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PRECAUTIONARY ACTION
Maha govt issues SOP for charging e-vehicles
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A standard
operating procedure
(SOP) for electric vehi-
cle charging stations
has been issued by the
state government to
prevent fires. The move
comes amid rising cas-
es of electric vehicles
and e-bikes bursting
into flames, especially
when they are plugged
in for charging.
The SOP mentions
that e-scooters should
not be taken to individ-
ual flats for charging
purposes. It also recom-
mended DC (direct cur-
rent) fast chargers be
clearly differentiated
from conventional ones.
“As charging methods
could be either AC (al-
ternating current) or
DC, the safety require-
ments need to address
both. Where multiple
chargers are in use,
there should be clear
and prominent notices
at each charging point
indicating if it is suita-
ble for AC or DC charg-
ing,” said an official.
As per the SOP
, charg-
ing points should be
provided in the open air
at roof deck level to
minimize risk of fire
spread in multi-storey
parking lots. It also
mentions that the
charging point shall be
within five metres from
parked vehicles to pre-
vent stretching of
charging cables and at
least 80 cm above the
flood level. The rules
also state that parking
other vehicles in charg-
ing areas should be pro-
hibited.
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Move is aimed at
prevention of fires;
EV charging
stations to be put in
open areas users
asked to stay alert
The state has a total of 1,39,443 registered e-vehicles till mid-
September. —FILE PHOTO
Compensation for UHV lines
to be hiked under revised
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
government on
Wednesday approved
a revised policy for
the use of land to set
up ultra-high voltage
(UHV) transmission
lines and pylons with
an eye on expediting
several power genera-
tion projects in differ-
ent parts of Maha-
rashtra, a statement
from the chief minis-
ter’s office said after
the cabinet meeting.
Land is not acquired
to set up pylons and
for laying of trans-
mission lines. Only
compensation is given
for the use of land and
for the crop loss. At
present, the compen-
sation amount is very
small and it is being
opposed by the own-
ers of the land, due to
which several pro-
jects are delayed and
held up. As per the
revised policy, for set-
ting up ultra-high
voltage transmission
lines of Turn to P6
STATE POLICY
MODI GOVT’S
DIWALIBONUS!
Union Minister for Information Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur
holding a press conference on Cabinet Decisions, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government on
Wednesday approved
Rs 22,000 crore as a one-
time grant for state-run
oil marketing compa-
nies (PSU OMCs) for
losses incurred due to
domestic LPG prices.
The government said
that between June 2020
to June 2022, the inter-
national prices of LPG
increased by around
300%. Accordingly, do-
mestic LPG prices have
risen only by 72% dur-
ing this period. This
has led to significant
losses for these OMCs,
the government said.
The Union Cabinet
headed by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi ap-
proved one-time grant
to 3 oil marketing com-
panies - Indian Oil Cor-
poration (IOC), Bharat
Petroleum Corporation
Ltd (BPCL) and Hindu-
stan Petroleum Corpo-
ration Ltd (HPCL).
BONUS OF `1,832 CR FOR 11.27
LAKH RLY EMPLOYEES: THAKUR
ALL 3 ACCUSED SENT TO
14-DAY JUDICIAL CUSTODY
INDIA’S DEBT RATIO
PROJECTED TO BE
84% OF ITS GDP: IMF
DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER
TERMINAL AT TUNA-TEKRA
Making the announcement on Wednes-
day, Union minister Anurag Thakur
said, “Productivity-linked bonus of ` 1,832
crore will be given to 11.27 lakh employ-
ees of railways. It will be a bonus of 78
days and `17,951 will be its maximum
limit.” According to available data, about
11.27 lakh non-gazetted railway employ-
ees are likely to benefit from decision.
Ernakulam: The Ernakulam magis-
trate court on Wednesday remanded
all the three accused of killing two
women allegedly as a human sacri-
fice in black magic rituals in Kerala’s
Pathanamthitta on judicial custody.
The accused will be under judicial
remand for a 14-day duration which
will end on October 26.
India’s debt ratio is projected
to be 84% of its GDP by end
of 2022, which is higher than
many emerging economies,
but its debt is a
little bit easier
to sustain, a
senior IMF offi-
cial has said. “It
would be very
important to give reassurance
to people and to investors
that things are under control,
and things are going to
become less vulnerable over
time,” Mauro, told.
Union Cabinet approved the project to
develop the container terminal at Tuna-
Tekra, Deendayal Port in Gujarat under
public private partnership mode. The
cost of `4,243.64 crore will be on part of
Concessionaire and cost of common user
facilities of `296.20 crore will be on the
part of the concessioning authority toward
development of common user facilities.
`22,000 crore
boost for oil
firms as bonus to
the railway workers
Payment of
productivity
linked bonus to the
railway employees
Development of
the container
terminal at Deendayal
Port located in Gujarat
CABINET OKAY’S
KERALA HUMAN SACRIFICE CASE
Cannibalism suspected,
1 body cut into 56 pieces
First India Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram:
A couple in Kerala who
allegedly mutilated and
killed two women in a
ritualistic “human sac-
rifice” to get rich quick
may have even eaten the
flesh of their victims,
the police said today, as
shocking new details
emerged in the case.
Victims Roselin and
Padma were tied up and
tortured before they
were strangled, the po-
lice said. The women’s
breastswerechoppedoff
and the blood was al-
lowed to flow out. One of
the bodies was cut into
56pieces,thepolicechief
said. The body parts
were found from three
pits. Two women were
allegedly sacrificed as
part of a ritual in a re-
mote Kerala village by
three people, including a
couple, to gain wealth.
The victims were killed,
theirbodypartschopped,
cooked and eaten by the
accused.
Laila, one of the accused in the Elanthoor ‘human sacrifice’ case,
being produced at court, in Kochi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
The first accused, Shafi, is a
sadistic psychopath who takes
pleasure in hurting and inflicting
wounds on others. He is a sexual pervert.
There’s a possibility that the accused ate
parts of body after killing the victims. It is
being investigated, but not confirmed yet.
—CH Nagaraju, Kochi police chief
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NATIONAL GAMES:
BORGOHAIN
BAGS GOLD IN
MIDDLEWEIGHT
‘AWARE OF LAKSHMAN REKHA BUT WILL EXAMINE NOTEBAN’
New Delhi: The SC on Wednesday asked Centre and RBI to file detailed
affidavits. It said that while it is aware of ‘Lakshman Rekha’ on judicial review
of govt policy decisions, but will have to examine the 2016 demonetisation
decision to decide whether issue has become a mere “academic” exercise.
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina
Borgohain executed her gameplan well to beat
silver medallist Saweety Boora 5-0 and secure the
women’s 75kg gold medal at the boxing arena on the
concluding day of National Games on Wednesday.P6
NAVY’S MIG 29K
DEVELOPS TECH
SNAG, PILOT
EJECTS SAFELY
Vasco: A MiG 29K on a routine sortie over the sea
off Goa developed a technical malfunction while
returning to the base, said Navy on Wednesday. The
pilot ejected safely and has been recovered in a swift
search and rescue Operation. BoI has been ordered.
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Retail inflation jumps to 5-month
high of 7.41 percent in September
Graft convictions extend
Aung San Suu Kyi’s
prison term to 26 years
Myanmar: A court in
military-ruled Myan-
mar on Wednesday sen-
tenced deposed leader
Aung San Suu Kyi to
three years in prison on
charges of accepting a
bribe, a source with
knowledge of the mat-
ter said. 77-year-old No-
bel laureate, a figure-
head of opposition to
military rule, faces
charges for at least 18
offences ranging from
graft to election viola-
tions, carrying com-
bined maximum terms
of nearly 190 years.
New Delhi: India’s re-
tail inflation touched
7.41 per cent in Septem-
ber, up from 7 per cent
in August, and 6.7 per
cent in July, fuelled by
high food prices, erratic
rainfall, and supply
shocks from Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
Prices of daily consum-
ables like cereals and
vegetables, which form
the largest category in
the inflation basket,
have climbed over the
past two years.
The factory output,
measured in terms of
the Index of Industrial
Production (IIP), con-
tracted by (-)0.8% in Au-
gust, as per data re-
leased by the MoSPI.
SUSHIL KUMAR FACES MORE HEAT AS COURT
FRAMES MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HIM
PUNJAB-HARYANA
HC QUASH FIR
AGAINST KUMAR
VISHWAS BAGGA
New Delhi: A Delhi court on
Wednesday framed charges of
murder against Olympian wrestler
Sushil Kumar in connection with
the killing of 27-year-old wrestler
Sagar Dhankar, his lawyers said.
Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji
Anand framed charges of murder
among, other sections of the IPC,
against Kumar and 17 others. A
detailed order is awaited.
Chandigarh: The Punjab
and Haryana High Court
on Wednesday quashed
two separate FIRs regis-
tered against former AAP
leader Kumar Vishwas
and BJP leader Tajinder
Pal Singh Bagga by Pun-
jab Police. Vishwas was
booked by the Rupnagar
Police in Punjab over
his alleged inflammatory
statements against AAP
convener Arvind Kejri-
wal, Bagga was booked
on charges of making
provocative statements
and promoting enmity.
Russia ready for
gas supplies to
Europe: Putin
Chinese national
among 10 held in
`900 cr fraud case
Moscow: Russian Pres-
ident Vladimir Putin
said on Wednesday that
Moscow is ready to re-
sume gas supplies to
Europe via a link of the
Germany-bound Nord
Stream 2 pipeline under
the Baltic Sea — an of-
fer quickly rejected by
Berlin. German offi-
cials have said Russia
halted supplies through
the Nord Stream 1 as a
political gambit and
questioned why sup-
plies through Nord
Stream 2 would be any
more reliable.
Hyderabad: The city
police arrested 10 per-
sons including a Chi-
nese and a Taiwan na-
tional for allegedly
cheating lakhs of per-
sons to tune of `903
crore. So far `1.91 crore
have been frozen in var-
ious bank accounts. Hy-
derabad police commis-
sioner CV Anand
opined that it could
even be a Rs 10,000 crore
scam, which was run
through a network to
route money of unsus-
pecting investors away
.

NEWS
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Latke moves HC against BMC resignation ‘delay’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: ‘ShivSena
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray’ party
candidate for the up-
coming Andheri
(East) bypoll, Rutuja
Latke on Wednesday
moved the Bombay
High Court seeking a
direction to the Mum-
bai civic body to ac-
cept her resignation
as its employee.
In her petition, Rutu-
ja said the delay by Bri-
hanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) in
issuing a letter or order
(accepting her resigna-
tion) appears to be delib-
erate to prevent her
from contesting the No-
vember 03 by-election.
Shealsorequestedthe
HC to allow her to file a
nomination for the by-
election, necessitated by
the death of her hus-
band and sitting MLA
Ramesh Latke.
The last date for sub-
mitting the nomination
for the bypoll has been
set at October 14.
Rutuja, however, has
not mentioned the par-
ty she wants to file the
poll nomination.
Separately, she has
maintained that she will
contest the bypoll on the
Thackeray faction’s
‘mashaal’ symbol.
Her counsel Vishwa-
jeet Sawant mentioned
the petition before a di-
vision bench of Justic-
es Nitin Jamdar and
Sharmila Deshmukh
and sought an urgent
hearing. The bench
said it would hear the
petition on Thursday
.
Thepetitionstatedthe
BMC’s conduct was “ar-
bitrary
, illegal and
malafide”andthatitwas
duty-boundtoaccepther
resignation.
“The delay on the part
of the respondents
(BMC) in issuing an or-
derappearstobedeliber-
ate to prevent the peti-
tioner from contesting
the bypoll,” it added.
Widow of late
MLA Ramesh
Latke is set to
contest Andheri
East bypoll on
‘mashaal’ symbol
Mumbai (PTI): The state government has no role in
alleged delay by the Mumbai civic body in accepting
the resignation of its employee Rutuja Latke, said
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednes-
day. “The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
(BMC) is a self-governing and autonomous body.
The administration will decide whether to accept the
resignation of Latke or not. The Maharashtra gov-
ernment has nothing to do with the alleged delay in
accepting the resignation,” Fadnavis told reporters. “There must be some rules
that need to be followed before accepting any resignation of a BMC employee.
We have no say in it,” he added.
NO GOVT STAKE IN BMC DELAY OF
RUTUJA’S RESIGNATION: FADNAVIS
‘Rutuja Latke being pressured
to contest for Shinde’s group’
Mumbai (PTI): The
Uddhav Thackeray-
led Shiv Sena faction
on Wednesday alleged
that Rutuja Latke,
their candidate for
the November 03 by-
election to Andheri
East Assembly seat in
Mumbai, was being
pressured by the
Eknath Shinde camp
to contest on their
ticket.
Talking to reporters,
former state minister
Anil Parab claimed Ru-
tuja’s resignation as an
administrative officer
in the K ward of the Bri-
hanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) was
not being accepted to
force her to contest as
the Shinde group’s can-
didate.
If her resignation is
not accepted in the next
two days, she would not
be able to file her nomi-
nation papers by Octo-
ber 14, said a party lead-
er earlier.
“The Andheri East
seatbelongedtotheShiv
Sena. You will know our
next course of action if
Rutuja Latke is unable
to contest,” he said.
Parab also said that
BMC Commissioner IS
Chahal was not giving
reasons why her resig-
nation was not being
accepted.
Rutuja Latke has been employed with the BMC since 2006.
—FILE PHOTO
POLL RULES
ShivSena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leaders Anil Parab (R) and Arvind Sawant address media
persons at the party’s Bandra office in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Senapartyworkerswillteach
detractorsalesson,vowsUddhav
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Ex-Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray on Wednes-
day said the Election
Commission’s move to
freeze the “Shiv Sena”
name and the “bow
and arrow” symbol
has angered his party
workers who will
teach their detractors
a lesson.
The Commission on
Monday allotted the
“flaming torch”
(mashaal) election sym-
bol to the newly named
ShivSena - Uddhav Bal-
asaheb Thackeray amid
the dispute between the
two factions of the Shiv
Sena.
On Wednesday, ad-
dressing his party work-
ers from Uran in neigh-
bouring Raigad district,
Thackeray said their
organization will brave
all attempts to destroy it
and emerge stronger.
Thackeray further
said there will be a Shiv
Sena “wave” and “we
will have a chief minis-
ter from our party” in
the near future.
He urged party work-
ers to ensure awareness
about their new poll
symbol reaches every
household.
“We have to prepare
for elections - from the
gram panchayat to the
Lok Sabha,” he said.
The EC had barred
both factions from us-
ing the name “Shiv
Sena” and the “bow and
arrow” election symbol
in the November 03 by-
poll to Andheri East As-
sembly seat.
A hoarding displays the new name (ShivSena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the
‘mashaal’symbol of the Uddhav-led faction of the Shiv Sena outside ‘Matoshree’, in Mumbai on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Thane: District police have registered criminal cas-
es against seven leaders of the ShivSena Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray party for allegedly making
offensive statements against Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde, said an official. The cases were registered
under various sections of the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) against Vinayak Raut, Bhaskar Jadhav and
Sushma Andhare among others, based on a com-
plaint by Shinde-supporter Dattaram Gavas. The
official said these leaders allegedly used offensive
language against CM Shinde, at the Mahaprab-
hodan Yatra in Thane on Sunday.
CASES AGAINST SEVEN PEOPLE
FOR COMMENTS AGAINST CM
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Shiv
Sena - Uddhav Balasa-
heb Thackeray on
Wednesday slammed
the Congress as well
as the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) on
the recent controver-
sy over freedom fight-
er VD Savarkar, and
said the two parties
have trivialized the
issue.
It said both the par-
ties need to study Sa-
varkar’s political, so-
cial, scientific and eco-
nomic thoughts.
Last week, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi,
during his ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’, had claimed that
Savarkar used to get a
stipend from the British
and asserted that it was
a historical fact. React-
ing sharply, Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis had said
Gandhi doesn’t know
the history of India and
of his party
. He also tar-
geted Uddhav Thacker-
ay and asked whether
the Shiv Sena leader
supports such a state-
ment against Savarkar.
In the party mouth-
piece “Saamana”, the
Shiv Sena said the
Congress and the BJP
have trivialized the is-
sue of Savarkar.
Savarkar, a Hindutva
ideologue, is a highly
polarizing figure in
modern Indian history.
He is a revered figure
for both the Shiv Sena
and the BJP.
“The two parties
should first study Sa-
varkar’s political, so-
cial, scientific and eco-
nomicthoughts,”itsaid.
The party said Gan-
dhi’s comments on Sa-
varkar may be new, but
they are certainly
shocking.
For years, the Con-
gress has been claiming
that Savarkar came out
of jail in Andaman af-
ter his mercy petitions,
the party said.
The Congress could
have a separate think-
ing about the role of
revolutionaries in the
freedom struggle, but
the British were taken
aback by the revolt by
many revolutionaries
like Savarkar, the Sena
said.
Cong, BJP have trivialized issue of Savarkar: Uddhav-led Sena
BONE OF CONTENTION
AWARD DENIED?
The editorial also asked why the Modi government did not rechristen Rajpath , now called Kartavya
Path, after Veer Savarkar. —FILE PHOTO
‘Hacker’ clears
three pending
passport
applications
First India Bureau
Mumbai: An uni-
dentified person
completed the veri-
fication process of
three passport ap-
plications after
gaining access to
login ID and pass-
word of a Mumbai
police officer in the
passport branch,
said an official on
Wednesday
.
A First Informa-
tion Report (FIR) has
been registered
against the unidenti-
fied person for hack-
ing and logging into
the online passport
verification system
managed by the Cen-
tral government.
An investigation
has revealed that the
incident occurred on
September 24 when
the office of Special
Branch-2 (SB-II) of-
fice was shut due to
a holiday. The three
persons whose veri-
fication papers were
cleared are residents
of Antop Hill, Chem-
bur, and Tilak Nagar,
in Mumbai.
Explaining the
procedure for pass-
port verification, the
official said a person
seeking a passport
applies on the pass-
port Seva website,
after which verifica-
tion of address and
other details is done
by local police.
The documents
with remarks are
forwarded to the Re-
gional Passport Of-
fice (RPO) which
takes the final call.
‘Fake’ pro-Uddhav
affidavits? Shinde
loyalist seeks probe
Thane (PTI): The Bal-
asahebanchi Shiv
Sena (BSS) on
Wednesday demand-
ed a probe either by
CID or CBI into “fake”
affidavits pledging
support to Uddhav
Thackeray-led faction
and claimed the
“fraud” is akin to an-
other Telgi fake
stamp paper scam.
The Mumbai police
recently registered an
FIR against unidenti-
fied persons on charges
of cheating and forgery
after recovering more
than 4,500 affidavits be-
ing prepared in support
of the Thackeray-led
faction, now called the
Sena Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray party
.
Naresh Mhaske, the
spokesperson of the
Shinde faction, on
Wednesday
, alleged sim-
ilar “fake” affidavits
were prepared in other
districts of the state too.
“The probe into the
mega fraud of ghost af-
fidavits should be hand-
ed over to the state CID
or the CBI and an SIT
should be formed,” he
said and alleged that “a
contract of Rs10 crore
was given for preparing
these fake affidavits”.
He also claimed sev-
eral affidavits have been
submitted to the Elec-
tion Commission which
also needs to be probed.
Mhaske had earlier
claimed that the
Mumbai cops have
found 4,682 “fake”
affidavits and lodged
a criminal case
Naresh Mhaske
31 cheated of
`45L through
crypto app
Pune (PTI): Thirty
one people from
Solapur have allegedly
been cheated of Rs45
lakh after they made
investments through a
crypto cloud mining
app on the promise of
hefty returns.
“Three persons asked
the investors to down-
loadtheCCHCloudMin-
er App and the crypto
trading app. They then
converted their Indian
currency into dollars us-
ing it and were made to
invest in the CCH Cloud
Miner App,” said Police
Inspector Udaysinh Pa-
til, adding that some of
the investors received
returns initially
.
The app is now de-
funct and the office of
the trio is shut.
Cloud mining is a
mechanism to mine a
cryptocurrency using
rented cloud computing
power.
The Centre has
provided an online
verification system
for allocation of
passports

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has asked
the Central govern-
ment to consider Ma-
harashtra govern-
ment’s bill about mak-
ing Section 498A (pun-
ishment for domestic
violence) of the Indi-
an Penal Code (IPC)
compoundable with
permission of the tri-
al court concerned.
The bench cited hard-
ships faced by several
couples and their rela-
tives—who are litigants
in such cases—due to le-
gal expenses as well as
travel costs to and from
their villages or towns.
A division bench com-
prising Justice Revati
Mohite-Dere and Justice
Prithviraj K Chavan
passed an order last
month, which was made
available on Tuesday
.
Thebenchallowedaplea
filed by a man, his moth-
er and sister seeking to
quashanFIRfiledbythe
respondentwifeina2018
case filed in Pune under
Section 498A of the IPC.
The court noted that
the parties had decided
to amicably settle their
disputes and the wife
had filed her affidavit
for consent to quash
the FIR.
The bench observed:
“The importance of
makingtheSection498A
compoundable with the
permission of the court,
can hardly be over-
looked/understated…
Everyday
,wehaveamin-
imum of 10 petitions/
applications seeking
quashing of Section
498A by consent, since it
is non-compoundable.”
Parties have to appear
personally before the
court, thus incurring
hardshipssuchastravel-
ling, litigation and ac-
commodation expenses
in the city
. Parties, if
working, are required to
take a day off, it added.
It further stated,
“Apart from the hard-
ships caused to parties,
if Section 498A is made
compoundable, the
court’s precious time
can be saved.”
Advocate General
Ashutosh Kumbhako-
ni, representing the
state government, in-
formed the bench about
the steps taken by the
government to make
Section 498A com-
poundable. He in-
formed that a bill was
passed for amending
the Criminal Procedure
Code (CrPC), 1973 so as
to make the offence un-
der Section 498A a com-
poundable offence.
Kumbhakoni added
that the said bill was
passed in both houses
of the state legislature
and currently it is
pending before the Un-
ion Home Ministry for
its approval.
MAHARASHTRA
03
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Fire
Officer of the Mumbai
Fire Brigade Hemant
Parab on Tuesday
said that roughly 70%
of all fires that oc-
curred in Mumbai be-
tween 2019 and 2022
had electrical origins.
Parabwasspeakingat
‘Social Sanchar’, an in-
teractive event with citi-
zens about fire safety in
Mumbai,organizedbyV
Citizens’ Action Net-
work in South Mumbai.
Primary investiga-
tions by the Fire Bri-
gade revealed, the fire at
Rail View Housing Soci-
ety also had electric ori-
gins, and likely broke
out as electric cables in
a duct between the third
and fifth floor of the
building were chopped,
and the wiring exposed.
According to the Fire
Brigade’s data present-
ed by the CFO, in 2022, a
total of 2,902 fires were
reported in the city, of
which 1,996 or 69% had
electrical origins and
906 had other origins. In
2021, 4,121 fires were re-
ported, of which 2,863 or
70% had electrical ori-
gins, whereas 1,228 had
other origins.
“We have witnessed
serious fires specifically
in high-rise buildings
across the city and sub-
urbs. Recent incidents
of fires in high-rise
buildings have caused
loss of property and life
too. The supposed cause
of the fires was also
electric origin,” Parab
said.
He further added that
thefirebrigadehasbeen
planning preventive
measures, creating
awareness and educat-
ing residents to reduce
loss of life and property
during fires, and to try
and resolve fires before
they grow intense.
“While stop call is the
basic smallest level of
fire call, brigade call is
the highest. Between
these two grades, there
are four levels. Our aim
is to try and restrict all
fires at the stop call it-
self. This means quicker
response from the Fire
Brigade, more aware-
ness among public, and
fire safety and precau-
tion in all buildings,” he
said.
There are common
signs indicating electri-
cal fire risks, such as
bulbs burning out, fuse
blowing, lights flicker-
ing or dimming, lights
going out, or appliances
operating slowly
, which
should be watched out
for, he said.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In February
,
a Mumbai-based busi-
nessman was per-
plexed when he dis-
covered some gold
ornaments went miss-
ing from his home.
Over the next few
months he lost more
jewelry, but avoided
filing a police report,
suspecting it was the
work of a “djinn”.
However, in Septem-
ber, he finally filed a
police complaint after a
huge sum of cash was
also stolen along with
the jewellery.
In his complaint, Ab-
dulkader Shabbir
Ghoghawala—the busi-
nessman—told the By-
culla police, “Djinns
don't steal cash”. By
then, gold and cash
worth more than `40
lakh had been stolen
from his house.
The police suspected
that someone from the
family may be stealing
the valuables. Acting
swiftly the police
traced the accused
within a day. It turned
out to be the man’s
12-year-old niece.
During the investiga-
tion, she revealed that
her cousin, who was
from Surat, asked her
to steal from her un-
cle’s house. After her
revelation, the police
arrested the cousin and
his two friends after
the probe linked them
to the case. The police
also recovered some of
the stolen items worth
Rs40.18 lakh from their
possession.
No action has been
taken against the girl
so far, the police said,
adding a detailed re-
port to the Juvenile
Justice Board will be
sent after her role in
the case is ascertained.
Electrical issues responsible for 70% of fires in Mumbai: Official
CREATING SAFETY AWARENESS
Primary investigation by the Fire
Brigade shows fire at Railview
building also had electric origins
Fire broke out on the 12th floor of Rail View Housing Society in Mumbai’s Chembur area on
Saturday. —FILE PHOTO
We have
witnessed
serious
fires in high-rise
buildings across
the city and sub-
urbs. While stop
call is the basic
smallest level of
fire call, brigade
call is the highest.
Between these two,
there are four lev-
els. We aim to re-
strict all fires at
the stop call itself.
——Hemant Parab,
Chief Fire Officer, Mumbai
Fire Brigade
‘Gold-stealing djinn’ turns
out to be 12-year-old girl
The cash and gold jewellery recovered from the arrested accused.
The man filed a case
when he realized that
“djinns don’t steal
cash,” he told cops
Pre-DiwalihealthalertasH1N1rises
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
Health Department
has urged people to
exercise extreme cau-
tion ahead of and
during the festive sea-
son, citing rising con-
cerns about new
“more dangerous”
COVID-19 variants
emerging in China,
and a rising number
of swine flu cases in
Maharashtra.
The health depart-
ment has warned peo-
ple against influenza-
like illnesses (ILI) and
severe acute respirato-
ry illnesses (SARI). It
has been suggested that
avoiding crowded plac-
es is one way to stay
safe. In the event of in-
fection, people should
seek immediate medi-
cal attention and begin
treatment.
According to State
Surveillance Officer Dr
Pradeep Awate, “Per-
sons suffering from ILI
should avoid public
places and seek timely
medical advice. Persons
with high-risk condi-
tions should follow
COVID-19 appropriate
behaviour.”
A banner on a police vehicle reminds people to wear masks and
follow COVID-19 precautions. —FILE PHOTO
Flying lanterns banned
in Mumbai until Nov 14
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With bare-
ly 10 days to go for Di-
wali, the Mumbai po-
lice have banned the
use, sale and storage
of flying lanterns,
also called Chinese
lanterns, from Octo-
ber 16 to November
14. The use of sky lan-
terns may cause dan-
ger to human life and
safety due to “the sit-
uation prevailing in
areas under the con-
trol of Mumbai Po-
lice”, an official said
on Wednesday
.
Any person contra-
veningthisordershall
be punishable under
section 188 (Disobey-
ing the order of public
servant) of the Indian
Penal Code, the offi-
cial added.
Girls prepare lanterns ahead of Diwali, at Mahim in Mumbai.
—PHOTO BY ANI
BEST OFFER IN RUN UP TO
DIWALI: AVAIL 5 TRIPS AT `9
Mumbai: First-time users,
who have never bought a
super saver plan or a digital
ticket have been extended a
Diwali offer of utilizing 5 trips
over 7 days on any route in Mumbai for just Rs9
on Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport
(BEST) buses. The offer is valid for both AC and
non-AC buses but excludes special services like
Airport routes and Hop-on Hop-off buses. The
offer is aimed to encourage Mumbaikars to experi-
ence the convenience of digital tickets.
Consider making Sec 498A
compoundable offence: HC
Bombay High Court asks Centre to review Maha bill, cites overload of
domestic violence cases, hardships for couples wanting to quash them
BABY STEPS
The high court noted that the need to make domestic violence a compoundable
and bailable offence in the state was considered in 1992 by it and various Law
Commission reports had also given clear recommendations in that regard. In
view of this, the bench directed the HC registry to forward a copy of its order to
the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh “for taking necessary steps/ac-
tion and to enable him to take up the issue before the concerned Ministry, at the
earliest” and posted the plea for passing relevant directions on December 19.
First India Bureau
Gadchiroli: Police
have seized two
bombs and a pistol
and also found two
claymore mines un-
derground in a for-
est in Naxal-hit
Gadchiroli district,
officials said on
Wednesday.
The police on Tues-
day received specific
intelligence that
Maoists had buried
explosives and other
items in a huge quan-
tity in Laddudera for-
est area with the in-
tention of causing
damage to security
forces in the area, a
police release said.
They are suspected
to have been placed
there by Maoists, who
use a variety of weap-
ons and explosives to
carry out subversive
and violent activities
in Gadchiroli, offi-
cals said.
A team of C-60 com-
mandos, a specialized
combat unit of the
Gadchiroli police, and
a bomb detection and
disposal squad
(BDDS) carried out a
search operation.
During the search,
they found two live
pressure cooker
bombs, two claymore
mines, a pistol, two
wire bundles and an
aluminiumutensil,the
police said. The bombs
and the anti-personnel
claymore mines were
destroyed on the spot
withhelpof theBDDS.
Maoists generally
buy such materials in
large quantities and
bury them in forests
for use in violent ac-
tivities,thepolicesaid.
Gadchiroli has long
been the epicentre for
clashes between secu-
rity personnel and the
radical Maoists. In
2019, for instance, 15
police personnel were
killed when an impro-
vised explosive device
(IED) went off.
Last Friday, police
arrested two hardcore
Naxalites carrying a
cumulative bounty of
Rs10 lakh on their
heads in the district
as well.
Police find explosives,
mines hidden in forest
Gadchiroli has long been the epicentre for clashes between
security personnel and Maoists. In 2019, for instance, 15 police
personnel were killed in an IED blast here. —FILE PHOTO
In addition to 2 live pressure cooker bombs and
2 claymore mines, cops also unearthed a pistol,
two wire bundles and an aluminium utensil

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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On her birth anniversary, tributes to
Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Ji. She was
synonymous with courage and foresight.
She devoted her life to serving others.
Sharing what I had said during one of
the previous #MannKiBaat programmes
about her outstanding personality.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Away from the attachment of position
and power, Rajmata Scindia ji set
high ideals in politics by living life as
a national servant. The struggle of
Rajmata Scindia ji, who dedicated her
life to the service of the country and the
organization, will always inspire us to
restore democracy in the emergency.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Love the whole world
as a mother loves
her only child.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
HUMAN SACRIFICE,
A RESULT OF
MENTAL SICKNESS
OR SUPERSTITION
he sacrifice of two
women in Kerala to
get rich is shocking.
It is difficult to imag-
ine superstitious be-
liefs as dangerous as in this case
also occurring in a Communist
state which prides itself on its
literacy rate which is the highest
in the country. In earlier times
human sacrifices were made to
please or appease gods for the
fulfillment of one’s wish as part
of religious practices. Now all
religions have criminalised the
barbaric practice. Yet they keep
being reported, like the ones in
Kerala, to shake our conscience.
The Kerala couple---Bhagaval
Singh and his wife Laila---were
allegedly made to believe that
the two sacrifices will make
them rich. Last year an Odisha
man was charged with making
a human sacrifice to appease
Goddess Kali. In another report-
ed case a member of a family
was sacrificed for its prosperity
.
At least one NCRB report
blamed holy men (tantriks) for
the sacrifice of 51 children be-
tween 2014 and 2016.
T
day after the Inter-
national Mone-
tary Fund cut In-
dia’s growth fore-
cast for 2022 to 6.8
percent, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman told a
gathering in the US, “I am
aware that growth forecasts
around the world are being
revised lower. We expect In-
dia’s growth rate to be around
7 percent this financial year.
More importantly
, I am confi-
dent of India’s relative and
absolute growth performance
in the rest of the decade.” No
global economy is beyond the
impact of extraneous factors
as a result of the Russia-
Ukraine war. Sitharaman es-
pecially mentioned energy
andfertilizersasmaindisrup-
tors of growth as their avail-
ability was becoming difficult
by the day
. The Reserve Bank
of India had also lowered its
growth forecast from 7.2 to 7
percent and the World Bank
slashed its forecast for Finan-
cial Year 2023 from 7.5 to 6.5.
The Russia-Ukraine con-
flict and the consequent sanc-
tions on supplies have had
serious implications for food
prices. The Union Finance
Minister was confident of In-
dia’s absolute growth pros-
pects but the IMF cautioned,
“As storm clouds gather, poli-
cymakers need to keep a
steady hand. The global econ-
omy continues to face steep
challenges, shaped by the
lingering effects of three
powerful forces: the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, a cost-
of-living crisis caused by per-
sistent and broadening infla-
tionary pressures, and the
slowdown in China.”
The US Federal Reserve is
expected to raise interest
rates again in the near future
and the RBI may also follow
suit to check inflation which
is expected to rise further
from 7.41 percent. For the pov-
erty-stricken people inflation
means higher cost of living.
OUTSIDE FACTORS
JOLTING ECONOMY
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a gathering in the US,
“I am aware that growth forecasts around the world are
being revised lower. We expect India’s growth rate to
be around 7 percent this financial year. More
importantly, I am confident of India’s relative and
absolute growth performance in the rest of the decade”
A
RUSSIAN JUGGERNAUT
EUROPEAN WINTERS
ust after a little more than 7
months in war, Vladimir Pu-
tin signs a law formally
merging four important
Ukrainian regions into Rus-
sia. The documents annexing
20% of Ukraine, carried out
in noncompliance of interna-
tional laws, were published
on a Russian government
website on 5th of October 22.
Both houses of the Rus-
sian parliament ratified trea-
ties making Donetsk, Lu-
hansk, Kherson and Zapor-
izhzhia regions as part of
Russia. While Russia calls it
‘referendums’, US, western
countries and Ukraine re-
jected it as a bogus and sham.
As a keen observer of mili-
tary affairs,I feel that theRus-
sia – Ukraine war has now
entered a totally new phase
with Russia declaring that
any attack on these four Rus-
sianterritories will beviewed
as a war on Russia and it will
retaliate with all its detrimen-
tal nuclear might.
I am surprised to note that
series of sanctions imposed
under the banner of US since
2014, following the annexation
of Crimea and now the an-
nexation of four regions have
hardlyhadanyeffectoneither
themilitarycapabilitiesor,the
economic strength of Russia.
Now the question arises if
the numerous sanctions im-
posed on any strong-willed na-
tion carry any worthwhile
meaning or not? Well, in 1974
and then in 1998 US imposed
similar economic, technologi-
cal and trade boycott against
India when it carried out nu-
clear tests in Pokaran. The
onlyresultitachievedwasthat
India emerged as a stronger
and a self-reliant nation tech-
nologically and economically
.
In my opinion, the ratchet-
ing-up of sanctions on Russia
givestheWesternworldanillu-
sion and a psychological satis-
factionthatrealactionistaking
place on Ukraine and US re-
mains in control of world af-
fairs. But, will these sanctions
have any effect on a leader of
Putin’scalibreandhisdecision-
making on current war? The
answer is NO. The history as
also seen in case of India, sug-
gests that this is quite unlikely
.
I would further state that, the
wholetheorybehindsanctions
is fundamentally unsound
since it assumes that strong
country like Russia will cir-
cumvent and manoeuver their
policiesif unbearablefinancial
cost is inflicted on them.
On the reverse slope of all
these sanctions stand Euro-
pean Community, a divided
and alienated home where,
many members are con-
vinced that US is in fact hurt-
ing their economy and pun-
ishing their people on the
pretext of isolating Russia.
A French political class
also believes these measures
are ineffective. The president
of the far-right party Ras-
semblement National of
France, Marine Le Pen, in-
sisted that “these sanctions
serve absolutely no purpose,
except to make the people of
Europe suffer “ by forcing
Europe into an energy crisis
during coming winters.
So, apart from France, how
do other countries on the
continent plan to tide over
the monster of looming win-
ters? Moldova, North Mace-
donia and Bosnia Herzego-
vina are fully dependent on
gas from Russia and cannot
survive the onset of winters.
All the three are in Eastern
Europe and except North
Mecedonia, other two are not
under the umbrella of NATO
and none are members of EU.
Thestoryof majorcountries
like UK, Germany and Italy
thatshapethedecisionmaking
of EUisnodifferent.Thedwin-
dlingeconomyof UKisnohid-
den secret. British consumer
price inflation is set to peak at
18% - nine times the Bank of
England’s target - in early 2023
as per predictions of econo-
mists.Therisingenergyprices
will hit the middle- and lower-
income households in the
worst possible manner as it is
directly linked to sanctions on
Russia. Italy was also seen ap-
proaching Austria as a dealer
for supply of Russian Gas to
meetthechallengesof winters.
Though, the political deci-
sions are pushing EU econo-
my to ruins courtesy Ukraine
war, it’s the common man suf-
fering on the altar of sanc-
tions. Alarmingly reports say
that Germany
, France Italy
have only 60% gas stocks in
place to beat the winters and
runtheindustries.Willpower
outages in Europe be the or-
der of the day like in a third
world country or, will the EU
shift its loyalties away from
NATO to lean towards Russia
to ensure industrial produc-
tion, comfortable winters and
economicgrowth.Canwepre-
dict that peace can return
only if Europe shuns the in-
terference of UK and US
whichhavenocontiguitywith
the main land mass and em-
brace trade and treaties with
Russia to allow a new world
order! Well … implied lessons
loomlargeforIndiaaswewait
and watch the Juggernaut.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
J
Will power outages in
Europe be the order of the
day like in a third world
country or, will the EU shift
its loyalties away from
NATO to lean towards
Russia to ensure industrial
production, comfortable
winters and economic
growth. Can we predict that
peace can return only if
Europe shuns the
interference of UK and US
which have no contiguity
with the main land mass
and embrace trade and
treaties with Russia to
allow a new world order!
Well … implied lessons loom
large for India as we wait
and watch the Juggernaut
In my opinion, the
ratcheting-up of
sanctions on Russia
gives the Western
world an illusion and
a psychological
satisfaction that real
action is taking place on
Ukraine and US remains
in control of world affairs
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer

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05
INDIA
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: IAS Jais-
hankarMishra,aretired
bureaucrat from Uttar
Pradesh’s bureaucracy
,
has been appointed as
the new Chancellor of
Gurgaon’s Sushant Uni-
versity
.Inthisuniversity
that is more than three
decades old, the chancel-
lorhasbeenselectedbya
well-knownacademician
and a search committee
of enterprises.
Former bureaucrat
Jai Shankar Mishra has
been a 1980 batch IAS of
Uttar Pradesh cadre
and has served as col-
lector of many districts
of Uttar Pradesh, rising
to the ranks of secre-
tary and principal sec-
retary, handling several
departments.
He has written more
than 15 books in Hindi
and English. His son
Abhishek Mishra has
also been a minister
in the Samajwadi Par-
ty government. Jais-
hankar Mishra has
been considered a
very friendly and
cheerful officer !!
IAS Jai Shankar appointed as VC of Sushant Univ
UP BUREAUCRACY
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress veteran leader
and party's presiden-
tial candidate Mall-
ikarjun Kharge said
that his name was not
suggested by the party
supremo Sonia Gandhi
and dismissed the spec-
ulations of receiving
support from the par-
ty's interim president.
Kharge said that So-
nia Gandhi had never
suggested his name for
the party president po-
sition and called it a
rumour.
Sonia Gandhi sug-
gesting my name for
the president position
is all a rumour, I have
never said this. She has
clearly stated that any-
one from the Gandhi
family will neither be a
part of the election nor
support any candi-
date, Kharge said on
Tuesday.
Notably, Shashi Tha-
roor and Mallikarjun
Kharge are up against
each other in the race
for the post of Congress
President.
Someone has spread
this rumour to defame
the Congress party, So-
nia Gandhi and me. She
has clearly stated that
she will not participate
in the party elections
nor will she come in
support of any candi-
date, Kharge said.
KHARGE DISMISSES ‘RUMOURS’
OF SONIA GANDHI’S SUPPORT
Kharge said that Sonia had never suggested his name for the party prez position
BHARAT JODO YATRA
CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
Bhopal: Rajya Sabha
MP Mallikarjun
Kharge said on
Wednesday that after
becoming the Congress
national president, his
prime responsibility
would be to implement
declarations made dur-
ing the party's meeting
held in Rajasthan's
Udaipur. Kharge, who
is one of the candidates
for the Congress presi-
dent, was in Bhopal to
seek support for his
candidature.
Addressing a press
conference at the Con-
gress headquarters in
Bhopal, the Congress
Rajya Sabha MP said
that all the declarations
made during the
Udaipur conclave were
finalised after long dis-
cussions and they are
the need of the hour.
‘If elected Congress Prez, will
implement Udpr declarations’
New Delhi: When asked about Shashi Tharoor's plan
to decentralise authority in the Congress, senior party
leader Mallikarjun Kharge said he does not want the two
of them to be compared. In an exclusive interview with
India Today, he made an appeal to not compare him with
Tharoor. Speaking on Tharoor's manifesto to reform the
way the party functions, he said, I have come on my own
from block president to this level. Was Shashi Tharoor
there during that time?
RaGa to meet unemployed
youths from Karnataka
Rahul Gandhi with padyatris during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Chitradurga on Wednesday.
Who will be successor
to Naveen Patnaik?
Karnataka (ANI):
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi resumed the
'Bharat Jodo Yatra'
from the Challakere
town, Chitradurga in
Karnataka on Wednes-
day
.TheCongresslead-
er will also be meeting
around 2000 unem-
ployed youth from the
southern state.
Themarchstartedat
6:40 am, informed the
veteran Congress lead-
er Jairam Ramesh.
Day 35 of Bharat
Jodo Yatra began at
6:40 am from Chal-
lakere and the entire
day will be in the his-
toric Chitradurga. The
afternoon interaction
of Rahul Gandhi will
be with around 2000
unemployed youth
from all over K’taka
who face a bleak fu-
ture in the so-called
'New India', tweeted
Jairam Ramesh.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Is Odisha
Chief Minister and Biju
Janata Dal supremo
Naveen Patnaik about
to announce his politi-
cal successor? At least
the murmurs in Odis-
ha’s political sphere
seem to suggest so. Pat-
naik has said that his
successor will be an-
nounced at the right
time. His saying is im-
portant because till re-
cently he never talked
about his successor.
He had said some time
ago that Biju Janata Dal
is not a party
, but a mass
movement, it is a party
of the people and
the people will decide
his successor.
Now that he has
stressed on announcing
the successor at the
right time, two ques-
tions have arisen. First,
who will be the succes-
sor and what will be the
right time? It is be-
lieved that the right
time is the 2024 assem-
bly elections. Elections
to the Rajya Sabha will
be held along with the
Lok Sabha in Odisha
and it is possible that
before that Naveen Pat-
naik’s successor may
be announced or at
least indicated as to
who it will be.
SHIVKUMAR ATTACKS BJP, WEARS T-SHIRT
HIGHLIGHTING ‘UNEMPLOYMENT’
Karnataka: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivkumar
was seen wearing a t-shirt highlighting the ‘unemploy-
ment’ problems during the Karnataka leg of the Bharat
Jodo Yatra on Wednesday. The Congress leader wore a
bright red coloured t-shirt with yellow text- symbolically
signifying Kannada colours- highlighting the problem of
unemployment while walking alongside Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi during the 35th day of the Yatra. “Youth
need jobs, not empty promises”, a message, written on
DK Shivkumar’s t-shirt in the Kannada language. The
State Congress chief accused the BJP government of
failing to tame the rising unemployment in Karnataka.
‘Atkaya, bhatkaya, latkaya...’
GAURAV YATRA: NADDA ATTACKS CONGRESS IN GUJARAT
Gujarat (ANI): BJP
president JP Nadda on
Wednesday flagged off
the ‘Gujarat Gaurav
Yatra’ in Mehsana.
Chief Minister Bhu-
pendra Patel and other
BJP leaders were also
present at the occasion.
Addressing a public
rally on the occasion,
Nadda said, “BJP is a
pro-active, pro-respon-
sible government and
pro-responsive govern-
ment. He said BJP gov-
ernment understands
the plight of the people.
What did Congress do
for years? Pitted broth-
ers against each other,
areas against each oth-
er and did not supply
water where it was
needed. Jo vikas ki
yatra chalani thi usko
atkaya, bhatkaya, lat-
kaya. Now they them-
selves are stuck...”
Chamba: In the run-up to the Assembly polls, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi will launch Rs 3,000 crore Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III scheme sanc-
tioned for Chamba in Himachal Pradesh on
Thursday. The Prime Minister will address a
huge public meeting at the famous Chowgan,
or the public promenade in the historic town
of Chamba, which ranks 95th in the Centre’s
list of the country’s 115 backward districts.
Meanwhile, The country’s fourth Vande Bharat Express
starting from Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh’s Una
district will further shorten the distance to Delhi for people
from northern India. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi from the Una station today.
PM TO LAUNCH `3,000 CR PMGSY
SCHEME IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
Kerala: Kerala Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
on Wednesday wrote to
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi saying
that efforts
to impose
the Hindi
language
are unac-
ceptable.
The essence of India is
defined by the concept of
'unity in diversity' which
acknowledges cultural
and linguistic diversity.
Acknowledging this, it is
brotherhood, tolerance and
mutual respect between
different peoples that
sustains our country. The
Chief Minister said that
promoting any one lan-
guage above others would
destroy this integrity, said
CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
IMPOSING HINDI
UNACCEPTABLE:
KERALA CM WRITES
TO PM MODI
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday directed West
Bengal Police to constitute a SIT to probe the Mominpur
incident. After the investigation, the
SIT will have to submit its report
in court. The Calcutta HC has also
directed the Kolkata Police Commis-
sioner to take steps so that there is
no further violence. The tensions flared up in Mominpur on
Sunday after religious flags put up in the area.
Shahjahanpur: Keeping the composite culture alive, a
Muslim man in Shahjahanpur, UP, has donated land for the
grand expansion of the Hanuman temple. The Shri Hanuman
temple of Tilhar town in Shahjahanpur was to be shifted due
to the widening of the road.While the dist admin was looking
for alternate space to shift the temple, one Babu Ali, a local
from the area, came forward and donated one bigha (17,000
sqft) of his own land for it. Babu Ali has officially donated the
land in the name of Hanuman temple by signing the deed.
CALCUTTA HC DIRECTS WB POLICE TO
FORM SIT TO PROBE MOMINPUR VIOLENCE
MUSLIM MAN IN SHAHJAHANPUR DONATES
LAND FOR HANUMAN TEMPLE
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday
granted two more weeks
to the Centre to respond to
a batch of petitions chal-
lenging certain provisions
of the Places of Worship
(Special Provision) Act,
1991, that prohibits the fil-
ing of a lawsuit to reclaim
a place of worship or seek
a change in its character
from what prevailed on
August 15, 1947.
New Delhi: The SC said
it will hear on Oct 31 a
petition raising the issue
pertaining to the lumpy skin
disease in cattle. The matter
was mentioned for urgent
listing before a bench
headed by Chief Justice U
U Lalit. The counsel who
mentioned the matter told
the bench that the disease
has spread among cattle
and over 67,000 cows have
died till date due to this.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
ACT: SC GRANTS
CENTRE 2 WEEKS
SC TO HEAR ON OCT
31 PLEA RAISING
ISSUE OF LSD JP Nadda speaking at the flagging-off of the “Gaurav Yatra”, in
Mehsana on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DON’T COMPARE ME WITH THAROOR,
SAYS KHARGE ON CONG PREZ POLL
CONGRESS TO MIX
BALLOT PAPERS
Naveen Patnaik
Mallikarjun Kharge
Jai Shankar Mishra
Lucknow: IAS Sujata
Sharma, who came to Uttar
Pradesh on inter-cadre dep-
utation, will now go back to
her home cadre - Hy-
derabad - after completing
her 3 years deputation in
December. Sujata Sharma,
a 2006 batch officer, came
to Uttar Pradesh on Decem-
ber 4, 2019 and at present,
she is posted as Secretary,
Infrastructure and Indus-
trial Development. Since
she came to UP in 2019,
she is handling the same
industries department. In
view of the Global Inves-
tors Summit to be held in
February 2023, the Uttar
Pradesh government may
soon appoint a principal
secretary or secretary rank
officer. Due to the Global
Investors Summit, a lot of
industries are coming to
UP from across the country
and the world. So in view
of the increasing work in
this department, there is a
great need for officers, that
is why the government can
appoint an IAS officer of the
rank of Principal Secretary
and Secretary of Industries
Department any time now.
SUJATA SHARMA TO GO BACK TO HER HOME CADRE HYDERABAD
Sujata Sharma
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed
that no citizen to be prosecuted under Section 66A of the
Information Technology Act 2000, which was struck down
as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015. Under section
66A of the IT Act, which was scrapped by the top court
in 2015, a person posting offensive messages could be
imprisoned for up to three years and also fined. A bench
of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices
Ajay Rastogi and S Ravindra Bhat said that
there needs no reiteration that Section
66A is found to be in violation of the
Constitution and as such no citizen
can be prosecuted for violation of
alleged offences under Section 66A
of the IT Act.
NO CITIZEN CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER
SCRAPPED SECTION 66A OF IT ACT, SAYS SC
IN THE COURTYARD
Tharoor to cancel UP visit to avert ‘clash’ with Kharge
New Delhi: Senior
CongressleaderShashi
Tharoor, who is one of
the contend-
ers in
therace
for
Con-
gress
presi-
dent, has had to cancel
his visit to Uttar
Pradesh twice in two
days amid speculations
that he was told to stay
away to avert a poten-
tial ‘faceoff’ with sup-
porters of Mallikarjun
Kharge, another Con-
gress veteran who is in
the fray for the party’s
top post and was com-
ing to visit the state.
Tharoor suggested
visiting on Tuesday but
was told that it could
result in clashes with
supporters of Kharge,
who is set to visit the
state capital.
WILL CALL FOR CWC ELECTIONS IF
ELECTED CONG CHIEF: THAROOR
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor asserted that if he
becomes the AICC chief, he would fully implement
the party’s existing constitution which requires CWC
elections and revival of the parliamentary board that
has been dormant for a quarter-century. Tharoor also
said the Cong must decentralise authority and truly
empower the grassroots office-bearers of the party.
Shashi Tharoor
‘FOR EVERY AZAD AND SCINDIA WHO
LEAVE, CONG WILL HAVE 25 OTHERS’
Bengaluru: Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh
said senior leaders quitting the party are unlikely to
leave a void as there is an abundance of workers and
leaders who can replace them. “For every Azad (Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad) and Scindia (Jyotiraditya
Scindia), the Congress will have 25
others. The party’s youth cadre is
getting strong.” Ramesh asserted.
Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya
Singh led the march in Chitradurga’s
Thalaku with the Congress
Seva Dal, while Ramesh
followed him.
Jairam Ramesh
—PHOTO BY ANI

06
INDIA
FROM PG 1
Govt to hike...
66 KV or more, the com-
pensation amount will
be double the rate of the
land mentioned in the
ready reckoner or aver-
age rate of purchase
and the sale of land in
the last three years,
whichever is more.
There will be 30%
compensation for the
land covered under the
transmission lines.
The amount of com-
pensation will be decid-
ed by a committee of
deputy divisional offic-
ers, while a committee
headed by the principal
secretary of the energy
department will over-
see the policy’s imple-
mentation.
Maha govt...
The SOP also deals with
electrical safety provi-
sions to charging sta-
tions and suggests that
fire detection, alarm
and control systems
shall be as per Indian
standards.
“The objective of the
SOP is to ensure the fire
and electrical safety of
electrical vehicle charg-
ing stations during its
operation cycle to safe-
guard human life and
property,” said Dinesh
Khonde, Chief Electri-
cal Inspector of Indus-
tries, Energy and La-
bour Department.
Nicosia (Agencies): At
least 28 children have
been killed in protests
that have swept Iran
since the death of Mah-
sa Amini, with hun-
dreds more mostly de-
tained in adult prisons,
rights groups inside
and outside the country
said.
Amini, 22, was pro-
nounced dead days af-
ter the notorious moral-
ity police detained the
Iranian Kurd last
month for allegedly
breaching the Islamic
Republic’s strict dress
code for women.
Anger flared at her
funeral and spread to
become the biggest
wave of protests to rock
Iran in almost three
years, despite a crack-
down that has killed
scores and seen hun-
dreds arrested. Iran’s
Children’s Rights Pro-
tection Society con-
demned security forces
for resorting to violence
against children who
have protested in
schools. “According to
statistics, 28 children
have been killed in
these confrontations,
most of which hap-
pened in the underpriv-
ileged province of
Sistan-Baluchistan,”
the Tehran-based group
said in a statement post-
ed on its website.
At least twenty-eight children killed, many arrested in Iran
Moscow (Agencies): Russian strikes on Wednesday
killed seven people and wounded another eight at a mar-
ket in the east Ukraine city of Avdiivka near the frontline,
said a regional governor. “At least seven dead and eight
wounded as a result of the shelling this morning on
Avdiivka. The Russians struck where many people were
at that time,” the regional governor said.
RUSSIAN STRIKE KILLS SEVEN AT
MARKET IN EAST UKRAINE
INDIAN
STUDENTS GET
CHINESE VISAS
XI JINPING ALL
SET TO REWIND
CHINA’S CLOCK
Over 1,300 In-
dian students have
received visas to
return to China
to resume their
studies after being
unable to do so
for over two years
owing to strict
Covid-19 travel re-
strictions imposed
by the country in
early ‘20 at the start
of the pandemic.
Beijing (PTI):
China’s ruling Com-
munist Party is set
to slide back to its
founder Mao Ze-
dong’s era soon as
President Xi Jinping
is set to break the
decades-old rule to
cling in power and
perhaps for life,
amid pressure from
the US-led West
against Beijing.
Public protesting
SAJID OUTBURST:
DCW CHIEF GETS
RAPE THREAT
‘KHAN SHOULD NOT
HURT RELIGIOUS
SENTIMENTS’
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
Commission for Wom-
en chief Swati Maliwal
on Wednesday said
she has been receiving
rape threats on social
media after she wrote to
Union Information and
Broadcasting Minister
to remove filmmaker
Sajid Khan out of Bigg
Boss over allegations
of sexual harassment
against him. She also
asked Delhi Police to ar-
rest who allegedly gave
her rape threats.
Bhopl (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh Home Minister
and BJP leader Narot-
tam Mishra said actor
Aamir Khan should
stay away from ad-
vertisements and acts
which hurt religious
sentiments after a bank
commercial featuring
Khan and actor Kiara
Advani faced criticism.
Mishra said Khan
should not do such
advertisements keeping
Indian traditions and
customs in mind.
New Delhi (PTI): Top Indian
discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur,
who achieved stardom for her
exploits at the Tokyo Games, was
on Wednesday banned for three
year for using prohibited sub-
stance Stanozolol, the Athletics
Integrity Unit has announced.Kamalpreet was handed
a provisional suspension in May this year after testing
positive for the steroid, which was found in her sam-
ple that AIU collected at Patiala on March 7.
DISCUS THROWER KAMALPREET KAUR
BANNED FOR 3 YRS FOR USE OF STEROID
CRUCIAL READ
‘AusisIndia’simportantpartnerforsecurity’
Jaishankar on his 2-day visit to Australia, addressed the Indian community and spent time with military
Sydney (PTI) Austral-
ia is an important part-
ner for India in terms
of security and stabili-
ty in the Indo-Pacific
and working together
ensures that this region
remains free, open, sta-
ble and prosperous, Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar has said.
Jaishankar, who is on
a two-day visit to Aus-
tralia, during his ad-
dress to the Indian com-
munity said during the
visit he spent time with
the Australian military
.
“They are a very im-
portant partner for us
today in terms of secu-
rity and stability in the
Indo-Pacific. In fact, the
big change in our rela-
tionship is the fact that
today we both are mem-
bers of the Quad mech-
anism and are working
together in many ways
to ensure that this re-
gion remains free, open,
stable and prosperous,”
Jaishankar said on
Tuesday
.
“I have seen again
even in the last year
how much progress we
have made just in the
last few weeks. We have
had two major exercises
in Australia where the
Indian military has par-
ticipated,” he said. He
said the perception, the
relevance of each coun-
try to the other and the
two nations’ common
shared ability to con-
tribute to the better-
ment of the region, is
“something which is
today an important fac-
tor in the relationship
“, he said.
The US, India and
several other world
powers have been talk-
ing about the need to
ensure a free, open and
thriving Indo-Pacific
in the backdrop of
China’s rising mili-
tary manoeuvring in
the region.
‘Nationalgamesfosterspiritof
nationalunityamongparticipants’
Surat (FIB): Under the
chairmanship of Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar, the closing
ceremony of the 36th
National Games-2022
has been organized at
Pandit Deendayal Upad-
hyay Indoor Stadium,
Surat. Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla and Chief
Minister Bhupendrab-
hai Patel will be present
on the occasion.
Addressing the Clos-
ing Ceremony of 36th
National Games at Pt
Deendayal Upadhyaya
Indoor Stadium in Surat
today
, the Vice President
congratulated the state
government for the suc-
cessful organisation of
the mega sporting event
which saw many new
records being set in dif-
ferent streams over the
last few weeks. “
Athletes
will carry fond memo-
ries and a new enthused
spirit of nationalism
from here,” he said.
Significantly, 7500
athletes from 36 states
and union territories
participated in 36 types
of sports in the 36th Na-
tional Games to realize
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s ‘Khelo India’
and ‘Fit India’ cam-
paign. A total of 1100
competedforgold,silver
and bronze medals. 2000
technical staff and over
2500 volunteers helped.
Agartala (Agencies):
President Droupadi
Murmu, who arrived in
Tripura on Wednesday,
inaugurated a Judicial
Academy and laid the
foundation stone of the
National Law Universi-
ty at Narsingarh, on the
outskirts of the Agarta-
la city
.
This was her first vis-
it to the northeastern
region after assuming
the highest office on
July25.Accordingtothe
officials, National Law
University, Tripura un-
der the Higher Educa-
tion Department of the
state government,
would now function
from the Tripura Judi-
cial Academy as both
are adjacent places.
Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Pratap
Singh has recently been
appointed as first Vice-
Chancellor of National
Law University, Tripu-
ra, for which the state
government has allotted
9.23 acres of land at
Narsingarh for setting
up of a permanent cam-
pus of the varsity
.
Officials said that stu-
dents from the north-
eastern and other states
of India would be able to
take higher studies on
law in the University
.
Haryana govt orders
halt of cough syrup prod
Ambala (Haryana)
(ANI): Haryana gov-
ernment has ordered a
halt of total production
of cough syrups from
Sonipat-based company
Maiden Pharmaceuti-
cals Limited, which was
recently flagged by the
World Health Organisa-
tion (WHO) following
the deaths of 66 chil-
dren in The Gambia.
The company has
also been issued a show
cause notice for 12 vio-
lations found at its man-
ufacturing plant.
State health minister
Anil Vij told ANI on
Wednesday,
“The samples of
three drugs of the Soni-
pat-based pharmaceuti-
cal company which
were mentioned by
WHO, have been sent to
Central Drug Labora-
tory in Kolkata. The re-
port is yet to come.
We will take action
only after the report
comes. After a joint in-
spection by Central and
State officials, 12
violations were found
in the manufacturing
facility. ... It has been
decided to shut total
production. We have
sent a notice in this re-
gard.”
TMC lashes
out at “political
vendetta”
Kolkata (ANI): Amid
the buzz over ex-crick-
eter Roger Binny likely
to replace Sourav Gan-
guly as chief of the
Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI),
the Trinamool Con-
gress (TMC) attacked
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), accusing
it of attempting to hu-
miliate the former In-
dian skipper since it
had failed to induct
him into the party.
TMC Rajya Sabha
MP Santanu Sen al-
leged political vendetta
of the BJP behind the
possible exit of Gan-
guly as BCCI president.
“Amit Shah visited
Sourav Ganguly’s
house a few months
ago.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar interacts with Indian
community, in Sydney. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIA’S TIES WITH JAPAN, SOUTH
KOREA, CHINA IMPROVED: EAM
Singapore (ANI): India’s
bilateral and economic
ties with Japan, South
Korea and China were
bolstered because of
its association with the
10-nation ASEAN bloc,
external affairs minister
S Jaishankar said. The
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations Nations-
India trade in goods
agreement was signed
on Aug 13, 2009 and it
came into force in Jan,
2010. The ten ASEAN
countries include Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Myan-
mar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam. Jaishankar
made these comments in
a foreword published in a
book titled: “ASEAN and
India: The Way Forward,”
which was launched in
Singapore on Wednes-
day. “Ties with Japan
and South Korea were
energised as a result,”
the minister said.
RAISES VISA
BACKLOG ISSUE
WITH AUSSIES
Sydney (PTI) Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar has that he
took up with Australian
authorities the issue of
visa backlog, particu-
larly related to students
seeking to return to
educational institutions
in the country following
the COVID pandemic,
and was assured that
the problem would
be resolved by the
year end.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar
at the national games in Surat on Wednesday.
OM BILRA
ENCOURAGES
SPORTSMANSHIP
Surat (Agencies): The
Indian National Flag got
international recognition
with the greatest effort
made by their athletes,
the Lok Sabha president
said. Female players have
made our country proud
time and again—Lok
Sabha’s President. Om
Birla, President of the
Lok Sabha, stated at the
conclusion of the 36th
National Sports in Surat,
Gujarat.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij
—FILE PHOTO
Prez lays foundation stone for
Law University in Tripura
President Droupadi Murmu during the inauguration of the Tripura
Judicial Academy laid the foundation stone of the National Law
University, in Agartala on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Racial attack on Agra
student in Australia
Shubham Dubey
Agra: A 28 year student
from Agra’s town Kirav-
ali studying in Australia
was attacked with a
knife in Australia.
Family members fear
that it was a racist inci-
dent and has requested
govt to bring him home.
StudentShubhamGarg,
pursuing PhD in Syd-
ney
, was attacked on the
night of October 6 when
he was returning to his
room after withdrawing
money from an ATM.
He got seriously in-
jured and was admitted
to a hospital. In Agra,
the victim’s family met
MP Rajkumar Chahar
on Tuesday and pleaded
for help. Ram Niwas
Garg, resident of Paith
Gali , said that his son
Shubham had gone to
Australia on September
1 to pursue PhD in MS
in University of New
South Wales.
Shubham’sroommate
Bhuvan Tilani, a resi-
dent of Delhi, informed
the police about the
attack.
The victim was
stabbed 11 times
and is critically ill
Shubham Garg
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COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
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GBPINR 91.118 0.183 0.202
CURRENCIES
Digital Payment solutions record unprecedented growth in India
New Delhi (Agencies):
India has been extremely
keen on adopting digital
payment system fully and
has been making giant
leaps towards it.
During the last three
years, digital payment
transactions have regis-
tered unprecedented
growth in India. Easy and
convenient modes of digi-
tal payment, such as
Bharat Interface for Mon-
ey-Unified Payments In-
terface (BHIM-UPI); Imme-
diate Payment Service
(IMPS); pre-paid payment
instruments (PPIs) and
National Electronic Toll
Collection (NETC) system
have registered substan-
tial growth and have trans-
formed digital payment
ecosystem by increasing
Person-to- Person (P2P) as
well as Person-to-Mer-
chant (P2M) payments. At
the same time, pre-exist-
ing payment modes such
as debit cards, credit cards,
National Electronic Funds
Transfer (NEFT) and Real-
Time Gross Settlement
(RTGS) have also grown at
a fast pace.
BHIM-UPI has emerged
as the preferred payment
mode of users. The Gov-
ernment of India also
launched the digital pay-
ment solution e-RUPI, a
cashless and contactless
instrument for digital pay-
ment, which is expected to
play a huge role in making
Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) more effective in
digital transactions in the
country
. All these facilities
together have created a ro-
bust ecosystem for a digital
finance economy
.
Getting a whopping over
1.3 billion people under the
ambit of digital payment
solutions is not an easy
task but the Indian govern-
ment is not leaving any
stone unturned to achieve
that milestone. One of the
major objectives of Digital
India is to achieve “Face-
less, Paperless, Cashless”
status. The promotion of
digital payments has been
accorded the highest prior-
ity by the Government of
India to bring each and
every segment of our coun-
try under the formal fold of
digital payment services.
TRANSFORMING CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS
CASHLESS
ECONOMY
z In August 2022 alone, 346
banks were live on the UPI
interface, with 6.58 billion
financial transactions being
carried out for a total value
of nearly Rs 10.73 lakh cr
z UPI firmly placing India on
the track toward a cashless
economy and currently
constitutes over 40% of all
digital transactions in India
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Billionaire en-
trepreneur Elon Musk’s
SpaceX is set to seek a
permit to launch satellite
internet services in India
under its Starlink brand,
becoming the third com-
pany to apply for such a
permit, the Economic
Times reported. SpaceX
will also seek statutory
approvals from the gov-
ernment for landing rights
and market access, the re-
port said, adding that it is
likely to seek approvals
from Department of Tele-
communications (DoT) to
set up local gateways.
SpaceX and DoT did not
respond to Reuters re-
quests for comment after
regular hours. —PTI
Mumbai: Multiplexes
chain company, PVR on
Wednesday received
shareholders’ approval for
a merger with rival Inox
Leisure. In March, PVR
and the Inox Leisure board
of directors approved a
share swap amalgamation
scheme where Inox will
merge with PVR. On Octo-
ber 11, PVR sought equity
shareholders’ approval for
the Inox merger. During
the meeting, 99.9986%
vote was cast in favour of
the merger, while a frac-
tional 0.0014% voted
against the deal. —PTI
PVR SHAREHOLDERS
APPROVE MERGER
WITH RIVAL INOX
SPACEX TO SEEK
GOVT PERMIT FOR
STARLINK SERVICES
New Delhi: Chipmaker In-
tel Corp is planning a ma-
jor reduction in head-
count, likely numbering in
the thousands, in the face
of a slowdown in the per-
sonal computer market,
Bloomberg News reported
on Tuesday, citing people
with knowledge of the sit-
uation. The layoffs will be
announced as early as this
month and some of Intel’s
divisions, including the
sales and marketing
group, could see cuts af-
fecting about 20% of staff,
as per the report. —PTI
INTEL PLANS TO CUT
THOUSANDS OF JOBS
HIT BY PC SLOWDOWN
Mumbai: State Bank on
Wednesday said its home
loan book has surpassed
the Rs 6-lakh-crore-mark,
making it the largest in the
industry. To mark the occa-
sion, the bank also an-
nounced a festive offer for
home loan buyers, offering
up to 25 bps discount on
interest rate starting at
8.40% also the waiver of
the processing fee till Jan-
uary 2023. The lower inter-
est will also be applicable
to balance transfers. Com-
menting on this, chairman
Dinesh Khara said SBI has
over 28 lakh home loan
customers. —PTI
SBI LARGEST HOME
LOAN PROVIDER,
TOPS ` 6L CR MARK
*Rates till the edition went to print.
SLOWDOWN IN ALL
MAJOR SECTORS
New Delhi: The manufacturing
sector shrank by 0.7% in August
2022 compared to the 11.1%
growth recorded in the year-ago
period, as per the data by the Sta-
tistics and Programme Implemen-
tation Ministry. The power sector
showed a growth of 1.4% against
a 16% rise a year ago. The mining
sector witnessed a contraction of
3.9% in August 2022, whereas
there was a growth of 23.3% in
the year-ago period.Capital goods
output, which is a barometer of
investments, rose 5% in August
2022 compared to 20% growth in
the year-ago month.
BYJU’S TO FIRE 2500
EMPLOYEES AND HIRE
10000 TEACHERS
New Delhi: Edtech major Byju’s
has chalked out a plan to become
profitable by March 2023 to
optimise its
marketing and
operational
cost, which will
lead to retrench-
ment of 5 per cent employees
or about 2,500 people in next
six months. Byju’s co-founder
Divya Gokulnath told PTI that the
company will start focussing on
building brand awareness over-
seas through new partnerships
and hire 10,000 teachers for India
and overseas business. —PTI
MERCEDES-BENZ AND
MICROSOFT JOIN HANDS
TO BOOST EFFICIENCY
New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz
and Microsoft announced a
partnership on Wednesday us-
ing Microsoft
Cloud for a
data platform
intended
to improve
production efficiency at over
30 passenger car plants glob-
ally, the carmaker said. The
data platform, called MO360, is
already available in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa and will
also be launched in the United
States and China, the state-
ment said. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
RBI’S RATE HIKES TO HAVE LIMITED IMPACT ON
BANKS’ PROFITS: MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE
Bengaluru: The Reserve Bank of India’s slew of rate hikes this year to
combat surging inflation will help lift banks’ net interest margins, but
the increase will be limited as funding costs will rise faster than loan
rates, Moody’s Investors Service said.
The RBI has now raised rates by a total
190 basis points since its first unsched-
uled mid-meeting hike in May, with
further hikes likely on the cards. While
India’s economic growth will slow, its
growth outlook was better than its peers,
Moody’s said in a note on Wednesday.
Banks’ profitability would also be reined in by losses on their govern-
ment securities holdings as yields rise, the ratings agency said. —PTI
UPI, RuPay, BHIM
to go global: Fin Min
Washington (PTI): India
is talking to different coun-
tries to make Rupay ac-
ceptable in their nations,
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman said
on Tuesday
. “Not just that,
the UPI (Unified Payments
Interface), the BHIM app,
and NCPI (the National
Payments Corporation of
India) are all now being
worked in such a way that
their systems in their re-
spective country, however,
robust or otherwise can
talk to our system and the
interoperability itself will
give strength for Indians
expertise in those coun-
tries,” she said.
“Weareworkingtogether
with several countries,” Si-
tharaman said in response
toaquestionfromanIndian
student at the University of
Maryland, who wanted to
have the UPI in the United
States as well. Sitharaman
made the remarks at the
prestigiousBrookingsInsti-
tute think-tank during a
fireside chat with eminent
economist Eshwar Prasad.
“I’m a student at the Uni-
versity of Maryland here. I
am really proud of our UPI
system in India. I just want-
ed to ask, what do you think
are the future plans for the
UPI system and how can we
share it with the world?
Specifically in the US,
that’s what I miss the most
about India not having a
UPI system in the US,” the
Indian student asked. “We
are talking to different
countries. Singapore and
UAE have all come forward
now to make Rupay accept-
able in their countries,”
Sitharaman said.
READY TO TALK WITH STARTUPS TO PREVENT
THEM FROM MOVING OUT OF INDIA, SAYS FM
Washington (PTI): The government is ready to talk with the startups
who are contemplating moving overseas and address their issues as
much as it can to help them stay in India, Union Finance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself engaged
with startups and the government’s policies have created an enabling
environment as a result of which there are more than 100 unicorns in
India. “I have engaged, the Prime Minister with the startups to know
what they want from India. And we kept as much as possible addressing
their concerns. Now as a result of which, not purely as a result of which,
but also because of which, you saw your Unicorns coming to reach 100
in number within the year of 2020 and 2021,” she said in response to
a question at the prestigious Brookings Institute think-tank. “I’ve heard
this from others as well. They (startups) are moving to Singapore,
they’re moving to the UAE. Well, if they want to talk to the Government
of India and say, look, we were moving to Singapore, but if we were to
do this, we would be quite happy to be here. And after hearing it if it’s
possible, we’ll certainly attend to them,” Sitharaman said when asked
about the successful Indian startups moving out of the country.
Bengaluru (PTI): India’s
business process manage-
ment (BPM) sector with
revenues at $44 billion ex-
perienced double-digit
growth of over 14 per cent
in FY22 as compared to
FY21 and accounts for
nearly 40 per cent of global
sourcing spend, a Nasscom
report said on Wednesday.
Leveraging data to improve
operational efficiency will
emerge as the top priority
for BPM service providers
in the next two years.
As per the findings, over
90 per cent of the surveyed
companies are expected to
increaseITbudgetsbymore
than 10 per cent during the
next 12 months though un-
certainties like macroeco-
nomic issues, geopolitics
and delayed decision-mak-
ing may create some head-
winds. Moreover, firms are
increasingly focusing on
building an integrated Digi-
tal Capability Platform that
will ensure seamless data
flow, said the report by
Nasscom in collaboration
with HFS Research. “The
BPM industry in India has
matured significantly
. The
next evolution for this sec-
tor will be more dynamic,
reliable, and significantly
more agile in driving and
shaping the next-gen needs
of clients,”saidKSVishwa-
nath, Vice President, In-
dustry Initiative, Nasscom.
India’s BPM industry
logs $44 bn revenues,
grows at 14% in FY22
EXTREME
SATISFACTION
z The highest concentration
of Global 2000 enterprises
is using evaluating India
as a delivery location for
BPM services
z Over 60% of the surveyed
enterprises have declared
extreme satisfaction with
the delivery of Cloud, AI,
FA, data, and insights
from India
TWIN BLOWS: INFLATION RISES TO
7.4%, FACTORY OUTPUT SHRINKS
New Delhi (PTI): In twin
blows to Indian economic
revival, higher food prices
drove retail inflation to a
five-month high of 7.4 per
cent while factory output
fell for the first time in 18
months. The second con-
secutive month of rise in
consumer price index
(CPI)-based inflation will
add to the pressure on the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) to again raise interest
rates to tame high prices.
Food inflation surged to
a 22-month high of 8.6%
while core inflation rose to
a 4-month high of 6.3%.
Separately
, the Index of In-
dustrial Production (IIP)
declined 0.8% in August.
“Thecombinationof slight-
ly higher inflation and fall
in IIP raises concerns,”
said Nikhil Gupta, chief
economist at Motilal Osw-
al. “However, next month’s
data and US Fed’s policy
will decide whether we see
35 bps or 50 basis point hike
by the RBI in December.”
Since April 2022, the RBI
has increased the interest
rate by 190 basis points in a
bid to dampen demand. The
consumer durables seg-
ment declined 2.5% from
11.1% growth a year ago.
The primary goods seg-
ment, which accounts for
nearly 34 per cent of the
index, expanded 1.7 per
cent in August compared to
16.9 per cent growth in the
year-ago period.
Rupee falls 12p
to close at 82.33
against US dollar
on fund outflows
New Delhi (PTI): The ru-
peefellby12paisetocloseat
82.33 against the US dollar
on Wednesday due to sus-
tainedforeignfundoutflows
and a stronger dollar in the
overseas markets. Besides,
risk aversion sentiment
among investors ahead of
the release of US Fed min-
utes and inflation data
weighed on the local unit.
At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local
currency opened lower at
82.32 and later fell further
to 82.3750 against the
American currency. It re-
covered some ground to
close at 82.33, registering a
decline of 12 paise over its
previous close. “In line
with the dollar index, the
rupee marked another
steady day
. So far this week,
the rupee has been trading
in a narrow range and clos-
ing near 82.32,” said Dilip
Parmar, Research Analyst,
HDFC Securities.
New Delhi (PTI): Adani
Data Network has been
granted unified licence for
access services, which en-
ables it to provide all tele-
com services in the coun-
try, according to two offi-
cial sources.
Adani Group entered the
telecom sector after buy-
ing spectrum in the recent
auction. “Adani Data Net-
works has been granted UL
(AS),” an official source
said. Another official said
that the permit was grant-
ed on Monday
.
An e-mail query to Ada-
ni Group did not elicit any
reply. Adani Data Net-
works Ltd (ADNL), a unit
of Adani Enterprises Ltd,
acquired the right to use
400MHz of spectrum in the
26GHz millimetre wave
band worth Rs 212 crore for
20 years in the recent 5G
spectrum auction.
Adani gets
licence for full
fledge telecom
services
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks to scholars of The
Brookings Institution in Washington, Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The city re-
ceived more than
100mm of rain be-
tween October 01 and
11, quite unusual for
this time of the year,
officials at the India
Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) said.
TheIMDstatedthatin
the past 10 years only in
four instances (includ-
ing this year) did Mum-
bai experience more
than 100 mm of rainfall
in the month of October.
According to the fig-
uressharedbytheIMD’s
Santacruz weather sta-
tion there has been 117.7
mm of rainfall till now
in October this year, the
fourth-highest amount
of precipitation record-
ed in the month in the
last 10 years.
Notably
,theSantacruz
observatory recorded
114mmof rainfallonOc-
tober 08 alone.
Weather experts add-
ed that considering the
current rainfall pattern,
theoverallrainfallquan-
titycouldbreachthe120-
mm mark if the mon-
soon does not retreat
anytime soon.
“It has only rained
heavily for 24 hours in
October this year and
the quantity of rainfall
recorded between Octo-
ber 07 and 08 is equiva-
lenttotheoverallmonth-
ly rainfall figure,” said
Sushma Nair, a scientist
at IMD, Mumbai.
Nair further added
that light-to-moderate
spells of rainfall will
continue in the city till
the end of this weekend
andthereisaforecastfor
thunderstorms as well.
According to Mahesh
Palawat, weather expert
and meteorologist from
Skymet Weather Servic-
es, there is a possibility
of monsoon withdrawal
fromMaharashtrainthe
next 10 days.
“The monsoon may
now start gradually re-
treatingfromMaharash-
tra but it will take at
least 10 days to make a
concrete prediction on
this,” he said.
08
2NDFRONT
CRUCIAL READ
19-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN DIES IN
LEOPARD ATTACK
REPAIRS TO HIT
MUM, THANE
WATER SUPPLY
Mumbai: The 69-year-
old Ambalal Patel Road
Over Bridge (ROB) will
soon be demolished
by the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
(BMC) as a precaution-
ary measure, informed a
senior civic official. “Two
structural audits (in 2019
and 2022) conducted by
us confirmed that the
bridge is not fit enough
to keep it operational and
therefore, we have issued
a notice to pull it down,”
said a BMC official.
Nagpur: As many as
283 people were fined
by Nagpur Municipal
Corporation’s for lit-
tering city roads on
Tuesday. An amount
grossing Rs84,500 was
recovered from violators
in fines. The highest
number of violators
were found in the Laxmi
Nagar zone. A squad of
150-odd civic cops and
caught 53 residents,
78 roadside vendors,
and 34 shopkeepers for
throwing garbage on the
roads, an official said.
69-YEAR-OLD
BRIDGE TO BE
RAZED IN MUMBAI
283 LITTERBUGS
FINED IN NAGPUR ON
DAY 1 OF DRIVE
Pune: A19-year-old
woman died after a
leopard attacked her at a
village in Shirur tehsil of
Pune district on Wednes-
day. Pooja Narawade,
was working outside her
house in Jambut village
in the evening when the
feline caught hold of her
by the neck. “Local resi-
dents tried to help by the
animal, dragged her 200
feet into sugarcane fields
and disappeared,” an
official of Shirur police
station said.
Thane: Water supply
in many parts of Thane
is likely to get affected
till October 20, due to
ongoing repairs of the
gate system at Pise in
Bhatsa river. “Water
levels of Bhatsa river
will be lowered to carry
out repair works on the
pneumatic gate system.
Thus, the water supply
to TMC (Thane Munici-
pal Corporation) will be
reduced by 10%. BMC
will also reduce the
water supply to several
areas,” an official said.
Pune: A bike collided with
a mixer truck coming from
the opposite side, killing two
youths on Karve Road. The de-
ceased have been identified as
Manoj Ramesh Patil (23), who
worked at a hotel in Baner, and Nitin Balaji Magar, a
private company employee. The incident took place
at 12.30 am. While Patil was killed on the spot,
Magar succumbed to his injuries later.
TWO YOUTHS DIE AFTER BIKE COLLIDES
WITH A MIXER TRUCK IN PUNE
Oct rainfall in Mumbai breaches 100mm mark
MONSOON MAGIC
Fourth-highest amount of rainfall
recorded in the western metropolis in
October in the last 10 years
HIGHEST OCT RAINFALL
IN PAST DECADE
197.7
mm
170.1
mm
120.1
mm
117.7
mm
2012 2020 2011 2022
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has asked
the state government
and Mumbai police
about online crowd-
funding for medical
treatments and wheth-
er they can be done by
a private organization
or a company or not. It
also sought to know if
the same is permissi-
ble and which was the
monitoring authority
for the same.
The bench was hear-
ing a plea by Impact
Guru Technology Ven-
tures, a crowdfunding
platform, challenging a
showcausenoticeissued
to it by the police under
the Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2000. It
had been accused of
dwisplaying a child in
thewrongperspectivein
its social media adver-
tisements.
A division bench com-
prising Justice Prasan-
na B Varale and Justice
NitinRBorkarheardthe
matter on October 06
challenging the Septem-
ber 07 show cause notice
issued.
Appearing on behalf
of the petitioner, advo-
cate Niteen Pradhan
submitted that it is a pri-
vate limited company
which enables patients
to seek funds/ donations
for medical treatment
such as cancer, organ
transplant and other
rare diseases; from
friends, relatives and
public at large through
online fundraising.
He submitted that as
per the notice, advertise-
ments prepared by the
company that were cir-
culated through various
mediums including You-
Tube, Facebook, among
others displayed the
child in the wrong per-
spective.
The police said adver-
tisements and money
collected fall in the cate-
gory of ‘begging’ under
JJ Act and therefore, the
firm had been indulging
inactivitiesinconsistent
with the law.
Pradhan submitted
that petitioner’s activity
is permissible under the
National Policy for Rare
Diseases, 2021, as there
are government portals
for crowdfunding and
therefore, the show
cause notice was mis-
conceived and same be
set aside.
The court noted that
the petitioner has not
clarifiedif itretainsany
of the funds or dona-
tions received. The mat-
ter will be heard next on
October 19.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A special
court in Mumbai on
Tuesday sentenced a
man to three years’
imprisonment for
sexually harassing a
minor.
In his defense, the ac-
cused had claimed that
there were inconsisten-
cies in the victim’s alle-
gations as she had said
that he had pulled her
dupatta to cops and
changed it to a scarf
whiletestifyingincourt.
In 2017, an offence
was registered under
the Protection of Chil-
dren from Sexual Of-
fences (POCSO) Act and
other relevant sections
of sexual harassment of
the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) against 20-year-old
Mohammad Zaid. The
victim was a 15-year-old
Class X student at the
time of the incident.
The victim had said
that Zaid had pulled her
dupatta when she was
out shopping.
“…There is not much
difference between du-
patta and scarf. Both are
used near the neck and
are made from the same
type of cloth, which
women wear. The said
inconsistency is not suf-
ficient to disbelieve the
incident,”thecourtsaid.
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv
Sena leader Sanjay
Raut, who is current-
ly in jail over money
laundering charges,
has claimed that
there was pressure on
him to “betray” his
party, and that he
landed in jail as he
did not pay heed to it.
In a letter to his moth-
er dated August 08, a
week after his arrest,
Raut said, Shiv Sena
president Uddhav
Thackeray and Shiv
Sainiks were like her
own children and till the
time he was in jail, they
would take care of her.
The letter was tweeted
on Wednesday
.
Everyone is aware
that he has been framed
under false and bogus
charges and statements
wereextractedfromhim
at gunpoint, he alleged.
Raut also said free-
dom fighters Lokmanya
Tilak and Vinayak Do-
madar Savarkar had to
face similar treatment.
Hewasarrestedbythe
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) in August in a
money laundering case
linked to alleged irregu-
larities in the redevelop-
ment of Patra 'chawl' in
Mumbai.Heiscurrently
in judicial custody
, and
lodged at the Arthur
Road prison.
Mumbai (PTI) The
probe against a hospi-
tal management firm
for allegedly provid-
ing forged documents
to bag contracts to op-
erating jumbo centres
during the COVID-19
outbreak and causing
death by negligence
has been transferred
to the economic of-
fences wing (EOW) of
the Mumbai Police’s
crime branch, an offi-
cial said Wednesday
.
The investigation
was hitherto handled
by the Mumbai Police
which had registered a
First Information Re-
port (FIR) against the
firm and four persons
associated with it on a
complaint lodged by
former Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) MP
Kirit Somaiya.
As per the FIR, in
June 2020, the partners
in the hospital manage-
ment firm submitted a
fake partnership deed to
the Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation and
obtained contracts for
jumboCOVID-19centres
atNSEL,Worli,Mulund,
Dahisar (in Mumbai)
and in Pune without
having any experience
in the medical field.
The firm had submit-
ted bills of these cen-
tres to the BMC and col-
lected Rs38 crore, the
FIR stated.
Bench seeks to determine if crowdfunding is permissible for any pvt org or firm. —FILE PHOTO
Crowdfundingmedaid:HCquestionsgovt,cops
Platform has challenged show cause
notice for displaying a child’s pictures in
wrong perspective in social media ads
GEARING UP
Injailforhotheeding
pressuretobetray
Sena:Rauttellsmom
Uddhav Thackeray loyalist Sanjay Raut outside the Arthur Road
Prison, where he is currently housed. —PHOTO BY ANI
Like you,
the Shiv
Sena is
also my mother. I
had pressure to be-
tray my mother
(the party). There
were threats not to
speak against the
government as it
will prove costly. I
did not pay heed
to the threat which
is why I am away
from you.
—Sanjay Raut
EOW to probe
‘illegal’ contract
for COVID-19
jumbo units
MID-SEA RESCUE
The Indian Navy on Wednesday evacuated an
Iranian naval personnel, who suffered a cardiac
arrest on board a vessel off the Mumbai coast,
following a request from the Islamic Republic of
Iran, officials said. An Indian Navy advanced light
helicopter was launched from INS Shikra around
8.30 am and airlifted the patient along with two
attendants from the IRI Ship Makaran directly to
Navy hospital, INHS Asvini. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Man sent to jail for 3 years for
sexually harassing minor girl
Greetings on the occasion of
Karvachauth, blessings and
joy to all the women praying
on this auspicious day.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Maharash-
tra’s Deputy CM Dev-
endra Fadnavis will
be on a 2-day visit to
Rajasthan beginning
from Thursday.
Fadnavis will reach
Jodhpur at 1:50 pm by
special aircraft. From
Jodhpur, he will head to
Ramdevra by helicopter
and visit the Baba Ram-
dev Temple. Thereafter,
he will reached Jodh-
pur airport at 4:45 PM
and leave for Churu.
Fadnavis’ two-day visit
to Jodhpur from today

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MUMBAI, THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 13, 2022
fter season
one of the fes-
tive month in
August, peo-
ple are gear-
ing up for an-
other month
of occasions calling
for some ethnic
glam-up starting
withDusshera. While
the clothes portion of
Indian fashion mar-
ketplaces, from side-
walks to high-rise
malls, is humming with
flaming design fads, the
footwear segment is also
drawing attention.
Whetheryou’renew-
lywed,we’vegotyou
prepared for any-
thing from com-
pletely conventional
to getting dressed
quickly
.
If your heart hints
at a red lehenga for
your debut Karwa
Chauth look, in-
vest in a silk le-
henga for a re-
gal and ro-
mantic feel.
The ideal
newlywed look consists of a
basic satin dupatta, a high-
waisted skirt with heavy
, de-
tailed embroidery
, and a
cropped hanky halter top that
adds a modern touch. Add
beach waves to your hair, huge
earrings,andstuddedkadasto
complete the ethnic style.
Stuck at work but want to
makeitontimewhenthemoon
makes an appearance? To
work, you can don a deep red
silkanarkalisuitthatgoeswell
withgoldenjhumkasandcoor-
dinating juttis. Leave your
locks open with a middle split
and highlight your cheeks to
instantly heighten your look.
You can even doll up yourself
in a red flowy georgette saree
with a glass beaded with a full-
sleeved, corset-style, intricate
lace blouse, which will surely
get you praise.
As ethnic trends rule people’s sanities ahead of Karwa
Chauth and Diwali festive occasions, paying attention
to your jewellery is as important as picking a
perfect outfit. If you are looking for fashion tips,
here’s a guide on how to lift your fashion game
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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KARVA CHAUTH
arva Chauth is
upon us, the day
when women
observe a fast
restricting food
and water till
they see the
moon. It is believed that
this fast is done to either
be blessed with a good
husband or for those who
are married; their hus-
bands are blessed with a
long and happy life. This
festival is celebrated on
the fourth day or Chauth
of Kartik month, the ho-
liest month in the Hindu
calendar.
Fasting women are
fussed over by their
mothers-in-law and hus-
bands along with other
members of the family.
Dressing up is a huge
part of this day as well.
The elusive moon sight-
ing is often celebrated
with great communal
fervour. While there is
great romance in these
ritualistic and cultural
practices, one cannot for-
get the primary benefit
of fasting is to detox and
rest your overworked
system.
As the warmth of the
sun grows distant we
adopt auspicious rituals
of fire to maintain a
strong Tejas through the
cooler months. The
month of Kartik
provides a salubrious
environment to rejuve-
nate skin cells. If you
have ever considered an
all-natural skincare re-
gime then this is the time
of year for a favourable
start. While karva
Chauth is a day to cele-
brate the love between
spouses, it is only fitting
to start with some
self-love.
To make radiant beau-
ty divine we must strive
to achieve brilliant ‘Ojas’
(immune mechanism
and bodily tissue), excel-
lent ‘Tejas’ (cellular in-
telligence and metabolic
activity) and vibrant
‘Prana’ (life force and
flow of communication).
We must also work on
flushing out Ama (toxic
waste) and balancing the
three Doshas–Vata (prin-
ciple of movement in-
cluding neuro-electrical
impulses) Pitta (meta-
bolic fire responsible for
digestion, absorption
and assimilation of
nutrition) Kapha (build-
ing block material like
protein and fat).
But often, even in a
spiritual science like
Ayurveda, beauty is true,
skin deep.
Skin is the reflection
of what is going on deep
inside, even down to our
organs and is used in
clinical observations
and diagnosis of
ailments. So we must
make great efforts to
keep our skin beautiful
and radiant.
DEVYANI SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
K
BEAUTY GUIDE: THE SECRET
TO RADIANT BEAUTY THIS
z STEP 1
Start your day by oiling
your hair with bhringraj oil
and then move on to oral
cleansing and detoxification
by oil-pulling and tongue
scraping
z STEP 2
Next, it’s time to focus on
our sense organs starting
with the eyes splash your
eyes with fennel tea that
has been cooled down,
for instant sparkle. Apply
sesame oil in and behind
your ears as well as in your
nostrils. And then we move
to the 5th organ our skin.
z STEP 3
Start by dry brushing your
entire body to improve blood
circulation and remove dead
cells. Now generously your
body with sesame oil in long
and hard strokes towards
your heart. This helps with
lymphatic drainage.
z STEP 4
Make a dry mixture of 1
part milk powder and 1 part
almond flour andsprinkle
it over the oil you have
applied and start rubbing
it in circularmotions for a
scrubbing effect.
z STEP 5
Take the pulp of the orange
and massage it over the dry
powder, follow by a bath us-
ing a mild non-toxic soap.
A SPECIAL NOTE ON MEHNDI
While we all know that chemical-laden henna is not a patch in its former glory days, it is
important to understand the great healing properties of henna. Henna flowers have long
been known in Ayurveda as pain relievers, the oil obtained from henna has also proven
to be useful in curing stomach pains, open wounds, and jaundice and preventing hair
loss. As it is customary for women to apply henna on karva Chauth – one cannot ignore
the link that in Ayurveda henna seeds have been used to regulate menstruation.

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