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No one can be forced to take vaccine, rules Supreme Court
New Delhi (Agencies):
No one can be forced to
take the vaccine, the Su-
preme Court ruled on
Monday in a landmark
decision on India’s Cov-
id vaccine policy, also
directing the central
government to publish
reports on the adverse
effects of vaccination.
“Bodily integrity is
protected under the law
and nobody can be
forced to be vaccinat-
ed,” the Supreme Court
said. The court assert-
ed, however, that “cer-
tain limitations on indi-
vidual rights” could be
imposed in the interest
of community health.
“Barring Covid-ap-
propriate behaviour, we
suggest no curbs on un-
vaccinated individuals
in access to public plac-
es, services and re-
sources if cases are
low,” the Court said.
Restrictions imposed
on individuals through
vaccine mandates can-
not be called to be pro-
portionate, the court
said - a refence to many
states making it essen-
tial for people to get the
Covid shot to access
public places. “Till in-
fection numbers are
low we suggest that no
restriction is imposed
on individuals on ac-
cess to public places,
services and resources.
Recall the same if al-
ready done,” the Su-
preme Court ordered.
Supreme Court Jus-
tices LN Rao and BR Ga-
vai added that their di-
rectivesdidnotextendto
Covid-appropriate be-
haviour, but was limited
to vaccines in the “rap-
idly evolving situation”.
The Supreme Court
also directed the Centre
to publish reports on
adverse events of vac-
cines from people and
doctors on a publicly ac-
cessible system, with-
out compromising the
details of the individu-
als reporting them.
“Regarding segrega-
tion of vaccine trial
data, subject to the pri-
vacy of individuals, all
trials already conduct-
ed and to be subse-
quently conducted, all
data must be made
available to the public
without further delay,”
the court said.
A petition by Jacob
Puliyel, a former mem-
ber of the National
Technical Advisory
GrouponImmunisation
(NTAGI), had argued
that states mandating
vaccination for access-
ing benefits or services
is a violation of citizens’
rights, and therefore,
unconstitutional.
COVID-19 VACCINATION
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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HC STAYS
ARREST OF KUMAR VISHWAS
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court
on Monday, stayed the arrest of former Aam
Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas in a case over
him allegedly making “inflammatory statements”
against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The
case was registered against him by the Punjab
Police on April 12. P8
SENSEX TUMBLES OVER 648
POINTS, NIFTY BELOW 17K
Mumbai: Benchmark equity
indices continued to remain
weak on Monday, with the
Sensex tumbling over 648
points in early trade. The
30-share BSE benchmark
was trading 648.25 points
lower at 56,412.62. The
NSE Nifty declined 185.3
points to 16,917.25. P6
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Nand Mulchandani, an Indian-origin man who studied at a Delhi school,
has been appointed the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) first-ever Chief
Technology Officer. The announcement for the coveted position was made
by Director William J Burns in a blog post and also shared on social media.
INDIAN-ORIGIN
MAN APPOINTED
CIA’S FIRST
TECH OFFICER
With a view to solve the ‘power-problem’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Monday chaired a meeting of the top brass of coal, power and railway ministries
amid electricity outages in various parts of the country due to shortage of coal at
thermal plants, according to sources.
SHAH CHAIRS
CRUCIAL MEET
ON POWER
CRISIS
‘TIMETOGOTOTHE
REALMASTERS’
Split Wide
Open in
Haryana Cong
PM Modi’s 8 years of ‘misgovernance’ is case
studyonhowtoruineconomies:RahulGandhi
New Delhi: Congress is
reaching out to sulking
Haryana leader Kul-
deep Bishnoi as he is
upset over denial of
state presidentship of
the party in the state.
Bishnoi has let his an-
ger public and said that
he will seek a response
from the party
.
The internal rift in
the Haryana Congress
has widened after Con-
gress General Secre-
tary Randeep Surjewa-
la came out openly in
support of Kuldeep
Bishnoi.
Since the appoint-
ment of Udai Bhan, a
known Hooda support-
er, as party chief Kul-
deep Bishnoi has been
upset but Surjewala
who is close to Rahul
Gandhi stoked a contro-
versy by saying that
Bishnoi could have
been good President.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday hit out at Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi saying that his
eight years of ‘misgov-
ernance’ is a case study
on how to ruin economy
.
He tweeted: “PM
Modi’s 8 years of mis-
governance is a case
study on how to ruin
what was once one of
the world’s fastest grow-
ing economies.”
The Congress has
been attacking the gov-
ernment on issues of
power crisis, unemploy-
ment, farmers’ issues
and inflation.
Terming the power
crisis ‘artificial’, Con-
gress’s spokesperson
Gourav Vallabh said:
“We demand that this
artificial power crisis be
immediately resolved.”
Modi-Scholz pen green
energy partnership
Berlin: PM Narendra
Modi was received by
German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz in a ceremo-
nial welcome at the Fed-
eral Chancellery in Ber-
linonMondaywherethe
duo were slated to hold
bilateral discussions fol-
lowed by the 6th Inter-
Governmental Consul-
tations (IGC). During
this, Modi & Scholz
signed the green & sus-
tainableenergypartner-
ship at the Federal
Chancellery
, in Berlin.
Upon his arrival, the
Indian prime minister
was accorded the Guard
of Honour at the fore-
court of the Federal
Chancellery in Berlin.
This is Prime Minister
Modi’sfirstmeetingwith
Scholz as German Chan-
cellor, who assumed of-
fice in December, 2021.
Modi received a rous-
ing welcome from the
Indian diaspora in Ber-
lin. PM Modi greeted
members of the Indian
community, who were
awaiting his arrival at
Hotel Adlon Kempinski
in Berlin.
PM Modi is also
scheduled to visit Den-
mark on Tuesday to
hold talks with leaders
from Nordic countries,
along with other high-
level interactions, the
visit will conclude with
a stopover in Paris on
Wednesday where the
Prime Minister will
meet the newly re-elect-
ed French President
Emmanuel Macron.
T. KAPOOR APPOINTED ADVISOR TO PM,
RAO & CHANDRA AS ADDL SECY IN PMO
Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor has
been appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Kapoor, a 1987-batch IAS officer
of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, superannuated as
the secretary of the ministry of petroleum and nat-
ural gas on November 30, 2021. Meanwhile, senior
bureaucrats Hari Ranjan Rao and Atish Chandra
have been appointed as additional secretaries in
the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Amit Shah arrives in B’luru, to
take final call on K’taka cabinet
SC to hear Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind’s plea against
‘attack’ on Muslims’ beliefs on May 9
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day posted for May 9, a
plea seeking a court-
monitored investiga-
tion and prosecution in
hate crimes related to
the “continuous attack”
on the personality of
Prophet Mohammad
and disparaging re-
marks by various peo-
ple in different parts of
the country attacking
the very belief system
of Muslims at large.
A bench headed by
Justice AM Khan-
wilkar posted the mat-
ter for May 9 for hear-
ing along with similar
pending cases.
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka state BJP is wit-
nessing heavy political
activity as Union Home
Minister Amit Shah ar-
rived in the city on
Monday late night. The
visit has assumed im-
portance in the back-
drop of Shah coming
with a specific mission
of finalising the deci-
sion on cabinet expan-
sion or reshuffle. He
would also hold talks
regarding the various
happenings in the state
and strategise for the
state Assembly elec-
tions in 2023.
Mid-air
turbulence
lands 11 flyers
in hosp, 8
discharged
New Delhi: SpiceJet,
on Monday said that 11
passengers on board its
flight from Mumbai to
Durgapur in West Ben-
gal were injured in the
severe turbulence a day
ago were hospitalised
and of these eight have
been discharged so far.
The airline also said
that the seat belt sign
was on when the air-
craft encountered tur-
bulence and several an-
nouncements for the
same were also made.
SpiceJet Spokesper-
son, in a statement,
said, “The seat belt sign
was on when the air-
craft encountered tur-
bulence. Multiple an-
nouncements were
made by the pilots and
the crew instructing
passengers to remain
seated.”
PLEA IN SC SEEKS BAN ON TALAQ-E-HASAN
NO ‘MAHA AARTI’ ON EID: RAJ THACKERAY
New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court
seeking a direction to declare “Talaq-e-Hasan and all other
forms of unilateral extra-judicial talaq”, unconstitutional for
being arbitrary, irrational, and violative of Articles 14, 15, 21,
25 of the Constitution. The plea also sought a direction to the
Centre to frame guidelines for neutral uniform grounds of
divorce and uniform procedure of divorce for all citizens. The
petition has been filed by a Muslim woman.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on
Monday appealed to his party workers to not perform the
announced ‘Maha Aarti’ on the occasion of ‘Akshay Tritiya’ on
May 3 as he doesn’t want to create any obstacle for Mus-
lims during the Eid festival. He reiterated that his campaign
against loudspeakers was a social issue and he would
disclose his future plans through Twitter on Tuesday.
SHAH ON 3-DAY
VISIT TO BENGAL
New Delhi: Shah will
be on a three-day
visit to West Bengal from
Wednesday to attend
various government
programmes, BJP events
and will also address
the ongoing infighting
in the party’s state unit.
Shah will reach Kolkata
on May 4 evening, and
on May 5 he will attend a
government programme
at Hingalganj.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Chancellor of Germany Olaf
Scholz, in Berlin, Germany. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects Guard of Honour at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin,
Germany, Monday, May 2, 2022. Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz is also seen.
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: After his
talks with the top brass
of the Congress party
failed,politicalstrategist
Prashant Kishor on
Mondayhintedthatheis
set to take a political
plunge with a tweet in
which he said that he
would be ready to go to
the people’s court, start-
ing from his home state
Bihar. Political observ-
ersbelievethatPrashant,
through this new in-
nings, may try to bring
all opposition parties on
one platform in a more
formal manner as he too
wouldhaveastakeinthe
‘game’, than being just
anadvisortopartiesand
being their strategist
and ‘deal-maker’.
“My quest to be a
meaningful participant
in democracy help
shape pro-people policy
led to a 10yr rollercoast-
er ride! As I turn the
page, time to go to the
Real Masters, THE PEO-
PLE, to better under-
stand the issues the
path to Peoples Good
Governance” Kishor
said in a tweet today
.
He accompanied it
with the hashtag in
Hindi ‘From Bihar’.
The announcement
has come within a week
of hisstatementonTwit-
ter that he had declined
the Congress’ offer to
join a group on strength-
ening the organization
in the run-up to the 2024
general elections.
Kishor is not new to
Bihar politics, for he
was the vice president
of therulingJanataDal-
United led by the chief
minister Nitish Kumar.
Prashant Kishor
@PrashantKishor
My quest to be a meaningful
participant in democracy
help shape pro-people policy
led to a 10yr rollercoaster
ride! As I turn the page, time
to go to the Real Masters,
THE PEOPLE, to better
understand the issues
the path to Peoples Good
Governance
PK’S CRYPTIC TWEET RAISES ‘INTEREST’

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New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi University an-
nounced on Monday
that those who dropped
out of college in the fi-
nal year can register for
a one-time “centenary”
chance to appear in ex-
aminations and com-
plete their degree.
The drop-out stu-
dents have been given
this one-time chance in
view of the Delhi Uni-
versity’s year-long cen-
tenary celebrations
that started on May 1.
“Underg raduate,
postgraduate and pro-
fessional course stu-
dents who took regular
courses, Non Collegiate
Women’s Education
Board(NCWEB),School
of OpenLearning(SOL)
and External Cell will
be able to apply for reg-
istration. The former
students can submit
their registration forms
for centenary chance
examination by June
14, 2022,” DU’s Dean of
Examination said in an
official order.
Faculties, depart-
ments, colleges and cen-
tres under the univer-
sity have been notified
to complete the confir-
mation and verification
of registration forms
filled by such students
by June 20, 2022.
“The former students
can also fill their regis-
tration form by using
online students’ portal
link of Delhi University
.
After filling the regis-
tration form, the stu-
dents can keep the print-
out of the filled forms
for further communica-
tion,” the order said.
Provisional admit
cards will be issued af-
ter confirmation of the
registration form by
their respective faculty,
department, college or
centre, it added.
Drop-out students can complete degree at DU
‘CENTENARY CHANCE’
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CAR PLUNGES INTO CANAL IN UTTAR PRADESH’S
GREATER NOIDA, ONE DEAD
Noida (PTI): A 19-year-old man died and four others were
hospitalized with injuries after their speeding car plunged into a
canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida
on Monday morning, police officials
said.The driver of the car had fallen
asleep on the wheel, leading to the
crash around 5 AM under the Dadri
police station area, the officials said.
“They were going from Delhi to Sikandrabad in Bulandshahr
district. They driver of the car, identified as Chand (19), appar-
ently fell asleep while driving and the car plunged into the Kot
Canal,” a police spokesperson said.
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIES AFTER BUS HITS HER
NEAR DWARKA EXPRESSWAY, DRIVER ARRESTED
New Delhi (Agencies): A 10-year-old girl was killed after she
was allegedly hit by a bus in Babupur village near the Dwarka
Expressway, the Gurgaon police
said. The bus driver was arrested
and released on bail, officers said.
The police identified the deceased
as Pinki Kumari. Her father Munni
Lal Mandal, a rag picker, said their
family – which includes his wife and three children – hails
from Bhagalpur in Bihar and has been living in Babupur for
years. In the police complaint, Mandal said: “On Saturday
around 5 pm, my wife was rummaging through the garbage
behind the liquor store in Babupur village.
SCHOOL BUSES TOLD TO KEEP AIR-CONDITIONERS
ON WHILE FERRYING STUDENTS
Gurugram (Agencies): With complaints pouring in from
parents that their wards are finding it difficult to travel in
school buses as the vehicles do not turn on the air-condi-
tioners, especially now when the
city is reeling under a heatwave, the
district administration has decided to
hold a meeting with all educational
institutes across the city this week
to discuss the issue and also form four teams to check if the
school buses are keeping the AC on while ferrying students.
Many parents said they approached schools and complained
about ACs not being turned on in the school buses, but it had
little effect on the school authorities.
Delhi Police beefs up security
ahead of Eid celebrations
Around twelve companies of the CAPF have also been put to use in National Capital
New Delhi (PTI): In a
bid to maintain peace
and security on the oc-
casion of the festival of
Eid-Ul-Fitr, Delhi Police
has issued an alert in
the National Capital.
The Delhi Police has
made special arrange-
ments as Eid will be cel-
ebrated with great
pomp and show after a
two-year Covid hiatus.
The police will keep
an eye on the anti-social
elements and will main-
tain a vigil to avoid any
untoward incident. Ad-
ditional police forces
have been deployed
across east Delhi, Ja-
hangirpuri, West and
South Delhi and senior
police personnel have
been deployed in sensi-
tive areas.
Furthermore, addi-
tional cops have been
deployed in Delhi’s Ja-
hangirpuri in the wake
of the clashes that
broke out on April 16
during a Hanuman Jay-
anti procession that left
nine people injured, in-
cluding eight police per-
sonnel and a civilian as
per the orders of the
Home Ministry
.
Around twelve com-
panies of the Central
Armed Paramilitary
Forces (CAPF) have
also been put to use and
a special order has
been issued to contain
the activities of the
criminals.
The Delhi govern-
menthasliftedalmostall
theCovid-relatedrestric-
tions but the use of face
masks was reintroduced
lastmonthinviewof the
rise in the number of in-
fections.TheEidislikely
to be celebrated on Tues-
day after the sighting of
the moon.
A heavy rush of shop-
pers was witnessed in
the Jama Masjid area
ahead of Eid on Sunday
evening as locals and
people from other parts
of the city thronged the
shops and stalls in the
market. People could not
celebrate Eid due to the
Covid pandemic in the
last two years. This time,
since most of the Covid
restrictions have been
lifted, people were seen
purchasing eatables,
clothes and footwear.
ADDITIONAL COPS
The police has made special arrangments for Eid festival.
Delhi High Court on
Monday allowed certain
portions of Nizamud-
din Markaz, where the
Tablighi Jamaat con-
gregation was held in
March 2020 amid the
COVID-19 pandemic
andwhichhasremained
shut since then, to stay
open till October 14.
Justice Jasmeet Sin-
gh, while dealing with a
plea by the Delhi Waqf
Board, extended the in-
terim order passed last
month on re-opening
certain portions of the
Markaz premises in
view of Ramzan and the
festival of Eid.
The Board had moved
the court in 2021 seeking
directions to reopen the
premises on grounds
that even after unlock-1
guidelines permitted re-
ligious places outside
containment zones to be
opened, the Markaz
comprising the Masjid
Bangle Wali (mosque),
Madarsa Kashif-ul-Ul-
oom, and attached hos-
tel continues to be
locked up.
On April 1, the court
had allowed the mosque
to be opened for the
month of Ramzan while
clarifying that no “Tab-
lighi activities” and lec-
tures can be take place
in the premises and only
prayers can be offered.
“It is directed that for
Ramadan, namaz and
religious prayers shall
be permitted to be of-
fered on the ground
floor and four floors at
Masjid Bangle Wali.
This arrangement is
only for the one month
of Ramzan culminating
with Eid Ul Fitr,” the
court had ordered.
A direction was also
passed for the installa-
tionof functionalCCTV
cameras at the entry,
exit and stairs of each
floor of the premises.
The permission was
in continuation of an
earlier order which im-
posed various condi-
tions for the reopening
of the premises on the
occasion of Shab-e-
Bharat in the month of
March.
HCallowsNizamuddinMarkaz
tostayopentillOctober14
COURT DIRECTS
fleet of Delhi Transport
Corporation (DTC) will
be added with 100 new
electric buses by next
week, taking the num-
ber of such vehicles to
102, said officials.
According to a DTC
official, “At present
city has only two elec-
tric buses but by next
week 100 more e-buses
will arrive for the pub-
lic service. The buses
will be officially inau-
gurated by the chief
minister or the trans-
port minister.”
Besides, the Delhi
government has inau-
gurated around 200
new buses under clus-
ter services in the past
few months.
The electric buses
will be state of the art
buses with modern
technologies and pas-
senger safety features
such as air condition-
ers, CCTV cameras, bus
kneeling with ramp fa-
cilities, panic buttons,
and space for wheel-
chairs. The 100 new
buses will also have
dedicated pink seats for
woman passengers.
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Chief Minister and
Aam Aadmi Party’s na-
tional convenor Arvind
Kejriwal will visit Ker-
ala on May 15, party’s
spokesperson Saurabh
Bharadwaj informed on
Monday
.
Kejriwal will address
a public meeting organ-
ised by a political outfit
‘Twenty20’ at Kizhak-
kambalam on May 15.
The visit of AAP nation-
al convenor and Delhi
Chief Minister, assumes
significance in the wake
of speculation that AAP
and Twenty20 would
field a joint candidate in
the upcoming Thrikk-
akkara assembly byelec-
tion. Addressing a press
conference today, AAP
spokesperson said,
“There has been a very
positive development in
Kerala that a very pro-
gressive new kind of a
party in Kerala named
Twenty20 has invited the
Chief minister of Delhi
for its annual meeting on
May 15. Arvind Kejriwal
has kindly accepted
their invitation.”
BJP lists AAP Govt’s ‘failures’ over 7 years
Bharatiya Janata Party
on Sunday listed the al-
leged failures of the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) government in
Delhi, which has been
in power for the past
seven years in the Na-
tional Capital.
Delhi BJP president
Adesh Gupta held a
press conference along
with Members of Par-
liament Ramesh Bid-
huri and Parvesh Sahib
Singh, leader of the op-
position in the Delhi
Assembly Ramvir Sin-
gh Bidhuri, Rohini
MLA Vijender Gupta,
and senior BJP leader
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
to highlight the failures
of the Delhi govern-
ment.
Gupta said Delhi
chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal promised that
1,000 mohalla clinics
will be opened in Delhi.
“Just 200 clinics were
opened of which 50%
are in bad condition.
The ones that are opera-
tional don’t have medi-
cines or doctors. In
some clinics, stray ani-
mals have been found.
This is the condition of
their world-class medi-
cal facility, which was
not put to use during
the peak of the pandem-
ic to provide vaccines
or for testing. Their so-
called world-class clin-
ics are actually third
class,” said Gupta.
AAP spokespersons
did not respond to re-
quests for comment.
BJP leaders said that
providing clean drink-
ing water to each house-
hold in Delhi was one of
the key election prom-
ises of the AAP.
Bidhuri said, “Today,
63% of the people don’t
get Delhi Jal Board
(DJB) filtered drinking
water and are depend-
ent on groundwater.”
Like drinking water,
West Delhi MP Parvesh
Sahib Singh said, the
promise of cleaning the
River Yamuna has re-
mained just on paper.
Delhi Govt asks agencies to give
report on tree transplantation
Delhi government has
asked various agencies
and departments to fur-
nish a detailed report
on trees transplanted
by them for their
developmental works
in the capital by April
13, Environment Minis-
ter Gopal Rai said on
Monday
.
The forest depart-
ment has also been
asked to conduct an in-
dependent audit of the
trees transplanted by
various departments
and agencies across
the city over the last
few years.
“Agencies having a
poor record in this area
will not be given per-
mission to transplant
trees for their develop-
mental work in the fu-
ture,” Rai said after
chairing a meeting
with senior officials of
the forest department
and agencies con-
cerned to review the
status of the tree trans-
plantation carried out
in the National Capital.
The agencies were
asked to furnish data on
trees transplanted by
them, their location and
survival rate.
New Delhi (ANI): The
India Meteorological
Department (IMD)
has said thunderstorm
activity over
Northwest and East In-
dia till May 4 and over
Northeast India till
May 3.
Isolated places over
Delhi, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab, Hary-
ana-Chandigarh, east
Rajasthan and parts of
Uttar Pradesh will
experience partly
cloudy sky with the pos-
sibility of thunder de-
velopment from Mon-
day
.
For the past few
weeks, parts of the
country have been
reeling under intense
heatwave with the mer-
cury soaring high and
average maximum tem-
perature reaching 35.9
and 37.78 degrees Cel-
sius in the northwest
and central India re-
spectively
.
New Delhi: The Delhi
government’s tourism
department has devel-
oped an ‘eco-adventure
tourism’parkontheout-
skirts of Southwest Del-
hi’s Kanganheri Village
near Najafgarh. This
includes the city’s first-
ever ‘staycation’ facility
with 20 AC cottages.
Called Haritima adven-
ture eco-tourism park, it
is spread over 16 acres
and will be opened to
the public from coming
Wednesday
.
“The main aim be-
hindthisparkistobring
people closer to nature
and provide them a
countryside experience.
When people will visit
this place, they won’t
feel like they are in Del-
hi,” said an official.
Officials said that
while there will be no
entry fee for visiting the
park during the day,
the cost of the cottages
per night will be Rs
5,000 for two people,
including food and pool
facilities.
DTC to get 100 new
e-buses by next week
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta. —FILE PHOTO
CM Arvind Kejriwal to
visit Kerala on May 15
Park to open
this week in
Southwest Delhi
‘Eco-Adventure Tourism’
Heatwave likely to
subside over Delhi: IMD
The Delhi Police has
arrested two more ac-
cused in connection
with the communal
clashes that broke
out in northwest Delhi’s
Jahangirpuri on
April 16 during a pro-
cession on Hanuman
Jayanti, police said on
Monday
.
The police nabbed
Yunus (48), brother
of Saleem Chikna who
has already been ar-
rested, and Sheikh
Salim (22) on Sunday
night, they said,
adding that both are
residents of Jahangir-
puri.
With the arrest of the
two, the police have
nabbed a total of 32 peo-
ple, including three ju-
veniles, in the case so
far.
Jahangirpuri riots:
2 more arrested

INDIA
03
Two CRPF
personnel
injured in IED
blast in J-K
Awantipora (Jammu
and Kashmir) (ANI):
Two CRPF personnel
were injured in an im-
provised explosive de-
vice (IED) blast in the
Awantipora area of
Jammu and Kashmir
on Monday, said police.
IGP, Kashmir, Vijay Ku-
mar said the blast took
place as a joint team of
police and Central Re-
serve Police Force
(CRPF) were conduct-
ing an area domination
exercise in the Larmoo
area of Tral. “A joint
team of police and
CRPF were conducting
area domination in 2 BP
bankers during which a
minor IED blast took
place in Larmoo Tral,
Awantipora. Two CRPF
personnel got minor in-
juries. Our team retali-
ating reinforcement
sent along with senior
officers,” Vijay tweeted.
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination
coverage exceeds 189.23 crore, says report
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia’s COVID-19 vax cov-
erage has exceeded
189.23 cr mark on Mon-
day, Union Health Min-
istry said on Monday
.
“India’s COVID-19
vax coverage has ex-
ceeded 189.23 cr as per
provisional reports till
7 am on Monday. This
has been achieved
through 2,33,82,216 ses-
sions,” the official re-
lease stated.
COVID-19 vax for the
age group 12-14 years
was started on March
16, 2022. So far, more
than 2.91 cr adolescents
have been administered
with first dose of COV-
ID-19 vaccine. More
than 193.30 cr COVID-19
vaccine doses have been
provided to States Un-
ion Territories.
NTAGI TO REVIEW DATA OF COVID-19
VACCINES FOR CHILDREN AGED 5-12
MORE THAN 193.30
CR VAX DOSES GIVEN
TO STATES, UTS
Looking to expand the vaccination drive for chil-
dren aged between 5 and 12 years, the National
Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
(NTAGI) will review the COVID-19 vaccines for the
said age group on May 4, Republic Media Network
learnt on May 2, Monday. The last meeting of the
NTAGI which took place on April 29, remained
inconclusive.
New Delhi: Indian
Health Ministry has
released data informing
that till now more than
193.30 crore COVID-19
vaccine doses have
been administered to
States and Union Ter-
ritories. According to
the Centre, over 19.12
cr balance and unuti-
lized COVID vaccine
doses are still available
with the States/UTs to
be administered. The
Union government has
said that it is commit-
ted to accelerating the
pace and expanding the
scope of COVID-19 vac-
cination throughout the
country.
Chandauli (ANI): The UP
Police have registered an FIR
against more than seven po-
lice personnel in connection
with case of gangster Kan-
haiya Yadav’s daughter, who
was found dead inside house
in mysterious conditions
on Monday. Complainant
Vijay Yadav, son of gangster
Kanhaiya Yadav, lodged
the FIR under section 154
of the Criminal Procedure
Code (CrPC) in Sayyidraja
police station. It stated police
personnel forcibly entered
house of the complainant
and thrashed his sisters.
Dehradun (ANI): Uttara-
khand Education minister
Dhan Singh Rawat on
Monday said that Vedas,
the Ramayana, and the
Gita will be taught in
schools across the state.
Speaking to ANI, minister
Rawat said that Uttara-
khand will be the first state
to implement the new
National Education Policy
(NEP) this year. “We are
going to implement NEP
this year in the upcoming
session, Uttarakhand
will be the first state to
implement it. We will be
including Vedas, Gita,
Ramayana, and the history
of Uttarakhand in the sylla-
bus after taking sugges-
tions from the public and
consulting academicians,”
education minister said.
Mandi (ANI): Researchers at
the Indian Institute of Tech-
nology, Mandi have identified
a drug molecule that can be
used to treat diabetes. This
molecule, called “PK2” is
able to trigger the release of
insulin by the pancreas and
can potentially be used as an
orally administered medicine
for diabetes. IIT Mandi in a
statement said, “ Findings of
the research have been pub-
lished in Journal of Biological
Chemistry. Paper has been
authored by Dr. Prosenjit
Mondal, Associate Professor,
School of Basic Sciences.”
UP: FIR AGAINST
POLICE PERSONNEL
VEDAS, GITA, RAMAYANA WILL BE
INCLUDED IN SCHOOLS: U’KHAND EDU MIN
MOLECULE TO TREAT
DIABETES FOUND
CRUCIAL READ
Heatwave condition to
abate in country: IMD
New Delhi: Heatwave
conditions are abating
inmostpartsof country
,
the weather office said
on Monday, predicting
light rain in Delhi over
next three days amid
hottest pre-summer
months in decades.
Abatement of Heat
wave conditions over
most parts of country
.
Senior scientist at India
Meteorological Depart-
ment, RK Jenamani,
said there are chances
of heatwave ending in
most parts of India, in-
cluding Delhi, Punjab,
Haryana and UP
.
“TheheatwaveinOdi-
shaandBengalwasover
on April 30. Strong
winds will be there in
the next two to three
days. We are also giving
a Yellow warning to
NorthwestIndiaasthere
is a Western distur-
bance,” he said.
SIZZLING HEAT WAVE CLAIMED 25 LIVES
IN MAHARASHTRA, HIGHEST IN 6 YEARS
As many as 25 people are suspected to have died
due to heatstroke in Maharashtra this year which
is the highest in six years, as per the data from the
health department. The last time Maharashtra wit-
nessed a high number of heatstroke deaths was
in 2016 when 19 people died due to heatstroke. A
total of 381 cases of heatstroke were reported to
the health department till May 1, 2022. The high-
est number of deaths due to heatstroke has been
reported in Nagpur with 11 deaths, followed by 5
in Aurangabad and 4 in Nashik. Nagpur division
has 300 cases which are the highest in the state.
A man washes his face in a hot summer day. —PHOTO BY ANI
Modi expresses his
happiness over meet
with Indian diaspora
Berlin (ANI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Monday expressed
happiness after meeting
the members of the In-
dian community in Ber-
lin and said that India is
proudof theaccomplish-
ments of its diaspora.
“It was early morning
inBerlinyetseveralpeo-
ple from the Indian com-
munity came by
. Was
wonderful connecting
with them. India is
proud of accomplish-
ments of our diaspora,”
tweeted PM Modi. PM
Modi, who arrived in
Germany on first leg of
his three-day Europe
visit, got a rousing wel-
come from the Indian
diaspora in Berlin.
INTER-
GOVERNMENTAL
CONSULTATIONS
INDIA AND GERMANY SIGN AGREEMENT
ON DIRECT ENCRYPTED CONNECTION
Berlin (ANI): The sixth
Inter-Governmental
Consultations, a unique
biennial format which
India conducts only with
Germany, have begun
here with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
German Chancellor Olaf
Scholz co-chairing it IGC
is a unique mechanism
which brings together
several ministers and
officials from both sides
to engage in bilateral
discussions culminat-
ing in a plenary session
which is chaired by the
two leaders. It reviews
cooperation between the
two countries.
Berlin (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met
with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on
Monday and signed an agreement on a direct encrypt-
ed connection between the two foreign offices. Taking
to Twitter, Jaishankar informed that both the leaders
discussed the Ukraine conflict and Indo-Pacific. “Good
conversation with FM @ABaerbock. Reviewed our
bilateral cooperation. Discussed the Ukraine conflict
Indo-Pacific. Signed agreement on direct encrypted.”
PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signing agreement,
at Federal Chancellery, in Berlin on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Moni Sharma
What was the main pur-
pose of the meeting of
the Prime Minister
with the Chief Minis-
ters of the states to con-
sider the increasing
cases of Corona virus?
Did it consider the situ-
ation in Corona and dis-
cuss measures to pre-
vent a possible new
wave? Nothing like this
happen because most
states do not have coro-
na cases. Many states
have become complete-
ly free from Corona. In
Uttar Pradesh too, new
cases have increased in
the districts adjacent to
NCR. In Haryana also
only in the districts ad-
jacent to NCR have wit-
nessed a rise. Apart
from Delhi, Haryana,
Uttar Pradesh and Ker-
ala, most of the states
have either no cases or
few cases.
That is why it was as-
tonishing that the
Prime Minister called a
meeting of Chief Min-
isters of all the states
over Corona. By law, the
meeting of the Prime
Minister should have
been held with the
Chief Ministers of
three or four states.
It has happened
many times in the past
that the Prime Minister
held a meeting with the
Chief Ministers of the
states where there were
more cases. But this
time the Chief Minis-
ters of all the states and
the Lieutenant Gover-
nors and Administra-
tors of the Union Ter-
ritories were called,
and that is why
, it seems
that PM’s aim was to
put the states in the
dock regarding VAT on
petrol and diesel.
And one has to admit
that it was a job well
done. Now the state gov-
ernments and the lead-
ers of the opposition
parties are giving clari-
fication and asking the
Center to reduce the
tax, but the Prime Min-
ister has sent the mes-
sage to the people that
the state governments
with the opposition par-
ties have not given re-
lief to the common peo-
ple by cutting VAT,
while the Center And
BJP ruled states gave
relief.
Modi’s ‘surgical strike’ on opposition ruled states over fuel prices!
MASTERSTROKE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with state CMs on the COVID-19 situation in the country
via video conferencing, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
CBI raids eight locations,
fresh case against Choksi
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) has
registered a fresh case
against fugitive dia-
mantaire Mehul Choksi
and his company Gitan-
jali Gems for allegedly
defrauding the Indus-
trial Finance Corpora-
tion of India (IFCI).
A senior CBI officer
said that after the pre-
liminary inquiry into
the complaint received
against Mehul Choksi
and his company Gitan-
jali Gems from the As-
sistant General Man-
ager (AGM) of IFCI, an
FIR under IPC section
420 (cheating), 468 ( For-
gery for purpose of
cheating) and 471 (Who-
ever fraudulently or
dishonestly uses as gen-
uine) has been regis-
tered in Mumbai.
The officer informed
that during the period
2014 to 2018, IFCI Ltd re-
lying on the representa-
tion, assurances and
undertaking of said pri-
vate company as well as
its Director and the
value of the pledged
jewels on the basis of
valuation conducted by
Valuers, had disbursed
the entire loan amount
of Rs 25 crore (approxi-
mately) on the basis of
security cover of two
times, pledge of shares,
pledge of gold, diamond
and gold CS studded
jewellery
.
It was further alleged
that accused had start-
ed committing defaults
in repayment of loan
installments and in or-
der to recover defaulted
amount of the install-
ments, IFCI Ltd invoked
the pledge and the fresh
valuation obtained by
IFCI dropped the valua-
tion of the pledged jew-
els by 90 per cent.
The CBI also alleged
that Director colluded
with the Valuers.
DIAMONDS WERE
OF LOW QUALITY
The diamonds were
allegedly of low quality
not real gemstones,
officer said. Searches
were conducted at eight
premises of accused valu-
ers in Mumbai and Kolkata
which led to recovery of
incriminating documents
and fresh case against the
fugitive diamantaire has
been registered.
Mehul Choksi. —File Photo
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Monday
chaired a meeting of the
top brass of coal, power
and railway ministries
amid electricity outages
in various parts of the
country due to shortage
of coalatthermalplants,
according to sources.
The meeting was attend-
edbyCoalMinisterPral-
had Joshi, Power Minis-
ter R K Singh and top
officials, among others.
During the meeting,
Shahreviewedthesitua-
tionof coalsupplytothe
power plants and power
generation,amongother
issues, the sources told
media.
The Union home min-
istry is the coordinating
ministry between the
Centre and states on
various issues.
Since last week, vari-
ous states have been
grappling with power
outages and efforts are
being made to increase
coal supplies to the ther-
mal power plants.
According to the lat-
est data, coal stock at 147
non-pithead plants with
total generation capaci-
ty of 164 GW monitored
by Central Electricity
Authority (CEA) was 26
per cent of the norma-
tive level as on May 1.
Shah reviews power
situation amid outages
SC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON
REMOVAL OF MEAT FROM MIDDAY MEAL
New Delhi: SC on Monday asked the Centre and others
to file their responses on a plea against the Lakshad-
weep administration’s decision to remove meat from
the midday meal scheme of the schools in the islands
and close down dairy farms. A bench of Justices Indira
Banerjee and AS Bopanna issued notice to Centre, Lak-
shadweep administration and others on an appeal filed
against Sep 2021 judgment of the Kerala High Court
which dismissed PIL. PIL challenged Lakshwadweep
administration’s decision to exclude chicken from meals.
IN THE COURTYARD
APEX COURT TO TAKE ON MAY 4 PLEA TO
POSTPONE HCS (JUDICIAL) EXAM-2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned
to May 4 the hearing on a petition seeking postpone-
ment of Mains Examination of Haryana Civil Service
(Judicial Branch)-2021 on the ground that it clashed
with the date of the Preliminary Exam of Madhya
Pradesh Civil Judge, Junior Division (Entry Level)
Exam-2021. A Bench led by Justice Vineet Saran
deferred the hearing after the petitioner’s counsel
submitted that a copy of the petition will be served on
the Haryana counsel during the day.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Radiate boundless love
towards the entire world.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Singh Tomar
@nstomar
Assistance to farm machinery
training and testing institutes for
demonstrations on farms, institutes
of Bhakrianup, Agricultural Science
Centres and State Agricultural
Universities at the rate of 100% of the
cost for purchase of drones and grants
will be given upto 75% of the cost to
farmers producing organizations for
demonstrations on farms.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
I don’t blame the young British MP
who is unaware of reality portrays
negative image of Indian. It’s the
result of the negative campaigns
launched by the Tukde-Tukde gang
whose only aim is to discredit the huge
achievements of @narendramodi Govt.
India believes in Rule of Law.
TOP TWEETS
CJI NV RAMANA’S
CASE FOR JUDICIARY
IS REASONABLE
AND STRONG
hief Justice of India
NV Ramana’s plain-
speak at the Confer-
ence of Chief Jus-
tices and Chief Min-
isters should be taken in the
right spirit for the sake of eas-
ing the burden on courts. “Non-
performance by the various
wings of the executive” and
“legislature not realizing its full
potential” was to blame for the
burden on courts, Justice Ra-
mana said. The CJI also includ-
ed PILs in this category as he
explained them to be personal
interest litigation. The govern-
ment being the biggest litigant,
the CJI said that if government
officials from the panchayat to
the state level discharge their
duties in accordance with the
law there will be fewer people
approaching the courts. Land
disputes alone account for 66
percent of cases pending in
courts, Justice Ramana said.
The CJI also emphasised that
the judiciary wouldn’t cross the
“Lakshman Rekha” if the other
two wings acted as per the law. It
is reasonable advice and the leg-
islature and executive should
give it a serious thought.
C
ndians and Indian
Americans in the
US are among the
highly educated
and affluent cate-
gory
. They can be found in
every sphere of society hold-
ingtoppositions.Asadiaspora
they are the true representa-
tives of India’s culture and,
also,itssocialevilof casteism.
Theyhadbeensilentlypractic-
ingcaste-baseddiscrimination
between high and low castes
until two law suits exposed
their ugly side. The first case
was filed by the California
State’s Department of Fair
Employment and Housing
againstCiscoin2020following
a complaint by an Indian ori-
gin employee that he was dis-
criminated against by two fel-
low Indian employees on
groundsof hiscaste.Ciscohas
deniedtheallegation.Thecase
isintheCaliforniastatecourt.
The second case was filed
last year against the Swami-
narayan Sanstha for paying
low wages to its “low caste”
workers, a charge denied by
the organisation. This case is
also pending in court. Cali-
fornia State University has
added caste to its anti-dis-
crimination policy. Other
universities which have add-
ed caste in their non-discrim-
ination policies include Har-
vard, Colby College, UC Da-
vis and Brandeis.
One can celebrate Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav in the 75th
year of Independence but
alsobearinmindthatcasteist
slurs and discriminations
still mark the Hindu society
.
What’s strange is that we
talk of Hindu caste hierarchy
but forget, or are ignorant,
about the caste system among
Muslims who have Ashrafs,
the original Muslims, at the
top of the ladder. Below them
are “low-born” Ajlaf, the Hin-
du converts. At the lowest end
are the Dalit converts called
Arzal, meaning vile.
NO STOPPING THE
CASTE SYSTEM
Indians and Indian Americans
in the US are among the
highly educated and affluent
category. They can be
found in every sphere of
society holding top
positions. As a diaspora
they are the true
representatives of India’s
culture and, also, its social
evil of casteism
I
RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
MIGHT KILL MILLIONS
ife is the creation of certain
specific environmental condi-
tions. When human activities
started destroying the envi-
ronment leading to the world
getting warmer, various
health hazards started taking
roots. As the concentrations
of carbon dioxide, methane
and other greenhouse gases
started their upward trend in
the atmosphere, extreme
weather events like storms,
heatwaves,floodsanddrought
became noticeable in differ-
ent parts of the world.
There are people who keep
a close watch on the impact of
climate changes on human
health. Older people are more
vulnerable to heat and vari-
ous diseases getting activated
because of higher atmospher-
ic temperature. The other
groupthatwouldbeadversely
affected is children.Malnutri-
tion, malaria and diarrhoea
may kill a large number of
children, especially in eco-
nomically backward coun-
tries. But the people of rich
countries shouldn’t feel elat-
ed as some different diseases
like Covid-19 might strike
them at frequent intervals.
The so-called development
will impact quality of air and
wateralongwithfoodwhichis
getting more and more laden
with chemicals. Activities like
construction of roads, dams,
industrialcomplexesetc.force
people to leave their villages
and this human displacement
takes its own toll. Rising tem-
peratureactivatesanumberof
diseasescarryingvectors,bac-
teria and viruses. As both the
displacement and rising tem-
perature do not cause large
number of death in a very
short time span like Covid-19,
they are being overlooked and
underestimated by people and
governments but the final
death rate and level of disabil-
ityisnolessthananypandem-
ic - this, actually
, can be called
a slow pandemic. It is in offi-
cial records that heatwaves
during 2004 caused additional
70,000 deaths in Europe. We
overlook such calamities be-
cause the death is spread over
alongerperiodof time.Deaths
in such calamities happen be-
cause of an increase in the
number of heart attacks and
other vascular diseases due to
heat along with particulate
pollution in air. Particulate
pollution impacts people hav-
ing asthma and chronic lung
diseases killing many of them
prematurely
.
Children below 4 years and
senior citizens above 80 are
particularly prone to suffer
kidneydiseasesastheclimate
gets warmer. This may be
caused by dehydration and
electrolyte imbalance. Warm
weather can also trigger vari-
ous infections like malaria
and yellow fever as the in-
creased breeding of mosqui-
toes leads to their massive
growth. When deforestation
happens, many wild animals
lose their habitat and start
movingtowardshumanpopu-
lation carrying many viruses
with them. When episodes of
famine and floods take place
then hunger forces human be-
ings to kill animals for food
which might release many
dormant viruses on human
beings resulting in severe
epidemics and big loss of life.
Coastal areas and many
low-lying islands may be
threatened due to rising sea
levels and it is getting more
and more probable that cities
like Jakarta, New Orleans
and Bangkok would be en-
gulfed by seawater in the not-
so-distant future. Indian
coastal city Mumbai may lose
a significant part of it to ris-
ing sea if the glaciers go on
melting. Powerful sea storms
and hurricanes may contam-
inate drinking water by forc-
ing seawater into aquifers.
The resultant waterborne
diseases would kill hundreds
of thousand people, especial-
ly children and elderly
.
Itishightimethatthesedan-
gers are recognised by a wider
population so that strong voic-
es are raised to force the au-
thorities to take action.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
L
DR RAMAVTAR
SHARMA
The writer is a Physician
and Columnist
The so-called development will
impact quality of air and water
along with food which is getting
more and more laden with
chemicals. Activities like
construction of roads, dams,
industrial complexes etc. force
people to leave their villages and
this human displacement takes
its own toll. Rising temperature
activates a number of diseases
carrying vectors, bacteria and
viruses. As both the displacement
and rising temperature do not
cause large number of death in a
very short time span like
Covid-19, they are being
overlooked and underestimated
by people and governments but
the final death rate and level of
disability is no less than any
pandemic - this, actually, can be
called a slow pandemic
Sarah Vogel, PhD at
Healthy Communities:
She points out that
climate changes are
causing heat strokes,
heart and lung
diseases, food and
waterborne diseases
and mental stress
CLIMATE CHANGES ARE CAUSING HEAT STROKES

z Studies by various bodies
of WHO point to the possibility
of higher additional deaths up
to 2,50,00 every year between
2030-2050

z Activities like construction
of roads, dams, industrial
complexes etc. force people
to leave their villages and
this human displacement
takes its own toll

z It is in official records
that heatwaves during 2004
caused additional 70,000
deaths in Europe

z Children below 4 years
and senior citizens above
80 are particularly prone to
suffer kidney diseases as the
climate gets warmer

z Coastal areas and many
low-lying islands may be threat-
ened due to rising sea levels

z Indian coastal city Mumbai
may lose a significant part of
it to rising sea if the glaciers
go on melting

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In the last
20-25 years, many Con-
gress conventions and
contemplation camps
were held, but what
was the decision taken
in them and what was
implemented, even the
Congress leaders will
not have any idea. Even
now, there is a discus-
sion about Pachmarhi
and Shimla conven-
tions. Therefore, it is
meaningless to expect
that the Congress will
take a historic decision
at the Chintan Shivir to
be held in Udaipur in
May and march to-
wards victory from
there. That too will be a
routine conference, as
happened in Jaipur in
2013. But this time the
special thing will be
that the new pesident
of Congress will be de-
cided in this.
Keep in mind that the
election of Congress
president is going to be
held in August-Septem-
ber. Just before that, the
name of the new Presi-
dent of Congress will
be considered in the
Chintan Shivir to be
held in mid-May. The
Congress leaders are
more interested in de-
ciding the name of the
new president than de-
ciding an ideological
line or making an alter-
native agenda. It is be-
ing told that Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, who is hosting
the Chintan Shivir, is
working on this line.
According to informed
sources, in the presence
of four hundred impor-
tant Congress leaders,
he can propose to make
Rahul Gandhi the na-
tional president of the
party. Remember, he
has been saying this in
the Congress Working
Committee meetings in
the past as well.
According to sources
in the Congress, an at-
tempt will be made to
reach a consensus on
the name of Rahul Gan-
dhi in the Chintan Shi-
vir and different state
committees can also
propose his name. It is
also being said that the
suggestions given by
election strategist
Prashant Kishor will
also be discussed in it.
But that discussion will
be a sham as the Con-
gress is trying to decide
whether Rahul Gandhi
should be made the
president, whereas
Prashant Kishor did not
suggest Rahul in any of
his three formulas.
Prashant Kishor’s
first suggestions was
that Sonia Gandhi
should be the Con-
gress President, Rahul
Gandhi should be
made the President of
the Parliamentary
Board, Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra should be-
come the General Sec-
retary of the Organi-
zation and any col-
league who had left
the Congress should
be made the President
of the UPA. The sec-
ond suggestion was
that someone from
outside the Nehru-
Gandhi family should
become the president,
Sonia should become
the UPA president, Ra-
hul should become the
president of the par-
liamentary board and
Priyanka should be-
come the general sec-
retary of the organiza-
tion. The third propos-
al was to make Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra the
president. Obviously,
Kishor was not in fa-
vor of making Rahul
Gandhi the president,
but contrary to his
suggestions, the Con-
gress is adamant on
making Rahul the par-
ty president at any
cost. And thus, this
‘wish’ of the ‘party’
can be stamped on in
the ‘chintan shivir’.
Congress’ new president to be decided in Chintan Shivir!
FLUTTER IN PARTY CIRCLE
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): In a strong rebut-
tal to Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister
Ajit Pawar’s statement,
Karnataka Chief Min-
ister Basavaraj Bom-
mai on Monday said it
wasbeingcontemplated
to take back Kannada
speaking regions from
the neighbouring state.
Bommai said there
are Kannada speaking
regions in Maharash-
tra and it is being con-
templated on how to
take them back.
Pawar had stirred a
controversy after
he said that an agita-
tion will be launched
to include the Karna-
taka cities of Belaga-
vi, and Nippani to Ma-
harashtra.
In response, Bom-
mai claimed that there
is a political crisis in
Maharashtra and the
entire government is
in rough waters.
The border is very
clear between Karna-
taka and Maharashtra,
he said, adding: “We
will not yield to them.
Theyalsoknowit.They
are raking it up to sur-
vive in politics.”
“I strongly urge Ma-
harashtra political
leaders not to use such
language for political
gains,”heappealedand
said that there was
question of giving
away even an inch of
land from Karnataka.
KARNATAKA-MAHARASHTRA BORDER DISPUTE
Bommai says ‘thinking of taking
backKannada-speaking regions’
PAWAR REIGNITES
BORDER ROW
Maharashtra Deputy Chief
Minister Ajit Pawar on
Sunday said they would
continue to support the
fight of Marathi-speaking
people residing in border
areas of neighbouring
Karnataka to include those
places in Maharashtra. He
was addressing a gather-
ing in Pune city on the
occasion of Maharashtra’s
foundation day.
HARDIK PATEL DROPS GUJARAT
CONGRESS POST FROM TWITTER BIO
New Delhi: Hardik Patel, the working president of the
Congress in Gujarat, has dropped the party name from
his Twitter bio, appearing to hint at his exit just months
before elections in the state. “Working President of the
Gujarat Congress” is now missing from Hardik Patel’s
bio, which says: “Proud Indian Patriot. Social and
Political Activist. Committed to a better India.” The
Congress’s “hand” symbol has also been removed.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Min-
ister Nawab Malik, arrested
by the ED in the Money
laundering case, was admit-
ted to hospital on Monday
after he complained of fever
and diarrhoea, his lawyer
told a special court here and
claimed that Malik’s health
had deteriorated and he was
in a “serious” condition.
Last week, Nawab Malik,
lodged in the Arthur Road
jail, had sought interim bail
on medical ground from
the special court for trial of
criminal cases against MPs
and MLAs.
MALIK IN HOSPITAL,
CONDITION
SERIOUS: LAWYER
CRUCIAL READS
Will not cede even
an inch, says
Karnataka CM in
response to Ajit
Pawar’s remark
Basavaraj Bommai Uddhav Thackeray
Hyderabad (Agencies):
Protests, vandalism and
arrests are threatening
to overshadow former
Congress president
Rahul Gandhi’s visit to
Telangana on May 7.
Police arrested lead-
ers of the Osmania Uni-
versity Joint Action
Committee (OU JAC)
when they staged a pro-
test in front of Arts Col-
lege on the campus.
Alleging that the uni-
versity authorities de-
nied permission for
Rahul’s visit at the be-
hest of the Telangana
Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
government, they de-
manded that the Con-
gress leader be allowed
to visit the campus to
interact with the stu-
dents. Police arrested
the JAC leaders.
Police have beefed
up security on the cam-
pus in view of the con-
tinuing protests by stu-
dent groups.
Large number of po-
licemen was deployed in
the campus after Sun-
day’s incident in which
proestors led by NSUI
state president Venkat
Balmoor stormed into
the OU administrative
building and tried to
barge into the locked
Vice Chancellor’s office.
They broke glass
panes of the door, rais-
ing slogans against the
Vice-Chancellor and the
government, alleging
the Vice Chancellor was
acting at the behest of
the Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao.
They were booked for
unlawful assembly
, as-
sault, rioting, trespass
and preventing public
servants from discharg-
ing their duties.
Srinagar (Agencies):
Seventeen Kashmiri
youths, who returned
from Pakistan to Jam-
mu and Kashmir, were
killed in recent counter-
terror operations,
sources in the security
set up said.
Sources further in-
formed that of the stu-
dents who went to Paki-
stan for higher studies
had received weapon
training.Thesestudents
had gone to Pakistan for
higher studies and re-
turned with terror
training, they added.
According to the
sources, at least 17 were
trained by the terror
outfits on the behest of
Pakistan’s Inter-Servic-
es Intelligence (ISI) and
became the part of the
sleeper cells active in
JK, media reported.
A large number of
Kashmiri youths have
been going to Pakistan
on the pretext of higher
studies, meeting their
relatives or even for
marriage purposes
since 2015, as per offi-
cials in the security
agencies in JK.
They further said
that these youths were
misguided by the anti-
India elements and
some of them were
also trained by the
ISI’s handlers.
More protests at Osmania varsity
over Rahul Gandhi’s proposed visit
17 Pak-returnee JK youths
killed in counter-terror ops
Birbhum massacre:
CBI submits progress
report to Calcutta HC
Stalin’s son likely to be
inducted in TN cabinet
Bypoll for three
Assembly seats in
Odisha, Kerala,
U’khand on May 31
MADC polls: Cong,
MNF, BJP lock
horns in Mizoram
Kolkata (Agen-
cies): The Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI), on Mon-
day submitted a pro-
gress report on the
agency’s ongoing
parallel probe into
the carnage at Bogtui
village in Birbhum
district of West Ben-
gal on March 21, 2022
and the reasons be-
hind the murder of
Trinamool Congress’
deputy chief of pan-
chayat, Vadu Sheikh.
Altogether, 10 per-
sons have died so far
in the Bogtui massa-
cre. It is learnt that
in the progress re-
port submitted to the
division bench of
Calcutta High
Court’s chief justice,
Prakash Srivastava,
the CBI has detailed
the steps taken by its
sleuths in its probe.
It is learnt that in
the report, the cen-
tral agency has in-
formed the court that
two accused in the
case have been grant-
ed bail by a lower
court without in-
forming the CBI.
Chief Justice Srivas-
tava has asked the
CBI to submit the
copy of the lower
court’s directive that
granted bail to the
two accused. The
next hearing is sched-
uled on May 10, 2022.
Advocate Phiroze
Edulji, a counsel of
one of the petition-
ers, said that the low-
er court granted the
bail to the two ac-
cused because both
were minors.
Chennai (Agencies):
Udayanidhi Stalin,
the youth wing leader
of the DMK and son of
Tamil Nadu Chief Min-
ister MK Stalin, is like-
ly to join as a minister
in the state government
by the first week of
June. Sources in DMK
told media that discus-
sions are on in the party
to make the first-time
MLA a minister.
DMK state organis-
ing secretary and mem-
ber of Rajya Sabha, RS
Bharathi while speak-
ing to media said,
“Udayanidhi Stalin is a
great crowd puller and
demand has come from
across the state to make
him a minister. It is for
the Chief Minister, MK
Stalin to take a deci-
sion and in all likeli-
hood, he will be a min-
ister soon.”
Karunanidhifamilyis
deemed as the first fam-
ily of Tamil Nadu by the
DMKleadersandcadres,
and whenever Udayani-
dhi comes into the As-
semblyhall,partyMLAs
standupfromtheirseats
to greet him.
Bypolls to one Assembly
seat each in Odisha, Ker-
ala and Uttarakhand will
be held on May 31, the
Election Commission an-
nounced on Monday. The
results will be declared
on June 3.
With the announce-
ment of the bypolls, the
Model Code of Conduct
has come into force in the
constituencies concerned.
The constituencies are
Brajrajnagar in Odisha,
Thrikkakkara in Kerala
and Champawat in Uttara-
khand. A notification re-
garding the bypolls will be
issued on Wednesday, the
ElectionCommissionsaid.
Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
will contest the election
in Champawat constitu-
ency. In the 2022 state
assembly election, Dha-
mi had lost from Khati-
ma seat in Udham Sin-
gh Nagar district.
Aizwal (Agencies):
The ruling Mizo Nation-
al Front (MNF), BJP
and the opposition Con-
gress continued their
hectic campaign for the
Thursday’s 25-member
Mara Autonomous Dis-
trict Council (MADC)
polls in Mizoram.
Ahead of the next
year’s elections in the
40-member Mizoram
Assembly, the MADC
elections in Siaha dis-
trict are crucial for both
the ruling and the oppo-
sition parties.
Dharamshala (ANI):
Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Jairam
Thakur on Monday
said the state will bring
Uniform Civil Code
(UCC) soon.
Thakur reached
Kangra for a two-day
visit. Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) workers
gave him a warm wel-
come at the airport.
“We will do it (UCC)
soon. The situation in
Himachal is different
from other states and it
will not harm Muslim
society. I think every-
one especially Muslim
women will welcome
this step. They will have
a healthy family life to
live and it will be bene-
ficial for them,” Thakur
told media on Monday
.
Last month, Thakur
had said the imple-
mentation of UCC is
not ruled out and “a
decision will be taken
after examining it”. He
had said officials were
examining it and no
decision will be taken
in a hurry.
A debate over the uni-
form civil code has
sparked in several
states in the country
.
Recently Assam
Chief Minister Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma said
that UCC should be im-
plemented in the great-
er interest of Muslim
women otherwise po-
lygamy would continue.
Earlier, Uttarakhand
CM Dhami has said a
“high-powered” expert
committee will be
formed to prepare a
draft of the uniform
civil code for the state.
Himachal to implement Uniform
Civil Code soon: Jairam Thakur
CM says move won’t harm Muslims

BIZ BUZZ
06
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s manufacturing
sector activities wit-
nessed faster growth
in April amid quicker
increases in produc-
tion as well as factory
orders, and renewed
expansion in interna-
tional sales, a month-
ly survey said on
Monday
.
The seasonally
adjusted SP
Global India
Manufactur-
ing Pur-
c h a s i n g
Managers’
Index(PMI)
rose from
54.0 in
March to 54.7
in April, as a re-
treat of COVID-19
restrictions continued
to support demand.
The April PMI data
pointed to an improve-
ment in overall operat-
ing conditions for the
tenth straight month.
I n
PMI
p a r -
lance, a
print above 50 means
expansion, while a
score below 50 denotes
contraction.
“The Indian manu-
facturing PMI re-
mained well inside
positive territory dur-
ing April, recovering
some of the ground
lost in March. Facto-
ries continued to scale
up production at an
above-trend pace, with
the ongoing increases
in sales and input pur-
chasing, suggesting
that growth will be sus-
tained in the near-
term,” said Pollyanna
De Lima, Economics
Associate Director at
SP Global.
April data showed a
rebound in new export
orders, following the
first contraction for
nine months in March.
The rate of increase
was solid and the
strongest since last
July
.
Inflationary pres-
sures meanwhile in-
tensified, owing to ris-
ing commodity prices.
India’s factory activity
quickens in April
Incremental credit-to-
GDPsharemaytop50%
Tesla can benefit by
manufacturing EVs
in India: Gadkari
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion road transport and
highways minister Ni-
tin Gadkari on Mon-
day said that if the US-
based EV maker Tesla
manufactures its elec-
tric vehicles in India
then the company will
also get benefits.
Gadkari said days
are not very far when
the prices of all elec-
tric vehicles will be
less than the cost of
petrol vehicles in the
country. “Agar Tesla
India me electric car
manufacture karega
toh unka bhi fayda
hoga (If Tesla manu-
factures its electric
vehicles in India then
they will also get ben-
efits),” he said.
Earlier on April 26,
Gadkari had said, if
Tesla is ready to man-
ufacture its EVs in In-
dia then there is ‘no
problem’, but the com-
pany must not import
cars from China.
“If Elon Musk is
ready to manufacture
in India then there is
no problem ... Come to
India, start manufac-
turing, India is a large
market, they can ex-
port from India,” he
had said. Last year, the
ministry had also
asked Tesla to first
start manufacturing
its iconic electric vehi-
cles in India before
any tax concessions
can be considered.
Mumbai (PTI): The
share of incremental
bank credit in incre-
mental nominal GDP
is likely to cross the
50% mark in the cur-
rent financial year,
from a decade low of
27% in FY2022, an SBI
research report said
on Monday
.
The incremental
credit to GDP share
was as high as 63% in
the pre-pandemic year
(FY19). The average
share was 50% for the
seven-year period end-
ed FY20.
A higher credit-to-
GDP ratio indicates
aggressive and active
participation of the
banking sector in the
real economy, while a
lower number shows
the need for more for-
mal credit.
“For FY23, we be-
lieve that the share of
bank credit may again
breach the 50 per cent
mark indicating the
increasing role of
banks in economic
growth,” the report,
Ecowrap, said.
In the fiscal ended
2021-22, banks’ credit
grew by 9.6%, driven
by all major sectors.
FY22 ended with an
incremental credit
growth at `10.5 lakh
crore, 1.8 times higher
than growth of `5.8
lakh crore in FY21, the
report said.
Gadkari
pitches for
priority
sector
lending
New Delhi (PTI):
Union Minister Nitin
Gadkari on Monday
made a case for ex-
tending priority sec-
tor lending facilities
for entities engaged
in production and
business of alterna-
tive fuels like bio-
ethanol, CNG and
LNG, a move that
will help cut imports
of fossil fuels.
Addressing an
event here, the Road
Transport and High-
ways Minister fur-
ther said the trial of
bringing calorific
value of ethanol at
par with petrol by In-
dian Oil Corporation
(IOC) was successful.
“Those involved in
production or busi-
ness of alternative
fuels should be in-
cluded in priority
sector lending. I shall
speak about the issue
with the finance min-
ister and RBI Gover-
nor,” he said.
Sensex slips for 2nd day
Mumbai (PTI): Equities remained under pres-
sure for the second session running on Monday
as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a
crucial meeting of the US Federal Reserve this
week where it is expected to go for an aggressive
rate hike to tame runaway inflation.
A weak rupee and persistent foreign fund
outflows further weighed on bourses, though
encouraging domestic macroeco-
nomic data like all-time high GST
collections and strong manufac-
turing PMI cushioned the fall.
After plunging over 600
points in intra-day trade, the
30-share BSE Sensex re-
couped most losses to end
84.88 points or 0.15% low-
er at 56,975.99.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty
shed 33.45 points or
0.20% to close at
17,069.10.
Mumbai (PTI): The ru-
pee pared initial gains
to settle almost flat
against the US dollar on
Monday as subdued do-
mestic equities offset
the impact of a sharp
decline in global crude
oil prices.
At the interbank for-
eign exchange market,
the rupee opened slight-
ly higher at 76.48
against the American
dollar and gained fur-
ther ground to trade at
76.35. It oscillated be-
tween a high of 76.35
and a low of 76.51 dur-
ing the session.
Rupee ends
flat against US
Dollar
India’s power consumption grows
13.6% to 132.98 bn units in April
New Delhi (PTI):
Power consumption in
the country grew
13.6% Y-o-Y to 132.98
billion units (BU) in
April, showing the im-
pact of the early onset
of summers and spurt
in economic activities.
Power consumption
in April last year was
recorded at 117.08 BU,
which was higher than
84.55 BU in the same
month of 2020.
On the other hand,
the peak power de-
mand met, which is the
highest supply in a day
,
during April this year
remained at an all-
time high of 207.11 GW.
The peak power supply
stood at 182.37 GW in
April 2021 and 132.73
GW in April 2020.
The power consump-
tion and demand were
affected in April 2020
also due to the imposi-
tion of lockdown.
Experts are of the
view that power con-
sumption and demand
rose unprecedentedly
mainly because of the
early onset of sum-
mers and showed that
greater economic ac-
tivities are pushing
commercial and indus-
trial requirements of
electricity
.
Fresh housing supply rises 43% across 6 cities in Jan-Mar
New Delhi (PTI):
Fresh housing supply
rose 43% quarter-on-
quarter across six cit-
ies during January-
March to around 80,000
units, mainly driven by
a revival in the demand
for residential proper-
ties, acc to proptech
firm Square Yards.
Technology-led real
estate consultant
Square Yards sells
homes on behalf of
builders and facilities
home loans to consum-
ers. In its report ‘India
Residential Overview:
Jan-Mar 2022’, Square
Yards has covered Hy-
derabad, Bengaluru,
MMR (Mumbai Metro-
politan Region), Pune,
Noida and Gurugram.
“The top six cities
witnessed the new
launch of close to
80,000+ housing units,
noting an exorbitant Q-
o-Q rise of 43%
“The year 2022 has
started on a positive
note with both sales
and new launches wit-
nessing improved num-
bers across top cities,”
Square Yards said.
Strongly rooted in
high homeownership
sentiment, the realty
sector during the first
quarter of 2022 has pre-
dominantly remained
end-user driven.
The MMR continued
to retain its top posi-
tion in the number of
new residential units
launched. Hyderabad
inched up a little, at-
tracting the interest of
big builders in market.
According to the
data, the MMR contrib-
uted 35% to the total
new launches during
the Jan-March quarter.
CIL’s coal supply
to power sector
rises 16% in April
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned CIL on
Monday said coal sup-
ply to the power sector
rose 15.6% to 49.7 mil-
lion tonne last month
in the wake of high
demand of the dry fuel
from electricity gener-
ating plants and
stressed that it is plan-
ning to augment its
dispatches further, es-
pecially to power
plants in the coming
months.
The statement
comes at a time when
several parts of the
country are grappling
with power crisis.
This is 6.7 MT more
supply compared to
April’21 when the pow-
er sector’s dispatch
was 43 MTs,” the ma-
haratna firm said.
With higher output,
CIL is aiming to in-
crease its dispatches
further, especially to
power plants in the
coming months.
Coal India, which
accounts for over 80%
of domestic coal out-
put, is one of the ma-
jor suppliers of fossil
fuel to the power sec-
tor.
The coal production
by the PSU also rose
27.6% to 53.5 MT last
month over 41.9 MT in
April 2021.
EaseMyTrip to foray into
currency exchange service
New Delhi (PTI): On-
line travel services pro-
vider EaseMyTrip on
Monday said it is plan-
ning to foray into cur-
rency exchange service
for which it will be ap-
plying for a license to
the RBI. The company
is expanding its offer-
ings and is now, plan-
ning to launch a cur-
rency exchange service.
It will enable customers
to easily convert their
currencies to local ten-
ders. “Acquiring this
license will enable
EaseMyTrip to extend
its portfolio and offer
one of the core services
needed for internation-
al travel, furthering its
mission of developing
the company into a
complete travel ecosys-
tem,” statement said.
Commenting on the
plan, EaseMyTrip co-
founder said, “Ease-
MyTrip has been offer-
ing its value-added ser-
vices to its users for the
past 13 years, which is
why we decided to apply
for the license”.
ADANI WILMAR Q4 PROFIT
DOWN 26 PC TO `234 CR
New Delhi (PTI):
Edible oil major
Adani Wilmar on
Monday reported
a 26% decline in
consolidated net
profit at `234.29
crore for the quarter ended March on higher
tax expenses. The company had posted
a net profit of `315 crore in the year-ago
period. In a regulatory filing, Adani Wilmar
reported that its total income increased to
`15,022.94 crore during the January-March
period of last fiscal from `10,698.51 crore in
the corresponding period of 2020-21. During
the full 2021-22 financial year, the com-
pany’s net profit rose to `803.73 crore from
`728.51 crore in the previous fiscal. Total
income grew to `54,385.89 crore as against
`37,194.69 crore earlier. Adani Wilmar, which
sells its cooking oils and some other food
products under the Fortune brand.
GOLD JEWELLERY DEMAND
TO GROW 11% THIS FISCAL
Mumbai (PTI): India’s gold jewellery demand
is likely to grow steadily at 11 per cent during
the current financial year due to strong retail
performance last year, according to a latest
report by Icra. Within the jewellery retail
industry, revenues of organised retailers are
likely to grow at a higher pace of 14 per cent,
backed by their aggressive store expansion
plans and a gradual shift from the unorgan-
ised segment towards the organised one.
“Demand during the current Akshaya Tritiya
season is expected to be strong, leading
to a healthy demand growth of around 45
per cent Y-o-Y in the first quarter of FY23.
Growth for FY23 is expected at 11 per
cent for the industry, despite a high base
witnessed in FY22, driven by the anticipated
steady wedding and festive purchases during
the current fiscal, given Indian consumer’s
strong cultural affinity towards gold,” Icra
Senior Vice President and Group Head
Jayanta Roy said.
The
seasonally
adjusted SP
Global India
Manufacturing PMI
rose from 54.0 in
March to 54.7 in
April
EaseMyTrip will apply
for a full-fledged
money changer
license from the RBI
MAJOR CITIES
MAJOR SUPPLIER
Gadkari said soon
the prices of all EVs
will be less than the
cost of petrol
vehicles in India
The
incremental
credit to GDP
share was as
high as 63%
in the pre-
pandemic year
(FY19)

07
NEWS
Nashik (PTI): Hitting
out at MNS president
Raj Thackeray over his
demand to remove loud-
speakers from mosques,
Maharashtra Deputy
Chief Minister Ajit Pa-
war on Monday assert-
ed there is no dictator-
ship in the state, where
the rule of law will
prevail.
Pawar’s tough stand
came a day after Raj
Thackeray addressed a
rally where he adopted
an aggressive posture
over his demand to re-
move loudspeakers atop
mosques by May 3, in
the process throwing a
challenge to the admin-
istration and police.
Without taking
Thackeray’s name, Pa-
war said inciting people
is easy but the outcomes
of it will be disturbing
the social harmony in
Maharashtra, which the
state cannot afford.
“Dictatorship won’t
be allowed in Maha-
rashtra. No one can
given an ultimatum.
There is rule of law
here and law is equal
for all,” Pawar said
when asked about the
MNS chief’s May 3 ulti-
matum on the issue of
mosque loudspeakers.
At the Sunday rally in
Aurangabad in the
state’s Marathwada re-
gion, Raj Thackeray had
said he was firm on the
May 3 deadline for re-
moval of loudspeakers,
which he termed as a
nuisance,frommosques,
and added that if it was
not done, then all Hin-
dus should play Hanu-
man Chalisa outside
these religious places.
The MNS leader had
said during his speech
that the the Muslim
community would see
the “power of Maha-
rashtra” if they did
not understand the re-
quest on loudspeakers
“nicely”.
“I won’t be responsi-
ble for what all happens
after the May 3 deadline
to remove loudspeakers
from mosques,” Thack-
eray had said.
Pawar said everyone
has to follow law.
“If anyone thinks
things will happen as
per him, then that will
not happen. Everyone
has to abide by law and
the Constitution,” the
Deputy CM said.
Whatever decision is
taken, it has to be appli-
cable to everyone. Only
loudspeakers atop
mosques (will be re-
moved) and others will
not be touched (such a
thing) will not happen,
Pawar added.
The NCP leader said
action will be taken if
rules were flouted dur-
ing the rally
, adding that
the police machinery
would do its work to
maintain law and order.
Pawar slammed Raj
Thackeray for claiming
NCP chief Sharad Pa-
war indulged in caste
politics, adding the
MNS leader’s speeches
change as per times and
his whims.
During the 2019 Lok
Sabha poll campaign,
the MNS chief used to
speak against the BJP,
the Deputy CM pointed
out.
Maha Dy CM hits out at MNS, says
dictatorship won’t be tolerated
A day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s rally, Ajit Pawar says the rule of law will prevail
DEMAND
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. —FILE PHOTO
Good beginning always makes
good ending: Sidhu to Kishor
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Chandi-
garh: After poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor
hinted at making a
fresh beginning from
his home state Bihar,
former Punjab Con-
gress president Navjot
Singh Sidhu sent his
best wishes on his new
endeavour, saying a
good beginning always
makes a good ending.
“The first blow is
half the battle my
friend A good begin-
ning always makes a
good ending Best al-
ways in your sincere
efforts to honour the
spirit of our Constitu-
tion The power of peo-
ple must return to the
people’, manifold,”
Sidhu said in a tweet.
Sidhu had earlier put
out a picture of his
with Kishor when he
met him the day he de-
clined the Congress of-
fer to join the party and
be a part of the empow-
ered action group to
evolve the party’s strat-
egy for upcoming as-
sembly polls in several
states and 2024 Lok
Sabha elections.
Putting out a cryptic
tweet, he said, “Had a
wonderful meeting
with my old friend PK
Old wine, Old gold and
Old friends still the
best !!!.”
Kishor on Monday
caused ripples in the
choppy waters of Bihar
politics with the cryp-
tic announcement of a
fresh shuruat from his
home state. Kishor
came out with a tweet
in which he called a
roller coaster ride his
spectacularly success-
ful decade of political
consultancy which saw
him working with cli-
ents as diverse as Nar-
endra Modi, Mamata
Banerjee and Jagan
Mohan Reddy.
—With PTI inputs
NAVJOT SIDHU’S GOOGLY
Sanjoy Kumar Dey
Ranchi: Jharkhand’s
maiden wildlife rescue
centre, which is under
construction at Barwe
village near here, is
ready to house rescued
bears, deer, monkeys,
and leopards, officials
said on Monday
.
Some of the facilities
are ready which have
been made operational
for a few animals, Prin-
cipal Chief Conservator
of Forest (wildlife), Ash-
ish Rawat said.
The proposed ar-
rangements for rescued
elephants and hyenas
are due for completion
in 2022-23 fiscal, the of-
ficials said.
The rescue centre is
being built on a sprawl-
ing area of 100 acres on
Ormanjhi-Boriyo road,
22 km from here, and it
is expected to be com-
pleted by 2024.
It has already been
approved by the Cen-
tral Zoo Authority
(CZA), the officials
said. The centre is un-
der construction, and
the infrastructure re-
quired for rescued ani-
mals is being devel-
oped, Rawat said.
On Sunday, two sloth
bears were taken to the
centre after the animals
were rescued from the
state’s Bokaro district.
Six months ago, a res-
cuedlangurwasbrought
to the centre.
Ranchi’s Divisional
Forest Officer (DFO) for
Wildlife, Umesh Saha-
ni, who is looking after
the rescue centre, told
PTI, The moat for bears
on 40 decimal area is
ready. A few more im-
provements will be car-
ried out this year.” The
sloth bears, which were
rescued from Bokaro,
have been kept in the
moat, and they are be-
ing given healthy and
nutritious food under
the observation of
Ranchi Zoo’s veterinary
doctor Om Prakash
Sahu, the DFO said.
The enclosures for
monkeys and deer are
also ready
, he said. Con-
struction of the rescue
centre began in 2018-19
fiscal and around Rs 8
crore has been spent on
the project, he said.
A hospital for ani-
mals, a godown, and fa-
cilities like water and
electricity supply have
already been completed.
However, the centre
lacks dedicated veteri-
narians and a rescue
team, a trained work-
force, and vehicles with
cage facilities.
Besides, Jharkhand
does not have any dedi-
cated team for rescuing
animals, experts said.
J’khand’s first wildlife rescue centre gets ready near Ranchi
CONSERVING WILDLIFE
lll
Some of the
facilities are
ready which
have been
made opera-
tional for a
few animals,
Principal Chief
Conservator
of Forest,
Ashish Rawat
said
RESCUE CENTRES FOR OUR WILDLIFE
Panaji (PTI): Leader
of Opposition in the
Goa Assembly Michael
Lobo and his MLA wife
Delilah Lobo have been
booked for alleged land
filling and tree-cutting,
state Town and Country
Planning Minister
Vishwajit Rane said on
Monday
.
The minister said the
incident took place in
Parra village in North
Goa district, while Lobo
denied the allegations.
“In violation of sec-
tions 17A and 17B of the
TCP Act, 1974, an FIR
has been filed against
Michael Lobo and his
wife Delilah Lobo for
Landfilling and Tree
cutting in Parra. The
Congress Party’s vision
for destruction of the
state of Goa will never
be a reality
,” Rane tweet-
ed. Michael Lobo and
his wife are Congress
MLAs from Calangute
and Siolim respectively
.
“A similar case is sur-
vey 92 of Marra pur-
chased by an influen-
tial person, is approxi-
mately 90,000 m2 in
size. The area is under
natural cover and ille-
gally converted as ODP
for settlement.
Goa LoP
Lobo, wife
booked for
tree-cutting
AAP,BJPworkersclashatlatter’sHQinSurat
Italia, 10 others detained by police as tensions between two political parties boil over
First India Bureau
Surat: The political
row between the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) and
ruling Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP) reached
its crescendo when a
clash broke out between
workers of the political
parties in Surat on
Monday
. Things turned
violent when a group of
AAP workers were am-
bushed by BJP party
members at the ruling
party’s headquarters in
Udhna area of the city
.
AAP members had
reached the spot during
the day to express their
dissent at being evicted
from the Surat Munici-
pal Corporation (SMC)
headquarters on Sun-
day. The party council-
lors have alleged that
marshalls misbehaved
and even physically as-
saulted female workers
while herding them out
of the SMC office on
Sunday. Even after a
video of the incident
was being circulated on
social media platforms,
the head of security at
SMC refused to admit to
the incident.
Meanwhile, during
Monday’s clash, AAP
worker and former Con-
gress councillor Dinesh
Kachhadiya was in-
jured along with AAP
Gujarat chief Gopal Ita-
lia. The latter and 10
others were detained by
Surat police for rioting.
A complaint has been
lodged against 16 AAP
members.
Delhi Chief Minister
and AAP National Con-
vener Arvind Kejriwal
shared a video of one of
his party workers being
thrashed by BJP func-
tionaries.
“Look at these goons.
Beating openly. They
have created hooligan-
ism across the country.
Will the country pro-
gress like this?
They will never give
good education, em-
ployment to your chil-
dren, because they want
unemployed goons for
politics. All patriotic
youth must unite
against them,” Kejriwal
tweeted.
Violent turn of events witnessed at ruling party’s office in Udhna area.
Delhi High Court has
asked four prosecution
witnesses in the
Chhatrasal Stadium
murder case involving
wrestler Sushil Kumar
to approach the trial
court in Rohini for per-
mission to record their
evidence through vir-
tual mode.
Justice Jasmeet Sin-
gh disposed of the peti-
tion by the witnesses to
transfer the case from
Rohini district court to
any other court in the
city for a fair and im-
partial trial and took on
record the prosecu-
tion’s stand that Delhi
Police is obliged to pro-
vide 24x7 protection to
the victims under its
jurisdiction and that
Haryana Police has
agreed to protect.
The judge stated that
the concerned trial
court shall consider
and decide the petition-
er’s plea for recording
evidence virtually at
the earliest.
Keeping in view of
the aforesaid, the peti-
tion is disposed of with
the directions that the
petitioners shall ap-
proach the Court of
ASJ-04, Rohini Court,
Delhi seeking a record-
ing of their evidence
through virtual mode.
For the reasons stated
and noted hereinabove,
the application when
filed shall be consid-
ered and decided by the
ASJ at the earliest, said
the court.
Olympian Sushil Ku-
mar, along with others
is accused of allegedly
assaulting a former jun-
ior national wrestling
champion Sagar
Dhankar and his
friends at the stadium
in May 2021 over an al-
leged property dispute.
Chhatrasal case: HC
tells witnesses to
approach trial court
VIOLENT EVENTS
Labourer held for killing man
over suspicion of mobile theft
New Delhi (PTI): A
25-year-old labourer was
arrested for allegedly
beatingamantodeathas
he suspected him of
stealing his mobile
phone and earphones,
police said on Monday
.
The accused, Shahid,
wasarrestedfromNoida
on April 30, they said.
Police said the victim, a
vagabond, is yet to be
identified. On April 2, he
was found lying uncon-
scious on footpath near
Hanuman Murti on PK
Road and rushed to hos-
pital where he was de-
clared brought dead by
the doctors, a senior po-
lice officer said.
CCTV footage showed
him stumbling and fall-
ing down on the road-
side. The body was shift-
ed to Lady Hardinge
Medical College for post-
mortemandproceedings
under relevant section
of the CrPC were initi-
ated, the officer said.
BJP again hits out at Biocon
chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The BJP once
again hit out at Biocon
chairperson Kiran Ma-
zumdar-Shaw and
asked the ‘self-appoint-
ed custodians of moral-
ity’ to speak up against
the school’s diktat ask-
ing students to carry
Bibles.
The BJP used the
signing of MoU for set-
ting up the largest sem-
iconductor fabrication
unit in Karnataka to hit
out at Shaw.
Karnataka depart-
ment of Industries and
Commerce said that the
state will soon be home
to India’s first and larg-
est semiconductor fab-
rication unit. “Karna-
taka will soon be home
to India’s first and larg-
est semiconductor fab-
rication unit! The #In-
dian #Semiconductor
Manufacturing Com-
pany ISMC has an-
nounced an #invest-
ment of Rs. 22,900
crores ($3 billion) - a
proud moment for the
state.”
Biocon chairperson Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw

08
2NDFRONT
Greetings on the occasion of
‘World Press Freedom Day’, let
us all strive together to ensure
press freedom worldwide.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
SLgovt’spriorityshouldbeseeking
financialaidfromIndiaChina:ex-PM
Colombo (PTI): Sri
Lanka’s former prime
minister Ranil Wick-
remesinghe has said
that political leaders
should focus on seeking
financial assistance
from a number of coun-
tries, including India
and China, to get the
debt-ridden island na-
tion out of its worst eco-
nomic crisis rather
than worrying about
securing a working ma-
jority in Parliament.
Addressing the Unit-
ed National Party’s
(UNP) Jathika Sevaka
Sangamaya May Day
ceremony at New Town
Hall in Colombo on
Sunday, Wickremesing-
he said the government
led by President Gota-
baya Rajapaksa should
give priority to resolv-
ing the ongoing eco-
nomic crisis and take
immediate action to
control the prices of es-
sential goods.
“It should pay atten-
tion to saving the bank-
ing system from col-
lapsing. It should. We
saw how the banking
sector collapsed in
Greece and the same
happened in Indonesia
in 1998. The govern-
ment should speak to
India, China, Japan and
South Korea to seek
help, he said.
Having 113 MPs in
Parliament is no longer
the solution for the pre-
sent problem. The coun-
try is facing an econom-
ic crisis of unprece-
dented proportion, he
was quoted as saying by
The Island newspaper.
Sri Lanka is in the
grip of an unprecedent-
ed economic turmoil
since its independence
from Britain in 1948.
The crisis is caused in
part by a lack of foreign
currency, which has
meant that the country
cannot afford to pay for
imports of staple foods
and fuel, leading to
acute shortages and
very high prices.
Months of lengthy
blackouts and acute
shortages of food, fuel
and pharmaceuticals
have triggered wide-
spread protests calling
for the government’s
resignation.
“The national econo-
my has almost col-
lapsed. Agriculture is
in death throes without
fertilisers. Fishers have
no diesel. Many have
lost their jobs. Compa-
nies are downsizing at
the expense of their
workers. Some have al-
ready been closed down.
Thousands of more jobs
are likely to be lost,”
Wickremesinghe said.
“Medium scale enter-
prises have collapsed
and small-scale enter-
prises are facing the
same predicament. The
value of money depos-
ited in the banks has
been lost by around 50
per cent. The value of
the savings in the EPF
and ETF has decreased
by around 50 per cent.
There are protests and
demonstrations all over
the country. People are
asking the government
to go home. The govern-
ment has lost its man-
dates received at the
2019 and 2020 elections,”
he said.
The former premier
said instead of giving
priority to resolving the
current economic cri-
sis, the government was
divided on whether
President Gotabaya or
his elder brother and
Prime Minister Mahin-
da Rajapaksa should
quit.
“The prevailing prob-
lems cannot be solved
by mustering 113 seats
in Parliament. The
problem, however,
could be solved. For
that purpose, income
taxes have to be in-
creased. Fuel prices and
electricity prices would
have to be increased.
The value of the US
dollar which was at Rs.
185 rupees is likely to
reach Rs 400. Therefore,
government expenses
have to be cut down. In
the meantime, the gov-
ernment should talk to
the international com-
munity to secure its as-
sistance, he said.
TOP PRIORITY
Punjab Haryana
HC stays arrest of
Kumar Vishwas
Chandigarh (PTI):
The Punjab and Har-
yana High court on
Monday stayed the
arrest of former AAP
leader Kumar Vish-
was over “inflamma-
tory statements”
against Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal,
terming it a fit case to
prevent the “abuse of
the process of law”.
Vishwas was
booked by the Rupna-
gar police in Punjab
after the complainant
in the case alleged
that he and AAP sup-
porters were called
Khalistani. The com-
plaint claimed that
the incident took
place on April 12 af-
ter Vishwas made the
remarks, accusing
Kejriwal of support-
ing separatists.
Vishwas had
moved the High
Court last week, seek-
ing the quashing of
the FIR registered
against him.
The court in its or-
der observed that the
penal provisions un-
der which the peti-
tioner stands ar-
raigned are not pri-
ma facie made out
against him.
“The submission
that the FIR is politi-
cally motivated can-
not be ruled out,” the
HC said. Mayank Ag-
garwal, one of the
counsels for Vishwas
said the court of Jus-
tice Anoop Chitkara
fixed July 4 as the
next date of hearing.
COMPLAINT
Chadha,two other AAP
leaders take oath as RS MPs
New Delhi: Aam Aad-
mi Party leaders Ra-
ghav Chadha, Ashok
Kumar Mittal and San-
jeev Arora on Monday
took oath as their par-
ty’s Rajya Sabha mem-
bers from Punjab.
Vice President and
Rajya Sabha Chairman
M Venkaiah Naidu ad-
ministered the oath to
the newly-elected AAP
members of Rajya Sab-
ha in his chamber at
Parliament House.
All the three AAP
leaders were elected un-
opposed from Punjab in
March as no other po-
litical party had nomi-
nated any candidate the
state for the Rajya Sab-
ha elections.
Naidu advised the
new members to go
through various publi-
cations, including ‘Ra-
jya Sabha at Work’,
‘Practice and Procedure
of Parliament’, the
‘Members Handbook’,
‘Rule Book’ among oth-
ers to enable them to
become conversant
with the procedures of
the House and enrich
their knowledge about
its functioning.
While Chadha is a
senior leader of the
AAP, Mittal is the
founder of Phagwara-
based Lovely Profes-
sional University
(LPU).
UNOPPOSED
Judicial
custody of
154 accused
extended
Hubballi (Agencies):
Considering the argu-
ments by the prosecu-
tion, the local Fourth
JMFC Court in Hubba-
lli, Karnataka, has ex-
tended the judicial cus-
tody of the 154 persons
arrested in connection
with the Hubballi vio-
lence till May 13.
The accused persons
including the corpo-
rater of AIMIM were
arrested following the
large scale communal
violence in Hubballi af-
ter an objectionable
post surfaced on social
media.
The police have also
arrested the youth who
put up the objectionable
post which hurt the re-
ligious sentiments of a
particular community.
He has been permitted
to attend II PUC (Class
12) exams under tight
police security
.
Among those arrest-
ed, 103 persons have
been kept in Kalaburagi
prison, 17 in Bellary
and 10 in Mysurili pris-
on. The others are
lodged in Dharwad and
Hubballi sub-jails.
As many as 20 per-
sons have submitted
bail petitions and police
are filing objections to
them.
Following the large
scale violence, curfew
was clamped in Hubba-
lli on April 16. Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai stated that the
conspiracy and planned
attack on the police sta-
tion has been consid-
ered very seriously.
Strict action will be ini-
tiated against those in-
volved.
HUBBALLI VIOLENCE
Live hand grenade
recovered from Army
trooper at Srinagar airport
Delhi’s Dy CM Sisodia
alleges MCD colluded
with BJP-linked NGO
Srinagar (ANI): An
airline screening staff
found a live hand gre-
nade from the baggage
of an army man during
the pre-entry checking
at Srinagar interna-
tional airport on Mon-
day
.
According to airport
sources, the incident
was reported at 9 am
when an Army man be-
longing to the Rashtri-
ya Rifle unit was enter-
ing the airport premis-
es. The grenade was
found when he was at
the pre-entry screening
for luggage screening.
The staff of Air Asia
airlines detected a hand
grenade in the Check-in
luggage of the passen-
ger. He immediately
alerted Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF)
personnel on duty
.
“The Army person-
nel detained was identi-
fied as Balaji Sampath
from Tamil Nadu’s Vel-
lore. The live grenade
recovered from his pos-
session is a high explo-
sive. He was going on
leave,” said a senior of-
ficer to ANI.
Senior Army officers
have been informed
about the incident.
The case is under in-
vestigation, he added.
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia on Monday al-
leged that officials of
the BJP-led municipal
corporations have been
working to bring CSR
fund for a smart class-
room project of an NGO
reportedly run by peo-
ple close to the party’s
city unit chief, in a
“novel way of indulging
in corruption”.
Delhi has three mu-
nicipal corporations
and according to a new
legislation, the city
would soon get a new,
single civic body
. There
was no immediate reac-
tion by the city BJP.
“We know about CSR
fund being used in con-
junction with an NGO...
this is a novel way of
indulging in corruption
by the municipal corpo-
rations. A team of offi-
cials, led by a deputy
commissioner-rank of-
ficer, has been formed
to raise funds trough
CSR, and hand it over to
an NGO, for a smart
classroom project. This
NGO is run by people
close to BJP Delhi unit
chief Adesh Gupta,”
Sisodia alleged.
There was no
immediate reaction by
the city BJP or its
chief Adesh Gupta
INCIDENT SCENE
Raj CM Gehlot to people: Use power
judiciously as demand up by 35%
Jaipur (PTI): Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day urged people to cut
down on electricity con-
sumption, saying the
demand for it has shot
up by 35% and no addi-
tional power is availa-
ble with the Indian En-
ergy Exchange.
The CM said the state
is no exception as the
entire country is facing
a power crisis due to the
early onset of the heat-
wave. He also appealed
to people to avoid using
air conditioners unnec-
essarily. “The gap be-
tween demand and sup-
ply has widened. Elec-
tricity is also not avail-
able for purchase from
the Indian Energy Ex-
change,” the CM tweet-
ed.
Gehlot said he state
government is trying
its best to ensure ade-
quate availability of
water.
“There is an appeal to
all of you to make lim-
ited and judicious use
of electricity and wa-
ter,” he said.
Gehlot said the de-
mand for electricity has
increased to 35% due to
severe heat conditions
and power cuts from
two to 10 hours are be-
ing imposed in 16 states
of the country
.
In Rajasthan, power
cuts are being imposed
in rural and urban are-
as as per the roster sys-
tem. However, essential
services have been com-
pletely exempted from
power cuts, he said.
Scientists discover pathways to
severe COVID-19 in children
Melbourne (PTI): Re-
searchers have discov-
ered the pathways that
are activated in severe
cases of COVID-19 in
children, an advance
that can lead to earlier
diagnosis and more tar-
geted treatments for the
disease.
The study, published
in the journal Nature
Communications, iden-
tified disease mecha-
nisms in children with
COVID-19 who present
with multisystem in-
flammatory syndrome,
where different body
parts can become in-
flamed including the
heart, lungs, and brain
and acute respiratory
distress syndrome, a
type of lung disease.
The main triggers for
severe COVID-19 in chil-
dren were blood clot-
ting and how proteins
in the immune system
reacted to the virus, the
researchers said.
For the study, blood
samples from 20 healthy
children were collected
and samples from 33
SARS-CoV-2 infected
children with multisys-
tem inflammatory syn-
drome or acute respira-
tory distress syndrome
were collected.
The research found
85 and 52 proteins were
specific to multisystem
inflammatory syn-
drome and acute res-
piratory distress syn-
drome, respectively.
Both syndromes are
major potential out-
comes of severe COV-
ID-19. Data shows 1.7%
of reported paediatric
hospitalised cases of
COVID-19.
Raghav Chadha
Manish Sisodia
Ashok Gehlot
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sanjeev Arora Ashok Mittal

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take I guess, was the time
it took me to realize that
thiswaswhatIwasmeant
to do, and not starting
soon enough.

z What has been the
most memorable or re-
warding moment in
your career?
The look on my parent’s
faces when they saw the
independent Priya. Mod-
ellingwasn’tacareerthey
sawforme.Buttoday
,each
time I see them smile I’m
reminded of my great-
est reward.
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/delhi I twitter.com/thefirst-
india facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
W
AS PLEASING AS THE
SCENERY
BEAUTY IS
CERTAINLY A
SOFT, SMOOTH,
SLIPPERY THING,
AND THEREFORE
OF A NATURE
WHICH EASILY
SLIPS IN AND
PERMEATES OUR
SOULS”. PRIYA
VINOD SINGH, A
STUNNING DIVA
FROM DELHI,
SPOKE CANDIDLY
WITH CITY FIRST
ABOUT HER
INSPIRING
CAREER AS A
MODEL
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
MAY 3, 2022

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