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300 more One Stop Centres to come up soon to
support violence-hit women, says Smriti Irani
First India Bureau
Mumbai: UnionWomen
and Child Development
Minister (WCD) Smriti
IranionTuesdaysaid300
more One Stop Centres
(OSCs), intended to sup-
port women affected by
violence, will be opened
soon across the country
.
She said women’s
health and empower-
ment have become an
integral part of the cen-
tral government’s pro-
grammes and policies.
Speaking at a zonal
conference of states and
different stakeholders
from the western region
in Mumbai, Irani said
704 OSCs are function-
inginthecountryatpre-
sent and in collabora-
tion with women’s hel-
pline, 70 lakh women in
distress have received
support from the Centre
and states governments.
Three hundred more
One Stop Centres would
beopenedsoon,shesaid.
The OSCs, opened un-
deraschemelaunchedby
the Ministry, are intend-
ed to support women af-
fected by violence in pri-
vate and public spaces,
within family
, communi-
ty and at the workplace.
She said through the
Nirbhaya Fund, various
projects worth Rs 9,000
crore have been imple-
mented between 2014-21
for women’s safety and
security. She said wom-
en’s health and empower-
ment have become an in-
tegralpartof government
programmesandpolicies,
stressing the Centre is
committed to protect
women’s self-respect.
The conference’s fo-
cus was on: ‘Mission
Poshan 2.0’ relating to
nutrition of women and
children, ‘Mission Shak-
ti’ relating to safety and
security of women, and
‘MissionVatsalya’which
is aimed at securing a
happyandhealthychild-
hood for every child.
Union Minister Smriti Irani inaugurates the zonal conference of the
stakeholders from States and UTs in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
CRUCIAL READ
BOMB HURLED AT
NITISH’S JANSABHA
Patna: A bomb was hurled
near Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar’s ‘Jansabha’
(public meeting) site in
Nalanda district. Accord-
ing to reports, it was a
low-intensity bomb that
blasted around 20 feet
away from where the Bihar
CM was present during
the event.
GOVT APPROVES
PROSECUTION
New Delhi: Clearing the
way for cognisance of
CBI chargesheet against
Amnesty International and
its chair Aakar Patel, the
government has granted
the agency sanction to
prosecute the organisa-
tion. CBI sources said the
sanction was received two
days ago.
13 SHOT AT IN SUBWAY STATION IN NEW
YORK, COPS SAY NO ACTIVE EXPLOSIVES
New Delhi: Five people were shot Tuesday morning at
a subway station in Brooklyn, New York. Fire person-
nel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street
station in the Sunset Park neighborhood found multiple
people shot and undetonated devices. The fire depart-
ment said 13 people were injured, but there were no de-
tails on what those injuries entailed. Reports indicating
preliminary information said that a suspect fled wearing
a construction vest and a gas mask.
JHARKHAND CABLE CAR ACCIDENT
3 dead,CM Hemant
Soren announces probe
Want “peaceful
& cooperative”
ties with India:
Shehbaz Sharif
‘Indian monthly oil
import lesser than EU’s
usage in one noon’
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar Tuesday said
that India imports less
oil from Russia than Eu-
rope does in an after-
noon when asked about
India’s position on the
Russia-Ukraine war and
its foreign policy goals.
Responding to ques-
tions after the India-US
2+2 meeting between
the two sides, Jais-
hankar said, “I noticed
you refer to oil purchas-
es. If you are looking at
energy purchases from
Russia, I would suggest
that your attention
should be focused on
Europe, which probably
we do buy some energy
which is necessary for
our energy security
. But
I suspect, looking at the
figures, probably our
total purchases for the
month would be less
than what Europe does
in an afternoon.”
Deoghar: The death toll
in the Jharkhand cable
car accident rose to
three on Tuesday after a
woman fell to death
while being rescued.
She was the second per-
son to fall during the
rescue operation and
succumb to injuries. A
third person who was
injured in the accident
on Sunday evening ear-
lier died. Indian Air
Force (IAF) choppers
Tuesday rescued 10 of
the 15 tourists who re-
mained trapped in cable
cars over the Trikut
Hills in Jharkhand’s De-
oghar district for more
than 40 hours following
a technical snag. The
rescue operations had
been briefly halted late
evening on Monday
.
New Delhi: Thanking
Narendra Modi for con-
gratulating him, Paki-
stan’s new Prime Min-
ister Shehbaz Sharif on
Tuesday said that his
country desires peace-
ful and
coopera-
tive ties
with In-
dia.
With-
in min-
utes of
being sworn in as the
PM on Monday, Sharif
was congratulated by
Modi, adding that “In-
dia desires peace and
stability in a region free
of terror, so that we can
focus on our develop-
ment challenges and
ensure the well-being
and prosperity of our
people.”
he virtual meeting between
US President Joe Biden and
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in which the former
hailed India’s humanitarian
approach towards the people
of Ukraine and mentioned
that both the nations are go-
ing to continue close consul-
tation to manage destabilis-
ing effects of this Russian
war, seems to have paved way
for India becoming one of the
world leaders.
The meeting ahead of the
2+2 dialogue between the two
countries in which Biden
said the US and India share
a strong and growing “ma-
jor defence partnership”,
has given a clear signal to
the world that India, un-
der the leadership of
Modi, is no longer going to
play the second fiddle and
has its own influence on
the world stage.
When the war began, it
was Ukraine, that was look-
ing toward India to bail it
out by persuading Russia to
stop the war, but now the
world’s super powers
are banking on In-
dia while recognizing
its
ability and potential. From
the two major global players
- Putin and Biden - to Israeli
PM Neftali Bennet, to UK
Prime Minister Boris John-
son, to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a
host of other leader; all have
been looking towards Modi
and India’s relations with
countries across the world to
drive home their respective
points and concerns.
India, and Modi in particu-
lar, do not just have a massive
‘goodwill’ among nations, but
also have the ability to pro-
vide a ‘conscious stability’ to
the world affairs, a fact that
global powers have begun to
accept, only over the past few
years. Be it Modi’s ‘hug di-
plomacy’, his ‘covid care’
programstoallpowerful
and weak nations alike,
or his ‘scientific solu-
tion finding ap-
proach’ to modern
problems; all these
combined have ef-
fectively cemented
Modi’s and India’s
place in global lead-
ership as a mindful
world power! Observ-
ersbelievethatUkraine
hasprovidedanoppor-
tunity to Modi to
establish
himself as global leader even
above Biden and Putin.
In fact, the US President
was all praise for India re-
cently when he said, “I want
to welcome India’s humani-
tarian support for the people
of Ukraine, who are suffering
a horrific assault, including
a tragic shelling in a train sta-
tion last week that killed doz-
ens of innocent children and
women and civilians attempt-
ing to flee the violence.”
“The United States and In-
dia are going to continue our
close consultation on how to
manage the destabilizing
ef-
fects of this Russian war,”
Biden said and added, “We
take the same concerns about
the global challenges we face
for Covid-19, advancing
health security and tracking
the climate crisis and we
share a strong and growing
major defence partnership.”
On his part, while giving a
clear indication that India
was bound to play a key role
in resolving conflicts, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi apt-
ly reiterated that India was
hopeful of the “ongoing talks
between Russia and Ukraine
will pave the way for peace.”
“When I came to Washing-
toninSeptemberlastyear,you
saidthatIndia-USpartnership
can contribute to the solution
of many global problems. I
completely agree with you. As
theworld’stwolargestandold-
est democracies,
we are natu-
ral partners,” he added.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GLOBAL LEADER MODI EMERGES
AS A ‘SUPERPOWER’ OVER BIDEN
AND PUTIN IN UKRAINE CRISIS
Ukraine has provided an opportunity for Modi to establish himself as a global leader,
where everyone in Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra Modi
T
2+2 dialogue between
the two countries in
which Biden said the US
and India share a strong
and growing “major
defence partnership”,
the world that India,
under the leadership
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is no
longer going to play the
second fiddle and has its
own influence on the
world stage
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
The United States and India
are going to continue our
effects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.
was bound to play a key
role in resolving conflicts,
Modi aptly reiterated that
India was hopeful of the
“ongoing talks between
Russia and Ukraine will
pave the way for peace”
JOE BIDEN
VLADIMIR PUTIN
NARENDRA MODI
PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A person can rise through
the efforts of his own mind;
or draw himself down, in
the same manner Because
each person is his own
friend or enemy.
—Bhagavad Gita
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Under the ongoing public relations
campaign in Himachal Pradesh, today
in the Jhanduta assembly of Bilaspur,
the name of Vijaypur booth president
Smt. Jamna Devi was honored. It is
these activists who have made the
Bharatiya Janata Party resound all over
the country today.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The demise of Dr. R. Venkatapathy is
a big loss for news industry in India.
He played an instrumental role in
taking the Tamil daily Dinamalar to its
heights. My deepest condolences to
the bereaved family members and the
staff of Dinamalar.
TOP TWEETS
IN DIRE STRAITS,
LANKA RESORTS TO
EMERGENCY STEP
OF LOAN DEFAULT
ri Lanka’s Prime
Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa said on
Monday that his gov-
ernment will tide
over the economic crisis the way
it finished off the LTTE to end
the 30-year war. Mahinda is the
elder brother of President Got-
baya Rajapaksa. Under intense
public pressure to resign, Prime
Minister Mahinda is clinging on
to power even as the situation in
the country is turning from bad
to worse. A proof of the gloomy
situation came on Tuesday
when Lankan finance ministry
announced that it would be de-
faulting on all its external debt
of $51 billion as it has run of
foreign exchange to pay for im-
ports. For a nation grappling
with severe shortage of food,
fuel and medicines this was an
emergency measure.
The Rajapaksas are in no
mood to oblige either the opposi-
tion with their resignation.
They expect countries like India
to bail them out with supplies of
essentials. So far India, which
has managed its economy better
than its neighbours, has not dis-
appointed.
S
ensuring India for
its human rights
record, US Secre-
tary of State An-
tony Blinken said
in the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jais-
hankar and Defence Minister
RajnathSinghthattheUSwas
monitoringtherecentsurgein
human rights abuses in India.
“…we are monitoring some
recent concerning develop-
mentsinIndiaincludingarise
in human rights abuses by
some government, police and
prison officials,” Blinken said
at a joint press briefing. His
comments came days after US
Representative
Ilhan Omar’s
remark that the US was hesi-
tanttocriticisetheIndiangov-
ernmentforitsallegedhuman
rights abuses. With Blinken
not elaborating his statement
further and Jaishankar mak-
ing no mention of it at the
press conference, not much
should be made out of
Blinken’s statement.
Risingcommunalincidents
in the country targeting and
stigmatising
minorities and
ruling party leaders giving
cover to the troublemakers,
India is emerging more as a
theocratic nation where secu-
larism and democratic princi-
ples are slowly disappearing.
One only has to look at the US,
UK, Australia and New Zea-
land where majority versus
minority debate has seldom
turned into Islamophobia
and
compare with the situation in
India to see where we are
headed.Whetheritisdisallow-
ing Muslims to pray in an
open space despite govern-
mentpermission,threatening
Muslimwomenwithrape,pro-
tests over hijab, boycotting
Muslimtradersandclosureof
meat shops during Hindu fes-
tivals, has divided the society
.
Despite growing conflicts
it is unlikely that the US will
go beyond verbal censure of
India, which it looks at as a
key defence, strategic and
business partner.
ANTONY BLINKEN’S
UNEXPECTED REMARK
Censuring India for its human
rights record, US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in
the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S.
Jaishankar and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
that the US was monitoring
the recent surge in human
rights abuses in India
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Ukraine has provided an opportunity to Modi to
establish himself as global leader, where everyone in
Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra
Modi, writes Shashikant Sharma
GLOBAL LEADER MODI
EMERGES A SUPERPOWER
OVER BIDEN AND PUTIN IN
UKRAINE CRISIS
It was yet another disappointing session for Dalal Street investors as the
benchmark indices extended losses after a gap-down start on Tuesday.
Losses across sectors pulled the headline indices lower, with the 30-share
pack Sensex declining 388 points or 0.66% to settle at 58,576.37.
NIFTY ENDS
BELOW 17,600,
SENSEX FALLS
388 PTS
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A new political
threat for Kejriwal
Shashikant Sharma
Shimla: A Narendra
Modi and Amit Shah
confidante, a silent per-
former and an unas-
suming cricketman
turned politician, Anu-
rag Thakur, has sud-
denly started giving
sleepless nights to Aam
Aadmi Party supremo
and Delhi Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal.
The reason is simple:
Thakur has demolished
Kejriwal’s dreams of
establishing a govern-
ment in the hill state of
Himachal Pradesh.
After having success-
fully brought AAP’s
state chief Anup Kesri
and other office bearers
of the newly formed
party into the BJP fold,
Thakur rubbed salt in
the ‘still fresh’ wounds
of Kejriwal when on
Monday he ensured a
smooth transition from
AAP to BJP of state
chief of AAP’s mahila
morcha-MamtaThakur
along with the deputy
chief and other office
bearers of the women’s
wing, Industries wing
and even the social me-
dia incharge of AAP for
Himachal Pradesh.
This was Anurag
Thakur’s second suc-
cessful ‘surgical
strike’ at AAP, to
which the rival
party has no an-
swer. After the
dual blow, the
leaders of Aam
Aadmi Party are
in a tizy as to what
needs to be done
towards ‘damage
control’. AAP,
which is dreaming
of sitting on the
throne o Himachal, has
suddenly reached the
margins in the state due
to Thakur’s master-
stroke.
Assembly elections
are to be held in
Himachal at the end of
this year.
Lucknow: After regis-
tering a historical sec-
ond consecutive win to
return to power for 18th
legislative assembly
, the
BJP once again marked
a thumping victory in
legislative council polls
and won 33 seats, in-
cluding nine unopposed
out of 36 vacant seats.
However, the party
failed to end the monop-
oly of jailed mafia don
Brijesh Singh’s family
in Varanasi seat, as his
wife Annapurna Singh
won in a one-sided con-
test to become MLC for
the second time. She se-
cured 4,234 votes to de-
feat SP’s Umesh Yadav
who bagged 345 votes.
The BJP candidate Su-
dama Patel managed to
fetch 170 votes only
.
Two other seats, such
as Azamgarh-Mau and
Pratapgarh were won by
independentcandidates.
UttarPradeshlegislative
councilhas100seatsand
on April 9, the state went
for a poll on 36 vacant
seats. Once the results
are formally declared,
the BJP will enjoy a ma-
jority in both houses of
Uttar Pradesh for the
first time in decades.
After the landslide
victory in MLC polls,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath extended
congratulations to win-
ning MLCs. In the two
tweetshewrote,“Hearty
congratulations and
best wishes to all the
newly elected members
of the Upper House of
Uttar Pradesh.”
Bypolls: Violence
breaks out in Asansol
Elections were held to
Asansol Lok Sabha
seat and four Assem-
bly seats - Ballygunge
in West Bengal,
Khairagarh in Chhat-
tisgarh, Bochahan in
Bihar and Kolhapur
NorthinMaharashtra
on Tuesday
. Barring a
few incidents of vio-
lence, the polling for
WestBengal’sAsansol
Lok Sabha constitu-
ency and Ballygunge
Assembly seat, was
largely peaceful, with
over 52 per cent of eli-
gible voters casting
their votes till 5 pm.
BJP’s candidate Ag-
nimitra Paul alleged
that people from the
Trinamool Congress
hurled stones at her
convoy
, while the po-
lice took no action, ac-
cording to ANI.
BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul leaves after inspecting a
polling booth in Asansol parliamentary constituency.
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
The results are once again an expression of people’s
faith in BJP’s “development model”.
ANURAG THAKUR
(Top) ITBP personnel evacuate a child during a rescue operation.
(Below) ITBP, NDRF personnel during a rescue operation after the
collision of two cable cars at Trikut Ropeway, in Deoghar.
Union Minister for Information
and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur
P4
UTTAR PRADESH MLC POLLS
BJP REGISTERS THUMPING
VICTORY, WINS 33 OF 36 SEATS
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

z US Reaffirms
Support For India’s Bid
In UN Security Council,
Nuke-Club NSG

z US Conveys Full
Support To India’s
Upcoming G20
Presidency
POINTERS
BJP’s bulldozer
carrying “hatred,
terror”: RaGa
Our goals are absolutely
clear and noble: Putin
New Delhi: Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin said on Tuesday that
Moscow’s military oper-
ation in Ukraine would
undoubtedly achieve
what he said were its
“noble” objectives.
Speaking at an awards
ceremony at the Vostoch-
ny Cosmodrome in the
Russian Far East, Putin
was quoted as saying by
Russian news agencies
that said Moscow had no
otherchoicebuttolaunch
a military operation to
protect Russia and that a
clashwithUkraine’santi-
Russian forces had been
inevitable.
“Its goals are abso-
lutely clear and noble,”
Putin said of Russia’s
military campaign.
Putin said the main
objective of Moscow’s
military intervention in
Ukraine was to save
people in the Donbas re-
gionof easternUkraine.
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment should run a
bulldozer over prob-
lems of the people
such as inflation and
unemployment but the
BJP’s bulldozer is car-
rying “hatred and ter-
ror”, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi said on
Tuesday.
His attack on the BJP
came after the
Khargone district ad-
ministration in Madhya
Pradesh started demoli-
tion of at least 50 “ille-
gal” structures of peo-
ple accused of pelting
stones at a Ram Navami
procession.

RISE IN COVID CASES
Gurgaon: A Gurgaon police head constable has been
arrested for allegedly demanding and taking bribe
from a friend of an accused in a cheating case. Offi-
cials of the state vigilance department said that head
constable Shakti Singh, who is posted at Kherki
Daula police station, was caught red-handed while
receiving a bribe worth `1.5 lakh on Sunday night.
DSP Sumit Kumar, state vigilance bureau (Rohtak
range), said that two men, identified as Vinit and
Kuldeep, were recently arrested in a cheating case.
HEAD CONSTABLE HELD FOR TAKING
BRIBE TO WEAKEN CASE
New Delhi: A major fire broke out at Delhi Univer-
sity’s Ram Lal Anand college this morning. The
fire was reported from the college auditorium at
around 9 am, officials said, adding no casualties
were reported in the incident. Five fire engines
were rushed to the site to bring the fire under
control.“A fire call has been received at 8.55 about
fire in RLA college Auditorium. Five fire engines
have been rushed to the site. No injuries have
been reported,” an official told.
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT RAM LAL ANAND
COLLEGE, NO INJURIES REPORTED
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New Delhi (PTI): The
Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs Monday
urged the MCDs to step
up efforts for waste seg-
regation at the source
and attract private sec-
tor participation. It was
also decided that MCDs
and DDA would jointly
discuss and settle all
land-related issues.
A high-level meeting
was held by the ministry
to discuss the progress
made in the remediation
of three legacy dump-
sites in Delhi — Okhla,
Ghazipur and Bhalswa.
The meeting, chaired
by the ministry secre-
tary
, was also attended by
officials from the envi-
ronment ministry, urban
development secretary,
DDA vice- chairman,
MCD commissioners,
representatives from the
Central Pollution Con-
trol Board, National
Thermal Power Corpora-
tion and National High-
ways Authority of India.
The three MCDs re-
ported that they collec-
tively generate 11,000
tonnes of solid waste
per day, of which ap-
proximately 5,900
tonnes is scientifically
processed at three
waste-to-energy plants
at Narela, Bawana, Okh-
la and Ghazipur sites.
At the three dump-
sites, approximately 42
lakh metric tonnes have
been remediated till date,
but the rest of the un-
treated fresh waste that
continues to be dumped
at these sites offsets
whatever remediation
has happened till now.
“DDA was also re-
quested to explore op-
portunities to use less
than 6 mm fractions of
inerts as soil enricher in
their horticulture and
biodiversity parks, to
the extent feasible. In
terms of funding issues
pertaining to remedia-
tion, it was decided that
the Government of Del-
hi would explore possi-
bilities for considering
the green cess funds for
transportation of exca-
vated legacy waste,
since dumpsite remedi-
ation would contribute
to reduction of air pollu-
tion in Delhi,” the min-
istrysaidinastatement.
MCDs were requested
to undertake detailed
analysis for optimising
process costs for dump-
site remediation, with
comprehensive projec-
tions and strong project
monitoring measures.
CRUCIAL READ
MAN DIES AFTER ‘GAU RAKSHAKS’
THRASH HIM, FIVE ARRESTED
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old
man died and two others were injured after allegedly
being thrashed by a group of
men over suspicion of cow
slaughter in southwest Del-
hi’s Dwarka area, police said
on Tuesday.The deceased
is identified as Rajaram, a
caretaker at a farmhouse in Chhawla area. The two
others, who received injuries, also worked at the
farmhouse. On Monday, police received a complaint
against the deceased and his friends over their
involvement in slaughtering cows and selling beef.
24-YR-OLD DIES AFTER FALLING INTO
OPEN MANHOLE IN FARIDABAD
New Delhi: A 24-year-old man died after allegedly
falling into an open manhole in Faridabad on Satur-
day night. Police said the
man has been identified as
Harish Verma alias Honey,
a resident of Lakadpur. His
family said he worked in the
loan division of a private
bank. The incident took
place around 9 pm when Verma and his two friends
were returning in their car after dropping a friend and
he stepped out to answer nature’s call in Sector 56.
CENTRAL GOVT MEETS MCDS TO
ADDRESS ISSUE OF DUMPSITES
Three MCDs collectively generate 11,000 tonnes of solid waste per day from three landfill sites
HIGHLIGHT
Ghazipur landfill. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI): Fol-
lowing continuous pro-
tests by cab and taxi
drivers over the hike in
fuel prices, cab aggrega-
tor service Uber has
hike the trip fares in
Delhi-NCR by 12 pc.
“We listen to feedback
from drivers and under-
stand that the current
rise in fuel prices is
causing concern. To
help cushion drivers
from the impact of the
spike in fuel prices, Uber
has raised trip fares in
Delhi NCR by 12%. Over
the coming weeks, we
will continue to track
fuel price movements
and will take further
steps as needed,” said
Nitish Bhushan, head of
central operations, Uber
India and South Asia, in
a statement Monday
.
Fuel price was hiked
by 80 paise a litre in
April after which petrol
and diesel now cost Rs
105.41 and 96.67 per litre,
respectively, while the
price of CNG in Delhi
has increased by Rs 12.48
per kg taking it to nearly
Rs 69.11 per kg.
Besides cab drivers,
other transport unions
such as taxi and trans-
port association, au-
torickshaw union, Del-
hi Taxi, Tourist Trans-
porters and Tour Oper-
ators Association, Sar-
vodaya Drivers Associa-
tion of Delhi, Expert
Driver Solution, Sarvo-
daya Driver Welfare As-
sociation have been pro-
testing at Jantar Man-
tar since April 8.
PROTEST OVER FUEL PRICE HIKE:
Uber increases trip fare by 12% in Delhi-NCR
7 held with over 15 kg of
heroin in 2 separate cases
special cell of Delhi Po-
lice on Monday said
they have recovered
over 15 kilos of heroin
from seven peddlers, be-
longing to two different
gangs, who were arrest-
ed in separate opera-
tions carried out in
DelhiandUttarPradesh
between March 31 and
April 7. Three cars used
for transporting the
contraband were also
seized from the arrested
persons, they said.
“A total of 15.05 kilos
heroin was recovered
from the arrested drug
traffickers. The value
of the seized contra-
band is estimated to be
over `60 crore in the in-
ternational market,”
said deputy commis-
sioner of police (special
cell) Rajiv Ranjan Sin-
gh, adding that the first
arrest was from Man-
golpuri Industrial Area
on March 31 where two
men — Firoz Alam,32,
Rana Singh,30 — travel-
ling in a Honda Civic
car were found in pos-
session of 4.5kg of her-
oin.
New Delhi (PTI): To
provide seamless con-
nectivity between the
upcoming Sarai Kale
Khan Rapid Rail Transit
System (RRTS) station
and Hazrat Nizamuddin
railway station, the Na-
tional Capital Regional
Transport Corporation
(NCRTC) is planning to
construct a 280-metre-
long foot overbridge
with travellators.
Presently, passengers
have to exit the Sarai
Kale Khan-Nizamuddin
Metro station and walk
for about 5-10 minutes to
reach the railway sta-
tion. The RRTS station
will solve these issues,
officials said.
The Sarai Kale Khan
station, which will be
215-metres-long, 50-me-
tres-wide and 15-me-
tres-high, is located in
the vicinity of the Met-
ro, railway station and
Vir Haqiqat Rai ISBT.
The station will have
three levels — ground,
concourse, and plat-
form — and will be de-
signed and developed
under the Multi-Modal
Integration (MMI) plan.
“It will provide seam-
less intermodal integra-
tion between these
modes of transport. To
further ease transit of
passengers, NCRTC is
going to provide a
280-metre-long FOB with
a travellator installed on
it between Hazrat Niza-
muddin Railway Station
and RRTS station,” said
a senior NCRTC official.
The distance between
Sarai Kale Khan RRTS
station and Hazrat Ni-
zamuddin railway sta-
tion is about 300 metres.
“We decided to install a
travellator on the FOB
so senior citizens and
persons with disability
can easily travel with
heavy baggage,” said
the official. Besides, the
Sarai Kale Khan station
will serve as the heart
of Phase I RRTS system
where all three priority
corridors — Delhi-Pani-
pat, Delhi-SNB-Alwar,
D e l h i - G h a z i a b a d -
Meerut — will con-
verge. Interoperability
will facilitate commut-
ers to travel from one
corridor to another
without hassles.
Bridge to connect Nizamuddin Rly station to RRTS
NCRTC
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday
said his government will
send senior citizens liv-
ing in old age homes in
the capital on pilgrim-
age free of cost.
The chief minister in-
augurated the capital’s
fourth old age home
“Baba Sahab Dr Bhim
Rao Ambedkar Senior
Citizen Home” at Kanti
Nagar in East Delhi.
“We hope our elderly
never have to leave their
home. But even if they
have to due to some rea-
son, we will do our best to
make them happy. We
will give them a homely
environment here,” the
chief minister said.
Altogether, these nine
facilities will be able to
accommodate 1,000 sen-
ior citizens, the chief
minister said.
“The Delhi govern-
ment sends senior citi-
zens on ‘tirth yatra’. The
yatra could not be held
in 2020 and 2021 due to
the pandemic outbreak.
But it has restarted now.
We will send all senior
citizens from old age
homes on tirth yatra,”
he said.
Delhi Govt will send elderly living
in old age homes on ‘tirth yatra’: CM
CM Arvind Kejriwal interacts with senior citizens during the
inauguration of the newly built Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Senior
Citizen Home at Gandhi Nagar in East Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
NO RESPITE FROM
HEATWAVE IN DELHI
he India Meteorological Department (IMD) has
revised its forecast and said the maximum
temperature in Delhi on Tuesday was 41 and the
minimum 23 degrees Celsius. It earlier said there
could be a brief respite from the ongoing heatwave.A dip in
temperature is expected from Wednesday, IMD said. Delhi
recorded the fifth consecutive heatwave day on Monday.
The Safdarjung observatory, the city’s base station for
weather, recorded a maximum of 42.6 degrees Celsius,
seven degrees above normal, making it the hottest April day
since 2017 when the mercury touched 43.2 on April 21.
T
New Delhi (PTI):
Schools in Noida and
Ghaziabad have sus-
pended physical
classes briefly due to
rise in Covid-19cases
in the last 48 hours.
More than 10 stu-
dents tested positive
at a private school in
Sector 40 following
which the institution
switched to online
classes for two days.
Two schools in Gha-
ziabad have also
rolled back to online
classes following de-
tection of cases.
“We have been in-
formed that schools
have decided to re-
main shut as precau-
tionary measure. We
are setting up camps
for testing and check-
ing vaccination sta-
tus. We will remain
in contact with
schools for tracing
purposes,” said Dr
Rakesh Gupta, Dis-
trict Surveillance of-
ficer, Ghaziabad.
A Vaishali-based
private school
stopped classes after
three students were
found to be Covid-pos-
itive in the last 24
hours. Another Gha-
ziabad private school
closed on Saturday
after a 13-year-old boy
tested positive. The
boy had not received
any vaccine dose, said
the officials.
“We are hearing
that cases are crop-
ping up in more
schools. This is a mat-
ter of concern since
it was recently when
the restrictions have
been lifted. With cas-
es, parents will feel
wary of sending chil-
dren. The situation
has to observed close-
ly,” said Alok Singh,
president Greater
Noida parents asso-
ciation.
Most of the schools
are likely to reopen
on Monday as there
are consecutive gov-
ernment holidays in
the week. The school
authorities have also
asked parents to
monitor the health of
children and inform
officials in case of
symptoms.
Schools in Noida, Ghaziabad
briefly suspend classes
A school in
Sector 40
switched to
online classes
for two days
after some
students were
found positive

INDIA
03
Congress demands FIR
against Karnataka Minister,
seeks independent probe
Congress on Tuesday
launched a scathing at-
tack on the BJP over
the death of Santosh
Patil, a contractor who
levelled corruption
charges against KS Es-
hwarappa, and de-
manded an FIR against
the Karnataka minis-
ter and an independent
probe into the incident.
Former Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi
accused the prime
minister and the Kar-
nataka chief minister
of being complicit in
the contractor’s death,
saying that the vic-
tim’s pleas to them
went unanswered.
“BJP’s 40% Commis-
sion Government in
Karnatakahasclaimed
the life of their own
Karyakarta. The vic-
tim’s pleas to the PM
went unanswered. The
PM and CM are com-
plicit. #BJPCorrup-
tionFiles (sic),” Gan-
dhi said on Twitter.
Patil was found dead
in a hotel room in Udu-
pionTuesdaymorning.
He had earlier accused
KarnatakaRuralDevel-
opment and Panchayat
RajMinisterEshwarap-
pa of demanding 40%
commission. The Min-
isternotonlydismissed
his allegations but also
filed a defamation suit
against him.
Congress general
secretary and chief
spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala said PM
Narendra Modi and
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai should
lodge an FIR of mur-
der and corruption
against the Minister
and dismiss him, oth-
erwise Bommai’s com-
plicity is clear.
“The CM and PM
should Lodge an FIR
of Murder and Cor-
ruption against the
BJP Minister. Arrest
the Minister. Dismiss
him as a Minister. Con-
duct an independent
probe. Otherwise, it
will be clear that CM
Bommai is complicit
in the alleged corrup-
tion (sic),” Surjewala
said on Twitter.
“Dear Friends of the
BJP
, At least show guts
to speak for a fellow
BJP worker! The wife
of BJP worker, late
Santosh Patil is crying
andtellinghowshehad
to sell her jewellery to
fulfil the insatiable lust
of corruption. Will JP
Nadda speak up (sic)?”
he asked.
CM Bommai said
the police will conduct
a thorough and trans-
parent investigation
into the contractor’s
death. He also ruled
out any resignations
in this regard.
Surjewala alleged
that the “stench of cor-
ruption in 40% Com-
mission Bommai Gov-
ernment, Karnataka
has reached its nadir”.
“Even BJP workers
are not spared and are
forced to commit sui-
cide as the CM and PM
refuse to act upon al-
legations of 40% Com-
mission against BJP
Minister, Eshwarap-
pa,” the Congress lead-
er alleged.
CONTRACTOR DEATH
KARNATAKA MINISTER ‘RESPONSIBLE FOR
MY DEATH’: CONTRACTOR'S LAST MESSAGE
Bengaluru (Agencies): A contractor, who had accused
the Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Minister KS Eshwarappa’s associates of demanding a
40% commission for a contract, was found dead at a
private lodge in Udupi this morning. Santosh Patil re-
portedly sent messages to
the media and his friends
early this morning, saying
that he was going to end
his life and alleged that Mr
Eshwarappa was respon-
sible for his death. In his
purported suicide note,
Patil urged PM Narendra
Modi, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and senior
BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to help his wife and kids
after his death. “RDPR minister KS Eshwarappa is
solely responsible for my death. I am taking this deci-
sion, keeping my aspirations aside,” he wrote.
Retail inflation shoots
up to 6.95% in March
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia’s retail inflation
surged to a 17-month
high of 6.95 per cent in
March from 6.07 per
cent in the previous
month due to a sharp
increase in food prices,
the National Statistical
Office (NSO) data
showed on Tuesday
.
Retail inflation as
measured by the Con-
sumer Price Index (CPI)
has remained above the
upper limit of the Re-
serve Bank of India
(RBI) tolerance band for
the third consecutive
month. The retail infla-
tion stood at 6.01 per
cent in January 2022.
Theinflationissharp-
ly higher when com-
pared with the previous
year. The Consumer
Price Index (CPI) based
inflation stood at 5.52
per cent in March 2021.
The price rise was
sharper in rural India
than in urban. CPI for
rural India surged to
7.66 per cent in March
from 6.38 per cent in the
previous month.
CPI-based inflation
for urban India rose to
6.12 per cent in March
2022 from 5.75 per cent
in the previous month.
The Consumer Price
Index (CPI) inflation
data is released month-
ly by the National Sta-
tistical Office (NSO),
Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Imple-
mentation.
The Price data are col-
lectedfromselected1,114
urban markets and 1,181
villages covering all
states/UTs through per-
sonal visits by field staff
of the Field Operations
Division of NSO, MoSPI
on a weekly roster.
During the month of
March 2022, NSO collect-
ed prices from 99.9 per
cent of villages and 98.3
per cent urban markets
while the market-wise
prices reported therein
were 90.2 per cent for ru-
ral and 93.2 per cent for
urban, according to an
official statement re-
leased by the National
Statistical Office (NSO).
‘Students can pursue 2
degrees at same time’
New Delhi: Students
will now be able to pur-
sue two full-time degree
programmesinphysical
mode simultaneously
either at the same uni-
versity or from different
universities,UGCChair-
man Jagadesh Kumar
announced on Tuesday
.
TheUniversityGrants
Commission (UGC) will
soon issue detailed
guidelinesinthisregard.
“As announced in the
new National Educa-
tion Policy (NEP) and in
order to allow students
to acquire multiple
skills, UGC is coming
up with new guidelines
to allow a candidate to
pursue two degree pro-
grammes in physical
mode simultaneously.
The degrees can either
be pursued from the
same or different uni-
versities,” Kumar said
at a press conference.
Students will also be
allowed to pursue two
degree programmes in
physical and online
mode simultaneously,
he added.
Northeast has seen rapid
devp under Modi:Thakur
Mumbai (PTI): Union
Minister of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur at-
tended the third day of
the four-day ‘Mad-
havpur Ghed Fair’ in
Gujarat. The event was
alsoattendedbyNBiren
Singh, Chief Minister
of Manipur and Minis-
ters of Gujarat.
Addressing the audi-
ence on the occasion the
Minister said Mad-
havpur Ghed Festival is
highest symbol of con-
necting people and the
festival brings together
the far east of the coun-
try and the west. Speak-
ing on the work being
carried out in the States
of north-east Thakur
saidLookEastPolicyhas
become Act East Policy
only under the current
Govt and north eastern
Statesof Indiahavesince
seen unprecedented de-
velopment in infrastruc-
ture and facilities.
Cong mentality:
AAP on Punjab
singer Sidhu’s
‘gaddar’ lyrics
Chandigarh: Punjabi
singer Sidhu Moose
Wala on Tuesday came
under sharp attack
from Punjab’s ruling
Aam Aadmi Party over
his latest song, with the
party leaders accusing
him of calling the peo-
ple of the state traitors.
Shubhdeep Singh Sid-
hu, also known by his
stagenameSidhuMoose
Wala, released his latest
song titled ‘Scapegoat’
in which he talks about
his defeat in the recent
Assembly polls.
Moose Wala, who
fought on a Congress
ticket from Mansa As-
sembly seat, was defeat-
edbyAAP’sVijaySingla
with a margin of 63,323
votes. AAP leader Mal-
winder Singh Kang al-
leged Moose Wala called
the people of Punjab
“gaddar” in his latest
song and demanded the
Congress to clear its
stand on the “objection-
able” lyrics.
“The song reflects the
mentality of the Con-
gress,” Kang alleged.
Condemning singer,
AAP MLA Jeevan Jyot
Kaur tweeted, “Punjab-
is are neither traitors
nor hypocrites. We have
a rich history and we
always stand for justice
and truth. Mind your
words.”
After Kharge, ED
summons Pawan
in Herald case
New Delhi: Congress
leader and former Un-
ion Minister Pawan
Bansal was summoned
by the Enforcement Di-
rectorate on Tuesday in
connection with the Na-
tional Herald case.
The development
comes a day after the
law enforcement agen-
cy questioned Congress
leader Mallikarjun
Kharge in connection
with its investigation.
Young Indian is a
charitable organisa-
tion, which acquired
AJL and its assets
worth over Rs 400 crore
from Congress.
CRUCIAL READ
MEHBOOBA MUFTI
PLACED UNDER
HOUSE ARREST
Srinagar: Authorities on
Tuesday placed former
Chief Minister Mehbooba
Mufti under house arrest
in Srinagar city prevent-
ing her from going to
Anantnag district. Mufti
alleged that she intended
to visit the family of the
Kashmiri Pandit in Shop-
ian district.
ED ATTACHES RS 50
LAKH FLAT OF IQBAL
KASKAR’S AIDE
Mumbai: ED has attached
a flat in Thane worth
around Rs 50 lakh that
belonged to Iqbal Kaskar’s
close associate Mumtaz
Ezaz Shaikh in a money
laundering case. ED had
registered the case against
Pakistan based gangster
Dawood Ibrahim, his fam-
ily members and others.
MADHYA PRADESH MINISTER BLAMES
MUSLIMS FOR RAM NAVAMI CLASHES
Khargone (MP): In escalating tensions over
clashes during a Ram Navami procession in Madhya
Pradesh’s Khargone, the state Home Minister Narot-
tam Mishra on Tuesday directly accused Muslims
of violence and rioting. He also defended the Govt’s
widely criticised move to demolish homes of those
who allegedly threw stones at Hindu procession.
Shah urges everyone to work for welfare
of country and people in next 25 years
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion home minister Amit
Shah on Tuesday ap-
pealed to everyone, ir-
respective of party af-
filiations, to work for
the welfare of people
and the country in the
next 25 years so that In-
dia becomes one of the
most developed nations
in the world.
Shah said Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
had said the next 25
years — from the 75th
year of India’s inde-
pendence to the 100th
year of country’s free-
dom — is crucial for the
growth of the country
and this period has
been termed as ‘Amrit
Kaal’.
SHAH IN PONDY ON
APRIL 24 TO IRON
OUT DIFFERENCES
New Delhi: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
visit Puducherry on April
24 to attend several
programmes. The visit
is primarily intended to
iron out the differences
between CM N Ran-
gasamy and the BJP
legislators. Ever since
the coalition government
of the AINRC and the
BJP assumed office in
the Union Territory, there
have been differences
between the two parties.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing at the Inaugural session
of ‘Amrit Samagam’ in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Delhi remote control: Oppn as
Kejriwal holds Punjab meeting
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Arvind Kejri-
wal’s meeting with Pun-
jab officers on Monday,
reportedly in the ab-
sence of CM Bhagwant
Mann, has fueled a mas-
sive controversy with
the opposition Con-
gress alleging “remote
control” by the AAP
chief.
Arvind Kejriwal, the
CM of Delhi, reportedly
met with top officials of
the Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) in the meeting,
where the Sate’s chief
secretary were present.
Opposition parties
like the Congress and
Akali Dal seized on re-
ports that Mann, who
took charge as CM, was
not present at meeting.
“IAS officers sum-
moned by Kejriwal in
Mann’s absence. This
exposes the de-facto CM
and Delhi remote con-
trol. Clear breach of
federalism, insult to
Punjabi pride. Both
must clarify (sic),”
tweeted Navjot Singh
Sidhu.
Arvind Kejriwal with Bhagwant Mann. —FILE PHOTO
Birla: Youth will make democratic
institutions more accountable
Guwahati (ANI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la on Tuesday said that
youth are not only the
future of the country
but also the present.
In his address at the
valedictory session of
the eighth Common-
wealth Parliamentary
Association Confer-
ence, Birla said that the
youth, with their ener-
gy, potential and inno-
vative thinking are ca-
pable of bringing posi-
tive changes in society
and meaningful solu-
tions for the future.
“It is the responsibil-
ity of democratic insti-
tutions to ensure active
participation of youth
and women in policy-
making and to make
maximum use of them
for the development of
the country,” he said.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and other dignitaries at the
valedictory session in Guwahati on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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he virtual meeting between
US President Joe Biden and
Modi in which the former
hailed India’s humanitarian
approach towards the people
of Ukraine and mentioned
that both the nations are go-
ing to continue close consul-
tation to manage destabilis-
ing effects of this Russian
war, seems to have paved way
for India becoming one of the
world leaders.
2+2 dialogue between the two
countries in which Biden
said the US and India share
a strong and growing “ma-
jor defence partnership”,
the world that India, un-
der the leadership of
Modi, is no longer going to
play the second fiddle and
has its own influence on
the world stage.
When the war began, it
was Ukraine, that was look-
ing toward India to bail it
out by persuading Russia to
stop the war, but now the
world’s super powers
are banking on In-
dia while recognizing its
ability and potential. From
the two major global players
- Putin and Biden - to Israeli
PM Neftali Bennet, to UK
Prime Minister Boris John-
son, to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a
host of other leader; all have
been looking towards Modi
and India’s relations with
countries across the world to
drive home their respective
points and concerns.
India, and Modi in particu-
lar, do not just have a massive
‘goodwill’ among nations, but
also have the ability to pro-
vide a ‘conscious stability’ to
the world affairs, a fact that
global powers have begun to
accept, only over the past few
years. Be it Modi’s ‘hug di-
plomacy’, his ‘covid care’
programstoallpowerful
and weak nations alike,
or his ‘scientific solu-
tion finding ap-
proach’ to modern
problems; all these
combined have ef-
fectively cemented
Modi’s and India’s
place in global lead-
ership as a mindful
world power! Observ-
ersbelievethatUkraine
hasprovidedanoppor-
tunity to Modi to
establish
himself as global leader even
above Biden and Putin.
In fact, the US President
was all praise for India re-
cently when he said, “I want
to welcome India’s humani-
tarian support for the people
of Ukraine, who are suffering
a horrific assault, including
a tragic shelling in a train sta-
tion last week that killed doz-
ens of innocent children and
women and civilians attempt-
ing to flee the violence.”
“The United States and In-
dia are going to continue our
manage the destabilizing ef-
fects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.”
was bound to play a key role
in resolving conflicts, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi apt-
ly reiterated that India was
hopeful of the “ongoing talks
between Russia and Ukraine
will pave the way for peace.”
“When I came to Washing-
toninSeptemberlastyear,you
saidthatIndia-USpartnership
can contribute to the solution
of many global problems. I
completely agree with you. As
theworld’stwolargestandold-
est democracies, we are natu-
ral partners,” he added.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GLOBAL LEADER MODI EMERGES
AS A ‘SUPERPOWER’ OVER BIDEN
AND PUTIN IN UKRAINE CRISIS
Ukraine has provided an opportunity for Modi to establish himself as a global leader,
where everyone in Moscow and Washington DC looks up to Narendra Modi
T
2+2 dialogue between
the two countries in
which Biden said the US
and India share a strong
and growing “major
defence partnership”,
the world that India,
under the leadership
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is no
longer going to play the
second fiddle and has its
own influence on the
world stage
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
The United States and India
are going to continue our
effects of this Russian war,”
major defence partnership.
was bound to play a key
role in resolving conflicts,
Modi aptly reiterated that
India was hopeful of the
“ongoing talks between
Russia and Ukraine will
pave the way for peace”
JOE BIDEN VLADIMIR PUTIN
NARENDRA MODI
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A person can rise through
the efforts of his own mind;
or draw himself down, in
the same manner Because
each person is his own
friend or enemy.
—Bhagavad Gita
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Under the ongoing public relations
campaign in Himachal Pradesh, today
in the Jhanduta assembly of Bilaspur,
the name of Vijaypur booth president
Smt. Jamna Devi was honored. It is
these activists who have made the
Bharatiya Janata Party resound all over
the country today.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The demise of Dr. R. Venkatapathy is
a big loss for news industry in India.
He played an instrumental role in
taking the Tamil daily Dinamalar to its
heights. My deepest condolences to
the bereaved family members and the
staff of Dinamalar.
TOP TWEETS
IN DIRE STRAITS,
LANKA RESORTS TO
EMERGENCY STEP
OF LOAN DEFAULT
ri Lanka’s Prime
Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa said on
Monday that his gov-
ernment will tide
over the economic crisis the way
it finished off the LTTE to end
the 30-year war. Mahinda is the
elder brother of President Got-
baya Rajapaksa. Under intense
public pressure to resign, Prime
Minister Mahinda is clinging on
to power even as the situation in
the country is turning from bad
to worse. A proof of the gloomy
situation came on Tuesday
when Lankan finance ministry
announced that it would be de-
faulting on all its external debt
of $51 billion as it has run of
foreign exchange to pay for im-
ports. For a nation grappling
with severe shortage of food,
fuel and medicines this was an
emergency measure.
The Rajapaksas are in no
mood to oblige either the opposi-
tion with their resignation.
They expect countries like India
to bail them out with supplies of
essentials. So far India, which
has managed its economy better
than its neighbours, has not dis-
appointed.
S
ensuring India for
its human rights
record, US Secre-
tary of State An-
tony Blinken said
in the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jais-
hankar and Defence Minister
RajnathSinghthattheUSwas
monitoringtherecentsurgein
human rights abuses in India.
“…we are monitoring some
recent concerning develop-
mentsinIndiaincludingarise
in human rights abuses by
some government, police and
prison officials,” Blinken said
at a joint press briefing. His
comments came days after US
Representative Ilhan Omar’s
remark that the US was hesi-
tanttocriticisetheIndiangov-
ernmentforitsallegedhuman
rights abuses. With Blinken
not elaborating his statement
further and Jaishankar mak-
ing no mention of it at the
press conference, not much
should be made out of
Blinken’s statement.
Risingcommunalincidents
in the country targeting and
stigmatising minorities and
ruling party leaders giving
cover to the troublemakers,
India is emerging more as a
theocratic nation where secu-
larism and democratic princi-
ples are slowly disappearing.
One only has to look at the US,
UK, Australia and New Zea-
land where majority versus
minority debate has seldom
turned into Islamophobia and
compare with the situation in
India to see where we are
headed.Whetheritisdisallow-
ing Muslims to pray in an
open space despite govern-
mentpermission,threatening
Muslimwomenwithrape,pro-
tests over hijab, boycotting
Muslimtradersandclosureof
meat shops during Hindu fes-
tivals, has divided the society
.
Despite growing conflicts
it is unlikely that the US will
go beyond verbal censure of
India, which it looks at as a
key defence, strategic and
business partner.
ANTONY BLINKEN’S
UNEXPECTED REMARK
Censuring India for its human
rights record, US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in
the presence of External
Affairs Minister Dr. S.
Jaishankar and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
that the US was monitoring
the recent surge in human
rights abuses in India
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READY TO SUPPLY FOOD STOCK
TO WORLD IF WTO GIVES NOD: PM
Ahmedabad: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
that during his talk with
US President Joe Biden,
he offered to supply In-
dia’s food stock to the
worldif theWorldTrade
Organisation (WTO) ac-
cords permission.
Food stock in differ-
ent parts of the world is
dwindling due to the
war (in Ukraine),
Modi said.
“Today the world is
facing an uncertain sit-
uation as nobody is get-
ting what they want.
Petrol, oil and fertiliz-
ers are hard to procure
as all the doors are get-
ting closed. Everybody
wants to secure their
stocks after this (Rus-
sia-Ukraine) war be-
gan,” Modi said.
“The world is facing a
new problem now; the
food stock of the world
is getting empty, I was
talking to the US Presi-
dent, and he also raised
this issue. I suggested
that if WTO gives per-
mission, India is ready
to supply food stock to
the world from tomor-
row,” Modi said.
Food stock in different parts of the world is dwindling due to the war between Russia Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing via video conferencing,
in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MODI WRITES A LETTER TO
BENEFICIARY OF AWAS YOJANA
New Delhi (ANI): To
congratulate a ben-
eficiary of PM Awas
Yojana on Tuesday, PM
Narendra Modi wrote
a letter to congratulate
him for the ownership,
to add up to his con-
tentment. According
to an official state-
ment, PM Modi sent a
letter to Sudhir Kumar
Jain of Sagar district
of Madhya Pradesh
for adding up to his
happiness of own roof
by congratulating him.
“House is not just
a structure made of
bricks and cement, but
our feelings, our aspi-
rations are attached to
it. The boundary walls
of the house not only
provide us security
but also instil in us
the confidence of a
better tomorrow,” PM
wrote in his letter to
Jain. “The dream of
your own house has
come true through the
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana. Your sense of
satisfaction after this
achievement can easily
be felt by your words
in the letter. This house
is like a new founda-
tion for the dignified
life of your family and
a better future for both
your children,” state-
ment read quoting PM.
US yet to decide on sanctions
over Russia-India missile deal
Washington (PTI):
The US has not yet
made any decision on
potential sanctions or
waivers to India un-
der CATSAA law for
its purchase of the
S-400 missile defence
system from Russia,
Secretary of State An-
tony Blinken has said.
The US administra-
tion is required under
its domestic law,
Countering Ameri-
ca’s Adversaries
through Sanctions
Act (CAATSA) to im-
pose sanctions on any
country that has sig-
nificant transactions
with Iran, North Ko-
rea or Russia.
CAATSA is a tough
US law that authoris-
es the administration
to impose sanctions
on countries that pur-
chase defence hard-
ware from Russia.
“We continue to
urge all countries to
avoid major new
transactions for Rus-
sian weapons sys-
tems. We’ve not yet
made a determination
on sanctions under
the CATSAA law,”
Blinken said.
INDIA PLANS $2BN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
India,AmericaurgeTalibantofollowUNSC
resolution, call to end violence in Myanmar
Washington: India and
the US have called on
the Taliban leadership
to abide by the UNSC
resolution which de-
mands that Afghani-
stan’s territory must
never again be used to
threaten or attack any
country or to plan or fi-
nance terrorist attacks.
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken and US
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin welcomed
Singh and Jaishankar
to Washington for the
Dialogue. “The minis-
ters called on the Tali-
ban to abide by UNSC
Resolution 2593 (2021),
which demands that Af-
ghan territory must
never again be used to
threaten or attack any
country or to shelter or
train terrorists, or to
plan or finance terror-
ist attacks,” the joint
statement issued by the
Ministry of External
Affairs said on Tuesday
.
The ministers also
called for the cessation
of violence in Myan-
mar, the release of all
those arbitrarily de-
tained, and a swift re-
turn to the path of de-
mocracy and inclusive
governance.
Myanmar’s military
seized power on Febru-
ary 1 after overthrow-
ing the elected govern-
ment led by Aung San
Suu Kyi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, EAM S Jaishankar along with US
Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken in Washington. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
HARDIK PATEL HINTS AT CONTESTING POLLS
AFTER SC STAYS CONVICTION IN RIOTING CASE
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel on
Tuesday said that his aim was not just to contest elections
but also to serve the people, soon after the
Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a 2015
rioting and arson case. “My aim is not only to
contest elections but also to serve the people
of Gujarat with strength. Three years ago, I
was sentenced to two years in jail in a false
case, but today the Supreme Court has stayed the sentence.
I thank the judiciary from the heart,” tweeted Patel.
SC: CLARIFY STAND ON
SALEM’S SENTENCE
New Delhi : The Supreme
Court on Tuesday directed
the Union home secretary
to file an affidavit by April
18 on whether it is going
to abide by the solemn
assurance given by the
then deputy Prime Minister
of India Lal Krishna Advani
to the Portugal govern-
ment that the maximum
sentence handed out to
gangster Abu Salem will
not exceed 25 years.
SC ASKS FTII TO
ALLOW DIVYANGS
New Delhi(PTI): The
Supreme Court on Tuesday
directed the Pune-based
Film and Television Insti-
tute of India (FTII) to allow
candidates suffering from
colour blindness to pursue
all courses on filmmaking
and editing. It said no
discrimination be made
based on colour blindness
for getting admission in the
institute as it is not a form
of blindness.
Raipur: A 56-year-old woman was raped, brutalised
with an iron rod before her head was smashed with a
boulder in a blood-curdling incident in Chhattisgarh, the
police have said. The woman, who had a mental disabil-
ity, had resisted rape and was found last Wednesday
so badly mutilated that the police in Janjgir-Champa
district thought she was killed in a road accident. The
autopsy report revealed the horror. An investigation by
the police and security camera footage found that she
was savagely assaulted and dragged by someone on
the road. She had been kicked in the stomach, punched
in the eyes and assaulted with an iron rod.
Hyderabad: After setting the Centre a 24-hour deadline
to procure foodgrain from Telangana’s farmers, CM K
Chandrashekar Rao heaped insults on the Central gov-
ernment and accused the BJP of
weakening the agriculture sector.
This, he said, is a conspiracy to
hand over the agriculture sector
to corporates and reduce farmers
to labourers. Rao had set up a
fresh face-off with the Centre and
PM Modi with a dispute involving the purchase of rice
from farmers in his state. During his sit-in protest in
Delhi, “I asked them if they don’t have the money or the
PM has no heart to buy food grain,” he said.
56-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RAPED, TORTURED
WITH IRON ROD IN CHHATTISGARH
CONSPIRACY TO HAND AGRI SECTOR
TO CORPORATES: KCR SLAMS BJP
CRUCIAL READ
Covid-19: Health Minister Mandaviya takes
stock of ‘XE variant’, wants boost in vaccination
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya,
who chaired a meeting
of the country’s key ex-
perts on Covid-19’s new
‘XE variant’, directed
officials to boost the on-
going monitoring and
surveillance of new
variants and cases as
well as of vaccinations.
He also asked the of-
ficials to constantly re-
view the availability of
essential drugs and
medicines required in
the treatment of Cov-
id-19 patients, a state-
ment from the ministry
read. The Health Minis-
ter further emphasised
on carrying out the on-
going vaccination drive
at full pace and to vac-
cinate all eligible candi-
dates, the statement
said.
The meeting was at-
tended by Dr VK Paul,
Rajesh Bhushan, Dr
Randip Guleria, Dr Bal-
rama Bhargava, Dr. NK
Arora and others.
US MONITORING
RECENT HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
IN INDIA: BLINKEN
Washington: In an other-
wise congenial diplomatic
engagement between top
US and Indian officials,
the Biden administra-
tion on Monday struck a
mildly disapproving and
discordant note by unilat-
erally raising what it said
is a rise in human rights
abuses in India. “We are
monitoring some recent
concerning develop-
ments in India, including
a rise in human rights
abuses by some govern-
ment, police, and prison
officials,” US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken told
the media.
Mumbai: India is likely
to get average monsoon
rains this year, a private
weather forecasting
agency said on Tuesday
,
raising prospects of
higher farm and eco-
nomic growth in Asia’s
third-biggest economy
.
Monsoon rain are ex-
pected to be 98% of the
long-term average, and
there is a 65% chance
that India will get aver-
age rainfall, Skymet
said.
The weather agency
is in the process of
gathering data sets per-
tinent for a comprehen-
sive monsoon forecast
in April.
New Delhi defines av-
erage, or normal, rain-
fall as between 96% and
104% of a 50-year aver-
age of 88 centimetres
(35 inches) for the four-
month season begin-
ning June.
Monsoon to be average: Skymet
CRUCIAL MONSOON
lll
Nearly half of
India’s farmland,
which has no
irrigation cover,
depends on
Monsoon to
grow crops such
as rice, corn,
cane, cotton and
soybeans.
Lanka announces defaulting on
all its $51billion external debt
Colombo: Sri Lanka
defaulted on its $51 bil-
lion foreign debt Tues-
day as the island nation
grapples with its worst
economic crisis in
memory and wide-
spread protests de-
manding the govern-
ment’s resignation.
Acute food and fuel
shortages, alongside
long daily electricity
blackouts, have brought
widespread suffering to
the country’s 22 million
people in the most pain-
ful downturn since in-
dependence in 1948.
Public anger has
flared in recent weeks
with crowds attempting
to storm the homes of
government leaders.
Sri Lanka’s Finance
Ministry said the coun-
try was defaulting on
all external obligations,
including loans from
foreign governments.
Protester wave a Sri Lankan
national flag during a protest.
ARJUNA URGES
Baisakhi 2022: Sikh ‘Jatha’
from India depart for Lahore
Delimitation in
JK may be
over by April
Amritsar (ANI): A
group of Sikh ‘Jatha’
departed for Pakistan’s
Lahore on Tuesday for
celebrating the festival
of Baisakhi (Khalsa Sa-
jna Day).
“We all are ready to
go to the Guru’s place to
bow the head at Guru
Nanak Dev, who is the
Guru for Indians and
Pir for the people of Pa-
kistan,” said a member
of the batch.
“We had applied for
900 visa permits but
could get permits for
only 705, resulting in
the disheartening of
the 195 whose visas
were rejected,” said
Ravinder Singh Khalsa.
“We really hope the
new Prime Minister of
Pakistan Shehbaz Sha-
rif to keep the brother-
hood amongst countries
maintained and ease
the Visa system,” he
added.
Most of the pilgrim
devotees have empha-
sized their demand for
cancelling the visa re-
quirements to visit the
Gurudwara in the
neighbouring country
.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Centre will take a final
call on elections in JK
after the Delimitation
Commission submits
its final report by April-
end. The decision will
be taken after the Cen-
tre reviews all aspects,
sources said.
“The report will be
submitted to Ministry
of Law and Justice. And
after which a summary
revision of Electoral
rolls will be taken up by
the Election Commis-
sion,” said official.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chairs a meeting.
Reduce time gap
for booster jab to 6
months: SII to Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Vaccine
major SII has appealed
to the Government to
reduce the gap between
the second and booster
dose to six months from
nine months at present,
according to its CEO Adar
Poonawalla. Recall-
ing that they could not
meet the commitment of
exporting vaccines in the
first quarter of 2021.
GUARD YOUR LEMONS,
THIEVES STEAL 60KG IN
UP’S SHAHJAHANPUR
Shahjahanpur: Anything
that is valuable is a thief’s
delight. And with the
prices of lemon skyrocket-
ing in the market, thieves
in Shahjahanpur stole
60 kilos of lemon stored
in a vegetable trader’s
godown. The thieves also
stole some other high-
priced vegetables from the
godown. Manoj Kashyap,
the vegetable trader, said
the thieves took away 60
kilos of lemon, 40 kg of
onions, 38 kg of garlic and
a fork from his godown.
The trader from Bahadu-
rganj Mohalla, who has a
shop in the Bajaria area.
OVER 1,500 SCHOOLS
IN MAHA DISTRICT
LOSE POWER SUPPLY
Alibaug: The Maharashtra
State Electricity Board
(MSEB) has stopped
power supply to over 1,500
schools in Maharash-
tra’s Raigad district over
non-payment of dues, an
official said on Tuesday.
Power supply has been
disconnected to 1,549
schools of Raigad Zilla Par-
ishad, of which 679 have
lost electricity permanently,
the MSEB official said. The
supply has been stopped
due to non-payment of bills
to the tune of Rs 49.74
lakh, he said. Electricity
has been disconnected at
118 schools in Pen.
—FILE PHOTO

BIZ BUZZ
06
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
Patent filings rise to
66,440 in FY22: GoI
numberof patentfilings
increased from 42,763 in
2014-15 to 66,440 in 2021-
22 due to steps taken by
the government to
strengthen intellectual
property rights (IPR) re-
gime of the country
, the
commerce and industry
ministry said on Tues-
day
.
It also said India
granted 30,074 patents
in 2021-22 as compared
to 5,978 in 2014-15.
There has also been a
reduction in the time of
patent examination
from 72 months in 2016
to 5-23 months at pre-
sent.
“For the first time in
the last 11 years, the
number of domestic
patent filing has sur-
passed the number of
international patent fil-
ing at Indian Patent (IP)
officeinJanuary-March
2022 quarter,” it said.
Of the total 19,796
patent applications
filed, 10,706 were filed
by Indian applicants
and 9,090 by non-Indian
applicants, it added.
The coordinated ef-
forts by the department
for promotion of indus-
try and internal trade
(DPIIT) and IP office
has led to increased
awareness among all
strata of the society, it
said. These efforts have
on one hand led to in-
crease in the number of
IPR filings and on the
other hand, reduced the
pendency of patent ap-
plications.
COORDINATED EFFORTS
Mumbai (Agen-
cies): IndianOilCorp
(IOC) has excluded
several high-sulphur
crude grades, includ-
ing Russian Urals,
from its latest tender,
trade sources said on
Tuesday
.
India’s top refiner
informed market
participants that
Das, Eugene Island,
Thunder Horse and
Urals crude were no
longer on the list of
grades under its lat-
est tender, which
closes on Tuesday,
the sources said.
IOC imports crude
for itself and on be-
half of its Chennai
Petroleum subsidi-
ary
.
U.S. President Joe
Biden had told Indi-
an Prime Minister
Narendra Modi late
on Monday that buy-
ing more oil from
Russia was not in In-
dia’s interest and
could hamper the
U.S. response to the
war in Ukraine.
Indian Oil removes
Russian Urals from latest
tender, says report
Household budget
strained as prices of
essentials, fuel rise
New Delhi (PTI):
A sharp rise in pric-
es of essential com-
modities over the
past few months
coupled with the
latest burden of
steep hike in fuel
rates have made life
difficult for almost
every section of the
society across the
country, with peo-
ple finding it hard
to manage their
household budget.
While the prices
of vegetables and
several other food
items have gone
through the roof,
the rates of petrol
and diesel have in-
creased by about Rs
10 per litre each in
the past one month.
Besides, the prices
of other petroleum
products, including
cooking gas, have
also witnessed a
rise in the past few
days, adding to the
woes of the people.
“The daily hike
in fuel prices has
made our life diffi-
cult. An LPG cylin-
der now costs
around Rs 1,000,
while prices of oth-
er commodities, in-
cluding fruits, veg-
etables, and cook-
ing oil, have sharp-
ly increased,” said
Anudeep Kaur
Goraya, a home-
maker from Phag-
wara in Punjab.
Ompal Singh, a
businessman from
Haryana’sHisarwho
runs a shop in the
automarket,saidthe
rising inflation has
also hit small busi-
nesses and traders.
The rising prices
have hit almost eve-
ryone, either it be a
milkman from Mad-
hya Pradesh or a
fish vendor from
Kerala.
Kallu Ram (50), a
milkman from Bho-
pal, said the high
petrol price has
made a big dent in
his savings,” said
Ram.
About29%Indianhouseholdsdowngradededibleoil:Report
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): As prices of edi-
ble oils rose over the
past 12 months, the
low-and middle-income
households from
across India have been
feeling the pinch. Pric-
es of most edible oils—
sunflower oil, peanut
oil, canola oil, sesame
oil, coconut oil, soya-
bean oil, mustard oil,
palm oil, olive oil—
which Indian house-
holds use for cooking,
have shot up by 50%-
70% above the pre-
COVID levels. As edible
oil prices have risen,
24% of Indian house-
holds have cut down
consumption while
67% are paying more
for it by reducing
spending and savings,
shows a survey by Loc-
alCircles.
In a release, Local-
Circles says, “Indian
households are coping
with this price increase
by downgrading their
cooking oil to a cheaper
alternative, which in
the long run could have
health risks. In the sur-
vey, 29% of Indian
households said that
they have downgraded
their cooking oil.”
According to indus-
try experts, domestic
edible oil prices have
risen by 50-100% in the
last 12 months, and by
25-40% in the last 45
days.
Sensex slides 388
points; Tata Steel, RIL,
Wipro, Bharti Airtel dip
Mumbai (ANI): The
Indian equities mar-
kets’ key indices fell
sharply for the second
consecutive day on
Tuesday with the
benchmark Sensex
closing 388 points
down on negative
global cues.
The 30 stock SP
BSE Sensex slumped
388.20pointsor0.66per
centtocloseat58,576.37
points against its pre-
vious day’s close at
58,964.57
points.
Ear-
lier, the Sensex opened
in the red at 58,743.50
points and slumped to
alowof 58,298.57points
in the intra-day
.
This is the second
consecutive day of a
sharpplungeinthekey
indices.TheSensexhad
lost 482.61 points or 0.81
per cent on Monday
.
The broader Nifty 50
of the National Stock
Exchange fell 144.65
points or 0.82 per cent
to 17,530.30 points. The
Nifty had lost 109.40
points or 0.62 per cent
on Monday
.
Tata Steel plunged
2.76 per cent to Rs
1320.55. LT slumped
1.86 per cent to Rs
1747.50. Bharti Airtel
slipped 2.15 per cent to
Rs 741.60.
The index heavy-
weight Reliance In-
dustries slumped
1.90 per cent to Rs
2560.15.
`3 tn opportunity for stakeholders in EVs: CRISIL
Mumbai (Agencies):
Electric vehicles (EVs)
present an opportunity
of almost Rs 3 trillion
for various stakehold-
ers in India over the
next 5 years through
fiscal 2026, a CRISIL
analysis indicates.
The opportunity in-
cludespotentialrevenue
of about Rs 1.5 trillion
across vehicle segments
for vehicle makers as
well as component man-
ufacturers and Rs 90,000
crore in the form of dis-
bursements for vehicle
financiers, with shared
mobility and insurance
accounting for the bal-
ance.
Meanwhile, reflecting
the shifting from ICE to
battery operated vehi-
cles, data on the Vahan
portal shows the share
of electric three-wheel-
ers (3Ws) increased to
almost5percentof three
wheelers registered in
fiscal2022fromlessthan
1 per cent in fiscal 2018.
For electric two-
wheelers (2Ws) and
buses, the percentages
rose to almost 2 per cent
and 4 per cent, respec-
tively. The shift is not
limited to large cities
either. Smaller towns
are also entering the
fray, driven by the gov-
ernment’s fiscal and
non-fiscal measures.
According to Vahan
statistics, the contribu-
tion of the top 10 dis-
tricts in nationwide
sales of electric cars
and 3Ws
d r o p p e d
from 55-60
per cent
in fiscal
2021 to
25-30 per
cent in
fiscal
2022.
F o r
t w o
w h e e l -
ers, the
percentage
declined from 40-45 per
cent to 15-20 per cent.
The drivers of EV
adoption are for all too
evident. Rising fuel
prices and higher cost
of ICE vehicles are im-
pacting their afforda-
bility, and government
support for EVs is also
playing a h u g e
role.
New Delhi (PTI): Coal block allocatees have a
golden opportunity to augment production as
the demand for thermal coal will rise due to an
increase in electricity demand, according to a
senior government official. There are reports of
coal shortages amid rising demand for electric-
ity with the onset of summer season. New coal
blocks are being allocated for commercial mining
and prospective bidders have shown encouraging
responses for these blocks.
‘DEMAND FOR COAL TO RISE DUE TO
INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND’
New Delhi (Agencies): With a net worth of $118 bil-
lion, Gautam Adani is now the sixth-richest person
in the world, according to a report by Times Now.
The owner of Adani conglomerate has overtaken the
founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The
chairman of Adani group saw his wealth rise by Rs
65,091 cr as the share prices of his companies like
Adani Green Energy, Adani Enterprises, Adani Gas
and Adani Transmission soared on Monday.
GAUTAM ADANI NOW WORLD’S 6TH-
RICHEST; PIPS GOOGLE FOUNDERS
New Delhi (Agencies): With an aim to make the
online railway travel booking experience better, online
bus ticketing platform redBus on Tuesday launched
a standalone lite app called ‘redRail. redRail, which
was launched as an in-app feature on redBus late last
year, will now be accessible on all mobile devices, in-
cluding entry-level Android OS smartphones. “redRail
is a rail ticket booking service launched by redBus, in
collaboration with IRCTC as the authorised partner,”
Prakash Sangam, CEO of redBus, told news agency.
REDBUS LAUNCHES ‘REDRAIL’, A LITE
APP FOR EASY TRAIN BOOKINGS
Bitcoin INC announces its
innovative token format, BEP-20
We should take textiles exports
to $100 billion by 2030: Goyal
New Delhi (ANI/PNN): The Bitcoin
INC (BINC) is based on Binance
Smart Chain (BEP20), and all the
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New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister
Piyush Goyal on Tuesday pitched
for taking the textiles exports of the
country to USD 100 billion by 2030
as the sector is recording a healthy
growth. The textiles minister also said
the exports would get a boost as the
sector would get zero duty access
in the UAE and Australia. India has
signed a trade pact with both these
countries. India is also trying to get
zero duty access in the markets of the
European Union, Canada, the UK and
member countries of the Gulf Coop-
eration Council (GCC), he said here
at a function. India is negotiating free
trade pacts with these countries.
The textiles exports last fiscal year
stood at USD 43 billion as against
USD 33 billion in the previous year.
“The sector is growing at a fast pace
and we should take exports to USD
100 billion by 2030. We will leave
no stone unturned to achieve this
aggressive growth and substantial
target,” Goyal said. He added that
the current geopolitical situation is
changing and it provides huge op-
portunities for the industry to boost
exports. The minister further empha-
sised on the need to promote cotton
production in the country.
WB accounts for 10.4%
MFI loan portfolio: Report
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal accounts for
10.4 per cent of the to-
tal MFI loan portfolio
in the country after
Tamil Nadu at 12.4 per
cent, as per a new re-
port.
It said the MFI seg-
ment created huge
small entrepreneur-
ship in the state, cov-
ering eight million
women, mostly from
the underprivileged
segment of the socie-
ty
.
The government
needs to be more pro-
active in terms of pro-
viding on issues like
issuance of trade li-
cences, shop and es-
tablishment registra-
tion and other compli-
ance processes, the
report by the Associa-
tion of MFIs in In-
dia, West Bengal Chap-
ter, said.
It also said AMFI
in West Bengal direct-
ly employs around
37,000 people, a bulk of
them from the low-in-
come families with
limited educational
qualifications.
Domestic edible oil
prices have risen by
50-100% in last 12
months
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07
NEWS
Delhi Development Au-
thority (DDA) has said
its advisory council has
reviewed the draft Mas-
ter Plan for Delhi-2041
and the document will
be placed before the ur-
ban body’s authority in
a meeting in the coming
weeks, which will be
chaired by Lieutenant
Governor Anil Baijal.
After its nod, the
MPD-2041 will be for-
warded to the central
government for its ap-
proval and notification
in the gazette of India.
The draft plan incorpo-
rates nearly 33,000 ob-
jections and sugges-
tions received from the
public, officials said.
A senior DDA official
said that creating exten-
sive transport infra-
structure, affordable
housingforall,ahealthy
environment and a 24-
hour city with a night-
time economy, and
checking unauthorised
colonies and pollution
are part of the draft that
have been laid out. The
city’s vision document
for the next 20 years cov-
ers the policies of envi-
ronment, economy, mo-
bility, heritage, culture,
and public spaces.
The draft document
was approved by the au-
thority in its meeting
held on April 13, 2021,
and published by it in
the gazette of India on
June 9 last year for in-
viting objections and
suggestions. The DDA
had received about
33,000 objections and
suggestions on the draft
master plan during that
period of 75 days, the
statement said.
A board of inquiry,
headed by the vice-
chairman of the DDA,
had heard and consid-
ered the objections and
suggestions of the pub-
lic on the draft since
October 18, when the
first round of hearing
had begun online. As
many as 14 meetings of
the board were held in
October and November.
Important urban and
development-related is-
sues in the form of ob-
jections and sugges-
tions were submitted by
the general public, civil
societies, NGOs, RWAs,
market associations,
federations, profession-
al bodies, government
agencies, political
members, etc, the state-
ment said. Based on the
objections and sugges-
tions, certain modifica-
tions were suggested by
the board in the draft
MPD-2041, it added.
Issues related to per-
missibility of grocery
shops in residential ar-
eas, and height of hos-
pitals and educational
institutions, migrant
labourers, street ven-
dors, and residents of
unauthorised, resettle-
ment and JJ colonies,
air and water pollu-
tion, cleaning of river
Yamuna, traffic con-
gestion, parking issues
and city’s heritage,
among others, were
raised in these hear-
ings.
DELHI DRAFT MASTER PLAN TO
BE APPROVED SOON, SAYS DDA
FLASHBACK
Draft plan incorporates nearly 33,000 objections and suggestions received from the public, say officials
New Delhi (PTI):
Around 50 shanties
were gutted in a fire
that broke out at transit
camp in Delhi’s Anand
Parbat area on Tuesday
afternoon, police said.
No casualties have
been reported so far,
they said.
A call about a fire
was received at 2.12 pm
in transit camp at
Anand Parbat,” said
Atul Garg, Director,
Delhi Fire Service.
A total of 18 fire ten-
ders were rushed to the
spot and the blaze was
brought under control,
he said, adding that
around 50 shanties were
gutted in the fire. The
cause of fire is not
known yet, he added.
50 shanties
gutted in fire in
Delhi’s Anand
Parbat area
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar said on
Tuesday that the youth
should divert their en-
ergies towards nation-
building and construc-
tive work.
He added that the
contribution being
made by women for a
united India cannot be
overlooked.
The Chief Minister
was motivating the
women who were par-
ticipating in the Yatra
in his address before
flagging off ‘Akhand
Bharat Sandesh
Yatra-2022’ from his
residence here on Tues-
day
.
Besides Haryana,
about 131 women from
Uttar Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan, Delhi and An-
daman and Nicobar
participated in this
event started by the In-
dian Media Centre.
On the occasion of
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav, under the ‘Ek
Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat’ scheme, the
women who participat-
ed in ‘Akhand Bharat
Sandesh Yatra’ have in-
fused zeal towards pat-
riotism said the Chief
Minister and this Yatra
is a symbol of unity in
the society and will be
able to deliver the mes-
sage, he added.
He said that this
event has been organ-
ized with a purpose and
will prove to be fruitful
only when the partici-
pants are wholly com-
mitted to it.
Reminiscing his
school life, the Chief
Minister said that when
he was a student of
Class VIII in the year
1967, he also took part
in a Sandesh Yatra with
a 40-member team of
students from 5 schools.
During this Yatra, he
had started from
Rohtak and had visited
places like Chandigarh,
Shimla, Kandaghat etc.
The experience of the
journey was wonderful,
which has left an indel-
ible mark in his mind.
Congratulating and
wishing the women
participating in
‘Akhand Bharat
Yatra-2022’ a successful
life, the Chief Minister
said that this Yatra will
have a positive impact
in their lives. Later, he
flagged off ‘Akhand
Bharat Yatra-2022’ and
announced an assis-
tance of Rs 5 lakh for
women participating in
the Yatra.
The Yatra left the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence with ‘Bharat
Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande
Mataram’ slogans be-
ing raised. After visit-
ing all the districts of
the state, he said the
Yatra will end on April
18 on reaching its desti-
nation in Sonipat.
Youth should divert their energy towards nation-building: Khattar
RIGHT DIRECTION
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar flagging off ‘Akhand Bharat Sandesh Yatra-2022’ from his residence.
HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER
KHATTAR FLAGS OFF ‘AKHAND
BHARAT SANDESH YATRA’
New Delhi (PTI): First-
year students of Jamia
Millia Islamia have
started boycotting the
online classes demand-
ing the complete re-
opening of the campus.
While the university
has opened for final-
year students, those in
their first year or inter-
mediate years have still
not been asked to re-
turn to campus for of-
fline classes.
“The students of Ja-
mia Millia Islamia have
tried every means avail-
abletomakethemselves
heard, by appealing to
the administration,
submitting memoran-
dums to their respec-
tive HODs, and protest-
ing yet the administra-
tion has let us down by
not standing with the
promises they made,”
the students said in a
statement.
“Therefore, the stu-
dents of Jamia Millia
Islamia have collective-
ly, and with strong ma-
jority, decided to boy-
cott online classes from
11th April onwards un-
til our demands are
met,” they added.
The students have de-
manded complete re-
opening of the campus
and resumption of of-
fline classes for all un-
dergraduate and post-
graduate courses.
Jamia students boycott online
classes; want campus reopened
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the rul-
ing BJP winning a ma-
sivemajoritybybagging
33 out of the 36 legisla-
tive council seats on
Tuesday, CM said that
the results proved that
the people had immense
faith in BJP and in the
leadership of PM Nar-
endra Modi.
“Withathumpingma-
jority in the Legislative
Council as well as the
state Assembly
, the gov-
ernment will be able to
do even better work in
the interest of public
welfare, women’s safety
and self-reliance, em-
ployment of youth, and
farmers,” the UP CM
said. We were able to
form our government
with the two-thirds ma-
jority under the leader-
ship of PM Modi in the
2017 and 2022 Assembly
elections. This will be
probably the first time
that the ruling party
will have a majority in
the State Legislative
Council, he added.
The BJP scored a
massive victory in the
Uttar Pradesh Legisla-
tive Council polls on
Tuesday by winning 33
of the 36 seats where
voting was held through
local bodies.
The SP suffered a hu-
miliating defeat and
could not win even a sin-
gle seat. Three seats
were won by independ-
ent candidates. The
Jansatta Dal, floated by
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
aka Raja Bhaiyya, re-
tained the Pratapgarh
seat where Akshay
Pratap Singh Gopalji
was the candidate.
First India Bureau
Ranchi: The National
Institute for Entrepre-
neurship and Small
Business Development
(NIESBUD), an autono-
mous institution under
the Ministry of Skill De-
velopment and Entre-
preneurship has signed
MoU with the Central
University of
Jharkhand (CUJ),
Ranchi, with the goal of
identifying mutual col-
laboration opportuni-
ties and promoting en-
trepreneurship in tech-
nical and professional
education in India.
The primary objec-
tive of this MOU is to
combine the strengths
of NIESBUD and CUJ,
Ranchi, towards the sus-
tained development of
entrepreneurial skills,
entrepreneurship edu-
cation, and training.
The collaboration is
aimed at creating a con-
ducive environment to
promote entrepreneur-
ship on and off campus
through a series of mu-
tually agreed, collabora-
tive and value-added
programmes, policies,
and curriculum.
Under the partner-
ship, both NIESBUD
and CUJ will work to-
gether to boost
Jharkhand’s entrepre-
neurship ecosystem.
Mumbai (PTI): BJP
leader Kirit Somaiya on
Tuesdayapproachedthe
Bombay HC challenging
the order of a sessions
court here that denied
him anticipatory bail in
a case of alleged misap-
propriation of over Rs
57 crore funds collected
to save the decommis-
sioned aircraft carrier
INS Vikrant from dis-
mantling in 2014.
Somaiya, through his
counselNiranjanMund-
argi, moved the HC
claiming that the ses-
sions court’s order is-
sued on Monday was
erroneous.
In his plea in the HC,
Kirit Somaiya has said
that the complaint was
delayed and filed after
nine years. He said that
similar donations had
also been collected by
other political parties
including Shiv Sena and
Cong. He further said
that the drive was not
conducted by him in an
individual capacity but
at the party level.
Shimla (PTI): BJP
leader Avinash Rai
Khanna on Tuesday
claimed that the
AAP fears the BJP
due to which it dis-
solved its working
committee in
Himachal Pradesh.
AAP had on Mon-
day dissolved its
working committee
after some defec-
tions in its state
unit. AAP’s state
president Anup Ke-
sari, general secre-
tary (organisation)
Satish Thakur and
some other senior
leader last week
quit the party and
joined the BJP.
AAP is trying to
gain a foothold in
the state ahead of
the Assembly polls
later this year. The
party had recently
stormed to power in
neighbouring Pun-
jab. In a statement
issuedhere,Khanna
said the image of
AAP in the hill state
is completely shat-
tered as its leaders
are openly joining
the BJP
.
AAP had to dis-
solved its working
committee as it
feared the BJP, he
added.
‘AAP dissolved
its HP working
committee due
to BJP’s fear’
MLC poll results once again prove
people’s faith in PM Modi,says Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
Jamia Millia Islamia University. -FILE PHOTO
MASSIVE VICTORY
Somaiya moves HC day after sessions
court rejects his pre-arrest bail plea
BJP leader Kirit Somaiya.
Skill India gives a boost to entrepreneurship
Officials during the signing of MoU.
Gold worth `1300 cr
smuggled into A’bad
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Cus-
toms Department has
found evidence that
Rs1,300 crore worth of
gold was smuggled into
the city through the
SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
InternationalAirportbe-
tween 2013 and 2019, and
has penalized four per-
sons of more than Rs 433
crore in this regard.
Given that the evi-
dence uncovered so far
also points to a hawala
racket, customs officials
have also shared their
information with the
Enforcement Depart-
ment, which will now
look into the hawala an-
gle, the officials said.
Theinvestigationinto
thesmugglingoperation
was uncovered back in
2019, when airline em-
ployee Jignesh Savaliya
was caught while help-
ing carrier Lokesh
Sharma smuggle in
24.5kg of gold from
Dubai. The duo revealed
that the racket had been
going on since 2013.
Over the course of the
investigation, customs
officials seized notes
bearing details of mon-
ey paid for smuggling,
from one Nita Parmar,
an employee of the king-
pin Rutuga Trivedi.
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08
2NDFRONT
Greetings on the occasion of
Baisakhi. Good health and
prosperity to all.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Nature of Gujaratis is to contribute to uplift society: PM Modi
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: It is the
nature of Gujaratis in-
cluding the Patidar Sa-
maj to contribute to up-
lifting society through
services and charities,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said on Tues-
day, while addressing
an event here via video
conferencing.
PM Modi inaugurat-
ed a boys’ hostel and
education complex of
Shri Annapurna Dham
Trust, and also laid the
foundation stone of Hi-
ramani Arogyadham of
Jansahayak Trust dur-
ing the virtual event.
These newly created
projects of education
and nutrition will be of
great benefit to the com-
mon man of Gujarat, he
said, adding, “Where
Goddess Annapurna
Devi is worshipped
there is no scope for
malnutrition. Igno-
rance of nutrition is
responsible for malnu-
trition.”
He also said that In-
dian farmers are capa-
ble enough to provide
food to each and every
corner of the world at a
time when the world is
running out of food
stocks due to the pan-
demic.
Referring to the new-
ly constructed educa-
tion complex at Adalaj,
Modi called upon the
youth of Gujarat to be
equipped for “Industry
4.0 (fourth phase of in-
dustrial development)”
through skill develop-
ment.
Expressing happi-
ness over the opportu-
nity to participate in
various development
ceremonies in Gujarat
these days.
He also appreciated
the “gentle and firm”
Gujarat Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel, and-
-citing the latter’s focus
on modern thinking
and responsibility to-
wards basic works--said
he was confident that
Gujarat would reach
new heights under Pa-
tel’s leadership.
Patel, who was also
part of the virtual
event, said, “When the
power of social organi-
zation joins the efforts
of the government, the
value of everyone’s ef-
fort is added to the man-
tra of ‘Sauno Saath,
Sauno Vikas’ and ‘Sau-
no Vishwas’.”
PM lays foundation stone of
Hiramani Arogyadham and
inaugurated a boys’ hostel and
education complex virtually
PM LAUDS GUJ
GoIdoesn’tintendtomeddlein
stateco-opdepts,saysShah
New Delhi (PTI): As-
serting that reforms are
required to strengthen
cooperatives in the
country, Cooperation
Minister Amit Shah on
Tuesday said the Centre
does not intend to inter-
fere in the functioning
of state cooperatives but
will endeavour to bring
uniformity in state laws
through dialogue and
coordination.
He also emphasised
on the need to develop
cooperatives in a uni-
form manner in order to
take the cooperative sec-
tor to the next level and
ensure its contribution
towards doubling farm-
ers’ income and making
India a $5 trillion econo-
my
. The successful coop-
erative models like IFF-
CO and Amul need to be
emulated by adopting
corporate principles
with cooperative per-
spective, professional-
ism, modernisation and
transparency in govern-
ance, he said. The new
cooperation policy will
be ready in the next 8-9
months, the minister
said. Addressing the
two-day national confer-
ence on new cooperative
policy, Shah said, “we
have a strong base. How-
ever, we need to frame a
new policy to remove
hurdles and provide a
platform to grow fur-
ther”.
Among the key re-
forms required for
strengthening coopera-
tives, the minister
stressed on having bet-
ter coordination be-
tween cooperatives and
bringing uniformity in
state laws.
Shah also asserted
that the Centre will not
intervene in state coop-
eratives but will push
for bringing uniformity
in state laws through a
consultation process.
“State assemblies
have exclusive right
over state cooperatives
and no one wants to in-
terfere in that. But
through dialogue, we
want to bring uniformi-
ty in state laws with
their acceptance other-
wise cooperatives will
not survive for long,” he
said. The minister
pointed out that cooper-
ative laws in four states
UP
, Sikkim, Gujarat and
Odisha that he has ana-
lysed are primitive and
are not relevant now.
“We need to bring
change but through dia-
logue and agreement
with states. The process
islongbutnecessary
.We
cannot impose and get it
done,” he noted.
The minister also
pointed out that there is
lack of coordination be-
tween cooperatives at
village level in some
parts of the country and
there is no facility to
help each other, adding
that the gap needs to be
addressed.
State assemblies have exclusive right over state cooperatives and no one
wants to interfere in that. But through dialogue, we want to bring uni-
formity in state laws with their acceptance otherwise cooperatives will
not survive for long. —Amit Shah
Maintain vigil along LoC:
Army Commander to troops
Srinagar (PTI):
Northern Army Com-
mander Lt Gen Upen-
dra Dwivedi on Tues-
day asked the soldiers
posted along the Line
of Control to remain
vigilant and maintain
the sanctity of the
ceasefire line, a de-
fence spokesman said
here.
“Lt Gen Upendra
Dwivedi, on the final
day of his visit to
Kashmir Valley, spent
the morning hours in-
teracting with soldiers
at forward locations
and reviewing the se-
curity situation along
the Line of Control
with the Formation
Commanders,” the
spokesman said.
He said the Army
Commander was ac-
companied by Lt Gen
D P Pandey, GOC Chi-
nar Corps during the
visit.
“The local Com-
manders briefed the
Army Commander on
the security situation
on the Line of Control,
o p e r a t i o n a l
preparedness and
measures instituted to
thwart the adversary’s
designs.
Local Commanders
also briefed about the
development defence
works being carried
out at their respective
locations,” the spokes-
man said.
The Army Com-
mander laid special
emphasis on being
vigilant and maintain-
ing the sanctity of the
Line of Control.
Education Ministry
seeks report from
JNU authorities
Ministry of Education
hassoughtareportfrom
JNU regarding a clash
betweenstudents’group
on Ram Navmi.
“As per standard pro-
cedures, a formal report
has been sought about
the clash between the
student groups on the
occasion of Ram Navmi
and the unrest on cam-
pus, “ a senior MoE of-
ficial said.
Two groups of stu-
dents clashed at the var-
sity’s Kaveri Hostel on
Sunday allegedly over
serving of non-vegetari-
an food on Ram Navami
in the mess, with police
saying 20 students were
injured in the violence.
Thetwostudentsgroups
on Monday
lodged police
complaints
against each other,
while varsity authori-
tiesclaimedtheviolence
occurred after some stu-
dents objected to a ‘ha-
wan’, an assertion also
made by RSS-affiliate
ABVP
.
Tow tractor collides
with Air India plane
at Delhi airport
New Delhi (PTI): An
Air India plane was
damaged at the Delhi
airport on Tuesday
when a tow tractor mal-
functioned and collided
with the aircraft’s nose
while pushing it back
for take-off, senior of-
ficials of aviation regu-
lator DGCA said.
No one was injured
in the incident but the
182-seater Guwahati-
bound plane was
grounded for inspec-
tion and rectification,
they said.
The Directorate Gen-
eral of Civil Aviation
(DGCA) has begun an
investigation into the
Air India plane inci-
dent, the officials
said.
On March 28, a wing
of a SpiceJet plane hit
a lightning pole at the
Delhi airport when the
aircraft was pushed
back from the parking
position before it was
to take off for Jammu.
Describing the Tues-
day incident, officials
said as the plane was
being pushed back by
the tow tractor towards
the runway, the tow
bar’s holding pin broke
and the tractor collided
around the nose por-
tion of the plane.
Air India did not re-
spond to a query on
this matter.
Day before violence, mess warden
suggested skipping non-veg food
New Delhi (PTI): A
day before violence in-
side JNU’s Kaveri hos-
tel, the hostel’s mess
secretary received a
message from one of
thewardensaskingthat
non-vegetarianfoodnot
be served in
the mess on
Sunday
.
Mess warden Gopal
Ram confirmed that
he had messaged in
this regard on Satur-
day, but added that it
was a “suggestion” to
avoidany“clashes”be-
tween students.
The menu for the
hostelisdecidedbythe
mess committee – an
elected students’ body
,
and the wardens don’t
have a role in deciding
it. However, mess sec-
retary Raghib, a stu-
dent at JNU, said he
had received a mes-
sage from the warden
Gopal Ram, a teacher
on campus. “I was told
that there should be no
non-veg food made,
that there should only
be veg. As per our
mess menu, non-veg is
made on Wednesdays,
Fridays and Sundays. I
told him if he wants a
change in this, he
should give it to me in
writing. He refused to.
There are 170-180 stu-
dents out of 300 stu-
dents who eat non-
veg,” he said.
He also denied the
ABVP’s claim that it
was decided a week
ago, at a general body
meeting, that non-veg
would not be served on
Sunday, when some
students observed
Ram Navami.
Rajasthan set to develop as hub of petroleum based industries: Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has said that
HPCL Rajasthan Refin-
ery is the biggest pro-
ject of the State after
the Indira Gandhi Ca-
nal Project. “Rajasthan
will develop as the hub
of petroleum based in-
dustries and there will
be a lot of employment
with the petrochemical
complex, which is being
constructed along with
the refinery at Pachpa-
dra in Barmer district.
Not only oil but petro-
leum by-products will
also come out which
will bring investment to
the State and will create
huge potential for vari-
ous industries,” Gehlot
said while reviewing
the progress of the Ra-
jasthan refinery on
Tuesday
.
He said petroleum re-
finery is a big dream for
the development of the
entire State including
Western Rajasthan. “It
has faced many obsta-
cles earlier. After the
long struggle by the
people of the area and
with the efforts of our
Government, this pro-
ject has now gained
pace and efforts will be
made to complete it on
time,” he said and di-
rected the HPCL offic-
ers to accelerate the
work of the project by
increasing the resourc-
es required.
The Chief Minister
said that an inter-de-
partmental working
group should be made
by taking officers of all
departments associated
with the project along
with HPCL, so that the
issues pertaining to the
refinery along with the
petrochemical complex
can be resolved on time.
The Chief Minister
took information about
the progress of 9 main
refinery units and 4
main petrochemical
units. Besides this, he
directed to develop in-
dustrial areas nearby
the refinery and to
speed up the works of
greenery development.
JNU CLASH
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.

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