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AT NOIDA SECTOR 96
Woman riding scooter crushed by speeding
Jaguar; MNC employee booked for murder
First India Bureau
Noida: The police have
arrested a Faridabad-
based employee of mul-
tinational bank Ameri-
can Express after his
Jaguar XK car struck a
woman riding a two-
wheeler, killing her, in
Noida’s Sector 96, offic-
ers said Tuesday
.
The accused, Samuel
Andrew Pyster, 31, had
allegedly been speeding
when his vehicle struck
Deepika Tripathi, 24,
who worked as a recep-
tionist. He was arrested
from the scene of the
incident, officers added.
Pyster was earlier
booked for causing
death by negligence but
the charge was convert-
ed to murder on Tues-
day after Police Com-
missioner Laxmi Singh
visited the incident
spot, the officials said.
Joint Commissioner
(law and order) Ravi
Shankar Chhabi said,
“On the basis of spot
review and eyewit-
ness’s accounts, the ac-
cused has been booked
under IPC section 302
(murder) now.”
The incident took
place Sunday morning
just outside the Su-
pertech e-Square build-
ing in Sector 96.
Deepika Tripathi, a
Noida resident, worked
as a receptionist at e-
Square, while Pyster,
who lives in Faridabad,
works for American
Express. “The police
were alerted about the
incident around 10 am
on Sunday after which
the victim was rushed
to a private hospital in
Sector 110. However,
the doctors declared
her dead,” police said.
According to the
complaint registered by
police, the car was be-
ing driven “carelessly”
at a “high speed”. “The
severity of the damages
on the scooter indicates
that the car was over-
speeding,” police said.
Deepika Tripathi, 24, worked
as a receptionist; ‘Severity of
damage on the scooter indicates
the car was over-speeding’
The utterly mangled scooter
and the Jaguar car; (R) The
24-yr-old Deepika Tripathi
NEW NOIDA CP
VISITS SITE
Noida: Newly ap-
pointed Gautam Buddh
Nagar Police Commis-
sioner Laxmi Singh has
directed traffic police
officials to ensure strict
action against those
violating traffic rules,
officials said Tues-
day. Singh’s direction
for improving traffic
management came
after she visited and
reviewed the situation
at Pari Chowk and Jagat
Farm in Greater Noida
on Monday night. On
Tuesday morning, she
also visited the spot in
Noida Sector 96 where
a woman scooterist had
died after being hit by a
speeding Jaguar car.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
FORMER UNION
MINISTER YK
ALAGH DIES, PM
PAYS TRIBUTES
New Delhi: The inaugural edition of the Women’s IPL is set to kick off
on early 2023. The much-awaited mega event will be held in India right
before the men’s IPL. While there is over a two-month window for the
men’s version, Women’s IPL is reportedly set to have a 15-day window.
Ahmedabad: Noted economist and former union
minister Yoginder Kumar Alagh, 83, passed away
on Tuesday at his residence in Ahmedabad after
a brief age-related illness. PM Modi expressed
anguish over death of Yoginder Kumar Alagh.
WOMEN’S IPL MATCH LIKELY TO BEGIN ON MARCH 7 FRANK, THOUGHT
PROVOKING:
KANT CALLS G20
SHERPAS TALK
Udaipur: Frank and thought-provoking discussions
were held with the G20 Sherpas who participated in
the very first G20 Sherpa meeting in Udaipur under
India’s Presidency, said India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh
Kant who is presiding entire meeting.
TMC’sSaketGokhalearrestedover
‘faketweet’,inpolicecustodytillDec8
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad/Jaipur:
The Gujarat Police ar-
rested TMC’s national
spokesperson Saket
Gokhale on
T u e s d a y
over a tweet
endorsing
an alleged
fake news
about PM Modi’s visit to
Morbi after a bridge col-
lapse incident there.
Gokhale was detained
from Jaipur airport
during the early hours
by Ahmedabad Cyber
Crime Cell. He was sent
to two-day police custo-
dy after interrogation.
He was held for his tweet endorsing an alleged fake news about Modi’s visit to Morbi
Gokhale recently tweeted a
news clipping which appeared
to have been published in a
leading Gujarati newspaper.
The news clipping claimed a
query under the RTI revealed
the Gujarat govt had spent
`30 crore on PM Modi’s visit
to Morbi after a bridge col-
lapsed there in October.
THE ‘FAKE’ TWEET
Jaipur: WB CM and TMC
supremo Mamata Banerjee
on Tuesday at Jaipur Airport
said that she condemned the
BJP government’s “vindictive
attitude”. “It’s a very bad, and
sad (incident). Saket (Gokhale)
is a bright man. He is very
popular on social media.
He has made no mistake.”
GOKHALE MADE NO
MISTAKE: MAMATA
‘DIDI’ OFFERS PRAYERS!
(T) West Bengal
Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee
visits Ajmer Sharif
Dargah on Tuesday.
(L) ‘Didi’ offers
prayers at Brahma
Temple in Pushkar
on Tuesday.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT FROM TODAY
MODIGOVTPLANSTO
INTRODUCE16BILLS
Gujarat and HP results to have
bearing on the parl proceedings
Parl to continue till Dec 29: 17
sittings spread over 23 days
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The results
of the Assembly elec-
tions in Gujarat and
Himachal Pradesh on
Dec 8are likely to play
out during the Winter
session of Parliament
beginning today. The
government plans to in-
troduce 16 bills during
17 sittings in the ses-
sion,whiletheCongress
will seek to corner the
government over a host
of issues, including the
situation on the border
with China.
Meanwhile, an all-
party meet was con-
ducted on Tuesday to
discuss the issues that
might come up during
the sessions over the
next few days. RS Secre-
tariat has released a
Code of Conduct for its
members. In the meet,
Congress raised ques-
tions on hasty appoint-
ment of ECI, China-In-
dia border, GST and
other issues. While the
BJD demanded passage
of women reservation
bill, the Shiv Sena’s
Shinde faction wanted
the population control
bill. Leaders from more
than 30 parties took
part in the meeting.
Rajnath Singh, Prahlad Joshi, Arjum Ram Meghwal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Derek O Brien,
Sudip Bandyopadhyay, TR Baalu and others attend an all-party meeting in the Parliament
Library Building, on the eve of the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
AMONG THE 16 NEW BILLS...
EYE ON FEW IMPORTANT ONES
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION
l National Dental
Commission Bill
l National Nursing
and Midwifery
Commission Bill
l Multi-State
Cooperative
Societies
(Amendment) Bill
l Cantonment Bill
l The Old Grant
(Regulation) Bill
l The Forest
(Conservation)
Amendment Bill
l Coastal
Aquaculture
Authority
(Amendment) Bill
l 1st session
when VP Jagdeep
Dhankhar will chair
as Chairman of
the Rajya Sabha
l Parliament to
pay respect to SP
patriarch Mu-
layam Singh Yadav
passed away in Oct
l It is likely to be
the last Parliament
session to be held
in the existing
Parliament House
l PM Modi is
likely to interact
with media on day
1 of winter session
on Parliament today
DR AMBEDKAR’S
STRUGGLES
GAVE HOPE TO
MILLIONS!
Congress leaders
Sonia Gandhi,
Mallikarjun Kharge
and Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury stands
in front of portrait
of Dr BR Ambedkar
during the paying
tribute ceremony
on the latter’s
death anniversary
at Parl lawn. P5
President Droupadi Murmu, Vice
President Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM
Narendra Modi, LS Speaker Om Birla
and Union Minister Virendra Kumar
paid floral tribute to Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar on his Mahaparinirvan
Diwas at Parliament premises on
Tuesday. Modi said that his struggles
gave hope to millions and his efforts
to give India such an extensive
Constitution can never be forgotten.
PHOTOS BY HIMANSHU SHARMA AND ANAND SHARMA
l Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri
on Tuesday apologised to HC
here for his tweets against
Justice S Muralidhar, who is
current CJI of Orissa High
Court and was a former
Delhi HC judge. An affidavit
to that effect was filed by
Agnihotri withdrawing his
statement against the judge
and tendering his apology.
l SC on Tuesday questioned
CBI, ED over the slow pace of
trial against Christian Michel
James, alleged middleman in
the AgustaWestland chopper
scam. Probe agencies have
lodged 2 cases in the case.
NOBODY SHOULD GO TO
SLEEP EMPTY STOMACH:
TOP COURT TELLS GOVT
New Delhi: It is our culture to
ensure nobody goes to sleep
empty stomach, SC said on
Tuesday, asked Centre to see to
it that foodgrains under NFSA
reaches last man. A bench of
Justices MR Shah, Hima Kohli
directed Centre to submit a
fresh chart with no. of migrant
and unorganised sect workers
registered on eShram portal.
Court frames charges
against Ashish Mishra
Lucknow: A court in
Uttar Pradesh on Tues-
day framed charges
against Union minister
Ajay Kumar Mishra’s
son Ashish Mishra and
12 others over the last
year’s violence in Lakh-
impur Kheri that killed
eight people. Ajay Ku-
mar is the Union Minis-
ter of State for Home
Affairs. The court has
framed charges of mur-
der, criminal conspira-
cy, and related offences
against his son Ashish
and others.
LAKHIMPUR
KHERI VIOLENCE
OTHER COURT ORDERS
DPS ROHINI FACES
ACTION FOR HIKING
FEES AGAINST RULES
New Delhi: Recognition
of Delhi Public School
in Rohini has been
suspended by the Delhi
government’s Directorate
of Education (DoE) for
violating norms by hiking
fees in the academic
session 2021-22.
UPSC CIVIL SERVICES
MAINS RESULT OF
2022 DECLARED
New Delhi: Union Public
Service Commission
has declared UPSC Civil
Services Mains Result 2022
on Tuesday. The written
exam was conducted from
September 16 to September
25, 2022. 2,529 candidates
were eligible to write exams.
JET AIRWAYS REVIVAL
HITS NEW SNAG, BANKS
PUSH BACK ON FUNDS
New Delhi: Lenders to
bankrupt Jet Airways India
Ltd. are resisting a court-
approved resolution plan,
further delaying the former
No. 1 private airline’s return
to the skies, according to
people familiar with the
matter said on Tuesday.
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Ghaziabad (PTI): A
32-year-old computer
teacher was arrested
for allegedly raping a
minor girl over two
years,policeheresaid
on Tuesday
.
The girl confided
in her parents about
the assault after the
accused, identified
as Saurabh Gupta,
threatened that she
would meet the
same fate as Shrad-
dha Walkar, who
was allegedly killed
and dismembered
by her live-in part-
ner, they said.
DCP (City) Nipun
Agarwal said the ac-
cused lured the girl
when she was a Class
9 student on the pre-
text of improving her
grades in school. She
started talking to
Gupta, who took ad-
vantage of the situa-
tion and allegedly
raped her. Whenever
the girl protested, he
threatened to fail her
and warned her of
dire consequences,
he said.
After the Shraddha
Walkar murder case
came into the lime-
light, Gupta threat-
ened her that if she
disclosed the abuse to
anyone, he would
sever her into pieces
like Aaftab, the sen-
iorpoliceofficialsaid.
After the girl final-
ly narrated her or-
deal to her parents,
they lodged a com-
plaint at Nand Gram
police station on Sun-
day, following which
an FIR under Section
376 (rape) of IPC and
sections of POCSO
Act was registered,
he said.
HC UPHOLDS ‘WOMAN’S CHOICE’
TERMINATION OF 33-WEEK PREGNANCY
Judgment says court acknowledges parents’ mental trauma, dilemma
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
allowed a 26-year-old
married woman to un-
dergo medical termina-
tion of her 33-week
pregnancy. The peti-
tioner sought to termi-
nate her pregnancy af-
ter she found out that
the foetus was suffering
from certain cerebral
abnormalities.
The court said the
‘ultimate decision’ in
matters of abortion
ought to recognise a
woman’s choice to give
birth and the possibili-
ty of dignified life of
the unborn child.
In a 33-page judg-
ment, a single judge
bench of Justice Prat-
ibha Singh said, “The
Court has clearly been
able to gauge the mental
trauma affecting the
parents, their economic
and social conditions,
as also, the fact that the
Petitioner is taking a
cautious and well-in-
formed decision, while
seeking termination of
pregnancy. She has un-
derstood as to what ter-
mination of pregnancy
entails at such an ad-
vanced stage.”
The judge, while per-
mitting the woman to
immediately undergo
medical termination of
pregnancy, noted that
the medical board un-
fortunately did not give
a ‘categorical opinion’
on the degree of handi-
cap or the quality of the
life of the foetus after
birth and thus opined
that “such unpredicta-
bility ought to weigh in
favour of the woman
seeking termination of
pregnancy
.
“In conclusion, the
court holds that the ulti-
mate decision in such
cases ought to recognise
the choice of the mother
as also the possibility of
a dignified life of the un-
born child...This court
holds that medical ter-
mination of pregnancy
ought to be permitted in
the present case,” the
court ruled.
“The right of a preg-
nant woman to termi-
nate her pregnancy or
abort her foetus has
been the subject matter
of debate across the
world. This right gives
the woman the ultimate
choice as to whether she
wants to give birth to
the child she has con-
ceived. India is among
the countries which rec-
ognises this choice of a
woman in its law,” the
court said.
“The court comes to
the conclusion that the
mother’s choice is being
made in a bonafide man-
ner”, it added while al-
lowing the petitioner to
undergo medical termi-
nation of pregnancy im-
mediately at LNJP
, GTB
or any other approved
medical facility of her
choice as per law.
The court clarified
that prior to undergoing
termination, the in-
formed consent of the
petitioner would be tak-
en and she would un-
dergo the procedure at
her own risk.
In its order, the court
also acknowledged ‘se-
vere dilemma’ women
undergo while taking a
decision to terminate
pregnancy in such cas-
es, adding even judges,
in such cases, grapple
with issues that are not
merely factual or legal
but also involve ethical
and moral factors.
Emergence of
modern tech-
nology to de-
tect abnormalities in
an unborn child, the
issues surrounding
termination are
bound to become more
and more complex.
—Justice Pratibha Singh,
Delhi High Court
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
HighCourtsaidonTues-
day it will hear on April
24 a batch of petitions to
recognisesame-sexmar-
riage under various
laws. A bench of Chief
Justice SC Sharma and
Justice Subramonium
Prasad was informed by
thepartiesthatasimilar
issue is pending before
the Supreme Court.
Senior advocate Sau-
rabh Kirpal, who ap-
peared for one of the
petitioners, urged the
bench to give a date in
the matter as a similar
issue was coming up for
hearing before the top
court on January 6.
The Centre’s counsel
also informed the court
aboutthepetitionspend-
ing in the apex court
seeking similar relief.
On November 25, SC
had sought response
from the Centre on pleas
by two gay couples seek-
ingenforcementof their
right to marry and a di-
rection to the authori-
ties to register their
marriage under Special
Marriage Act. Eight pe-
titions by same-sex cou-
ples seeking a declara-
tion recognising their
marriages under Spe-
cial Marriage Act, Hin-
du Marriage Act, and
Foreign Marriage Act
are pending before HC.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday said that
a wife’s convenience is
paramount when it comes
to petitions for transfer of
matrimonial cases.
A bench of Justices MR
Shah and Justice Hima
Kohli said this on a trans-
fer petition filed by a wife
on the grounds that she
was suffering from cancer.
The court rejected the
husband’s argument that
the wife’s claim cannot
be believed since there
were photographs of her
travelling, vacationing and
scuba diving.
Justice Hima Kohli asked
how will court know when
those photographs were
taken? She further asked
that such photos should
no more be filed.
Justice Shah added that
convenience of the wife
matters equally.
The bench then proceeded
to allow the wife’s plea for
transfer.
The Top Court had recently
allowed another transfer
plea while emphasising
that wife’s convenience is
paramount.
TRANSFER PLEAS: PREFERNCE TO ‘CONVENIENCE OF WOMEN’
HC to hear pleas
seeking same-sex
marriages next yr
‘DECRIMINALISE’
New Delhi (PTI): Fake
social media narratives
potentiallyaffectingfree
and fair polls is fast
emerging as a common
challenge for most elec-
tion management bod-
ies, Chief Election Com-
missioner Rajiv Kumar
said on Tuesday
.
Addressing a delega-
tion led by Germany’s
Foreign Minister An-
nalena Baerbock, he
said the idea of democ-
racy is deeply rooted in
India’s historical con-
text and traditions.
The German delega-
tion was at the Nirva-
chan Sadan here to meet
the Commission.
Kumar informed the
German delegation of
the humongous exercise
thepollpanelcarriesout
involving more than 95
crore voters across 11
lakh polling stations.
Overonecrorepolling
personnel are deployed
to ensure a robust elec-
toral processes for hold-
ing free, fair, inclusive
elections, he said, add-
ing the EC ensures par-
ticipation of political
parties at every stage.
According to an EC
statement, Kumar said
apart from the logistic
challenges, the disrup-
tive impact of fake so-
cial media narratives in
potentiallyaffectingfree
and fair elections is fast
emerging as a common
challenge for most elec-
tions management bod-
ies. The German minis-
ter appreciated the vast
exercise of electoral
management by EC in
thelargestdemocracyin
the world given the chal-
lengesof diversegeogra-
phy
, culture and elector-
ate.
The delegation was
briefed about the exten-
sive use of technology
by the EC in the conduct
of elections broadly un-
der three verticals of
voters’participation,po-
litical parties and candi-
dates and election ma-
chinery logistics. She
personally cast a vote
through an EVM.
Fake social media narratives a challenge: CEC
FREE FAIR POLLS
Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar demonstrates EVM to German
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in New Delhi. —Photo By ANI
Visiting German minister lauds
vast exercise of electoral mgmt by
EC in world’s largest democracy
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
directed filmmaker
Vivek Agnihotri to ap-
pear before it in connec-
tionwithacriminalcon-
tempt case relating to
his remarks against a
judge of the high court.
The HC asked him to
appear before it and
‘show remorse in per-
son’ after he tendered an
unconditional apology,
through an affidavit, for
his alleged remarks.
A bench of Justices
Siddharth Mridul and
Talwant Singh asked if
Agnihotri has any diffi-
culty in appearing be-
forethiscourtinperson.
“We are asking him
(Agnihotri) to remain
presentbecauseheisthe
alleged contemnor. Does
he have any difficulty to
appearbeforethiscourt?
He has to be present and
showremorseinperson.
“Does he have any dif-
ficulty if he has to ex-
press remorse in per-
son? The remorse can-
not always be expressed
by way of an affidavit,
the bench told Agni-
hotri's lawyer.
His lawyer submitted
that the filmmaker has
tendered an uncondi-
tional apology stating
thathedeletedhistweets
against the judge him-
self. However, the court
was informed by the
amicus curiae that the
submission was wrong
anditwasTwitterwhich
deleted his tweets.
Show remorse in person: HC asks
Vivek Agnihotri to appear before it
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri
All of this sub-
mission you
can make once
he is present before this
court. Let him appear.
Is there any difficulty
in appearing before this
court? We hope not.”
—HC Bench
CBI challenge on bail to Wadhawans
requires detailed consideration: HC
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
High Court said on
Tuesday the CBI’s plea
challenging the statuto-
ry bail granted to for-
mer Dewan Housing Fi-
nance Corporation Lim-
ited (DHFL) promoters,
Kapil Wadhawan and
brother Dheeraj, who
were arrested by CBI in
connectionwithamulti-
crore rupees bank loan
scam case, requires de-
tailed consideration.
Justice Amit Sharma,
who heard the matter
for few hours, said fur-
ther hearing will con-
tinue on Wednesday
.
“This matter requires
detailed consideration,”
the judge said.
During the hearing,
the judge orally said
some of the observa-
tions made by the spe-
cial judge in his order
granting statutory bail
were not acceptable.
CBI has challenged a
trial court’s December 3
order granting statuto-
ry bail to Wadhawan
brothers because of “in-
complete charge sheet”.
Kapil Wadhawan Dheeraj Wadhawan
Teacher rapes girl
for 2 yrs, warns of
‘Shraddha’s fate’
The accused was
arrested from
Jaitpur of Gautam
Budh Nagar district
—REPRESENTATIVE
PICTURE
Chinese man
arrested for
`1.25-cr fraud
in Gr Noida
Noida (PTI): A
33-year-old Chi-
nese national was
arrested in Great-
er Noida Tuesday
in connection with
a probe into a case
of fraud worth
over Rs 1.25 crore,
police said.
The case was
lodged at Dadri Po-
lice Station in
April 2021 and four
other accused in
the matter – all In-
dians – have al-
ready been arrest-
ed, the officer said.
“Haomin was
arrested near
Haier roundabout
in Greater Noida
around 1.30 pm on
Tuesday. He, who
possesses a Chi-
nese passport, cur-
rently lives in Gu-
rugram,” the of-
ficer said. Accord-
ing to complain-
ant Mohd Anas, he
was hired in April
2020 by Haomin
and other four ac-
cused who had
told him they had
a construction
company
.
Gurugram (PTI):
Madhya Pradesh Police
arrested brother of In-
dependent MLA Balraj
Kundu from Sector 50
here on a charge of
cheating a Jhajjar-
based building contrac-
tor, police said Tuesday
.
Police arrested
Shivraj Kundu, a resi-
dent of Rohtak's Me-
ham constituency, late
Monday night, they
said.
Madhya Pradesh po-
lice arrested one of the
accused, Shivraj Kun-
du, in a case of cheating
from Sector 50 Police
Station area Monday
night and took him with
them, Virender Vij,
DCP, East, said.
A case of cheating
was registered against
MLA Balraj Kundu, his
brother Shivraj Kundu,
and one VK Lamba at
Moti Nagar Police Sta-
tion, Sagar in Madhya
Pradesh in 2021.
MLA’s brother arrested
for duping contractor
INDO-GERMAN COOPERATION
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tries her hands at making a chapati during her
visit to Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, in Old Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Gurugram (PTI): Del-
hi-based YouTuber
Namra Qadir has been
arrested for allegedly
extorting more than Rs
80 lakh from a private
firm's owner after hon-
ey-trapping and threat-
ening to implicate him
in a rape case, police
said on Tuesday
.
She was arrested
from the national capi-
tal on Monday and sent
to four days police re-
mand after being pro-
duced before a duty
magistrate's court, they
said.
Qadir's husband and
co-accused Manish alias
ViratBeniwalisatlarge,
police said, adding that
raids are being conduct-
ed to apprehend him.
Twenty-two-year-old
Qadir has more than
617k subscribers on the
video sharing platform.
Dinesh Yadav (21), a
resident of Badshahpur,
had lodged a complaint
in August but the couple
moved court for interim
bail, police in Guru-
gram said.
It was only after their
interim bail was can-
celled that an FIR was
registered on November
26 at the Sector-50 police
station against them,
they said and added that
Qadir and Beniwal are
residents of Shalimar
Bagh in Delhi.
Qadir has confessed
tothecrimeandwehave
taken her on police re-
mand to recover the
money and other items
that were taken by her
from the victim under
alleged pressure. Her
husband and co-accused
ManishaliasViratBeni-
wal will be arrested
soon, Sector-50 Station
House Officer Inspector
Rajesh Kumar.
In his complaint
Dinesh Yadav, who runs
an advertising firm,
said he got in touch with
Qadir sometime ago and
Beniwal was with her.
He claimed that Qadir
demanded Rs 2 lakh for
promoting his firm on
herchannel,andhepaid
the amount.
Qadir after a few days
expressed her liking for
him and said she want-
ed to marry him. They
became good friends, ac-
cording to the com-
plaint.
In August I along
with Qadir and Manish
went to a club to party
.
We booked a room there
late at night. The next
morning, when I woke
up, Qadir asked me to
handover my bank
cardsand(smart)watch.
She threatened to impli-
cate me in a rape case,
the complainant said.
CAPITOL
03
YOUTUBER THREATENS BIZMAN
OF RAPE CASE, EXTORTS `80L
Social media influencer Namra Qadir arrested, search on for co-accused husband
New Delhi: A 24-yr-old man was arrested for al-
legedly harassing several women online by threat-
ening to throw acid on them and making their
objectionable videos viral if they did not meet
him, police said on Tuesday. Aman Yadav created
a fake Instagram profile about one and a half years
back and had gathered around 1,100 followers,
most of them women, they said. From his fake
profile, he would send messages to women and
later, threaten to throw acid on them and make
their obscene videos viral in a bid to force them
to meet him in person, police said. The matter
came to light after a woman, a resident of Farsh
Bazaar, lodged a police complaint. She alleged that
on November 27, she on her Instagram chat was
threatened by an user, anshikasharma188, that
acid would be thrown on her and her videos would
be made viral, according to police. DCP (Shah-
dara) R Sathiyasundaram said the IP address
of the Instagram page (anshikasharma188) and
some call records were analysed. The page was
being allegedly operated by Yadav, he said. Police
conducted a raid and Yadav was arrested from
Subhash Nagar, Sathiyasundaram said.
Qadir has con-
fessed to the crime
and we have tak-
en her on remand
to recover the
money and other
items that were
taken by her from
the victim under
alleged pressure.
—Rajesh Kumar,
SHO, Sec 50 PS
Man threatens women online
to meet or face acid attack
New Delhi (PTI): It is
ourculturetoensureno-
bodygoestosleepempty
stomach, the Supreme
Court said on Tuesday
and asked the central
government to see to it
that foodgrains under
the National Food Secu-
rity Act (NFSA) reaches
the last man.
A bench of Justices M
R Shah and Hima Kohli
directed the Centre to
submit a fresh chart
with the number of mi-
grant and unorganised
sector workers regis-
tered on eShram portal.
“It is the duty of the
central government to
ensurefoodgrainsunder
NFSA are reaching the
last man. We are not say-
ing that Centre is not do-
ing anything, the Union
of India has ensured
foodgrains to people
during Covid. At the
same time, we have to
see it continues. It is our
culture (to ensure) that
nobody goes to sleep
empty stomach,” the
bench said.
It was hearing on its
own a public interest
matter related to the
plight of migrant work-
ers during the Covid
pandemicandtheresult-
ant lockdowns.
Advocate Prashant
Bhushan, appearing for
social activists Anjali
Bharadwaj, Harsh Man-
der and Jagdeep
Chhokar, said the coun-
try’s population has in-
creased after the 2011
census and so has the
number of beneficiaries
covered under NFSA.
He submitted many
eligible and needy bene-
ficiarieswillbedeprived
of the benefit under the
law if it is not enforced
effectively
.
Bhushan said the gov-
ernment is claiming the
per capita income of
people has increased in
recent years, but added
Indiahasslippedrapidly
in global hunger index.
Addl Solicitor Gener-
al Aishwarya Bhati, ap-
pearing for the Centre,
submitted there are
81.35 crore beneficiaries
under NFSA, a very
large number even in
the Indian context.
Nobody should sleep hungry: SC on migrants
‘CENTRE’S DUTY’
SC praised Centre for ensuring foodgrains to people during Covid.
LG VK Saxena at the 60th Raising Day of Home Guards, in New
Delhi on Tuesday. SBK Singh, DG Home Guards, also present.
Bhushan said 14 states filed
affidavit stating their quota of
foodgrains had been exhausted
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi CM
and Aam Aadmi Par-
ty (AAP) national con-
vener Arvind Kejri-
wal Tuesday thanked
Delhiites after the
positive exit poll pre-
dictions for the party
in the MCD elections
held last Sunday
.
Three exit polls on
Monday predicted a
clear win for the AAP
in the Delhi munici-
pal polls, with the BJP
emerging a distant
second.
I would like to con-
gratulate the people
of Delhi. They have
again showed their
faith in us. Let's wait
for tomorrow
(Wednesday), he told
reporters on the side-
lines of an event.
On the Gujarat exit
polls, the Delhi CM
said a new party like
the AAP getting 15 to
20 per cent vote share
in a state considered
the BJP's stronghold
was a big thing.
CM congratulates Delhiites
after exit polls show AAP win
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel
and others at a ceremony to pay homage to Babasaheb BR
Ambedkar on his Mahaparinirvan Diwas, at Delhi Assembly
complex on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday paid floral tributes to
BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary at
the Delhi Vidhan Sabha and said the AAP
government was following in his footsteps.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, too,
was present. Today I appeal to everyone to
take inspiration from Ambedkar's life that
was full of struggles. He fought for the rights
of the poor. He focused on education and
we, too, are working towards it. It will lead to
equality in society, Kejriwal said. Ambedkar,
known as the Father of Indian Constitution,
died on December 6, 1956.
‘DELHI GOVT FOLLOWING IN
AMBEDKAR’S FOOTSTEPS’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation will probe
TRS leader and KCR's
daughter K Kavitha on
December 11 at 11 am in
connection with the
Delhi excise policy
scam case.
This comes a day af-
ter Kavitha wrote to the
probe agency seeking
deferment of her sum-
mon, which was slated
on Tuesday, to anytime
between December 11
and 15 (except 13) be-
cause of her preoccu-
pied schedule.
In a letter to the TRS
MLC, the CBI said that
it would visit her resi-
dence on December 11
and record her state-
ment in connection
with the case. It also
sought confirmation of
her availability at her
residence on the said
date and time.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Centre in an affidavit
told the Supreme Court
that allegations of
DyCM Manish Sisodia
of non-cooperationfrom
officials were false.
Sisodia had filed an
affidavit saying bureau-
crats in Delhi were not
cooperating with AAP
government, thereby,
paralysing the imple-
mentation of policies of
the elected government.
Disputing his claim, Un-
ion home secretary Ajay
Bhalla said he could
havefileddetailsof each
incident alleged by Siso-
dia to prove him wrong.
The affidavit said the
illustration given by
Sisodia in an affidavit
about the non-coopera-
tion is, by and large,
vague and incapable of
any precise examina-
tion by the central gov-
ernment more particu-
larly, when no contem-
poraneous intimation
of allegedfailureiscom-
municatedtothecentral
government.
“I am advised not to
deal with individual il-
lustrations which would
have clearly shown the
falsehood contained
therein since the depo-
nent of the affidavit is
the DyCM and it may
not be proper, appropri-
ate or in good taste to
deal with such asser-
tions, more particularly
,
when I have found them
to be not true, Bhalla
said in the affidavit.
New Delhi (PTI):
Hackers allegedly
tried to breach the
website of the apex
health research body
ICMR but their at-
tempts have been
foiled, according to a
government official.
The official said that
hackers apparently
from Hong Kong tried
to attack the website of
the Indian Council of
Medical Research
around 6000 times in a
span of 24 hours on No-
vember 30.
The attacks come
close to the heels of the
alleged ransomware
attack that had para-
lysed AIIMS online
services here.
The contents of the
ICMR website are safe.
The site is hosted at
NIC Data Centre,
hence the firewall is
from NIC which they
regularly update. The
attack has been pre-
vented successfully,
the official said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The final
round of the two-day
18th Joint Working
Group meeting on secu-
rity and border man-
agement between India
and Bangladesh was
held on Tuesday at the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs. Indian delegation
for the meet is being led
by Piyush Goyal.
An 8-member Bang-
ladeshi delegation will
discuss the issues of
common concern of
the two neighbouring
countries.
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice of India DY Chan-
dhrachud paid his re-
spects to Bhim Rao
Ambedkar on his death
anniversary
.
CJI Chandrachud,
along with Justice BR
Gavai, paid a floral trib-
ute to Ambedkar in Su-
preme Court’s library
before proceedings to
the Court for the ses-
sions.
CJIsaidhewasgladto
be there paying tribute
to Dr Ambedkar, who
was the architect of the
Constitution and is ad-
mired by many people.
CJI added that what-
ever we are today is be-
cause of the vision of
great man like Dr. BR
Ambedkar.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As the
votes are going to be
counted today, at least
20 companies of para-
military personnel and
over 10,000 officers of
Delhi Police have been
deployed at all the 42
counting centres, offi-
cials said on Tuesday
.
Counting will begin
at 8 am under tight se-
curity arrangements,
they said. Besides the
counting centres, heavy
police presence will
also be ensured outside
the offices of political
parties. Adequate secu-
rity personnel will also
be deployed to prevent
clashes between activ-
ists of different parties.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Public Re-
lations) Suman Nalwa
said adequate security
arrangements had been
made for the day of
counting.
SABKA SAATH
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs a meeting to improve the efficiency of
the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) and Scheduled Tribe Component
(STC) fund utilisation, as Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda and Union Minister of
State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh look on, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Over 10,000 cops on duty at
countingcentres,strongrooms
‘Hackers attack ICMR
site 6k times a day’
Indo-Bangla final round
meet on security held
CJIChandrachudpays
respects to Ambedkar
A security personnel stands
guard outside a strong room at
Gole Market, New Delhi Tuesday.
Minister Piyush Goyal
K Kavitha
CJI DY Chandrachud before
the portrait of BR Ambedkar.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
DELHI EXCISE POLICY
CBI to question
KCR's daughter
K Kavitha on
December 11
Sisodia’s allegations
on bureaucrats
false, Centre to SC
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

PERSPECTIVE
04
ECONOMY IS ON RIGHT TRACK
he World
Bank’s forecast
for India’s
growth pros-
pect in 2023 has
come as a boost for the
economy and the Central
government. Those doubt-
ing the performance of the
Indian economy amidst
global gloom would be ef-
fectively silenced unless
numbers prove them right.
From its earlier projection
of 6.5 percent the World
Bank in its India Develop-
ment Update has revised
the growth rate for 2022-23
to 6.9 percent with the gov-
ernment meeting the fiscal
deficit target of 6.4 per-
cent. India is also projected
as one of the fastest grow-
ing economies by the
World Bank’s Update.
At 6.9 percent the growth
will be lower th an finan-
cial year 2021-22 when it
stood at 8.7 percent. The
lower growth can be attrib-
uted to high commodity
prices and the Reserve
Bank of India’s tightening
of monetary policy like
other central banks.
Given the resilience of
India’s economy the pro-
jection is neither surpris-
ing nor improbable. What
may need to be factored in
is inflation. At 7.1 percent
it will, however, be a spot
of bother for the Reserve
Bank of India and consum-
ers in the current fiscal. It
had dropped from 7.41 per-
cent to 6.77 percent in Oc-
tober but was considered
high above the RBI’s com-
fort level.
The RBI’s monetary pol-
icy committee is expected
to further hike interest
rates to fight inflation.
Some of the Indian econo-
my’s performance will
hinge on global develop-
ments based on the
Ukraine war. With cheap
Russian oil India has been
able to face the headwinds
so far, though the benefit
of the deal has accrued
more to oil companies and
not ordinary consumers.
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Amongst thousands of persons, hardly one
strives for perfection; and amongst those
who have achieved perfection, hardly one
knows me in truth. —Bhagavad Gita
n our presentation this
week when we talk about
the exit polls of different
agencies which have pre-
dicted massive win by the
BJP in Gujarat, we also
focus on how these exit
polls have shown the posi-
tion of the Grand Old Par-
ty vis-à-vis the AAP and
thereby what is means for
the Opposition politics in
the country given the fact
that the Lok Sabha is
scheduled for 2024.
Aam Aadmi’s entry in
the fray in 2022 has made
the election all the more
interesting as the party is
on an upswing since win-
ning Punjab early in 2022
especially post the results
which were announced on
march 10. While the exact
picture and the perfor-
mance of AAP (in the Gu-
jarat Assembly Elections
2022) will be known only on
December 8, let’s present a
percentage vote share, rise
and dip scenario thereby
as predicted by these exit
polls. It will also give a pic-
ture of how the Opposition
parties are placed and
what it means during the
2024 Lok Sabha elections.
While News24 -Today’s
Chanakyahaspredictedbig
gains for the Saffron might
compared to other parties,
the survey predicts BJP
may be headed for a mas-
sive win with around 50%
votes. Congress may get up
to 26% votes while AAP
may get up to 20% votes.
N e w s 2 4 - T o d a y ’ s
Chanakya has predicted
that BJP may win around
150 seats while Congress
may be reduced to 19 seats.
AAP may win 11 seats. If
BJP manages to win over
150 seats, it will be its big-
gest-ever win in the state.
However, a closer look
will clearly reveal that the
lion’s share of AAP’s in-
crease in vote share in Gu-
jarat appears to have come
at the expense of the Con-
gress itself rather than
that of the BJP.
While psephologists pre-
dict through several exit
polls that the Saffron
might’s vote share will not
drop much, the Congress,
as per the exit polls, is esti-
mated to witness a severe
dropinvoteshare,matched
by a boosted rise in vote
share for Arvind Kejri-
wal’s Aam Aadmi Party
.
Compared to 2017, the
Congress, as per exit poll
outcomes, may see a sig-
nificant reduction in vote
share. Axis MyIndia and
ETG predict the most dras-
tic decrease for the Con-
gress, pegging the fall at
15.4 and 18 percentage
points in respective orders.
ETG estimates a 24.2%
vote share for AAP, pre-
dicting a larger vote share
for Kejriwal’s party than
even the Congress, which
has been pegged at 23.4%.
While the Axis MyIndia
is giving AAP a 20% vote
share in the Gujarat elec-
tion, the Congress has been
given only 6 percentage
points ahead of AAP
. CVot-
erandPMARQhavemarked
AAP’s vote share around
15% and Jan Ki Baat pegs it
at a 12-19% range.
Axis MyIndia pegs the
Congress’ decrease in vote
share from 2017 at 15.4 per-
centage points, which
equals 77.4% of AAP’s in-
crease in vote share.
ETG places the Con-
gress’ decrease in vote
share from 2017 at 18 per-
centage points, which is
74.7% of AAP’s increase
in vote share. In compari-
son, the scale of BJP’s vote
share decrease is only 10%
of the scale of AAP’s vote
share increase.
CVoter puts the Con-
gress’ decrease in vote
share from 2017 at 8.4 per-
centage points, which is
56.4% of AAP’s increase in
vote share. As per the same
exit poll, the amount that
the BJP’s vote share has
decreased by is only 0.7%
of the amount AAP’s vote
share has increased by
.
Going by the exit polls
and the massive outcome
of the Saffron might and
thefractured“mandate”of
the Opposition Congress
and AAP… basically par-
tieseatingintoeachother’s
votes would only indicate
that before the 224 Lok Sab-
ha, it would be an uphill
task for the Opposition
parties to come together to
give a fight of any kind to
the BJP. Even 2023’s poll
calendar is impressive, but
Opposition parties are
fragmented as far as the
third front is concerned.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NARENDRA (2022) DEFEATS NARENDRA (2017);
‘BATTERED’ CONG 2ND, AAP RISING
I
UPHILL TASK
FOR OPPOSITION
PARTIES TO GIVE
A FIGHT TO BJP
Going by the exit polls and the
massive outcome of the Saf-
fron might and the fractured
“mandate” of the Opposition
Congress and AAP…basically
parties eating into each other’s
votes would only indicate that
before the 224 Lok Sabha, it
would be an uphill task for the
Opposition parties to come
together to give a fight of any
kind to the BJP. Even 2023’s
poll calendar is impressive,
but Opposition parties are
fragmented as far as the third
front is concerned.
EXIT POLLS PREDICT
7TH TERM FOR THE
BJP IN GUJARAT...
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Babasaheb Ambedkar gave
the country a justice-oriented,
progressive and all-inclusive
constitution, which ensured the
protection of the rights of every
class. Babasaheb’s struggling
life, thoughts and achievements
are a source of inspiration for all.
Today, on his Mahaparinirvan day, I remember him
and bow down to him.
TOP TWEETS
Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp
New India is unstoppable! India’s
GDP growth estimates have now
been revised upwards by the @
WorldBank from 6.5% to 6.9%.
The country has the resilience
and internal robustness to fuel
higher growth rates.
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The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
At 6.9 percent, the
growth will be lower
than financial year
2021-22 when it
stood at 8.7 percent.
The lower growth can
be attributed to high
commodity prices and
the Reserve Bank of
India’s (RBI)
tightening of
monetary policy like
other central banks
EXIT POLLS
MODI 2017 MODI 2022
AAP TO EMERGE AS A LANDSLIDE WINNER!
Compared to 2017, the Congress, as per
exit poll outcomes, may see a significant
reduction in vote share. Axis MyIndia and
ETG predict the most drastic decrease for the
Congress, pegging the fall at 15.4 and 18
percentage points in respective orders
BUT IN MCD POLLS...
The AAP has emerged as
a landslide winner in the
Municipal Corporation of
Delhi exit polls (MCD exit
polls) conducted by India
Today-Axis My India and
Times Now. MCD exit polls
reveal that the BJP stands a
distant 2nd in MCD elec-
tions and the Congress
could be reduced to single
digits. Of the 250 MCD
wards, AAP is predicted to
win 149-171 seats, accord-
ing to India-Today Axis My
India MCD exit poll. BJP
is predicted to be a distant
second with 69-91 seats,
whereas Congress has been
driven to margins and
it is predicted to secure
fewer seats than even the
Independents. Congress
is predicted to win three
to seven seats whereas
‘Others’, which include In-
dependents, are expected
to secure 5 to 9 seats.
AAP’s entry in the fray
in 2022 has made
Gujarat polls all the
more interesting as the
party is on an upswing
since winning Punjab
early in 2022 especially
post results which were
announced on march 10
Chanakya
BJP Cong Others
150 19 11
Times Now
BJP Cong Others
109 70 03
News Nation
BJP Cong Others
128 56 03
Republic Tv
BJP Cong Others
108 74 00
India Today
BJP Cong Others
113 82 01

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INDIA
05
VOTING
FALLS
PERCENTAGE
2022 65.22%
69.99%
2017
Ahmedabad (PTI): A
voterturnoutof 65.22per
cent was recorded in the
secondandfinalphaseof
the Gujarat Assembly
elections in 93 seats, as
perthelatestdatashared
by the Election Commis-
sion on Tuesday
.
In 2017, these constit-
uencies had registered
69.99 per cent turnout.
The voting on Mon-
day covered the 93 seats
spread across 14 dis-
tricts of north and cen-
tral regions of Gujarat.
The first phase of
elections held on De-
cember 1 covered 89 As-
semblyseatsandrecord-
ed 63.31 per cent polling.
Gujarat,havingatotal
of 182 Assembly seats,
had registered 68.41 per
cent voting in 2017.
In second phase polls
on Monday
, Ahmedabad
district, which has 21
seats, registered the
lowest voter turnout of
59.10 per cent, while Ba-
naskantha was on top at
72.49 per cent.
Sabarkantha district
of north Gujarat was on
second spot with 71.43
per cent turnout, fol-
lowed by Kheda 68.55
per cent, Panchmahal
68.44 per cent, Anand
68.42 per cent, Arvalli
67.55 per cent, Gandhi-
nagar 66.90 per cent,
Mehsana 66.42 per cent,
Patan 66.07 per cent,
Chhota Udepur 65.48
per cent, Vadodara 65.24
per cent, Mahisagar
61.69 per cent and Da-
hod 60.07 per cent.
A total of 87 ballot
units, 88 control units
and 282 voter verifiable
paper audit trails
(VVPATs)werereplaced
during the second phase
of voting, which took
place between 8 am and
5 pm on Monday across
14,975 polling stations
in 14 districts.
Polling officials monitor strong room through CCTV footage ahead
of counting for the Gujarat elections, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Comments that
triggered row and
grabbed headlines
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Strong comments
cheered by supporters,
slammed by rivals and
deemedcontroversialby
others are always head-
line-makers during poll
campaigns and the Gu-
jarat assembly elections
were no exception.
As people are waiting
for the results on Thurs-
day
, here is a list of such
remarks and the lead-
ers behind them.
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma drew crit-
icism from the Con-
gress but was feted by
the BJP’s Hindutva
base after he took a
swipe at Rahul Gandhi
by likening his new
bearded look to that of
former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein.
UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath’s swipe at Arvind
Kejriwal at a public
meeting on November
26 also drew criticism.
NITISH DUCKS
QUERIES ON EXIT
POLLS PREDICTIONS
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar on Tuesday
ducked queries about
exit polls predicting wins,
in Gujarat and Himachal
Pradesh assembly polls,
for his former ally BJP
which he has vowed to
defeat with the help of a
united opposition in the
next general elections.
Most exit polls have
predicted a huge victory
for the BJP in Gujarat,
the home turf of PM
Narendra Modi.
BSF personnel stand guard at a strong room
ahead of counting, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
BATTLEGROUND
GUJARAT
Lalu in better condition
post kidney transplant
Patna (ANI): Rashtri-
ya Janata Dal’s (RJD)
Misa Bharti on Tuesday
extended gratitude to
the people for their
wishes on the behalf of
her father Lalu Prasad
Yadav who underwent a
kidney transplant sur-
gery in Singapore on
the previous day
.
She took to Twitter
and said in Hindi, “Your
prayers boosted my fa-
ther’s morale and made
him feel better today!
Papa has said Thanky-
ou to all of you.”
She also attached a
video where Lalu Yadav
could be heard saying:
“Aap logo ne sab dua
kiya, acha feel kar rahe
hain hum, acha feel kar
rahe hain hum (You all
prayed, I am feeling bet-
ter).”
Lalu’s son and Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister
Tejashwi Yadav on
Monday informed that
the party chief under-
went kidney transplant
surgery successfully at
a hospital in Singapore.
“After the successful
operation of my fa-
ther’s kidney trans-
plant, he was shifted
from the operation the-
atre to ICU. Donor elder
sister Rohini Acharya
and the party national
president are both
healthy. Thank you for
your prayers and good
wishes,” tweeted
Tejashwi Yadav.
PM MODI SPEAKS TO TEJASHWI, ENQUIRES
ABOUT LALU’S HEALTH AFTER SURGERY
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday to
enquire about the recovery of Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav who
underwent a kidney transplant surgery in
Singapore. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi
spoke to Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi
Yadav on phone this morning and inquired
about the health of RJD National Presi-
dent Lalu Prasad Yadav after the kidney
transplant operation,” according to RJD. Lalu’s son and
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Monday
informed that the party chief underwent kidney transplant
surgery successfully at a hospital in Singapore.
GIRIRAJ PRAISES LALU’S DAUGHTER
ROHINI WHO DONATED HER KIDNEY
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini
Acharya, who donated a kidney to her father, has earned
the praise of Union minister Giriraj Singh, one of the
most strident opponents of the former Bihar chief min-
ister. Singh, who represents the Begusarai Lok Sabha
seat of the state, expressed his sentiments on Twitter,
sharing a picture of Acharya fast asleep on her hospital
bed after the surgery in Singapore. “Beti ho to Rohini
Acharya jaisi (Rohini Acharya is the kind of daughter one
should have),” Singh tweeted in Hindi, adding that the
Singapore-based daughter of Prasad, in her early 40s,
“shall serve as an example for the future generations”.
Murmu,Dhankhar,others
paytributestoDrAmbedkar
New Delhi (ANI): Be-
sides Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu,
Vice Presdident
Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la and several leaders
on Tuesday paid floral
tributes to Dr Bhim Rao
Ambedkar on his death
anniversary at his stat-
ue in the Parliament.
“President Droupadi
Murmu paid floral trib-
utes to Babasaheb Dr
BR Ambedkar on his
Mahaparinirvan Diwas
at Parliament House
Lawns, New Delhi,” the
Rashtrapati Bhavan
tweeted. President
Murmu was accompa-
nied with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, Lok
Sabha speaker Om Bir-
la and other leaders and
dignitaries at the Par-
liament premises.
Besides, BJP chief JP
Nadda, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, former UP
CM and BSP supremo
Mayawati, Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Dhami,
Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal and several Con-
gress leaders paid trib-
utes to Dr Ambedkar.
President Murmu, VP Dhankhar, PM Modi arrive to pay homage to
Dr Ambedkar. Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge also seen.
UP GOVT TO BUILD
MEMORIAL OF
AMBEDKAR: CM YOGI
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Tuesday paid tributes
to Dr BR Ambedkar, the ar-
chitect of India’s Constitution,
on his death anniversary, and
said his efforts gave inspira-
tion to the downtrodden. CM
Yogi announced that his govt
will build a grand cultural
centre and memorial named
after Dr BR Ambedkar.
MP cops on hunt
to nab author of
controversial book
Bhopal (PTI): The
Madhya Pradesh Police
on Tuesday constituted
several police teams to
arrest the author of a
controversial book
against whom a case
was registered last
week, state Home Min-
ister Narottam Mishra
said on Tuesday.
The case was regis-
tered after activists of
Akhil Bharatiya Vid-
yarthiParishad(ABVP)
staged a protest on the
premises of the govern-
ment Law College in
Indore alleging the
book, being taught to
students, has very ob-
jectionable contents
against the Hindu com-
munity and the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh, which encour-
ages religious funda-
mentalism.
Will Rahul Gandhi’s BJY ‘companions’ bond with him in politics?
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: Allies are
openly supporting Con-
gress’ Bharat Jodo
Yatra. The allies of the
statesthroughwhichthe
Yatra is going on under
the leadership of Rahul
Gandhi have supported
theyatra,buttheleaders
of the allies of the states
where the yatra is not
going are also joining
the yatra. Earlier it
seemed that UPA’s allies
in the states where the
Yatra would not go,
would only give moral
supporttotheYatra.But
as the Bharat Jodo Yatra
progressed and it got a
response, it seems that
the opinion of the allies
changed and they decid-
ed to give open support
to the Yatra.
The Jharkhand Muk-
ti Morcha, a major ally
of the Congress, sent its
leader to join the yatra.
Keep in mind that
Bharat Jodo Yatra is not
going to Jharkhand.
That’s why Jharkhand
Congress leaders had
reached Madhya
Pradesh to join the
yatra. At the same time
Congress’ ally JMM
sent its senior leader
and state minister Mith-
ilesh Kumar Thakur to
join the yatra. On the
sidelines of the visit,
Rahul Gandhi posed for
photographs with
Jharkhand Congress
and JMM leaders and
the same was released
on social media. Signifi-
cantly, Jharkhand has
JMM government with
the support of Congress
and Hemant Soren is
the Chief Minister.
Similarly, the Con-
gress yatra is also not
going to Goa, but Vijay
Sardesai, the head of
Goa Forward Party, an
ally of the Congress in
Goa, joined the yatra in
Madhya Pradesh. Sev-
eral senior party lead-
ers joined him and
praised Rahul’s yatra.
Keep in mind that the
Goa Forward Party was
earlier an ally of the
BJP. But ahead of the
last election, Sardesai
had aligned with the
Congress after the par-
ty was split by the BJP.
However, the leaders
of thealliedpartiesfrom
thestatesthroughwhich
the Congress yatra
passed, joined the yatra
and walked with Rahul.
When the yatra started
from Kanyakumar in
Tamil Nadu, the ruling
DMK leader in the state
and Chief Minister MK
Stalin attended the pro-
gramme.Afterthat,lead-
ersof Congress’salliesin
Kerala also participated
in the yatra. Congress
has no allies in Karnata-
ka, Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana.Butwhenthe
yatra reached Maha-
rashtra, leaders of both
the allied parties joined
the yatra after initial
hesitation. Many big
leaders including Supri-
ya Sule, daughter of
NCP supremo Sharad
Pawar also attended the
yatra. On behalf of the
ShivSena,AdityaThack-
eray
,sonof formerChief
Minister Uddhav Thack-
eray and former minis-
ter of the state govern-
ment,participatedinthe
yatra. Supriya Sule even
participated in the Con-
gressrallyheldinMaha-
rashtra.
Rahul Gandhi with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, her husband Robert Vadra during the Yatra.
Several allies have
given open support
to Yatra eversince it
was started in Sep
GOOD PERFORMACE
SO FAR IN OVER
LAST 100 DAYS
When the yatra reached
Maharashtra, leaders of
both the allied parties
joined the yatra after
initial hesitation. Many
big leaders including
Supriya Sule, daughter
of NCP supremo Sharad
Pawar also attended
the yatra. On behalf of
the Shiv Sena, Aditya
Thackeray, son of former
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and former
minister of the state
government, participated
in the yatra.
COURTYARD
In the
In the
ODISHA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO 20
YEARS JAIL TERM FOR RAPING MINOR
Baripada: A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on
Tuesday sentenced a 58-year-old man to 20 years rigor-
ous imprisonment for raping a minor girl. Mayurbhanj
District Fast Track Court Judge Durga Charan Mishra
convicted Dulal Singh for raping a 16-year-old girl in
2019 and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. The
incident took place in the forest near the village Kachhim-
bila under Betnoti Police Station on May 20, 2019. Dulal
took the minor girl to the nearby forest and raped her.
We will win the legal
battle:Bommai on border
dispute with Maharashtra
Bengaluru (ANI): Kar-
nataka CM Basavaraj
Bommai on Tuesday as-
serted that Karnataka
will win the legal battle
with Maharashtra over
the border issue be-
tween the two states.
“Karnataka’s stand
had nothing to do with
elections, it is a long
dragged issue by Maha-
rashtra. These tensions
are created because of
Maharashtra. There is
prosperity among the
people of both states,
this (Border issue) is in
Supreme Court and I
am sure that we will win
the legal battle” Bom-
mai said, a day after ap-
pealing to Maharashtra
CM Eknath Shinde to
fight the border dispute
issue legally
. Reacting to
Uddhav Thackeray’s re-
marks questioning if it
is their (Karnataka’s)
strategy to transfer vil-
lages before the elec-
tions in Karnataka,
Bommai said: “We are
committedtosafeguard-
ing our borders and peo-
ple. Not only that we are
also committed to safe-
guarding the Kannadi-
gas in Maharastra, Ker-
ala and Telangana.”
K’taka CM Basavaraj Bommai
ED GETS CUSTODY OF CHHATTISGARH
CMO OFFICER FOR 4 MORE DAYS
Raipur: A special court here on Tuesday allowed the
custodial interrogation of bureaucrat Saumya Chaurasia,
a deputy secretary posted in CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Chief
Minister’s Office (CMO), by the Enforcement Directorate
(ED) for four more days in a money laundering case
linked to an alleged coal levy scam. The court also ex-
tended the judicial custody of Indian Administrative Ser-
vice (IAS) officer Sameer Vishnoi, coal trader Suryakant
Tiwari and two other accused by four more days in the
same case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajay
Singh Rajput extended the ED remand by four days of
Chaurasia after she was produced before the court on
expiry of her current custody, said Chaurasia’s lawyer
Faizal Rizvi. The court also extended the judicial custody
of Vishnoi, Suryakant Tiwari, his uncle Laxmikant Tiwari
and another coal businessman Sunil Agrawal by 4 days.

INDIA
06
Chandan Kumar and
Qazi Faraz Ahmed
Ayodhya: Barbed-wire
fencing and a board put
up by the Indo-Islamic
Cultural Foundation
are the only indicators
that a mosque complex
is set to come up at this
spot in Dhannipur vil-
lage near Ayodhya.
The board bears an
illustration of the pro-
posed mosque for which
the Supreme Court had
ordered allocation of a
five-acre plot.
But three years after
the apex court settled
the Ram Janmabhoomi-
Babri Masjid land dis-
pute, there are no signs
of any building activity
.
The Ayodhya Devel-
opment Authority is yet
to approve the trust’s
proposal. But the trust
expects that this will
now happen soon.
The Indo-Islamic Cul-
tural Foundation is a
trust tasked by the UP
Sunni Central Waqf
Board with the
mosque’s construction.
A pothole-riddled
road breaking off from
the Lucknow-Faizabad
highway leads to Dhan-
nipur village, 16 km
from district headquar-
ters. Narrow roads
lined with houses, a vet-
erinary hospital and a
new farmers’ centre
give way to the large va-
cant plot of land.
Until recently, the
land was used for farm-
ing. It now has a 10-foot-
high barbed wire fence.
When the land was al-
located for the mosque,
the villagers had hoped
for a brighter future.
Mohammad Gamu
(60), whose home over-
looks the site, said,
“Nothing has been done
in three years. Not a
single brick has been
laid.” Gamu’s wife com-
plained that she has not
received any benefit of
PM Awas Yojana, Ujjwa-
la scheme or Kisan
Samman Nidhi. —PTI
Kohima (PTI): Naga-
land Chief Minister
Neiphiu Rio on Tues-
day said that non-par-
ticipation of seven
tribes of the eastern
part of the state in the
ongoing government-
organised Hornbill Fes-
tival was unfortunate.
Seven tribes in six
districts of Eastern Na-
galand are not partici-
pating this year to press
for their demand for a
separate state.
The ENPO, the apex
body of these seven
tribes, has been de-
manding a separate
state since 2010. It was
scheduled to meet Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah in New Del-
hi Tuesday evening.
CONSTRUCTION YET TO BEGIN
ON AYODHYA’S NEW MOSQUE
THREE YEARS AFTER SC ORDER
BABRI ANNIVERSARY: JUST
ANOTHER DAY IN AYODHYA
Ayodhya (PTI): It
was business as usu-
al in the pilgrim city
on Tuesday, the 30th
anniversary of the
Babri demolition.
In a break from the
curfew-like situation
on some past occa-
sions, life remained
normal in the city
with schools, colleg-
es, offices and public
institutions remain-
ing open.
Like any other day,
local people were
seen queuing at the
Ram temple complex
for a ‘darshan’ while
traffic remained
heavy during morn-
ing rush hour.
Unlike in the past,
the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad is not cele-
brating any “Shau-
rya Diwas” (bravery
day) and there are no
plans by the Muslim
community to ob-
serve a Black Day
.
Senior Superinten-
dent of Police, Ayod-
hya, Muniraj G said
“routine arrange-
ments” have been
made in the city
.
VHP spokesperson
Sharad Sharma told
PTI on Tuesday that
no event is lined up
for the day. “The
‘Shaurya Diwas’
which used to be cel-
ebrated has been
called off as our
main ‘sankalp’ (vow)
was fulfilled. And af-
ter that, all we want-
ed was a peaceful en-
vironment,” he said.
Babri petitioner
Haji Mehboob said,
“We organised
Quran Khani (recita-
tion of Quran) in re-
membrance of those
who lost their lives in
Ayodhya after demo-
lition of the mosque.
No other pro-
grammes have been
planned.”
A board with Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation’s (IICF) name
inside the perimeter fence of the five-acre plot allotted by the
government, at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya district, on Tuesday.
Hornbill Festival: Naga CM
regrets absence of 7 tribes
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
PROPERTY DEALERS INTERESTED
Village head Jeet Bahadur Yadav said the prices of land
soared following the announcement of the mosque
complex’s construction and property dealers were regu-
larly visiting. “Property dealers, both from the Ayodhya
and nearby districts, frequent the village looking for
property. Some villagers even entertain them but I don’t
think anybody is ready to sell their lands as of now,”
Yadav said. “If people of the village get jobs, why will
anybody sell their property and move out?” he asked.
Pochury tribe performs during
the sixth day of Hornbill festival
on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: Different groups
of G-20 countries will
have more than 200 meet-
ings in India under the
Indian Presidency. G-20
Prime Ministers’ meetings
will be held in Delhi in Sep
2023. Before that, a series
of meetings of various
working groups will be
held in every state of the
country with an objective
is to promote the culture
of the state along with
the policy of the country,
G-20 Operation Head
Muktesh Pardeshi said.
This series began with the
first Sherpa meeting in
Udaipur. He said that the
meeting of the Develop-
ment Working Group will
be held in Mumbai from
Dec 13 to 16 and that
of the Finance Group in
Bengaluru from December
16 to 18. Apart from this,
Rajasthan will be such
a state where meetings
of different groups will
be held in three cities of
Udaipur, Jodhpur and
Jaipur. Pardeshi visited
the Passport Seva Kendra
in Subhash Nagar and met
the officers and employ-
ees there. He took stock
of the work. He said that
it was because of him that
Udaipur got the Passport
Seva Kendra.
Udaipur (PTI): India’s
initiatives in digital
public infrastructure
suchasAadhaar,unique
payment infrastructure
and direct benefit trans-
fer have been lauded at
the G20 Sherpa meeting
here, with several mem-
bers stressing on the
need to replicate the
model in other develop-
ing countries, G20 Sher-
pa Amitabh Kant said.
He highlighted the
digital initiatives taken
in healthcare such as the
Cowin app for imple-
menting the Covid vac-
cination drive and
Ayushman Bharat
scheme that has extend-
ed health insurance cov-
erto500millionpeopleat
first meeting of Sherpa
underIndia’sPresidency
.
With Ukraine conflict
festering on, Kant said
all countries were ap-
preciative of PM Modi’s
emphasis on peace and
harmony in the article
he had penned for news-
papers across the world
on the day India as-
sumed G20 Presidency
.
Kant said developing
nations holding the G20
Presidency for the next
three years would help
emerging economies
set their narrative on
the global stage.
New Delhi (FIB): Inau-
gurating “Women Lead-
ing Change in Health
and Science in India”
conference in here in the
presence of Melinda
French Gates, Co-chair
and Trustee Bill and
Melinda Gates Founda-
tion, MoS Dr Jitendra
Singh said on Tuesday
that Indian women are
gradually evolving from
participatory to leader-
ship role and constitute
an essential component
of nation’s inclusive
growth as envisaged by
PM Modi. He said, wom-
en leaders are a crucial
part of the new India
growth story
, as projects,
programmes and poli-
cies are now moving
from women-specific to
women-led,orwecansay
from an era of women
participationtoaneraof
women leadership.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla ad-
dressed the 8th annual
convocation of the In-
stitute of Liver and Bil-
iary Sciences (ILBS),
here on Tuesday
.
Congratulating the
students, Birla said that
ILBSisaplacededicated
to education, research
and treatment, where
thousandshavereceived
state-of-the-art treat-
ment at affordable rates.
Referringtothecontri-
bution of ILBS in the
field of liver transplanta-
tion, he said ILBS has
increased awareness
about organ donation
amongthegeneralpublic
and has worked to take
the idea related to organ
donation to the masses.
He said that ILBS is
playing the role of a
guideacrossthecountry
in liver related issues
and ILBS has a major
role in spreading infor-
mation about this dis-
ease to every nook and
corner of the country
.
First India Bureau
Chennai: India will be-
come a hub of drone
technology and India
will require at least 1
lakh drone pilots by
next year, said Union
Information and Broad-
casting Minister Anur-
ag Thakur. He was ad-
dressing the gathering
after flagging of the
‘Drone Yatra 2.0’, in
Chennai on Tuesday
.
Technology is truly
transforming the world
at a rapid rate and it has
never been more rele-
vant than now as its ap-
plications are solving
some of the most press-
ing problems on the
planet, said the Minis-
ter. He said “Prime Min-
ister Modi once re-
marked that ‘India has
a billion solutions to a
million problems.’ As
the country of a billion
plus people, India is in-
creasingly leveraging
technology to stay
ahead of the curve”.
Detailing the ad-
vancements in drone
technology in India, he
said that during the
Beating Retreat, the en-
tire nation was mes-
merised by the spectac-
ular display of 1000
‘Made in India’ drones
by Indian start-up ‘Bot-
lab Dynamics’ led by an
IIT alumni. As a part of
the SWAMITVA scheme
(Survey of villages and
mapping with impro-
vised technology in vil-
lage areas), the survey
of the land and houses
are being prepared
through drones in the
villages, he added.
Drones are increasingly
being used to sprinkle
pesticides and nano fer-
tilizers in the fields in
rural villages.
He said that recently,
the Ministry of Civil
Aviation (MoCA) and
Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA)
had granted condition-
al exemption to the
Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI)
for the deployment of
drones for live aerial
cinematography of the
India Cricket Season
in 2021.
India’s G20 Sherpa highlights digital
initiatives taken for healthcare like Cowin
app and the Ayushman Bharat scheme
DIFFERENT G-20 COUNTRIES GROUPS TO HAVE
OVER 200 MEETS UNDER INDIA’S PRESIDENCY
G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, with his wife Ranjeeta Kant, arrives to
attend cultural programme at G20 Sherpa meet, in Udaipur.
CRUCIAL
READ
PM TO INAUGURATE
3 AYUSH INSTITUTES
ON DECEMBER 11
BIHAR MAN CHOPS
OFF WOMAN
OVER DEBT ISSUE
BSF SEIZES DRONE,
CONTRABAND IN
TARN TARAN
TWO COLLEGE
STUDENTS HELD
FOR FRAUD
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi will inaugurate three
National Ayush Institutes
on December 11. The
institutes to be inaugurated
by PM Modi include All
India Institute of Ayur-
veda (AIIA), Goa, National
Institute of Unani Medicine
(NIUM), Ghaziabad and
National Institute of Ho-
moeopathy (NIH), Delhi.
Bhagalpur: The Bihar
Police have arrested two
persons for allegedly
attacking a woman and
chopping off her body
parts, leading to her
death, in the Pirpainti
police station limits
of Bihar’s Bhagalpur.
The arrested persons
have been identified as
Shakeel Miyan.
Tarn Taran: The Border
Security Force recovered a
drone carrying contraband
suspected to be heroin
weighing 2.4 kg near the
Kalia village in Punjab’s
Tarn Taran district, an of-
ficial said. According to the
PRO, BSF, Punjab Frontier,
the troops deployed at
the border recovered the
contraband on Monday.
New Delhi: Two final-
year college students
were arrested from
Haryana for allegedly
cheating people on the
pretext of providing
them with player IDs for
a popular online game at
discounted rates, police
said on Tuesday. Bunty
and Sagar, both 21, were
arrested from Sonipat.
India will become a hub of drone technology: Thakur
Launch of 1st Drone Skilling Training
Conference Flag-off of Drone Yatra
held at Garuda Aerospace, Agni College
Union Minister Anurag Thakur after flagging-off the ‘Drone Yatra
2.0’, in Chennai on Tuesday.
“Make Pariksha
Pe Charcha 2023
a bigger success”
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Edu-
cation Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan on
Tuesday invited stu-
dents, teachers and par-
ents to participate in
the 6th edition of
“Pariksha Pe Charcha
2023” and get a chance
tobementoredbyPrime
Minister Narendra
Modi. In this pro-
gramme, students, par-
ents, teachers across the
nation and also from
overseas interact with
the Prime Minister.
DRONE YATRA BEGINS
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla addresses annual
convocation of ILBS
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses annual convocation of
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Indian women are evolving from participatory
to leadership role, says MoS Dr Jitendra Singh
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh addressing the conference in New Delhi.
UP: 5 SENIOR IPS OFFICERS SET TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: In the Uttar
Pradesh bureaucracy,
year 2023 will bring in
a ‘flood of retirements’
as five senior IPS offic-
ers will retire. With the
retirement of 5 officers
of DG rank, ADG offic-
ers will definitely get
the benefit of promo-
tion. However, every-
one’s is more con-
cerned about only one
issue: Who will be the
next UP DGP.
Presently acting UP
DGP Dr D S Chauhan
will retire in March and
according to sources, it
is very difficult for IPS
Devendra Singh Chau-
han to get extension
from the center because
UPSC has already re-
turned his file. Sources
furtherrevealthatinthe
new year, the center will
finalizewhowillbecome
the new DGP of Uttar
Pradesh.
At present, some of-
ficers of the bureau-
cracy are busy helping
both the central and
the state government.
Among those who will
retire in the new year
are IPS Gopal Lal Mee-
na DG Cooperative who
will retire in January.
IPS Dr Rajendra Pal
Singh DG Training will
retire in February, IPS
Dr DS Chauhan DGP
DG Intelligence and Di-
rector Vigilance will
retire in March while
IPS Dr Raj Kumar Vish-
wakarma will retire in
May, as will IPS Chan-
dra Prakash DG Spe-
cial Inquiry.
Interestingly, for
choosing the next DGP
of Uttar Pradesh, the
exercise will start in
February and efforts
will be made once again
to stamp the name of
DS Chauhan through
another extension.
With 2024 slated for Lok
Sabha election, in such
a situation, the better
coordination between
the state and the center
will finalize the name
of the DGP’s chair!
Otherskeentoreplicateour
digitaltransformation:Kant

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 53,898.00 473.00 0.87 (Per 10g)
SILVER 65,878.00 1241.00 1.88 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.61 0.76 0.91
GBPINR 100.60 0.12 0.12
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Gold price fell
by Rupees 473 to
`53,898 per 10 gram in
the national capital on
Tuesday amid weak global
trends, according to
HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the pre-
cious metal had touched
`54,371 per 10 gram. Sil-
ver also tumbled by
`1,241 per kg to Rupees
65,878 per kilogram. In
the international market,
gold was trading lower at
$1,770.75 per ounce
while silver was down at
$22.38 per ounce. —PTI
GOLD FALLS `473;
SILVER PRICE ALSO
TUMBLES BY `1,241
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki
India on Tuesday said it is
recalling 9,125 units of its
models Ciaz, Brezza, Erti-
ga, XL6 and Grand Vitara
to fix possible defects in a
part of the front row seat
belts. The affected vehi-
cles were manufactured
between Nov 2-28, 2022.
“It is suspected that there
is a possible defect in one
of the child parts of
shoulder height adjuster
assembly of front row
seat belts, which in a rare
case, may lead to seat
belt disassembly,” it said.
The company has decided
to recall the vehicles for
inspection and replace-
ment of the faulty part,
free of cost. —PTI
MARUTI SUZUKI
INDIA TO RECALL
9,125 VEHICLES
New Delhi: High-value
drugs like cocaine, meth-
amphetamine and heroin
have witnessed record
seizures by revenue intel-
ligence officers in the last
fiscal. Signalling a dis-
turbing trend, the figures
revealed that the seizure
of highly addictive party
drug cocaine has shot up
36-fold to 310 kg in
2021-22. Another high-
value party drug metham-
phetamine saw a 14-fold
increase in seizures by
DRI officers at 884.69 kg
in 2021-22. —PTI
SEIZURE OF HIGH
VALUE DRUGS RISES
MANIFOLD IN FY22
New Delhi: India’s ther-
mal power generation
registered a growth of
16.28% at 87,687 MU in
November this year as
compared to 75,412 MU
generated in the corre-
sponding month of previ-
ous fiscal. The overall
generation of power in
the country also in-
creased by 14.63% from
1,02,968 MU to 1,18,029
MU in the reporting
month yoy. Power utili-
ties’ despatch went up by
3.55% to 62.34 MT dur-
ing November this year as
compared to 60.20 MT in
the year-ago month.—PTI
INDIA’S THERMAL
POWER GENERATION
RISES BY 16.28%
*Rates till the edition went to print.
FERTILISER SUBSIDY
BILL IN FY’23 SEEN AT
`2.3-2.5 LAKH CR: FAI
New Delhi: The government’s
fertiliser subsidy will rise to
`2.3-2.5 lakh crore in this fiscal
but the bill may
fall by 25% in
the 2023-24
financial year
with moderation
in global prices, according to
industry body FAI. It expressed
concern that the fixed cost of
urea has not been increased
affecting the viability of urea
plants. It also pointed out that
the industry is running on a
very thin margin, which is ham-
pering new investments. —PTI
UPI TRANSACTIONS SEE
650% RISE AT RURAL,
SEMI-URBAN STORES
New Delhi: The unified pay-
ments interface (UPI) transac-
tions witnessed a meteoric
650% rise at
the semi-urban
and rural stores
in India this
year, a report
showed on Tuesday. There was
a growth of 25% and 14% in
value and volume, respectively,
in assisted financial transactions
across semi-urban and rural
retail counters in the country in
2022. While there was a 25%
increase in the demand for
micro-ATMs and mPOS. —ANI
GLOBAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY TO POST 6.9 BILLION
US DOLLAR LOSS IN 2022: IATA
Geneva: The global airline industry is projected to report a lower loss
at $6.9 billion in 2022, mainly due to stronger passenger yields and
cost control by carriers amid rising fuel
prices, according to industry body IATA. In
June, the IATA projected the industry loss at
$9.7 billion. In October 2021, it forecast a
loss of $11.6 billion for this year. On Tues-
day, IATA said the global airline industry is
expected to return to profitability in 2023
and post a small net profit of $4.7 billion.
After being significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the
airline industry is on the recovery path. —PTI
TOP PALM OIL BUYER INDIA’S NOVEMBER IMPORTS
JUMP 29% TO 1.14 MILLION TONNES: DEALERS
New Delhi: India’s palm oil imports jumped 29% in November from
a month ago, as a steep discount to rival soyoil and sunoil made
buying of the tropical oil lucrative for local
refiners. Higher imports by India reached
1.14 million tonnes last month, the average
estimate from five dealers with trading
firms showed. In November 2021, India had
imported 539,639 tonnes of palm oil. For
November shipments, buyers mostly placed
orders in October, when palm oil was nearly
$500 per tonne cheaper than rival soyoil and sunflower oil. —FIB
OTHER STORIES
World Bank raises India’s
GDP forecast to 6.9 percent
New Delhi (PTI): The
World Bank on Tuesday re-
vised upwards its GDP
growth forecast for India to
6.9% for 2022-23, saying the
economy was showing
higher resilience to global
shocks.
In its India Development
Update, the World Bank
said the revision was due to
higher resilience of the In-
dian economy to global
shocks and better-than-ex-
pected second quarter
numbers. India’s economy
grew at 6.3% in September
quarter 2022-23 as com-
pared to 13.5% in the pre-
ceding June quarter, main-
ly on account of contrac-
tion in output of manufac-
turing and mining sectors.
This is the first upgrade
of India’s growth forecast
by any international agen-
cy amid the global turmoil.
In October, the World
Bank had cut India’s GDP
growth forecast to 6.5%
from 7.5% earlier. Now, it
has upgraded the projec-
tion to 6.9% for 2022-23
(April 2022 -March 2023).
The report titled ‘Navi-
gating the Storm’, said
while the deteriorating ex-
ternal environment will
weigh on India’s growth
prospects, the economy is
relatively well positioned
to weather global spillo-
vers compared to most
other emerging markets.
Impact of a tightening
global monetary policy cy-
cle, slowing global growth
and elevated commodity
prices will mean that the
Indian economy will expe-
rience lower growth in
2022-23 compared to 2021-22
(8.7%), it said.
Despite these challenges,
it said, the update expects
India to register a strong
GDP growth and remain
one of the fastest growing
major economies in the
world, due to a robust do-
mestic demand.
“The World Bank has re-
vised its 2022-23 GDP fore-
cast upward to 6.9% from
6.5% (in October 2022), con-
sidering a strong outturn
in India in second quarter
(July-September) of 2022-23
financial year,” the India
Development Update said
on Tuesday
.
The report projected that
the Indian economy will
grow at slightly lower rate
of 6.6% in 2023-24.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z In October, the World Bank
had cut India’s GDP growth
forecast to 6.5% from 7.5%
earlier. Now, it has upgraded
the projection to 6.9% for
2022-23
z This is the first upgrade of
India’s growth forecast by
any international agency
amid the global turmoil
‘Eco growth to slip to
4-4.5% in 2HFY23’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Economic re-
covery in FY23 has been
resilient and encouraging,
but challenges such as
high inflation and weak
demand (both internal and
external) are expected to
pull down the economic
growth to 4-4.5% in 2HFY23
from 9.7% in 1HFY23, In-
dia Ratings and Research
(Ind-Ra) said.
The agency says as per
the latest estimates of the
National Statistical Organ-
isation, the GDP grew 6.3%
yoy during July-September
2022 (2QFY23). “The data
indicates that despite the
geopolitical uncertainty
and fear of a global growth
slowdown, the Indian econ-
omy has shown resilience.
In fact, the 2QFY23 GDP
growth print remains next
only to Saudi Arabia (8.6%
yoy) among the major econ-
omies,” says, Paras Jasrai,
Analyst, Ind-Ra. Given that
Saudi Arabia is a key ben-
eficiary of the current oil
price boom, India’s GDP
growth is indeed a shining
spot across the globe.
The biggest worry stems
from India’s merchandise
exports that contracted by
a massive 16.7% yoy to
$29.8 billion in October
2022. This is the first con-
traction in 19 months. Mer-
chandise imports grew
5.7% yoy in the month, tak-
ing the trade deficit in
goods to a three-month
high of $26.9 billion in Oc-
tober 2022. Favourably, the
trade surplus of services
continues the buoyancy
reaching a record high of
$12.3 billion, growing by
40.7% yoy (10-month high)
in October 2022.
New Delhi (PTI): Fitch
Ratings on Tuesday said it
expects the five-month-old
tax on windfall profits
made by oil companies to
be phased out in 2023 on the
back of moderating oil
rates.
The government had on
July 1 levied a new tax on
domestically-produced
crude oil as well as on the
export of petrol, diesel and
jet fuel (ATF) to take away
windfall gains accruing to
oil companies from a global
surge in energy prices fol-
lowing Russian invasion of
Ukraine.
The tax rates are revised
every fortnight based on
prevailing international
rates. The levy on petrol
export has since been abol-
ished. “We expect the wind-
fall taxes on domestic
crude oil production levied
by the government in 2022
to be phased out in 2023
with moderating prices,”
Fitch said in its APAC Oil
Gas Outlook 2023.
Fitch expects
windfall tax on oil
to be phased out
in next year
SAYS KIRIT PARIKH PANEL
Cut excise duty on CNG
till gas is included in GST
New Delhi (PTI): The Un-
ion government should
moderate the excise duty it
levies on CNG till such
time that the environment-
friendly natural gas is in-
cluded in the one-nation-
one-tax GST regime, Kirit
Parikh Committee has rec-
ommended.
Natural gas is currently
outside the ambit of GST,
and existing legacy taxes
—central excise duty, state
VAT and central sales tax
—continue to be applicable
on the fuel.
While the central gov-
ernment does not levy ex-
cise duty on natural gas
when sold in gaseous form,
it charges a 14% tax on
CNG. States levy VAT as
high as 24.5% on gas.
The Parikh Committee,
which was formed to rec-
ommend fair price of gas to
the end consumer and a
“market-oriented, trans-
parent and reliable pricing
regime”, in its report to the
Oil Ministry last week sug-
gested that “gas should be
brought under the GST re-
gime”. “The committee rec-
ognise that this requires
consensus among the
states,” it said.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Natural gas is currently
outside the ambit of GST,
and existing legacy taxes
— central excise duty, state
VAT and central sales tax —
continue to be applicable on
the fuel
z The central govt does not
levy excise duty on natural
gas when sold in gaseous
form
New Delhi (PTI): Walmart
and Flipkart on Tuesday
joined hands with the Na-
tional Small Industries
Corporation (NSIC) to ac-
celerate capacity building
for micro, small and medi-
um enterprises (MSMEs)
across India, help them
unlock export potential
and become part of retail
supply chains locally and
globally
.
The agreement was
signed at a summit here to
mark the milestone of
20,000 MSMEs completing
their training under the
Walmart Vriddhi Supplier
Development Programme,
of which Swasti is a pro-
gramme partner.
The Vriddhi programme
also includes training,
seminars and mentoring
sessions conducted regu-
larly for MSMEs. Tens of
thousands of MSMEs have
registered for the pro-
gramme from metros and
Tier II and III cities.
Walmart, Flipkart
join hands with
NSIC to help
MSMEs grow
Mkts settle lower on Tue;
Sensex falls for third day
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices ended the day
in the negative territory on
Tuesday amid weak global
market trends and rising
crude prices.
Falling for the third day
running, the 30-share BSE
benchmark ended 208.24
points or 0.33% lower at
62,626.36. During the day, it
tumbled 444.53 points or
0.70% to 62,390.07.
The broader NSE Nifty
declined 58.30 points or
0.31% to end at 18,642.75.
HUL, UltraTech Cement,
Power Grid and Nestle
were among the winners.
` SLUMPS 76 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 82.61
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
declined by 76 paise to close at
82.61 against the US dollar on
Tuesday due to heavy selling
pressure in domestic equities
and rising crude prices. During
the day, the local unit witnessed
an intraday high of 81.94 and a
low of 82.63.
Adani features in Forbes’ philanthropy list
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Indian billion-
aires Gautam Adani, Shiv
Nadar, and Ashok Soota
were named in the 16th edi-
tion of Forbes Asia’s He-
roes of Philanthropy list
released on Tuesday
.
The unranked list “high-
lights leading altruists in
the Asia-Pacific region
who demonstrated a strong
personal commitment to
philanthropic causes.”
Adani was listed for hav-
ing pledged `60,000 crores
when he turned 60 in June
this year.
The pledge makes him
one of India’s most gener-
ous philanthropists, the
release said.
The money will ad-
dress healthcare, edu-
cation, and skill de-
velopment and will
be channelled
through the family’s Adani
Foundation, which was
founded in 1996.
Self-made billionaire
and philanthropist Shiv
Nadar counts among the
top do-
nors in
India,
h a v -
i n g
channelled close to $1 bil-
lion of his wealth over a
few decades to various so-
cial causes through the
eponymous Shiv Nadar
Foundation.
This year he donated
`11,600 crore to the founda-
tion he established in 1994,
intending to create an eq-
uitable, merit-based socie-
ty by empowering individ-
uals through education.
Tech tycoon Ashok
Soota has pledged `600
crore to the medical re-
search trust he founded in
April 2021 for the study of
ageing and neurological
illnesses.
ALONG WITH 3 OTHER INDIAN BILLIONAIRES
GAUTAM ADANI’S
COMMITMENT
z Adani was listed for having
pledged `60,000 crores
($7.7 billion) when he turned
60 in June this year
z The money will address
healthcare, education, and
skill development

08
2NDFRONT
Never blame others for your
anger- delve deep into yourself
for the reasons and release that
shadow which controls you.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
IN FIRST INDIA-CENTRAL ASIA SECURITY CHIEFS’ MEETING
New Delhi (PTI): The
NSAs of India and Cen-
tral Asian countries on
Tuesdaycalledforcollec-
tive action to combat
challenges like terror fi-
nancing, radicalisation
anduseof terroristprox-
ies for cross-border ter-
rorism, while asserting
that Afghanistan must
not become a safe haven
for terrorist activities.
The meeting hosted
by NSA Ajit Doval also
emphasised the need for
respecting Afghani-
stan’s sovereignty
, unity
and territorial integrity
and urged non-interfer-
ence in its internal af-
fairs. A joint commu-
nique said the officials
agreed that the expan-
sion of terrorist propa-
ganda, recruitment and
fund-raisingeffortshave
serious security impli-
cations for the region,
and therefore, a collec-
tive and coordinated re-
sponse is essential.
“The misuse of new
and emerging technolo-
gies, arms and drugs
trafficking, using ter-
rorist proxies for cross-
border terrorism, abuse
of cyber space to spread
disinformation and un-
manned aerial systems
present new challenges
in counterterrorism ef-
forts and call for collec-
tive action,” it said.
The mentioning of
cross-border terrorism
is seen as a reference to
Pakistan’s support to
various terror groups
which have been target-
ing India. The meeting
also strongly called for
an early adoption of the
UN Comprehensive
Convention on Interna-
tional Terrorism to ef-
fectively deal with the
menace. It also reiterat-
ed that greater connec-
tivity could be a force
multiplier for enhanc-
ing trade and commerce
as well as for ensuring
closer interactions be-
tween India and Central
Asian countries.
“They agreed that
connectivity initia-
tives should be based
on the principles of
transparency, broad
participation, local pri-
orities. financial sus-
tainability and respect
for sovereignty and ter-
ritorial integrity of all
countries,” it said in
remarks seen as an
oblique reference to
China’s Belt and Road
Initiative. In his inau-
gural address, Doval
said financial support
is the “lifeblood” of
terrorism and greater
priority should be
accorded to counter
terror financing.
Describing Central
Asia as India’s “extend-
ed neighbourhood”,
Doval said New Delhi
accords “highest prior-
ity” to this region, add-
ing Afghanistan is an
important issue “con-
cerning all of us”.
Doval hosted the con-
clave with a focus on
evolving a common
framework to deal with
challenges of terrorism
in the region including
Afghanistan and ways
to bolster overall secu-
rity cooperation in sync
with a decision taken at
the first India-Central
AsiasummitinJanuary
.
Jhalawar (PTI): In
the last leg of the
Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Madhya Pradesh, a
group of people in a
town in Agar Malwa
district raised slogans
hailing Prime Minister
Narendra Modi after
spotting Rahul Gandhi,
who responded by giv-
ing flying kisses.
The incident oc-
curred on December 4
evening in Soyat Kalan
town when the Yatra
was headed towards the
Rajasthan border.
A video clip of the in-
cident surfaced on Mon-
day evening and went
viral. The video shows
a group of persons
standing on the terrace
and the balcony of a
mall and shouting
“Modi”, “Modi” in di-
rection of Gandhi when
he reached the market
area of the town. Gan-
dhi pointed towards the
group and asked them
to shout more loudly
. He
was seen blowing kisses
and smiling.
Congress party’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra re-
sumed from Khel
Sankul in Jhalawar, Ra-
jasthan, on Tuesday
.
Meanwhile, the party
high command appoint-
ed senior Punjab Con-
gress leader Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa as the
Rajasthan in-charge af-
ter Ajay Maken ten-
dered his resignation.
The meeting agreed to have
security chiefs meet on a
regular basis to discuss India’s
‘extended neighbourhood’
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Tajikistan’s Security Council Secretary Nasrullo
Mahmudzoda, Kyrgyzstan’s Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov in a group photo with
other dignitaries during the first India-Central Asia meeting of the National Security Advisers/
Secretaries of Security Councils, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves to a group of BJP supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The meeting hosted by NSA Ajit Doval
emphasised the need for respecting Afghanistan’s
sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity and
urged non-interference in its internal affairs
NSA callsforcollectiveactionagainstterrorism
Rahul blows kisses to group
shouting ‘Modi’ slogans
Home Secy chairs high-level meeting
to take stock of J-K’s security situation
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home Secretary
Ajay Kumar Bhalla on
Tuesday chaired a high-
level security review
meeting on Jammu and
Kashmir, sources said.
They said it was a
monthly review meet-
ing to take stock of secu-
rity in JK as well as
ongoing development
projects there. The offi-
cials told ANI that the
Home Secretary was ap-
prised about the prevail-
ing security situation in
Jammu and Kashmir
and other issues per-
taining to the Union
Territory
.The meeting
lasted for over two-and-
a-half hours in the Min-
istry of Home Affairs in
a hybrid mode with sen-
ior officials in the min-
istry joining it in the
presence of Director
Intelligence Bureau Ta-
pan Deka, Research and
Analysis Wing chief Sa-
mant Kumar Goel, Na-
tional Investigation
Agency Director Gener-
al Dinkar Gupta and Di-
rector General of Police
JK Dilbag Singh.
Central Reserve Po-
lice Force (CRPF) Direc-
tor General Sujoy Lal
Thaosen was also pre-
sent in the meeting that
started around 12:30
pm. Senior Jammu and
Kashmir Police and ad-
ministration officials
attended the meeting
via video conference.
The meeting was held
days after The Resist-
ance Front (TRF) -- an
offshoot of Pakistan-
based terrorist outfit
Lashkar-e-Taiba — is-
sued a threat letter to 56
employees of the Educa-
tion Department from
the Srinagar district.
Union Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla leaves after chairing the
MHA security review meeting,
at North Block in New Delhi on
Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
NIA Director-General Dinkar
Gupta leaves after attending the
MHA security review meeting,
at North Block in New Delhi on
Tuesday.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: To avoid
delay of trains during
the foggy season, the In-
dian Railways has de-
cided to increase the
maximum permissible
speed of trains to 75 km
perhourfrompresent60
kmperhourduringwin-
ter months, the national
transporter said on
Tuesday
. The national
transporter has asked
railwayzonestokeepad-
equatesupplyof detona-
tors appliances fixed on
rails that explode with a
loud report when an en-
gine passes so as to at-
tract driver ‘s attention.
“Lime marking
across the track at the
sighting board (or at
distant signal in case of
double distant signals)
must be done,” it said.
The Railways may cre-
ate infrastructure at
new/additional crew
changing locations.
Rlys increases
speed of trains
to prevent
delays in
foggy weather
New Delhi (PTI): With
an eye on the next Lok
Sabha elections in 2024,
BJP National President
JP Nadda on Tuesday
asked party leaders to
launch a ‘house to
house’ campaign to
reach out to people and
build “emotional con-
nect” with them.
Addressing BJP of-
fice-bearers from across
the country, he said the
exercise should not be
limited to handing over
some party literature to
people. Party members
should discuss issues
with the people, under-
stand their problems
and help them address
their concerns, he said,
according to a party
statement.
Discussions were
held on a number of As-
sembly elections, in-
cluding in Tripura,
Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh, and pres-
entations were made, a
party statement said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: An Akhil
Bharat Hindu Mahasa-
bha leader was arrest-
ed and 40 activists of
Hindutva organisa-
tions were taken into
custody as a preventive
measure on Tuesday
who were allegedly go-
ing to recite Hanuman
Chalisa at the Shahi
Masjid Idgah in the
Shri Krishna Janmab-
hoomi complex, as per
officials.
It was also reported
that seven-eight other
leaders of the organisa-
tion were also detained
in their houses under
different police stations
of the city. The Hindu
Mahasabha had called
upon residents of Ma-
thura to recite the Hin-
du prayer at the mosque
to mark the 30th anni-
versary of the demoli-
tion of the Babri Masjid
in Ayodhya.
“No member of the
organisation could
reach near Idgah as per
their programme. As a
preventive measure
about 40 persons were
taken into custody.
They would be released
on personal bond after
completing the formal-
ity,” stated senior su-
perintendent of police
Shailesh Pandey
.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police (City)
Martandey Singh said
police arrested the Ma-
hasabha’s Agra region
in-charge Saurabh
Sharma when he was
making an attempt to go
towards the Idgah
mosque in the complex.
Nadda calls for ‘house to house’
campaign,‘emotional’ connect
Mathura: Hindu Mahasabha leader held on
way to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Idgah
Police personnel stand guard outside Shahi Idgah Masjid in
Mathura on Tuesday.
Police detain members of Akhil
Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in
Mathura on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS BY ANI
MELINDA GATES CALLS
ON PRESIDENT MURMU
New Delhi (ANI):
Melinda French Gates,
co-chair and Trustee of
the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation called
on President Droupadi
Murmu at Rashtrapati
Bhavan on Tuesday
.
Welcoming Melinda
Gates to Rashtrapati
Bhavan, the President
noted the work done by
the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation over
the past two decades.
The President said that
the Union government
was investing signifi-
cantly in health and de-
velopment through a
range of flagship initia-
tives. It was making spe-
cial efforts to ensure an
inclusive approach, so
that the benefits reach
the most vulnerable and
disadvantaged sections
of society
, she added.
She expressed confi-
dence that the Founda-
tion would make efforts
to reach those who are
most in need - whether
they are women girls,
tribal communities, or
those residing in remote
parts of the country
.
New Delhi (ANI):
A public interest
litigation has been
filed in the Supreme
Court challenging
the Constitutional
validity of various
provisions of “The
Uttar Pradesh
Gangster and Anti-
Social Activities
(Prevention) Act.
The plea has been
filedbyAdvocate-on-
Record Ansar Ah-
madChaudhary
.The
petition has sought
to issue an appropri-
ate direction declar-
ing certain Sections
of the Uttar Pradesh
Gangsters and Anti-
Social Activities
(Prevention) Act,
1986, along with
some Rules of The
UttarPradeshGang-
ster and Anti-Social
Activities (Preven-
tion) Rules, 2021, as
unconstitutional, il-
legal and void.
The petition also
sought to pass an
appropriate order
directing the re-
spondents to keep
in abeyance the fur-
ther proceedings of
the already regis-
tered cases under
section 2/3 of the
Gangsters Act, 1986
till the pendency of
the present writ
petition.
Plea in SC
challenges UP
Gangster Act
JP Nadda addresses the
closing session of the two-
day ‘National Office Bearers
Meeting’ on Tuesday.
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eauty and brains, pleas-
ure and usability – they
should go hand in hand as
beauty gets the attention
and Personality gets the
heart. From handling her
little dreams to wearing
the crown of First India Queen
Victoria has proved that atti-
tude, knowledge and skills are
the best foundation of real
beauty
.
Victoria’s inimitable style
transformation from fresh-
faced girl to modelling
powerhouse shook every-
one, when asked about her
struggle the crowned
beauty comes from a
humble background
which instilled in her the
virtue of being kind and
giving. She spends a day
every week in commu-
nity service to give back
to society in small ways.
As an elder daughter
growing up she was
backed with responsibili-
ties and challenges to set
an example, and to make
her family proud, cer-
tainly, she has. Being
born and brought up in
Mumbai she has a bach-
elor’s degree in Mass
Media from St Andrew’s
College.
She started her pro-
fessional life as Social
Media Marketing In-
tern at Reliance Nip-
pon Life Insurance and
Currently is working
as an Account Execu-
tive at an Advertising
Firm. Victoria started a
small business page on
Instagram (@vii_crochet-
clothing). during the lockdown
“It’s a hobby turned into a small
business” she says with pride.
The elegant queen further said,
“I am extremely grateful to Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra and First
India Queen for making my dream
come true, something great like
this can only be visualized by JC
sir, he has opened open the gates
of opportunity for many deserving
girls like us.”
Victoria Fernandes, a supermodel
hailing from Mumbai and one of the
finalists of First India Queen shares
he inspiring journey with City First!
EMPRESS OF HER
EMPRESS OF HER
KINGDOM
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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Victoria Fernandes, First runner-up during the grand finale of First India Queen

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