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Lt Guv chairs
meeting on G20,
Kejriwal absent
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Due to
health reasons, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal could not attend the
meeting on Wednesday
where Lt Governor VK
Saxena reviewed prepa-
rations for G-20 Summit
events, eight of which
the national capital will
host beginning March
1, officials said.
The LG in the meet-
ing stressed on a “com-
plete” makeover of
Delhi and said the sum-
mit is an opportunity to
emerge as a “forever
clean and forever in cel-
ebration” city
.
Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia said that guests
will be welcomed with a
“festive mood.”
Acid thrown on 17-yr-old girl’s face for ending ‘friendship’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Minutes af-
ter she left home to go to
school on Wednesday
morning, two masked
men on a bike flung acid
on the face of a 17-year-
old girl who is now ad-
mitted to Safdarjung
Hospital’s burn ICU.
“She has suffered
seven to eight per cent
facial burns and her
eyes have also been af-
fected. She has been ad-
mitted to the burn ICU
and is stable,” said a
doctor at Safdarjung
Hospital.
The teen, who was
with her younger sister
when the attack took
place at Mohan Garden
near Uttam Nagar,
named two persons who
could be responsible for
the attack, said Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (Dwarka) M Harsha
Vardhan. Waiting out-
side the burns ward,
her father told report-
ers that her younger
sister was with her
when the acid attack
took place. “My daugh-
ter left home at 7.30 am.
As soon as she crossed
the street, she was at-
tacked. My youngest
daughter came running
to us,” he said. Asked
whether she was being
harassed or stalked, he
said she had made no
such complaint.
Delhi Police arrested
three men for their in-
volvement in the crime.
Police said that revenge
was the motive behind
the incident as the Class
12 student had ended
her “friendship” with
the main accused,
Sachin Arora, 20, a few
months ago. Sachin
lived in the girl’s neigh-
bourhood.
The acid used in the
attack was purchased
from Flipkart, said Sa-
gar Preet Hudda, Spe-
cial Commissioner of
Police. He said that
Sachin along with his
friends Harshit Aggar-
wal, 19, and Virendra
Singh,22, planned and
executed the attack.
While Harshit was
driving the motorcycle,
Sachin threw acid on
the girl. Virendra took
Sachin’s mobile and his
scooty to another loca-
tion so that Sachin’s lo-
cation cannot be traced,
Hudda said. P3
The three accused in police custody on Wednesday. (R) CCTV
footage of the acid attack on Wednesday morning.
Acid purchased from Flipkart, 20-yr-old
neighbour planned and executed attack
with friends, all 3 arrested: Delhi Police
TOXIC MASCULINITY
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
NOW IN
NEW DELHI
Telangana Chief Minister
K. Chandrasekhar Rao
inaugurates the Bharat
Rashtra Samithi’s
office in New Delhi on
Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION
CHINABORDERCLASH
ISSUEECHOESINPARL
17 Opposition parties stage walkout from the
Rajya Sabha accusing the govt of not holding
a discussion over Dec 9 India-China border clash
Sonia Gandhi led the Congress MPs out of the Lok
Sabha after the Speaker did not accept yet another
request for a discussion on “Indo-China border” situation
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The ruckus
continued during the
Winter Session of Par-
liament on Wednesday
with the Opposition
seeking to corner the
ruling BJP-led govern-
ment over a host of is-
sues including border
issues with China, un-
employment and the
economy
. As many as 17
Oppn parties staged a
walkout from the Rajya
Sabha accusing the gov-
ernment of not holding
a discussion over Dec 9
clashes along the LAC
between Indian Chi-
nese forces at Tawang
sector of Arunachal
Pradesh. The Congress,
RJD, AAP, MDMK,
Communist Party of In-
dia (Marxist), CPI, JD
(U), DMK, TMC, and
TDM were among the 17
parties that walked out
from the House during
‘Zero Hour’. More on P6
LoP KHARGE CONVENES A
OPPN LEADERS’ MEETING
OVER INDO-CHINA TUSSLE
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Malikarjun Kharge convenes a
Opposition leaders’ meeting to chalk
out a joint strategy on the Indo-
China tussle and other issues, at his
chambers, in Parliament, in New
Delhi on Wednesday. The leaders
also discussed important issues to be
raised and formulated their joint future
strategy in both houses of Parliament.
Opposition MPs stage a walkout from Rajya Sabha over India-China border clash during the Winter Session of Parliament on Wednesday.
INDIA-CHINA TROOPS CLASH IN ARUNACHAL
‘PLA wanted to set up the
observation post on LAC’
First India Bureau
Itanagar: China’s Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army
(PLA)wasplanningtoset
up an Observation Post
on LAC at Yangtze in Ta-
wang, Arunachal, an In-
dian Army officer said.
Officer claimed that as
extreme winter is ap-
proaching Chinese side
wants to get information
aboutpreparationsof In-
dian troops deployed at
forwardpostsattheLAC.
IA said unlike 2020, this
time our soldiers were
prepared and thwatrted
attempts of Chinese
who tried to access our
higher ground to set up
Observation Post, were
stopped, forced to leave.
WHITE HOUSE, PDP PREZ SPEAK
l Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) President Mehbooba
Mufti on Wednesday
described the recent tension
between India and China on
the border in Arunachal as
“a very sorry state of affairs”
saying it was unfortunate
that the BJP was doing
nothing about it.
l The White House on
Wednesday commented
on the recent face-off
between the Indian and the
China troops at Tawang
in Arunachal Pradesh on
December 9 and said it is
glad to note that there was a
quick disengagement of the
tension.
CHINA CONSTRUCTS
NEW MILITARY CAMP
MANY PLATFORMS
BEING MISUSED: EAM
Reports have emerged that
China has constructed a new
military base near LAC close
to strategically important
Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh,
satellite images reveal it.
In a veiled attack on China,
EAM S Jaishankar at the
UN Security Council said
Multilateral platforms are being
misused to justify and protect
perpetrators of terrorism.
Claps, cheers for Modi!
l PM felicitated at BJP meet over record-breaking win in Guj
l Modi heaps praise on Gujarat BJP and its State chief Paatil
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The jubila-
tion in the BJP over its
record-breaking win in
the Gujarat polls echoed
in its parliamentary par-
ty meeting on Wednes-
day as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was fe-
licitated for the victory
.
Modi, in turn, heaped
praise on the state unit,
especially its president
CR Paatil, and said the
victory is owed to the
BJP’s organisational
strengthanditsworkers,
Union minister Pralhad
Joshitoldreportersafter
the meeting.
Sources in the party
said Modi lauded the
BJP’s Gujarat unit as an
example of how elector-
al victory is possible if
thepartyorganisationis
strong.Modialsopraised
theparty’snationalpres-
ident JP Nadda.
PM Narendra Modi greets BJP leaders as he receives a warm
welcome at BJP’s Party meeting, at Parliament, in New Delhi on
Wednesday. BJP Chief JP Nadda with Union Ministers Amit Shah,
Rajnath Singh, Dr Jitendra Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender
Yadav, Gajendra S Shekhawat and others are also seen here.
Suspected hooch tragedy claims
20 lives in Bihar’s Saran district
First India Bureau
Chhapra: The death
toll due to the consump-
tion of hooch has gone
up to 20 in the Saran
dist of Bihar’s Chhapra.
Bihar continues to wit-
ness deaths owing to
the consumption of
spurious liquor and the
toll is expected to rise.
Family members of de-
ceased persons claimed
that their relatives died
due to the consumption
of poisonous liquor.
Madhaura DSP said
that police are looking
for the villagers who
have fallen sick after liq-
uor consumption. P5
Cops waiting for postmortem
reports on Wednesday.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
l Lionel Messi said FIFA
World Cup 2022 final will be
his last for Argentina
l Argentina captain, who
scored from a penalty and
played equally important in
the other two goals scored
by Julian Alvarez against
Croatia to take his country
to the FIFA WC 2022 final
l The 35-year-old cham-
pion is playing at his fifth
World Cup this year
l Messi will earn his
172nd cap as he tries to
bring the country its first
World Cup since 1986
l France meets Morocco
in the other semi-final later
on Wednesday
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CYBER ATTACK
‘ORIGINATED IN
CHINA, HONG KONG’
New Delhi: The cyber
attack on AIIMS Delhi
servers is suspected to have
originated from locations
in China and Hong Kong,
official sources said on
Wednesday. Details will be
sought from companies in
China and Hong Kong.
DR CONGO FLOODS
LEAVE OVER 120
DEAD IN KINSHASA
Kinshasa: More than 120
people have been killed
following the worst floods
in years in the capital of
the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Kinshasa, the
authorities said. Major roads
in were submerged and
several homes collapsed.
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BAILABLE WARRANT
ISSUED AGAINST
SAHARA CHIEF ROY
Bhopal: MP HC issued a
bailable warrant against
Sahara chief Subrata Roy
and directed SP Lucknow
to execute the warrant.
Lawyer Ankit Mishra of MP
HC, “There are 20 petitions
registered against Sahara
Chief Subrata Roy. MP HC
issued bailable warrant of
Rs 5 lakh against him.”
SC OBJECTS TO MULTIPLE
LISTING REQUESTS OF
BILKIS BANO’S PLEA
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court expressed disapproval
towards multiple listing
requests made for Bilkis
Bano’s petition challenging
the early release of 11 men
convicted of gangraping her
and murdering her family
members during the 2002
Godhra riots in Gujarat.
‘MESSI’AH
of MILLIONS!
Messi
confirms
retirement

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
02
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Civil Avia-
tion Minister Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia told a news
channel on Wednesday
that the long delays at
securitycheckandentry
gates at Delhi and Mum-
bai airports are not be-
cause of Central Indus-
trial Security Force
(CISF) staff deployed
there.
The CISF comes un-
der the Union Home
Ministry headed by
AmitShah.“Wecurrent-
ly have 11 lines and sec-
tions for this. But we
need 16 such lines and
sections.Ihavehadadis-
cussion with the airport
operator and this is be-
ing provided for, Scind-
ia said.
“There is a problem
with entry gates too. If
there is a 20-minute wait
time at gate number 6
and only a 2-minute wait
at gate number 11, then
immediately it must be
switched.Thatmustalso
be put up on a display
screen. That is some-
thing being done now
aftermydiscussionwith
the airport operator, he
said.
“Now, at the security
check, we have 17 secu-
rity lines as of today
. We
have gone from 11+2 a
few days ago to 17... and
in a few days we hope to
increase it to 20 security
lines. We have removed
all unnecessary barri-
cades. There is no short-
fall of CISF personnel.
The DG-CISF was with
meinthe3-hourmeeting
and I asked Delhi Inter-
national Airport Ltd as
well if this was a CISF
issue. I was told there is
no problem from CISF
side. They are in fact co-
operating fully with the
airport requirements,
the minister said.
Delays not because of CISF: Scindia
AIRPORT JAM
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia during a visit
to Terminal 3 of IGI Airport on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI Crowd at T3 IGI Airport departure on Tuesday. —TWITTER
n Union Minister
hopes to increase
securitylinesto20
n Unnecessary
barricades have
been removed
Now, at the
security
check, we
have 17 security lines
as of today. We have
gone from 11+2 a few
days ago to 17... and
in a few days we hope
to increase it to 20 se-
curity lines. There is
no shortfall of CISF
personnel.
—Jyotiraditya Scindia,
Civil Aviation Minister
New Delhi (PTI): The
CISF has prepared a
pool of more than 100
personnel to man addi-
tional security coun-
ters expected to be
handed over to it for
easingtheongoingcon-
gestion at airports of
Delhi and Mumbai, of-
ficial sources said
Wednesday
.
The central paramil-
itary
, designated as the
national aviation secu-
rityforce,hasinformed
airport operators, air-
lines and the Union
civil aviation ministry
about the latest deci-
sion. They have said
that while it can bring
on board some more
security personnel
there can be no com-
promise on security
protocols and standard
operating procedures
followed by it for regu-
lar frisking of passen-
gers apart from fliers
required to undergo
extensive search due to
specific profiling.
A CISF officer said
the force has brought
on board more than 100
personnel over and
above its sanctioned
strength of around
4,500personnelatDelhi
Mumbai airports.
This move will con-
tinue till the upcoming
holiday season due to
Christmas and New
Year celebrations, he
said. A senior IGI air-
port officer said post
the recent review of
the terminal-3, the of-
fice of the CISF Com-
mandant, terminal
manager and another
facility will be disman-
tled and more baggage
x-ray scanners and
passenger security
queues will be created
in this space.
CISF readies 100 personnel to
man additional security counters
Supreme Court on
Wednesday sought a re-
sponse from the Centre
to two pleas seeking
transfer to the apex
court the petitions pend-
ing in the Delhi High
Court seeking direc-
tions to recognise same-
sex marriages.
A bench comprising
Chief Justice D Chan-
drachud and Justice P S
Narasimha took note of
the submissions of sen-
ior advocate Menaka
Guruswamy that the
pleas relate to the funda-
mental right to equality
.
“Issue notice,” the
bench said. The bench
was hearing separate
transfer petitions filed
by Kavita Arora and
Nibedita Dutta. The SC
had on November 25
taken note of two pleas
by two gay couples seek-
ingenforcementof their
right to marry and a di-
rection to the authori-
ties to register their
marriage under the Spe-
cial Marriage Act.
The court had also
sought the assistance of
Attorney General R
Venkataramani in deal-
ing with the pleas. The
first plea was filed by
gay couple Supriyo
ChakrabortyandAbhay
Dang who live in Hy-
derabad. The second pe-
tition has been filed by
Parth Phiroze Mehrotra
and Uday Raj.
These two earlier
pleas seek a direction
for extending the right
to marry a person of
one's choice to LGBTQ
people as part of their
fundamental right.
New Delhi (PTI): A
court here has acquit-
ted a man of charges of
rioting and criminal
conspiracy, saying the
prosecution had “com-
pletely and miserably”
failed to prove the guilt
of the accused.
The court was hear-
ing a case against Mo-
hammed Asif, who was
accused of being a
member of a riotous
unlawful assembly that
was armed with deadly
weapons and indulged
in vandalism, violence
and criminal trespass
on February 29, 2020,
during northeast Delhi
communal riots.
According to the pros-
ecution, Asif, accompa-
nied by eight to 10 un-
known rioters, and
armed with stones and
sticks, unlawfully
stepped onto the terrace
of the complainant and
attempted to enter his
house in Chauhan Bang-
er locality in Shahdara.
“I am of the consid-
ered opinion that the
prosecution has failed to
establish its case beyond
reasonabledoubtagainst
the accused. According-
ly
,accusedAsif ishereby
acquitted,”Metropolitan
Magistrate Abhinav
Pandey said in an order
passed last week. The
court said the complain-
ant, Sachin Rawal, and
his brother did not sup-
port the prosecution’s
version of events at all.
“Nothing incriminat-
ing could come on re-
cordagainsttheaccused
andtherearenocircum-
stances appearing
against him in the pros-
ecution evidence, and
therefore the examina-
tion of the accused was
dispensed with,” the
court said.
The court said police
did not conduct the test
identification proceed-
ings of the accused in
the presence of the com-
plainant and, during the
complainant’s examina-
tion, he did not identify
the accused.
The court noted Raw-
al’sstatement,according
to which he had written
in the complaint about
identifying the accused
only at the direction of
police officials.
Prosecutionmiserablyfailedtoproveguilt:Court
Delhi government's
Home Department has
set up an 11-member in-
quiry committee to as-
certain the causes and
circumstances of the
fire at the wholesale
market in Bhagirath
Palace area of Chandni
Chowk last month
which destroyed more
than 100 shops, accord-
ing to an official order.
The order dated De-
cember 9 said the com-
mittee will make rec-
ommendations to pre-
vent the recurrence of
such an accident in the
area and may seek sug-
gestions from resident
associations and trad-
ers associations in this
regard.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Wednes-
day sent businessman
Amit Arora to two-
week judicial custody
in connection with a
money laundering
probe into alleged ir-
regularities in the Del-
hi excise policy case.
Special Judge NK
Nagpal sent Arora, the
director of Gurugram-
based Buddy Retail Pri-
vate Limited, to judicial
custody till December 28
after he was produced
before the court by the
ED on expiry of his 14-
day custodial interroga-
tion. The court passed
the order on an applica-
tion moved by agency’s
Special Public Prosecu-
tor NK Matta.
Panel formed to
probe Bhagirath
Palace blaze
Court sends
Amit Arora to
14 days in jail
SC seeks Centre's
reply on transfer
of petitions on
same-sex marriage
Supriyo Chakraborty and
Abhay Dang
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FAST FACTS
FOR PEACE
Members of Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch stage a protest over clashes between Indian and
Chinese soldiers in Tawang sector, near China Embassy on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
DelhiRiots
DelhiRiots
There are no
circumstances
appearing
against the accused in
the prosecution evi-
dence, and therefore the
examination of accused
was dispensed with.
—Abhinav Pandey
Metropolitan Magistrate
Supreme Court on
Wednesday directed
the Delhi High Court to
proceed with the execu-
tion of the Rs 4,600
crore arbitration
award granted in fa-
vour of Delhi Airport
Metro Express Pvt Ltd
(DAMEPL), which had
pulled out from run-
ning the Airport Ex-
press metro line over
safety issues, and take
it to a logical end with-
in three months.
An arbitral tribunal
had ruled in favour of
Reliance Infra's DAME-
PL and accepted its
claim that running the
operations on the line
was not viable due to
structural defects in
the viaduct through
which the train would
pass. Observing that
law with regard to exe-
cution is not different
for the government or
its statutory corpora-
tions, a bench of Jus-
tices BR Gavai and
Vikram Nath said the
arbitration award in
favour of DAMEPL has
reached finality.
In ordinary circum-
stances we would not
have entertained the
matter. The arbitration
award passed in favour
of the petitioner has
reached finality as ap-
peal filed by respond-
ent has been dismissed.
“The law of execu-
tion is not different for
the government or stat-
utory organizations.
We, therefore, direct
the High Court to pro-
ceed expeditiously and
take it to its logical end
within a period of
three months, the
bench said. The top
court was hearing a
plea seeking enforce-
ment of the arbitration
award in favour of
DAMEPL to be paid by
the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC).
Attorney General R
Venkataramani, ap-
pearing for the Centre,
objected to the main-
tainability of the
DAMEPL's appeal, say-
ing it was filed against
an adjournment order
of the high court.
SC directs HC to enforce arbitration
award granted to DAMEPL in 3 months
If they are un-
able to com-
mit funds, let
me attach their prop-
erties. Do not let this
circus continue.
—Harish Salve,
Senior advocate, for DAMEPL
It is a serious
matter, do not
call it a circus
please.
—R. Venkataramani,
Attorney General, for Centre
WHAT WAS THE MATTER
First India Bureau
Noida: Cyber cell of
the Noida Police on
Wednesday arrested
twelve people linked to
a Chinese digital lend-
ing app through which
they duped several
people.
The call centre was
set up in Sector 63 of
Noida and police
seized Rs 1.50 lakh
cash, 36 desktop com-
puters, 15 laptops,
eight smart phones,
135 sim cards, among
other items from the
spot, Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (Cyber
Cell) Abhishek Verma
said.
According to police,
those held have been
identified as Punit
Tuli, Mohd Afzal, Ji-
tendra, Neeraj Lal,
Shivam, Azeem,
Aakash Srivastava, Su-
mit, Arun Singh, Sid-
dharth Ojha, Rajnessh
Jha, and Bharat.
Tuli, the master-
mind of the gang, was
associated with a Chi-
nese national named
Dave, and the app had
its server in China, a
police official privy to
the probe said.
12 held over Chinese
digitalloanappfraud
MODUS OPERANDI

CAPITOL
03
No idea who could have done this: Father
father of the acid attack
victim said he had no
clue who could have
done such a thing and
that his daughter never
complained about any
harassment. Waiting
outside the burns ward
of Safdarjung Hospital,
he told reporters that
her sister was with her
atthetimeandtheyboth
were going to school.
“My daughter left
home at 7.30 am. The in-
cident happened within
six to seven minutes of
her leaving the house.
My youngest daughter
came running to us,” he
told reporters here.
Asked whether she was
being harassed or
stalked, he said she nev-
er had any such com-
plaint.
“She told me that they
came and threw the acid
and she could not see
them. Doctors are exam-
iningher.If Ihadknown
about any harassment, I
would have taken care
and dropped her to
school,” he said.
The victim’s father
deals in rubber stamps
and is also a property
dealer, while her mother
is a homemaker. She is
the eldest among three
siblings, that include a
12-year-old sister and a
seven-year-old brother.
The girl’s mother said
her younger daughter
came running to her
and asked for her father.
“She could not ex-
plain and started cry-
ing, and asked her fa-
ther to rush with her,”
she said.
The girl’s uncle said
she and her sister would
walk to the Dwarka Mor
Metro Station every
morning. On Wednes-
day morning, the sisters
werewaitingforafriend
to accompany them
when the horror struck,
he said. “Suddenly, two
men on motorcycle
came there and threw
acid on her. She rushed
towards nearby shops
forhelp.Oneof theshop-
keepers even poured
some milk on her face.
She was screaming for
help and asked her
younger sister to call
their father,” he said.
n Girl eldest
among three
siblings—asister,
12,andbrother,7
n Father deals in
rubber stamps,
property, mother
is a homemaker
LG SEEKS REPORT FROM POLICE
LG VK Saxena on Wednesday sought a detailed
report on the acid attack incident from the city
police commissioner, including information on
how the acid was procured despite a ban on
its sale. The LG spoke to Police Commissioner
about the unfortunate incident ... and sought a
detailed report into the incident, including as to
how the acid used was procured despite a ban
in the City, the Raj Niwas Delhi
said in a series of tweets. LG
has instructed for swift and
thorough investigation so as
to ensure exemplary punish-
ment to the guilty. The LG is
also in touch with the hospital
authorities and has urged them
to ensure the best treat-
ment...” it added.
DCW RAPS POLICE ON ACID SALE
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief
Swati Maliwal said on Wednesday that acid is
as easily available to purchase as vegetables
in Delhi. Acid was thrown at a school girl near
Dwarka Mor... Will get justice for the daughter.
The Delhi Commission for Women has been
fighting for years to ban acid in the country.
When will the government wake up? Maliwal
wrote in a tweet in Hindi. In a video
uploaded on Twitter, Maliwal said
that the body may approach court
for stricter enforcement of the ban
on over-the-counter sale of acid.
We have issued notice to the
city police over the incident.
The attackers should be ar-
rested and given stringent
punishment, Maliwal said.
New Delhi (PTI): Acid at-
tack survivor and activist
Laxmi Agarwal on Wednes-
day said she will extend all
possible assistance to
the 17-year-old girl who
was attacked with
acid in west Delhi
and urged authori-
ties to strictly imple-
ment the ban on the
corrosive sub-
stance.
Agarwal, who herself sur-
vived an acid attack at the age
of 15, had come to meet the
victim at Safdarjung Hospi-
tal's burn ICU but was
stopped by authorities.
I want to help the
victim with her treat-
ment and provide
her counselling.
Ourfoundationwill
support the girl.
She should be
given good treatment. Most of
the time what happens is that
when acid is thrown, it also
affects the eyes. So priority
remains that it does not affect
the eyes in any way
. Agarwal
told reporters.
The journey of Agarwal,
from being a victim to an ac-
tivist, was also portrayed in
the 2020 film 'Chhapaak' with
Deepika Padukone playing
the titular role.
Will extend all possible assistance: Laxmi Agarwal
AAP BLAMES LG
Aam Aadmi Party national
spokesperson Saurabh
Bharadwaj alleged that
after the arrival of Delhi LG
VK Saxena, crimes have
gone up in Delhi.
LG Saab, you have Delhi
Police with you and crimes
are increasing everyday.
Instead of interfering
in the work of the Delhi
government, you should
concentrate on your work.
After your arrival, crimes
are increasing in Delhi, he
said in a tweet in Hindi.
GIVE STRICTEST
PUNISHMENT: CM
CM Kejriwal demanded stringent
punishment for those involved
in throwing acid on a minor girl
in west Delhi, and asserted the
government is concerned about
every child in the city. In a tweet,
Kejriwal said: This cannot be tol-
erated at all. How did
the accused gather
so much courage?
The accused should
be given the strict-
est punishment.
The safety of
every girl child
in Delhi is im-
portant to us.
G-20: Delhi to be decorated
with10Lexoticpottedplants
New Delhi (PTI): Over
10 lakh exotic potted
plants will add to the
beauty of the capital as
it gets ready to host the
G20 Summit in Septem-
ber next year, forest of-
ficials said Wednesday
.
The horticulture
wings of the central and
Delhi government de-
partments, including
Delhi Development De-
partment, New Delhi
Municipal Council,
PWD and MCD, have
been asked to decorate
public spaces, rounda-
bouts, major intersec-
tions, flyovers and verti-
cal greens in the city
with exotic flowering
plants, an official said.
Different species of
exotic plants will be
used for this purpose
across Delhi. The loca-
tions and targets for
each department will be
finalised by April next
year, the official said.
Another official said
special attention will be
given to the stretch be-
tween Indira Gandhi
International Airport
and Lutyens Delhi, In-
dia Gate area and Pra-
gati Maidan, the main
venue of the summit.
Departments con-
cerned have already
been asked to float ten-
ders for procurement of
pots, plants and seed-
lings. Though there is
no specific target yet, we
are trying to use as
many flowering plants
as we can, he said.
The summit in Delhi
to be held in September
2023 will be a culmina-
tion of all the G20 pro-
cesses and meetings
held throughout the
year among ministers,
senior officials, and civ-
il societies starting De-
cember.
G-20 delegates try their hands at beating drums during a cultural programme at Gateway of India in
Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Following
threats from a Canada-
based gangster, at least
13 police officials prob-
ing the Sidhu Moosewa-
la killing have been giv-
en heightened security,
sources said Wednesd-
say
. While 4 ACPs and
fiveinspectorsnowgetX
category security, three
top cops have been put
under Y category secu-
rity cover.
All 13 police officials
attached to Delhi Police
have been given round-
the-clock security cover.
A strict vigil will also be
kept outside their resi-
dences here, they said.
Shubhdeep Singh Sid-
hu or Sidhu Moosewala,
was shot dead in Pun-
jab’s Mansa district on
May 29 this year.
The security was in-
creased after they re-
ceived threats from Can-
ada-based gangster
Lakhbir Singh Landa.
‘Y’ category security
wasapprovedforSpecial
Commissioner of Police
(Special Cell) HGS Dhal-
iwal, DCP Rajeev Ran-
jan, and DCP Special
Cell Manishi Chandra
following orders from
Delhi Police Commis-
sioner Sanjay Arora.
According to the
sources, the decision
was taken after a de-
tailed analysis was done
after the threat from
Landa last month.
Through his social
media post, he threat-
ened the officers of Del-
hi Police’s Special Cell
and claimed that he has
photos of all the officers
and it would not be good
if they (officers) are
seen in their lane.
Four ACPs and five
inspectors were provid-
ed with ‘X’ category se-
curity, following which
an Armed Police com-
mando will be stationed
with them round the
clock, sources said.
Security increased for 13 investigating police officers
MOOSEWALA KILLING
lll
‘Y’ security was
approved for Spl
Commissioner
of Police (Spl
Cell) HGS
Dhaliwal, DCP
Rajeev Ranjan,
and DCP Spl
Cell Manishi
Chandra
Departments concerned have already
been asked to float tenders for procure-
ment of pots, plants and seedlings.
—Govt official
SANJAY GANDHI REMEMBERED
BJP MP Varun Gandhi pays tribute to his father Sanjay Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary,
at his memorial in New Delhi on Wednesday. Former Union minister and wife of Sanjay
Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi, is also seen. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: National
Investigation Agency
told Delhi HC on
Wednesday that E Abu-
backer, former chair-
man of the now out-
lawed Popular Front of
India, was in fine health
and being treated.
“We have filed a status
report along with the re-
port of AIIMS. He is ab-
solutelyfine.Heisunder
treatment. As and when
he is required, he is tak-
en there (the hospital),”
said special public pros-
ecutor Akshai Malik,
who represents NIA, on
Wednesday
.
Abubackerhadpleaded
against a trial court or-
der refusing to release
himonmedicalgrounds.
Last month, Abuback-
er's counsel had said the
70-yr-old was suffering
from cancer and Parkin-
son's disease, and was in
great pain, which
needed urgent medical
attention. The court had
then asked NIA to file a
statusreportinresponse
tothepleafortreatment.
Counsel for Abuback-
er, Adit Pujari sought
time to seek instruc-
tions on the status re-
port and for further pur-
suing the appeal.
The counsel for the
appellant prays for and
is granted timeto obtain
instructions qua the fur-
ther prosecution of the
present appeal, said the
bench of Justices Sid-
dharth Mridul and
Talwant Singh, and list-
ed the case for Decem-
ber 19.
Jailed PFI leader
Abubacker doing
fine: NIA tells HC
The counsel
for the appel-
lant prays for
and is granted time to
obtain instructions
qua the further prose-
cution of the present
appeal.
—Delhi HC Bench
5 ARRESTS
23-year-old MBA student jumps to death in Mehrauli
New Delhi (PTI): A
23-year-oldwomanalleg-
edly killed herself by
jumping off the third
floor of a building in
south Delhi's Mehrauli,
police said on Wednes-
day
. She has been identi-
fied as Twinkle from
Ahmedabad who was
pursuing an MBA de-
gree here.
Police officials sus-
pect the woman was up-
set over some problems
she had with a class-
mate. This may have
pushed her to take the
extreme step, they said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (South)
Chandan Chowdhary
said the Mehrauli police
station was informed
around Tuesday 7 pm
about a woman jumping
off a building in A
Block, Freedom Fighter
Colony
.
She and two other
women had rented a flat
in A Block, Freedom
FighterColony
.Allthree
were pursuing MBA at
an institute near Batra
hospital. The woman
had some issues with
one of her classmates,
identifiedasKaran,who
is from Kota, she said.
The official said the
victim was taken to Max
Hospital, Saket, where
she succumbed to inju-
ries on Wednesday
morning.
Thebodywillbehand-
ed over to the family af-
ter autopsy and further
enquiry is being con-
ducted, the police said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
56-year-old woman was
found dead at her resi-
denceinShalimarBagh,
police said Wednesday
.
Prima facie, no exter-
nal injury was found on
the body of deceased Ra-
jni Madan, and entry
intotheflatwasfriendly
,
police said, adding the
post-mortem was con-
ducted and report is
awaited to ascertain the
exact cause of death.
DCP (Northwest) Usha
Rangnanisaidaround10
pm on Tuesday, a PCR
call was received where-
in the caller informed
that his flat was locked
from outside and his
mother’s phone was
switched off. When po-
lice reached the spot,
they met the victim’s
son Chetan Madan (25)
andbrokethelockof his
flat and found his moth-
er lying dead inside.
Woman found dead in Shalimar
Bagh; cash, jewellery missing
The victim was taken to
Max Hospital, Saket on
Tuesday night where she
succumbed on Wednesday
Police suspect she was
upset over some problems
she had with a classmate
Her son said he went
to office in morning
and returned at night to
find the house locked

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India is going to be the skill and
talent capital of the world. India’s
talent surplus can help meet the
global labour market shortages.
Harmonisation of skills, student
and workforce mobility capacity
building in skill development will be
beneficial to both countries.
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Met with Finland Employment Minister
Ms Tuula Haatainen today. We had
fruitful discussions on furthering
our ties in manpower and mobility
partnership, mutual recognition of skill
qualifications in the two countries and
its harmonisation.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Train up a child in the
way he should go, and
when he is old, he will not
depart from it. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
WILL FORMER RBI
GUV GO BEYOND
YATRA AND TAKE
POLITICAL PLUNGE
ormer Reserve Bank
of India Governor
Raghuram Rajan
joining Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra, however briefly, in Ra-
jasthan has brought his political
leanings in the open. The former
Governor has always been criti-
cal of the BJP government’s eco-
nomic policies but earlier his
views were taken to be that of an
academician and economist.
Now onwards his opinions will
be looked at as biased political
views. The BJP attacked Rajan
with the retort that he wants “to
be another Manmohan Singh”
who, incidentally
, is still regard-
ed as a highly rated economist.
Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT Cell
chief,saidthatRajan’s“commen-
tary on the Indian economy…is
coloured and opportunistic”.
The criticism will not dilute
the significance of the event as
Rajan is an eminent economist
and will bolster the appeal of Ra-
hul Gandhi’s march. The ques-
tion that many would seek an
answer to is whether Rajan, who
has been a strong critic of de-
monetisation, will join the Con-
gress or support it from outside.
TOP TWEETS
F
hina’s provoca-
tive action along
the Line of Actual
Control in Ta-
wang has raised
temperatures between the
two countries. The People’s
Liberation Army (PLA) at-
tempting to occupy vantage
positions in the Yangtse area
of Tawang in Arunachal
Pradesh were effectively
pushed back by the Indian
soldiers after a skirmish in
which a few soldiers suffered
injuries but that won’t deter
the Chinese from attempting
another transgression either
in Ladakh or in Tawang.
Union Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh’s statement in
Parliament that the “Indian
Army bravely prevented the
PLA from transgressing into
our territory and compelled
them to return to their posts”
did not satisfy Oppn which
insisted on a discussion on
repeated Chinese aggression.
The govt did not accede to the
demand leading to a walkout
by the Opposition. The de-
mand was also made after a
more violent clash in Galwan
Valley in 2020 in which many
soldiers were killed.
The disengagement hap-
pened after several rounds of
talks between the army com-
manders of both sides but
Chinese build-up in Ladakh
remains a worrying factor.
Even in Yangtse area there is
nothing new about Chinese
transgression. In 2021 Chi-
nese launched an aggression
with sizable number of troops
which too was repulsed.
The status quo along LAC
is not a very comforting idea
because of China’s attempts
to open new flashpoints along
LAC whether in the east or in
Ladakh. It is this unpredict-
ability of PLA that has made
Oppn seek clarification from
the govt on the actual situa-
tion along the border which
the Chinese say is stable.
DANGEROUS MOVE
ALONG THE LAC
Rajnath’s statement in
Parl that “Indian Army
bravely prevented the
PLA from transgressing
into our territory,
compelled them to return to
their posts” did not satisfy
Oppn which insisted on a
discussion on repeated
Chinese aggression
C
he 2022 FIFA World Cup has
certainly attracted plenty of
negative press, with scandal
frombiddingprocessthrough
to the tournament itself. Yet
out of this negativity, one
positive storyline has arisen.
With victories over two re-
cent European champions –
Spain and Portugal – Moroc-
co have become the first Afri-
can nation to reach the last
four of the World Cup.
MAPPING A PATH TO
THE FINAL
Could the location of the tour-
nament itself partially ex-
plaintheMoroccans’surprise
progress?WhenanAsianside
– South Korea in 2002 - simi-
larly broke the duopoly of
Europe and the Americas, it
was on home soil.
An African squad would
have made it to the semifi-
nals 12 years ago in the first
World Cup to be hosted on
that continent, if not for one
of the most infamously un-
sporting acts in the game’s
history, at the hands (literal-
ly) of Uruguay’s Luis Suarez.
Now the World Cup is
played in the Arab world for
the first time and, perhaps
not coincidentally
, we are see-
ing a nation from the region
reach unprecedented heights.
GEOGRAPHY COULD
MATTER MORE THAN
WE THINK
In 21 previous tournaments,
only three teams have lifted
the trophy without being ei-
ther hosts or a prior cham-
pion. One of those – West
Germany in 1954 – did so in a
neighbouring country. Be-
fore 2010, no European na-
tion had won the tournament
outside Europe and only one
non-European nation had
won on the continent.
This trend is also seen in
continental competitions.
The European Champion-
ships’ two biggest shocks
were Denmark’s 1992 success
after initially failing to qual-
ify, and the 2004 champion-
ship of rank outsiders
Greece. The Danes’ victory
came in another Scandina-
vian nation, and the Greek
success was in another Medi-
terranean country
.
Of course, none of this is
directly causal. The Moroc-
cans have certainly not
reached this lofty stage be-
cause the tournament is in a
fellow Arab country. As a
low-scoring, complex team
game, football is one of the
hardest sports to predict and
every little advantage, even
as small as being in a compa-
rable climate, could tip the
balance of a game one way or
another.
PARALLELS WITH
OTHER NATIONS
When looking at historical
data, the clearest predictor
of whichsidesmaybeprimed
to perform better than ever
before is their latitude rela-
tive to the tournament host.
For example, Paraguay’s best
run was in South Africa in
2010, at similar latitude, rath-
er than in geographically
closer South American na-
tions further south.
Of the 39 nations to reach
the tournament at least six
times, 23 of those have never
bettered their performance
at the tournament closest to
their home latitude. Almost
three-quarters of sides’ best
tournaments involved travel
less than 10 degrees either
north or south.
THE “WORLD” GAME?
Even with its huge global ap-
peal, football has been his-
torically slanted towards Eu-
rope and the Americas,
which may have stifled pro-
gress of the game in other
regions.
Despite its numerous on-
going flaws, the administra-
tion has come a long way
since the absurd situation in
1958 when the one place des-
ignated for a team from the
Asian and African regions
was taken by Wales.
Morocco’s fairytale run
should certainly be seen as a
huge positive for the game in
North Africa, in particular.
There do remain numerous
“blind spots” in where tour-
naments have been held.
Rio de Janeiro, where the
1950 and 2010 finals were
held, lies within one degree
of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Amazingly, if you travel
north from there, you will
only find one World Cup final
venue (Mexico City) south of
Doha.
A SPORTING CHANCE
Criticisms of the process and
politics underlying the 2022
World Cup cannot be over-
looked, but the decision to
broaden the geographic foot-
print of host nations can at
least be seen as a positive
step towards a more reason-
able distribution of sporting
advantage.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
MISHA KETCHELL
The writer is Editor,
The Conversation Australia
No on-field results will (nor
should) lessen the valid
criticisms surrounding this
tournament, but it would
be a shame for the historic
achievement for African
football to be overlooked.
We can’t definitively know
how much of a role
geographic proximity
played in the Moroccan
story, but the case for
breaking European and
American hegemony over
the game is surely
established beyond doubt
2022 FIFA WC HAS
CERTAINLY
ATTRACTED PLENTY
OF NEGATIVE PRESS,
WITH SCANDAL FROM
BIDDING PROCESS
THROUGH TO THE
TOURNAMENT ITSELF.
YET OUT OF THIS
NEGATIVITY, ONE
POSITIVE STORYLINE
HAS ARISEN
ARE THE FIRST-
EVER AFRICAN
SEMIFINALISTS OF
THE WORLD CUP
MOROCCO

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COURTYARD
in the
in the
ARTICLE 370: APEX
COURT TO CONSIDER
LISTING PLEAS
Court on Wednesday said
it would consider listing
for hearing a batch of
petitions challenging the
abrogation of Article 370
and bifurcation of the
erstwhile state of Jammu
and Kashmir into two
Union Territories. “We
will examine and give a
date,” said Chief Justice
DY Chandrachud and
Justice PS Narasimha
as one of the petitioners
in the case sought early
listing of the matter. Vari-
ous petitions are pending
before the top court chal-
lenging the validity of the
law scrapping Article 370
of the constitution.
APEX COURT WARNS
ODISHA LAWYERS
AGAINST STRIKE
Court has warned it will
come down “very hard”
on those who vandalised
courts and disrupted
proceedings in of Odisha,
including members of
the bar, and admonished
state police for their
“utter failure” to control
situation. It observed the
demand for establishing
a permanent bench of the
high court Odisha seems
to have become a “pres-
tige issue”, while noting
there was no justification
for having another bench
of the high court in view
of the widespread use of
technology.
ULB POLLS: UP
TOLD NOT TO ISSUE
NOTIFICATION TILL 20
Lucknow: The Allahabad
High Court on Wednesday
extended till December 20
its order restraining the
Uttar Pradesh State Elec-
tion Commission from
issuing a notification to
conduct urban local body
elections in the state.
The Lucknow bench of
the court was hearing a
petition alleging that the
reservation process for
the OBC (Other Backward
Classes) was not followed
for the urban local bodies
by the state government.
On Wednesday, the state
government sought
three day’s time to file a
counter affidavit.
PMlaunchescentenarycelebrationsofPramukhSwamiMaharaj
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday
launched centenary cel-
ebrations of Swami-
narayan sect leader late
Pramukh Swami Maha-
raj in the inaugural
function of birth cente-
nary celebrations of
Swami Maharaj in
Ahmedabad.
The Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) said that
Pramukh Swami Maha-
raj was a guide and
guru who touched
countless lives across
India and the world.
“He was widely re-
spected and admired as
a great spiritual leader.
His life was dedicated to
the service of spiritual-
ity and humanity. As
the leader of BAPS
Swaminarayan San-
stha, he inspired count-
less cultural, social and
spiritual initiatives,
providing comfort and
care to millions,” the
PMO statement added.
In his birth cente-
nary
, people from across
the world are celebrat-
ing his life and work.
The yearlong world-
wide celebrations will
culminate in the ‘Pra-
mukh Swami Maharaj
ShatabdiMahotsav’that
will be hosted by BAPS
Swaminarayan Mandir,
Shahibaug, which is the
worldwide headquar-
ters of BAPS Swami-
narayan Sanstha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of month-long Pramukh Swami Maharaj centenary
celebrations, at a ground on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
4 Meghalaya MLAs join BJP as
party seeks North-East boost
New Delhi (PTI): Four
Meghalaya MLAs, in-
cluding two from the
state’s ruling National
People’sParty
,joinedthe
BJP on Wednesday as
the party looks to ex-
panditsfootprintsinthe
north-eastern region
ahead of assembly polls.
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma, who is
the party’s pointsman
for the region, said the
joining of the four “ex-
perienced and respect-
ed” political figures will
mark a “new begin-
ning” for the BJP in the
state, where it could
win only two seats in
the 60 member-assem-
bly in the 2018 polls.
Though the state’s
ruling NPP has been a
member of BJP-led Na-
tional Democratic Par-
ty, their relations have
been far from smooth.
MLAs Bendict Marak, Himalya Muktan, Ferlinc A Sangma and Samuel
Sangma join BJP in presence of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Nitish Kumar blames BJP
for hooch tragedy in Bihar
First India Bureau
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
on Wednesday blamed
the opposition Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
for the loss of lives in
the state due to con-
sumption of liquor.
Losing his cool while
speaking in the Assem-
bly
, the Janata Dal-Unit-
ed leader said: “You
(BJP MLAs) are respon-
sible for the hooch trag-
edies in Bihar. We all
know that you are doing
the dirty work. I parted
ways with you… and it
was my good decision.
Youaretalkinginfavour
of liquor in Bihar. It
would not be tolerated.”
A ruckus was wit-
nessed in the Assembly
on Wednesday over the
loss of lives in Saran
due to consumption of
spurious liquor.
The death toll has
risen to 17 on Wednes-
day. Five of them died
on Tuesday night and 12
others passed away at a
hospital on Wednesday
.
The condition of five
others are said to be crit-
ical. The incident was
reported from Mashra-
kh and Isuapur village.
CM Nitish Kumar screams at BJP MLAs during the State Assembly session when Leader of Opposition
Vijay Sinha questions state govt’s liquor ban in wake of deaths that happened due to spurious liquor.
You are talking
in favour of liquor
in Bihar: Bihar Chief
Minister to BJP MLAs
Nitish Kumar
told his former
alliance partner that it
would not be tolerated
SHARABI HO TUM: NITISH
KUMAR SCREAMS AT BJP MLAs
Saran: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on
Wednesday lost his cool in the state
assembly when leaders of the Opposition
BJP attacked his govt
over several deaths due to
sp urious liquor in Saran
district’s Chhapra area.
As Leader of Opposition
Vijay Kumar Sinha ques-
tioned the state’s liquor
ban policy since 2016.
Nitish Kumar lost his temper in the House
and screamed at the BJP MLAs ‘’Sharabi
ho gaye ho tum...(you are drunk)”.
HIS TIME IS OVER: SUSHIL MODI
OVER CM’S “SHARABI” COMMENT
New Delhi: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil
Kumar Modi reacted strongly at Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘sharabi’ statement
made in the Bihar As-
sembly today. “The tenure
of Nitish Kumar is over. He
has lost his memory. He
calls Prashant Kishor and
BJP MLAs as ‘tu’, ‘tum’. It
happened earlier as well.
He loses his temper very
often now. But his disposition was not like
this before,” said the former Deputy Chief
Minister of Bihar to ANI.
‘GOVT WILL TAKE STRICT
ACTION AGAINST ACCUSED’
Patna: Bihar excise Minister Sunil Kumar
on Wednesday “confirmed” six people
have died after allegedly consuming
spurious liquor in the
Chhapra area of Bihar’s
Saran district. Bihar
minister “vowed’ that
govt would take “strict
action” against culprits
responsible for deaths.
“Process of filling an
FIR is underway. I have spoken over the
phone with SP. He confirmed the death of
six people so far.
BIHAR CM SHOULD RECONSIDER
PROHIBITION POLICY: GIRIRAJ
New Delhi: Bihar BJP leaders, including
Union minister Giriraj Singh, on Wednes-
day asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
to reconsider prohibition
policy in the state, claim-
ing that it has failed with
illegal sale of spurious
liquor causing frequent
deaths and rise in crimes
linked to it. Singh told
reporters outside Parlia-
ment that Kumar should convene an
all-party meeting on the issue and take a
decision accordingly.
Congress is worried about
Amethi and Rae Bareli
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: The two
traditional Lok Sabha
seats of Gandhis - Am-
ethi and Rae Bareli - are
a majro cause of worry
for the grandold party
and the party’s first
family - Gandhi family.
These seats have been
held by the family for
decades but in the last
election BJP’s Smriti
Irani defeated Rahul
Gandhi in Amethi seat.
Rahul’s team had an
idea of this in advance,
so he contested from the
Wayanad seat in Kerala,
from where he is now an
MP. Therefore, now the
big question is whether
Rahul Gandhi will con-
test from Amethi this
time or not? If he fights,
will he fight from only
one seat or will we fight
from both Amethi and
Wayanad seats?
Keep in mind that no
member of the Nehru-
Gandhi family has lost
two consecutive elec-
tions. Indira Gandhi was
also defeated from Rae
Bareli, then won from
Chikmagalur in the by-
election and did not lose
again after that. Sonia
Gandhi has not lost any
election. Rahul has also
beencontestingelections
since 2004 and lost from
Amethi for the first time
in2019.Sothefamilycan-
not take the risk that he
contests rom Amethi
again and loses. The cur-
rent situation in Uttar
Pradesh is not very good
for the Congress. The
BJPisridingonthewave
of HindutvaandtheCon-
gress and the first family
have also left both the re-
gions. On the other hand
BJP and Smriti Irani are
active in both the areas.
As far as Rae Bareli is
concerned, it is almost
certain that Sonia Gan-
dhi will not contest the
elections this time. Her
health is also not good
andafterleavingthepost
of Congress President,
sheisalmostinastateof
retirement. Even if she
hastobecomeanMP
,she
will go to Rajya Sabha
like Sharad Pawar. That
is why it is believed that
this time Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra can contest
from Sonia’s seat. Con-
gress is still confident
about that seat but the
partyisnottooconfident
about Amethi.
It is certain that BJP
will try to make a big
fight on both these seats.
Evenif PriyankaandRa-
hul contest poll or only
Priyanka contests, the
party will try to corner
her and some renowned
andaggressivecandidate
willbefieldedsothatPri-
yanka can be surround-
ed in her own area.
Sonia Gandhi with party leader Rahul Gandhi takes part in the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Mandya. —FILE PHOTO
RAHUL GANDHI WILL CONTEST 2024 LS
POLL FROM AMETHI, CLAIMS AJAY RAI
Amethi: Rahul Gandhi would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections again from Amethi with which the Nehru-Gan-
dhi family has old ties, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader
Ajay Rai claimed on Wednesday. Rai, the regional head of
the party in UP, also said that it is his appeal to the people
of Amethi to send Rahul Gandhi to Delhi by electing him
as an MP again with a huge margin. “The Gandhi-Nehru
family has old relations with Amethi...no one can weaken
it. Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi in 2024,” Rai
told reporters here. There has been no word from the
party so far on the former Congress president fighting
the next parliamentary elections again from Amethi. Ra-
hul Gandhi, who had won the Amethi parliamentary seat
for three times in a row, was defeated by BJP leader and
Union minister Smriti Irani in 2019 elections.
SUKHU’S ELEVATION A SIGN OF
CHANGING TIMES IN CONGRESS?
Mahesh Sharma
Shimla: Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu becoming
the Chief Minister in
Himachal Pradesh is a
big deal for the Con-
gress in many respects.
He is the first such lead-
er who was made the
state president by Rahul
Gandhi and has now be-
come the Chief Minis-
ter. Keep in mind that
when the Congress par-
ty was in power at the
center, Rahul Gandhi
promoted many leaders.
He made many young
leaders ministers in the
center. But barring a
few exceptions, all the
youths were sons of one
or the other prominent
leader. Many of them
conducted major fraud
with Rahul and Con-
gress. Rahul also made
many young leaders as
state presidents, but
many of them also
cheated. However, no
member of his youth
team had yet become
the chief minister.
Sukhuisthefirstlead-
er who was made the
President of Himachal
Pradesh by Rahul Gan-
dhi despite opposition
from the old leaders of
the party and now he
has become the Chief
Minister. Rahul had giv-
en Sukhu a go-ahead de-
spite opposition from
the then Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh. Was
made the president in
2013. Also worth noting
is the fact that Sukhu
does not come from a po-
litical family
. He is the
son of a simple bus driv-
er. Barring two or three
exceptions, Rahul has
always promoted and
been cheated by mem-
bers of big political fam-
ilies. So, now there is a
new beginning. Instead
of people coming from
well-known political dy-
nasties and rich fami-
lies,peoplefromhumble
background have start-
ed going to higher posi-
tions in Congress and
this can be a good sign
for Congress.
Himachal Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administers the
oath of office to Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as the CM. —FILE PHOTO
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin’s
son Udhayanidhi sworn
in as Cabinet Minister
Chennai (ANI): Tamil
Nadu CM MK Stalin’s
son Udhayanidhi Stalin
was on Wednesday
sworn in as a cabinet
minister in the state.
Udhayanidhi was ad-
ministered the oath by
Governor RN Ravi at
Durbar Hall in Raj
Bhavan. Udhayanidhi
took oath in presence of
CM Stalin. He has been
given the Youth Welfare
andSportsDevelopment
Portfolio. After taking
charge,Udayanidhipaid
respectstoformerTamil
Nadu CM the Late CN
Annadurai. “I thanked
and congratulated the
ever-leading Hon’ble
Chief Minister @mksta-
lin for giving me the op-
portunity to participate
in the Dravidian model
govt cabinet that imple-
ments social justice pro-
grams and protects the
welfare of Tamils,”
tweeted Udhayanidhi.
TN Guv RN Ravi with TN Chief
Minister MK Stalin presents a
bouquet to Udhayanidhi Stalin.
AGNIPATH: HC ASKS
CENTRE TO JUSTIFY
DIFFERENT PAY
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Wednes-
day asked the Centre to
justify different pay scale
of ‘Agniveers’ and regu-
lar sepoys in the Indian
Army if their job profile
is same. As the counsel
for the central govern-
ment responded that
‘Agniveer’ is a different
cadre from the regular
cadre of armed forces,
the court said, “different
cadre does not answer
job profile, the question
is work and responsibil-
ity. If the job profile is
same, then how you
justify different pay?”

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): Re-
plying to a written ques-
tion in the Lok Sabha
Union Minister Jiten-
dra Singh on Wednes-
day said that ISRO has
taken initiatives for fea-
sibility studies on mis-
sions to Venus.
“Union Minister of
State Science Technol-
ogy; Earth Sciences;
Atomic Energy and
Space,DrJitendraSingh
on Wednesday informed
that ISRO has taken
initiatives for feasibil-
ity studies on mis-
sions to Venus as
well as Aeronomy
studies,” read an
officialstatement
by the Union De-
partment of
Space. The term
a e r o n o m y,
coined and introduced
about60yearsago,refers
to the scientific study of
the upper atmospheric
regions of the Earth and
other solar system bod-
ies. It covers the chemis-
try
,dynamicsandenergy
balance of both neutral
and charged particles.
“Both these missions
are being conceptual-
ized and the scientific
scopes are being deliber-
atednationallywithpar-
ticipation of science
community
,”saidSingh.
Earlier on Tuesday,
Union Agricultural
minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar and MoS Dr
Jitendra Singh for-
mally released
the data prod-
ucts and ser-
vices of RI-
SAT-1A sat-
ellite for the
user com-
munity, as
per an of-
ficial press
release.
New Delhi (ANI):
Ahead o f the beginning
of the day’s proceedings
inParliament,Leaderof
OppositioninRajyaSab-
ha Mallikarjun
Kharge on Wednesday
convenedameetingwith
leaders of opposition
partiestodiscusstheDe-
cember 9 faceoff be-
tween Indian and Chi-
nese troops along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in Arunachal.
On Tuesday, both
Houses were rocked by
the issue with the Op-
position staging a walk-
out after Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh made
a statement in Lok Sab-
ha and Rajya Sabha on
the Tawang clash. “A
total of 17 parties at-
tended today’s meeting
and decided to raise the
issue for discussion if
not allowed it has been
decided that parties
will walk out from the
house,” a leader said.
Hyderabad: The Tel-
angana Congress has
given a call to protest
the arrest of several of
its leaders over alleged
derogatory posts
against Telangana CM
K Chandrasekhar Rao
and the ruling state
government. As per po-
lice, Hyderabad Cyber
Crime Department con-
ducted searches at the
office of Sunil Kanu-
golu, who is working
for Congress as a politi-
cal strategist in Telan-
gana. The Cyber Crime
police said that it had
on Tuesday night con-
ducted a raid on the
party’s war room and
seized several comput-
ers. “We have regis-
tered five FIRs based on
five different com-
plaints for allegedly
making derogatory re-
marks on social media
against the opposition
party,” said KVM Pras-
ad, (Cyber Crime ACP).
New Delhi (ANI):
Congress MP has
given the notice to
move an adjournment
motion in the Lok Sab-
ha today
, to discuss the
police raids at the war
room of party poll
strategist Sunil Kanu-
goluinHyderabad.The
Telangana Congress
also gave a call to pro-
test against the arrest
of itsseveralleadersby
the Telangana police.
Police conducted raids
on Tuesday nighwt at
Congress Poll Strate-
gist Sunil Kanugolu.
Police also arrested
five persons by raiding
the Congress’ war
room in Jubilee Hills
on Tuesday night. The
Cyber Crime police
raided the Congress
War room on Tuesday
night and seized com-
puters. A call has been
giventoprotestagainst
the house arrest of the
Congress leaders.
CBI has booked three
Jalgaon-based jewel-
lery companies for al-
leged loan fraud of over
Rs 352 crore in the State
Bank of India, officials
said on Wednesday
.
In three separate
FIRs,theCBIhasnamed
Rajmal Lakhichand
Jewellers Pvt Ltd, RL
Gold Pvt Ltd, and Man-
raj Jewellers Pvt Ltd,
and their promoters-di-
rectors-guarantors —
Ishwarlal Shankarlal
Jain Lalwani, Manish
Ishwarlal Jain Lalwani,
Pushadevi Ishwarlal
Jain Lalwani and Nee-
tika Manish Jain Lal-
wani — as accused.
According to the SBI
complaint to the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI), Rajmal
Lakhichand Jewellers
caused a loss of Rs
206.73 crore, RL Gold Rs
69.19 crore loss and
Manraj Jewellers Rs
76.57 crore to the bank.
The three companies
allegedly transacted
business with their as-
sociate firm Rajmal
Lakhichand, the largest
debtor among the four
companies. They also
involved three named
in the FIRs — Rajmal
Lakhichand Jewellers
Pvt Ltd, RL Gold Pvt
Ltd, and Manraj Jewel-
lers Pvt Ltd.
The purchase and
sale of all four compa-
nies were primarily
routed through Rajmal
Lakhichand, the SBI
has alleged.
The accounts of the
FIR-named companies
show payments made to
Rajmal Lakhichand for
purchases, but they
said that receivables for
products sold to it are
shown as outstanding.
1 HELD WITH 30 KG
‘MALANA CREAM’
WORTH `18 CRORE
New Delhi (Agencies):
Delhi Police’s Special
Cell has arrested a drug
trafficker and seized 30 kg
malana cream, also known
as ‘hashish’, valued Rs 18
crore from his possession
in Alipur in the national
capital. The accused was
identified as Rajesh Kumar,
30, a resident of Khanna
Khurd near Ludhiana in
Punjab. With the arrest
of the drug trafficker, the
Delhi Police’s Special Cell
on Wednesday claimed to
have unearthed an inter-
state syndicate involved in
smuggling drugs in Delhi
and its peripherals.
FREAK ACCIDENT:
KERALA MAN DIES
AFTER COCONUT HIT
Thiruvananthapuram: A
man in Kerala’s Kozhikode
died on Wednesday after
being hit on the head by
a coconut falling from a
roadside tree. The victim
Muneer, 49, worked in
Saudi Arabia, but had
come home to attend
to his father who was
unwell and admitted to a
hospital. On Tuesday after
being with his ailing father,
Muneer was driving back
home on his two-wheel-
er when the incident
occurred. Even though he
was taken to a hospital
quickly, he breathed his
last early on Wednesday.
MINOR GANG-RAPED IN KARNATAKA DIST, 4
ARRESTED INCLUDING AN UNDERAGE
Hassan (Agencies): Four persons, including a minor, have
been arrested for gang-raping a minor girl in Karnataka’s
Hassan district, police said on Wednesday. Charges under
the Pocso, IPC and prevention of atrocity act have been
slapped on the accused, identified as Sudarshan, Swagath,
Papanna and a minor boy. According to police, the incident
had taken place in a village under the Sakaleshpur Rural
police station limits. The accused had lured the 13-year-old
girl to an isolated place and raped her. After the crime, the
accused had threatened the girl not to say anything and
behaved in the village as if nothing had happened.
CRUCIAL READ
SPECIAL TASK FORCE OF ODISHA’S CRIME
BRANCH ARRESTS ONE WITH TIGER SKIN
Bhubaneswar (Agencies): The special task force (STF) of
Odisha crime branch on Wednesday seized one tiger skin
and arrested one person in this connection, an official said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of STF conducted a raid with
the help of forest officials of Baripada forest division early
morning near Belpal Chhak under Udala police station in
Mayurbhanj district. The officials seized a Royal Bengal
tiger skin and arrested a wildlife criminal Debasish Patra
alias Sibu, of Musakhai village of Mayurbhanj district. In
this connection, the STF has registered a case under rele-
vant sections of IPC and Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to get ticket to Final
Al Daayen (ANI): Ju-
lian Alvarez’s brace
and Lionel Messi’s goal
help Argentina beat
Croatia 3-0 here at Lu-
sail Stadium to enter
the final of the FIFA
World Cup 2022.
Midfielder Leandro
Paredes and defender
Nicolas Tagliafico were
brought into Argenti-
na’s starting line-up.
Croatia started off ag-
gressively getting a cor-
ner in the 16th minute
where Dejan Lovren’s
header from a difficult
angle on the left was too
high with the help of
Josip Juranovic’s cross.
Lionel Scaloni’s men
made their first aggres-
sive move in the 25th
minute when Enzo Fer-
nandez’s right footed
shot from outside the
box was saved in the
bottom right corner
coming from the assist
of Alexis Mac Allister.
In the 32nd minute,
Dominik Livakovic of
Croatia conceded a pen-
alty corner. Livakovic
and Kovacic both got
yellow cards and in the
34th minute Messi con-
verted it to give Argen-
tina a 1-0 lead
This appearance was
Lionel Messi’s 25th
equalling Lothar Mat-
thaus’ record in FIFA
World Cup.
In the 39th minute,
the Argentines doubled
their lead as Julian
Alvarez scored a goal to
give his side a 2-0 lead.
Argentine scored al-
most for the third time
when Messi’s cross
helped Alexis Mac Al-
lister take a header
from the left side of the
six-yard box to save in
the centre of the goal.
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
Argentina’s Julián Álvarez in action during the match against
Croatia in semi-final of FIFA World Cup, in Lusail on Wednesday.
During the match, Argentina had
only 39 per cent of possession while
2018 champions Croatia had 61 per
Jio 5G services launched in
MP from Mahakaal temple
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Jio on
Wednesday started its
5G services in Madhya
Pradesh by dedicating
the high-speed services
from the holy shrine of
Mahakaleshwar Jyotir-
linga and Shri Ma-
hakaal Mahalok. MP
CM Shivraj Singh Chou-
han launched the high-
speed telecom services
at an event, a statement
by Jio said. After the
launch, Jio demonstrat-
ed the immersive bene-
fits of 5G in the field of
healthcare, through Jio
Community Clinic med-
ical kit, and the revolu-
tionary AR-VR device,
Jio Glass, the statement
said. These benefits will
bring transformational
changes in the lives of
the people in Madhya
Pradesh, it said.
Jewelleryfirmsbookedfor`352crfraud
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
‘Feasibility studies on for Venus missions’
Science Technology, Earth Sciences, Space MoS Jitendra Singh tells Lok Sabha that ISRO took initiatives, studies in this regard
Opposition leaders meet in Kharge’s
chambers before start of day’s Session
T’gana Cong calls for protest after cops
raidpollstrategist’sofficeinHyderabad
CongMPmovesadjournmentmotion
todiscussraidsatKanugolu’soffice
NIA has registered 497
cases till Dec 2: MoS Rai
New Delhi (Agencies):
MoS (Home Affairs)
Nityanand Rai on
Wednesday told the
Rajya Sabha that the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) has reg-
istered a total of 497
cases till December 2
this year, including the
Coimbatore blast. He
said that an increase
in the cases had been
recorded in the recent
years. Rai in a written
reply said that from
2019 to 2022, judge-
ment in 67 NIA cases
was pronounced by
the court, of which 65
resulted in conviction
and 2 in acquittal. Cit-
ing reasons for the rise
in cases, Rai said: “The
reason for the increase
in cases over the years
is due to enhanced ca-
pacity of NIA with the
establishment of new
branch offices, expan-
sion of its mandate in
2019 by the inclusion
of certain offences
related to human traf-
ficking, manufacture
or sale of prohibited
arms, cyber-terrorism
and the Explosive
Substances Act, 1908
in the schedule of
National Investigation
Agency Act, 2008.”
20 NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO BE COMMISSIONED IN
COUNTRY BY 2031: MoS JITENDRA SINGH’S WRITTEN REPLY
New Delhi (PTI): India
plans to commission
20 nuclear power plants
by 2031, adding nearly
15,000 MW in power
generating capacity, the
government told the Lok
Sabha on Wednesday. The
first of these 20 nuclear
power plants, a 700 MW
unit, is expected to be
commissioned in 2023 at
Kakrapar in Gujarat, which
already has three atomic
power generating units
operational. According to a
written reply by MoS in the
PMO Jitendra Singh, the
500 MW Prototype Fast
Breeder Reactor at Kalpa-
kkam is likely to be opera-
tional in 2024, followed
by two 1,000 MW units at
Kudankulam in 2025. Two
700 MW units at Rawatb-
hata in Rajasthan are likely
to be completed by 2026,
while another two 1,000
MW units are likely to be
completed at Kudankulam
by 2027, he said. Two 700
MW units are expected to
be completed at Gorakhpur
in Haryana by 2029, the
minister said listing out
details of projects under
consideration. In addition,
government had accorded
administrative approvals
and financial sanctions for
building 10 atomic power
units of 700 MW each at
Gorakhpur, Haryana (units
34), Kaiga, Karnataka
(units 56), Chutka, Mad-
hya Pradesh (units 12)
and four units at Mahi
Banswara in Rajasthan.
NO FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
‘BHARAT RATNA’ NECESSARY: RAI
New Delhi (ANI): MoS
Nityanand Rai told Lok
Sabha that the decisions
regarding Bharat Ratna
award are taken from
time to time and no for-
mal recommendations
for this Award are neces-
sary. He was replying to
the query of BJP leader
Bhagirath Choudhary
who had asked if there is
a set criterion for confer-
ring ‘Bharat Ratna’, the
date on which ‘Bharat
Ratna’ award was
started and whether the
govt proposes to confer
the award on various
brave freedom fighters.
“Bharat Ratna, the
country’s highest civilian
Award was instituted
on January 2, 1954. All
persons without distinc-
tion of race, occupation,
position or sex are
eligible for this Award. It
is awarded in recognition
of exceptional service/
performance of the high-
est order in any field of
human endeavour. The
decisions regarding the
award of Bharat Ratna
are taken from time to
time. No formal recom-
mendations for this
Award are necessary,”
MoS Rai answered.

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: India’s edible
oil imports rose 34% in
Nov to 15.29 lakh tonne
on sharp jump in import
of crude palm and refined
palm oils, according to
industry body SEA. As
per the data, imports of
vegetable oils rose 32%
in November 2022 to
15,45,540 tonne. Out of
total vegetable oil im-
ports, SEA said ship-
ments of edible oils in-
creased to 15,28,760
tonne in November this
year. Import of non-edible
oils fell 52% in Nov 2022
to 16,780 tonne. —PTI
EDIBLE OILS IMPORT
UP 34% TO 15.29
LAKH TONNE IN NOV
New Delhi: State-run
power giant NTPC will
raise `500 crore through
the issuance of non-con-
vertible debentures on a
private placement on Fri-
day. “NTPC has decided
to issue unsecured non-
convertible debentures of
`500 crore on December
16, 2022, through private
placement at a coupon of
7.44% per annum with a
door to door maturity of
10 years 3 months 30
days on April 15, 2033,” a
BSE filing stated. The
proceeds will be utilized
for, inter alia, funding of
capital expenditure, refi-
nancing of existing loans
and other general corpo-
rate purposes. —PTI
POWER GIANT NTPC
TO RAISE `500
CRORE VIA NCDs
New Delhi: Mahindra
Mahindra Ltd on Wednes-
day said it will invest
`10,000 crore in the next
7-8 years in the manufac-
turing and development
of electric vehicles at
Pune, Maharashtra. “The
company, through its
subsidiary, will make in-
vestments of approxi-
mately `10,000 crore
over a period of 7-8 years
for setting up the manu-
facturing facility, develop-
ment, and production of
Mahindra’s upcoming
BEVs,” it added. —PTI
MM TO INVEST
`10,000 CR ON EVs
IN NEXT 7-8 YEARS
Lucknow: Telecom opera-
tor Bharti Airtel on
Wednesday announced
the launch of its cutting-
edge 5G services here.
Airtel 5G Plus services
will be available to cus-
tomers in a phased man-
ner as the company con-
tinues to construct its
network and complete the
rollout. Customers with
5G-enabled devices will
enjoy a high-speed Airtel
5G Plus network at no ex-
tra cost until the rollout is
more widespread, accord-
ing to a press statement.
—PTI
AIRTEL LAUNCHES
5G SERVICES IN
LUCKNOW
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 54,913.00 318.00 0.57 (Per 10g)
SILVER 69,176.00 682.00 0.98 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.45 0.15 0.18
GBPINR 102.19 0.55 0.55
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
Govt to further bring down inflation: FM
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sitharaman
on Wednesday assured the
Lok Sabha that the govern-
ment will take measures to
further ease inflation,
which has dipped below the
RBI’s upper tolerance level
of 6%.
Retail inflation has mod-
erated to an 11-month low
of 5.8% in November from
6.77% in the previous
month.“Wewillbringdown
further for the sake of com-
mon people,” she said.
The government is con-
stantly watching the price
situation of essential com-
modities, she said.
The finance minister
made it clear that there is
no fear of stagflation as In-
dia is one of the fastest-
growing economies with
low inflation levels.
With regard to fiscal
deficit, the finance minis-
ter said the government
would be able to meet the
fiscal deficit target of 6.4%
of the GDP for the current
financial year.
The government is com-
mitted to the path of fiscal
consolidation, she added.
On non-performing as-
sets (NPAs), Sitharaman
said it has come down dras-
tically to 7.28% at the end
of March 2022 due to vari-
ous measures taken by the
Modi government.
With regard to the de-
clining value of the rupee
against the US dollar, she
said, the domestic unit is
appreciating against all
other currencies, and the
fall against the greenback
is lower as compared to
other currencies.
Quoting the World Bank
report, she said India’s fo-
rex reserves is one of the
highest in the world and
this provide a cushion
against global spillover.
Later, the House passed
Supplementary Demands
for Grants, authorising the
government to spend
additional `3.25 lakh crore
in FY23.
NO FEAR
OF STAGFLATION
z FM made it clear that there is
no fear of stagflation as India
is one of the fastest-growing
eco with low inflation levels
z She said the government
would be able to meet the
fiscal deficit target of 6.4%
of the GDP for the current
financial year
November WPI inflation hits
21-month low of 5.85 per cent
wholesale price-based in-
flation fell to a 21-month
low of 5.85% in November
as prices of food, fuel
and manufactured items
softened.
The WPI (wholesale
price index) based inflation
has been on a declining
trend since May and came
down to single digit in Oc-
tober at 8.39%.
Experts said a high base
of last year and some eas-
ing in food prices also
worked in favour of the No-
vember 2022 wholesale
price index coming in at its
lowest level since February
2021 when it was 4.83%.
“Decline in the rate of
inflation in November 2022
is primarily contributed by
fall in prices of food arti-
cles, basic metals, textiles,
chemicals chemical
products and paper pa-
per products as compared
to the corresponding
month of the previous
year,” the commerce and
industry ministry said on
Wednesday
.
Inflation in food articles
in November was 1.07%
against 8.33% in the previ-
ous month.
Inflation in vegetables
was (-)20.08% during the
month compared to 17.61%
in October.
As per WPI data, in the
‘fuel and power’ basket, in-
flation was 17.35%.
Mumbai (PTI): Falling ex-
ports and high crude prices
are set to push up current
account deficit (CAD) in
the second quarter to a
37-quarter high of 4.4% of
GDP at $36 billion as
against $9.7 billion or 1.3%
in the year-ago period, esti-
mates a report.
As a percentage of GDP,
the previous high was in
the first quarter of 2013-14
when CAD had scaled to
4.7%, but in absolute terms
the previous high was in
the third quarter of 2012-
13 when it touched $31.8
billion.
Global headwinds facing
merchandise exports had
the shipments contracting
by close to 20% in October
2022 and the agency expects
merchandise exports to
slip to an eight-quarter low
of $88.2 billion in Q3FY23.
CAD may jump to
a 37-quarter high
in second quarter
Mkts settle higher for
2nd consecutive day
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices Sensex and
Nifty ended with gains on
Wednesday, extending the
previous day rally amid
lower level of inflation on
domestic front and better-
than-expected inflation
readings from the US.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 144.61 points or
0.23% to settle at 62,677.91.
The broader NSE Nifty ad-
vanced 52.30 points or
0.28% to end at 18,660.30.
From the Sensex pack,
Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel,
NTPC, IndusInd Bank, SBI,
Power Grid, HCL Technol-
ogies, Tata Consultancy
Services and Larsen Tou-
bro were the major win-
ners. Nestle, Bharti Airtel,
ICICI Bank, Asian Paints,
Hindustan Unilever and
UltraTech Cement were
among the laggards.
` RISES 15 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 82.45
AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
gained 15 paise to settle at
82.45 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Wednes-
day, as a positive trend
in domestic equities and
easing inflationary pres-
sures strengthened investor
sentiment. At the interbank
forex market, the local unit
opened flat at 82.60 against
the greenback and witnessed
an intra-day high of 82.40
and a low of 82.71. It finally
ended at 82.45 against the
American currency, register-
ing a rise of 15 paise.
ADB KEEP INDIA’S
GDP GROWTH
UNCHANGED AT
SEVEN PER CENT
New Delhi (PTI): Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
has kept its outlook for In-
dia’s economic growth un-
changed at 7% for the cur-
rent fiscal year while fore-
casting a weaker-than-pre-
viously expected pace for
developing Asia.
ADB’s 7% growth projec-
tion for fiscal 2022-23 (April
2022 to March 2023), un-
changed from its Septem-
ber forecast, compares to
8.7% GDP growth in 2021-
22. For 2023-24, the GDP
growth has been kept un-
changed at 7.2%.
The Manila-based ADB
in a report on Wednesday
saw Asia expanding 4.2%
this year.
‘Success rate of startups relatively higher’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The success
rate of startups in India is
relatively higher than the
rest of the world and there
were 84,012 recognised
startups in the country at
the end of November,
Union minister Piyush
Goyal said on Wednesday
(December 14).
To boost the startup eco-
system, the government
launched the Startup India
initiative on January 16,
2016, and an action plan
was also put in place.
“Startups are prone to
failures is a very high prob-
ability. Though I must say,
the success rate of startups
in India is relatively higher
than the rest of the
world...,” the minister said.
The number of recog-
nised startups has in-
creased from 452 in 2016 to
84,012 as on November 30,
2022, the minister said.
The FFS, Startup India
Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
and CGSS extend support
to startups at various stag-
es of their business cycle.
The Startup India Seed
Fund Scheme has been ap-
proved for four years start-
ing from 2021-22 and is be-
ing implemented with a
corpus of `945 crore.
IN INDIA, SAYS PIYUSH GOYAL
LAUNCHED IN
JANUARY 2016
z According to Union Minister
Piyush Goyal to boost the
startup ecosystem, the
government launched the
Startup India initiative on
January 16, 2016, and an
action plan was also put in
place
BIDDERS CAN SHOW
INTEREST FOR IDBI
BANK TILL JANUARY 7
New Delhi: The government
on Wednesday extended the
deadline to submit preliminary
bids for the
IDBI Bank pri-
vatisation till
January 7. The
government
and LIC together are looking
to sell 60.72% of IDBI Bank
and had invited bids from
potential buyers in October.
The last date for submitting
an Expression of Interest
(EoI) or preliminary bids was
December 16. In a notice, the
Department of Investment
and Public Asset Management
(DIPAM) said the last date for
submission of EoI is January
7, 2023, instead of December
16, 2022. —PTI
COAL INDIA’S 7
PROJECTS TO BE
DEVELOPED BY MDOs
New Delhi: State-owned CIL
on Wednesday said it has
issued orders for seven coal
projects to
be developed
by mine
developer
and opera-
tors (MDOs). The objective of
engaging MDOs through open
global tenders is to augment
domestic coal production and
reduce reliance on import
to extent possible. Of these
seven projects, three belong to
CIL arm Central Coalfields Ltd
(CCL) and two to Mahanadi
Coalfields Ltd (MCL)--another
subsidiary of CIL. South East-
ern Coalfields Ltd and Eastern
Coalfield Ltd account for a
solitary project each. —PTI
GOVT ALLOWS NON-RESIDENT TAXPAYERS TO
MANUALLY FILE FORM 10F TILL MARCH 31
New Delhi: The income tax department has allowed non-resident
taxpayers not having PAN to file Form 10F manually till March 31,
2023, a move which would ease their
compliance burden and enable them to
claim lower TDS rate. The Central Board
of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had in July made
it mandatory for non-resident taxpayers
to file Form 10F electronically to claim
benefit of lower TDS. However, taxpayers
faced problems in electronic filing of the
form as the income tax portal did not allow a taxpayer who does
not have a PAN to file Form 10F. —PTI
CPAI ASKS SEBI TO PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED
TRADING IN COTTON FUTURES CONTRACTS
New Delhi: CPAI has urged capital markets regulator Sebi to
facilitate uninterrupted hedging and trading in cotton futures
contracts to market participants. This
comes after Sebi in August suspended
trading in all cotton futures contracts
on commodity exchange MCX for one
month to align the contract specifica-
tions with that of the market. Later,
MCX informed that it is in process of
modifying the cotton contract specifica-
tion and no fresh position would be permitted in cotton January
2023 contracts and the subsequent expiry contracts till such time
the revised contract specification gets finalised. The market par-
ticipants and hedgers need to roll over the position into January
2023 onwards contract. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
‘Govt saved banks from `3 lakh cr
of NPAs by clearing road projects’
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Tuesday
claimed in the Rajya Sabha
that it has saved Indian
banks from `3 lakh crore of
NPAs by helping clear
pending road projects in
the country since 2014.
Road Transport and
Highways Minister Nitin
Gadkari informed the Ra-
jya Sabha that there are 415
road projects where 95% of
work is complete but have
been categorised in the de-
layed projects category
.
He said the government
would soon carry out
state-wise monitoring
of all such pending or
delayed projects and
help clear them at the
earliest.
“There are 415 projects
where 95% of work is com-
plete and are termed as de-
layed projects. When our
government came in 2014,
there were projects worth
`3.85 lakh projects which
were shut for various rea-
sons,” he said. “We have
saved Indian bank from 3
lakh crore NPAs,” he said.
719 NH PROJECTS FACING DELAYS: GADKARI
New Delhi (PTI): As many as 719 national highway (NH) projects are
facing delays and 438 projects of these are likely to be completed in the
ongoing fiscal, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. As many as
268 projects are facing delays of less than a year, Road Transport and
Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha. Gadkari
said, “The government constantly monitors sanctioned projects and as
part of this exercise, 719 delayed National Highway projects have been
identified across various states.”

08
2NDFRONT
Put a voice to your fear- Move
those shadows to the sunlit
windows and release them.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
FOUR PILLARS OF NEW INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President
JP Nadda at the BJP’s Parliamentary Party meeting, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘Railways’expensestoohigh,no
concessionstoseniorcitizens’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Railways
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Wednes-
day said that the con-
cessions given to the
senior citizens in the
railways may not be re-
stored as of now as Rs
59,000 crore subsidy
was given for passenger
services last year and
pension and salary bills
of the public transport-
er are very high.
The minister said
that the concessions
scheme has been non-
functional since the
onset of Covid-19 pan-
demic and the railways
spent Rs 59,000 crore
subsidy for passenger
services, which is a
hefty amount and larg-
er than the annual
budget of some states.
Vaishnaw was re-
sponding to a question
by independent MP
from Maharashtra
Navneet Rana in Lok
Sabha on when the con-
cessions given to the
senior citizens in train
travel will be restored.
Vaishnaw said the an-
nual pension bill of the
railways is Rs 60,000
crore, the salary bill is
Rs 97,000 crore while Rs
40,000 crore is being
spent on fuel.
“We have given Rs
59,000 passenger subsi-
dy last year, new facili-
ties are coming. If new
decisions are to be tak-
en, we will take them.
But as of now, everyone
should look into the
conditions of the rail-
ways,” he said.
Replying to another
question, Vaishnaw
said currently the Van-
de Bharat trains are
running with sitting
capacity with a maxi-
mum distance of 500 to
550 km and once the
Vande Bharat trains
with sleeping facilities
will ply, the trains will
cover longer distances.
Says Railways Minister
Vaishnaw while responding
to question by independent MP
Annual pension bill Rs 60,000
crore, salary bill Rs 97,000
crore, Rs 40,000 crore fuel bill
Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of
Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CERTAIN PEOPLE
USED BSNL AS
‘CASH COW’
DURING UPA
RULE: VAISHNAW
BSNL suffered badly due
to certain political par-
ties and it was used as
a “cash cow” by some
people who are still
members of Parliament,
Communications Min-
ister Ashwini Vaishnaw
said. PM Modi has
approved a huge project
worth Rs 1.64 lakh crore
for the revival of BSNL,
and this will trans-
form the telecom PSU
completely, the minister
said.“Lots of funds
were diverted away,” he
added, amid protests by
some opposition mem-
bers. Time has changed,
he said, and BSNL will
soon launch 4G and
5G networks designed,
developed and made in
the country as per PM
Modi’s ‘Make in India’
initiative.
ED arrests Mukhtar
Ansari in money
laundering case
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Gangster-
t u r n e d - p o l i t i c i a n
Mukhtar Ansari has
been arrested by the ED
in a case of money laun-
dering after he was pro-
duced before a court in
Prayagraj in Uttar
Pradesh, officials said.
Ansari, a five-time
former MLA, has been
lodged in a jail at Banda
in Uttar Pradesh for the
last few years in con-
nection with criminal
cases being probed by
the state police based on
multiple FIRs.
The 59-year-old was
questioned by the ED in
this case last year his
son was also arrested in
Prayagraj. This was fol-
lowed by the arrest of
his brother-in-law Atif.
Hewastakenintocus-
todybytheEDunderthe
criminal sections of the
Prevention of Money
LaunderingAct(PMLA)
after he was produced
on Wednesday before a
local court in Prayagraj
on the basis of a produc-
tion warrant moved by
theagency
,asperofficial
sources. The agency has
also got issued a look
out circular against
Mukhtar’s wife Afsan
Ansari as she has not
deposed before it after
issuance of summons.
Mukhtar Ansari being produced
in a district court in connection
with a money laundering case,
in Prayagraj on Wednesday.
ASSETS RAIDED
New Delhi: The Apex
Court has extended its
earlier order by one
month to keep Bhima
Koregaon accused
Gautam Navlakha un-
der house arrest in-
stead of jail.
A bench comprising
Justice KM Joseph and
Justice BV Nagarathna
extended the interim
order of house arrest
till the second week of
January 2023, when the
matter will next be
heard.
On November 10, the
Supreme Court had giv-
en assent to the plea by
Navlakha to shift him
from jail to house arrest
for a month.
Navlakha, who is a
former Secretary of the
People’s Union for Dem-
ocratic Rights, was ar-
rested in August 2018
but was initially placed
under house arrest.
Later on, after an or-
der from the Supreme
Court, he was moved to
Taloja Central Prison in
Maharashtra in April
2020. Navlakha after re-
lying upon the judg-
ment of the Supreme
Court moved to the
High Court saying that
he was being denied of
basic medical aid and
other necessities in
Taloja and was suffer-
ing great hardships at
his advanced age.
The plea was howev-
er rejected by the Bom-
bayHighCourt,prompt-
ing the present appeal
before the apex court.
Navlakha was given
house arrest instead of
jail by the top court
with various safe-
guards in place.
SC EXTENDS
HOUSE ARREST
OF GAUTAM
NAVLAKHA BY
ONE MONTH
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A woman
doctor Vandana
Awasthi (28), who went
missing from UP’s
Lakhimpur Kheri last
month, was murdered
and secretly cremated
by her own husband
who is also a doctor, po-
lice said on Tuesday
.
The accused Ab-
hishek Awasthi (36), an
ayurvedic doctor, has
confessed during the po-
lice interogation that he
killed her wife on No-
vember 26 and quietly
cremated her body in
Garhmukteshwar, near-
ly 400 kilometres away
.
Police said that ac-
cused Abhishek
Awasthi also a doctor,
along with his father
GauriShankarAwasthi,
struck Vandana with a
heavy object during a
fight and she died due to
head injuries.
After killing his wife,
Abhishek had filed a
missing complaint at
the local police station
on November 27 claim-
ing that his wife was
missing. He reportedly
claimed that Vandana
left home with some
valuables. The police
detained the accused
Awasthi for questioning
on Monday and a day
later he confessed that
he committed the crime.
The police investiga-
tion has revealed that
Abhishek murdered her
along with her father.
The police registered a
case of murder and ar-
rested both of them.
Circle Officer of
LakhimpurSadar,Sand-
eep Singh said, the ac-
cused informed an am-
bulance driver that a
woman died in an acci-
dent and took her body
in the vehicle for quick
cremation “We received
a complaint on Nov 27
from Abhishek that his
wife had left her home
with some valuables.
The police got to know
about the couple’s mari-
tal issues put Awasthi
on our watch list.”
Doctor arrested for killing wife, cremating body 400 km away
SAVIOUR TURNS KILLER
lll
The accused
doctor, Abhishek
Awasthi,
confessed to the
crime after being
questioned by
the police Vandana Shukla, Ayurvedic
doctor
MARITAL DISPUTES
‘Kids will not have to wait if parents are ready to adopt’
New Delhi (PTI): A
child will not have to
wait to get adopted if
there are more parents
who are ready to do the
procedure, Women and
ChildDevelopmentMin-
ister Smriti Irani told
the Rajya Sabha, under-
lining that more girl
children have been
adopted in India in the
last3yearsagainstboys.
Replying to the sup-
plementaries during
question hour, the min-
ister said the average
time taken to adopt a
child through court pro-
cesses was so lengthy
that a minimum of two
years was needed by
adoptive parents in
terms of waiting, and to
reduce the time gap the
ministry has proposed
the amendment in the
law, as in many cases it
took up to 3.5 years.
Irani also said there
are children who are
older are made avail-
able to our NRI diaspo-
ra OCI card holders.
WCD min Smriti Irani speaks in
Rajya Sabha during the Winter
Session of Parliament, in New
Delhi on Wednesday.
MORE GIRLS BEING ADOPTED IN THE COUNTRY
Irani said that more girls are being adopted in the
country for the last three years and gave figures for the
same. “In our country, in the year 2019-20, on one side
1,400 boys were adopted, on the other hand, 1,938 girls
were adopted. In 2020-21, while there were 1,200 boys
who were adopted, as many as 1,856 girls were adopted.
In 2021-22, as many as 1,293 boys were adopted while
1,690 girls were adopted and they have adopted girls as
Goddess Laxmi,” Irani informed the Upper House.
Raghuram Rajan joins
Bharat Jodo Yatra in Raj
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with former RBI governor
Raghuram Rajan during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Sawai
Madhopur district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Jaipur (PTI): Reserve
Bank of India’s former
governor Raghuram Ra-
janonWednesdayjoined
Rahul Gandhi during
the Congress-led Bharat
JodoYatrainRajasthan.
The yatra resumed from
the Bhadoti area of
Sawai Madhopur and
reached Badhshapura.s
“#BharatJodoYatra
Shri Raghuram Rajan,
former Governor of
RBI, shaking steps with
@RahulGandhi ji... The
increasing number of
people standing up to
unite the country
against hatred shows
that we will be success-
ful,” Cong tweeted with
a picture of Rajan walk-
ing with Rahul Gandhi.
No surprise: BJP
The BJP took a swipe at
former RBI governor
Raghuram Rajan after
he joined the Congress’
The party’s IT depart-
ment head Amit Malvi-
ya said, “Raghuram Ra-
jan, a Congress appoin-
tee, joining Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
is not a surprise. He
fancies himself as the
next Manmohan Singh.
Just that his commen-
tary on economy should
be discarded with dis-
dain. It is coloured and
opportunistic.”
Expelled BJP
leader Vinod
Arya accused
of sodomy
attempt
Haridwar (PTI): For-
mer BJP leader Vinod
Arya, whose son Pulkit
is the main accused in
the Ankita Bhandari
murder case, has been
charged by his driver
with trying to sodo-
mise him. The driver
also accused Arya of
beating him up and
threatening to kill him
if he disclosed the inci-
dent to anyone.
A case was registered
atHaridwar’sJawalapur
police station against
Arya on Tuesday night
on the basis of a com-
plaint lodged by his
driver, SP (city) Swatan-
tra Kumar said.
Aryahasbeenbooked
under different sections
of the IPC including 377
(unnatural offences),
307 (attempt to murder),
323 (voluntarily caus-
ing hurt), and 506 (crim-
inal intimidation), Ku-
mar said. The driver,
who hails from Saha-
ranpur district in Uttar
Pradesh has accused
Arya of touching him
inappropriately and
trying to sodomise him,
the SP (city) said.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

09
his autumn and
winter in 2022,
prints are hav-
ing a moment,
whichcanmake
you hunt for
fresh patterns
to flaunt. Undoubtedly
,
animal print is always
fashionable. Addition-
ally
, you undoubtedly
alreadyhavesomeitems
in your collection that
haveflowersandstripes.
But how about a galaxy
print with a cosmic mo-
tif to raise your pattern
game?
Galaxy is an expres-
sion of digital innova-
tion that includes deep
blue and electric pinks
and is closer to violet
but often less saturated
than purple. It was in-
spired by the holo-
graphic effects of light.
The 2018 Color of the
Year represents knowl-
edge and exploration,
independence and self-
respect, creativity and
complexity, mystery
and magic. The colour
violet, which is related
to monarchy and stands
for strength, nobility,
luxury, and ambition,
blends the qualities of
blue’s stability with
red’s energy
. It conveys
luxury and elegance
and has historically
been associated with in-
trospection, spirituali-
ty and mindfulness
techniques.
Galaxy fashion has
already become a trend-
setter in today’s fashion
world. It is perfect for a
person who is into stars
and the universe.
The galaxy print
hasn’t lately taken over
your Instagram feed be-
cause it’s off the beaten
path. So it’s a welcome
change of pace to see a
poster of a dreamy con-
stellation made up of
stars and planets.
In reality, the galaxy
print has only started to
show up on the catwalk.
The runway during the
Fall 2017 Milan Fashion
Week had a galactic mo-
tif. The Ashish Spring/
Summer 2018 Ready-to-
Wear collection also
had a cosmic motif. Ad-
ditionally, the Galaxy
theme is heavily empha-
sised in these pieces
from the Zuhair Murad
Resort 2018 collection.
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 15, 2022
AN
IDEA
OF
TRAVELLING
THROUGH
THE
HEAVENS
AND
A
DREAMY
CONSTELLATION
PRINT
OF
STARS
AND
PLANETS.
LET’S
DIVE
INTO
THE
UNIVERSE
OF
STARS
AND
GALAXIES
WITH
CITY
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INTERVIEWS
VIEWS
CONDUCT GREAT
CONDUCT GREAT
he author is a
Jaipur-based
Communica-
tion Skills
E d u c a t o r
amp; Writ-
er) Conduct-
ing an effective, en-
gaging, informative,
immersive interview
is a task that com-
bines knowledge and
skills. It is a hugely
advantageous asset to
students, profession-
als and almost any-
one. That one may not
aspire to be a journal-
ist or reporter, talk
show host or present-
er, has nothing to do
with developing this
ability. A great inter-
viewer will always
make for a sound con-
versationalist, im-
prove his/her confi-
dence levels and al-
ways come across as a
convincing communi-
cator. So what are
these elements or pre-
requisites to becom-
ing an astute Inter-
viewer? Read on.
KARTIK BAJORIA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
RESEARCH (BASIC
SECONDARY RESEARCH
ONLINE):
Go online and search for
your interview subject (in-
terviewee). Find out as
much information as you
can about the subject. If
the subject has his/her
own website, research that
thoroughly and gather as
much Factual Information
as possible. In addition to
the factual information
from the subject’s own
website and social media
handles, also search gener-
ally about him/her on
google. Try and read arti-
cles about/by the subject.
Create a mental picture of
your subject – education,
work life, personal life,
professional highs and
lows, experiences and jot
down points in a diary
.
OCCASION (WHAT/
WHERE/WHEN):
Be extremely mindful of
what the event/occasion
for the Interview is. Is it for
a function at college with a
live audience? Is a for a
Publication/Newspaper?
Who is the Target audience
of the interview? Is it peo-
ple from a specific/certain
section of society? All this
information will give you
clues on how to construct
the questions in order for
the interview to be most
Relevant and Interesting/
Engaging to the intended
audience. For instance, if
you are interviewing the
subject for a college news-
letter, then your questions
should seek to have inspi-
rational answers, and
delve into the subject’s
own educational journey,
and work-life journey so as
to provide a path and point
of context for the majority
of the readers who will be
Students. On the other
hand, if the interview is
for a Conference or Profes-
sional Forum, then your
Questions should be more
Business Oriented, focus-
ing more on the Profes-
sional life of the Subject. If
the interview is for a more
light-hearted social-media
platform, your questions
can/should include some
humour and less serious
topics too!
PRE-PLAN BUT
STAY FLEXIBLE:
It is a good idea to develop
and pre-write a question-
naire. This questionnaire
might have around 10 to 12
questions. However, once
the interview starts, and
you begin asking your pre-
written questions, you
must remain flexible.
Sometimes, your subject
will be difficult, not very
open, will answer in yes/
no, and will not elaborate
– then, you will have to
have enough presence of
mind to ask him/her the
same question in different
words (rather than moving
on to your next question),
without irritating the sub-
ject. In another situation,
maybe the subject gives
you an answer that might
take the interview in a
completely different direc-
tion. You must have the
presence of mind to not
stick to your questionnaire
too strictly
, and notice and
takeadvantageof theinter-
esting direction your sub-
ject is wanting to take the
interview. For example,
you ask your subject, What
was your school
life like? And your next
question was to tell us one
bad incident from your
school life. And the subject
answers,myschoollifewas
happy and uneventful, but
when I got my first job, I
almost did not get selected
for the interview! (forget
your follow-up school-relat-
ed question and have the
presence of mind to probe
the job interview further).
ETIQUETTE:
This stays the same if you
are the interviewer or the
interviewee. You must be
gracious, thankful, com-
plementary
, and polite. Say
things like, Thank you for
Taking the Time and talk-
ing to me/us. Likewise, say
thank you for having me (if
you are the subject). Al-
ways express your grati-
tude at the beginning of
the interview as well as at
the end, and off the record,
ask how the interview was.
EQUALITY:
Having just talked about
etiquette, being polite in
no way means that one
comes across as subservi-
ent, in-awe-of, or ‘less than
the interviewee. No matter
who the interviewee is,
how accomplished, re-
spected, senior, or some-
one who enjoys celebrity
status; be on equal
terms and footing with
the person, or else it will
show. And if it shows, the
interview will be both un-
professional and likely to
be editorially compro-
mised.
With the aforemen-
tioned tips and tricks, you
can be sure to combine
knowledge and skill in a
manner that makes you a
very gifted and natural in-
terviewer. Go ahead, try it!

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