelerate decarbonisation worldwide as the focus is to try and bring the best practices from wherever they are to everyone else

“Absolutely... We are also looking at what some of the companies (in India) are doing on green hydrogen, (especially) the approach

z According to WEF’s Executive Committee member, forum is looking at solutions from India to help accelerate decarbonisation worldwide

z Huge investments would be needed for energy transition, that is moving towards decarbonisation

you have taken as a coun try to put green hydrogen at the centre of the future... India is a fertile ground for innovation,” he said.

Expect substantial rise in SUV market share this fiscal: Maruti

New

Suzuki expects substantial increase in its market share in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment this fiscal with the new Brezza and Grand Vitara receiv ing robust response, ac cording to a senior compa ny official.

The auto major also plans to introduce more models in the SUV segment in the remaining part of the financial year.

“In July we were at 7.1% (market share) in the SUV segment...It increased to 10.8% in August, 13.01% in September and 14.4% in

October. So it is showing an increasing trend,” Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Senior Executive Officer Market

ing & Sales Shashank Sriv astava said.

He noted that the market share would have increased

further if the company had not faced supply issues with Brezza last month. “I would not like to pro

SAYS MSI’s SENIOR OFFICER

z In July Maruti Suzuki were at 7.1% (market share) in the SUV segment. It increased to 10.8% in August, 13.01 percent in Sept and 14.4% in October

z The market share would have increased further if the company had not faced supply issues with Brezza last month

ject a going forward figure but can safely say that we are expecting a good in crease (in market share)

this fiscal as we expect to launch a few more SUVs,” Srivastava said.

He noted that the gain would help it regain mar ket share in the overall pas senger vehicles segment.

“Strengthening SUV seg ment is an important part of our strategy to regain the overall market share which we lost due to non presence in the SUV seg ment,” Srivastava said.

MSI, which did not have a credible presence in the mid-size segment, had end ed last fiscal with a market share of 10.9% in the SUV space.

Delhi (PTI): Maruti

Manipuri cinema highlight of 53rd International Film Festival

50th Anniv: First Manipuri feature film was released on April 9, 1972 IFFI to showcase five feature and five non-feature films from state

Panaji (ANI): Manipur will be the torch bearer for the promotion of films from North East India at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), as per an official press release.

To mark the golden jubilee of Manipuri cin ema, IFFI 53—Asia’s oldest film festival— will showcase five fea ture and five non-fea ture films, curated by Manipur State Film Development Society under Indian Panora ma. Each year April 9, has been celebrated as the birth of Manipuri cinema since the first Manipuri feature film

was released on April 9, 1972, named ‘Matamgi Manipur’, directed by Deb Kumar Bose.

As per an official statement, with the screening of the open ing feature film Is hanaou directed by Pad mashree award-win ning director Aribam Shyam Sharma, and

THE PIONEERS

Ratan Thiyam; The Man of Theater in the Non-feature film sec tion along with other films, the cinema en thusiast will get a taste of rich cultural herit age, fierce storytelling, dance, music, tradi tions and theatres from the state of Manipur.

Manipuri film pio

neers like Aribam Shy am Sharma, Oken Am akcham, Nirmala Chanu, Borun Thokchom, and Romi Meitei among others will mark their pres ence to celebrate the 50 years of aesthetic bril liance of Manipuri cin ema during the 53rd Edition of IFFI, Goa.

Mahatma wanted Cong to quit as political party: Ram Madhav

Raipur (PTI): Mahat ma Gandhi believed In dia became “politically free” on August 15, 1947, and wanted Congress to work for attaining so cial, economic, and moral freedom instead of working as a politi cal party, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said on Sunday.

Speaking at the litfest ‘Sahitya Parab 2022’ in Raipur, he also claimed since Congress leaders had stopped paying heed to Gandhiji, this suggestion was not ac ceptable to them.

“When India got free dom on August 15, 1947, everyone called it ‘aza di’ and ‘swatantratra’ (Independence). But Mahatma Gandhi was the only person who de nied saying this and said India became po litically independent,”

Madhav said.

In a veiled dig at Ra hul Gandhi, he said Ma hatma Gandhi’s wish to dissolve Congress seems to be fulfilled by another Gandhi.

Three days before Mahatma Gandhi’s death (he was assassi nated on January 30, 1948), he dictated a pro posal that he wanted to get passed in the next convention of the Indi an National Congress.

EX-NAVY MAN CHOPPED INTO PIECES BY WIFE, SON

Baruipur (PTI): An exnavy man was killed and his body chopped into pieces and dumped in a number of places allegedly by his son. Po lice have arrested the man’s wife and son, who claimed to be “con tinuously tortured” by the former navy man Ujjwal Chakraborty, a senior police officer of Baruipur police district in South 24 Parganas said on Sunday.

According to the po lice, Chakraborty had hit his head on a chair at his home at Baruipur after being pushed by his son, who then alleg edly strangled him to death on November 12.

“After killing

Chakraborty, his wife and son took his body to the bathroom. The son then used a hacksaw from his carpentry class kit bag to cut the body into six pieces and then dumped them in and around their neigh bourhood,” the police officer said.

The son carried the body parts wrapped in plastic in at least six trips in his cycle and dumped them around 500 m away at Khas Mal lick and Dehimedan Malla areas, he said.

“Chakraborty’s two legs have been recov ered from under a gar bage dump, while the head and stomach were fished out of a pond.”

DIG AT BAGHEL

However, that conven tion was not held as Gandhiji was assassi nated, Madhav said.

In that proposal, Madhav said, Gandhiji had suggested launch ing another movement (to attain social, eco nomic and moral free dom and keep the Con gress party out of the purview of politics.

“Congress leaders had stopped paying heed to Gandhi ji,” he said.

COMING SOON

Doorstep garbage collection in Greater Noida’s 124 villages

Noida (PTI): The facil ity of doorstep collec tion of garbage will soon be launched across the 124 villages under the Greater Noida Au thority, benefitting lakhs of residents, ac cording to officials.

The facility is cur rently available only for developed sectors in Greater Noida.

Participating in a programme to mark ‘World Toilet Day’ on Saturday, Greater Noi da Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari not ed that the villages in the area and some new ly developed city sec tors do not have door-todoor garbage collection facility.

“At the beginning of the new year, a (private) agency will be selected to collect garbage from homes in these villages and sectors,” Mahesh wari said.

She also said that the authority has planned 32 more public toilets besides the 30 that are

already under construc tion, according to an of ficial statement.

“At present, 19 public toilets are ready, while work is underway on 11 others. Of these 30, nine are pink toilets (dedi cated to women) and the rest are common public toilets. All these are be ing made on BOT (buildoperate-transfer) basis at a cost of Rs 3.72 crore,” Maheshwari said. “Besides these, ap proval has been received for the construction of 32 public toilets and ten ders for their construc tion will be issued soon.

The project’s cost is esti mated to be around Rs 4.28 crore,” she said.

The senior IAS offic er also exhorted the people to use public toi lets to help keep Great er Noida clean.

Locally settled Tamils term ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ as unique initiative

Varanasi (PTI): Naray an Dhanpati whose an cestors came here from Tamil Nadu decades ago and settled in the holy city on Sunday termed the ongoing ‘Kashi Ta mil Sangamam’ pro gramme as a unique initiative to bring the cultures of the two re gions together.

Dhanpati, who im parts training in reli gious rituals, was pre sent at the amphithea tre ground of the Ba naras Hindu University during a function that was part of the pro gramme.

He also said that like the ‘chaardhaam’ yatra, Kashi yatra (pilgrim age) too has its own im portance in south India.

Chandrashekhar Dravid, who claimed that his ancestors start ed living near Kedar

Ghat in Kashi at least two centuries ago, said, “The connection be tween Kashi and Tamil Nadu has been for many decades. In Tamil Nadu, there are places named as Sivakasi and Tenka si. Even today, it is man datory for the Tamil people to visit Kashi once in their lifetime.”

As part of ‘Kashi Ta mil Sangamam’ pro gramme, more than 2,500 delegates from Ta mil Nadu are visiting Varanasi and will par ticipate in seminars and interact with local people of similar trade, profession and interest.

During the monthlong programme, an ex

Political leadership must build trust for national integration: Meghalaya CM

Guwahati (PTI): Meghalaya Chief Min ister Conrad Sangma on Sunday emphasised the role of political leadership in building trust among all sections of people for greater in tegration as a nation.

He also underlined the importance of cul tural exchange between different parts of the country, especially among children and youth, for a better un derstanding of differ ent aspects of each other’s lives.

“For greater integra tion, the most impor tant role is of the politi cal leadership. They

ARMY TO BUY 62,500 BULLETPROOF JACKETS

New Delhi : Amid the threat of the use of steel core bullets by terrorists in In dia, the Indian Army has issued tenders for acquir ing 62,500 bullet proof jackets (BPJs) for its frontline troops which would be able to protect them from such bul lets. The Ministry of Defence has issued two separate tenders for these jackets un der Make in India including one for 47,627 jackets under the normal route and the other one for 15,000 jackets under emergency procure ment procedures which would be fi nalised in the next three to four months, Indian Army offi cials told ANI.

must see the different aspects of integration and take the right steps for achieving it,” Sang ma said.

He was speaking at

held under the aegis of the Eastern Command headquarters of the Army, with support of the NE states and North Eastern Zone Cultural Council (NEZCC).

“For most of the last 75 years, issues of the northeast were not un derstood and policies were framed by people sitting in Delhi. It leads to an erosion of trust.

hibition on handloom products, handicrafts, books, documentaries, cuisines, art forms, his tory and tourist places of the two regions will also be organised here.

The Kashi Tamil Sangamam is part of the prime minister’s initiative of ‘Ek BharatShreshtha Bharat’.

The specifica tions listed by the Army state that the BPJs should be able to protect a soldier against 7.62 mm ar mour-piercing rifle ammunition as well as steel core bullets fired from a dis tance of 10 metres. In some incidents in Kashmir, terror ists used American armour-piercing bullets in encoun ters with security forces and were suc cessful in breaching the bulletproof jackets of soldiers.

The jackets would be level 4 which are consid ered to be effective against steel core bullets and would be first provided to troops deployed in terrorist operations in J&K. —ANI

Shankaracharya first united India: Kerala Guv

New Delhi (PTI): If Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa tel could unite India af ter 1947, the credit real ly goes to Shankaracha rya, the son of Kerala, who made the people aware of their cultural and spiritual unity more than 1,000 years ago, according to Kerala Governor Arif Moham med Khan.

the inaugural day of a two-day conclave on the theme of Celebrating Contribution of India’s North East Region in Nation Building’, being

“There are intertribe, inter-community issues here, and policy intervention has been in the wrong direction at times. It leads to one section feeling de prived,” the Meghalaya chief minister said.

Khan also said that Kerala is very friendly to the “seekers of knowledge”.

In an interview with PTI here, he said that although India has cul tural and spiritual uni ty, the country for a long period of time was po litically fragmented.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr. L. Murugan at the red carpet at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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PM Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi on Saturday.

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma meets Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at Up-Rashtrapati Nivas in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO

Talking about Kera la, Khan, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, said that Kerala has a great tradition and is one of the best states in India.

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan kicks a football to inaugurate the 2022 IBSA Blind Football Asia/Oceania Championship, in Kochi on Saturday.

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If the post-pandemic fashion era has taught us anything, it’s to value easy and comfy clothing. A few shapes have become wider and baggier throughout time, and the greatest items for autumn have followed suit. But don’t misunderstand; oversized fits don’t necessar

fitting top to prevent feeling as though your clothes are wearing you. By doing this, the proportions are balanced out. The best thing is that you won’t even realise you’re wearing jeans since they’ll feel so comfy.

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ime Management refers to managing time effec tively so that the right time is allocated to the right activity. Effective time management al lows individuals to as sign specific time slots to activi ties as per their importance. It is the technique to use one’s time efficiently so as to make the most of it. Efficient time management increases your productivity im proves your quality of work and also helps reduce stress. One who can manage his time re sourcefully by utilising Do; De lay, Delegate, and Drop technique is a real winner.

Never give in to urgency syn drome, neglecting what is tru ly important. Since we all get the same 24 hours, why is it that some people achieve SO MUCH in this time and some achieve NOTHING? One must apply a suitable methodology to ascertain the optimum use of time. “Good time manage ment is a personal skill for managing oneself, one’s work and the work of others”

Importance of Time Man agement. It is rightly said.” Either you run the day or the day runs you”. This is true for people from all spheres of life. Whether you are a student, a corporate employee or a home maker, you must manage your time efficiently to accomplish your tasks systematically.

Time management is impor tant as: - Time is limited and needs optimum use, requires quality decision-making for ef ficiency, reduces stress levels by planning and prioritising for better output, No multi tasking to avoid confusion and chaos and a good time manage ment technique for greater productivity.

Obstacles to effective Time Management:- Lack of clarity on Objectives /goals, Unorgan ised work resulting in chaos

TIME MANAGEMENT

AS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESS

and confusion, Inability to say NO, Overloading of work and no prioritisation plan, Stress and fatigue, Disinterest in work and Indecisiveness.

Tips to Manage Time Effi ciently

Start Early. It is always bet ter to begin your day a little early so that you have more time to invest in productive ac tivities. However, it is essential to have 7-8 hours of sleep each day.

Prepare a To-Do List. The first stage of improving your time management is to list ab solutely everything that you have to do. List your tasks based on your priority and be gin accomplishing them one after the other as per priority.

Assign Time to Your Tasks. Whether it’s a pin-up planner, a timetable or a calen dar on your phone, find an or ganizing tool that works well for you and add your list of priorities to it. Assign time to each of the tasks on your list and make sure you complete them within the set time.

Be Flexible but Realistic: ically, Allow Around 8-10 hours a day for working, studying play ing, socializing and anything else practical you need to do. It’s also important to remember that things often take longer than expected. So, Allow a lit tle extra time in case you spend longer on a task than you thought you would. Taking the time to research, plan and think about your work is cru cial for good time man agement.

Avoid Procrastina tion and Dis traction. most important words for time management are: No and Now. For action‘Now’ is the time and so avoiding procrastination is the best option: For distraction‘No’ is the right word. One way to avoid pro crastination

is to identify the place where you are most focused and least dis tracted.

Take Breaks and Exercise to

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Review and Realign. Con stantly reviewing and reas sessing your schedule can help you to recognize whether you need to make any changes or realign in order to help you complete any tasks and also have time to relax and spend time with friends with a family

Time management is easier said than done. It takes a lot of dedication and determination to stay focused and follows the schedule one has set to manage time efficiently. However, once you master this art you are sure to succeed. It might appear simple but managing time efficiently calls for quali tative output from indi viduals. It calls for selfdiscipline and con stant reminder of the importance of ac complishing tasks in a timely manner.

The great di viding line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: “I did not have time.” Frank lin Field

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

Using your initiative at work will be much appreciated. You may get a chance to pursue old hobby. Health tips from an expert will enable you to get closer to your fitness goals. Your generous behavior would enable to enjoy some lovely moments with family.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Family will be most supportive, when it really matters for you. Some of you may add to your list of properties by booking a new one. It is good day to confess your love as stars appear favourable for positive reply. A long drive is likely to help you get over mental tiredness.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

You will succeed in resolving misunderstanding with family members, normalizing ties. Despite your misgivings, you retain good health. You will do much to bring peace and harmony at home. You will remain much in demand on social front. Some of you can get romantically involved.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

Despite hectic schedule you will manage to

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Following a health diet will be a good idea. Luck favours you today on the professional front.

Focussing on health now will help you in keeping physically fit. Clarity of mind will help you forge ahead on the academic front. Frustration on the romantic front is possible.

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Distant relatives may drop in for a surprise visit. On professional front, recognition for good work would motivate you to work harder. Those awaiting an affirmation on romantic front are likely to get lucky today, as partner responds positively.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

A friend or colleague may motivate you to take up a healthy activity. Parents may appear more than happy with what you deliver. Plans for overseas travel are likely to materialise. You are likely to get clearance or approval for your construction plans. You find things moving in the way you want them.

CANCER

JUNE

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Your efforts on the professional front will be recognised. Opting for some healthy choices will ensure you remain in perfect health. You will feel much happy and contented on the family front. Today you will enjoy the trust of senior management.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20

Gifting something to your beloved is likely to make the day memorable. Matrimonial match for siblings will bring happiness for entire family. You will get a good price for your property. Those awaiting results are assured of succeeding with flying colours.

“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you cannot get more time” -Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)

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iara Advani is one of the most talented ac tors in the Bollywood industry. Nowadays, she is busy shooting for her upcoming film Satyaprem Ki Katha alongside actor Kartik Aaryan.

Fans loved their chemistry in the film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which is one of the highestgrossing films of the year 2022. And now, we can’t keep calm to see them on screen yet again.

In a recent development, the Shershaah actor dropped a cute glimpse of herself while the night shoot for Satya Prem Ki Katha was underway. She captioned this story as, “Sleepy but still smiling after a really good scene on the set today. #SatyapremKiKatha”. We can clearly see her night

SHEHNAAZ GILL’S ANGRY BODYGUARD

Shehnaaz Gill is the fans' favourite and she also loves to spend time with them. Whenever she is in a public place, she is surrounded by fans who wish to take selfies with her. She happily and sweetly obliges them.

In a viral video clip, it was seen Shehnaaz was all dressed up in a yellow pantsuit and was in a building. Shehnaaz

Gill had gone to Dubai to participate in an event. After the program was over, Shahnaz was going towards the lift when a huge crowd of fans gathered around her. As the crowd increased around the actress, her bodyguard tried to push some of the people away so she could proceed towards the lift.

Seeing her bodyguard’s actions, Shehnaaz stood by her fans and got angry at the bodyguard.

Seeing her reac tion, all the fans present there started clapping for her. They felt amazing that Shehnaaz took a stand for her fans.

TOGETHER

Shaheen Bhatt has shared a bright, sun shiny picture with her sister and new mom Alia Bhatt. They are the hap piest after the latter became a mom. On Friday, Shaheen took to Instagram to share a happy picture of the two as they posed for a sunshiny selfie.

The photo showed Alia in a yellow top and Shaheen in a yellow jacket. It is not known

whether the picture is re cently clicked during one of their holidays. Sharing the photo, Shaheen cap tioned it with just a heart and drums emoji.

Their mother Soni Razdan wrote, “Beauty patooties" for them in the comments section.

“Both are looking too much cutest,” wrote a fan.

VARUN & SARA enjoy a beach day

Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan share a close bond.

The duo has worked together in David Dhawan's Coolie No.1 and their onscreen chemistry proved to be a hit among the audi ence. Every now and then, they are seen indulg ing in social media banters leaving fans in splits. Their fans are now eagerly waiting for them to reunite for an other project soon. Cur

rently, Sara and Varun are in Goa to attend the Inter national Film Festival of India 2022. On Sunday, both of them took to Ins tagram and shared cool selfies with their fans.

In the picture, the ac tress is seen sporting a red bikini while Varun is shirtless. The duo is seen posing on the beach. Along with the picture, he dropped sun and waves emojis and wrote, "iffi2022". Sara too shared a selfie from a different angle and wrote, "Sea you" and added an emoji that read 'soon'.

areena Kapoor Khan is current ly in London shooting for her next. The actress has been busy shooting for the film for the past cou ple of weeks. And now, she has reportedly wrapped up the film.

The actress, who is quite active on Insta

by that was another photo of her taking a bite of the cake from the wrap-up bash and the final photo featured her posing with the massive team of the film. She posted it saying, “As they say it’s the journey make it worthwhile…??

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BLESSED WITH TWINS!

The Ambani and Piramal groups, two of the greatest industrial families of India, are celebrating twins. On Sat urday, November 19, their scions

Anand Piramal and his wife Isha welcomed twins, which the two hap py families revealed here on Sunday. They are baby girl Aadiya and baby boy Krishna. The two overjoyed families, who were celebrating the positive outcome, reported that both of the baby siblings were do ing well. The proud grandparents Nita and Mukesh Ambani; Swati and Ajay Piramal prayed for their well-being and wished Aadiya, Krishna, Isha, and Anand during this blessed time in their lives. —CITY FIRST

CELEBRATING YEARS OF HARD WORK!

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In a ceremonial soiree hosted by Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, this year’s ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement was pre sented to Kathak expo nent Dr Uma Sharma (Padma Bhushan) by the Chief Guest Dr Karan Singh on Thurs day, November 17 at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi in the pres ence of Guest of Honour, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Padma Vibhushan).

‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement was insti tuted by SBKK in 2010 to commemorate the huge contribution made by Sumitra Charat Ram (1914 –2011) as a harbinger of Cultural Revival in post-independent India.

In an event, Shobha Deepak Singh – the flag bearer of Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, wel comed connois seurs of Arts.

As she marches forward holding

‘Flow With Art’

her mother’s legacy on her strong shoulders, she said, “Dr Uma Sharma is a renowned classical dancer who has been awarded Pad ma Bhushan for her unique contribution to the cultural tra dition of this coun try. She has revolu tionized the reper toire of the classical form of “Kathak” by enriching it with liter ary and intellectual substance by drawing upon and interpreting the works of great po ets of our country from ancient to modern

times.”

Overwhelmed by re ceiving the award Dr Uma Sharma said, “I am honoured to have been recognized for my efforts in the field of Kathak, which is my first love. It is my passion for this form of dance that has allowed me to take it through genera tions and help it evolve.

Receiving Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement today reinforces my be lief in myself and in a bright future for Kathak in India.”

Kerala Day celebration at IIT

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With the mes merizing in strument music, re nowned flautist Rajesh Cherthala enthralled the audience present at the Pragati Maidan’s amphitheatre, as part of the Kerala Day cel ebration at IITF in New Delhi.

Much before the show began, the am phitheatre was jampacked. The concert, named ‘Magic of Flute’, opened with a popular Malayalam film song, and gradu ally switched over to the demands of the au dience, who suggested songs of Tamil as well as Hindi. He won the audience over with his rapturous in strument music, playing the subtle intricacies of the ev ergreen, super-hit and classical songs.

As the concert end ed, people stood and ap plauded his perfor mance and Supreme

Court judge C.T. Ravikumar, who was the chief guest, ex pressed the gratitude of the audience and the State by handing over gifts to Rajesh, who is the disciple of music

“I am happy to be

ala. It was a wonderful experience, perform ing in front of a diverse audience. Their re sponse was also very encouraging,” said Rajesh, after the per formance.

At the outset, Kerala state Public Relations Director H Dineshan IAS inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. Along with Rajesh, his team mem bers, including Sumesh Anand (keyboard), Bineesh (rhythm), Jus tin (guitar), Lijin Davis (sound engineer) and Tintu Mol Joseph (an chor), also joined the performance.

Popular film songs, Hindustani and Car natic classical songs were also played out at the event. Rajesh has played his instrument for more than 150 Ma layalam films and has been performing at for eign concerts.

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BEST KOREAN RESTAURANTS IN DELHI

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It takes some effort to compile a list of Delhi’s top Korean eateries. While many Pan-Asian res taurants dominate the city’s dining scene, it’s uncommon to find one that limits that diverse palette to just the potent, con troversial flavours found in Korean food.

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Navya Naveli Gal lery has recently organised an art gallery titled ‘Flow With Art,’ a workshop designed for the art student with the inten tion in mind that our young generation is the future of the Art world. In this event, they shared the experience

with renowned artist Arpana Kaur which in spired them for a more varied view and percep tion. The Art work shop was attended by Amrita Kochhar and Kanika Khan delwal who are the founders of Navya Na veli Gallery. Artist Vim mi Indra also graced the occasion with her presence.

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The seven restau rants on our list all pass the test for una bashed authenticity.

GUNG THE PALACE

It takes some effort to compile a list of Delhi’s top Korean eateries. While many Pan-Asian restaurants dominate the city’s dining scene, it’s uncommon to find one that limits that diverse palette to just the potent, controversial flavours found in Korean food.

The seven restaurants on our list all pass the test for unabashed authenticity.

RESTAURANT DE SEOUL

Despite being a little on the small side, Restaurant De Seoul’s environment succeeds by creating a cosy atmosphere. Instead of a picture-perfect setting, anticipate a menu full of traditional Korean dishes, such as exquisite chicken ginseng soup and stir-fried hog intestines. You should be prepared for adventurous meat cuts and novel ingredients because this isn’t seasoned to suit a pan-Asian palate.

maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasya.

here representing Ker

—PHOTOS BY MANOJ KESHARWANI

BUSAN KOREAN RESTAURANT

Busan Korean Restaurant’s lovely bay window and bamboo decor make it particularly ideal for brunch, but there’s no reason you can’t visit this Majnu Ka Tila location for a quick Omurice or Yukgaejang dinner as well. Their pancakes, the Ganja Jeon and Kimchi Jeon are both excellent.

HAHN’S KITCHEN

Hahn’s specialises in Korean cuisine, which makes up the majority of their very wide menu. You may also find a small selection of authentic Japanese dishes there. If you’re a daring diner, make sure their Dogani Tang (slow-simmered ox knuckle soup) and Naksam Dubbap (spicy rice bowl with octopus and pig) are on your table.

Rajesh Cherthala during the performance

Rajesh Cherthala

Uma Sharma with others during the ceremony

Uma Sharma

Artist Arpana Caur with kids during Workshop

Isha Ambani, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani