24062021 first india ahmedabad

HC notice to IAF on plea of employee unwilling to take jab
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Gu-
jarat High Court has is-
sued a notice to the In-
dian Air Force on a peti-
tion filed by IAF corpo-
ral Yogender Jumar,
posted in Jamnagar,
challenging the show
cause notice issued to
him for termination of
service after he ex-
pressed his unwilling-
ness to get vaccinated
against COVID-19.
In an order passed on
Tuesday, a division
bench of Justices AJ
Desai and AP Thaker is-
sued the notice to the
IAF and Central gov-
ernment and also di-
rected the IAF not to
take any coercive action
against petitioner Ku-
mar until July 1.
Kumar had moved
the HC seeking a direc-
tion to quash the show
cause notice dated May
10, in which the IAF
stated that his stand
against vaccination
“verges to gross indisci-
pline”, and his continu-
ation in the service is
likely to adversely im-
pact the health of other
“air warriors and AF
civilians”.
“The IAF is of the
opinion that your con-
tinuation in the disci-
plined force like Indian
Air Force is undesira-
ble and you need to be
separated from the ser-
vice,” the petitioner
said quoting the notice
issued to him.
The plea said the de-
cision of respondent
no. 1 (IAF) to dismiss
the petitioner for refus-
ing to take vaccine is
not only contrary to the
guidelines of the Union
of India, but also vio-
lates Articles 14 and 21
of the Constitution of
India. “The termina-
tion from job due to un-
willingness to take
COVID-19 vaccine is
completely illegal, un-
constitutional and arbi-
trary on part of re-
spondent no.1,” Kumar
said in his plea while
seeking the court’s di-
rection to quash the no-
tice and direct the IAF
not to force him to get
vaccinated.
Turn to P6
Gujarat High Court. —FILE PHOTO
QUESTION OF OPINION
IAF had fired the petitioner stating
his stand against vaccination ‘verged
to gross indiscipline’
`9,371cr
ED TRANSFERS 41% OF
FRAUD BY MALLYA, MODI,
CHOKSI TO ‘VICTIM’ BANKS
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi - all facing extradition trials -
have defrauded Public Sector Banks by siphoning off the funds through
their companies which resulted in total loss of ` 22,585.83 crore to the banks
CAPTAIN FAILS TO MEET SONIA,
SIDHU ON HIS ‘WAY OUT’!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: After Captain
Amarinder Singh’s failure
to take an appointment
from Congress President
Sonia Gandhi on Wednes-
day, finally a ‘disappointed’
Punjab CM left
back for Chandi-
garh. His ‘repeat-
ed’ stand to form
a three-member
panel to not to
a c c o m m o d a t e
Navjot Sidhu on
any important assignment
might have irked Gandhi
family. So at the moment
there is a complete com-
munication gap or dead-
lock between Captain and
high command. Mean-
while, Punjab Incharge
Harish Rawat has again
invited Sidhu to appear be-
fore a three member panel,
but there is little hope that
a ‘defiant’ Sidhu may fall in
line. According to
political observ-
ers, as a matter
of fact, in an on-
going Captain-
Sidhu faceoff, the
authority of high
command has
come on stake.
Meanwhile, during the
day, Sidhu camp was vis-
ibly busy in working out
the modalities and option
of their leader’s likely exit
from the Congress party.
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has transferred Rs
9,371 crore out of the
total assets worth Rs
18,170 crore seized from
Vijay Mallya, Nirav
Modi and Mehul Chok-
si to various public sec-
tor banks as well as the
central government.
Vijay Mallya, Nirav
Modi and Mehul
Choksi’s defrauding
have resulted in total
loss of Rs 22,585.83
crore to banks.
The assets were
seized under Preven-
tion of Money Laun-
dering Act
In a tweet, ED said
that the amount at-
tached/seized from the
trio is 80% of the total
losses to the banks.
“ED not only at-
tached/seized assets
worth of Rs 18,170.02
crore (80.45% of total
loss to banks) in case of
Vijay Mallya, Turn to P6
DEBT TRIBUNAL SELLS MALLYA-OWNED UNITED
BREWERIES SHARES FOR `5,824.50 CRORE
New Delhi: The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) Wednesday sold shares of
United Breweries Ltd — owned by businessman Vijay Mallya and attached by
the Enforcement Directorate (ED) — for Rs 5,824.50 crore, said the agency
in a statement. The anti-money laundering agency said the sale of shares was
conducted on behalf of a consortium led by State Bank of India (SBI). The En-
forcement Directorate said it expects a second round of sale of shares of Mallya
worth Rs 800 crore on June 25.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Mumbai: On the closing bell, Sensex was at 52,306 while the 50-stock
NSE Nifty was at 15,686. Maruti Suzuki India once again ended as the
top Sensex gainer surging 2.29%, followed by Titan Company and Bajaj
Finserv. Only 8 of the 30 Sensex constituents ended in the green. Among
the worst performers were Larsen & Toubro and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
SENSEX ENDS
AT 52,306, NIFTY
BELOW 15,700
Centre asks Maha, Kerala,
MP to take strict measures
New Delhi: The Union
Health Secretary Rajesh
Bhushan has written to
chief secretaries of
MadhyaPradesh,Kerala
and Maharashtra, ask-
ing them to take up im-
mediate containment
measuresinthedistricts
and clusters, where
COVID-19 ‘Delta Plus’
variant has been detect-
ed,includingpreventing
crowds Turn to P6
‘Guv Dhankhar
interfering in
Assembly work’
3rd in 15 days:
Prashant Kishor
meets Pawar
HC refuses to
stay notice to
FB, WhatsApp
First India Bureau
Kolkata: In the latest
turn of events in the
ongoing “Cold War” be-
tween the West Bengal
government and state
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar, West Bengal
Assembly Speaker Bi-
man Banerjee has com-
plained against Gover-
nor Dhankhar.
Biman Banerjee, in a
virtual meeting with
the Speakers of differ-
ent states and Speaker
of the Lok Sabha Om
Birla, complained that
there has been “exces-
sive interference” of
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar Turn to P6
New Delhi: Political
strategist Prashant
Kishor met Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
supremo Sharad Pawar
in New Delhi on
Wednesday, a day after
leaders of eight opposi-
tion parties gathered at
Pawar’s residence and
discussed various is-
sues facing the country
.
According to sourc-
es, the closed-door dis-
cussions between
Kishor and Pawar, held
at the latter’s residence
in Delhi, lasted for
about an hour.
New Delhi: The Delhi
high court has refused
to stay the Competition
Commission of India
(CCI) notice asking Fa-
cebook and WhatsApp
to furnish certain infor-
mation in relation to a
probe ordered by it into
the instant messaging
app’snewprivacypolicy
.
A vacation bench of
Justice Anup Jairam
Bhambhani and Justice
Jasmeet Singh said that
an application seeking
stay of further steps in
the investigation has
been filed, in which a
notice was issued to the
director general (DG)
of CCI and no interim
relief was Turn to P6
Fingers crossed: PM’s
J&K all-party meet today
New Delhi: Former
Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister and
PDP chief Mehbooba
Mufti arrived in Delhi
to participate in the all-
party meeting called by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
.
PM Modi will discuss
restoring Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K)’s state-
hood and delimitation
exercise needed for con-
ducting polls in the val-
ley when he meets
mainstream political
parties from the region
on Thursday — a sig-
nificant milestone that
India’s top leadership
has set its eyes on after
months of strategising
by National Security
Adviser (NSA) Ajit Dov-
al, according to official
sources.
The sources, who are
privy to the develop-
ments,hadsaidthatJ&K
will be granted state-
hood soon, Turn to P6
Mehbooba arrives in Delhi.
LoC put on alert ahead of
crucial J&K meeting. P5
INDIA GUJARAT
50,848
new cases
1,358
new fatalities
138
new cases
03
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
‘DELTA PLUS’
VARIANT
Indian captain Virat Kohli, right, hugs to congratulate New Zealand
captain Kane Williamson on their win on the sixth day of the World Test
Championship final at Rose Bowl in Southampton, England on Wednesday.
New Zealand outclass India, clinch
1st World Test Championship title
Southampton: New Zea-
land enjoyed the greatest
triumph in their cricket
history as they beat India
by eight wickets in the
inaugural World Test
Championship final at
SouthamptononWednes-
day
. Two years on from
their agonising Super
Over loss to England in
the 50-over World Cup fi-
nal at Lord’s, New Zea-
land’s men claimed their
first major global title.
Set a victory target of
just 139 in 53 overs, New
Zealand finished on 140-2
with more than seven
overs left after the match
was extended into the re-
serve sixth day after two
days’playwerecomplete-
ly washed out.
India off-spinner Ravi-
chandran Ashwin re-
ducedNewZealandto44-2
afterremovingbothopen-
ers.ButNewZealandcap-
tain Kane Williamson (52
not out) and Ross Taylor
(47notout),theteam’stwo
most-experienced bats-
men, shared an unbroken
stand of 96 to seal victory
.
The real damage was
done by New Zealand’s
all-pace attack, with In-
dia dismissed for just 170
in their second innings
earlier Wednesday de-
spite a rare sunny day in
this match at the Hamp-
shire Bowl providing the
best batting conditions
of the entire game. Tim
Southee took 4-48 in 19
overs, with Rishabh Pant
(41) the only India bats-
man to manage a score
above 30 in the innings.
This final marked the
culmination of a two-
year cycle of series to
determine Test cricket’s
first official world cham-
pions.
217
170
IND
249
140
NZ
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has moved the Supreme Court seeking
a stay on the proceedings in multiple cases lodged against him in various
states over his alleged remarks on the efficacy of allopathy in the treatment
of Covid-19, Bar and Bench reported. Ramdev has also sought protection
from coercive actions in FIRs lodged by the Indian Medical Association.
RAMDEV MOVES
SC SEEKING STAY
ON MULTIPLE FIRs

NEWS
AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
fourth phase of the state
government’s Sujalam
Sufalam Jal Abhiyan
initiative has attained
unprecedented success,
said Chief Minister Vi-
jay Rupani on Wednes-
day. This year, despite
the COVID-19 pandemic
crisis, Gujarat’s water
storage capacity has in-
creased by 19,717 lakh
cubic feet.
The initiative was
launched by CM Rupani
as part of a water con-
servation campaign
from Kosmadi village in
Bharuch on May 1, 2018.
It was touted to be an
important step towards
increasing water stor-
age resources in the
state as well as raising
the water levels.
Out of 18,515 projects
commissioned in 2018,
over 7,552 lakes were
deepened and water
storage capacity was in-
cubic feet. In the year
2019, out of 11,901 pro-
jects, 4,727 lakes were
deepened and water
cubic feet. Last year, af-
ter the COVID-19 pan-
demic hit Gujarat, in
2020, of the total 11,072
projects slated for exe-
cution, 4,309 lakes were
deepened and the water
cubic feet during the
lockdown.
Topping the previous
three years’ perfor-
mance, the fourth phase
of the Sujalam Sufalam
Jal Abhiyan was inau-
gurated by the CM from
Vadavali village of Cha-
nasma taluka in Patan
district this year. Over
15,210 projects have al-
ready been completed
as of June 10.
The state-wide water
conservation campaign
commissioned by the
chief minister has re-
ceived a positive re-
sponse from the public.
With concentrated ef-
forts, the state govern-
ment has been able to
increase the water stor-
age capacity by 61,781
lakh cubic feet in the
last four years.
Workers engaged for execution of a water conservation project.
Guj’s water storage capacity up by 19,717 lakh cubic feet: CM
UNDER THE SUJALAM SUFALAM
JAL ABHIYAN, CONCENTRATED
EFFORTS HAVE HELPED THE STATE
CONSERVE THE VITAL RESOURCE
DROPS OF LIFE
Crop sowing 50% less,
Crop sowing 50% less,
cotton cultivation 42% less
cotton cultivation 42% less
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: While
sowing for cash crops is
down by 50% and cotton
sowing is down by 42%
compared to last year, ag-
riculturalists say there is
no reason to worry as of
now. They say that while
some crops will see the
same amount of sowing
as that of last year, others
are expected to see an up-
ward trend in the coming
weeks. The area under
cotton cultivation, they
specifically predict, will
likely witness a very
large jump.
“Low sowing can be at-
tributed to cyclone Tauk-
tae and late rains, but
these figures (as of June
21) should not discourage
or worry the state or the
agriculture sector. In the
coming weeks, these
numbers are going to see
a considerable increase. I
strongly believe most
will meet last year num-
bers and some, like cot-
ton, will break old re-
cords,” Harsad Gohel,
senior agricultural jour-
nalist, told First India.
He explains: “Farmers
were not able to clear
their fields of the re-
mains of the winter crop
due to Tauktae and this
delayed sowing in some
areas. Farmers in some
parts of the state practise
advance sowing, mean-
ing they sow with the
help of surface or under-
ground water even before
the monsoon season be-
gins. This was not possi-
ble this year because of
Tauktae.”
He continues: “Late
rains are another reason,
but that will not have a
major effect either--with
every district and taluka
reporting rain this week,
farmers have started
sowing and numbers will
rise soon.”
Gohel says that, in his
experience, cotton sow-
ing is likely to break re-
cords this year.
“The minimum price
of cotton is Rs1,200 for
20kg and Rs1,500 in the
open market, which will
encourage farmers to re-
turn to cotton and sowing
will be much higher.
However, groundnut sow-
ing could remain either
at the same level as last
year or fall slightly less
despite the good prices,
since farmers fear that
the boom will not last a
third consecutive year.
KHARIF SOWING TILL JUNE 21, 2021 (in hectares)
Crop Average of 2020 2021 Changes
last 3 years in % (+/-)
Paddy 8,31,592 1,505 6,384 324.19
Millet 1,71,240 6,812 718 -89.46
Jowar 36,765 435 159 -63.45
Corn 3,00,494 804 3,590 346.52
Tuvar 2,32,333 1,550 3,962 155.61
Mung 83,529 1,881 299 -84.1
Math 12,630 104 0 -100
Udad 98,328 886 280 -68.4
TOTAL 4,30,585 4,477 4,558 1.81
PULSES
Groundnut 16,95,077 6,56,698 2,60,220 -60.
Til (sesame) 1,14,571 7,380 651 -91.18
Castor 6,37,431 69 155 124.64
Soy bean 1,28,723 9,194 4,191 -54.42
Cotton 25,53,236 6,05,690 3,52,085 -41.87
Tobacco 50,848 10 10 0
Guvar seeds 1,33,902 354 240 -32.
TOTAL 85,54,813 13,94,202 6,89,472 -50.55
KHARIF
ANALYSTS SAY NUMBERS WILL IMPROVE NOW THAT RAINS HAVE BEGUN IN EARNEST
Farmers have started sowing since every taluka has witnessed rain in
the past week. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: As the
nation battles the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, the
prices of raw materials
have skyrocketed,
there is erosion in the
working capital and
Micro, Small and Me-
dium Enterprises (MS-
MEs) are facing a cri-
sis. The All India Coun-
cil of Associations of
MSMEs has sought aid
from the central gov-
ernment by making
representations to
dra Modi, Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman and
other ministers. Ac-
cording to members of
the council the Centre’s
intervention is impera-
tive to protect and en-
sure the survival of
MSMEs in the market.
One of the solutions
to the crisis faced by
MSMEs is financial
support extended by the
central government
based on the GST paid
by each company
.
In its plea for help,
the council has drawn
attention of the govern-
ment to the steep hike
in prices of raw materi-
als across all sectors.
Due to low consump-
tion and subsequent
drop in production
(quantity) by MSMEs,
large-scale unemploy-
ment has wreaked hav-
oc. Other contributing
factors are believed to
be the depreciating val-
ue of rupee, and price
surge of raw materials.
Shortage of raw ma-
terials such as steel,
iron, aluminum, cop-
per, plastic, PVC, pa-
per and chemicals,
non-compensation of
MSMEs by public sec-
tor units as per price
escalations, and the
open market igno-
rance of the impact of
raw material price rise
have added to the woes
of MSMEs. There is
rampant blocking of
raw materials in the
entire supply chain,
which is the reason
why MSMEs have been
unable to execute or-
ders for fear of being
blacklisted by the Pub-
lic Sector Undertak-
ings (PSU) in India.
The council has re-
quested the Centre to
instruct PSUs to accept
cancellation of orders.
It has also requested it
to derive a formula for
price escalation. A re-
view of MSME orders
was also part of the
council’s plea, which
also included a provi-
sion of PSU accepting
fresh quotes for orders.
The council remind-
ed the government that
“MSMEs are the back-
bone of the nation’s
economy that contrib-
ute 30% percent to In-
dia's Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). It also
creates employment op-
portunities for 12 crore
people and accounts for
48% of exports.”
MSMEs demand intervention by Central
government as industry faces severe crises
Escalation in prices of raw materials has adversely affected MSMEs.
Stakes high for IAS power
couple in state secretariat
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
grapevine at the state
secretariat is not
abuzz with the possi-
bility whether chief
secretary Anil Mukim
will receive another
extension or not, but
an IAS couple who got
transferred to the
same department in
the latest officer trans-
fer by the state gov-
ernment. Senior offic-
ers have been discuss-
ing the ramifications
of the postings re-
ceived by the couple,
who will now preside
over a department.
According to whis-
persinthebureaucratic
corridors, no official
meeting of the depart-
mentinquestionwillbe
conductednowbecause
the couple will take all
decisions while sitting
in their living room at
home. The department
they are in charge of is
reportedly a very vital
andrevenuegenerating
one that has conven-
tional as well as non-
conventional produc-
tion plants. The male
IAS officer heads four
public sector compa-
nies that fall under the
purview of the depart-
ment.Hewillhavetoget
all approvals from the
departmentthroughhis
IAS officer wife.
Terming this ‘the
rarest of rare combi-
nations’,otherofficers
believe that IAS offic-
er couple getting com-
plete control of a de-
partment and its pub-
lic sectors companies,
has never been seen in
therecentpastatleast.
Few officers have even
compared them to one
of their predecessors,
under whose tenure
the department had
made headlines for
good reasons. Those
making such compari-
sons are also closely
watching how the IAS
couple will be running
the show.
Apparently, the
state government has
made huge invest-
ments in the sector
falling under the
charge of the depart-
ment, with many pri-
vate companies hav-
ing direct interest in
the public sector com-
panies and contracts
offered by it. With the
IAS couple in control
of the department’s
reins, all these indus-
trialists may have to
do is convince them
to get their projects
approved.
Some may argue
that public sector
companies have inde-
pendent professional
directors with the
state chief secretary
acting as the head of
the company, and
therefore, the onus
cannot lie with the
IAS couple in totality
.
But, when it comes to
a vote, they do have
the power to lobby
people over to their
side and secure the
required numbers.
Officers are keen
to see how the
new incharges of
a department
tackle their duties

GUJARAT
03
ELEPHANTASTIC ADDITIONS
Caretakers decorate elephants inside the Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur area on Wednesday evening, a day
before they participate in the 144th Jal Yatra of Lord Jagannath. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The High
Court on Wednesday re-
served its order on the
maintainability of a
batch of petitions chal-
lenging provisions of
Gujarat Prohibition Act
as contrary to citizens’
rights to privacy, life
and personal liberty as
enshrined in the Con-
stitution.
The division bench
of Chief JusticeVikram
Nath and Justice Biren
Vaishnav reserved its
order on maintainabil-
ity of the petitions chal-
lenging the provisions
of the Gujarat Prohibi-
tion Act, 1949, after Ad-
vocate General Kamal
Trivedi argued that “it
is not permissible for
court to examine the va-
lidity of any law or any
new or law or addition-
al grounds when it has
been upheld by the apex
court in the past.”
In his submission,
Trivedi said a law,
which has been made
valid by the Supreme
Court today, can be held
invalid tomorrow, “but
for that purpose, the fo-
rum is the Supreme
Court and not this
court.”
The Supreme Court
had upheld the Act in
its judgement in 1951.
“If you want to get
the law corrected or
improvised in light of
the recent judgements
of the Supreme Court
(on right to privacy),
then I think you may
take the matter before
the Supreme Court and
not before this court,”
he said.
“This concept of
right to privacy is not
like a bull in a china
shop. It is subject to rea-
sonable restrictions
based on social environ-
ment,” Trivedi argued,
adding that the right to
eat non-vegetarian food
within the four walls of
one’s home cannot be
compared to the right to
drink alcohol, which is
injurious and can be
stopped.
“Otherwise tomor-
row somebody will say
you should not harass
me if I am taking drug,
psychotropic substanc-
es within my four
walls,” he said.
A’bad mayor takes U-turn on
using AMTS-BRTS for jabs plan
Rainfall to slow in intensity
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Guja-
rat, which has seen a
good amount of rain-
fall so far this month,
can now expect low-
er-intensity rain for
the next week or so,
according to the In-
dia Meteorological
Department.
“Beginning from
Wednesday, the inten-
sity of rainfall across
the Gujarat region will
decrease for about a
week due to the lack of
any active rain sys-
tems. However, South
Gujarat and some oth-
er parts of the state
could see scattered
rainstorms,” IMD said
in a release.
The intensity of
rainfall has already be-
gun to taper off, with
just 51 talukas in Guja-
rat having received
rainfall in the last 24
hours. Some cities saw
scattered thunder-
storms and normal
rainfall was recorded
in 40 talukas of the
state.
Dabhoi, Modasa, and
Mahuva in Vadodara
received the maximum
rainfall of 2 inches
during the last 24
hours, while
Ahmedabad, Rajkot,
and Waghai received
an average of 1 inch of
rain each.
According to the
weather department
forecast, Ahmedabad,
Gandhinagar, and Va-
dodara could see rain
over the next five days.
Meanwhile, water
has been released from
the Raval-Machhundri
dam in Gir Somnath.
Under the Machhundri
scheme, 21 villages
will get the benefit of
irrigation, while 18 vil-
lages will benefit un-
der the Raval Dam
scheme.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: City offi-
cials are clutching at
strawsintheirattempt
to meet the target of
one lakh vaccinations
a day. On Wednesday
,
Hitesh Barot, chair-
manof theAhmedabad
Municipal Corpora-
tion’s standing com-
mittee, and Vallabhb-
hai Patel, chairman of
the AMTS, as well as
the elected wing de-
cided that the AMC
would vaccinate all
AMTS and BRTS bus
passengers.
ThiscameafterMayor
KiritParmarannounced
that only those who had
been inoculated could
use the transit services.
However, a few minutes
later, Parmar withdrew
this decision.
“It is not mandatory
for passengers to be vac-
cinated, but we will urge
them to get the jab,” he
later said.
Meanwhile, the addi-
tionof 138newCOVID-19
cases, the tally of infec-
tions in Gujarat rose to
8,22,758, while three
deaths took the toll to
10,040 on Wednesday
, an
official said. At least 487
patientsweredischarged
from hospitals during
the day
, taking the total
number of recoveries in
the state to 8,07,911.
Of the latest casual-
ties, Ahmedabad, Surat
and Jamnagar recorded
one death each.
Ahmedabad and Surat
reported 31 new infec-
tions each, followed by
Vadodara with 16, Juna-
gadh with 13, Rajkot
with eight and Jamna-
gar four, he said.
HC reserves order on petitions challenging Prohibition Act
PRIVACY ISSUES?
Pleas challenge provisions of the
Act as contrary to rights to
privacy, life and personal liberty
A woman receives her jab in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Sau Uni holds vaccine
drive for its students
First India Bureau
Rajkot: In order to en-
sure that students are
inoculated against
COVID-19, Saurashtra
University has initiat-
ed a vaccination drive
in association with the
Rajkot Municipal Cor-
poration (RMC). On
Wednesday
, around
500 students of Sadgu-
ru Mahila College
were vaccinated at
Chowdhury High
School in the city
.
Saurashtra Universi-
ty pro vice chancellor
Vijay Desani said,
“There are around 1.5
lakhstudentsenrolledat
the university
. Our goal
is to ensure that not a
single student misses
out on vaccination. We
have identified 20 col-
leges where vaccination
campswillbeorganized.
SaurashtraUniversityis
the first in the state to
initiate such a drive for
university students.”
“So far, around 1,500
students have been vac-
cinated at such camps.
Now, we plan to target
colleges in rural areas
including districts of
Amreli, Surendranagar,
Jamnagar and Morbi,”
he added.
With no weather systems active, Gujarat could see relatively clear skies this week. —FILE PHOTO
2 arrested in GG sexual harassment case
First India Bureau
Jamnagar: An HR
manager and a supervi-
sor of a government
hospital in Jamnagar
city were arrested on
Wednesday for alleged-
ly making advances and
demanding sexual fa-
vours from a woman at-
tendant of the facility,
police said.
Last week, Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani
ordered a probe into al-
legations by contractu-
al women attendants of
the Guru Gobind Singh
Government Hospital
who had complained of
sexual harassment by
some of their superiors.
An FIR has been reg-
istered against the duo
following a complaint
lodged by a woman at-
tendant at Jamnagar ‘B’
division police station
on Tuesday, Assistant
Superintendent of Po-
lice Nitesh Pandey said.
“We arrested the hos-
pital’s HR (human re-
sources) manager and
the supervisor after
their names were dis-
closed in the FIR and
are investigating fur-
ther,” Pandey said.
The duo has been
booked under Indian
Penal Code Sections 354
(use of criminal force to
outrage a woman’s
modesty, 354-A (de-
manding sexual fa-
vours), 354-B (use of
criminal force to dis-
robe a woman) and 509
(word, gesture or act
intended to insult the
modesty of a woman),
the official said.
On June 16, some con-
tractual women attend-
antsemployedatthehos-
pital alleged that their
supervisors had re-
moved them from ser-
vice for rejecting their
“sexual advances”. One
of thewomenattendants
had told reporters that
the supervisors would
send “offers of friend-
ship” through ward
boys, and those who re-
jected such advances
were sacked without be-
ing paid any salary for
around three months.
Following the allega-
tions, Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani had or-
dered an inquiry into
the charges through a
three-member commit-
tee, comprising a sub-
divisional magistrate,
Jamnagar’s assistant
superintendentof police
and dean of the Jamna-
gar medical college.
The Gujarat State
Commission for Wom-
en had also asked the
district superintendent
of police to submit
within three days a de-
tailed report about
these allegations.
Last week, CM Rupani had ordered a probe after women attendants said supervisors demanded sexual favours
BACKGROUND
Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital. —FILE PHOTO
8,07,911
487
RECOVERED
IN A DAY
TOTAL
RECOVERED
8,22,768
TOTAL CASES
138 CASES
IN A DAY
10,040
TOTAL DEATHS
03 DEATHS
IN A DAY
4,807
31 MAX
CASES IN
A’BAD
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19
UPDATE

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THE DAYS
OF THE WEEK!
hile there was an astronomi-
cal basis for the determina-
tion of the day, the month
and the year, the ‘normative
idea’ of seven day week can
be traced to, (and popular-
ised by) the Biblical (Old Tes-
tament) tradition of God hav-
ing created the world in six
days, and taking rest on the
seventh. However, there is
increasing evidence to sug-
gest that the Jews borrowed
this concept from the Sumer-
ians and the Babylonians.
They had named these seven
days on the prominently vis-
ible heavenly objects to the
naked eye– the Sun, the Moon
and the planets Mercury, Ve-
nus, Mars, Jupiter and Sat-
urn. The Roman Emperor
Constantine formally adopt-
ed this seven day week in
321of the CE. The Roman
week started with Sunday
named after the Sun as the
first day, followed by Moon’s
day, the day of Mars, Mercu-
ry, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn
(Saturday).While the days as-
signed by the Romans to the
Sun, Moon and Saturn were
retained in English and the
Romance languages ( Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese) the
other days were named after
the Nordic gods. Thus Tues-
day comes Tiu, or Tiw,the
Anglo Saxon name for the
Nordic god of War. Tyr was
the son of Woden, the Su-
preme deity on whom
Wednesday is named is asso-
ciated with wisdom, magic,
victory and death.Woden
(Odin) was one the twenty
modern heroes identified by
the Scottish historian and
philosopher Thomas Carlyle
in his monumental work ‘On
heroes, Hero Worship and
the Heroic in history’ in
which he argued that the his-
tory of the world is but the
biography of great men. In
fact, in his first public lecture
in this series he spoke of
Odin as The Hero as Divinity!
Thursday came from Thor –
the hammer wielding god of
Thunder, strength and pro-
tection. Friday is named af-
ter Freya or Frigg, the wives
of Woden.Overtime, Tiu got
associated with Mars, Woden
with Mercury, Thor with Ju-
piter and Freya with Venus
(the god of love).
Before the Gupta period,
we do not find references to
the name of day in the Indian
astronomical tradition. In
fact, this relatively new way
of looking at the calendar
can be attributed to King
Rudradaman who ruled from
CE 130-150. He is identified
with the great Saka ruler
who ruled the territory of
Malwa, Mathura, Haryana,
Saurashtra,Cutch, Sindh,
Multan, Rajputana, Konkan,
and strengthened his hold a
matrimonial alliance with
the Satavahnas and the
Andhras. It was during his
reign that the Greek writer
Yavanesvara translated the
Greek texts on astronomy
and horoscopes into San-
skrit. This book is called the
Yavanajataka (Greek nativi-
ty) and from around that
time, the names of days as
per the Indian calendar also
correspond to the Roman cal-
endar. Sunday is Ravivar, the
god of the Sun, Monday is for
the moon and called Somvar.
Mangalvar is for Mars, Bud-
hvar is Wednesday and
linked to mercury, Thursday
or Guruvar (Virvar in the
north ) represents Jupiter,
Friday is Shukravar for Ve-
nus and Saturday is Shanivar
from Saturn. We know this
from the Junagadh inscrip-
tion which is dated 150 CE
which credits Rudradaman
with supporting arts, cul-
ture, astronomy and repair
of dams and water bodies. It
is also clear that this preced-
ed the Roman proclamation
of weekdays, which came in
321 CE. Prior to this, the Ro-
man week had eight instead
of seven days!
In the next column we will
look at the days of the week
in the Islamic calendar , as
well as share with the read-
ers the calendars which did
not fit into the ‘seven day
week’ norm.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
Before the Gupta period, we do
not find references to the name
of day in the Indian
astronomical tradition. In
fact, this relatively new way of
looking at the calendar can be
attributed to King
Rudradaman who ruled from
CE 130-150. He is identified
with the great Saka ruler who
ruled the territory of Malwa,
Mathura, Haryana,
Saurashtra,Cutch, Sindh,
Multan, Rajputana, Konkan,
and strengthened his hold a
matrimonial alliance with the
Satavahnas and the Andhras
The Roman Emperor
Constantine formally
adopted this seven day
week in 321of the CE.
The Roman week started
with Sunday named after
the Sun as the first day,
followed by Moon’s day,
the day of Mars,
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus
and Saturn (Saturday)
DR SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is a historian, public policy analyst,
and Festival Director of Valley of Words,
a literature and arts festival based out of
Dehradun. Till very recently, he was a member
of the IAS and posted as the Director of LBS
National Academy of Administration
ven as the second
wave of the pan-
demic has started
receding, it
snuffed out one
crore lives in the last 50 days.
That only shows how deadly
the virus was in the second
phase. A slight increase in
fresh cases---from 42667 on
Monday to 50,697 a day later---
needs to be watched as the
Delta+ variant of the novel
coronavirus has marked its
presence in Maharashtra,
Kerala and Madhya Pradesh
with over 40 cases. The ICMR
has marked Delta+ as a ‘vari-
ant of concern’ of which
very little is known. The sav-
ing grace is that its preva-
lence is not worrisome at
present. Close on heels is the
third wave which, experts
fear, will hit us hard.
Congress MP Rahul Gan-
dhi has also warned that if
the second Covid wave was
bad, the third “will be worse”
and urged the government to
withhold celebrations till the
virus has been defeated. In a
move to put pressure on the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty, Rahul Gandhi also re-
leased a white paper on Cov-
id-19 mismanagement by the
BJP government. Suggesting
the way forward, the Con-
gress document demanded a
national level committee
comprising members from
different political parties to
advise the government. It is
an idea which the govern-
ment will not buy as it will
make Covid management
more difficult. If at all the op-
position’s advice is required
the prime minister may con-
sult leaders whom he can
trust. Consensual politics
has largely been missing dur-
ing the pandemic. Each state
handled the crisis in its own
way, with the Centre contrib-
uting its bit.
RAHUL’S WARNING TO
GOVT ON THIRD WAVE
Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi has also warned
that if the second
Covid wave was bad,
the third “will be worse”
and urged the
government to withhold
celebrations till the virus
has been defeated
E
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The hand of the diligent
will rule, while the
slothful will be put to
forced labor.
—Proverbs 12:24
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
It is the Congress’ culture to attack
Indians whenever India accomplishes
a record. Also, it is ironical to hear
about sanctity of numbers from
a ‘Recounting Minister’ whose
only claim to fame is dressing up
numbers in the budget.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Under the leadership of PM @
narendramodi, there has been zero
tolerance for corruption in India.
Those who thrived under UPA’s
loan-on-call regime and stole from
the people of India are being held
accountable and made to pay.
TOP TWEET
CAPTAIN OR
SIDHU IS THE
DILEMMA FACING
CONGRESS
unjab Chief Minister
Capt. Amarinder Sin-
gh reached Delhi in
the hope of getting an
audience with his
party’s bosses. Navjot Singh Sid-
hu is getting too hot for him to
handle and he hoped the Con-
gress leadership would help re-
solve the issue. All that he got
was a snub from party MP Rahul
Gandhi who did not meet the be-
leaguered chief minister but he
met some MLAs and MPs from
Punjab. On the other hand Ama-
rinder had met a three-member
CongresspanelonPunjabaffairs
on Tuesday to register his pro-
test against Sidhu. The confron-
tationbetweentheCMandSidhu
is over the post of state party
chief. Sidhu wants it, while Ama-
rinder is opposed to the idea.
Hopefully the Congress will
soonresolvetheimbrogliobynot
acceding to Sidhu’s demand
which may not be such a good
ideaevenif hechoosestoquitthe
party
. The former cricketer may
be a popular leader in Punjab but
he lacks Amarinder’s sagacity
.
P

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New Delhi: After being
ousted as chief of the
Lok Janshakti Party
(LJP), which was found-
ed by his father, Chirag
Paswan on Wednesday
has attempted to reach
out to BJP & PM Naren-
dra Modi. During the
recent Bihar Assembly
polls, Chirag Paswan
had described himself
as the ‘Hanuman’ of PM
Modi. Speaking exclu-
sively to ANI, the LJP
leader Chirag Paswan
said” “It is not right if
Ram remains silent
when Hanuman is be-
ing killed.”
The Jamui Lok Sab-
ha MP added that from
the time of “Satyug” till
today, it was seen in
Ramayana that Hanu-
man supported Lord
Rama at every step.
“Hanuman walked with
Lord Ram at every step
and in the same way, at
every step his party
LJP has stood with Nar-
endra Modi Ji on every
small and big decision.”
INDIA
05
New Delhi: India has
reported a total of 40
cases of the coronavi-
rus disease (Covid-19)
due to the Delta Plus
variant till now, news
agency ANI reported
on Wednesday citing
sources from the cen-
tral government. “In-
dia reports 40 cases of
the Delta Plus variant
of the novel coronavi-
rus. Most of the cases
are from Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Kera-
la and Tamil Nadu. It is
still a variant of inter-
est,” the government
sources were quoted as
saying. Till Tuesday,
the number was 22. In-
dia has administered
over 294mn Covid vac-
cine doses till now.
New Delhi: A
parliamentary panel
meeting on the issue
of vaccine develop-
ment witnessed high
drama on Wednesday
as several BJP MPs
walked out of it as-
serting that this is not
appropriate time to
discuss the vaccine
policy, sources said.
The meeting was
chaired by Congress
MP Jairam Ramesh
on the agenda of vac-
cine development 19
and genetic sequenc-
ing of coronavirus
and its variants.
New Delhi: AIIMS Delhi Director Dr
Randeep Guleria said that Bharat
Biotech and other companies are do-
ing trials at a very fast pace and hoped
that data will lead to approvals so that
there is a vaccine for children in the
country by September-October.
New Delhi: COVID-19 vaccines made
by AstraZeneca & Pfizer-BioNTech al-
liance remain broadly effective against
Delta and Kappa variants which were
first identified in India, according to a
scientific study, underpinning a con-
tinued push to deliver the shots.
BJP MPs walk
out during parl
panel meet on
vax devp
VAX FOR KIDS BY SEPT-OCT ‘PFIZER VAX EFFECTIVE’
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet has approved
merger of the Central
Railside Warehouse
Company (CRWC), a
PSU with Mini-Ratna
status, with its holding
enterprise Central
Warehousing Corpora-
tion (CWC), to unify
similar functions of
both companies with
the aim to improve effi-
ciency and increase fi-
nancial savings.
“It is estimated that
management expendi-
ture of Railside Ware-
house Complexes
(RWCs) will come down
by Rs 5 crore due to sav-
ings in the corporate
office rent, salary of
employees, and other
administrative costs,”
said an official release
issued after the meeting
on Wednesday
.
The merger of CRWC
with CWC will unify
similar functions of
both companies, such as
warehousing, handling,
and transportation.
Cabinet nod to merge
CRWC with CWC
—FILE PHOTO
Chirag reaches out to
PM amid LJP feud
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
on Wednesday paid
tribute to Bharatiya
Jana Sangh founder Sy-
ama Prasad Mook-
erjee on his
death anniver-
sary and said
the leader’s ef-
forts towards
national inte-
gration will never
be forgotten.
“Remembering Dr.
Syama Prasad Mooker-
jee on his Punya Tithi.
His noble ideals, rich
thoughts and commit-
ment to serve people
will continue to inspire
us. His efforts towards
national integration
will never be for-
gotten,” PM
Modi tweeted.
Union Home
Minister Amit
Shah said that
Mookerjee gave
sacrifices to pro-
tect the country’s iden-
tity and integrity, and
asserted the leader
saved India from being
partitioned again.
Modi remembers Syama Prasad on death anniv
NADDA LAUNCHES DRIVE TO PLANT
5 LAKH SAPLINGS IN NEW DELHI
New Delhi: BJP national prez
JP Nadda on Wednesday
launched a drive to plant five
lakh saplings in New Delhi and
said his was the only party
in the country that knew and
understood its social respon-
sibility. Nadda launched drive
at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Park
to mark the death anniversary
of Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
The drive will continue till July
6, Mookerjee’s birth anniver-
sary. BJP gen secretaries Arun
Singh and Tarun Chugh and
former Rajasthan CM Vasund-
hara Raje were present.
CASES OF DELTA PLUS VARIANT
OF COVID-19 RISE TO 40: GOVT
HIGHLIGHTS
 Over 1 lakh vacci-
nators logged into
Co-WIN on June
21: RS Sharma
 India’s total FDI
inflow rises 38 pc
to USD 6.24 billion
during April
 PM Modi will
virtually interact
with participants of
Toycathon-2021,
which aims to
make India a hub
for ideation and
production of toys,
today at 11 am.
 Black Fungus: Cen-
tre allocates addi-
tional 61,120 vials
of Amphotericin-B
to States/UTs
 Maha recorded
10,066 cases on
Wednesday, push-
ing the state wide
tally to 59,97,587.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee

INDIA
06
HC notice...
The petitioner wrote to
theCommandingOfficer
of his squadron on Feb-
ruary 26 expressing his
unwillingness to take
vaccination against
COVID-19.
While refusing to get
vaccinated,thepetitioner
inhisapplicationhadtold
theIAFthathewasusing
ayurvedic medicines to
increase his immunity
againstCOVID-19.Hehad
also told that he uses al-
lopathic medicines only
in emergency
, or when a
solution is not possible in
the Ayurveda. “I have
some hesitation and my
innerconsciousnessdoes
not allow me to get vacci-
nated,” he had stated in
hisapplication,asquoted
in the plea moved before
the HC.
Kumar had said that
he may be excused from
vaccination against
COVID-19.“Thepetition-
erhastherighttoreceive
treatment of his choice
and vaccination cannot
be forced upon him...as
per the central govern-
ment, the vaccine is vol-
untary and not manda-
tory for individuals in
the country
,” he said in
his plea. —PTI
`9,371cr...
Nirav Modi and Mehul
ChoksiunderthePMLA
but also transferred a
part of attached/ seized
assets of Rs 9,371.17
crore to PSBs and Cen-
tral Government,” said
the tweet.
“Vijay Mallya, Nirav
Modi and Mehul Choksi
have defrauded PSBs by
siphoning off the funds
through their compa-
nies which resulted in
total loss of Rs 22,585.83
crore to the banks,” ED
said in a release today,
which means that 41 per
cent of the assets have
beentransferredtoPSBs
and government. “As a
sequel to FIR by CBI, the
ED has unearthed a
myriad web of domestic
and international trans-
actions and stashing of
assets abroad. Investiga-
tionhasalsoirrevocably
proved that these three
accused persons used
dummy entities con-
trolled by them for rota-
tion and siphoning off
the funds provided by
the banks,” the ED re-
lease said.
Centre asks...
and intermingling of
people, widespread test-
ing, prompt tracing as
well as vaccine cover-
age on a priority basis.
The Delta Plus vari-
ant has been found in
Bhopal and Shivpuri
districts of Madhya
Pradesh, Ratnagiri and
Jalgaon districts of Ma-
harashtra, and Palak-
kad and Pathanamthit-
ta districts of Kerala.
“The Public Health
Response, in this case,
while broadly remain-
ing the same, has to be-
come more focused and
stringent. Thus, you are
requested to take up im-
mediate containment
measures in these dis-
tricts and clusters in-
cluding preventing
crowds and intermin-
gling of people, wide-
spread testing, prompt
tracing as well as vac-
cine coverage on a prior-
itybasis,”readtheletter.
‘Guv Dhankhar...
in parliamentary de-
mocracy and the func-
tioning of the Assembly
.
Banerjee also com-
plained that despite be-
ingpassedbytheAssem-
bly, several bills are ly-
ing with the governor as
he has not signed them.
Thisisunprecedentedin
the history of West Ben-
gal’s parliamentary de-
mocracy
.
Fingers crossed...
aspromisedinthepastby
PMModiandhomeminis-
ter Amit Shah, but there
will be no talks on restor-
ing the region’s special
status. On August 5, 2019,
the central government
withdrew J&K’s special
status under the Article
370andbifurcatedtheerst-
whilestateintotwoUnion
Territories — J&K with a
legislative assembly and
Ladakhwithoutone.
HC refuses...
given by the division
bench on May 6. It has
been listed for consid-
eration on July 9. “We
also find that there is
substantial overlap, in
fact near identity
, as be-
tween the prayers made
in… (earlier applica-
tion) and those made in
the present application.
For the foregoing rea-
son, we do not consider
it appropriate to stay the
operation of impugned
notice dated June 4, at
this stage,” the bench
said in its order passed
on June 21 and made
available on Wednesday
.
The bench said there
was no doubt that the
June notice by the DG is
a step in furthering the
investigation com-
menced in suo motu
case pursuant to order
of March 24, which is
the subject matter of
the challenge in the pre-
sent appeals.
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CRUCIAL READ
KHATTAR SPEAKS TO JAISHANKAR
FOR YOUTH HELD IN OZ PRISON
SUSHANT’S FATHER MOVES DELHI
HC CHALLENGING PREVIOUS ORDER
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on
Wednesday said that External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar had assured the state’s Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar of the release of a youth
from a prison in Australia. “For the honour of the
tricolour in Sydney, Haryana’s young Vishal Jude
fought firmly with anti-national forces and did not
allow the tricolour to be insulted,” he said.
New Delhi: Father of deceased actor Sushant
Singh Rajput, KK Singh, on Wednesday moved
the Delhi High Court chal-
lenging a single-judge Bench
order, which had dismissed
his plea seeking an injunction
against the proposed movies
being made on the actor’s
life. A vacation Bench of Jus-
tice Anup Jairam Bhambhani
and Justice Jasmeet Singh
adjourned the matter till June
25 and sought clarification if the movie in ques-
tion has been released on June 11 or not.
FORMER CM OP CHAUTALA
TO BE OUT OF PRISON SOON
New Delhi: Former Haryana chief minister
Om Prakash Chautala, who is serving a
10-year prison term in
a teacher recruitment
scam case and is out on
parole, will be freed from
Tihar jail as the Delhi
government has granted
a six-month remission of
sentence, officials said
on Wednesday. The Delhi
government had passed an order on Monday
granting a six-month special remission.
ED SUMMON SABYASACHI, RITU
KUMAR & MANISH MALHOTRA
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)
on Wednesday summoned fashion designers
Manish Malhotra, Sabyasachi and Ritu Kumar
in connection with a money laundering case.
The top designers were summoned by the
national agency in connection with its probe
against Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
They have been asked to report to the ED
headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday and
Friday. The probe agency wants clarifications
from them regarding a few cash payments
they received, officials familiar with the devel-
opments said.
JAMMU AND KASHMIR, LOC PUT ON
ALERT AHEAD OF ALL-PARTY MEET
New Delhi: Jammu and
Kashmir has been put
on alert for the next 48
hours ahead of PM Nar-
endra Modi’s all-party
meet with political lead-
ers from the UT. Similar
orders have been issued
for areas along the Line
of Control (LoC).
Internet services in
the Union Territory of
J&K could also be
snapped on Friday.
dra Modi has called for
an all-party meet of po-
litical leaders from
Jammu and Kashmir.
The invitation was ac-
cepted by leaders of the
People’s Alliance for
Gupkar Declaration
(PAGD), Congress and a
number of other J&K-
based parties.
A security personnel stands guard ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with political
leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. —PHOTO BY PTI
Terrorists with Pak
Army can become
‘lose cannons’: Rawat
New Delhi: Asking
armed forces to be on
guard along borders
with both China and
Pakistan, Chief of
Defence Staff Gener-
al Bipin Rawat has
said that terrorists
working with the Pa-
kistan Army can go
rogue and it could es-
calate the situation
with India. Speaking
to ANI on Tuesday,
the Chief of Defence
Staff said, “I have al-
ways maintained that
there are terrorists
who operate with the
Pakistani armed forc-
es, some of these ter-
rorists can actually
become loose cannon
and create a situation
which could lead to
an escalation. So we
have to be fully pre-
pared on our western
fronts also. So I would
say that we should be
prepared for both the
fronts but our prima-
ry front remains the
northern front.”
General Bipin Rawat
PM Narendra
Modi will chair
the meeting in
New Delhi today
MILITANTS GUN DOWN SHOPKEEPER IN JK
A mobile phone shopkeeper was shot dead by militants in Habbakadal locality of the city
here on Wednesday, police said. Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar
said the militants were falsely labelling innocent persons as informers to hide their sin. A
police spokesman said the militants fired upon Umer Nazir Bhat, a resident of Kelashpora
Habakadal, inside his shop at Main Chowk Habba Kadal. Bhat received critical gunshot
injuries and was shifted to SMHS hospital, where he succumbed, the spokesman said.
Senior police officers reached the spot and an investigation is underway, he said, adding
they continue to work to establish the circumstances which lead to this terror crime.
Hope crisis is “solved
soon”: Punjab Cong chief
Pradhan blames Cong-era debt
on oil bonds for fuel price hike
New Delhi: Union Pe-
troleum and Natural
Gas Minister Dharmen-
draPradhanonWednes-
day accused the previ-
ous UPA regime for fuel
price hike stating that
Congress had left mil-
lions of crores of ru-
pees due on the present
govt due to which the
Centre has to pay both
its interest and its price.
Speaking to reporters
here, the Union Minis-
ter while responding to
a question on protests
by the Congress at vari-
ous petrol pumps across
the country against fuel
price hike, said, “The
economists have recent-
ly brought a point to the
fore. The Congress, be-
fore 2014, had left a debt
of lakhs of crores of
rupees over oil bonds.
Due to this reason, the
interest and the princi-
pal has to be paid off by
the current govern-
ment. This is also a big
reason for increase in
oil prices.”
He further said that
there has been a rise in
the prices of crude oil
in international mar-
ket. —PTI
New Delhi: Amid a se-
ries of meetings to end
the factionalism in Pun-
jab Congress, state par-
ty president Sunil
Jakhar on Wednesday
said that the current
situation shall be solved
soon. Days after the
Congress-led govern-
ment in Punjab gave
government jobs to the
sons of two sitting leg-
islators, Jakhar said
some wrong people are
advising the Chief Min-
ister which led to this
decision.
“I hope the current
situation will be solved
soon. Some wrong peo-
ple are advising Chief
Minister over this de-
cision (on giving jobs
to sons of two Con-
gress MLAs,” Jakhar
said after meeting Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi.
Responding to a ques-
tion on the ongoing
clash between Congress
MLA Navjot Singh Sid-
hu and Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh,
Jakhar said, “It’s part of
the consultation now.”
Punjab Pradesh Con-
gress Committee presi-
dent Sunil Jakhar and
Punjab Finance Minis-
ter Manpreet Singh
Badal met Rahul Gan-
dhi. —PTI
Sunil Jakhar
SIDHU WILL BE CALLED TO
MEET PANEL: HARISH RAWAT
AMID INFIGHTING, PUNJAB CONG
LEADERS MEET RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi: Congress general
secretary in-charge of Punjab,
Harish Rawat said that Punjab
MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu will be
called to meet the the three-mem-
ber panel headed by Mallikarjun
Kharge soon and the issue will be
resolved by the first week of July.
When asked if he will be called,
“Yes he will be called.”
New Delhi: Punjab Cong chief
Sunil Jhakhar, FM Manpreet
Badal and RS MP Pratap Singh
Bajwa met Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday. He said, “Hope
that the current situation will
be resolved.” Meanwhile Rahul
may appear before Surat court in
defamation case today.
Dharmendra Pradhan
Naqvi questions Diggi over
remarks on‘Taliban meet’
New Delhi: After sen-
ior Congress leader Dig-
vijayaSinghonWednes-
day demanded a state-
ment from the Centre
quoting a media report
regarding the alleged
meeting of Indian offi-
cials with Taliban lead-
ers, Union Minister for
Minority Affairs
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
questioned since when
the Congress leader be-
come the spokesperson
of the Taliban.
Speaking to ANI,
Naqvi said, “Since
when these Congress
leaders become the
spokesperson of the
Taliban. Right now, if
one Talibani will be
killed, they will start
mourning over that.
They even try to cover
up the satanic acts by
some terrorists and
sometimes they are also
seen as spokespersons
of the misdeeds of the
Taliban.”
This comes after sen-
ior Congress leader Dig-
vijaya Singh shared a
media report which
claimed that Indian of-
ficials had “quietly”
met Taliban in Doha.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Since when
Congress lead-
ers become the
spokesperson of the
Taliban. Right now, if
one Talibani gets
killed, they’ll mourn.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,
Union Minister for Minority Affairs
‘Oppn strategies to defeat
BJP will prove hollow’
Indore: A day after a
high-profile political
meeting at veteran
leader and NCP chief
Sharad Pawar’s Delhi
residence, BJP Na-
tional General Secre-
tary Kailash Vijay-
vargiya on Tuesday
said that even if all
opposition leaders
stand one over the
other, then too they
will be unable to
reach PM Modi’s lev-
el, adding that these
strategies of the op-
position to defeat the
BJP in the upcoming
elections will prove to
be hollow.
He stated that
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has
worked for the devel-
opment of the coun-
try and has enhanced
the country’s reputa-
tion globally
.
Kailash Vijayvargiya

TALKING POINT
07
P
eople tend to think
having biases is a
bad thing. From
the COVID-19 pan-
demic, to education and the
workplace, tackling and miti-
gating bias is very much a
topic of conversation.
But, if we want to create a
more just society we need to
first understand biases as
natural products of our envi-
ronment.
We develop biases and per-
spectives as reactions to expe-
riences that prepare us for
evaluating information that
we will encounter in the fu-
ture.
We all have biases to some
degree, whether we care to
admit this or not. Our biases
remain innocuous until our
assumptions impact our be-
haviours toward other people.
By acknowledging our biases
we can find ways to mitigate
their impact on our decision
making.
Our perceptions of bias
and our perspectives funda-
mentally affect how we inter-
act with our environments.
Take myself for example, I
am a motivation and educa-
tion researcher in the Fac-
ulty of Education and Fac-
ulty of Health Sciences at
Queen’s University. I tend to
be moved by evidence that
explains and explores why
someone did or should do
something. That’s why the
motives behind bias are fas-
cinating to me.
Motivation
and biases
Our biases are consciously
and unconsciously shaped by
what motivates us. The mo-
tives behind our actions
shape how we see the world
and everything in it. With
this understanding it is im-
possible to be impartial on
many issues.
I will use a motivation the-
ory called Expectancy-Value-
Cost (EVC) to explain this.
Our motivations for anything
can be sorted into three over-
arching groups of factors:
expectancies (expectations of
success), values and costs.
Expectancies are a combi-
nation of self-concept (how I
see myself) and self-efficacy (I
believe myself to be capable
of this task). For example,
does a person believe they are
impartial and capable of be-
ing impartial on a particular
issue.
Values are the reasons why
we do something (it would be
fun, fulfill my identity, or I
expect a reward for doing
this). Someone who aspires to
be even-handed or identifies
as being just and fair would
naturally be more willing to
consider the possibility that
their view might be skewed
by a past experience or what
they have perceived.
Confronting biases also has
perceived costs. Costs are the
inherent and holistic price of
doing something (extra effort,
pressure, discomfort). Con-
sider how uncomfortable it
can sometimes be to chal-
lenge our assumptions and
admit that we might have
been less than fair, intention-
ally or unintentionally.
When we act on biases we
are driven by factors like
these. Although they vary
from person to person, these
three factors paint a general-
ly applicable picture.
Mitigating bias
The best you can hope for is
to be aware of how you are
biased and mitigate its im-
pact. Our perspective on
something as simple as a
hockey hit or as complex as
thoughts that spur discussion
of histories that could de-
mand a shift in worldview, are
influenced by our past experi-
ences.
By stigmatizing bias, we
treat it as something to evade,
avoid and conceal instead of
something we must discuss.
This makes unmitigated bi-
ases — the ones that we con-
vince ourselves that we do not
have — a source of division
and shame that impedes our
progress.
By not addressing unmiti-
gated biases, we are setting
people up to avoid difficult
conversations and to live as if
some folks’ experiences don’t
exist or that perspectives oth-
er than their own are not
valid. This lets biases fester
into something that makes
injustices more likely.
Where this becomes a
threat to justice is when we
believe we see things more
clearly than others. Instead,
we should ask ourselves why
we are seeing things the way
we do and consider what
could be informing our bias.
I’ll go first. I love Canada,
the nation that accepted my
parents’ families as refugees
who were seeking a better life
and willing to work hard for
it. But if I allow my love for
Canada to make me blind or
numb to horrific historic in-
justices that have happened
in this country, then I am con-
tributing to a status quo that
actively harms others.
By acknowledging our bi-
ases, we make it possible to
do something about them, be
aware of them and control
how they affect us. Acknowl-
edging bias allows us to
make amends, make better
decisions and eventually
change.
Understanding the motiva-
tions and broader implica-
tions of having biases means
we can better contain their
negative influence and ad-
vance justice in our society.
What we need is a bias lit-
eracy of sorts. When we stop
challenging our biases and
those of others, critical con-
versations stop happening.
Biases are natural products
of our experiences, but the
ability and willingness to dis-
close and challenge our bias-
es are acquired through put-
ting in the hard work.
SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM
Bias is natural:
Bias is natural:
How you manage it defines
your ability to be just
ELEFTHERIOS SOLEAS
Adjunct assistant professor,
Education, Queen's University,
Ontario
By
acknowledging
our
biases
we
can
fi
nd
ways
to
mitigate
their
impact
on
our
decision
making.
—SHUTTERSTOCK
Acknowledging bias allows us to make amends, make better
decisions and eventually change for the better.
Our perceptions of bias and our
perspectives fundamentally affect how
we interact with our environments.
—SHUTTERSTOCK

Yes and No are the shortest but the
most powerful words which can
change the path of your life .
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Gujarat
Governor Acharya Dev-
vrat on Wednesday
launched the 4th phase
of #EkMaiSauKeLiye
Campaign at a ceremo-
ny in Raj Bhawan.
The ceremony was at-
tended by officers, staff
and cadets of Gujarat
NCC Directorate. The
campaign, a brainchild
of Major General
Arvind Kapoor, Addi-
tional Director General,
NCC Gujarat, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, Da-
man and Diu is a unique
initiative.
Under this, the large
pool of NCC cadets in
the state have galva-
nized themselves as re-
sponsible citizens and
are meeting social obli-
gations towards the peo-
ple reeling under the
severe effects of the
Covid-19 Pandemic.
In his welcome ad-
dress, Major General
Arvind Kapoor in-
formed the Governor
that the #EkMaiSauKe-
Liye Campaign com-
menced in May 2021,
and until now the cadets
connected over mobile
phones with a hundred
relatives and friends,
residents of Old Age
Homes and spread
awareness about Cov-
id-19 appropriate behav-
ior and the importance
of vaccination.
Cadets have also con-
nected with the Veter-
ansof theIndianArmed
Forces and the War Wid-
ows of the Indian
Armed Forces.
He also informed that
UGC has released guide-
lines for universities to
include NCC as an “elec-
tive subject” in their
curriculum. He request-
ed the Governor to issue
directions to all Vice
Chancellors to include
the same in the curricu-
lum of their universi-
ties as it will greatly
benefit the NCC cadets.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Governor ap-
plauded the selfless ser-
vice rendered by the
cadets in reaching out
to the people affected by
the pandemic. He said
he is happy to see that
the NCC cadets of Guja-
rat have always risen to
serve the nation in the
hour of need, whether it
be Ex-Yogdan, assisting
administration in Dis-
aster Management, do-
nating blood or creating
awareness against vari-
ous social evils.
GujGovernorlaunches4thphaseofNCC’s#EkMaiSauKeLiyecampaign
UNIQUE INITIATIVE
Governor Acha-
rya Devvrat
appreciated
the campaign,
a brainchild of
Guj NCC ADG
Arvind Kapoor,
under which
cadets reach
out to pan-
demic-affected
people
RAHUL ARRIVES IN SURAT
TODAY IN DEFAMATION CASE
BJPMLA PurneshModihadfiledcaseoverhis‘whyallthieveshaveModisurname’remarks
First India Bureau
Surat: Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi is ex-
pected to appear before
a magistrate’s court in
Surat on Thursday to
record his final state-
ment in a criminal
defamation suit filed
by a Gujarat MLA over
the former’s remark
on the “Modi sur-
name”.
Chief Judicial Mag-
istrate of Surat A N
Dave had last week di-
rected Rahul Gandhi
to remain present on
June 24 to record his
final statement in a
defamation case filed
by BJP MLA from Su-
rat, Purnesh Modi, ad-
vocate Feroz Khan Pa-
than, a legal cell mem-
ber of the Surat Con-
gress, said on Wednes-
day
.
Purnesh Modi had
filed a complaint
against Rahul Gandhi
in April 2019 under
IPC sections 499 and
500 that deal with defa-
mation.
In his complaint, the
MLA from Surat-West
constituency had al-
leged that Rahul Gan-
dhi had defamed the
entire Modi commu-
nity by saying “How
come all the thieves
have Modi as the com-
mon surname?” while
addressing a poll rally
in 2019.
In an election rally
held at Kolar in Karna-
taka on April 13, 2019,
Rahul Gandhi had re-
portedly asked, “Nirav
Modi, Lalit Modi, Nar-
endra Modi...how
come they all have
Modi as the common
surname. How come
all the thieves have
Modi as the common
surname?”
He was the Congress
president when he had
made this remark.
Earlier, Rahul Gan-
dhi had appeared be-
fore the court in Octo-
ber 2019 and had plead-
ed not guilty for his
comment. Purnesh
Modi had earlier
sought to examine wit-
nesses in the defama-
tion case but this was
rejected by a lower
court. He had subse-
quently moved the Gu-
jarat High Court chal-
lenging this. The plea
is pending.
“Rahulji is expected
to attend the court pro-
ceedings on Thursday
in a false defamation
suit filed against him.
He will arrive at 10 am
and leave at 12.30 pm.
He is coming only to
attend the court pro-
ceedings,” Gujarat
Congress president
Amit Chavda told re-
porters.
Chavda said Gandhi
would only be attend-
ing the court proceed-
ings and no other en-
gagements or political
meetings had been
planned.
Meanwhile, Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
and Aam Aadmi Party
leader Manish Sisodia,
who was also to be in
Surat to welcome sev-
eral local leaders from
other parties, a Guja-
rati folk singer and an
industrialist, on
Wednesday evening
postponed his visit ow-
ing to health concerns.
He also tweeted about
this.
AAP’S SISODIA PUTS OFF VISIT
ALL SYSTEMS GO!
Ahmedabad city’s first electric vehicles charging station set up by the Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation outside Kankaria Lake gate number two on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Cong protests on rail
tracks for unused land
First India Bureau
Amreli/Rajkot: Even
as the Congress party
staged dharna at rail-
way tracks across Guja-
rat to highlight the de-
mand of Amreli dis-
trict’s Rajula Munici-
pality ruled by the party
for a vacant railway
land for the town’s beau-
tification, the BJP on
Wednesday tried to pick
holes in the civic body’s
functioning.
A major protest was
held on railway tracks
near Amin Marg in Ra-
jkot by the local units of
the Congress and NSUI.
Simultaneously, Rajkot
Congress president
Ashok Danger handed
over a memorandum to
Rajkot DRM pointing
out that seven months
ago, the Western Rail-
way Bhavnagar divi-
sion had signed an MOU
to provide the land to
Rajula Nagarpalika for
the town beautification,
setting up gardens and
constructing roads.
Following instruc-
tions by GPCC presi-
dent Amit Chavda, the
Congress members
lodged protests in sup-
port of the agitation by
Rajula Congress MLA
Ambarish Der for the
last 15 days demanding
handing over of the un-
used railway land to the
municipality
. He is on a
hunger strike.
Meanwhile, BJP lead-
ers in Rajula said the
Congress-ruled munici-
pality had failed the
people and could not
even erect an electric
pole that collapsed dur-
ing the recent Cyclone
Tauktee. Amreli dis-
trict BJP general secre-
tary Pithabhai Nkum
said the clock of the
Rajula municipality-
run tower was blown
away, while the girls
school is also in a bad
shape.
The Congress lodged
protests in support of
agitation by Rajula
Congress MLA
Ambarish Der
demanding handing
over of the unused
railway land to Rajula
municipality.
Flesh trade racket
busted in Vadodara
Mysterious lights in sky baffle
many, experts deny UFO rumour First India Bureau
Vadodara: The Special
OperationsGroup(SOG)
in Vadodara on Wednes-
day busted a flesh trade
racket at a hotel in the
Sayajigunj area, alleg-
edly operating through
an online escort service
website, detained three
accusedandrescuedtwo
women from Maharash-
tra.
The SOG has been
keeping a watch on flesh
trade rackets operating
through various web-
sites as part of an ongo-
ing drive. A release from
the department said the
SOG chanced upon the
involvement of a city-
based hotel, New Relax
Inn, located in Sayaji-
gunj while searching
Google for escort servic-
esoperatinginVadodara
city
. The SOG sleuths
came across a specific
website providing “es-
cort services in Va-
dodara” that had listed a
localWhatsAppnumber.
Inspector Smitesh
Solanki of SOG said,
“TheWhatsAppnumber
belonged to the hotel.
The accused also sent
the name, photograph,
and address of the hotel,
where they had rooms
301, 302, 303, and 304 re-
served to operate their
racket.”
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Specula-
tions of Unidentified
Flying Objects (UFOs)
were triggered after
mysterious rows of
bright lights gliding
across the sky were
spottedinJunagadhand
the surrounding areas
on the night of June 21.
Advisor of Gujarat
Council of Science and
Technology Narottam
Sahoo did not buy the
theory of unusual light
being a UFO. He told re-
porters that some satel-
lites passing through
the low earth orbit
could have caused light-
ing.
The videos and pic-
tures of the event fea-
ture about four to seven
bright lights gliding in
the row in the sky.
Shared by a Twitter
handle Fenish Ladani,
the video has around
1,000 views. Calling it an
unusual activity and
sharing its location of
occurrence, the micro-
blogging site user wrote
that it looked like a
UFO.
Later, the GUJCOST
Advisor informed that
people sighted 30-40
mysterious lights blink-
ing in a straight line in
the Saurashtra region.
This led to curiosity
among the people of the
region. One reason for
this occurrence could
be that a small portion
of a meteoroid had en-
tered the surface of the
earth which appeared
as the glowing light
streaks. While the other
could be that there are
chances of it being a
shooting star. He said
there are 3,000 satellites
functional in the earth’s
lower orbit and such cit-
ings are not new.
Cops investigating the case.
Experts say these are not UFOs, there is no need to panic.
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat (middle) launched Gujarat NCC’s campaign.
Congress and NSUI activists stage dharna on railway tracks in Rajkot.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faces defamation case for anti-Modi remarks. —FILE PHOTO

“Yeh kya ghoda chatur ghoda
chatur
, ek pe reh na, ya ghoda
bolna ya chatur bolna!”...
was in splits when I
watched this song for the
first time, the array of ex-
pressions in this one song
from Mehmood to Kishore
da and Sunil Dutt to Saira
were unmatchable, ably
supported by Kishore’s crew of
Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto
Mukherjee. There cannot be
a better introduction to Pa-
dosan than the song ‘Ek
Chatur naar’, it is a sum-
mary of the slapstick
comedy the movie is.
One request, Pados-
an is not a movie to be
watched with the pre-
sent-day sensibilities,
the characters are
overboard and stereo-
typical. Everything is
on exaggeration
mode in the movie
and that’s that!
The songs are
even more
a m a z i n g
than they
were in those days.
Main Chali Main Chali is hum-
mablewithaprettySairainawhite
cherry blossom shirt with match-
ing scarf, hair flying in the air, toss-
ing her head with her entourage of
friends on cycles… very cute! She
presents a nice wardrobe in the
movie with quite a few bloopers too
with her look in the most popular
number – ek chatur naar – my ‘fa-
vourite’ blooper- I found the light
green saree with the shimmery
border, pointy blouse unsuitable!
Mere saamne wali khidki mein
and Kehna hai kehna hai…. What
to say about them, they are forever
songs which remain with us and
are always sung at family antak-
shris! Meri pyaari Bindu-
another amazing song
that tells its own story!
The four main
characters in the
movie, the romantic
pair of
Sunil Dutt
and Saira
Banu along
with their
‘gurus’ and
‘supporters’
Kishore Ku-
mar and
Mehmood were equal in all as-
pects of the film. In fact, in re-
membrance,Ithinkthelattertwo
made more of an impact than the
lovebirds!
Kishore Da with his dhoti and
paan chewing and locks on the face
was a lovable character who takes
ituponhimself towinoverthelady
love for his friend, the ultra simple-
ton Sunil Dutt who with his ’katori’
haircut, kurta and ‘blissful’ smile
and confidence played one of his
cutest roles though one does want
to shake some sense into him now
and then.
With Mehmood as Masterji at
the other end with Kishore, they
both gave one of their best perfor-
mances as master entertainers!
There is no storyline as
such but simple love lore
but the songs and the
fantastic perfor-
mances make
Padosan a
classic!
AHMEDABAD, THURSDAY
JUNE 24, 2021
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Padosan
Padosan
EK CHATUR ‘FILM’
If you haven’t wooed the
love of your life with ‘meri
saamne wali khidki mein
ek chaand ka tukda’ then
you haven’t done it right!
Watch our Throwback
Thursday choice,
Padosan, with your family
and friends to chase away
the blues this weekend!
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your strategy
to promote
yourself on the
professional front
will bear fruits.
You may need to
speed up things
on the academic
front to remain
ahead. On the social front, the day finds
you in your element. Something special
awaits you on the romantic front today.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Good tidings of
your well wishers
will keep you
going on the
professional
front. You are
likely to take
up someone’s
cause and earn
appreciation from
all quarters on the social front. Remaining
on the good side of those who matter on
the academic front will help you achieve.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Professionals
will be able to
give their best in
a new situation.
Financially, this
day may prove
lucky for you,
so go ask for
the raise that is
keeping you on
tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances with
your health today. You will succeed in
putting your stagnant love life on track.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
This is an excel-
lent day to spend
time with family.
Your reputation
is likely to boost
your image on
the social front.
On the work
front, you will
manage to keep
your superiors in good humour.Good
planning will see you complete a task at
work in record time.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your own hap-
piness is in your
hands today. This
is a favourable
day for complet-
ing pending jobs.
Financially, no
problems are
foreseen. It is
best to avoid
outside food. Much fun is in store on the
social front. Those in love with the adven-
tures are likely to chase the excitement.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You may get
busy organising
something on the
social front. You
may need to put
your ideas into
action, if you want
to prove yourself.
A party may be
thrown in your
honour at work. Your good performance is
likely to be noticed by higher ups. You will
have to be more focussed on the academics.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Some positive
changes can
be expected on
the home front.
This seems a
good day for job
seekers. Good
luck promises
to brighten your
day. New avenues
for earning open up as you get more de-
termined. Getting into a favourable situa-
tion on the academic front is possible.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A celebration
can find you in
your element
today. Praise and
honour are likely
to greet you in
something that
you have man-
aged to achieve.
You will be a pil-
lar of strength to a friend or associate. A
good day at work is foreseen as you make
your mark in front of those who matter.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your
professionalism
in handling
problem areas will
be appreciated.
Tenant troubles
are foreseen
for some house
owners. You will
find family life
more than fulfilling. A senior is likely to
put in a good word for you to the higher
ups. You will become financially strong.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A change of job
is likely to give
you better salary
and perks. Those
in business
will soon get a
chance to make
profits. A new
deal is likely to
come through
and give you a taste of success. Spending
time with lover proves most fulfilling.
This is the time when you enjoy yourself.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Some favourable
developments on
the social front
are foreseen.
Good perfor-
mance on the
academic front
will help enhance
your reputation at
work. Buying new
furniture or a major appliance is possible.
Those trying to get back their money will
succeed. A healthy phase of life begins .
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Appreciation is
in store for some
homemakers.
A professional
victory is yours
if you play
your cards well
today. Those in
business will be
able to maintain
good earning. You are likely to enjoy good
health. Young lovers are likely to enjoy
total bliss.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
henever we feel
hungry
, or it’s time
for a meal, our
stomach expects
us some healthy,
nutritive food from
us, but sometimes
it happens that our stomach
becomes sad, as we are not
able to provide the required
nutrition to our body. Our
stomach is like a flower, just
like the way we delicately
handle a flower, we should
also handle our stomach with
caution, and provide it with
healthy food. If you change
your diet plan and keep fol-
lowing it for some time, all of
your medical problems will
get reduced, or get cured. I
know you wouldn’t believe it,
but I have seen it in my life, in
front of me. You must be
thinking that problems can
be cured by medicines, but
some problems can also not
be cured or controlled by
medicine, but they can be
controlled or cured by chang-
ing diet plans. Believe me, it’s
a miracle. It’s even more im-
portant to excrete the undi-
gested wastes in our body.
The body which is clean from
the inside will not be prone to
medical problems.
1Always eat living food like,
when we sow a seed in dirt
and water it, it grows, these
types of living food give us
life, on the other hand when
we eat tin packed food or fac-
tory-basedfood,theyharmus.
2 Eat wholesome food. All
foods that come from the
Earth directly are wholesome
foods. Nature has done a lot
of planning before making
food. It has given us all kinds
of protein, fats, carbohy-
drates, vitamins, in the food
in a proper ratio. For exam-
ple, Rice and Brown Rice, the
coat of the brown rice is re-
moved to get white rice. The
coat has fibre which is impor-
tant for the digestion of the
rice. That’s why brown rice is
the real deal instead of rice.
Eat jaggery or dates instead
of sugar, jaggery and dates
are wholesome on the other
hand sugar is fragmented.
3Eat plant-based food, the
food which comes from
plants. Instead of cow milk
drink coconut milk.
4 Eat water-rich food. The
food is rich in water. Wa-
ter-rich foods are - Watermel-
on, Papaya, Orange, Leafy
Vegetables, Grapes. All types
of grain.
Our body is 70% Water and
30% solid. We also should eat
70% water-rich food. Here I
am giving some natural food
recipes, which you can in-
clude in your diet.
START YOUR DAY WITH
THESE HEALTHY JUICES :
1. Ash Gourd Juice
2. Mixed Healthy Juice
3. Moringa Leaf Juice
4. Cucumber Juice
We all have been taught
from our birth, that plants
require sunlight for their
growth and nourishment.
But, no one taught us that
when the sunlight touches
our body
, our tissues and cells
become active, and save us
from lots of diseases, so sun
gazing is also a kind of natu-
ral food, which we should
regularly take. We also re-
quire sunlight for our growth
and nourishment. If we sun
gaze, at the right time in the
right amount we can prevent
a lot of diseases like Cervi-
cal, Thyroid, Diabetes, High
Blood Pressure, Skin Prob-
lem, etc. Sun Gazing also in-
creases our mind intelli-
gence, if we Sun Gaze at a
safe time, it will relax our
mind, as our eyes work as
windows for the brain. It in-
creases our focus and concen-
tration. It prevents big dis-
eases like migraine, depres-
sion, insomnia, headache,
tension. This is called Sun
Gazing. This is also a kind of
Natural Food.
Moringa is a superfood. It’s
high in calcium, iron, vita-
min C. It’s an immunity
booster for Anemia, it has
potassium, magnesium, zinc,
phosphorus which is good for
stress. It is good for the kid-
neys and joints. It’s good for
your inflammation, respira-
tory process, fat burning,
muscle craps, metabolism.
For controlling diabetes, thy-
roid. It’s a super green food
of India.
RECIPE FOR MIXED
SALAD
Take sprouted Green Gram,
sprouted Legume, Sprouted
Chick Peas, Soya Bean,
Chopped Cucumber,
Chopped Tomatoes, Chopped
Kakdi, Chopper Colorful
Capsicum, Little Bit Pome-
granate, Little Bit Roasted
Peanuts, Mix them. Add
some lemon juice and a little
bit of black salt, everything
according to your desire.
VARTIKA JAIN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
W
RECIPE FOR MORINGA SABZI Heat some oil
in a pan, add
1 tsp crushed
garlic, 1 tsp
c h o p p e d
green chilli,
roast it a little
bit, now add
the leaves
into it, after
cooking it for
some time
turn off the
gas, the sabzi
is ready. Add
Salt and Tur-
meric now.
You can eat
this sabzi,
with rice or
roti.
ENRICH
ENRICH
YOUR LIFE WITH
YOUR LIFE WITH
GREENS
GREENS

J
ustin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin recently
headed to Paris and seem to be enjoying
their time in the city of love. So far, the cou-
ple has been going spotted going shopping,
heading out to cafes and well, the biggest of all, on
a meet with French President Emmanuel Macron.
On June 22, Justin and Hailey were seen having a
fun date night as they headed out for dinner. Hailey
took to her Instagram story to share a
cosy picture with Jus- t i n
from their dinner outing.
The duo was snapped in
a romantic moment as
they adorably kissed
in the photo shared by
Hailey
. —Agency
A
ctressKat-
rina Kaif,
who re-
cently re-
sumed her physical training
after recovering from COVID 19,
has reportedly begun prepping
for her role in Vijay Sethupathi
co-starrer. The film has been in
the headlines for a while now
and it will be helmed by
Sriram Raghavan. As per re-
cent reports, Katrina has ap-
parently begun script read-
ing sessions with the direc-
tor to perfect her role for Vi-
jay co-starrer. —Agency
ETC
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T
he ‘Forever Young’
and talented actor,
Anil Kapoor has
completed 38 years
in Bollywood. His first
movie ‘Woh Saat Din’ came
out on June 23, 1983. The
era of the 80s was largely
dominated by Anil Kapoor
and he experimented
with almost all the genres
and characters. Movies
like ‘Meri Jung’, ‘Tezaab’,
‘Karma’ and ‘Ram Lakhan’
are just a few examples
of his remarkable work.
He now has three films
coming up, Karan Johar’s
‘Takht’, Raj Mehta’s ‘Jug
Jugg Jeeyo’ and Sandeep
Reddy Vanga’s ‘Animal’.
—Agency
K
angana Ranaut is
known not just for
her impeccable
acting prowess
but also for her impres-
sive choice of films. The
Manikarnika: The Queen of
Jhansi has some interesting
movies in the pipeline and
it also includes the project
based on the Emergency.
Kangana has been roped
in to play the role of former
Indian Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi and the actress has
been quite excited about the
same. And while her fans
have been eagerly waiting
for the project, the Queen
actress has finally shared an
update for the same.
—Agency
A
ctors Jim Sarbh
and Ishwak Singh
have been roped
in for the web
series “Rocket Boys”. The
series is a dramatised re-
telling of the lives of India’s
brightest nuclear physicists.
It will narrate the story of
Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram
Sarabhai and their journey to
achieving greatness. Jim will
play Bhabha and Ishwak will
essay the role of Sarabhai.
Jim said: “Indian entertain-
ment is about to explode
with new material, and
‘Rocket Boys’ is a project
that will, hopefully, be a part
of the new wave of how
shows are conceived, cre-
ated, and consumed. Taking
on the role of Homi Bhabha
is extremely special, partly
because of our shared Parsi
heritage”—Agency
R
achel Zegler has
her hands filled
with multiple pres-
tigious big-ticket
projects. She is starring as
Maria in the screen adapta-
tion of ‘West Side Story’ di-
rected by Steven Spielberg,
which will reportedly come
out by the end of 2021.
Meanwhile, Rachel has
bagged the titular character
in Disney’s forthcoming
Snow White live-action
adaptation. According to a
report in Deadline, Rachel
has bagged the role, and
The Amazing Spider-Man
director Marc Webb has
been signed on board to
helm the feature.
—Agency
Refuses
to age
New
Role
Rocket
Boys
Snow
White
A
year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards to change
its format to virtual with a pre-recorded
hourlong special, the awards season staple
honouring the best of film and TV will be
returning to business as usual. The 28th
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will
take place next year on February 27, 2022,
reported Variety
. This was the date origi-
nally reserved for the 94th Academy
Awards, but with the Oscars moving
to March 27, the SAG Awards will
now fill that date. —Agency
D
ua Lipa took to Instagram to celebrate
her boyfriend Anwar Hadid on his
birthday and had the sweetest things
to say about him. The Levitating sing-
er shared a series of romantic pictures with
Anwar in her post and made sure to echo her
emotions. The post included several
photos of the couple sharing ro-
mantic moments. Dua also cele-
brated Anwar’s close bond with
their dog Dexter. In her post to
honour boyfriend Anwar on his
birthday, Lipa wrote, “You make
my world so much better!!”
—Agency
Paani Paani
Paani Paani
ctress Jacqueline Fernandez recently featured in the music
video ‘Paani Paani’ by rapper Badshah and singer Aastha Gill.
The video of the song, shot across Jaisalmer, crossed over 100
million views in just 12 days. Jacqueline Fernandez is in the
mood to dance, going by her Tuesday post on Instagram. Jac-
queline’s new image shows her lying down and flaunting a
beautiful smile at the camera. She is seen wearing a white crop
top with a mesh neckline. She kept her look simple, with just a pink lip
tint. “It’s time to dance,” she wrote as caption. The actress recently
featured in the music video “Paani Paani” by rapper Badshah and
singer Aastha Gill. The video of the song, shot across Jaisalmer,
crossed over 100 million views in just 12 days. Jacqueline has a
packed schedule right now. She has “Ram Setu” and “Bachchan
Pandey” coming up with Akshay Kumar, “Kick 2” with Sal-
man Khan, “Cirkus” with Ranveer Singh
and the multi-star cast horror comedy
“Bhoot Police”
—Agency
A
ROMANTIC
MOMENT!
Reading
Reading
Sessions
Sessions
Birthday wishes
SAGAwards
SAGAwards
Jacqueline Fernandez
Representational picture
Justin Hailey Bieber
Katrina Kaif
Dua Lipa
...Dua’s post
Anil Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Rachel Zegler Jim Sarbh

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
YOGA AT BEACH!
Post the celebration of International Yoga Day, some of our precious readers shared their snaps of practising asanas at the beach.We thought of sharing the same with everyone.A treat for the eyes. Seen here is Yoga instructor Jyoti in a Yoga session at Patnem Beach, South Goa.
CITY FIRST
webinar was
organised by
M u s k a a n
Foundation for
Road Safety in
a s s o c i a t i o n
with Transport
Department, the Gov-
ernment of Rajasthan
and Police Commis-
sionerate, Jaipur on the
topic ‘Streets for Life:
Slow Speed, Saves
Lives’ on Wednesday.
The webinar was at-
tended by Diya Kumari
on zoom. The webinar
discussed promoting
slow speed around are-
as like schools, hospi-
tals and construction
sites. The webinar was
moderated by the Trus-
tee, Muskaan Founda-
tion for Road Safety, Dr
Mridul Bhasin.
On the occasion, Diya
Kumari said that road
safety is an extremely
important aspect of our
everyday lives. A huge
number of lives are lost
owing to our careless at-
titude towards road
safety. To reduce the
number of unfortu-
nate incidents and
accidents, safe
zones should be
made in the city, espe-
cially in areas near
schools, hospitals and
crowded places.
Additional Commis-
sioner of Police, Com-
missionerate of Po-
lice, Jaipur, Rahul
Prakash said strict
steps need to be tak-
en to reduce accidents
due to speeding. Re-
gional Transport Offic-
er, Jaipur, Rakesh Shar-
ma said that the rules
for the speed limit
should be strictly im-
plemented and fol-
lowed. Along with this,
speed control is also
possible through li-
cense and training.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
STREETS FOR LIFE
FACE OF THE WEEK
A
HAPPY B’DAY!
The latest billboard of First India featuring model Soni Kumari is attracting a lot of eyeballs and
appreciation across.The billboards have been put up at the premises of Jaipur International Airport.
The birthday of IPS Sunil
Kumar Bishnoi was on
June 23, Wednesday. We
wish him all the best!
T
he most await-
ing single
‘Paani Paani’
by Bollywood
Singer Aastha Gill
with Badshah, Ft.
Jacqueline Fernan-
dez released recently. The
netizens are going gaga over
this song that matches the
vibe of almost every party.
The songstress Aastha
Gill shared her journey
and experience in an ex-
clusive interview with
City First!
On being asked about her
experience, Aastha said,
“The song Paani Paani is
very special to me because
this is the first song where I
have collaborated with Jac-
queline. It was such a fun
experience shooting with
her. We recorded this song
differently this time as
Badshah was not pre-
sent with me when I was
dubbing it. I just got
voice notes so it was diffi-
cult for me initially but we
did it. Badshah is more like
family to me and my experi-
ence with him has always
been great.”
“Paani Paani is not just a
song for me. It’s like a vibe. I
hardly know anyone who
doesn’tlikethissong.Thelyr-
ics, rap, signature tune is just
perfect to hook onto,” the
singer said.
While talking about her up-
coming projects, Aastha said,
“I am working on a few col-
laborationthisyear.OnceIam
backfromKhatronKeKhiladi
from Cape Town, I will be re-
leasing those songs soon.”
KARISHMA GWALANI
karishma.gwalani@firstindia.co.in
I
n the ‘Digital Baal Mela 2021’ Sea-
son2,acreativeplatformsponsored
by Future Society and LIC, the chil-
drenarenowlookingforwardtothe
session being organised for ‘Bacho ki
SarkarKaisiHo’.OnWednesday
,June
23, Ruma Devi interacted with the
children virtually
. She shared about
the struggles of her life. The main
topic for today was, how the children
should keep themselves busy during
the Corona period. It is worth noting
that in this era of an epidemic, chil-
dren are being forced to stay at home.
In such a situation, the children are
now bored and are becoming victims
of mental stress. To get the children
out of this, Ruma Devi discussed
many such ways with the children, in
whichtheywouldnotonlybebusybut
would also be able to make a name for
themselves across the country with
their skills and their art. —CITY FIRST
RumaDeviatDBM
FITNESS FIRST!
The celebrity
fitness trainer,
Ajay Singh shares
that Jaipurites
seem to be getting
fitter after this
lockdown. This
time it seemed as
if people were very
eagerly waiting to
start working out.
THE SINGING SENSATION!
CHANGE MAKER
CITY FIRST
A
n honouring ceremo-
ny ‘Change Maker
Award 2021’ from Plan
International Delhi
was organised on Wednesday
,
June 23, where 30 people who
have done outstanding and
out-of-the-box work in
various fields across the
country were honoured.
In which Amrita Chaud-
hary
, secretary of Disha Shek-
hawati Women and Girl De-
velopment Institute, Sujan-
garh, Churu (Rajasthan), sent
Disha Tandon as a nominee.
Disha Tandon was introduced
to Amrita Chaudhary in 2017
when she was studying at
NIFT, Chennai through a
speech at the Craft Council of
India. Disha moved to Su-
jangarh from Chennai for
10 days with one of her
classmate, K Kairav Sahu and
started working on innova-
tion and change in the work-
space of Disha Shekhawati
institute. She documented the
activities taking place in the
Institute and about those who
are working for the society for
the upliftment of women in
English. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
EVENT!
Dr Divya Jaitly is invited as a thought leader on Indian
Business in the India-New Zealand Business Council
Summit-2021 alongside Indian High commissioner and
other industry leaders. The summit started on June 23
and will also be held on June 24, today.
Diya Kumari addressing the online audience
Aastha Gill
During the ceremony

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