First India-Delhi Edition-28th November 2022

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Diptiman Chakraborty

New Delhi: Delhi has been a city of tremen dous churning and up heavals all through its 1000-yr-old history. While every new name it has got in its seven incarnations has added something new to en rich its charm and char acter, its transition from New Delhi to NCR has not been as deco rous as some of its ear lier avatars.

After the economic liberalisation of the early 90s when Indian shores were egregious ly opened to foreign

markets, it took little time for a peaceful and soberly Delhi led by bu reaucratic decorum to transform into a bus tling glittery bazaar, overwhelmed by an ag gressive claim to eco nomic fiefdom.

With the newfound prosperity and fame, also came haphazard ex pansion and stomping influx of a diverse mix of people from all parts of the country and be yond into the new land of promise, which not only distorted its char acter but also trounced its infrastructure and ravaged its social

engineering templates.

The first casualty was peace and the Shahja hanabadi tehzeeb, some of which still remained as a residual heirloom.

The second was its rare fied air (pun intended).

Another churning had

started but not decidedly for the better. Delhi was no longer a cozy bastion of the babus, with its green avenues, golf courses and languid Mughal Garden strolls. It was now the common er’s plodding ground.

‘ONLY BJP CAN SAVE

GUJARAT AGAINST TERROR’

PM Modi to address ‘Vijay Sankalp Sammelan’ in the four cities today

trang: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sun day attacked the Con gress on the issue of terrorism, saying the Congress, which raised questions on the surgi cal strike, considers ter rorism as its vote bank.

“Our government in Gujarat was acting against terrorists, but the UPA government in Delhi was going soft on them. They (Congress) were instead busy at tacking me,” Modi said at his rallies.

‘Your one vote in 2014

has created a lot of dif ference in killing ter rorism in the country.

Let alone cities of the country, terror ists have to think a lot even before at tacking our bor

The new generation of Gujarat has not seen the serial bomb blasts of Ahmedabad and Surat. I want to caution them of those who are well-wishers of terrorists. Batla House encounter was questioned by Congress leaders.

—Narendra Modi, PM

Now, house-keeping in Satyender’s cell

New Delhi (ANI): The latest video that has emerged in a series of CCTV footage from Tihar Jail shows housekeeping services being provided in the jail cell of Satyender Jain.

The purported foot age, according to sourc es, was dated September 13, 15 and October 1, with visuals of some men sweeping the floor of the jail cell and also arranging the minis ter’s bed. This is the fourth CCTV footage that has emerged relat ing to the jailed minis

The CCTV footage that surfaced Sunday morning.

ter since November 19.

BJP spokesperson She hzad Poonawalla ac cused Kejriwal of con verting Tihar jail into a “5-star resort with room service”. “Inside the Tihar, there is Satyen dar Jain ka Darbar,” Poonawalla said.

AAP using appeasement politics as shortcut to power: PM Modi

95TH EDITION OF MANN KI BAAT

z The G20 Presidency is a major opportunity for India to focus on the global good z India sent its first rocket ‘Vikram-S’ into space on November 18

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ders. But Congress questions our surgical strike,’ PM Modi said.

Three decades later, Delhi sits juxtaposed between a nostalgic past and an uncertain future. Its haphazardly hanging network of electric wires, uncan nily reminiscent of its equally haphazard de

mographic mapping, is as much an anachro nism in a city that as pires to be world class, as its sunless houses where 10 people sleep inside a 10x10 dank cub byhole, each one grop ing through the dark

Giving free electricity or free bus rides are small goodies that don’t bring any sea change in society. There are other priorities that are far more fundamental.

While parties spar over who hasn’t done what, it is time they planned together what to do next.

MCD is not a door to power but an opportunity to serve and change Delhi. Leaders must take responsibility beyond playing venomous party spokespersons. Delhi’s future is more important than any party’s fortunes.

allays of uncertainty to find a definition for themselves in the city of joyless hope.

The transformation of Shahjahanabad into New Delhi catapulted a city of old-world gran deur into a swanky mod

ern political capital of the world. Delhi has still the best of hospitals and colleges and road infra structure in India, yet Delhi has to fill a lot of its potholes, it has still to add beds and doctors to its hospitals, it has to end manual scavenging, it needs more roads, more trees to soak its sooty air, more houses to accommodate its grow ing millions. The city needs more security for its women, more cleanli ness, more public facili ties, liberal space for di verse expression of views. It needs more li braries, more gardens, community halls and recreation outlets. It doesn’t need more sky scrapers or MNC dreams; it needs lesser road jams, sufficient wa ter and electricity, and a caring police.

Jointly developed by India and Bhutan, India launched a satellite suc cessfully on November 26

z Youth are doing wonderful work in field of Space, Technology and Innovation

In the last 8 years export of musical instru ments from India has increased more than 3 and a half times

‘Lidi-Cro-U’ organi sation has under taken work of reviving beauti ful facets of Naga culture

China protesters, cops jostle as anger over Covid curbs mounts

Beijing: Cities like Bei jing, Shanghai, Urum qi, Nanjing, Guangzhou and at least a dozen other cities across Chi na saw hundreds of peo ple taking to the streets to protest against Presi dent Xi Jinping’s harsh zero-Covid policy that has allowed authorities to place millions of citi zens under prolonged lockdowns even if just a handful of cases are re ported. Some protesters were shown in videos shouting for President Xi to step down.

‘DEALING WITH CHINA IN

RAISING THE MINORITY VOICE

More polygraph sessions lined up for Aaftab

New Delhi: The re maining sessions of polygraph test on Aaft ab Amin Poonawala will be conducted over the next two days and the narco test is likely to be held on December 5. Sources said that two sessions have been lined up, one each on Monday and Tuesday, at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Rohini.

Aaftab has already un dergone three sessions of the polygraph test, the last being for about three hours on Friday.

Kejriwal is another Modi, disappeared during riots: Owaisi

New Delhi (PTI):

AIMIM president Asa duddin Owaisi on Sun day attacked Arvind Kejriwal, alleging he defamed the Muslim community in the en tire country and “wants to break all records of Narendra Modi”.

Campaigning for All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidates in Delhi’s Seelampur ahead of the civic body polls, he al leged that Kejriwal dis appeared at the time of riots in the national

capital and spoke against those who pro tested against the Citi zenship (Amendment) Act at Shaheen Bagh.

“When people were reeling under COV ID-19, struggling for ox ygen and hospital beds, the Delhi chief minister spewed venom and said coronavirus was spread ing because of Tablighi Jammat. He defamed Tablighi Jamaat.

“The lists of Covid cases in Delhi had a col umn that mentioned Tablighi Jamaat mem

bers as super-spreaders. The entire country started doubting Mus

lims. The hatred in creased and many peo ple were attacked. The

Delhi CM is responsible for this,” the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Mus limeen (AIMIM) chief said. At the gathering, Owaisi alleged the Del hi chief minister said he would have removed the (anti-CAA) protest ers at Shaheen Bagh in half an hour.

“A person from his party who later joined the BJP raised the ‘goli maaron...’ slogan,” he claimed at the gather ing. “The Delhi chief minister got an FIR reg istered against Tablighi

Jamaat, but not against this person. This is his true face... He is the Narendra Modi of 2013 and wants to break all his records.”

Owaisi alleged that Kejriwal “disappeared” when violence flared up in Delhi. “Houses were burnt and people were killed. The Delhi chief minister could not be seen anywhere,” he said. The AIMIM chief alleged that no party wants to work for the betterment of Muslims, Dalits and the Adivasis.

STRANDED IN THE CITY OF JOYLESS HOPE

Delhi’s woes are only worsening; MCD elections will improve nothing

Asaduddin Owaisi surrounded by supporters during a public meeting ahead of MCD elections at Seelampur, in New Delhi on Sunday.

—PHOTO

BY ANI

churning that changed the city’s character began years ago; now, all seems to be entangled in an inextricable mess

Nagpur: A 48-year-old woman died and 14 others were injured after a part of a foot overbridge (FOB) collapsed on Sunday evening at Ballarshah railway station under Nagpur division of Central Railway in Maharashtra.

EGYPT PREZ TO BE R’DAY CHIEF GUEST

New Delhi: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be the chief guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations in January, India’s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Sunday.

Gwalior: Bharat Jodo Yatra keeps making headlines with warm and viral moments but Sunday is a fun day so Rahul Gandhi decided to take a break from the walk and rode a bullet in MP.

New Delhi: PT Usha is set to become 1st woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as she emerged as lone candidate for top post for Dec 10 polls. She filed her nomination papers on Sunday.

G20 WILL NOT BE EASY’

New Delhi: Dealing with China would be a “challenge” for India during its G20 presidency and New Delhi would adopt a “cautious approach” towards Beijing, judging it by its deeds and not words, former deputy national security advisor Pankaj Saran said on Sunday.

Protesters raise the blank sheets of white paper as a symbol of dissent against China’s strict Covid lockdown rules on Sunday.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has entered the Guinness Book of World Records. “Proud to receive Guinness World Record for largest attendance at a T20 match when 1,01,566 people witnessed IPL final at Narendra Modi Stadium on 29 May 2022,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah said.

Jay Shah being presented the certificate on Sunday.

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PM Narendra Modi greets while being garlanded by party workers during a public rally at Netrang, in Bharuch, Gujarat on Sunday.

Fire in Chandni Chowk market continues to rage for 4th day

BMW car tyre bursts, cyclist dies in collision

Explain why prosecutor didn’t get 2019 Jamia case file: Court to DCP

New Delhi (PTI): The fire at the Bhagirath Palace market in Chan dni Chowk continued to rage for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday even after the engagement of more than 150 fire tenders since its outbreak, of ficials said.

Nine fire tenders are still present at the spot.

More than 200 shops have been damaged in the massive fire that broke out in the whole sale market for electri cal appliances on Thursday night, the of ficials said.

“Around 150 fire ten ders have been engaged till now, nine of them are still at the spot.

Around 200 shops have been affected and while five buildings have been completely or partially burnt, three have col lapsed,” a senior fire department official said. A case under IPC

sections 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible mat ter) and 336 (act endan gering life or personal safety of others) has been registered against unknown people.

The fire was brought under control by Fri day morning but while the cooling process was still underway, the

blaze reignited again and turned massive by the evening.

The area's narrow lanes and shortage of water posed a major challenge for the fire fighters.

While traders sus pect short-circuit as the cause of the fire, of ficials said the reason is yet to be ascertained.

On Saturday, Lieu tenant Governor VK Saxena visited the market and said a com mittee had been consti tuted to look into ways to effectively address issues like hanging wires and overloaded circuits.

According to the fire department, due to the lack of water supply, a

remote-controlled ma chine that was being used in the firefighting operation proved to be less effective.

“At some places, fire fighters were forced to break the barriers which were put up for beautifying the area," said Atul Garg, the director of Delhi Fire Services.

New Delhi (PTI): A 50-year-old man died on Sunday after a BMW car hit his sports bicycle on Mahipalpur flyover in southwest Delhi, police said. The driver of the luxury car has been ar rested, Deputy Commis sioner of Police (south west) Manoj C said.

During inquiry, it was known that a tyre of the BMW got burst follow ing which the driver could not control the vehicle and hit the cy clist, the DCP said.

Police reached the spot on Mahipalpur fly over towards Dhaula Kuan where the BMW car and the bicycle were found parked in acci dental condition on one corner of the road, a senior officer said. The injured was rushed to a hospital by the BMW driver but doctors de clared him brought dead, police said.

The deceased was identified as Shubendu Chaterjee, a resident of Gurgaon Sector-49. A case of rash driving and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indi an Penal Code.

New Delhi (PTI): A court hearing a case re lated to the incidents of violence in Jamia Milia Islamia in December 2019 has sought an ex planation from Delhi Police for not bringing the case file to the no tice of the Special Pub lic Prosecutor after he sought time to prepare his submissions.

The court was hear ing arguments on fram ing charges in the case registered by the Jamia Nagar police station un der various charges, including rioting, at tempt to commit culpa ble homicide, and crim inal conspiracy.

The accused in the case include Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Mohammad Ilyas, Belaal Nadeem, Shahzar Raza Khan, Mahmood Anwar, Mohammad Qasim, Umair Ahmad, Chanda Yadav and Abuzar.

"Let a copy of this or der be sent to DCP Crime Branch con cerned to give an expla nation as to why the file was not brought to the notice of the SPP de spite him being ap pointed Report be filed on the next date of hearing," Assistant Ses sions Judge Arul Var ma said in an order passed on Saturday. The court also issued notice to DCP Rajendra Prasad Meena to re main present at the next hearing on Dec13.

ED attaches 40% shares of Unitech’s hotel project in Noida

Noida (ANI): The En forcement Directorate on Saturday attached at least 40 per cent shares of a hotel project in Garden's Galleria com mercial complex here.

“ED has provisional ly attached 40% Share of the Hotel Project (1,40,000 Sq. Ft. FSI Space) within the Com mercial Centre, Gar

Blanket of smog announces winter, minimum temp 7.9

New Delhi (ANI):

The national capital again breathed in a 'very poor' category of air as the winter be gan to set in. A layer of smog prevailed over the national capital on Sunday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was re corded at 328, accord ing to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SA FAR).

The national capital recorded AQI at 301 (very poor) on Satur day too. This morning, the AQI was 309 (very poor) at the Delhi Uni versity area, whereas the air quality at the IIT Delhi was also 'very poor' at 309.

Meanwhile, AQI plunged to the 'very poor' category at 301 in the Lodhi Road area.

At Mathura Road, the SAFAR noted an AQI level of 331 (very poor)

because of high levels of PM 2.5. Delhi Air port Terminal fared no better with an AQI of 332 (very poor).

Similarly, Noida too breathed in the 'poor category' with AQI at 345. The national capi tal on Sunday record ed a minimum tem perature of 7.9 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's normal, the India Me teorological Depart ment said.

RALLY FOR POPULATION CONTROL

ited, Cyprus and the value of attached asset Rs 65.32 crore,” the ED said in a tweet.

On November 24, the ED had said it has pro visionally attached var ious immovable proper ties in the form of 41.63-hectare land in the name of Shinecity firm companies. The agency said the value of total

attachment so far is about Rs 49 crore. The companies that have been affected are Shinecity Infraprojects, Shinecity Proxima De velopers, Shinecity Shapers, Shinecity Con struction in Sultanpur, Jhansi, Pratapgarh, Pindra (Varanasi), Bara (Allahabad) and Bakshi Ka Talaab (Lucknow).

New Delhi (PTI): A 17-year-old boy has been apprehended for alleg edly creating fake social media profiles of two sis ters and sending them vulgar messages, police said on Sunday. The juve nile was miffed with the sisters after they alleg edly hurled abuses at his mother following a quar rel in 2020. He started fol lowing the sisters on so cial media, took their pictures and videos and uploaded them in the fake profiles created by him, police said.

HEALTH IS WEALTH

Hundreds treated at Mahila Mohalla Clinic stall at Trade Fair

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An initiative of the AAP government, the clinic was set up in the Delhi pavilion. It came to the rescue of not only visitors but also the staff of the various other pavilions

New Delhi (PTI): Hun dreds of people were treated at the Mahila Mohalla Clinic stall at the India International Trade Fair here, offi cials said on Sunday.

Beginning on Novem ber 14, the 41st edition of the trade fair con cluded Sunday.

A woman in her ear ly 30s, who was visiting the annual fair with her 2-year-old son, re ceived medical advice for the child after he complained of pain in his arm.

“I did not expect to receive such medical help and consultation from a government stall at this fair. Doctors at this clinic not only at tended to my son, but also advised me about further steps,” she said.

They were support ive. This is an amazing concept to provide pub lic healthcare facilities next door, especially to women and children, the woman added.

An initiative of the AAP government, the clinic was set up in the

Delhi pavilion. The clinic has come to the rescue of not only visitors but also the staff of other states

ber 14 to November 18 the trade fair was open

provided medical help to more than 300 people during this time.”

“Apart from this there were many walkins for free medical consultation where people sought guidance from the doctor on their existing medical health condition,” she said, adding that the fair was opened for the general public on No vember 19 and since then the clinic has ad dressed the queries and attended hundreds of people every day.

Another visitor See ma said, “I liked this initiative of the Delhi government. Women can explain their health conditions to the doctor here without any hesi tation and can take ad vantage of this facility.”

The Mahila Mohalla Clinics provide compre hensive primary health care services to women, children under 12 and adolescent girls in a fe male-friendly environ ment. They have all-fe male staff to deal with patients.

and countries, officials added.

Monika Relan, who was deputed to the clin ic said, “From Novem

for business people and the response from them was overwhelming. We

n The fire was brought under control by Friday but the blaze reignited and turned massive

Charred shops following the massive fire that broke out at the Bhagirath Palace market, on Friday.

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Crowd of visitors on the last day of the India International Trade Fair (IITF), at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

There were also many walk-ins for free medical consulta tion where people sought guidance from the doctor on their ex isting medical health condition.

—Monika Relan, Staff deputed to a clinic

The investi gating officer or Assistant Commissioner of Po lice and Deputy Com missioner of Police did not bring the matter to the notice of the SPP.

—Judge Arul Varma, Assistant Sessions Judge

Akshardham Temple enveloped in smog in New Delhi on Sunday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

Jansankhya Samadhan Foundation members and supporters stage a rally demanding for a population control law, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday.

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den's Galleria, Noida. The attached asset was owned by Unitech M/s Ranchero Services Lim

The Garden’s Galleria mall in Noida.

Juvenile creates fake social media profiles of sisters

The BMW car had a VIP number

SUPER SUNDAY

CONSIDERS HIMSELF OWNER OF DELHI: HARYANA CM ON KEJRIWAL

New Delhi (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday took on the main opposi tion Aam Aadmi Party in the run-up to the MCD election saying that Arvind Kejriwal considers himself the owner of Delhi. "The Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal considers himself as the owner of Delhi, unlike our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who thinks of himself as a servant of this Nation," Haryana CM said. Manohar Lal Khattar was addressing a public rally in the national capital to support BJP nominees in the MCD election.

UTTARAKHAND CM DHAMI SAYS ‘DELHI WILL VOTE FOR BJP’

New Delhi (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that Delhi will vote for the BJP in the upcoming municipal polls. In a conversation with ANI, Dhami exuded confidence of the victory of the BJP and said that the party will win with a majority of votes as people have seen the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. "People have seen the work of Narendra Modi and the BJP. Delhi is also observing how the party which promised to uproot corruption has been establishing it. The videos of their ministers are out regularly," CM Dhami said.

New Delhi (PTI): Vid eos and information about jailed AAP minis ter Satyendar Jain are being leaked by people close to Kejriwal, the BJP alleged on Sunday.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said a se ries of videos showing Jain enjoying "VIP faci lites" in the Tihar jail is not a matter of social media memes or news paper cartoons but a matter of morality.

It has become a matter of common occurrence as sometimes there is a video of massage being given and sometimes a jail superintendent is in Jain's prison cell, the BJP spokesperson said and claimed that and a new video surfaced on Sunday showing several people engaged in clean ing and tidying up the AAP leader's cell.

They have turned rapist into therapist: Nadda

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Launching an attack on the Kejri wal-led government in Delhi, BJP chief JP Na dda on Sunday alleged there was no develop ment in Delhi due to the AAP government work ing against the inter ests of the common man.

On a door-to-door campaign at Wazirpur for the upcoming MCD polls, Nadda interacted with locals and handed out copies of the party's 'Sankalp Patra'.

On the controversy surrounding AAP min ister Satyendar Jain get ting 'VIP treatment' in Tihar Jail, Nadda said, “In the health sector AAP has done good work and opened a mas sage centre in Tihar," he said referring to pur ported videos of Jain getting a massage inside

his cell in Tihar Jail.

“They have also done good work in the educa tion sector and turned a rapist into therapist,” he said, reacting to Man ish Sisodia's defence that Jain was being treated by a physiother

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apist due to a spinal in jury in jail.

It was later claimed by jail sources that Jain's masseur was an inmate accused of rape.

Nadda further said the Kejriwal govern ment held back funds of

Rs 32,000 crore meant for the BJP-ruled mu nicipal corporations and despite this, "around 13,000 temporary em ployees of the civic bod ies were regularised".

"Kejriwal had prom ised to shut down liquor

vends but did just the opposite and liquor shops were opened eve rywhere in Delhi," he said. He also listened to PM 's Mann Ki Baat and praised him for refrain ing from talking of poli tics in his broadcast.

Parties eye Muslim votebank as major decider in several wards

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New Delhi: Muslim vot ers, who constitute 13 per cent of Delhi’s popu lation are likely to play a crucial role in decid ing the MCD poll out come, especially in Chandni Chowk, East and North-East Delhi constituencies.

While Congress has fielded 24 candidates from the community, AAP and BJP have field ed seven and four such candidates, respectively.

Asserting that the Congress will sweep the minority-dominated ar eas, Delhi Congress vice-president Ali Meh di, said the community “trusts Congress” more than any other party.

“Be it Delhi riots or Jahangirpuri violence, the Congress has always been vocal about the is sues of the minorities. We have fielded 24 candi dates from the minority community and we are confident that the party will sweep the minority-

dominated areas,” Me hdi said.

He said candidates for MCD polls have been fielded from Musta fabad, Seelampur, Okh la, Babarpur, Matia Ma hal, Laxmi Nagar, Krishna Nagar and Jama Masjid areas by Delhi Congress.

Mehdi said, “While BJP fuelled hatred amongst people, AAP remained silent and even distanced itself from minority-related issues. We reached out

to people when Delhi ri ots took place in 2020. We helped them during

the lockdown. They trust us more than any other parties,” he said.

The BJP has fielded four candidates from the backward Pasmanda Muslims, including three women. Delhi BJP spokesperson Yasir Gi lani said even as the party fielded less num ber of Muslim candi dates in the civic polls, all of them have “strong influence” in their re spective wards.

The BJP candidates had said that they are getting good response from people in their re spective wards. “The

mentality of Muslims is changing. People are now focused on delivery of services ... rather than sticking to the Hin du-Muslim cliche,” a BJP candidate said.

The party has fielded Irfan Maliq from Chan dni Mahal, Samina Raja from Quraish Nagar, Saba Ghazi from Chau han Bangar, and Shab nam Maliq from Must fabad ward.

Meanwhile, AAP’s MCD election in-charge Durgesh Pathak assert

ed every citizen in Delhi would vote for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party in the polls.

The All India Majlise-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by Hy derabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has also fielded candidates of the com munity in many Mus lim-dominated wards in the city.

The voting for 250 wards of MCD will be held on December 4 and votes will be counted on December 7.

As the all-important Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections draw near, parties made a fervent pitch for their respective candidates in a campaign spree on Sun day. Several top leaders met residents as they moved from door-to-door upholding their promises for the betterment of Delhi. The city votes next Sunday.

Bollywood actor Rahul Dev speaks as Union MoS for Culture Meenakashi Lekhi and BJP candidate Preeti Bidhuri look on, campaigning for MCD elections at Andrews Ganj on Sunday.

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BJP supporters during the ‘Jan Sampark Abhiyan' for the MCD elections, at Wazirpur Industrial Area in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju campaigns in favour of BJP candidate Rama Tokas at Munirka on Sunday.

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AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi being welcomed by supporters while campaigning for the upcoming MCD elections on Sunday.

Dy CM Manish Sisodia campaigns for MCD elections at Vinod Nagar in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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A large number of supporters attend a public meeting addressed by Asaduddin Owaisi, at Seelampur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

‘Videos being leaked by people close to Kejriwal’

BJP National President JP Nadda with party leader Harsh Vardhan holds ‘Jan Sampark Abhiyan' for the MCD elections, at Wazirpur Industrial Area in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

BJP IS VIDEO MAKING COMPANY: CM

There is no development in Delhi due to the AAP government working against the interests of the common man..

—JP Nadda, BJP chief

FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE SCENARIOS

tionably win their group if they defeat Tunisia or draw with them, or if Aus tralia loses to Denmark.

l Australia: If Australia defeats Denmark, they will finish in the top two places. If Tunisia loses or draws their match with France, it will also qualify with a tie. If Tunisia wins and Australia draws, Tuni sia will finish second on goal differential. A loss would prevent Australia from qualifying.

l Denmark: If Tunisia draws or loses, Denmark must win to finish Second. If Tunisia and Denmark tie, the second-place will be determined by goal dif ference.

l Tunisia: If Australia and Denmark tie, Tunisia must win in order to finish second. Second place will be decided as stated above if Denmark wins. If Aus tralia wins. Tunisia is dis qualified.

DON’T SWALLOW ANTIBIOTICS IN LOW-GRADE FEVER, VIRAL BRONCHITIS

Here we take a look at what every country needs to do to qualify in group stages and keep their dream alive in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

two or more teams have an equal number of points, they will be divided in the or der listed below:

Overall group goal differ ence

Overall group goals scored

Head to head (H2H) result

H2H goal difference in all matches between the teams still level

H2H goals scored in all matches between the teams still level

Fair play points

Drawing of lots

GROUP A

l Netherland: With a win or a tie against Qatar, Netherlands will automat ically qualify, a loss will also qualify them if Ecua dor wins.

to-head scenarios would apply, and a draw will then be sufficient.

If Netherlands loses or draws, can win the group with a victory.

l Qatar: Have been elimi nated.

GROUP B l Iran: Iran will win the group if they defeat the United States and will fin ish in the top two if Eng land draws or loses. If Wales loses or draws, a draw will enough for Iran as well. Iran cannot con tinue after losing.

l England: England Can only be eliminated with a heavy defeat to Wales.Un less Iran wins or the Unit ed States wins by at least four goals, a draw will be sufficient for England to finish first in the group.

l United States: For the United States to succeed,they must beat Iran. Can top the group if England lose to Wales (or if England draw and USA win by four or more goals.)

Here we take a look at what every country needs to do to qualify in group stages and keep their dream alive in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. With a win or a tie against Qatar, Netherlands will automatically qualify, a loss will also qualify them if Ecuador wins

victory, or with a draw if Saudi Arabia draw/lose.

l Argentina: Argentina will automatically qualify if they defeat Poland and will advance as group win ners if Saudi Arabia draws or loses.Argentina presently leads Saudi Ara bia by two goals in goaldifference, however if both teams win, the win ner will be determined by group goal difference and goals scored.

GROUP E

Costa Rica’s shock 1-0 win against Japan means no country can either qualify or be eliminated.

Spain put themselves in complete control of the group if they beat Germany. All four nations would enter the final group games with three points if Germany can defeat Spain, and the Euro pean sides would be the heavy favourites to claim the top two slots.

GROUP F Belgium With a victory over Morocco will qualify to the round of 16, winning the group if Croatia and Canada draw. Canada will be knocked out if they lose to Croatia.

GROUP G Brazil can guarantee their spot in the round of 16 with a victory over Switzerland if Serbia wins or draws against Cameroon.

Managing a disease is a complex and costly affair. The easiest way out for a patient is to swallow antibi otics easily available over the counter. Excess and use of these antimicrobial medicines with out a doctor’s advice is causing more harm than good. A study by the World Health Organisa tion said that misuse of antibi otics in humans and animals is accelerating the process of de veloping resistance to them. The study found that diseases like pneumonia, tuberculosis, gon orrhea and salmonellosis have become drug resistant as antibi otics used to treat them have become less effective.

Unregulated usage helps bac teria become resistant to a drug as was found in the case of car bapenem which is used to treat pneumonia and septicemia in intensive care settings. As more diseases turn drug resistant, the Indian Council of Medical Re search has issued new guidelines advising against use of antibiot ics in low-grade fever and viral bronchitis. It has also advised doctors to follow a timeline while prescribing antibiotics.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

If Portugal defeats Uruguay, they will win their group and go to the round of 16, even if South Korea and Ghana tie earlier in the day. Ghana Will be knocked out if they lose to South Korea

l Ecuador: Ecuador are as sured of qualifying with a victory or tie against Sen egal. If they lose, they can only advance if Nether lands loses as well, in which case the goal-differ ence scenario would apply.

l Senegal: With a victory vs Ecuador, Senegal will un questionably qualify. If Netherlands loses, the goal-difference and head-

l Wales: Wales top the group if they defeat Eng land by four or more goals. To finish in the top two, Wales must defeat England and hope that Iran and the United States draw. Wales must defeat Eng land by four goals or more in order to finish ahead of USA or Iran if they win.

C

GROUP

l Poland: To qualify, Poland must draw with Argentina. Will win the group with a

he old pension scheme has emerged as an im portant issue in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat elections. In Himachal Pradesh the Con gress has promised restora tion of the old pension scheme (OPS) if voted to power. The OPS, which allowed the entire pension amount to be given to an employee, was discontin ued by the Central govern ment in 2004. Himachal Pradesh has 2.5 lakh govern ment employees out of which 1.5 lakh come under the new pension scheme which is be ing opposed as it allows 10 percent deduction from basic salary towards pension. The state government contributes 14 percent to secure the future of employees. Under OPS,

l Saudi Arabia: Saudi Ara bia will automatically qualify if they defeat Mex ico, and if Poland and Ar gentina draw, they will advance as group winners.

l Mexico: Mexico needs to defeat Saudi Arabia to have a chance, and a vic tory of four goals or more ensures qualification.

GROUP D

l France: France has already advanced to the round of 16, and they will unques

Switzerland can secure a spot in the round of 16 with a victory over Brazil if Came roon wins or draws against Serbia.

Cameroon will be elimi nated if Serbia defeats them and Brazil wins or draws.

GROUP H

If Portugal defeats Uru guay, they will win their group and go to the round of 16, even if South Korea and Ghana tie earlier in the day. Ghana Will be knocked out if they lose to South Korea.

Kejriwal has made a promise to government employees in Gujarat. “By January 31, we will issue a notification for implementing the OPS in Gujarat. I am not just talking. In Punjab we have issued the notification,” he told voters

pension was fixed at 50 per cent of the last basic salary drawn. Clearly, lakhs of gov ernment employees are re sentful of the loss in pension after implementation of NPS. The Aam Aadmi Party chief Kejriwal has made a similar promise to govern

ment employees in Gujarat. “By January 31, we will issue a notification for implement ing the old pension scheme in Gujarat. I am not just talking. In Punjab we have issued the notification,” he told voters not telling them about nonimplementation of OPS. Gov ernment employees believe that NPS is not in interest of retiring employees as they can withdraw only 60 of their entire corpus, 40% of which goes towards mandatory pur chase of annual payment from an insurance company. Implementing the promise won’t be easy as it will entail a huge financial burden on any government. For in stance, Punjab has a pension bill of Rs 11,000 crore under NPS. The OPS will only in crease the burden.

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Revered Lakshmibai Kelkar ji played an important role in awakening the mother power for the upliftment of women and responsibility towards the nation. He also established Rashtra Sevika Samiti to inspire women power for national service. Tribute to him on his memorial day today.

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PM pours out his heart in monthly radio address

First India Bureau

New Delhi: In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio programme, PM Narendra Modi on Sun day spoke of India’s G20 presidency, the space sector, the musi cal traditions in India, the lifestyle of the Naga community, and the treatment of muscular dystrophy.

As India readies to assume the presidency of the “powerful” G20, PM Modi said the coun try should focus on global good during its term and asserted that it has solutions to the challenges related to peace, unity, environ ment and sustainable development.

Noting that assuming G20 presidency is a “big opportunity” for India, Modi said the theme that India has given is “One Earth, One Family, One Future” which shows its commitment to ‘Vasud haiva Kutumbakam’.

“What a great oppor tunity has come for In dia, for every Indian! This becomes even more special because India was awarded this responsibility during ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal (75th year of India’s In dependence’),” he said.

—With PTI inputs

PM bats for solutions to challenges related to peace, environment and sustainable development

WE MUST UTILISE G20 PRESIDENCY BY FOCUSING ON GLOBAL GOOD: PM

The G20 has a partnership comprising twothirds of the world’s population, three-fourths of world trade, and 85 per cent of world GDP. You can imagine India is going to preside over such a big group, such a powerful group, from December 1.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

HIMACHAL PRADESH

BJP will retain power, says ex-CM Dhumal

Hamirpur (PTI): For mer Himachal Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal on Sunday ex pressed optimism that the party would once again form government in the state.

Talking to the media here, he said heavy turnout of women vot ers indicates that the BJP would be victorious in the assembly polls held on November 12.

He said that the peo ple would reject the Congress as they are aware of the lofty prom ises made by the grand old party earlier which they failed to fulfil.

Dhumal said the “double-engine” gov ernment has given pace to the develop ment in the state.

He said that whenev er the BJP came to pow er, the development rose to its peak and when the Congress par ty came to power, the development was hay wire and corruption was at its peak.

The former CM said the claims of the Con gress party leaders to form their government would fall flat.

New Delhi (PTI): Assum ing the G20 presidency is a huge opportunity for India and the country must utilise it by focusing on global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. India will officially assume the G20 presidency from the current chair Indonesia on December 1. In his latest monthly radio address, Mann Ki Baat, Modi said that India is capable of providing solutions to the varied challenges being faced globally. “India will assume presidentship of powerful grouping G20 on December 1. For India it is a huge opportunity. In dia must utilise opportu nity of G20 leadership by focusing on global good and welfare,” he said. The G20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Rus sia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union. “Be it peace or unity, sensitivity towards environment or sustain able development, India has solution to challenges related to all such things,” the PM said.

Only 139 women in fray out of 1,621 contestants

Ahmedabad (PTI):

Even as women ac count for nearly 50 per cent of voters in Guja rat, the number of fe male candidates con testing the next month's Assembly elections is not very encouraging as only 139 of them are in the fray out of as many as 1,621 contend ers for 182 seats.

The ruling BJP and the Opposition Con gress have continued their tradition of offer ing tickets to only a handful of women, but still the number of such candidates fielded by them this time is more as compared to what it was in 2017 polls.

The BJP has given tickets to 18 women candidates as against 12 in 2017, while the Congress has fielded 14 women although that

Jamnagar (PTI): Hours before cricketer Ravindra Jadeja travelled through the city's market in an open SUV as part of a BJP roadshow, his elder sis ter Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress, reminding voters of price rise under the ruling party and its “unfulfilled” employment promises. While the cricketer campaigned for his wife Rivaba Jadeja, his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja, highlighting the “sibling rivalry” that has added another layer of interest in the poll after BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, locally better known as Hakubha.

figure was 10 in the last Assembly election. The two parties have also accommodated

Family of Assam forest guard killed in border violence to get `14 lakh, govt job

Guwahati (PTI): The family of Bidyasing Le khte, the forest guard killed in the violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border, will receive Rs 14 lakh ex-gratia and salary till his retire ment age, besides a gov ernment job for his wife, officials said on Sunday.

Immediately after the deadly violence, which left five villagers from Meghalaya dead along with the Forest Protec tion Force personnel, the Assam government announced Rs 5 lakh for the families of all the six deceased persons.

Assam Hills Area De velopment Minister Jo gen Mohan and Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chief Execu tive Member Tuliram Ronghang visited the house of Lekhte and an

nounced a slew of relief measures for his family, an official said.

“Mohan said that the Forest Department will give Rs 4 lakh to the family, while Ronghang announced that Rs 5 lakh will be provided by the Council. These amounts will be in addi tion to what the Assam government already an

nounced,” he added. Besides, Lekhte’s wife will continue to get the salary till the retire ment age of the slain forest personnel, he said. “The CEM further said that the Council will make arrange ments to offer a govern ment job to Lekhte’s wife in the coming days,” the official said.

WORK IN PROGRESS

ASSAM LIFTS RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL TO MEGHALAYA

Guwahati: Assam on Sunday lifted travel restrictions to Meghalaya, six days after the violence in a disputed area along the inter-state border, police said. Vehicles from Assam are now allowed to enter Meghalaya, a senior police officer said.

Cachar SP Nomal Mahatta told PTI that police escort and patrolling is being provided at vulnerable areas. "Wherever neces sary, vehicles are being escorted. In some areas, police patrolling has been provided," he said.

Another police officer said movement of vehicles has been permitted from Sunday as "there has been improvement in the overall situation".

more number of wom en candidates from Dalit and tribal com munities this time.

CONG CANDIDATE LANDS IN SOUP WITH COMMENTS ON AJMER AND SOMNATH TEMPLE

Ahmedabad (PTI):

Ahead of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls, a Congress candidate from Rajkot has courted a controversy with his comments about religious places Ajmer and Somnath during a public meeting. His rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate claimed such remarks were objectionable for the Hindu community. In dranil Rajguru (in pic), the former Congress MLA who is contesting on the party ticket from Rajkot (East) seat, on Saturday told a gather ing, mostly comprising Muslim audience, in the constituency that they should chant “Har Har Mahadev” after him. The crowd members did the same.

Senior RLD leader, former MLA join BJP

Meerut (PTI): Senior Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Chaud hary Yashveer Singh along with several oth ers joined the BJP here on Sunday.

Singh, who was for mer regional chief of RLD, joined the saffron party in presence of BJP state president Bhupinder Singh Chaudhary. Besides, for mer RLD MLA Sudesh Sharma and other local leaders of the party also joined the BJP.

On the occasion, the UP BJP chief said the new joinings will strengthen the party and it would win Khatauli assembly seat in the re gion by a big margin.

Meanwhile, RLD lead er Surendra Sharma said that those who could

not face challenges in the present day politics are joining the BJP as they did not have courage to face the situation.

The polling for the bypolls on Khatauli, Rampur assembly seats and Mainpuri parlia mentary constituency will be held on Decem ber 5 while counting of votes will take place on December 8.

Yogi offers prayers at Ram Temple, reviews development works

Ayodhya (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday offered prayers at the Ram Janmabhoo mi temple in Ayodhya.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also chaired a meeting with officials over the development works in Ram Janmab hoomi temple. Earlier on November 4, with a steady stream of devotees to Ayodhya amid the ongoing con struction of the Ram temple, the Uttar

Pradesh government approved three main routes to the temple site which will enable visi tors to have ‘darshan’. Work on laying two of these routes is already underway, government officials said. One of these three routes, to be named Ram Path, will span 13 kms and connect Sahadatganj to Naya Ghat. While the road is to be laid at a cost of Rs 400 crore, the tendering process has been com pleted. A committee has

also conducted a survey of the main route after it was approved by the

government. The locals on the route, who have homes

or

work

The other route, to be called Shri Ram Janma bhoomi Path, will con nect Birla Dharmasha la to Shri Ram Janmab hoomi temple via Sug

reev fort. Work on lay ing this route is on in full swing. While the work was initially esti mated to be completed by November, officials now say that work will go on till December.

“We will have the route ready by Decem ber this year,” Navdeep Rinwa, commissioner, of Ayodhya Mandal.

The third route will connect Shri Ram Jan mabhoomi temple to Singar Ghat via Hanu mangarhi. Work on this

route is underway at a fast pace, officials said, adding that most of the land losers on this route have already been awarded compensation.

“After clearing some other areas, work will start. The route, once ready, will help draw more visitors to the temple. The Ram Jan mabhoomi Path Marg will not only save the devotees time but also enable them to have darshan,” an Ayodhya resident said.

run shops or other es tablishments, would be rehabilitated before

on constructing the main approach road to the Ram temple begins.

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said the launch of ‘Vikram S’ rocket heralded a “new era” for pri vate space sector in India as he hailed the sector’s contri bution in the sphere of space technology. He said on Nov 18, the country witnessed “new history” being made in space sector. “On this day, India sent its first such rocket into space, which was designed and prepared by the pri vate sector of India. The name of this rocket is ‘VikramS’. As soon as this first rocket of the indigenous Space Start-up made a historic flight from Sriharikota, the heart of every Indian swelled with pride,” he noted.

‘VIKRAM-S’ HERALDED NEW ERA FOR PRIVATE SPACE SECTOR IN INDIA: PM

SAFFRON PARTY GETS A BOOST

Yogi Adityanath inspects construction work of Ram Temple. (Inset) Yogi offers prayers at the temple.

BJP leaders hold a roadshow for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, at Keshod, in Junagadh. —PHOTO BY ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO

CRICKETER JADEJA, ELDER SISTER BAT FOR DIFFERENT PARTIES

Security personnel stand guard following violence at the AssamMeghalaya border, in West Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday.

RAHUL SHOWS HIS SOFT SIDE IN INDORE

Indore (PTI): The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Ra hul Gandhi reached In dore on Sunday on the fifth day of its Madhya Pradesh leg.

People from different sections of society in cluding a differentlyabled man, Manohar, also joined the foot march and Gandhi was seen pushing his wheel chair to some distance.

The man said he told Gandhi that the coun try now needs a change.

After a night halt at Mhow, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar, the yatra participants re sumed the march on Sunday morning.

The yatra passed through the suburban area of Rau and reached Indore. A red carpet

was rolled out to wel come when the march reached Rau.

Indore Commission er of Police HC Mishra

CRUCIAL READ

SAD SUNDAY: FOUR KILLED IN TWO SEPARATE ROAD ACCIDENTS IN JAMMU

Jammu (PTI): Four people were killed and two injured in separate road accidents here, police said on Sunday.

In first incident, Jatin Manhas (18) and Mahruda Pratap Singh (15) died after two speeding motorcycles collided head-on with each other at Dablehar-Chak Mohd Yaar road in RS Pura area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, the police said. Two others — were injured in the colli sion. In another incident, an apple-laden truck coming from Kashmir skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Nagrota area late on Saturday evening.

4 INJURED IN BOMB BLAST IN BENGAL’S PARGANAS DISTRICT

Kolkata (PTI): Four persons were injured, one of them seriously, when several bombs exploded at Jagaddal area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parga nas district early Sunday triggering panic in the area.

Police said as per informa tion, an altercation took place between some wed ding party members and a local resident over playing music at the marriage hall on Saturday night.

3 KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT IN UP'S GHAZIPUR DISTRICT

Ghazipur (PTI): Three people, including a cou ple, were killed when their car was hit by an uniden tified vehicle in Nandganj area here, police said on Sunday. The accident took place on Saturday night, they said. Neeraj Kumar (45), his wife Moni (41), and friend Alok Kumar (44), all residents of Bi har, were on their way to Prayagraj when their car was hit from behind.

TEENAGER ABDUCTED AND RAPED IN BAIRIA VILLAGE IN UTTAR PRADESH’S BALIA DIST

Ballia (PTI): A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a man in a village in Bairia area here, police said on Sunday.The accused identified as 23-year-old Munnu Yadav was arrested on Saturday. The girl was abducted by Yadav on November 15 following which an FIR was registered by the girl’s family members, Senior Sub Inspector Atul Mishra said. The girl was recovered two days ago and has been sent for the medical examination, he said.

FLIER FROM DUBAI

NABBED WITH GOLD WORTH `48 L

Kochi (ANI): The Customs department seized 1192 grams of gold, worth Rs 48.5 lakh, at the Kochi air port on Sunday. The cus toms officers intercepted a passenger from Dubai at the Kochi Airport by flight IX-434. The accused was identified as Ali, a native of Kozhikode district. On examining the passenger, the customs officials found four capsules of gold in compound form, weighing 1010 grams.

3 KIDS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY TRAIN IN PUNJAB’S RUPNAGAR

Rupnagar (PTI): Three children were crushed to death by a passenger train near Sri Kiratpur Sahib here on Sunday, police said. The Punjab govern ment has ordered an in quiry into the incident. The incident took place when four children of migrant la bourers were playing near the railway track close to a bridge over Sutlej river. The fourth child was injured in the incident and was admitted to a hospital.

said 1,400 personnel have been deployed in the city to provide secu rity to the yatra and barricades have been

with narrow streets have been temporarily evacuated to avoid the possibility of any unto ward incident during the march, he said.

Earlier, a sweet shop in Juni area of Indore received an anonymous letter by post on Novem ber 17, threatening bomb blasts in Indore city during the yatra.

The letter, which re ferred to the 1984 antiSikh riots, had also threatened assassina tions of Rahul Gandhi and MP Congress chief Kamal Nath. The police had arrested a person in this connection.

put up at various places on the yatra’s route.

Twelve dilapidated houses in the densely populated Rajwada area

The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, a mass contact initiative, will take a night halt at Chimanbagh Ground in the city, officials said.

SEEKS TO BOLSTER HOLD ON KEY MP REGION WITH BJY; BJP LAUNCHES COUNTER CAMPAIGN

Bhopal (PTI): The politically crucial Malwa-Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh played a key role in propelling the Congress to power in 2018 after a gap of 15 years and the party is utilising Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra to strengthen its position in the belt a year ahead of the Assembly polls. The yatra’s focus on Malwa-Nimar during its MP leg will help the party revive its organization at the grassroots level and also allow it to reap electoral benefits, according to a section of Congress leaders and political observers. Mindful of the political significance of the region, which accounts for 66 of total 230 Assembly seats, the ruling BJP, too, has stepped up its efforts to consolidate its position in Malwa-Nimar and retain its hold on power in the state. Gandhi’s cross-country march reached Baroda Ahir village, birthplace of tribal icon and revolutionary Tantya Bheel in Pandhana tehsil in Khandwa district on November 24, a day after the yatra entered the state.

Dhankhar to give Shilp Guru & Nat’l Awards to craftpersons today

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Union Min istry of Textiles will be organizing Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftpersons for the year 2017, 2018 and 2019 on Monday.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the chief guest of the award ceremony.

Union Minister of Com merce & Industry, Pi yush Goyal will preside over the function. Dar shana Vikram Jardosh, Minister of State for Railways and Textiles will be the Guest of Honour at the event.

The Office of the De velopment Commission er (Handicrafts) has been implementing the scheme of National Awards for master craft spersons since 1965 and

Shilp Guru Awards was introduced in 2002.

These Awards are being conferred every year to legendary master craft spersons of handicrafts whose work and dedica tion have contributed not only to the preserva tion of rich and diverse craft heritage of the country but also to the resurgence of handi craft sector as a whole.

The main objective is to give recognition to out standing craftspersons in the handicrafts sector.

India-NZ second ODI match called off due to rain

Hamilton [New Zea land] (ANI): The sec ond ODI of three-match series between India and New Zealand was called off due to rain, with India scoring 89/1 in 12.5 overs at the time rain intervened for the final time and put any possibility of further action to rest. Shubman Gill (45* off 42 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (34* off 25 balls) were at the crease unbeaten. Put to bat first by the Kiwis, India was at 22/0 in 4.5 overs when rain inter rupted the action for the first time. The match was resumed after rain as a 29-overs-per side af fair. After the match re sumed, India lost skip per Shikhar Dhawan early for just three runs. After that, Gill and Suryakumar added 66 runs for the second wicket. But rain played the spoilsport again.

FIFA WORLD CUP

RSS chief lauds role of freedom fighters with diverse ideologies

Patna (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday asserted that those who fought for the country’s Independence demonstrated how peo ple with diverse ideolo gies could come togeth er for a common cause.

He was speaking at a function on the penulti mate day of his four-day tour of Bihar in Mal khachak village of Sa ran district, held in the memory of lesserknown freedom fighters.

He was addressing the programme before visiting Darbhanga where he will interact with RSS workers from across the state. Bhag wat also released a book authored by journalist Ravindra Kumar.

Titled “Swatantrata Andolan Ki Bikhri Kadiyan”, the book claims to shed more light on India’s struggle for Independence.

“Those who fought for Independence demon strated how people with diverse ideologies could come together for a com mon cause,” he said.

People showcase creativity with snow sculptures in J&K

Srinagar (ANI): As winter arrives in the Kashmir valley, so does heavy amounts of snow fall. Now, although it creates many problems for locals, people have shown how to turn prob lems into opportunities using their creativity.

The youth and chil dren are the ones who are most active in this. They carve sculptures out of snow and create a 'universe' of happy mo ments. The people of Kashmir have shown time and again that there is no dearth of talent in the valley. Their creativ ity with snow is yet an other proof of this.

Also, the artworks of Kashmir often grab people's attention on so cial media. Several na tional and internation ally famous artists Za hooruddin Lone, Tasa deq Hussain, and sev

eral others teach snow sculpting skills to the children.

In another step in the direction, the school ad ministration in the Higher Secondary School Kalshe in the Talil area of Griz or ganized a unique Snow Art Competition for the students.

The students show cased their talents by

Messi, Fernandez guide Argentina to win

Lusail [Qatar](ANI):

Lionel Messi’s superb long-range strike and Enzo Fernandez’s stun ning goal guided Argen tina to a dominating victory over Mexico 2-0 in the Group C game at the Lusail Stadium, keeping their FIFA World Cup dream alive.

It may not have been a memorable perfor mance, but Argentina get the win they needed, beating Mexico 2-0 at the Lusail Stadium to keep their hopes of qualifica tion alive. After their shocking 2-1 loss to Sau di Arabia, Argentina

knew defeat would mean elimination. They laboured once more un til Messi’s 65th-minute intervention.

In a rough and tense match, the 35-year-old, who is likely playing in his final World Cup, scooped up Angel Di Ma

time, Argentina secured the victory thanks to a ball from substitute Enzo Fernandez, who cut inside and curled a beautiful goal past Guillermo Ochoa. Mes si then switched roles and became the game’s provider.

making 'snowmen' and models of other wild and domestic animals and birds. The school also appreciated the students' work and also awarded prizes to the students for encourag ing them.

It is noteworthy that this trend of making snow models during the winter is rising in popu larity every year.

IAS Sujata Sharma to go back to Andhra

Ahtesham Siddiqui

ria’s

Three minutes from

The win moves Argen tina up to the second po sition in Group C, a point behind Poland, whom they will play in their fi nal match as they at tempt to secure a spot in the round of 16. As for Mexico, they have to beat Saudi Arabia to have any hope of qualifying.

Lucknow: IAS Sujata Sharma of 2006 batch is leaving from UP. She came from Andhra Pradesh to UP cadre on interstate depu tation for 3 years in December 2019. Now, the UP govt will relieve her on December 2, af ter she served for three years in the state. Shar ma has charge of Secre tary, Industrial Devel opment. She has to go back to Andhra Pradesh original carder.

pass outside the box and fired a crisp shot into the bottom cor ner to break the score.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring goal during match between Argentina and Mexico.

Tourists at Gondola rides Gulmarg ski resort, in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walks with padayatris during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Mhow, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Rahul Gandhi with a supporter’s pet dog during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Mhow, in Indore on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

MP POLICE REGISTER CASE OVER VIDEO OF PRO-PAK SLOGANS DURING CONG’S BJY

SNAKE SPOTTED IN FOOD TENT IN MANIHAR VILLAGE DURING CONG’S BHARAT JODO YATRA

CONG

Khargone (PTI): The Madhya Pradesh Police have registered a case in connection with a purported video pertaining to pro-Pa kistani slogans raised during the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, an official said on Sunday. While the Congress alleged it was a doctored video with which the BJP was trying to defame the foot march led by Rahul Gandhi, the ruling BJP claimed the opposition party deleted the clip after a pro-Pakistani slogan was heard in it. Khargone’s Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh Yadav said the case was registered at Sanawad police station against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 153 (B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) in connection with the video related to pro-Pakistani slogans.

Khargone (PTI): A small snake was spotted in the food tent when the Bharat Jodo Yatra was in Manihar village in Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, a Congress leader said. Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Govind Singh said a small snake was spotted in the food tent when participants of the Rahul Gandhi-led march were taking a break. Those present caught the snake and released it in the open some distance away, he said. Party functionaries said Gandhi was not near the tent when the incident occurred. The march, which began from Mortakka in Khandwa district on Saturday morning, broke for lunch at Manihar, after which it resumed from Umeria Chowki, before moving to Mhow, the birthplace of Babasaheb Ambedkar, in the evening.

BRIEFS

GOLD IMPORTS FALL 17% IN APRIL-OCT TO $24 BILLION

New Delhi: Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account defi cit, declined 17.38% to about $24 billion during April-October due to fall in demand. Imports of the yellow metal stood at $29 billion in the correspond ing period of 2021-22.

The imports during Oct this year also contracted by 27.47% to $3.7 bn. Silver imports during the month too dipped 34.80% to $585 million.

The imports, however, jumped to $4.8 billion as against $1.52 bn during April-Oct 2021-22. —PTI

FPIs BUY SHARES

WORTH ` 31,630 CR IN NOVEMBER 2022

New Delhi: Foreign port folio investors have redis covered their liking for In dian equities, making a net investment of `31,630 crore in Novem ber on hopes of an end to the aggressive rate hikes, and positivity about over all macroeconomic trends. According to data available with the deposi tories, FPIs invested a net sum of `31,630 crore in equities during November 1-25. In comparison, there was a net outflow of `8 crore and `7,624 crin Oct and Sept, resp. —PTI

INDIAN PHARMA EXPORTS

RISE BY 4.22% TO $14.57 BN

Hyderabad: Pharmaceuti cal exports from India registered a growth of 4.22% to reach $14.57 billion during the AprilOctober period despite a negative trend last month, according to a senior offi cial. Udaya Bhaskar, Di rector General of Pharmexcil which is an organisation under the Ministry of Commerce, said he was hopeful of ending the current fiscal at around $27 billion as against $24.62 billion during the last financial year. There was a dip (-0.32%) in July and (-5.45%) and there was 8.47% positive growth in September. —PTI

MCAP OF NINE OF TOP 10 FIRMS

CLIMBS ` 79,798 CR

New Delhi: Nine of the top 10 valued firms to gether added `79,798.3 crore in market valuation last week, with IT majors TCS and Infosys emerg ing as the biggest win ners. In the last week, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 630.16 points or 1%. Barring Adani Enter prises, all the 10 most valued firms including Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Hin dustan Unilever Limited witnessed gains in their valuation. —PTI

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RUPEE WILL STABILISE ONCE THE US REDUCES RATE INCREASE SPEED’

First India Bureau

New Delhi: 2022 Nobel Me morial Prize winner in Economic Sciences, Doug las W Diamond says that it is difficult to predict ex change rates but the rupee should stabilise once the US “reduces the speed of its rate increases”.

According to him when the US raises exchange rates unexpectedly, the dol lar tends to appreciate and things will normalise when interest rates are closer to each other in US and India.

He was asked by PTI about the continuous fall of the Indian rupee against the US dollar to which he said, “It is difficult to pre dict the exchange rates. When the US raises rates unexpectedly, the dollar tends to appreciate. Once the US reduces the speed of its rate increases, the rupee should stabilise.”

Diamond, who had once observed that delegated monitoring allows savers to get access to safe and high returns, says bank monitoring works well when banks are well capi talised and there is little lending to bank insiders.

OTHER STORIES

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

z According to the American economist when the US raises exchange rates unexpectedly, the dollar tends to appreciate and things will normalise when interest rates are closer to each other in the US and India

“I expect this to continue in the future. For savers to get high returns, a reason able amount of bank com petition is needed as well,” he argues. Diamond, who

CUMULATIVE RECOVERY RATE UNDER INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION FALLS TO 30.18% IN SEPT QUARTER

Mumbai: The cumulative recovery rate under the insolvency resolu tion processes of debt-ridden companies declined to 30.18% at the end of the September quarter, indicating that lenders took more haircut on their exposure, shows a study. The recovery rate has fallen steeply from a peak of 43% in Q1 FY20. Of the `7,90,626.2 crore claims from the financial creditors admitted by various benches of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), only `2,43,452.5 crore or 30.18% have been recovered till the end of Q2 FY23, as per an analysis of IBBI data done by Care Ratings. —PTI

FIRST HERO-HARLEY CO-DEVELOPED BIKE TO HIT MARKET IN 2 YEARS

New Delhi: A bike jointly de veloped by Hero MotoCorp and Harley-Davidson could hit the market in the next two years. The launch is part of Hero MotoCorp’s plans to strengthen its position in the premium segment. “Over the next two-year timeframe, you will see models which are in the volume segment and the profitable segment of the premium as well, including the platform that we are develop ing jointly with Harley,” Hero MotoCorp CFO said. —PTI

ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS SEC HAS MAX DELAYED PROJECT

New Delhi: The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects at 243, followed by railways at 114 and the petroleum sec tor at 89, showed a government report. In the road transport and highways sector, 243 out of 826 projects are delayed. In rail ways, out of 173 projects, 114 are delayed, while in petroleum sector, 89 out of 142 projects are delayed, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for Oct 2022. —PTI

z Diamond said bank monitoring works well when banks are well capitalised and there is little lending to bank insiders

z Diamond had collaborated with former RBI governor Raghuram G Rajan on theory of banking in 2001

had collaborated with Raghuram G Rajan on the ory of banking says one of their conclusions was that banks need to be a bit frag ile to discipline them.

Macro data, global trends to guide markets

New Delhi (PTI): Trading activity in the equity mar ket this week will depend on macroeconomic data an nouncements, monthly auto sales numbers and global trends, analysts said.

“This week, our Q2 GDP numbers and monthly auto sales numbers will be key domestic factors. On the global front, the market will keep an eye on data from the US and any fur ther movement of the dol lar index and US bond yields. Apart from this, news flow from China will continue to cause some volatility,” said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd.

Ajit Mishra said this week participants will be focusing on key macroeco nomic data -- GDP numbers and manufacturing PMI —for cues.

New Delhi (PTI): NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Su man Bery on Sunday ex pressed concern over the revival of Old Pension Scheme by some states, saying it would burden fu ture taxpayers at a time when India needs to focus on fiscal prudence and pro moting sustained growth.

“I am slightly more wor ried about the return to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). I think that is more of a concern because the cost will be borne by future tax payers and citizens, not the present,” he said.

The OPS, under which the entire pension amount was given by the govern ment, was discontinued by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) govern ment in 2003 from April 1, 2004.

Under the new pension scheme, employees con tribute 10% of their basic salary towards pension while the state government contributes 14%.

“I think political parties have to exercise discipline, since we are all working for a common cause of growth of the Indian economy, and for India to become a devel oped economy, you know the long-term (objectives) needs to be balanced against the short-term (objectives),” Bery said.

BUDGET 2023-24

DATA PROTECTION BILL

Personal data access only in exceptional situations:

New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment will not be able to violate the privacy of citi zens under the proposed data protection law as it will get access to personal data only in exceptional circumstances like nation al security, pandemic and natural disasters, Minister of State for Electronics &IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

The minister said the Na tional Data Governance Framework Policy has pro vision for handling an onymisation of data — which is not part of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022.

Chandrasekhar also said the proposed Data Protec tion Board — which will adjudicate matters related to data protection — will be independent and will not have any government of ficer on the board.

MoS IT

NO GOVERNMENT OFFICER INVOLVED

z MoS for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the proposed Data Protection Board — which will adjudicate matters related to data protection — will be independent and will not have any government officer on the board

“Let us say that the gov ernment wants to essen tially violate the privacy of citizens with this law. Is it possible? That’s the ques tion. The answer is no. The bill and laws lay out in very clear terms what are the exceptional circumstances under which the govern ment can have access to the personal data of Indian citizens.... National secu rity, pandemic, healthcare, natural disaster.

FIMI seeks withdrawal of export duty on bauxite

New Delhi (PTI): Miners’ body FIMI has sought with drawal of export duty on bauxite, stating that the move will lead to optimum utilisation of low-grade mineral resources as it will expedite reopening of closed bauxite mines, cre ate jobs and earn foreign exchange.

Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum and therefore the mineral is the essential raw material for aluminium producers.

“The export duty of 15 per cent on bauxite is det rimental to the Indian nonmetallurgical bauxite pro ducers and exporters... This Federation therefore request for complete with drawal of export duty on exports of bauxite,” FIMI said in its pre-Budget proposals to the finance ministry.

HUGE POTENTIAL

z Miners’ body FIMI said that India is not only selfsufficient in meeting its requirement but has huge potential to be a major player in the international bauxite market

Domestic alumina and aluminum producers have their own captive mines or meet their requirement from mines located in east ern and central parts of the country, which contain plant grade bauxite.

REQUEST

New Delhi (PTI): IDBI Bank will continue to oper ate as an ‘Indian private sector bank’ after its strate gic sale and the govern ment’s residual 15% stake in the lender post privatisa tion will be considered as ‘public shareholding’, the finance ministry said on Sunday.

An ‘appropriate dispen sation’ for the new owner to achieve minimum public shareholding (MPS) over an extended period is un der consideration and the winning bidder will have no restriction on undertak ing corporate restructur ing of the subsidiaries of IDBI Bank, it added.

These clarifications are part of the responses by the DIPAM, under the finance ministry, to poten tial investors’ pre-EoI queries.

FMCG MAKERS HOPEFUL OF RURAL GROWTH

New Delhi (PTI): Leading FMCG makers are witness ing encouraging trends from the initial pickup of their winter products port folio, expect consumption to accelerate further as mercury dips, making them hopeful for growth from the rural areas.

Makers such as Dabur, Emami and Marico are wit nessing pickup in their winter-specific products portfolio ranging from skin care products to immunity products such as chyawan prash and honey.

Moreover, the makers are also expecting rural

sales to bounce back in the coming quarters helped by a good harvest and soften ing of general inflation. While winter products are

doing well on new-age channels such as e-com merce and modern trade channels.

CII urges RBI to moderate pace of interest rates hikes

Emami

ness and CEO New Busi ness Sanjay Mishra said winter has always been a crucial season for some products in their portfolio.

New Delhi (PTI): India Inc has begun to feel the adverse impact of RBI’s in terest rate hikes of 190 ba sis points in the current financial year, industry body CII said on Sunday, as it urged the central bank to consider moderating the pace of its monetary tight ening ahead of the forth coming policy.

According to CII, domes tic demand is recovering well as mirrored by the per formance of a host of highfrequency indicators. How ever, the prevailing global

‘polycrisis’ is likely to im pinge on India’s growth prospects too.

“Given the headwinds to domestic growth, the RBI should consider moderat ing the pace of its mone tary tightening from the earlier 50 basis points.”

NITI Aayog VC Bery expresses concern over revival of OPS

this week

IDBI Bank to continue as ‘Indian private sector bank’

Super Indians Rajasthan Chapter has colourful start in Lake City

Udaipur: The Super In dians Rajasthan Chap ter organised by First India News Rajasthan and Bharat24 news channel had a colourful start on Sunday at Lake City Udaipur. The lamp lighting of programme

was done in Ananta Re sort in the presence of Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Edi tor-in-Chief, Bharat24Vision of New India and First India, and CMD, First India News, film actor Govinda, Ra jasthan Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj

Srivastava, former Me war royal family mem ber Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Chief Business Office and Strategic Ad visor Manoj Jagyasi, newly appointed Man aging Editor of Bharat24 Shamsher Singh and First India News Editor Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and

Bring semblance of sanity back into global order: Ex-Dy NSA

Asim Kamal

New Delhi: Former deputy national security advisor (NSA) Pankaj Saran says that India’s number one priority during its upcoming G20 presidency should be to restore the economic or der that provides stabil ity and creates an atmos phere conducive to the growth of an economy such as itself.

India should focus on bringing a semblance of sanity back into the global order, said Saran, who is a member of the National Security Advi sory Board (NSAB).

Saran said another important priority for India during its presi dency would be to ad dress the issues of con cern to the developing world such as energy se curity, food security, and climate security, and to see how India’s voice and perspective can be in fused into the G20.

Saran said that unfor tunately, the entire G20 agenda which is essen tially economic has been “weaponised” by the advanced econo mies. He said the formu lation today’s era must

not be of war that was adopted at the G20 sum mit in Bali earlier this month was an echo of PM Narendra Modi’s message to Russian President Vladimir Pu

tin in the wake of the Ukraine conflict and re flected India’s growing clout at the world stage.

“It is rare that an Indian perspective is recog nised by a powerful

grouping like the G20. India’s role enabled the G20 to find a consensus on this issue,” said Sa ran, who was the deputy NSA from Sept 1, 2018, to Dec 31, 2021. —PTI

“Obviously President (Xi Jinping) is going to be invited to the Summit and China will be invited to all the other meet ings. You just have to hope that China under stands and recognises that India is a rising economy, it is a rising power,” Saran said.

“China has to accept and deal with India on terms which are equal, which give respect to India, and it translates its words into deeds on how it respects India’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, adheres to the agree ments on peace and tranquillity at the bor der and also respects India’s core national interests,” he said.

“I think the approach to China is going to be cautious, we will judge them by their deeds, not by the words and this is an opportunity for China to prove that it genuinely desires to live in peace with India based on the established principles of international law,” Saran said.

other dignitaries. On this occasion, Dr CP Joshi threw light on the challenges of parlia mentary democracy and made it clear that the legislature, execu tive and judiciary all have their own chal lenges and responsibili ties, which need to be understood.

Mufti served notice to vacate Anantnag home in 24 hours

First India Bureau

New Delhi: For the second time this year, former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehboo ba Mufti have been asked to vacate her al lotted government resi dence within 24 hours, failing which action would be taken, offi cials said on Sunday.

The authorities in the Anantnag district of J&K asked Mufti to va cate her housing colony quarters in the Khana bal area of South Kash mir which was allotted to her by the govern ment. Not only this, seven former legislators have also been asked to vacate their respective residences in the same government quarters.

Earlier, the PDP pres ident was served an

eviction notice for her ‘Fairview’ residence at the high-security Gup kar area of the city last month as well.

The notices were also issued to ex-MLAs Mo hammad Altaf, Abdul Rahim, Abdul Majeed, Altaf Shah, & Abdul Ka bir Pathan, ex-MLCs Bashir Shah and Choud hary Nizamuddin.

DON’T BEHAVE LIKE RAIDERS FROM PAK, IT IS NOT BJP’S INDIA: MUFTI WARNS CENTRE

Avoid antibiotics for low-grade fever: ICMR guidelines

New

The guidelines stated that antibiotics should be given for five days for skin and soft tissue in fections, five days for pneumonia acquired in the community, and eight days for pneumo nia received in a hospi tal. It stated limiting em piric antibiotic therapy to seriously ill patients.

Empiric antibiotic therapy is only recom mended for patients suf fering from severe sep sis & septic shock, com munity-acquired pneu monia, and ventilatorassociated pneumonia.

Pre-historic rock art puts Raj village on tourist map

Bihari Mathur

Kunj

Jaipur: Nestled in the Aravali Ranges, the sleepy Hajipur Dadikar village in Rajasthan’s Alwar district is now buzzing with activity as historians and tourists flock to take a look at the pre-historic rock paint ings in its hills depicting scenes of dance, hunting and animal figures.

Discovered in 2001, the paintings are spread over an area of 10-12 sq km. District Tourism Officer Tina Yadav said

rock paintings in the hills of Hajipur Dadi kar have been included in the list of tourist places in the district.

“Dadikar has emerged as a new tour ist point. Tourists from more than 50 countries have visited this place,” Tejpal Gurjar, a local tourist guide said. He said the rock paintings depict swastika, lion, el ephant, sword, peacock, fish, sun, shepherd graz ing goats, fighting ani mals, animal skins and other wild animals. —PTI Rock paintings in Alwar.

‘CHINA HAS TO ACCEPT AND DEAL WITH INDIA ON TERMS WHICH ARE EQUAL’

Former deputy national security advisor (NSA) Pankaj Saran

—FILE PHOTO

MAHATMA GANDHI’S BUST TO BE UNVEILED AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON DEC 14

United Nations (PTI): A bust of Mahatma Gandhi will be in augurated as a gift from India to the United Nations during India’s Presidency of the Security Council next month, the first sculpture of the Mahatma to be installed at the world body’s headquarters here. The bust, made by renowned Indian sculptor Padma Shree awardee Ram Sutar, who has also designed the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat, will be inaugurated on December 14 during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to the UN. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Am bassador Ruchira Kamboj said that the bust will be placed in the expansive North Lawns of the UN headquarters.

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti addresses a youth convention at Sher-e-Kashmir Park in Srinagar on Sunday.

—PHOTO BY PTI

New Delhi: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti warned BJP on Sunday while addressing PDP’s first youth conference after the abrogation of Article 370. Lashing out at BJP for the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019, she urged J&K youth to participate in upcoming civic and assembly elections in the valley, saying it is their ‘’weapon’’ to fight for their rights. “It is not BJP’s India and, note it down, we will not let it become BJP’s India,” She also warned the Centre not to behave “like those raiders from Pakistan who came to the valley in 1947” and were forced to flee by Kashmiris.

First India Bureau

Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Re search (ICMR) on Sun day issued guidelines opposing the use of an tibiotics for ailments like viral bronchitis and low-grade fever.

ICMR has also ad vised physicians to pre scribe the antibiotics within a specific time frame and to maintain that practice.

Ravi Sharma

Dr CP Joshi, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Govinda, Dhiraj Srivastava, Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Manoj Jagyasi, Shamsher Singh and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat during the Super Indians Rajasthan Chapter at Ananta Resort in Udaipur on Sunday. PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Dhiraj Srivastava speaking during the event in Udaipur.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the event at Hotel Ananta.

Govinda interacting with the audience during the event.

Dr CP Joshi addressing the audience in Udaipur on Sunday.

l Assembly speaker Dr CP Joshi says that in Constitution India means Bharat and here First India News and Bharat24 both are present

l Dr Jagdeesh Chandra highlights the social concerns being raised by First India News Rajasthan and Bharat24 channel

FASHION CONNECT SEASON 13 X INDIA FASHION WEEK LONDON LONDON WANTS MORE

season, the fashion show is known for lifting the bar even higher. The previous edition in Dubai included several wellknown designers, like Michael Cinco, and this season was no different.

After the successful previous seasons, First India presents Fashion Connect Season 13 in collaboration with India Fash ion Week London decked up with glamorous ensembles of intricate designs with celebra tory craftsmanship and artistry. The mega fashion festival wit nessed some of the most antici pated global fashion calendars, celebrates fashion at the inter section of culture and is a global entertainment platform for

I am glad that Fashion Con nect was part of my event this year and I am looking forward to attend the next fashion event in Dubai. —MANNY SINGH

incredible singing performance. The concert was ended by celeb rity designer Samant Chauhan, who then launched the official cover of Bhavini Bhargava’s book “Unheard” during the event. The London Fashion Week was nothing short of an ultra-stylish series with jawdropping collections. While expressing their grati tude to everyone, Rishee and Lokesh stated, “This wouldn’t have been possible without the support and guidance of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra. Even though he was unable to attend Fashion Connect Season 13 in London, his leadership and insight gave it the boost it needed to be one of the best! Our vision is to pro mote fashion and creativity and to encourage revolutionary thinking globally with Fashion Connect.

First India presents Fashion Connect Season 13 in collaboration with India Fashion Week London, the magnificent event was hosted at Novotel London Hammersmith on November 20! The event received a fantastic response and netizens went crazy over the stellar lineup!

First India, The Fashion Connect Season 13 in col laboration with India Fashion Week London the spectacular show was hosted at Novotel London Hammersmith on November 20. Every

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarshashekhar@firstindia.co.in

FACE OF THE DAY!

Aries

MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

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

Gemini

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Following a health diet will be a good idea.

Luck favours you today on the profes sional front. Focus sing 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.

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.

Libra

SEPTEMBER 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. Your day will be full of surprises.

Sagittarius

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22

It’s a very good day to take calculated risks in financial matters. 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.

Aquarius

JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19

A friend 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 for your construction plans. You find things moving in the way you want them.

Taurus

APRIL 21 - MAY 20

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

Cancer

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Your intuition will save you from a tricky spot today. Yoga would help in raising energy levels and improve your metabolism. You will manage to achieve your aim through travel. This is a great time on the academic front, when you mange to render your best.

Virgo

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23

Avoid raising controversial issues at home to maintain harmony. Successful implementation of new ideas and projects would add to your prestige on the professional front. It is a wonderful day to build new connections. Your relationship requires you to be tactful.

Scorpio

OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Happiness in the domestic sphere will only come with a changed mind set. Some of you are likely to become a part of an overseas official trip. Better to consult an expert in financial matters before making an investment.

Capricorn

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20

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

Pisces

FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20

Gifting something to your beloved is likely to make the day memorable. Matrimo nial 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.

THE PLANET DAY

RED PLANET DAY, NOVEMBER 28, RECOGNIZES THE PLANET WHICH HAS CAPTIVATED HUMAN OBSERVERS FOR COUNTLESS YEARS, MARS. RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT MARS

THANKS TO PHOTOGRAPHS BEAMED BACK TO EARTH

CITY FIRST HIGHLIGHTS SOME FASCINATING DETAILS ABOUT THE DAY!

CITY FIRST

Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is famed for its rusty red appearance.

The Red Planet is a cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. But the dusty, lifeless (as far as we know it) planet is far from dull.

Phenomenal dust storms can grow so large they engulf the entire planet, tempera tures can get so cold that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere con denses directly into snow or frost, and mars quakes — a Mars ver sion of an earthquake — regularly shake things up.

It, therefore, comes as no surprise that this little red rock continues to intrigue scientists and is one of the most explored bodies in the solar system, according to NASA Science.

Every year on Novem ber 28th, Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of Spacecraft Mariner 4. It’s also a day to learn more about Mars, which is referred to as the red planet.

After 3 previous at tempts, Spacecraft Mar iner 4 became the first successful flyby of Mars. The spacecraft was launched on No vember 28, 1964, and reached Mars on July 14, 1965. The successful mission produced 22 pictures of the Martian surface. These pictures were the first-ever close-up photos to come from deep space. This mission, along with sev eral others that oc curred afterward, has helped us learn much about the red planet.

WHY IS MARS CALLED THE RED PLANET?

The bright rust color Mars is known for is due to iron-rich minerals in its regolith — the loose dust and rock covering its surface. The soil of Earth is a kind of rego lith, too, albeit one load ed with organic content.

According to NASA, the iron minerals oxidize, or rust, causing the soil to look red.

SIMILAR TO EARTH Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is the seventh smallest planet in the Solar System.

WHY WE LOVE RED PLANET DAY

IT FUELS THE IMAGINATION

If humanity is getting close to a manned mis sion to Mars — and all indications say “yes” — how long before a setting like the one in “Star Trek” comes true, with man interacting with other intelligent species from other parts of the universe? It’s just plain fun to think about!

IT ADVANCES SCIENCE

Did you know that velcro came about as a re sult of NASA’s solving a problem for its astro nauts, whose equipment kept on floating away in zero-G? It’s true. So imagine all the inventive by products that are going to come about — maybe even cures for diseases — when the engineering of a manned mission to Mars is really tested!

IT’S INSPIRING TO THOSE WHO HAVE LONG-TERM GOALS

The spaceflight community is currently dis cussing a manned mission to Mars in the dec ade of the 2030’s. And they’re putting a little work towards that goal, each and every day. So think like that on a personal scale. Where would you like to be in five or ten years? What would you like to be doing? Put a little work in every day.

Similar to Earth in many ways - it has the same rotational period and seasonal cyclesMars has 2 moons, Dei mos and Phobos, and has the largest volcano, Olympus Mons, in the Solar System.

Because of its simi larity to Earth, many astronomers and scien tists believe that at

some point in its histo ry Mars may have been a hospitable planet for life. Exploration of Mars has been high on the agenda of the space programs of many countries. NASA, the American space agency has estimated that it could send humans to the Red Planet by the 2030s.

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YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

IS RED,

FROM AMERICAN ROVERS.

KATRINA STUNS IN PINK SALWAR KAMEEZ

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DROOLWORTHY FASHION MOMENT

ime and again Sonam Kapoor has showcased her anointed love for kaf tans and being the style icon she is, she manages to pull them off in an entirely untried style every time she steps out. This time Sonam sported a kaftan look in a Taller Marmo fringed kaftan dress in an absolutely soothing shade. If you are looking for a state ment-making yet subtle party dress this luxe number is just the perfect pick. Right out of the racks of a Milan-based Italian label this dress featuring a stunning kaftan silhouette epitomizes luxury eveningwear.

While each Sonam look has its own showstealing aesthetic charm, this time Sonam Kapoor made jaws drop with her light blue fringed number. The dress featuring a fabu lously flowing fit that drapes the body is Taller Marmo’s Ross Fringed Scarf-neck Crepe Kaftan Dress in Light Blue. The Ital ian designer dress is carefully cu rated with crepe fabric and fea tures a satin scarf-detailed high neck, wide sleeves, button-fas tening keyhole at back, and a winning waterfall hem accentu ated with sweeping fringe detail.

Nora Fatehi is one of the phe nomenal dancers in the enter tainment industry and is cur rently seen judging the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10. On the grand finale of the reality show, the top six contestants, Rubina Dilaik, Gashmeer Mahajani, Nishant Bhat, Gunjan Sinha, Faisal Shaikh, and Sriti Jha gave their last perfor mances on the show. While Nora gave a perfect 30 score to Rubina Gash meer, Gunjan, and Nishant, it was Sriti and Faisal who failed to score perfect marks.

Nora Fatehi lauded Sriti Jha for her expressions and said, “This may not have been your best perfor mance but it touched my heart.” Nora further stated that this is her song, and she could totally relate to it as she was personally going through a situation back then. “I was going through a personal situation at that time and I could relate to the emo tions while shooting. I would just carry all my emotions to the set,” said the judge.

NORA RECALLS BEING BETRAYED IN LOVE SHANAYA’S CHRISTOPHER ESBER DRESS

Shanaya Kapoor’s envy-worthy wardrobe has always been domi nated by stunning white num bers. This time with her latest look the style icon convinces us, a white crochet dress is a no-brainer when we want to look nonchalant but put togeth er this party season.

Shanaya Kapoor paused and posed for the paps as she stepped out in a white ribbed cro chet dress. Styled with effortless ease and taste ful elegance, Shanaya’s Cutout crochet-knit maxi dress by Christo pher Esber worth $970 or Rs.79,219.85 features a drop waist silhouette in a stunning neutral hue. Featuring a statement cut-out-clad silhouette, this designer maxi dress encompasses a carefully crafted crochet-knit col umn that’s accentuated with sharp pleats, a scoop neck, thick straps, a side slit, and statement-making cutout details at the waist. The silhouette-defining dress is absolutely perfect for when you want your party look to gravitate towards a minimalist side. In fact, if you are a nondress girl looking for a fuss-free but fabulous dress, a ribbed crochet dress is definitely your answer.

dle and shared a video that summa rized her super fun bachelorette. In the fun video, Hansika Mot wani is initially seen in a white

ty in a white sequinned mini skirt and cropped white shirt. The video also shows glimpses of the actress's fun trip with her girlfriends. Han sika is also seen having a great time at the bachelorette party, which was hosted by

‘Best bachelorette ever’ Kriti Sanon in Zimmerman

Kriti Sanon takes the fashion world by storm as she gears up for the release of her latest film Bhediya, co-starring Varun Dhawan. For the screening and promotional events of the movie, Sanon has been sporting a versatile range of statement-making OOTDs that include classic sarees, bold dresses, and everything in be tween. For her latest appearances, Kriti was seen slaying Zimmerman’s asymmetrical mini dress with hand-applied 3D molded stars through out the bodice and a Hel en Anthony ensemble.

Kriti Sanon proves she has certainly mastered the art of party dressing as she steps out in Zimmermann’s Celestial Zodiac Asymmet rical Sheath Dress worth Rs. 276,999. The head-turn ing mini dress was in a statement-making rosegold shade accentuated with 3D embroidery all over the bodice and be yond to deliver an asymmetrical hem line which makes it a perfect dance party dress. The sheath dress features a fit ted silhouette with a high neckline, lengthened sleeves, and accentuated puffy shoulders that create a fierce yet feminine look.

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Shanaya in Christopher Esber dress

Consolation in blossoms

THE MOST FAMOUS CHOR-BAZAAR!

CLOTHES

As Delhi-NCR dies a little every day under deathly smog, the sole consola tion of these depressing days is the blossoming of flosssilk trees. The pink of the flower is as boldly surkh (ruddy) as the jama (coat) that Shahjahan is depicted wearing in a famous portrait he commissioned for artist Chitarman. One magnifi cent floss-silk is strutting right beside the Kamani auditorium in Mandi House. Its 5-petaled flowers evoke the anar of the Diwali night, the firecracker’s sparks suddenly stilled in midair. A luxurious floss-silk is shedding its colourful weight by a row of drab government flats in Kaka Nagar. A showstopper is turning eyes on Chelmsford Road: it stands just inside the gate of bungalow no. 7. A tall, spindly beauty adorns a neigh bourhood park in Patel Nagar, the branches spread out like the limbs of a many-armed devta, each arm tipped with a torch of flaming pink. A cluster of three floss-silk occupies a park corner in Nizamuddin East, next to the balcony of an elegant apart ment-cum-AirBnB.

One of the most exciting sites to visit in Delhi is Chor Bazaar, which is situat ed in the oldest section of the city. Chor Bazaar, the city’s largest thrift store, provides whatever you could possibly want to buy. You name it, they have it: books, clothes, shoes, athletic gear, cam eras, stationery, and an tiques. There are numer ous activities you may do when visiting this won derful market, which is lively and crowded all day long.

For all of you first-tim ers excited to visit this fan tastic market, City First has managed to compile a list of things to buy for the things you can anticipate while visiting the market.

BOOKS

Sundays are a fantastic day to visit Chor Bazaar because Daryaganj’s fa mous Sunday book mar ket is right next door and offers amazing prices on books. The store sells eve rything at costs that are unfathomable, including novels, exam prep books, textbooks, and a planner. The location is a book lover’s paradise with books starting at INR 20. One of the most astound ing features of the mar ket is the availability of books at a price of INR 100/kg, which is unheardof and irresistible to any reader.

Chor Bazaar frequently receives returned mer chandise from well-known retailers like Louis Vuit ton, Raymond’s, Zara, H & M, and Forever 21. By vis iting this market, where apparel items can be pur chased for as little as INR 50, you can possess every brand available without breaking the bank. Take your time and visit the market to get your hands on the best items since the clothes are stacked along the roadside on bedsheets that have been spread out.

CAMERAS

Chor Bazaar has evolved into a central location where aspiring photogra phers can get all of their equipment because it car ries cameras and other items from all the main manufacturers. People are now travelling to Old Del hi to purchase high-end cameras, which start at around INR 2000 and come from brands like Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Sony, and Panasonic. While shop ping for electronics in this market, you should keep an eye out for genuine products because many low-quality knockoffs also find their way there and easily fool the customers.

MOBILE PHONE AND ACCESSORIES

This market offers every thing, from affordable Chi nese phones to the most re cent iPhone. These phones are incredibly expensive, with iPhones going for as little as INR 5000. In this market, you may also find any phone accessory you would require, including chargers, SD cards, pen drives, headphones, and earphones. These are ex tremely inexpensive.

A Platform for Learning

The Work4Progress an ongoing programme of the ”la Caixa” Foundation of Spain, concluded its India plat form annual workshop at the Indian Habitat Centre. The programme has been operational in India for the last 5 years to create new employment opportunities that are inclusive in nature and systemic by design and has been led by Develop ment Alternatives (DA) since 2016 and ActionAid Association (AAA) in 2020

The Work4Progress India Annual Workshop is envi sioned as a platform for learning from the ‘collec tive intelligence’ of changemakers and experts in the field of entrepreneurship.

The workshop took the au dience through the unique ness of social innovation and a transformational ap proach to entrepreneur ship-led job creation.

Through deliberations at the Annual Workshop, the attendees were able to gain diverse perspectives on the subject of unlocking criti cal flows for accelerating entrepreneurship and em powering communities through dignified employ ment opportunities.

The event featured pres entations by DA and AAA highlighting the progress made by W4P India, in addi tion to an address by Prema Gera (External Coordina tor, W4P India) on the “op

portunities and challenges” faced by the W4P India Plat form. Furthermore, two thematic sessions on the topics of “Access to Credit for Inclusive Entrepreneur ship” and “Mainstreaming Entrepreneurship through Institutional Engagement and Ecosystem of Growth’’ was also held by DA net work partners Rang De and Transform Rural India Foundation, TRIF respec tively.

HRH The Infanta Cristi na of Spain, Director of In ternational Programmes at

”la Caixa” Foundation, was the keynote speaker for the event. She reminded all pre sent, of the principles on which Work4Progress was built: innovation, co-crea tion and empowerment.

She was pleased to see how ”la Caixa” Foundation’s Work4Progress has grown in India and was happy to note that the programme has stressed the importance of ‘Deep Listening’ to cocreate solutions that have made the ongoing success of the programme possible.

—PHOTO BY SHAZID CHAUHAN

The tandoor of Afghanistan

SELF-AWARENESS PRECEDES CHANGE!

Due to the long-time tragic circumstances in strife-torn Afghani stan, Delhi has been, for many years, has become home to a great number of Afghans who left their home land for a variety of reasons. Some of the streets in the ‘hoods of Lajpat Nagar and Jangpura are so packed with Afghans that every shop hoarding is in either Pashto or Persian. Gourmands from across the city flock to these places to dine at Afghan spe ciality restaurants such as Mazaar, Kabul Delhi and Pa keezah. But this Bhogal bak ery in Jangpura, with a most evocative tandoor, has no name. It is just known as Af ghan bakery.

The bakery is opened every morning at six by Hasan, and Suleman closes it every night at 11. The customers get the rotis wrapped in day-old newspaper sheets. The cave is dug out at the heart of the hearth but it actually is a very special tandoor. An Af ghan tandoor. An Afghan tan door made from the mitti of saddi Dilli.

Fortis Hospital Noida organised an electronic bike rally on Novem ber 27 at Fortis Hospi tal, Nodia in an endeav our to create awareness around lung cancer and air pollution. Over 150 people participated in this rally, consisting of 40 e-bikes starting from Fortis Hospital, Noida Gate No. 1 and ending at Fortis Hospital, Noida Gate No. 2, covering a distance of 5 km. The rally was conducted to promote awareness about the usage of elec tronic bikes to safe guard the environment and reduce pollution. It is important to note that the increased pol lution from petrol/die sel-driven vehicles causes health issues, which has an impact on the organs, especially the lungs. The rally con cluded with a Zumba

session and felicitation of guests from the Uttar Pradesh Traffic Police. The event was graced by Ganesh Prasad Saha - DCP, Traffic Police Noida and his entire team of 27 police offi cials.

“With the increasing air pollution and envi ronmental degradation, it is important to take care of lung health. Ag gravated levels of air pollution have led to de

teriorated lung health. Thus, as responsible citizens, we need to re duce the sources of air pollution and contrib ute to a greener envi ronment. The e-bike rally is an effort to raise awareness on air pollu tion and related health ailments – Lung cancer being one of them.” stated Mohit Singh, (Zonal Director, Fortis Hospital, Noida).

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in

Infanta Christina of Spain during the speech

Glimpse from rally

Fortis Hospital Noida flagging-off an electronic bike rally