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Ahead of MCD polls, Amit Shah asks to choose
between ‘AAP Nirbhar’ and ‘Atmanirbhar’
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Thursday
said the Arvind Kejri-
wal-led party wanted
Delhi to be ‘AAP Nirb-
har’ while the BJP
wanted the national
capital to be Atmanirb-
har, and asked people to
choose between the two
in the MCD elections.
Speaking at the
launch of a waste-to-en-
ergy (WTE) plant in
Tehkhand here, Shah
accused the Kejriwal
government of step-
motherly treatment to
the erstwhile three civic
bodies and said it owed
Rs 40,000 crore to the
municipalcorporations.
“They (Kejriwal-led
party) want Delhi to be
AAP Nirbhar. We want
it to become Atmanirb-
har. In the next Munici-
pal Corporation of Del-
hi (MCD) polls, people
will have to decide if
they want to be AAP
Nirbhar or Atmanirb-
har,” Shah said at the
south Delhi event.
Alleging that the
AAP government had
been spending heavily
on publicity, he claimed
Kejriwal was under the
impression that devel-
opment came from ad-
vertisements, but said
“this illusion can last
only for five to seven
years”.
“People will have to
choose between ‘Vigya-
pan ki Rajniti’ (politics
of advertisement) and
‘Vikas ki Rajniti’ (poli-
tics of development),”
he added.
Shah assured that the
BJP would be ready
with a plan to make
Delhi garbage-free by
the time MCD Turn to P3
Hate speech against
Muslims: Plea in SC
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on
Thursday issued notice
on a petition seeking its
intervention to stop
hate crimes and speech-
es against the Muslim
community in India.
A bench of Justices
Ajay Rastogi and CT
Ravikumar tagged the
matter with a batch of
other pleas on hate
speech. Justice KM Jo-
seph has been hearing
such pleas.
The petition filed by
Shaheen Abdullah, a
journalist working with
Maktoob media, said
news and media plat-
forms openly demonise
the Muslim community
.
“Public speeches open-
ly call for genocide of
Muslims or for econom-
ic and social boycott of
Muslims. (There is)
Open participation by
members of the ruling
political party,” it said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during the inauguration
of ‘Waste to Energy’ plant in New Delhi on Thursday. LG Vinai
Saxena also present. —PHOTO BY PTI
Says Kejriwal
government owes
` 40,000 crore to
Delhi’s municipal
corporations
Shrikant Tyagi being greeted after his release from prison on bail,
in Noida on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Shrikant Tyagi no
longer a prisoner
Walks out of Noida jail, heads straight
to home in Grand Omaxe society
Noida (PTI): Politician
Shrikant Tyagi, who
was arrested in August
for assaulting a woman
in a Noida society, was
released from jail on
Thursday, a senior po-
lice officer said.
Tyagi was lodged in
the Luksar jail in Great-
er Noida since August 9,
and was granted bail by
the Allahabad HC two
days ago. “He was re-
leased this evening after
all legal formalities,”
Jail Superintendent
Arun Pratap Singh said.
Clad in a white kurta-
pyjama paired with a
black waist-coat, Tyagi
(34) walked out of the
jail around 6.30 pm and
headed to his home in
Grand Omaxe society
in Noida Sector 93B.
His family thanked
the Tyagi Community
for its support during
their ordeal. The com-
munity members had
held panchayats to mo-
bilise support for Tyagi
and staged protests.
“We are very happy
and have got sweets at
home for his welcome,”
his wife Anu Tyagi said.
INFAMOUS FOR
ABUSING WOMAN
Tyagi, who flexed political
connections and claimed
association with the BJP,
was caught on camera as-
saulting a woman resident
of Grand Omaxe society in
Noida’s Sector 93B, after
he was challenged by her
over planting of trees in a
common area. He was also
heard hurling expletives at
the woman.
‘WOMAN WAS WITH FRIENDS FOR 2 DAYS’
Ghaziabad ‘gang-rape’ cooked-up story,
dispute was over property: UP Police
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: The al-
leged gangrape of a
Delhi woman in Ghazi-
abad was a “fake case”
in which the woman
was trying to frame the
men with whom she
had a dispute over prop-
erty, UP Police claimed
in a press conference on
Thursday
.
“She was with two of
her friends for the two
days — the duration for
which she’d alleged
she’d been kidnapped
and raped by five men,”
said Praveen Kumar,
UP’s regional police
chief. “The complaint
was all a conspiracy
hatched to file a rape
case on the five men,”
the police officer said.
“We have recovered
the car in which she
went with her friends
and stayed with them
for two days,” he fur-
ther claimed.
The case gained
prominence after Delhi
Commission for Women
chief Swati Maliwal
tweeted that the 36-year-
old was found wrapped
in a jute bag, with her
hands and legs tied, and
an iron rod inserted in
her private parts.
Police in their press-
er said that mobile sig-
nal tracking showed
that one of her friends
had switched off his
phone right at the spot
where she was found,
near Ashram Road that
connects Ghaziabad
with Delhi.
Meerut Range Inspector General of Police Praveen Kumar
addressing the press on Thursday.
MODI BREATHES ‘LiFE’ IN WAR
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
With UN chief, PM launches Mission LiFE - Lifestyle for Environment
Kevadia: PM Narendra
Modi and UN Secretary
General Antonio Gu-
terres on Thursday
launched Mission LiFE,
a global plan of action
aimedatsavingtheplan-
et from the disastrous
consequencesof climate
change. The launch
comes ahead of next
month’s mega UN cli-
mate meet in Egypt.
The action plan - a list
of ideas on lifestyle
changes that can be tak-
enupasclimate-friendly
behaviour - along with
the logo and tagline for
MissionLiFEwerejoint-
ly launched by Modi and
Guterres.ModisaidMis-
sion LiFE will strength-
en the concept of a pro-
people planet, adding it
aimsatfollowingathree-
pronged strategy for
changingpeople’scollec-
tive approach towards
sustainability including
nudging individuals to
practicesimpleyeteffec-
tiveenvironment-friend-
ly actions in their daily
lives, enabling indus-
tries and markets to re-
spond swiftly to change,
and to influence govern-
ment and industrial pol-
icy to support both sus-
tainable consumption.
PM Narendra Modi and Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres during the launch
of the Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PM MODI INITIATES
PROJECTS WORTH
`1970 CRORE
Vyara: PM Narendra
Modi on Thursday laid
the foundation stone of
various development pro-
jects at Vyara in Gujarat’s
Tapi district. He laid the
foundation stone of mul-
tiple development initia-
tives worth over Rs 1,970
crore in Vyara including
for the improvement of
the road from Saputara to
the Statue of Unity along
with the construction of
missing links.
This Dhanteras, Modi doles
out Employment ‘Dhamaka’!
New Delhi: PM Modi
will launch ‘Rozgar
Mela’, a drive to re-
cruit 10 lakh people,
on October 22 via vid-
eo-conference and ap-
pointment letters will
be given to 75,000 can-
didates during the
ceremony. The PMO
said this will be a sig-
nificant step forward
towards fulfilling the
continuous commit-
ment of the prime min-
ister to providing job
opportunities for the
youth and ensuring
welfare of citizens.
The new recruits, se-
lected from across the
country, will join 38
ministries or depart-
ments of the Govern-
ment of India. The ap-
pointees will join the
government at various
levels in Group A and B
(Gazetted), Group B
(Non-Gazetted) and
Group C.
The post will include
the central armed force
personnel, sub-inspec-
tors, constables, LDC,
steno, PA, income tax
inspectors and others.
PM’S ‘VIBRANT
VILLAGE’ INITIATIVE
TO COUNTER CHINA
The Government of India and
the Army are going to take
a big step along the LAC bor-
dering China and re-populate
500 villages to make the
villages habitable. These
villages are spread from
Ladakh to Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Sikkim and
Arunachal Pradesh. Indian
army and administration will
jointly develop these villages.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi can visit Badrinath-
Kedarnath on October 21-22.
During this time he can
discuss with villagers and
jawans in Mana. PM Modi
will go to Mana and give it
the status of Vibrant Village.
BJP RELEASES 2ND
LIST OF CANDIDATES
FOR HP ASSEMBLY
Shimla: A day after the
BJP released a list of
62 candidates for the
upcoming Assembly polls
in the state, the party on
Thursday declared the
names of the remaining
six candidates who will
contest the elections.
With the declaration of the
names of the remaining
candidates, the BJP has
released the full list of
those who will be in
the fray in the 68-seat
Assembly in Himachal.
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ANTI-COMPETITIVE
PRACTICES: GOOGLE
FINED $161.95 MN
India’s competition regulator
said on Thursday it has
fined Alphabet Inc’s Google
13.38 billion Indian rupees
($161.95 million) for anti-
competitive practices related
to Android mobile devices.
The Competition Commission
of India also ordered Google
not to offer any incentives
to smartphone makers for
exclusively carrying its search
services. P6
Mumbai: Former Maha CM Uddhav claimed that not just the
future of party but democracy in the country was at stake.
Thackeray inducted former minister Sanjay Deshmukh from
Yavatmal into his faction on Thursday and said that despite
claims of Sena’s split, people were still coming to him.
100 MILLION
COVISHIELD
DOSES EXPIRED:
POONAWALA
CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla,
on Thursday said the vaccine manufacturer stopped the
production of Covishield vaccine starting December 2021,
and of the total stock available at that time, around 100
million doses had already got expired.
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UP CM YOGI MEETS
BHAGWAT; DISCUSSES
‘POPULATION ISSUE’
Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Thursday
met RSS Sarsanghchalak
Mohan Bhagwat and it
is learnt that the two
leaders have discussed the
population issue. According
to sources, Chief Minister
Adityanath flew from
Lucknow to meet Bhagwat
and the two were together
for about an hour. P8
INDIA WILL HOST 2023
CRICKET WC WITH ALL
TEAMS, SAYS THAKUR
AKASH AMBANI TO
DEDICATE 5G SERVICE
AT SHRINATHJI
Union Sports Minister Anurag
Thakur said on Thursday
that India will host the 2023
edition of the 50-over Cricket
World Cup with all the
teams. His comments came
after Pakistan threatened to
boycott the 2023 WC due
to Asian Cricket Council
(ACC) president Jay Shah
confirming that the 2023 Asia
Cup will be held at a neutral
venue instead of Pakistan. P5
Mumbai: 5G will be available
in Nathdwara from October
22 and Reliance Jio Chairman
Akash Ambani will dedicate
the service to Shrinathji.
Akash’s wife Shloka Ambani
will also accompany him.
Ambani family has faith in
Shrinathji, and a few days
ago Mukesh Ambani also
conducted darshan with the
younger daughter-in-law.
NIA arrests
ISIS operative
from Varanasi
Truss’ PM stint ends as
shortest in UK history
New Delhi: The NIA on
Wednesday conducted
raids at two locations in
Varanasi and Delhi in
connection with ISIS
‘Voice of Hind’ module
case and arrested a
24-year-old “highly radi-
calised” man, who, the
agencysaid,wasengaged
in recruitment of Indian
youths on behalf of the
ISIS for waging war
against the Indian State.
“The arrested man,
Basit Kalam Siddiqui of
Varanasi, was indulg-
ing in content creation,
publication and dissem-
ination of ISIS propa-
ganda through ‘Voice of
Khorasan’ magazine.
London: British Prime
Minister Liz Truss re-
signed on Thursday just
six weeks after she en-
tered10,DowningStreet.
Speaking outside the
door of her Number 10
Downing Street office,
Truss accepted that she
could not deliver the
promises she made
when she was running
for Conservative leader,
having lost the faith of
her party
.“I recognise
though, given the situa-
tion, I cannot deliver the
mandate on which I was
elected by the Conserva-
tive Party
. I have there-
fore spoken to His Maj-
esty the King to notify
him that I am resigning
asleaderof theConserv-
ative Party
,” she said.
Rishi Sunak, former
chancellor, and Penny
Mordaunt, leader of the
House of Commons, are
the two frontrunners,
although a number of
other candidates could
enter the fray
.
UK PM LIZ
TRUSS RESIGNS
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New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on
Thursday granted in-
terim bail to a man who
was barely 16 years old
when he killed a 7-year-
old boy in a private
school in Gurugram,
three days after a Juve-
nile Justice Board ruled
he will be tried in the
case as an adult.
The incident that
sent shockwaves
across the national
capital region had hap-
pened in 2017.
A bench of Justices
Dinesh Maheshwari
and JK Maheshwari
said the continued de-
tention of the accused
until completion of the
trial may have adverse
effects on him.
“Accordingly, the
prayer for interim re-
lief is granted and un-
til further orders of
this court, that is by
way of interim meas-
ure, the petitioner ap-
pellant be released on
bail on conditions as
may be imposed by ses-
sions judge Gurugram.
“It is, however, spe-
cifically provided that
the petitioner appel-
lant shall continuously
remain under supervi-
sion of a probation of-
ficer or any other per-
son appointed by the
sessions judge. It is also
made clear that the pe-
titioner and his parents
would be expected not
to create hindrance in
the trial of the case and
for that matter will not
try to contact or com-
municate with any of
the witnesses..., the
bench said.
The bench said if
there is any shortcom-
ing in the conduct
of the petitioner, the
probation officer
shall be free to report
it to the sessions judge
who shall forward the
information to the
apex court.
Advocate Sushil
Tekriwal, representing
the victim's family, told
PTI, We will endeav-
our our best to get the
trial conducted expedi-
tiously and not leave
any stone unturned to
get the conviction in
the case.
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Aparna Bose
New Delhi: Building a
new life in India, the
women Afghan refu-
gees living in the na-
tional capital have es-
tablished a full-time
career making hand-
made products and
teaching handicraft to
other refugee women.
Farida Khair Khwa,
46, an Afghan refugee
who arrived in India
in 2016, teaches art
and craft to at least 60
refugee women and
asylum seekers, free
of cost in South Del-
hi’s Jangpura.
“I teach art and craft
to at least 60 women
refugees as well as Asy-
lum-seekers free of
cost. The shop is situ-
ated near Samman
Bazar in Bhogal,” Fari-
da told PTI.
The training school
for art and crafts was
started by Farida and
two of her friends in
April, aiming to help
the young refugee wom-
en in India.
“We started this busi-
ness 6 months ago. We
make earrings, key
chains, handbags, purs-
es, coasters, traditional
clothes, and food as
well,” she said.
Farida, who has al-
ways been keen about
art and crafts, said that
she had a longstanding
desire to own a busi-
ness. “I always wanted
to start a business of
my own in Afghanistan,
but I chose to focus on
my family because my
children were very
young,” she told PTI.
“After moving to In-
dia, I was looking for a
job and gradually start-
ed talking about the
idea to my refugee
friends, who were
equally interested,”
she said.
Farida and her
friends received help
from ‘Silaiwaali’ -- a so-
cial enterprise in New
Delhi which up-cycles
waste fabric generated
by clothing manufac-
turers for refugees to
make handicraft items.
She said that the so-
cial enterprise not only
helped them with mate-
rials, but also taught
them how to advertise
their products and paid
them a monthly salary
of Rs 5,000 for five
months. —PTI
Afghan refugees craft new life selling handmade products
WOMEN POWER
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Farida Khair
Khwa teaches
art and craft to
at least 60
refugee
women and
asylum
seekers, free
of cost
We started
this business 6
months ago.
We make earrings, key
chains, handbags,
purses, coasters, tradi-
tional clothes, and
food as well. I had a
longstanding desire to
own a business.
—Farida,
Afghan refugee
Handicrafts made by women Afghan refugees at Jangpura in
New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI):
Lieutenant Governor
(LG) of Delhi has is-
sued a notification,
granting Delhi Police
Commissioner Balaji
Srivastava the powers
to detain anyone un-
der the National Secu-
rity Act, sources said
on Thursday
.
The order, which
came into force from
Wednesday, is effec-
tive till January 18
next year. The lieu-
tenant governor has
authorised the com-
missioner of police to
take into preventive
detention those who
become a threat to the
national capital, ac-
cording to a senior
police officer
The official notifi-
cation cites subsec-
tion 2 of section 3 of
National Security Act
which states that the
central government
or a state govern-
ment, if satisfied that
a person can act in
any manner prejudi-
cial to the security of
the state or the main-
tenance of public or-
der, can make an or-
der directing that
such person be de-
tained as a preventive
measure.
The National Se-
curity Act allows
preventive detention
of an individual
for months if police
feels that the indi-
vidual is a threat
to the national secu-
rity, and law and or-
der. The individual
also need not be in-
formed of the charg-
es for 10 days.
Delhi Police chief gets
detention power under NSA
New Delhi (PTI): Not-
ing the pendency of is-
suesrelatedtofirecrack-
ers before the Supreme
Court, the Delhi High
Court on Thursday re-
fused to entertain a peti-
tion challenging Delhi
Pollution Control Com-
mittee's complete ban
on sale and use of all
kinds of firecrackers.
Justice Yashwant
Varma dismissed the
petition by two mer-
chants who sought to
purchase, sell and
store only green crack-
ers during the festive
season, and said it was
not appropriate for the
high court to indepen-
dently examine such a
challenge when the is-
sue does appear to be
engaging the attention
of the top court.
The court, however,
saidthepetitionerswere
free to initiate appropri-
ate proceedings under
the law to seek redressal
of their grievances.
“The court notes the
issue of pollution as a
result of use of fire-
cracker during Diwali
was first considered by
the SC (in a case). The
petition remains pend-
ing on the board of the
Supreme Court. Subse-
quently, another writ
petition came to be pre-
ferred before the Court
seeking the issuance of
guidelines in respect of
sale, purchase and
bursting of permissible
firecrackers.
Delhi HC rejects plea
against firecracker ban
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Thurs-
day refused to entertain a public interest litigation
for directions to the city authorities to allow the
use of traditional lead acid battery in e-rickshaws
which it claimed was a safer and cheaper alterna-
tive to its lithium ion
substitute. A bench
headed by Chief Justice
Satish Chandra Sharma
termed as sponsored
petition the plea by an
e-rickshaw driver who
claimed the Delhi transport authority has issued
an order refusing to register e-vehicles having lead
acid battery and was promoting the use of lithium
ion battery, and said it was a policy decision. The
bench emphasised that acid batteries were very
dangerous and their lithium counterparts were
already being used in several appliances.
HC REFUSES PLEA FOR LEAD
ACID BATTERIES IN E-RICKSHAWS
Crime Branch of police
has busted an illegal
factory in Kanjhawala
which allegedly made
fake cumin seeds and
arrested its owner, offi-
cials said on Thursday
.
The 43-year-old ac-
cused was identified as
Suresh Gupta, resident
of Budh Vihar, Phase-I.
He was running the fac-
tory making fake cumin
seeds by using grass,
jaggery vinegar and
stone powder, the offi-
cials said.
More than 400 sacks
of fake cumin seeds
weighing a total of
over 28 tons were re-
covered, police said,
adding the value of re-
covered items exceeds
Rs 1 crore.
Special Commission-
er of Police (Crime)
Ravindra Singh Yadav
said police had received
input about the factory
in which fake cumin
seeds were being made.
On the intervening
night of Tuesday and
Wednesday, it was con-
firmed that Gupta was
running an illegal fac-
tory in Kanjhawala
area and was manufac-
turing fake cumin
seeds. Police were also
tipped off that he will
transport a large con-
signment of the same
outside Delhi. Immedi-
ate raid was planned to
bust the illegal factory
.
28 tonnes of fake cumin seeds seized
More than 400 sacks of fake cumin seeds were recovered.
More than 400
sacks of fake
cumin seeds
were recovered.
The value of
recovered items
exceeds
`1 crore
Gurugram (PTI): A
man, wanted in more
than a dozen criminal
cases, was arrested
after a brief exchange
of fire, officials said
on Wednesday
.
The accused has
been identified as Mo-
hit, they said, adding
that there was a re-
ward of Rs 20,000 on
him.
Mohit was wanted
in more than a dozen
cases of robbery, kid-
napping, cheating
among others. He sus-
tained a bullet injury
on his leg during the
encounter and has
been admitted to a
hospital, police said.
A stolen motorcy-
cle, a pistol and one
cartridge were recov-
ered from him, police
said. After receiving a
tip-off about Mohit,
police put up barri-
cades near Bajghera
village here. The po-
lice spotted Mohit on
a bike and asked him
to stop but he rammed
into the barricade, in-
juring a policeman,
officials said.
“The accused did
not stop and tried to
escape. When the po-
lice tried to stop him,
he opened fire. In the
crossfire, he sus-
tained a bullet injury
.
He was admitted to a
hospital. A fresh FIR
has been registered
against the accused,
said Preet Pal Singh
Sangwan, ACP
(Crime).
Wanted criminal held after
encounter in Gurugram
Mohit was wanted in more than a dozen cases
of robbery, kidnapping and cheating. He was
carrying a reward of `20,000 on his head.
New Delhi (ANI): A
25-year-old school man-
ager died allegedly after
his speeding car
rammed into a station-
ary truck in Uttar
Pradesh’s Greater Noi-
da on Thursday, police
said. The incident took
place in the Surajpur
area around 7.30 am.
The deceased had left
home after an argument
with his family, the po-
lice said, citing prelimi-
nary probe.
“The deceased has
been identified as Sumit
Pal, a resident of Dadri
inGreaterNoida.Hewas
in a Hyundai Creta
which rammed into the
stationary truck near
the Khodna Khurd cut,”
Awadhesh Kumar, in-
charge of the Surajpur
police station, said.
“When alerted, a police
team rushed to the spot
and found the badly
damagedcarfromwhich
thebodywaspulledout,”
Kumar said. Police had
to get gas cutters to open
thedamagedcarinorder
to pull the body out and
the process took them
half-an-hour.
School manager dead as
speeding car rams into
truck in Greater Noida
The Lieutenant Governor has
authorised the Commissioner of
Police to take into preventive
detention those who pose a
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New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Thursday
hit back at Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
over his accusations
against the AAP, and
asked the BJP not to
make excuses for its
failure in running the
MCD for 15 years.
In a series of tweets
in Hindi, the AAP su-
premo also said that in
the next civic elections,
people will have to de-
cide whether they want
a Delhi filled with gar-
bage or a clean Delhi.
For something you
could not do in 15 years,
now you want three
more years for that?
Why should people
trust you? You won't be
able to do it. Now we
will make Delhi gar-
bage-free, Kejriwal
tweeted in Hindi.
He was responding to
allegations levelled
against his party by
Shah at an event hosted
by the Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi
(MCD) here. At the
launch of a waste-to-
energy (WTE) plant,
Amit Shah accused the
Kejriwal government
of giving step-motherly
treatment to the erst-
while three civic bod-
ies, and said it owed Rs
40,000 crore to the mu-
nicipal corporations.
In his response, Ke-
jriwal wrote: How
much funds did the cen-
tral government give to
MCD in 15 years? The
BJP was in power in
both? Double-engine?
Don't make excuses for
your failure. Tell the
public what work you
have done in 15 years. I
challenge you.
From P1
elections are held and
that the city would be
in a position to pro-
cess 100 per cent of its
daily waste by 2025.
The Home minister
said the WTE plant
would help address
the problem of waste
processing and fur-
therstrengthenPrime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s Swachh
Bharat Mission.
He said the WTE in
Tehkhand would pro-
cess 2,000 metric
tonne garbage daily
and produce 25 MW
electricity
.
TheseniorBJPlead-
er added that when re-
quired,thecity’swaste
processing capacity
could be further in-
creased by 500 metric
tonne. Another WTE
plant with a capacity
of 3,000 metric tonne
will come up in Narela
by August 2024, Shah
said. The Union Home
minister also hoped
thatthereunifiedMCD
would successfully
bring an ecosystem
that would make Delhi
theworld’sbestcapital.
With completion of
the delimitation pro-
cess to alter wards un-
der MCD limits and
the Centre’s approval
for the final draft, the
last hurdle to holding
the civic body polls
has been cleared.
Hitting out at the
AAP dispensation in
Delhi, Shah said the
government in the na-
tional capital didn’t
pay its dues to the
three erstwhile civic
bodies so as to affect
their functioning.
‘MCD’S WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT
WILL STRENGTHEN SWACHH BHARAT’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Delhi Lt Governor Vinai
Kumar Saxena at the inauguration of ‘Waste to Energy’ plant.
DON'T MAKE EXCUSES FOR MCD'S
FAILURE, KEJRIWAL TELLS SHAH
Arvind Kejriwal addressing a public meeting in Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO
How much funds did the central govt
give to MCD in 15 years? The BJP was
in power in both? Double-engine?
—Arvind Kejriwal, in Twitter post
New Delhi (ANI): A
Petition has been
moved in Delhi High
Court by Delhi Pradesh
Congress Committee
(DPCC) President
Chaudhary Anil Kumar
on Thursday challeng-
ing the notification is-
sued in regard to the
delimitation of Munici-
pal wards in the nation-
al capital.
The plea states that
the Central Govern-
ment has in an arbi-
trary manner without
consideration of sig-
nificant issues and ap-
plication of mind deter-
mined 250 wards within
the Municipal Corpora-
tion of Delhi, complete-
ly ignoring the ratio of
area population and
without dividing them
in equal proportion as
per the population and
natural boundaries.
The petition filed
through Advocates Vi-
kas Yadav, Sajid Chaud-
hary and Gaurav Dua
seeks issuance of direc-
tion to the respondents
to make fresh delimita-
tion of the wards as per
the formula prescribed
for the delimitation of
the wards: total popula-
tion divided by the total
number of wards such
that the average popula-
tion of each ward is
roughly equal as per the
2011 Census.
The plea states that
the very purpose of
conducting delimita-
tion is to ascertain an
equal number of divi-
sions of the electorate
in the various wards.
The same has been
based on the population
figures obtained from
the most recent Census.
“However, by the
promulgation of the im-
pugned order, this very
purpose behind delimi-
tation has become re-
dundant, as in the final
draft order the notified
250 wards are not hav-
ing an equal number of
electorate,” it says.
It also states that the
Respondents in the fi-
nal draft order have
turned many localities
into isolated-islands, as
they have been shown
inside a ward which is
many kilometres away.
The Respondents have
pushed wards of the
lower income group
further into the dark by
increasing their popu-
lation sizes, whereas
richer wards have been
handpicked for smaller
population sizes.
Delhi Congress challenges delimitation of municipal wards
PETITION IN HIGH COURT
lll
Petition claims
population sizes
have increased
for lower income
group wards,
while richer
wards have been
handpicked
for smaller
population sizes
The MCD polls are due since April this year. —FILE PHOTO
CONDUCT AFRESH
Delhi University is ex-
pecting that all 70,000
seats for its undergrad-
uate programmes will
be filled in the first list,
with nearly 61,000 can-
didates on Thursday ac-
cepting their allotted
college and course.
“We are expecting all
70,000 seats to be filled
in the first list itself.
This would mean the
entire process will be
completed by October
24,” DU Registrar Vikas
Gupta said.
“The university allo-
cated 80,164 seats across
various categories. By
7pm on Thursday
, 60,863
candidates had accept-
ed the seats allocated to
them,” Gupta said.
The number of seats
across DU colleges is
70,000, but the varsity
has allocated extra
seats in unreserved
(OBC-NCL and EWS)
and reserved (SC, ST
and PWBD) categories
in the first list, taking
the number to 80,164.
This has been done to
ensure that reserved
seats, which remain va-
cant throughout the
year, can be filled.
DU admissions are
being done through the
Common University
Entrance Test (CUET)
for the first time.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi Government an-
nounced on Thursday
that no penalty will be
levied on people for not
wearing face masks in
public places in the na-
tional capital. The gov-
ernment, however, ad-
vised the public to con-
tinue wearing masks in
crowded public places.
The Health and Fam-
ily Welfare Department
of the Delhi Govern-
ment in a statement
said that the Delhi Dis-
aster Management Au-
thority (DDMA) has
decided to withdraw the
order that made it com-
pulsory for face masks
in public and which lev-
ied Rs 500 as fine for
those found violating
the order. The decision
to lift the fine was taken
by the Delhi govern-
ment in its last COVID
review meeting based
on a dip in Covid cases.
“DDMA in its meet-
ing held on September
22, 2022, noted that the
positivity rate of COV-
ID-19 infection has
come down substantial-
ly and a majority of the
population has been
vaccinated. And where-
as, DDMA has decided
that compulsory wear-
ing of masks under the
Epidemic Act may not
be extended beyond
September 30, 2022, and
hence, a Fine of Rs 500
for not wearing of
masks in public places
would also stand with-
drawn after September
30, 2022,” said a state-
ment by Health and
family department of
Delhi government.
However, the govern-
ment advised people to
wear masks in crowded
public places and all.
“The provision to im-
pose a penalty of Rs 500
on the general public
for not wearing a face
mask in public places,
stands withdrawn.
However, in crowded
public places, all public
are advised to wear
masks,” it added.
Back in April, the
DDMA re-imposed the
fine for not wearing face
masks in public places.
The notification
came days after Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya held a
review meeting over the
new Omicron variant.
DU:All70,000seatsmaybe
filled in first merit list itself
Delhi government lifts `500
fine for not wearing face masks
Students set up a help desk
for admission seekers under
the new CUET process of Delhi
University at North Campus in
New Delhi on Thursday.
Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) student members stage a protest
against the DU admission process through CUET Merit List, at Delhi
University Arts Faculty in New Delhi,Thursday.
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI
In April, the DDMA re-imposed the fine for not wearing face masks.
New Delhi (PTI): The average PM2.5 pollution in
Delhi in winter has declined by about 20 per cent
as compared to the pre-pandemic period, a new
report by the Centre for
Science and Environment
(CSE) said on Thursday.
The PM2.5 concentra-
tion for winter (October
1 to February 28) used
to hover around 180-190
microgram per cubic metre before the pandemic.
It has come down to 150-160 microgram per
cubic metre since then, the report said. Anumita
Roychowdhury, executive director of research
and advocacy at the CSE, said the objective of
the report is to understand the trend and “the
starting line of the onset of the winter pollution
season or pre-winter levels in this region”.
PM2.5 POLLUTION IN WINTERS HAS
‘DIPPED 20 PC’ IN DELHI: CSE REPORT
Decision taken by
Delhi Disaster
Management
Authority
(DDMA)
Ghaziabad gang-
rape: NCW
constitutes team
National Commission
for Women will send
a fact finding team
to look into the al-
leged gang-rape of a
woman in Ghaziabad.
@NCWIndia is taking
cognisance of the
matter and sending
a two-member fact
finding team, the
panel tweeted.
Speeding
vehicle hits
bike, rider dies
Gurugram (PTI):
A 25-year-old man
was killed while his
friend was injured
after their motorcy-
cle was hit by a
speeding vehicle at
Sukhrali flyover
here, police said on
Thursday. While
Shivam Bhagat suc-
cumbed during
treatment, his
friend Kuldeep Pa-
til is still being
treated in hospital.
The duo was on
their way to IFFCO
chowk when the ve-
hicle hit their bike
from behind. The
vehicle driver fled
from the spot.
Gurugram (PTI):
Three drunk police-
men were arrested
after they allegedly
thrashed an elderly
couple at their home,
demanding a hookah
from them, an official
said on Thursday
.
Two other police-
men, who were part
of the ruckus at a
home in village Fazil-
pur on Wednesday
night,areabsconding.
Police have suspend-
ed all five of them.
The three arrested
men were caught by
the other members
of the family and
were handed over to
the police when they
arrived at the spot.
Inspector Madan-
lala SHO of Badshsh-
pur police station
said, “Three person-
nel have been arrest-
ed after their blood
alcohol medical test
came positive.”
“All five cops were
posted in my office
but now all are sus-
pended. FIR has also
been registered as
per the complaint.
Such acts by cops
will not be tolerat-
ed,” said Upasana,
DCP South.
According to the
complaint filed by
Rahul Bedi, son of
the couple, at around
10.30pm, five men
reached his home
and threatened and
misbehaved with his
parents. He said he
heard his parents
screaming when he
along with his broth-
er returned home
last night. On seeing
them the five men
tried to escape.
5 drunk cops
thrash elderly
couple, suspended
The cops
picked up a
fight with the
elderly couple
after they
refused to
give them a
hookah
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
They alone see truly who see the
Lord the same in every
creature, who see the deathless
in the hearts of all that die.
Seeing the same Lord
everywhere, they do not harm
themselves or others.!
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
India sets new goals to keep pace
with changing times. RD, with active
private sector participation, key to
deal with future challenges. Shared
my thoughts at the DRDO Seminar
on ‘Atmanirbharta in Defence’ on the
sidelines of #DefExpo22 in Gandhinagar.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Indian education system has always
been based on scientific principles.
The concept of ‘Panchakosha’ and
Vyashti, Samashti, Srushti, Parmeshti
are the main elements and spirit of
NCF. This day will mark an important
occasion towards strengthening our
education system.
TOP TWEETS
DELHI’S DIFFICULT
AND YEARLY
CONUNDRUM:
AIR POLLUTION
olitical parties, reli-
gious sentiments and
farmers together
make it impossible to
keep Delhi air clean,
especially around Diwali. For
starters, the Delhi government
has banned bursting of fire-
crackers on Diwali. Violation of
the ban will invite a jail term of
six months and a fine of Rs 200.
Good rule, indeed. But there’s a
catch. Who will implement it?
The Delhi Police, which comes
under the Union Home Minis-
try? It is a certainty that the reli-
gious-minded and youngsters
won’t follow the rule. The Delhi
government, however, claimed
that teams were in place to en-
force the ban. Ironically, in a
video released by BJP’s Tajinder
Pal Singh Bagga AAP workers
were seen celebrating the ap-
pointment of Raj Kumar Anand
asaministerintheDelhigovern-
ment by bursting firecrackers.
In what makes the develop-
ments a conundrum, Delhi MP
Manoj Tiwari challenged the
ban on the sale and use of fire-
crackers in Delhi in the Su-
preme Court but the apex court
rejected his plea.
P
he United States
has been dog-
whistling about
rights of minori-
ties in India.
Washington’s annual report
released in June this year
contained inflammatory
comments made by some In-
dian politicians and instanc-
es of discrimination against
Muslims and Christians in
the country. India defended
its record on protecting the
rights of minorities and
questioned the US for its re-
cord on human rights. India’s
external affairs ministry
claimed the US officials who
made the comments were
“ill-informed” and “biased”
and asserted that “India val-
ues religious freedom and
human rights”. Earlier US
Secretary of State Antony
Blinken said that the United
States was monitoring the
rise in human rights abuses
in India by some officials.
The visiting UN Secretary-
General Antonio Guterres
has also criticised India’s hu-
man rights record. On a
three-day visit to India, Gu-
terres said in Mumbai. India,
he said, has a “responsibility
to shape global human rights,
and to protect and promote
the rights of all individuals,
including members of mi-
nority communities”. He
said that the understanding
that “diversity is a richness…
is not a guarantee.
In a direct reference to In-
dia Guterres said that the val-
ues of Mahatma Gandhi and
Jawaharlal Nehru are to be
guarded by “condemning
hate speech unequivocally”,
an area in which India has
been found wanting despite
severalordersof theSupreme
Court. What may not sound
music to India’s ears, on une-
quivocal condemnation of
hate speech Guterres said
this must be done “by protect-
ing the rights and freedom of
journalists, human rights ac-
tivists, academics, students…
and by ensuring continued
independence of judiciary”.
Those familiar with the
situation, Guterres clearly
nailed it.
PAY HEED TO WHAT
GUTERRES HAS TO SAY
What may not sound music to
India’s ears, on unequivocal
condemnation of hate
speech Guterres said this
must be done by protecting
the rights freedom of
journalists, human rights
activists, students...
T
KOHLI
COMEBACK
SHARPENS NEED
TO ADDRESS
MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES
s the T20 World Cup gets un-
derway
, Virat Kohli will be un-
der fans’ scrutiny once again.
He will be one of the most
closely watched superstars in
the tournament. A fit and in-
form Virat implies a special
edgeforTeamIndiaregaining
the T20 trophy that they have
never won after their victory
in the inaugural edition in
2007. Virat’s comeback since
the Asia Cup and his admis-
sions about mental turmoil
during his form slump have
highlighted the need to ad-
dress mental health as a top
priority in Indian cricket.
Kohli’s barren spell with
the bat finally ended with his
sparklingrunintheAsiaCup.
As he scored 122 off just 61
deliveries in India’s last Asia
Cup match, Virat notched up
his first hundred for nearly
three years. His 71st interna-
tional century and a string of
vital knocks since then reflect
that the former India captain
is closing in on his best.
His run drought had deep-
ly impacted his mental well-
being. Kohli’s performances
had specially nosedived over
the past year, easily the worst
phase of his career. During
the 2022 IPL, Virat managed
just one fifty in 16 matches as
he got the greatest number of
Golden Ducks (3) in the sea-
son. His batting woes contin-
ued during India’s tour of
England where 20 was his
highest score in six innings
across different formats!
Besides on-field slump, off-
field battles dogged Virat over
the past year as his equation
with the BCCI deteriorated
sharply
. First, he announced
his resignation as India cap-
tainintheshortestformat,just
ahead of the last T20 World
Cup. Soon, the BCCI sacked
him as the ODI Skipper and
replaced him with Rohit Shar-
ma – though Kohli was keen to
continue leading in Tests and
ODIs.Later,Viratevenstepped
down as Test Captain, hours
after India’s series defeat
against South Africa.
Beyond the bitterness with
BCCI was the huge load that
Virat shouldered in his Cap-
taincy years. As pointed out
by former India Coach Ravi
Shastri, in the past five years
Virat has played double the
matches as compared to bat-
ters like Kane Williamson,
Joe Root, Babar Azam and
Steve Smith. As such, mental
fatigue was a major issue af-
flicting Kohli. With his form
dipping and some experts
even questioning his place in
the team, Virat took a crucial
break from the game. During
the month-long break after
the England tour, he discon-
nected himself from the
game and didn’t even touch
his bat for a month – as he
admitted in a candid inter-
view on his return.
Kohli remarked, “I realised
that I was trying to fake my
intensity a bit, recently. You
are convincing yourself: ‘No,
I have the intensity
.’ But your
body is telling you to stop.
Your mind’s telling you to
take a break and step back.”
Despite his aura and ‘in-
your-face’ aggression, Kohli’s
comments reflect how vulner-
able he has been on mental
health issues. As he admitted
inthatfrankchat,“Iamlooked
at as a guy who is mentally
very strong, and I am. But eve-
ryonehasalimit,andyouneed
to recognise that limit, other-
wise, things can get unhealthy
for you. This is a very normal
thing to feel, but we don’t
speak, we don’t want to be
looked at as mentally weak.”
His candid confessions
made it clear that after a
month’s rest Kohli was keen
to rediscover his batting
mojo. With his fresh mindset,
Virat scored 276 runs at an
average of 92 and played vital
knocks in four of his five in-
ningsintheAsiaCup.Impres-
sive knocks in later series
with Australia and South Af-
rica have silenced critics and
signalled that Kohli is ready
to regain his batting crown.
With the Covid Crisis deep-
ening mental health prob-
lems in multiple ways, pro-
tecting sportsmen from men-
tal scars is now even more
serious. An additional factor
for Indian cricketers is the
negativity that social media
often generates. The heavy
trolling that Mohammed
Shami, Rishab Pant and Ar-
shdeep Singh (to name just 3)
have faced in the past year is
too recent to bear repetition.
Kohli’s comeback in form
suggests that it is high time
thatBCCImakesmentalcondi-
tioning experts an integral
part of Team India. Though
the BCCI has recently roped in
Paddy Upton as India’s mental
conditioning coach, he will
work with the Indian team
only till the T20 World Cup!
Given the gravity of current
challenges, the BCCI needs to
useitsvastfinancialresources
togetconstantcounsellingand
full-time help for players
throughmentalhealthexperts.
If the Virat saga helps to make
mental fitness a key compo-
nent of team preparations, the
long-term health of Indian
Cricket is bound to improve!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
With the Covid Crisis
deepening mental health
problems in multiple ways,
protecting sportsmen from
mental scars is now even
more serious. An additional
factor for Indian cricketers
is the negativity that social
media often generatesThe
heavy trolling that players
have faced in past year is
too recent to bear repetition
Kohli’s comeback in
form suggests that it is
high time that BCCI makes
mental conditioning
experts an integral part
of Team India. Though the
BCCI has recently roped
in Paddy Upton as India’s
mental conditioning
coach, he will work with
the Indian team only
till the T20 World Cup!
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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New Delhi (Agencies):
Eighty films from 32
countries, including 21
feature narratives and
43 short films, will be be
showcased at the 11th
Dharamshala Interna-
tional Film Festival
(DIFF) in Dharamsala
next month, as an-
nounced on Thursday
.
The highlights in-
clude the India pre-
mieres of Cannes Jury
Prize Winner and 2022
Oscar Nominee, Joy-
land (Pakistan, 2022) by
Saim Sadiq; Once Upon
A Time in Calcutta (In-
dia, 2022) by Aditya
Vikram Sengupta; the
Anurag Kashyap-pre-
sented debut feature by
Parth Saurabh, Pokhar
Ke Dunu Paar (On Ei-
ther Sides of the Pond)
(India, 2022); 2022 Oscar
Nominee, Writing with
Fire (India, 2021) by
Rintu Thomas and Su-
shmit Sen; and Fire in
the Mountains (India
2021) by Ajitpal Singh.
The India premieres
of theseacclaimedinter-
national features will
also take place at DIFF
2022: Eternal Spring
(Canada, 2022) by Jason
Loftus; In Viaggio (Italy
,
2022)byGianfrancoRosi;
Lullaby (Spain, 2022) by
Alauda Ruiz de AzAa;
Mother Lode (Italy
,
France, Switzerland,
2021) by Matteo Tortone;
Navalny (US, 2022) by
Daniel Roher; Neptune
Frost(Rwanda,US,2021)
by Anisia Uzeyman,
SaulWilliams;TheyCar-
ry Death (Spain, Colom-
bia, 2021) by Helena Gi-
rAn and Samuel M. Del-
gado; and Tukdam: Be-
tween Worlds (Finland,
Ireland, Estonia 2022) by
Donagh Coleman.
After two years of be-
ing online due to the
pandemic, the 11th edi-
tion of the Dharamsha-
la International Film
Festival (DIFF) is back
with a physical edition
that showcases the lat-
est and finest indie
films from India and
around the world.
80 films from 32 countries to be screened at int’l event
DHARAMSALA FILM FESTIVAL
Conginsultedtribals,butcommunitywillteachlessontoparty:PM
Vyara (PTI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Thursday accused
the Congress of making
fun of tribal traditions
and culture, and added
that people from the
community would not
forget the “insult” and
they would “teach a les-
son” to the party
.
Addressing a rally af-
ter inaugurating and
layingfoundationstones
for various projects at
Vyara in the tribal-dom-
inated Tapi district of
Gujarat, he also alleged
that the previous Con-
gress governments nev-
er took steps to improve
the condition of tribal
people as it just focused
on winning elections.
He said the welfare of
tribals by providing to
them pucca houses with
electricity and gas con-
nections, road connec-
tivity, schools for the
children from the com-
munity, among other
things,wasthetopprior-
ity of his government.
FromWednesday
,Modi
has been on a two-day
visit to BJP-ruled Guja-
rat,hishomestate,where
Assembly elections are
due by December end.
He said the country
currently has a tribal
daughterasitspresident
inDroupadiMurmuand
tribal son Mangubhai
Patel as the governor of
Madhya Pradesh.
“You have seen earlier
governments. Compare
Congress governments
of the past with the pre-
sent BJP-led govern-
ments in different states.
Congress governments
never thought about
your future and they
would just work for win-
ningelections.Beforethe
polls they used to make
false promises, but after
elections they would for-
get them,” he said.
Ontheotherhand,the
BJP government has
giventoppriorityforthe
development of the trib-
al community of the
country
, he asserted.
“I tell you that your
forefathers faced a lot of
difficulties, but due to
our work you are facing
less difficulties now.
Now, we want to ensure
thatyourchildrendonot
have to face such diffi-
culties in future,” he
said during his address
to the tribal people.
PREPARATIONS IN FULL SWING IN
KEDARNATH AHEAD OF PM’S VISIT
Kedarnath: Preparations are in full swing in Kedarnath
ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Kedarnath and
Badrinath to lay the foundation stone of a few roads and
Hemkund Sahib ropeway on Friday. PM will review and
initiate various development projects. Ganga Dhar Linga,
Pradhan Pujari of Badrinath-Kedarnath Mandir Samiti said,
“The preparation is in full swing here at Kedarnath ahead
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. PM Modi will offer
prayers at Kedarnath tomorrow morning.”
INDIA’S DEFENCE SECTOR IS IN
‘GOLDEN PERIOD’: RAJNATH
Gandhinagar (ANI):
This era is a “golden pe-
riod” of the Indian de-
fence sector, said De-
fence Minister Rajnath
SinghatDefExpoinGan-
dhinagar on Thursday
.
Hewasspeakingat‘In-
vest for Defence’, the
event organised during
the 12th edition of Def-
Expo.Theeventhasbeen
added to the Defence
Expo from this edition.
The Ministry of Defence
saidtheeventwasorgan-
ised to promote invest-
ment in the defence sec-
tor in the country by
both the Indian industry
and foreign original
equipment manufactur-
ers. It will also highlight
the requirements of the
armed forces and policy
reforms undertaken by
the government for ease
of doing business in the
defence sector.
“We have to create
healthy environment
for our investors that
will not only give them
good returns but also
give them recognition
in domestic and global
markets,” Singh said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the DRDO seminar as part of 12th DefExpo, in Gandhinagar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur with MoS Nisith Pramanik (L),
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and MP Sports Minister Yashodhara
Raje Scindia, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
We will host ’23 Cricket
WC with all teams:Thakur
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur said on
Thursday that India
will host the 2023 edi-
tion of the 50-over
Cricket World Cup with
all the teams.
His comments came
after Pakistan threat-
ened to boycott the 2023
WC due to Asian Crick-
et Council (ACC) presi-
dent Jay Shah confirm-
ing that the 2023 Asia
Cup will be held at a
neutral venue instead
of Pakistan. The Union
of Minister of Youth
Affairs and Sports said
that India is not afraid
of any threat and it will
not stop them from
hosting the tourna-
ment.
‘BCCI WILL LOOK
INTO PAK’S THREAT’
New Delhi: Union Sports
Minister Anurag Thakur said
on Thursday that the BCCI
will look into the matter after
the statement by Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) that
holding Asia Cup 2023 at a
neutral venue could affect
the Pakistan team’s visit
to India for upcoming ODI
World Cup in 2023.
MP TO HOST 5TH
KHELO INDIA GAMES
New Delhi: The upcoming
Khelo India Youth Games will
be held in Madhya Pradesh.
The announcement to this
effect was made by Union of
Minister of Youth Affairs and
Sports Anurag Thakur in the
presence of Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan in the national capi-
tal on Thursday.
Rajnath Singh meets Mozambique Defence Minister Cristovao
Artur Chume, in Gandhinagar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CBI OPPOSES BAIL
OF ‘INFLUENTIAL’
BUSINESSMAN
New Delhi (ANI): The CBI
has opposed the bail of
businessman Ajay Ramesh
Nawandar, arrested in
connection with an alleged
bank fraud of Rs 34,615
crore by Dewan Housing
Finance Corporation
Limited (DHFL), saying
“the accused is a very
influential person”.
TEACHERS RECRUITMENT SCAM: TMC MLA
BHATTACHARYA’S PLEA REJECTED BY SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected
former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary
Education and TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya’s plea
challenging his arrest by ED in a money laundering matter
relating to the alleged irregularities in primary teachers’
appointments. Earlier on Tuesday, a bench had reserved the
order on Manik Bhattacharya’s plea.
CBI COURT FRAMES
MURDER CHARGES
AGAINST EX-MP
Lucknow: A special CBI
court on Thursday framed
murder and criminal
conspiracy charges against
ex-SP MP from Prayagraj,
Ateeq Ahmed, in the Raju Pal
murder case. Ahmed, who is
facing 97 cases in UP as well
as elsewhere, is currently
lodged in Sabarmati Jail in
Ahmedabad.
IN THE COURTYARD
DECIDE SANCTION
IN MANIPUR
ENCOUNTERS: SC
New Delhi (PTI):
The Supreme Court
Thursday asked the
Manipur High Court to
decide within six months
the issue of grant of
sanction to prosecute
the security personnel
accused of extrajudicial
killings in Manipur from
2000 to 2012.
YASIN MALIK APPEARS IN SPL COURT IN
RUBAIYA SAYEED KIDNAPPING CASE
Bengaluru: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
(JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special
court here via videoconferencing on Thursday in
connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya
Sayeed, daughter of then Union Home minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed.
CONG MLA GETS
PRE ARREST BAIL
IN RAPE CASE
Thiruvananthapuram:
A Kerala sessions court
here on Thursday granted
Congress MLA Eldhose
Kunnappilly anticipatory
bail in a case of rape
and attempt to murder.
He is untraceable. The
court granted him the
relief subject to various
conditions.
BJP’s2ndlistofcandidatesforHimachal
polls,6womengetticketsoutof68seats
Shimla (ANI): A day af-
tertheBJPreleasedalist
of 62 candidates for the
upcoming Assembly
polls in the state, the par-
ty on Thursday declared
thenamesof theremain-
ing six candidates.
With the declaration
of the names of the re-
maining candidates, the
BJP has released the full
list of those who will be
in the fray in the 68-seat
Assembly in Himachal.
Out of the six candi-
dates getting ticket in
the second list, one
woman found represen-
tation while the other
fivearemalecandidates.
Among those selected
to contest are Ramesh
Dhawala from Dehra,
Ravinder Singh Ravi
from Jawalamukhi, Ma-
heshwar Singh from
Kullu, Maya Sharma
from Barsar, Prof. Ram-
kumar from Haroli, and
Kaul Negi from Ram-
pur (SC).
PGV TO ADDRESS
8 RALLIES IN HP
New Delhi: Congress Gen
Secy Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
will be addressing eight
rallies and roadshows in
Himachal Pradesh. She will
be in Mandi and Kullu on
October 31. She will also
visit Kangra and Chamba
on November 3, Hamirpur
and Una on November 7. On
November 10, she will hold
rallies and roadshows in
Shimla and Sirmaur.
Pulitzer winner
episode: US tells
India to ensure
media’s freedom
ED seizes `149-crore
jewellery stocks in AP
Washington: The Unit-
ed States has called for
respectforpressfreedom
in India after authorities
stopped a Kashmiri pho-
tojournalist from flying
to New York to receive
the Pulitzer Prize.
Sanna Irshad Mat-
too was stopped by im-
migration authorities at
New Delhi airport on
Tuesday and prevented
fromboardingwhiletwo
of her colleagues were
permitted to leave the
country
. The US State
Department said it was
aware that Mattoo was
prevented from flying
and was “tracking these
developments closely
.”
“A shared commit-
ment to democratic val-
ues including the re-
spect for the independ-
ence of the press is a
bedrock of the US-India
relationship,” a State
Dept spokesman said.
New Delhi (PTI):Jewel-
lery stocks worth more
than Rs 149 crore have
been seized by the En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) after it
raided Hyderabad-
based two gems
and jewels groups
as part of a money
laundering probe
linked to alleged cheat-
ingwithMMTC,apublic
sector enterprise. The
searches were launched
against MBS Jewellers
Pvt Ltd, Musaddilal
Gems and Jewels India
Pvt Ltd, and their direc-
tors Sukesh Gupta
and Anurag Gupta
on October 17 at
five locations in
Telangana’scapital
cityandVijaywada
inAndhraPradesh.
The seizure includes
jewellery stocks of Rs
149.10 crore and a Rs 1.96
crore cash.
RAJNATH MEETS COUNTERPARTS
FROM MOZAMBIQUE,MADGASCAR
Gandhinagar (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held
bilateral meetings with his Mozambique and Madgascar
counterpart on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022. “Glad to
interact with the Defence Minister of Mozambique, Mr
Cristovao Artur Chume on the sidelines of #DefExpo2022,”
Singh said in a tweet. Taking to Twitter, Singhr said that
he had a fruitful discussions with Madagascar Defence
Minister Lt. General, Rakotonirina Leon Jean Richard. Ear-
lier, Singh was speaking at ‘Invest for Defence’, the event
organised during the 12th edition of DefExpo. The event
has been added to the Defence Expo from this edition
onwards. The event was organised to promote investment
in the defence sector in the country by both the Indian
industry and foreign original equipment manufacturers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of multiple development
initiatives worth over Rs. 1970 crore at Vyara, Tapi, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
06
MORE PEOPLE SUPPORT INTERNET
SHUTDOWN, SURVEILLANCE: SURVEY
New Delhi (PTI): A study on Thursday claimed that more
people were in support of internet shut down to maintain
law and order than those opposing it, and a sizable
number of people were in favour of surveillance as well.
The Lokniti-CSDS survey on Media in India also found
that social media, though used a lot by internet users,
was least trusted, and half of all social media users
admitted to have been misled by fake news or information
on the net at some point.
`1,337.76 CR FINE ON GOOGLE
FOR ABUSE OF MARKET POSITION
CCI also orders American giant to cease and desist from unfair biz practices within timeline
Competition Commis-
sion on Thursday
slapped a steep penalty
of Rs 1,337.76 crore on
Google for abusing its
dominant position in
multiple markets in re-
lation to Android mo-
bile devices and or-
dered the internet ma-
jor to cease and desist
from various unfair
business practices.
The regulator, which
has passed the order af-
ter ordering a detailed
probe more than three
years ago, has also di-
rected Google to modify
its conduct within a de-
fined timeline, accord-
ing to a release.
Android is a popular
open-source, mobile op-
erating system installed
by Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs)
of smartphones and
tablets.
CCI, which had start-
ed probing the case in
April 2019, has directed
that OEMs should not
be restrained from
choosing from amongst
Google’s proprietary
applications to be pre-
installed and also not be
forced to pre-install a
bouquet of applications
on their smart devices.
In the release, the
regulator said it has im-
posed a penalty of Rs
1,337.76 crore on Google
for abusing its domi-
nant position in multi-
ple markets in the An-
droid mobile device
ecosystem, apart from
issuing the cease and
desist order.
There was no imme-
diate comment from
Google on the order.
Google has been un-
der the regulatory lens
of CCI, which is cur-
rently also looking into
few other cases related
to the internet major.
Matters pertaining to
alleged anti-competi-
tive practices by Google
with respect to news
content, smart TV and
GPay are also before the
regulator.
In February 2018, the
regulator imposed a
fine of Rs 136 crore on
Google for unfair busi-
ness practices in the
Indian market for on-
line search.
CCI on Thursday,
said the public version
of the order would be
uploaded on the regula-
tor’s website on Friday
.
CCI Chairperson
Ashok Kumar Gupta
will be retiring on Octo-
ber 25 and the latest
Google ruling is the sec-
ond major one in as
many days. On Wednes-
day, CCI slapped penal-
ties of Rs 392 crore on
MakeMyTrip, Goibibo
and OYO for unfair
business practices.
Accused in human sacrifice
move HC against custody
Kochi (PTI): The three
accused in the sensa-
tional human sacrifice
case in Kerala, in which
two women were alleg-
edly killed in a brutal
manner, on Thursday
moved the high court
seeking to quash a mag-
isterial court order
granting their custody
to the police probing
the matter for 12 days.
In their plea, the ac-
cused Mohammed Shafi
(52), Bhagaval Singh
(68), a massage thera-
pist and his wife Laila
(59), also sought direc-
tive to the state police
chief not to parade
them and also not to dis-
close their confession
statement to the media
and public till filing of
chargesheet.
The accused, in the
plea filed through law-
yer BA Aloor, also
sought permission to
meet lawyers during
the police custody peri-
od or investigation.
The accused alleged
that the investigating
team has published
wrong information in
order to defame their
dignity before the pub-
lic at large, but the trial
court has failed to con-
sider these aspects in
proper sense which ul-
timately resulted in
granting their 12 days
police custody to the in-
vestigating agency, de-
spite being strongly op-
posed by them.
They alleged that it is
a passion for certain in-
vestigating officers to
disseminate to the me-
dia piecemeal or full
information regarding
the progress of investi-
gation. They argued
that the investigating
agency violated norms
even before producing
them before court.
In February 2018, CCI imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on Google.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union minister for
Health and Family Wel-
fare Mansukh Mandavi-
ya on Thursday said In-
dia was advancing to-
wards a healthy and
prosperous future
through investments in
health infrastructure.
The minister inaugu-
rated multiple health
infrastructure projects
in Ahmednagar. The
projects include three
primary health care
centres in Ahmednagar,
Dr. Vikhe Patil Cancer
Centre and Dr Vikhe Pa-
til Nuclear Medicine
Centre. Addressing the
media, Mandaviya said,
“The govt has linked
health with develop-
ment, as only a healthy
citizenry can contribute
towards national devel-
opment.”
Mandaviya inaugurates multiple health projects
HEALTH IS WEALTH
lll
The government
has linked
health with
development,
as only a
healthy citizen
can contribute
towards
national
development
CRUCIAL READ
MADURAI CUSTOMS SEIZE 8 GOLD PIECES
TWO HELD IN GOA FOR TRAFFICKING WOMEN
‘ROUTINE IMMUNISATION SUFFERED DUE TO
COVID-19, IT HAS TO BE PUT BACK ON TRACK’
Madurai (ANI): The Madurai Customs Airport Intelligence
Unit (AIU) confiscated eight gold pieces weighing 141
grams that were concealed in a toolbox from a passenger
on October 19. The man flew in from Dubai. It was
discovered that the man was attempting to smuggle the
gold by concealing it in a toolbox. When he was searched,
gold worth Rs seven lakh was seized. Eight gold pieces in
all have been discovered in the passenger’s possession, six
of which are cylindrical in shape, one of which is bent
cylindrical in shape, and the eighth is shaped like a bindi.
Goa (Agencies): Two persons were arrested on Thursday
for allegedly trafficking women in Goa, police said. Deputy
Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi said that accused are
identified as Mohsin Shaikh, from Gujarat and Shilpi Mishra
from Mumbai. He said that after receiving information
about prostitution activities at Anjuna in North Goa, the raid
was conducted and three victim girls were rescued.“Initially
accused person Mohsin Shaikh had come to deliver one
victim girl during which the police surrounded the accused
and rescued the victim girl.
3 INDIANS AMONG 4
ARRESTED AFTER
SHOOTOUT IN NEPAL
K’TAKA POLICE
ARREST 3 RAILWAY
STAFFERS
COMPLAINT AGAINST
ACTOR FOR ‘HURTING’
HINDU SENTIMENTS
3 KILLED IN GODOWN
AFTER FIRECRACKER
EXPLOSION
Bengaluru (Agencies):
With the arrest of three
Railway staffers on
charges of drug peddling,
Karnataka Police claimed
to have seized hashish
oil and ganja worth Rs
80 lakh in Bengaluru on
Thursday. According
to police, the accused
worked at the North East
Frontier Railway Agartala
Coaching depot. They
worked as AC attendants
and bedroll staff.
Bhopal (ANI): At least
three people were killed
and seven others injured
after an explosion
occurred in a firecracker
warehouse in Madhya
Pradesh’s Morena
district on Thursday.
The local police and the
official of district admin-
istration have reached
the spot on Jaitpur road
in Banmore Nagar and
rescue operation is
underway.
Kathmandu (PTI): Three
Indian nationals were
among four persons
arrested in connection
with a shooting incident
in Nepal’s Madhesh
province, bordering India,
according to a media
report on Thursday. Gul-
shan Singh (22), Saurabh
Shah (20), and Rehan
Singh (20), all hailing
from Bihar were arrested
for a shootout that took
place on Wednesday.
Udupi (Agencies) :
Hindu Jagaran Vedike has
lodged a police com-
plaint against Kannada
actor Chetan Ahimsa for
allegedly ‘hurting’ Hindu
sentiments in Udupi
district of Karnataka,
police said. Hindu Jagran
Vedike, a right wing
group affiliated to the
RSS, has mentioned that
actor Chetan Ahimsa had
issued derogatory and
insulting statements.
Union Health Minister Mandaviya. —FILE PHOTO
‘We strive to ensure
quality education’
Guwahati (ANI): As-
sam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Thursday said that
his government strives
to ensure quality educa-
tion for students with
the help of Information
Technology (IT).
While chairing the
first meeting of Assam
Rajya Shiksha Aayog
on Thursday, the Chief
Minister said, “We
strive to ensure quality
education for our stu-
dents with the help of
IT. He further said that
according to National
Education Policy (NEP)
2020, providing univer-
sal access to quality ed-
ucation would be key to
economic growth and
empowerment of peo-
ple.
He said, “We spend 6
per cent of SGDP (state
gross domestic product)
on education. Making it
sensitive responsive
to the intellectual, phys-
ical emotional devel-
opment of students is
our priority
.”
BirlaextendsDiwaliwishes
tonewParlbuildingworkers
New Delhi (PTI): Lok
SabhaSpeakerOmBirla
on Thursday interacted
with construction work-
ers at the new parlia-
ment building site and
extended his Diwali
greetings to them. He re-
viewed the construction
of the new parliament
building and expressed
gratitude towards the
workers for building the
temple of democracy
.
Birla also offered
sweets to them and
wished for their bright
future.
Dengue patient dies
due to carelessness
Prayagraj (UP) (Agen-
cies): In a bizarre inci-
dent, a dengue patient
in Prayagraj was alleg-
edly given sweet lime
juice instead of plasma,
and reportedly died.
A video allegedly ex-
posing a fake blood
bank unit from UP has
gone viral on the social
media. It has
been shared on the so-
cial media by a local
journalist.
To the unversed, both
plasma and mosambi
(sweet lime) juice ‘look’
similar. Deputy Chief
Minister Brajesh
Pathak said that a probe
into the incident was
underway and a test re-
port was expected soon.
“Strict action will be
taken against those
found guilty in the
case,” he said.
Meanwhile, taking a
view of the rising den-
gue cases, the state gov-
ernment has restricted
all UP doctors and para-
medical staff from tak-
ing leave.
Goa intends to
establish Drone
School: CM
Panaji (Agencies):
Goa Chief Minister
Pramod Sawant on
Thursday said that his
government intends to
establish Drone School,
for which he said drone
policy will be finalised
by November.
Sawant said that
drones can help various
departments, hence
their inputs will be tak-
en while finalising the
drone policy. ‘Informa-
tion and Technology
Ministry and Civil Avi-
ation Ministry will fi-
nalise the drone policy
by November. We in-
tend to establish a
Drone School, drone
manufacturing unit,
drone cluster, drone re-
pair and drone training
centre. Hence to push it
forward, drone policy
will be finalised by No-
vember,’ he said.
‘Drone can help the
agriculture depart-
ment, transport depart-
ment and various other
departments. Hence we
have asked all depart-
ments to give their in-
puts,’ Sawant further
said. He said that after
November to use drones
in the state, one will
have to seek permission
from the Civil Aviation
Ministry
.
“Those who have
drones will have to reg-
ister themselves. We
are thinking of estab-
lishing a Drone School
on Public Private Part-
nerships (PPP), hence
today first meeting was
held,” he said.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
RaGa resumes journey
from Andhra’s Banavasi
Kurnool (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi resumed
Bharat Jodo Yatra
from the Banavasi
village of Kurnool
district in Andhra
Pradesh on Thursday
morning.
Today is the third
day of the march in
Andhra Pradesh’s
Kurnool district. Gan-
dhi’s yatra, which
started from Banavasi
village this morning,
will break at Mugati
village. The residents
of surrounding areas
are warmly welcom-
ing Rahul Gandhi and
the yatra is seeing the
participation of local
leaders. On the 43rd
day of the Yatra, Ra-
hul Gandhi along
with other party lead-
ers will cover Mugati,
Halaharvi and Kal-
ludevakunta in the
Kurnool district.
Later in the even-
ing, Rahul Gandhi
paid obeisance at Sri
Raghavendra Swamy
Math followed by a
brief meeting with Sri
Subudhendra Tirtha
ji in Mantralayan in
the Kurnool district.
The yatra will stay
night in the Chetni-
halli.Earlier on
Wednesday, the Con-
gress offered prayers
at the Sri Ganga Tem-
ple in Adoni.Address-
ing a press confer-
ence, the Congress
said that Andhra
Pradesh should have
one capital, and that
should be Amaravati.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being greeted during the party’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kurnool on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pune (PTI): Union
Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya said routine
immunisation was affected
due to the coronavirus
pandemic and the earlier
vaccination programme
has to be brought back
on track.Speaking at the
annual general meeting of
the Developing Countries
Vaccine Manufactur-
ers Network (DCVMN)
here, Mandaviya said
India achieved the feat of
administering 100 crore
coronavirus vaccine doses
in nine months and 200
crore in 18 months.Today,
around 70 pc of the popu-
lation in the is fully vacci-
nated against coronavirus,
he said.India’s coronavirus
vaccination programme
began on January 16,
2021. Lauding vaccine
makers, the minister said
they have helped the
government at every step
on the vaccine front.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta
Biswa Sarma.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interacts with the construction workers at new parliament building site.

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53% IT professionals may resign to pursue new job within next year
Mumbai (PTI): More than
half of IT professionals (53
per cent) are likely to pur-
sue a new position within
the next year due to better
compensation, a lack of
training and development
and a lack of work-life bal-
ance, according to a report.
About 66 per cent of IT
decision makers see skills
gap in their teams even as
there is a 10 per cent de-
crease from last year, ac-
cording to Skillsoft’s 2022
IT Skills and Salary Re-
port. However, the indus-
try is facing another press-
ing challenge centred
around talent attrition,
with more than half (53 per
cent) of all respondents ex-
tremely or somewhat likely
to look for a new job in the
next 12 months, it added.
Skillsoft’s 2022 IT Skills
and Salary Report based on
a survey with nearly 8,000
respondents. The report
further revealed that over
the past year, the workplace
has been defined by em-
ployee-led “movements”,
namely the Great Resigna-
tion and “quiet quitting”.
Meanwhile, the pace of
digital transformation and
lack of enough technical
resources have pushed
many IT professionals to a
point of burnout.
Skillsoft’s report found
that two biggest challenges
for the IT leaders’ are em-
ployee retention and re-
cruitment. “Learning is
the catalyst for mutually
beneficial growth for em-
ployees and employers, es-
pecially as organisations
struggle to retain technical
talent and keep pace with
innovation,” Skillsoft Gen-
eral Manager, Tech and
Dev, Zach Sims said.
He said companies that
create cultures of learning
and talent development
will be most successful in
recruiting and retaining
ambitious individuals with
the right skills and certifi-
cations to make an impact.
“This culture not only
supports individual em-
ployee growth, which is
something IT profession-
als are actively seeking,
but also leads to better
business outcomes that
propel organisations for-
ward,” he added.
IT SKILLS AND SALARY REPORT 2022
TOP 3 REASONS
FOR LEAVING
z Among IT professionals
that changed employers in
the past year, their top 3
reasons for leaving were
better compensation,
a lack of training
development, and a lack
of work-life balance
z The top cited inhibitor to
training is that firm does
not see a need for it
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Infosys has
allowed its employees to
take up external gig work,
becoming the first large
software services firm in
India to do so, according
to Moneycontrol. The
company’s move to ac-
knowledge and enable gig
work marks a step for-
ward and may even be-
come a trendsetter. It
comes as a larger debate
around moonlighting and
employee rights that con-
tinues to rage in the IT in-
dustries along with other
white-collar work sectors.
The company may be
looking for a way to retain
talent when the IT indus-
try is seeing sky-high at-
trition rates. —PTI
New Delhi: ITC Ltd on
Thursday reported a 24.08
per cent increase in con-
solidated net profit at Rs
4,670.32 crore for the
second quarter that ended
September 30, 2022. sThe
company had posted a net
profit of Rs 3,763.73 crore
during the July-September
quarter of the previous fis-
cal, it said in a regulatory
filing. Its revenue from op-
erations rose 25.35 per
cent to Rs 18,608 crore in
the second quarter of the
current fiscal compared to
Rs 14,844.38 crore in the
year-ago period. —PTI
ITC Q2 NET PROFIT
RISES 24% TO
`4,670 CRORE
INFOSYS ALLOWS
STAFF TO TAKE UP
EXTERNAL GIG WORK
New Delhi: Debt-ridden
telecom company Voda-
fone Idea’s board will
meet on Friday to finalize
plans for raising funds.
Vodafone Idea has in-
formed the Bombay
Stock Exchange (BSE)
that its board will meet
on October 21 to consid-
er a proposal to raise
funds through the issu-
ance of convertible de-
bentures. Vodafone Idea
has been trying to raise
funds for a long time but
has not succeeded.
—PTI
VODAFONE IDEA
TO FINALISE FUND
RAISING PLAN TODAY
San Francisco: IT spend-
ing is projected to total
$4.6 trillion in 2023, an in-
crease of 5.1% from 2022,
a new report said on
Thursday. As per latest
forecast by Gartner, the
demand for IT in 2023 is
expected to be strong as
enterprises push forward
with digital business initia-
tives in response to eco-
nomic turmoil. The report
mentioned that the tech-
nologies that are being
maintained versus those
that are driving the busi-
ness are evident by their
projected growth rates in
2023. —PTI
‘WORLDWIDE IT
SPENDING TO GROW
5.1% IN 2023’
*Rates till the edition went to print.
ADANI TO INSTALL 1.80
MN SMART METERS
FOR POWER USERS
Mumbai: Adani group on
Thursday said that it had
bagged a project from BEST –
Brihanmumbai
Electric Supply
and Transport
– to install
1.08 million
smart meters in Mumbai. The
company revealed that its
contract includes installation
of the smart meters over 30
months, and then maintained
for the following 90 months.
Shares of Adani Transmission
surged over 1.6% in the first
half of trade on Thursday.
INDIAN LENDERS IN
TALKS WITH RUSSIA
TO FINALISE TRADE
New Delhi: Indian lenders UCO
Bank and Yes Bank are in talks
with their Russian counterparts
over a pay-
ment mecha-
nism for trade
between the
two countries,
a government official said on
Thursday. Reuters had reported
large lenders are reluctant to
process direct rupee trade
transactions with Russia for
fear of becoming the target of
sanctions over the invasion
of Ukraine, and New Delhi is
counting on smaller banks.
ORACLE BETS BIG ON MULTI-CLOUD OFFERINGS
FOR INDIAN GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Las Vegas: As the Indian government doubles down on mod-
ernising its infrastructure in the digital era, Oracle on Thursday
said its multi-Cloud offerings, which are fresh out of the oven,
can help the public sector and state
governments move to the cloud faster
and in an efficient manner. Oracle has
two multi-Cloud offerings, one is the da-
tabase service for Microsoft Azure and
the other one is ‘One MySQL’ database
service for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which has generated
great traction among the private sector.
AIR INDIA RECEIVES OVER 73,000 APPLICATIONS
FOR CABIN CREW, PILOTS IN TWO MONTHS
New Delhi: Air India, which has embarked on expansion plans, on
Thursday said it has received over 1,752
applications for pilots and 72,000 applica-
tions for cabin crew in the last 2 months.
The loss-making carrier also received over
25,000 applications from management
postgraduates with three years’ experi-
ence in ground-based business roles.
OTHER STORIES
Markets extend gains for
5th session; IT stocks shine
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices ticked higher
for the fifth straight ses-
sion on Thursday, buoyed
by fag-end buying in IT
stocks despite a largely
downbeat trend overseas.
A recovery in the rupee
also boosted investor confi-
dence. After swinging be-
tween gains and losses
throughout the session, the
30-share BSE Sensex saw
robust buying towards the
fag-end to close 95.71 points
or 0.16 per cent higher at
59,202.90.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty climbed 51.70
points or 0.30 per cent to
17,563.95. HCL Technolo-
gies topped the Sensex
gainers’ chart, spurting
2.22 per cent, followed by
Tech Mahindra, NTPC,
PowerGrid, Bajaj Finserv,
Nestle India, Bharti Airtel,
TCS and Infosys.
However,IndusIndBank,
Asian Paints, UltraTech
Cement, HDFC Bank, Titan
and Axis Bank were among
the prominent laggards,
dropping as much as 4.71
per cent. The market
breadth was in favour of
the bulls, with 18 of the 30
Sensex components closing
in the green.
“Despite global head-
winds, sentiments were
positive ahead of Diwali
festival and healthy earn-
ings so far. Nifty has found
support above 17,400 zones
for the 3rd consecutive
day indicating strong base
formation.
“We expect the strength
in the market to continue in
the near term. Stock spe-
cific action would continue
as companies keep an-
nouncing results,” said Sid-
dhartha Khemka, Head -
Retail Research, Motilal
Oswal Financial Services
Ltd. Ajit Mishra, VP - Re-
search, Religare Broking
Ltd, said markets are di-
gesting the recent gains
and the tone is still positive,
thanks to noticeable buy-
ing interest on every dip.
New Delhi: The BSE midcap gauge fell 0.30 per cent and the
smallcap index ended marginally lower by 0.01 per cent. Among
the BSE sectoral indices, oil gas climbed 1.69 per cent, fol-
lowed by utilities (1.66 per cent), power (1.50 per cent), energy
(1.39 per cent), IT (1.20 per cent) and teck (1.19 per cent).
Services, bankex, capital goods, consumer durables, industrials
and financial services posted losses. World stocks were largely
negative ahead of a slew of central bank meetings. Among other
Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended
lower.Stock exchanges in Europe were trading on a mixed note
in mid-session deals. Wall Street had ended in the negative terri-
tory on Wednesday. International oil benchmark Brent crude was
trading 1.16 per cent higher at USD 93.48 per barrel.
BSE SECTORAL INDICES CLIMBED 1.69%
IN FAVOUR OF
THE BULLS
z HCL Technologies topped
the Sensex gainers’ chart,
spurting 2.22%, followed
by Tech Mahindra, Bharti
Airtel, TCS, Infosys more
z Market breadth was in
favour of the bulls, with 18
of 30 Sensex components
closing in the green
`recoversfromall-time
low,closes21paiseup
at82.79againstUSD
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
rebounded from its lifetime
low to close 21 paise higher
at 82.79 against the US dol-
lar on Thursday amid
weakness in the greenback
overseas. Forex traders
said the local currency re-
covered on suspected RBI
intervention after hitting a
record low of 83.29 during
the session.
However, rising crude
oil prices in the interna-
tional market capped the
rupee’s gain, they added.
At the interbank forex
market, the local unit
opened weak at 83.05
against the greenback but
later lost ground to quote
at 83.29. It also touched an
intra-day high of 82.72.
The rupee pared all its
losses to end at 82.79, regis-
tering a gain of 21 paise
over its previous close.
In the previous session,
the rupee had settled at an
all-time low of 83 against
the dollar.
In the domestic equity
market, the 30-share BSE
Sensex rose 95.71 points or
0.16 per cent to close at
59,202.90, and the broader
NSE Nifty climbed 51.70
points or 0.30 per cent to
17,563.95.
‘RUPEE STILL STRONGER
IN COMPARISON TO
OTHER CURRENCIES’
New Delhi: Market analyst Sunil
Shah on Thursday said even
though the rupee as a currency
has weakened in comparison to
the US dollar, but it is still “far
stronger” than other currencies.
Shah added that the weakening of
the rupee will be stable once the
FDI (foreign direct investment)
flow increases, which the analyst
feels is likely from next month.
“Foreign capital will help in stabi-
lising the rupee,” Shah added. For
the record, the Indian rupee has
been weakening over the past few
weeks to hit fresh new all-time
lows as the USD strengthened
against major global currencies.
With `3 crore/day donations, Shiv
Nadar named most generous Indian
Mumbai: HCL founder
Shiv Nadar topped as the
most generous person in
the country with an annual
donation of Rs 1,161 crore,
the EdelGive Hurun India
Philanthropy List 2022 re-
vealed on Thursday
. Nadar,
77, has reclaimed the ‘In-
dia’s most generous’ title
with a donation of Rs 3
crore per day
.
Wipro’s Azim Premji, 77,
slipped to the second posi-
tion with an annual dona-
tion of Rs 484 crore after
ruling at the top position
for the last two consecutive
years, it said. India’s rich-
est man Gautam Adani, 60,
ranked 7th in the list, with
a donation of Rs 190 crore.
ShivNadarhas been hon-
oured by the US-India Stra-
tegic Partnership Forum
(USISPF), with its Lifetime
Achievement Award 2022
for his contribution.
Coal import to
be stopped by
2024:Union Min
New Delhi: Union minis-
ter of coal, mines and par-
liamentary affairs Pral-
had Joshi on Thursday
said that the import of dry
fuel which has declined
considerably will be
stopped by 2024.
Speaking at an event at
the office of the Comptrol-
ler Auditor General of
India here to release a
‘Compendium of Asset Ac-
counts on Mineral and En-
ergy Resources’, the min-
ister said commercial coal
mine auction which was
institutionalised by the
present government has
made the auctioning pro-
cess totally transparent.
Joshi also complement-
ed CAG’s office for bring-
ing out the first ever com-
pendium of asset account
on mineral assets of the
country. The minister said
that the report pre-
sents comprehen-
sive picture of
the mineral re-
sources spread
across dif-
f e r e n t
s t a t e s
in the
country.
New Delhi: European
aviation major Airbus on
Thursday said it received
the regulatory approval
from the Indian regulator
for its C295 aircraft pro-
gramme, becoming the
first foreign original
equipment maker to get
such a nod.
In September last year,
India sealed a nearly Rs
21,000 crore deal with Air-
bus Defence and Space to
procure 56 C295 transport
aircraft to replace the age-
ing Avro-748 planes of the
IAF under a project that
entails manufacturing of
military aircraft in India
for the first time by a pri-
vate company
.
The regulatory approv-
al for the ambitious pro-
gramme was accorded by
Directorate General of
Aeronautical Quality As-
surance (DGAQA).
AIRBUS GETS NOD
TO MANUFACTURE
MILITARY
AIRCRAFT IN
INDIA

08
2NDFRONT
You are lucky to have a job that
pays the bills, walk an extra
mile to find fulfilment and
creative challenge. It’s worth it.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Prayagraj (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Thursday met RSS head
Mohan Bhagwat here,
with the two leaders
learnt to have discussed
the population issue.
According to sources,
Chief Minister Adity-
anath flew from Luc-
know to meet Bhagwat
and the two were togeth-
er for about an hour.
The two had lunch
together after which the
CM returned, they said,
adding that both dis-
cussed the population
issue. Adityanath also
invited the RSS chief to
Deepotsav at Ayodhya
on October 23.
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS) leader
Dattatreya Hosabale
had on Wednesday said
religious conversion
and migration from
Bangladesh were caus-
ing “population imbal-
ance” and called for
strict implementation
of anti-conversion laws.
Bhagwat had attend-
ed an RSS meet here
from October 16 to 19 in
which the population
problem was discussed.
The Uttar Pradesh
State Law Commission
had last year submit-
ted to Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath a draft
population control bill
and made a slew of rec-
ommendations, includ-
ing additional incen-
tives to public servants
for adopting the one-
child norm and ban-
ning those who violate
the two-child policy
from contesting local
bodies polls.
The recommenda-
tions were made in the
19th report on Popula-
tion Control, Stabilisa-
tion and Welfare. The
report along with the
draft Uttar Pradesh
Population Control,
Stabilisation and Wel-
fare Bill, 2021 was hand-
ed over to the CM. But,
no further action was
initiated.
Adityanath meets Bhagwat,
populationissue‘discussed’
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during the four-day ‘Akhil Bharatiya
Karyakari Mandal Baithak’ of RSS in Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR IF 100
START LIVING IN A HOUSE FOR 10’
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said
whatever issue the RSS raises is always in the
interest of the nation.When asked by the media in
Lucknow if the government will bring a policy on
population control, Maurya said, “We will have to
wait for what the government will do. What I am
saying is my personal opinion. The number of peo-
ple opposing this issue is very small. See, problems
will occur if 100 people start living in a house made
for 10 people,” he said.
Kishor Dwivedi
Noida: An emotional
appeal from Yogi Adity-
anath and a promise for
increased compensa-
tion has propelled the
Noida International
Airport’s land acquisi-
tion from farmers who
had denied consent for
the project.
The mega aviation
project of the UP gov-
ernment appeared to
have hit turbulence ear-
lier this year when a
section of farmers from
six villages denied con-
sent to give up land.
According to The
RighttoFairCompensa-
tion and Transparency
in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Re-
settlement Act, 2013, the
consent of at least 70 per
cent land owners is re-
quired for acquisition.
On October 14, Jewar
MLA Dhirendra Singh
led a group of around
200 farmers to Lucknow
where a meeting with
Chief Minister Adity-
anath was held.
“Hum aap se saude-
baazinahikarnachahte
(We do not want to nego-
tiate a deal with you,”
Adityanath told the
farmers in Lucknow
during the meeting, and
promised them a hiked
compensation of Rs
3,400 per sq metre.
Stressing that the
people of Jewar are
“like family” to him,
Adityanath said, “Your
contribution in devel-
opment of an interna-
tional airport will be
there for your genera-
tions to see.” He added
that “the development
of the region would
mean nothing if the
people living in Jewar
do not reap its benefits.”
According to people
privy to the work, the
land acquisition pro-
cess for the second
phase had lost momen-
tum for nearly 10
months but has once
again gained pace with
administration officials
and the local MLA hold-
ing public meetings this
week.—PTI
Yogi’s emotional appeal tides
over turbulence in acquisition
NOIDA AIRPORT LAND
CM Yogi Adityanath addressing during the foundation stone laying
ceremony for the Noida International Airport in Jewar.
WINTER’S WHITE HERALD
Sledge drivers rest by the side of a road during season’s first snowfall at Gulmarg in Kashmir on Thursday. Snowfall in higher
reaches of Kashmir, including popular tourist destinations like Gulmarg and Sonamarg, and rains in plains brought wintry
conditions earlier than usual in the valley. — PHOTO BY PTI/S. IRFAN
Lucknow (PTI): A day
after Mallikarjun
Kharge was elected the
Congress president,
BSP chief Mayawati on
Thursday accused the
137-year-old party of re-
membering Dalits only
in its bad times and
making them “scape-
goats”.
In a series of tweets,
Mayawati said, “The
history of the Congress
is a witness that it has
always neglected/dis-
dained the messiah of
the downtrodden Par-
am Pujya Babasaheb
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
and his society. This
party does not remem-
ber the safety and hon-
our of Dalits in its good
days, but makes them a
scapegoat in bad days.”
“The Congress party
remembers mostly non-
Dalits in the long run of
good days and puts Dal-
its in front in their bad
days as in the current
times. Is this not deceit
and pseudo politics?”
Congress
making Dalits
‘scapegoats’:
Mayawati on
Kharge
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Army
chief Gen Manoj Pande
on Thursday said that
indigenous weapons
system is the way for-
ward for India and or-
ders worth Rs 8 lakh
crore will be placed
with Indian companies
in the next 7-8 years.
He said Intelligence,
Surveillance and Re-
connaissance (ISR) are
primary thrust areas
for him and the Army
.
“The Russia-Ukraine
conflict has taught us a
lot. One of the things
had been on how to be
more self-sufficient and
not to have foreign de-
pendence even when it
comes to sustenance,
including ammuni-
tion,” Gen Pande said
during an interaction
with journalists on the
sidelines of DefExpo
2022 in Gandhinagar.
He said the Army has
already taken steps to-
wards indigenisation
of ammunition while
also looking at alterna-
tive sources of procure-
ment when it comes to
spare parts.
“Indigenous systems
are the way forward. In
the last 3-4 years, our
indigenous procure-
ment has grown three
times. In the next 7-8
years, we expect to
place about Rs 7-8 crore
of orders with Indian
firms,” he said.
Gen Pande said that
last year the Army had
placed orders worth Rs
47,000 crore with Indian
firms. He underlined
that the fourth round of
emergency procure-
ment powers is exclu-
sively for indigenous
systems.
The Army chief not-
ed that in the last three
rounds of emergency
powers – under which
the Services can close
procurement deals
within Rs 300 crore
each without going
through the regular
process – the Army had
inked deals worth about
Rs 6,000 crore.
He said that emergen-
cy powers vested are
good for the Services
because they cater to
their immediate re-
quirements and give
them an opportunity to
test in field the systems
before going in for larg-
er acquisition.
“I would say that to
modernise, we need to
indigenise. This focus
on indigenisation is not
an impediment but an
opportunity,” he said.
Army chief says Indian cos
will get orders worth `8L Cr
New Delhi: A woman
IAS officer has lodged a
First Information Re-
port (FIR) with the Del-
hi Police’s cyber unit
against an unidentified
person impersonating a
government official to
gain confidential infor-
mation from her.
In the FIR, the senior
officer also mentioned
that she was harassed
and threatened by the
accused for the last
three-four weeks. The
bureaucrat alleged that
the accused also abused
her using foul language.
The cyber cell of the
North district police
lodged the FIR Tuesday
.
“I have been receiv-
ing WhatsApp calls and
messages from a person
trying to get confiden-
tial information related
to my department,
threatening me and
harassing me and using
foul abusive language.
When I confronted the
person by saying that I
shall be filing a police
complaint, he replied
that he is using a SIM
card acquired using
fake/false documents
and so police would not
be able to trace him.
The said person also
tried to impersonate as
a senior government of-
ficial when he talked to
me,” the FIR reads.
The officer alleged
that the accused kept
changing his name on
WhatsApp to imperson-
ate someone else.
“The matter has been
taken up, investigation
is on,” a senior police
officer said.
Senior IAS officer harassed by ‘official’
In the FIR, the senior officer mentioned that she
was being harassed and threatened by the accused
for the last three-four weeks
Noida (ANI): Residents
of a housing society in
Noida’s Sector 100 took
out a candle protest
march on Wednesday
night after a one-year-
old child was mauled to
death by a stray dog at
an apartment building.
The residents pro-
tested against the NOI-
DA authority for failing
to provide shelters for
stray dogs. A one-year-
old child died after he
was mauled to death by
a stray dog in the Noida
area on Monday
.
The child was immid-
iately rushed to a hospi-
tal where he was under-
going treatment but he
succumbed to his inju-
ries late at night, said
Gautam Budh Nagar
Police. “Yesterday, the
work of road construc-
tion was going on in Lo-
tus Blue Society under
Police Station Sector-39
area, when a stray dog
bit and injured a child
who was admitted to Re-
ality Hospital Sector-110
where the child was un-
dergoingtreatment.The
said child died during
treatment at night. Re-
garding which the po-
lice station has received
the memo from the hos-
pital,” said police.
Following the child’s
death, the residents of
the housing society in
Noida’s Sector 100 pro-
tested and blocked
roads on Tuesday also.
Candle march in Noida against menace of dogs
Locals stage a candlelight march in solidarity over the death of
a seven-month-old child after being mauled by a stray dog on
Monday evening, in Noida on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Gandhinagar: Centum Electronics Limited, India, and
Indra Sistemas, S.A., Spain, have signed an MoU to
collaborate in high-end futuristic Radar systems and
technologies for the Government of India. The MoU
envisages manufacturing and commissioning of the
radar for space applications. Long-range radar is in-
tended to detect, track and analyse objects and debris
in space at a distance of thousands of kilometres. The
MoU was exchanged in Gandhinagar on Thursday.
To mod-
ernise, we
need to indi-
genise. I see the role
of the Army as a fa-
cilitator of executing
government policy
and creating a via-
ble market.
—Gen Manoj Pande
Centum joins hands with Spain’s Indra
New Delhi (PTI): With
a view to streamline
treatment facilities for
Members of Parliament
(MPs), the new Director
of AIIMS Delhi, Dr M
Srinivas, has come up
with a set of standard
operating procedures
(SOPs) that include pro-
viding a nodal officer to
coordinate and facili-
tate medical care ar-
rangements.
The move has, how-
ever, drawn sharp criti-
cism from a section of
doctors who have called
out the “VIP culture”.
The Federation of Resi-
dent Doctors Associa-
tion (FORDA) said that
the privilege to the MPs
might come at the cost
of ordinary patients.
The AIIMS director
has in his letter said
that in case of emergen-
cy, the Lok Sabha or Ra-
jya Sabha Secretariat or
the MP’s staff can con-
tact the duty officer,
who will guide them to
emergency services.
AIIMS Delhi’s SOPs for medical
facilities for MPs receive flak
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NEW DELHI | FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 21, 2022
n today’s modern
world, a pleasant
and well-
groomed individ-
ual is always wel-
comed by people
from any sector.
Being groomed is almost
a lifestyle for people
working in the corporate
world but it is a necessi-
ty in the arena of per-
forming arts - be it mod-
elling or acting.
The criteria to win is
not based on just looks,
but a fit body, an all-
round personality, spo-
ken skills and inner
depth. Right from when
they are shortlisted by
the First India
Queen organisa-
tion, contestants are encour-
aged to eat healthy
, exercise,
and adopt healthy habits.
They are groomed physical-
ly
, mentally and emotionally
,
and their innate skills are
honed.
The first day kicked off
with a ceremony where all
the finalists were welcomed
with a sash and a gift ham-
per and as the evening rolled
in, the talent round and
question-answer round for
First India Queen also start-
ed.Whiletheseconddaywit-
nessed an equally insightful
session by Pooja Misra fol-
lowed by an entertaining
talent round. Turn to P12
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QUEEN
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The ‘City of Dreams’, Mumbai is gearing up for the grand finale of the National
level beauty pageant First India Queen 2022 to be held on October 21 at
Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, with gorgeous-looking top 30 models all set
to compete for the coveted crown. City First brings to you glimpses of
the training and grooming sessions conducted at HotelT24, Mumbai!
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Clockwise: Kavita Kharayat
Avani Kakekochhi and
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Parimal Mehhta addressing the audience during a grooming session.
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Finalists keenly listening to the training and grooming session
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ost people cringe
when they get sum-
moned for jury
duty but when it
comes to judging a
n a t i o n a l - l e v e l
beauty pageant, it
is indeed a privilege. As
much nerve-wracking and
tedious as it gets, the task
is equally exciting
too. We are proud
to announce the
jury members of
First India
Queen, to be
held today at
Hotel Sahara
Star, Mumbai.
R a j e n d r a
Jain, Archa-
na Kochhar,
P a r i m a l
Mehhta,
Dr Priti
Shenai, Roopmati Manere,
Jayanthi Ballal, Poonam
Pandey, Anita Hada, Ishika
Taneja, Shibani Kashyap,
Raayo S. Bakhirta, Nitinn
R Miranni, Madhuri Bho-
sale, Karishma Modi,
Akanksha Bhalla and Aditi
Jaggi Rastogi.
The jury members suggest-
ed that the diversity of the
panel reflected the indus-
try as a whole. “Most of us
grew up in different cities,
remote places,” said Pari-
mal Mehhta “But I think
that fashion and beauty
pageants are a kind of re-
mote oxygen. They show us
things that we wouldn’t
normally know or under-
stand and speaks to those
people even in the lowliest
bubbles. It means that
young aspirants in the
modelling industry can see
stuff they wouldn’t other-
wise see. Fashion travels
and communicates and in
this rising times of beauty
pageants that’s more im-
portant than ever.”
This globe-hopping aspira-
tion amid the finalists ap-
pears to be borne out by the
spectacular jury. Contend-
ers for the coveted crown of
First India Queen range
from the City of Dreams to
the Pink City, the streets of
Capital City to the State of
Mysore. First India Queen
represents the most sophis-
ticated approach to glam-
our on a huge platform.
THE SKY FULL OF STARS
THE SKY FULL OF STARS
@
@ SAHARA STAR
SAHARA STAR
Dr Priti Shenai Archana Kochhar
Karishma Modi
Ishika Taneja
Nitinn R Miranni
Poonam Pandey
Akanksha Bhalla
Roopmati Manere
Jayanthi Ballal
Madhuri Bhosale
Rajendra Jain
The beautiful Grand Finale Venue, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai
Shibani Kashyap Raayo S Bakhirta
Parimal Mehhta
Anita Hada
As the top 30 finalists of First India Queen
are all geared up for the grand finale to be
held today, at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, the
organisers along with the jury members are
keen to emphasise the relevance of fashion,
glamour and the correct style statement.
City First reveals to you the spectacular jury
of the much-awaited evening!
M
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Aditi Jaggi Rastogi

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