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REMARK ON PROPHET MUHAMMED
BJP SUSPENDS
Nupur Sharma, Naveen Jindal
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The BJP on
Sunday suspended its
national spokesperson
Nupur Sharma and ex-
pelled its Delhi media
head Naveen Kumar
Jindal for their alleged
derogatory remarks
against Prophet Mu-
hammad, as it sought to
defuse row over issue.
Amid protests by
Muslim groups over the
remarks, party also is-
sued a statement aimed
at assuaging the con-
cerns of minorities and
distancing itself from
these members, assert-
ing that it respects all
religions and strongly
denounces insult of any
religious personality
.
THE SUSPENSION
While Sharma's com-
ments during a TV de-
bate aimed at the found-
er of Islam have drawn
ire of Muslim groups,
Jindal also posted objec-
tionable tweets, deleted
later, and has been ac-
cused of often posting
inciting comments.
Their comments also
sparked a Twitter trend
calling for boycotting
Indian products in some
countries.
I TAKE MY WORDS
BACK, SAYS NUPUR
Nupur Sharma took to Twitter to issue an
apology. She wrote, “If my words have
caused discomfort or hurt religious feelings
of anyone whatsoever, I hereby uncondition-
ally withdraw my statement. It was never my
intention to hurt anyone’s religious feelings.”
JINDAL: NO INTENTION
TO HURT SENTIMENTS
Naveen Kumar Jindal said that he was una-
ware of being expelled from BJP and was
yet to receive any letter from the state presi-
dent. Jindal also said he had tweeted asking
a question to those attacking and insulting
Hindu deities and it was not aimed at hurting
the religious sentiments of any community.
Nupur Sharma Naveen K Jindal
BJP SAYS IT RESPECTS ALL RELIGIONS
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday stated that it “respects all religions” and is
“strongly against any ideology which insults or demeans any sect or
religion”. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personali-
ties of any religion. BJP is also against any ideology which insults or
demeans any sect or religion. The BJP does not promote such people or
philosophy,” the BJP said in a statement issued by its general secretary
Arun Singh on Sunday. “During the thousands of years of the
history of India every religion has blossomed and flourished.
The BJP respects all religions,” the brief statement said.
QATAR, KUWAIT & IRAN
SUMMON INDIAN ENVOYS
Qatar, Kuwait & Iran on Sunday sum-
moned India’s Ambassadors and
handed over to them protest notes on
what the Gulf countries called categorical
“rejection and condemnation” of the con-
troversial remarks of a BJP leader against
Prophet Mohammed. The controversial
remarks also sparked a Twitter trend in the
Arab world calling for a boycott of Indian
products. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
is currently visiting Qatar and on Sunday he
met Qatar’s PM and Interior Minister Sheikh
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
CONG LASHES OUT AT
BJP OVER REMARKS
Soon after BJP on Sunday suspended its
spokesperson Nupur Sharma from par-
ty’s primary membership and expelled its
Delhi media head Naveen
Kumar Jindal after their
alleged controversial
remarks on religious
minorities, Congress
General Secretary Ran-
deep Singh Surjewala
lashed out at the BJP by saying that “it is
nothing but a blatantly counterfeit pretence
and sham attempt at damage control.”
I condemn in strongest
possible words hurtful
comments of India’s
BJP leader about our
beloved Prophet
(PBUH). Have said it
repeatedly India under
Modi is trampling reli-
gious freedoms & perse-
cuting Muslims. World
should take note & se-
verely reprimand In-
dia. Our love for the
Holy Prophet (PBUH)
is supreme. All Mus-
lims can sacrifice their
life for the Love & Re-
spect of their Holy
Prophet (PBUH).
Shehbaz Sharif,
Pakistan Prime Minister
Reaction in Arab world
must have really stung.
BJP’s ‘suddenly wak-
ing up’ has nothing to
do with having ‘offend-
ed’ sentiments of Mus-
lims in the country but
is aimed at an interna-
tional audience. This
apology of a statement
is aimed at an interna-
tional audience.
Omar Abdullah,
Vice President JKNC
Bareilly (ANI): The Ba-
reilly administration
has imposed Section 144
in the aftermath of the
Kanpur violence and as
a precautionary meas-
ure ahead of a huge pro-
test to be held on June 10
as announced by Mus-
lim cleric Tauqir Raza.
As per the adminis-
tration, not more than
five persons would be
allowed to assemble in
a public place. Protests
would also be prohibit-
ed during this period.
Section 144 has been
imposed till July 3 to
avoid any untoward
situation like the one
that erupted in Kanpur
on Friday. Meanwhile,
all accused, including
key conspirator Hayat
Zafar Hashmi, were
sent to 14-day judicial
remand on Sunday in
connection with the
Kanpur violence case.

❍ KANPUR VIOLENCE AFTERMATH
SECTION 144
IN BAREILLY
TILL JULY 3
n Tauqir Raza
calls for protest
on June 10
n All accused
sent to 14-day
judicial remand
Police stand guard at Parade Chauraha area in Kanpur on Sunday.
SIT FORMED, SECURITY BEEFED UP
Kanpur: SIT was formed and security has been beefed up
between Yateem Khana and Parade crossroads while the
accused were interrogated, informed the officials on Sunday.
"SIT has been formed in the Kanpur violence case and action
will be taken against those who have done the work of erasing
the CCTV footage," said Kanpur Police. Commissioner Vijay
Singh Meena. Huge security has been detailed in the area with
an aim to maintain peace and keep situation under control.
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HYD GANG-RAPE: FOURTH ACCUSED HELD
Hyderabad: A teenager, the fourth accused in the Hyderabad
gangrape case, has been taken into custody, the police said
on Sunday. The Hyderabad Police said the fifth accused is
still on the run, and a search is on to trace him. P5
ODISHA CABINET RESHUFFLE
AHEAD OF THE 2024 POLLS
WHERE 21 MINISTERS, INCLUDING
5 WOMEN, TAKE OATH
ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY,
DISTINGUISHED THINKERS
AND INNOVATORS PRAISE
INDIA & PM MODI’S EFFORTS
READ
Crucial
Crucial
ACTOR SALMAN,
HIS FATHER GET
THREAT LETTER
Mumbai: Bollywood
star Salman Khan and
his father Salim Khan
have received a threat
letter and an probe has
been launched, the
Mumbai Police said
on Sunday. The move
assumes significance
since it comes days
after Moose Wala was
shot dead by Lawrence
gang members, which
had threatened Salman
in 2018. Lawrence
Bishnoi’s death threat
to Salman was linked
to the black buck
poaching case of 1998.
SRK, KATRINA COVID
+VE; BMC’S ALERT
TO FILM STUDIOS
Mumbai: With Shah Rukh
Khan and Katrina Kaif
reportedly testing positive
for COVID-19, the BMC
has instructed film stu-
dios to not host parties.
Meanwhile, senior BJP
leader Devendra Fadnavis
has contracted the virus
for the second time. On
Sunday, the former CM
tweeted: “I have tested
#COVID19 positive and
in home isolation. Taking
medication & treatment as
per the doctor’s advice.”
DREADFUL
SUNDAY
25 PILGRIMS DIE AS BUS FALLS
INTO GORGE IN UTTARKASHI DIST Dhaka: At least 49
people have died after
a huge fire broke out
at a shipping container
depot in Bangladesh's
Chittagong last night,
officials said on
Sunday. The fire at
the depot in Sitakunda
area has left about
300 people injured
and authorities fear
the death count
may climb. Accord-
ing to police officer
Nurul Alam, posted
at Chittagong Medical
College Hosp's police
outpost, preliminary
probe has indicated
that fire broke out due
to chemical reaction.
49 KILLED, 300
INJURED IN
MASSIVE FIRE
IN BANGLADESH
Dehradun: Twenty-
five people were killed
after a bus carrying
pilgrims fell into a
gorge in Uttarakhand
on Sunday. The bus,
with 28 passengers,
was en route Yamu-
notri, a major pilgrim
spot in the hill state.
"Under the supervi-
sion of the state gov-
ernment, the local
administration is en-
gaged in all possible
assistance on the
spot," the Prime Min-
ister's Office tweeted.
Pushkar Singh
Dhami
@pushkardhami
The unfortunate news
has been received of
a passenger bus ac-
cident near Damta in
Purola, Uttarkashi. As
soon as the informa-
tion is received, the
district administration
has been directed
for speedy relief and
rescue work.
PM MODI ANNOUNCES
`2 LAKH EX-GRATIA FOR
KIN OF DECEASED, `50K
FOR EACH INJURED
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed condolences to those
“who have lost their loved ones” in the accident. Prime Minister
Modi has also announced a compensation of `2 lakh each for the fami-
lies of those who lost their lives in the accident and `50,000 each for
the injured in a bus accident in Uttarakhand.
Pushkar S Dhami reaches Disaster Control Room in Dehradun on
Sunday night. (L) Bus with 28 passengers was en route Yamunotri.
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah condoled the deaths
of pilgrims. He tweeted (in
Hindi), “It is
very sad to
hear about the
bus of devo-
tees falling into
the gorge in
Uttarakhand.
I have spoken to the Chief
Minister Pushkar Dhami on
this. Local administration and
SDRF teams are engaged in
rescue work and the injured
are being taken to a nearby
hospital for treatment. NDRF
is also reaching there soon.”
AMIT SHAH CONDOLES
DEATHS OF PILGRIMS
SHIV SENA-NCP AWAITS CONGRESS NOMINEE FOR PUNE ALLIANCE
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The civic
body in Maharash-
tra’s cultural capi-
tal, Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC)
will face elections
soon. However, a
lack of coordination
between the MVA al-
lies (Shiv Sena, Na-
tionalist Congress
Party and the Con-
gress) may adversely
impact their efforts
to dislodge the BJP
that rules the roost
there.
“Pune district is
an important seg-
ment, not just from
the perspective of
the PMC elections,
but also since it effec-
tively covers 3.5 Lok
Sabhaparliamentary
constituencies. The
Shiv Sena has ap-
pointed me to take
responsibility for
Pune for the forth-
coming civic elec-
tions as well as fur-
ther electoral hus-
tings in this crucial
political space. While
NCP has also simi-
larly designated its
man for the purpose
of coordinating a
common cause to
wrest the PMC from
the BJP, we are still
waiting for the Con-
gress to appoint its
nominee,” Shiv Sena
leader Sachin Ahir
confirmed.
Pune City Con-
gress Chief Ramesh
Bagwe conceded that
the Congress was
still to nominate a
representative.
“Our Maharashtra
president Nana Pa-
tole appointed a core
committee a fort-
night ago. This com-
mittee includes 15-16
members compris-
ing ex-MLAs and
eminent people’s rep-
resentatives belong-
ing to the Maratha,
Muslim, SC, ST and
OBC communities. If
regional issues are
not satisfactorily re-
solved by this core
committee, led by
senior Congress
MLA Sangram
Thopte (from Bhor
assembly constitu-
ency), then they will
be escalated to the
state president,” he
said.
While Bagwe con-
ceded that there were
a few factions exist-
ing within the Con-
gress party in the
Pune region, he said
Thopte could coordi-
nate with the Sena’s
and NCP’s nominees
onthecommoncause
of ousting the BJP
from the PMC.
“We decided in our
just concluded two-
day Nav Sankalp Shi-
vir (held in Pune), as
well as its earlier edi-
tion held in Udaipur,
that if the Narendra
Modi government is
to be defeated, then
all secular parties
have to come togeth-
er,” he said.
However, BJP’s
Vyapari Cell Chief
Mahendra Jain
points out to the ex-
isting fissures in the
MVA government.
“It has been made
amply clear by Con-
gress Maharashtra
president Nana Pa-
tole that his party is
keen to contest local
body elections such
as to the Pune Mu-
nicipality on its own
steam. That the par-
ty is yet to appoint
its Pune coordinator
to combine efforts
with its alliance
partners is proof of
the Congress being
disinclined to an al-
liance arrangement
in the region,” he
said.
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Pune Municipal
Corporation
elections are due
soon but Cong
is yet to appoint
a nominee to
coordinate with
Shiv Sena and
NCP to wrest
PMC from the
BJP
Ajit Pawar
Devendra Fadnavis
Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra BJP
Leader Devendra Fad-
navis tests Positive

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The BJP is
confident that all
three of its candidates
to the Rajya Sabha
will be elected, BJP
MLA Ashish Shelar
said, on Sunday
, add-
ing that those speak-
ing about the possibili-
ties of horse-trading
are expressing their
own insecurity
.
He made the com-
ments after emerging
from two back-to-back
meetings of senior lead-
ers to discuss and final-
ize the strategy for the
June 10 elections.
“We have discussed
our strategy in detail
and are confident that
our third candidate will
get elected and Sanjay
Pawar will suffer a de-
feat,” Shelar said.
The meeting, held at
the Maharashtra BJP
headquarters, was
chaired by state BJP
President Chandrakant-
dada Patil and attended
by Union Minister for
Railways and Informa-
tion Technology Ashwi-
ni Vaishnaw, who has
been deputed to Maha-
rashtra as the central
observerfortheRSpolls.
Commerce and Indus-
try Minister Piyush Go-
yal, who is also one of
the three RS candidates,
senior leaders Sudhir
Mungantiwar, Shelar
andPankajaMundealso
participated. Devendra
Fadnavis, who tested
has positive for COV-
ID-19, joined the meet-
ing via video link.
Shelar added that the
Shiv Sena’s strategy to
corral all Maha Vikas
AghadiMLAstoprevent
anypoachingbytheBJP
,
was “shameful”, and
showed their own inse-
curities. “Perhaps, they
can see their own defeat.
That’s why they are talk-
ing about horse-trad-
ing,” Shelar said react-
ing to Raut’s accusation
that BJP is encouraging
horse-tradingbyfielding
a third candidate.
The BJP has given a
third Rajya Sabha term
to Goyal, who was elect-
ed to the Upper House in
2010 and 2016, and has
served as the leader of
the house since July
2021. It has also fielded
Fadnavis’s close associ-
ates and former agricul-
ture minister Dr Anil
Bonde, as well as former
NCP MP from Kolhapur
Dhananjay Mahadik.
The BJP fielded Ma-
hadik after Sena field-
ed its Kolhapur MLA
Sanjay Pawar. The NCP
has given a fifth term to
senior leader Praful Pa-
tel, while Congress
gave a ticket to Imran
Pratapgarhi.
With smaller parties
and independents likely
to play a crucial role in
the RS elections, both
Shiv Sena and the BJP
are trying to woo them.
A Sena delegation con-
sisting of Sanjay Raut’s
brother Sunil Raut, and
Thane MP Rajan Vich-
are met Hitendra
Thakur,leaderof theBa-
hujan Vikas Aghadi,
which has three MLAs.
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First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) leader
Dhananjay Munde
suggested that the
next chief minister
of Maharashtra will
be from the Sharad
Pawar-led party.
Speaking at a public
meeting in Parbhani
city on Saturday
, Munde
said the Social Justice
department in the in-
cumbent Shiv Sena-led
MVA government be-
came prestigious be-
cause of his efforts.
“If a question arises
tomorrow regarding
whom to hand over the
social justice portfolio…
whoever would be the
next CM… and the CM
will be ours (NCP’s)
only
. The CM will say
that let the social justice
portfolioremainwithus
(NCP). This department
has earned so much rep-
utation,” Munde said.
A key constituent in
the Uddhav Thackeray-
led dispensation, which
completed two-and-a-
half years in power last
month, the NCP holds
the important portfolios
of finance and home in
the state government.
Munde said he had
worked efficiently as
the Leader of Opposi-
tion in the Maharashtra
Legislative Council in
the past.
“Earlier, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar had ap-
pointed me as the oppo-
sition leader (in the Ma-
harashtra Legislative
Council).Nomatterhow
stable and powerful, I
had shaken the then
government," he added.
Next CM will be ours, says
NCP’s Dhananjay Munde
DY CM reviews Pandharpur arrangements
Pune (PTI): Deputy
Chief Minister Ajit
Pawar on Sunday
held a meeting re-
garding the renowned
Pandharpur pilgrim-
age, in which palan-
quins are taken on
foot by several hun-
dred devotees from
Dehu and Alandi to
the temple town.
He said the palan-
quin procession of Sant
Tukaram will leave
from Dehu on June 20
while that of Sant Dn-
yaneshwar will leave
from Alandi on June 21.
He said the proces-
sion, or ‘wari’, had not
taken place in 2020 and
2021 but this year, due to
the removal of pandem-
ic curbs, the celebra-
tions are expected in
full swing, including
the arrival of close to 15
lakh devotees in Pand-
harpur on Ashadi Eka-
dashi on July 10.
Divisional Commis-
sioner Saurabh Rao
will take a complete re-
view of all arrange-
ment on June 12, Pawar
added.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
on Sunday said that
sustainable develop-
ment was possible
only if the environ-
ment was protected
and preserved.
Speakingatafunction
to mark World Environ-
ment Day
, Thackeray
said climate change was
causing natural calami-
ties, adding that united
effortswerenecessaryto
protect and preserve the
environment.
“Development is a
must, but not at the cost
of environmental dam-
age.Inthelastfewyears,
there has been more
rain in fewer days and
the incidents of land-
slides are also rising,”
he said.
Every stakeholder
was important in pre-
serving the environ-
ment and if united ef-
forts were taken, any
initiative for environ-
ment protection would
be a success, he added.
The importance of
trees and the oxygen
they generate was felt
the most during COV-
ID-19 pandemic, Thack-
eray said, adding that
there is no other city in
the world which has
wildlife and biodiversi-
ty in its midst.
State Environment
MinisterAadityaThack-
eray
, who was also pre-
sent at the event, took to
his Twitter handle and
tweeted, “Celebrated In-
dia’s largest Climate Ac-
tion- Majhi Vasundhara
Abhiyan 36 Districts 43
Cities (Million Plus)
11,000+villagesAllwork-
ing together on 5 ele-
ments of nature and cli-
mate action, being felici-
tated by CM Uddhav
Thackeray ji, DCM Ajit
Pawar ji and RM Balasa-
heb Thorat ji.”
‘Sustainable devt possible only if environment is preserved’
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
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CM calls for
united effort
from
stakeholders for
environment
protection
initiatives,
development
without damage
to nature
Development is a must, but not at
the cost of environmental damage.
In the last few years, there has been
more rain in fewer days and the incidents of
landslides are also rising. Every stakeholder
was important in preserving the environ-
ment and if united efforts were taken, any
initiative for environment protection would
be a success. —Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister
CM Uddhav Thackeray at the event.
BJP confident of sending all 3 candidates to RS
Sena’s strategy to corral MVA
MLAs to prevent poaching by the
BJP, ‘shameful’: BJP MLA Shelar
NCP claims Central govt failed
to protect Kashmiri Pandits
Mumbai: The NCP
Mumbai: The NCP
on Sunday targeted
on Sunday targeted
Union Home Minis-
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and
ter Amit Shah and
claimed the Centre
claimed the Centre
has failed to protect
has failed to protect
the lives of Hindus
the lives of Hindus
and Kashmiri Pan-
and Kashmiri Pan-
dits, in the wake of
dits, in the wake of
the recent targeted
the recent targeted
killings of people
killings of people
from the community
from the community
by terrorists in Jam-
by terrorists in Jam-
mu and Kashmir.
mu and Kashmir.
NCP’s chief spokes-
person Mahesh Ta-
pase, whose party
shares power with the
Shiv Sena and Con-
gress in Maharash-
tra, in a statement
also said that BJP
leaders were busy
promoting “The Kash-
mir Files” (movie) for
their own political
purpose.
Maharashtra was
the only state which of-
fered a safe passage to
the displaced Kashmi-
ri Pandits, while the
BJP only played with
their sentiments, Ta-
pase claimed.
“The Modi govern-
ment has miserably
failed to protect the
lives of Hindus and
Kashmiri Pandits. As
the country’s home
minister, it is the duty
of Amit Shah to pro-
tect the lives of citi-
zens of the country,”
Tapase said.
The rise of insur-
gency once again in
the Kashmir Valley
and targeting of civil-
ians there is a failure
of the intelligence ma-
chinery, he said.
Shah should person-
ally ensure the safety
of all Kashmiri citi-
zens, the NCP leader
said.
He further said the
Narendra Modi-led
BJP government had
promised a safe return
for Kashmiri Pandits
to the Valley
.
But, those promises
have turned out to be
another “jumla” (rhet-
oric) as Prime Minis-
ter Modi’s government
made no concrete ef-
forts to re-establish the
Kashmiri Pandits in
their homeland, he
claimed.
The BJP should get
over religion and
caste-based politics
and ensure safety, live-
lihood and equality of
the citizens of India,
Tapase said.
On Saturday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray had also expressed concern
about the “targeted killings of Hindus and
Kashmiri Pandits” in the Kashmir Valley.
Kashmiri Pandits were fleeing the Valley,
Shiv Sena president Thackeray had said. He
had also said that in 1995, when the Shiv
Sena-BJP coalition came to power in Maha-
rashtra, Sena founder Bal Thackeray ensured
a quota in educational institutes in the state
for the children of Kashmiri Pandits.
CM CONCERNED
BJP busy promoting films amid Kashmir killings:Raut
CHIEF SPOKESPERSON TAPASE HITS OUT AT AMIT SHAH OVER TARGETED KILLINGS IN J&K
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut on
Sunday criticized
the ruling BJP at
the Centre, claiming
the party was busy
promoting some
movies amid the
“targeted killings of
Kashmiri Pandits
and Muslim security
personnel” in Jam-
mu and Kashmir.
Talking to reporters
here, Raut claimed the
BJP was neglecting
the Kashmir Valley’s
security
.
“Did the atrocities
against the Kashmiri
Pandits stop with sur-
gical strikes (conduct-
ed by the BJP-led cen-
tral government
across the Line of Con-
trol)? They have in-
creased,” Raut
claimed.
“There have been
targeted killings of
Hindus and Kashmiri
Pandits as well as
Muslim security per-
sonnel because they
are serving the coun-
try. The BJP is busy
promoting movies,
like ‘The Kashmir
Files’ and ‘Samrat
Prithiviraj’,” the Shiv
Sena’s chief spokes-
person said.
From Srinagar to
Pulwama (in Kash-
mir), at least 20 Mus-
lim security personnel
have been killed, the
Rajya Sabha member
claimed without speci-
fying the details.
“BJP leaders are
not speaking about
this. They are
busy trying to
find ‘Shiv-
ling’ in the Taj Mahal
(Agra) and the
G y a n v a p i
mosque (in
Va r a n a -
si),” he
said.
R a u t
also hit out
at the BJP
for celebrat-
ing its eight
years in power at the
Centre when
the situa-
tion in
K a s h -
mir was
“ n o t
good”.
If a question arises tomorrow regard-
ing whom to hand over the social
justice portfolio… whoever would be
the next CM… and the CM will be ours
(NCP’s) only. The CM will say that let the so-
cial justice portfolio remain with us (NCP).
—Dhananjay Munde, Minister for Social Justice
The MVA has the support of 168 legislators in
the 288-member legislative assembly. These
include 55 of the Shiv Sena, 53 of the NCP, 44
of the Congress, eight independents and eight
from smaller parties. Apart from its 106 legisla-
tors, the BJP has the support of two legislators
from smaller parties and five independents,
taking their tally to 113. Each candidate needs
42 votes to sail through. While the BJP has
sufficient votes to have two of its candidates
elected, it will need 20 more to get its third can-
didate elected. The Shiv Sena has enough votes
to elect one of its candidates and 13 additional
ones, meaning it will rely on 11 from the NCP,
two from the Congress and 16 from other allies
to get its tally to 42 for the second candidate.
AS IT STANDS
Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (in blue), also a central observer for the Rajya Sabha
polls, in a meeting with senior state BJP leadership. State BJP President Chandrakantdada Patil,
Commerce minister and RS candidate Piyush Goyal, and senior BJP leaders Ashish Shelar, Sudhir
Mungantiwar, and Pankaja Munde also attended the meeting at State BJP headquarters. Devendra
Fadnavis, who tested positive for COVID-19, joined the meeting via video link from his residence.

MAHARASHTRA
03
5 PEOPLE KILLED AS CAR RAMS
INTO TRUCK IN SANGLI DISTRICT
MAN BLUDGEONS WIFE TO DEATH WITH
HEAVY UTENSIL IN AURANGABAD
MAN WANTED FOR MURDERING LOVER’S
HUSBAND IN UP HELD IN PALGHAR
SOUTH MUMBAI HOSPITALS TO BE
AFFECTED DUE TO WATER CUTS
3 COUNTRY-MADE PISTOLS, NINE LIVE
CARTRIDGES SEIZED; 1 ARRESTED
Mumbai: With work underway to connect water
lines near Sewri bus depot, water supply will be
disconnected from 10 am on Tuesday, till 10 am
on Wednesday. During this period, water sup-
ply will be completely cut off in F South Ward
(Parel), including hospitals like KEM, Wadia
and Tata. Even A (Colaba, Fort, CST), B (Don-
gri, JJ Hospital) and E (Byculla) wards will be
affected. Other areas to be affected in the A, B
and E wards include Central Railway, BPT, Naval
Dockyard, and St George Hospital.
Mumbai: The Crime Branch recovered three
country-made pistols and nine live cartridges
from the Goregaon area and arrested one man,
officials said on Sunday. Based on a tip-off, a
Crime Branch team initiated searches in the Kranti
Chawl in Bhagatsingnagar area, where they ar-
rested the accused and recovered the illegal arms
were recovered. They then handed him over to the
Bangur Nagar Police, who presented him in court
and demanded custody.
Pune: Three children and two adults from a
family were killed when their car rammed into a sta-
tionary container truck on the Pune-Bengaluru high-
way in Sangl, police said on Sunday. The accident
took place on Saturday afternoon when the car was
heading from Pune to Jaysingpur, they said. “Prime
facie, it seems the car was moving at a high speed as
it was severely damaged. All five of its occupants—
Arinjay Shirote (35), and his relatives Smita Shirote
(38) Purva Shirote (14), Sunesha Shirote (10) and
Viru Shirote (4)—died on the spot,” an official said.
Aurangabad: A man here allegedly bludgeoned his
50-year-old wife with a heavy utensil as he was “sus-
picious about her character”, locked the house and
fled, police said on Sunday. The victim was found
dead on Sunday morning, when her daughter came
to her place to go along with her for work, she found
the house locked. The woman was also not found at
her workplace. The victim’s daughter called up a rela-
tive, who later broke the lock of the house and found
the woman lying dead inside, an official from Satara
police station said.
Palghar: A 31-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh who
was wanted in a murder case was arrested in Sativali
near Vasai in Palghar district on Sunday, police
said. Nasir Safate had been on the run after alleg-
edly killing the husband of the woman he was in a
relationship with in Basti, an official said. Safate and
his paramour had dumped the body in a well in their
village near Basti, he added.
Colony of 400 endangered painted storks found
First India Bureau
Latur: A massive col-
ony of more than 400
painted storks has
been discovered for
the first time in La-
tur district, an offi-
cial from the Bombay
Natural History Soci-
ety (BNHS) said.
Local bird enthusiast
Dhananjay Gutte re-
cently heard loud chirp-
ings while travelling in
the catchment area of a
lake in Masalga village
under Nilanga tehsil.
When he followed the
noise, he spotted a huge
colony of the endan-
gered bird species—lo-
cally called “Saranga-
gar”—on trees nearby
and subsequently in-
formed the authorities
of his find.
On Thursday, BNHS
joint director Raju
Kasambe, some local
forestofficialsandGutte
visited the site and
found 440 big and small
painted storks and their
230 nests in the heronry
,
Gutte told reporters.
Kasambe said consid-
ering the number of
nests found, they esti-
mate that there would
be more painted storks
in the area than the
number of birds spotted
so far.
“This is the first time
such a big colony of
painted storks has been
spottedinLaturdistrict.
In Maharashtra, there
are three such bird colo-
nies, including one in
Pandharpur (in Solapur
district). The bird colo-
ny found in Latur is one
of the biggest,” he said.
Painted storks gener-
ally choose habitats
where water, food and
breeding spaces are
suitably available. Their
breeding season is from
February to June.
These birds feed on
fish, frogs, snails and
other small aquatic ani-
mals. Their waste has a
highcontentof nitrogen
and phosphorus which
can be used as crop fer-
tilizer, Gutte said.
Local farmer Gudap-
pa Dhenkare said villag-
ers have been seeing the
painted storks in the
area for five years now,
but the huge colony of
the birds was found only
recently
.
“These birds don’t
harm us or our crops. A
few days ago, someone
offered me Rs80,000 for
the wood of the acacia
trees on which these
birds live. I have decided
not to cut those trees,”
he said.
Painted storks
generally choose
habitats where
water, food and
breeding spaces
are suitably
available.
—FILE PHOTO
Activists
dressed
as cartoon
characters clean
the Versova
beach, on World
Environment Day,
in Mumbai, on
Sunday.
NCP workers
take part in Chipko
Andolan to save 400 trees
to be cut by NMMC for a
proposed flyover project,
in Navi Mumbai on
Sunday.
Carbon emissions dip
126 KT in Mumbai
thanks to green drive
First India Bureau
Mumbai: More than
17,000 Tata Power’s
consumers in Mum-
bai have opted for
green energy (solar
and wind energy), an
official announced on
World Environment
Day on Sunday.
“We have also pro-
moted solar rooftop in-
stallations across the
city. We have provided
rooftop solar panels to
395 consumers who
have opted for net me-
tering,” the official also
said, adding that the
company’s annual
green power sales has
accounted for more
than 180 MUs (million
units), which has
helped mitigate 126 KT
carbon emissions.
Net metering is a sys-
tem wherein whatever
solarpowerisgenerated,
it goes to the grid and
this is adjusted with the
monthly electricity bill,
resulting in savings.
“We are providing
subsidies for solar roof-
tops under a scheme by
the Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy
.
We provide rooftop so-
lar panels to customers
through our network of
authorized and exclu-
sive channel partners
in such states,” he said.
As per government
rules and guidelines, the
subsidyis40%upto3KW
solarrooftopinstallation
and 20% upto to 10KW
.
Posing as I-T officer,woman
tries to cheat her colleagues
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A fraudster
allegedly posed as a
senior woman Income
Tax officer from Mum-
bai and by using her
picture tried to cheat
her colleagues by
sending them requests
on phone to buy gift
cards of an online
shopping platform, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
The fraudster alleg-
edly displayed the wom-
an officer’s picture on
the WhatsApp accounts
of numbers from which
the messages were sent
to her colleagues so as
to make the gift card re-
quests seem genuine,
the police official said.
The woman, who is
currently serving as the
I-T department’s princi-
pal chief commissioner
in Mumbai, recently
filed a police complaint,
based on which an FIR
was registered against
the unidentified ac-
cused, Azad Maidan po-
lice station’s senior in-
spector Bhushan Bel-
nekar said.
The Indian Revenue
Service (IRS) officer
told the police that re-
ceived calls from her
colleagues in Chennai
informing her that they
had received messages
from some phone num-
bers with the sender
posing as her and re-
questing them to pur-
chase gift cards from an
online shopping com-
pany. The woman was
earlier posted in Chen-
nai and shifted to the
I-T office here in April
this year.
A case has been regis-
tered and investigation
is underway
.
The accused allegedly displayed the woman I-T
officer’s picture on WhatsApp accounts from which
messages were sent to her colleagues so as to make
the gift card requests seem genuine
BMC deploys new start-up
innovations at civic hospitals
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
has deployed innova-
tions developed by
start-ups under its in-
cubator programme
including a neurother-
apy screener, a Blue-
tooth-enabled stetho-
scope, a genome se-
quencing test, and ad-
vanced prosthetic
hands.
The products and
technologies developed
by five start-ups have
been deployed experi-
mentally in city hospi-
tals. Haystack Analytics
Pvt. Ltd, which has been
developing genome se-
quencing analytics of
viruses for controlling
infectious diseases, op-
erates at Kasturba Hos-
pital, carriesoutOmega
series of tests for tuber-
culosis, real-time detec-
tion and analysis of
COVID-19 variants,
among other things.
Ayati Devices Pvt.
Ltd, incubated at IIT
Bombay, has developed
a new neuropathy
screener device that
can help prevent foot
amputations of diabe-
tes patients. The BMC
has started using two of
these Vibrasense devic-
es at Nair Hospital.
Ayu Devices Pvt ltd,
also incubated at IIT
Bombay, has developed
a digital Bluetooth-ena-
bled stethoscope which
can amplify the heart
and lung sounds up to
16 times helping accu-
rate diagnosis of heart
and lung abnormali-
ties. It can also record
the sounds which can
be easily transmitted
through Whatsapp.
During COVID-19 and
social distancing, the
devices have been use-
ful. The BMC has de-
ployed 75 of these de-
vices at Nair hospital.
Bionic Hope Pvt. Ltd,
incubated as part of
Start Up India, has de-
veloped a 3D printed
prosthetic hand with a
sense of touch and mul-
ti-grip control for peo-
ple with below-elbow
amputation. The BMC
has deployed four pros-
thetic hands at Sion and
Nair Hospitals. The
fifth start-up has been
working on solid waste
management solutions.
GOOD START
Neurotherapy
screener, genome
sequencing test,
advanced
prosthetic hands
among pilots
People cycle on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link during
the Cycle Chala City Bacha campaign to mark World
Environment Day, in Mumbai on Sunday.
—PHOTO
BY
BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI
Kastuba Hospital is trialling a genome sequencing test developed by Haystack Analytics.
—FILE
PHOTO
Many people have opted for
solar panel installations.
—FILE PHOTO
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PERSPECTIVE
04
cross the World a poor repre-
sentation of the women in
economic, political, social or
sports sphere compared to
their population ratio with
men is evident and facts and
figurestrulyrepresentthatit’s
still miles to go before we have
a true well meaning gender
equality where women live
and contribute to human de-
velopment on their will and
full capabilities. Globally
mere 24.9% of parliamentari-
ans, 6.2% of heads of govern-
ment and around 33% women
experience physical or sexual
abuse speaks aloud about the
poor state of gender equality
.
A Gender Equality Index re-
port compiled world over is
basedonfourkeydimensions,
Economic Participation and
Opportunity
, Educational At-
tainment, Health and Surviv-
al, and Political Empower-
ment. The countries are given
index rates from 0 to 1 (or 0%,
the lowest possible gender
equalityand100%,thehighest
possiblegenderequality).The
top three nations in the World
are Iceland, Finland and Nor-
way and the bottom three
countries are Afghanistan,
Yemen and Iraq. India stands
at124thintheWorld.Amongst
Indian states Chhattisgarh is
top-performing state in the
gender equality parameter of
the Sustainable Development
Goals. Mizoram, Meghalaya
and Kerala are good states for
women and UP
, MP and Bihar
are not so good states.
In our country where
over three fourths of popula-
tion worship Goddesses of
different kinds, yet the status
of women and gender equali-
ty has seen ups and downs
from ancient to modern
times.Vedicsocietywasaper-
fect example of gender equal-
ity and the women had same
status as men in all spheres of
life. Similar conditions pre-
vailed during Epic India. The
status of women gradually
declined during the period of
Dharmashastras and Pura-
nas where the daughters were
regarded as second class citi-
zens. The Buddhist period did
witness some changes for
good of women.
TheMedievalperiodproved
to be highly disappointing for
the Indian women and their
status further deteriorated
during this period. The Mus-
lim invaders and the Brah-
manical iron laws were main
causes for such degradation.
However, during the 14th and
15th centuries, Bhakti Move-
ment introduced new trends
in the social and the religious
life of women in India. The
British were initially reluc-
tant to interfere with the so-
cial and religious customs of
thedifferentreligiouscommu-
nities, but several social re-
formerslikeRajaRamMohan
Roy
, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasa-
gar, and Jyotiba Phule fought
for women’s right, education
andprevailedonBritishtoput
an end to the evil customs and
traditions of the society
.
The entire history of the
freedom movement is replete
with the saga of bravery
, sac-
rifice and political sagacity
of thousands of women of
our country. The prominent
ones were: Bhima Bai Holkar,
Rani Laxmi Bai, Begum Haz-
rat Mahal, Kasturba Bai, Sa-
rojini Naidu etc. Since inde-
pendence, Constitutional
provisions, women-centric
legislations, social welfare
initiatives, policies, and prac-
tices have empowered women
and provided them security
against injustice and crimes
committed against them.
Women constitute the ma-
jority of the world’s popula-
tion, but there is still no soci-
ety in which women enjoy full
equalitywithmen.Theyoften
face specific discrimination,
evenincountrieswhichgrant
legal equality to both sexes.
They suffer discrimination
and economic disadvantages.
“Gender equality implies that
women and men, and girls
and boys, enjoy the same
rights, resources, opportuni-
ties, and protections. It does
not require that girls and
boys, or women and men, be
the same, or that they are
treated exactly alike.”
(UNICEF). However the
groundrealitiesinmostcoun-
tries including ours are far
from acceptable conditions.
The role of women in na-
tion-building is undisputed
andhencetheirempowerment
isof paramountimportancein
thesociety
.Thestatusof wom-
en in India has undergone
greatchangesoverthepastfew
centuries. In independent In-
dia, women participate in all
walksof life-education,litera-
ture, culture, sports, politics,
and in other fields. Women in
India have adorned high offic-
es like cabinet ministers,
Prime Minister, Governors
and President. Although In-
dia needs to make many leaps
forward in securing the safety
andpositionof itswomenwho
face discrimination and vio-
lence on a daily basis, the situ-
ation has improved over the
years. We can prevent ills by
ensuring women’s autonomy
,
also increasing participation
and decision making power in
the family and public life. The
people and the society have to
whole heartedly support gov-
ernment initiatives like: Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao, Women
Helpline Scheme, Nari Shakti
Puraskar, Nirbhaya, Mahila
Police Volunteers and Mahila
Shakti Kendras (MSK).
The success story of Mary
Kom,PTUsha,NikhatZareen,
Phogat Sisters in sports or
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Fal-
guni Nayar or Aditi Gupta in
industry or Nirmala Sitara-
man, Mamata Banerjee in
politics or Tessy Thomas in
Science are few glaring and
inspiring examples of women
achieverstoemulate.Thejour-
ney to gender equality is not
even halfway through and to
cover these milestones we will
have to trigger a change in at-
titude at the lowest and broad-
est part of the Pyramid i.e.
Familylevel.Thefamilyhasto
invoke the feelings of respect
and honour for women and
passitontosociety
.Thesociety
as a whole has to stand for dig-
nity and equality of gender.
Finally it’s the role of govern-
ment where rules are more or
less framed and existing but
theimplementationisof poor-
eststandards.Therisingnum-
bers of females in the senior
postsingovernmentincluding
Administrative, Police and
Armed Forces Services is an
indicator of good beginning.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Happy to note that Shri @SadhguruJV
ji has envisioned the #SaveSoil
Campaign to create awareness about
soil which is the basic building block
of life on our planet. There is an urgent
need for responsible environmental
action. Wishing @IshaFoundation
success in their endeavours.
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Began my engagements in Prague by
meeting a delegation of Czech MEPs.
A good discussion on India’s ties with
EU and the Czech Republic, the Indo-
Pacific, food and energy security and
digital cooperation.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
We behold what we
are, and we are what
we behold.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
UKRAINE
WILL BUILD
BACK BETTER
fter 100 days of in-
tense fighting, it is
difficult to begin
thinking about re-
building Ukraine
when Russian bombs are still
raining down on innocent civil-
ians. But it is precisely during
times of crisis that we must con-
sider what comes next. Above
all, leading Western powers
need to play a central role in
supporting country’s recon-
struction.
To that end, the European
Commission recently proposed
establishing a “Rebuild
Ukraine” facility to channel
grants and loans. But Ukraine’s
large financial needs will re-
quire European Union to iden-
tify new funding sources, which
should include Russian central
bank’s frozen foreign-exchange
reserves, as well as funds previ-
ously confiscated from Russian
state enterprises. Reconstruc-
tion experts recommend looking
at the rebuilding task through
the lens of a natural disaster
such as an earthquake or a flood.
In the initial triage phase of re-
sponse, the government needs to
stop the bleeding – as Ukraine is
doing. That means fighting back
and ejecting the Russian invad-
ers from the entire country
.
Source: Project Syndicate
TOP TWEETS
A
lthough nearly all
heat-relateddeaths
are preventable,
heatwaves kill
thousands of peo-
ple worldwide every year. At
this very moment, an extreme
heatwave in India and Paki-
stan, affecting about one bil-
lion people, is “testing the lim-
its of human survivability
,”
warns Chandni Singh, a lead
author for the Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate
Change’s Sixth Assessment
Report. In April, the average
maximum temperature for
northwest and central India
was the highest in 122 years.
This is not just a South
Asian problem. In recent
years, similarly extreme con-
ditions occurred in the US,
Australia, Europe, Scandina-
via, Japan, resulting in
thousands of hospitaliza-
tions and excess deaths. Ex-
treme heat is also linked to
increases in premature
births, low birthweight ba-
bies, stillbirths; reductions
in worker productivity; high-
er rates of chronic kidney
disease of unknown origin;
and increases in suicide.
Extreme temperatures are
thus an “all of society” prob-
lem. Such conditions not
only harm human health;
they also have detrimental ef-
fects on infrastructure, crop
yields, poultry mortality,
threatening livelihoods. The
2021 heat dome in Pacific
Northwest western Canada
was a case in point.
It was an event that would
have been virtually impossi-
ble without climate change.
Temperature extremes were
about 5°C above previous re-
cords, causing 1,000 excess
deaths a 69-fold increase in
heat-related hospitalizations.
Oysters were cooked in their
ocean habitats, threatening
food security and livelihoods
for indigenous people.
Source: Project Syndicate
SURVIVING A FUTURE
OF EXTREME HEAT
Unprecedented extreme-heat episodes like the heatwave in India and
Pakistan this spring and the 2021 heat dome in the Pacific
Northwest are a preview of what awaits us on a warming planet.
Unless we improve our early-warning and response systems, the
number of excess deaths each year will increase
A
GENDER EQUALITY:
MILES TO GO...
A
Women constitute the
majority of the world’s
population, but there is still
no society in which women
enjoy full equality with
men. They often face specific
discrimination, even in
countries which grant legal
equality to both sexes. They
suffer discrimination and
economic disadvantages
Vedic society was a
perfect example of
gender equality and the
women had same status
as men in all spheres of
life. Similar conditions
prevailed during Epic
India. The status of
women gradually
declined during the
period of Dharmashastras
and Puranas
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
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INDIA
Kejriwal’s four
demands from
central govt
Kejriwal also made
four demands to
the Centre in re-
sponse to the Val-
ley’s targeted kill-
ings. The demands
include an action
plan to prevent
such incidents,
the cancellation
of bonds signed
with Kashmiri
Pandits that state
they cannot work
outside Kashmir,
the fulfillment of all
their demands, and
the provision of
security.
What do
Opposition
parties say?
Meanwhile, the op-
position, including
the Congress, has
slammed the Cen-
tre over the deaths.
They alleged that
the government
had failed to
provide security to
Kashmiri Pandits
forcing them out of
the valley.Maha-
rashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray also
criticized the BJP-
led central govern-
ment for putting
the community
in danger.
‘Pandits shown
hollow ‘ghar
vapasi’ dream’
“We will do what-
ever is possible for
Kashmiri Pandits,
we will not leave
them in the lurch.
I can only promise
that Maharashtra
will stand firmly
behind the Kashmi-
ri Pandits in these
difficult times,” CM
Thackeray said in a
statement. He said
Kashmiri Pandits
were shown the
dream of ‘ghar
vapasi’, but are
being targeted
and killed.
Killing spree
goes on
unabated
On Wednesday,
terrorists killed a
Hindu bank man-
ager in his office
in Kulgam. Hours
later, two migrant
laborers were shot
in central Kashmir.
One of them even-
tually died in the
hospital. Terrorists
also killed a Hindu
school teacher
on Tuesday. Last
week, terrorists
also shot dead
three off-duty po-
lice officers and a
television actress.
Central govt
promises
tough action
In high-level
meetings chaired
by Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, it
was decided that
Kashmiri Pandits
would not be sent
out of Kashmir, but
would be accom-
modated in safer
places. As per
officials, the Centre
cannot be a part of
‘ethnic cleansing’
as it believes India
is a society with
diverse cultures
and different com-
munities.
Kejriwal lashes
at too many
meetings
Targeting Amit
Shah for holding
meetings but not
taking substan-
tial steps on the
targeted killings in
Kashmir, Kejriwal
said, “Whenever
there is a murder
in Kashmir, it
comes in the me-
dia: Home Minister
called a meeting.
Too many meet-
ings are being held
while people are
dying. Now, India
needs action, not
just meetings.
DELHI CHIEF MINISTER KEJRIWAL UPS THE ANTE FROM JANTAR MANTAR
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Ghulam
Nabi Azad and Anand
Sharma, the two most
vocal members of the
disgruntled Congress
leaders’ group, did not
get a Rajya Sabha seat,
and in their place two
other members- Mukul
Wasnik and Vivek
Tankha - got a chance.
Wasnik got the reward
that he was in the camp
of disgruntled leaders
but he informed Ahmed
Patel about their plans
in time. This gave the
Congress an opportu-
nity to bear that set-
back. But the question
is, for what reason did
Vivek Tankha get a
chance to go to Rajya
Sabha again?
According to sources
in the Congress, there
are two reasons for this.
The first reason is legal
compulsion. A good, re-
nowned and resource-
ful lawyer is needed for
the cases of Nehru-Gan-
dhi family. Kapil Sibal
had left the party. Ab-
hishek Manu Singhvi is
definitely with the Con-
gress but he has become
an MP in West Bengal
with the help of Trina-
mool Congress. There
are so many cases of
Mamta Banerjee’s fam-
ily and party that it will
be difficult for her to
give him time off. Chid-
ambaram is stuck in his
cases then KTS Tulsi is
not of much help in big
cases. So there was a
compulsion to keep
Tanka. Secondly, his
name was endorsed by
Kamal Nath and there-
after the Congress did
not want to take any
risk by rejecting him.
Why is Vivek Tankha repeated by Cong in RS polls?
‘LEGAL COMPULSIONS’
lll
Senior lawyer
Vijay Tankha’s
name was
endorsed by
Kamal Nath and
thereafter the
Congress did
not want to take
any risk by
rejecting him
7 girls drown in pit in Tamil Nadu village
Kuchipalayam: Seven
girls, aged 10 to 18,
drowned in a deep pit
filled with water near a
check dam built across
the Gedilam river at
Kuchipalayam near
Cuddalore on Sunday
.
Police said the girls
gathered near a 15-foot-
deep pit located 300 me-
tres from a check dam
built across the Gedi-
lam river at noon. The
pit was filled with water
after the recent rains.
They entered into the
waters to take bath.
When they ventured
into a deeper part of the
pit, two of the girls were
trapped inside and
started drowning.
The others tried to
rescue them, but they
too drowned.
Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M.K. Stalin
condoled the death of
the seven persons and
announced a solatium
of ₹5 lakh to the families
of each of the deceased
from the Chief Minis-
ter’s Public Relief
Fund.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with his deputy Manish Sisodia speaks during Jan Aakrosh Rally
over the recent targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, in New Delhi on Sunday.
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DAILY
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NEWSVIEWS
Delaware: A small private airplane mistaken-
ly entered restricted airspace near President
Joe Biden’s Delaware vacation home Satur-
day, prompting the brief evacuation of the
president and first lady, the White House and
the Secret Service said. The White House
said there was no threat to the Biden or his
family and that precautionary measures
were taken. After the situation was assessed,
Biden and his wife, Jill, returned to their
Rehoboth Beach home.
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajnath Singh
will embark on a three-
day visit to Vietnam on
June 8 for talks with
his Vietnamese coun-
terpart General Phan
Van Giang to deepen
bilateral defence co-
operation, the defence
ministry announced
on Sunday. Singh will
preside over the hand-
ing over ceremony of
12 high-speed boats to
Vietnam at the Hong Ha
yard in Hai Phong.
Thiruvananthapuram:
Two school students
in Kerala were found
to be infected with the
highly-contagious nor-
ovirus, a bug similar to
the diarrhoea-inducing
rotavirus. The infection
was diagnosed after
samples of students
who complained of
food poisoning were
tested. It is believed
that the students got
food poisoning from
midday meals distribut-
ed at the school.
US PREZ BIDEN EVACUATED AFTER
PLANE FLIES OVER BEACH HOME
RAJNATH TO
VISIT VIETNAM
TO DEEPEN
DEFENCE TIES
2 STUDENTS TEST
POSITIVE FOR
NOROVIRUS IN
KERALA
New Delhi: The BJP has decided to depute
182 leaders to as many Assembly constit-
uencies of Gujarat in order to reach out to
the grassroots workers and its supporters.
These leaders include all the sitting and
former MPs and MLAs and other senior
leaders. Each leader will have to tour one
constituency for three days and meet senior
party workers, social activists, retired leaders
and other workers. The Assembly elections
will be held at the end of the year.
BJP DEPUTES 182 LEADERS IN
GUJARAT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Minister Aaditya
Thackeray expressed
concern over the situ-
ation in Jammu and
Kashmir in the after-
math of the recent tar-
geted killings in the
union territory and
termed the situation
‘deeply concerning’.
He further said that
the doors of Maha-
rashtra are always
open for Kashmiri
Pandits.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Sunday held a
protest in the national
capital against the Cen-
tre following an in-
crease in targeted kill-
ings in Jammu and
Kashmir.
The protest was held
at the iconic Jantar
Mantar, a focal point of
protests in the city
.
While slamming the
central government,
Kejriwal said BJP-led
central government has
failed Kashmiri Pan-
dits. The Valley has wit-
nessed nearly 20 target-
ed killings, including
those of police officials,
teachers, and sarpanch-
es recently
.
‘Modi govt failed Kashmiri Pandits’
THE STORY SO FAR
When Kashmiri Pandits protest against the targeted killings,
the present BJP government in Kashmir does not allow them to
protest. If the government behaves like this, the suffering of the
people becomes double Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM and AAP national convenor
Spike in civilian
killings over the
last few months
Kashmir Valley
has been facing
a spike in civilian
killings over the last
few months. The
home minister had
convened the emer-
gency meetings to
discuss the security
in JK. Kejriwal said
the Bharatiya Janata
Party government
has failed the com-
munity. He went on
to say that Kashmiri
Pandits do not want
meetings with the
Centre, but rather an
immediate action.
Maha doors open for
Pandits, says Aaditya
BJP BUSY PROMOTING MOVIES: RAUT
Hyderabad: Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
MLA M Raghunandan
Rao, addressing a
press conference on
Saturday, showed re-
porters a purported
video of an MLA son’s
involvement in the
case of a minor’s gan-
grape in Hyderabad’s
upscale Jubilee Hills.
“There is a sexual
assault against the girl
in the video which was
presented for 10 sec-
onds. There were four
people in the red-col-
oured Mercedes but
none of them was
shown as accused by
the police,” Rao later
said in an interview.
“Sexual assault can
be seen in the video
clearly. I have not
shown the face of the
girl or exposed her
identity, taking all the
precautions of the
POCSO Act. The faces
of the accused individ-
uals, however, can be
seen. Whether they are
minor or not, let the
court or police decide
that. I have put forth
the evidence before the
police and the public.
Now the police should
determine if there was
involvement of the
MLA’s son,” Rao add-
ed.
Opposition BJP and
Congress demanded
that the TRS govern-
ment hand over the in-
vestigation to CBI to
ensure an impartial
probe.
In an open letter to
Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao,
state BJP president
and MP, Bandi Sanjay
Kumar referred to me-
dia reports about the
alleged involvement of
kin of some politically
influential people.
Kolkata: An alleged
smuggler was killed in
an encounter with Bor-
derSecurityForce(BSF)
personnel near the in-
ternational border be-
tween India and Bangla-
desh in West Bengal’s
Murshidabaddistricton
Sunday morning.
BSF officials said a
group of smugglers at-
tacked a jawan while
smuggling Phensedyl,
following which forces
retaliated. One smug-
gler was killed in the
ensuing exchange.
The incident took
place on Sunday morn-
ingintheareaof Border
Out Post Sagarpara, 141
Battalion where a pa-
trolling party was alert
for suspicious activity
after receiving reliable
inputs from the BSF’s
intelligence depart-
ment.
Around 3 am in the
morning, troops ob-
served the movement of
10-15 smugglers in the
area, and informed the
patrolling party
. Shortly
afterwards, the smug-
glers attacked the
jawans using stones and
dah (an edged weapon).
The jawans also started
retaliatory action, after
attempts to drive them
away with a non-lethal
weapon.
BJP leader shares
video, claims MLA
son’s involvement
HYDERABAD GANGRAPE CASE
India-Bangladesh
border: Smugglers
attack BSF jawans
ENVIRONMENT NEEDS US: BIRLA
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla along with
wife Dr Amita Birla
planted saplings on
World Environment
Day on Sunday at
his residence in New
Delhi. Birla, while
appealing to everyone
to plant saplings, said
that Earth’s rising
temperature is a sign
that the environment
needs us.
A
A
ANOTHER GANGRAPE
One killed in retaliatory action
BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao
Vivek Tankha

06
INDIA
HIGH SECURITY ALERT IN PAKISTAN CAPITAL, ADJOINING AREAS
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Congress
party has fielded Ajay
Maken as its candidate
from Haryana and it is
being said that former
Chief Minister Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda had
laid a condition that if
the party makes any-
one a candidate, in-
stead of Randeep Sur-
jewala and Kumari
Selja, he will ensure
their victory.
Earlier it seemed
that the party would
field a Brahmin from
Haryana and Pramod
Tiwari also went to
meet Hooda. Rajeev
Shukla was also trying
and Anand Sharma’s
name was also dis-
cussed.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
has been in charge of
Haryana, hence his
name was also being
discussed. But in the
end, the Congress de-
cided Maken’s name
and now it will be Hoo-
da’s responsibility to
ensure his victory.
Congress may have
sent Maken to Haryana
under whatever com-
pulsion, but party lead-
ers are claiming of two
advantages. First, his
is a Punjabi Khatris,
the community from
which Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
belongs.
There is a discussion
in Haryana that BJP
will not contest the
next election in the
name of Khattar. By
the time of next elec-
tion, it will be ten years
and before that BJP
will field a new leader
so that anti-incumben-
cy can be reduced. In
such a situation, Con-
gress will get the bene-
fit of Maken’s being
sent to Rajya Sabha
from the state.
Even if the BJP does
not remove Khattar, the
Congress will present a
Punjabi Khatri face.
Another advantage of
Maken is that Ashok
Tanwar, who was the
President of Congress
and now doing Aam
Aadmi Party politics, is
his brother-in-law.
So, Congress will
somehow try to neu-
tralize him with the
help of Maken.
Why was Ajay Maken sent to Haryana?
lll
Ghulam Nabi
Azad has been
in charge of
Haryana, hence
his name was
discussed. But
the Congress
decided Maken’s
name and now it
will be Hooda’s
responsibility to
ensure his win
Islamabad on toes after rumours of
ex-Pak PM Imran Khan’s assassination
My wife is innocent:
Assam CM to Sisodia
Sarma rubbishes PPE kits scam, calls it humanitarian work
Guwahati: Assam
Chief Minister Him-
anta Biswa Sarma on
Sunday threatened Del-
hi Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia for accusing
him of corruption over
(personal protective
equipment) PPE kits
during the Covid pan-
demic.
Himanta Biswa Sar-
ma Tweeted: “The com-
pany in question wrote
to Assam’s NHM stat-
ing that supply of
around 1,500 PPE kits
for Covid warriors
must be treated as CSR
contribution and hence
not a single rupee must
be paid by Govt. Assam
NHM duly acknowl-
edged the same.”
“Manish bhai, this is
not corruption, it’s hu-
manity. My wife hasn’t
committed a crime, she
tried to help Assam at
the time of its biggest
crisis. Throwing muck
at others will not be ac-
cepted. You will face
legal consequences,”
he added.
Earlier, Himanta
Biswa Sarma had said,
“We are in the extreme
north of country. We
struggled for every
PPE at that point of
time. Roads were
closed. Train and air
services were halted.
Anybody who gave PPE
kit at that point of
time, we are eternally
grateful.”
He added, “My fami-
ly has donated PPE kits
to the government of
Assam at that point of
time. And no business
transaction has hap-
pened and not a single
penny has been paid to
any of the companies
or individuals who are
part of my family.”
Islamabad: Security
agencies have been
put on high alert in
Islamabad and its
surrounding areas
amid rumours of an
assassination plot be-
ing hatched against
former Pakistan
Prime Minister Im-
ran Khan.
“Security Division
has deployed dedicat-
ed security in Bani
Gala. A list of people
in Bani Gala has not
been provided yet to
Police. Section 144 is
imposedinIslamabad
and any event is not
allowed as per orders
of District Magis-
trate,” according to
Islamabad police
spokesperson.
He said gatherings
had also been prohib-
ited in the capital.
NEWSVIEWS
NADAL RULES CLAY!
Spain’s Rafael Nadal lifts the cup after defeating
Norways Casper Ruud during their final match of the
French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros
stadium in Paris on Sunday. Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Sisodia had
questioned why
the BJP was
silent on the
corruption
involving Assam
CM Sarma’s
wife Riniki
No gathering
or congregation
allowed
Officials said the
Security Division has
deployed dedicated
security in Bani Gala
while no gathering or
congregation is
allowed as per orders
of District Magistrate.
“Islamabad Police will
provide complete
security to Khan as per
the law,” they said.
PTI warns of
aggression if
anything happens
PTI lawmaker Faisal
Vawda had made
similar claims of a plot
to kill the then
Pakistan’s PM Khan
for his refusal to “sell
the country.” Hassan
Niazi, Khan’s nephew,
has threatened
an “aggressive
response” if Khan is
assassinated.
Imran Khan was
advised to use
bulletproof glass
While responding to
the conspiracy to
assassinate the
premier was
mentioned in the letter,
several PTI leaders
said that Khan was
advised to use
bulletproof glasses
during his rally at
Islamabad`s Parade
ground.
Current
political scene
in Pakistan
Former PM Imran
Khan has been
attempting to
corner the new
government over
the economic
situation. PTI leader
Fawad Chaudhary in
April had stated that
securities firms had
disclosed a ‘plot’ to
assassinate Khan.
Anything
happens to
our leader
Imran Khan, will
be treated as attack
on Pakistan. Re-
sponse will be ag-
gressive. The han-
dlers will also regret
the consequences
—Hassaan Niazi,
Nephew of Imran Khan
ALL FOR SAVING SOIL!
Union IB Minister Anurag Thakur with Sadhguru and former cricketer and Rajya Sabha
MP Harbhajan Singh attend the ‘Save Soil Movement’ programme on the occasion of
World Environment Day, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
THE STORY SO FAR
Bhubnaeswar: Bracing
for the 2024 Assembly
elections, Odisha Chief
Minister Navin Patnaik
on Sunday recast his
council of ministers, in-
ductingfivewomenmin-
isters, besides giving
larger representation to
the youth as 21 MLAs
took the oath of offices.
The new council of
ministers was constitut-
ed after all 20 ministers
in Odisha had resigned
on Saturday
.
Thereshufflehasbeen
done to give an opportu-
nity to new faces and in-
troduce a combination
of young and experi-
enced leaders from BJD
intothecabinetaheadof
the 2024 general and as-
sembly elections.
The swearing-in cer-
emony took place in the
new convention centre
of Lok Seva Bhawan in
Bhubaneswar.
Atotalof 21Ministers,
including13Cabinetand
8Ministerof State(Inde-
pendent charge), took
oath in the Naveen Pat-
naik-led state council of
ministers.
Five women MLAs
were inducted in the
council of ministers,
including three as Cabi-
net Ministers. In the
last cabinet, only two
women were part of the
council of ministers.
The newly-inducted
women cabinet minis-
ters are Pramila Mallik,
Usha Devi and Tukuni
Sahu. The Naveen Pat-
naik government has
completed three years
of its fifth consecutive
term as the Chief
Minister of Odisha on
May 29.
Odisha Cabinet rejig: 21 mins,including 5 women,take oath
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during the oath taking
ceremony of new cabinet ministers in Bhubnaeswar.
India heading towards civil war
under BJP rule, says Lalu Yadav
Patna: RashtriyaJanata
Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu
PrasadYadavlauncheda
scathing attack against
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Sunday
,
June 5. Lalu Yadav al-
leged that the country
was heading towards
civil war under the pre-
sent BJP rule.
The war of words had
erupted between RJD
leader Lalu Prasad and
BJP on the occasion of
Sampoorna Kranti Di-
was. Various political
parties including BJP,
JDU, and RJD organ-
ised events on the occa-
sion of Sampoorn
Kranti Divas in Patna.
Lalu Yadav, who was ex-
pected to participate in
the Sampoorna Kranti
Divas event organised
by RJD, did not turn up
due to ill health, but
sent a video message.
The RJD leader first
paid tribute to Loknay-
ak Jayaprakash and re-
called how he fought
against dictatorship 48
years ago when he was
a student leader under
the leadership of
Jayaprakash Narayan.
Lalu Yadav further
said that the dictator-
ship against which he
had fought 48 years ago
was being witnessed in
present day also, and
now he is fighting again
against the present dic-
tatorial system.
“Today, the situation
in the country has be-
come the same again.
Dictatorship and wily
power want to destroy
the brotherhood and
unity of our country
.
RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said India’s ef-
forts to protect the envi-
ronment are multi-di-
mensional even though
its role in climate
change negligible. Modi
was addressing a pro-
gramme on ‘Save Soil
Movement’ on the occa-
sion of World Environ-
ment Day at Delhi’s Vig-
yan Bhawan.
Modi also said India’s
forest cover grew by
over 20,000 sq km in last
eight years - record
growth in wildlife num-
bers too.
Modi said the country
has worked relentlessly
to keep the soil alive. He
saidthegovernmenthas
focused on five main
things to save the soil.
1. How to make the
soil chemical-free.
2. How to save the
creatures that live in the
soil, which in the techni-
cal language are called
soil organic matter.
3. How to maintain
soil moisture, how to in-
crease the availability
of water till it.
4. How to remove the
damage that is happen-
ing to the soil due to less
groundwater.
5.Howtostopthecon-
tinuous erosion of soil
due to the reduction of
forest cover.
He added that inter-
nationally, India has led
the creation of CDRI
and the International
Solar Alliance.
PM gives 5 points to save
soil, recalls policies in last
8 years for environment
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi launched a global
initiative ‘Lifestyle for
the Environment – LiFE
Movement’ on Sunday
via video conference.
‘LiFE Global Call for
Papers’ invites ideas
and suggestions from
academics, universities
research institu-
tions etc to persuade
communities across
the world to adopt an
environment-conscious
lifestyle.
PM MODI
LAUNCHES GLOBAL
INITIATIVE‘LIFE
MOVEMENT’
The reshuffle has been done to give an
opportunity to new faces and introduce
a combination of young and experienced
leaders from BJD into the cabinet
ahead of the 2024 general elections

BIZ BUZZ
07
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Motors is gearing up to
strengthen its RD
with fresh hiring as
well as upskilling of
the current employees
this fiscal year in order
to scale up capabilities
across various busi-
ness verticals, includ-
ing the electric vehicle
segment, as per a top
company official.
In the EV space, the
company is looking to
enhance its expertise
in the area of battery
packs and vehicle ar-
chitecture, among oth-
ers. “As far as hiring in
RD is concerned we
are going for major hir-
ing, especially this
year, but there is also
another area which we
have looked into very
deeply and that is up-
skilling the current en-
gineers within RD,”
Tata Motors President
PV and EV Shailesh
Chandra said. It is go-
ing to be a big compo-
nent of how the com-
pany is planning to re-
ally expand its RD
base, he added.
The Mumbai-based
auto major, in line with
its growth aspirations
and business plans for
the next few years, is
hiring across various
verticals like advanced
engineering, product
development, supply
chain, operations and
commercial functions
at different levels.
Chandra noted that
there would be en-
hanced collaborations
with other group enti-
ties, including JLR go-
ing ahead to enhance
capabilities.
“There is a lot of col-
laboration which will
happen with various
Tata companies, in-
cluding JLR. So capa-
bilities will not be
only... Limited to with-
in Tata Motors, but also
seeing the opportuni-
ties of synergies with
JLR as well as other
Tata companies, which
have a lot of capability
in the area of soft-
wares. So, these are the
areas where we are fo-
cusing on,” Chandra
stated. In the EV space,
Chandra said the com-
pany has started to de-
velop capabilities in
the area of battery
packs, motor design,
new architectures.
TaMo looks to strengthen RD capabilities with hiring
NEW POSSIBILITIES
Another rate hike on cards,
sayexpertsaheadofMPCmeet
RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das-headed MPC will meet for 3 days beginning today
India turns 10%
of its petrol green
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia has achieved the
target of supplying
10% ethanol-blended
petrol five months
ahead of schedule and
is aiming to double the
blend by 2025-26 in or-
der to cut oil import
dependence and ad-
dress environmental
issues.
The original target
for doping 10% etha-
nol, extracted from
sugarcane and other
agri commodities, in
petrol originally was
November 2022 but
this has been achieved
in June thanks to tre-
mendous effort by
state-owned fuel re-
tailers IOC, BPCL and
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd
(HPCL). “Due to the
coordinated efforts of
the public sector oil
marketing companies
(OMCs), the target of
10% blending has been
achieved much ahead
of the targeted time-
lines of November,
2022 with OMCs at-
taining an average
10% ethanol blending
in petrol (10% ethanol,
90% petrol) across the
country,” an official
statement said.
This, it added, trans-
lates into a forex im-
pact of over `41,500
crore, reduced green-
house gas (GHG) emis-
sions of 27 lakh tonnes
and has also led to the
expeditious payment
of over `40,600 crore to
farmers.
CoalsupplybyCILtoCPPsdropsinMay
New Delhi (PTI): The
coal dispatch by state-
owned CIL to captive
power plants and sec-
tors like cement regis-
tered a decline in May
as compared to the year-
ago month.
While the fuel supply
by CIL to captive power
plants dropped 39.74%
in May 2022 over the
year-ago period, dis-
patch to the cement sec-
tor declined 16.74%.
he coal supply by the
PSU to the sponge sec-
tor also dropped 8.74%
year-on-year in May
.
However, supply to
the steel sector went up
by 67.83% and to the
power sector increased
by 19.48% last month,
over May 2021.
In the wake of the
short supply of coal to
the non-regulated sec-
tor, industry bodies had
earlier sought PM Nar-
endra Modi’s interven-
tion in the matter, stat-
ing that industries are
compelled to purchase
power from exchanges
at higher rates due to
increased demand.
Reeling under the cri-
sis on account of con-
tinued coal shortage, a
major segment of the
manufacturing sector,
MSMEs and captive
power plant-based in-
dustry had jointly sub-
mitted a representation
to the prime minister
through a group of 10
industry associations.
CPSEs to execute sale of units
FPIs pull out `40K crore
from equities in May
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
tinuing its heavy sell-
ing spree for the eighth
consecutive month,
foreign investors
pulled out nearly
`40,000 crore from the
Indian equity market
in May on fears of an
aggressive rate hike by
US Federal Reserve
that dented investor
sentiments.
With this, net out-
flow by FPIs from equi-
ties reached at `1.69
lakh crore so far in
2022, data with deposi-
tories showed.
Going ahead, FPI
flows will remain vola-
tile in the emerging
markets on account of
rising geo-political
risk, rising inflation,
tightening of mone-
tary policy by central
banks, among others,
Shrikant Chouhan,
Head - Equity Research
(Retail), Kotak Securi-
ties said. According to
the data, foreign inves-
tors withdrew a net
amount of `39,993
crore from equities in
May
. This massive out-
flow is the major factor
for the weakness in the
Indian market. For-
eign investors have
been taking out money
from equities in the
last eight months
(from Oct 2021-May
2022), withdrawing a
massive net amount of
`2.07 lakh crore.
4oftop-10firmsadd
`2.31 L cr in m-cap
New Delhi (PTI):
Four of the 10 most
valued domestic firms
together added a
whopping `2,31,320.37
crore in market valua-
tion last week, with
market heavyweight
Reliance Industries
contributing the most
to the overall gains.
While TCS, Infosys
and ICICI Bank were
the other gainers from
the top-10 pack, HDFC
Bank, HUL, LIC, SBI,
HDFC and Bharti Air-
tel faced erosion from
their market valua-
tion. Their cumulative
losses stood at
`68,140.72 crore. The
valuation of RIL
jumped `1,38,222.46
crore to reach
`18,80,350.47 crore.
The m-cap of Tata
Consultancy Services
(TCS) rallied by
`64,618.85 crore to
`12,58,274.59 crore and
that of Infosys zoomed
`25,728.52 crore to
`6,40,373.02 crore.
ICICI Bank added
`2,750.54 crore, taking
its valuation to
`5,17,049.46 crore.
In the ranking of
top-10 firms, Reliance
Industries retained
the title of the most
valued firm, followed
by TCS, HDFC Bank,
Infosys, HUL, ICICI
Bank, LIC, SBI, HDFC
and Bharti Airtel.
KFC India plans
to unveil 20
eco-friendly
restros in 2022
Chennai (PTI): Fast
food chain KFC In-
dia has unveiled an
initiative ‘KFCon-
scious’ under which
it aims to set up ‘sus-
tainable restaurants’
by tapping energy
efficiency and use of
environment friend-
ly materials. The
first such sustaina-
ble restaurant has
been set up at Thiya-
garaya Nagar in
Chennai, the com-
pany said. “A first for
the Quick Service
Restaurant industry
in the country, the
restaurant is located
at Thiyagarayana-
gar in Chennai,”
marking the brand’s
commitment to grow
sustainably, a com-
pany statement said
here. “The efforts
with KFConscious
initiative align with
KFC’s global com-
mitment of reducing
greenhouse gas
emissions by 46% by
2030. This is in addi-
tion to a sustainabil-
ity commitment of
all plastic-based,
consumer facing
packaging to be re-
coverable or reusa-
ble by 2025.”
The valuation
of Reliance
Industries
jumped
`1,38,222.46
crore to reach
`18,80,350.47
crore
Net outflow by
FPIs from equities
reached at `1.69
lakh crore so far
RBIpolicy,globaltrends
tobekeydriversformkts
New Delhi (PTI):
The RBI’s policy de-
cision would be the
major event driving
trading sentiment in
the equity market
this week, while glob-
al cues, foreign funds
movement and crude
oil prices will be the
other key factors to
watch out for, ana-
lysts said.
Markets have been
witnessing a re-
bound recently
. How-
ever, the move lacks
decisiveness amid
lingering challenges
like global policy
tightening due to
soaring inflation and
geopolitical tensions,
they added. “RBI pol-
icy, global macro
numbers and crude
oil prices will set the
trend for this week.
5 MONTHS BEFORE
Nepal exporting
additional 144
MWelectricity
Kathmandu (PTI):
Nepal has started
exporting an ad-
ditional 144 MW of
electricity generated
by its Kaligandaki
hydropower plant
to India through its
power exchange
market. Buoyed by
continuous rain-
fall this year, the
Himalayan nation is
exporting surplus
electricity to India
through its power
exchange market
for the second
consecutive year,
according to the
Nepal Electricity
Authority (NEA), the
state-owned power
utility body. The
NEA started export-
ing the additional
electricity generated
by its Kaligandaki
hydropower plant to
India from Saturday
midnight.
Mumbai (PTI): With
inflation showing no
signs of abatement, the
Reserve Bank is likely
to increase the bench-
mark lending rate in
quick succession in its
forthcoming monetary
policy review on
Wednesday, a hint for
which has already been
given by Governor
Shaktikanta Das,
opined experts.
There are specula-
tions that the central
bank may go for at least
35 bps hike over and
above the 40 bps hike
effected last month af-
ter an off-cycle MPC
meeting. Experts are
expecting more hikes
in repo rate in the com-
ing months. Governor
Das-headed MPC will
meet for three day be-
ginning Monday. The
decision taken during
the meeting will be an-
nounced by the gover-
nor on Wednesday
.
The retail inflation,
which RBI factors in
while arriving at its
monetary policy, gal-
loped for a seventh
straightmonthtotouch
an 8-year high of 7.79%
in April, mainly on ac-
count of surging com-
modity prices, includ-
ing fuel, due to ongoing
Russia-Ukraine war.
The wholesale price-
based inflation has re-
mained in double digits
for 13 months and
touched a record high
of 15.08% in April.
Recently in a TV in-
terview, the governor
said that the “expecta-
tion of rate hike is a no-
brainer, there will be
some increase in the
repo rates, but by how
much I will not be able
to tell now but to say
that 5.15 may not be
very accurate”.
On expectation from
the MPC, Madan Sab-
navis, Chief Econo-
mist, Bank of Baroda,
said the credit policy to
be announced will be
important from the
point of view of not
just rate action but also
the RBI’s thoughts on
growth and inflation.
“The increase in
repo rate can be taken
as almost given but the
quantum may not be
more than 25-35 bps as
the earlier minutes of
the meeting held in
May indicated that the
MPC was not in favour
of a large increase in
repo rate at one shot,”
Sabnavis said.
HIGHLIGHTS DEFINING
FACTORS

z There are speculations
that the central bank may go
for at least 35 basis points
(bps) hike over and above
the 40 bps hike effected last
month after an off-cycle
Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) meeting.

z Governor Das-headed
MPC will meet for three day
beginning Monday.

z The retail inflation, which
RBI factors in while arriving
at its monetary policy, gal-
loped for a seventh straight
month to touch an 8-year
high of 7.79% in April
The retail inflation,
which RBI factors
in while arriving at
its monetary policy,
galloped for a sev-
enth straight month
to touch an 8-year
high of 7.79% in
April, mainly on
account of surging
commodity prices
The wholesale
price-based inflation
has remained in
double digits for 13
months touched
15.08% in April.
New Delhi (PTI): Stra-
tegic sale of units of
CPSEs for which Cabi-
net approval is already
in place will have to be
executed by the respec-
tive state-owned compa-
nies in accordance with
the guidelines to be laid
down by DIPAM short-
ly, the finance ministry
has said. However,
those transactions for
which EoI have been is-
sued will continue to
be handled by the DI-
PAM, it said.
DIPAM, in an office
memorandum dated
June 1, said that the
strategic sale pro-
posal of any CPSE
unit which has been ap-
proved by the CCEA or
AM will be taken for-
ward by the state-owned
company in accordance
with the new guide-
lines. The office memo-
randum follows the de-
cision of the Cabinet on
May 18, which empow-
e r e d t h e
boards of PSEs to de-
cide on the closure,
strategic or minority
stake sale in units/sub-
sidiaries, thereby giv-
ing more autonomy to
state-owned compa-
nies. In the office mem-
orandum, the DIPAM
said that the Cabinet
had empowered the
boards of holding/par-
ent PSEs “to undertake
transactions for disin-
vestments /closure of
subsidiaries/units/
sale of stakes in JVs,
including for such
cases, where ‘in-prin-
ciple’ approval by the
CCEA/AM has been
accorded”.

08
2NDFRONT
The right amount of exercise and
nourishment is the safest and
easiest way to good health.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Amid acute shortage, villagers
risk their lives for muddy water
Nashik (ANI): Amid
the scorching summer,
a village in Nashik is
facing a severe water
crisis. In Chichle-
khaire village in Na-
shik, women travel
arduous 3km treks to
fetch water. People in
the village are forced
to fetch muddy water
by going into a deep
well, where the water
level has plummeted.
“We have not have
water for a month. We
fetch water from far
away
. A man goes down
deep into a well that is
almost dry to bring up
the muddy water left at
the base. We demand
that the government to
provide us potable wa-
ter,” a villager Chhaya
Shende said.
“The women of our
village have to walk
3km every day to fetch
water. We do not have
water in our village. It
has become very diffi-
cult for us to even feed
cattle,” another vil-
lager, Kashinath
Shende, said.
Schoolstoreopenwithproper
precautions,newSOP:EduMin
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the
city and state contin-
uing to see a rise in
COVID-19 cases, Ma-
harashtra School Ed-
ucation Minister Var-
sha Gaikwad on Sun-
day said her depart-
ment will take neces-
sary precautions
while reopening
schools in the state
around June 15, as
scheduled. The de-
partment will devise
the requisite Stand-
ard Operating Proce-
dure and decide on
whether or not to
make masks manda-
tory for students
based on the COV-
ID-19 scenario next
weekend, she added.
“The past two years
have been tough for stu-
dents, and we have to
take into account their
loss in quality class-
room education, too.
For example, students
who will enter Class II
have never attended
schools,” Gaikwad said.
She said measured
steps need to be taken
taking into account the
safety and wellbeing of
students as well as en-
suring that there is no
further loss in the qual-
ity of education.
“Sporting masks will
also help protect stu-
dents and they are ad-
vised to use masks
when the classes start,”
she said, adding that a
final decision will be
taken following discus-
sions with the state
task force and based on
its recommendations.
Meanwhile, the state
reported more than
1,000 new cases of COV-
ID-19 for the fifth con-
secutive across on Sun-
day, when it saw 1,494
new cases and one
death. With this, Maha-
rashtra has 6,767 active
cases, with Mumbai ac-
counting for 4,880--up
from 4,294 on Saturday-
-data from the state
health department
showed.
After Mumbai, neigh-
bouring Thane has re-
ported 960 active cases,
followed by Pune with
501 active cases, Raigad
with 167 cases, Palghar
district with 100 cases
and 10 cases in coastal
Sindhudurg district.
The data from Bri-
hanmumbai Municipal
Corporation showed
that new cases in Mum-
bai went up from 889
cases on Saturday to
961 cases, and one more
p a n d e m i c - r e l a t e d
death was reported on
Sunday. Of the new
cases, 95% are asymp-
tomatic, while 44 had to
be hospitalized; four of
these were put on oxy-
gen, the health depart-
ment said. However,
despite the directives
of the BMC Commis-
sioner Iqbal Singh Cha-
hal to ramp up daily
testing from 8,000-odd
to 40,000 per day, the
civic body carried out
only 8,778 tests.
Schools will have to follow the state's SOP when classes begin around June 15. —FILE PHOTO
Decision on mask
mandate for
students to be
taken later
The past two
years have been
tough for stu-
dents, and we have to
take into account their
loss in quality classroom
education, too. For ex-
ample, students who will
enter Class II have never
attended schools.
—Varsha Gaikwad,
School Education Minister
GEARING UP FOR MONSOON SEASON
A crane lifts a fishing boat, ahead of the monsoon season, in Mumbai on Sunday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Bengaluru (PTI):
Mumbai will strive to
return to their glory
days in the Ranji Tro-
phy quarterfinal
against Uttarakhand,
beginning here from
Monday
.
By the time the hilly
state--looking to scale
new heights with a new
generation of players-
-came into existence
nearly 22 years ago, the
heavyweights had won
the country’s premier
domestictournamentan
unprecedented 34 times.
From 2000 to 2022,
Mumbai had placed an-
other seven humongous
title-winning cups in
their trophy cabinet.
However, Mumbai’s
entry into the quarterfi-
nals of this edition was
far from smooth as they
just about made it after
Saurashtra failed to
win with a bonus point
in their last group
match against Goa.
Nevertheless, the 41-
time winners are the
firm favourites heading
into their latest chal-
lenge.
Mumbai will bank on
their skipper Prithvi
Shaw to lead from the
front as the diminutive
right-handed batter
has the ability to take
the inexperienced Utta-
rakhand attack to the
task at the Alur Cricket
Stadium II.
Mumbai have a set of
relatively new batters,
includingArmanJaffer,
Bhupen Lalwani and
Hardik Tamore, who
will need to play their
roles well. However, the
two players who can
make a big impact are
young opener Yashasvi
Jaiswal and Sarfaraz
Khan, the latter of
which has pulled Mum-
bai out of trouble on
many occasions and
will again look to an-
chor the innings.
Ditto for Jaiswal, in
whom the team manage-
ment and coach Amol
Mazumdarhavereposed
faith time and again.
Batter-keeper Aditya
Tare will need to shoul-
der more responsibility
along with left-arm
spinning all-rounder
Shams Mulani, who
grabbed 11 wickets in
the team’s last league
game against Goa.
Off-spinner Kotian
could be preferred over
seniorpro,ShashankAt-
tarde, given his ability
with the bat.
Mumbai have a de-
cent pace attack, led by
the seasoned Dhawal
Kulkarni, who will
have company in Tush-
ar Deshpande.
Mumbai favourites against Uttarakhand
RANJI TROPHY
The Muzumdar-
coached side will
be aiming to move
a step closer to its
42nd title
Mumbai’s entry into the quarterfinals of this
edition was far from smooth. —FILE PHOTO
Actor Ketaki Chitale’s
lawyer demands CBI
probe into her arrest
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Weeks af-
ter the arrest of ac-
tress Ketaki Chitale
for allegedly sharing
a derogatory post on
Facebook against
NationalistCongress
Party (NCP) chief
Sharad Pawar, a
group of advocates
met Governor BS Ko-
shyari and sought a
CBI probe into the
matter.
Chitale was arrest-
ed on May 14 and after
a case was registered
against her under sec-
tions 500 (defama-
tion), 501 (printing or
engraving defamato-
ry matter) and 153A
(promoting enmity
between two groups
on the basis of reli-
gion, caste, etc), 505
(intent of mutiny) of
the Indian Penal
Code. She was sent for
14-day judicial custo-
dy after police custo-
dy ended on May 18.
As many as 15 cases
havebeenfiledagainst
the actor, whose post
allegedly contained
phrases like “hell is
waiting” and made ob-
jectionablestatements
about the appearance,
illnessandvoiceof Pa-
war, whose party
shares power here
with the Shiv Sena
and Congress.
The delegation also
sought an inquiry into
the alleged assault on
Chitale outside Kal-
amboli police station
while she was being
arrested.
A report must be
sought on the “invis-
ible hand” that man-
aged to get multiple
FIRs registered
against Chitale in dif-
ferent parts of the
state, the delegation
urged the governor on
Saturday
.
Ketki Chitale was arrested on May 14. —FILE PHOTO
As many as 15
cases have been
filed against the
actor, whose post
allegedly made
objectionable
statements about
Sharad Pawar
10-year-old girl raped in Nagpur
First India Bureau
Nagpur: A 10-year-old
girl was allegedly
raped by a 50-year-old
man in Nagpur city’s
MIDC area, police
said on Sunday.
The girl’s maternal
uncle is the accused’s
tenant. The accused,
identified as Pradip
Choudhary, committed
the crime at his house
under the pretext of giv-
ing flour to the girl, who
was visiting her uncle.
“The girl’s maternal
uncle had called her and
her mother for dinner.
The girl reached early
.
Meanwhile, Choudhary
reached his tenant’s
house. After spotting the
girl, he requested her
maternal uncle to make
‘chapatis’ for him and
asked her to accompany
him to his house under
the pretext of offering
herflourwhereheraped
her,” the official said.
The wife and children
of the accused had gone
toarelative’splaceatthe
time of the incident.
Choudhary allowed the
girl to go after commit-
ting the crime, the offi-
cialsaidquotingtheFIR.
A case was registered
under section 376 (Pun-
ishment for rape) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC)
and the Protection of
Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act.
Choudhary is yet to be
arrested.
Nagpur: Two
men--identified as
Gajanan Suresh Rangari
and Om Sihwar Bagal--
were booked from rural
Nagpur for allegedly
uploading pornographic
videos of children on
social media, a police
official said. “Rangari
allegedly uploaded
a porn video of two
children on December
23, 2020, while Bagal
uploaded a porn video
of children on January
14 last year,” an official
said, adding that cases
have been registered.
2 BOOKED FOR
UPLOADING PORN
VIDEO INVOLVING
KIDS
ALLEGATION

I
t is World Environment Day to-
day and social media is
filled with wishes and
pictures. Several
Bollywood celebs also
shared their pictures
of celebrating the
environment in
their own way.
Shraddha Ka-
poor has been
quite active
on social me-
dia raising
awareness
to preserve
the envi-
r o n m e n t
and take nec-
essary actions
to lead a sustaina-
ble and eco-friendly
lifestyle. Commenting
upon the need to go
green, Shraddha Kapoor
says, “This World environ-
mental day, let’s take a pledge to
go green and preserve the envi-
ronment in whichever way we
can. Not only for us but for the fu-
ture generations who are yet to
see the beauty of the earth.”
S
aiee Manjrekar made her
dream debut alongside Sal-
man Khan in Dabangg 3. The
young star and daughter of
filmmaker-actor Mahesh Man-
jrekar, Saiee has gone on to do a cou-
ple of films and the most recent one
is Major. The film was released last
Friday and has been making some
serious noise at the box office. Saiee
Manjrekar, who plays the female
lead in Major, recently opened up
about dealing with pressure as a
star kid. Speaking to Hindustan
Times, Saiee said that she focuses
on making her dad proud. “I don’t
take it as pressure. Instead, it’s
more like motivation to put in more
effort. I just have one thing in my
mind — that I should make my dad
proud every step of the way. He has
done so much good work so I
wish to keep his head
high always”.
he weekend is here and that
can only mean one thing - fun
and relaxation! Of course, our
Bollywood celebs are also cel-
ebrating their weekends in the
best possible way. Just a few
hours ago, Soha Ali
Khan shared a glimpse of her
sunny weekend. Soha is very
active on social media and
keeps her followers hooked
on her by sharing exclusive
photos and updates. n the
post that Soha Ali
Khan shared on her Insta-
gram, she looked super
pretty and gorgeous. The sun was
glowing as she sat in a park with
greenery surrounding her. She
was sporting an adorable lav-
ender sweatshirt with Plu-
to’s picture and her
hair was tied
in a pretty
bun.
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WEEKEND WITH
LAVENDER
HUES
PRESSURE OF BEING
A STAR KID
Karisma
in black
BIKINI
K
arisma Ka-
poor is one
of the hot-
test ac-
tresses of her
time. In fact, she
enjoys a massive
fan following
even today
. The
actress often
shares her pic-
tures and videos
on social media
and makes her
fans go gaga over
her beauty
. Most
of the time her
pictures also fea-
turehersisterKa-
reena Kapoor
Khan but today
she posted a pic-
ture of her in a
black swimsuit
and we bet you
would not be able
to take your eyes
off her. In this
throwback pic-
turethatKarisma
Kapoor posted,
she seems to be
enjoying a gala
time in the pool.
Wearing a black
swimsuit and
flaunting her per-
fect figure, she is
standing in the
pool with her legs
inside the water
and she is facing
her back towards
the camera.
S
onam Kapoor and
Anand Ahuja make
one of the most ador-
able couples in the
tinsel town of Bollywood. Ever
since the lovebirds tied the knot
on 8th May 2018, they have been in
the spotlight. Both Sonam and
Anand are quite expressive about
their love for each other and do not
shy away from social media PDA.
Sonam and Anand are currently in
Italy where they are enjoying some
quality time together on their
‘baby moon’. Last night, Sonam put
up a slew of stories treating fans
to sneak peeks of their holiday in
Tuscany. Sharing the view from
her stay in one such video, Sonam
thanked Anand for the holiday as
she wrote, “Love You @Ananda-
huja Thank You for organizing
the best baby moon”. Soon,
Anand shared this story on
his Instagram space and
wrote a sweet compli-
ment for her. It read,
“(red heart emoji) @
sonamkapoor for be-
ing such a graceful
pregnant person!
Last stretch now!”
V
arun Dhawan and Kiara Advani’s
song Nach Panjaabban has been a
rage on social media ever since the
JugJugg Jeeyo song came out a few
days back. Apart from the duo, the entertaining
number also features Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor.
From Vicky Kaushal to Janhvi Kapoor, celebs have
been shaking their legs to the high-octane beats of the
song, as they slay the hook step. Keeping up with this
trajectory, a few moments back, Shanaya Kapoor and her
co-actor Bedhadak co-star Gurfateh Pirzada are the latest
B’Town celebs to jump on the bandwagon. Some time back,
Shanaya Kapoor took to her Instagram space and shared a
video in which she can be seen grooving to Nach Panjaabban
along with Gurfateh. The duo have quite a lot of fun as they
rock the viral hook step of the song. Sharing the video, Sha-
naya captioned the post as “Favourite song with my favour-
ite dance partner @gurfatehpirzada #ThePunjaabbanSong”.
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SOCIAL
MEDIA
MEDIA
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PDA
SHRADHHA ON WORLD
ENVIRONMENT DAY!
SHANAYA
SHANAYA
GROOVE
GROOVE
ON NACH
ON NACH
PANJAABBAN
PANJAABBAN
Soha Ali Khan
Shanaya Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Shradhha Kapoor
Karisma Kpoor
Saiee Manjrekar
Her post....
Her post...

KHUSHBU,
Model
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Financial worries evapo-
rate as new avenues of
earning open up. You
will put in extra efforts
to complete a task
entrusted to you. Your academic
aspirations may take some time to get
realised. A contentious property issue
may not show any signs of getting
sorted out amicably.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will manage to
ignore distractions and
interruptions at work to
complete a pending task
in time. Job prospects
for those freshly out of professional
institutes are set to brighten up soon.
Those not in a stable job can expect
permanency. Health will be satisfactory,
as you remain regular in workouts.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A major purchase may
make a dent in your
savings, but will help in
keeping up with the
flow .Speculation may
not be profitable and you can very well
burn your fingers. Some of you may
get hard pressed to find a good match
for someone eligible in the family. It’s
time to change yourself for better.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Satisfaction is foreseen
for the image conscious
people trying to achieve
perfect figure and
physique. Your efforts
on the academic front will keep you in
contention. You are likely to spend an
enjoyable time with a close relation
today. Your helping hand to someone
in need will be greatly appreciated.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
A rethink is in order for
those going in for a
heavy investment.
Recovering a loaned
amount from someone
will not pose much difficulty. You will
manage to defuse tensions prevailing at
home by your tactful ways. A work trip
is on the cards for some. You manage to
weave your magic on the one you love.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Homemakers can
exceed budget in doing
up their homes. An old
friend or a relative is
likely to pay you a visit.
You succeed in putting an ambitious
project on the tracks and cross all
hurdles in making it a success. Love
beckons and promises to give
immense joy and fulfillment.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Sticking to workout
routine may benefit you
on the health front.
Meeting relatives at a
marriage or party cannot
be ruled out. Support from the family
may seem most encouraging for those
aiming an academic pursuit. A
passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement
their ideas. You are
likely to be recognised
for your efforts on the
professional front. Chance of a raise is
possible for some. Timely and correct
decision will help you in saving a lot of
money. You will be able to de-stress
yourself completely today.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
A profitable day for
entrepreneurs is
envisaged. You may be
played upon for
spending on someone
else’s needs and desires. Homemakers
are likely to enjoy the day in the
company of neighbors and friends.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A lot of time may be
wasted in socialising,
but you will love every
moment of it. You will
succeed in surmount-
ing the odds to get a stalled job back
on the tracks. Something concerning
property will work out in your favour. A
romantic outing is on the cards and
promises much fun and frolic.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Spirituality will have a
special allure for you.
Your innovative ideas
on the professional
front are likely to be
well received. Good health will keep
you fit and energetic. You are likely to
expand your social circle. You are likely
to get immense fulfillment in your
current romantic relationship.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
It is one of those days
when you will feel
satisfied with whatever
you do today on the
social front. Those
seeking love may not get lucky, but
persistence will pay! A friend or relative
can touch a sensitive nerve and get
you all upset. A job switch needs to be
considered.
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
SaurabbhSachdeva
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oga is the most
beautiful art
developed by
man. Yoga is
not limited to
only physical
exercise, aero-
bics or pranayama, it is
the sum of all life-en-
hancing qualities. We
play in the lap of the
mother, who are nur-
tured by nature and
who have descended on
the earth long before
the human race in the
journey of life develop-
ment, yoga is not a mat-
ter of life, it is total life.
Doing Pranayama on a
regular basis not only
hashealthbenefitsbyfix-
ing the blood circulation,
Pranayama also helps in
the smooth functioning
of the endocrine glands.
Diseases like diabetes,
thyroid, high blood pres-
sure, obesity, brain dis-
eases like depression,
tremors, etc. be con-
trolled with pranayama
and breathing.
Get up due to which
the muscle is pressed
down and the length of
time increases and the
pressure in the lungs de-
creases and oxygen en-
ters inside the lungs,
through pranayama we
can take slow and deep
breaths.
Importance of Pra-
nayama in our life for
the supply of oxygen:
Treatment of many
diseases is possible
through yogasana and
pranayama and medi-
tation like Bhastrika
Pranayama Sheeta-
li Pranayama
Sheetkari Pranay-
ama. Bhastrika Pra-
nayama is very good
for any problem re-
lated to lungs. By do-
ing Bhastrika Pra-
nayama, maximum oxy-
gen expands well in our
lungs and carbon diox-
ide comes out.
SAVE SOIL
Yoga itself is eco yoga.
Life in our contempo-
rary world is shrinking
as non-human species
are under complete
stress, many species
have become extinct and
many are on the verge of
extinction. The accom-
panying events are the
health and well-being of
the whole life and the
health and well-being of
mankind are linked on
the same axis.
Last year Yoga Day
was celebrated in the
midst of an epidemic,
this time we have got a
lesson that how the
lack of oxygen can
change our life cycle.
Oxygen is formed by
photosynthesis, for
which our surround-
ings should be full of
trees and plants. There
should be forests throb-
bing with diversity, our
seas, rivers, all hold
clean water, our soil
should be healthy, our
environment should be
free from toxic gases.
Let our life systems
follow the situational
development, this yoga
of our karma is Eco
Yoga i.e. circumstance
yoga.
IMPORTANCE
OF SOIL IN
NATUROPATHY
It is believed that the
body is an effigy of soil
and diseases of the body
can be removed only by
the use of soil. Mud ther-
apy is used to provide
coolness to the body
, the
soil absorbs and absorbs
the contaminated ele-
ments of the body and
removes it from the body
,
itsmaintreatmentismud
bandage and mud bath.
By planting more and
more trees, measures
will have to be taken to
protect them and pre-
vent them from being
cut down because our
world has been hit by
oxygen during the Coro-
na period. The coordina-
tion between human and
nature is yoga, the more
we plant trees, the more
oxygen we can take natu-
rally Even if we plant
trees, we would never
have to buy oxygen and
plant it.
We have to under-
stand the importance
of food and pranayama
yoga in our life and use
it as our daily routine.
Oxygen is necessary for
life, if there is no
oxygen then
life will
end, so to
save oxy-
gen, trees
have to be
saved!
Y
CHETNA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Yoga a
Yoga a
Nature
Nature
Love
Love
Referred
Referred
to on
to on
World
World
Yoga Day
Yoga Day

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