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New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Police have recovered a
sharp object from Aaft-
ab Poonawala’s flat,
which may have been
used to chop Sharddha
Walkar’s body into piec-
es, even as CCTV foot-
age showing Aaftab
walking with a bag ear-
ly morning last month
has emerged on social
media, police officials
said on Saturday
.
Investigators are try-
ing to verify the CCTV
footage, officials said,
adding it is suspected
that Aaftab was carry-
ing Walkar’s body parts.
A Delhi Police team
also searched for the
murder weapon at a for-
est in Gurugram using
a metal detector on Sat-
urday, but returned
empty-handed after
one-and-a-half hour. P3
CCTV footage seemingly of Aaftab Poonawala walking outside his
home carrying a bag early morning last month.
Cops find sharp
object in Aaftab’s
flat, CCTV image
Ghaziabad
Radisson Blu
hotel owner
found dead
New Delhi (PTI): The
owner of Radisson Blu
hotel in Kaushambi,
Ghaziabad,
was found
dead at his
east Delhi
residence
in the Com-
monwealth Games
(CWG) village on Satur-
day, officials said.
Amit Jain was found
hanging in his flat, and
no suicide note has
been recovered from
the body or nearby, po-
lice said.
A senior police offic-
er said that Jain had
come to his house at
CWG village in the
morning after having
breakfast at his new
house in Noida. Jain
was planning to shift to
Noida with his family
.
On his way, he also
dropped his brother
Karan at his office.
A reflection of the North Block, which was illuminated with blue lights along with several other
buildings, on the eve of World Children’s Day, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A REFLECTION IN BLUE
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
l VP Jagdeep Dhankhar to attend FIFA
World Cup inauguration in Qatar today
l FIFA World Cup Qatar is the most
anticipated football event in world
l The event, with 32 nations, will
take place from today to December 18
l It is the most expensive one, as
$220 billion incurred on preparations
l The ticket costs this time are over
286 pounds or about Rs 27,700/seat
l Average price of a ticket for final
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l Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser bin Jassim Al
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l The Al Rihla, official match ball for Qatar
2022, is just latest in a colourful story
PLAYFUL
PANTHERS!
On sunny Saturday afternoon, FI photojournalist Sunil Sharma captured panthers Veena
and Pakshi; cute, cuddling yet wild couple seen in playful mood at Nahargarh Biological
Park, in Jaipur. The park also houses animals such as Asiatic lions, Bengal tigers, panthers,
hyenas, wolves, deer, crocodiles, sloth bear, Himalayan black bear, wild boar, etc.
AIR INDIA IN TALKS
WITH AIRBUS, BOEING
FOR ‘HISTORIC ORDER’
New Delhi: Tata Group-
owned Air India is in talks
with Boeing and Airbus about
ordering new aircraft, airline’s
CEO Campbell Wilson said.
“We’re in deep discussion
with Boeing, Airbus...for
a historic order of latest
generation aircraft.” P7
VIRAL CCTV FOOTAGE:
JAILED MIN JAIN GETS
MASSAGE INSIDE TIHAR
New Delhi: CCTV footage of
Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain,
who is lodged in Tihar jail in
a money laundering case,
emerged on Saturday, showing
AAP leader getting a massage.
In footage, Jain can be seen
reading some documents and a
man is massaging his legs. P2
KEDARNATH AND
BADRINATH PORTALS
SHUT FOR WINTERS
New Delhi: Badrinath Dham
portals will be closed from
Saturday for winter season.
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath
Temple Committee President
Ajendra Ajay said that the
portals of the Badrinath Dham
will be closed for the winter
from 3.35pm on Saturday.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
ASIAN CUP ’22: MANIKA
BECOMES 1ST INDIAN
TO WIN BRONZE MEDAL
New Delhi: India’s star
paddler Manika Batra
scripted history by becoming
the first Indian female to win
a medal at the ITTF-ATTU
Asian Cup. Batra beat three-
time Asian champion Hina
Hayata 4-2 to clinch the
bronze medal in Thailand.
ATKANA
LATKANA
BHATKANA
PM MODI SAID THAT NORTH-EAST IS WITNESSING
A DAWN OF NEW HOPES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES
First India Bureau
Itanagar: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Saturday inaugurated
Arunachal Pradesh's
first greenfield airport
the Donyi Polo airport,
in Itanagar and said that
the government is dedi-
cated to serving the
North-East sector. PM
said You know that we
have brought a work cul-
ture where we inaugu-
rate the projects of
which we have laid the
foundation stone. The
era of 'atkana, latkana,
bhatkana' is gone.
“Today even the re-
motest corners of the
North-Eastern region
are electrified. And
through Ayushman
BharatPM-JAYthetreat-
ment cost of up to Rs 5
lakh is made available to
the NE Region,” he said.
Today Northeast is
witnessing a dawn of
new hopes and oppor-
tunities. Today’s event is
a great example of New
India’s approach towards
development. Donyi
Polo Airport is the 4th
operational airport of AP.
Within 8 years, the govt
has constructed seven
new airports which have
improved connectivity.
Narendra Modi, PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Andhra Pradesh’s 1st Greenfield Airport, Donyi Polo Airport,
in Itanagar on Saturday. AP CM Pema Khandu and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju are also seen here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Kashi Tamil
Sangamam, in Varanasi on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel and State CM Yogi Adityanath also seen here.
KASHI-TAMIL CONFLUENCE AS HOLY AS
GANGA-YAMUNA SANGAM, SAYS MODI
18 RALLIES IN 3 DAYS:
MODI IN GUJARAT FOR
WHIRLWIND WEEKEND
Surat: With Gujarat assembly
elections round the corner,
the ruling BJP is now at the
peak of its campaign and is
banking on its most popular
face to lead the charge. PM
Modi arrived in Valsad on
Saturday to lead the BJP’s
massive campaign in the
state ahead of upcoming as-
sembly polls. He will address
18 rallies during his 3-day
visit to his home state. P6
Varanasi: PM Modi inaugurated the month-long Kashi Tamil
Sangamam at the amphitheatre ground of the Banaras Hindu
University in Varanasi on Saturday. Throwing light on the
connection between Kashi and TN, PM Modi said that on
one hand, Kashi is the cultural capital of India whereas TN
and Tamil culture is the centre of India’s antiquity and pride.
Drawing an analogy to the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna
rivers, he said Kashi-Tamil Sangam is equally holy which
engulfs endless opportunities and strength in itself.
SHAH OUTLINES FIVE-PILLAR APPROACH
TO COMBAT TERROR FINANCING
HM Amit Shah with Home Secretary Ajay Kumar
Bhalla during ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial
Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing on Sat-
urday. Shah outlined five-pillar approach to combat
financing of terrorism including a comprehensive
monitoring framework that involves collaboration
among all intelligence, investigative agencies. P6

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Manish Sisodia on
Saturday accused the
BJP of leaking AAP
minister Satyendar
Jain’svideosfromTihar
jail here and claimed
that he was undergoing
physiotherapy for a
spine injury
.
Accusing the saffron
party of resorting to
cheap theatrics, he said
Jain, who is in judicial
custody in a money
laundering case, had
fallen down in jail.
“He (Jain) had sus-
tained an injury to his
spine and even under-
went two surgeries. The
doctor had advised
physiotherapy upon dis-
charge and those videos
show him getting physi-
otherapy,” Sisodia as-
serted.
Purported videos of
Jain (58) lying on a bed
and getting a foot mas-
sage in Tihar Jail here
havegoneviralonsocial
media. The AAP leader
can be seen reading
some documents and a
man in a white T-shirt
massaging his legs in
the video.
Sisodia said his col-
league has been lodged
in a false case and that
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) was poking
fun at Jain’s illness.
“They (BJP) are losing
the MCD and Gujarat
polls and that is why
they are resorting to
such cheap theatrics.
They should fight the
polls to the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi
(MCD) on issues,” he
said. The senior AAP
leader exuded confi-
dencethattheBJPcould
do whatever they want,
but his party will
emerge victorious.
He went on to add that
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) was directed
by the court to not leak
the video in question.
“Leaking the vid-
eo is a viola-
tion of the
court’s di-
rection,”
Sisodia
added.
AIIMS awareness campaign on balcony fall deaths among kids
New Delhi(PTI): Fall-
ing from a height is the
biggest killer among
children under 12 in In-
dia, an AIIMS-Delhi
study has claimed.
According to the
study, the most promi-
nent reason for chil-
dren under 12 dying of
preventable causes is
due to falling from a
height, in most cases
from a balcony.
In India, one person
dies from head injury
every three minutes
and 30 per cent of those
head injuries are wit-
nessed in children, Pro-
fessor of Neurosurgery
at AIIMS, Dr Deepak
Gupta, one of the au-
thors of the study, said.
Of all head injuries
seen in children, over
60 per cent result due to
fall from height, Dr
Gupta told PTI.
To make people
aware about this
avoidable phenome-
non, AIIMS-New Delhi
has launched a ‘Safe
Balcony, Safe Child’
campaign.
According to an epi-
demiological study
conducted among chil-
dren less than 16 years
of age at AIIMS, a total
of 1,000 children with
head injuries were ad-
mitted at AIIMS trau-
ma centre over a period
of four years, Dr She-
fali Gulati, Professor of
Paediatric Neurology
said.
“Boys were two times
more affected with
head injuries than girls
and over 60 per cent of
them were due to fall
from height/balcony,”
Dr Gulati, who is the
other author of the
study, said.
Most such children
came from low socio-
economic status where
one of the parents was
away at work and the
other parent was else-
where when the acci-
dent happened, she
said.
Dr Gupta advised
that balcony railing
height should be made
“twice the height of
children in the family.”
“Children often end
up climbing the railing
of the house in the bal-
cony unprotected and
fall over many such
children die or sustain
severe head injuries.
Such deaths and inju-
ries are completely pre-
ventable,” he told PTI.
“Through this cam-
paign we want this mes-
sage of ‘Safe Balcony
and Safe Child’ to reach
each and every house-
hold having children
aged below 10 years,” he
said.
As part of the cam-
paign, doctors plan to
visit schools, interact
with students, parents,
and teachers and also
hold various seminars
and competitions.
AS INCIDENTS RISE
SOME MEASURES
Cong manifesto vows pollution control
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
trolling pollution, dou-
bling the income of mu-
nicipalities and clearing
all three landfill sites in
Delhi are among the top
priorities of the Con-
gress for the upcoming
MCD elections in its
manifesto released on
Saturday
.
Bringing down the
level of air and water
pollution is the party’s
top-most priority, fol-
lowed by “restoring
communal harmony” in
the union territory and
doubling the income of
municipalities to meet
their responsibilities.
“We will regularise
existing Municipal Cor-
porationof Delhi(MCD)
employees, fill the va-
cant posts and generate
more employment. As
per the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) direc-
tion, unprocessed
wastes ‘Kude ka Qutub
minar’ at three landfill
sites will be removed.
We will also focus on
sustainable solid waste
management to maxim-
ise recycling and mini-
mise ‘waste’ for land-
fills,” the manifesto
said.
Delhi Congress has
also promised a drain-
age master plan for the
civic body in sync with
other public authorities
toeliminatedrainwater.
“We will also improve
the quality of civic
amenities, especially for
the bastis of scheduled
castes and minorities,
JJ Clusters and unau-
thorised colonies. Some
other priorities are zero
corruption in the MCD
and citizens’ participa-
tion through RWAs/
NGOs,” the manifesto
read.
The manifesto also
said Delhi Congress will
focus on maximising
women’s participation
in MCD governance.
NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
Jain undergoing physiotherapy
in jail for spine injury: Sisodia
BJP CALLS AAP SPA MASSAGE PARTY,
QUESTIONS KEJRIWAL’S SILENCE
New Delhi: The BJP
on Saturday sharpened
attack on CM Kejriwal,
questioning his si-
lence over videos that
purportedly showed
jailed minister Satyendar
Jain getting massage
and receiving visitors
inside his prison cell.
The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) has become ‘Spa
and Massage Party’, BJP
spokesperson Gaurav
Bhatia said citing the
videos and challenged
Kejriwal to explain
Jain’s conduct in the
jail.“Where is Kejriwal
hidden now? Jain can be
seen enjoying massage
and meeting visitors in
his cell in total viola-
tion of rules and prison
laws. This VVIP culture
in jail is dangerous for
democracy,” Bhatia
said. Kejriwal hasn’t yet
removed Jain from the
post of minister despite
being behind the bars
for over five months, he
said. Jain is currently
lodged in Tihar jail in
a money laundering
case registered by ED.
The agency earlier this
month had informed a
court that the minister
was getting massage
and enjoying other facili-
ties in jail. Bhatia alleged
the video indicated that
the evidence against him
were being tampered
with.
CONG’S ALKA
LAMBA HITS
OUT AT AAP
JAIN MOVES
SPL COURT
AGAINST ED
New Delhi: Satyen-
dar Jain’s legal team
on Saturday moved
to a Special court
seeking contempt
action against
Enforcement Direc-
torate. Jain’s legal
team alleged that ED
has leaked the CCTV
video despite the un-
dertaking given in the
court. Special Judge
Vikas Dhull issued a
notice to ED and
fixed the matter
for November
21, for
hearing.
New Delhi: Congress
National Spokes-
person Alka Lamba
said it looked less
like a jail barrack
and more like a
hotel room. “Kejriwal
should answer what
is his compulsion
that he has not yet
sacked his minister
Satyendar Jain from
the post? If you look
at the viral video,
it looks less like
a jail barrack and
more like a hotel
room,”Lamba said
The video clip that shows Satyendar Jain getting foot massage in jail.
BJP MP Parvesh
Verma along with
his party colleagues
Manjinder Singh
Sirsa and Tajinder
Pal Bagga lodged
a police complaint
against Jain and
Kejriwal, accusing
them of carrying out
“illegal” activities in
the jail. Bagga took a
dig at Sisodia for de-
fending Jain, saying
he has fought with
his physiotherapist
as to why he was
not given foot and
head massage for
his spinal injury.
BJP’S POLICE
COMPLAINT
Plane not used to carry
cash or liquor: JetSetGo
New Delhi: JetSet-
Go’s owner Kanika
Tekriwal Reddy on
Saturday said its air-
craft were not used for
carrying cash or liq-
uor, amid reports that
the planes of the char-
tered flight service
provider were in-
volved in the alleged
Delhi liquor scam.
Reddy is the wife of
Sarath Chandra Red-
dy, a director of Au-
robindo Pharma who
is now in the custody
of the Enforcement
Directorate for his al-
leged involvement in
the scam. Sarath
Chandra Reddy is al-
leged to be one of the
conduits for the kick-
backs given to the
public servants and
politicians in the Del-
hi government.
“I strongly con-
demn such news re-
ports which have lev-
elled baseless allega-
tions of use of our
company’s aircraft in
the liquor scam,”
Kanika said in a state-
ment on Saturday
.
She also claimed
that her husband was
innocent and there
was no proof of his
involvement.
According to re-
ports, the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
has asked the compa-
ny to provide flight
details of its fleet for
the past few months as
it suspects transfer of
cash through the air
route.
JetSetGo Aviation
Services Private Lim-
ited (JetSetGo) also
said its executive man-
agementandtheboard
of directors have be-
come aware of recent
media coverage and
speculation regarding
utilisation of the com-
pany’s flight services.
“Whilst recent spec-
ulation based on hear-
say is wholly unwar-
ranted and without
foundation, we are
happy to answer any
legitimate questions
relating to the opera-
tions of JetSetGo,” the
statement said.
Both the CBI and
ED are investigating
whether the Delhi
government’s excise
policy, which has now
been scrapped, was
framed to provide un-
due and illegal fa-
vours to liquor manu-
facturers and distrib-
utors at the cost of
the government ex-
chequer.
New Delhi (ANI):
The Rouse Avenue
Court on Saturday
extended the En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) remand
of Aam Aadmi Par-
ty’s (AAP) Vijay
Nair and Hy-
derabad-basedbusi-
nessman Abhishek
Boinpally for an-
other five days.
Both were pre-
sented in court on
Saturday after the
5-day ED remand
was over. Earlier on
November 14, both
the accused in the
case were granted
bail in a CBI case
related to the Ex-
cise case. Both ac-
cused were earlier
arrested by the CBI
and were lodged in
Tihar Jail. ED ar-
rested them and
took them into cus-
tody
.
Nair was arrest-
ed on September 27
by the Central Bu-
reau of Investiga-
tion for his alleged
role in irregulari-
ties pertaining to
Delhi government’s
excise policy
. An
FIR was lodged af-
ter LG VK Saxena
recommended a
CBI probe.
ED REMAND OF BOINPALLY,
NAIR EXTENDED BY 5 DAYS
EXCISE CASE
ED files charge
sheet against PFI,
3 members
New Delhi (PTI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate Saturday filed a
charge sheet in a court
here against the
banned Popular Front
of India (PFI) and its
three members in a
money laundering case
related to unlawful ac-
tivities.
The document is like-
ly to be taken up for
hearing before Special
Judge Shailender Ma-
lik on November 21.
Besides the PFI, the
charge sheet also
named Perwez Ahmed,
Mohd Ilias and Abdul
Muqeet as accused.
DPCC President Anil Kumar along with party’s senior leaders
releases party manifesto for MCD polls, in New Delhi on Saturday.
JetSetGo’s owner Kanika Tekriwal Reddy.
Abhishek Boinpally and
Vijay Nair being produced
before a court, in New
Delhi on Saturday.
ON INDIRA’S BIRTHDAY
Former vice president Hamid Ansari presents the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament Development for 2021 to author Rukmini Banerji at Jawahar Bhawan in
New Delhi on Saturday. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi also present. —PHOTO BY PTI

CAPITOL
03
Court grants bail to Venice
MallownerSatinderBhasin
New Delhi (ANI): The
Sessions Court of Del-
hi’s Tis Hazari Court
has granted bail to Ven-
ice Mall owner Satin-
der Singh Bhasin in
two cases registered
against him in an al-
leged multi-crore
builder scam.
After hearing the ar-
guments of the con-
cerned parties, the Ses-
sions Court of Addi-
tional Sessions Judge
Manish Khurana re-
leased Bhasin on bail
subject to conditions
imposed by the Ses-
sions Court.
It was also alleged
that Bhasin used a
forged RT-PCR report
to seek exemption from
appearance before the
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Court on
September 14 this year
in cases registered
against him. It was al-
leged he was not pre-
sent in Goa at the time
of Covid report testing.
In the present case,
the Magistrate Court
issued a non-bailable
warrant (NBW) against
Bhasin, the same was
subsequently stayed by
the sessions Court on
the application filed on
behalf of Bhasin.
Further, on Novem-
ber 2, when Bhasin ap-
peared before the mag-
istrate court it ordered
sending him to judicial
custody for committing
cheating before the
court.
Further, Bhasin filed
a bail application be-
fore the Magistrate
Court on November 3 ,
which was rejected by
the court. After that, an
application for bail was
filed before the Ses-
sions Court.
Missing from shelter home, five Uzbek
women finally found in Neb Sarai area
New Delhi(PTI): Five
Uzbekwomen,whowere
rescued from the clutch-
es of human traffickers
and later went missing
from a shelter home in
Dwarka, were found in
south Delhi’s Neb Sarai
area, police said on Sat-
urday
. The women who
wererescuedbyanNGO
- Empowering Humani-
ty - later told police that
they had left the shelter
on their own to live with
peopleknowntothemas
the organisation asked
them for money and did
not give them proper
food. According to po-
lice, the NGO’s staff in-
formed Dwarka North
police station about the
missing women on No-
vember 2.
The NGO said on Au-
gust 25 it had rescued
seven Uzbek women
from human trafficking
andhandedthemoverto
the Uzbekistan Embas-
sy
, which asked them to
lookafterthewomenfor
some time, a police of-
ficer said.
A case in this regard
was registered at
Chanakyapuri Police
Station at that time.
On the embassy’s re-
quest, the NGO shel-
tered five of the women
(aged between 18 to 37
years) in a society in
Dwarka Sector-16B,
they said. On October
28, the women were
found missing, the of-
ficer said.
As per the statement
of the complainant, a
case under section 365
(kidnapping or abduct-
ing with intent secretly
and wrongfully to con-
fine a person) of IPC
was registered, he said.
During probe, raids
were conducted in Del-
hi and NCR. Later, po-
lice received informa-
tion that one Sabina
alias Axmedura Gulsu-
noy and her husband
Ullubekhadtakenthese
women with them, DCP
(Dwarka) Harsha Vard-
han said.
Aaftab may undergo narco test post
mentalhealthassessmentonMonday
New Delhi (PTI): Nar-
co analysis on Aaftab
Amin Poonawala, who
is accused of killing his
live-in partner Shrad-
dha Walkar, will be con-
ducted at Dr Baba Sa-
heb Ambedkar Hospital
here in Rohini here,
most likely on Monday
.
As Poonawala’s five-
day police custody ends
on Tuesday, the Delhi
Police is running
against time to get the
test conducted.
However, Poonawala
can be subjected to nar-
co analysis only after he
is deemed fit for it in the
pre-narco tests which
will be conducted to as-
certain his mental well
being.
“Wehavenotreceived
any formal request
from the police to con-
duct the test yet. But if
the custody remand
ends on Tuesday, we
will comply with the
court’s order and take
up the matter. However,
no date has been fixed
yet,” a source in the
hospital said.
“The FSL team will
also be involved in the
narco test. However,
this will be done only
after a medical officer
gives his nod that the
person is physically,
mentally, emotionally
and psychologically fit.
Moreover, these tests
take time. “In this case,
we are not aware if the
accused has any medi-
cal condition or any
psychological disorder.
All these factors will
have to be kept in mind
before subjecting him
to the tests. Only then
can we move ahead
with narco analysis,”
another source said.
In case Poonawala
comes across as a “dis-
turbed” person during
these initial tests, the
narco analysis cannot
be carried out, the
source added.
Two held for
extorting Rs 15L
from Gurugram
property dealer
Gurugram (PTI): A
hotel employee and
his aide were arrest-
ed here for allegedly
extorting Rs 15 lakh
from a person after
claiming to be mem-
bers of Lawrence
Bishnoi gang, police
said.Theaccusedhad
hatched the plan to
overcome their finan-
cial crisis and de-
manded Rs 50 lakh
from him, they said.
An FIR was regis-
tered against the two
at Sadar PS, officials
said. Property dealer
Mohan Singh, of Sec-
tor 38 here, lodged a
plaint, alleging he got
a call from an un-
known number on
November 14 during
which the caller
threatened him,
claiming to be a mem-
berof LawrenceBish-
noi gang.
MEHRAULI MURDER
WHAT IS NARCO TEST?
Narco analysis, also
known as truth serum,
involves intravenous
administration of a
drug (such as sodium
pentothal, scopolamine
and sodium amytal)
that causes the person
undergoing it to enter
into various stages of
anaesthesia. In the hyp-
notic stage, the person
becomes less inhibited
and is more likely to
divulge information,
which would usually
not be revealed in the
conscious state. The
investigating agencies
use this test after other
evidence do not provide
a clear picture of the
case. The Supreme
Court has ruled that
narco cannot be con-
ducted on any person
without their consent.
Shraddha Walkar seen in an undated photo accessed by news agencies on Saturday.
ACCUSED TAKEN BY COPS TO
DIFFERENT SOUTH DELHI AREAS
TO LOCATE MORE BODY PARTS
New Delhi (PTI): Aaft-
ab Poonawala was taken
to different locations in
south Delhi as Delhi Po-
lice are trying to locate
more body parts he had
allegedly disposed of af-
ter killing his live-in
partner Shraddha
Walkar, officials said.
According to the po-
lice, Poonawala alleged-
ly strangled Walkar (27)
onMay18andsawedher
body into 35 pieces
which he kept in a 300-li-
tre fridge for almost
three weeks at his resi-
dence in South Delhi’s
Mehrauli before dump-
ing them across the city
over several days past
midnight.
The saw was alleg-
edly bought from a shop
on Mehrauli-Gurgaon
Road, police said. The
police have so far recov-
ered 13 body parts,
which are mostly
bones.A source said the
police on Friday recov-
ered some body parts
from Gurugram which
will be sent for forensic
examination. The head
of the victim is still
missing.
Police have also said
they have recovered a
sharp object from the
house of Poonawala.
The blood samples of
the victim’s father and
brother have been col-
lected to match their
DNA with the skeletal
remains recovered till
now, police said.
In a statement, police
also said in view of the
“deceptive nature” of
responses provided by
the accused, an applica-
tion for conducting his
narco-analysis test has
been approved by court.
“To ascertain that the
bones belong to the vic-
tim, the blood samples
of thefatherandbrother
of ‘
A’ (Walkar) have been
collected for DNA analy-
sis. To find out if any
incriminating evidence
residesindigitaldevices
seized from the place of
theoffence,thesamehas
also been sent for foren-
sicretrievalof data,”the
statement said.
STATEMENTS OF TWO MEN WHO
HELPED SHRADDHA RECORDED
FIRST SOUGHT HELP IN NOV
2020, SAYS EX-COLLEAGUE
Mumbai (PTI): A Delhi
Police team on Saturday
recorded the state-
ments of two men in
Maharashtra’s Palghar
from whom 27-year-old
Shraddha Walkar, had
sought assistance after
she was assaulted by
the accused in 2020,
officials said. The
team is in Manikpur in
Palghar district’s Vasai,
which is the native area
of the victim and where
the couple had stayed
before shifting to Delhi.
The official identified
the two witnesses,
whose statements are
being recorded as Rahul
Ray and Godwin. Both
of them are residents
of Vasai region. The
process of recording the
statement of one person
was complete and the
other’s was in progress,
he added.As per the po-
lice official, Walkar had
sought their assistance
in 2020 after she was
beaten up by Poonawala
near Vasai, and the duo
had helped her at the
time.Giving details of
these two witnesses, the
official said one of them
is a rickshaw driver and
the other is currently
unemployed. The four-
member Delhi police
team, which landed in
Mumbai on Friday, had
earlier recorded the
statement of friend Lax-
man Nadar, the official
said.
Shweta Sharma
New Delhi: It was
in November 2020
that Shraddha first
confided about the
physical assault from
Aaftab, recalls a former
colleague, adding she
was about to approach
copsbut stopped short
of pressing charges
after Aaftab’s parents
intervened. Karan, who
worked with Walker
in Mumbai till March
2021, remembers
her as a “lively and
energetic person”.
His chats with Walkar
about the assault are
doing the rounds
on social media. He
said she was very
energetic and full of
enthusiasm, “but on
some days when she
had fights with Aaftab,
she isolated herself so
that she does not have
to lie. I can’t imagine
Aaftab going to this
extent...”Demanding
justice for Walkar,
Karan says he is ready
to co-operate with
police. —PTI
COUNSEL SAYS...
Satinder Singh Bhasin
NGO Empowering Humanity
rescued the women.

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from
hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much.
Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.
—Buddha
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Heartiest birthday greetings to our
Law Minister Shri @KirenRijiju
Ji. May he continue to serve the
nation with the same zeal and
enthusiasm. Wishing him an
abundance of health, happiness
and long life.
TOP TWEETS
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
According to the vision of
the National Education Policy
#KashiTamilSangamam will prove
to be a factor in preparing a
modern new generation connected
to the roots. The nectar emanating
from this confluence of scholars
and philosophies of North and
South will become the banyan tree of knowledge,
research and national unity. #VanakkamKashi
eaders of the World’s
wealthiest nations (G-20)
met in Indonesian island
of Bali on 22nd and 23rd of
this month. The President
of Indonesia, Joko Wido-
do, presided over the sum-
mit. President Vladimir
Putin did not attend the
conference. Russia was
represented by Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov.
He left Bali before the con-
clusion of the summit.
The leaders of nineteen
countries adopted a decla-
ration deploring Russia’s
aggression in Ukraine in
the strongest terms and
demanded its uncondition-
al withdrawal. They also
recognized that while most
members condemned the
war in Ukraine, there were
other views and different
assessments of the situa-
tions and on the severe
sanctions imposed on Rus-
sia by some countries.
Most members were of
the view that the war in
Ukraine was causing im-
mense human sufferings
and, “exacerbating exist-
ing fragilities in the global
economy - constraining
growth, increasing infla-
tion, disrupting supply
chains, heightening ener-
gy and food insecurity and
elevating financial stabil-
ity risks.”
The leaders also de-
nounced any threat of the
use of nuclear weapons.
This was quite clearly a re-
buke to Russia. To this the
response of the Russian
Foreign Minister, Lavrov
was that in the absence of
President Putin “politici-
sation of the meeting was
uncalled for”. The Summit
was preceded by a bilateral
meeting between US Presi-
dent Joe Biden and Chi-
nese leader Xi Jinping.
This was the first time the
two had met since Mr
Biden became President.
The meeting produced
few tangible results, it was
in a minor way a positive
development. Both sides,
in their three hour meet-
ing did mention their dif-
ferences over Taiwan,
trade restrictions and
technology transfer. Nev-
ertheless the two agreed to
keep in touch and avoid
confrontation. The bilat-
eral relations between the
US and China had plunged
to a historic low after the
visit to Taiwan by the
Speaker of the US House
of Representatives, Nancy
Pelosi.
The concrete results of
the Biden-Xi meeting was
that Antony Blinken, Sec-
retary of State, could pay a
visit to China early in 2023.
Climate change was dis-
cussed at length. G-20 lead-
ers agreed to pursue ef-
forts to limit the global
temperature increase to
1.5 degrees Celsius, reiter-
ating the 2015 Paris Agree-
ment on Climate Change.
The United States, Japan
and their partners de-
clared that they would
“mobilise” 20 billion dol-
lars of public and private
financial institutions to
help Indonesia shut coal
power plants and bring for-
ward the sectors emissions
date by seven years to 2030.
I have deliberately not
quoted from the speeches
of Presidents and Prime
Ministers. These are writ-
ten by their advisers and
ambassadors. Broadly
speaking controversy is
avoided. Words and inane
phrases are well chosen
and seldom memorable.
Having participated in
several Heads of State and
Heads of Government
Summits I know this rou-
tine only too well. Modern
diplomacy gives prece-
dence to economics, sci-
ence, technology, climate
change, poverty elimina-
tion, population control,
matters relating to health
etc. Politics is now not giv-
en excessive importance.
India, under Prime Minis-
ter Modi’s leadership
played an admired and
constructive role. He took
over as President of G-20
from President Joko Wido-
do of Indonesia. Some of
his time now will be taken
up by G-20 issues.
The G7 and G2, the Euro-
pean Union and NATO
seem to matter more than
the United Nations. The
annual meetings of the
General Assembly - Sep-
tember to December do not
cause New Yorkers to take
notice of the deliberations
of the Organisation. For
decades the “Cry” has been
the UN (particularly the
Security Council) needs
urgent reform. But reform
is not on the horizon.
FOOTBALL WORLD
CUP IN QATAR
From 22 November to 18
December the Football
World Cup, being held in
Qatar, will be witnessed by
millions and millions of
people the world over. Foot-
ball is the richest game in
the World. Ronaldo and
Messi are probably worth
- how much - certainly sev-
en digits. Which countries
will make it to the final?
My take. Any two from
Germany, France, Brazil
and Argentine.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
L
The G7 and G2, the
European Union and
NATO seem to matter
more than the United
Nations. The annual
meetings of the General
Assembly - September
to December do not
cause New Yorkers to
take notice of the
deliberations of the
Organisation. For
decades the “Cry” has
been the UN
(particularly the
Security Council)
needs urgent reform.
But reform is not
on the horizon
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
WORLD LEADERS PONDER OVER GLOBAL
CHALLENGES AT G-20 SUMMIT IN BALI
M
odern diplomacy
gives precedence
to economics,
science, technology,
climate change, poverty
elimination, population
control, matters relating
to health etc. Politics is
now not given excessive
importance. India, under
Prime Minister Modi’s
leadership played an
admired and construc-
tive role. He took over as
President of G-20 from
President Joko Widodo
of Indonesia. Some of
his time now will be
taken up by G-20 issues.
INDIA, UNDER PM MODI’S LEADERSHIP PLAYED
AN ADMIRING AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE AT G-20
The leaders of 19 countries adopted a declaration deploring
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in strongest terms and demanded its
unconditional withdrawal. They also recognized that while most
members condemned the war in Ukraine, there were other
views and different assessments of situations and on severe sanctions
imposed on Russia by some countries
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FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL AL RIHLA BALL HAS
THE AERODYNAMICS OF A CHAMPION
s with every
World Cup, at
the 2022 FIFA
World Cup in
Qatar the play-
ers will be using a new ball.
The last thing competitors
want is for the most impor-
tant piece of equipment in
the most important tourna-
ment in the world’s most
popular sport to behave in
unexpected ways, so a lot of
work goes into making sure
that every new World Cup
ballfeelsfamiliartoplayers.
Despite controversies
overcorruptionandhuman
rights issues surrounding
thisyear’sWorldCup,there
is still beauty in the science
and skill of soccer. As part
of my research, every four
yearsIdoananalysisof the
new World Cup ball to see
what went into creating the
centerpiece of the world’s
most beautiful game.
THE PHYSICS OF DRAG
Between shots on goal, free
kicksandlongpasses,many
important moments of a
soccer game happen when
the ball is in the air. So one
of the most important char-
acteristicsof asoccerballis
how it travels through air.
EVOLUTION OF THE
WORLD CUP BALL
Adidas has supplied balls
for the World Cup since
1970. Through 2002, each
ball was made with the
iconic 32-panel construc-
tion. The 20 hexagonal and
12 pentagonal panels were
traditionallymadeof leath-
er and stitched together.
2022’S AL RIHLA BALL
The new Qatar World Cup
soccer ball is the Al Rihla.
The Al Rihla is made with
water-based inks and glues
and contains 20 panels.
Eight of these are small
triangles with roughly
equal sides, and 12 are larg-
er and shaped sort of like
an ice cream cone.
Instead of using raised
textures to increase sur-
face roughness like with
previous balls, the Al Rihla
is covered with dimplelike
features that give its sur-
face a relatively smooth
feel compared to its prede-
cessors.
To make up for the
smoother feel, the Al Rih-
la’s seams are wider and
deeper – perhaps learning
from the mistakes of the
overly smooth Jabulani,
which had the shallowest
and shortest seams of re-
cent World Cup balls and
which many players felt
was slow in the air.
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INDIA
06
JABALPUR MURDER CASE
Accused arrested from Rajasthan
First India Bureau
Jabalpur: The man ac-
cused of murdering a
22-year-old woman at
Mekhla Resort hotel
room here and then
posting a video on so-
cial media, has been
arrested from Sirohi
district of Rajasthan.
police said on Satur-
day, adding that the ac-
cused is a criminal
with 37 cases regis-
tered against him in
Nashik of loot, theft
and others. The ac-
cused has been identi-
fied as Hemant Rajen-
dra Bhadane, 29, a resi-
dent of Nasik. He had
mentioned a fake
name, Abhijeet Patidar,
while staying at Me-
khla resort hotel on
November 6. He had
also submitted fake
identity proof in the
hotel.
The police also re-
covered Rs 1.52 lakh
cash, the deceased’s
mobile phone, ATM
card, chain and ear-
rings from the accused.
Jabalpur Inspector
General (IG) Umesh
Joga told ANI that Bha-
dane was continuously
changing his location
but police were able to
trace him with help of
the girl’s ATM card as
he was withdrawing
money from her ac-
count. “We will pro-
duce him before the
court and demand his
custody for further in-
vestigation,” Joga said.
Navlakha walks out of prison,
for one month’s house arrest
Mumbai (PTI): Gau-
tam Navlakha was re-
leased from Taloja pris-
on Saturday evening
and taken to CPI(M)’s
Comrade BT Randive
Building, which houses
a public library on the
ground floor, in Navi
Mumbai where he will
be living under house
arrest for a month.
His release came nine
days after the Supreme
Court granted his plea
seeking house arrest on
medical grounds.
Earlier in the day,
Judge Rajesh Katariya
of the special NIA court
here issued his `release
memo’.
Gautam Navlakha being taken to the CPI(M) office building at
Belapur in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Fire in Siliguri
slum; hundreds
of houses gutted
Siliguri (PTI): A major
fire erupted in a slum in
Siliguri city in north-
ern West Bengal on Sat-
urday evening, fire of-
ficials said. Several
hundred houses and
shops were feared to
have been gutted in the
blaze that erupted at
around 8pm in Rana
Bustee in ward number
18 in the city. At least
five fire tenders have
been deployed to bring
the blaze under control.
New Delhi (ANI): Call-
ing for global action
against the menace of
terrorism, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Satur-
day argued that no
country — no matter
how powerful it is —
can deal with the men-
ace of terrorism by it-
self.
Speaking at the con-
cluding session of the
3rd ‘No Money for Ter-
ror’ Ministerial Confer-
ence on Counter-Ter-
rorism Financing,
Shah said, “No matter
how powerful a country
or organization is, it
cannot defeat the men-
ace of terrorism, on its
own. The international
community has to con-
tinuously and collec-
tively work to resolve
this difficult and bor-
derless issue,” he said.
Shah said in the past
decades, India has dealt
with several challeng-
ing aspects of terror-
ism. “Zero terror policy,
stringent framework on
counter-terror laws,
and empowerment of
security agencies has
resulted in a significant
drop in cases of terror-
ism,” he added.
The conference of-
fered platform for par-
ticipating nations to
deliberate on the effec-
tiveness of the current
international regime
on Counter Terrorism
Financing and the steps
required to address
emerging challenges.
Surat (ANI): With Gu-
jarat assembly elec-
tions round the corner,
the ruling BJP is now at
the peak of its cam-
paign and is banking on
its most popular face to
lead the charge. PM
Narendra Modi is
scheduled to hold close
to 25 rallies, crisscross-
ing the state in the next
fortnight or so. It will
be an action-packed
three-day schedule for
PM Modi in his home
state.
On Sunday, PM Modi
will visit Somnath Tem-
ple and then address
four rallies in Saurash-
tra region. Veraval,
Dhorarji, Amreli and
Botad have been final-
ised as the venues for
four rallies. In last as-
sembly polls, BJP was
not able to win a single
seat in these constitu-
encies in Saurashtra.
OnDay3,PMwillhold
three rallies in Suren-
dranagar, Bharuch and
Navsari. While Bharuch
was the constituency of
former Congress strong-
man Ahmed Patel, BJP
state chief CR Paatil
who hails from Navsari,
has been winning his
Lok Sabha seat with one
of the top margins
across the country
.
Hyderabad (ANI): Ni-
zamabad BJP MP Dhar-
mapuri Arvind on Sat-
urday threatened to beat
Telangana Chief Minis-
ter K Chandrasekhar
Rao with a ‘chappal’
amid his ongoing war of
words with his MLC
daughter K Kavitha.
Reacting to Kavitha’s
alleged threats, the BJP
MP said that he would
beat her father and Tel-
angana CM KCR with a
‘chappal’ (footwear). He
said here he would file
a complaint with Telan-
gana police against al-
leged threats issued by
the ruling TRS MLC
and CM’s daughter K
Kavitha.
The war of words be-
tweenthemstartedafter
theBJPleaderonThurs-
day claimed that Kavi-
tha had called up Con-
gress president Mall-
ikarjun Kharge and ex-
pressed her wish to join
the Congress party
.
Reacting to Kavitha’s
statement of beating
him with chappals, MP
Arvind said on Satur-
day, “I don’t have trust
on Telangana Police but
trusting my advocate, I
am giving a complaint.
I spoke with CV Anand
(Hyderabad Commis-
sioner) he was talking
like a TRS Karyakarta
in next 10 months our
govt (BJP) is coming.”
Bengaluru (ANI): Con-
gress leaders reached
Karnataka Election
Commission (SEC) of-
fice on Saturday for fil-
ing a complaint against
“electoral fraud” in the
state allegedly at the be-
hest of the BJP govt.
Karnataka Congress
president DK Shivaku-
mar and other leaders
arrived at SEC office
today to file a complaint
in connection with
“electoral fraud”. The
state Congress leaders
reached the SEC office
two days after Congress
leader Randeep Surjew-
ala had launched an at-
tack against Karnataka
CM Basavaraj Bommai
alleging that he was di-
rectly involved in elec-
toral fraud.
DK Shivakumar told
ANI, “We have to file a
complaint to protect
voter rights. This is the
biggest fraud commit-
ted by BJP minister CN
Ashwath Narayan and
his team, who used
data, collected fraud in-
formation and deleted
lakhs of votes.”
3 WOMEN DEAD, 8
INJURED AS BUS
OVERTURNS IN MP
Indore: Three women
were killed and eight
seriously injured when
their bus overturned after
hitting a road divider
near Dewas in Madhya
Pradesh on Saturday, a
police official said. The
incident occurred in the
evening when the bus
was going from Indore to
Dewas, said police. “As
per eye-witnesses, the
driver was speeding and
lost control of bus. Two
women died on the spot,
while a third woman
succumbed to injuries
in a hospital. Eight have
received serious wounds
and are undergoing
treatment,” police said.
3 STUDENTS HELD
FOR RAISING PRO-
PAKISTAN SLOGANS
Bengaluru: Bengaluru
Police arrested three
students of New Horizon
College of Engineering
after a video of them
shouting “Pakistan
Zindabad” went viral
on social media. The
students, suspended by
their college authority,
were later released
on bail as police said
that “their act wasn’t
intentional”. It happened
at a event while the
college was preparing
to host an inter-college
fest on November 25-26,
when some students
were seen chanting the
names of their favourite
IPL teams and countries.
EX-OFFICER ARUN
GOEL APPOINTED
POLLCOMMISSIONER
New Delhi: Former
bureaucrat Arun Goel
was on Saturday
appointed as Election
Commissioner. A Punjab
cadre officer of the 1985
batch, Goel will join Chief
Election Commissioner
Rajiv Kumar and
Election Commissioner
Anup Chandra Pandey
in the poll panel. His
appointment was
announced by the
government in a press
statement. Sushil
Chandra had retired
as the chief election
commissioner in May
this year after which
Rajiv Kumar took
charge.
CRUCIAL
READ
New Delhi (ANI): Sev-
eral Congress leaders
including Sonia Gan-
dhi and party chief
Mallikarjun Kharge on
Saturday, paid tributes
to former Prime Minis-
ter Indira Gandhi on
her birth anniversary.
United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) chair-
person Sonia Gandhi
and All India Congress
Committee President
Mallikarjun Kharge
also paid floral trib-
utes to the former PM
on her birth anniver-
sary at Shakti Sthal in
Delhi. Earlier on Sat-
urday, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and senior
Congress leader
Bhupinder Hooda also
paid floral tributes to
the former PM at the
Shakti Sthal.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi too paid
tributes to former
Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi on her birth an-
niversary.
Cong leaders pay tribute to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniv
REMEMBERING IRON LADY
Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi on her birth
anniversary, in New Delhi, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
GRANDSONS RAHUL GANDHI AND VARUN
GANDHI PAY TRIBUTES TO INDIRA GANDHI
New Delhi: Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP
Varun Gandhi, on Saturday,
paid tributes to their grand-
mother and former PM
Indira Gandhi on her birth
anniversary. Rahul Gandhi
said Indira was ‘Durga’ for
the country and ‘Kali’ for
enemies. She grew up in the freedom struggle, learned
from the great leaders of India, was her father's darling.
Durga was for the country, Kali was for the enemies —
fearless, Tejaswini, Priyadarshini,” Rahul tweeted.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Tributes to our
former PM Mrs Indira
Gandhi Ji on her birth
anniversary.
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
PM Modi to address
over two dozen rallies
IT’S BIZARRE... RAHUL IS NOWHERE IN
POLL BOUND STATES: ANURAG THAKUR
Surat (ANI): Union IB
Minister Anurag Thakur
has taken a swipe at
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi’s absence from
poll-bound states stat-
ing that it was indeed
“bizarre.” “It’s bizarre
to see Rahul Gandhi
nowhere in the poll-
bound states! They
know they are going
to lose so they will put
the blame on the new
party president and not
the first family,” Thakur
said while campaigning
in Surat. He praised the
BJP-ruled Gujarat govt
ahead of Assembly polls
and said that BJP would
win with big majority as
people continue to trust
PM Narendra Modi.
Kids take a selfie with a statue of PM Modi, installed as part of
BJP’s election campaign for Assembly polls, in Ahmedabad.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during the third ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference
on Counter-Terrorism Financing, in New Delhi, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“Nocountrycandefeat
terrorismonitsown”
MONITOR COUNTRIES SPONSORING
TERRORISM: AMIT SHAH TO WATCHDOG
“TERRORISM A
GLOBAL ISSUE”
New Delhi: In a meeting with FATF President T Raja
Kumar, Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised that
there is a need for FATF
to continuously moni-
tor the tendencies of
some of the countries to
sponsor terrorism. In a
tweet, the MHA said, “In
the bilateral meeting with
FATF President, T Raja
Kumar, Hon’ble Home Minister Shri @AmitShah while
appreciating the role of FATF, emphasised that there is
a need for FATF to continuously monitor the tenden-
cies of some of the countries to sponsor terrorism.”
New Delhi : HM Amit
Shah on Saturday said
the international com-
munity must continue
to fight shoulder to
shoulder against this
increasingly com-
plex and borderless
threat. “In these terror
havens, it’s neces-
sary to shackle their
unrestrained activities
along with economic
crackdown,” he said.
International community must fight unitedly to defeat terrorism: Shah
K’taka Cong to
complain SEC
against state’s
“electoral fraud”
Nizamabad BJP MP
threatens to beat CM
KCR with a chappal
BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind. —FILE PHOTO
3 BSF MEN AMONG
5 ARRESTED FOR
GANG-RAPE
Jaipur (PTI): Five men,
including three BSF
personnel, were arrested
on Saturday for allegedly
gang-raping a woman in
Sri Ganganagar district,
a police official said.
The victim informed
the Raisingh Nagar
police station about the
alleged incident that took
place on Friday night,
following which an FIR
was registered, a medical
examination of the
woman was conducted
and evidence was
collected. Five accused
were arrested after the
statement of the woman
was recorded in front of
the magistrate.
URDU WRITER
KHALID JAWED
WINS JCB PRIZE
New Delhi (PTI): Khalid
Jawed’s “The Paradise
of Food”, translated
by Baran Farooqi from
Urdu, won the fifth JCB
Prize for Literature on
Saturday. The book,
originally published as
“Ne’mat Khana” in 2014,
is the fourth translation
to win the award and the
first work in Urdu. “The
Paradise of Food” tells
the story of a middle-
class joint Muslim family
over a span of fifty
years where the narrator
struggles to find a place
for himself, at odds in
his home and the world
outside. Jawed received
Rs 25 lakh as prize.

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BRIEFS
New Delhi: Microsoft has
introduced “sign language
view”, a new meeting ex-
perience in Teams that will
assist signers - people who
are deaf/hard of hearing,
interpreters, and others
who use sign language.
Sign language view will
provide a more predictable,
static meeting experience
that will allow users to pri-
oritise up to two other
signers’ video streams for
placement on centre stage.
When sign language view
is enabled, designated
signers remain visible on
the centre stage. —PTI
MICROSOFT BRINGS
SIGN LANGUAGE
VIEW IN TEAMS
New Delhi: Since Elon
Musk completed $44 mil-
lion deal to take over Twit-
ter at the end of October,
the company’s headcount
has decreased through
layoffs and resignations to
a tiny fraction of its origi-
nal number. Following this
chaotic situation, India’s
microblogging site rival
Koo said that he will hire
some of ex-Twitter em-
ployees. Taking to Twitter,
the co-founder of Koo,
Mayank Bidawatka
claimed that he is willing
to hire Twitter employees
that have either been laid
off or who have voluntari-
ly left after Musk asked
them to ‘go extremely
hardcore or leave’. —PTI
KOO TO HIRE
EMPLOYEES FIRED
BY ELON MUSK
New Delhi: After 5 days of
testimony, including 3
hours from Elon Musk, a
Delaware judge will now
decide whether Musk’s $56
billion pay package from
Tesla Inc was justified by
the company’s explosive
growth or undermined by a
flawed process. Musk and
the Tesla directors named
as defendants repeatedly
testified that the package
achieved what it set out to
do deliver 10-fold growth
in the company’s stock
price, enriching investors
and Musk. —PTI
AMID TWITTER WAR,
MUSK IS TACKLING
$56 BN TESLA TRIAL
*Rates till the edition went to print.
GOVT WITHDRAWS
EXPORT DUTY ON
STEEL, IRON ORE
New Delhi: The government
has cut the export duty on steel
products and iron ore with effect
from Saturday
in order to
provide a fillip
to the domestic
steel industry
and boost exports. Besides, im-
port duty on anthracite, coking
coal and ferronickel used as raw
material in the steel industry —
has been hiked, as per a finance
ministry notification issued. The
export duty concessions and
import tax have been restored
after a gap of six months. —PTI
‘THE OFFICE PASS’ TO
OPEN NEW COWORKING
CENTRE IN GURUGRAM
New Delhi: Coworking operator
The Office Pass will open a new
centre in Gurugram this month
with a capacity
of 100 desks
as part of its
expansion
plan. The
company has 12 coworking
centres in Delhi-NCR
comprising of 2,600 desks and
its capacity will reach 2,700
seats spread over 13 facilities.
The new office will be launched
in Unitech Cyber Park, Sector
39, Gurgaon, The Office Pass
said in a statement. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
ONE YEAR AFTER AN ALL-TIME HIGH, NASDAQ 100
IS STILL DOWN 29% FROM ITS RECORD CLOSE
New Delhi: A year after the Nasdaq 100 Index last closed at an all-
time high, there’s no sign the index is heading back to those heights
any time soon. The 249 trading sessions since the close on Nov. 19,
2021, is the tech-heavy benchmark’s
longest stretch since the dot-com era, and
the third-longest ever: It took the gauge
3,925 trading days — more than 15 years
— to recover from the dot-com crash and
416 sessions to rebound from the Crash
of 1987. This bear market in tech stocks is
shaping up to be the longest that many
young investors have ever seen, and may curb their appetite for risk
for years to come. Even after a bounce this month, the Nasdaq 100
is still down 29% from its record close. —AGENCIES
New York: The rise of
trade barriers against Chi-
na and other
c o u n t r i e s
over the past
year could
cost the global
economy $1.4
trillion, on top
of the severe damage being
donebythewarinUkraine,
the head of the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund
said. “What I am hoping to
see is some reversals in
policy blocks towards Chi-
na and globally,” Kristali-
na Georgieva told
Bloomberg Television’s
Stephen Engle in an inter-
view in Bangkok on Satur-
day. “The world is going to
lose 1.5% of gross domestic
product just because of
division that may split
us into two trading blocs.
This is $1.4 trillion.”
—AGENCIES
Trade divide
could cost global
economy $1.4
trillion: IMF chief
New Delhi: The concerted
tightening of monetary pol-
icy by global central banks
looking to tame inflation
hasprogressivelyraisedthe
risk of a hard landing or a
recession, but India is
placed differently, Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Gover-
nor Shaktikanta Das said.
Das was speaking at the
Annual Research Confer-
ence of the Department of
Economic and Policy Re-
search of the RBI in Hy-
derabad on Saturday
.
Das had said earlier this
year that the RBI was striv-
ing to ensure a ‘soft land-
ing’ for the Indian economy
while bringing domestic
inflation back to the cen-
tral bank’s 4 per cent target
over a period of time. The
RBI governor has also em-
phasised in recent public
events that raising interest
rates prematurely would
have taken a heavy toll on
economic growth and the
citizens of the country
.
Risk of global hard
landing, but India
differently placed:Das
New Delhi: The war in Europe brought with it new challenges,
just when the economy was about to normalise fully despite
the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and suddenly, the
world encountered a severe food and energy crisis, Reserve
Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday. Delivering
the inaugural address at the annual research conference of the
Department of Economic and Policy Research of RBI here, Das
said the COVID-19 pandemic crisis created an opportunity to
explore and harness the power of big data and strengthen direct
feedback mechanisms while working from home. He further said
the pandemic also posed new research issues and analytical
challenges for policy-making as it caused a demand shock or a
supply shock, the size and nature of policy stimulus required,
and their effectiveness, among others.
WITH UKRAINE WAR, WORLD ENCOUNTERED
FOOD, ENERGY CRISIS: RBI GOVERNOR
CPI INFLATION
AT 6.77 PER CENT
z Latest data showed
Consumer Price Index
inflation was at 6.77% in
Oct, well above the RBI’s
tolerance band of 2-6%
Air India in talks with Airbus,
Boeing to buy planes, says CEO
New Delhi: Tata Group-
owned Air India is in talks
with Boeing and Airbus
about ordering new air-
craft and is meeting its im-
mediate needs by leasing
planes and repairing
grounded aircraft, the air-
line’s chief executive said
on Saturday
.
The autos-to-steel con-
glomerate, which complet-
ed its purchase of Air India
in January, faces an uphill
struggle to upgrade an age-
ing fleet, turn around the
company’s financials and
improve service levels, in-
dustry analysts say
.
“We are in deep discus-
sion with Boeing, Airbus
and engine manufacturers
for a historic order of the
latest generation aircraft
that will power Air India’s
medium- and long-term
growth,” Campbell Wilson,
the airline’s chief execu-
tive, said at a Tata corpo-
rate event in Mumbai.
Wilson said Air India
planned to expand its fleet
and global network, aiming
to increase its market share
to 30% on both domestic
and international routes
over the next five years.
TO BOOST
MARKET SHARE
z Air India said in September
it would lease 30 Boeing and
Airbus planes, expanding its
fleet by more than 25 per cent
as part of the drive to boost
market share and to improve
service levels
z At present, Air India has
a domestic market share of
about 10% and an international
market share of around 12%,
as per industry estimates
z Air India was moving closer
to a decision on an order worth
$50 bn at list prices to be split
between Airbus and Boeing
NOW ZOMATO CUTS UP TO 3% WORKFORCE
New Delhi: Gurugram-
headquartered food aggre-
gator firm Zomato has re-
portedly started laying off
employees this week and
plans to drop at least 3 per
cent of its total workforce
to cut costs and turn prof-
itable on Saturday. This
update comes after its Co-
founder Mohit Gupta re-
signed from his post.
At least 100 employees
have already been impact-
ed across functions like
the product, tech, cata-
logue and marketing, re-
ported MoneyControl cit-
ing sources. It further
added that employees in
the supply chain haven’t
been impacted.
The source told the news
portal that employees in
roles that had become re-
dundant had been let go.
The source also added
that a few account manag-
ers dealing with cloud
kitchens had also been
replaced.
Zomato recently saw
multiple top-level exits
from the company
.
LAYOFFS CONTINUE
ANOTHER 1,200
STAFF QUIT ELON
MUSK’S TWITTER
Social media giant Twitter is reel-
ing under big trouble as another
1,200 employees have quit over
the ultimatum for an “extremely
hardcore” workplace. The New
York Times reported that key in-
frastructure teams of the micro-
blogging and social networking
service have been “decimated” at
Twitter and Musk sent an email
to employees asking them about
the details regarding the underly-
ing technology. “Anyone who
actually writes software, please
report to the 10th floor at 2 p.m.
today,” Musk said in an email.
Musk earlier sacked 50 per cent
of the Twitter workforce, as sev-
eral key executives resigned.
Chennai: The rising inter-
est rates will enable Indian
banks to continue posting
good profits during the re-
maining part of FY23, ac-
cording to SP Global Mar-
ket Intelligence.
In a report on the Indian
banking sector, SP Global
Market Intelligence said
five of the six biggest banks
by assets in India reported
an increase in net income
for the fiscal second quar-
ter ended September 30,
2022.
“Banks took advantage
of the higher interest rate
environment to bolster
their net interest margins,
while previous efforts to
reduce their non-perform-
ing assets resulted in lesser
loan loss provisions, their
recently released earnings
reports showed,” the re-
port notes.
‘Rising interest rates will
help banks post profits’
‘Indiatobeworld’ssecond
largesteconomyby 2050’
Mumbai (PTI) : Asia’s
richest man Gautam Adani
on Saturday said India,
which took 58 years to be-
come a trillion dollar econ-
omy, will add an equivalent
sum to GDP every 12-18
months and will be the
world’s second largest
economy by 2050.
Speaking at the 21st
World Congress of Ac-
countants here, he said
back-to-back global crises
have challenged several
assumptions, including
that China should adopt
western democratic prin-
ciples, secular principles
are universal, the EU
would stay together, and
that Russia would be
forced to accept a reduced
international role.
“This multilevel crisis
has shattered the myth of a
unipolar or a bipolar world
of superpowers that could
step in and stabilize global
environments,” he said.
“In my view - in this
emerging multipolar world
- superpowers will need to
be those that take responsi-
bility to step in and help
others in a crisis and not
bully other nations into
submission,thosethatkeep
humanity as their foremost
operating principle.”
A superpower, he said,
must also be a thriving de-
mocracy and yet believe
that “there is no one uni-
form style of democracy
.”
Adani, 60, said the foun-
dations of India’s increas-
ing economy might have
become relevant and a ma-
jority government has giv-
en the nation the ability to
initiate several structural
reforms in the political and
administrative system.
“It took us 58 years to get
to our first trillion dollars
of GDP, 12 years to get to
the next trillion and just
five years for the third tril-
lion. “A country, crushed
and drained by its colonial
rulers, today stands on the
cusp of an extraordinary
growth and is the only ma-
jor country on a path to
emerge as a high-income
nation without compromis-
ing its democracy and di-
versity,” he said.
“Well before 2030, we will
be the world’s third largest
economy and, thereafter,
the world’s second largest
economy by 2050.”
Adani saw India’s medi-
an age at just 38 years in
2050, population of 1.6 bil-
lion with a per capita in-
come of USD 16,000, over
700 per cent higher than
current per capita income.
FDI will touch a trillion
dollar, in sign of increasing
global confidence in India.
INDIA WILL BE NET EXPORTER OF GREEN
ENERGY BY 2050, SAYS GAUTAM ADANI
Mumbai: India will lead the global energy transition, and the country
will be a net exporter of green energy by 2050, Gautam Adani, chair-
man of the Adani group said today. “Cooling the planet down will be
one of the most profitable businesses and the largest of job creators
over the next several decades. I am in no doubt that India will lead
the global energy transition,” Adani said while addressing the World
Congress of Accountants in Mumbai. He announced that over the
next decade the Adani group will invest over USD 70 billion in the
green energy space and build the world’s most integrated renewable
energy value chain. Predicting India will need 400 per cent more
units of energy by 2050 than it currently consumes, Adani said that
there is little doubt that India’s energy transition will be unparalleled
as it races to meet its energy needs. India currently ranks third in
the renewable energy attractive index and is the world’s third-largest
energy-consuming country.
CURRENT
SCENARIO
z India is the world’s fifth
largest economy with a GPD
of USD 3.5 trillion
z The US is USD 23 trillion
economy with a stock
market capitalization
ranging from 45 to 50 tn
z In purchasing power parity
(PPP), India’s share of global
GDP will be north of 20 per
cent by 2050
Gautam Adani, speaks at the World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai.
New Delhi: India has
climbed up six places to
61st rank in the Network
Readiness Index 2022 re-
port prepared by US-based
non-profit body Portulans
Institute, the telecom min-
istry said on Saturday. The
country’s overall score has
improved to 51.19 in 2022
from 49.74 in 2021. The
NRI Report maps the net-
work-based readiness
landscape of 131 econo-
mies based on their per-
formances in 4 different
pillars: Technology, Peo-
ple, Governance, and Im-
pact covering a total of 58
variables. —PTI
INDIA RANKS 61ST
ON NETWORK
READINESS INDEX

08
2NDFRONT
A good leader leads, motivates and
persuades his team to not only give
their best, but work more than their
potential as individuals and a combined team.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Srinagar (PTI): The
Jammu and Kashmir
Police on Saturday con-
ducted searches at 12
locations in connection
with threatening of
journalists by terror
outfit The Resistance
Front, officials said.
The searches were
conducted in Srinagar,
Anantnag and Kulgam
districts of the Valley
.
The premises where
the searches were con-
ducted included resi-
dences of several jour-
nalists as well as some
suspects, they said, add-
ing that some suspects
are being questioned.
The police had on No-
vember 12 filed a case
against militants and
handlers belonging to
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
and The Resistance
Front (TRF), a shadow
organisation of LeT, for
sending threat letters to
journalists in Kashmir.
Police said that hous-
es of fugitives like Saj-
jad Gul, Mukhtar Baba,
all terrorists of LeT/
TRF and other suspects
were raided in Srina-
gar, Anantnag and Kul-
gam districts early
morning.
Baba—a Turkey-
based terror operative
—and six of his con-
tacts in JK are sus-
pected to be behind the
threats.
The officials said po-
lice teams have seized
mobile phones, laptops,
memory cards, pen
drives and other digital
devices, documents,
bank papers, rubber
stamps, passports, pa-
pers, cash and some
Saudi currency
.
The TRF had issued
the threat to a few me-
dia houses in the Valley
for their “traitorous
acts” and “nexus with
the fascist Indian re-
gime”.
Following the threat,
several journalists had
resigned from local
publications.
Baba (55) used to
work for various news-
papers in Kashmir. He
was a resident of Srina-
gar in the 1990s and is
believed to have es-
caped to Turkey, an in-
telligence dossier said.
Baba, who often vis-
its Pakistan, has
emerged as a master-
mind responsible for
grooming youngsters in
the Valley to join the
TRF, the dossier said.
Baba has built a net-
work of informers in
the journalist commu-
nity and used their in-
puts to prepare a list of
scribes to threaten, the
dossier said.
Massive searches in JK
over threat to journalists
Jammu and Kashmir Police conducting searches in connection with the alleged threatening of
journalists by a terror outfit, in Srinagar on Saturday. — PHOTO BY ANI
Residences of
journalists also
searched in
Srinagar
Panaji (PTI): Dr BR
Ambedkar was India’s
first male feminist, who
propagated such ideas
decades back that could
be considered as pro-
gressive even for the
current generation of
politicians, Congress
leader and writer
Shashi Tharoor said
here on Saturday
.
He was speaking dur-
ing an interaction pro-
gramme at the ongoing
Goa Heritage Festival.
“He (Ambedkar) was
probably India’s first
male feminist. Way
back in 1920, 30s, 40s he
made speeches, includ-
ing in front of a female
audience, which today
would be considered as
progressive for a male
politician,” Tharoor
said while speaking
about his latest book
“Ambedkar: A Life”.
“He (Ambedkar)
urged women not to al-
low themselves to be
forced into marriage.
He urged women to de-
lay marriage, delay
childbirth. He urged
them to stand up to
their husbands as
equals,” the Thiru-
vanathapuramMPsaid.
Ambedkar as a legis-
lator fought for women
workers and labourers,
he said, adding, “It was
a remarkable feminist
thinking of this man 80-
90 years ago.”
“There is a tendency
to see Ambedkar as a
Dalit leader. He was the
principal Dalit leader
of the country
. From his
early 20s, he was an in-
fluential voice and be-
came more and more
influential,” he said.
Ambedkar was an ex-
traordinary constitu-
tionalist, being the
chairman of the draft-
ing committee. It was
he who presented and
defended every single
one of the provisions of
the Constitution, Tha-
roor said.
Responding to a ques-
tion on India’s image
globally, Tharoor said
that in 1975, the coun-
try’s image in America
was awful.
“It was considered a
poor country and peo-
ple’s idea about India
was about fakirs sleep-
ing on nail-bed or
snake-charmers doing
road tricks. From there,
the transformation has
been astonishing. By
the turn of the millen-
nium, you have Indian
software revolution and
Americans suddenly
imagining Indians as
computer gigs,” he said.
Tharoor said that the
‘Y2K’ phenomenon was
a turning point for In-
dian computer profes-
sionals. “There was a
fear that all the comput-
ers would crash...Sud-
denly we had a demand
for Indians doing codes
to overcome that prob-
lem and that’s when In-
dia’s software revolu-
tion really took off,” he
said.
The other thing that
happened, Tharoor
said, was about the con-
sciousness of Indian
expatriates as not just
computer people, but
engineers and doctors.
Dr Ambedkar was India’s ‘first male feminist’, says Shashi Tharoor
‘MOTHER’ OF THE CONSTITUTION
Shashi Tharoor. —FILE PHOTO
Houses of fugitives like Sajjad Gul, Mukhtar Baba,
all terrorists of LeT/TRF and other suspects were
raided in Srinagar, Anantnag and Kulgam
Nagpur (PTI): Indian
Air Force (IAF) pilots
displayed their air ma-
noeuvring skills at the
‘Air Fest 2022’ event
held at the Nagpur-
based Maintenance
Command headquar-
ters on Saturday
.
The drills were per-
formedbyIAF’s“Akash-
ganga” team using
Dornier aircraft and a
Sarang helicopter dis-
play team comprising
four modified Advance
Light Helicopters
(ALHs) Dhruv. A Surya
Kiran Aerobatic Team
(SKAT) comprising
nine Hawk Mk.132 air-
craft flew in different
variations.
A paramotor pilot en-
thralled the audience
with aerobatic manoeu-
vres including a spiral
descent from 1,000 feet
and a ‘wingover’ at a
height of 300 feet.
The daredevils of the
“Akashganga” IAF
team consisting of six
air warriors displayed
skydiving from a Dorn-
ier aircraft from a
height of 8,000 feet and
landed with precision
in the designated land-
ing zone.
Breathtaking display
by IAF teams at Air
Fest in Nagpur
Indian Air Force’s aerobatic team ‘Sarang’ during ‘Air Fest 2022’
in Nagpur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pictures of the killed soliders tweeted by the Indian Army.
Two soldiers killed in
snow slide while
evacuating colleague
Srinagar (PTI): Two
soldiers of an army pa-
trol party died near the
Line of Control in
Machil sector while
evacuating a colleague
for treatment, an offi-
cial said on Saturday
.
Srinagar-based De-
fence PRO Col Emron
Musavi said Gunner
Souvik Hazra com-
plained of breathing
difficulty during a rou-
tine patrol in Machil
sector. During his evac-
uation, the tail of the
patrol party came un-
der a massive snow-
slide. As the condition
of Hazra, who was diag-
nosed with hyperther-
mia, started deteriorat-
ing, an air evacuation
request was raised and
he was evacuated to 168
Military Hospital in
Kupwara where he
died. The search party
located Lance Naik
Mukesh Kumar and
also airlifted him to 168
MH. He succumbed dur-
ing treatment. The
search for Naik Gaik-
wad Manoj Laxman
Rao involved a special-
ised rescue unit and he
was recovered around
4.30 PM and airlifted to
168 MH, where he died,
the PRO said.
Five killed as
car falls into
gorge in
Uttarakhand
Uttarkashi (PTI): Five
persons, including two
women, were killed and
one sustained serious
injuries when the car in
which they were travel-
ling fell into a deep
gorge near Brahmakhal
in Uttarkashi district
on Saturday
, police said.
The accident oc-
curred on Dharasu-
Yamumotri national
highway at around 11
am when the vehicle go-
ing to Purola from Ut-
tarkashi fell into a
400-metre-deep gorge,
killing five on the spot
and leaving a woman
grievously injured.
The injured woman
named Samli Devi was
first rushed to a hospi-
tal in Brahmakhal from
where she was referred
to Uttarkashi district
hospital after first aid.
She continues to be in a
critical condition.
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami ex-
pressed grief at the in-
cident and announced
ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh.
Mirch Masala
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
The author is a journalist and political
commentator and views expressed are his personal
WHY WERE PRIYANKA’S MEETINGS CURTAILED IN HIMACHAL?
SANTOSH UNHAPPY
WITH DELHI BJP MPs
The party’s powerful
Organisation General
Secy BL Santosh is said
to be angry with the BJP
MPs from Delhi. In fact,
many local MPs includ-
ing the names of Manoj
Tiwari, Pravesh Verma
and Hansraj Hans, are
said to have submitted
the list of claimants on
their behalf to party High
Command regarding civic
polls in Delhi. However,
field reports of most of
them came negative, and
their chances of victory in
party’s opinion polls were
also said to be bleak.
Complaints started piling
up with Santosh, wherein,
most plaints were about
offering money for
tickets. Annoyed, Santosh
demanded resignation
of all District Presidents
of Delhi BJP in a hurry,
warning the MPs to
reform themselves, say-
ing, ‘You reform yourself,
otherwise, the Chhat-
tisgarh model will have to
be implemented in Delhi’.
When Priyanka Gandhi took over the reins of Himachal
Pradesh, she had enthusiastically told the cadre that ‘she
can go around and will campaign for the Congress in Himachal
and touch every assembly seat there.’ The Congress organisa-
tion had also prepared a plan for some 68 public meetings for
her in the Himachal elections. But after this Priyanka went to
her home in Mashobra in Himachal and her mobile phone was
also switched off for two days. There was a stir in the state
Congress, and that is when Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya
Singh went to Mashobra to meet Priyanka at her house. In this
meeting, it was decided that instead of 68, Priyanka would hold
only 15 public meetings. However, in reality, only eight public meetings of Priyanka
could be held in Himachal elections. Angry Rani Sahib i.e. MP Pratibha Singh said on
this – ‘In BJP, the leader carries the party on his shoulders, but in Congress, the leader
has to be carried on workers’ shoulders.’
IMPORTANT CLUES OF MURDER
LOST IN THE MEDIA MARKET
The barbaric manner in which Mumbai’s
Shraddha Walker was murdered in
Delhi’s Chattarpur, it seems that Delhi
media has jumped into the market regard-
ing this. There is such a rush to break
the news that the channel is doing ‘piece
to camera’ by sticking to the bathroom,
kitchen and room of the accused Aftab
Poonawala’s house. Delhi Police hasn’t
yet been able to collect all evidence. The
discussion is hot whether media, its cam-
eras journos are unknowingly tamper-
ing with important clues of the murder?
Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora
is deeply troubled by these things.
RSS ‘CHURNING’ IN MALDIVES!
Highly placed sources in Saffron Party
its parent organisation have hinted
that a major brainstorming session
of hand-
ful of top
level RSS
functionar-
ies was held
in Madives.
According
to sources, 35 prominent office bearers
of the Sangh, who reached Maldives by a
special plane during Oct end, mulled upon
the strategy for post 2024 election dur-
ing the 5- day long trip. These officials
returned to Delhi by a charter plane.
BJP ON THE PATH OF DHAMNAGAR
After winning the Dhamnagar by-election in Odisha,
the entire BJP is elated. The seat was vacant due
to the death of a prominent BJP leader Bishnu Charan
Sethi. On this seat, the BJP
fielded Sethi’s son Suryabanshi
Suraj, who defeated his nearest
BJD candidate by 9,881 votes
while Suryabanshi got total
80,351 votes. After this, the
churning intensified in the BJP
as to which face the party should
field as its CM face in the coming
assembly elections. Then a list of
potential CM faces was prepared
by the party. Then a public opinion poll was conducted
by a favourite agency working for the party, but all
these faces could not prove their usefulness on the
scale of popularity. Then the General Secretary of the
party, BL Santhosh, held a brainstorming meeting with
the BJP leaders of Odisha in Delhi and wanted to know
why the activism of these leaders in Odisha is so low
that the general public does not know them properly.
WHY DOES DIGVIJAY SINGH WANT TO
TAKE RAHUL’S TRIP TO BIHAR?
Digvijay Singh wants to be the charioteer to take
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra to Bihar.’ Singh
wishes is that Rahul’s journey starts from Digvijay’s
maternal grandfather’s native
place, Githor in Bihar ends
at Bodh Gaya by travelling a
distance of 1,023 kms. Digvijay
Singh Jairam Ramesh have
entrusted Yatra’s responsibility
to Bihar’s ex- minister Awad-
hesh Singh. But problem for
Bihar Cong is that who will bear
expenses of Rahul’s trip, because
Cong has been out of power in
Bihar for years the magnates have also kept a dis-
tance from party. It is said that cost of one day’s Yatra
runs into crores. It was suggested that Yatra should
be limited to Patna, but Awadhesh wants to take it to
Gaya, as he is keen to contest 2024 polls from there.

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hen the weather per-
mits, sundresses are
great fun, but to
ward off the chill of
this winter, is there
anythingmoresatis-
fying than covering
yourself with a symbol of
comfort and warmth? Abso-
lutelynot!Therefore,theeasi-
est method to stay warm
when colder climates ap-
proach is to invest in a fan-
tastic winter scarf rather
than buying a brand-new
coat.Adecentscarf isper-
fect for
changing
up your look without com-
pletely changing your cloth-
ing,whetheryouchoosecash-
mere or mohair, one with pat-
tern or one without, or both.
The finishing touch to any
winter layering outfit is un-
doubtedly a gorgeous winter
scarf, regardless of whether
yourgo-tostreetstylestillcon-
sists of stylish tracksuits or
you've started to make the ef-
fort to put on jeans with your
cropped sweaters. Scarves
haveearnedtheirplaceassta-
ples for the winter wardrobe.
The scarves this season are
fresh and lively
, with vibrant
colorblock designs and bold
checkered prints. They usu-
ally come in knit, cashmere,
orwoolblendfabricsandoffer
lots of warmth while fre-
quently adding a touch of
luxury
. An elegant touch can
beaddedtoanyoutfitbywrap-
ping a solid-colored scarf
around a shirt and wearing it
with pants. Feel free to tie
your cable-knit sweater over
your neck for the same effect
whileyoudecidewhichoneto
buy
.
The colours navy and ma-
roon are also very popular
this season, as is wearing
scarves open to create long-
erlengths.Asilkscarf adds
a sophisticated necktie to a
straightforward all-black
suit, giving it a chic, Paris-
ian edge. Perfect comfort
and fashion! It might be
challenging to locate a
scarf to match an outfit for
an evening occasion, a
shawlscarf canbewornin
amoreformalwaybydrap-
ing it over your shoulders,
aswellasmorecasuallyby
wrapping it around your
neck.
SURFINGTHROUGH
SURFINGTHROUGH
W
KHUSHI TAMBI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
SEASON
SEASON
THE SCARF
THE SCARF
Even though we hate
to say it, summer is
officially over. But as
the weather cools,
we're hesitantly
anticipating the start
of layering season.
And thus, City First is
here to guide you
through it with
nothing else or
nothing better than
the SCARVES!
NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 20, 2022

CARE TIPS FOR PETS
CARE TIPS FOR PETS
Here are some tips on how to keep your furry
friends warm and cosy in the cold months.
WRAP THEM UP IN
WOOLLENS:
You just can’t imagine stepping
outside without a sweater in the
winter. The same applies to your
pets. Choose from a variety of op-
tions available for your cats and
dogs. Make sure you pick the right
size and keep them warm while
taking them out for a walk. In
case you have rabbits and birds,
you can cover their cages with a
shawl, leaving a little space for
aeration.
KEEP THEM
HYDRATED:
The winter season lowers
your pet’s want for water
consumption. However, de-
hydration can be life-
threatening for them. So,
make sure
their water bowls never
remain empty. Keep a close
eye on whether they are drink-
ing adequate water or not. Al-
ways carry a water bottle while
taking them out for walks.
PEEING INDOORS:
Cold winters can result in unin-
tentional urination inside
the house. Take them out
often to relieve them-
selves. Holding pee
for too long can
cause urinary tract
infections in your
pets. You can con-
sider potty training
your pets indoors.
Pee pads and pee
trays can be used to make
sure as an option.
Ipsita Gupta, pet parent
of a Labrador says, “During
the winters, Mia sometimes
ends up accidentally peeing in
the house. I use a pet-friendly
floor cleaner like ITC Nimyle,
which is a 100% natural action
floor cleaner made with neem
that keeps the floors clean and
also does not cause rashes on
Mia’s skin, unlike other floor
cleaners I’ve used before. Acti-
vated with the Power of Neem,
Nimyle also has anti-bacterial
and anti-fungal properties.”
ARRANGE WARM
BEDDING:
Never let your pet sleep on the cold
floor during winter. Make sure
they have warm and cosy bedding.
Place the bedding in a warm spot,
preferably where they sleep every
day. Make sure the area is cleaned
regularly with water and a pet-
friendly floor cleaner. Unclean sur-
faces may lead to underbelly rash-
es. Many pet owners use pet-friend-
ly heaters and warmers to keep the
room temperature controlled.
KEEP THEIR OUTDOOR
HOURS RESTRICTED TO
DAYTIME:
Try to keep your pets indoors, es-
pecially during the night. Go out
for walks with them during the
late morning hours. Being ex-
posed to the sun during these
hours will give them much-need-
ed Vitamin D.
CHECK FOR
HYPOTHERMIA:
If the temperature drops severely,
your pet needs special attention.
Ushija Asthana, pet parent of a
dog Cooper and a cat Silver said,
“The paws of your dog or cat need
to be protected from the freeze as
they aren’t covered by fur. If your
pet is picking up their paws off
the floor, it is a sign that the
weather is too cold for them. In
case there’s a drop in your pet’s
body temperature, make sure you
cover them up with warm blan-
kets and feed them hot drinks like
chicken broth.”
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M.Sc, M.Phil

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V
irat Kohli and Anushka
Sharmaareoneof thecut-
est couples in Bollywood.
These two never fail in
giving couple goals and making
our hearts flutter. Well, the cou-
ple was recently snapped at the
Mumbai airport as they left for
an undisclosed location. And
now there are several pictures of
the couple from Uttarakhand
that are going viral. We can see
Virat and Anushka posing with
their fans in Uttarakhand with
smiles on their faces.
In the picture, we can see
the couple posing with sev-
eral fans. Both of them
had smiles on their
faces as they posed.
hehnaaz Gill is
a highly reck-
oned name in
the entertain-
ment industry.
She won the
heart of the au-
dience and other con-
testants with her ador-
able looks and inno-
cence. Post Bigg Boss,
she has worked in a
popular movie Honsla
Rakh and some music
videos also. She will be
soon seen in multiple
new projects. The ac-
tress recently shared a
sweet video where she
is seen dancing with
Guru Randhawa.
In the post shared on
social media, Shehnaaz
is seen enjoying the
cool breeze on a
yacht. She is accompa-
nied by ace Punjabi
Singer Guru Randha-
wa. He is seen dancing
along with her on the
Punjabi song Pai gayian
shaman ne. Shehnaaz
looks simple yet elegant
with a green off-shoul-
der jumpsuit and Guru
Randhawa sported a
black T-shirt with a
green jacket. The duo
look adorable as they
dance under the open
sky. He wrote in the
captions, “Pai gayian
shaman ne with my
fav @shehnaazgill
Should we do a
video to-
gether.
SHEHNAAZ
SHEHNAAZ
GROOVES WITH GURU
GROOVES WITH GURU
S
B
ollywood ac-
tress Tara
Sutaria is
said to be
dating Aadar Jain
for quite a few
years now.
While both of
them have re-
mained hush-
hush about
their relation-
ship, they do
share some love-
filled posts for
each other on spe-
cial occasions. They
are also often spotted
together during family
functions and other out-
ings. Tara Sutaria is cel-
ebrating her 27th birth-
day today, and the ac-
tress has received
many wishes on social
media. However, the
one that stood out
the most was the
lovely post from
Aadar Jain! Aadar
Jain took to his Insta-
gram to post a picture
with Tara Sutaria. The
picture is from their
France vacation, and the
two lovebirds can be seen
posing in front of the
iconic Louvre pyramid.
Wishing his ladylove,
Aadar Jain wrote, “Hap-
py Birthday ma chérie,’
along with a heart and
fire emoji.
The post quickly gar-
nered thousands of likes,
and several comments
from fans poured in.
M
alaika Arora has a razor-sharp eye for
style and it's unquestionable. She's giv-
ing our autumn style the elevated pow-
er of something that can be termed
sultry
. Mala is an all-rounder and definitely
a learned fashion lady who looks stylish
all year round. This month and the next,
our calendars are blocked big for par-
ties and there is something interesting
that's available. This ensemble will soon
be on the rise and some outfits around
us may get a second or no preference.
The Jaime ensemble featured a satin
ivory top that looked sleeveless on one
side and the other was in its dramatic ele-
ment with the long and broad cape which
truly became the foundation for a party
look. And, to this high-waisted and black
straight-fit trousers were joined.
Malaika's look was accessorised with
Christian Louboutin pumps, a micro hand-
bag and a gold ring.
T
ime and again, Ka-
reena Kapoor
Khan showcased
her love for casual
yet chic off-duty fits.
This time she was spot-
ted at the airport, sport-
ing a casual blue sweat-
shirt with matching
trousers. While comfort
was the supreme ele-
ment of her airport
look, the actress decided
to style it up with her
Celine bag.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
managed to stir up the
airport-style dressing
for the season as she
stepped out in a mono-
tone outfit casual outfit
that featured an over-
sized hoodie and match-
ing relaxed-fit trousers.
The diva stuck to stick-
ing to the muted blue
color palette and added a
stylish twist to the clas-
sic off-duty look with her
chunky black boots.
The actress teamed up
her all-blue look with a
Celine Calfskin Large
Soft 16 Bag in Tan. This
designer bag is carefully
crafted with tan-hued
leather and features a
statement leather top
handle with striking
gold-tone hardware.
MALAIKA IN A
SAFIYAA JUMPSUIT
Virushka’s Unseen Pictures
Aadar wishes
girlfriend Tara
Kareena’s celine bag
steals the show
Shehnaaz Kaur Gill Anushka Sharma
Malaika Arora
Malaika Arora posing in
Safiyaa jumpsuit
Tara Sutaria
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena’s celine bag
Virushka in Uttrakhand
Aadar Jain’s post...
Guru’s
post...
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
27TH EDITION OF EUROPEAN
UNION FILM FESTIVAL
CITY FIRST
he European
Union Film
F e s t i v a l
(EUFF) kicked
off its 27th edi-
tion recently
with the Ital-
ian film “Easy Living”,
directed by two broth-
ers, Orso Miyakawa
and Peter Miyakawa.
The on-ground film fes-
tival is running in New
Delhi across three ven-
ues – India Habitat Cen-
tre, Instituto Cervantes
and India International
Center - till 13th Novem-
ber. The festival will
screen 27 movies from
27 European Union
(EU) member states.
This will be followed by
the virtual leg of the
festival from 15 Novem-
ber to 15th December
2022.
EUFF brings the au-
dience a boutique of 40
days of high-quality,
award-winning cinema
that’s curated to delight
audiences and take
them on a roller coaster
of emotions. Highlight-
ing individual stories
yet reflecting universal
experiences, these films
offer a ‘Window to Eu-
rope’ and demonstrate
the power of cinema to
transcend boundaries
and create shared expe-
riences.
Commenting on the
festival, H.E. Ugo As-
tuto, Ambassador of
the European Union to
India said, “It gives us
great pleasure to invite
the public to rediscover
the pleasure of the
shared experience of
cinema-going with the
27th edition of the Eu-
ropean Union Film Fes-
tival. The Festival is
designed to offer an im-
mersive experience for
audiences through sto-
ries set in particular
cultural contexts but
with universal ap-
peal. The Festival
showcases some
young, powerful,
off-beat and inde-
pendent filmmakers.
We hope that the audi-
ence will discover
through the Festival a
whole new world of sto-
rytelling.” He further
added, “This year
marks 60 years of diplo-
matic ties between EU
and India. To celebrate
this milestone, the festi-
val features a specially
curated section: India
@ European Film Festi-
vals.”
The specially curated
“India@ European
Film Festival” sec-
tion celebrates 60
years of diplomatic
relations between
the EU and India and
will be part of the vir-
tual leg of the festival.
The section will put the
spotlight on works by
filmmakers such as Ra-
jan Khosa, Shrihari
Sathe, Rima Das and
Shubhashish Bhutiani.
cityfirstdelhi@gmail.com
T
CITY FIRST
Y
outh Hub at Vil-
lage Square in
p a r t n e r s h i p
with the Indian
School of Development
Management (ISDM)
organised an event ti-
tled ‘Development Un-
plugged’ at India Habi-
tatCentreonNovember
15, 2022.‘The develop-
ment sector is full of
great opportunities for
young bright students
and offers careers in a
diverse set of domains
at competitive salaries’,
was the conclusion of a
thoughtful convening.
The event was attended
by development profes-
sionals and organisa-
tions, placement repre-
sentatives of the Delhi
Universitycampus,aca-
demia, students and so-
cial entrepreneurs.
‘Development Un-
plugged’ show-
casedthediversity
of career opportu-
nities in the sector
in areas such as artifi-
cial Intelligence, data
science, engineering,
medicine, program
management, mar-
keting, business de-
velopment, strategy
development, talent
management and be-
haviour change. These
were in areas such as
health, nutrition, rural
development, and inno-
vations. advocacy
, agri-
culture, livelihoods, ed-
ucation, community
collectives and many
more. And, a vast array
of development organi-
sations exist at the
grassroots/community
to national and interna-
tional levels, think
tanks and policy, advo-
cacy groups. Their com-
pensations are compa-
rable, sometimes even
better than other sec-
tors, based on skill set,
qualification, experi-
ence and the nature of
the organisation one
chooses to join.
cityfirstdelhi@gmail.com
‘DEVELOPMENT UNPLUGGED’
GALLERIES OF ART This list of the top art galleries in Delhi NCR, provided to you by City First, will DRAW you toward them if you’re
an artist or an art aficionado. Go ahead and express your passion for art in these stunning galleries right away.
DELHI ART GALLERY
Delhi Art Gallery is the place to go if you’re looking for
current Indian art! The gallery’s collection is a result of
the contributions of artists from all over India and even
Europe. The artworks on display here are a remarkable
example of Indian modernism while also displaying a
strong influence of western art trends.
VADEHRA ART GALLERY
Visit Vadehra without a doubt if you wish to see
the works of Indian artisans. When you see the
works of artists like Ravinder Reddy, SH Raza,
Atul Dodiya, and Zakir Hussain here, you’ll be in
awe. Additionally, they founded the Foundation
for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA), a non-profit
organisation dedicated to education, where people
can access a variety of art-related books and
merchandise in their reading room. In addition to
the ones in Delhi, they also operate the Grosvenor
Vadehra gallery in London.
NATURE MORTE
Delhi’s Nature Morte Contemporary Art Gallery
features a range of works. This collection has a lot
to offer, ranging from intriguing abstract paintings
to riveting socio-political movies and poignant
images. Amazing pieces by artists like Aditya Pande,
Mrinalini Mukherjee, and Sheba Chhachhi are
featured in this expertly produced display.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
NGMA is clearly among Delhi’s top art galleries
because the Ministry of Culture supports it. They have
an artwork by M.R. Acharekar, Arpana Caur, Thomas
Daniell, and Rabindranath Tagore in their collection. In
addition to exhibiting and caring for modern art, they
also host special exhibitions around the world and hold
lectures and seminars to advance study in the areas of
art history, appreciation of the arts, criticism, and more.
Inaugural Ceremony
of an Art exhibition
CITY FIRST
O
PS Art Gallery
organised an
ongoing group
art exhibition
titled ‘Reflection of
Tribes’ (An Indian
Folk and Tribal Art Ex-
hibition) from Novem-
ber 17-23 at Open Palm
Court, New Delhi. This
show is curated by
Kiran Kethline Mo-
han.
The folk and tribal
art traditions of India
are the true guardians
of our ‘Mother Na-
ture,’ and are constant
visual reminders to us
‘Humans’. The tradi-
tion to emulate nature
and rituals has begun
to reflect in our mod-
ern life and aspira-
tions. Although, these
have evidently under-
gone a massive change,
over a period of time
and decades. These
folk and tribal art
forms in their own sub-
tle way carry through
a message to respect
and safeguard our
global resources and
leave a better future for
our forthcoming gen-
erations to enjoy. Dis-
played in this exhibi-
tion are various
forms of folk and
tribal art like –
Warli Tribal Paint-
ing, Gond Tribal
Painting, Kalamkari,
Phad painting, Hazari-
bagh Tribal Painting,
Bengal Patachitra,
Bhil Tribal Painting,
Rautawa Painting,
Leather Puppet Art,
Kerala Mural Paint-
ing, Sanjhi Art, Kan-
gra Miniature paint-
ing, Cheriyal Painting,
Saura Painting and
Bhuta Masks. The
exquisite crea-
tions by Anil Chai-
tyavangad, Bhuri
Bai, Kalpana Chitra-
kar, Pooman Katoch,
Praveen Joshi, Putli
Ganju, Ram Singh Ur-
veti, Roshni Shyam
and many more were
exhibited at the show.
Used Cooking Oil to Biodiesel
CITY FIRST
K
NP Arises, a Del-
hi-based startup
run by Kirti and
Sushil Vaishnav,
collectsusedcookingoils
from restaurants and
converts them into bio-
diesel, which generates
80% lower carbon emis-
sions as compared to fos-
sil fuels.
Their aim is to recycle
100% of the waste gener-
ated so that none has to
be disposed of in a land-
fill. So far, they claim to
have collected over 3 mil-
lion litres of used cook-
ing oil (UCO) from more
than 40 cities. “During
our market research, we
observedalackof aware-
ness and infrastruc-
ture for used cook-
ingoil.Wewantedto
make sure once our
families go out to eat,
they can eat without
health risks,” shared Su-
shil. “One fine day a cou-
ple of years ago, we were
eating at a good restau-
rantandfoundtheywere
not aware of UCO
disposal practices.
So, we decided to
helpthemwithasus-
tainable solution and
incorporated KNP Aris-
es Green Energy Private
Ltd in November 2019,”
explains Kirti.
Directors of Easy Living Orso Miyakawa and Peter Miyakawa Dignitaries during the opening of EUFF in New Delhi
Brendan Ward Michael T Wieser
Directors Orso Miyakawa and Peter Miyakawa
with model Siddharth Sharma
Glimpse from the event
Dr Sonal Mansingh during the exhibition
Rishi Sharma OPS Gallery Founder, Dr Alka
Pande and show Curator Kiran Mohan
Sushil and Kirti Vaishnav
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN

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