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Modi exhorts exporters to set long-term export targets
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday appealed to
exporters and the indus-
try to fix long-term ex-
port targets for them-
selves and suggest ways
to the government to
achieve those goals.
Inaugurating the new
Vanijya Bhawan here,
he said that the exports
play a critical role in the
transition of a country
from developing to de-
veloped status.
During the last fiscal
year, the Prime Minister
said despite the historic
global disruptions, In-
dia’s exports stood at a
total (goods and servic-
es)of USD670billion(Rs
50 lakh crore).
He added that India’s
merchandise exports in
2021-22 crossed USD 418
billion(Rs31lakhcrore),
as against the target of
USD 400 billion (Rs 30
lakh crore).
“Encouraged by this
successof thepastyears,
we have now increased
our export targets and
have doubled our efforts
to achieve them. Collec-
tive effort of everyone is
very necessary to
achieve these new goals
Industry, exporters and
export promotion coun-
cils are here. I will urge
them to set not only
short-termbutalsolong-
term export targets for
themselves,” he said.
PM Modi said that
the new Bhawan will
significantly benefit
people associated with
trade, commerce and
the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
(MSME) sector.
The Prime Minister
also launched the NIRY-
AT (National Import-
ExportRecordforYearly
Analysis of Trade) por-
tal - which is developed
as a one-stop platform
for stakeholders to get
all necessary informa-
tion related to India’s
foreign trade. Turn to P3
PM’S CLARION CALL TO INDUSTRY
PM Modi at the inauguration of ‘Vanijya Bhawan’ and launch of NIRYAT Portal, in New Delhi on Thursday.
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❍ PM MODI ADDRESSES 14TH BRICS SUMMIT
BRICS countries to play key
role in post-covid world: PM
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi ad-
dressed the 14th BRICS
summit on Thursday
and said that member
nations - Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South
Africa- of the grouping
have a similar approach
regarding the govern-
ance of the global econ-
omy
.
“BRICS members
have a similar approach
regarding the govern-
ance of the global econ-
omy. Our mutual coop-
eration can make a use-
ful contribution to the
global post-Covid recov-
ery,” PM Modi said in
his virtual address. 14th
BRICS summit is being
hosted by China in a
virtual mode. BRICS
has become a platform
for discussing and de-
liberating on issues of
common concern for all
developing countries.
PM Narendra Modi attends the
14th BRICS Summit via VC, in
New Delhi on Thursday.
By increasing
connectivity
between BRICS
Youth Summits, BRICS
Sports, civil society
organizations and
think-tanks, we've
strengthened our people-
to-people connect.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
MODI, SHAH GREET MURMU!
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi meets NDA’s
Presidential candidate
Draupadi Murmu, in New
Delhi on Thursday.
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah meets NDA’s
Presidential candidate
Draupadi Murmu, in New
Delhi on Thursday.
Shah: Cooperatives necessary for
welfare of common populace
New Delhi (ANI): Union
Minister for Home Af-
fairs and Cooperation
Amit Shah on Thursday
emphasisedtheexistence
of cooperatives for the
welfare of the common
populace of the society
.
Speaking at a day-long
conclave, which will dis-
cuss various issues re-
lated to Scheduled and
Multi-State Urban Co-
operative Banks and
Credit Societies, Shah
also stressed on the need
forsymmetricexpansion
of cooperatives to sus-
tain amid competition.
“It’simportantthatwe
do symmetric expansion
of cooperatives, that’s
how we can sustain our-
selvesamidcompetition.
Co-operativebanksregu-
larly lend loans to the
common populace for
their various needs,”
Shah said at an event on
urbancooperativebanks.
Amit Shah being presented with
a memento by Jyotindra bhai
Mehta in Delhi on Thursday.
In Modi govt,
Cooperative
banks will not
be treated in 2nd grade,
and that nobody will do
injustice to them but
they will have to change
as per the need.
Amit Shah, Union Minister for
Home Affairs and Cooperation
CONDEMN RAUT’S
SINISTER THREAT:
JETHMALANI TO CM
Rajya Sabha member
Mahesh Jethmalani on
Thursday asked Maha CM
Uddhav Thack-
eray to condemn
a statement by
his party Shiv
Sena’s chief
spokesperson
Sanjay Raut that the Sena’s
rebel MLAs “will find it
difficult to return and move
around in Maharashtra”.
UDDHAV THACKERAY v/s EKNATH SHINDE
l THACKERAY GOVT WILL WIN TRUST VOTE IN ASSEMBLY, SAYS SHARAD
l SENA SEEKS ACTION AGAINST REBELS WHO SKIPPED PARTY MEET
l AGHADI ALLIES BACK UDDHAV BUT EKNATH SHINDE’S CAMP GROWS
MAHADRAMA
INTENSIFIES
Aishwary Pradhan
Mumbai: As the Shiv
Sena appeared to offer a
compromise by saying
thatitwasreadytomove
out of the ruling alli-
ance in Maharashtra if
therebelMLAsreturned
within 24 hours, the Na-
tionalist Congress Party
said that it would stick
by CM Uddhav Thack-
eray till the end as the
currentgovernmenthas
the ability to win a floor
testif properprocedures
are followed. “I have
seen many such situa-
tions in Maharashtra
and I am confident that
the Uddhav Thackeray
government will go past
this crisis,” NCP chief
Sharad Pawar said.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar addresses a press conference, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maha-
rashtra, Deputy CM and senior NCP leader
Ajit Pawar said that his party
stands tall beside the Shiv Sena.
“We will stand with Uddhav
Thackeray ji till the end. We are
keeping an eye on the current
political situation,” he added.
WILL STAND WITH UDDHAV TILL
THE END, SAYS AJIT PAWAR
Shiv Sena is ready to walk out of the MVA
govt in Maharashtra, but the rebel MLAs
making this demand should
return to Mumbai (from Guwa-
hati) in 24 hours, and place this
proposal before the party chief
Uddhav Thackeray and it will be
discussed, said MP Sanjay Raut.
RETURN WITHIN 24 HRS, WILL
CONSIDER QUITTING MVA: RAUT
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has plain-
ly denied the state has got anything to do
with one of the biggest political
developments this week. “I don’t
know if Maha MLAs are staying
in Assam. MLAs of other states
can also come stay in Assam,”
CM Sarma said on Thursday.
DON’T KNOW IF MAHA MLAs
HERE: ASSAM CM HIMANTA
WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday
slammed BJP of trying to topple MVA
govt. Didi said, ‘Send Maha MLAs
to WB. We will extend good
hospitality. Democracy is totally
bulldozed by BJP govt. Unfor-
tunate that federal structure is
totally demolished by BJP govt.’
SEND MAHA MLAs TO WB: DIDI
AFTER TMC PROTEST IN ASSAM
42 MLAs with Sena rebel Shinde
Shivendra Parmar
Guwahati: Picture
shows 42 MLAs pos-
ing with Sena rebel
Shinde at a hotel in
Guwahati, a show of
strength that seemed
to indicate that it is
game over Sena chief
and Maha CM Uddhav.
MLAs gathered for a
photo-shoot meant
more as a preview of
a test of strength that
may come up in Ma-
ha’s power tussle.
Rebel Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLAs unanimously chose party
leader Eknath Shinde as their leader, at the Radisson Blu Hotel,
in Guwahati, Assam on Thursday. 3 more legislators arrive at the
hotel late on Thursday night, tally in Shinde camp rises to 44.
SENA MLA KESARKAR
JOINS SHINDE CAMP
Shiv Sena MLA Deepak
Kesarkar flew to Assam,
he said that we want Uddhav
to get into an alliance with
BJP and form a new govt
with a natural ally. He was
with Aaditya 2 days ago.
SHINDE MAKES LIST OF
400 EX- CORPORATORS
Rebel leader Eknath Shin-
de has made a list of at
least 400 former corpora-
tors and a few MPs who are
expected to cross over to
his side after he joins new
govt, said sources.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
US SC STRIKES NEW
YORK GUN LAW IN
MAJOR RULING
Washington: SC on
Thursday struck down
a restrictive New York
gun law in a major ruling
for gun rights. Justices’
6-3 decision is expected
to ultimately allow
more people to legally
carry guns on streets
of nation’s largest cities
– including NY, LA and
Boston – and elsewhere.
Quarter of US population
lives in states expected
to be affected by ruling.
IN MESSAGE TO PM
MODI, JAPAN PM
CONDOLES LOSS OF
LIVES IN FLOODS IN
ASSAM; ASSURES AID
New Delhi: Japanese
PM Fumio Kishida
has sent a condolence
message to PM Modi,
“I am deeply saddened
to have learnt that the
flooding and landslides
that occurred in the
State of Assam and the
State of Meghalaya fol-
lowing the heavy rain in
the NE Region of India
have led to the loss of
many precious lives and
forced many people to
evacuate,” he said.
PIL IN HC SEEKS TO
REMOVE VT FROM
AIRCRAFT NAME
New Delhi: PIL was filed
in Delhi HC to replace
call sign VT. Ashwini
Upadhyay, BJP leader
and attorney who filed
PIL, claimed that because
India is a “Sovereign So-
cialist Secular Democratic
Republic,” Call Sign “VT”
is in violation of Rule of
Law, Right to Freedom
Right to Dignity of
Persons guaranteed by
Articles 14, 19 21 of
the Constitution. P8
CENTRE PROPOSES
TO SHIFT CONMAN
TO MANDOLI JAIL
New Delhi: The Centre
on Thursday offered to
shift conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar, cur-
rently housed in Tihar,
to Mandoli jail in east
Delhi in compliance with
the Supreme Court’s
June 17 order on the
33-year-old’s petition
that alleged a threat to
his life in Tihar jail.
10dead,7hurtinroad
accidentinUP’sPilibhit
Pilibhit (ANI): As
many as ten people
were killed and seven
others were injured af-
ter a vehicle carrying
pilgrims from Harid-
war collided with a tree
in the Gajraula Police
Station area here on
Thursday morning. “10
dead, 7 injured after a
DCM vehicle returning
from Haridwar met
with an accident at
about 4:30 am this
morning. Of the 17 peo-
ple, 10 died on the spot,
five are being treated at
a district hospital, and
two were referred to Ba-
reilly. We have contact-
ed their families,” said
Pulkit Khare, Pilibhit
District Magistrate.
Mangled remains of a vehicle
being pulled out from roadside
ditch after the it overturned
and fell, in Pilibhit on Thursday.

‘CENTRE WANTS TO DEMOLISH 52 TEMPLES’
CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022
02
LAST HOUR OF VOTING HAD BEEN RESERVED FOR COVID PATIENTS IN POLL BOUND AREA
Rajinder Nagar posts 40.65% voter turnout
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Rajinder Na-
gar Assembly constitu-
ency recorded a 40.65%
voter turnout till 5 pm
in the bypolls Thurs-
day.
Delhi Chief Election
Officer (CEO) Ranbir
Singh said efforts have
been made to encourage
more voters to come to
the polling booths.
The last hour of vot-
ing has been reserved
for Covid patients.
“Covid patients have
been identified by the
district administration.
They will be brought to
the polling station in
ambulances to cast
votes between 5 pm and
6 pm, after the normal
voting is completed.
Foolproof arrange-
ments have been made
for the patients who
will be allowed to vote
wearing PPE kits,” Sin-
gh said.
“We hope the voting
percentage to go up as
more people are likely
to turn up in the after-
noon. The constituency
recorded a voter turn-
out of 58.27% in 2020,
and we hope the num-
ber goes up this time,”
he said.
The office of the CEO
had made arrange-
ments for drinking wa-
ter, Braille and sign lan-
guage at all polling
booths. A pick-up and
drop facility for the el-
derly has also been ar-
ranged.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha with party candidate Durgesh Pathak show
victory signs after arriving to cast his vote for Rajinder Nagar Assembly by-elections, in New Delhi
on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
POTABLE WATER SUPPLY, SEWER
LINE, ROADS AMONG KEY ISSUES
New Delhi (PTI): Potable water supply, sewer lines,
broken roads and the new liquor policy were among the
key election issues for many Rajinder Nagar residents
as they stepped out to
vote in the bypoll to the
assembly constituency on
Thursday morning. The Ra-
jinder Nagar assembly seat
fell vacant after AAP leader
Raghav Chadha was elected to Rajya Sabha recently.
Several voters alleged no developmental work was un-
dertaken in the constituency. “I voted for development,
which this constituency lacks. Issues of water supply,
parking and encroachment need to be fixed. I believe
people are voting on development issues,” Gurjeet
Singh, who came to exercise his franchise at a Rajinder
Nagar R Block polling station, told PTI. Shortage of po-
table water emerged as a key issue across the Rajinder
Nagar constituency. In posh colonies of the area, issues
of development, vehicle parking and encroachment are
prevalent, several voters claimed.
Delhi Transport Department hiring
research fellows to improve EV policy
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi transport depart-
ment is hiring research
fellows to advise the gov-
ernment on policy inter-
ventions to make the
national capital more e-
vehicle-friendly, officials
said.
Interviews were held
on June 18 and four can-
didates shortlisted, they
said.
“Two of the shortlist-
ed research fellows are
deputy directors in the
EV cell, while the other
two are freshers. One of
them is likely to join by
June 25 and another by
the end of this month,”
an official said.
Another official said
the transport depart-
ment was hiring people
to help it improve the
city government’s EV
(electric vehicle) policy.
“They will help us re-
search various aspects
like what technologies
are available, how charg-
ing infrastructure can be
improved and policy in-
terventions that can be
suggested on the basis of
ongoing managerial
changes,” he added.
The fellows will also
conduct research to find
out if it is feasible to
have all manufactures
use standard batteries
and whether batteries
can be exchanged at
charging stations, the of-
ficial said.
The job profile of the
researchers will also in-
volve comparing e-vehi-
cle policies of other
states with Delhi, and
suggesting policy inter-
ventions on the basis of
ongoing managerial
changes, he added.
Entry of medium,
heavy vehicles
banned from Nov
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi govern-
ment has issued an
order banning the
entry of medium and
heavy goods vehicles
in the national capi-
tal from November to
February in an effort
to curb vehicular pol-
lution, officials said
on Thursday
.
According to an of-
ficial, entry of such
vehicles will be
banned from Novem-
ber 1, 2022 to Febru-
ary 28, 2023. Vehicu-
lar pollution leads to
deterioration of air
quality during the
winter months, he
added.
On June 15, the
Delhi government
had written to its
neighbouring states,
including Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh,
urging them to allow
only BS VI-compliant
buses to enter the na-
tional capital from
October 1 in order to
help control air pol-
lution in the city
.
The request was
made to deal with
the problem of ve-
hicular pollution in
the city, which offi-
cials here indicated,
is contributed to in
part by vehicles com-
ing from the neigh-
bouring state of
Haryana.
The national capi-
tal witnesses high
levels of air pollu-
tion in the winter
months from Octo-
ber due to a multi-
tude of factors, in-
cluding stubble
burning and vehicu-
lar traffic.
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
POLLUTION CURB
Sisodia pulls up PWD
staff in surprise check
New Delhi: A surprise
inspection of the road
stretch between ITO and
Tilak Bridge on Wednes-
day led Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Siso-
dia to issue a warning to
Public Works Depart-
ment (PWD) officials for
lack of maintenance.
Officials said Sisodia
found that the road, foot
over bridges, and road
aesthetics were poorly
maintained. “We are de-
termined to make roads
of Delhi beautiful and
commuter friendly
. Any
laxity on the part of of-
ficials will not be toler-
ated,” Sisodia said.
Sisodia took over the
PWD after Satyendar
Jain was arrested by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate in an alleged money
laundering case.
Sisodia inspected
road markings and lifts
for skywalk near Tilak
Bridge.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Delhi government
is planning to extend
the 20% discount of-
fered on circle rates of
properties in the nation-
al Capital for six more
months, officials said.
On February 5, 2021,
the Delhi government
had reduced circle rates
for all categories of
properties-- residential,
commercial and indus-
trial-- by 20% till Sep-
tember 30, 2021.
The government’s de-
cision was aimed at
boosting the economy
in the national Capital
after it came to a stand-
still during the Covid-19
pandemic-induced lock-
down. Since September
2021, the relaxation has
been extended several
times and the current
extension is valid till
June 30, 2022.
“A proposal is being
sent to chief minister
(CM) Arvind Kejriwal
and lieutenant governor
(LG) Vinai Kumar Saxe-
na to extend the 20% dis-
count on circle rates for
six more months.,” Del-
hi’s revenue minister
Kailash Gahlot said.
If approved by the
CM and the LG, the dis-
count on the circle rates
will continue till De-
cember 31, 2022.
In case the chief min-
ister or the LG disap-
proves of the proposal,
the decision will affect
the process of buying a
property--and hike up
the registration fee.
Govt plans to extend 20% discount on circle rates
SIX MONTHS RELIEF

A proposal is
being sent to
CM and LG
Saxena to
extend the
20% discount
on circle rates
for six more
months
FLASHBACK
Hitting out at the BJP-
ruled Centre, the Aam
Aadmi Party said the
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Ministry had writ-
ten to the Delhi Home
department asking it to
refer the matter of re-
moving religious struc-
tures occupying land
meant for the redevel-
opment of seven gov-
ernment housing colo-
nies in the city
.
According to the let-
ter from the ministry,
the state Home Depart-
ment had informed it
in April this year that
notices for the removal
of encroachment, ex-
cept in the “sanctum
sanctorum area”, had
been served.
The letter also asks
the Religious Commit-
tee to consider the re-
moval or demolition of
the religious structures
“at an early date”.
The structures — 52
temples and one mazar
— are located in the
seven government resi-
dential colonies of Kas-
turba Nagar, Srini-
waspuri, Thyagraj Na-
gar, Nauroji Nagar,
Netaji Nagar, Sarojini
Nagar and Moham-
madpur. Of these, 19
are in Kasturba Nagar
while there is only one
in Mohammadpur.
Mundka fire incident: 4
more body sent to family
New Delhi (ANI): After
matching the DNA sam-
ples of the people who
died in the fire incident
that took place at an of-
fice building near the
Mundka metro station
on May 13, the Forensic
Science and Laboratory
(FSL) identified four
DNA profiles on Wednes-
day which are yet to be
handed over to their fam-
ily members, the police
informed on Thursday.
As per the reports at
least 27 bodies were re-
covered after the inci-
dent took place, of
which 22 dead bodies
have already been hand-
ed over to their respec-
tive families.
Of the remaining five
bodies, two DNA reports
were pending from the
FSL, which the Delhi Po-
lice discussed with the
laboratory’s director on
Wednesday late night.
Of these two pending
bodies, one was identi-
fiedasRanjuDevi,which
will be handed over to
her family today, while
the other one is yet to be
identified and hence will
continue to remain in
Mortuary till then.
In the early stage of
the case, eight dead bod-
ies were handed over to
theirfamilymemberson
June 7. Further, the FSL
authorities handed over
DNA profiles of three
unknowndeadbodieson
the evening of June 7.
Earlier,ForensicScience
and Laboratory team
has given DNA sample
reports to the Delhi Po-
lice team.
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
BJP president Adesh
Gupta on Thursday ac-
cused Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal of
“skipping” crucial
meetings of the NDMC
and being “indifferent”
towards people’s wel-
fare in his New Delhi
Assembly constituency
.
No immediate reac-
tion to Gupta’s accusa-
tion was available
from the ruling Aam
Aadmi Party.
At a press conference,
Gupta claimed that Kejri-
wal attended only one of
the 21 Jan Suvidha meets
held in his constituency.
This shows his “indiffer-
ence” towards his con-
stituents, he charged.
The Delhi BJP presi-
dent claimed that the
chief minister was ab-
sent in four meetings of
the New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC).
Water supply to big
Centre-run hospitals in
the NDMC area was re-
duced by the Delhi gov-
ernment. “Earlier, the
Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
used to supply 124 MLD
of water to these hospi-
tals which have now
been scaled down to 75
MLD,” he alleged.
In an NDMC meeting
on Wednesday
, NDMC
member and Delhi BJP
generalsecretaryKuljeet
Chahal had moved a res-
olution to declare Kejri-
wal’s seat in the council
“vacant”, citing his ab-
sencefromfourconsecu-
tive meetings without
permission. The resolu-
tion was moved during
the civic body’s council
meeting. Kejriwal is a
memberof theNDMCby
virtue of being the New
Delhi MLA. The resolu-
tion cited his absence
from council meetings
from December 2021 to
March 2022.
Kejriwal indifferent towards people’s welfare: BJP
GUPTA SAYS
Kejriwal attended
only one of the 21
Jan Suvidha meets in
his constituency. This
shows his
“indifference” towards
his constituents.
3 HELD FOR CHEATING HUNDREDS OF BANK
CUSTOMERS WITH FAKE IDS
New Delhi (PTI): Three people have been arrested for
allegedly cheating hundreds of HDFC bank account
holders after getting
their SIM cards reis-
sued on fake identities,
police said on Thursday.
The accused, identified
as Sunny Kumar Singh
(27), Kapil (28) and
Pavin Ramesh (21), were arrested on June 20, while
another member Rakesh is absconding, they said.
YOUTUBERS HELD
WITH FIREARM
AND DAGGER
New Delhi: A man was
arrested and a juvenile
apprehended Tuesday
evening from Delhi’s
Dwarka district for alleg-
edly possessing illegal
arms purchased to make
YouTube videos, said
the police. The adult
accused was identified
as Mahavir enclave
resident Shivanand, 24.
The police added that
they are searching for
the weapon supplier.
CRUCIAL READ
10-YEAR-OLD
DIES IN FREAK
ACCIDENT
New Delhi: A
10-year-old
boy suffocated
to death in a
skipping rope
accident while
trying to enact
a stunt he had
watched in a
video, police said
on Thursday. The
incident took place
in northeast Delhi’s
Kartar Nagar area
around 7 pm on
Wednesday when
he was at home
with his mother,
they said.

INDIA
03
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: An inter-
esting post was seen in
social media that the
fight that Congress
should have contested
in courts is being fought
on streets and the fight
which should be fought
on the streets, is being
fought on social media!
When Rahul Gandhi
was called by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) for questioning
about the alleged irreg-
ularities in the Nation-
al Herald case, the en-
tire Congress party
took to the streets. Keep
in mind this matter is
very old and the Con-
gress has gone to the
Supreme Court to get
the matter dismissed.
But even in the court it
did not get relief. This
case was also started by
Subramanian Swamy,
who had once brought
down the government
of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
by upporting Jay-
alalithaa with Sonia
Gandhi. So it is not a
very simple matter of
political revenge of the
government.
So when all the top
leaders of Congress
came out on the road,
their message went that
Congress leaders are de-
voted to only one family
.
Their allegiance is not
to the people, but to the
family. Secondly, the
BJP also got an opportu-
nity to say that the Con-
gress party is agitating
to defend the Nehru-
Gandhi family in the
matter of corruption. In
fact, the Congress has
to fight this battle in
court. Congress should
remember how the SIT
set up for the Gujarat
riots questioned the
then Chief Minister of
Gujarat Narendra Modi
for hours. Modi had qui-
etly gone to the SIT’s of-
fice and joined the inter-
rogation. If instead of
taking to the road in
protest against Rahul’s
appearance before the
ED, Congress would
have taken to the road
in protest against the
bulldozers going on
people’s homes in Ut-
tar Pradesh or strug-
gled on the road like
this on the issue of in-
flation, poverty and
unemployment, com-
mon people would con-
nect more with it. But
the Congress party is
fighting all such bat-
tles on Twitter.
Congress’ bizarre strategy: Fight real issues on social
media, protest against ‘first family’s’ issues on roads!
FROM PAGE -1
The government is
working to promote
ease of doing business
and boost exports, Modi
said adding new domes-
tic products like hand-
looms are reaching new
markets.
Underlining the role
of increasing exports in
the transition of a coun-
try from developing to
developed country,
Modi said that in the
last eight years, India
has been continuously
increasing its exports.
Better policies to in-
crease exports, easing
of the process, and tak-
ing products to new
markets, have helped a
lot in this direction, he
said adding today, every
department of the gov-
ernment is giving prior-
ity to increasing ex-
ports with a ‘whole of
government’ approach.
“Exports from new
areas are increasing.
Even from many aspira-
tional districts, exports
have now increased
manifold. The increase
in exports of cotton and
handloom products by
55 per cent shows how
the work is being done
at the grassroot level,”
he said.
Now many of the do-
mestic products are be-
ing exported for the
first time to new coun-
tries, he said citing ex-
amples like Sitabhog
Mithai being exported
to Bahrain, Fresh King
Chilli of Nagaland to
London, Fresh Bur-
mese grapes of Assam
to Dubai, tribal Mahua
products from Chattis-
garh to France and
Khumani of Kargil to
Dubai.
He also referred to
trade deals signed with
the UAE and Australia
last year and informed
that there has been a lot
of progress on talks for
similar pacts with other
countries as well.
“For business, identi-
fying new markets and
manufacturing prod-
ucts after identifying
their needs is very im-
portant for the progress
of the country”, he said.
He also requested
every department to pe-
riodically review the
portals and platforms
that have been devel-
oped in recent times.
PM MODI INAUGURATES NEW
‘VANIJYA BHAWAN’ PREMISES
The Bhawan is designed as a smart building and constructed near the India Gate
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates ‘Vanijya Bhawan’ and launches the NIRYAT Portal, in Delhi
on Thursday. Union Minister for Commerce, Industry Piyush Goyal is also seen.
New Delhi (PTI):
Hailing as “historic”
the BJP-led NDA’s deci-
sion to name Draupadi
Murmu as its presi-
dential poll candidate,
the Akhil Bhartiya
Vanvasi Kalyan Ash-
ram on Thursday ap-
pealed to all parties to
elect her unanimously
and show commitment
towards the all-round
progress of the tribal
communities.
In a statement in
Hindi, the RSS affili-
ate said the tribal soci-
ety had to suffer ne-
glect for years despite
being an integral part
of the Indian tradition
and culture as well as
the bearer of a glori-
ous tradition.
With the country
being home to over 12
crore tribals, Mur-
mu’s nomination as
the NDA candidate is
a move towards
bringing a social
change, it stated.
NDA’S nominee for
president Droupadi
Murmu reached the
national capital from
Bhubaneswar on
Thursday, a day be-
fore she files her
nomination papers
for the post.
Her nomination pa-
pers are being pre-
pared at Parliamenta-
ry Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi’s resi-
dence, sources said
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu with NDAs Presidential
candidate Draupadi Murmu (R) in New Delhi on Thursday.
New Delhi (PTI): As India
elects its next president
on July 18, the Legislative
Assembly of the Union
Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir will not be a part
of the exercise for the sec-
ond time in the history of
the election to the top con-
stitutional post. There have
been precedents of legisla-
tive assemblies of states
not being part of the prez
polls on account of their
dissolution, the first such
instance being of Gujarat
in 1974. The assemblies of
Assam, Nagaland and JK
too could not participate in
subsequent elections on
account of dissolution. The
JK Reorganisation Act
provides for a Legislative
Assembly for the Union
Territory of JK, but the
election is yet to be held.
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Thursday said that a
plea seeking a direction
to the governments
of Maharashtra and
Delhi to sack Ministers
Nawab Malik and Saty-
endar Jain, who were
arrested in connection
with separate criminal
cases and are in judicial
custody, would be listed
for hearing after it is
placed before the CJI.
Bengaluru: The HC of
Karnataka has acquitted
the accused in the sen-
sational Belagavi triple
murder accused. The
judgement of acquittal
by the division bench of
Justice K S Mudagal and
Justice M G S Kamal
came on the appeal filed
by Praveen Bhat against
the order of the Ses-
sions Court in Belagavi
which had found him
guilty of murder.
JK ASSEMBLY TO
MISS PRESIDENTIAL
POLLS FOR 2ND
TIME IN HISTORY
SC: PIL SEEKING
SACKING OF MINS
MALIK AND JAIN
HC ACQUITS MAN
ACCUSED OF
TRIPLE MURDER
PM Narendra Modi led
BJP leaders in paying
tributes to Syama Pras-
ad Mookerjee on his
death anniversary on
Thursday. PM said all
citizens are “indebted”
to him for his “unparal-
leled efforts” toward
forwarding India’s uni-
ty. “Remembering Dr.
Syama Prasad Mooker-
jee on his Punya Tithi.
Every Indian is in-
debted to him for his
unparalleled efforts to-
wards furthering In-
dia’s unity. He worked
hard for India’s pro-
gress and dreamt of a
strong and prosperous
nation. We are commit-
ted to fulfilling his
dreams,” PM Modi
wrote on Twitter.
UnionHomeMinister
Amit Shah also remem-
bered Mookerjee and
said even his political
opponents regarded
him for his wealth of
knowledge. “Mooker-
jee's life was a wonder-
ful amalgamation of
new ideas of national
unity, cultural dedica-
tion, education and de-
velopment. Every Indi-
an is indebted to his su-
preme sacrifice for the
struggle to protect Ben-
gal and to keep Kashmir
an integral part of In-
dia. Tributes to him on
his sacrifice day,” Shah
tweeted. BJP President
JP Nadda paid floral
tributes to Syama Pras-
ad Mookerjee on his
death anniversary at
the party headquarters.
Tributes to Syama Prasad on death anniv
COURTESY CALL!
Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra paid a courtesy visit to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj
Mishra at Jodhpur House in New Delhi on Thursday. During the day, Union Minister of Heavy
Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey also called on Raj Guv Mishra at Jodhpur House, Delhi.
Kerala: Kerala High Court on Thursday suspended the
sentence of life impris-
onment to Sister Sephy
and Father Thomas Kot-
toor in the Sister Abhaya
murder case. Kottoor,
along with Sister Sephy,
a nun, was convicted on
December 23, 2020, by a
CBI Court, Thiruvananthapuram for the murder of 19-year-
old nun Sister Abhaya. Thereafter, they were sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
Jharkhand: The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday
slammed the Hemant
Soren's govt over the
deteriorating law and or-
der situation and sought
a report from the state
govt over the killing of a
criminal at the Deoghar
court's premises. A divi-
sion bench of CJ Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan
Prasad, while taking the suo moto cognisance of a letter
by District and Session Judge, Deoghar over the killing.
KERALA HC GRANTS BAIL TO KEY
ACCUSED IN SISTER ABHAYA MURDER
J’KHAND HC SLAMS STATE GOVT ON
DETERIORATING LAW SITUATION
RSSbodyappealsallparties
toelectMurmuunanimously
MURMU TO FILE NOMINATION TODAY
TO EXPORTERS
IN THE COURTYARD
JP Nadda pays tributes to Dr Syama Prasad in Delhi on Thursday.
AIADMK co-coordinator O Panneerselvam leaves in middle
of the partys during partys GC Meet, in Chennai on Thursday.
Chennai (Agencies):
The All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (AIAD-
MK) general council
meeting on Thursday
ended in chaos as par-
ty coordinator O Pan-
neerselvam and a few
of his supporters
staged a walkout. Wa-
ter bottles were
thrown at them and
slogans were raised
against them as they
walked out of the
meeting held at Vana-
garam on the out-
skirts of Chennai.
The council meet-
ing, taking place in
the backdrop of the
power struggle be-
tween Panneersel-
vam and joint co-ordi-
nator Edappadi K
Palaniswami, did not
discuss the 23 resolu-
tions on its agenda as
the members stuck to
the demand of a uni-
tary leadership.
Bottles hurled at
Panneerselvam at
AIADMK’s GC meet
‘SINGLE LEADER’
New Delhi (PTI): The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM), led by its executive president and Chief Min-
ister Hemant Soren, may be among the 17 Opposi-
tion parties, which nominated Yashwant Sinha on
June 21 as their joint candidate for the July 18 Presi-
dential election, but the tribal party seems all set to
review its position and back the ruling BJP-led NDA’s
Presidential nominee, Draupadi Murmu. Murmu is
on course to be elected as the next President, first
tribal to assume the country’s highest constitutional
office. Shibu Soren-headed JMM clearly does not
want to be seen as a party which despite its tribal
credentials did not back the “historic move” to send
1st tribal to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Bhubaneswar (PTI): A day after appealing to all
Odisha MLAs to support the “daughter of the soil” in
the ensuing presidential elections, CM Naveen Patnaik
on Thursday said two of his cabinet colleagues will
remain present during the filing of nomination by NDA
candidate Droupadi Murmu. Patnaik is currently on
an official foreign tour to Italy. Patnaik, also the BJD
chief, has already asked Odisha Scheduled Tribes and
Scheduled Caste Development Minister Jagannath
Saraka and Women and Child Dev Minister Tukuni
Sahu to rush to Delhi and sign the nomination papers.
JMM SET TO VEER FROM SINHA
NOD TO BACK NDA PICK MURMU
2 ODISHA MINISTERS TO ATTEND
NOMINATION FILING OF MURMU

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Bhupender Yadav
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Remembering Dr Syama Prasad
Mookerjee on his Punya Tithi. Founder
of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Dr Mookerjee
died fighting for ‘One Nation, One
Constitution and One Flag’. We remain
forever indebted and committed to
fulfilling his dream of making India a
strong prosperous nation.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
I extend my greetings to everyone on
#InternationalOlympicDay. This year’s
theme is ‘Together, For a Peaceful
World’. Let’s build a better world, by
bringing people together in peace,
spread the message of making sports
an integral part of life.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Be not quick in your
spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the
heart of fools.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
haratiya Janata Par-
ty has outplayed the
Opposition by field-
ing Draupadi Mur-
mu, former
Jharkhand Governor, as its can-
didate for Presidential poll. The
choice helps its tribal push and
is acceptable to its allies. Mur-
mu is the first tribal, a Santhal,
and the second woman after
Pratibha Patil to be in line to
succeed Ram Nath Kovind in
Rashtrapati Bhawan. Being
from Odisha, Murmu has the
support of Biju Janata Dal. She
also has the backing of YSRCP
of Andhra Pradesh which gives
BJP the confidence of winning
the contest. The only doubt is
about Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
but it is likely to vote for Murmu
much against the wishes of Con-
gress, JMM’s ally in Jharkhand.
If JMM votes for Murmu the
Opposition will have to rework
its strategy for unity but only
after the Presidential election is
over. In the meantime, Opposi-
tion’s candidate Yashwant Sin-
ha, the former Union Finance
Minister, will be disappointed at
not getting JMM’s votes which
he is hopeful of.
TOP TWEETS
B
knath Shinde has
upstaged his lead-
er Uddhav Thack-
eray
. Well, almost.
The Shiv Sena leg-
islator has weaned away 42
MLAs, including some Inde-
pendents, and has technically
reduced the Maha Vikas
Aghadi government to a mi-
noritywithonly15MLAs.The
numbers with Eknath Shinde
are more than required to
avoid the anti-defection law.
Shinde’s next move should be
to approach Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshiyari to call for a
floor test. Bringing down the
MVA government is ostensi-
bly not the purpose of the re-
bellion. Shinde group wants
Thackeray to part company
withtheNationalistCongress
Party and the Congress as
ideologically Shiv Sena is
closertotheBharatiyaJanata
Party
. In a conciliatory move
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut has
asked the rebels to return to
Mumbai and the party will
consider their condition.
Having gone this far, what
will Eknath Shinde’s next
move be? He is keeping eve-
ryone guessing on that even
as Uddhav Thackeray left the
official CM’s residence and
moved to Matoshree from
where Shiv Sena drew its
strength when Balasaheb
Thackeray was alive.
That BJP behind Shinde’s
moveisobvious.First,Eknath
Shinde is believed to be close
to BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis,
the former chief minister.
Safe havens provided to re-
bels in Surat and Assam also
point to BJP’s support to the
rebels. The demand to break
ties with the NCP and Con-
gressisareminderof the2019
events when Ajit Pawar
dumpedtheBJPandreturned
to NCP in a sudden twist of
events. The BJP stalwarts
were outsmarted by Sharad
Pawar. Who will win this
round remains to be seen.
POLITICALTURMOIL
IN MAHARASHTRA
BJP behind Shinde’s
move is obvious. First,
Shinde is believed to be
close to BJP’s Fadnavis,
the former CM. Safe
havens provided to rebels in
Surat and Assam also point to
BJP’s support to the rebels.
The demand to break ties
with the NCP and
Congress is a reminder
of the 2019 events
E
INDIA-SOUTH AFRICA T20 SERIES
MAJOR GAINS BUT SOME
WORRIES TOO FOR TEAM INDIA!
fter a phenomenal comeback
from being 2-0 down and the
series decider on the line, the
Indian team watched Rain
Gods playing spoilsport in
Bengaluru last Sunday
. The
India-SouthAfricaT20Iseries
ended with 2 wins apiece.
Cricketloverswerehopingfor
a cracker of a contest in the
finalmatchbutthatwasnotto
be as the game was called off
with barely three overs
bowled in the series decider.
Despite ending on a disap-
pointing note, the series had
several positive takeaways for
the Men in Blue ahead of the
T20 World Cup later this year.
COMEBACK BY
DINESH KARTHIK
The remarkable comeback by
Dinesh Karthik was the most
heart-warming aspect for In-
dian fans. Enjoying a second
windtohiscareer,Karthikhad
returned to Team India after
three years on the back of
somesterlingperformancesin
theIPL.Butmanywonderedif
he could replicate his IPL suc-
cess in Indian colours against
a strong South African side.
Karthik, however, carried
his IPL form into the interna-
tional arena and scored at a
hugely impressive rate of
158.62 against the Proteas.
Warming up with an unbeat-
en 30 off 21 balls in the sec-
ond match, Karthik smashed
a magical 55 off 27 balls in
the fourth game. Given his
power-packed shows, voices
are growing for Karthik’s in-
clusion in the T20 World Cup
squad as many believe that
he can play the role of fin-
isher to near-perfection.
HARDIK PANDYA’S
PERFORMANCE
Like Karthik, Hardik Pandya
too made an impactful return
to Team India. After leading
Gujarat Titans to victory in
IPL 2022, Hardik made cru-
cialcontributionsallthrough
the series. After a blistering
31 off 12 balls in the opening
game in Delhi, he hit another
30-plus score in the game at
Vizag. Also, in the Rajkot
game, he made a vital 46 off
31 balls enabling India to re-
cover from a dicey 81 for four.
Another major plus is Is-
han Kishan’s form. Despite
being the costliest buy in the
IPL auction at 15.25 crores,
the young opener was rather
unimpressive in the Mumbai
Indians’ disastrous IPL cam-
paign this year. But the tal-
ented left-hander turned
things around against South
Africa and was the top run-
getter, hammering 206 runs
at an average of 41.20 and a
terrific strike rate of 150.36.
ON THE
BOWLING SIDE
On the bowling side, veteran
pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
posed a lot of challenges to
South African batters. Till a
few months ago, Bhuvi’s abil-
ity to swing the ball seemed
to have gone missing and his
place in Team India appeared
doubtful. But he rediscov-
ered his bite and stifled most
Proteas batters and was even-
tually named the ‘Player of
the Series’.
If Bhuvi looked like a
bowler reborn, Harshal Patel
was also impressive and can
aspire for a T20 World Cup
berth. Besides bagging seven
wickets, it was great to see
how he learnt from his mis-
takes. Even young pacer
Avesh Khan displayed his
wares with skill. Despite
some former cricketers ask-
ing for his exit from the play-
ing XI, the team management
stood firm and Avesh repaid
their trust in Rajkot by bag-
ging 4/18 in a hostile spell
and seems ready to serve In-
dian cricket in the long run.
Beyond the positives, there
were a few areas of concern
as well. Rishabh Pant’s form
was possibly the biggest wor-
ry
. The middle-order was a
point of concern as not only
Pant but even Shreyas Iyer
keptstrugglingtostrikeform.
As the first-choice T20I wick-
et-keeper currently, Pant’s
form is worrying and as the
stand-in skipper too, his cap-
taincy left a lot to be desired.
SELECTION OF
PLAYERS
Inaddition,thesame11players
were picked for all five match-
es, with stability being the
name of the game. The refusal
to change players implied that
youngseamerslikepacesensa-
tionUmranMalikandleft-arm
Arshdeep Singh didn’t play a
singlegame.Whileconsistency
in selections is a laudable poli-
cy
, both the young pacers de-
served a look in. In particular,
denying a debut to 22-year-old
Umran who regularly clocked
over 150 in IPL games, seems
like a major chance missed on
home grounds.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Overall, squaring a series
with South Africa despite the
absence of several stars like
Rohit, Virat, K L Rahul,
Bumrah and Jadeja seems
an impressive feat. Under
Rahul Dravid’s mentorship,
Team India sure seems to be
moving in the right direction
to come up trumps in the
T20 World Cup in Australia.
The nucleus of a strong
squad and players who could
get World Cup spots seems to
be progressing smoothly
After a phenomenal
comeback from being
2-0 down and the
series decider on the
line, the Indian team
watched Rain Gods
playing spoilsport in
Bengaluru last Sunday.
The India-South Africa
T20I series ended
with 2 wins apiece
JMM MAY NOT
TOE CONGRESS
LINE ON MURMU IN
PRESIDENTIAL POLL
5th and final T20I cricket match between India and South Africa washed out due to rain in Bengaluru. The series shared 2-2.
Indian skipper Rishabh Pant and South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj share the
trophy after the 5th and final T20 cricket match in Bengaluru on Sunday.
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata
Party government
at the Centre and
the BJP govern-
ments in many
states are changing
books on history
and some other
subjects. Political
science books are
also being changed.
It is not that books
are being changed
for the first time
but for the first
time books are be-
ing changed in
such an calm and
easy manner. Ear-
lier there was a pro-
cess to replace the
books. A team of
writers and editors
worked on it. The
changes were made
keeping in mind
the totality of the
subject. Care was
taken that the
change in the book
of a subject should
be in such a way
that in spite of the
change, it would be
consistent. It
should not seem
that suddenly
something has
been removed in
the middle. Howev-
er, this time thi
‘care’ is not being
followed, as with-
out consideration,
random parts are
being removed, af-
fecting the totality
of the subject.
Changes have
been made in many
NCERT books. The
chapters about the
rulers of the Delhi
Sultanate and the
Mughal period have
been shortened. But
shortening does not
mean that chapters
are written anew,
only random parts
have been removed.
Its purpose is that
students do not
know or know little
about certain
things. Instead, it
would have been
better if they were
rewritten about
those subjects in an
objective way. It
helps the students
to form their own
point of view. Even
if the BJP has to
make history and
political science
books according to
its ideology, then
writing every chap-
ter anew was a bet-
ter solution. Just
like the books
made during the
Congress rule also
have a chapter on
Emergency.
DOES BJP NOT KNOW THE SUBTLE, STRATEGIC
WAY OF CHANGING CONTENT IN BOOKS?
ASSAM FLOOD SITUATION GRIM,
54.5 LAKH HIT, 12 FRESH DEATHS
Guwahati (PTI): The
flood situation in Assam
remained grim on
Thursday with over 54.5
lakh people still affected
and 12 fresh deaths re-
ported, officials said.
The toll due to the flood
since mid-May is now
101, they said. Brahma-
putra and Barak rivers
along with its tributar-
ies are in spate in most
of the affected districts
and vast tracts of land
remained inundated in
32of thetotal36districts
in the state.
Thefloodwaters,how-
ever, receded in a few
places. Altogether 3,658
persons were evacuated
with the help of 276
boats across the state by
NDRF, SDRF and other
agencies during the day
,
according to the bulle-
tin. Over 14,500 ma-
rooned people have been
rescued by the NDRF in
12 flood-affected dis-
tricts of Assam, an offi-
cial said. The 1st Battal-
ion Disaster Response
Force of NDRF swung
into rescue operations
in the affected districts
and deployed more than
70 boats and 400 men in
the heavily flooded dis-
tricts, its assistant com-
mandant Santosh Ku-
mar Singh told.
Altogether 3,658 persons were evacuated with the help of 276 boats across the state by NDRF
ASSAM FLOOD
TRIPURA ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS
A villager with his belongings commutes through the flood-affected area after heavy rainfall in Assam.
PM should visit flood-hit
Assam instead of toppling
MVA govt: Congress MP
Guwahati (PTI):
Assam Congress MP
Gaurav Gogoi on
Thursday hit out at
the Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP), say-
ing PM Modi should
visit flood-hit Assam
instead of toppling
the Maharashtra
government. “If
there is any crisis, it
is of floods.
BJP has gone blind
for power. There is
flood in Assam, PM
should visit the state,
announce special
package but he is
busy toppling Maha-
rashtra govt, Or only
power is everything
for the BJP in the Gu-
jarat elections, said
Cong MP Gaurav Go-
goi. More than 41
lakh people in 34 dis-
tricts of Assam are
under the influence
of the ongoing floods
and landslides.
Union Minister
for Ports, Shipping
and Waterways and
AYUSH, Sarbananda
Sonowal on Wednes-
day visited the relief
camp set up at Phul-
guri Higher Second-
ary School in Na-
gaon district of As-
sam to meet the
flood-affected people
of the area.
In Assam’s Karim-
ganj district, the
flood situation has
worsened in more ar-
eas of the district
after the flood waters
of Kushiara, Longai
and Singla rivers af-
fected over 1.34 lakh
people in the district.
Several main roads
of the district have
been submerged by
the flood waters.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY RAIN, LANDSLIDES; WILL
TAKE TIME TO RESTORE ROAD: MEGHALAYA CM
Shillong (PTI):
MeghalayaCMConrad
K Sangma on Thurs-
day said it would take
some time to restore
road connectivity in
theGaroHills,partsof
which have suffered
extensive damage due
to heavy rain and sub-
sequent flash floods in
the past week.
He said that his govt
hassoughtRs300crore
as aid from the Centre
for relief and rehabili-
tation work in the af-
fected areas.Express-
ingshockoverthe“un-
imaginable” destruc-
tioncausedinthehills,
Sangma said roads
have been washed
away by landslides
with boulders filling
up the gaping pits. Por-
tionsof NationalHigh-
way-62 — connecting
East Garo Hills with
Assam – have caved in
due to landslides, cut-
ting-off the district for
the past six days.
CM Conrad Sangma and other officials visit to inspect the damaged.
Cong MP Gaurav Gogoi
Dr Randeep Guleria
BRIEF
in
in
Anand: RS Sodhi, Man-
aging Director of In-
dia’s leading dairy co-
operative GCMMF,
which markets its prod-
ucts under Amul brand,
sustained minor inju-
ries in a road accident
near Anand town in
Gujarat on Wed night
and was admitted to a
hospital, the police
said. The car in which
he was travelling over-
turned after hitting a
divider on Anand-Bak-
rol road at around 9 pm,
said Deputy SOP BD
Jadeja. “Due to some
unknown reasons, the
car driver lost control.
Amul Head In
Hospital After
Car Accident,
Out of Danger
New Delhi: Former
Miss Brazil Gleycy Cor-
reia died at the age of 27
after suffering a brain
haemorrhage and a
heart attack following a
routine operation to
have her
tonsils
removed.
Accord-
ing to the
Inde-
pendent,
Ms Cor-
reia, who was crowned
Miss United Continents
Brazil in 2018, died at a
private clinic on Mon-
day
. She had been in a
coma for the past two
months. She underwent
surgery to remove her
tonsils but days later
she suffered heavy
bleeding and had a heart
attack on April 4. Ms
Correia’s body has been
sent to a medical exam-
iner for an autopsy
.
Chandigarh: Punjab
police’s anti-gangster
task force(AGTF) head
ADGP Promod Ban said
on Thursday that singer
Sidhu Moose Wala’s
murder planning had
started in August last
year, reccees were con-
ducted atleast thrice
and in January there
was different group of
shooters. This time
shooters had reached
Mansa on May 25 who
ultimately succeeded in
killing Moose Wala on
May 29 in which AK-se-
ries weapon was used
besides 9mm pistols.
The ADGP said that till
now a total number of
13 accused have been ar-
rested in the case.
NewDelhi (ANI): The
tenure of AIIMS New
Delhi director Dr Ran-
deep Guleria has been
extended by another
three months, accord-
ing to an office memo-
randum issued by the
premier hospital on
Thursday
.
Dr Guleria was ap-
pointed as the director
for a term of five years
on March 28, 2017. Be-
fore his tenure was to
end on March 24, it was
extended by three
months till June 24.
‘‘The President, AIIMS,
New Delhi is pleased to
further extend his ten-
ure as Director, AIIMS,
Delhi by three months
or by the time new Di-
rector is appointed,
whichever is earlier.
Other terms and condi-
tions of his appoint-
ment would be in ac-
cordance with the Rules
of the Institute, the
fresh memorandum
said.The ACC headed
by the prime minister
met on June 20 seeking
a wider panel of names
for the post of director
of the AIIMS here.
New Delhi (ANI):
In view of an up-
surge in COVID-19
cases in India, Un-
ion Health Minis-
ter Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya on
Thursday re-
viewed the Covid
and vaccination
situation in the
country
.
The Union Min-
ister chaired a
meeting with key
experts and offi-
cials. In a high-
level meeting,
Mandaviya ad-
vised strictly to
monitor the Covid
situation in the
country focusing
on vaccination of
the elderly popula-
tion, school-going
children and sur-
veillance and ge-
nome sequencing.
Bengaluru (ANI): Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai set
out on Thursday for his
eleventh visit to New
Delhi since taking over
less than a year ago.
The sudden, one-day
visit following sum-
mons issued by the BJP
leadership on Wednes-
day afternoon has given
rise to fresh speculation
of changes in the state
Cabinet. While the offi-
cial travel plan has
meetings scheduled
with Union ministers,
Bommai himself did
not comment on the
purpose of the visit, un-
like in the past. Sources
in the Chief Minister’s
Office indicated that
the official purpose was
that Bommai was to be
among the proposers of
NDA presidential can-
didate Droupadi Mur-
mu. She is expected to
file her nomination on
Friday. Bommai was in
Delhi most recently on
June 17, where he at-
tended a private event.
At the time, Bommai
had returned after just
meeting Karnataka in-
charge Arun Singh
and speaking to Home
Minister Amit Shah on
the phone.
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister of State
Science Technology
Dr Jitendra Singh on
Thursday said that In-
dia, under the leader-
ship of PM Modi, is
leading the world in
addressing the climate
related issues. The
Minister was on a visit
to India’s premier and
one the world’s most
upgraded institutions,
the “National Centre
for Medium Range
Weather Forecast” lo-
cated at Noida. Dr. Ji-
tendra Singh said that
the world should ac-
knowledge and appre-
ciate India’s top posi-
tion in next 25 years,
when the country cel-
ebrates centenary of
its independence, giv-
ing credit to its scien-
tific prowess in re-
search dev and inno-
vation capabilities.
Agartala (ANI):
Tripura, where four
Assembly seats went
to bypolls on Thurs-
day, saw a voter turn-
out of 76.62 per cent
till the end of polling
hours at 5 pm. Howev-
er, there were voters
standing queue in
front of a few polling
stations, who were
given tokens.
Polling for by-elec-
tions started at four
assembly segments—
Agartala, Town Bar-
dowali Surma and
J u b a r a j n a g a r — i n
Tripura from 7 am.
The bypolls were ne-
cessitated in these
seats due to the resig-
nations of the legisla-
tors in two seats, dis-
qualification of an
MLA in one, and the
death of one of the
MLAs midterm.
AIIMS director
Randeep Guleria
gets 3-months
extension
Mandaviya
chairsCovid-19
reviewmeeting
76.62% VOTES POLL TILL 5 PM ;
VIOLENCEREPORTEDINAGARTALA
—PICTURE
FOR
REPRESENTATION
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai
CM DR MANIK SAHA CASTS HIS VOTE
OFF-DUTY TRIPURA
COP STABBED
K’taka CM Bommai
back in New Delhi
‘India leading the world in
addressing climate issues’
Former Miss
Brazil Dies At 27
After Routine
Tonsil Surgery
Moosewala
murder planning
started in August
last year: Police

BIZ BUZZ
06
Indian media and en-
tertainment industry
is expected to grow at a
CAGR of 8.8% and
reach `4.30 lakh crore
by 2026, according to a
report by global consul-
tancy firm PwC.
The growth would be
paced by digital media
and advertising
through deeper pene-
tration of the internet
and mobile devices in
the domestic market,
along with traditional
media, which will hold
their steady growth,
the report said.
TV advertising is ex-
pected to reach over
`43,000 crore by 2026. It
will make India the
fifth-largest TV adver-
tising market globally,
after the US, Japan,
China and the UK.
The Indian media
and entertainment in-
dustry is expected to
be around `3.14 crore
in 2022, registering an
overall growth of
11.4%, as per the
PwC’s Global Enter-
tainment Media
Outlook 2022-2026.
India’s OTT Video
services are expected
to become a `21,031
crore industry in the
next four years by 2026,
in which `19,973 crore
would come from sub-
scription-based servic-
es and `1,058 crore from
Transactional VOD
(video on demand).
“It is subscription
services that are driv-
ing this rapid growth,
accounting for 90.5% of
revenue in 2021 and set
to account for 95% in
2026,” it said.
The population size
and widespread use of
mobile-led Internet
video will underpin
rapid growth in the
OTT market over the
forecast period.
In particular, up-
take of 5G will permit
low-latency services
such as OTT video
streams, greatly boost-
ing the sector.
BOOM BY YEAR 2026
Media industry likely to touch `4.30 lakh cr
India to grow by 7-7.8% in
FY23:Experts
...ON THE BACK OF BETTER AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
New Delhi (PTI):
The Indian econo-
my can grow by
7-7.8% this fiscal on
the back of better
agriculture produc-
tion and a revital-
ised rural economy
amid global head-
winds mainly due
to the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war,
eminent econo-
mists said.
Eminent econo-
mist and BR Ambed-
kar School of Eco-
nomics (BASE) Vice-
Chancellor NR Bha-
numurthy said at
present Indian econ-
omy is facing multi-
ple headwinds large-
ly from external
sources.
Noting that global
inflationary pres-
sures and the Russia-
Ukraine war have
brought in risks to
the economy, which
is otherwise strong
with all the domes-
tic macro funda-
mentals being well
managed, he said
unlike advanced
economies, India’s
Covid stimulus
measures, especially
the fiscal policy in-
terventions, are less
inflationary and
rather growth-en-
hancing. “With bet-
ter agricultural pro-
duction and revital-
ised rural economy
India should touch
7% growth in the
current year despite
global headwinds,”
Bhanumurthy said.
Echoing similar
views, eminent econ-
omist and ISID direc-
tor Nagesh Kumar
said the high-fre-
quency indicators
point to a robust
growth momentum
carrying through
2022-23 with a real
GDP growth some-
where between
7-7.8%. French econ-
omist Guy Sorman
said India could be
severely impacted by
the high cost of en-
ergy and fertilis-
er imports.
Global headwinds pose risks
New Delhi (PTI):
The World Bank has
cut India’s economic
growth forecast for
the current fiscal
to 7.5% as rising
inflation, supply
chain disruptions,
and geopolitical ten-
sions taper recovery.
India’s economy grew
8.7% in the last fiscal
(2021-22) against
a 6.6% contrac-
tion in the previous
year. Nagesh Kumar
noted that the global
headwinds of rising
commodity prices
do pose downside
risks for the Indian
economic outlook
as the CPI levels
are elevated. “Yet,
I do not think that
India is heading
towards stagflation,
given that the growth
momentum seems
quite robust,” Kumar
argued. According to
Guy Sorman, inflation
has become a global
phenomenon, caused
by unanimous poor
money management,
an excess of public
expenses (largely
justified to compen-
sate for Covid-19),
and low-interest
rates. “The monetary
bubble is exploding
everywhere. India
is not different,” he
pointed out.
Govt aim to keep
FY23 fiscal deficit
at 2021 level
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India’s govern-
ment will not be able to
cut its budget deficit
this fiscal year as previ-
ously projected, offi-
cials said, but will seek
to cap the shortfall at
last year’s level to pre-
vent a major deteriora-
tion in public finances.
Efforts to maintain
some fiscal discipline
reflect New Delhi’s
concern around risks
to its sovereign credit
rating but will likely
limit the government’s
firepower to contain
inflation and provide
relief to households
and businesses.
In February, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s government set
a fiscal deficit target
of 6.4% of gross do-
mestic output (GDP)
for the year that start-
ed on April 1, com-
pared with a deficit of
6.7% last year.
The sources said that
while increased spend-
ing to provide relief
from inflation meant
the government would
miss this year’s target,
policymakers would
seek to limit the devia-
tion to 30 basis points.
“We will try to con-
tain the slippage to last
year’s levels,” one of
the officials said.
Investment through
P-notes declines
New Delhi (PTI): In-
vestment in the Indian
capitalmarketsthrough
participatory notes (P-
notes) dropped to
`86,706 crore till May-
end from the preceding
month, while experts
say foreign investors
will reverse their sell-
ing stance and return to
the country’s
equities in
the com-
ing 1-2
q u a r t e r s .
Acc to Sebi
d a t a ,
the val-
ue of P-note invest-
ments in Indian mar-
kets — equity, debt, and
hybrid securities —
stood at `86,706 crore at
May-end compared to
`90,580 crore at April-
end. Of the total `86,706
crore invested through
the route till May 2022,
`77,402 crore was in-
vested in equi-
ties, `9,209
crore in
d e b t ,
and `101
cr in hy-
brid se-
curities.
Irdai to extend
testing period
to 3 years
New Delhi (PTI): Ir-
dai is mulling to ex-
tend testing of prod-
ucts under the regu-
latory sandbox mech-
anism to up to three
years. The Irdai
Chairman said all
these initiatives will
help in furthering
the goal of insurance
penetration and
reaching out to more
and more people.
Vi defers `8,837
cr AGR payment
New Delhi (PTI):
Debt-ridden telecom
operator Vodafone
Idea has decided to de-
fer payment of addi-
tional adjusted gross
revenues of `8,837
crore dues by a period
of four years.
The company in a
late night filing on
June 22, said that the
DoT on June 15, has
raised adjusted gross
revenue (AGR) de-
mand for additional
two financial years
beyond 2016-17, which
were not covered un-
der the Supreme court
order on the statutory
dues.
Vodafone Idea (VIL)
in the filing said that
its board of directors
“has approved the ex-
ercise of the option of
deferment of the AGR
related dues by a pe-
riod of four years with
immediate effect, in
accordance with the
said DoT Letter. The
amount of the AGR
related dues as stated
in the said DoT Letter
is `8,837 crores which
is subject to revision
on account of disposal
of various representa-
tions”.
The government
calculates its share of
revenue from telecom
operators based on
their AGR, which is
considered to have
been earned by them
from the sale of ser-
vices.
VIL filing said that
the DoT has offered
the company a mora-
torium of four years
for all AGR related
dues up to Financial
Year 2018-19
Noida Int’l Airport selects ICAD
Holding as MSI consultant
Mumbai (PTI): The up-
coming Noida Interna-
tional Airport (NIA) at
Jewar has selected glob-
al technology firm
ICAD Holding as its
Master System Integra-
tor (MSI) consultant, as
it aims to become the
country’s first green-
field digital airport.
The airport’s digital
plans include paperless
processing across all
checkpoints in line
with the central govern-
ment’s DigiYatra policy
.
ICAD, as part of its
mandate, will support
the facility with the sys-
tems integration de-
sign, integration pro-
gram management and
integration of ICT and
Airport Systems, ac-
cording to a Yamuna
International Airport
Private Limited (YIA-
PL)statementonThurs-
day. The firm, which is
a specialist for design,
installation, integra-
tion, and maintenance
of ICTsystemsrequired
to set up a modern, digi-
tal airport, will also
lead the core airport
systems implementa-
tion and integration, it
said.
Capabletomfgpaper
strawsinIndia:IPMA
Indian paper industry
has enough capacity
and technological
know-how to manufac-
ture paper for making
paper straws and oth-
er similar products in
the country
, said IPMA
in on Thursday
.
The industry’s reac-
tion came after the
concerns raised by
several FMCG compa-
nies recently that the
paper required for
making straws is not
available in India, ne-
cessitating imports,
and that it will take
time to have enough
domestic capacity to
meet the demand.
Terming it as “factu-
ally incorrect”, the In-
dian Paper Manufac-
turers Association
President A S Mehta
said a “wrong impres-
sion” is being created
that presently there is
no Indian paper mill
that can manufacture
the required paper for
making paper straws
and opposed any ex-
tension of the dead-
line on this pretext.
New Delhi (PTI): Hero
MotoCorp on Thursday
said it will hike prices
of motorcycles and
scooters by up to `3,000
from July 1 to partially
offset the steadily grow-
ing overall cost infla-
tion, including com-
modity prices. “The ex-
act quantum of in-
crease will be subject to
the specific model and
market”. “The price re-
vision has been neces-
sitated to partially off-
set the steadily growing
overall cost inflation,
including commodity
prices”.
VIL in the filing
said that its board
of directors “has
approved the
exercise of the op-
tion of deferment
of the AGR related
dues by a period
of four years with
immediate effect.
The amount of the
AGR related dues
as stated in the
said DoT Letter
is `8,837 crores
which is subject
to revision.
VIL’S SAY
IN FILING
Hero MotoCorp to
hike motorcycle,
scooter prices
ICAD SUPPORT TO THE FACILITY
Sensex, Nifty rebound
to close nearly 1% high
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark indices
Sensex and Nifty
bounced back on Thurs-
day to close higher by
nearly 1% on gains in
banking, IT and auto
shares amid mixed
global trends.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex rose by 443.19
points or 0.86% to settle
at 52,265.72. The NSE
Nifty advanced 143.35
points or 0.93% to
15,556.65.
From the Sensex
pack, Maruti, MM,
Asian Paints, Bharti
Airtel, TCS, Sun Phar-
ma, Wipro, ICICI Bank
were the major gainers.
On the other hand, RIL,
NTPC, Power Grid and
UltraTech Cement were
the laggards.
` SETTLES AT ALL-TIME LOW
OF 78.32 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee on Thursday
closed at its all-time
low of 78.32 (provi-
sional) against the
US dollar as strong
American currency and
persistent foreign fund
outflows weighed on
investor sentiments. At
the interbank foreign
exchange market, the
local currency opened
at 78.26 and finally set-
tled at its all-time low
78.32, unchanged from
its previous close. On
Wednesday, the rupee
declined by 19 paise to
settle at an all-time low
level of 78.32 against
the US dollar.
Upwards growth

07
NEWS
UPbypollsresultswillmakepartial
difference on votes’ arithmetic
PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh, the most popu-
lous state that has been
making significant con-
tributions to the coun-
try’s politics, is also go-
ingtoplayadecisiverole
in the upcoming presi-
dential election.
On the basis of the
vote value of MPs and
MLAs, the BJP alliance
has the upper hand over
all the opposition par-
ties here. The results of
the by-elections for
which voting concluded
on Thursday in two par-
liamentary seats will
also have a slight impact
on the vote strength of
the parties.
Notably
, there are 403
assembly members in
UP
, while 80 MPs and 31
Rajya Sabha members
are elected from here.
The value of the vote of
an MP is 700, so the total
value of the votes of the
LS members in UP
, with
eighty parliamentary
seats, is 56000. On the ba-
sisof theresultsof these
seats, the exact calcula-
tion of the vote strength
of theMPsof theparties
will be possible.
However, if one looks
atthepossibilitiesof the
results,if BJPwinsboth
the seats, then the count
of its MPs will reach the
figure of 66-(64 BJP and
2 Apna Dal (S)).
UP making significant contributions to the
country’s politics, is also going to play a decisive role
First India Bureau
Lucknow: the Samajwadi Party on
Thursday accused the ruling BJP of
resorting large-scale irregularities
during polling in Rampur and Azam-
garh Lok Sabha byelections. The SP
said the BJP, grossly misusing the
governmental power, tried to disrupt
the free and fair polling process in the
two constituencies. The spokesman
of the party Rajendra Chaudhury said
the there was massive misuse of the
police force to influence the elections.
He said even the police pressured the
people to vote for the BJP.
UP POLICE VIGIL TO
CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY
PRAYERSACROSSSTATE
Horse-trading not new
to politics,BJP repeating
Congs’ mistakes:Omar
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heavy police
deployment will contin-
ue across Uttar Pradesh
consecutively for the
third Friday (June 24) of
this month despite the
previous Friday (June
17) remaining peaceful
after prayers.
Police officials said
elaborate security ar-
rangements have been
made for Friday
prayers, and extensive
foot patrolling will be
conducted across the
state to ensure peace
and avert any law and
order trouble.
Clerics and religious
leaders have been asked
to assist police in main-
taining communal har-
mony
.It maybe recalled,
violence was reported
after prayers on two
consecutive Fridays--
on June 3 and June 10--
in protest against in-
sulting remarks alleg-
edly made by suspended
BJP national spokes-
man Nupur Sharma
against Prophet Mo-
hammed during an elec-
tronic channel debate.
Violence broke out in
Kanpur after Friday
prayers on June 3 and
then in 10 districts, in-
cluding Prayagraj, Sa-
haranpur, Firozabad
and Moradabad, on
June 10. As many as 423
people have been ar-
rested so far in 20 dif-
ferent FIRs lodged in 10
districts.
Srinagar (PTI): Nation-
al Conference leader
Omar Abdullah on
Thursday said horse-
trading is not new in In-
dian politics and the
Congress’ mistakes
while in power at the
Centre is being repeated
by the BJP
.
“This is nothing new.
Misuse of Rajbhawan,
turncoats, horsetrading
of MLAs. Were we not
victims of this in 1984?
The mistakes made by
Congress are being re-
peated by the BJP. This
has been going on for
years now,” Omar told
reporters here.
Theformerchief min-
ister of Jammu and
Kashmirwasreactingto
a question on the rebel-
lion in Shiv Sena that is
threatening to end the
three-year-old Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi (MVA) gov-
ernment headed by Ud-
dhav Thackeray in Ma-
harashtra.Asked if Shiv
Sena was being dealt a
row hand, Omar said it
was not for him to
comment.“Who am I to
judge?ShivSenacansay
whetherwhatishappen-
ing is right or wrong. If
35 MLAs are willing to
leave the party
, the Shiv
Sena will have to think
whyithashappenedand
if there is a remedy to it
or not,” he said.
The National Confer-
ence vice president also
dismissed suggestions
that the protests against
the Centre’s Agnipath
defence recruitment
scheme,weresponsored.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah.
SP’s Azam Khan
accuses police of
highhandedness
in Rampur
First India Bureau
Rampur: Senior Sa-
majwadi Party lead-
er Mohammad Azam
Khan on Thursday
alleged that the Ut-
tar Pradesh police
“wreaked havoc” on
the eve of the Lok
Sabha bypolls in the
Azamgarh and
Rampur parliamen-
tary seats.
He said that the
police “misbehaved”
with the SP Lok Sab-
ha candidate. “If
there is a drop in
polling percentage,
then, the police is to
be blamed. I have
been up all night. We
went to various po-
lice stations and the
inspector behaved
very badly,” he said.
Senior SP leader
Mohammad Azam Khan
5 injured women airlifted
to AIIMS from Uttarkashi
Dehradun (ANI):
On the instructions
of the Chief Minis-
ter, five injured
women of Ut-
tarkashi were air-
lifted and admitted
to AIIMS Rishikesh.
“Five women who
went to the forest in
Naugaon of Ut-
tarkashidistrictwere
buried under debris
due to mudslide,
when the informa-
tion of this incident
reached the Chief
Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami, he
without delay, sent
his government heli-
coptertoUttarkashi,”
the Uttarakhand
Chief Minister’s of-
fice stated on Thurs-
day
. The injured
women have been air-
lifted from this heli-
copter and admitted
to AIIMS Rishikesh.
RELIGIOUS REFLECTION!
Notwithstanding the muddy stagnant rain water that accumulated after torrential rain on Thursday afternoon, the reflection
of Jayadri’s (in Jejuri, in Pune district of Maharashtra) famous Chhatri Mandir is as magnificent as the religious place itself.
—PHOTO BY VIJAYKUMAR HARISHCHANDRE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Children in
classes 8, 9 and 10, study-
ing in prestigious Eng-
lish medium schools in
Lucknow, do not read
newspapers.
Many of them do not
even know the names of
leading newspapers
published in the state
capital. “After Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath interacted with a
group of toppers in
classes 10 and 12 on
Wednesday and asked
them if they read news-
papers, we decide to ask
the same question to
our students and the re-
sults were shocking. In
class 10, out of 42 chil-
dren, only three said
that they read ‘some
headlines’. They said
that focus on puzzles in
the newspapers,” said a
teacher in an English
medium school. Anoth-
er teacher said that
when she asked her stu-
dents, the majority of
them did not even know
the name of the news-
paper that their family
gets. “In many house-
holds, since the pan-
demic, newspapers are
not being bought. Peo-
ple rely on TV and mo-
bile apps for news. The
children are the biggest
sufferers because they
are no longer encour-
aged to read and brush
up on their general
knowledge,” she said.
‘Children do not read newspapers, books anymore’
CAUSE OF CONCERN

A shocking eye
opener many
of them do not
even know the
names of
leading
newspapers
published in the
UP capital
In class 10, out
of 42 children,
only three said
that they read
‘some
headlines’
BiharBJPchieffiresfreshsalvoatJD(U)
Kumar Prabodh
Patna: In fresh trouble
for the ruling NDA in
Bihar, state BJP presi-
dent Sanjay Jaiswal has
squarely blamed alli-
ance partner JD(U) of
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar for the less than
satisfactory condition
of higher education in
the state.
Jaiswal also termed
as “laughable” the con-
tention of JD(U) that
there should be a “pu-
narvichaar” (rethink)
on the Agnivpath
scheme of recruitment
in the armed forces
which last week left the
state in throes of violent
protests.The BJP leader
made the remarks on
Wednesday
, a day before
avideoof thesamewent
viral on social media, at
the remote Raxaul town
falling under his Pash-
chim Champaran Lok
Sabha constituency
.
Jaiswal was holding
forth on the promised
virtues of “Agnipath”
which, he said, would
equip youngsters with
enough skills and
qualifications by the
time they were dis-
charged after four
years of service.
“I find it laughable
when JD(U) leaders de-
mand a rethink. They
should do punarvichaar
of the state of higher
education in Bihar. The
portfolio has been with
them and students still
have to contend with de-
layedacademicsessions,
spending more than
three years to complete
their graduation”, said
Jaiswal. The JD(U),
which was last week left
fuming after Jaiswal al-
leged complicity of the
administrationintheat-
tack on his house by a
mob protesting against
Agnipath, was predicta-
bly rankled by the latest
barb hurled at the party
.
—With PTI inputs
Ifindit
laughable
whenJD(U)
leadersdemanda
rethink.They
shoulddo
punarvichaarofthe
stateofhigher
educationin
Bihar.
— Sanjay Jaiswal,BJP chief
ELIGIBILITY
As per Article
54 the Constitu-
tion of India,
the President is
elected by the
members of the
Electoral College
consisting of:
 Elected mem-
bers of the legisla-
tive assemblies of
all states including
NCT of Delhi and
the UT of Puduch-
erry.
 The nomi-
nated members
of either Rajya
Sabha and Lok
Sabha or legisla-
tive assemblies,
and members
of the legisla-
tive councils are
not eligible to be
included in the
Electoral College.
Uttar Pradesh leaders along with CM Yogi Adityanath campaigning for election. —FILE PHOTO
SAMAJWADI PARTY ALLEGES LARGE-SCALE
BUNGLING IN RAMPUR, AZAMGARH POLLING
Online prostitution ring busted in Greater Noida
Noida (PTI); Three
people, including two
women, were arrested
in Uttar Pradesh’s
Greater Noida on
Thursday on the charge
of running a prostitu-
tion ring, police offi-
cials said on Thursday
.
The racket was being
operated from a house
in the Ansal Golf Link
area and they contacted
clients over a website,
the officials said.
“In light of a tip-off, a
team of Beta 2 police
station busted the pros-
titution racket being
operated from the
house. A man and two
women involved in the
ring were arrested,” a
police spokesperson
said.
“Two mobile phones,
a Samsung tab, a diary,
Rs 6,000 in cash and
some other incriminat-
ing items were seized
from their possession,”
the spokesperson said.
Police claimed that
those arrested told
them during question-
ing that they provide
escort service after con-
tacting clients online.
An FIR has been
lodged under provi-
sions of the Immoral
Trafficking (Preven-
tion) Act, 1956, and fur-
ther legal proceedings
are underway, police
added.

08
2NDFRONT
SUSHIL BATRA
New Delhi (ANI): A
Public Interest Litiga-
tion (PIL) has been
moved in Delhi High
Court seeking direction
to Centre Government
to change the Call Sign
‘VT’ written on Indian
aircraft which stands
for ‘Victorian Territory
and Viceroy Territory’.
The plea stated that,
even after 75 years of
Independence, VT,
which is a sign of slav-
ery, still exists.
The petitioner Ash-
wini Kumar Upadhyay,
practising advocate and
BJP leader stated that
Britain set the prefix
‘VT’ for India before the
partition in 1929.
“The British set the
code for all the colonies
starting with V
. Howev-
er, countries like China,
Pakistan, Nepal and Sri
Lanka changed their
codes later. While in In-
dia, the prefix has re-
mained on the aircraft
even after 93 years,
which offends the right
to dignity of citizens,”
the plea stated.
The plea further stat-
ed that the use of the
VT symbol denotes us
still being Victorian
Territory and Viceroy
Territory, which is true
but the government re-
fuses to get it changed
or even make an effort
even after 75 years of
Independence. The peti-
tioner submits that
most of the countries
which went through co-
lonial servitude have
got rid of their colonial
signs and launched na-
tionalist code. ‘VT’ is
not a symbol of pride
but a matter of shame,
if we are still using it
when our nation is free.
PIL in Delhi HC, seeks removal of Call Sign ‘VT’
SIGN OF SLAVERY
PETITIONER QUESTIONS
BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay further
states in the petition that even our Prime Minister
travels to other nations to meet world leaders in
Air India One B747-437, with a call sign VT-EVB.
“Is the Prime Minister a leader of a free demo-
cratic country or of a Viceroy Territory? Pakistan
had their call sign changed to AP after bifurcation.
Similarly, Bahamas changed the sign from ‘VP-B’
to ‘C6’, Nepal changed to ‘9N’, Sri Lanka from
‘VP-C’ to ‘4R’ and Zimbabwe from ‘VP-W’ to ‘Z’,”
it stated.
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
Jaishankar will be representing PM Modi at the summit of the 54-nation bloc
EAMmeets SL, B’desh, Canada,
Tanzania,Rwandacounterparts
Kigali (Rwanda)
(PTI): External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
on Thursday met his
counterparts from Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh,
Canada, Tanzania and
Rwanda on the side-
lines of the Common-
wealth summit begin-
ning here on Friday
.
Jaishankar arrived
on Wednesday on a four-
day visit to attend the
26th Commonwealth
Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM). He
will be representing
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi at the summit
of the 54-nation bloc on
June 24-25.
“Good to catch up
with colleagues on @
CHOGM2022 sidelines.
Here with FM of Tanza-
nia Liberata Mulamula,
FM of Canada @mela-
niejoly, FM G. L. Peiris
of Sri Lanka and FM Dr.
AK Abdul Momen of
Bangladesh,” Jais-
hankar tweeted as he
attended the pre-
CHOGM foreign minis-
ters’ meeting.
Jaishankar held a bi-
lateral meeting with Ca-
nadian Foreign Minis-
ter M lanie Joly and ex-
changed views on inter-
national issues, includ-
ing the Commonwealth,
Ukraine conflict and the
Indo-Pacific.
“An open produc-
tive conversation with
Canadian FM @mela-
niejoly. Agreed to work
more closely to advance
our important bilateral
relationship. Ex-
changed views on inter-
national issues includ-
ing the Commonwealth,
Ukraine conflict the
Indo-Pacific. Look for-
ward to being in touch,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
Earlier he held talks
with his Rwandan coun-
terpart Vincent Biruta
during which they dis-
cussed the agenda of
the Commonwealth
summit beginning Fri-
day and exchanged per-
spectives on regional
developments.
“Began the day by
meeting my host coun-
terpart FM @Vbiruta of
Rwanda. Reviewed our
bilateral cooperation
and follow up to PM @
narendramodi’s 2018
visit. Discussed the
Commonwealth agenda
and wished Rwanda a
successful Summit. Ex-
changed perspectives
on regional develop-
ments,” Jaishankar
tweeted on Thursday
.
The theme of 26th
CHOGM Summit is:
“Delivering a Common
Future: Connecting,
Innovating, Trans-
forming”.
The CHOGM had ear-
lier been postponed
twice due to COVID-19
pandemic. On Wednes-
day, Jaishankar met
Kenya’s Cabinet Secre-
tary of Foriegn Affairs
Raychelle Omamo and
discussed the impact of
the conflict in Ukraine
and bilateral ties.
“So nice to meet my
friend Raychelle Oma-
mo of Kenya. Our dis-
cussions focused on the
impact of the Ukraine
conflict on food, fuel,
and fertilizer security
for the Global South,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
Our priority is to strengthen
road network in Raj: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has said that the
state government’s pri-
ority is to strengthen
the road network in the
state. “Social and indus-
trial development has
been made possible
only by the develop-
ment of roads. There-
fore, there should not be
any compromise on the
quality of road con-
struction works,” Ge-
hlot said and directed to
strengthen laboratories
to check the works be-
ing done by the PWD
and to take services of
specialist agencies to
check the quality of ma-
jor projects.
Gehlot chaired the re-
view meeting of the
PWD held at the CMR
on Thursday
. He direct-
ed to complete all the
budget announcements
related to dept in a time-
ly and quality manner
as well as to do work of
non-patchable roads on
priority
.
He said, “Govern-
ment’s priority is to re-
pair and upgrade the
damaged roads. Ade-
quate provision has
been made in the budg-
et for the construction
of roads in the state, so
that excellent roads are
built in the state. Pre-
sent govt has done man-
ifold work in compari-
son to the previous govt
during the tenure of 3
years and 4 months. Out
of these, we have spent
`20,126 crore on devel-
opment of 44,613 km of
roads in comparison to
last govt’s `15,383 crore.
At the same time, in the
upgradation and renew-
al of rural roads, works
of 31,686 kms have been
done as compared to
14,896 kms. This has
given impetus to rural
development by provid-
ing roads to the village
panchayat headquar-
ters.” The Chief Minis-
ter further added, “10
ROBs have been con-
structed in the present
government, whereas
only 4 were built in the
last government’s re-
gime.
EC asks Punjab CS to explain why
they sought extension of voting time
First India Bureau
C h a n d i g a r h / N ew
Delhi: The EC on
Thursday asked Pun-
jab’s chief secretary
and the deputy com-
missioner of Sangrur
to explain why they
sought extension of
polling time towards
closing hours saying it
amounted to “attempt
of unduly interfering
in the election process
and influence certain
class of voters”. It said
the letter of the return-
ing officer and subse-
quent request by the
chief secretary at 4:05
pm amount to “attempt
of unduly interfering
in the election process
and influence certain
class of voters by con-
veying them to expe-
dite voting or wait for
time extension”.
The commission con-
demns such behaviour
by the officers during
election process, it said.
In a strongly-worded
letter to the chief elec-
toral officer of Punjab,
the EC expressed “dis-
pleasure”onthe“unwar-
ranted communication”.
Officials said the plea
taken to extend time
was that people were
still working in paddy
fields. It was a fact
which was already
known when the notifi-
cation was issued.
—With PTI inputs
AAPMLAreceives
death threats;
probe underway
New Delhi (ANI):
Probe into death
threats to Aam Aad-
mi Party (AAP) MLA
Sanjeev Jha is under-
way, the Delhi Police
said on Thursday
.
Sanjeev Jha is the
AAP MLA from the
Sant Nagar Burari
region in North Del-
hi. According to the
police, Jha has con-
stantly been receiv-
ing calls for extor-
tion in the name of
notorious gangster
Neeraj Bawana. The
caller also threat-
ened him to kill if he
fails to provide extor-
tion money
.
Neeraj Bawana,
one of India’s most
wanted gangsters, is
currently lodged in
the Tihar jail of the
national capital.
Meanwhile, on
May 19, the Delhi HC
refused to grant in-
terim bail to Bawa-
na’s brother Pankaj
Sehrawat and or-
dered him to surren-
der before the jail
authorities, as he
had violated condi-
tions imposed on
him on April 6.
The petitioner, in a
petition filed in Delhi
HC on May 19, said
that during his in-
terim bail, Sehrawat
went on to show off
his armed men to the
general public in the
hospital which was
clear from CCTV
footage and he had
violated the bail con-
ditions imposed by
the court.
Pankaj Sehrawat
had undergone sur-
gery at Aalok Hospi-
tal on May 8 and was
discharged the next
day. He was advised
by the medical profes-
sionals to visit the
hospital for follow-up
after three days but
he did not turn up.
The application
seeking extension of
interim bail stated
that the applicant was
suffering from Chron-
ic ligament Rupture
of the left knee with
ACL graphed (Articu-
lar Cartilage in Lat-
eral Tibia Femoral
Condyles) repulse.
The applicant was
having acute pain and
was not able to walk
or sit properly and he
had been advised an
operation.
AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha.
EXTORTION CALL
Raj CM Ashok Gehlot, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Usha Sharma,Akhil Arora,
Kuldeep Ranka, Naveen Mahajan, Gaurav Goyal, GS Sandhu,Aarti Dogra
and others during review meeting at the CMR of PWD on Thursday.
People stand in the queue at a polling station while waiting to cast their votes for the Sangrur Lok
Sabha byelections, in Sangrur, Punjab on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Beijing (PTI): Indian
Ambassador to Chi-
na Pradeep Kumar
Rawat has met Chi-
nese Foreign Minis-
ter Wang Yi ahead of
the BRICS summit
and emphasised the
“criticality of main-
tenance of peace and
tranquillity in the
border areas” to real-
ise the full potential
of the consensus be-
tween the top leaders
of the two sides on
the importance of
Sino-India ties for
Asia and the world.
Rawat made a
“courtesy call” on
Wang on Wednesday
at the Diaoyutai State
Guest House here -
his first meeting with
the Chinese Foreign
Minister after he
took charge as In-
dia’s new envoy to
Beijing in March, a
press release issued
by the Indian Embas-
sy here said on
Thursday
.
“Bilateral and mul-
tilateral issues of in-
terest to both sides
were touched upon
during the conversa-
tion” between Rawat
and Wang, who is
also the State Coun-
cillor - a high-level
rank in the ruling
Communist Party of
China (CPC), it said.
“Wang Yi conveyed
that at the highest
level of leadership of
the two countries,
there is consensus on
the importance of bi-
lateral relations for
Asia and the world,”
the release said.
“A m b a s s a d o r
agreed and empha-
sised the criticality
of maintenance of
peace and tranquilli-
ty in the border areas
for realising the full
potential of this con-
sensus,” it said.
“Wang Yi said that
the border issue is
important and we
should stay commit-
ted to peacefully ad-
dressing it through
consultation and co-
ordination,” it said.
Indian envoy Rawat
meets Chinese FM
SIGNIFICANCE OF MEETING
Pradeep Kumar Rawat (Left) with Wang Yi.
S Jaishankar meets Mélanie Joly on CHOGM 2022 sidelines, in
Kigali on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DR. S. JAISHANKAR
@DrSJaishankar
An open productive conversation with Canadian
FM @melaniejoly. Agreed to work more closely to
advance our important bilateral relationship.
CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
The leaders of the Commonwealth member states
are scheduled to deliberate on issues of contem-
porary relevance, including global challenges like
climate change, food security, health issues, and
likely to adopt a number of documents including
the Kigali declaration on child care and protection
reform, declaration on sustainable urbanisation and
commonwealth living lands charter.
Once we learn to judge each day by
the seeds we plant and not by the
harvest, we understand humanity.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

Royal Elegance
J
anhvi Kapoor is on a promotional spree these days
and is leaving no stones unturned to promote her
film, GoodLuck Jerry
. The Roohi actress is leaving
her fans stunned with her promotional looks and
on Thursday, yet again she dropped a couple of pictures
of her in a red shimmery gown looking hot and sexy
. We
bet her pictures will leave your heart racing. In the pic-
tures that Janhvi Kapoor posted oozing oomph in a red
shimmery gown with a spaghetti strap. The dress had a
thigh-high slit and was backless. Sharing these pictures,
Janhvi wrote, “if #Jerry was a cherry
.” The moment she
posted these pictures,
fans could not stop
commenting on
these pictures.
Even Sara Ali
Khan posted
three fire
emojis in the
comments
section.
Trailer Release
E
ver since the news of Rajkummar Rao collaborat-
ing with Sanya Malhotra came out, fans have been
eagerly waiting to see these two powerhouses
sharing the screen space. Well, recently the mo-
tion poster of Hit – The
First Case, featuring the
Roohi actor was re-
leased and that has
already gotten the
excitement levels of
the fans a notch
higher. As prom-
ised the trailer of
the film is out
and we bet fans
cannot wait to
see the film in
the theatre.
Indeed it is exciting to see Rajkummar
and Sanya in this new avatar.
HIT-The First Case is the re-
make of the Telugu movie
of the same name. An-
other highlight of
the trailer is the
chemistry be-
tween the actors.
VAANI
KAPOOR
AS SONA
LOVE IS IN
THE AIR!
I
brahim Ali Khan and Palak Ti-
wari grabbed eyeballs when they
were spotted at an eatery in
Mumbai. But trust us when we
say ‘they are just friends’ because
the Bijlee Bijlee sensation Palak
Tiwari is dating Zoya Akhtar’s up-
coming film The Archies’ actor Ve-
dang Raina!
Shocking, isn’t it? Here’s how
they hit it off. Palak Vedang share
same talent agency. They met each
other at one of the parties organ-
ised by their talent agency and they
hit it off right away have been
dating since then. A source close to
Vedang revealed that they have
been seeing each other for more
than two years now! Their growing
intimacy and PDA at private par-
ties are creating a lot of buzz
in the B-Town
but somehow,
they have
managed to
keep their
relationship
under wraps.
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JUNE 24, 2022
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head of the Shamshera trailer’s release
on June 24, Vaani Kapoor has now
shared a new poster of her character
from the film. The Chandigarh Kare
Aashiqui actress introduced herself as
‘Sona.’ It is a highly anticipated film of
the year and
also features Ranbir
Kapoor and Sanjay
Dutt in pivotal roles.
The period-action
film is produced by
Aditya Chopra under
Yash Raj Films and
directed by Karan
Malhotra.
Sharing the official
poster, Vaani captioned it: “She is relentless and
has a heart of gold. She is Sona! #ShamsheraT-
railer Out Tomorrow. Celebrate #Shamshera
with #YRF50 only at a theatre near you on 22nd
July.” In the poster, the actress is seen looking
stunning.
A
QUALITY
time with
HUBBY
A
ctress Karishma Tanna
is one of the most tal-
ented and good-looking
celebrities in the televi-
sion industry
. Karishma has
maintained an active social me-
dia presence and never fails to
amuse her fans with her
glamourous pictures. On
Thursday, Karishma
treatedherfanswithpic-
tures of her and Varun
as they are having a gala
timeinLonavla.Inthese
pictures, Karishma can
beseenrelaxinginapool
with her hubby and the
two are capturing their pre-
cious moments and sharing
them with their fans. Uploading
these snaps, Karishma cap-
tioned, “Water babies”. Earlier,
Karishma had also shared a
video of them while they were
travelling. Sharing this video,
she expressed her excitement
through her caption and wrote,
“Get away wit baby @varun_
bangera”.
Palak Tiwari Sanya Malhotra Janhvi Kapoor
Poster of the film
Karishma Tanna
Her post...
Poster
Vaani Kapoor

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SUHANI
KHATOR,
Artist
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to
be noticed by seniors,
paving way for
promotion or incre-
ment. Better to consult an expert in
financial matters before making an
investment. Family will be supportive
of career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
The day is not likely to
pose any major
problems at workplace.
You will succeed in
resolving misunder-
standing with family members,
normalizing ties. You will remain much
in demand on social front. You need to
stand by partner during testing times to
make the relationship stronger.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put in
efforts at work and you
will see promising opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good price
for your property.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Senior management
will be appreciative of
your creative inputs on
professional front. Seek
the opinion of your
family before finalizing a property deal.
An impromptu invitation to a function
from an unexpected friend is likely to
be received. Your initiatives bring back
spark in relationship.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Yoga would help in
raising energy levels and
improve your metabo-
lism. Some of you are
going experience
emotional fulfillment on romantic front.
Place emphasis on domestic affairs to
enhance the domestic tranquility and
harmony. Associate with humanitarian
group on social front.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Efforts made to improve
looks or personality will
bring desired results.
Distant relatives may
drop in for a surprise
visit. Investment antiques and
jewellery would bring handsome
financial gains. On professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Rewards and recogni-
tion will come your way
for your involvement in
a social endeavour. It’s a
very good day to take
calculated risks in financial matters.
Those suffering from chronic ailments
may find remarkable improvement in
their health with home remedies. You
will enjoy the trust of management.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Develop a good
adaptability to handle
pressurized situation on
professional front.
Paying special attention
to plan your career would give
immense joy. You are likely to get
clearance or approval for your
construction plans. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Chances of being misled
by competitors in
business are high, so
remain alert. You may
get a chance to pursue
old hobby. Health tips from an expert
will enable you to get closer to your
fitness goals. Your generous behavior
would enable to enjoy some lovely
moments with family.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Don’t give a firm
commitment in
financial matters before
considering the viability
of the project. You
succeed in completing an important
project well before deadline. Disagree-
ments in the family are foreseen. Be
careful about the legal apprehensions
in the property you are planning to buy.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
It is good day to
confess your love as
stars appear favourable
for positive reply. Your
sole dependency on
friends may fail to bring any respite
from loneliness today. Roadblock in
the matrimonial alliance of kin gets
cleared bringing happiness for the
entire family.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary posi-
tion would enable you
to keep pace with
changing times. Avoid
raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
Successful implementation of new
ideas and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It is
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YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
SaurabbhSachdeva
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MARITAL BLUES
SHOWING
AFFECTION
guest at a wed-
ding observed
the bride and the
b r i d e g r o o m
warmly exchang-
ing loving glanc-
es and tenderly holding
on to each other! No one
could deny that they
were deeply in love! As
the newlyweds graceful-
ly moved together, the
guest wondered how long
would their marriage
stand the test of time? As
the years go by, will their
love deepen or will it take
wings and fly away?
What happens to
“love” after one gets mar-
ried? One husband said,
“It was wonderful before
we got married, but
somehow after the wed-
ding, it fell apart. All the
love I thought I had for
her and the love she
seemed to have for me
evaporated.”
When it is unswerving
and enduring, the love be-
tween a man and a wom-
an can truly be beautiful.
Since there are so many
breakups, one can realis-
tically ask, whether last-
ing love is possible!
The true and abiding
love between marriage
partners includes affec-
tion and attachment.
Thus, love is best sensed
when it is expressed. So,
one must not allow the
activities of daily life to
prevent one from show-
ing affection. It conveys
to the other person care
and protection – any
problem one faces is im-
portant to the other. It
makes the marriage
flourish. The pleasant
memories of expressed
affection enhance the un-
failing quality of love.
Someshowlessaffection
as the years go by
. Just as
foodisessentialinkeeping
the body healthy
, affection
strengthens the marriage.
Even after decades of be-
ingmarried,husbandsand
wives need regular reas-
surance from each other
that they are cared for and
valued each day
.
Using words like, “you
are beautiful!” or “pre-
cious” can make the part-
ner feel cherished. Affec-
tion can also be shown in
writing through text mes-
sages and e-mails. A lov-
ing glance, an occasional
gift, supporting one an-
other and doing different
tasks together can nour-
ish the relationship.
At times, busy hus-
bands and wives regu-
larly plan ‘date nights’ or
‘date weekends’ to be to-
gether. They treat their
partner as lovingly as
they did when they were
first dating. One can even
plan to do something as
simple as taking regular
walks - just the two of
them together.
Each person is unique
in his or her need for af-
fection. Rather than de-
manding affection, one
can ask oneself, ‘what
can I do to make my part-
ner feel more affection-
ate towards me?”
Sincere expressions
that enhance the self-
worth of one’s partner
are reinforcing. When
one makes his / her part-
ner feel important, any
misunderstanding, if
there is, melts and helps
them bare the depths of
their heart.
One husband candidly
admits, “I became emo-
tionally involved with
my work. When I would
come home, all I wanted
was to talk about the ex-
citing challenges of my
job. Though I would give
a casual hug to my wife,
my mind would be on
something else.”
Theresult–hiswifefelt
neglected and left out
since her husband was
insensitive to her emo-
tions. After a while, the
wifenolongercaredwhen
her husband poured out
his problems and she
would respond with indif-
ference. She distanced
herself emotionally
. De-
spite his being an able
provider and she, a capa-
ble mother, they had de-
prived each other of one
basic need – affection.
Lack of affection deep-
ly hurts as it makes a
husband and wife stran-
gers to each other emo-
tionally. One’s self-confi-
dence gets shattered.
Some partners suffer in
silence as if all is well.
But the body feels what
the brain chooses to ig-
nore. Constant pain,
headaches, knotted stom-
ach and depression re-
sult due to unresolved
conflicts and lack of to-
getherness.
Another husband ex-
pressed his feelings, “I
noticed when we were
alone, my wife showed
very little enthusiasm.
But as soon as someone
called or visited, she
would become excited,
ignoring me completely.
She acted as if she pre-
ferred the company of
others. I was crushed.”
A person may hesitate
to express his or her emo-
tional needs because of
fear of rejection or disil-
lusionment. Trying to
discern what is behind
the partner’s remarks
helps. Why is he/she tell-
ing me this? Is it due to
lack of affection or mere
thoughtlessness? Is extra
time needed to soothe
and ease matters?
By creating some qual-
ity time each day and by
sharing small everyday
happenings, understand-
ing improves in mar-
riage. Little things mean
a lot. They cement last-
ing relationships.
Thoughtful words, glanc-
es or meaningful actions
mean so much in keeping
the partnership warm.
Small expressions of
trust and dependability
can bring deep satisfac-
tion and keep the flames
of love burning.
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal development
skills facilitator
A
activities of daily life to cious” can make the part- manding affection, one something else.”

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