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Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Elections to
the six Rajya Sabha
seats from Maharash-
tra may witness all the
four Maha Vikas Agha-
di candidates of the
Shiv Sena, Nationlist
Congress Party (NCP)
and Congress alliance,
coasting to victory
. The
polls, which were ne-
cessitated after the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) introduced a
third candidate, had
promptedtheShivSena
to propose a second
candidate itself.
Ironically, the BJP
was not expected to be
able to lure MVA MLA
votes in favour of its
three candidates, par-
ticularly to get a third
Member of Parliament
– Dhananjay Mahadik
– elected. In Rajasthan,
it was a BJP MLA Baby
Rani who switched her
vote to the Congress
partyatthelastminute.
A senior politician
told First India, “While
Rani has stated that she
voted for the Congress
candidate by mistake,
the truth is that state
assembly elections are
due in Rajasthan in
2023 and she may not be
expecting to be given a
ticket by the BJP.
Hence, she may have
chosen to vote for the
Congress party that is
headed by jadugar (ma-
gician) Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot.”
In Maharashtra,
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray’s stamp of
authority over the state
is expected to be vindi-
cated, if the two Shiv
Sena candidates—San-
jay Raut and Sanjay Pa-
war-- are elected to the
Upper House, along
with the NCP’s Praful
Patel and Congress’ Im-
ran Pratapgarhi.
Thackeray was ably
bolstered in his bid to
elect the four MVA can-
didates in the fray
thanks to smaller po-
litical parties and inde-
pendent MLAs in Ma-
harashtra, as 17 such
MLAs allied with the
MVA.
The Vasai-Virar
based Bahujan Vikas
Aghadi (BVA) led by Hi-
tendra Thakur (three
MLAs) simplified how
the MVA was able to
sway crucial votes for
the six Rajya Sabha
seats in its favour.
Thakur told mediaper-
sons right after casting
his ballot, “We have
votedforthecandidates
based on the principle
of the development
works we will be able to
get done in our region
of influence.”
Thakur’s statement
was honest and this
practice has been the
same even when Con-
gress Chief Minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh
ruled the roost in Ma-
harashtra, 22 years ago.
Thakur was able to se-
cure water pipeline
projects for the Vasai-
Virar belt on the
strength of support
from the Democratic
Front alliance govern-
ment between the Con-
gress and NCP in Ma-
harashtra back then.
MVA alliance part-
ner NCP’s Chief
Sharad Pawar, while
maintaining a stoic si-
lence in the initial
phase of the RS pre-
poll political dialogues,
called up Thakur (as
reported in the June 10,
2002 issue of First In-
dia), who was already
being courted by BJP’s
former medical educa-
tion minister Girish
Mahajan.
MVA FOR THE WIN IN MAHARASHTRA RS POLLS?
Samajwadi Party’s Rais Shaikh and Abu Azmi Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Cong’s Ashok Jagtap NCP’s Dhananjay Munde
BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis receives MLA Laxman Jagtap as he arrives at Vidhan Bhavan in an
ambulance to cast his vote. –PTI
Delayed counting
of 285 votes cast
by MLAs is
expected to be
completed by
late Friday night
itself
THACKERAY’S MIGHT
ECI freezes Maha Rajya Sabha elections vote counting
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The counting
of 285 votes cast by Ma-
harashtra’s legislators
was frozen after the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) cited alleged poll
code violations by Maha
Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
cabinet ministers Jiten-
dra Awhad of the NCP
and Yashomati Thakur
of the Congress, as well
as, Shiv Sena MLA Su-
has Kande.
In a tit-for-tat move,
the MVA has also moved
the Election Commis-
sionof India(ECI),mak-
ing an identical demand
to have the vote cast by
BJP MLA and erstwhile
Maharashtra Finance
Minister Sudhir Mun-
gantiwar declared as in-
valid. The alliance al-
leged that the MLA
showed his ballot paper
to two persons.
The MVA complaint
also cited independent
MLA Ravi Rana for hav-
ing released a video of
his recitation of the Ha-
numan Chalisa, before
reaching the Vidhan
Bhavan to cast his vote.
Rana, according to the
MVA complaint, had
tried to influence other
voters (along religious
lines), thereby violating
the poll code.
In the BJP’s com-
plaint addressed to the
ECI, both Awhad and
Thakur had breached
the code of secrecy by
showing their ballot to
two persons, including
the polling agent. The
opposition party also
claimed that Sena MLA
Kande had handed over
his ballot paper to two
persons, which was also
in clear violation of the
poll code of conduct.
While the ECI has
sought video footage of
the voting process cap-
tured at Vidhan Bhavan
for examination, an
MVA leader told First
India, “The fact is that
objections were raised
by the BJP and exam-
ined by the ECI-appoint-
ed returning officer at
the voting centre imme-
diately
. After the return-
ing officer was satisfied
with the procedure, he
rejected the objections
raised by the BJP and al-
lowed the three MLAs to
cast their votes. These
votes were duly deposit-
ed into the ballot box
and it would be impos-
sible to retrieve them
now.”
While the BJP insist-
ed that the three votes
should be discounted in
the counting process,
the ruling MVA govern-
ment in Maharashtra
has claimed that, even
their candidates would
win even without those
votes.
MVAleadershavealso
insistedthattheBJPwas
playing spoilsport and
deliberately trying to de-
lay the poll process. The
counting of the votes
will commence only af-
ter the ECI gives its rul-
ing on the complaints. It
is expected to resume
late on Friday night it-
self, it was learnt at the
time of going to print.
Congress’ Yashomati Thakur
BJP alleges code of
conduct violation by
two Cong and 1 Sena
MLA; MVA cites BJP
MLA and Independent
Ravi Rana for similar
breach
AT A STANDSTILL
MUMBAI l SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 36
New Delhi: Former
Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf’s
family said on Friday
that the military rul-
er’s condition is criti-
cal, his organs have
failed and recovery is
not possible. The fam-
ily, posting a state-
ment on Twitter, said
that Musharraf is
battling a longtime
ailment. “Message
from Family: He is
not on the ventilator.
Has been hospitalized
for last 3 weeks due to
a complication of his
ailment (Amyloido-
sis). Going through a
difficult stage where
recovery isn’t possi-
ble & organs are mal-
functioning. Pray for
ease in his daily liv-
ing.” Some Pak media
outlets earlier report-
ed that Musharraf
passed away in hospi-
tal, however, reports
were quashed later.
Cop opens fire
near B’desh Dy
HC,kills woman,
shoots self
REMARKS ON PROPHET MOHAMMAD
Jumma witnesses mass
protests across nation
New Delhi: The mem-
bers of Muslim commu-
nity staged protests on
Friday across the coun-
try over inflammatory
remarks by suspended
BJP leader Nupur Shar-
ma and expelled leader
Naveen Jindal against
Prophet Muhammad.
The protests broke
out after Friday prayers
in several cities includ-
ing Delhi, Lucknow,
Prayagraj, Shopian,
Srinagar, Kolkata, etc.
In Delhi, people gath-
ered in large numbers
outside Jama Masjid
and demanded the ar-
rest of Nupur Sharma.
Meanwhile, at
Ranchi, some police-
men were injured while
trying to control an
irate mob near Hanu-
man Temple after pro-
tests erupted with hun-
dreds of people de-
manding arrest of sus-
pended BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma.
Cops fired in air besides
resorted to lathi-charge.
Those who ruled for long time,
took no interest in tribals: PM
Ahmedabad: PM Modi
attacked Congress, say-
ing that those who were
in power for a long time
in country, never took
interest in development
of tribal areas as it re-
quires hard work. He
said he does n’t initiate
development work for
votes or to win polls, but
he does it to improve
quality of people’s lives.
Modi addressed Guja-
rat Gaurav Abhiyan
rally after inaugurating
& laying foundation
stone of projects worth
Rs 3,050 cr at Khudvel,
in Navsari district.
“INITIATED REFORMS IN SPACE SECTOR,
OPENED IT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR”
Ahmedabad: PM Modi on Friday said the government had
initiated reforms in the space sector and opened it up for
private sector. “Soon we will bring a new policy to encourage
Ease of Doing Business in the space sector. We have initiated
reforms in space sector and opened it up for private sector.”
PM IN GUJARAT
CRUCIAL READ
GEHLOT CABINET
MEETS TODAY
The cabinet meet-
ing will be held today
afternoon at the CMR.
About 5 to 7 agenda
including amendments
in Ayurveda and other
service rules, the rules
of land allotment and
the digital media policy
may be taken up in the
meeting.
SENSEX NOSEDIVES 1,000 PTS;
NIFTY SLUMPS BELOW 16,300
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex
slumped over 1,000 points to sink be-
low the 55,000-level on Friday, tracking
deep losses in IT, finance, banking and
energy stocks amid widespread selling
in the global markets. The 30-share BSE
index ended 1,016.84 points or 1.84%
lower at 54,303.44. Similarly, the broad-
er NSE Nifty plunged 276.30 points or
1.68% to 16,201.80.
Members of All India Maulayi Mission protest over controversial remarks made by two now-
suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, outside Ashrafiya Jama Masjid, in Mumbai.
PM Modi during the inauguration of A.M. Naik Healthcare
Complex and Nirali Multi Speciality Hospital, in Navsari.
Kolkata: Kolkata on
Friday saw the death of
two people- a woman
biker and a police per-
sonnel when the West
Bengal’s capital city’s
police fired bullets out-
side the Bangladesh
Deputy High Commis-
sion in Kolkata.
One police personnel
fired several rounds of
bullets outside the
Bangladesh Deputy
High Commission, lo-
cated on Circus Avenue,
which killed the woman
biker. Following this,
the police personnel
shot himself.
The woman, who was
riding pillion on a two-
wheeler, fell down after
being hit by a bullet as
the on-duty policeman
kept firing from his ri-
fle, triggering chaos in
the congested area.
MUSHARRAF CRITICAL,
RECOVERY NOT POSSIBLE,
SAYS FAMILY
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Affairs (MHA) on Friday
asked the police heads
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government
has appointed a three-
member panel to study
and recommend eligi-
ble convicted inmates
for remission of sen-
tence under the Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
In a government reso-
lution issued on Thurs-
day
, the state home de-
partment said, “As part
of 75th Indian independ-
ence anniversary cele-
brations, the Centre had
come up with a pro-
gramme for remission
of sentences of jailed
inmates belonging to
specific categories.
They asked to focus
specificallyonthosewho
could be released on Au-
gust 15, 2022, January 26,
2023,andAugust15,2023.
The Centre had written
to the state government
in April 2022 to imple-
ment it.”
Sources said those
convicted for serious of-
fences such as murder
andcrimesagainstwom-
en will not be eligible for
specialremissionof sen-
tence. Those eligible for
a remission will include
six categories of con-
victssuchaswomenand
transgender activists of
age 50 years and above,
those who have complet-
ed 50% of their total sen-
tence, male convicts of
age 50 years and above,
who have already served
half their sentence.
Under the pro-
gramme, physically
challengedconvictswith
more than 70% disabili-
ties and who have com-
pleted half their terms
will also be considered.
Convicts with terminal
illness, who have com-
pletedtwo-thirdsof their
sentence, poor prisoners
who have completed
their sentence, but con-
tinue to serve in jail due
to inability to pay corre-
sponding fines for their
crimes, will also be
looked at.
EARLY REPRIEVE
Selected prisoners will be let out on August 15, 2022, January
26, 2023 and August 15, 2023.
Programme
recommended for
implementation by
Centre under ‘Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav’
RAJYA SABHA POLLS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A total of
278 Maharashtra
MLAs cast their votes
till around 1.30 pm on
Friday in the election
for six Rajya Sabha
seats in the state. A
close contest was
played out between
the ruling Shiv Sena
and the opposition
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) for the
sixth seat.
Minister of State Dat-
tatraya Bharne, who be-
longstotheNCP
,wasthe
first to cast his vote.
Shiv Sena MLA Ma-
hendra Dalvi, who is ail-
ing, came to the venue
usingawalkertocasthis
vote. BJP’s Laxman Jag-
tap, who is also indis-
posed, came in an ambu-
lance from Pune to exer-
cise his franchise.
Bhujbal, a senior
NCP leader, expressed
confidence that all four
candidates of the MVA
will win. Congress lead-
er and Revenue Minis-
ter Balasaheb Thorat
also said that the MVA
candidates will sail
through comfortably in
the first round.
State Congress chief
Nana Patole said count-
down has begun for the
BJP to face a defeat.
Health Minister
Rajesh Tope, an NCP
leader, said there were
no differences among
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) allies compris-
ing the Sena, NCP and
Congress. The 288-mem-
ber Legislative Assem-
bly is the Electoral Col-
lege for the biennial
elections. But, the total
votes have come down
to 285, since there is a
vacancy due to the
death of Shiv Sena
MLA Ramesh Latke and
a special court on
Thursday rejecting the
pleas filed by Malik and
Deshmukh seeking a
day’s bail to vote in the
elections.
A statement from the
state Information De-
partmentsaidthatoutof
the 285 MLAs, 278 cast
their votes till 1.24 pm.
There are a total of
seven candidates in the
fray for six seats. While
the BJP has fielded Un-
ion Minister Piyush Go-
yal, former state minis-
ter Anil Bonde and for-
mer MP Dhananjay Ma-
hadik, the Shiv Sena has
given opportunity to MP
Sanjay Raut and Sanjay
Pawar. From the Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP), Praful Patel is in
the election ring, while
the Congress has fielded
Imran Pratapgarhi.
The contest is primar-
ily for the sixth seat --be-
tween BJP’s Mahadik
and Sena’s Pawar. After
more than two decades,
Maharashtra is witness-
ingacontestintheRajya
Sabha polls.
MOST MAHARASHTRA MLAS
CAST THEIR VOTES BY 2 PM
Despite ailments,
leaders of various
political parties
showed up to
exercise their
franchise, 278 of
285 selected their
choice by 1.24 pm
Maharashtra cabinet ministers Aaditya Thackeray outside Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai during Rajya
Sabha elections on Friday. —PTI PHOTO
AIMIM FOR
CONG?
On Friday morning, the
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (AIMIM) party
announced that it would
vote in favour of the
Congress candidate. The
announcement was made
by AIMIM Lok Sabha mem-
ber from Aurangabad Imtiaz
Jaleel, hours before the
polling began. Describing
AIMIM as the ‘B team’ of
the ruling alliance, BJP leg-
islator Atul Bhatkalkar said
that was the reason why its
two legislators were sup-
porting MVA candidates.
PM Modi to inaugurate gallery
at Raj Bhavan next week
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will inaugu-
rate the ‘Gallery of
Revolutionaries’, a
British era bunker
discovered below
the Raj Bhavan
lawns in 2016, when
he visits Mumbai
and Dehu near Pune
on June 14.
Modi will visit the
Shila Mandir in Dehu,
where the idol of 17th
century saint Sant
Tukaram and stone
on which he did a
13-day meditation
has been installed. He
will also flag off
the annual procession
of warkaris, which
culminates on Asha-
dhi Ekadashi day in
Tuljapur.
The prime minister
will then travel to
Mumbai, where he
will dedicate the gal-
lery at Raj Bhavan at
around 4 pm. The his-
toric bunker at the
Governor House has
been converted into a
gallery of various
known and unsung
revolutionaries from
Maharashtra. It has
been curated by writ-
er/historian Dr
Vikram Sampath.
According to offi-
cials, the bunker was
built sometime before
World War I, when Raj
Bhavan served as the
Government House of
Bombay Presidency
.
Spread over 15,000
sq ft, the bunker was
built as an under-
ground ammunition
store. When opened in
2016, its rooms bore
names such as shell
store, gun hell, car-
tridge store, shell lift,
pump, central artil-
lery store, workshop,
etc. The bunker opens
with a 20-ft tall gate
resembling a fort and
has a ramp on its west
end, just opposite the
Darbar Hall. It has
long passages and 13
small to medium-
sized rooms. It is a
unique piece of archi-
tecture, unlikely to
have been created an-
ywhere in India.
Named ‘Kranti Ga-
tha’, the first-of-its-
kind gallery will
honour revolutionar-
ies of Maharashtra
from the First War of
Indian Independence
in 1857 to the Naval
Uprising in Mumbai
in 1946.
‘Gallery of Revolutionaries’ will
depict feats of unsung
revolutionaries from Maharashtra
HISTORICAL JOURNEY
The gallery will take
visitors through the
time and tell the
story of the armed
struggle against Brit-
ish rule in Maharash-
tra (then Bombay
Presidency) through
exhibits, sculptures,
and rare archival
photographs gath-
ered from the State
Archives, Asiatic So-
ciety, Kesari Archives
Pune, and Savarkar
Rashtriya Smarak,
Mumbai. Scenes of
the coronation of
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj have also
been recreated in the
gallery.
State government to build 2
ITIs to rehabilitate naxalites
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
Skill Development de-
partment on Friday
announced that it will
start two new Indus-
trial Training Insti-
tutes (ITIs) in two vil-
lages located in Naxal-
affected Gadchiroli
and Gondia districts.
The institutions will
be aimed at providing
vocational training to
those Naxalites who
have surrendered on a
priority basis and help
their rehabilitation into
mainstreamcivilsociety
.
Skill Development
Minister, Rajesh Tope,
who also handles the
public health portfolio,
made the announce-
ment on Friday. “The
Skill Development de-
partment has decided to
start new ITIs in Jimal-
gatta in Gadchiroli dis-
trict and Palandur in
Gondia district from
academic year 2022-23.
Together, both ITIs can
accommodate 360 stu-
dents and offer courses
in four key trades—elec-
trician, wireman, motor
mechanic, and sewing
technology
. Seats will be
reserved for young men
and women from the
Naxal movement, who
surrendered arms and
want to return to the
mainstream civil socie-
ty. If seats remain va-
cant, they will be of-
fered to general catego-
ry students.”
“The ITI building at
Palandur has already
been completed, while a
proposal to provide
`13.18 crore to construct
the workshop building
at Jimalgatta is at an
advanced stage of gov-
ernment approval. This
ITI will temporarily op-
erate from the ITI build-
ing at Etapalli sub-divi-
sion in Gadchiroli dis-
trict,” said Tope.
Thisisthelatestmeas-
ure by the state govern-
ment to encourage more
young men and women
in the Naxalite move-
ment to surrender arms
and return to the main-
stream society
. The gov-
ernment also has a sur-
render policy for Naxal
cadre who want to sur-
render themselves.
Last month, a Naxal
couple Dipak alias Mun-
shi Ramsu Ishtam, 34,
and his wife Shambatti
Nevaru Alam, 25, who
had a `20 lakh reward on
their head surrendered
beforetheGadchiroliSu-
perintendent of Police
Ankit Goyal.
Muslim community
protestsacrossMaha
ZP tutors’ transfer
to take place online
Mumbai (PTI):
Members of the
Muslim communi-
ty staged protests
in several cities of
Maharashtra on
Friday.
They demanded
action against sus-
pended Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
Spokesperson Nupur
Sharma and her for-
mer party colleague
Naveen Jindal for
their alleged objec-
tionable remarks
against Prophet Mo-
hammad.
No untoward inci-
dent was reported
from anywhere dur-
ing the protests, po-
lice said.
Protests were
staged by various or-
ganizations follow-
ing the Friday
prayers after 3 pm,
said a police official.
In Panvel city of
neighbouring Navi
Mumbai, at least
3,000 protesters, in-
cluding around 1,000
women, took out a
protest march, seek-
ing the arrest of
Sharma and Jindal.
A delegation submit-
ted a memorandum
to Panvel tehsildar
and the protest was
over peacefully by 4
pm, said a local po-
lice official.
A protest was also
held at Shivaji
Chowk in Vashi,
where a delegation
submitted their de-
mands to the Vashi
police station.
Mumbai (PTI): The
Maharashtra govern-
ment has introduced
an online system for
the transfer of teach-
ers of Zilla Parishad
schools to ensure
transparency in the
process.
Earlier, the system for
the transfer of these
teachers was manual
and there used to be al-
legations that certain
teachers were influenc-
ing the process in their
favour. Political inter-
vention was also an is-
sueintheearliersystem.
Rural Development
Minister, Hasan Mush-
rif, on Thursday
launched the online sys-
tem at Mantralaya, the
state secretariat in
Mumbai. The new on-
line system will handle
the database of around
two lakh ZP teachers in
the state. The govern-
ment had earlier formed
a study group of ZP offi-
cials, which gave inputs
to develop the software
totwoprivatecompanies
hiredbythedepartment.
“This system will en-
sure maximum trans-
parency in the transfer
of teachers. The trans-
fers will be made in a
manner that would en-
sure that the students
would get quality teach-
ers,” said Mushrif.
Additional chief sec-
retary of the Rural De-
velopment Department
Rajesh Kumar said,
“Once a teacher fills in
hisorherinformationin
the state database, it can
beseenbyotherteachers
as well. It will thus put a
check on teachers who
may fill in false informa-
tion to influence the
transfer system.” Every
teachereligiblefortrans-
fer will have to give a list
of 30 schools of his or
her preference, he said.
The online database
comprises information
about two lakh teach-
ers, including physical-
ly-challenged ones,
widows, divorcees or
single and those who
are nearing retirement.
These factors will be
considered at the time
of transfer, said the sen-
ior official.
Nupur Sharma
Maha Skill Devt Minister Rajesh Tope. —FILE PHOTO
Buildings to be
set up in
Jimalgatta of
Gadchiroli and
Palandur of
Gondia district
Teacher instructing students at a Zilla Parishad school.
Earlier, the process
was manual and
allegations of undue
influence marred were
levelled by teachers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi —FILE PHOTO
Panel to decide on spl remission of convict sentences
Public Work Minister Ashok Chavan during Rajya Sabha elections
on Friday. —PTI PHOTO

MAHARASHTRA
03
Maha to launch `200-cr fund to
invest in deep tech startups
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra will launch a
`200-crore fund to in-
vest in deep tech
startups from the
state, which are pref-
erably led by women
and socially rele-
vant, a senior offi-
cial said on Friday.
Principal Secretary
for skills, employment,
entrepreneurship and
innovation depart-
ment Manisha Verma
while addressing a TI-
CON event here said
that the “Maharashtra
Innovation and Tech-
nological Development
Fund” will be a `200
crore corpus for
early-stage start-
ups in the state.
In her presen-
tation at the annual
summit, Verma said,
“The fund will have a
special focus on deep/
tech, women-led busi-
nesses and socially rel-
evant startups.”
She also said that
the state is mulling to
launch a seed fund for
s t a r t -
u p s .
Howev-
er, she did
not share
details of
the same.
M a h a -
r a s h t r a
already has
a
slew of vehicles to
make equity invest-
ments in startups,
which have been
launched in associa-
tion with finance play-
ers having domain ex-
pertise, she added.
These include the
`120-crore Maharash-
tra Social Venture
Fund, managed by the
Small Industries De-
velopment Bank of In-
dia (Sidbi), `
330-crore Ma-
h a r a s h t r a
State Defence
and Aero-
space Fund
a n d
` 80-crore
f u n d
for entrepreneurs hail-
ing from marginalised
communities—man-
aged by IDBI Cap-
ital, she said.
Verma, who
looks after
the Maha-
rashtra State
Innovation So-
ciety, said the
annual “Maharash-
tra Startup week” is on
right now and urged
businesses to apply
with entries for the
same.
She said in the last
four editions of the
event, 96 startups
have received or-
ders of over `14
crore through their
participation.
Verma also said that
a bulk of startups are
coming up in the clus-
ters like Mumbai,
Thane, Pune, Aurang-
abad and Nagpur, and
exhorted entrepre-
neurs to go deeper into
other parts of the
state.
She said special at-
tention is being paid
by the state on skilling
to ensure that the right
talent is available for
companies where they
need it.
STATE GOVT ALSO MULLING OVER POSSIBLE SEED FUND FOR STARTUPS
The fund will
have a special
focus on deep/
tech, women-led busi-
nesses and socially rele-
vant startups.
—Manisha Verma,
Principal Secretary for
skills, employment,
entrepreneurship and
innovation department
Mumbai smashes 92-year-old record for highest victory margin
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: After de-
feating Uttarakhand
by 725 runs in Ranji
Trophy quarter final
Mumbai broke the
world record for the
highest margin of vic-
tory in the history of
first-class cricket.
Mumbai will now face
Uttar Pradesh in the
semifinals.
Mumbai went past
New South Wales’
92-year-old Sheffield
Shield record when
they beat Queensland
by 685 runs. In the Ranji
Trophy, the previous re-
cord for the highest
margin for victory was
held by Bengal, who
had defeated Odisha by
540 runs in 1953-54.
Mumbai declared
their second innings at
261/3. Chasing the 794-
run target, Uttara-
khand were bundled
out for just 69 in the sec-
ond innings.
For Mumbai, Dhawal
Kulkarni (3/11), Shams
Mulani (3/15) and Ta-
nush Kotian (3/13)
shared the spoils. Suved
Parkar, who scored 252
runs on his debut, was
adjudged as the player
of the match.
Mumbai’s world re-
cord comes a day after
Bengal broke a 129-year-
old one with all their
nine batters scoring
half-century in a single
innings against
Jharkhand in another
quarter-final.
Bengal skipper Ab-
himanyu Easwaran
didn’t enforce the follow
on and Bengal, in their
second essay
, were 76 for
3 at stumps on Day 4.
Anustup Majumdar (22
not out) and Manoj Ti-
wary (12 not out) were at
the crease. Shahbaz Na-
deem (3/18) was again
the pick of the bowlers
for Jharkhand.
lll
In Ranji Trophy
quarter final,
Mumbai beat
Uttarakhand by
a whopping 725
runs to register
victory; will
now face UP
in semifinals
Maharashtra villagers risk lives for 'a bucket of water'
First India Bureau
Melghat: A group of
villagers in Maharash-
tra’s Khadial village
hurling their plastic
and metal cans, buck-
ets and bottles strung
with ropes down a
deep well to fetch wa-
ter is now a common
sight. In the peak of
summer, the parched
residents of the vil-
lage in Melghat dis-
trict are facing a se-
vere water crisis.
According to the vil-
lagers, they are ‘risking
their lives for a bucket
of water’.
Speaking to the me-
dia, a villager said,
“There are only two
wells in the village
which have almost
dried up. A village of
1,500 population is de-
pendent on 2-3 tankers
for water every day
.”
With the onset of
summer, the water cri-
sis has been reported
from different parts of
the country, including
Maharashtra.
“Water is supplied to
the village through two
tankers that pour water
into dry wells. People
risk their lives to
draw water from wells.
Diseases are increasing
after drinking dirty
water,” said another
villager.
According to the peo-
ple, the road condition is
also bad. “If a person
getssick,thereisnoroad
totakethemtothehospi-
tal,” added a villager.
Last week, people re-
ported about acute wa-
ter scarcity in Nashik.
In the Chichlekhaire
village in Igatpuri, Na-
shik, women travel ar-
duous three km-long
treks to fetch water.
People risk their lives
as they are forced
to draw water from
wells at Khadial
Village, Melghat, in
Amravati on Friday.
—ANI
In the peak of summer, the parched
residents of the village in Melghat
are facing a severe water crisis
Extension of Mrinal Tai
Gore flyover put on hold
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The exten-
sion of the 1.2 km
Mrinal Tai Gore Flyo-
ver in Goregaon West
up to the Link Road—
that aims cut down
travel time from 40-50
minutes to seven min-
utes from Western
Express Highway,
Goregaon to Link
Road in Oshiwara—is
now stalled after
work order was is-
sued on March 2019.
It was first proposed
in 2016. The construc-
tion work has become a
major problem for the
commuters due to long
traffic snarls caused by
ongoing work.
The revised deadline
for the completion has
now been set as 2023.
BMC said for over a
year, the work came to a
standstill due to the
COVID-19-induced lock-
down. The design for
the 800-metre arm of
the flyover was can-
celled after the then
municipal commission-
er Ajoy Mehta rejected
the design stating that
the pillars of the bridge,
which are to be built on
SV Road, would further
narrow the congested
arterial road.
Satish Thosar, chief
engineer (BMC bridg-
es), said that the work is
now continuing at full
pace. “Initially, there
was a change in the pil-
lar design. We had three
site visits to alter the
design of the pillar. We
received approval from
the BMC standing com-
mittee in October 2018
and the work order was
given in 2019. After we
received permission
from the traffic depart-
ment, the construction
commenced but was
stalled due to the pan-
demic,” he explained.
This is not the first
delay involving the con-
struction related to the
flyover. The flyover was
to be completed by 2012
originally, for `250
crore. However, a 1.2 km
long flyover was com-
pleted only in May 2016,
escalating the construc-
tion cost to `450 crore.
The revised deadline
for the completion has
now been set as 2023.
The BMC said for
over a year, the work
came to a standstill
due to the Covid-19-
induced lockdown.
Experts call for better blood screening to
reduce infections through transfusions
First India Bureau
Pune: In light of a re-
cent incident in which
four children with
thalassemia were al-
legedly infected with
HIV following blood
transfusions in Nag-
pur, medical experts
in Pune have stated
that better blood
screening standards
are needed to reduce
the burden of trans-
fusion-transmitted
infections (TTIs).
Jankalyan Chain of
Blood Banks and Medi-
cal Services on Friday
said that they were able
to save 198 lives by us-
ing nucleic acid testing
(NAT) technology to
identify contaminated
blood from 66 units,
citing a study they have
been conducting since
2013.
Director of Jankaly-
an Chain of Blood
Banks and Medical Ser-
vices Dr. Atul Kulkarni
said, “We’ve been con-
ducting this study since
2013, and we’ve tested
approximately 1.6 lakh
blood units at our
bank. To protect against
TTIs, we implemented
NAT technology at our
blood bank. We detected
the presence of Hepati-
tis B virus in 64 blood
units and HIV in two
units so far. These
were discarded right
away
.”
He also stated that in
India, blood screening
for HBV (Hepatitis B),
HIV and HCV (Hepati-
tis C) by serological
tests is mandatory. Se-
ro-nonreactive blood
donations are still at
risk of transmitting
TTIs. Hence, there is a
need for an additional
layer of safety with a
higher sensitivity
.
Jankalyan Chain of
Blood Banks and
Medical Services
claims to have saved
198 lives by identifying
contaminated blood
using nucleic acid
testing technology
TWO GIRLS RESCUED
FROM FLESH TRADE,
TWO WOMEN HELD
CYBER-FRAUDSTERS
EXTORT `57 LAKH
FROM ELDERLY
Thane: Police rescued two
teenage girls, who were
allegedly forced into flesh
trade, from Kashimira area
of Mira Road in Thane
district, and arrested two
women in this connection,
officials said on Friday. One
of the arrested women is
an aunt of the girls. The
action was taken by the an-
ti-human trafficking cell of
the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai
Virar police commissioner-
ate. Acting on a tip-off
that some persons were
pushing minor girls into
sex trade, the police laid
a trap on Wednesday at a
roadside eatery in Kashi-
mira. After sending a fake
customer, the police team
arrested the two women.
Mumbai: A 70-year-old
man from Mumbai was
recently extorted into pay-
ing `57.50 lakh by a gang
of cyber-fraudsters, who
first posed as executives
of a friendship club and
engaged him into sexually
explicit conversation with
a woman and later posed
over the phone as a
police officer and extorted
money from him. An FIR
was registered with the
BKC cyber police station
on June 7. The man told
police that he received a
message on the phone on
March 15. The message
read, “if you need a
friendship in your local
area please contact this
mobile number.”
CRUCIAL READ
MAN, DRIVER STOP TO RESCUE EAGLE;
KILLED AS TAXI PLOUGHS INTO THEM
ASKED BY PARENTS TO FOCUS ON
STUDIES, 16-YEAR-OLD KILLS SELF
Mumbai: A taxi ploughed into two people on the
Bandra-Worli Sea Link, killing one and leaving the
other grievously wounded. The latter succumbed
to his injuries during treatment. According to
police, 43-year-old Amar Manish Jariwala was
going to Malad via the Bandra-Worli Sea Link
route on May 30 when an eagle came under his
car. Jariwala and his driver Shyam Sundar Kamat
attempted rescue the eagle when a speeding taxi
on the adjacent lane rammed into them.
Mumbai: A 16-year-old boy was killed after he
jumped in front of a train between Kandivali and
Malad railway stations on Wednesday night. The
boy left behind a suicide note stating that he was
being pressured by his parents to concentrate
on his studies. The note also mentioned that the
boy had suicidal thoughts for the last two years.
The student had gone missing on Wednesday
evening.
Suved Parkar, who scored 252 runs on his debut, was adjudged as the player of the match.

PERSPECTIVE
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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Technology means greater
transparency. Technology means
enhanced ‘Ease of Living.’ The
numerous strides in technology in
the last 8 years will make you glad.
#8YearsOfTechPoweredIndia
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Visited the Telecommunication
University in Nha Trang today.
The University has made valuable
contribution to the training of Vietnam
People’s Army. Handed over a
cheque of 5 million Indian Rupees for
procurement of training aids.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Work for work’s sake, not
for yourself. Act but do not
be attached to your
actions. Be in the world,
but not of it.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
PROTESTS AFTER
FRIDAY PRAYERS
MANIFEST ANGER AT
SHARMA, JINDAL
uslims in several cit-
ies took the police by
surprise when they
staged huge unan-
nounced protests af-
ter Friday prayers against BJP
spokespersons Nupur Sharma
and Naveen Jindal’s remarks
against Prophet Muhammad
and the government’s perceived
inaction. The protests were held
in Delhi, Moradabad, Saharan-
pur, Prayagraj, Hyderabad, Kol-
kata and Srinagar. Barring
Prayagraj, the protests were
peaceful. Who gave the call for
these protests is not known.
While an FIR has been regis-
tered against Nupur Sharma
and Naveen Jindal, the Muslims
are demanding their arrest.
These demonstrations follow
protests by almost every Muslim
country which forced an embar-
rassed Indian government to
describe Sharma and Jindal as
“fringe” elements.
These protests may die down
but they signal a change in the
Muslim response. The usual
Muslim bashing in TV debates
and at dharma sansad’s was still
tolerable, but the right wing
leaders crossed the threshold
when they made objectionable
remarks against the Prophet.
They could have done without it.
TOP TWEETS
M
ection 66A of the
Information Tech-
nology Act holds a
special appeal for
the Government
of India. Grossly misused by
law enforcement agencies to
clamp down on right to ex-
pression in the country, the
controversial section was
struck down by the Supreme
Court in 2015 as “unconstitu-
tional” for being in violation
of Article 19 (1)(a). This Arti-
cle gives people the right to
free speech and expression.
Despite the Supreme Court
scrapping the section it con-
tinued to be used by security
agencies of various states.
This invited the wrath of the
top court which called it a
“shocking state of affairs”.
Although there is now no
legal validity of Section 66A
the government wants to in-
troduce it through the back
door---a UN ad-hoc committee
which is supposed to submit
a draft convention on check-
ing cyber crime in member
states. India has proposed
that measures similar to
those contained in the de-
funct section be adopted by
the member countries to take
on cyber crime. Reports sug-
gest that so far there are no
takers of India’s proposal
which, if adopted, will make
it legally binding on member
states.
It is surprising that India
has gone to this extent to
bring back a discredited law
that strikes at an individual’s
freedom of speech and ex-
pression. Fortunately, there
are countries which, unlike
India, respect these freedoms
and have so far rejected the
proposal. The proposal in-
cludes “Sending offensive
messages through communi-
cation devices etc.” which
was used to hound activists,
students and journalists in
the country
. The ad-hoc com-
mittee is still discussing and
debating various proposals
and India hasn’t given up yet.
BRINGING BACK
SEC 66A VIA UN
It is surprising that India
has gone to this extent to
bring back a discredited
law that strikes at an
individual’s freedom of
speech expression.
Fortunately, there are
countries which, unlike
India, respect these.
S
HEISANOPPORTUNIST!
ook, if you had, one shot or
one opportunity, to seize eve-
rything you ever wanted, in
one moment, would you cap-
ture it, or just let it slip?” –
these famous lines by a sing-
er describe an opportunist
who sees an opportunity and
takes advantage of it.
We may have heard some-
one say after a meeting, “he is
just an opportunist!” One has
often seen how an individual
seems to get a cushy assign-
ment while others seem to get
the heavy load or are com-
pletely pushed into the back-
ground. The opportunist had
quietly lobbied for the assign-
ment. He had spoken with a
couple of people ahead of the
meeting to ask for the specific
work. He did not do anything
unfair. While being alone
with the vice president, he
managed to steer the conver-
sation in his favour. It was a
quiet campaign. This is an
example / case of an honest
opportunist.
The label, ‘an opportunist’
usually has negative connota-
tions. It implies that people
take an unethical, unprinci-
pled, unfair or even illegal
advantage of situations for
selfish ends. Such persons are
also regarded as exploitative.
An opportunist is consid-
ered as one who is self-cen-
tred, unconcerned with the
feelings of others and always
looks out for his own inter-
ests often at the expense of
others.
All of us need to be on
guard against misuse of pow-
er. In almost every human
relationship, there are situa-
tions where one person has
an advantage over others in
terms of wealth, learning,
physical strength, position,
physical charm and many
others. The greater the ad-
vantage, the greater may the
temptation to use it for per-
sonal benefit.
There are ways to be genu-
inely opportunistic without
rubbing people the wrong
way, in fact, helping them
alongtheway
.Beinganoppor-
tunist is about our mindset. It
is looking ahead and deciding
which opening is worth ac-
cepting by weighing the pros
and cons of a situation.
An opportunist can also be
called an initiative taker, vi-
sionary, strategist and a far-
sighted person. He / she fol-
lows the maxim, ‘It is the lit-
tle things that add up to make
a big difference.’
Being a successful oppor-
tunist also requires a wider
perspective. That is, focusing
on all aspects of one’s life –
business, professional, fami-
ly, community and personal
development. How much bet-
ter would my life be if I took
more opportunities to spend
time with my family? And
how much more meaningful
would my life be if I look for
opportunities to help others?
Using any opportunity re-
quires balance. Venturing
into a different area can lead
to a new, previously unseen
and unidentified field. Suc-
cess in one area feeds suc-
cesses in other areas. One
can become a visionary, able
to differentiate between op-
portunities of the moment
and sustainable opportuni-
ties for the future.
Taking advantage of op-
portunities is proper, when it
means any action that takes
place because of a combina-
tion of favourable circum-
stances, time and suitable
place.
One can also think about
the opportunities when one
has to make good and healthy
choices throughout the day
like choosing low calorie
bites, drinking enough water,
reading books that inspire
and doing something useful
for others.
When do we find a task
most easy to do, while deal-
ing with problems or when
our life is relatively peaceful?
Using the time of peace or
calm, is like taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to ac-
complish the most.
Any period of peace is not
a time to relax but it is a time
to strengthen and prepare
oneself for future stress and
to devise strategies. It is a fa-
vourable opportunity to com-
plete one’s pending tasks.
Tranquil intervals that
one experiences now may not
continue for long. So, one can
ask oneself, how am I using
this time of quietness today?
Making the most of the fa-
vourable opportunity is like
making the most in the given
set of circumstances. Taking
full advantage of the calm
before the storm is a proac-
tive approach to life.
Opportunities that one has
today may be gone tomorrow.
None of us are immune to
unforeseen events and dis-
tractions. Seizing the unique
opportunity without hesita-
tion will reap benefits as time
appears to fly when we are
busy and pre-occupied with
what we are doing.
Since there is always more
to do than what we can han-
dle, it is wise to spend time in
line with our objectives in
life. Time well spent is an op-
portunity encashed.
So, let’s be a fair opportun-
ist, opening our mind and
heart to new ideas. It is the
way to succeed and thrive
with a vision.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
“
L
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator.
An opportunist can also be
called an initiative taker,
visionary, strategist and a
far-sighted person. He / she
follows the maxim, ‘It is the
little things that add up to
make a big difference.’
Being a successful
opportunist also requires a
wider perspective. That is,
focusing on all aspects of
one’s life – business,
professional, family,
community and personal
development. How much
better would my life be if I
took more opportunities to
spend time with my family?
And how much more
meaningful would my life
be if I look for opportunities
to help others?
Since there is always
more to do than what we
can handle, it is wise to
spend time in line with
our objectives in life.
Time well spent is an
opportunity encashed.
So, let’s be a fair
opportunist, opening
our mind and heart to
new ideas. It is the way to
succeed and thrive
with a vision.

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INDIA
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dr Jitendra Singh
on Friday lauded Cen-
tral Information Com-
mission (CIC) for
achieving consistent
decline in pendency
with corresponding
rise in disposal of the
Right To Information
(RTI) appeals.
The Minister said he
was pleased to note that
the pendency reduced
from about 40,000 cases
last year to around
27,000 cases at present,
while the disposal of
cases increased from
17017 in 2020-21 to 28901
in 2021-22.
Addressing the 14th
Special General Body
Meeting of National
Federation of Informa-
tion Commissions of
India (NFICI) at CIC
Bhawan here, Dr Jiten-
dra Singh said, “Ever
since Modi Govern-
ment came into power
in 2014, Transparency,
Accountability and Cit-
izen-Centricity became
the hallmark of the
Governance Model. He
said that in the last
eight years, every con-
scious decision was
taken to strengthen the
Independence and Re-
sources of the Informa-
tion Commissions.”
The Union Minister
noted that empowered
citizens are an impor-
tant pillar of democ-
racy and the Central
Information Commis-
sion will continue to
work for empowering
the people through in-
formation.
Kolkata (PTI): Facing
flak from the ruling
TMC over repeated de-
mands of division of
West Bengal by a sec-
tion of BJP legislators,
its national president
JP Nadda urged party
leaders to refrain from
speaking on the issue.
Nadda, on the con-
cluding day of his visit
to West Bengal, held a
meeting with BJP MPs
and MLAs in the after-
noon.
“During the meeting,
JP Nadda ji has asked
everybody to avoid
speaking about a sepa-
rate state or the division
of Bengal. “He has said
it is sending out a wrong
message among the
masses,andisnotinline
with the party’s official
position. It was made
clear that no one should
make any comment that
might cause embarrass-
ment for the party
,” a
senior BJP leader said.
The development
comes amid several BJP
leaders demanding ei-
ther a separate state or
a union territory, carv-
ing out districts of the
North Bengal region.
Kurseong BJP MLA
Bishnu Prasad Sharma
had on Thursday morn-
ing stoked the demand
for bifurcation of West
Bengal, and said he
would bring up the mat-
terduringNadda’smeet-
ing with the lawmakers.
BJP’s Alipurduar
MP John Barla and leg-
islators of Matigara-
Naxalbari and Dab-
gram-Phulbari seats
have also called for a
union territory to be
carved out of the North
Bengal district.
Himanshu Rawat
Patna: Central Govern-
ment Minister RCP
Singh has not resigned
yet and his party Janata
Dal (U) did not give him
a Rajya Sabha ticket. He
was hoping that the
BJP could send him to
the Upper House from
somewhere but the par-
ty did not even consider
him. Despite this, he is
not resigning. Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
did not give him a ticket
and said that if his term
is not over yet, then he
does not need to resign.
Think, his term is
till July but isn’t it a
moral requirement
that he should resign
when he is not nomi-
nated to the Upper
House? If he continues,
he can stay for six
months even after the
term of the Rajya Sab-
ha is over. If the Prime
Minister wants, he can
keep him as a minister
for six months even af-
ter July or can also
nominate him to the
Rajya Sabha. But this
will happen only when
the BJP thinks that it
has to break ties with
Nitish Kumar in Bihar.
However, RCP Singh
has been a government
official and leaving the
post even a day before
the completion of his
term will not be an
easy decision for him.
Apart from RCP, the
suspense about JD(U) is
whether the party will
remain in the govern-
ment? At present,
JD(U)’s only represent-
ative in the central gov-
ernment is RCP Singh.
It is said that he had
joined the government
against the wishes of
Nitish Kumar, so Nitish
did not send him to the
Rajya Sabha. JD(U) has
17 MPs in Lok Sabha
and five in Rajya Sabha.
Based on the number of
Lok Sabha members,
JDU had demanded
three ministerial posts.
BJP, on the other hand,
made a formula that an
ally with one MP would
also have a minister
and an ally with 17 MPs
would also have only
one minister.
This formula of one
minister from every
ally was not acceptable
to Nitish Kumar. De-
spite this, RCP had be-
come a minister. Now
again it is being specu-
lated whether BJP will
agree to Nitish’s formu-
la and if BJP does not
agree then what will
JD(U) do? According to
informed sources,
JD(U) may agree on one
cabinet and one MoS
post. If this happens,
this time BJP’s national
president Rajiv Ranjan
Singh alias Lallan Sin-
gh can become a cabinet
minister and Santosh
Kushwaha can become
a minister of state
(MoS). RCP Singh had
also become a minister
at the Center as the na-
tional president and
later resigned from the
post of president.
Will Nitish continue to trouble BJP through RCP?
TOXIC ALLIANCE!
Nitish Kumar with RCP Singh. —FILE PHOTO
Union Minister Jitendra singh addresses the 14th Special General
Body Meeting of NFICI at CIC Bhawan in New Delhi.
BJP national president JP Nadda. —FILE PHOTO
Jitendra Singh lauds CIC
for reducing RTI pendency
Stay away from commenting
on WB division, BJP men told
Congress holds statewide
protests demanding
resignation of Kerala CM
Kochi (Agencies):
The Congress on Fri-
day held statewide
protests demanding
resignation of Kera-
la Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan af-
ter Swapna Suresh
— the prime accused
in the gold smug-
gling case — re-
vealed that she has
declared in the court
about the involve-
ment of the CM, his
wife and daughter in
the crime.
On Friday morn-
ing, police in Kannur
served a notice to
State Congress presi-
dent K.Sudhakaran
saying that they sus-
pect violence during
the party’s march to
the District Collec-
torate office, and if
so strict action would
be taken against him.
This was taken up
by each leader who
inaugurated the
protest in front of
the remaining 12
district collector-
ates and also in
front of the State
secretariat here.
In most of the dis-
trict headquarters,
there were exchange
of force between the
protesters and the
police.
At several places,
the police were
forced to resort to
water cannons and
lathi charge to dis-
perse them.
CRUCIAL READ
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP
chief Bandi Sanjay was
Friday placed under house
arrest here to prevent him
from staging a protest at
Jubilee Bus Station (JBS)
against hike in bus fares.
Sanjay was scheduled
to lead a protest by the
party at JBS against the
imposition of additional
diesel cess by the Telan-
gana State Road Transport
Corporation (TSRTC).
Policemen were deployed
around the house of Sanjay
in Banjara Hills to stop him
from coming out. However,
the police action was in
view of the possibility of
Sanjay staging a protest at
the DGP office against the
arrest of a party leader Jitta
Balakrishna Reddy.
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Friday adjourned the
order on the interim bail
plea of Sharjeel Imam in
the sedition case. The court
is likely to pronounce the
order on July 7, 2022.
Imam had moved the
trial court for bail in view
of the recent direction of
the Supreme Court on the
law of sedition. The court
had reserved the order on
June 6. Additional Sessions
Judge Amitab Rawat on Fri-
day was to pronounce the
order. Imam was produced
through videoconferencing
from Tihar Jail. The parties
were informed during the
proceedings through VC
that the order on the bail
application and hearing has
been adjourned for 7 July.
T’GANA BJP CHIEF
PLACED UNDER
HOUSE ARREST
SHARJEEL BAIL
PLEA VERDICT
ON JULY 7
Revive glory of India’s
past for the present:
Shah to Historians
The Home Minister made the appeal
while launching a book ‘Maharanas’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
on Friday appealed
to historians in the
country to resusci-
tate the glory of the
past for the present,
saying that it will
help in building a
bright future.
TheHomeMinister
madetheappealwhile
launchingabook‘Ma-
haranas: A Thousand
Year War For Dhar-
ma’ written by a prac-
ticing ENT Surgeon
Omendra Ratnu, who
has a keen interest in
the history of Ra-
jasthan and has writ-
ten several articles on
the history of Mewar.
Wishingtheauthor
for writing the book,
which claims to re-
veal the truth of ‘the
Sisodias of Mewad’,
the Home Minister
also advised him to
write about the strug-
gles like this that oc-
curredacrossIndiaas
a ‘Sandarbh Granth’
and appealed all his-
toriansinthecountry
to dig out India’s glo-
ry from past and re-
produce it in present
so that the new gen-
eration could know
the facts which were
not surfaced so far.
“From this dias, I
want to tell all the
brothers and sisters
of my country en-
gaged in writing his-
tory that the task of
history is to resusci-
tate the glory of the
past for the present. I
have full faith that if
you resuscitate the
glory of the past for
the present, it will
help in building a
bright future,” Shah
said while speaking
in Hindi.
Shah said that the
book outlines the glo-
ry of Maharanas of
Mewar and the great
fightersof theSisodia
dynasty who protect-
ed the country from
invaders by sacrific-
ing their lives and
many things.
Shah speaks during the
launch of a book.
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): The ruling BJP in
Karnataka had the last
laugh as it won all the
three Rajya Sabha seats
it had contested in, out
of total four from the
state, that went for polls
on Friday, while the
Congress managed to
win only one of the two
seats to which it had
fielded its candidates.
The JD(S) which had
fielded one candidate
despite not having
enough votes, failed to
win any, as Congress
did not accept its re-
quest for support in the
name of secularism.
Union Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sithara-
man, actor-politician
Jaggesh, and outgoing
MLCLeharSinghSiroya
of BJP, and former Un-
ion Minister Jairam
Ramesh of Congress
weredeclaredvictorious
by the poll officials after
counting of votes.
Sitharaman and
Ramesh have been re-
elected from Karnataka
to the Upper House of
Parliament for a con-
secutive term after this
election, for which
Members of Legislative
Assembly (MLAs) were
the voters.
There was suspense
over the outcome of the
contest for the fourth
seat, which witnessed a
tight contest between all
the three political par-
ties, as they had fielded
candidates despite none
of them having ade-
quate number of votes
to win it, and thereby
forcing an election.
A total of six candi-
dates were in the fray
for the Rajya Sabha
elections to the four
seats from the state, ne-
cessitating a contest for
the fourth one.
The fight for the
fourth seat saw a direct
contest between Siroya
(BJP’s third candidate),
Mansoor Ali Khan
(Congress’ second can-
didate) and D Kupendra
Reddy (JDS’ lone candi-
date).
The election to four
Rajya Sabha seats was
necessitated as the
term of office of mem-
bers — Nirmala Sithar-
aman and K C Rama-
murthy of BJP and
Jairam Ramesh — is
due to expire on June
30. The fourth member
Oscar Fernandes of the
Congress passed away
last year.
Sitharaman, 2 others register win
in K’taka RS polls; Cong nets 1 seat
The JD(S) leadership
on Friday claimed at
least two disgruntled
MLAs did not vote in
favour of its can-
didate in the Rajya
Sabha polls for four
seats from Karnataka,
defying the party’s
diktat, with one of its
legislators admitting
he did so since he
“loved” voting for the
Congress nominee. The
regional party’s Kolar
MLA K Srinivas Gowda
cast his vote for the
Congress candidate,
while Gubbi MLA S R
Srinivas put a blank
ballot paper into the
box, which will be
counted as invalid,
JD(S) legislature party
leader H D Kumaras-
wamy said, fuming at
his colleagues.
VOTED FOR CONG
BECAUSE I LOVE
IT: JD(S) MLA
Besides Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh and Member of Legislative Council Lehar
Singh Siroya have also won. No seat for Deve Gowda’s JD(S) as its leaders cross vote
Nirmala Sitharaman with Bommai and Yediyurappa, during Rajya Sabha elections voting, at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru on Friday.
MALIK, DESHMUKH NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE AS RAJYA SABHA POLLS END
Bombay High Court on Friday refused
to grant any relief to Maharashtra
Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik on his
plea seeking permission to vote in the
Rajya Sabha polls, voting for which is
underway. Malik’s legal team gave up by
afternoon, while the former Maharash-
tra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s
lawyers have not mentioned his plea to
vote before the court so far. Voting for
six seats of Rajya Sabha in the state,
which began at the Vidhan Bhavan here
at 9 am, continued till 4 pm. The bench
of Justice PD Naik, before whom Malik’s
plea first came up for hearing, asked
his lawyers to amend his petition. The
plea before the High Court was filed as
a writ petition invoking Article 227 of
the Constitution and Section 482 of the
CrPC to quash the order of the special
judge who had refused relief to Malik.

06
INDIA
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Former
cricketerandBCCIPres-
ident Sourav Ganguly
seemstobefinallyready
to give up his insistence
not to enter active poli-
tics. He tweeted recently
stresing that he is now
going to start a new in-
nings, in which he will
be able to help more peo-
ple. The area to help
more people is that of
politics. That is why it is
believed that he is get-
ting into active politics
and the central govern-
ment of BJP can nomi-
nate him to the Rajya
Sabha. Seven out of 12
nomination category
seats in the Rajya Sabha
are vacant. Two of these
seats belonged to two
people from Bengal —
RoopaGangulyandSwa-
pan Dasgupta. Now the
BJP can nominate Gan-
guly on one seat.
In fact, the BJP lead-
ership has been trying
to get Ganguly to join
the party for the past
eight years. Recently,
whenAmitShahwentto
Kolkata, he reached
Ganguly’s house and
shared bread with Gan-
gulyfamily
.UnionHome
Minister’s son Jay Shah
has been working with
Ganguly in the BCCI for
the past two years as the
secretary of BCCI. It is
believed that in many
ways the BJP’s strings
have been linked to Gan-
guly and he can be the
BJP’s trump card in
Bengal polls.
The aim of the BJP is
not only to make him a
RSMP
,buttoprojecthim
asthefaceof thepartyin
West Bengal. The BJP
knows that Ganguly is
thebiggestlivingiconof
Bengali identity in the
present times. The party
can include him in the
line of all Bengali great
men. BJP has 18 Lok
Sabha seats in Bengal,
and the party is con-
cerned to save these
seats. For that the party
has to prepare afresh.
Ganguly can also be use-
ful in that preparation
and after that he can be
the face of BJP in the
2026 assembly elections.
But this is all just specu-
lation. Left parties also
wanted to send Ganguly
totheRajyaSabhaandif
he wants, Mamata will
getsomeonevacatedand
send him to the Upper
House.Soitwillbeinter-
esting to see whether he
goeswiththeBJPornot.
Will Sourav Ganguly enter BJP or Trinamool?
FOR HIS PROBABLE NOMINATION TO RS...
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Protests erupted
across several parts of
the nation on Friday
against the controver-
sial statement of sus-
pended BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma.
Sporadic incidents of
sloganeering and stone-
pelting were reported
from Uttar Pradesh.
From massive protest
outside Delhi's Jama
Masjidtoburningof Nu-
pur Sharma's effigy in
Belgavi,incidentsacross
states on Friday has the
police on their toes.
Protests erupted out-
side Jama Masjid after
Friday prayers with
hundreds of people de-
manding the arrest of
Nupur Sharma for her
controversial remarks
on Prophet Mohammad.
A large crowd of peo-
ple could be seen gather-
ing at the steps of the
mosque, some carrying
placards and shouting
slogansagainstSharma.
A senior police offic-
er said that while some
of the demonstrators
left the site after some
time, others continued
to protest.
The protest that was
carried out peacefully
lasted for 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile, no unto-
ward incident has been
reported, police said.
Miscreants hanged an
effigy of suspended BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma from an electric
wireresemblingapublic
executionnearamosque
onFortRoad,policesaid.
As the issue trig-
gered a public outrage,
police along with the
city municipal corpora-
tion removed it quickly,
they added.
The police have regis-
tered a case against un-
known miscreants for
spreading enmity be-
tween communities and
disturbing peace in so-
ciety. Sporadic inci-
dents of sloganeering
were also reported from
Prayagraj and Saharan-
pur. However, police
said no untoward inci-
dent was reported in
any part of the state.
PROPHETROW:PAN-INDIAPROTESTS
BREAK OUT AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS
Stone-pelting, arson reach Delhi, UP, Ranchi streets; internet suspended in Bengal
Left: An officer aims a gun at demonstrators protesting over remarks about Prophet Mohammad in Ranchi. Right: Miscreants throw stones on police in Prayagraj.
Bengaluru (Agencies):
In a relief to the Educa-
tion Department of Kar-
nataka Govt, students
insisting on wearing hi-
jab have started to shun
it and attend classes.
Sources said that it is
a welcome development
which could encourage
other students insisting
onwearinghijabtoshun
it. Seven girl students,
who were suspended
from the Government
First Grade College at
Uppinangady in Dakshi-
na Kannada district for
insisting on wearing hi-
jab,havesubmittedapol-
ogy letters and started
attending classes.
College principal
Shekar MD has con-
firmed this and stated
that the students are at-
tending classes from
Wednesday
.
New Delhi (Agencies):
After more than two
years, the origin of the
Covid-19 pandemic still
remains a mystery
. In a
new report, the World
Health Organization
(WHO) said the theory
that the Covid virus
might have escaped
from a laboratory needs
furtherinvestigations.
The origins of Covid
has remained the sub-
ject of a political and
scientific debate with
scientists and politi-
cians globally contend-
ing that the coronavirus
jumped into people from
bats,orhavebeenleaked
from a laboratory
.
The UN health agen-
cy in its initial assess-
ment stated that it was
extremely unlikely
that Covid might have
spilled from a lab.
The new report, by
Scientific Advisory
Group for the Origins
of Novel Pathogens
(SAGO), a WHO expert
panel established in
2021 to research the
causes behind the pan-
demic, shared that key
pieces of data are not
yet available for a com-
plete understanding of
how the Covid-19 pan-
demic began.
The report, however,
suggests that the virus
probably came from
animals, likely bats.
But it also did not rule
out the possibility of a
lab leak, citing lack of
clear data.
Suspended girls shun
hijab to attend classes
Covid-19 lab leak theory needs
‘further investigations’: WHO
Agartala (PTI):
The Agartala-Kolk-
ata bus service via
Dhaka resumed on
Friday after a hia-
tus of over two
years due to the
deadly COVID-19
pandemic. Tripura
Transport Minister
Pranajit Singha
Roy flagged off the
international bus
service at the inte-
grated checkpost at
Akhaura.
“The cross-bor-
der bus service will
boost cooperation
between India and
Bangladesh,” the
minister said dur-
ing the programme.
Altogether 28 pas-
sengers boarded the
40-seater bus for
Kolkata via Dhaka,
and the service will
be available for six
days a week. The
bus will cover a dis-
tance of around 500
km from Agartala to
Kolkata via Dhaka
in around 19 hours.
India-B’desh
cross-border
bus service
resumes after
two years
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sent 30 All
India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
party activists to 3-day judicial custody on vari-
ous charges, including rioting, during a protest
against suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leaders
who had made controversial remarks against
Prophet Mohammed. Thirty AIMIM workers were
arrested under various charges, including rioting.
Lucknow: A total of 109
people were arrested
on Friday after mas-
sive protests erupted in
parts of Uttar Pradesh
over ex-Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma and
former Delhi BJP media
head Naveen Kumar
Jindal’s remarks on
Prophet Muhammed.
Visuals from the state
showed stone-pelting,
arson, and sloganeer-
ing, even as police tried
to quell the protests.
Srinagar: A shutdown was imposed in Srinagar
on Friday over the controversial remarks against
Prophet Mohammad and mobile internet ser-
vices suspended after a curfew was clamped in
Jammu’s Bhaderwah town. Meanwhile, BJP leader
Suvendu Adhikari has written to Bengal Governor
seeking Army deployment in the state.
30 ARRESTED AIMIM WORKERS
SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY
VIOLENCE IN
UP: OVER 100
ARRESTED
SHUTDOWN IN JK; BJP SEEKS
ARMY DEPLOYMENT IN BENGAL
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): The first of the
eight gunmen be-
lieved to have shot
and killed Punjabi
singer Sidhu Moose
Wala has been ar-
rested while six
shooters have been
identified, the police
said on Friday.
Harkamal Ranu, a
resident of Bathinda,
was handed over to
the police, his family
members claimed.
This is the tenth ar-
rest in the case. The
last two arrests were
that of a gangster
identified as Siddhesh
Hiraman Kamble ali-
as Mahakal and a man
who pretended to be a
fan and took a selfie
with Moose Wala be-
fore his killing.
The suspects have
been arrested for pro-
viding logistical sup-
port, conducting rec-
ce, and harbouring
the singer's killers.
Among the other
shooters identified
are Sandeep Singh,
alias Kekda, of Sirsa,
Haryana; Manpreet
Singh, alias Manna,
of Talwandi Sabo,
Bathinda; and Man-
preet Bhau of
Dhaipai, Faridkot.
First of 8 shooters held,
six identified say Police
SIDHU MOOSE WALA MURDER
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Friday sent gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi to
four more days of police
custody, in connec-
tion with an old Arms
Act case. Bishnoi was
produced on Sunday
before the Patiala House
Court which sent him to
five days police custody,
and was brought before
the court again after the
expiration of his remand.
The Special Cell submit-
ted before the court that
they need four days'
custody of the gangster
in the present case,
which is in relation to
another jailed gangster
Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's
arms supply to Bishnoi.
BISHNOI SENT
TO 4 DAYS
POLICE
CUSTODY
A vehicle was set ablaze during a protest over remarks on Prophet Mohammad in Howrah.
Sourav Ganguly with Jay Shah. —FILE PHOTO
‘Won’t hesitate in war’
over Taiwan: Beijing
New Delhi: Defence
chiefs of China US
heldface-to-facetalksfor
firsttimeonFriday
,with
both sides standing firm
on their opposing views
over Taiwan’s right to
rule itself. Issuingastun
warningtoneighbouring
Taiwan, China said that
Beijing will “not hesitate
to start a war” if Taiwan
declares independence.
The warning was issued
by China’s Defence Min
during first face-to-face
talks with his US coun-
terpart Lloyd Austin in
Singapore.
CHINA INCREASES
DEPLOYMENT
New Delhi: Amid assertion
by an American military
officer that situation along
Eastern Ladakh sector was
alarming, it is emerging that
Chinese Air Force has more
than doubled deployment
of fighter aircraft at its main
base near Indian territory.
Coal India Limited to source 6 MT more
coal from overseas for domestic supplies
New Delhi: State-
owned CIL on Friday
floated two medium-
term tenders for sourc-
ing 6 million tonnes
(MT) of coal from over-
seas, a move aimed at
securing domestic fuel
supplies amid the fear
of shortage during
monsoon.
These two tenders for
a total of 6 million
tonnes coal have an op-
tion of increasing the
bid quantity by 100 per
cent to 12 MT.
The development
comes a day after the
public sector unit float-
ing its maiden tender to
import 2.416 million
tonnes of coal.
CRUDE OIL
BASKET HITS
10-YR HIGH
New Delhi: The
basket of crude
oil that India
buys has hit a
decade high of
USD 121 per
barrel, but retail
selling prices of
petrol and diesel
continue to re-
main frozen. The
Indian basket on
June 9 touched
USD 121.28,
matching levels
seen in February/
March 2012.
New Delhi:Indian state fuel retailers have
agreed to provide monetary relief to sugar
mills and other producers of ethanol to
compensate for high energy costs to boost
biofuel production, according to a letter writ-
ten by the companies to manufacturers.
INDIAN OIL
FIRMS TO
COMPENSATE
ETHANOL
MAKERS

BIZ BUZZ
07
FitchbettersIndia’sratingoutlooktostable
New Delhi (PTI):
Fitch Ratings on Friday
upped the outlook on
India’s sovereign rating
to ‘stable’ from ‘nega-
tive’ after two years, cit-
ing diminishing down-
side risks to medium-
term growth on rapid
economic recovery
.
Fitch Ratings kept
the rating unchanged at
‘BBB-’.
“The Outlook revi-
sion reflects our view
that downside risks to
medium-term growth
have diminished due to
India’s rapid economic
recovery and easing fi-
nancial sector weak-
nesses, despite near-
term headwinds from
the global commodity
price shock,” it said.
The agency
, however,
cut the economic
growth forecast to 7.8%
for the current fiscal
from the 8.5% predic-
tion it made in March
due to the inflationary
impact of the global
commoditypriceshock.
“India’s economy
continues to see a solid
recovery from the COV-
ID-19 pandemic shock,”
Fitch said.
Indian economy
grew 8.7% in the last fis-
cal, and the country’s
central bank RBI ex-
pects growth to be 7.2%
this fiscal.
Stressing that India’s
medium-term growth
prospects remain solid,
Fitch said India’s
strong growth outlook
relative to peers is a key
supporting factor for
the rating, and will sus-
tain a gradual improve-
ment in credit metrics.
“We forecast growth
of around 7% between
FY24 and FY27, under-
pinned by the govern-
ment’s infrastructure
push, reform agenda
and easing pressures in
the financial sector.
Nevertheless, there are
challenges to this fore-
cast, given the uneven
nature of the economic
recovery and imple-
mentation risks for in-
frastructure spending
and reforms,” Fitch
said.
The agency in June
2020 revised the outlook
for India to ‘negative’
from‘stable’ongrounds
that the coronavirus
pandemic had signifi-
cantly weakened the
country’s growth out-
look.
PV wholesales
jump over 2 lakh
units in May
New Delhi (PTI):
Passenger vehicle
dispatches to dealers
in India rose over
two-fold last month
on a low base of
Covid-19-hit May last
year. As per SIAM,
passenger vehicle
wholesales rose to
2,51,052 units last
month as compared
to 88,045 units
in May 2021. The
two-wheeler sales
rose to 12,53,187
units in May as com-
pared to 3,54,824
units in the year-ago
period. Similarly,
total three-wheeler
dispatches stood
at 28,542 units last
month as against
1,262 in May 2021.
No IRDAI nod for
life insurance
products
Digital change
agents pocket
sharp pay hikes
New Delhi (PTI):
Irdai on Friday ex-
tended the ‘use and
file’ procedure for
the most of the life
insurance products,
thereby allowing
insurers to launch
new products with-
out prior approval of
the regulator. This
comes days after Ir-
dai extending similar
relaxations to health
insurance products
as well as general
insurance covers.
Earlier when the
Ind. was in nascent
stage, it was made
mandatory for the
insurance cos to take
prior approval before
launching any life
insurance product.
New Delhi: The
pandemic-induced
digital transformation
resulted in the sharp-
est salary hikes for
chief digital officers,
chief technology
officers and chief risk
officers — the roles
that played change
catalysts in the post-
Covid workplace.
Acc to data from
Aon, chief digital
officers across sec-
tors saw the highest
jump in median
compensation at a
compounded annual
growth rate of 14%
from 2019 to 2022.
It rose 13% each
for chief technology
officers and chief risk
officers.
FITCH
HOWEVER,
CUT THE
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
FORECAST
TO 7.8% FOR
THE
CURRENT
FISCAL
PREVIOUS RESULT
New Delhi (PTI):
Auto, home and person-
al loans have become
costlier with banks and
other financial institu-
tions increasing inter-
est rates following the
repo rate hike by RBI
on Wednesday
.
A number of banks
including ICICI Bank,
Bank of Baroda, Pun-
jab National Bank
(PNB), Bank of India,
Indian Bank, Indian
Overseas Bank and
the country’s leading
mortgage lender HDFC
Ltd have raised lend-
ing rates for their cus-
tomers.
Repo is the rate at
which RBI lends to
banks for their short-
term borrowing needs.
In its June 8 second
bi-monthly monetary
policy meeting review
for FY23, RBI raised the
benchmark repo rate
by 50 basis points to
4.90% with immediate
effect.
It followed an off-cy-
cle rate hike of 40 basis
points in May to rein in
the soaring inflation in
the country, mainly
triggered by supply
side woes due to Rus-
sia-Ukraine war.
Private sector lender
ICICI Bank raised the
repo linked External
Benchmark Lending
Rate (EBLR) with effect
from June 8, 2022 to
8.60% from 8.10% ear-
lier.
Public sector lender
Punjab National Bank
has raised repo linked
lending rate (RLLR) to
7.40% from 6.90% ear-
lier.
Bank of Baroda, the
third largest bank in
the public sector, raised
the RLLR to 7.40%.
HDFC Ltd has raised
its Retail Prime Lend-
ing Rate (RPLR) for
housing loans, on
which its Adjustable
Rate Home Loans
(ARHL) are bench-
marked, by 50 basis
points, with effect from
June 10, 2022. This
translates into an in-
crease of Rs 31 per Rs 1
lakh for a 20-year loan.
India’s largest lender
State Bank of India had
revised its EBLR to
7.05% plus Credit Risk
Premium (CRP), days
before the RBI’s mone-
tary policy announce-
ment.
Indian Bank has
raised RLLR to 7.70%,
and Bank of India to
7.75%.
Most of the consum-
er loans are linked to
one-year MCLR rate.
Auto, home personal loans become expensive with banks raising rates
India’s wheat export
forecasttobe7mntonnes
United Nations (PTI):
Exception to India’s
wheat export ban - for
previous contractual
commitments, govern-
ment-to-government
sales, and food security
purposes - are expected
to support an export
forecast of 7 million
tonnes in 2022/23, re-
maining well above In-
dia’s export average
over the past five years,
the United Nations’
food agency has said.
The FAO said in its
Food Outlook released
on Thursday that global
wheat markets are em-
barking on the 2022/23
season with a “great
deal of uncertainty
.
“The impacts of the
ongoingwarinUkraine,
trade policy changes in
several countries, and
high international pric-
es will shape much of
the wheat market out-
look,” it said adding
that international
wheat prices are at lev-
els not reached since
2008, following a season
of tight global availabil-
ity due to reduced har-
vests in some major ex-
porting countries and
export suspensions by
others, including
Ukraine and India,
along with supply con-
cerns for 2022/23 also
adding pressure.
LIMITING SHIPMENTSI IN 2022/23
Sensex nosedives
1,017 pts; Nifty
below 16,300
Mumbai (PTI): Eq-
uity benchmark
Sensex slumped
over 1,000 points to
sink below the
55,000-level on Fri-
day, tracking deep
losses in IT, finance,
banking and energy
stocks amid wide-
spread selling in
the global markets.
A weak rupee,
surging crude pric-
es and relentless
foreign capital out-
flows further
weighed on senti-
ment, traders said.
The 30-share BSE
index ended 1,016.84
points or 1.84% low-
er at 54,303.44. Simi-
larly, the broader
NSE Nifty plunged
276.30 points or
1.68% to 16,201.80.
Kotak Bank was
the top loser in the
Sensex pack, skid-
ding about 4%, fol-
lowed by Bajaj Fi-
nance, HDFC twins,
Reliance Industries,
Wipro, Infosys,
Tech Mahindra,
Tata Steel and TCS.
On the other
hand, Asian Paints,
UltraTech Cement,
Dr Reddy’s, Titan
and IndusInd Bank
were among the
gainers.
` FALLS 11 PAISE TO RECORD LOW OF
77.85 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee tumbled 11 paise to close at
a fresh lifetime low of 77.85 (provisional) against the
US dollar on Friday as a sell-off in domestic equities and
stronger greenback overseas weighed on investor senti-
ment. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local
currency opened at 77.81 and witnessed an intra-day
high of 77.79 and a low of 77.87 against the US dollar.
The local unit finally settled at its all-time low of 77.85,
down 11 paise over its previous close of 77.74.
IMF concerned by
food export restrictions
Washington (PTI):
The IMF has said that it
is concerned by the use
of food and fertilizer ex-
port restrictions by
some nations which can
exacerbate global price
increases and market
volatility and welcomed
India’s recent decision
to relax its originally
announced ban on
wheat exports and al-
low some shipments to
proceed.
A senior IMF official
observed that some 30
countries have cur-
tailed exports of com-
modity goods including
food and fuel since the
war in Ukraine began.
“We are very con-
cerned by the use of
food and fertilizer ex-
port restrictions, which
can exacerbate global
price increases and
market volatility. So,
this goes beyond India,”
IMF spokesperson Ger-
ry Rice told reporters.
“Our monitoring in-
dicates that some 30
countries, in fact, have
curtailed exports of
commodity goods, in-
cluding food and fuel,
and that since the war
in Ukraine began. So,
we are very concerned
about this” he said.
Alcoholicproducts
worth $322.12
mn exported
New Delhi (PTI): India
has exported 2.47 lakh
metric tonnes of alco-
holic products, worth
$322.12 million, during
2020-21, the commerce
ministry said on Friday
.
The major export des-
tinations of Indian al-
coholic products in-
clude the UAE, Ghana,
Singapore, Congo, and
Cameroon.
It said that the de-
mand of India’s prod-
ucts like beer made
from malt, wine, white
wine, brandy, whisky,
rum, and gin has in-
creased manifold in the
global market.
Duty on solar modules, cells to continue
New Delhi (PTI):
There are “no plans” to
review the basic cus-
toms duty (BCD) levied
on solar modules and
cells, Union Power Min-
ister R K Singh has
said.
“I don’t want any Chi-
nese imports and want
everything Made in In-
dia,” Singh, who is also
the Minister of New
and Renewable Energy
said in reply to a ques-
tion related to the duty
levied on the two items.
Last year, the govern-
ment had announced
imposing 40% BCD on
solar modules and 25%
on solar cells with effect
from April 1, 2022.
Singh said as a result
of the duty, the domes-
tic manufacturing
capacity of modules
and cells has started
going up.
However, developers
of renewable energy
projects have been rais-
ing concerns that the
domestic capacity is not
enough to meet their
needs of modules and
cells, and were expect-
ing relief from the govt.
More pain for consumers as milk prices may rise further
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Commodities
for which the average
Indian consumer is
now paying a higher
buck are increasing,
including the ubiqui-
tous milk, that plays
an essential role in
most Indian house-
holds. Wholesale milk
prices have increased
5.8% on an annual ba-
sis in India, and ana-
lysts believe that as
demand picks up, con-
sumers will have to
shell out more, in the
coming months.
The demand for milk
in India saw an uptick
as multiple parts of
the country experi-
enced a searing heat-
wave. Milk prices in
south India saw an up-
tick of 3.4% on a year-
on-year basis. Analysts
at ICICI Analysts be-
lieve that the rise in
wholesale prices is at-
tributable to the end of
the flush season, in-
creasing consumption,
and intense summer.
Milk procurement
prices have been
pushed upwards on ac-
count of an increase in
cattle feed prices as
well. “We believe the
dairy companies need
to raise prices again in
coming quarters to
pass on higher milk
procurement prices,”
the brokerage firm
wrote in a note.
5-8% RATE UP
RAISED RATES

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Minis-
try of Road Trans-
port and Highways
(MORTH) recently
released a report em-
phasising the impor-
tance of wearing a
helmet when riding a
two-wheeler. Accord-
ing to statistics, more
than 39,000 peo-
ple died in road
accidents in
2020 because
they did not
wear a
h e l -
met.
Maharashtra alone
accounted for 12% of
these fatalities.
According to the re-
port, 83% of all the
bikers that were killed
in road accidents in
Maharashtra in 2020
were not wearing a
helmet. A total of 4,878
two-wheeler riders
died because they did
not wear helmets. Of
these, 69% were found
riding in the vehicle,
while 31% were pillion
passengers.
Riders often wear
helmets out of safety
concerns or fear of
getting fined. But, pil-
lions are mostly seen
without helmets on
Indian roads.
According to the lat-
est data, 2,625 pillions
were injured in Maha-
rashtra in 2020 as a re-
sult of not wearing
helmets. During the
pandemic, road acci-
dent fatalities in Mum-
bai and Maharashtra
reduced sharply
. While
fatalities decreased by
22% in Mumbai, cases
decreased by 10% in
Maharashtra.
In a bid to curb the
rising number of
deaths due to road ac-
cidents, the Mumbai
police are encourag-
ing people to wear hel-
met even when they
are riding pillion.
‘Over 39K bikers
‘Over 39K bikers
died in ’20 driving
died in ’20 driving
without
without helmet’
helmet’
08
2NDFRONT
Our daily life and then years of it;
both are directly influenced by what
we think and yes, by what we eat!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With an aim
to identify the reasons
and record stressed
coral zones along the
Maharashtra coast-
line, the CSIR-Nation-
al Institute of Ocean-
ography (NIO) has
been appointed by the
state Mangrove Cell,
on Thursday, to con-
duct a baseline study
to identify potential
sites for restoration of
corals. NIO will also
be recording the rea-
sons that are stressing
the ecosystems.
Corals, though exhib-
iting characteristics of
plants, are animals and
relatives of jellyfish.
Coral polyps are tiny,
soft-bodied organisms.
Coral reefs are like un-
derwater cities and sup-
port marine life.
The goal of the one-
yearprojectistoidentify
and record stressed cor-
al zones, to highlight the
causesthatarestressing
theecosystemandstrive
to reduce stressors. It
will also look for suita-
ble recipient sites for
coral restoration in sub-
tidal regions along the
Maharashtra coast, as
well as prospective do-
nor sites for restoration
along the state coast and
on other Indian reefs.
“The overarching
purposeof thisresearch
is to understand the key
biological characteris-
tics of the reef habitat
throughout the Maha-
rashtra coast,” said
Virendra Tiwari, addi-
tional principal chief
conservator of forest,
Maharashtra Mangrove
Cell, adding that the
study is a major step to-
wardsclimateresilience
with the ocean and cor-
als being some of the
largest carbon sinks.
GPS coordinates of
the sites with reef for-
mations will be identi-
fied using remote sens-
ing tools, and these sites
will be further evaluat-
ed for the presence of
corals and other flora
and fauna, as well as
their current status and
extent of degradation,
using remotely operated
vehicles (ROVs) and
scuba divers. The same
process will be used to
choose places for resto-
ration and continuous
monitoring.
According to the UN
environment pro-
gramme, corals provide
at least half a billion
people with food securi-
ty and livelihood. Coral
reefs also act as ‘wave
breaks’ between the sea
and the coastline and
minimise impact of
coastal erosion. In In-
dia, they garner the
same protection as a ti-
ger or elephant under
Schedule I of the Wild-
life Protection Act
(WPA), 1972.
Climate change is one
of the biggest threats to
corals. Bleaching is a
process in which corals,
under stress from warm
weather,expelalgaethat
givecoralstheircolours,
live in their tissues and
produce their food. Ex-
perts have documented
bleaching of the corals
along Mumbai’s coast-
line.
Under the India–Unit-
edNationsDevelopment
Programme-Green Cli-
mate Fund (GOI-UNDP-
GCF) project titled ‘En-
hancing Climate Resil-
ience of India’s Coastal
Communities’, the Man-
grove Cell signed an
agreement with NIO.
Corals, exhibiting
characteristics of
plants, are animals
and relatives of
jellyfish. Coral polyps
are tiny, soft-bodied
organisms. Coral reefs
are like underwater
cities and support
marine life.
THREAT LETTER TO SALMAN
‘Bishnoi gang
delivered letter
to extort money’
First India Bureau
Mumbai/Pune: To ter-
rorise and extort mon-
ey from Bollywood ac-
tor Salman Khan and
his father, writer
Salim Khan three
members of the Law-
rence Bishnoi gang
delivered a letter
threatening father-
son duo, it was part of
gangster Vikram
Brar’s plan, police
claimed on Thursday
.
`Mahakal’ alias Sid-
dhesh alias Saurabh
Kamble (20), an alleged
member of the Bishnoi
gang who is also sus-
pected to be involved in
the singer Sidhu Moose
Wala murder case,
made this revelation
during interrogation,
they said.
Investigation has rev-
elaed that a sharpshoot-
er was placed near the
actor’s house, a media
report said. The sharp-
shooter was sent by the
gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi, the report fur-
ther said. The sharp-
shooter was about to
strike, when he spotted
a police vehicle outside
the actor’s house and
abandoned the plan, the
report said.
Kamble allegedly told
investigators that three
members of the Law-
rence Bishnoi gang
came from Jalour in Ra-
jasthan and one of them
placed the letter on a
bench in Bandra Band-
stand area where Salim
Khan, noted screenplay
writer and Salman’s fa-
ther, was sitting after
his morning walk on
Sunday
.
Vikram Brar, the
brother of Canada-
based gangster Goldy
Brar (who is part of the
Bishnoi gang and took
responsibility for the
Moose Wala murder)
had planned to target
Salman Khan and ex-
tort money from him
after the brutal killing
of Moose Wala, accord-
ing to police. Brar, who
sent the three men with
the threat letter to
Mumbai, wanted to
take advantage of the
situation in the after-
math of Moose Wala’s
murder, they said.
To terrorise Salman
Khan, the threat letter
said “Salim Khan, Sal-
man Khan, bahut jald
aapka Moosewala
hoga,” (Salim Khan,
Salman Khan, you will
meet Moosewala’s fate
very soon)”, and ended
with initials `G.B.’
(Goldy Brar) and `L.B’
(Lawrence Bishnoi), the
officials added.
A team of Mumbai
Police’s crime branch,
led by deputy commis-
sioner of police San-
gramsinh Nishandar,
interrogated Kamble on
Thursday
.
The Delhi Police on
Wednesday had said
that gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi, currently in
their custody, was the
mastermind behind the
last month’s murder of
Moosewala, a popular
Punjabi singer and Con-
gress leader.
Maharashtra Addi-
tional Director General
of Police (Law and Or-
der) Kulwant Kumar
Sarangal had said that
Kamble was part of the
Bishnoi gang.
To terrorise Salman Khan, the threat letter said “Salim
Khan, Salman Khan, bahut jald aapka Moose Wala
hoga,” (Salim Khan, Salman Khan, you will meet
Moosewala’s fate very soon)”
‘OLD SHIPS NEVER DIE’
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Friday inaugurated a 10-metre long model of India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at a traffic junction at Regal
Circle in Colaba in South Mumbai. Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, was also present at the
ceremony along with other naval officers. The model of the aircraft carrier has been made in-house by the Naval Dockyard and has been installed in association
with the Colaba Residents’ Association, as an affirmation of Mumbai’s strong maritime connect and rich maritime heritage of the state.
Action against helmetless bikers,
pillion riders; 3,431 fined on Day 1
First India Bureau
Mumbai: On Day 1 of
the action against
bikers and pillion rid-
ers without helmets,
traffic officers fined
3,431 pillion riders.
Riders were outraged
by the decision,
claiming that hel-
mets for pillion rid-
erswereunnecessary
.
Total 3,421 pillion
riders were fined by
traffic police while
2,334 riders were chal-
laned for not wearing a
helmet till reports last
came in. Furthermore,
516 challans were is-
sued because both the
riders and the pillion
riders were not wear-
ing helmets. With 2,100
challans, the South re-
gion accounted for the
majority of them.
“While it is compul-
sory for both the rider
and pillion rider to use
helmets under section
129 of the Motor Vehi-
cles Act, 1988, it is seen
that rider or pillion
rider or both do not
wear helmets. Accord-
ingly, today we took
action against 2,334
two-wheeler riders,
3,421 pillion riders and
516 where both were
challaned, bringing
the total to 6,271,” said
Raj Tilak Roshan, DCP
(Traffic-Headquarters
and Central).
The police commis-
sioner, on May 25, di-
rectedtrafficofficersto
takeactionagainstbik-
ers whose pillion rid-
ers were not wearing
helmets. The traffic
department had given
bikers 15 days to com-
ply or face penalties.
On Wednesday
, the
traffic division was di-
rected to take action
against bikers and pil-
lion riders who were
notwearinghelmetson
the Western and East-
ern Express Highways,
as well as major roads
leading to toll plazas,
beginningonThursday
.
Institute of Oceanography to identify sites for restoration of corals
70 CISF personnel to guard JSW Steel plant in coastal Raigad
First India Bureau
New Delhi: To provide
counter-terrorist se-
curity cover to a ma-
jor manufacturing
plant of leading steel
maker JSW Steel in
Raigad district the
CISF deployed a con-
tingent of over 70
armed personnel dis-
trict on Friday.
The security cover
came about after the
Union home ministry
approved the cover, ex-
penses for which will be
borne by the company
.
An induction ceremo-
ny was held at the facility
locatedinDolvivillageof
the district for the induc-
tion of the paramilitary
contingent, a Central In-
dustrial Security Force
(CISF)spokespersonsaid.
“JSW Dolvi is located
close to the financial
capital of India, Mum-
bai, and it plays a vital
role in the economic
growth of not only the
surrounding areas but
also of the country
.
“The proximity of
the plant to the coastal
area makes it prone to
various threats, and in
the light of this percep-
tion, security of JSW
Dolvi is of utmost im-
portance,” the spokes-
person said.

B
TS are one of the
leadingboygroups
and have taken the
world by storm.
The seven boys consist-
ently give their fans aka
ARMYS some beautiful
songs to jam to. Be it mu-
sic to cry to or a dance
number,BTShasprovided
with all. Now, the septet
band is coming up with
their new album ‘Proof’,
consisting of 3 CDs and 48
songs in total. On June 10,
they dropped their first
song ‘Yet to Come (The
Most Beautiful Moment)’,
a medium-tempo, alterna-
tive hip-hop track.
The music video refer-
ences several of their pre-
vious MVs. The lyrics
talk about being deemed
as the best by everyone
and the pressure they feel
by being put on a pedes-
tal. They further sing
about how they are just
boys who want to make
music and though every-
one thinks what they did
so far is the best, their
best is yet to come.
The first shot of the sep-
tet sitting on a chair is a
reference to their 2014
song, Just One Day
. Spring
Day
, one of the most influ-
ential songs of the group
has been referred to a lot
throughout the MV
, be it
their costumes or scenes.
A fan theory surfacing
online also drew the simi-
larity between their debut
title track ‘No More
Dream’ which was re-
leased the day BTS debut-
ed i.e., June 12, 2013. The
fan wrote, “In the No
More Dream MV
, the bus
justarrivesandtheycome
out from the bus means
it’s the beginning of chap-
ter one?!?? And, in Yet To
Come MV
, they go back on
the bus like they’re leav-
ing. That means it’s the
end of chapter one..”
There have also been
references to their song
MVs of Blood Sweat and
Tears, Boy in Luv, DNA
and Love Yourself
among others. The
classicSmeraldoFlow-
er was also shown in the
music video which only a
die-hard ARMY could no-
tice. The album Proof cel-
ebrates the nine years of
BTS and gives way to
starting a new chapter in
their tenth year as artists.
I
t is a well-known
fact that Rashmi-
ka Mandanna is
super excited for
her next Thalapa-
thy66 with Thalapa-
thy Vijay. The actress
has been a fan of the
Tamil superstar for a
very long time and is
on cloud nine about
the film. Rashmika
Mandanna revealed
how she got the offer of
Thalapathy66 and said,
The film happened just
at the right time when I
was getting done with all
of my prior commit-
ments and I was listening
to new scripts, it was the
right script that came at
the right time. It’s a film
for families, which I al-
ways wanted to do. Open-
ing about her role in the
film, she said, The char-
acter I am playing in the
film is fiercely head-
strong. She is stands up
for herself and is
supportive and
protective of
her people.
M
alaika Arora recently shared an ar-
ray of snacks at her house and
called them ‘Chaknaaaa’ on Insta-
gram. Kareena Kapoor Khan has
now reshared her post and asked Malai-
ka for her share. Re-posting
Malaika’s post, Bebo wrote to
her, ‘Mallaaaa I need this
chaknaaa bruh.’ Responding
to Kareena, Malika wrote
back, ‘Sending you all…’ Karee-
na, Malaika, Amrita and Karisma
share a great bond and are often seen hang-
ing out, partying and even going on vaca-
tions together. They were last seen to-
gether at Karan Johar’s lavish 50th
birthday bash where the ladies
made a stylish appearance togeth-
er. After receiving constant re-
quests from her fans urging her
to join social media, Kareena
finally joined Instagram in
2020 during the lockdown.
E
ver since Luv Ranjan announced his
film starring Ranbir Kapoor and
Shraddha Kapoor, fans have been ea-
gerly waiting to see this pair on the
silver screen. The stars have been shooting
for the film for quite some time now. Ranbir
was shooting for the film even at the time he
was getting married to Alia Bhatt. In the
video, we can see Ranbir Kapoor dressed in
a sheer white shirt with a touch of blue on it.
The actor paired it with white coloured jeans
too. Ranbir completed his look with black shoes.
The choreographer seems to be teaching both
him and Shraddha Kapoor the dance steps
and was seen dancing with the Sanju actor
while Shraddha looked at them.
09
MUMBAI, SATURDAY,
JUNE 11, 2022
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SHAVAASAN MODE
anveer Singh and Deepika
Padukone are one of the
cutest and hottest couples
in Bollywood. These two
never fail to give us a couple
of goals. Be it on social me-
dia or at events, Deepika
and Ranveer
are a vibe together. When the
actress was asked that since
you and Ranveer Singh are
extremely opposite how do
they manage together? Reply-
ing to this Deepika Padukone
revealed that not many people
know that when Ranveer is
with her, he is in shavaasan
mode. When asked what hap-
pened to his energy
, he will
reply that he is conserving it
as he has to attend an event.
The actress further revealed
that “We joke with each other,
play and eat together. Some-
times, there’s silence between
us. The side that not many
people know of or which does
not come out often is his in-
telligence”.
R
SHOOTING
IN SPAIN
KAREENA
KAREENA
RESHARES POST
RESHARES POST
THALAPATHY 66
BTS DROPS THEIR NEWEST MV ‘YET TO COME’
ANGRY
APTE
R
adhikaAptehas
emerged as one
of the most
skilled and
promising actors over
the years. Radhika and
Vikrant were asked
how they keep away
from fitting into a
mould of beauty and
body standards in the
showbiz. Responding
to this question, Apte
revealed that she was
asked to get various
‘jobs’ done on her body
at the beginning of her
career. However, the
actress said that it did
not pressurize her, but
instead, it really made
her angry
.
Rashmika Mandanna
Kareena Kapoor Khan Radhika Apte
Taehyung, Jungkook, Jin, RM, J Hope, Jimin and Suga
Shraddha Kapoor
Deepika Padukone

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