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AHMEDABAD l SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/79050 l Vol 3 l Issue No. 59
FLAKES
CHILL
&
ourists amid snow flakes at the
Ridge in Shimla on Saturday. Shimla
received fresh snowfall as mercury
dropped below zero. The streets and
houses were seen covered under white
blanket in the Himachal capital as the Mall
Road was flooded with overjoyed tourists.
T
NOT ABIDING
WITH GANDHI!
Preparations underway at redeveloped Central Vista Avenue for Republic Day celebrations.
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Abide
with Me — Mahatma
Gandhi’s favourite
hymn,whichusedtobe
played at the end of the
Beating Retreat cere-
mony on January 29,
on the eve of Gandhi’s
death anniversary —
has been dropped from
the ceremony this year.
It’s exclusion in 2020
hadcreatedafurorefol-
lowing which it was
reinstated last year.
The official list of
the26tunestobeplayed
in the Beating Retreat
ceremony does not
mention Abide with
Me. The hymn had
been played every year
during the ceremony
since 1950 but dropped
in 2020. The hymn, by
Henry Francis Lyte, is
set to the tune of Even-
tide by William Henry
Monk.
Beating Retreat
marks the end of near-
ly week-long festivities
of the Republic Day
,
which used to begin on
January 24 earlier, but
starting this year, they
will begin on January
23, the birth anniver-
sary of Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose.
Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Abide With
Me, dropped from Beating Retreat again
The hymn had been played every year
during the ceremony since 1950 but
dropped in 2020 and reinstated last year
after its exclusion created a furore
Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributes pamphlets to people
during a door-to-door campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh
Assembly election in Kairana on Saturday. -PHOTO BY ANI
AMIT SHAH BEGINS CAMPAIGN FROM KAIRANA...
Holds door-to-door campaign
with ‘new devpt wave’ vision
Kairana: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Saturday held a door-to-
door campaign in UP’s
Kairana ahead of as-
sembly elections in the
state. He interacted with
thepublicandaddressed
the media saying, “A
new wave of develop-
ment can be seen across
the state. Several roads,
airports, medical col-
leges have been built.
Every poor household
now has a gas connec-
tion, toilets, electricity,
Ayushman Bharat Yo-
jana card, free vaccines
& free ration during Co-
rona pandemic”.
Shah also interacted
with people who had mi-
grated from Kairana in
2014 but have now reset-
tled back to the city
.
Kairana is a municipal
board and a city in the
Shamli district of UP
.
BJP’S ATTEMPT
TO TAB THE HINDU
VOTE VIA KAIRANA
‘EXODUS’ CLAIM
The alleged “exodus”
of Hindus from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Kairana
before 2017 - a claim
widely debunked as a
communal bogey - took
centre-stage with door-
to-door campaign. The
choice of Kairana is seen
as significant given how
BJP leaders have alleged
that a large number of
Hindus were forced to
migrate from the area
due to threats during
the Samajwadi Party
rule, making it a big poll
issue in 2017. In the
recent election rallies,
the subject has made a
comeback courtesy of
the party’s top leaders
who claimed there has
been an improvement
in law and order in the
state under Yogi regime.
ANALYSIS
NOW OFFICIAL FROM SAMAJWADI PARTY:
AKHILESH YADAV TO FIGHT FROM KARHAL
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) put to rest the specula-
tion about party chief Akhilesh Yadav contesting polls, con-
firming that he will be fielded from Karhal in
Mainpuri. The announcement was made by SP
national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav.
“I am making a formal official announcement
now. Our national president Akhilesh Yadav
will contest from Karhal, and he will win
with massive mandate,” Ramgopal
Yadav said at a press conference
where Akhilesh was also present.
POLL RALLY BAN EXTENDED TILL JAN 31,
SMALL MEETINGS OK IN SOME AREAS
New Delhi: The ban on roadshows and rallies for state
polls was extended till the end of this month on Saturday
by the Election Commission but with certain relaxations
for the first two phases of voting due on February 10 and
14. The decision came after the election body held a meet-
ing earlier in the day with the Union Health Secretary and
the Chief Health Secretaries of the five states to review the
restrictions given surge in coronavirus cases.
OWAISI DECLARES NEW FRONT, IDEATES
2 CMs & 3 DY CMs FOR UTTAR PRADESH
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
president Asaduddin Owaisi announced alliance in UP
with Babu Singh Kushwaha and Bharat Mukti Morcha.
“If the alliance comes to power there will be 2 Chief
Ministers, one from OBC community and another from
Dalit community. There would be 3 Deputy Chief Minis-
ters including from Muslim community,” he told a press
conference.
IPL THIS YEAR
TO BE HELD IN
INDIA WITHOUT
CROWD: REPORT
The Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2022
season will be held in
India, top Board of Con-
trol for Cricket in India
(BCCI) sources con-
firmed. The COVID-19
subsides in the country,
then the board will go
ahead with hosting the
IPL 2022 in India. “IPL
2022 will be held in India
and the tournament
will be staged without
crowds in attendance.
Likely venues for IPL
2022 are Wankhede
Stadium, Cricket Club
of India (CCI), DY Patil
Stadium in Mumbai and
if needed, we can look
at Pune as well,” the
source said.
Myanmar: Suu
Kyi’s party
lawmaker gets
death sentence
Naypyidaw: A closed
military court in Myan-
mar has sentenced a
lawmaker from Aung
San Suu
Kyi’s Na-
t i o n a l
League for
Democracy
(NLD) party
and a prominent democ-
racy activist to death.
The NLD’s Phyo Ze-
yar Thaw, who was ar-
rested in November,
was sentenced to death
for offences under the
country’s Counterter-
rorism Law.
Militant killed
in encounter in
J&K’s Shopian
Srinagar: A militant
was killed in an encoun-
ter with security forces
in Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Shopian district
on Saturday
, police said.
Acting on informa-
tion about the presence
of militants in Kilbal
area of the south Kash-
mir district, security
forces launched a cor-
don and search opera-
tion when the militants
fired on them. The iden-
tity and group affilia-
tion of the slain ultra is
being ascertained.
Mumbai: At least six
peoplediedand23others
were injured after a fire
brokeoutataresidential
building in South Mum-
bai early on Saturday
.
The fire broke out at 7.28
am on the 18th floor of
the 20-storey Kamala
Building in Tardeo area.
Of thoseinjured,three
are said to be critical and
havebeenadmittedtothe
Intensive Care Units of
nearby hospitals. The in-
jured were taken to Nair
Hospital, Kasturba Hos-
pitalandBhatiaHospital.
Preliminary reports sug-
gestedthefirecouldhave
beencausedbecauseof a
short circuit.
Minister Aaditya
Thackeray visited fire
site. Maharashtra gov-
ernment announed Rs 5
lakh ex-gratia for kin of
the deceased.
in Mumbai high-rise fire
6 Dead, 23 Injured
PM:`2LAKH
EX-GRATIA
FORKINOF
DECEASED,
`50KFOR
INJURED
2 detained in death of Kalol family in Canada
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
Ahmedabad Crime
Branch on Saturday
picked up two persons
from Kalol taluka, offi-
cials said, adding that
the visa agent and sub-
agent may have guided
the family that froze to
death near the US-Can-
ada border on illegal im-
migration.
Police have also
seized the laptop of the
agent, and are looking
into its contents to see if
the duo detained for
questioning “helped”
other people get into the
US or Canada in a simi-
lar manner.
While US and Cana-
dian authorities have
notyetpubliclyrevealed
the identities of the four
members of a family
who froze to death after
having walked 30-40km
in -40 degree weather,
Gandhinagar district
collector Kuldeep Arya
on Saturday evening
confirmed that the fam-
ily was from Nava Dhin-
gucha village in Kalol
taluka.
“Villagers say that
the family was in Cana-
da on a valid visa,” Col-
lector Arya said, adding
that local authorities
were yet to contact any
relatives of the family
.
According to news re-
ports that began coming
in late Friday night, a
man, a woman, a teen-
ager and an infant, be-
lieved to be members of
a Gujarati family froze
to death during a bliz-
zard in the Province of
Manitoba, Canada,
while trying to cross
into the US on January
19.
Their bodies were
found when border pa-
trol agents noticed foot-
prints in the snow.
Meanwhile, one of
the Indian citizens who
had been picked up
while trying the US il-
legally from its north-
ern neighbour report-
edly said that he had
paid a “significant
amount” of money to do
so. Turn to P6
The bodies of the four people were found about 30-40 feet from
the U.S. border.
Visa agent, sub-
agent suspected of
having guided
people on illegal
immigration
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
GUJARAT
10,103
NEW
CASES
8,332
NEW CASES
IN A’BAD
15
NEW DEATHS

New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
allowed the Gujarat
government’s appeal
and upheld its demand
of purchase tax to the
tune of Rs480.99 crore
and the penalty on Ar-
celorMittal Nippon
Steel India Ltd (AMNS),
previously known as
Essar Steel Ltd (ESL),
for wrongly availing
the tax exemption.
The apex court said
the state's exemption
notification should be
strictly construed and
given meaning accord-
ing to legislative in-
tendment and there
cannot be any addition
or subtraction from the
statutory provisions .
A bench of Justices
MR Shah and Sanjiv
Khanna delivered the
verdict on the appeal of
the Gujarat govern-
ment against the 2016
decision of the High
Court by which it had
upheld the common or-
der passed by the Guja-
rat Value Added Tax
Tribunal, Ahmedabad
in favour of the private
firm.
It set aside the ver-
dicts of the tribunal
and the high court
which had held that
ESL, now known as
AMNS, was entitled to
the exemption from
payment of the amount
of sales tax as per the
original entry number
of the 1992 state notifi-
cation.
The impugned com-
mon judgement and
order passed by the
High Court as well as
that of the Tribunal
quashing and setting
aside the demand of
purchase tax from the
respondent (state) are
hereby quashed and
set aside.
It is held that the re-
spondent--ESL--was not
entitled to the exemp-
tion from payment of
purchase tax under the
original Entry
No.255(2) dated March
05, 1992, firstly, on the
ground that it did not
fulfill the eligibility
criteria/conditions
mentioned in the origi-
nal Entry No.255(2)
dated March 05, 1992,
and secondly that there
was a breach of decla-
ration in Form No.26
furnished by the re-
spondent eligible unit
Essar Steel Ltd, Justice
Shah, writing the judg-
ment, said.
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First India Bureau
Surat: An official and
three agents of the re-
gional transport office
in Surat’s Pal area have
been detained for alleg-
edly issuing driving li-
cences illegally by tam-
pering with computer
data, police said on Sat-
urday
.
The accused had al-
legedly conspired to get
10 driving licences is-
sued last year without
registering the appli-
cants or their vehicles,
a cybercrime official
said.
“The accused gained
access to the Surat RTO
computer system to
push data on the Sarathi
Parivahan website
about some candidates
passing the automated
driving track test with-
out them actually tak-
ing such the test,” the
official said.
A case was registered
by the Surat cybercrime
police under sections of
the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) related to criminal
breach of trust, forgery
and criminal conspira-
cy and relevant provi-
sions of the Informa-
tion Technology Act, he
said.
During the probe, the
police zeroed in on as-
sistant motor vehicle
inspector Nilesh Me-
vada and RTO agents
Sahil Wadhwania, In-
drasinh Dodia and Jash
Panchal, all of whom
have been detained, the
official said.
Mewada tested posi-
tive for COVID-19 and
has been placed under
quarantine in police
custody
, it was stated.
Surat police commis-
sioner Ajay Tomar told
reporters that an inves-
tigation will also be car-
ried out against 10 indi-
viduals under whose
names the driving li-
cences were issued to
find out if they were
involved in the case.
The state government
issued a statement in
this regard stating that
it has taken various
measures to provide
easy and fast service to
the applicants in a
transparent manner.
“The transport de-
partment has adopted a
policy of simplification
of services and discipli-
nary action against the
applicants as well as the
administration for ob-
structing and tamper-
ing with the system,” it
said.
First India Bureau
Navsari: Kusumben
Patel, the wife of Sad-
akpor village panchay-
at member Naresh Pa-
tel, has alleged that
unidentified persons
kidnapped her hus-
band in a bid to affect
the result of the local
election for deputy sar-
panch, slated to be held
on January 24.
Naresh Patel was
elected as village pan-
chayat member last
month when Dasrath
Patel became the vil-
lage sarpanch.
In her complaint
filed at the Chikhli po-
lice station on Friday
evening, Kusumben
said that, on January
17, her sister-in-law re-
ceived a call from an
unknown number. The
caller requested to
speak with Naresh, but
he refused. A few min-
utes later, Naresh also
got a call from an un-
known number, which
he did not answer. He
went missing that
evening, the complaint
cites her as saying.
Four days later, on
Friday morning, Nar-
esh allegedly called his
wife and informed her
he was returning
home. In the afternoon,
neighbours informed
her that Naresh had
called the sarpanch
and requested him to
pick him up from Man-
dvi.
The police have reg-
istered a case of kid-
napping, based on Ku-
sumben’s complaint,
and has launched an
investigation led by Po-
lice Inspector PG
Chaudhary.
FOUR DETAINED FOR ISSUING
DRIVING LICENCES ILLEGALLY
SC UPHOLDS GUJARAT’S DEMAND OF
PURCHASE TAX FROM ARCELORMITTAL
RTO official, three agents
allegedly got 10 licences issued
last year without driving test
Steel giant
asked to pay
`480.99
crore and
penalties
Surat’s Pal RTO office. —FILE PHOTO
Sadakpor panchayat
member kidnapped
before poll
Election for the
deputy sarpanch
is slated for
Monday
CORE ISSUE
First India Bureau
Chhota Udepur:
Leaders from both
the Bharatiya Janata
Party and the Con-
gress joined a rally
led by Leader of the
Opposition Sukhram
Rathva on Saturday,
in which Rathva, or
Rathwa, community
members submitted
a memorandum to
district collector
Stuti Charan on the
issue of tribal status
for the community
.
The Rathva are a
dominant communi-
ty within the tribal-
dominated Chhota
Udepur district.
However, However,
for the past several
years, many Rathva
have been identified
as Koli on revenue
documents, leading
to questions about
their tribal identity.
Unlike the Rathva
community, the Koli
are a not tribal com-
munity. As a result,
the Analysis Com-
mittee has issued no-
tices to several Rath-
va candidates who
have been selected
for various govern-
ment jobs.
In addition to LOP
Rathva, the rally also
saw participation
from MP Naran Rath-
wa, and BJP District
Union Minister
ShankarRathwawho
united to put forth
their grievances to
Collector Charan.
“The district has
seen both non-violent
as well as violent agi-
tations on the issue
since 2013 but the
question is yet to be
resolved to anyone’s
satisfaction. So this
rally was meant to
avoid confusion. We
marched not against
the government but
to help the govern-
ment avoid any con-
fusion and thus any
more agitations,”
said LOP Rathva.
LOP leads rally
to avoid conflict
in community
LOP Sukram Rathva. —FILE PHOTO
Rathva leaders
from BJP, Cong
submit memo to
collector over
tribal identity
Masuma Bharmal Jariwala
Rajkot: The United Na-
tions Environment
Programme (UNEP)
has chosen Rajkot to
become India’s first
city to develop an ur-
ban cooling action plan
to combat extreme heat
and bring solutions for
sustainable cooling.
ICLEI South Asia,
which made the an-
nouncement in a tweet
on Friday, is a non-gov-
ernmental organiza-
tion that works in the
sustainability space.
According to its web-
site, it is UNEP’s tech-
nical partner for this
project.
Situated as it is in a
semi-arid zone, Rajkot
experiences very hot
and dry summers. In-
creasing urban heat
island effects and ex-
treme weather events
have led to a growing
demand for cooling.
Since concerted efforts
are required across sec-
tors, the new project
will help to bring to-
gether all municipal
departments and rele-
vant agencies to devel-
op and implement an
integrated urban cool-
ing plan that prioritiz-
es the development of
green spaces, energy-
efficient buildings, dis-
trict cooling and other
active and passive cool-
ing solutions, officials
said.
“A customised meth-
odology is being devel-
oped for the city, in
partnership with the
UNEP-led Cool Coali-
tion, which plans to co-
ordinate and integrate
municipality-led ac-
tion on extreme heat
and sustainable cool-
ing,” ICLEI’s website
says.
Welcoming the selec-
tion, deputy commis-
sioner at the Rajkot
Municipal Corpora-
tion, Chetan Nandani
told First India, “Ra-
jkot has always shown
readiness when it
comes to adaptability
and engagement with
projects beneficial to
the city and its people.
Our multi-layered re-
sponse--whether politi-
cal or bureaucratic-
-has always been posi-
tive. This could be one
of the reasons why Ra-
jkot has been consid-
ered.”
Nilesh Prajapati, a
Rajkot-based senior
project officer of ICLEI
South Asia said, “We
are preparing a report
on existing initiatives,
barrier analysis, and
solutions for urban
cooling for the city,
which will give sugges-
tions for the strategic
implementation and
interventions required
at policy levels. The fi-
nal report will be sub-
mitted to RMC for fur-
ther review.”
RAJKOT BECOMES 1st INDIAN CITY TO
PILOT URBAN COOLING ACTION PLAN
TAKING THE LEAD
UNEP Project will bring
together municipal
departments, relevant agencies
for concentrated efforts
Many cities around the world are adopting vertical gardens to add to their green cover. —FILE PHOTO

GUJARAT
03
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: A day
after the state issued
new restrictions in a
bid to curb the spread
of COVID-19, Guja-
rat’s Director Gener-
al of Police Ashish
Bhatia fired warning
shots aimed at any-
one violating these
curbs. Appealing for
people to stay home
during curfew, he
said that anyone—in-
cluding politicians—
found violating the
new COVID-19 rules.
The government on
Friday extended the
night curfew, put in
place in a bid to con-
trol the spread of the
novel coronavirus, to
cover 17 more towns
and cities.
Addressing the press
in the state capital, DGP
Bhatia warned of stern
action and even police
cases against violators.
He specifically men-
tioned social events,
urging people to limit
their guest lists to just
150 attendees.
“If families are
found to have invited
more than 150 people,
or if more than 150
people are found at
marriage events, the
police will file a case
against such families.
It is imperative to fol-
low the COVID-19 SOPs
to break the chain of
infection,” he said.
Rebutting argu-
ments that cops go
easy on politicians
who violate these
SOPs, he said less ac-
tion is taken when the
situation is under con-
trol but—with the situ-
ation worsening, cases
are filed against politi-
cians who violate pan-
demic guidelines.
In the past week,
97,903 people were
fined for not wearing
face masks in public.
Complaints were
lodged against 3,830 for
violating SOPs and
gathering en mass,
with 3,260 persons be-
ing arrested for this.
Further, 381 vehicles
were also seized over
curfew violations.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Guja-
rat recorded 23,150
COVID-19 cases on
Saturday, its second
highest single-day
surge since the out-
break of the pandem-
ic, increasing the tally
of confirmed cases to
10,45,938, a state
health department of-
ficial said.
The addition to the
tally was higher than
the 21,225 recorded a day
earlier but lower than
the record 24,485 wit-
nessed on Thursday, he
pointed out, adding that
Gujarat reported over a
dozen COVID-19 fatali-
ties for the fourth con-
secutive day
.
Fifteen deaths—six in
Ahmedabad, four in Su-
rat, three in Bhavnagar
and one each in Rajkot
and Navsari—took the
toll to 10,230.
Ahmedabad led with
8,332 cases, followed by
Vadodara with 3,709 cas-
es, Surat 2,488, and Ra-
jkot 2,021, among other
districts.
So far, 9.05,833 people
have been discharged,
including 10,103 during
the day
, leaving 1,29,875
active cases.
Gujarat has adminis-
tered a total of 9.62 crore
vaccine doses after 1.88
lakh people got jabs on
Saturday
.
DGP Ashish Bhatia. —FILE PHOTO
Police act against
politicians too: DGP
nCoV claims more than
12 for 4th straight day
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,05,833
TOTALRECOVERED
10,103 MORE
IN A DAY
10,45,938
TOTAL CASES
23,150 CASES
IN A DAY
8,332 MAX
CASES IN
A’BAD
ACTIVE CASES
10,230
TOTAL DEATHS
1,29,875
15 DEATHS
IN A DAY
23,150MORENCOVCASESEVENASDGPTALKSTOUGHADAYAFTERSTATEISSUEDNEWCURBS
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Social
organisation In-
draprasth Yuvak
Mandal in Va-
dodara has started
a free tiffin service,
to ensure that quar-
antined students of
the Maharaja Saya-
jirao University get
proper nutrition
while they are in
isolation. As many
as 21 male students
and 36 female ones
staying at the uni-
versity’s hostels
tested positive for
COVID-19 this past
week and have been
shifted to isolation
wards. “We deliv-
ered 39 lunch and 48
dinner packs to the
quarantined MSU
students on Friday
and Saturday,” said
Chirag Shah, a
member of the
Mandal, which has
so far 15,000 food
packets since the
beginning of the
pandemic.
NGO ensures
isolated MSU
students do
not go hungry
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Two
buses were gutted
in separate inci-
dents of fire that
took place in Ra-
jkot and Surat.
However, no casu-
alties were report-
ed, officials said
Saturday.
A city bus caught
fire in Rajkot’s
Bhaktinagar locali-
ty on Saturday
morning. There was
no passenger travel-
ling in the bus when
the blaze erupted, a
fire department of-
ficial said.
“As soon as the
driver started the
bus, it caught fire.
He tried to douse the
flames with the ex-
tinguisher kept in-
side the bus, but
could not do so. Lat-
er, a fire extinguish-
er from another bus
was also used,” the
official said.
By the time the
fire was brought un-
der control by a fire
department team,
the bus was com-
pletely destroyed, he
said.
In the second inci-
dent, a luxury bus
caught fire at Mora
village near Surat
city late last night,
though no casualty
was reported in the
bus, a fire depart-
ment official said.
The bus was
parked when it sud-
denly caught fire
late last night, the of-
ficial said.
“The fire was
eventually doused.
No casualty was re-
ported, and the rea-
son behind the fire is
being ascertained,”
the official of Ada-
jan fire station said.
This comes days
after a woman was
charred to death on
Tuesday night, while
her husband suf-
fered severe burn
injuries after a pri-
vate luxury bus, in
which they were
travelling caught
fire in Surat city.
2 buses gutted in
Surat, Rajkot, no
casualties reported
Video of the Rajkot incident was shared on social media.
First India Bureau
Anand: On Tuesday
morning, the Thakkar
family informed the
police that their
daughter-in-law Rosha
had died after falling
in the bathroom. But
Rosha’s parents raised
a suspicion, which led
to a post-mortem of
the body. The post-
mortem report re-
vealed it was not an
accidental death but a
cold-blooded murder
for dowry
.
Amit Thakkar runs a
successful business—
Thakkar Farsan—in
Anand. He married Su-
rat’s Rosha 15 years ago.
On Tuesday morning,
Rosha’sparentsreceived
a call informing them
that Rosha fell in the
bathroom and suffered
injuries. But, a few min-
utes later, they were in-
formedshedied.Itraised
suspicioninherparents’
minds, as they were
forced and threatened in
the past for dowry
.
When they reached
Borsad, they informed
police that this could
not have been an acci-
dent. They then pushed
for a post-mortem.
On their request, po-
lice sent the body for
post-mortem. The re-
port revealed that the
victim was strangled
to death.
On Friday evening,
Rosha’s brother Dhaval
Lohana had com-
plained to the Borsad
Rural police against
Amit Thakkar and his
family members. He al-
leged that they were
demanding Rs8-10 lakh
cash and gold as dowry.
Police have invoked
the IPC section for
murder and abetting.
The case is under in-
vestigation by Police
Sub-Inspector KM
Chaudhary.
There was no evi-
dence of falling or any
head injury when po-
lice and team from the
Directorate of Forensic
Sciences searched the
bathroom. Police on
suspicion have detained
Amit and his family
and are questioning
them, Anand District
Superintendent of Po-
lice Ajit Rajian said.
Man, parents held after wife found
strangled to death in Anand
MURDERED FOR DOWRY?
They told cops
she had died
after a fall in
the bathroom,
but her parents
found that
suspicious
Amit Thakkar with wife Rosha in happier times. —FILE PHOTO
CRUCIAL READ
Bhavnagar: The Forest department of Ghogha in
Bhavnagar has caught three poachers who were
smuggling parts of the common crane. Based on a
tip-off from villagers, forest officials had raided the
house of Dinesh Pateliya’s house where they found
three dead birds. A case against three persons—
Pateliya and his associates—Shyamji Makwana and
Ashok Pateliya—has been filed under the Wildlife
Protection Act 1972. Police suspect that the trio are
involved in smuggling body parts of exotic animals
and birds, which are protected under law.
Ahmedabad: In the wee hours of Saturday, a gas
cylinder blew up in the residential area of Amraiwadi,
seriously injuring three youths. They were living on
rent in a room on the third floor of a house in Shri-
nath Nagar. The fire department rushed to the spot
and pulled down the damaged parts of the third floor
of the house. Councillor Jagdish Rathod too reached
the spot to help out. The locals said they were lucky
that the incident occurred early in the morning, since
the neighbouring house had a marriage function
planned for later in the day.
3 POACHERS ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING
BODY PARTS OF PROTECTED CRANE
THREE YOUTHS INJURED AS GAS
CYLINDER EXPLODES IN AHMEDABAD
Ahmedabad: On Friday night, a truck hit a couple
on a two-wheeler in the Hatkeshwar area, where
the woman died on the spot and the male suf-
fered injuries. Dinesh Yadav and his wife Su-
shila were on their way to Vastral after dinner at
brother Bhupesh Yadav’s residence in Amraiwadi.
When they approached the Hatkeshwar cross-
roads, a truck coming from the opposite direction
hit them, and Sushila fell on the road. Since the
truck was still in motion, its rear wheels crushed
her. Dinesh suffered injuries and was taken to the
hospital for treatment. Police have filed a com-
plaint of negligent driving against the truck driver.
WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING CRUSHED
BY A TRUCK IN A’BAD’S HATKESHWAR
WIN FOR WARRIORS
The Warriors beat the Gladiators by 15 runs to take home the title in the first-ever Baroda T20 Challenge cricket tournament.
Held in Vadodara, the competition saw participation from six teams comprising local cricketers.
COVID-19 testing in Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO
Incidents
come days
after a
woman was
charred to
death in a bus
fire in Surat
city

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Elevate yourself through
your own efforts, and not
degrade yourself. For, the
mind can be the friend and
also the enemy of the self.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful interaction with the
NCC cadets taking part in Republic
Day Camp 2022. India’s youth have
tremendous potential and NCC helps
them in harnessing their energy into
serving the country & the society.
Exhorted them to realise their dreams.
Pralhad Joshi
@JoshiPralhad
India Gate does not celebrate a national
war and could, at best, be an ad-hoc
memorial for India’s fallen,” writes
retired chief of naval staff Shri Arun
Prakash. He explains why ‘relocating
the #AmarJawanJyoti to National War
Memorial is logical’.
TOP TWEETS
NO POLL RALLIES
TILL JAN-END A
RELIEF FOR FUND
STARVED PARTIES
he Election Commis-
sion has extended
the ban on election
rallies till January-
end but doubled the
five person limit for door-to-door
campaigning. It will be a relief
for parties facing resource
crunch. It is also a much better
way to connect with the people
than addressing a gathering of
a few thousand from some dis-
tance or from a hydraulic plat-
formfittedinabuscalled“rath”.
Direct contact with voters was
the usual form of campaigning
in the past, besides workers
with hailers moving around on
rickshaws seeking votes for a
candidate. Those were the days
when party’s did not have big
budgets for elections.
Watching Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah going door-to-
door in Kairana campaigning
for Mriganka Singh, the BJP
candidate, was a refreshing
sight. Will senior leaders of oth-
er parties follow suit, especially
Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav?
Mayawati has so far not moved
out to address any rally. To ex-
pect her to go house-to-house
will be a bit too much.
T
fter a long wait of
decades, Netaji
Subhas Chandra
Bose is getting his
rightful place in
India’s history
. The BJP gov-
ernment has announced that
Bose’s statue will be installed
at India Gate in a tribute to
the charismatic leader. Till
the time it is installed a holo-
gram of Bose will be installed
at the place on January 23.
The decision should assuage
the feelings of Bengal which
felt hurt at the dropping of
its tableau from the Republic
Day parade.
Despite being a firebrand
leader and a brilliant orator,
Bose’s sterling contribution
in India’s freedom was denied
his due recognition by the
Congress. That had been the
case from the very beginning
as Mahatma Gandhi was be-
lieved to have favoured Jawa-
harlal Nehru over Bose. Gan-
dhi and Bose also disagreed
on the means to be adopted
for attaining freedom. The
contrast lay in Gandhi-Nehru
believed in passive non-vio-
lent resistance, while Bose
was of the view that the Brit-
ish could be driven out only
through violent means, or as-
sertive nationalism. He has
been an emotive issue in In-
dian politics ever since he
gave his famous “you give me
blood, I shall give you free-
dom” call to people.
The decision has pleased
Netaji’s daughter Anita Bose
Pfaff who described the deci-
sion “very remarkable” but
called for revival of Netaji’s
values and ideas in everyday
life. Netaji stood for secular-
ism, unity and equality. Ne-
taji’s grandnephew Chandra
Kumar Bose also said that
following the freedom fight-
er’s ideals of secularism and
communal harmony will be
the best tribute to him. Both
his ideals reflected in his In-
dian National Army
.
REVIVING IDEALS OF
BOSE IS IMPORTANT
BJP government has
announced that
Bose’s statue will be
installed at India Gate in a
tribute to the charismatic
leader. Till the time it is
installed a hologram of
Bose will be installed
at the place on
January 23
A
mong the greatest novels of
the 20th century is “One Hun-
dred Years of Solitude” by the
Columbian author, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez. It is a daz-
zling, creative work of geni-
us. He was awarded the Nobel
Prize for literature in 1982.
I met Marquez twice. The
first time in New Delhi was
in March 1983. Next in Ha-
vana in 1985. Both times in
the company of the very dis-
tinguished legendary Cuban
leader and statesman, Mr Fi-
del Castro.
I was familiar with the
names of a few Latin Ameri-
can writers. I got to know Oc-
tavio Paz when he was an am-
bassador of Mexico to India
from 1962 to 1968. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1990. I was ac-
quainted with Tagore’s
friendship with the famous
Argentinian literary celebri-
ty Victoria Ocampo. I spent a
few minutes with her in 1968
in her palatial home, San
Isidro outside Buenos Aires. I
had accompanied Prime Min-
ister Indira Gandhi on her
nine-country tour of South
America in 1968. The PM hon-
oured Victoria Ocampo with
an honorary degree on behalf
of Shantiniketan University
.
I met Pablo Neruda the
Chilean Nobel Laureate in
Warsaw in 1971 when I was
ambassador to Poland. Neru-
da’s meeting with Nehru in
the 1950 is not worth recall-
ing. The politician and the
poet did not take to each oth-
er. In his memoirs, Neruda is
viciously critical of Jawaha-
rlal’s indifference and lack of
interest in what Neruda was
telling him. I find these ob-
servations highly prejudiced.
Nehru was a man of great
courtesy
.
I began this article with
references to Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. I have much more
to write about him. The prov-
ocation for doing so was pro-
vided by an article in the In-
dian Express on Thursday,
January 20.
In early 1990, Marquez has
a secret affair with Susana
Cato, “a writer and journalist
who worked with Garcia Mar-
quez”. Cato gave birth to a
daughter, whom her ‘parents’
named Indira. She is at pre-
sent in her early thirties and,
“uses her mother’s name”
Marquez died in Mexico
City in 2014. He was born in
Colombia on March 6, 1928.
His wife, Mercedes Barcha
had been married for 5 dec-
ades Marques was known for
his disturbing virility
.
The “Express” article has
caused some excitement. Is
Susan Cato named after In-
dira Gandhi? In India, tens of
thousands of girls are named
Indira. If Susan Cato is
named after Indira Gandhi,
she is very fortunate.
In December 1982 Leonid
Brezhnev, President of USSR
died in Moscow. Indira Gan-
dhi attended his funeral.
Among others, she met Fidel
Castro and Marquez at the
funeral. It was decided be-
tween Indira Gandhi and Fi-
del Castro that Marques be
invited to the Summit of the
Non-Aligned Movement be-
ing held in March 1983 in
New Delhi. Marquez came to
the meeting of the NAM
Summit as a member of the
Cuban delegation and was
much in demand.
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become bil-
lionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark Zucker-
berg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin,
Steve Ballmer, and Warren
Buffet. The collective wealth
of these 10 grew from dollars
700 billion to dollar 1.5 tril-
lion. Musk’s fortune grew by
1,000%, Bill Gate’s by a mod-
est 30%. During the same pe-
riod 160 million people were
forced into poverty
.
40 billionaires were added
to the existing list in India.
Their combined fortune is
almost dollar 700 billion,
more than the poorest 40% of
the population. 84% of house-
holds suffered income de-
cline. Inequality contributed
to the deaths of at least 21,300
people each day or more than
one person every 4 seconds.
These figures are provided
by Oxfam International.
In my younger days, I was
a reasonably accomplished
Tennis player. I am now an
accomplished Grand-slam
watcher on TV From 1988 to
1992 I was president of the
All India Tennis Association.
Sir Andy Murray, whom I
have admired for over 9 years.
He is a Stout-hearted Scots-
man. He became the first Brit
to win Wimbledon since Fred
Perry did so in 1936. Among
the Indian Tennis players,
Sania Mirza stands out. Alas!
She will be retiring soon.
The ongoing Melbourne
Grand slam was almost ru-
ined by the unnecessary tan-
trums of the great Novak
Djokovic. He had no business
to go to Melbourne without
being vaccinated. The Aus-
tralian Tennis establishment
came out with an egg on its
face. They should have de-
ported Novak the moment he
arrived in Melbourne.
TheMelbourneGrandslam
has bounced back, with the
unpredictable genius Nick
Kyrgios providing brilliant
but erratic Tennis. The crowd
adores him- win or lose.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
About Marquez, pandemic billionaires
and Melbourne Grand slam...
ALL STORIES ABOUT MARQUEZ TEND TO HAVE A TOUCH OF MAGICAL REALISM
A
In early 1990, Marquez
has a secret affair with
Susana Cato, “a writer
and journalist who
worked with Garcia
Marquez”. Cato gave
birth to a daughter, whom
her ‘parents’ named Indira.
She is at present in her
early thirties and, “uses
her mother’s name”
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become
billionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark
Zuckerberg, Bill Gates,
Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer,
and Warren Buffet. The
collective wealth of these 10
grew from dollars 700 billion
to dollar 1.5 trillion. Musk’s
fortune grew by 1,000%, Bill
Gate’s by a modest 30%.
During the same period
160 million people were
forced into poverty
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
(From Left) Natwar Singh,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
and Fidel Castro.

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INDIA
05
NETAJI'S CITY OF JOY ERRUPTS IN JOY
A tram decorated with flowers and photographs of Netaji runs on a city street on the eve of the
birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: In a mas-
sive global win for In-
dia, foreign countries
and social media giant
YouTube has clamped
down on anti-India
proxies just ahead of
Republic Day
.
The Govt of India
now hopes that the ac-
counts banned on Jan 20
will have a similar fate.
Almost a month later,
the Government of In-
dia, through the Minis-
try of Information and
Broadcasting, banned
20 YouTube channels
and two websites on De-
cember 21. YouTube has
now banned 19 of these
channels globally and
further taken steps
against websites which
were propagating fake
news. —ANI
YouTube bans 19 channels
over 'anti-India' propaganda
Udhampur: General
Officer-Commanding-
in-Chief, northern com-
mand, Lieutenant
General YK Joshi on
Saturday lauded the
armed forces of the
country and said that
the troops displayed
boldness in standing up
to "aggressive designs"
posed along the Line of
Control(LoC) and Line
of ActualControl(LAC).
"The troops of our
Armed forces have dis-
played boldness in
standing up to the ag-
gressive designs posed
along the LoC and LAC
in Jammu and Kashmir
and Ladakh," GOC-in-C
Joshi said. A top army
officer while addressing
at northern command
investiture ceremony
here on Saturday said,
"There has been a reduc-
tion in terrorism-relat-
ed incidents, stone-pelt-
ing activities and pro-
tests as a result of tire-
less efforts of the secu-
rity forces and the peo-
ple of J&K."
Lt Gen YK Joshi
thanked the armed forc-
es for their efforts. —ANI
Troopsshowedboldnessalong
LAC in‘aggressivedesigns’:Joshi
Punjab BJP to file complaint
over ‘inflammatory speech’
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab BJP is keen to file a
complaint with the Elec-
tion Commission over
anallegedinflammatory
speech made earlier this
weekbystateCongchief
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s
aide Mohammad Musta-
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
band of the Con-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
date in Punjab polls,
Razia Sultana.
“I am appalled that
such a statement was
made by a former police
officer.Thisisinflamma-
tory and anti-Muslim as
well as anti-Hindu. Was
this statement made to
orchestrate riots? It is
unacceptable,” said BJP
spox Shazia Ilmi. —ANI
HERE TO SAVE PUNJAB, PEOPLE
WITH US, SAYS FARMERS' BODY
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
as individuals wished
us to clear the “filth”
created by political
events, a key member
of farmer group which
is contesting the polls
told media. Samyukta
Samaj Morcha Chief
Balbir Singh Rajewal,
whereas ruling out
an alliance with Aam
Aadmi Party, was
additionally crucial of
the Arvind Kejriwal
get together’s chief
ministerial alternative,
Bhagwant Mann. “We
are here to save Punjab,
to improve the system.
The situation in Punjab
is getting worse.
Children here have lost
hope. They are migrat-
ing in large numbers
due to unemployment,”
Rajewal stated. —ANI
MANN CHALLENGES CHANNI TO FIGHT FROM DHURI
New Delhi: Ahead of the
Punjab Assembly Polls, Aam
Admi Party’s CM candidate
Bhagwant Mann challenged
Congress’ Charanjit Singh
Channi to face him in his poll
constituency Dhuri and asked
the Punjab CM to issue an of-
ficial statement on the recent
ED raids at the residence of
his relatives. “If Channi Sa-
hab wants to contest against
me, I invite him to Dhuri. He
must give a statement on
illegal property papers
worth Rs56 cr found
in his name.” said
Mann. —ANI
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
PUNJAB
FORMER GOA CM LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR
QUITS BJP, TO CONTEST AS INDEPENDENT
Panaji (Goa): Former
Goa Chief Minister and
now former BJP leader
Laxmikant Parsekar on
Saturday resigned from
the BJP and announced
that he would be contest-
ing as an independent in
the upcoming assembly
polls. The three-term
MLA and former state
BJP president, who has
represented the Mandrem
constituency in North Goa
since 2002 until his defeat
in 2017 has said that he
was taken for granted by
the party and ignored in
favour of a non-perform-
ing MLA. Parsekar added
that during his tenure as
CM he got caught up in
admin work which “wid-
ened the gap” between
him and his voters. —ANI
Panaji (Goa): Goa TMC
on Saturday has written
to the Election Commis-
sion, complaining about
"illegal and wrongful"
harassment by a EC’s
flying squad that van-
dalised flex and banners
at the party office in
Panaji around midnight
on Friday
.
The Goa TMC
alleged that a
group of armed
police officers ac-
companied by four uni-
dentified individuals in
plainclothes, pertaining
tobeEC’s"FlyingSquad"
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
Squad” wrongfully and
forcefully tore down
hoardings and glow
board. —ANI
Goa TMC alleges EC
barged into its office
Panaji around midnight
The Goa TMC
group of armed
police officers ac-
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
GOA
GOA
New Delhi: Republic
Day 2022: The Indian
Army on Saturday is-
sued a statement and
said this year’s Republic
Day parade will have 16
marching contingents,
17 military bands and 25
tableaux of various
states. Giving more up-
dates, the Army said
that it will be represent-
ed by a mounted column
of cavalry, 14 mecha-
nised columns, six
marching contingents
and a flypast by ad-
vanced light helicopters
of its aviation wing at
the Republic Day pa-
rade-2022 (RDP-2022).
The Army further
added that the mecha-
nised columns of the
Army will show one PT-
76 tank, one Centurion
tank, two MBT Arjun
MK-I tanks, one APC
TOPAS armoured per-
sonnel carriers, one
BMP-I infantry fighting
vehicle and two BMP-II
infantry fighting vehi-
cles.
The Army also stated
that the six marching
contingents of the Indi-
an Army will be of Ra-
jput Regiment, Assam
Regiment, Jammu and
Kashmir Light Infantry
,
Sikh Light Infantry,
Army Ordnance Corps
Regiment and Para-
chute Regiment.
“One marching con-
tingent each of the In-
dian Air Force and the
Indian Navy will also
participate in RDP-2022
with overall 16 march-
ing contingents from
other forces,” the Army
said in a statement. —PTI
RDP to have 25 tableaux, 16 marching contingents
REPUBLIC DAY

Indian Army
says Republic
Day parade will
have 16
marching
contingents, 17
military bands &
25 tableaux of
various states
—FILE PHOTO
Kochi (Kerala): Kerala
High Court restrained
police from arresting
Malayalam Actor
Dileep till January 27 in
a case registered by the
Crime Branch of Kera-
la Police for allegedly
threatening the investi-
gation officials probing
the Actress Assault
Case of 2017.
The court also direct-
ed the accused people
including Dileep to re-
port before the investi-
gation officer from 9 am
till 8 pm on January 23,
24 and 25. Court also
said that they shall be
available for interroga-
tion and further inves-
tigation.
Court issued this in-
terim order on an an-
ticipatory plea filed by
Dileep. Court will con-
siderthisnextonJan27.
Single Bench of Jus-
tice P Gopinath also
made it clear that "any
attempt to subvert the
investigation will result
in declining bail. I am
very very serious and
that any violation will
be dealt with seriously.
Don't attempt to do any-
thing unnecessary.
Don't even think about
it. Petitioner shall fully
co-operate with investi-
gation. Senior Public
Prosecutor shall place a
report of any material
of investigation in a
sealed cover."
Crime Branch of Ker-
ala Police registered a
new case against movie
actor Dileep and five
others on Jan 9 for al-
legedly threatening the
investigating officials.
They were booked
under several sections
of IPC.
The case pertains
that an actress who
worked in Malayalam,
Tamil, Telugu films and
was allegedly abducted
and molested inside her
car by a group of men
who had forced their
way into the vehicle on
the night of February
17, 2017. —ANI
New Delhi: A petition
wasfiledintheSupreme
Court seeking direction
to the Election Commis-
sion of India to seize
election symbols and
deregister political par-
tiesthatpromisedtodis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from public funds.
In his PIL advocate
Ashwini Kumar Upad-
hyay claimed political
parties' arbitrarily
promises or irrational
freebies to lure voters in
their favour.
It claimed that prom-
iseof irrationalfreebies
frompublicfundsbefore
elections could unduly
influence the voters,
shake the roots of a free
and fair election.
"Direct and declare
that promise/distri-
bution of irrational
freebies from the
public fund be-
foretheelection
to lure voters is
analogous to the
Bribery and
Undue Influ-
ence under
Section 171B
and Section
171C of the IPC," the
plea stated.
It further sought di-
rection to the ECI to in-
sert an additional condi-
tion: "political party
shall not promise/dis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from the public
fund before the election"
inparas6A,6Band6Cof
the Election Symbols
Order1968.
—ANI
KERALA HC RESTRAINS
ACTOR DILEEP’S ARREST
Court directs
Dileep, accused
to report before
investigation
officer
IN THE COURTYARD
Prosecutor
suggests
police to
appeal
Kottayam (Kerala):
Following a local
court acquitting Bish-
op Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case, the
special public pros-
ecutor on Saturday
gave a legal opinion
to police to file an
appeal against the ac-
quittal. Kerala Police
sought legal opinion
after Franco Mulak-
kal was acquitted by
the court. Following
this, the special public
prosecutor gave the
legal opinion to the
Kottayam district po-
lice chief. Last week,
the Kottayam court
acquitted Bishop
Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case.
—ANI
PIL filed by political
parties in SC against
freebies during polls
DELHI HC REUNITES INTER-CASTE
MARRIAGE COUPLE; ASSURES SECURITY
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court reunited an inter-
caste marriage couple while directing Delhi Police to
ensure the security of the wife of the petitioner. The
bench of Justice Siddhartha Mridul and Justice Anup
J Bhambhani directed the Delhi Police to lodge Ms
Meena, wife of the petitioner, at Nirmal Chhaya Home
at Jail Road Hari Nagar under the care and custody of
Inspector Nisha Sharma of Janak Puri Police Station.
The bench made it clear, in its order that Inspector
Nisha Sharma shall be personally responsible to
escort Ms Meena to Nirmal Chhaya and her lodging
there. Court said the Superintendent is directed not to
permit any person at Nirmal Chhaya Home.
ORISSA HC ASKS FOR STATUS REPORT
ON VIOLENCE IN DHINKIA STEEL PLANT
MADRAS HC DIRECTS TO HOLD LAST RITES
IN TAMIL NADU SCHOOLGIRL’S SUICIDE CASE
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa high court on Thursday
asked the state’s home dept to submit a status re-
port on the ground situation in Dhinkia village, the
proposed site of a 13.2 million tonne per annum
integrated steel plant by Jindal Steel Works (JSW)
in Jagatsinghpur dist, where a face-off between
villagers and police left more than two dozen
persons injured six days ago. Justice RK Patnaik
sought the home dept’s status report on the issue
while hearing a PIL filed by Kuni Mallick and four
others seeking a probe into the “police atrocities”
committed on the residents of Dhinkia.
Chennai: The Madras High Court's Madurai bench
on Saturday directed the parents of the 17-year-old
girl who died by suicide on Wednesday - after al-
leging abuse by her school warden and attempts to
convert her to Christianity - to collect her
body and carry out the last rites
on Saturday. The girl's father
had moved the court seeking
a probe by a team from CID
in addition to requesting a
second post-mortem.
Malayalam Actor Dileep

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gresspartyhasgiventhe
slogan of ‘Ladki Hoon,
Lad Sakti Hoon’ (I am a
girl, I can fight) in Uttar
Pradesh and is contest-
ing the elections on the
same slogan. Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra has giv-
en this slogan and
has started giv-
ing 40 percent
tickets to
w o m e n
as per
her promise. Although
she herself is not con-
testingtheelections,itis
also being suggested in
social media that the
Congress party should
change the slogan to
‘Ladki hoon lad sakti
hoon’. However, the
question is if the girls of
Uttar Pradesh can fight,
can’t the girls of Punjab
do so? Why is the Con-
gress party not giving
this slogan in Punjab
andgivingticketstogirls
in the same proportion
there too?
In Punjab, the Con-
gress party has declared
candidates for 86 seats
out of 117 seats. Of
these, only 8% tickets
have been given to wom-
en; a sharp contrast
from Uttar Pradesh’s
forty percent tickets! If
Congress feels that
women are emerging as
a separate electorate
group and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra’s face can
bring them with Con-
gress by freeing them
from the constraints of
caste, religion etc. then
it should be tried in
Punjab also. If the Con-
gress is not doing this,
then it simply means
that it will do such ex-
periments only in those
states where it sees the
failure of these experi-
ments to be certain. If
there is no chance of
winning the election in
Uttar Pradesh, then
make the girls fight and
where there is a possi-
bility of winning the
election, give tickets
according to the politi-
cal equation.
WHY CAN'T GIRLS 'FIGHT' IN PUNJAB?
CONGRESS' ‘LADKI HOON, LAD SAKTI HOON’ CAMPAIGN
LANKA: INFLATION
SKYROCKETS AND
FOOD PRICES HIGH
MAOISTS BLOW UP,
TORCH MOBILE
TOWERS IN GIRIDIHA
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
benchmark inflation rate,
measured by the National
Consumer Price Index,
accelerated to 14 per
cent in December 2021,
up from 11.1%, the govt
statistics office said on
Saturday, amidst a severe
a foreign exchange crisis.
Food prices jumped 6.3%
while non-food prices
rose 1.3 per cent in De-
cember, as per the NCPI.
Giridih: Maoists blew up
a mobile phone tower
and torched another one
in Jharkhand’s Giridih
district in the early hours
of Saturday, police said.
The incidents marked the
first day of the “resist-
ance week” being ob-
served by the Maoists to
protest the arrest of their
top leader Prashant Bose,
a police officer said.
2 detained...
Indian external affairs
minister S. Jaishankar
on Friday expressed
shock at the deaths and
instructed the Indian
ambassadors in the US
and Canada to urgently
respond to the situa-
tion.
US authorities have
charged a US man with
human trafficking.
Calling it “an abso-
lutely mind-blowing
story” Canadian Prime
Minister Justin
Trudeau has said his
country is working
very closely with the
United States to stop
smuggling and help
people “taking unac-
ceptable risks.”
CENTRAL VISTA AVENUE IS READY WITH
NEW EFFECT, SAYS UNION MINISTER PURI
New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs,
Hardeep Singh Puri, on Saturday, said that Central Vista
Avenue is completely ready
with its new effect. Talking to
ANI at Central Vista Avenue,
Puri said that after the redevel-
opment, the green coverage
has been increased. “Central
Vista Avenue itself has been
widened. Now, the walkways are of 12 to 15 kilometres.
The water bodies have been cleaned. It’s a new effect”, the
Union Minister added.
BHOWMICK, ASIAD MEDALLIST WHO GAVE
UP BEER TO BE FOOTBALL LEGEND, DIES
Kolkata: Subhash Bhowmick, the 1970 Asian Games
bronze medallist footballer, passed away early Satur-
day morning at 72. He was
suffering from renal ailments
and, according to his family
sources, he recently had a
chest infection also. One of
those very few Indian football-
ers post the Class of 50s and
60s to have an Asian Games
medal, Bhowmick was under-
going dialysis but remained
sprightly until about a month ago, still harbouring hopes
to return to the maidan in the future.
CRUCIAL READ
GOOD GOVERNANCE
....saysPMModi;direct&emotionalconnectbetweenadministration&publicneeded,headds
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi interacts with
district magistrates
(DMs) from various
parts of the country on
implementation of key
government schemes
on Saturday, said aspi-
rational districts are
now eliminating the
barriers to the progress
of the country and they
have become accelera-
tors for growth instead
of impediments.
PM Narendra Modi
also urged district mag-
istrates to implement
‘Vocal for Local’ in their
respective districts.
“For this, you will have
to identify the skill of
your respective district
and make the value
chain stronger,” he
said.
As per the NITI Aay-
og bulletin, the Aspira-
tional Districts Pro-
gramme essentially is
aimed at localizing Sus-
tainable Development
Goals, leading to the
progress of nation.
The Prime Minister
also said, “On the one
hand, earlier, the budg-
et kept increasing,
plans kept on making,
economic development
also kept happening in
the figures, but even af-
ter 75 years of inde-
pendence, many dis-
tricts in the country
remained behind. Over
time these districts
were tagged with back-
ward districts.” —ANI
PM Narendra Modi interacts with the District Magistrates of various districts via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday.Also seen here is Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Over3.37Lnewcases,Omicrontally10k+
A total of 488 deaths were reported in country in the last 24 hours, increasing count to 4,88,884
New Delhi: India has
logged 3,37,704 new Cov-
id cases on Saturday,
while the country’s
Omicron tally has
jumped to 10,050 -- up by
3.69% from Friday. The
new Covid cases show a
slight dip as the coun-
try reported 3,47,254
new cases on Friday
.
60% deaths in ‘3rd
wave’: Max study
A study by a private hos-
pital has said that 60%
of the patients who died
during the current wave
of pandemicwereeither
partially or fully unvac-
cinated. The study by
Max Healthcare said the
deaths reported were
largely among those
aged over 70 and those
suffering from multiple
co-morbidities such as
kidney diseases, heart
diseases, diabetes, can-
cers etc. —PTI
OMICRON CONCERN
TOP 5 STATES
STATECASES
MAHARASHTRA48,270
KARNATAKA 48,049
KERALA 41,668
TAMIL NADU 29,870
GUJARAT 21,225
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government has
given an affidavit in the
Supreme Court that the
vaccine is not manda-
tory
. That is, no one can
be forced to get the vac-
cine administered to
prevent Covid. Govt has
also said that no citizen
can be asked for a cer-
tificate vaccination.
That is, if someone
does not have a certifi-
cate of vax, then on this
basis he/she cannot be
stopped from any work
nor can they be denied
any benefit.
Assam: CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma has said
that those who have not
yet been vaccinated
should stay at home. He
said that people can nei-
ther go to the hotels nor
to the parks without be-
ing jabbed. Similarly, in
Haryana: Children will
not be able to go to
school, who have not re-
ceived the jabs.
Chandigarh: Admin-
istration has gone a step
further than this. People
are being fined for going
out without getting the
vaccine shot. It has also
been said that govt em-
ployees will not get sala-
ry if the vaccine is not
administered.
Think, are these
things not in the eyes of
the central govern-
ment? Is the court not
seeing this position?
Why are people being
coerced when the vac-
cine is not mandatory
or the vaccination cer-
tificate is not manda-
tory? Why isn't the
government making
some categories of ex-
emptions, like those
made in other coun-
tries of the world?
Vaccine is not mandatory yet state
govts forcing people to get jabbed!
In Punjab, Cong
has declared
candidates for
86 seats. Only
8% tickets have
been given to
women; contrast
from UP’s 40%
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
PM Modi took direct feedback about the prog-
ress and present status of implementation of
government schemes and programmes in the
districts. It is aimed at achieving saturation of
various schemes by various depts in the districts
in mission mode, in convergence with all stake-
holders. “The work done in aspirational districts
is a matter of study for big universities. In the last
four years, there has been an increase of 4 to 5
times in Jan Dhan accounts in almost every district
of the country. Almost every family has got a toilet,
electricity has reached every village,” he added.
FEEDBACK OVER PROGRESS OF
GOVT SCHEMES IN DISTRICTS
PM SPEAKS TO DMs
Dists eliminating barriers,
becoming accelerators of the
country’s progress
Learn from each
others success,
evaluate challenges
Plan 10 tasks that can be
completed in 3 months
which improve ease of living
Plan 2 tasks that you
can club with Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav
We have to reach
100% saturation be-
tween service and fa-
cilities for each dis-
trict with a time-
bound target and cre-
ate a roadmap of
short visions for dis-
tricts that can be com-
pleted in next 2 years.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: It is being
said that Aparna Ya-
dav wanted to contest
from Lucknow Cantt
seat and logically,
Akhilesh Yadav
shouldn't have had
any problem with
this. After all, Apar-
na had contested
from this seat in the
2017 elections and
lost by a huge margin
of about 34 thousand
votes. She was defeat-
ed by Rita Bahuguna
Joshi of BJP and the
vote difference be-
tween the two was 20
per cent.
Later, Joshi became
an MP from Alla-
habad, and a by-elec-
tion was held on this
seat, in which BJP's
Suresh Chandra Ti-
wari won. This time
Aparna Yadav did not
contest and the vote
difference between
the SP and the BJP be-
came 30 per cent.
So, this time if
Aparna wanted to
fight, she could have
been given a seat.
Even if she would
have won, there would
not have been any
challenge to Akhilesh
Yadav and if she was
defeated, it would not
have mattered much.
Despite this, Akhile-
sh did not stop her
and let her go to BJP.
Therefore it is being
said in political cir-
cles that the reason is
be something else for
her joining BJP.
Keep in mind that
along with Mulayam
Singh, both Akhilesh
Yadav and Prateek Ya-
dav are embroiled in
the disproportionate
assets case. It is pos-
sible that Aparna Ya-
dav wants to get some
relief for her husband
Prateek Yadav by join-
ing BJP party
.
Has Aparna joined BJP to
safeguard her husband?
Aparna Yadav with her husband Prateek Yadav.
She has been
praising Modi
and Yogi time.
Reason that she
would not be
given ticket will
be last as there
is no bar on no.
of members of
Mulayam family
to fight polls
HIGHLIGHTS
l PM MODI WISHES
MALDIVES
PRESIDENT SOLIH
SPEEDY RECOVERY
FROM COVID
l Former Prime Minister
HD Devegowda tests
positive for Covid-19
l UP SCHOOLS TO
REMAIN SHUT TILL
JAN 30 TO PREVENT
FURTHER SPREAD
OF COVID-19
l Pune to not reopen
schools from Monday
l ODD-EVEN RULES
FOR VEHICLES
REINFORCED AS
CASES SURGE IN
NEPAL
l Those who have
contracted Covid are
eligible for vaccination
including precaution
dose only after 3
months post-recovery
l POSTMEN DELIVER
MEDICAL KITS
TO PATIENTS IN
ISOLATION IN GAYA
l Schools with high
cases closed for one
week in Pakistan
l DELHI POSITIVITY
AT 16%, HALF OF A
WEEK AGO, BUT 45
DEATHS
NO TANTRUMS! A medic takes a swab sample of a child for test
amid a surge in cases at Govt JP hospital in Bhopal on Saturday.
OUCH! Woman reacts while receiving a dose in Patna on Saturday.
FROM PG 1

BIZ BUZZ
07
Y
ou may think the
metaversewillbea
bunch of intercon-
nected virtual
spaces – the world
wide web but ac-
cessed through virtual re-
ality
. This is largely cor-
rect, but there is also a
fundamental but slightly
more cryptic side to the
metaverse that will set it
apart from today’s inter-
net: the blockchain.
In the beginning, Web
1.0 was the information
superhighway of connect-
ed computers and servers
that you could search, ex-
plore and inhabit, usually
through a centralized
company’s platform.
Around the turn of the
millennium, Web 2.0 came
to be characterized by so-
cialnetworkingsites,blog-
ging and the monetization
of user data for advertis-
ing by the centralized
gatekeepers to “free” so-
cial media platforms, in-
cluding Facebook, Snap-
Chat, Twitter and TikTok.
Web 3.0 will be the foun-
dationforthemetaverse.It
willconsistof blockchain-
enabled decentralized ap-
plications that support an
economy of user-owned
crypto assets and data.
OWNING BITS
Blockchain is a technolo-
gy that permanently re-
cords transactions, typi-
cally in a decentralized
and public database called
a ledger. Bitcoin is the
most well-known block-
chain-based cryptocur-
rency
. This decentralized
recording system is very
difficult to fool or control.
Public blockchains, like
BitcoinandEthereum,are
also transparent – all
transactions are available
for anyone on the internet
to see, in contrast to tradi-
tional banking books.
Today, you could use a
smart contract on the
blockchain to establish
your ownership of a digi-
tal object, such as a piece
of art or music, to which
no one else can claim own-
ership on the blockchain
— even if they save a copy
to their computer.
Items like artwork and
music on a blockchain are
nonfungible tokens
(NFTs). Nonfungible
means they are unique
and not replaceable. Im-
portantly
, you could use a
smart contract that says
youarewillingtosellyour
piece of digital art for
US$1 million in ether, the
currency of the Ethereum
blockchain. When I click
“agree,” the artwork and
the ether automatically
transfer ownership be-
tween us on the block-
chain.
What does this block-
chain crypto-asset stuff
have to do with the
metaverse? Everything!
Tostart,theblockchainal-
lows you to own digital
goods in a virtual world.
You won’t just own that
NFT in the real world,
you’ll own it in the virtual
world, too.
In addition, the
metaverseisn’tbeingbuilt
by any one group or com-
pany
.Differentgroupswill
build different virtual
worlds, and in the future
these worlds will be inter-
operable – forming the
metaverse. As people
move between virtual
worlds – say from Decen-
traland’s virtual environ-
ments to Microsoft’s –
they’ll want to bring their
stuff with them. If two
virtualworldsareinterop-
erable,theblockchainwill
authenticate proof of
ownership of your digital
goods in both virtual
worlds.Essentially
,aslong
as you are able to access
your crypto wallet within
avirtualworld,youwillbe
able to access your crypto
stuff.
YOUR WALLET
So what will you keep in
your crypto wallet? You
will obviously want to
carry cryptocurrencies in
the metaverse. Your cryp-
to wallet will also hold
your metaverse-only digi-
talgoods,suchasyourava-
tars, avatar clothing, ava-
tar animations, virtual
decorations and weapons.
What will people do
with their crypto wallets?
Amongotherthings,shop.
Just as you likely do on
the web now, you will
be able to purchase
traditional digital
goods like music, mov-
ies, games and apps.
You’ll also be able to
buy physical-world
itemsinthemetaverse.
Also, just like you can
use ye old leather wal-
let to carry your ID,
crypto wallets will be
linkable to real-world
identities, which could
help facilitate transac-
tions that require legal
verification, such as
buying a real-world car
or home.
BIG BUSINESS
Lastly, if the
metaverse is money,
then companies will
certainly want to play
too. Companies like
Meta will provide large
platformswherepeople
willwork,playandcon-
gregate.
Major brands are
also getting into the
NFT mix, includ-
ing Dolce Gab-
bana,Coca-Cola,
Adidas and
Nike. In the fu-
ture, when
you buy a
p h y s i c a l
world item
from a com-
pany, you
might also
gain ownership
of a linked NFT
in the metaverse.
India's Forex Reserves rise
by $2.22 bn to $634.96 bn
Mumbai: India’s for-
eign exchange (forex)
reserves rose by $2.229
billion to $634.965 bil-
lion for the week ended
January 14, 2022, the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) data showed.The
forex reserves had de-
clined by $878 million
in the previous week.
According to the
RBI’s Weekly Statisti-
cal Supplement, all cat-
egories of the forex
reserves increased
during the week ended
January 14, 2022. The
forex reserves consist
of foreign currency as-
sets, gold, SDRs and
reserve position in the
International Mone-
tary Fund (IMF).
The foreign curren-
cy assets rose by $1.345
billion to $570.737 bil-
lion. Expressed in US
dollar terms, the for-
eign currency assets
include the effect of
appreciation or depre-
ciation of non-dollar
currencies like Euro,
UK’s Pound sterling,
Japanese Yen held in
the foreign exchange
reserves. The foreign
currency assets had
declined by $497 mil-
lion to $569.392 billion
during the week ended
January 7. Value of In-
dia’s gold reserves rose
by $726 million to
$39.770 billion for the
week under review. In-
dia’s Special Drawing
Rights (SDRs) with the
IMF rose by $123 mil-
lion to $19.220 billion.
India’s reserve po-
sition with the IMF
rose by $36 million to
$5.238 billion during
week ended January
14, 2022. —ANI
$570.737
$39.770
$19.220
BILLION FOREIGN
CURRENCY ASSETS
BILLION VALUE OF INDIA’S
GOLD RESERVES
SDRS WITH
INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND
COMPOSITION OF INDIA’S FOREX RESERVES
Mumbai: ICICI Bank
on Saturday said its
net profit rose to Rs
6,194 crore ($833 mil-
lion) in the third quar-
ter of the current fi-
nancial year, posting a
year-on-year growth of
25 per cent.
The bank’s core
operating profit (profit
before provisions and
tax, excluding treas-
ury income) increased
by 25 per cent year-on-
year to Rs 10,060 crore
($1.4 billion) in the
third quarter of 2021-
22 from Rs 8,054 crore
($1.1 billion) in the
quarter ended Decem-
ber 31, 2020.
Net interest in-
come increased by 23
per cent year-on-year
to Rs 12,236 crore ($1.6
billion) in October-De-
cember 2021 quarter
from Rs 9,912 crore
($1.3 billion) in the cor-
responding period of
previous year.
The bank’s net in-
terest margin stood at
3.96 per cent in Q3 of
2021-22 compared to
3.67 per cent in Q3 of
2020-21 and 4.00 per
cent in the quarter
ended September 30,
2021.
Non-interest in-
come, excluding treas-
ury income, increased
year to Rs 4,899 crore
($659 million) in Q3 of
2021-22 from Rs 3,921
crore ($527 million) in
Q3 of 2020-21. The re-
tail loan portfolio grew
year and 5 per cent se-
quentially, and com-
prised 61.3 per cent of
the total loan portfolio
at December 31, 2021.
Including non-fund
outstanding, the retail
loan portfolio was 51.3
per cent of the total
portfolio at December
31, 2021.
The Bank had a net-
work of 5,298 branches
and 13,846 ATMs as on
December 31, 2021.
The net non-perform-
ing assets declined by
10 per cent sequential-
ly to Rs 7,344 crore
($988 million) at De-
cember 31, 2021 from
Rs 8,161 crore ($1.1 bil-
lion) at September 30,
2021. The net NPA ratio
declined to 0.85 per
cent at December 31,
2021 from 0.99 per cent
at September 30, 2021.
—ANI
YES Bank Q3 profit
surges 76.8 per cent
to Rs 266 cr
Mumbai: Private
sector lender YES
Bank on Saturday
announced Rs 266
crore net profit for
the third quarter of
the current finan-
cial year, which is
76.8 per cent higher
when compared
with Rs 151 crore
profit recorded in
the corresponding
quarter of last year.
The company’s
net profit is 18.2 per
cent higher from its
previous quarter’s
profit of Rs 225
crore.
YES Bank’s total
net income dipped
by 31.5 per cent to Rs
2,498 crore in Octo-
ber-December 2021
quarter as against
Rs 3,648 crore re-
corded in the corre-
sponding period of
previous year. The
lender’s net interest
income fell by 31.1
per cent to Rs 1,764
crore in the quarter
ended December 31,
2021. The company’s
non-interest income
plunged by 32.5 per
cent to Rs 734 crore
in the third quarter
of the current finan-
cialyear. Thebank’s
Gross NPA ratio im-
proved to 14.7 per
cent in the third
quarter of the cur-
rent financial year
as against 15.0 per
cent in the previous
quarter. The bank’s
improved NPA ratio
was due to a sub-
stantial drop in slip-
pages.
ICICI Bank net profit rises
ICICI Bank net profit rises
25 per cent to Rs 6,194 crore
25 per cent to Rs 6,194 crore
INFRA AT A GLANCE
IS KING
METAVERSE
CRYPTO
IS MONEY
Major
brands like
Dolce
Gabbana, Coca-
Cola, Adidas and
Nike are
Source: www.theconversation.com

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
56,05,292
TOTAL DEATHS
27,69,65,616
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,49,24,168
ACTIVE CASES
34,74,95,076
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,88,911
TOTAL DEATHS
3,63,01,482
TOTAL RECOVERED
21,13,338
ACTIVE CASES
3,89,03,731
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
To understand and enjoy life,
one has to seek and accept both -
light and dark, the negative and
positive and then we become ‘WHOLE’!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
IS YOGI IN DANGER
FROM LOVED ONES?
Is UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath savoring his
estranged feelings in
this election battle? The
planhasbeenlaidtosur-
roundYogiinhisstrong-
hold itself. On one hand,
BhimArmychief Chan-
drashekhar Azad has
dentedtheDalitvotesby
announcing that he will
contest against Yogi
from Gorakhpur. At the
sametime,Yogiisalsoat
loggerheads with a big
leader of Nishads, San-
jay Nishad, because the
newschannelwhichhad
shown the sting opera-
tion of Nishad is consid-
ered very close to Yogi.
Now look at the exam-
ple, the election chariot
of the newly launched
Hindi news channel of
this channel group was
to be
flagged
off by the channel head,
butthisworkwasfinally
completed by Yogi. Ni-
shad is saying that ‘Tere
rehte loota hai chaman
bhagwan, kaise maan
lun ki tera ishara nahin
tha’. Because Nishad
voters are decisive in de-
ciding the victory or de-
feat of a candidate in
Gorakhpur. This time
the ticket of Radha Mo-
han Agarwal, a four-
timeBJPMLA,hasbeen
cut for fielding Yogi
from Gorakhpur. Agar-
wal’s dissent is natural.
WHY DID PARRIKAR’S
SON BECOME A REBEL?
Utpal Parrikar, son
of late Manohar
Parrikar, an honest BJP
andverypopularinGoa,
has opened a front in
Goa against his father’s
favourite party
. To carry
forward his father’s leg-
acy
,Utpalwaspolitically
active in Panaji for the
past several years. He
was also ready to bat on
the saffron pitch but at
the last moment comes
in the picture Devendra
Fadnavis, the in-charge
of Goa. Utpal was in
constant touch with
the local BJP lead-
ers and the local unit of
the party
. Fadnavis
wanted Utpal to come
and meet him and re-
quest for a ticket. Utpal
was also adamant that
he would not go to meet
Fadnavis until the party
announced his name
fromPanaji.WhenUtpal
did not turn up to meet
Fadnavis, his ticket was
cut and the ticket was
given to a staunch oppo-
nent of Parrikar from
the Panaji seat.
NOW ALLIES ARE
SHOWING THEIR
EYES!
Recently
, BJP organ-
ized a PC in Luc-
know to show the unity
of its alliance partners
in UP. JP Nadda and
Dharmendra Pradhan
had also reached Luc-
know. Anupriya Patel
of Apna Dal (Sonewal)
and Sanjay Nishad of
were also seen with Na-
dda and Pradhan. Anu-
priya was made to talk
to Shah on phone. Anu-
priya repeated demand
of 20 tickets for herself.
Shah told Anupriya -
‘You are like my young-
er sister, your honour
will be fully protected’.
So 18 seats for Apna Dal
(Sonewal) and 10 for
Sanjay Nishad were fi-
nalised. Whereas earli-
er BJP was to leave 15
seats for Anupriya and
only 4 seats for Nishad.
Anupriya attended this
press conference only
after getting a solid as-
surance from Shah.
Now BJP has to give its
won seat to An-
upriya. 2
seats of Be-
naras and 1
Rampur are
being left
for Anupri-
ya. Apna
Dal (S) is
field-
ing
a Muslim candidate
from Rampur. Anupri-
ya can also get a seat in
Lucknow. Sanjay Ni-
shad has also got the lot-
tery. He has a shortfall
of eligible candidates to
be contested on 10 seats,
so 5 tickets have come
directly in possession
of those with money
.
SONIA’S ADVICE TO
SIDHU
Sonia Gandhi was to
discuss seat wise
with the senior Con-
gress leaders of Punjab
regarding ticket distri-
bution in Punjab. But
Sidhu became so ag-
gressive in this Zoom
meeting that Sonia had
to postpone the meeting
in just 10 minutes.
Sources tell that as soon
as the meeting started
and as soon as Sidhu
did not like any
name, he started
blaming that claim-
ant citing police cas-
es, doubtful charac-
ter etc. Sonia was so
enraged by these simi-
les of Sidhu that
she asked sen-
ior party leader Sunil
Jakhar to explain to
your Sidhu how these
election meetings are
held. ‘First of all, sit to-
gether and finalize a
name on each seat, then
I will join the meeting.’
Saying this, Sonia dis-
connected the Zoom
meeting.
CAPTAIN’S
DILEMMA!
Former Punjab CM
Captain Amarinder
Singh is now directly
urging his close people
tojointheBJP
.Inameet-
ing of his close ones,
Captain has made it
clear that he does not
know what the future of
hisformedpartyisgoing
to be after the Punjab
elections. Either it will
remain or they will
merge it with BJP
, so
they should think of
joining BJP
. In this elec-
tion, Captain wants his
daughter to contest,
while his wife Preneet
Kaur wants to field her
son. Now it has been
agreedbythecouplethat
why should not both son
and daughter be given
tickets. But Captain Sa-
hib is afraid that if both
his son and daughter
lose the election, then
who will take his politi-
cal legacy forward?
LOTUS GRAPH!
Has the rising graph
of the Lotus party
affected by evil eye of
the opponents? If sourc-
es are to be believed,
Amit Shah, the number
two of the central govt,
recently sought time to
meet at least 3 opposing
CMs and expressed his
desire to consult with
them regarding the pos-
sible Presidential elec-
tion in July
. These CMs
are Jagan Mohan Reddy
of Andhra, K Chan-
drashekhar Rao of Tel-
angana and Naveen Pat-
naik of Odisha. Shah
was surprised when the
three CMs said more or
less the same thing
about the possible meet-
ing. ‘Let the result of UP
come first, then we will
see what to do with the
required numbers’. Is it
just a coincidence or a
sign of future politics?
SP SETTLED THE
ACCOUNT WITH
JAYANT!
As soon as Akhilesh
Yadav has come to
know about Chhote
Choudhary i.e. RLD
chief Jayant Choud-
hary’s saffron plans, he
is slowly gnawing the
wings of Chhote Choud-
hary
. The seat of Anoop
Shahar which was fixed
for RLD was given to
NCP, in Bijnor also SP
fielded its candidates.
Siwalkhas seat of
Meerut was fixed for
RLD, from there Akh-
ilesh fielded RLD’s
Ghulam Muhammad on
SP ticket.
...AND FINALLY
Akhilesh, who spe-
cializes in politi-
cal disguises, has out-
done his uncle Shivpal,
who is well-versed in
politics. Where earlier
the uncle was demand-
ing 10 seats from his
nephew. When neph-
ew’s stature rose, un-
cle’s demand came to 6
seats, Akhilesh has
made it clear to his un-
cle that he can give par-
ty ticket to him only.
This time if govt is
formed, he should get
his old ministry also,
which he had in 2012.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Yogi Adityanath Sonia Gandhi
Utpal Parrikar Amit Shah
TRIBUTE TO UNTOLD HISTORY
Gujarat’s tableau for the Republic Day parade remembers massacre that killed 1,200 in Sabarkantha
Nilesh Shukla
Lucknow: With India
celebrating her 75th
year of Independ-
ence, Gujarat has
turned its focus in-
wards for this year’s
tableau at the Repub-
lic Day parade which
will take place in New
Delhi on Wednesday.
The float pays tribute
to Motilal Tejawat.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, during his
days as Chief Minister
of Gujarat, shone a
spotlight on the mostly
forgotten story of
Tejawat.
Barely three years
after the Jallianwalla
Bagh massacre, in
which troops under
British command
killed at least 379 un-
armed demonstrators
on April 6, 1919, about
1,200 people were
killed in the remote
Bhil-dominated villag-
es of Palchitaria and
Dadhavav in Sabar-
kantha district on
March 7, 1922.
Born in Koliyari
(now in Jhadol tehsil,
Udaipur district, Ra-
jasthan in 1886),
Tejawat quit his job at
the tehsil office after
seeing the oppression
of the local Bhil peo-
ple at the hands of the
Thakur and the Brit-
ish.
Greatly affected by
the Bijolia movement,
he then organized sev-
eral meetings in Bhil
villages and was suc-
cessful in articulating
the grievances and de-
mands of the Bhil peo-
ple. This gave Tejawat
the confidence to as-
sociate his movement
with the larger Inde-
pendence movement
led by Gandhiji.
Meanwhile, reform-
ist newspapers had
picked up on the Eki
movement, which
aimed at stopping ex-
ploitation of Bhils.
The rising mass move-
ment set alarm bells
rings for the British,
who were still reeling
from the bad press
from the Jallianwala
Bagh incident. So, at
noon on March 7, 1922,
Mewar Bhil Corps
(MBC)—a paramili-
tary force commanded
by British officer Ma-
jor HG Sutton—opened
fired on a large Adiva-
si gathering led by
Tejawat.
Even though more
than 1,200 people died,
Major Sutton de-
scribed the massacre
as a ‘skirmish’ in
which only 22 people
were killed.
Despite being seri-
ously injured, Tejawat
managed to escape
into the the hills
where he stayed until
he surrendered on the
request of Mahatma
Gandhi in 1929 and re-
mained imprisoned
thereafter. He died in
Udaipur in 1963.
As with every year,
this year’s tableau was
prepared with input
from the Information
Department of the Gu-
jarat Government, un-
der the guidance of
Secretary
, Informa-
tion Broadcasting
Department Avantika
Singh, Director of In-
formation DP Desai,
subject expert and his-
torian writer Vishnu
Pandya, Pankaj Modi
and Deputy Director
of Information, Hiren
Bhatt. The tableau has
been designed and
constructed by Sid-
dheshwar Kanuga,
owner of Smart Graph
Art Pvt. Ltd.
The state’s tableau for the Republic Day parade will highlight the untold story of genocide under British Rule in tribal villages.
`5L for
photos?
Okay, says
civic body
First India Bureau
Surat: The Var-
achha-A Zone
of Surat city
had presented a
bill of Rs5 lakh,
allegedly spent
on photograph-
ing leaders and
c o u n c i l l o r s
while laying the
f o u n d a t i o n
stone of several
projects, Seva
Setu and Gareeb
Kalyan Mela.
The bill was
presented in the
Public Works De-
partment (PWD)
and was passed
despite opposi-
tion from AAP
members.
The bill, pre-
sented on Janu-
ary 18, does not
specify the details
or the time of the
photographs.
Also, it was
only one zone’s
bill; the remain-
ing nine zones are
yet to present
their bills.
Rohini Patil,
PWD chairman,
said, “Under sec-
tion 73D small im-
portant works are
proposed. They
are granted, after
discussion in the
meeting.”

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ETC
hile undertaking an
investigative study
commissioned by
Brooke India, the In-
dia chapter of UK-
based equine charity
Brooke, the writer
came to know about several
fascinating facts about don-
keys, the beasts of ultimate
burden. The study titled
“Hidden Hide” is about the
Donkey Hide Trade (DHT)
going on illegally in India.
While the Study reveals
that the illegal donkey hide
trade is bringing donkeys on
the verge of extinction in In-
dia, the investigation re-
vealed following lesser-
known facts about donkeys:-
COSTLY DONKEY MILK
Can you guess what the price
of 1 litre of donkey milk is?
Any wild guesses? It sells up
to Rs 7000/litre as it is a very
good immunity booster and
very close to human milk.
The people who are allergic
to bovine milk can easily di-
gest donkey milk. And hold
on, a big surprise about don-
key milk is on the way. An
Iranian university is con-
ducting research on the ef-
fects of Donkey Milk on the
COVID-19 patients and early
signs are positive. Mean-
while in India, the National
Research Centre for Equines
(NRCE) has sent a proposal
to the Food Safety and Stand-
ards Authority of India (FS-
SAI) to recognize donkey
milk as a food product.
DONKEY BLOOD ENERGY DRINK
FOR ATHLETES
The investigation in Andhra
Pradesh pointed out that
some athletes, specially
sprinters, drink blood of
donkeys to enhance their
stamina and energy. The in-
vestigation revealed that
donkey blood is sold for Rs
4000/litre in Andhra.
DONKEY URINE
Most people laugh at people
who drink cow’s urine for
medicinal and religious pur-
poses. But, do you know
some people drink donkey’s
urine too as a cure for sev-
eral ailments. Donkey’s
urine costs upto Rs 500 per
litre. It is used in Siddha
medicine. Benefits of donkey
urine therapy have been
mentioned by researchers as
a remedy for people suffer-
ing from insanity, epilepsy
and seizures. The mode of
intake of this urine is men-
tioned as drinking it as it is.
Besides, donkey urine is also
helpful in curing diabetes
and diseases caused by
worms.
DONKEY DUNG
Donkey’s dung is a very good
natural manure that helps
crops grow. Vijay Shankar
Singh, a farmer in Alampur
village of Bihar’s Rohtas dis-
trict, said that ever since he
has started donkey’s dung in
his farms the crop produc-
tion has increased as com-
pared to past when he used
to use chemical fertilizers.
DONKEY MEAT
In several localities of
Andhra Pradesh and Telan-
gana donkey meat is eaten
there as people, including
doctors, are obsessed with
donkey meat believing it to
have medicinal values that
cure several ailments includ-
ing complex sex drive among
men folks. In Tadepalli local-
ity of Andhra Pradesh (vis-
ited by this author) several
meat sellers openly sell don-
key meat despite ban by the
government. Hundreds of
donkeys are butchered on
every Thursdays and Sun-
days there. The Andhra
butchers procure these don-
keys from other states and
illegally bring them to
Andhra for butchering and
selling their meat. Gopal R.
Surabathula, Founder- Secre-
tary of the Animal Rescue
Organization, is pursuing a
legal battle to get the illegal
sale of donkey meat and
slaughter of donkeys
stopped. “If the slaughtering
of donkeys continues at this
pace, 10 year down the line,
the entire donkey population
would be wiped out,” Sura-
bathula said.
DONKEY HIDE (SKIN) TRADE
Brooke India (BI) has got
this Investigative Study con-
ducted on the Donkey Hide
Trade (DHT) going on ille-
gally in India. The Study, ti-
tled “The Hidden Hide” was
conducted by this writer. A
drastic decrease in the don-
key population across the
country was the trigger for
this Investigative Study
, com-
missioned by BI. From the
2012 Livestock Census until
the latest Livestock Census
of 2019, the donkey popula-
tion has decreased by 61.23
per cent. China is directly
and indirectly to blame for
the fall in the donkey popula-
tion not only in India but
across the globe as donkey
hide (skin) is used for manu-
facturing Ejiao, a traditional
Chinese medicine.
Ejiao is donkey hide gela-
tin or ass-hide glue obtained
from the skin of a donkey by
soaking and stewing. Ejiao is
an ingredient to treat differ-
ent types of illness such as
bleeding, dizziness, insomnia
and dry cough. It is also a
health fad, believed to pro-
long life, increase sex drive
and maintain beauty
, and has
seen an explosion in demand
for China’s rising middle
class. Several previous stud-
ies, conducted in several
countries, categorically men-
tion that the soaring demand
for donkey hides in China for
Ejiao has left the global don-
key population in crisis.
Alarmed by the drastic de-
crease in the donkey popula-
tion in India, BI conducted
this investigative undercover
study. The final report of
this Study has been submit-
ted with the Animal Hus-
bandry Commissioner.
SHARAT K VERMA
sharatkverma@gmail.com
SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS OF DONKEYS
GOOD BONDING WITH FELLOW DONKEYS
Donkeys love to live in pairs. In any
herd, donkeys develop their friendly
donkeys with fellow donkeys and they
love to stay with them. Several donkey
traders told this writer that if they
sell one donkey to anyone, they have
to sell pair’s other donkeys otherwise
they refuse to work, no matter how
much you beat them up, they would not
work at all.
MALE DONKEYS WOO FEMALES
Another interesting fact came to
light during this investigation that
if female donkeys are kept in a
herd, the male donkeys start woo-
ing them and often compete with
fellow males to catch the attention
of females. If the herd’s owner
takes away females, the males “go
on strike” and refuse to work at any
cost.
DONKEYS ARE NOT DUFFER
Unlike the common be-
lief, donkeys are not duf-
fers but intelligent spe-
cies. Contrary to horses,
donkeys can go to a par-
ticular destination on
their own and you need
not to guide them. More
surprisingly, they return
to their place on their
own after unloading the
goods they carry. Last
year (2021), Brooke In-
dia conducted a work-
shop in Delhi on the top-
ic Donkeys Intelligent
Species. At this work-
shop, experts proved
that donkeys are not duf-
fer but intelligent. So
next time when you
equate someone with a
donkey to insult him, it
is not the insult of that
person but an insult of
the donkey.
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LESSER-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT DONKEYS

he ongoing
p a n d e m i c
might have
shifted the
runways to a
digital plat-
form but, the
trends have been the
rayof sunshineamid
the gloom of lost
physical catwalks.
As the year tran-
scends into the re-
turn of work from
home and quar-
antines, the
trend of do-
p a m i n e
d r e s s i n g
had to take
the lead. Do-
pamine dress-
ing aka feel-good,
mood-boosting dress-
ing, is the new black
with colours like tangy
orange and lemon yel-
lowtakingcentrestage.
Here are four ways to
dress up in dopamine.
POWER SUITING
Suits in any season are
always a hit. They are
structured, bold and
when paired with
some colour look ul-
tra-chic. A fierce crim-
son blazer or a royal
blue pantsuit can be
the spirited choices for
a wardrobe makeover
or even a dandelion in-
spired yellow suit to
induce a happy mood.
SNAZZY FOOTWEAR
Footwears are the star
of any ensemble and
since dopamine dress-
ing is all about incor-
porating colour, heels
in different colours
can be your go-to solu-
tion. Block, platform
and stilettos in col-
ours like burnt or-
ange, hot pink and in
styles like knitted and
a mule could be a great
new addition.
EYE CATCHING
OUTERWEAR
Jackets, blazers, coats,
in colours like green,
blue and pink are the
new game-changers.
The good old denim
works great but to add
colour and elevate
mood try silk jackets
as it adds sheen and
luxe or pastel suede to
add the oomph factor.
COZY KNITWEAR
Since the winters are
in an uproar, add col-
ours to your turtleneck
in shades of yellow,
maroon, green and or-
ange. They attract
warmth, cosiness, and
a wave of happy mood
while you attend work
from home zoom
meetings.
OPAMINE
RESSING
ETC
11
DOPAMINE DRESSING MEANS FEEL-GOOD, THESE
DRESSING STYLE ARE THE NEW TREND IN THE
FASHION WORLD. THE COMBINATION OF BLACK
WITH BRIGHT COLOURS IS TAKING CENTRE STAGE
MONICA PRABHAKAR
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
T

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
INSIDE EDGE:
Inside Edge is totally a guilty
pleasure. Created by Karan
Anshuman, the Indian sports
drama series revolves around
match-fixing by a T20 franchise
‘Mumbai Mavericks’ however,
the franchise and players are
later revealed to be mere
puppets in the larger game
of money and power. The
dynamism of the characters,
the dark and exciting plot twists
and intense India vs Pakistan ri-
valry is going to keep you glued
to the edge of your seat.
Where to watch- Amazon Prime
Video
FAMILY BUSINESS:
The comic series features a
family living in Paris who make
efforts to turn their declining
kosher butcher shop into a
marijuana café after learning
their country is legalizing the
drug, offering them a chance
to increase their profits. The
sitcom is funny enough to
make your stomach hurt.
Where to watch: Netflix
YE KALI KALI ANKHEIN
When was the last time you saw
a good love triangle story in a
drama? Well, a new Netflix drama
‘Ye Kali Kali Ankhein’ is all set to
take its views on an emotional
ride. Vikrant is a small-town boy
who aspires to settle down with
an engineering job and marry the
love of his life. But his dreams
come crashing when he becomes
the object of Purva's desire, the
daughter of a politician who will
go to any extent to get him. Will
Vikrant be able to free himself
from Purva and her lethal family
to reclaim his true love?
Where to watch: Netflix
uttack, Janu-
ary 23, 1897.
Janki Nath, a
p r o m i n e n t
Bengalilawyer
andhiswifePrabhavati
Bose gave birth to their
ninthchildamongfour-
teen, who would usher
in a revolution in Brit-
ish India. At a young
age, Subhash Chandra
Bose, who excelled in
his studies was impact-
ed by Swami Vive-
kanand’s philosophy
.
Influenced by national-
ist ideology
, he rebelled
againstaprofessorwho
slandered his country
and being deeply dis-
turbed by the Jallian-
walla Bagh massacre,
left the Civil Services
apprenticeshipmidway
in1921,London.In
1928, Congress’sMo-
tilal Nehru Committee
recommendedDomina-
tion Status but Bose op-
posed it, declaring that
he would be satisfied
with nothing less than
completeindependence
for India. Bose and Hit-
ler came in touch and
Hitler,impressedbyhis
conviction and nation-
alism, lent his support
through his ally, Ja-
pan. Bose assisted
Japan in defeating
Singapore, liberat-
ing 45000 Indian sol-
diers from British con-
trol and organised the
AzadHindFauj.Bose,a
resolute man who trav-
elled to the far reaches
of the globe to fight for
his country’s freedom,
met heads of state from
various governments
and convinced them of
his sincerity to lead his
country to freedom, is
indeed a fascinating
story
. Clement Richard
Attlee the British
Prime Minister be-
tween 1945 and 1951,
who signed off on the
decision to grant India
independence visited
Indiain1956andstayed
in Kolkata as a guest of
the then-Governor PB
Chakraborthy. In his
memoirs, governor
Chakraborthy stated
that Atlee once said
that the erosion of loy-
alty to the British
crown among Indian
forces as a result of Ne-
taji’s military activi-
ties shook them, and
Gandhi’s influence on
the British decision
was actually “Mini-
mal.” On August 18,
1945, Subhas Chandra
Bose was reportedly
killed in an air crash
over Taipeh, Taiwan.
Though it is widely as-
sumed that he survived
the plane crash, little
information about him
has been discovered.
Although Netaji is not
amongst us today, he
will always be reign
over us as a patriotic
icon.
A tribute to Bose...
WEEKEND LOCKDOWN BINGE!
MITRA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
C
he weekend is
here but also
the weekend
l o c k d o w n .
Therefore, the
Sunday nights have to
be binge-worthy and
all about munching
and relaxing in our
cozy blankets. Thanks
to the OTT platforms
for offering an endless
list of options to all its
viewers.
Here’s rolling out
the top 4 series you
need to binge on this
weekend!
NITIKA
PANJWANI
WHISTLEBLOWER:
If you're curious about the
intricacies of educational
scams then 'The Whistle-
blower' is a must-watch. The
series recreate a fictional
version of the infamous
‘Vyapam scam,’ a Madhya
Pradesh-based education
racket that was exposed in
2013. The story of the show
is told through the eyes of a
whistleblower who wants to
expose the racket after his
father got murdered while
exposing the same scam.
Where to watch: SonyLIV
T
The walled city of Shahjahanabad or the Purani Delhi seems
to be changing fast. It is seen to be filled beyond capacity
these days with shoppers and distractions hanging around
the shop windows. There is evidence of construction with
old buildings being replaced with new ones, haunting the
spectators about the thought of the old beauty behind the blue
and yellow tarpaulins. A devotee of old architecture might feel
helpless walking around Shahjahanabad and feel a sense of
profound loss with the old paving the way for modernisation.
CHANGE IS SWIFT!
UTTKARSHA
SHEKHAR
sawapictureof Mount Ever-
est in my GK Book, ever
since it made me wish to
climbtothetopof theworld.
In2017,IrealisedIwishto
learneverythingaboutmoun-
tains.So,Ihadappliedformy
basicMountaineeringCourse
at NIM and the waiting list
was 2 years long. I did some
over15highaltitudetreksand
COVIDhappened.Andfinally
,
in2021,IcompletedmyBMC,
andeversinceIhaveclimbed
6mountainssheadded.This
littleclimberwantstoclimb
alll8000mtby 30and want
to tell this world that 'Give
wingsto a woman, and she
will show you how to fly,
that too very high', she also
wantstoopenaschoolforthe
underprivilegedsothatthey
cangivewingstotheirdreams
formoutaineering asmoun-
taineering is expensive and
they can’t afford it. She is
planning to attempt Mt.
Everest Lhotse this
April. And wants to mark
her territory as the first
female Vegan to conquer
them. a
PRAKRITI
PRAKRITI
oughness is
in the soul
and spirit
and not in
the muscles!
A nomadic
woman with
a mountain to climb,
half in love with her-
self andhalf withobliv-
ion. City First in an ex-
clusive conversation
withPrakritiVarshney
,
a Delhit and a true
daughterof nature!
26-year-old Prakriti
proved that she wasn't
born to become the
queen of the golden
cagebutcreatedtocon-
quer the world! At the
youngageof 20,sheleft
herhomeandmovedin
the arms of nature.
Just like her name
Prakiti, she has a soul
of gypsy
, the heart of
a hippie and the spirit
of a fighter. When
asked about the jour-
ney she shared, I
have been a wild and
brave child ever since
Icameintothisworld,
that’s what my dad
says about me.
Her dad has been her
greatestsupportsystem
back when I was 16, I
A DAUGHTER OF
A DAUGHTER OF
NATURE
NATURE
Prakriti Varshney
T

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