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Kirit Somaiya’s wife moves Sewri court against Sena MP Raut
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Dr Medha
Kirit Somaiya, wife of
BJP leader Kirit Somai-
ya, on Wednesday filed a
defamation suit against
Shiv Sena Member of
Parliament Sanjay Raut
before the Sewri Metro-
politan Magistrate’s
court.
A BJP spokesperson
told First India, “The
defamation suit was
filed today in the wake
of repeated publication
and television news re-
ports quoting the Sena
MP making unfounded
allegations claiming
that Dr Medha Somaiya
and the Non-Govern-
ment Organization
(NGO) Yuvak Pratish-
than had committed a
scam of Rs100 crore in
collusion without pro-
viding a shred of evi-
dence. This has resulted
in besmirching her rep-
utation in society
.”
The BJP leader’s wife
move the Sewri court
and has expressed confi-
dence of the suit pro-
ceedings being initiated
as early as next week.
She has also pointed out
that similarly unfound-
ed allegations had been
levelled against her by
the Sena MP Sanjay
Raut back in 2016 as
well, when he had al-
leged that she was in-
volved Rs118 crore Slum
Redevelopment Author-
ity fraud.
“Even then Dr Somai-
ya had moved the Bom-
bay High Court and jus-
tice Kathawala had re-
strained Raut from any
further public state-
ments against her. It is
high time that people,
particularly those in
high political positions,
are held liable for their
public statements--espe-
cially if these infringe
upon the reputation and
tarnish the image of re-
spectedpeopleinsociety
.
This is a repeat offence
and we are seeking a
quick legal remedy to
prevent further tarnish-
ing of Dr Somaiya’s im-
age and an effective de-
terrent to such deliber-
ate political targeting,”
thespokespersonadded.
With the Somaiyas
taking the legal route,
the matter will now be
heard on May 26 in the
local court, officials
said.
Medha Somaiya with Kirit Somaiya outside the Sewri Court after
filing a defamation case against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, in
Mumbai, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Defamation suit by Dr Medha Somaiya
cites earlier instance when Bombay
High Court had pulled up Raut for a
similar attempt to defame her
As Rajya Sabha elections loom, red herrings abound
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The six Rajya
Sabha (RS) seats from
Maharashtra look set to
cause friction between
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) and the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government led
by the Shiv Sena in alli-
ance with the National-
ist Congress Party
(NCP) and the Indian
National Congress
(INC). Already, a lot of
red herrings are in the
fray
.
Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray has
staked claim to one ad-
ditional Rajya Sabha
seat along with MP San-
jay Raut’s seat that falls
vacant in July. Thack-
eray is keen to leverage
his party’s numero uno
position in MVA to se-
cure the additional
votes needed to succeed
in his ambitious politi-
cal gambit.
On the other hand, a
well-placed BJP leader
told First India, “Vinod
Tawde’s name is being
bandied about as a pos-
sible nominee to Parlia-
ment, although he was
given an organizational
responsibility as Na-
tional General Secre-
tary of the party. Nota-
bly, Tawade (Education
Minister in the erst-
while Devendra Fad-
navis-led government)
was denied an assembly
ticket to contest in 2019.
Yet, his ‘Marathi Ma-
noos’ identity is being
touted as the rationale
for his RS candidature
to confuse the opposi-
tion.”
With three RS seats
tied up, the BJP will
aggressively
poach for
votes for
cash or
kind from within the
MVA alliance to embar-
rass the apparent unity
of the alliance partners
that has ruled Maha-
rashtra for 2.5 years sta-
bly, despite
the for-
mer’s claims to
the contrary
.
Meanwhile,
NCP chief and
the tallest Mara-
tha leader in the
state, Sharad Pawar
is also believed
to have a
master strategy up his
sleeve to upset the BJP
calculations and keep
his flock together until
RS voting takes place
in June. The twist in
the tale came with BJP
presidential nominee
Yuvraj Sambhajiraje
Chhatrapati throwing
his hat in the ring as an
independent, for a sec-
ond consecutive tenure
in the upper house of
Parliament.
Congress spokesman
Atul Londe says the al-
liance will arrive at a
consensus soon even as
the party’s RS nominee
and former Union fi-
nance minister P Chid-
ambaram is seeking to
renew entry to Parlia-
ment from Maharash-
tra if his overtures to
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin
do not bear fruit.
Ironically, the last
man standing is the
BJP’s firebrand leader
Kirit Somaiya, who won
with the second-highest
vote margin from
among Mumbai’s six
Parliamentary seats in
2014.
He was not offered a
party ticket in 2019.
“Somaiya is a logical
choice considering he
played a pivotal role in
2014, not just for the
BJP government for-
mation in Maharashtra
but also in Rajasthan.
This was duly acknowl-
edged by Vasundhara
Raje Scindia right after
she became CM. Unfor-
tunately, although he
takes on the Shiv Sena
and NCP aggressively
in Maharashtra, an ex-
tension to his political
career through the Ra-
jya Sabha appears un-
likely if factionalism
prevails in the BJP,” a
BJP leader said.
Devendra
Fadnavis will try
to poach MVA
alliance votes for
BJP’s fourth RS
nominee
WHY AND HOW?
Chennai/New Delhi: More than
three decades after he was impris-
oned in the Rajiv Gandhi assassina-
tion case, life convict AG Perariva-
lan was set to walk free on Wednes-
dayaftertheSupremeCourtordered
his release. The top court order
to release Perarivalan comes
after a long-winded legal bat-
tle. Besides lawyers and Ta-
mil Nadu politicians fight-
ing his cause, his septuage-
narian mother Arputham
Ammal has flown across
the country to meet every
leader possible to help in
the release of her son.
Over the years, his re-
lease seemed imminent
several times but al-
ways seemed to
elude him.
However, the
first step to him
walking free
came on March 9 this year, when the
SupremeCourtgrantedhimbail–up
to this point, he had only been out on
parole, and was in fact on his third
paroletoundergomedicaltreatment
for various illnesses he had devel-
oped when the bail order had come.
After observing in a previous hear-
ing that Perarivalan’s conduct in jail
was good, and that he was being dis-
criminated against under Article 14
of the Constitution (right to equali-
ty), a bench of Justices L Nageswara
Rao and BR Gavai granted him bail.
ACCUSED OF BUYING TWO 9-VOLT
BATTERIES USED IN ASSASSINATION
Perarivalan was 19-year-old at the time of Rajiv
Gandhi’s assassination.He was accused of buy-
ing the two 9-volt batteries for Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’s Sivarasan, who master-
minded the criminal act. The batteries were used
in the bomb to assassinate Gandhi. Perarivalan
had claimed all along that he wasn’t aware of the
purpose of the batteries.
MY 31 YEARS IN PRISON IS THE MESSAGE:
PERARIVALAN SAYS AFTER RELEASE
After the Supreme Court order, Perarivalan said,
“For the past 31 years, only the legal fight was
in our minds. I have been released only today. I
have to breathe now. I will discuss with my fam-
ily about my future.” “My 31 years in prison is the
message,” he added. His father Kuildasan, mother
Arputhammal, and sister Anbumani hailed the apex
court’s decision.
‘SORROW AND FURY, CONGRESS
SENTIMENT OVER THE RELEASE’
The Congress Wednesday expressed pain and
disappointment over the release of Rajiv Gan-
dhi assassination case convict A G Perarivalan.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
said there is a sorrow and fury not only in every
Congress worker, but in every citizen.
Rajiv’s killer Perarivalan
walks free after 31 years
AG Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination
case, with his mother Arputham Ammal after Supreme
Court released him using special powers, at his house in
Jolarpet, Tirupattur district on Wednesday.
THE SUPREME COURT
ORDERED RELEASE
OF FORMER PRIME
MINISTER RAJIV
GANDHI'S KILLER,
PERARIVALAN. HE
WAS RELEASED ON
PLEA OF THE TAMIL
NADU GOVERNMENT
A BENCH HEADED BY
JUSTICE L NAGESWARA
RAO INVOKED THE
EXTRAORDINARY
POWER UNDER ARTICLE
142 TO RELEASE
PERARIVALAN
ON MARCH 9, THE SC
HAD GRANTED HIM
BAIL WHILE TAKING
NOTE OF HIS LONG
INCARCERATION AND
GOOD CONDUCT
1
2
3
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
was assassinated on May 21, 1991 in
Tamil Nadu’s Sriperum-
budur by a woman sui-
cide bomber belonging
to the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
A total of 14 people
were killed in the
suicide bombing.

❍ A DAY OF RESIGNATIONS
HARDIK QUITS CONG
WITH ‘SANDWICH’ JIBE

z Colonel Ajay Kothiyal
(retired) quit the Aam
Aadmi Party on Wednes-
day. He was the party’s
chief ministerial face for
the 2022 Uttarakhand
Assembly election.

z In his resignation
letter, he said he was
quitting the party keep-
ing in mind “the senti-
ments of ex-service-
men, ex-paramilitary,
elderly, women, youth
and intellectuals.”

z He shared his resig-
nation letter on Twitter.
AJAY KOTHIYAL
LEAVES AAP IN
UTTARAKHAND

z In a huge blow to
Congress, its Gujarat leader
Hardik Patel resigned from
the primary membership of
the party on Wednesday.

z Sharing, on Twitter, his
resignation letter to Congress
President Sonia Gandhi,
he said, “Our leader was
abroad when he was needed
in India during critical times.
When I met top leaders, they
seemed distracted by their
mobile phones.”

z Patel also wrote in the
letter that big leaders are
more focused on “ensuring
that chicken sandwich for
leaders who have come from
Delhi is delivered on time.”
l The Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal
resigned from his post on Wednesday citing “personal
reasons”, sources said.
l AHe was appointed the national
capital’s L-G in December 2016.
l “He (Baijal) has submitted his
resignation to the President Ram
Nath Kovind,” the official told news
agency PTI.
l Notably, he has completed his
tenure and an appointment of his
successor has been due.
DELHI L-G ANIL BAIJAL RESIGNS
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Flight data from a black box recovered from the China Eastern Airlines
jet that crashed in March indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally
crashed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing
people familiar with US officials’ preliminary assessment.
CHINA JET CRASH
WAS INTENTIONAL,
SUGGESTS BLACK
BOX DATA: REPORT
Days after former British spy Christopher Steele claimed that Russian President
Vladimir Putin is “seriously ill,” Express reported that he recently underwent
a surgery to remove fluid from his abdomen. Russian authorities said that the
operation “went well and without complications” and was not linked to cancer.
RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT PUTIN
UNDERGOES
NEW SURGERY
SC, VARANASI COURT TO
RESUME HEARINGS IN
GYANVAPI CASE TODAY
Both Supreme Court and local
Varanasi court will resume hear-
ings in the Gyanvapi mosque case
on Thursday. The case is centred
on petition seeking permission for
Hindus to worship in mosque.
SHEENA BORA MURDER CASE
SC grants bail to
Indrani Mukerjea
Mumbai: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday
granted bail to Indrani
Mukerjea in the Sheena
Bora murder case. The
court said she has al-
ready undergone 6.5
years in custody and the
trial will not end soon.
The Court also noted
that the other accused in
the case, Peter Mukher-
jea is already on bail
since Feb 2020. The court
allowed Indrani to be re-
leased on bail subject to
all those conditions on
which Peter Mukherjea
was granted bail. See P2
FRIDAY: TRIAL COURT
TO FINALISE BAIL
Indrani Mukerjea, the prime
accused in the Sheena
Bora murder case, will have
to stay in prison till at least
Friday despite the Supreme
Court granting her bail, as
the trial court will have to
finalize her bail conditions.
Her lawyer Sana Raees
Shaikh said she will try and
move the special CBI court
on Friday to get bail.

NEWS
MUMBAI | THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra on Wednesday re-
corded 307 new COV-
ID-19 infections and
one death, while the
number of active cas-
es crossed 1,600, in-
formed the state
health department.
More than 60% of the
day’s additions were re-
ported in Mumbai.
Maharashtra’s COV-
ID-19 case tally rose to
78,81,542, while the
death toll reached
1,47,856. State capital
Mumbai recorded 194
cases, its highest daily
spike since February 19
this year.
The sole fatality was
recorded in eastern Ma-
harashtra’s Gadchiroli
district. The state’s case
fatality rate stands at
1.87%. The state has
1,605 active cases now.
The districts of Satara,
Sangli, Nandurbar,
Dhule, Jalna, Latur,
Hingoli, Osmanabad,
Akola, Buldhana,
Bhandara and Gondia
have no active cases.
As many as 252 pa-
tients recovered since
Tuesday evening, tak-
ing the tally of recov-
ered patients to
77,32,081. The recovery
rate stands at 98.10%.
With 26,764 samples
tested since the previ-
ous evening, the total of
tests conducted in the
state so far rose to
8,05,93,724.
Notably, speaking at a
release of a book docu-
menting Mumbai’s han-
dling of the pandemic,
state cabinet minister
Aaditya Thackeray, who
is also guardian minis-
ter of the Mumbai sub-
urban district, said the
battle against COVID-19
was not over yet and
went on to hint that the
use of masks could
probably be made
mandatory
.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Indrani
Mukerjea, the prime
accused in the Sheena
Bora murder case,
will have to stay in
the Byculla women’s
prison at least until
Friday despite the Su-
preme Court grant-
ing her bail on
Wednesday, as the
trial court will have
to finalize her bail
conditions.
She was arrested in
August 2015 for alleged
involvement in the
murder of her daughter
Sheena (24) three years
prior.
Her lawyer Sana
Raees Shaikh said she
will try and move the
special CBI court here
on Friday to get bail
conditions finalized
and secure Mukerjea’s
release.
A three-judge bench
of the SC granted bail
to Indrani earlier in the
day, saying she had al-
ready spent six-and-a-
half years in jail and
the trial was not likely
to be completed any
time soon.
It directed the special
CBI court, where the
trial is underway, to fi-
nalize Mukerjea’s bail
conditions.
The SC also suggest-
ed that bail conditions
be similar to those im-
posed on her former
husband and co-ac-
cused Peter Mukerjea,
who walked out of pris-
on on bail in March
2020.
Peter Mukerjea, a
former media baron,
had been granted bail
in February 2020 by the
Bombay High Court
against a bond of Rs2
lakh and asked not to
interfere with the
probe or tamper with
evidence.
However, Justice NW
Sambre denied relief
to Indrani saying that
witnesses, including
accused-tur ned-ap-
prover Shyamvar Rai,
had specifically named
her as having commit-
ted the crime.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mum-
bai police will not ar-
rest independent MP
Navneet Rana and her
MLA-husband Ravi
Rana till June 15,
when their plea seek-
ing cancellation of
their bail in a case
pertaining to the row
over recitation of ‘Ha-
numan Chalisa’ will
be heard next, offi-
cials told a special
court on Wednesday.
The Ranas were ar-
rested on April 23 after
they announced that
they would recite the
Hanuman Chalisa out-
side Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s pri-
vate residence in subur-
ban Bandra.
On May 05, special
Judge RN Rokade had
granted them bail while
imposing certain condi-
tions on the couple.
The Mumbai police
on May 09 approached
the special court seek-
ing cancellation of the
couple’s bail citing vio-
lations. On Wednesday,
Amravati MP Navneet
Rana, and Badnera
MLA Ravi Rana filed a
joint reply to the po-
lice’s plea, saying they
had neither interfered
with the investigation
nor made any public
statements related to
the case.
They also said the po-
lice had failed to give
cogent reason for seek-
ing bail cancellation.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra cabinet minister
Aaditya Thackeray
conducted an on-
ground survey of de-
velopmental projects
pertaining to roads
and sanitation in the
city on Tuesday
night. He also super-
vised ongoing pre-
monsoon repairs by
visiting various are-
as of Mumbai.
Sharing details of
his survey on Twitter,
Thackeray tweeted, “A
night round of Mum-
bai, starting with west-
ern suburbs to ensure
speedy completion of
roadworks, sanitation,
and pre-monsoon pro-
jects, like is my habit
for almost a decade
now.”
Thackeray also inter-
acted with local resi-
dents in DN Nagar,
Andheri, ND Mangal-
wadi Road during his
night visit. “While on
these visits, conversing
with residents is al-
ways heartening, like
today in DN Nagar was.
Always a pleasure to
catch up and get on
ground citizen feed-
back with surprise vis-
its,” he tweeted.
On Wednesday, the
young minister attend-
ed the inauguration of
renowned ophthalmol-
ogist Dr Tatyarao La-
hane’s hospital in the
city, which was held in
the presence of Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) chief Sharad Pa-
war and other dignitar-
ies.
Estranged cousins
and political rivals
NCP leader Dhananjay
Munde and the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
Pankaja Munde took
jibes at each other on
stage at the event.
During her speech,
Pankaja, a former min-
ister, said, “Very few
people have been fortu-
nate enough to see
through the lenses of
Pawar saheb after hav-
ing grown up looking
through the lenses of
Munde-Mahajan.
She was referring to
late BJP leaders her fa-
ther Gopinath Munde
and Pramod Mahajan,
under whose guidance
Dhananjay Munde
started his political ca-
reer before quitting
BJP to join the NCP in
2013.
Responding to his
cousin’s comments,
Dhananjay said, “Taai
(sister), sometimes one
has to come under the
focus of lenses. I was
speaking to Aaditya
Thackeray a while ago
and he said it will be
nice if Taai changes
the lenses and uses
that of Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA). He said
that, not me.
Aaditya Thackeray reviews ongoing devt projects in Mumbai
GOOD HABIT
Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray
being briefed on a project by an official.
Interacts with local residents
in DN Nagar, Andheri, ND
Mangalwadi Road for on-
ground feedback
‘Will not arrest Rana couple
until June 15 court hearing’
Amravati independent MP Navneet Rana, and her husband
Badnera MLA Ravi Rana address the press. —FILE PHOTO
Indrani to move trial
court for bail conditions
SHE WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST 2015 FOR HER ALLEGED ROLE
IN THE MURDER OF HER DAUGHTER SHEENA 3 YEARS PRIOR
HOW IT
WORKS
Once Indrani Muk-
erjea’s lawyer ap-
proaches the CBI court
with the Supreme
Court’s bail order, the
CBI court will decide
bail conditions and
ask for personal bond
and one or more sure-
ties. Once this proce-
dure is complete, the
lawyer can inform the
prison authorities and
secure her release.
Notably, Indrani’s
bail pleas have been
rejected several times
by the trial court in
the past.
Indrani Mukherjea awaits release from jail in her daughter Sheena’s murder case.
First India Bureau
Thane: Marathi ac-
tor, Ketaki Chitale,
who was arrested by
the Thane police
last Saturday over
an objectionable
post about NCP
chief Sharad Pawar,
allegedly shared on
her Facebook page,
has been remanded
in judicial custody
till June 01 by a
court in Maharash-
tra on Wednesday.
A court had on Sun-
day sent her in Thane
police’s custody till
May 18.
The post--that con-
tained phrases like
“hell is waiting” and
“you hate Brahmins”,
allegedly referring to
Pawar--was purport-
edly written by some-
one else. It only men-
tioned the surname
Pawar and the age of
80. The NCP supremo
is 81 years old.
On Wednesday,
Thane crime branch
officials produced
Chitale before a mag-
istrate who remanded
her in 14-day magiste-
rial custody
.
A police official
said they had com-
pleted the probe into
the case registered.
On Sunday, Pune
cyber police, who
have also registered a
case against Chitale,
said they will seek the
actor’s custody after
the expiry of her re-
mand with the Thane
police.
Earlier, cases were
also registered
against the actor in
Mumbai, Akola and
Dhule districts.
The cases at these
police stations were
registered under vari-
ous Indian Penal Code
(IPC) sections, includ-
ing 500 (defamation),
501 (printing or en-
gravingmatterknown
to be defamatory), 505
(2) (making, publish-
ing or circulating any
statement, rumour or
report promoting en-
mity, hatred or ill will
between classes) and
153 A (spreading dis-
harmony among peo-
ple), police said.
Judicial custody till
June 01 for actor Chitale
Mumbai (PTI): The
Maharashtra secre-
tariat, commonly
known as Mantra-
laya, reopened to the
public on Wednes-
day
, two years after it
was shut following
the outbreak of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
A government cir-
cular said the gen-
eral public will be
able to get entry to
the government
headquarters after 2
pm.
The premises was
closed to the public in
the wake of COVID-19
cases in the secretariat
in 2020.
On April 2 this year,
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment lifted all COV-
ID-19 restrictions, in-
cluding the wearing of
masks in public places.
Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray had
on April 13 visited the
state secretariat for the
first time after recover-
ing from a spine sur-
gery that he under-
went last November.
MAHARASHTRA SECRETARIAT REOPENS TO PUBLIC AFTER 2 YEARS
Mumbai accounts for 60% of day’s 307 new cases
Active caseload in Maha crosses
1,600, state reports one death
Cops have
petitioned the
court seeking
cancellation of
couple’s bail in
Hanuman
Chalisa case
With 26,764 samples tested since the previous evening,the total of
tests conducted in the state so far rose to 8,05,93,724.—FILE PHOTO
Ketaki Chitale in Thane police custody.
She was arrested
for an objectionable
post on NCP chief
Sharad Pawar

MAHARASHTRA
03
Mumbai (PTI): Runa-
way leaders Gujarat
Titans (GT) would
look to continue their
winning momentum
ahead of the play-offs
while Royal Challeng-
ers Bangalore (RCB)
need a big victory to
keep their last-four
stage hopes alive when
the two teams face
each other in their fi-
nal IPL league match
here on Thursday
.
Newcomers GT have
so far had a dream open-
ing season as they are
already assured of a top
spot in the standings
with 20 points from 13
games. Even if they
lose on Thursday, the
Hardik Pandya-led side
will finish at the top,
which means it will get
two chances to reach
the final.
GT’s batting depart-
ment has witnessed
some inspirational per-
formancesfromthelikes
of Wriddhiman Saha,
Shubman Gill, David
Miller, skipper Pandya
and Rahul Tewatia. The
batting unit has been
complemented superbly
by a lethal bowling at-
tack led by experienced
Mohammed Shami and
has the likes of young
Yash Dayal, Lockie Fer-
gusson and Alzarri Jo-
seph. GT’s spin depart-
mentisbeingledbynone
other than Afghan star
Rashid Khan, who has
got much-needed sup-
port from R Sai Kishore.
RCB, on the other
hand, have had a mixed
bag this season, regis-
tering seven wins and
six losses to occupy the
fifth spot with 14 points
from 13 matches.
But what could hurt
RCB is their net run rate
of -0.323. A win against
GT would move them to
16 points but that might
not be enough as they
also need a few favoura-
ble results going their
way
. With back-to-back
wins, RCB had the mo-
mentum going their
way but that fizzled out
after a big 54-run loss to
Punjab Kings in their
last match.
Delhi Capitals, who
are currently at fourth
spot, can also secure 16
pointsif theybeatMum-
bai Indians in their last
match and they have a
much better net run rate
than RCB at +0.255.
PRESERVING HISTORY
Cabinet MinisterAadityaThackeray commemorated 150 years of Dr
Bhau Daji Lad (BDL) Museum onTuesday.He also inaugurated the‘Hall of
Wonders’ in the museum that chronicles the historical legacy of Mumbai
city and its evolution.Tourists visited the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Museum in Mumbai onWednesday to mark International Museum Day.
READ
crucial
crucial
DEVOTEE DONATES GOLD
BAND WORTH `2 CR TO SHIRDI
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
EXAMINATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
AT NAGPUR UNIV TO BEGIN ON JUNE 8
NASHIK CITY’S WATER SUPPLY TO SHUT
OFF ON MAY 21; TO RESUME NEXT DAY
4, INCLUDING 2 KIDS, MISSING FROM PUNE
FOUND DEAD AT ALIBAG TOURIST LODGE
Nagpur: The summer examinations at Rash-
trasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
will begin on June 8, a senior university official
said on Wednesday. The timetable for the final
examinations will be published on the univer-
sity’s website soon, he said. Examinations for
undergraduate students will start from June 8,
while the same for the post-graduate courses
will begin from June 15, and all other examina-
tions, excluding those for the first and second
year students, will begin from June 22.
Nashik: As the power supply of the pumping stations
between Gangapur and Mukne dams will be closed
all day on May 21, the water supply for the entire
city of Nashik will also be shut off. The water supply
department informed on Wednesday that service will
be restored the next morning. Power supply to both
pumping stations will be turned off between 9 am
and 6 pm due to work on pre-monsoon projects. The
main channel of wastewater leading to water purifica-
tion centers will be repaired on the right and left side
of Godavari river, said an official.
Mumbai: In a possible mass suicide case, four
people, a woman, her two children and husband, who
went missing from Shirur taluk of Pune were found
dead at a tourist lodge in Alibag area of Raigad district
on Tuesday afternoon. Police suspect the man and
woman poisoned the children and then committed
suicide by hanging. The deceased have been identified
as Kunal Gaikwad (29), Priyanka Ingale (25) and her
children Bhakti (5) and Mauli (3). According to the
police, Priyanka and her children went missing from
their native place Shirur on May 2. Her husband filed
a missing persons case at Shikrapur police station.
Kunal too went missing around the same time, and
his wife filed a missing report a few days later.
Shirdi: A Hyderabad-based devotee has donated
a 4 kg gold band worth `2 crore to the famous
Saibaba temple in Shirdi, temple authorities said.
The devotee, Parthsarthi Reddy, wanted to donate
the band for the Saibaba idol’s throne in 2016, but
the required procedure could not be completed then
and the process later got delayed due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, the temple trust’s CEO Bhagyashri
Banayat, said. In 2007, another Hyderabad-based
devotee had donated a throne of 94 kg of gold to the
temple trust, she said.
First India Bureau
Nagpur: The Nagpur
Anti-Terrorism Squad
(ATS) unit arrested a
Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM) terrorist from
Jammu and Kashmir
(JK) who allegedly
conducted a recce of Dr
Hedgewar Smriti
Bhawan of the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) here
in Maharashtra
last year.
According to an of-
ficial, the ATS recently
took Raees Ahmed
Sheikh Asadulla Sheikh
(26), resident of
Aw a n t i p o r a
town in JK’s
Pulwama dis-
trict, into custody on a pro-
ductionwarrantfrom
JK and extensively
interrogated him
overthelasttwodays.
Sheikh allegedly
conducted a partial
recce of the Hedgewar
Smriti Bhavan in
Reshimbaug area of
Nagpur and managed to
send avideo of theBhavan
to his handler in Pakistan.
Sheikh said that his han-
dler was a man named Omar,
who claimed to be the opera-
tional commander of JeM’s
terrorist launching pad in
Nawabpur, Pakistan.
On July 13, 2021, he ar-
rived via a Delhi-Mumbai-
Nagpur flight and checked
into a hotel in the Sitabuldi
area. The handler had
promised Sheikh that a local
would contact him and
assist him with the opera-
tion in Nagpur. However,
Sheikh conducted the recon-
naissance on his own as
no person contacted him
in Nagpur.
Sheikh took an auto-rick-
shaw and used Google Maps
to reach the Reshimbagh
area on July 14. His handler
provided the location. His
target was to conduct the
recce of the Smriti Bhavan.
He alighted near the
Reshimbagh ground in the
afternoon.
According to the official,
Sheikh turned on his cell-
phone camera and held it
near his head, as if he were
on the phone with someone.
He walked through the
Reshimbagh grounds while
filming it. He then sent the
video to his handler via
WhatsApp, but the latter
was irritated by its low
quality and told him to shoot
another video. However,
Sheikh refused, citing
police security, and turned
off his phone.
He then took an auto-rick-
shaw and reached a mosque
near Santra Market gate,
where he stayed the whole
day and returned to the
hotel in the evening. On
July 15, Sheikh went to
Srinagar by a Nagpur-Delhi-
Srinagar flight.
The Kotwali police station
here had earlier registered a
case against Sheikh under
various sections of the Un-
lawful Activities (Preven-
tion) Act (UAPA).
ATS arrests JeM terrorist in
RSSmemorialreccebidcase
Raees Ahmed Sheikh Asadulla Sheikh had allegedly conducted a
partial recce of the Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan in Reshimbaug area
of Nagpur and managed to send a video to his handler in Pak
ATS recently took Raees
Ahmed Sheikh Asadulla
Sheikh (26), resident of
Awantipora town in JK’s
Pulwama district, into
custody on a production
warrant from JK and
extensively interrogated
him over the last two days
Independent alternate
dispute resolution
centre launched by MGP
Satish Nandgaonkar
Mumbai: City-based
consumer rights
body Mumbai Gra-
hak Panchayat
(MGP) has launched
its independent al-
ternate dispute reso-
lution (ADR) centre,
taking mediation
and conciliation to
resolve disputes un-
der multiple legisla-
tions mainstream.
Christened “Samet”,
which means amicable
resolution in Marathi,
the platform will pro-
videtrainedandexperi-
enced conciliators and
mediators to resolve
any civil matters (with
certainexceptions)and
even pre-litigation dis-
putesinanamicableon
mutually acceptable
termsbetweenwarring
litigants. Samet was in-
augurated on Sunday
by retired Bombay
High Court judge
Mrudula Bhatkar, who
is also the president of
Maharashtra Adminis-
trativeTribunal(MAT).
MGP Chairman
Shirish Deshpande
pointed out that more
than five lakh cases
are currently pending
in consumer courts
across the country,
with many cases tak-
ing 20-25 years to settle.
“Samet, which plans
to operate both online
as well as offline, will
provide an affordable,
speedy and simple
platform for the amica-
ble resolution of dis-
putes between the par-
ties. Samet ,” he said.
WHAT KIND OF
DISPUTES CAN
SAMET
RESOLVE?
DISPUTES
OUTSIDE SAMET’S
PURVIEW

z All consumer
disputes

z All real estate
disputes includ-
ing redevelopment
projects (which are
out of the purview
of RERA authorities)

z Disputes pertain-
ing to cooperative
societies

z Medical neg-
ligence matters,
insurance claim
disputes

z Ecommerce
complaints

z Loan recoveries

z Banking and
finance matters

z Complaints re-
garding misleading
advertisewments

z Family matter

z Labour disputes

z Service matters

z Criminal matters
Hoping for play-off spot, RCB eyes big win against GT
Shiv Sena accuses
Oppn of horse-
trading for RS polls
Mumbai: The Shiv
Sena, which is seek-
ing to get two candi-
dates elected to the
Rajya Sabha (RS), on
Wednesday alleged
that its political op-
ponents were resort-
ing to horse-trading
for the sixth seat
from Maharashtra in
upcoming polls of
the Rajya Sabha.
“The ruling Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi in Maha-
rashtra has the arith-
metic on its side to win
the sixth seat,” assert-
ed Sena’s Chief Spokes-
person MP Sanjay
Raut.
“The jealousy of the
opposition can be seen
through the attempts of
horse-trading for the
sixth Rajya Sabha seat
by the opposition. The
money from corruption
and the horse-trading
through it...when will
this vicious circle
stop?” Raut said in a
tweet.
His assertion came a
day after Sena leader
and Maharashtra
Transport Minister
Anil Parab said his
party will field a sec-
ond candidate in the RS
polls and expressed
confidence that the sec-
ond candidate of the
Sena will get elected.
Gujarat Titans’
David Miller and
Rahul Tewatia
celebrate after
winning the IPL
2022 match
against Royal
Challengers
Bangalore, at
Brabourne
Stadium in
Mumbai.
—FILE PHOTO
—
PHOTOS
BY
PTI

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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The Spirit of the Lord will
come powerfully upon you
and you will be changed
into a different person.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Another feather in the cap of
#MakeInIndia and a proud moment in
our march towards an Aatmanirbhar
defence sector. Congratulate @
DRDO_India @IndianNavy on
the successful, test-fire of the first
indigenously developed naval anti-ship
missile off the coast of Odisha.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Hearty congratulations to the Indian
#Deaflympics2021 contingent for the
best ever performance! They all are
inspirations for all of us. Hon’ble PM
@narendramodi Ji will be hosting the
entire contingent at his residence on
the morning of the 21st May.
TOP TWEETS
REGIONAL
PARTIES ARE
DOING BETTER
THAN CONGRESS
AGAINST THE BJP
he Congress is offi-
cially headed by So-
nia Gandhi and not
her son Rahul, but it
is the latter who calls
the shots in the party
, and creates
problems. Hardik Patel leaving
the Congress to possibly join the
Bharatiya Janata Party will
prove costly for the party in
termsof PatidarvotesinGujarat
but Rahul is taking it too lightly
.
Or so it seems. Patel is not the
only one. Before him it was He-
manta Biswa Sarma whose part-
ing proved to be an irreparable
loss for the Congress in the
north-east. Humiliation, which
forced Captain Amarinder Singh
to quit, was another example of
Rahul’s ineptitude.
Rahul’s recent statement on
regional parties has also drawn
flak. The Congress has a strong
presence only in Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh, while regional
parties have done better than
the grand old party against the
BJP. West Bengal, Telangana
and Tamil Nadu are proof that
Rahul should not undervalue
regional parties which have
done better than the Congress.
T
he Supreme Court
order releasing
AG Perarivalan, a
convict in former
Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination
has fuelled a two-faceted row.
One, the Congress has taken
umbrage to the convict’s re-
lease and asked if the re-
maining six will be freed too.
Two, the verdict has given
the Tamil Nadu government
a handle to criticise the state
Governor who sat over the
state Cabinet’s recommenda-
tion to remit Perarivalan’s
sentence. There are other is-
sues over which the Gover-
nor has dragged his feet an-
gering the MK Stalin govern-
ment.
The TN Governor set a re-
cord of sorts in his stalling
Perarivalan’s remission. The
Supreme Court commuted
Perarivalan’s death sentence
to life imprisonment in 2014
because decision on his mer-
cy petition was being inordi-
nately delayed. In 2015 he ap-
plied to the Governor for
pardon and sought remission
of his sentence. In 2018 the
top court asked the Governor
to decide on his pardon plea.
But the Governor did not give
it a thought. Soon after, the
State Cabinet recommended
that Perarivalan be released
forthwith. Again in 2020, the
apex court said that the Gov-
ernor was competent to grant
remission even if investiga-
tion against Perarivalan was
on. The CBI too left it to the
Raj Bhawan’s discretion.
The Governor still did not
act and the convict continued
to languish in jail stating that
the power of remission vest-
ed in the President. Welcom-
ing the order as victory for
“state autonomy”, Stalin
said, Governors have no pow-
ers to interfere in the govern-
ment’s decisions. Stalin must
remember that one swallow
doesn’t make a summer. The
present verdict won’t change
the Governor’s ways.
SC ENDS A GUV’S
INDECISION
Welcoming the order as
victory for “state
autonomy”, Stalin said,
Governors have no powers to
interfere in the government’s
decisions. Stalin must
remember that one swallow
doesn’t make a summer. The
present verdict won’t change
the Governor’s ways
T
ARMY SECULARISM
A POSSIBLE ROLE MODEL
FOR INDIAN SOCIETY TODAY
n the last two months the
state of Rajasthan has wit-
nessed communal riots over
issues involving religious
faiths of two communities. A
review of the recent commu-
nal violence has shown that
although secularism and reli-
gious freedom have been re-
stored in the constitution but
the realities on ground have
been different. Unfortunately
,
in India secularism is more
of a subject of politics than
of metaphysics or even val-
ues. This is one of the major
reasons of eruptions of such
rioting endangering commu-
nal harmony. While we can
keep debating and blaming
on factors like appeasement
of minority by some or re-
duced tolerance of majority
by others, failure of law en-
forcing agencies and so many
others but in reality it’s a fail-
ure of unique Indian society
which derives its strength
from ‘Unity in Diversity’ and
‘Peaceful Co-Existence’
which has been prevailing in
our country for ages. The con-
stitution of India aims gov-
ernance that allows people of
all religions to live in peace
and harmony. The govern-
ance and politics must deal
with administrative fairness
and economic development
of its citizens and keep per-
sonal beliefs like religion and
social customs out of its do-
main unless they contravene
the established rule of law.
The Indian Army is a secu-
lar organisation and all offic-
ers and soldiers serve the Na-
tionwithprideirrespectiveof
their religion, caste, creed or
gender. It’s been a decade and
a half since I hung my uni-
form and as a retired Army
Officer, I have been a witness
to the fact that our people are
easily tricked and provoked
falling prey to the hate mon-
gers on name of caste, creed,
religion and regionalism. In
the army, each officer identi-
fies with the religion of his
troops. In regiments where
the soldiers are from more
than one religion, the officers
and all jawans attend the
weekly religious prayers
mainly referred as ‘Mandir
Parade’ for all the faiths.
Indian army genuinely be-
lieves in two eternal truths -
the oneness of God and vic-
tory in operations. Both are
so inter related and have been
deeply rooted in Olive Green
hearts that we fail to see any-
thing beyond this eternal
truth. On one occasion in 1992
in my mixed Arty Regiment
where we traditionally had a
Mandir and an ad hoc Gurud-
wara, the CO proposed estab-
lishing a ‘Sarv Dharama
Sthal’ to enable co locating
sacred symbols and books of
all religions. Later on a Regi-
mental celebration day
, I was
thrilled to see our Pandit Ji
with a Granthi, a Maulvi, a
Pastor all under one roof in
theunit‘SarvDharamaSthal’
offering prayers and partici-
pating in the function. In my
opinion, there can never be a
better portrait of national in-
tegration or secularism.
Amongst many other ac-
tivities in Army, one of the
most popular one is Sports
and this binds the whole unit
as one inseparable team. The
team is represented by just
single name of Paltan and
the selection criteria is mer-
it as there are no distinctions
on caste, creed, regions or
religions. Rather as a team
captain of a Division Hand-
ball team I never knew who
belonged to which religion or
region. We all prayed togeth-
er and played together with
perfect harmony
.
Lastly
, it’s the operations
that truly reflect the camara-
derieandspiritdecorpsinthe
well knit bonded organisation
like Indian Army
. There are
floods of examples of display
of oneness by the soldiers to
defend their honour and safe-
tyof thecountry-areligionin
most true sense for any Fouji.
I can recall an Operations
roomof aDivisiondeployedin
active operations. The staff
and the troops who were exe-
cuting the operational task on
ground had faith in different
religion. The operations were
completed in 96 hours giving
no breaks or rest to any of the
team members. Everyone was
contributing more than hun-
dred percent and the morale
and performance of troops on
ground as amazing. It was in-
deed an Army Unit with Mus-
lim troops who caused maxi-
mum damage to Pakistan
posts.Attheendof operations
when the celebrations were
on, I asked myself did anyone
even know or talk about caste,
creed, religion or region of
others - no not even once. So
whyarewesomuchintocaste,
creed, religion or regionalism
in normal daily life.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
For an Indian soldier, his
religion is the Indian Army
or the nation and the faith he
belongs to doesn’t really
matter as much while he is
serving people of the nation.
This is the single most reason
why Indian Army still
remains the most trusted
institution of the country in
the eyes of common man. I
wish our entire country
follows in the footsteps of our
Army which is epitome of
Secularism, National
Harmony and Unity
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author is a retired Army officer
SECULARISM IN INDIA
IS MORE OF A SUBJECT
OF POLITICS...
Areview of the recent
communal violence has
shown that although secularism
and religious freedom have been
restored in the constitution but
the realities on ground have been
different. Unfortunately, in India
secularism is more of a subject
of politics than of metaphysics
or even values. This is one of
the major reasons of eruptions
of such rioting endangering
communal harmony.

z THE INDIAN ARMY
GENUINELY BELIEVES IN
TWO ETERNAL TRUTHS

z THE ONENESS OF GOD
AND VICTORY
IN OPERATIONS

z BOTH ARE SO INTER-
RELATED AND HAVE
BEEN DEEPLY ROOTED
THAT WE FAIL TO SEE
ANYTHING BEYOND
ETERNAL TRUTH

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INDIA
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Punjab farmers,
who were sitting on a
dharna at the Mohali-
Chandigarh border to
pressfortheirdemands,
Wednesday ended their
stir after the Punjab
government accepted 12
of the 13 demands.
While a formal an-
nouncement of the ac-
ceptance of the de-
mands was made by
Punjab rural develop-
ment and panchayats
minister Kuldeep Singh
Dhaliwal, the precursor
to it was a meeting be-
tween leaders of pro-
testing farmers’ organi-
sations and Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann. Among the
13 demands, the two
sides could not reach a
consensus on the de-
mand for a bonus of Rs
500 on every quintal of
wheat on account of a
drop in the yield due to
shrivelling of grains.
After the meeting,
Dhaliwal reached the
protest site to make a
formal announcement
of the acceptance of the
demands. Earlier, farm-
er leader Jagjit Singh
Dallewal had said that
after meeting Mann,
they held a meeting
among themselves and
confirmed that Dhali-
wal would reach the
spot and make the an-
nouncement.
During the meeting,
the Chief Minister di-
vided the state into two
zones for sowing of
paddy instead of four.
Punjab farmers call off protest after meeting with CM
‘Move aims to defend itself from Pakistani and Chinese threats’
INDIA PLANS TO DEPLOY S-400
MISSILES BY JUNE: PENTAGON
Washington (Agen-
cies): India intends to
deploy the Russian-
made S-400 missile de-
fence system by next
month to defend itself
from Pakistani and Chi-
nese threats as it is pur-
suing an extensive mili-
tary modernisation ef-
fort encompassing air,
ground, naval and stra-
tegic nuclear forces,
Pentagon’s top intelli-
gence official has said
during a Congressional
hearing.
India started receiv-
ing the delivery of the
S-400 missile defence
system from Russia in
December last year,
Lieutenant General
Scott Berrier, Director
of Defence Intelligence
Agency, told members
of the Senate Armed
Services Committee
during a recent Con-
gressional hearing.
As of October 2021,
India’s military was
seeking to procure ad-
vanced surveillance
systems to strengthen
its land and sea borders
and boost its offensive
and defensive cyber
capabilities.“In Decem-
ber, India received its
initial delivery of the
Russian S-400 air de-
fence system, and it in-
tends to operate the sys-
tem to defend against
Pakistani and Chinese
threats by June 2022,”
Lt Gen Berrier said.
“India continued to
develop its own hyper-
sonic, ballistic, cruise
and air defence missile
capabilities, conduct-
ing multiple tests in
2021. India has a grow-
ing number of satellites
in orbit, and is expand-
ing its use of space as-
sets, likely pursuing of-
fensive space capabili-
ties,” he said.
Lt Gen Berrier told
the lawmakers that New
Delhi is pursuing an ex-
tensive military mod-
ernisation effort encom-
passing air, ground, na-
val and strategic nucle-
ar forces with an em-
phasis on domestic de-
fence production.
India is taking steps
to establish Integrated
TheatreCommandsthat
will improve its joint ca-
pability among its three
military services.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann hugs a farmer after meeting
representatives of farm unions on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Bribe for visa case: Karti’s
close aide arrested by CBI
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) on
Wednesday arrested a
close associate of Con-
gress leader Karti P Chi-
dambaram in the ongo-
ing visa corruption case.
Thearrestcomesaday
after CBI teams conduct-
ed coordinated search
operationsat10locations
in multiple cities in the
country
, including resi-
dences of the Chidam-
barams in Chennai and
Delhi.
According to CBI
sources, a team arrested
S Bhaskar Raman, a
close associate of Con-
gress leader Karti P Chi-
dambaraminanongoing
visa corruption case fol-
lowing questioning late
last night.
The CBI had on Tues-
day registered a fresh
case against Karti.
India started receiving the delivery of the defence system from Russia in December last year.
US TO OFFER INDIA $500 MN IN MILITARY AID
The US is preparing a military aid
package for India to deepen se-
curity ties and reduce the country’s de-
pendence on Russian weapons, people
familiar with the matter said. The pack-
age under consideration would include
foreign military financing of as much
as $500 million, according to one
person, which would make India one
of the largest recipients of such aid
behind Israel and Egypt. It’s unclear
when the deal would be announced, or
what weapons would be included. The
effort is part of a much larger initia-
tive by Biden’s administration to court
India as a long-term security partner.
K’taka BJP postpones
Cabinet expansion
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): The BJP has
postponed the much
awaited cabinet ex-
pansion in Karnata-
ka. Sources in the
party have said that
the decision has been
taken in view of elec-
tions to the Legisla-
tive Council and the
Rajya Sabha.
The party leaders,
fearing cross voting
by the disgruntled
members, have decid-
ed not to give any
room for it at all.
Besides, Chief Min-
ister Basavaraj Bom-
mai is taking up the
tour of Europe to at-
tend the World Eco-
nomicForumatDavos,
Switzerlandscheduled
from May 22 to 26.
The government
will have to take a call
on local body elec-
tions for Taluk and
Zilla Panchayats
across the state as
well as BBMP elec-
tions in Bengaluru.
The elections to 9
seats of Council and 4
Rajya Sabha seats
have already been de-
clared. The top brass
does not want to take
any chances and is
not in favour of open-
ing Pandora’s Box by
cabinet expansion.
CM Bommai recent-
ly maintained that the
party high command
will take a final call on
cabinet expansion. He
also said that the deci-
sion to allot ticket to
BY Vijayendra, son of
former CM BS Yedi-
yurappa whether to
contest MLC polls in
the state, lies with the
top leadership.
The core committee
had recommended Vi-
jayendra’s name for
the MLC. Sources in
the party say that the
stage is all set for min-
isterial berth for Vi-
jayendra.
However, the top
leaders are yet to take
a final call on the is-
sue as some party
leaders are apprehen-
sive about Vijayendra
becoming a power
centre in the govern-
ment as Yediyurappa
is going to throw his
weight behind his son.
Meanwhile, as the
cabinet expansion is
being delayed, the op-
position Congress
has issued statements
that many BJP top
leaders have ap-
proached them.
Fearing cross voting, State BJP halts Cabinet expansion.
‘INDIA LOOKS A LOT LIKE SRI LANKA’
12 killed in wall collapse
at factory in Gujarat
Morbi (Agencies): At
least 12 labourers were
killed when a wall col-
lapsedatasaltpackaging
factory in Gujarat’s Mor-
bi district on Wednesday
,
officials said.
The incident took
place at Sagar Salt fac-
tory situated inside
the Halvad industrial
area, said state Labour
and Employment Min-
ister and local MLA
Brijesh Merja.
“At least 12 workers
have died due to the
wall collapse. Efforts
to rescue others who
might have been
trapped under the de-
bris are still on,” Mer-
ja said.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi expressed
grief over the tragedy
and announced a com-
pensation of Rs 2 lakh
each for the family of
those who died.
Guj AIMIM leader
held for remarks
on Hindu God
Ahmedabad (Agen-
cies): All India Majlis-e-
Ittehadul Muslimeen’s
(AIMIM) leader in Guja-
rat, Danish Qureshi has
been arrested by the
Ahmedabad cybercrime
team for posting deroga-
tory remarks on Hindu
GodsandGoddesses.His
tweet has hurt the senti-
ments of Hindus, the po-
lice said.
Cyber Crime’s Assis-
tant Police Commis-
sioner JM Yadav told
the media that its team
has traced a tweet post-
ed by the handler @dan-
ishqureshi. The content
of the tweet hurt the
sentiments of the ma-
jority community and
so the team started a
technical search of the
Twitter handler.
Danish in his tweet
had questioned the shiv-
ling found in the Gyan-
vapi Mosque in Varana-
si. He posted distasteful
remarks on it. The tech-
nical team of the police
tracked Danish Qureshi
from Shahpur, who was
later arrested.
RaGa shares graphs on economy
Rahul Gandhi today
comparedIndiatocrisis-
hit Sri Lanka in a tweet
attacking the govern-
ment over the economy
and shared what ap-
peared to be similar
graphs for the two coun-
tries for unemployment,
fuel prices and commu-
nal violence.
“Distracting people
won’t change the facts.
India looks a lot like Sri
Lanka,” the Congress
leader posted, sharing a
setof sixgraphics,three
each for India and Lan-
ka. The graphs show un-
employmentrisingfrom
2017 in both countries,
peaking around 2020 —
the year India imposed a
lockdown to fight the
COVID — and dipping
slightly the next year.
The second pair of
graphs compares petrol
prices in India and Sri
Lanka, on the rise since
2017 and soaring around
2021. The third set of
graphs shows commu-
nal violence rising
sharply in 2020-21 in
both countries.
The post attributes
the data to the Armed
Conflict location and
Event Data Project, Lok
Sabha unstarred ques-
tions, CMIE, Petroleum
Planning and Analysis
Cell, Central Bank of
Sri Lanka and CEYPET-
CO (Ceylon Petroleum
Corporation).
Twitter post of Rahul Gandhi.
Kamal Nath meets Sonia,
discusses party affairs
Amid the ongoing tussle
between BJP and the
Congress in Madhya
PradeshoverOBCreser-
vation in local body
polls, state Congress
president Kamal Nath
onWednesdaymetparty
president Sonia Gandhi
at 10 Janpath, Sonia
Gandhi’s reservation.
According to sources,
the two leaders dis-
cussed several issues
related to the party af-
fairs including OBC res-
ervation,organisational
elections, etc. They also
discussed the upcoming
assembly elections in
the state.
This is Kamal Nath’s
first meeting with Sonia
Gandhi after the Chin-
tan Shivir.
Congressismakingall
efforts to win the Mad-
hya Pradesh assembly
polls which will be held
in 2023. For this, the par-
tyistryingitsbesttowoo
theOBCcommunity
.The
party has announced
that the OBC candidates
will get the ticket on the
basis of the survey con-
ducted by the party
.
The Madhya Pradesh
Congress chief has in-
structed the committees
constituted at the dis-
trictleveltogivepriority
tothesurveyindeciding
the candidates. After
this, the District Com-
mittee or all the con-
cerned committees will
unanimously decide the
name of each candidate.
Lucknow (Agencies):
Bahujan Samaj Party
president Mayawati on
Wednesday accused the
BJP of instigating reli-
gious sentiments in or-
der to divert people’s at-
tention from issues like
unemployment, poverty
and rising inflation.
Addressing a press
conference here,
Mayawati said that the
religious places were be-
ingdeliberatelytargeted
and asked people to be
alert to this conspiracy
of the BJP
. She warned
that the situation in the
country could take a
turn for the worse in the
coming days. The BSP
chief said that issues
like Gyanvapi mosque,
Mathura and Taj Mahal
were being raised to
weaken the nation.
“The names of places
belonging to a particu-
larreligiouscommunity
are also being changed
one by one. This will dis-
turb peace, harmony,
brotherhood and lead to
mutual hatred. The gen-
eral public of this coun-
try should be alert. This
will neither benefit the
country nor the general
public,” she stated.
SSC RECRUITMENT SCAM
Partha Chatterjee
appears before CBI
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal minister Partha
Chatterjee on Wednes-
day evening appeared
before the CBI sleuths
for questioning in con-
nection with their
probe into the SSC re-
cruitment scam.
Chatterjee, currently
theState’sIndustryMin-
ister, would be ques-
tioned about the alleged
irregularities in the ap-
pointments given by the
West Bengal Board of
SecondaryEducationon
recommendationsbythe
SSC, a CBI officer said.
“He will be ques-
tioned by three CBI
sleuths. We have ar-
ranged a set of specific
questions for him,” the
CBI officer told media.
Chatterjeewastheedu-
cation minister when the
alleged illegal recruit-
mentsweremade.Earlier
in the day
, a division
bench of the Calcutta
HighCourtupheldorders
of a single bench that di-
rected the CBI to inquire
into alleged illegal ap-
pointments.
BJP instigating religious sentiments
to divert larger issues,says Mayawati
On the issue of MSP for Basmati crop,
Mann said he will call on Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to urge the
Centre to announce MSP on Basmati crop
12 OF 13 DEMANDS MET

06
INDIA
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday gave the
go-ahead for local
body polls in Madhya
Pradesh with OBC res-
ervation, allowing the
state government to
notify the reservation
pattern on the basis of
the recommendations
in a second report of a
state backward class-
es commission.
A bench presided by
Justice A M Khan-
wilkar took into ac-
count the state’s sub-
mission that an earlier
report which the court
had objected to had
been revised and that
the delimitation exer-
cise had already been
completed and notified.
“For the time being,
we permit the Madhya
Pradesh state election
commission to notify
the programme for the
respective local bodies
keeping in mind the
delimitation notifica-
tion already issued as
on date .i.e. till today
and the report submit-
ted by the dedicated
commission…,” the
Supreme Court or-
dered. “We permit the
state of Madhya
Pradesh to notify the
reservation pattern lo-
cal body wise to be ad-
hered to by the state
election commission
within one week.
The state election
commission shall no-
tify the election pro-
gramme in respect of
the concerned local
bodies thereafter with-
in one week.”
On May 10, the court
had directed that the
elections to the local
bodies be notified
within two weeks with-
out providing for OBC
reservation as the
state was yet to com-
plete the triple test laid
down by the SC before
providing for such res-
ervation.
SCallowsOBCquotainMPlocalbodypolls
World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather wreaked heavy toll on human lives
FOUR CRITICAL CLIMATE INDICATORS
BROKE RECORDS IN 2021: UN REPORT
Geneva (Agencies):
Four critical global in-
dicators of the climate
crisis broke records in
2021, according to a UN
report, from rising
oceans to the levels of
heat-trapping emis-
sions in the atmos-
phere.
Greenhouse gas con-
centrations, sea-level
rise, ocean heat, and
ocean acidification, set
four new climate
change records in 2021,
the World Meteorologi-
cal Organization
(WMO) said Wednes-
day
.
The UN World Mete-
orological Organiza-
tion (WMO) said these
were clear signs of hu-
manity’s impact on the
planet, which was
bringing long-lasting
effects. Extreme
weather, which the
WMO called the day-to-
day face of the climate
emergency, wreaked a
heavy toll on human
lives and led to hun-
dreds of billions of
dollars in damages, the
agency said.
Droughts and floods
triggered food price
rises that have been ex-
acerbated in 2022. The
WMO’s State of the
Global Climate in 2021
report also found the
past seven years have
been the hottest record-
ed. “Today’s State of
the Climate report is a
dismal litany of hu-
manity’s failure to tack-
le climate disruption.
Fossil fuels are a dead
end – environmentally
and economically,” said
António Guterres, the
secretary general of
the UN. “The only sus-
tainable future is a re-
newable one. The good
news is that the lifeline
is right in front of us.
Wind and solar are
readily available and,
in most cases, cheaper
than coal and other fos-
sil fuels. If we act to-
gether, the renewable
energy transformation
can be the peace project
of the 21st century
.”
Prof Petteri Taalas,
the WMO secretary gen-
eral, said: “Our climate
is changing before our
eyes. Human-induced
greenhouse gases will
warm the planet for
many generations to
come. Some glaciers
have reached the point
of no return and this
will have long-term re-
percussions in a world
in which more than 2
billion people already
experiencewaterstress.
“Extreme weather
has the most immedi-
ate impact on our daily
lives,” he said. “We are
seeing a drought emer-
gency unfolding in the
Horn of Africa, recent
deadly flooding in
South Africa and the
extreme heat in India
and Pakistan. Early
warning systems are
critically required [to
save lives] yet these are
only available in less
than half of WMO’s
187 member nations.”
The world’s oceans
absorb more than 90%
of the heat trapped by
greenhouse gases and
2021 set a record. The
increasing warmth in
the ocean, which is ir-
reversible over time-
scales of centuries to
millennia, has been es-
pecially strong in the
last 20 years. Much of
the ocean experienced
at least one strong ma-
rine heatwave in 2021,
the WMO said.
The global sea level
also reached a new re-
cord high in 2021. It has
increased by 10cm since
1993 and the rise is ac-
celerating, driven by the
melting of ice sheets
and glaciers and the
thermal expansion of
the ocean. The rise im-
perils hundreds of mil-
lions of coastal dwell-
ers, the WMO said, and
increases the damage
caused by hurricanes
and cyclones.
POLLUTION CLAIMED 9 MN LIVES GLOBALLY
IN 2019, INDIA TOPS THE LIST: LANCET
New Delhi: Pollution
was responsible for
nine million deaths in
2019 — equivalent
to one in six deaths
worldwide — and India
leads with nearly 2.4
million deaths, accord-
ing to a study published
on Wednesday in The
Lancet Planetary Health.
Of the nearly 2.4 million
deaths in 2019, air
pollution accounted for
16.7 lakh deaths — the
highest by any country.
Further, more than 5
lakh lives were lost in
the country due to water
pollution, followed by
occupational pollution
(more than one lakh)
and lead exposure (over
2 lakh). Globally, of the
nine million pollution
— attributable deaths in
2019, air pollution (both
household and ambient)
remains responsible for
the greatest number of
deaths at 6.67 million
worldwide. Water pollu-
tion was responsible for
1.36 million premature
deaths. Lead contributed
9,00,000 premature
deaths, followed by toxic
occupational hazards at
870,000 deaths.
ASSAM FLOOD
9 dead, 5 missing;
more rainfall likely
Guwahati (Agen-
cies): The flood situ-
ation continues to
remain grim in As-
sam with more than
1,089 villages across
26 districts still sub-
merged. At least nine
people have lost their
lives in the state so
far due to floods and
landslides.
While two in
Cachar and one
person in Udalguri
lost their lives due to
the floods, four in
Dima Hasao and one
person in Lakhim-
pur, have died in
landslides.
Meanwhile, five
other people, includ-
ing four in Cachar
and one in Nagaon
district, have gone
missing.Nearlyseven
lakhpeoplehavebeen
affectedbythedeluge.
The Army, para-
military forces, Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force, State
Disaster Response
Force, and the fire
and emergency ser-
vices of the state po-
lice have evacuated
at least 3,427 people
stuck in their homes.
As many as 142 re-
lief camps and 115
relief distribution
centres have been set
up by the respective
district administra-
tions where a total of
39, 558 affected villag-
ershavetakenshelter.
At present, the
river Kopili is flow-
ing above the dan-
ger-level mark at
Kampur and Dhara-
mtul, the river Dis-
ang at Nanglamura-
ghat, the river Barak
at AP ghat, and the
river Kushiyara at
Karimganj.
Flood situation
remains grim,
over 1,000 villages
still submerged
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Bodies of two la-
bourers were recovered
onWednesdaymorning
as heavy rain pumme-
led the city throwing
life out of gear.
Heavy rainfall is like-
ly to continue for three
more days, the India
Meteorological Depart-
ment(IMD)haswarned.
The bodies were re-
covered in the pipeline
work site of Cauvery
State 5 project in the
morning.
According to DCP
(West) Sanjeev Patil,
the tragedy occurred
following heavy rains
on Tuesday night in Ul-
lal Upanagar near Up-
kar Layout bus stand.
Three persons entered
the site and only one
could survive. The de-
ceased have been iden-
tified as Devbrath from
Bihar and Ankit Ku-
mar from Uttar
Pradesh. Trilok, anoth-
er labourer, however,
managed to escape. The
deceased were inside
working when the rain
picked by 5 pm. The wa-
ter levels had risen too
high by 7 p.m. prevent-
ing them from coming
out, the DCP explained.
Two contractors have
been secured and the
role of engineers is be-
ing examined. The case
is being investigated by
Jnanabharthi police
station, he said.
The IMD has sound-
ed a red alert in coastal
districts and hilly re-
gions of Karnataka for
Wednesday. The ex-
perts say that due to
the cyclone on south-
west Arabian Sea,
heavy rains with thun-
derstorms and light-
ning are expected in
the next 24 hours.
CM ANNOUNCES `5L COMPENSATION
Chief Minister Bom-
mai has announced
compensation of Rs 5
lakh to the families of
those killed after heavy
rainfall led to waterlog-
ging and destruction
in Bengaluru. The CM
has also announced
Rs 25,000 to each fam-
ily whose home was
flooded. Crumbling
infrastructure in parts
of Bengaluru have
been left battered by
unseasonal rains.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday issued no-
tices to the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) and Enforcement
Directorate (ED) on bail
petitions of British citi-
zen Christian Michel in
connection with the
AgustaWestland VVIP
chopper scam being
probed by the agencies.
A bench headed by
JusticeDYChandrachud
issued notice to the CBI
andEDonMichael’sbail
pleas and sought their
responses within four
weeksandlistedthemat-
ter for hearing in July
.
Advocate appearing
for Michel contended
before the top court that
the investigations are
still not completed and
he has undergone three
years and six months as
of now and before ex-
tradition, he was in
Dubai custody
.
Michelhaschallenged
in the apex court the
March 11 order of the
Delhi High Court which
hadrefusedtogranthim
bail. The ED and CBI
had opposed Michel’s
bail petition plea.
SC sends notice to CBI, ED on bail
plea of UK citizen Christian Michel
US Tibet envoy in
Dharamsala to
meet Dalai Lama
JK admin: KPs
won’t be posted in
vulnerable areas
Srinagar (Agencies):
After nearly a week of
protests by members of
the Kashmiri Pandit
community, Kashmir
DivisionalCommission-
er K Pandurang Pole on
Wednesday said he has
passed directions to all
heads of government
departments to ensure
that employees from the
community are not
posted in “vulnerable
areas” but in towns or
district headquarters.
Dharamsala (Agen-
cies): Officials of the
Central Tibetan Ad-
ministration (CTA)
headquartered in this
northern hill town,
where the elderly Bud-
dhist monk Dalai Lama
resides, on Wednesday
accorded a rousing
welcome to the maiden
arrival of US Special
Coordinator for Tibet-
an Issues, Uzra Zeya.
The visit signifies US
support for the cause
of Tibet and also to
promote dialogue be-
tween Beijing and the
Dalai Lama.
The visit signifies
US support for the
cause of Tibet and also
to promote dialogue be-
tween Beijing and the
Dalai Lama.
The Special Coordi-
nator arrived at the
CTA secretariat on the
first leg of her two-day
engagements in McLe-
odganj.
Tripura cop suspended for
torturing photojournalist
Agartala (Agencies): A
policeofficeronWednes-
day was suspended for
allegedly torturing a
photojournalist in the
police lockup here on
Tuesday night, police
said. The authorities are
probing the incident.
The ruling BJP
, oppo-
sition CPI-M, Congress
and TMC and other par-
ties strongly criticised
the police action and de-
manded strict punish-
ment for the accused.
Senior editors and jour-
nalists led by Agartala
Press Club president
Subal Kumar Dey and
SecretaryPranabSarkar
since Wednesday morn-
ing launched agitations
infrontof theEastAgar-
tala police station and
the Police Headquarters
demanding action
against the accused po-
lice personnel.
VVIP CHOPPER SCAM
TWO DEAD AS HEAVY RAINFALL POUNDS BENGALURU
THAKUR UNVEILS ‘IFFI’ AT CANNES!
Union Information Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur unveils the poster of
53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa at the inaugural session of
India Pavilion during Cannes Film Festival 2022 in France. Ambassador of India
to France Jawed Ashraf, Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and actress and
Cannes Competition jury member Deepika Padukone are also seen.

BIZ BUZZ
07
New Delhi (PTI): Sala-
ries of senior execu-
tives in India are likely
to increase by 8.9% in
2022, highest in five
years, amid a recovery
in business sentiments
post pandemic, accord-
ing to leading global
professional services
firm Aon plc.
The Aon’s 11th an-
nual Executive Re-
wards Survey in India,
which analysed data
across 475 companies
from more than 20 in-
dustries, further noted
that the median CEO
compensation has
reached Rs 7.05 crore.
With fundamentals
of the economy re-
maining strong and
business sentiments
positive, there were
strong tailwinds which
resulted in top execu-
tives’ salary increase to
be projected at 8.9%
from 7.9% in 2021, it
said.
Moreover, the pay
mix for chief executive
officer (CEO) and key
CXO roles continue to
move towards higher
pay at risk, as per the
survey
.
CXO roles refer to
common c-suite execu-
tives including CEO,
chief financial officer
(CFO), chief operating
officer (COO), and
chief information of-
ficer (CIO). Pay at Risk
- which is the sum of
variable pay and long-
term incentives (LTI)
to total compensation -
for CEOs stands near
60%, while C-level ex-
ecutives including
COO, CFO, sales head
and chief human re-
sources officer follow
closely behind at 50%,
as per the survey
.
The survey said that
the annual LTI for
CEOs on an average is
125% of fixed pay
. Most
companies use a mix of
performance and re-
tention-based grants.
Sr executives’ salaries may jump 8.9% in 2022
The pay mix
for CEO and
key CXO roles
continue to
move towards
higher pay
at risk.
Inflation to hit 9-yr high at 6.9%
Mumbai (PTI): The
average headline infla-
tion is set to accelerate
to a nine-year high at
6.9% in FY23, and the
Reserve Bank may go
for more rate hikes
during the fiscal, a do-
mestic ratings agency
said on Wednesday
.
The RBI will hike
rates by another 75 ba-
sis points and possibly
up to 125 basis points
as well if the turn of
events and data are
very adverse, India
Ratings and Research
said in a note.
“The first rate in-
crease by the RBI could
be of the order of 0.50%
in the June 2022 policy
and another 0.25% in
the October 2022 poli-
cy,” the agency said,
adding that the cash
reserve ratio could also
be hiked by another
0.50% to 5% by the end
of the fiscal.
In a surprise move,
the RBI on May 4 hiked
the repo rate at which
it lends to the system
by 0.40bps, and also the
CRR or the percentage
of deposits banks have
to park with the central
bank by 0.50bps in an
off-schedule meeting
as it saw threats to the
inflation target.
The Consumer Price
Inflation came at 7.8%
for April, making it an-
other month where the
RBI’s upper tolerance
bandof 6%wasmissed.
All the analysts are
sure about more such
hikes being in the off-
ing and some dent to
growth has a result of
the same.
Retail inflation will
increase till September
2022 and start declin-
ing gradually thereaf-
ter, it said, adding that
it is expected to remain
in excess of 6% for four
consecutive quarters
starting fourth quarter
of FY22 till third quar-
ter of FY23.
It can be noted that
under its pact with the
government, the RBI is
mandated to contain
inflation inside 6% and
the number breaching
for three consecutive
quarters will lead the
central bank to formal-
ly explain the reasons
for the same.
The rating agency
said retail inflation av-
eraged 4.1% between
FY16-FY19 crossed the
6% tolerance number
for the first time in De-
cember 2019, just at the
cusp of the COVID-19
pandemic. Despite the
collapse of demand in
the pandemic, the
monthly retail infla-
tion mostly remained
in excess of 6.0%till
November 2020 be-
cause of supply-side
disruption.
Thereafter, the
monthly retail infla-
tion till Dec 2021 had
mostly remained below
6% but again breached
the mark in Jan 2022,
and continued being
higher till April.
Referring to RBI
Governor Shaktikanta
Das’ oft-repeated
phrase of the ongoing
geopolitical events be-
ing a “tectonic shift”,
the agency said this
means that the future
inflation trajectory is
going to be heavily con-
tingent upon the evolv-
ing geopolitical situa-
tion which is in a flux.
Meanwhile, the rat-
ing agency also said
that the rupee also re-
mains under pressure
as a result of the fund
outflows as rates tight-
en globally, and im-
ports keep rising due to
hardening of oil prices.
India Ratings and Research say the RBI will hike rates by another 75bps and possibly up to 125 bps
MORE HIKES IN OFFING
SP CUTS FY23
INDIA GROWTH
FORECAST TO 7.3%
New Delhi (PTI):
SP Global Ratings
on Wednesday cut In-
dia’s growth projec-
tion for the current
fiscal to 7.3% from
7.8% earlier on ris-
ing inflation and the
longer-than-expected
Russia-Ukraine con-
flict. In its Global
Macro Update to
Growth Forecasts,
SP said inflation re-
maining higher for
longisaworry
,which
requires central
banks to raise rates
more than what is
currently priced in,
risking a harder
landing, including a
larger hit to output
and employment.
The growth projec-
tion has been cut to
7.3% for the current
fiscal. For the next
fiscal the growth has
been pegged at 6.5%.
“The risks to our
forecasts have picked
up since our last fore-
cast round and re-
main firmly on the
downside. The Rus-
sia-Ukraine conflict
is more likely to drag
on and escalate than
end earlier and
deescalate, in our
view, pushing the
risks to the down-
side,” SP said.
‘RBI’s criticism for
delayed rate hike unfair’
criticism that the Re-
serve Bank of India
was behind the curve
in hiking interest rate
to tame rising infla-
tion is unfair, former
RBI Governor D Sub-
barao said on Wednes-
day and asserted that
it is difficult for any
central bank to antici-
pate the future more
accurately
.
Earlier this month,
Monetary Policy Com-
mittee (MPC), the cen-
tral bank’s rate-setting
panel, surprised the
markets with a 40 ba-
sis points hike in repo
rate in an off-cycle
policy meeting. It was
also the first rate hike
after August 2018,
amid spiralling infla-
tion.
Subbarao further
said given that mone-
tary policy acts with a
lag, this rate hike, by
itself, is unlikely to
bring inflation down
in a hurry
.
“I saw that the hur-
ried action to tighten
monetary conditions
through an off-cycle
MPC meeting raised
several questions,” he
said.
Subbarao was re-
sponding to a question
why RBI did not raise
interest rate much ear-
lier despite rising in-
flation.
“I believe that this
criticism is unfair,” he
said.
D Subbarao
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toPatanjaliFoodsLimited
New Delhi (PTI):
Baba Ramdev-led Pa-
tanjali Ayurved Ltd
will sell its food retail
business to group firm
Ruchi Soya Industries
Ltd for Rs 690 crore as
part of its strategy to
focus on non-food, tra-
ditional medicine and
wellness business.
Patanjali Ayurved
Ltd had acquired
Ruchi Soya through an
insolvency process.
In a regulatory fil-
ing, Ruchi Soya in-
formed that it has en-
tered into a “Business
Transfer Agreement”
withPatanjaliAyurved
Ltd to acquire the food
retail business of the
latter as a going con-
cern on a slump sale
basis.
The food retail busi-
ness consists of manu-
facturing, packaging
labelling and retail
trading of certain food
products along with
manufacturing plants
located at Padartha,
Haridwar, and Newa-
sa, Maharashtra.
The proposed acqui-
sition falls under the
related-party transac-
tion. The board also
approved the change in
the company’s name
to ‘Patanjali Foods
Limited”.
Sensex snaps 2-day
rally in see-saw trade
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks surren-
dered early gains to
close with modest loss-
es on Wednesday, snap-
ping their two-day win-
ning streak as investors
pared exposure to pow-
er, IT and bank stocks
amid a mixed trend in
global markets.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex soared in open-
ing trade, before suc-
cumbing to bouts of
volatility in the after-
noon session. It finally
settled 109.94 points or
0.20% lower at 54,208.53.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty
dipped 19 points or
0.12% to finish at
16,240.30.
PowerGrid was the
biggest laggard in the
Sensex pack, slumping
4.55%, followed by Tech
Mahindra, SBI, LT,
Bajaj Finserv, Bharti
Airtel, NTPC and
Wipro. In contrast,
HUL, UltraTech Ce-
ment, Asian Paints, Sun
Pharma, ITC and Axis
Bank were among the
gainers, advancing up
to 2.02%.
` FALLS 16 PAISE TO
RECORD LOW OF 77.60
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee on Wednesday
declined by 16 paise to close at its fresh
lifetime low of 77.60 against the US dollar
amid unabated foreign fund outflows and a
stronger greenback in overseas markets. At
the interbank foreign exchange market, the
rupee opened lower at 77.57 and later hit
the day’s low of 77.61 as the dollar re-
bounded in global markets. Crude oil prices
also surged over 1%, which weighed on
the rupee. The local unit finally ended at its
all-time low of 77.60, showing a loss of 16
paise over its previous close of 77.44.
India better
placed to face
challenges: CEA
PIYUSH GOYAL TELLS STAKEHOLDERS TO
RESOLVE COTTON PRICE ISSUE
New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal held a
meeting with stakeholders from the cotton value chain
to discuss the unprecedented
price rise witnessed in cotton
and yarn prices in the current
season. Goyal asked the stake-
holders to resolve the price rise
issue with collaboration without pushing the govern-
ment to intervene which, the minister warned, would
have a long-term impact on cotton value chain.
NHAI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MEETING ASSET
MONETISATION TARGET OF `20K CRORE
Kolkata (PTI): The National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) is optimistic about meeting the asset
monetisation target of `20,000
crore in the current fiscal amid
ongoing economic uncertainties
and geo-political instability, a top
official said. The national road
infrastructure building entity will raise the monetisation
amount through NHAI Infrastructure Investment Trust
or InVIT and Toll-Operate-Transfer or TOT routes.
CABINET AMENDS
BIOFUELS POLICY
Union Cabinet ap-
proved advancing the
target of blending 20%
ethanol in petrol by 5
years to 2025-26 as
well as allowing more
feedstocks for the
production of biofuels
in a bid to cut reliance
on imported oil for
meeting the coun-
try’s energy needs.
The Cabineton on
Wednesday approved
the amendments.
PIETER ELBERS IS
NEW INDIGO CEO
New Delhi (PTI):
The country’s largest
domestic budget carrier
IndiGo on Wednesday
announced the appoint-
ment of Pieter Elbers as
its Chief Executive Offi-
cer, replacing incum-
bent Ronojoy Dutta.
The 71 year-old Dutta,
who came to helm the
airline in January 2019,
has decided to retire on
Sept 30, after guiding
the airline through the
turbulent Covid period.
GoM agree on 28%
GST on online gaming
panel of ministers
tasked to review the
GST levy on casinos,
race courses and online
gaming has finalised its
report, which will be
taken up in the upcom-
ing GST Council meet-
ing.
The Group of Minis-
ters, chaired by Megha-
laya CM Conrad Sang-
ma, had in its previous
meeting earlier this
month unanimously de-
cided on hiking the tax
rate on these services to
28%. The GoM met
again on Wednesday
and finalised the
method of valuing
these services for
the purpose of lev-
ying this tax.
“The Group of Minis-
ters (GoM) on casinos,
race courses online
gaming has come to a
consensus. The report
of our submissions will
be handed over to
Hon’ble FM, Smti. @
nsitharaman Ji in a day
or two the matter will
be presented in the next
@GST_Council Meet-
ing,” Sangma tweeted.
At present, services
of casinos, horse racing
and online gaming at-
tract 18% GST.
The report of the
GoM is likely to be tak-
en up in the next meet-
ing of the GST Council
expected later this
month.
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Economic Advis-
er V Anantha Nag-
eswaran on Wednesday
said amid global uncer-
tainties caused by the
ongoing Russia-
Ukraine war, India is
still better placed
among the large econo-
mies because of an im-
proved financial system
and a robust corporate
health. “Compared to
other nations, even
among advanced coun-
tries, I think India is
relatively better placed
for the simple reason
that India paid a certain
price last decade... We
had a banking system
stress which was then
compounded by stress
in the non-banking fi-
nancial sector towards
2018,” he said.

08
2NDFRONT
Going back to nature every once in a
while, to the stream and the woods,
the mountains, cleanses the spirit.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Nagpur/Mumbai: Tar-
geting the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment in Ma-
h a r a s h t r a
and praising
the Madhya
P r a d e s h ( M P )
g over nment,
senior BJP leader Dev-
endra Fadnavis on
Wednesday claimed
that the incompetence
of the MVA deprived
the Other Backward
Classes (OBCs) of res-
ervation in the local
body elections even
when MP secured the
same.
He demanded the res-
ignations of the minis-
ters in the MVA govern-
ment “who failed to get
the OBC quota”.
Talking to the media
Fadnavis said, “The
Supreme Court, on De-
cember 12, 2019, had
asked the Shiv Sena-
NCP-Congress govern-
ment to complete the
‘triple test’ necessary
for establishing that
OBCs should be given
a quota in local gov-
ernment bodies.” “But
the government kept
pointing fingers at the
Union government
(over a lack of neces-
sary data) for one
year,” he added.
A commission was
formed to prepare a re-
port, but it was not giv-
en adequate funds and
staff, and eventually the
SC rejected its report,
Fadnavis said in Nag-
pur.
In neighbouring Mad-
hyaPradesh,thegovern-
ment, after the court’s
order, completed the tri-
ple test and submitted a
report, he said.
“When the apex
court asked for a report
in a different form last
week, that too was sub-
mitted promptly,” the
Leader of Opposition
in the state Assembly
added.
The court today al-
lowed OBC reservation
in that state, Fadnavis
said.
“I want to congratu-
late the MP government
and would like to add
that the incompetent
Maharashtra govern-
ment has killed the OBC
political reservation.
OBC reservation would
have been implemented
in the state had the Ma-
harashtra government
done the triple test on
time,” he claimed.
Meanwhile, talking
to reporters in Mumbai,
BJP MLA Devyani Far-
ande criticized the MVA
government over the is-
sue and demanded CM
Thackeray’s resigna-
tion for his “failure” to
ensure reservation to
the OBCs.
Supreme Court, on
December 12, 2019,
had asked the Shiv
Sena-NCP-Congress
government to
complete the ‘triple
test’ necessary for
establishing that OBCs
should be given a
quota in local
government bodies
I want to congratulate the MP gov-
ernment and would like to add
that the incompetent Maharashtra
government has killed the OBC political
reservation. —Devendra Fadnavis, BJP leader
Withdraw charges against Ruby
Hall Clinic doctors, says IMA
First India Bureau
Pune: The Indian
Medical Associa-
tion (IMA) has
stepped in to de-
fend its col-
leagues at
Ruby Hall
Clinic, more
than a
month after
the kidney trans-
plant malpractice
was brought to light
in Pune. The associa-
tion claims that the
action against the
private hospital is
unjustified and that
such action puts the
lives of patients at
risk by stopping
transplant surgeries.
In an official state-
ment, the IMA stated
that the alleged kidney
transplant incident in
Pune seems to have led
to improper allegations
and legal proceedings
against the doctors and
the hospital involved.
“TheIMAprotests
in strong words.
According to
the infor-
mation re-
ceived as
well as
t h e
prelim-
i n a r y
o b s e r - v a -
tion of the FIR, the ac-
cused woman, with the
help of some intermedi-
aries, used her identity
cards (Aadhaar, election
papers, wedding photos,
etc.) to pretend to be the
patient’s wife. The FIR
also alleges that the
woman willingly came
to the hospital to seek a
kidney for her dummy
husband and then un-
derwent a kidney dona-
tionoperation,”theIMA
release stated.
The IMA response
comes after the city
police filed an FIR
against the hospital
staff including the
managing trustee, fol-
lowed by the charity
commissioner’s action
against the hospital.
Mumbai: The Pune police told the Bombay High
Court on Tuesday that it will not arrest or take
any coercive action against a robotic surgeon
and three other doctors from a private hospital
who were named in a FIR earlier this year in an
alleged case of organ transplant malpractice. The
statement came after a vacation bench of Justices
NW Sambre and Anil Pansare questioned why the
police was “in such a hurry to arrest these highly
qualified doctors.” The state’s counsel Aruna Pai
then submitted that the investigating officer in the
case had said the police was not going to arrest
the doctors yet and that it simply wanted to ask
them some questions related to the probe.
HC TO PUNE COPS: WHY HURRY TO
ARREST HIGHLY QUALIFIED DOCTORS?
The association has
stated that action
against the hospital
is unjustified and
puts the lives of
patients at risk
HC asks hosp to file reply on couple’s
plea to complete surrogacy procedure
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High Court
on Wednesday direct-
ed a private hospital
to respond to a peti-
tion filed by a couple
seeking permission
to complete a surro-
gacy procedure they
had initiated before
the new Assisted Re-
productive Technol-
ogy and Surrogacy
Act came into effect.
A vacation bench
comprising Justice
NW Sambre and Jus-
tice Anil Pansare di-
rected the hospital’s
counsel Anita Castel-
lino to file a reply clar-
ifying the current legal
position on cases like
that of the petitioner
couple.
The bench further
asked the hospital to
clarify if the court can
pass any orders on
their interim prayer
seeking to transfer
their cryopreserved
embryos from the said
hospital to another fer-
tility clinic.
The petitioners’
counsel PV Dinesh in-
formed the court that
while the couple’s fer-
tilized embryo had
been preserved by the
hospital for transfer to
a surrogate, the new
Act came into effect in
January this year. And
at present, there was
no clear set legal pro-
cedure to even permit
transfer of embryos
from one fertility fa-
cility to another.
Castellino said the
Act prohibits surroga-
cy unless it is purely
altruistic. And among
other stringent provi-
sions, the Act man-
dates that only a mar-
ried relative with a
child of her own can
act as one’s surrogate.
Hence, the respond-
ent hospital put the
couple’s procedure on
hold stating that they
will need a court order
to resume the process,
she said.
Castellino further
told the bench that as
per the new Act, a state
board was the compe-
tent authority to grant
permissions for surro-
gacy procedures.
“The state board has
started accepting ap-
plications for surroga-
cy procedures. They
(the petitioners) can
approach the board,”
she said.
The court, however,
said it did not wish to
pass any orders before
taking the hospital’s
reply on record.
The court will hear
the matter further in
June.
GETTING FACTS STRAIGHT
Petition filed due
to enforcement of
Assisted
Reproductive
Technology and
Surrogacy Act
The state board has started accepting ap-
plications for surrogacy procedures. They
(the petitioners) can approach the board.
—Anita Castellino, defendant’s counsel
SC order on OBC quota in MP polls: What
‘miracle’ happened in 4 days,asks Patole
Mumbai (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Congress
president Nana Pa-
tole on Wednesday
sought to know what
“miracle” happened
in the last four days
that the Supreme
Court allowed the
Madhya Pradesh gov-
ernment to hold local
bodies elections with
reservation for the
Other Backward
Classes (OBCs).
Speaking to report-
ers, Patole claimed that
while Maharashtra has
been fighting to restore
political reservation of
OBCs for the last two
years, the Central gov-
ernment has been con-
stantly creating ob-
structions and has re-
fused to provide the
empirical data required
for reservation.
“The Supreme Court
has allowed the Madhya
Pradesh government to
hold elections with
OBC reservation, but it
seems to have taken a
different stance in Ma-
harashtra’s case. In the
last hearing, instruc-
tions given to Maha-
rashtra were also given
to Madhya Pradesh,”
Patole said, asking what
miracle had taken place
in the last four days that
the apex court gave per-
mission to the neigh-
bouring state.
On Wednesday, the
apex court, which had
passed an order on May
10 and noted that no res-
ervation for OBCs can
be provisioned until the
triple test formality is
completedinallrespects
bythestategovernment,
permitted Madhya
Pradesh to notify the
reservation pattern lo-
cal body wise as deline-
atedinthereportsof the
dedicated commission.
“What data did the
MadhyaPradeshgovern-
ment provide that satis-
fied the Supreme Court?
Did the Central govern-
mentgivethatdatatothe
MadhyaPradeshgovern-
ment?” the Congress
leader asked.
He further said that
the party will study the
copy of the Supreme
Court order and decide
on the next course of
action.
On Wednesday,
the apex court
allowed the state
to conduct local
body polls with
reservation for
Other Backward
Classes
Campaign to reduce accidents launched in Nashik
First India Bureau
Nashik: Addressing a
virtual gathering or-
ganized to launch the
traffic safety cam-
paign to reduce the
number of accidents
in the state, Kulwant
Kumar Sarangal, the
additional director
general of police
(traffic), on Tuesday
expressed his con-
cerns that although
the conditions of
roads have improved,
the number of road
accidents in the state
has not declined.
The accident-prone
black spots in four in-
dustrial areas are --Sat-
pur, Ambad, Sinnar,
and Gonde.
Sarangal said that
the concept to bring
down road accidents is
based on three princi-
ples--engineering, en-
forcement, and educa-
tion. Proper construc-
tion of roads with zero
defects,enforcementfor
police to ensure no vio-
lationof trafficrulesby
the motorists, and most
important is educating
people to make them
aware of the traffic
rulestoavoidaccidents.
The initiative to
bring down the acci-
dent black spots in in-
dustrial areas has been
launched by the Am-
bad Industries Man-
ufacturers’ Associa-
tion (AIMA) with the
help of
R e s i l -
ient India
NGO, po-
lice de-
part-
ment, Regional Trans-
port Office (RTO), Na-
shik Municipal Corpo-
ration (NMC) and
NHAI.
Security up amid MNS’s call
to demolish Aurangzeb’s tomb
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Securi-
ty has been beefed up
at Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb’s tomb in
Aurangabad after an
MNS leader said it
should be destroyed,
an ASI official said
on Wednesday.
MNS spokesperson
Gajanan Kale in a
tweet, on Tuesday, won-
dered what was the
need for Aurangzeb’s
tomb in Maharashtra
and said it should be
destroyed so that peo-
ple would not go there.
Some people in Khul-
tabad area, where the
tomb is located, tried to
lock the structure,
which is protected by
the Archaeological Sur-
vey of India (ASI), after
his tweet.
Whencontacted,ASI’s
Aurangabad circle su-
perintendent Milan Ku-
mar Chauley told media
that some people tried to
lock the tomb, claiming
there was a threat of it
being vandalized.
“But,Isaidunlessany-
thing is given to the ASI
in writing, I shall not act
on it. We have kept the
monument open and
have added four more se-
curity guards there. We
also conveyed about the
situation to police and
they sent a security van
there,” he said.
AIMIM leader Akba-
ruddin Owaisi’s recent
visit to the tomb was
criticised by Shiv Sena.
ASI PROTECTION
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole
‘MVA killed political reservation for OBCs in local body polls’

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t is not easy for
an adult to
portray a child
with its inher-
ent innocence
p l ay f u l n e s s
and joy in little
things without mak-
ing a parody out of it
but is Sridevi enacting
a six-year-old due to
retrograde amnesia
brought on by an ac-
cident managed to
pull it off and oh so
beautifully. Kamal
Hasan is the young,
sober, self-sufficient
but lonely teacher
who rescues Sridevi
from a brothel and
then falls headlong in
love with her even as
he cares for her as a
true caretaker, pla-
tonically, giving one
of his best perfor-
mances so far. The ex-
pressions on Kamal
Haasan face as he falls
in love with her and
still maintains the
child-like innocent
trust that she has in
him are actually
amazing.
I had always ad-
mired Sridevi but she
held me spellbound by
the sheer expanse of
the emotions which
cross her beautiful
wide eyes and expres-
sive face as she re-
gresses into a six-year-
old. Just when you
think that the act is
going to be a little too
much to bear and she
will overdo the child-
ish bit, Sridevi holds
herself in and
time and again proves
what a consummate
actress she was.
Surmayee Ankhi-
yon me Nana Munna
Ek Sapna De jana and
Ae Zindagi Gale Laga
Le both are wonderful
songs and especially
the latter one remains
one of my favourites
years down the line.
The scenes between
Kamal and Sridevi
are cute and innocent
but there is a bitter-
sweet feeling to the
entire affair as it is
quite clear that even
if Sridevi does, as
such reciprocate his
feelings she is not in
her right mind and it
is wrong ethically.
However in the cli-
max such as the pow-
er of the sheer des-
peration and helpless-
ness which Kamal
Hassan portrays That
one cannot help but
weep with him. I re-
ally do think that it is
the last scene as
Sridevi recovered
from her amnesia and
is now a beautiful
young woman both
mentally and physi-
cally and has no mem-
ory of this young
teacher who devoted
so much time to her
care, safety and well-
being and totally re-
jects him as not just a
man but as a person
and that breaks him.
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
I
THIS THROWBACK THURSDAY WE BRING YOU A
CLASSIC MOVIE OF A LOVE WHICH IS BEYOND
LABELS AND DEFINITIONS THAT WILL MAKE YOU
SMILE BUT WITH TEARS IN YOUR EYES… SADMA,
THE MOVIE WHICH ESTABLISHED SRIDEVI AS A
STAR AND REINFORCED KAMAL HASSAN’S
POSITION AS ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS.
MUMBAI, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022
Ek Nanha sa
Ek Nanha sa Sapna
Sapna

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SAKSHI PANDEY, MODEL
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will manage
to ignore
distractions and
interruptions at
work to complete
a pending task
in time. Job
prospects for
those freshly out
of professional institutes are set to brighten
up .Those not in a stable job can expect
permanency. Health will be satisfactory, as
you remain regular in workouts
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Recovering
a loaned
amount from
someone will
not pose many
difficulties. You
will manage to
defuse tensions
prevailing at
home through your tactful ways. A work
trip is on the cards for some. You manage
to weave your magic on the one you love.
Health will be satisfactory.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Homemakers
will get a chance
to implement
their ideas. You
are likely to be
recognised for
your efforts on
the professional
front. A chance of
a raise is possible for some. A timely and
correct decision will help you in saving a
lot of money. You will be able to de-stress
yourself completely today.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Spirituality will
have a special
allure for you.
Your innovative
ideas on the
professional front
are likely to be
well received.
Good health will
keep you fit and energetic. You are likely
to expand your social circle. You are likely
to get immense fulfilment in your current
romantic relationship.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Speculation may
not be profitable
and you can very
well burn your
fingers. A major
purchase may
make a dent in
your savings
but will help in
keeping up with the flow. Some of you may
get hard-pressed to find a good match for
someone eligible in the family. Cautious
regarding health matter is suggested.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Homemakers
can exceed the
budget in doing
up their homes.
An old friend
or a relative is
likely to visit you.
You succeed
in putting an
ambitious project on the track and cross
all hurdles in making it a success. Love
beckons and promises to give immense
joy and fulfilment.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A profitable day
for entrepreneurs
is envisaged.
You may be
played upon
for spending
on someone
else’s needs
and desires.
Homemakers are likely to enjoy the day in
the company of neighbours and friends.
Fatigue threatens a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
It is one of those
days when you
will feel satisfied
with whatever
you do today on
the social front.
Those seeking
love may not
get lucky, but
persistence will pay! A friend or relative
can touch a sensitive nerve and get
you all upset. A job switch needs to be
considered considering all aspects.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Satisfaction is
foreseen for
image-conscious
people trying
to achieve the
perfect figure
and physique.
Your efforts on
the academic
front will keep you in contention. You are
likely to spend an enjoyable time with a
close relation today. Your helping hand to
someone in need will be appreciated.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will put in
extra effort to
complete a task
entrusted to you.
Your academic
aspirations may
take some time
to get realised.
A contentious
property issue may not show any signs
of getting sorted out amicably, so have a
backup plan ready. Things may look up
on the romantic front.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
A lot of time
may be wasted
on socialising,
but you will love
every moment
of it. You will
succeed in
surmounting the
odds to get a
stalled job back on the tracks. Something
concerning the property will work out in
your favour. A romantic outing is on the
cards and promises much fun and frolic.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Sticking to a
workout routine
may benefit you
on the health
front. Meeting
relatives at a
marriage or party
cannot be ruled
out. Support from
the family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming for an academic pursuit.
A passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
the romantic front brightens.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
heworldof medicine
has grown by leaps
and bounds, and
what better than the
current pandemic to
understand the
growth of science,
especially in the field of med-
icine and health? However,
there remain diseases and
disordersthathavelittle or no
cure. Aplastic anemia is one
such condition that has an
impact on all types of blood
cells and can also turn out to
be fatal. It leads to failure of
bone marrow in the body
which further results in no
formation of any types of
blood cells. While many may
not have heard about aplastic
anemia, there are several
cases of it. Since aplastic ane-
mia causes no formation of
blood cells in the body, a per-
son suffering from it needs to
undergo a blood transfusion.
However, even that may not
help the patient.
But a homoeopathic doc-
tor in Indore, Madhya
Pradesh,in conversation
with First India has claimed
that aplastic anemia can be
treated with better results.
Dr AK Dwivedi, a renowned
homoeopathic doctor, said,
“Anemia, as we all know, is a
lack of blood in one’s body.
However, aplastic anemia is
a complete loss of blood or
no formation of blood in the
body
. In this, there will be no
blood formation in the body
of a person detected with it.
This requires the patient to
undergo a blood transfusion
for and bone marrow trans-
plant. But even that may not
guarantee complete treat-
ment, as aplastic anemia is
considered fatal.”
“Homeopathic medicines
have been proved to be effec-
tive for treating aplastic ane-
mia. The medicines help in
stopping the failure of bone
marrow development. Mean-
ing, if the bone marrow con-
tinues to develop in the body,
so would all types of blood
cells, and the body would be
able to keep producing blood
on its own,” claimed Dr
Dwivedi. Aplastic Anemia is
a rare and serious condition.
There are several symptoms
to it, the initial ones being
high fever, fatigue, and head-
ache. However, the serious
symptoms include uncon-
trolled bleeding from the
nose, stool, etc.
As per Dr Dwivedi, aplas-
tic anemia often goes unde-
tected in the early stages.
And by the time it is detect-
ed, the person’s condition
starts to get worse. He fur-
ther said that there are no set
age criteria for patients. It
can happen from a 15-year-
old child to a senior citizen
of 85 years of age. “It can
happen in any age group. Re-
cently, I treated a two-year-
old child from Bihar. But,
aplastic anemia is mostly
found in people in the middle
age group,” added Dr Dwive-
di. He also said that aplastic
anemia can also be found in
patients with any type of
cancer. “After undergoing
chemotherapy, if a person’s
bone marrow has had an im-
pact, he or she can be prone
to aplastic anemia,” he said.
But how does one get it
checked in the early stage?
To this, Dr Dwivedi said,
“Once must go through basic
blood tests every few months.
It is a very healthy habit. Not
just aplastic anemia, but a
check on your blood cells
can help you detect any dis-
ease at an early stage. One
must also not avoid symp-
toms such as fatigue.” While
concluding, Dr Dwivedi said
that aplastic anemia often
goes undetected unless the
serious symptoms start
showing up, which is why he
says that it is important to
undergo regular health
check-ups.
T
SHIVANI SHRIVASTAVA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
HOMEO
SALVE TO
FATAL
APLASTIC
ANEMIA?
APLASTIC ANEMIA IS A FATAL DEFICIENCY OF ALL TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS.
DR AK DWIVEDI, A RENOWNED HOMOEOPATHIC DOCTOR FROM INDORE,
CLAIMS THAT APLASTIC ANEMIA CAN BE TREATED WITH HOMOEOPATHY.
SYMPTOMS OF APLASTIC ANEMIA

z FATIGUE

z SHORTNESS OF BREATH

z RAPID OR IRREGULAR
HEART RATE

z PALE SKIN

z FREQUENT OR
PROLONGED INFECTIONS

z UNEXPLAINED OR EASY
BRUISING

z NOSEBLEEDS AND
BLEEDING GUMS

z PROLONGED BLEEDING
FROM CUTS

z SKIN RASH

z DIZZINESS

z HEADACHE

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