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UNION EDU MINISTER PRADHAN SUGGESTS
INCLUSION OF YOGA IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM
First India Bureau
New Delhi: While ad-
vocating for the inclu-
sion of Yoga in school
curriculum, Union Ed-
ucation and Skill Devel-
opment and Entrepre-
neurship Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
said on Saturday that
yoga has served human-
ity in alleviating suffer-
ings and building resil-
ience, especially during
the post-Covid era.
Pradhan said this
while inaugurating the
National Yoga Olympi-
ad - 2022 and quiz com-
petition as a Chief
Guest. Minister of State
for Education Subhas
Sarkar was also present
on the occasion.
He highlighted that
to encourage healthier
choices and bring peo-
ple even more closer
together, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has
suitably chosen this
year’s theme as Yoga
For Humanity. He fur-
ther said that Yoga is
India’s gift to the world
and it has gained tre-
mendous popularity
globally since the UN
General Assembly
adopted Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s pro-
posal to celebrate 21st
June as International
Day of Yoga. Yoga is
uniting the world in the
pursuit of good health
and wellness, he added.
Pradhan stressed
that NEP 2020 lays spe-
cial emphasis on the
physical and emotional
well-being of both stu-
dents and teachers.
S p o r t s - i n t e g r a t e d
learning will inculcate
sportsman spirit and
help students adopt fit-
ness as a lifelong atti-
tude, the Union Educa-
tion Minister added.
NATIONAL YOGA OLYMPIAD
Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Education and
Skill Development
Minister said this
while inaugurating
National Yoga
Olympiad-2022
CRUCIAL READ
DELHI COURT DENIES
BAIL TO SATYENDAR
New Delhi: In a setback for
Delhi Health Minister Satyen-
dar Jain, a court on Saturday
dismissed the bail plea of the
AAP leader who was arrested
last month by ED in a money
laundering case. Court said
accused cannot be enlarged
on bail only on ground that he
suffers from sleep apnea.P2
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met
his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in
Gandhinagar in Gujarat on the occasion of her
birthday. The PM sought his mother’s blessings and
washed her feet. Born on June 18, 1923, Heeraben
Modi entered 100th year of her life on Saturday. PM
Modi, in a lengthy post blog post wished his mother,
the PM reminisced about his childhood, highlighted
his mother Heeraba’s sacrifices and wrote about the
various aspects of her life that “shaped” his mind,
personality, and self-confidence.
PM Narendra Modi in conversation with
his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar
on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
GOLDEN
GOLDEN
HE
HEERA!
ERA!
GURU GRANTH SAHIB
SAFELY REMOVED
The holy book, Guru Granth
Sahib, has been safely
removed from Gurdwara
Karte Parwan in Kabul where
a terrorist attack took place
today. According to sources,
Afghan Sikhs entered the
Gurdwara premises which
was on fire to save the book.
2 killed & 7 hurt in Kabul
Gurdwara terror strike
Kabul/New Delhi:
Several blasts ripped
through a Sikh gurd-
wara in Afghanistan’s
capital Kabul on Satur-
day, killing two persons
and injuring seven oth-
ers, while security per-
sonnel thwarted a big-
ger tragedy by stopping
an explosive-laden vehi-
cle from reaching the
place of worship of the
minority community in
the war-torn country.
“We are deeply con-
cerned at the reports
emanating from Kabul
about an attack on a sa-
cred Gurudwara in the
city. We are closely
monitoring situation
and waiting for further
details,” the MEA said.
In terror strike; 3 attackers also died; India says ‘deeply concerned’.
MODI CONDEMNS ‘BARBARIC’ ATTACK
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday even-
ing condemned the ‘barbaric’ attack on Karte Parwan Gurud-
wara in Afghanistan’s Kabul in which at least two people were
killed and seven were injured. Meanwhile, External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar condemned the “cowardly attack” on
a Gurudwara in Kabul and said that India is closely monitor-
ing developments in the Afghan capital. Taking to Twitter, the
External Affairs Minister also expressed concern over the
welfare of the Sikh community in Afghanistan.
RAHUL TURNS
52 TODAY!
AGNIPATH ROW
Centrebringsnewoffer!
 Home and Defence
ministries announce 10%
quota for ‘Agniveers’
 Protests spread to 8
states including UP, Bihar,
Haryana and Telangana
 Amid protests, Singh
holds key meeting with
the three service chiefs
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Saturday approved a
proposal to reserve 10
percentof thejobsinthe
defence ministry for Ag-
niveers who meet the
requisite eligibility cri-
teria. This devp comes
hours after the home
ministryapprovedapro-
posal to adopt a 10%
quota for Agniveers in
CAPF and Assam Rifles.
“The 10% reserva-
tion will be implement-
ed in Indian Coast
Guard & defence civil-
ian posts, and all 16 De-
fence Public Sector Un-
dertakings,” ministry
said in statement. This
reservation, for aspir-
ants recruited through
scheme, would be in ad-
dition to existing quota
for ex-servicemen.
Army officers coming out of the residence of Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh after the meeting in New Delhi on Saturday.
SONIA GANDHI
SAYS SCHEME
‘DIRECTIONLESS’
369 TRAINS
CANCELLED DUE TO
PROTESTS
New Delhi: Cong Presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi on
Saturday assured military
job aspirants
that her
party “will
strongly
stand” with
them as they
try to put
pressure on govt to roll-
back contentious scheme
& new military recruitment
scheme is “directionless”. New Delhi: The Railways
cancelled 369 trains on
Saturday due to agitation
against Centre’s recently
announced Agnipath
scheme for recruitment
of soldiers in armed
forces, officials said.
These include 210 mail/
express and 159 local
trains. Railways has also
partially cancelled two
mail/express trains, total
trains affected during day
is 371, the officials said.
Necessary amendments to relevant
recruitment rules will be undertaken
to implement these provisions.
Defence Public Sector Undertakings
will be advised to make similar
amendments to their respective
recruitment rules. Necessary
age relaxation provision will
also be made.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
I appeal to youth that
violence is not the right
way. The govt is seriously
listening to your concerns.
Govt is ready to look
into their grievances
with an “open mind”
and make changes
“ifrequired”.
—Anurag Thakur,
I&B Minister
HIGHLIGHTS
 Bihar Bandh called to
protest against Agnipath
 Congress leaders to
sit on Satyagraha at
Jantar Mantar in New
Delhi today
 Kolkata cops arrest
anti-Agnipath demon-
strators near CM’s home
 Plea in SC seeking
to set up SIT to probe
violent protests over
Agnipath scheme
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people on
Saturday, the eve of his birthday. Rahul said, “I appeal to
Congress workers and my well-wishers across the country.
Don’t celebrate my birthday of any kind. We are all worried
about the situation arising across the country, the mind of
crores of youth is sad. Let us share the suffering of these
youth and crores of families and stand with them.”
JOE BIDEN FALLS OFF
BIKE, SAYS ‘I’M GOOD’
Washington: US President
Joe Biden took a tumble as
he was riding his bicycle near
his beach home in the state
of Delaware on Saturday, but
was unhurt. A video from
a White House pool report
showed 79-year-old prez im-
mediately getting up after his
fall. He then says: “I’m good.”

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DTC & DMRC INK MOU TO DEVELOP
STATE-OF-THE-ART BUS TERMINALS
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
Transport Corporation
(DTC) and Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation
(DMRC) signed a Memo-
randum of Understand-
ing (MoU) for the devel-
opment of land parcels
and bus terminals in the
national capital.
In the first phase of
the project, land parcels
and bus terminals at
Nehru Place, Najafgarh,
Azadpur, Mehrauli and
Narela have been identi-
fied jointly by DTC and
DMRC for development.
The Delhi govern-
ment, in a statement,
said the agreement pro-
vides flexibility to take
up work under one of
the suitable models
among PPP, Property
Business (PB) and De-
posit Work basis accord-
ing to existing urban
development bylaws,
instructions, regula-
tions, and Master Plan
of Delhi (MPD-2021).
As per the MoU, DMRC
would be implementing
these projects from con-
ceptualisation till com-
missioning and would be
rendering all the servic-
es including pre-con-
structional activities
such as the development
of preliminary plans,
preparation of prelimi-
nary estimates, construc-
tion activities such as
approval of design ot
drawing of the layout
plan, tendering and exe-
cution of work.
The scope of work
would also include post-
constructional activities
such as obtaining com-
pletion certificates from
local bodies and facilita-
tion of handing over of
the project on comple-
tion. Empowered Com-
mittee headed by Chair-
man (DTC) and compris-
ing two members each
from DTC and DMRC
would monitor the imple-
mentation of the Project
and accord necessary ap-
proval for design, change
in designs, estimates, de-
viations, escalation, im-
position of penalties on
the contractor, if any, etc.
The Empowered Committee will also review the financial status of the project on
a quarterly basis or as desired by the Chairman of the Empowered Committee
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
The Empowered Committee will be formulated within 15 days from the date of signing of this MoU,
the statement said. “To develop world-class infrastructure, DMRC will incorporate green building
features, rainwater harvesting system, energy-efficient building features, water conservation, sewage/
effluent treatment/ recycling/disposal, solid waste management, dedicated vehicle parking, green belt,
etc. and adhere to concurrent environmental laws and regulations,” the statement reads.
DMRC WILL INCORPORATE GREEN BUILDING FEATURES
New Delhi (Agencies):
Addressing his first
roadshow in poll-bound
Rajinder Nagar, Delhi
chief minister and Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
chief Arvind Kejriwal
implored residents of
the area to vote for the
party’s candidate
Durgesh Pathak, if they
wanted “someone seri-
ous about getting their
work done.”
“I am giving you the
guarantee of getting all
the work in the constit-
uency done. I do what I
promise,” he said, even
as he criticised the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), accusing the saf-
fron party of “igniting
conflicts”.
He is scheduled to ad-
dress a roadshow each
onSaturdayandSunday
as well in the west Delhi
area, which will vote on
June23inabypollneces-
sitated after the earlier
incumbent, AAP’s Ra-
ghav Chadha resigned
afterbeingnominatedto
the Rajya Sabha.
“If you want an MLA
who interested in rabble-
rousing, press the lotus
symbol [referring to the
BJP’ssymbol],”Kejriwal
said during a short
roadshow in Karol
Bagh’s WEA area, which
is under the Rajinder
Nagar assembly
constituency
.
CM seeks votes for
party’s Rajinder
Nagar candidate
New Delhi (PTI): A
court here Saturday dis-
missed the bail plea of
Delhi minister Satyen-
dra Jain, arrested by
the Enforcement Direc-
torate in a money laun-
dering case.
Special Judge
Geetanjli Goel denied
the relief to Jain, say-
ing the stage was not fit
for grant of bail to him.
“The Bail application
is dismissed,” the judge
said. The court had re-
served order after hear-
ing arguments from
Jain as well the ED.
The ED had arrested
Jain in a money laun-
dering case. He was
taken into custody un-
der criminal sections
of the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act (PMLA).
DELHI COURT
DISMISSES
SATYENDAR'S
BAIL PLEA New Delhi (Agencies):
Aam Aadmi Party Ra-
jya Sabha MP Raghav
Chadha on Saturday
wrote to Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh ask-
ing him to roll back the
“ill-conceived” Ag-
nipath scheme.
In a letter, Chadha
said the scheme had
“justifiably caused
great anguish among
potential recruits from
across the country”.
“The hopes and
dreams of many young
aspirants have been sti-
fled by the controversial
‘contractualization’ of
the armed forces. With-
in the past two days, we
have witnessed with
great despair insuffi-
cient attempts at last-
minute tinkering by the
Union government such
as increasing the age
limit,” he wrote.
Chadha listed five is-
sues that he said needed
highlighting.
“Firstly, we need
jawans with peace of
mind and job security.
The Union government
has failed to compre-
hend that a jawan sup-
ports not only himself
but his family. Only in-
dividuals with courage
and peace of mind can
serve in the armed forc-
es. A jawan that is busy
contemplating career
moves or wondering
how his family will sur-
vive after his tenure of
four years is over will
find it harder to serve
our country
. An ill-moti-
vated soldier is certain-
ly an avoidable proposi-
tion,” he wrote.
“Secondly
,thescheme
has overlooked issues
of inadequate skilling.
The Agnipath scheme
allows for Agniveers to
undergo a crash course
in training of six
months. An abnormally
short period of training
will have adverse conse-
quences on the quality
of service discharged.
The scheme allows for
greenhorns to face the
nation’s greatest secu-
rity challenges. Result-
antly, we will be saddled
without sufficient lead-
ership and experience
amongst the troops,”
Chadha wrote.
Agnipath: Raghav writes to Rajnath
to ‘stop this trial by fire of youth’
S
S
S
S
Such experiments should not be imposed en masse.
uch experiments should not be imposed en masse.
This scheme has been implemented without running
any pilot schemes. Such pilot schemes, preferably outside
of the armed forces, would have provided an opportunity
to [be deliberated on] before deciding. A consultative
exercise could have followed thereafter to avoid national
embarrassment and despair amongst the youth.
RAGHAV CHADHA SAYS
New Delhi (PTI): The
International Health,
Sports, and Fitness Fes-
tival (IHFF), 2022, has
begun in Delhi which
will see the participa-
tion of 600 athletes from
India and abroad as
well as 150 fitness
brands, industry ex-
perts and businesses.
The highlights of the
three-day event at Pra-
gati Maidan, which be-
gan on Friday, are the
country’s biggest body-
building championship
— the Sheru Classic —
and the All India Mixed
Martial Arts Federa-
tion tournaments.
The Sheru Classic
Pro Qualifiers will al-
low India’s bodybuild-
ers to earn pro-cards
from the International
Federation of Body-
building (IFBB) which
can catapult them into
international pro-
leagues.
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
Int’l Health and
Sports Festival
underway in city
DUMMY IEDS PLANTED
Delhi Police tests alertness of local police
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Police will ‘plant’
dummy IEDs in high
footfall areas of the city
to check the alertness
of the local police, the
officials said.
An order regarding
this was issued by the
Special Cell unit of the
city police.
The officials said the
staff of the Special Cell
will randomly ‘plant’
the dummy IEDs at
high footfall areas in
each of the 15 districts.
As soon as the district
police detects the dum-
my IED, regular proto-
col of handling such a
situation like cordoning
off the area, using sand-
bags for buttressing,
and calling the bomb
disposal team must be
followed, they said.
MAN HELD FOR ‘INSTIGATING’
PROTESTERS IN DELHI
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a
man for allegedly making an inflammatory speech
and instigating youths protesting against the Ag-
nipath Scheme here,
officials said on Sat-
urday. Police said
Surender Sharma
alias Fauji made
the alleged speech
Friday morning to a
gathering of 50-60
agitators during the protest near the gate of the
MCD office in Baba Haridas Nagar.
DDU College unable to pay
salaries, DUTA writes to V-C
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Allegations of
non-payment of funds
to Delhi government-
funded Delhi Univer-
sity (DU) colleges has
once again surfaced
with the Deen Dayal
Upadhyay (DDU) Col-
lege unable to pay
salaries to its staff for
the month of May
purportedly due to
lack of funds.
The college Staff As-
sociation went on a
dharna inside the
premises on Friday
against the non-pay-
ment of salaries.
DDU principal
Hem Chand Jain said
the last instalment
the college had re-
ceived was Rs 8.75
crore.
“We had got that in
April, but it went in
paying salaries of the
previous two months
which were also un-
paid and one senior
teacher had retired
too, so some of it was
spent there. We do not
have money to pay our
staff for the month of
May. We have ap-
pealed to the Delhi
government repeat-
edly to release funds,”
he said.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Culture in
collaboration with the
Archaeological Survey
of India (ASI) organ-
ised ‘Yoga Mahotsav’
at Purana Qila in the
national capital on
Saturday.
The event was held as
part of International
Day of Yoga 2022 cele-
brations. The event
aimed to instil the ever-
lasting value of cultur-
al wellness amongst the
people, said the Minis-
try of Culture.
The event was attend-
ed by Minister of State
for Culture and Parlia-
mentary Affairs, Arjun
Ram Meghwal and Min-
ister of State for Culture
and External Affairs
Meenakashi Lekhi.
More than 500 people
including officials of
the Union Culture Min-
istry and foreign dele-
gates from more than 40
countries participated
in the event.
The event started
with reciting of Saras-
wati Vandana followed
by a session of Yoga by
instructors from
Morarji Desai National
Institute of Yoga.
On the occasion,
Meenakashi Lekhi said
Yoga is the key to a
healthy and active life.
Yoga Mahotsav held at Delhi’s Purana Qila
RUN-UP TO INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

The event
aimed to instil
the everlasting
value of
cultural
wellness
amongst the
people, says
Ministry of
Culture
Foreign delegates perform yoga during the Yoga Mahotsav
organised by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the ASI
as part of the International Day of Yoga celebrations, at Purana
Qila, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAN HELD FOR RAPING WOMAN
New Delhi (PTI): A man was arrested for alleg-
edly raping a 25-year-old woman in west Delhi’s
Kirti Nagar area on the
pretext of providing her a
job, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place on
Thursday and an FIR was
registered at the Kirti Nagar police station on
Friday, police said.
CRUCIAL READS
FIRE IN FURNITURE FACTORY IN CITY
New Delhi (PTI): A fire broke out at a furniture
factory in southwest Delhi’s Bindapur area
on early Saturday morning,
officials said. According to fire
officials, they received informa-
tion about the blaze at 4.05 am
and eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
The fire was brought under control at 6.55 am
and it was completely doused at 8.50 am.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holds a roadshow at
Rajendra Nagar on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
03
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
managed to win an ad-
ditional seat in Maha-
rashtra and Haryana
because of its manage-
ment, but the BJP won
an additional seat in
Karnataka because of
Congress’s own doing.
Congressresolvedtode-
feat JDS instead of BJP
in the interest of local
politics of the state, due
to which BJP won an
additional seat. In
terms of numbers, the
BJP was going to get
only two seats in Kar-
nataka. But seeing the
fight between Congress
and JDS, it fielded the
third candidate and
this third candidate La-
har Singh Siroya won
the election.
To win a seat in Kar-
nataka, 46 votes were
needed. The party was
left with 24 votes after
Congress’s first candi-
date Jairam Ramesh
won. Another Congress
candidate Mansoor
Khan got 25 votes as a
JDSMLAcrossvotedin
his favour. On the other
handJDScandidateKu-
pendra Reddy got 30
votes. It is clear that if
Congress had trans-
ferred its 24 votes to
JDS, then JDS candi-
date would have won
comfortably
. It is being
toldthatatthebehestof
HD Deve Gowda, Mall-
ikarjun Kharge spoke
to the party high com-
mand about this. But
DK Shivakumar and
Siddaramaiah made it
clear that if BJP wins,
it wins, however, he
will not let JDS win. So,
by winning one addi-
tional seat each in Ma-
harashtra, Haryana
and Karnataka, the
BJP did not allow its
Rajya Sabha MPs to be
less than a hundred.
BJPREMAINSCENTURIANINRAJYA
SABHA, THANKS TO CONGRESS!
ELECTION BATTLE
PMUNFURLSFLAGATMAHAKALITEMPLE
While unfurling the flag, PM Narendra Modi says centuries change, but the peak of faith remains eternal
MODI IN GUJARAT
Srinagar: Former Jam-
mu and Kashmir chief
minister Farooq Abdul-
lah Saturday withdrew
his name as the poten-
tial joint opposition can-
didate for the upcoming
presidential elections,
sayinghehasa"lotmore
active politics" ahead of
him, and that he wanted
to contribute in navigat-
ing the Union Territory
through the current
"critical juncture".
The 84-year-old Ab-
dullah is the second po-
litical person after Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty chief Sharad Pawar
to have withdrawn their
names as probable op-
position nominee for
the July elections.Ab-
dullah's statement
comes ahead of a sched-
uled meeting of opposi-
tion parties in Mumbai
to discuss their joint
candidate for the presi-
dential election.
Farooq declines to be joint
opposition’s prez candidate
Bengaluru(ANI): As
per directions of the
Karnataka High
Court, the state gover-
ment has submitted a
report, saying that no
permanent license al-
lowing use of loud-
speakers in religious
or other places has
been given, and it is
valid for only two
years, sources said on
Saturday
. The state
government said that
the use of loudspeak-
ers is not allowed be-
tween 10 p.m. and 6
a.m. except for special
occasions. The gov-
ernmenttoldthecourt
that the provision of
the use of loudspeak-
ersisgivenasperRule
5(1)of theNoisePollu-
tion (Regulation and
Control),2000,andSec-
tion 37 of the Karna-
taka Police Act, 1963.
K’taka govt
submits report,
says license
valid for 2Yrs
LOUDSPEAKER ROW
Pavagadh (ANI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Saturday unfurled a
traditional flag on the
famousMahakalitemple
inGujarat'sPanchmahal
district, months after a
dargah which stood atop
the temple for nearly 500
years, was shifted with
the consent of its care-
takers. Speaking on the
occasion, PM Modi said
the flag unfurled at the
templeisnotjustsymbol
of our spirituality
, but
shows that our faith re-
mains strong despite
passage of centuries,
and added that the cen-
tres of faith and spiritu-
al glory of India are now
being re-established.
The'shikhara'orspire
of the temple which was
destroyed in the attack
of Sultan of Gujarat
Mahmud Begda around
500yearsago.Ithasbeen
restored now as part of
the redevelopment of
the 11th century temple,
situated on the Pava-
gadh hill and the flag
atop it was unfurled by
the Prime Minister. "For
five centuries and even
after 75 years of Inde-
pendence the flag atop
Ma Kali temple was not
unfurled, today it is be-
ingdone,"PMModisaid.
The Prime Minister
Modi stated that the re-
building of Mahakali
temple at Gujarat’s Pav-
agadh is part of the
same ‘gaurav yatra’.
Will take khelo chess
acrosscountry:Anurag
New Delhi(ANI):
Union Sports Minis-
ter Anurag Thakur
said on Saturday that
just like Khelo India,
the govt will lift ‘Kh-
elo Chess’ and take it
across the country
.
PM Modi is sched-
uled to launch the
first-ever Chess Ol-
ympiad Torch Relay
for the 44th edition of
the event on Sunday
at the Indira Gandhi
International Stadi-
um in New Delhi.
“India is ready to
host Chess Olympiad.
About 3,000 players
from 190 countries
will get to see the
country where chess
originated & witness
Indian traditions…
Like Khelo India, we
willgivepacetoKhelo
Chess to take it across
the country
,” said
Thakur. “For the first
time in Chess Olym-
piad, Chess Torch Re-
lay will be launched.
PM Modi will inaugu-
rate it on June 19… I
am happy to share
that every time when-
ever there will Chess
Olympiad, the torch
relay will start from
India,” he added.The
inaugural edition of
the Chess Olympiad
Torch Relay will visit
75 cities across the
country as the AICF.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party President Dr. Farooq Abdullah addresses the party
workers convention, at Khanyar, in Srinagar.
PM Narendra Modi with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at the inauguration of the redeveloped Kalika
Mata Temple, at Pavagadh hill, in Panchmahal on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY ANI PM Modi at the inauguration of the various development projects.
Vadodara: PM Modi
inaugurated and
laid the foundation
stone of develop-
ment projects worth
over Rs 21,000
crores in Gujarat
on Sat. Beneficiar-
ies of various govt
schemes participated
in Gujarat Gaurav
Abhiyan at Vadodara
on Saturday.The PM
dedicated and laid
the foundation stone
of various Railway
projects worth over
Rs 16,000 crores.
These include the
inauguration of 357
Km long New Palan-
pur Madar Corridor.
Panchmahal: Highlighting the country`s spiritual and cultural
heritage, Modi on Saturday said”Today, after centuries, the
flag is once again hoisted on the top of the Pavagadh temple.
This flag at the top is not only a symbol of our faith and
spirituality! This flag also symbolizes that despite changes
in centuries and eras, the faith remains eternal. Today the
spiritual and cultural glory of India is being restored. Today
New India is living its ancient identity along with its modern
aspirations and taking pride in its heritage.” “In Pavagadh,
there is spirituality, history, nature, art and culture.
PM MODI LAYS
FOUNDATION
OF PROJECTS
FOR `21K CR
PM: NEW INDIA IS ANCIENT IDENTITY
WITH MODERN ASPIRATIONS
PM Modi receives a warm welcome at Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan.
Panchmahal: Inaugurating the redeveloped Kalika
Mata Temple, PM Modi said Gujarat’s Pavagadh has
been a center of universal harmony with the historical
diversity of India. Prime Minister inaugurated the
redeveloped Kalika Mata Temple atop the Pavagadh
Hill. It is one of the oldest temples in the area and
attracts large numbers of pilgrims.According to the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the redevelopment of
the temple has been done in two phases. The inaugu-
ration of the first phase of redevelopment was done
by the Prime Minister earlier this year in April.
Vadodara: Emphasizing on the importance of wom-
en’s empowerment for India’s development, PM said
that all policies, from Army to mining, are being made
keeping in mind the welfare of women.Addressing the
gathering here, PM Modi said, “Our double-engine
government has empowered women in the last eight
years. Their empowerment is imperative for India’s
rapid development. From Army to mines, today India
is making policies and taking decisions keeping in
mind the welfare and aspirations of women.”
'PAVAGADH HAS BEEN CENTRE OF
UNIVERSAL HARMONY OF INDIA'
INDIA MAKING POLICIES KEEPING IN
MIND WELFARE OF WOMEN: MODI
Farooq said he
was honoured
that his name
was proposed by
WB CM Mamta
Banerjee
NEERAJCHOPRAWINSGOLDINKUORTANE
GAMES WITH THROW OF 86.69M
Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal at the Kuortane
Games in Finland on Saturday with a best throw
of 86.69m. He finished ahead of
Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn
Walcott and world champion
Anderson Peters of Grenada.
Chopra, who recently set the new
national record, started off strong
with his 86.69m throw, which was good enough to
pip his competitors. He made two foul throws and
opted out of the last three throws. This was just his
second competition since the Tokyo Olympics.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Minister for
Sports Anurag Thakur hold the Squash racquets.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
And above all things
have fervent love for one
another, for love will
cover a multitude of sins.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Rani Lakshmibai is that golden chapter
of Indian history, whose description of
bravery falls short of all the words of the
dictionary. He showed how to dedicate
himself till his last breath to protect and
honor the motherland. Tribute to such a
unique heroine on her martyrdom day.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
I had the privilege of releasing the book
“The Indian Constitution: The Untold
Story” by respected Ram Bahadur Rai
ji, along with renowned author Shri
Achyutanand Mishra ji, Hon’ble Deputy
Chairman of Rajya Sabha Shri Harivansh
Narayan ji, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of
Jammu and Kashmir Shri @manojsinha_ ji
and other distinguished guests.
TOP TWEETS
BE CAREFUL WITH
WHAT YOU WEAR
FOR APPEARANCE
AS A LITIGANT
senior IAS officer of
Bihar was given a
dressing down by
Justice PB Bajanthri
of the Patna High
Court for being inappropriately
dressed. A video of the judge
reprimanding the bureaucrat
having gone viral there’s a fresh
debate on what is “appropriate”
dressing for a litigant. In the
case of the Bihar bureaucrat,
the officer was dressed in formal
trousers and an open-collar
shirt. The problem lay with the
open collar and absence of a
coat for which the judge took
him to task.
In 2011 issued a “mandatory
dress code for litigants” which
was rather vague. Security per-
sonnel at the Bombay High
Court were issued instructions
to “only allow litigants wearing
modest dresses in sober col-
ours”. On some occasions, Su-
preme Court judges have also
taken exception to inappropri-
ate dressing. In 2018 Justices J.
Chelameshwar and SK Kaul ob-
jected to the dress worn by an
additional chief secretary of
Rajasthan and refused to hear
his case. There are many more
such instances.
A
ammu Kashmir
has covered a lot
of distance after
scrapping of its
privileged status
under Article 370 which was
abrogated by the Centre in
2019. Protests by the National
Conference and the Peoples
Democratic Party - The two
main parties of what is now
a Union Territory---have died
down as their leaders have
now come to terms with the
historic decision after long
periods of house arrest.
Leaders of the two parties
formed a Gupkar alliance af-
ter a meeting at Farooq Ab-
dullah’s residence at Gupkar
with the ostensible purpose
of taking part in the assem-
bly elections.
Three years after the revo-
cation of special status JK
could see the start of a prop-
er democratic process. “By
the end of this year there is a
possibility of holding assem-
bly elections in Jammu
Kashmir,” said Union De-
fence Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh. The exercise to revise
electoral rolls and prepara-
tion of the draft rolls are al-
ready underway. Draft rolls
are expected to be ready by
August 30.
Another major exercise of
delimitation of constituen-
cies has already been com-
pleted. The PDP, NC and
other parties of the Valley
are unhappy with the delimi-
tation as it has given Jammu
more seats. After the delimi-
tation process the total num-
ber of assembly seats has
increased to 90 with Kash-
mir’s share being 47 and Jam-
mu’s 43. Earlier, Valley had 46
seats and Jammu 37. More
seats for Jammu is being
seen as striking at Muslims’
political dominance.
The completion of demo-
cratic process should
strengthen peace efforts in
the region where recent tar-
getedkillingsof non-Muslims
led to an exodus of Hindus.
JK BEING READIED
FOR ASSEMBLY POLL
Protests by the National
Conference and the
Peoples Democratic
Party - The two main parties
of what is now a Union
Territory - have died down as
their leaders have now come
to terms with the historic
decision after long
periods of house arrest
J
‘Congress’s this ‘Satyagraha’
is not what Mahatma taught us’
he Congress party was estab-
lished in 1885. The founder
was AO Hume, a former ICS
officer. Until Gandhiji took
over the leadership of Con-
gress on his return from
South Africa (where he spent
21 years) till then the party
did not have a mass base.
Rahul Gandhi has spent
over 40 hours with the En-
forcement Directorate. The
Congress party has suddenly
woken up, burning tyres on
roads, dislocating traffic. One
Congress man called the
Prime Minister a dog, a for-
mer lady Member of Parlia-
ment got hold of the collar of
a policeman who was on duty
.
On the first day the slogans of
the agitators included, “We
are doing ‘Satyagraha’”.
Abuse and violence are not
part of Satyagraha. If Sonia
Gandhi was not indisposed
she, would have, in her own
diplomatic, decisive way
pulled up these unruly Con-
gress wallahs. However, unin-
tended consequences have
surfaced due to the agitation
the Congress agitation has
given life to a moriband party
.
To call the bedlam Satya-
graha is to do great injustice
to the man who enriched our
political vocabulary by in-
venting the word, but also
made it into a powerful non-
violent weapon which funda-
mentally changed Indian
politics. I doubt if any of the
aggressive agitators have
ever heard of Gandhiji book
“Satyagraha in South Afri-
ca”. Let me quote from it.
“None of us knew what
name to give to our move-
ment….. A small prize was
therefore announced in Indi-
an Opinion, (a paper Gandhiji
founded and edited) to be
awarded to the reader who in-
vented the best designation
for our struggle. The year was
1906. We thus received a num-
ber of suggestions…. Shri
Maganlal Gandhi (the Mahat-
ma’s cousin) was one of the
competitors and he suggested
the word “Sadagraha”, mean-
ing ‘firmness in a good cause’.
I liked the word, but it did not
trulyrepresentthewholeidea
I wished to connote. I there-
fore corrected it to “Satyagra-
ha”.Truth(satya)implieslove
and firmness (agraha) engen-
ders and therefore serves as a
synonym for force. I thus be-
gan to call the Indian move-
ment “Satyagraha”.
Geoffrey Ashe the Anglo-
American author, in his book
“Gandhi” published a year
before Gandhiji’s birth cente-
nary in 1968 wrote, “Satya-
graha Gandhi decided, can
only employ such weapons as
boycotts and strikes. But
whenauthoritymovesagainst
them they must submit to its
blows without retaliation, or
go to prison or death without
rancour, indeed with joy and
courtesy
. Full responsibility
falls on each one, as a soldier
of non-violence Satyagraha
implies self-discipline.” Con-
gress agitators please note.
PROTEST OVER
AGNIPATH SCHEME
The Central Government
finds itself in a spot. It was
not the wisest decision taken
without the matter being dis-
cussed in both Houses of Par-
liament. A bill could have
been passed to introduce the
Agnipath Scheme.
Whyhasthedecisionof Gov-
ernment caused so much an-
ger? Because it was not well
thoughtthrough.Whatwasthe
hurry? There are serious dif-
ferences among some retired
senior officers of the armed
forces on the value and useful-
ness of Agnipath. I find even
the nomenclature strange.
Why not Suryapath? Youth or-
ganisations have vigorously
opposed this scheme. Some
have called it ‘hair-brained’.
The phrase is not mine.
One hope’s the widespread
violent protests will end soon.
But the 17-23 old recruits will
at the end of 4 years ask for
jobs. If not satisfied, uglier
protests could follow.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The Central
Government finds
itself in a spot. It was
not the wisest decision
taken without the matter
being discussed in both
Houses of Parliament. A
bill could have been
passed to introduce the
Agnipath Scheme
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
GoI, ARMED FORCES HAVE TO DO
MORE WORK ON AGNIPATH: MALIK
The former Army Chief, General
VP Malik gave an interview to
the Times of India 3 days ago.
The heading of the four column
interview was, “GoI, Armed
Forces Have To Do More Work
on Agnipath.” The last sentence
of paragraph one of the interview
reads: “The government and
the armed forces have to do
more work on their outreach, to
justify and explain Agnipath to
the youth.” The rest of General
Malik’s interview was in favour
of Agnipath. He argues his case
convincingly. He is a much
respected former Chief. I have
met him a couple of times. I was
impressed by his engaging per-
sonality and his verbal restraint.

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INDIA
05
Getting death
threats from
Dawood’s bro:
Pragya Thakur
Bhopal: BJP MP Prag-
ya Singh Thakur on
Saturday complained
of getting a
call, in
which the
caller iden-
tifying him-
self as fugi-
tive gangster Dawood
Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal
Kaskar’s man, threat-
ened to kill her for
“spreading venom
against Muslims”, po-
lice said.
A purported video
that runs a little over
two minutes has gone
viral on social media,
which shows Ms
Thakur speaking with
the caller when he made
the threat call. Thakur,
who represents the
Bhopal Lok Sabha con-
stituency, complained
to T T Nagar police sta-
tion early on Saturday
.
“Following her com-
plaint about getting the
threat call, a case under
Indian Penal Code (IPC)
sections 506 (criminal
intimidation) and 507
(criminal intimidation
by an anonymous com-
munication) was regis-
tered in the early hours
on Saturday
,” T T Nagar
police station’s in-
charge Chen Singh
Raghuvanshi.
PM MODI SPEAKS TO
CM SARMA, ASSURES
ALL POSSIBLE HELP
Guwahati: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Saturday
spoke to Assam Chief Minis-
ter Himanta Biswa Sarma and
enquired about the flood situ-
ation in the state. PM Modi,
during his phone call to the
Assam CM also assured all
possible help from the Central
government to the disaster-hit
state. Taking to Twitter, Him-
anta Biswa Sarma said, “At
6 am today, PM Modi called
me to enquire about the flood
situation in Assam. While
expressing his concerns
over hardships being faced
by people due to this natural
calamity, PM assured all help
from Central Government.”
Over 2k people displaced in Tripura
WEST TRIPURA DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED 155 MM OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
CAUSING INUNDATION OF SEVERAL LOW-LYING AREAS ON THE BANKS OF HOWRAH RIVER
New Delhi: More than
2,000 people have been
displaced due to flood-
ing in Sadar subdivi-
sion of West Tripura
district triggered by
torrential rain, officials
said on Saturday. West
Tripura district has re-
ceived 155 mm of rain-
fall in the last 24 hours,
causing inundation of
several low-lying areas
on the banks of Howrah
River. In view of the
situation, the state gov-
ernment has already
declared that schools
and colleges will re-
main shut on Saturday.
Chief Minister Manik
Saha has asked officials
to take all possible steps
to handle the situation
and assess the damage
caused by the floods.
31 DEAD IN ASSAM,
MEGHALAYA FLOODS
Over 31 people have
died in floods and land-
slides in Assam and
Meghalaya in2 days. As
per latest updates, over
19 lakh people in 28 As-
sam districts have been
severely affected, while
one lakh people are tak-
ing shelter in relief
camps. Out of the total
casualties in the floods
in the last two days, 12
died in Assam and 19 in
Meghalaya.
A boatman covers himself with umbrella while rowing the boat on the Dal Lake during rain, in Srinagar on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Himanta Biswa Sarma interacts with people as he visited the breached portion of Nonoi RB
Embankment near Dipila at Patharughat in Darrang on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
l BIHAR BANDH OVER 'AGNIPATH',
BACKED BY LALU YADAV'S PARTY
l POLICE ON HIGH ALERT, INTERNET
SERVICES SUSPENDED IN 12 DISTRICTS
POLICE JEEP SET ABLAZE,
COPS INJURED IN BIHAR
AGNIPATH SCHEME: RAMPAGE CONTINUES
Patna: All India Stu-
dents' Association
(AISA) in Bihar, pro-
testing against the cen-
tre's newly introduced
'Agnipath' recruitment
scheme for the armed
forces, have found sup-
port in opposition RJD
as they called for a 24-
hour state-wide bandh
on Saturday
. They have
sought immediate roll-
back of the scheme.
Announcing the
RJD's support to the
bandh call, the presi-
dent of its Bihar unit,
Jagadanand Singh, said
the short-term recruit-
ment scheme is detri-
mental to the interests
of the nation's youth.
We support those
who are agitating on
streets in protest
against 'Agnipath' re-
cruitment. The new
short-term recruitment
scheme in the armed
forces is not in the in-
terest of the country's
youth, he said at the
party office here, in the
presence of other Left
leaders.
MHA SANCTIONS SECURITY COVER
OF CRPF FOR 10 BIHAR BJP LEADERS
Patna: In view of the threats by the anti-Agnipath
scheme protesters, the Union Home Ministry has ac-
corded a VIP security cover of the CRPF to at least 10
Bihar BJP legislators and leaders. Those provided the
Y category cover include state’s Deputy Chief Minister
Renu Devi, state BJP president and Paschim Champaran
MP Sanjay Jaiswal, Darbhanga MLA Sanjay Saraogi,
Bisfi MLA Haribhushan Thakur, and some others.
BIHAR TOP COP’S JIBE TO PROTESTERS
Patna: Massive protests have been reported in Bihar, where
angry mob set fire to dozens of trains, and damaged public
properties across several cities and towns, prompting the
police to suspend internet services in nearly a third of the
state. The vandalism of railway properties have led to losses
of over `200 crore in the state alone, according to Railway
officials. Top cop said that a “perception” was being created
that the police has failed to take timely action to control the
protests in Bihar, one of the worst-hit by Agnipath protests.
Hyderabad: In wake of widespread violence over Agnipath
Scheme, Senior Telangana Cong leader V Hanumantha Rao
on Saturday said PM Modi should tender his resignation for
his incapability to handle situation. Rao said, “In last 8 years
16 crore job has to come, you (Centre Govt) didn’t give that
and now in defence, you are making limitation of 4 years,
what will be situation after four years. After being removed
from the defence what work will they get? I don’t understand,
how come you don’t have money for providing permanent
jobs to youth in defence. It’s a shameful act, Modi if you are
not able to manage then just give your resignation.”
CONGRESS’S HANUMANTH RAO
SEEKS PM MODI’S RESIGNATION
New Delhi: A PIL has been
filed in the Supreme Court
seeking a direction to set up
a Special Investigation Team
(SIT) to probe the damage
to public properties includ-
ing that of railways and
violent protests against the
Centre’s Agnipath scheme.
The PIL has been filed by
advocate Vishal Tiwari.
PLEA SEEKS PROBE IN
AGNIPATH PROTESTS
Highlights
 In Thiruvanan-
thapuram, scores of as-
pirant soldiers marched
to the Raj Bhavan
 AAP's Raghav Chad-
ha writes to Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
 RJD’s Bihar chief
Jagadanand Singh said
the short-term recruit-
ment scheme is detri-
mental to the interests
of the nation’s youth
DON’T TAKE LAW INTO YOUR HANDS:
UTTARAKHAND DGP TO YOUTH
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar has appealed to the youth to
maintain peace and not to take law into their hands as protests
took place against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme in the state.
Rapid Action Force (RAF) and police personnel stand guard during
Bihar Bandh that is called to protest against the Agnipath Recruitment
Scheme for the Armed Forces, in Patna on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP chief JP
Nadda makes an
appeal to youth
BJP National President JP Nadda holds a mace during the
‘Prashikshan Varga’ of the National OBC Morcha, in Bengaluru on
Saturday. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai is also seen.
Bengaluru: As the na-
tionwide agitation
against the Centre’s Ag-
nipath scheme escalat-
ed, Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) national
president JP Nadda
said the military re-
cruitment drive is a
revolutionary step and
appealed to the youth to
understand the scheme
in its entirety
.
Addressing a gather-
ing in Karnataka’s Chi-
tradurga, Nadda said,
“I know that efforts are
on to mislead the youth.
I also know that some
forces in the country do
not want this change
(Agnipath scheme to be
implemented). That is
why I would request the
youth to have faith in
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. He has served
the country (well).”
The BJP national
president added that
the scheme would keep
the country’s military
strong and high in the
world.
I know that
efforts are on
to mislead the
youth. I also know
that some forces in the
country do not want
this change (Agnipath
scheme to be imple-
mented). That is why I
would request the
youth to have faith in
PM Narendra Modi.
He has served the
country (well).
—JP Nadda, BJP chief
—PHOTO BY ANI
CRUCIAL READ
DO NOT ARREST SEX WORKERS
DURING RAIDS: MADRAS HIGH COURT
Chennai: Sex workers should not be arrested or pe-
nalised whenever a brothel house is raided by police,
the Madras High Court has ruled. Citing a recent Su-
preme Court judgment, which
had held that whenever any
brothel is raided, sex workers
should not be arrested or
penalised or harassed or
victimised and it is only the
running of the brothel, which
is unlawful, Justice N Satish Kumar quashed an FIR
registered against a customer of the brothel house.
TESLA, ELON MUSK WELCOME TO INDIA,
BUT...: HEAVY INDUSTRIES MINISTER
New Delhi: Elon Musk and Tesla are welcome to
India but the government will not compromise in any
way on the policy of Aatmanirbhar Bharat or self-
reliant India, Union minister
Mahendra Nath Pandey said
on Saturday. American electric
carmaker Tesla, which has
been seeking reduction in im-
port duties to sell its vehicles
in India, will not manufacture
its products locally unless it is allowed to first sell
and service its cars in the country, company founder
and chief executive Elon Musk had said last month.
INDRANI MUKERJEA’S NEW REQUEST TO
COURT IN SHEENA BORA MURDER CASE
Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Saturday asked
Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora
murder case, to file a proper application on her request
to cross-examine prosecution
witness and Sheena’s fiance
Rahul Mukerjea in person. After
the testimony of Rahul, son
of former media baron Peter
Mukerjea who is also an ac-
cused in the murder case, was
completed on Saturday, Indrani Mukerjea told the court
that she wanted to cross-examine Rahul in person. The
judge said (that providing) legal assistance to an accused
is her right as per the provisions of the CrPc.

BIZ BUZZ
06
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia’s gems and jewellery
exports during the first
two months of the ongo-
ing financial year 2022-
23 — April and June —
witnessed a growth of
10.08 per cent to worth
Rs 51,050.53 crore (a rise
of 5.97 per cent in dollar
terms to $6.65 billion) as
compared to Rs 46,376.57
crore during the same
period of the previous
fiscal, The Gem Jewel-
lery Export Promotion
Council (GJEPC) data
showed.
With the government
setting the gem and jew-
ellery export target of
$45.7 billion for the fiscal
year 2022-23, the industry
is looking to make the
most of the growth op-
portunities created by
the trade agreements
with UAE and Australia
in order to manage the 17
per cent growth in the
export target. Moreover,
the export council said
the country will have to
look for new markets for
exports to offset the ef-
fects of the Russia-
Ukraine conflict.
In May 2022, the gross
exports of gems and
jewellery witnessed a
growth of 19.90 per cent
to Rs 25,365.35 crore
as compared with the
same month the previ-
ous year.
“I believe we’re wit-
nessing India’s steady
progress towards be-
coming the gem and
jewellery manufacturer
of choice for the rest of
the world,” said Colin
Shah, Chairman of the
export council.
He further said, “Giv-
en its satisfaction with
the industry’s export
performance last year,
the Government has
pushed the goal post for-
ward by another 17 per
cent to $45.7 billion for
FY 2022-23. I’m confident
that the groundwork laid
by trade agreements
with UAE and Australia
will help us in reaching
this new target. GJEPC
remains proactive in
identifying new opportu-
nities to counterbalance
the effects of the Russia-
Ukraine conflict.”
India’s gems, jewellery exports during April-May up 10% YoY
Export Growth
lll
I believe we’re
witnessing
India’s steady
progress
towards
becoming the
gem and
jewellery
manufacturer
of choice for
the rest of the
world
GOLD BOND ISSUE PRICE FIXED
AT `5,091/GM OF GOLD
Mumbai(PTI): The issue price for the first
tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme for
current fiscal, which will open for subscription
for five days from Monday, has been fixed at
Rs 5,091 per gram of gold, the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) said on Friday. The Sovereign
Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 - Series I will
be open for subscription during June 20–24,
2022. “The nominal value of the bond ... Works
out to Rs 5,091 per gram of gold,” the central
bank said in a statement. The Government of
India, in consultation with the RBI, has decided
to offer a discount of Rs 50 per gram on the
nominal value to those investors applying
online and the payment against the application
is made through digital mode.
Internal market
in a good
position: Sanyal
Kolkata (PTI): San-
jeev Sanyal, member
of the economic
advisory council to
the prime minister
Saturday said that
the country’s internal
market is in a good
position and its mac-
roeconomic stability
is in a comfortable
zone despite the rav-
age by the pandemic.
Speaking at the
Bharat Chamber of
Commerce here,
Sanyal said that
there has been an
unprecedented crisis
during the two-year-
long pandemic and
the Indian
economy has
emerged stronger
after that.
‘India is one of
the most stable
economies’
Mumbai (PTI) :
State Bank of India
chairman Dinesh
Khara on Friday said
the improvement in
capacity utilisation
to 74 per cent from
69 per cent shows
that the economy
is geared for its
natural growth. He
said among the large
nations across the
globe, India is one
of the most stable
economies in the
current situation.
He said the country
has handled the
pandemic in the best
possible manner.
‘Need to import
coal for all
power sector’
New Delhi (PTI):
With overseas
shipments becom-
ing increasingly
necessary to meet
the burgeoning
power demand in the
country, centralised
import for all elec-
tricity utilities by the
coal ministry should
be done as it would
bring efficiencies and
reduce cost, sources
said. Two sources
with knowledge of
the matter said a
view emerging in the
power ministry is
that the coal ministry
should take the com-
plete responsibility
of imports of the dry
fuel to tide over the
shortage.
5G roll out by year-end: Vaishnaw
New Delhi (PTI): Tele-
com minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Saturday
said 5G deployment will
commence in 20-25 cities
and towns by the year-
end, and indicated that
India, with its current
data prices significantly
lower than global aver-
age, will continue to set
rate benchmarks as new
services are rolled out.
The 5G deployment
will start from August-
September, Vaishnaw
said.
The minister said In-
dia is developing 4G and
5G stacks, and is set to
bolster its position as a
trusted source for the
world, in digital net-
works.
Speaking at ‘TV9
What India Thinks To-
day Global Summit’,
Vaishnaw said that na-
tions are keen to give
preference to 4G and 5G
products and technolo-
gies being developed by
India.
To address the issue
of unsolicited calls, an
“important” regulation
is in the works, which
will enable KYC-identity
name of a caller to be
displayed, when some-
one calls, the minister
informed.
On 5G services, he
said: “I can say with con-
fidence that 5G deploy-
ment will start in at
least 20-25 cities and
towns by year end.”
Asked about the pric-
ing for 5G services,
Vaishnaw observed that
even today data rates in
India are at about USD 2,
against global average
of USD 25.
“We are already the
lowest in the world, at
least by a factor of
10X...10X we are cheaper
than the world, that
same trend will be in
other areas too,” he said.
As India prepares to
usher 5G services, it has
also developed 4G and
5G technology stacks.
Outlining India’s re-
solve to match global
strides in 4G and 5G, and
to take technology lead
in 6G, the minister said
the world has taken note
of the country’s pro-
gress, and shown seri-
ous interest in the indig-
enous technologies be-
ing developed.
INDIA IS DEVELOPING 4G, 5G STACKS, AND IS SET TO BOLSTER ITS POSITION AS A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE WORLD
I can say with confidence that
5G deployment will start in at
least 20-25 cities and towns by
year end. We are already the lowest in
the world, at least by a factor of
10X...10X we are cheaper than the
world, that same trend will be in other
areas too.
—Ashwini Vaishnaw, Telecom Minister
India, EU resume
talks for FTA
after over 8 years
New Delhi (PTI):
India and the Euro-
pean Union (EU)
finally restarted
the negotiations for
the long-pending
trade and
investment agree-
ment on Friday af-
ter a gap of over
eight years.
The negotiations
took place in Brus-
sels, over a year af-
ter India and the
EU announced to
resume the talks
for a balanced and
c o m p r e h e n s ive
trade pact.
“Minister (Pi-
yush) Goyal and I
have just concluded
a productive meet-
ing. Today we for-
mally resume
EU-India negotia-
tions towards a free
trade agreement,
and begin negotia-
tions on an invest-
ment protection
agreement and an
agreement on geo-
graphical indica-
tions,” EU trade
c o m m i s s i o n e r
Valdis Dombrovs-
kis said.
In a statement,
he described the
EU’s partnership
with India as “one
of the most impor-
tant relationships”
for the 27-nation
bloc for the upcom-
ing decade.
D o m b r o v s k i s
said the next round
of negotiations on
the FTA will take
place from June 27
to July 1 in New
Delhi.
Pact to unleash
significant
untapped
potential: Goyal
Brussels (PTI):
With India and the
European Union
(EU) formally
resuming negotia-
tions for proposed
agreements on
trade, investments
and geographical
indications (GI),
Commerce and
Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal
has said
implementation of
these pacts would
help unleash the
significant un-
tapped potential for
enhancing econom-
ic ties between the
two regions. India
and the EU on June
17 formally re-
sumed negotiations
on the proposed
agreements, after
a gap of over eight
years.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal with EU trade
commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.
New Delhi (PTI): Non-
life insurance compa-
nies registered a year-
on-year rise of 24 per
cent in their collective
gross direct premium
in May this year at Rs
15,404.45 crore, data
from regulator Irdai
showed on Friday
.
Non-life insurance
players had registered a
worth Rs 12,423.98 crore
in May 2021.
Break-up wise, 25
general insurers among
the 31 non-life players
witnessed an increase
of 24 per cent in the
in May 2022 at Rs
13,566.18 crore, as
against Rs 10,954.18
croreinthesamemonth
a year ago, the Insur-
ance Regulatory and
Development Authority
of India (Irdai) data
showed.
The five standalone
private sector health in-
surance companies re-
ported an increase of
23.6 per cent in gross
premium during the
month at Rs 1,708.86
crore, as against Rs
1,382.71 crore.
The two specialised
PSU insurers reported
a jump of 48.6 per cent
in gross direct premi-
um at Rs 129.42 crore
in May this year, up
from Rs 87.09 crore a
year ago.
Non-life insurers’ premium
rises 24 pc `15,404cr in May
New Delhi (ANI):
Crude oil production in
India rose by 4.6 per
cent year-on-year to
2550.05 thousand met-
ric tonnes (TMT) in
May helped by a sharp
jump in the production
by Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC),
the government data
showed on Friday
.
Crude oil production
during May 2022 was
2.44percenthigherthan
the target for the month
and 4.60 per cent higher
than the production of
May 2021. Cumulative
crude oil production
during April-May, 2022
stood at 5019.72 TMT,
which is 2.86 per cent
and 1.79 per cent higher
than the target for the
period and production
during the correspond-
ing period of last year
respectively, according
to data released by the
Ministry of Petroleum
Natural Gas.
Crude oil production
by ONGC in the nomi-
nation block during
May 2022 was 1693.69
TMT, which is 5.09 per
cent higher than target
of the month and 9.01
per c ent higher when
compared with produc-
tion of May 2021.
Cumulative crude oil
production by ONGC
during April-May, 2022
was 3344.34 TMT, which
is 5.01 per cent and 4.83
per cent lower than tar-
get for the period and
production during the
corresponding period of
last year respectively
.
India’s crude oil production
rises 4.6 per cent in May
Moody’s upgrades BCAs
of ICICI and Axis Bank
New Delhi (PTI):
Moody’s Investors Ser-
vice has upgraded the
baseline credit assess-
ments of ICICI Bank
and Axis Bank, reflect-
ing improvements in
credit fundamentals,
particularly asset
quality.
The global rating
agency has upgraded
the baseline credit as-
sessments w(BCAs) to
baa3 from ba1.
The upgrade of the
BCAs does not result in
any change in the de-
posit ratings because
these are already at the
same level as the India
sovereign rating (Baa3
stable), Moody’s said in
a statement on Friday
.
“The upgrade of the
two banks’ BCAs is
driven by improve-
ments in asset quality,
capital, and profitabili-
ty. Their asset quality
has seen a significant
improvement, with
both the gross and net
non-performing loans
(NPL) ratios declining.
“Credit costs have
also reduced at the
same time as provision
coverage has increased.
Lower credit costs have
resulted in higher prof-
itability,” it said.
New Delhi (ANI): The
govt has declared the IT
resources of ICICI Bank
as ‘critical information
infrastructure’, imply-
ing any harm to it can
have an impact on na-
tional security and any
unauthorised person ac-
cessing it may be jailed
for up to 10 years, an of-
ficial notification said.
The Ministry of Elec-
tronics and IT (MeitY)
has declared the IT re-
sources of the private
sector lender as critical
infrastructureunderSec-
tion70of theITAct,2000.
“The Central Govt
hereby declares the com-
puter resources relating
to the Core Banking Solu-
tion, Real Time Gross Set-
tlement and National
Electronic Fund Transfer
comprising Structured
Financial Messaging
Server, being Critical In-
formation Infrastructure
of theICICIBank,andthe
computer resources of its
dependencies to be pro-
tected systems,” it said.
The notification au-
thorises employees au-
thorised by ICICI Bank,
authorised team mem-
bers or third-party ven-
dors who have been au-
thorised by the bank for
need-based access and
any consultant, regula-
tor, govt official, auditor
and authorised stake-
holder on case-to-case
basis to access the IT
resources of the lender.
ICICI Bank IT resouces
crticial infra: MeitY

07
NEWS
BJP holds workshop to chalk out
action plan for booth level support
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP BJP
has launched hectic
preparations for 2024
Lok Sabha election in
which it had targeted to
win at least 75 seats.
In this connection the
BJP has given responsi-
bility of 100 booths per
Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha members. The
saffron party has
planned to effectively
reach out to people with
central and state gov-
ernments programmes
and policies.
The MPs under the
plan would strengthen
these booths so that the
party could get desired
results in 2024. The
MPs would also be in-
teracting with benefi-
ciaries of the govern-
ment schemes and
would also ensure that
those deprived of the
benefits of these
schemes could get it.
The state BJP on Sat-
urday organised a
workshop at the party
headquarters to chalk
out action plan for
booth strengthening
and necessary guide-
lines were issued in this
connection. The Uttar
Pradesh BJP chief and
minister Swatantra Dev
Singh presided over the
meeting. The national
vice president of party
and incharge booth
strengthening mission
Baijant Panda in 2019
Lok Sabha election out
of 1.63 lakh booths the
party had won in 1.25
lakh booths.
He said in view of
booth wise results they
have been categorised
as A B C. He said there
were four to five assem-
bly segments in each
Lok Sabha constituency
and each MP in his or
her constituency would
have to work in 25
booths in each assem-
bly segments.
He said local work-
ers, booth committees
and MLAs would help
the MPs in this connec-
tion.
The saffron party has planned
to effectively reach out to the
people of UP with its policies
BJP supporters. —FILE PHOTO
THE SCHEME
The MPs under
the plan would
strengthen these
booths so that the
party could get desired
results in 2024. The
MPs would also
be interacting with
beneficiaries of the
government schemes
and would also ensure
that those deprived of
the benefits of these
schemes could get it.
EYES ON 2024 LS POLL
YOGI TO ROUND OFF BJP’S CAMPAIGN
BLITZKRIEG IN LS BY-POLLS ON JUNE 21
GENOME SEQUENCING OF CORONA
SAMPLES RAMPS UP IN DELHI
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: The outcome
of Lok Sabha bypolls in
Rampur and Azamgarh
seats scheduled for
June 23 are expected
to test not only the
poll-preparedness but
also the popularity of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), which is
locked in yet another
electoral battle with its
principal challenger, the
Samajwadi Party (SP) in
Uttar Pradesh. While the
parliamentary polls are
a ‘battle of prestige’ for
the SP, which has won
both the seats in the
past, the BJP is going
full steam to breach the
SP bastion and set the
tone for 2024 Lok Sabha
polls. The BSP is in fray
in Azamgarh only. With
just five days to go to
polling, the ruling party
in a campaign blitzkrieg
has galvanised its party
cadres and more than
a dozen ministers to
ensure the victory of its
candidates. According to
party sources, 15 minis-
ters of the government
would visit Rampur by
June 20 with state’s
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath scheduled
to give the last minute
push to the party’s
prospects on June 21.
The Chief Minister will
hold public meetings for
the party's candidate in
Mursena and Maswasi.
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
an uptick in coronavirus
cases, Delhi has ramped
up genome sequencing
of samples to detect any
new variant, officials
said on Saturday. On
Friday, Delhi logged
1,797 COVID-19 infec-
tions in a single day,
highest in nearly four
months, along with one
fatality while the positiv-
ity rate rose to 8.18 per
cent, according to data
shared by the city health
department here. The
state-run ILBS, which
has a genome sequenc-
ing lab, has the capacity
to analyze 350 samples
in four to five days, said
a doctor at the facility.
Sources said that from
the end of 2021 till June
5, the ILBS has tested
5000 to 6000 samples
and most of them have
tested positive for
Omicron. Samples with
CT value less than 25
can only be tested, they
said. “We have detected
BA.1 and BA.2 and its
sublineages till now
while we have not found
any new variants. It has
been reported that a new
variant has been found
in Maharashtra. The
results of some of the
samples will come next
week,” said a source.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) has un-
dertaken comprehen-
sive measures to give
effect to India’s com-
mitment to ban identi-
fied Single Use Plastic
items by June 30, to re-
alise PM Narendra
Modi’s clarion call to
phase out SUP.
CPCB’s multi-
pronged approach as
part of its Comprehen-
sive Action Plan encom-
passes measures to re-
duce supply of raw ma-
terials, demand side
measures to reduce
plastic demand, ena-
bling measures to pro-
mote alternatives to
SUP, digital interven-
tions for efficient moni-
toring and to create
awareness, and guid-
ance to State Boards for
effective implementa-
tion of directions.
As per the Plastic
Waste Management
(PWM) Rules, 2016,
there is a complete ban
on sachets using plastic
material used for stor-
ing, packing or selling
gutkha, tobacco and
pan masala.
As per PWM (Amend-
ed) Rules, 2021, the man-
ufacture, import, stock-
ing, distribution, sale
and use of carry bags
made of virgin or recy-
cled plastic less than
seventy- five microns
has been banned with
effect from September
30, 2021 as opposed to
fifty microns recom-
mended earlier under
PWM Rules, 2016.
Additionally
, the noti-
fication of August 12,
2021, prohibits manu-
facture, import, stock-
ing, distribution, sale
and use of the single
use plastic items, which
have low utility and
high littering potential
with effect from the
July 1, 2022.
CPCBtakesmeasures
toimplementsingle
useplasticban
DU TELLS HODS
TO ADHERE TO
UGC NORMS
ON WORKLOAD
FACULTY
Pulse polio booths to
be set up at 110 Metro
stations in Delhi: DMRC
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi Universi-
ty has asked the
heads of various de-
partments to ensure
that the teaching-
learning workload
of all permanent
faculty members ad-
heres to the provi-
sions of the Univer-
sityGrantsCommis-
sion (UGC) norms.
In a letter dated
June 16, the assis-
tant registrar of
the university also
asked the depart-
ments to make sure
that the require-
ment for an ad hoc
or guest faculty
must be supported
by timetable and
teaching-learning
workload of per-
manent faculty
members.
An academic
council member
said, the step was
taken as several per-
manent faculty
members make ad
hoc teachers take
their classes.
New Delhi (PTI):
Booths will be set up
at 110 Delhi Metro
stations to reach out
to more people as
part of the pulse po-
lio immunisation
programme, officials
said on Saturday
.
These stations in-
clude those located at
AIIMS, INA, Green
Park, Hauz Khas, Qu-
tub Minar, Jasola
Apollo, Sarita Vihar,
Kashmere Gate, New
Delhi station, Mandi
House, Rajendra
Place, among others.
“Pulse Polio
Booths to be set up at
110 listed metro sta-
tions in Delhi for in-
tensified Pulse Polio
Immunisation Pro-
gramme 2022-23 from
19-24 June 2022. Di-
rectorate of Family
Welfare, GNCTD will
deploy teams from 8
AM to 8 PM on all six
days,” the DMRC
t w e e t e d . T h e s e
booths will be oper-
ated in coordination
with St John’s Ambu-
lance Brigade and
Directorate of Fami-
ly Welfare, Delhi gov-
ernment, officials
said.At present, the
DMRC is handling
operations and main-
tenance of over 390
km of network com-
prising 286 Metro sta-
tions, including Rap-
id Metro in Guru-
gram and Aqua Line
in Greater Noida,
and is ranked
amongst one of the
world’s largest Metro
networks.
Lakhimpur Kheri
(PTI): An adult tiger,
who has strayed away
from Manjhra Purab
forests, attacked a priest
of a nearby temple and
killed him, a forest offi-
cial said on Saturday
.
Mohan Das (52), was
walking near the temple
on Friday night when
the big cat attacked him.
The official said that
the temple is located
near Tikunia-Bahraich
railway track in close
vicinity of Dudhwa
buffer zone forests,
where movements of ti-
gers, elephants and oth-
er wild animals is re-
ported frequently
.
The tiger attacked
the priest and dragged
away his body to the
neighbouring forests,
official said, adding
that the mangled re-
mains of the deceased,
including head and
some other parts, were
recovered on Saturday
.
The human killing
has agitated the locals,
who staged a demon-
stration demanding re-
lief from tiger menace.
Deputy Director,
Dudhwa buffer zone
Sundaresha along with
SDM Nighasan Rajesh
Kum rushed to the spot
and held talks with agi-
tated villagers.
The deputy director
confirmed the human
casualty in tiger attack
and said that the forest
department has agreed
to pursue the wire-fenc-
ing proposal to be sent
through Kheri District
Magistrate as demand-
ed by the villagers.
The forest authori-
ties assured the villag-
ers to encage the errant
tiger, he added.
Moreover, forest
teams would be de-
ployed in the area to
keep a watch on the
wild animals’ move-
ments and keep them
away from the human
habitations. Cameras
would also be installed
in the region to identify
the stray tiger, the offi-
cial said.
TIGER KILLS ELDERLY MAN
IN UP’S LAKHIMPUR KHERI
THE MOVEMENT NOTICED
NCW organizes Final Law
Review Consultation on
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Commission for
Women (NCW) organ-
ized the final Law Re-
view Consultation on
the Maternity Benefit
Act, 1961 and the 2017
Amendment to review
and analyse the legisla-
tion affecting women
andrecommendamend-
ments to meet any lacu-
nae, inadequacies and
shortcomings.
In pursuance of the
Commission's mandate
to review legal and con-
stitutional safeguards
pertaining to women,
NCW has conducted
one preliminary con-
sultation and five Re-
gional Level Consulta-
tions to relook the Act
in order to formulate
specific recommenda-
tions for amendments
and enhancing the out-
reach of the legislation.
Through this Consul-
tation, the Commission
endeavoured to seek
views, suggestions and
opinions of experts and
stakeholders from all
over India.
The Commission in-
vited legal experts, ad-
vocates, academicians
and legal experts from
different fields to delib-
erate upon the real chal-
lenges and technical is-
sues faced by women.
Payal Banerjee
New Delhi (PTI):
States and Union terri-
tories have been asked
to submit “larger num-
ber” of samples for
whole genome sequenc-
ing from districts and
areas which have seen a
surge in COVID-19 cas-
es over a period of sev-
en days, official sources
said on Saturday
.
The direction was is-
sued during Friday’s
meeting by the INSA-
COG which reviewed
the COVID-19 data to
check the possibility of
any new emerging vari-
ant or sub-variant and
ascertain the reasons
behind the break-
through infections.
“The idea behind ask-
ing states and Union
territories to send larg-
er number of samples is
to keep a closer watch
over the current circu-
lating sublineagues of
Omicron and its corre-
lation to the current
epidemiological pic-
ture,” an official said.
“Also, we want to see
if we are missing out
any important clues re-
garding newer sub vari-
ants during routine se-
quencing through the
sentinel surveillance,”
the official added.
As on date, 10 states
and Union territories —
Maharashtra, Kerala,
Delhi,Karnataka,Tamil
Nadu, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh, Telangana,
West Bengal and Guja-
rat have over 1,000 cases.
SURGE IN COVID CASES IN INDIA
NEW EMERGING VARIANT
STATES, UTS ASKED
TO SUBMIT
‘LARGER NUMBER’
OF SAMPLES FOR
WHOLE GENOME

Colombo (PTI): Cri-
sis-hit Sri Lankan
government has an-
nounced a shut-down
of public sector offic-
es from next week,
beginning Monday,
due to severe fuel
shortages as the is-
land nation continues
to reel under its worst
economic crisis.
The Sri Lankan
Education Ministry
has also asked teach-
ers in all government
and government ap-
provedprivateschools
in the Colombo city
limits to conduct on-
line classes from next
week due to prolonged
power cuts, the Daily
Mirror newspaper re-
ported.
With its existing
fuel stocks fast deplet-
ing, Sri Lanka is un-
der intense pressure
to get foreign ex-
change to pay for its
imports, which has
brought several sec-
tors of the country’s
economy to a grind-
ing halt.
Consequently
, spon-
taneous protests have
been reported at fill-
ing stations around
the country where
consumers have been
waiting in long ser-
pentine queues for
fuel for hours.
“Taking into con-
sideration the severe
limits on fuel supply,
the weak public trans-
port system and the
difficulty in using pri-
vate vehicles this cir-
cular allows minimal
staff to report to work
from Monday,” the
Public Administra-
tion and Home Af-
fairs Ministry had
said in a circular is-
sued on Friday
.
08
2NDFRONT
The future is most awaited by all
as the time when affairs prosper
and happiness is assured.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
London (PTI): The UK
governmentistolaunch
a 12-month pilot scheme
that will involve some
illegal migrants seek-
ing asylum in the coun-
try being electronically
tagged to keep track of
their movements, it
emerged on Saturday
.
British Prime Minis-
ter Boris Johnson de-
fended the plans as he
said it was essential that
people who arrived
through dangerous
routesonsmallboatsand
hidden in lorries could
not simply “vanish”.
Documents linked to
the UK Home Office
proposals suggest that
the government wants
to obtain data on how
frequently asylum seek-
ers abscond.
“This is a very, very
generous welcoming
country
. Quite right too.
I am proud of it, but
when people come here
illegally, when they
break the law, it is im-
portant that we make
that distinction,” John-
son told reporters on
his return from
Ukraine.
“That is what we are
doing with our Rwanda
policy. That is what we
are doing to make sure
that asylum seekers
can’t just vanish into
the rest of the country,”
he said.
The Rwanda policy
of flying out some mi-
grants to the east Afri-
can nation has proved
contentious, with the
first flight grounded by
last-minute injunctions
from the European
Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) earlier this
week.
UK Home Secretary
Priti Patel labelled the
ruling as “absolutely
scandalous” and
opaque.
“We don’t know who
the judges are, we don’t
know who the panel are,
we haven’t actually had
a judgment just a press
release and a letter say-
ing we can’t move this
person under rule 39,”
Patel told The Daily Tel-
egraph’.
The Migration Part-
nership with Rwanda,
announced by Patel in
April, intends to give
some migrants who
cross the English Chan-
nel to the UK a one-way
ticket to Kigali to claim
asylum there instead.
The government has
said the scheme, which
has come at an initial
cost of GBP 120 million,
would discourage peo-
ple traffickers from fa-
cilitating dangerous
crossings in unsafe
boats.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A meeting of
the State Council of
Ministers was held un-
der the chairmanship
of Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
at the Chief Minister’s
residence on Saturday.
In the meeting, the
Council of Ministers
expressed concern over
the nationwide protests
against the Agnipath
scheme of the Central
Government.
In the meeting of the
State Council of Minis-
ters, it was discussed
that the Indian Army is
the bravest in the world
and is known for its in-
domitable courage.
Whole country takes
pride in the Indian Ar-
my’s glorious history.
To maintain dignity
and prestige of the In-
dian Army, it is neces-
sary to have skill, expe-
rience and stability in
the forces. To increase
efficiency in the Army,
it is crucial to have per-
manent soldiers instead
of short-term recruits,
so that the country can
reap the benefit of their
experience. The Army
must be equipped with
all the resources and
must be continuously
strengthened.
It was discussed in the
meeting that the Cen-
tral Government re-
cently implemented the
Agnipath scheme for
recruitment in the
Army. There have been
massive protests across
the country regarding
the provisions made in
this scheme. This
scheme has created
many doubts among the
youths regarding their
future. Due to this,
youths are protesting
on the roads and rail-
way tracks in many ar-
eas of the country
. Inci-
dents of vandalism and
damage to public prop-
erty are being reported
from many places. Dem-
onstrations are being
held in various states
including Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Telangana,
Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan, Delhi,
Jharkhand, Jammu and
Kashmir, and Assam.
Ashok Gehlot’s Council of Ministers passes resolution,
demands Central govt to withdraw Agnipath scheme

Council
appealed to the
youths to raise
their voice in a
peaceful, non-
violent and
democratic
manner and
maintain
restraint
Foreign cigarettes worth
`1 crore seized in Delhi
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Customs has seized a
total of 7,10,000 sticks
of foreign-origin ciga-
rettes worth Rs 1 crore
in the national capital.
Besides,packetsof In-
dian brand cigarettes
containing a total of
30,21,500stickswerealso
found. “No documents
could be shown by the
owner of the goods
about the procurement
of such goods. The own-
er of the goods, who got
the premises hired, has
been apprehended. Fur-
ther enquiry is on,” the
Finance Ministry said.
The Ministry said the
smuggling of cigarettes
involves illicit trans-
portation of it between
Continents, Countries
and Provinces via air or
sea transport, usually
with the aim of circum-
venting taxes.
UK: Electronic tagging of illegal
migrants to track movements
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. —FILE PHOTO
TAGGING TRIAL ALREADY STARTED
The UK govt wants to obtain data on how frequently asylum seekers abscond
SL govt to shut down offices,
schools amid fuel crisis
In April, Sri Lanka
suspended nearly
USD 7 billion foreign
debt repayment due
for this year
Sri Lanka is reeling under its worst economic crisis.
Foreign cigarettes seized by
Customs Department in Delhi.
Ashok Gehlot
VARUN’S
QUESTIONS GET
NATION’S
ANSWERS
When BJP’s own
MP Varun Gan-
dhi took the initiative
to fight for the rights of
crores of unemployed
youth of the country,
few people would have
envisioned that it could
result in the fire of ‘Ag-
nipath’. A month back,
Varun raised the politi-
cal heat by tweeting,
“Posts lying vacant
without reason, leaking
papers, education ma-
fia dominating the sys-
tem, court and legal
hassles and shattering
hopes. The student is
now paying the cost of
administrative incom-
petence on his own.
How to make the Selec-
tion Service Commis-
sion better, how the ex-
aminations should be
transparent and timely,
work will have to be
done on it from today
and now. Don’t be too
late to work on it.” A
week after this tweet,
Varun posted yet an-
other tweet and said,
“When unemployment
is at a three decade
high, these figures are
shocking. While crores
of youth are frustrated
and disappointed due to
non-availability of re-
cruitments, according
to the government fig-
ures, 60 lakh sanctioned
posts are vacant in the
country. Where did the
budget that was allo-
cated for these posts
went? It is the right of
every youth to know
this.” With this Varun
had presented a de-
scription of 60 lakh
posts lying vacant in
the departments and in-
stitutions of the central
and state governments.
Varun also wrote a let-
ter to Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar regarding the
rigging of BPSC. He
also wrote a letter to
Railways Minister
Ashwini Vaishnaw re-
garding RRB and NTPC
examinations. In the
meantime, the union
government announced
providing 10 lakh jobs
and the ‘Agnipath
scheme’ also came out
of its jam. In this re-
gard, Varun wrote a let-
ter to Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh and said,
“There are many ques-
tions in the minds of
the youth of the coun-
try regarding the Ag-
nipath scheme. In order
to get the youth out of
the state of confusion,
the government should
make its stand clear by
putting forward the
policy facts related to
the scheme very soon so
that the country’s
young energy can
be used positive-
ly in the right
direction.” Ap-
pealing to the
youth for peace,
Varun has just
released a re-
cent video
and ap-
pealed to them to re-
main calm, but Varun
has surely highlighted
aspects which can re-
sult in problems for the
Centre.
CONGRESS IN
ACTION OR
‘INACTION’?
The Congress was
somewhat success-
ful in converting the
ED’s questioning of Ra-
hul Gandhi into an op-
portunity. But many
senior leaders of Con-
gress made this occa-
sion an opportunity to
carve an ‘image’ for
themselves. Pramod Ti-
wari entered the field
with a lot of noise and
uproar, faced the police,
but later left the ground
saying that his ribs
were broken by the
sticks of the police.
However, in a later foot-
age, he was seen walk-
ing well. Tariq Anwar
also reached the protest
site in the car of one of
his disciples in Hary-
ana, and though no one
knows what happened
there, but later he was
admitted to the emer-
gency of Ram Manohar
Lohiya Hospital, in the
hope that some of his
near and dear ‘leaders’
may inform Rahul
about him. Youth Con-
gress President BV
Srinivas was arrested
by the police during the
protest and put in
a car, but he
silently dis-
appeared
from there
by open-
ing the car
door. This
f o o t a g e
was ac-
cessed by some news
channels. The most
amazing thing was
done by the Congress
leaders of Bihar. Bihar
Congress working pres-
ident Madan Mohan
Jha and the party’s leg-
islature party leaders
sat on a dharna at the
Sadaqat Ashram of the
Congress in Patna it-
self and did not even
consider it appropriate
to take their agitation
on the road.
HARYANA
CONGRESS’ IN
FIGHT BENEFITS
BJP
How did Rahul’s
close aide Ajay
Maken finally get de-
feated by just
half a vote in
H a r y a n a ’ s
Rajya Sabha
elections?
Its script
was written
at the same
time when
the top
l e a d e r -
ship of
C o n -
gress handed over the
entire reins of Haryana
to Bhupinder Singh
Hooda. If sources are to
be believed, Hooda’s op-
ponents, stunned by
this, gathered at Kiran
Chaudhary’s farm
house. Word is that Kul-
deep Bishnoi, Kumari
Selja and Kiran Choud-
hary were also present
in this secret meeting.
It is said that it was de-
cided in this meeting
that Kuldeep Bishnoi
would first blow the bu-
gle of protest. This pro-
test will be indirectly
supported by Kiran
Choudhary. So, when
Kiran Choudhary’s
vote was cancelled in
this time’s Rajya Sabha
polls, senior Congress-
men clenched their
fists, because there was
no room for error in the
vote for Kiran Choud-
hary, because before
now she had success-
fully voted in six such
elections.
...AND
FINALLY
Recently,
B J P ’ s
B a r r a c k -
pore MP
and West
B e n g a l
BJP vice-
p r e s i -
d e n t
Arjun Singh left the
BJP and joined TMC.
Arjun Singh had joined
BJP in 2019 from TMC
and won the elections.
The BJP had constitut-
ed a ‘Fact Finding Com-
mittee’ to find out the
reason behind Arjun
Singh leaving the party,
and the report of this
committee is somewhat
shocking. In fact, Arjun
Singh had gone to a sen-
ior minister of the
Modi government with
a delegation of jute
traders from Bengal re-
cently
. It is said that the
minister stirred up his
MP in front of the del-
egation and said, “What
do you have to do with
this matter.” The MP
was shocked and al-
though he complained
about this to ‘two sen-
iors’, but the minister
is dear to both of them,
so when there was no
hearing, it was then
that Arjun Singh made
up his mind to go to Tri-
namool.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
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NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
JUNE 19, 2022
mid cheers for
the models, the
Delhi auditions
of First India
presents Gla-
manand Super-
model 2022,
held at Hotel Raddison
Gurugram, Gurugram
on June 15 was an affair
to remember.
More than 150 par-
ticipants walked the
ramp and showcased
their talent.
Nikhil Anand, Ani-
ta Hada, Zoya Afroz,
Devika Vaid and As-
mita Chakraborty
were present as the
jury members on the
occasion who evaluated
the models on various
rounds like fitness,
walk, introduction, dic-
tion, question and an-
swers and overall per-
sonality.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion and
while boosting the mo-
rale of each participant,
wished them huge all
the best.
First India presents
Glamanand Supermod-
el India 2022 will have
its two-month online
and offline grooming
sessions after they re-
veal the finalists on
June 19 and 20.
First India presents
Glamanand Supermod-
el, over the past years,
has been the strongest
platform for young
women to empower
themselves and realise
their life dreams. The
institution is witness to
Indian women and their
struggle to break out of
a male-dominated soci-
ety and make space for
themselves. Many win-
ners over the years have
used this platform to
make a positive change
towards women empow-
erment and the society
at large. They have been
pioneers in triggering
this evolution.
With this principle
objective, First India
presents Glamanand Su-
permodel 2022 decided
to leverage its vast expe-
rience and expertise in
transforming women
into confident and suc-
cessful winners in life
by providing grooming
and training sessions
like Ramp walk, Com-
munication, Makeup,
Etiquettes, Stage Pres-
entation, Styling and
many more.
Lu Sierra, Ritika
Ramtri, Dr Varun Katy-
al, Rita Gangwani, RL
Lacanienta, Nikhil
Anand and many others
will be taking the ses-
sion to prepare them for
the national
pageant. The
national pag-
eant will be
held from the
final week of
August until
the first week
of Septem-
ber.
T h e
reigning
Miss In-
t e r n a -
t i o n a l
and Miss
G r a n d
Interna-
t i o n a l
are ex-
pected to
grace the national fi-
nals. The show will be
directed by Sham Khan
who is popularly
known for directing
beauty pageants with
supermodel and ac-
tress Tanvi Malhara as
the host.
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
GLAMANAND SUPERMODEL INDIA 2022
FIRST INDIA PRESENTS GLAMANAND
SUPERMODEL 2022 WITNESSED ITS DELHI
AUDITIONS RECENTLY ON JUNE 15, HELD AT
HOTEL RADDISON GURUGRAM!
GLAM UP
YOUR GAME
Zoya Afroz
Jagdeesh Chandra with Kavita Chauhan, Asmita Chakraborty, Zoya Afroz, Nikhil Anand,
Devika Vaid, Anita Hada, Mitali Dusad and the participants of Glamanand Supermodel 2022
Jagdeesh Chandra with the participants of Glamanand Supermodel 2022 during Delhi auditions
Clockwise:
Asmita
Chakraborty,
Devika
Vaid
and
Tanu
Shree
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN

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MAKE YOUR MAIN
MAN FEEL
SPECIAL!
Father’s
Father’s
’
’
here is no de-
nying that fa-
thers are the
first hero of
their sons
and the first
love of their daugh-
ters. Since Father’s
Day is right here and
if you still haven’t
thought of how to
make your main man
feel loved and special,
then here are a few
ideas that will not
make him feel truly
appreciated but will
also strengthen your
bond with him.
IMMORTALIZE
YOUR BOND
This father’s day, im-
mortalize the bond
you have with your
father with a 3D cast
from Jaipur Imprint
Center. It is indeed a
priceless gift that will
last a lifetime.
FATHERS DINE
FOR FREE
Nothing says love like
food! The city’s hotels
have all amped up
their menus and of-
fers for a delightful
father’s day treat. ITC
Rajputana’s Jal Ma-
hal restaurant is of-
fering a sumptuous
father’s day brunch
wherein you just pay
for your bill and your
fathers dine with the
compliments of the
hotel. A multicuisine
buffet with Indian,
Rajasthani, Western
and Oriental offer-
ings, there will also
be mouthwatering
chaats and salads.
Live music will add to
the charm of the tan-
talizing spread.
SAY CHEERS
WITH BEER
Jaipur Marriott’s
Okra is also hosting a
special father’s day
brunch with classic
Sunday roasts, artisa-
nal cheese boards,
live stations and des-
sert buffet on offer.
Additional activities
include fun games at
the pool, live pizza
making class and at-
tractive discounts for
fathers and kids. The
hotel’s popular bar,
Lounge 18 will also be
offering 1 on 1 on se-
lect beverages so that
you can say cheers
with beer!
FREE GELATO
FOR DADS!
If you’re someone
who likes to keep
things simple and
sweet, then you can-
not go wrong with an
ice cream treat for
your dads. The popu-
lar gelato place in
town, Scoop and
Cones is offering free
gelatos for all dads.
Isn’t it also the best
way to beat the heat
along with making
your father feel spe-
cial?
COOL
HAMPERS TO
THE RESCUE
If you’re too lazy to
put together some-
thing special, then
worry not because a
lot of enterprising
minds from the city
have curated exqui-
site father’s day ham-
pers that can also be
customized as per
your needs. Walk into
the newly opened
Atrum Shatrum store
in C scheme and pick
a hamper with cool
printed mugs, cook-
ies, coffee and more.
BAKED
DELIGHTS
Nothing can replace a
meal that’s hand-
made with love for
your dads. But if you
are someone who
can’t cook for their
lives, special father’s
day brunch box from
Baked By Shivangi. It
has treats like bento
cake, lamingtons,
mango tres leches,
mezze platter, among
other delectables.
PAMPER WHILE
GOING GREEN
Organo Green has
especially curated ve-
gan, organic and cru-
elty free products for
fathers. Consisting of
alphabet soaps that
spell out DAD, shea
butter soap with a
moustache design
and a charcoal soap,
these ham-
pers are
indeed an
out-of-the-
box choice
GROOMING
SESSION
AT HOME
If you’re a fa-
ther whose
child is too
young to pick a
gift or book an
experience, then
you can take the
lead and enjoy some
quality pampering
time with your chil-
dren this Father’s
Day by booking a
grooming session in
the comfort of your
home with Urban
Company
.
TUSHARIKA
SINGH
Freelance Writer
City Blogger
T
Day Special

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SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
D
ad, you make things happen just for our
happiness, just to see our smiling faces, dad,
thank you! for all the things that you do that
we notice and especially for the things which we fail
to notice. No matter how hard we argue at times but
I always have your sayings in my heart as a treasure
to cherish forever. I will never be that big to pay you
back for what you have given to me. You are the
real hero. I LOVE YOU PAPPU!!
T
hank you dad for being the strength, behind
which we feel secure and protected. Dad, you
are our best friend with whom we can share
our secrets with utmost faith knowing that we'll get
the best advice. The laughter we share during our
silly, stupid acts is the treasure of our life.
T
hank you for all the
piggyback rides, all the
times you pretended to
be a horse, and all the times
you threw me into the air and
caught me. Your body might
be regretting it now, but it
gave me wonderful childhood
memories. Happy Father’s
Day, Dad!
N
o matter how old I get,
Dad, I’ll always be that
same little girl who loves
you with all her heart. Happy
Father’s Day! You’re more
than a father—you’re a friend.
I hope all the love you’ve
given to our family comes
back to you a hundred times
over today!
D
ad, I am sorry for some
days I make you go crazy
or annoyed with my deeds
but I assure you that I will
make you feel proud on the day
for having me, deep inside I
know my limits imbibed in your
teachings.
H
appy Father's Day to the best man
in the world! For everything you
say and do, you've touched my
heart in every way. I know, you know
that I like Spiderman and Superman is
cool too, but I don't need them as long
as I have you! Love you!
P
apa, you are a friend at times
and a guide showing us the
light in difficult situations, help-
ing us to polish ourselves and shine
with your guiding light. I copy you,
follow you and try to be you, you are
my hero.
N
ot a day goes by when I don’t
feel very, very lucky to have a
dad like you. I am so grateful for
all you have done for me. One day just
isn’t enough to tell you how much you
mean to me. Love you so much!
athers, like mothers,
play an important
role in a child’s emo-
tional development.
Fathers create a
sense of physical
and mental security.
They are kind and support-
ive, and they have a signifi-
cant impact on our cognitive
and social development. They
also instil a general sense of
happiness and self-assurance.
To make his or her father
proud is a child’s dream. For
stability and emotional sup-
port, young girls look to their
dads. A father demonstrates
tohisdaughterwhatahealthy
male-female interaction
looks like. If her father is
kind and caring, she will
search for such traits in men.
If a father is courageous and
powerful, his daughter will be
drawn to men who share his
qualities. Boys model them-
selves after their father’s
character. From an early age,
boys will want acceptance
from their dads. We learn to
operate in the world by mim-
icking the behaviour of oth-
ers around us as we grow up
as human beings. If a father
is concerned about his chil-
dren’s well-being and treats
them with respect, the young
boy will follow in his foot-
steps. There are some per-
sons who have fathers. Some
have father figures in their
lives. Amazing guys who
weren’t around when we were
born but who assist us in dis-
covering who we are sup-
posed to be. They’re similar
to the earth. A solid founda-
tion beneath our feet, rich in
character and heart, capable
of supporting mountains
while remaining gentle
enough to nurture plants.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to
ALL THE “DADS” OUT
THERE! WE SEE YOU AND
WE APPRECIATE YOU!
F
OVE
OVE
T
he older I get the more I realize how important
it is to have a dad like you. You have provided
stability in my life and the love and acceptance
I needed. God gave me such a gift when he gave me
you for a father. Over the years, you’ve taught me
so many of the important things I know, including
a few choice words for certain situations! Happy
Father’s Day, Papa!
Dr Navindra Pathak with his daughter Ria Pathak
Nimit Chauhan with his children, Rajveer and Gauravi
Shefali Dusad with her father Mahesh Dusad
Vikas Bagra with his daughter Dimpy
Chandra Prakash Sharma
with his daughter Ankita Sharma
Madhavi Chauhan,
Kishan Singh Chauhan and Kavita Chauhan
Ajay Karoliwal with his
daughter Kamini Karoliwal
Dilip Singh Solanki
with his son Kuldeep Singh Solanki
Late Kishan Singh Chauhan with
his grandchildren
Rajveer and Gauravi
Shyam Shonkiya
with his son Devansh Shonkiya
Prabhu Dayal Sharma
with daughter Moni Sharma

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