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New Delhi (ANI): The Del-
hi Sikh Gurdwara Manage-
ment Committee (DSGMC)
has extended support to the
BJP in the upcoming Mu-
nicipal Corporation of Del-
hi (MCD) elections.
“We have decided that we
all will ensure victory for
BJP
,” the committee’s chief,
Sardar Harmit Singh
Kalka, said on Saturday,
adding, “We appeal to Sikhs
to vote for BJP.”
This came after a meet-
ing of Delhi BJP President
Adesh Gupta with Sikh
leader Sardar Manjinder
Singh Sirsa and DSGMC
members. Kalka said that
Sajjan Kumar, the “biggest
enemy” of Sikhs, was sent
to jail because of BJP.
“Even when our Sikh broth-
ers were in trouble in Af-
ghanistan, it was the BJP
that immediately had the
CAA in place,” he said.
Vote for BJP! Sikh
body extends support
in elections to MCD
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari greets an elderly woman while campaigning for MCD
elections, at Indra Vikas colony in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
VOTE FROM THE HEART
Aam Aadmi Party supporters attend an MCD election campaign
meeting addressed by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at
Vasant Kunj in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MISSION
ISRO’S PSLV-C54 SUCCESSFULLY
PLACES ALL 9 SATELLITES
ISRO It places 9
satellites, including an
earth observation satellite
EOS-06 in multiple orbits
PSLV-C54 It travels
around earth to change
orbit in less than an hour to
place eight nano satellites
— Thybolt, Astrocast,
INS-2B and Anand
Vehicle Mission was
completed with the help of
space agency's PSLV-C55
which was the launch vehicle
Satellites The
remaining of the satellites
have all been injected into
their intended orbits
ACCOMPLISHED!
ISRO CHAIRMAN SPEAKS
TO MEDIA AFTER LAUNCH
ISRO Chairman
S Somanath
addresses
a press
conference after
the successful
launch of ISRO’s PSLV C54
carrying earth observation
satellite at Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, in Sriharikota
on Saturday.
742 km
The distance where
satellite was placed
17.17 mins
Time taken
around polar orbit
after the lift off
EOS-06
PSLV-C54 places
earth observation
satellite in orbit
Oceansat-3
ISRO launched
PSLV-C54 rocket
carrying EOS-06
56th flight
PSLV successfully
lifts off from the
first launch pad
1,117 kg
Total weight of 9
satellites EOS-06
PSLV-C54 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, in Sriharikota on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
❍ CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATIONS
‘Our duties are
our first priority’
PM Modi launches various new initiatives like
Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, Digital
court and S3WaaS Websites under e-court project
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid
homage to the makers of
the Indian Constitution and
reiterated the commitment
to fulfil their vision. He said
‘We the People’ in preamble
of Constitution is a com-
mitment, pledge and belief
that has made India mother
of democracy
.
Attending the Constitu-
tion Day function at the Su-
preme Court, PM Modi
said, “Be it individuals or
institutions, our duties are
our first priority.” He also
said that in today’s global
situation, the eyes of the
entire world are on India.
“Amid the rapid develop-
ment of India, its quickly
growing economy and its
strengthening global im-
age, the world is looking at
us with great expectations.”
PM Narendra Modi and CJI DY Chandrachud greet as Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju, SC Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and others look on during
the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, in Delhi, Saturday.
New opportuni-
ties are coming
up before India.
Crossing all hurdles, it’s go-
ing ahead. A week from now,
India will get G20 presiden-
cy. It’s big! As Team India,
all of us should enhance In-
dia’s prestige before world
bring its contribution before
them. It’s our collective duty.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
All the more import-
ant that representa-
tion of marginalised
communities and women in le-
gal profession and judiciary is
enhanced. It is crucial that we
tap into experience of diverse
section of people who are part
of judiciary. Their knowledge
and understanding would
strengthen the institution.
—DY Chandrachud,
Chief Justice of India
PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU DRAWS
ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDED PRISONS
President Droupadi Murmu
on Saturday said the
legislature, the executive and
the judiciary need to have
“one thinking” for the country
and its people. She suggested
decongesting jails by helping
poor people languishing there
for years for petty crimes. “It is
said that jails are getting over-
crowded and there is a need
to set up more jails. Are we
moving towards development?
What is the need to set up
more jails? We need to reduce
their numbers,” she said.
President Droupadi Murmu
being felicitated by CJI
Justice DY Chandrachud at
the Constitution Day event.
14 years of 26/11:
Murmu, Modi, Shah,
others pay tribute
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid trib-
ute to those who lost their
lives in 26/11 Mumbai ter-
ror attacks in 2008 said
that 14 years ago when India
was celebrating its Consti-
tution and citizens’ rights,
enemies of humanity car-
ried out biggest terror at-
tack. President Droupadi
Murmu, HM Amit Shah,
Union Mins S Jaishankar,
Rajnath Singh, Cong leader
Rahul Gandhi and others
also paid respect to victims.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
Mumbai: Vikram Gokhale, 77, who was
undergoing treatment at a hospital in
Pune, passed away on Saturday, his
family confirmed. His funeral was held at
Pune’s Vaikunth Smashan Bhumi. P11
Ahmedabad: 2 jawans of CAPF were
shot dead and 2 others injured during
a clash that erupted between the
personnel in Porbandar district, where
they were posted for poll duty.
Raipur: The security forces have
shot dead 4 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s
Bijapur in a operation on Saturday.
Around 50 Naxals had gathered to
plan an attack on development works.
Rawalpindi: Imran Khan, to pile pressure on Shehbaz
govt, has announced that his party members will
resign from all provincial assemblies in country. Khan
said his PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) did not want to
remain a part of the current “corrupt” political system.
Salem: An 85-year-old farmer from TN’s Salem dist set
himself on fire outside DMK house for protesting Hindi
imposition. Thangavel, a former agri union organiser for
DMK, protested against the imposition of Hindi in front
of DMK office in Thalaiyur, next to Mettur on Saturday.
COURT SENDS ACCUSED
AAFTAB TO 14-DAY JC
ELGAR CASE: TELTUMBDE
RELEASED FROM PRISON
New Delhi: In latest development
in the Shraddha murder case,
a Delhi court on Saturday sent
accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala
to 14-day judicial custody. Ac-
cording to sources, Narco test of
Aaftab Amin will be conducted
on Monday, November 28.
Mumbai: Scholar-activist Anand
Teltumbde, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links
case, was on Saturday released
from the Taloja central prison
in Navi Mumbai a day after the
Supreme Court rejected the
NIA’s plea challenging his bail.
New CCTV visuals of
Tihar Jail chief with
Jain in prison cell
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Despite court
directives that any video or
information related to the
Satyender Jain case not be
leaked to the media, anoth-
er CCTV footage emerged
on Saturday, for the third
day in a row, of jailed Delhi
minister Satyendar Jain in-
side Tihar Jail.
Today’s CCTV videos
show the Aam Aadmi Party
leader in conversation in-
side his cell with Jail super-
intendent Ajit Kumar, who
is currently under suspen-
sion, and some other people.
In the videos purportedly
sourced from Tihar Jail,
Jain can been seen lying on
his bed with Ajit Kumar
seated on a chair nearby
, the
pair having a conversation.
Kumar was suspended as
Tihar Jail Superintendant
on November 14 for alleg-
edly providing special treat-
ment to the Delhi minister.
At the beginning of the
footage, which is from Sep-
tember, the Delhi minister
is seen interacting with sev-
eral people who leave be-
fore Ajit Kumar enters
Jain’s cell.
BJP spokesperson She-
hzad Poonawalla tweeted
the footage and posted on
his Twitter account, “Yet
another video of Tihar put
out by the media. This time
the Satyendar ka darbaar
has Jail superintendent
who has now been suspend-
ed.” “After maalish by child
rapist Nawabi meal now
this!” Shehzad tweeted.
CCTV footage showing Tihar Jail
superintendent Ajit Kumar, who
is now under suspension, with
Satyendar Jain inside his prison cell
on Sept 12. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Sample’ from
Delhi supports
terrorism: Yogi
Amreli (Gujarat): UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday referred
to Arvind Kejri-
wal as a “sam-
ple” from Delhi
who is an
“avowed sup-
porter of ter-
rorism” as he suspected the
bravery of Indian forces
during India’s surgical
strike in Balakot and asked
for proofs. Yogi said this
during his rallies in poll-
bound Gujarat.

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NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2022
02
Shalini Bhardwaj
New Delhi: All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
authorities on Saturday
said that they have de-
ployed additional staff
to run diagnostics, labs
and OPD services at the
national medical insti-
tute as its servers re-
mained suspended for
the fourth consecutive
day due to a suspected
ransomware attack.
The institute's medi-
cal superintendent, Dr
DK Sharma said that
they have redeployed
more staff to handle
OPD and Diagnostics
services due to in-
creased manual work.
We have deployed ad-
ditional staff so that
more people are availa-
ble in OPD and diagnos-
tic laboratories, said
Sharma, while speak-
ing to ANI.
He further said that
since the day server is
down more patients
have been seen in com-
parison to digital re-
cords. Patients want
that doctors should see
them timely, and we are
managing records man-
ually the way we used to
do earlier. In the last
three days, we have at-
tended almost 12,000
patients on a daily basis
- which is even more
than earlier since the
patients are not re-
quired to take an ap-
pointment.
We opened our regis-
ters again and kept
their serial no wise. We
can see the sample re-
ports on the computer,
earlier we used to send
those reports with the
help of e-Hospital to dif-
ferent areas. Now we
are taking those reports
and dispatching them
directly, the medical
superintendent ex-
plained.
The internet services
at the institute are like-
ly to remain suspended
on the recommenda-
tions from the investi-
gation agencies. —ANI
‘Addl staff deployed to run
diagnostics, labs and OPD’
MANY AGENCIES
AIIMS SERVER ATTACK
Med Superintendent Dr
DK Sharma says more
staff have been deployed due
to increased manual work
AIIMS servers remained
suspended for the 4th
consecutive day due to a
suspected ransomware attack
Internet services likely
to remain suspended
on recommendations from
the investigation agencies
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pens when sensitive,
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lance. Any surveillance
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.
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by LocalCircles, has re-
vealed 59 per cent of
10,980 respondents with
existing loans have been
approached with de-
tailed alternative offers
in last 5 years. A total of
34 per cent respondents
with existing bank ac-
count admitted to being
given such offers.
ShefaliJain,whoruns
a coaching centre, said,
“I bought an AC last
year. Since then, I daily
get calls or messages
with offers from differ-
ent numbers. They have
made my life miserable.
I have started blocking
the numbers now.”
Divya Richa, a media
professional based in
Delhi said, “Even when
you stop taking calls
from the blocked num-
bers, they start calling
you or messaging from
other numbers.” She
said she had taken a car
loan and now got calls,
mails and SMSs offering
her to transfer the loan
to another company
.
Dr Vandana Saxena,
environmentalist, said
she received two-three
such calls or messages
every week. “Banks and
service providers want
all personal and finan-
cial details when we go
for a loan. They should
be held accountable
when personal data is
compromised,”she said.
DATA PROTECTION BILL
FIT INDIA
Secretary
(Sports) Sujata
Chaturvedi being
presented a
shawl as former
long jumper Anju
Bobby George
applauds during
the 11th edition
of FICCI’s Global
Sports Summit,
TURF 2022, in
New Delhi on
Saturday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
PMLA case: Mahendru in
first ED charge sheet
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Liquor
businessman Sameer
Mahendru was name-
das an accused in the
first charge sheet filed
before a court by En-
forcement Directorate
on Saturday in the Delhi
Excise policy money
laundering case, sourc-
es said.
Besides Mahendru of
Indospirits, the prosecu-
tion has also listed two
other persons in its
about 3,000-page com-
plaint that contains
statements of the ac-
cused and annexures,
they said.
Sections of the Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA) have
been pressed in the
charge sheet, they said.
ED said it has so far
undertaken 169 search
operations in this case,
filed after taking cogni-
zance of a CBI FIR reg-
istered on the recom-
mendation of the Delhi
lieutenant governor.
The CBI inquiry was
recommended on the
findings of the Delhi
chief secretary's report
filed in July showing
prima facie violations
of the GNCTD Act 1991,
Transaction of Busi-
ness Rules (ToBR)-1993,
Delhi Excise Act-2009,
and Delhi Excise
Rules-2010, officials had
said.
Five people have
been arrested by the
ED in this case till now.
Mahendru was arrest-
ed by the Enforcement
Directorate on Septem-
ber 27 following his
questioning.
The prosecution
has listed two
other persons as
accused in its
charge sheet of
about 3,000
pages
Court dismisses Satyendar Jain's
plea for special food in Tihar jail
New Delhi (ANI): A
Special Court on Satur-
day dismissed the plea
moved by jailed Delhi
minister and AAP lead-
er Satyendar Jain seek-
ing direction to provide
food as per his religious
beliefs during his judi-
cial custody
.
Special Judge Vikas
Dhull on Saturday dis-
missed the petition for
special food during judi-
cial custody
. In the mat-
ter, Tihar Jail adminis-
tration stated that as per
the jail record, there is
no request available
with the office of the Su-
perintendent Central
Jail where Satyendar
Jainhadinformedabout
himself observing fast
in accordance with his
religious beliefs. There-
fore, the question of al-
lowing/permitting him
for such fast by the pris-
on administration does
not arise.
‘DRY FRUITS NOT PERMITTED’
Tihar lawyer Abhijeet Shankar made clear that the
dry fruits in prisons are not permitted to a prison-
er and also could not be taken as an alternative to
a regular meal. However, if the dry fruits are pre-
scribed by the Medical officer for a certain period
of time as a supplement in such circumstances
the same may be permitted for such prisoners for
a limited period of time.
‘NO ONE CAN STOP ME FROM FASTING’
Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra appeared for
Satyendar Jain after reading Tihar’s reply, and
submitted, “Under what provision they say I can’t
go for indefinite fasting? We’re in a country where
everyone is free to profess their own religion.
No one can actually stop me from professing my
religion. I am not even getting basic food in jail,
are my human rights also taken away?”
Gurugram (PTI): An
unidentified man alleg-
edly fired a shot at a
worker after he was not
allowed to smoke a ciga-
rette inside a conveni-
encestoreinGurugram,
police said on Saturday
.
The man entered the
24-hour convenience
store in Sector 22 with a
cigarette in his hand
around 4 am on Friday
.
When the security
guardrequestedhimnot
to smoke inside, he
abused the staff, accord-
ing to a complaint.
The man demanded
that someone come with
him to place the pur-
chasedgoodsinhisvehi-
cle parked outside the
store, security manager
Rupendra Singh said.
When the goods were
being placed in the vehi-
cle, the man started
loading his pistol sud-
denly and fired at store
associate Ashish, who
managed to narrowly
escape. The man
claimed the store work-
ers insulted him by stop-
ping from smoking in-
side and fled from the
spot in his vehicle, the
complaint stated.
An FIR has been reg-
istered at the Palam Vi-
har police station under
Section 307 (attempt to
murder) of IPC.
The entire act was
captured in CCTV foot-
ageandpolicearetrying
to identify the suspect
with the help of the ve-
hicle's number plate, in-
vestigating officer
Ashok Kumar said.
Stopped from smoking, man shoots store staff
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The unique
Kathakar festival
opened here with ses-
sions by seasoned sto-
rytellers from Austral-
ia, the United King-
dom, Mongolia and Si-
erra Leone.
Organised under the
aegis of the Ministry
of Culture, the festival
was inaugurated by
Union Minister of Law
and Justice Kiren Riji-
ju at Sunder Nursery.
The festival also
hosted a conversation
between singer Mohit
Chauhan and actor
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
onthe topic ‘Kissey Ka-
hani aur Adakari’.
“I applaud the organ-
isers of Kathakar for
providing a platform to
storytellers from
around the world. Our
society has forgotten
the importance of our
storytelling tradition,
so we need to encour-
age platforms like
these,” Rijiju said at
the inauguration.
The four-day festival-
will hear stories from
seven nations, includ-
ing South Korea and
Israel.
“Stories emerging
from villages are very
powerful as life is to-
tally different there...I
love folk songs and sto-
ries that are connected
to our lives. Whenever
I meet filmmakers, I
urge them to make
movies based on sto-
ries from villages,”
filmmaker-writer Im-
tiaz Ali, who is also a
patron of the festival,
said in a statement.
The festival will also
host Sufi musical night
by Satpal Wadali, a ses-
sion with actor Sanjay
Mishra at India Gate,
Kabir Vani by ac-
claimed folk singer
Prahlad Singh Tipani-
ya, and shadow puppet
show by Ramchandra
Pulavar and team.
Seven nations join hands at Kathakar fest
AT SUNDER NURSERY
OTHER EVENTS
New Delhi (PTI): Afor-
mer bureaucrat was ar-
rested for allegedly dup-
inghisinvestorsof Rs50
crore on the pretext of
offering plots and flats
under the land pooling
policy of the Delhi De-
velopment Authority
(DDA), police said on
Saturday
.
The accused has been
identified as Neh Srivas-
tav.APhDdegreeholder,
he was an Under Secre-
tary in a Central minis-
try
. He took voluntary
retirement (VRS) after
an FIR against him was
lodged in 2020, and be-
came an entrepreneur,
they said.
Srivastav induced
homebuyersbyshowing
documents purportedly
issuedbyDDAunderthe
land pooling policy
. It
wasrepresentedthatthe
society is managed by
the working group ‘
A’ of-
ficersof theCentralgov-
ernment, police said.
Based on their repre-
sentation, home buyers
invested in the Central
Secretariat Services Of-
ficers Society
, they said.
Ex-bureaucrat
arrested for
duping buyers

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TiharmeinAAPkaDarbar:BJP
New Delhi (ANI): Af-
ter a new video of Saty-
endar Jain, showing
him in conversation
with then Tihar Jail Su-
perintendent Ajit Ku-
mar and some other
people inside his prison
cell, surfaced on Satur-
day, BJP national
spokesperson Shehzad
Poonawalla said it
showed “AAP ka darbar
of Bhrashtachar”.
“It is the third video
in the series. First, AAP
made a spa in Tihar
where Satyendar Jain
got a maalish from a
child rapist and AAP
labeled it as physiother-
apy,” said Poonawalla.
“Now a video shows
how he was allowed to
hold a darbar inside the
jail. Why Jain was kept
as a minister despite
getting no relief from
the courts… so that he
can get VIP maalish?”
he asked.
The BJP leader also
demanded sacking of
Satyendar Jain and
transfer to another pris-
on, and said that CM
Arvind Kejriwal should
apologise to the entire
nation for defending a
child rapist as a thera-
pist and insulting phys-
iotherapy
.
WherewasCMforlast
8years,asksGambhir
onDelhilandfillissue
Shweta Sharma
New Delhi: With the
AAP turning the issue
of landfill sites into a
poll plank ahead of the
municipal election in
Delhi, BJP MP Gautam
Gambhir has hit out at
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal, asking where
was he for the last eight
years when it came to
finding a solution for
the massive garbage
dump in Ghazipur.
Talking to PTI,
Gambhir, who repre-
sents the East Delhi
constituency in the Lok
Sabha, blamed the AAP
for what he described as
“a dismal state” of the
national capital.
He said the work
done at the Ghazipur
landfill site is an exam-
ple of how a BJP-led
MCD can “make a dif-
ference”.
The cricketer-turned-
politician said in the
last eight years, “we
have only heard the
Delhi chief minister
blame the Centre for
everything, but no one
asked him what is his
responsibility as the
chief minister”.
He should come out
and speak, Gambhir
added.
The people of Delhi
can see it for themselves
what the Ghazipur
landfill site was three
years ago and what has
happened to it now. The
height has gone down
by at least 50 feet, he
claimed.
He also questioned
the chief minister's vis-
it to the site after eight
years. Kejriwal visited
the Ghazipur landfill
site last month and said
the MCD polls will be
fought on the issue of
garbage as he promised
to clean Delhi in five
years if the AAP emerg-
es victorious in the civ-
ic body election.
Gambhir said, “I
want to ask where was
the Delhi chief minis-
ter for the last eight
years? I wrote a letter in
2020 to work on it and
find a solution, but he
did not even have the
courtesy to reply
.” —PTI
CCTV footage showing Satyendar Jain interacting with some people inside his cell in Tihar Jail.
n Kejriwal
should apologise
to the nation,
demands BJP
New Delhi (ANI):
Union Minister Anu-
rag Thakur on Satur-
day attacked the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
and accused its lead-
ers of engaging in cor-
ruption and scams.
“All AAP ministers
are not only involved
in serious allegations
of corruption but also
jailed. This shows that
his (AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal's) politics is
only about corrup-
tion, liquor and
scams,” said Thakur
while speaking to ANI
during a public rally.
“People want to give a
message to Kejriwal
that false promises
won't work,” he said.
‘False promises of AAP won't work’
‘BJP’s 10 videos vs
Kejriwal’s 10 guarantees’
New Delhi (ANI): AAP
chief Arvind Kejriwal on
Saturday said he does not
need to respond to the lat-
est videos of Jain, as peo-
ple in the national capi-
tal will decide in the up-
coming MCD polls
whether they need “BJP’s ten videos” or “10
guarantees” of the AAP.
“MCD elections are becoming quite clear,
it’s BJP’s 10 videos versus Kejriwal’s 10 guar-
antees. Let’s wait till December 4, the people
of Delhi will give a reply to all those videos,”
said Kejriwal addressing a press conference.
Referring to the CBI charge sheet filed in
the excise policy case on Friday
, Kejriwal said,
“Manish Sisodia got a clean chit. Around 800
officers of CBI-ED have been working on it for
the last 4 months. They were given just one
work: do anything, put Manish Sisodia behind
bars.Yesterday’s chargesheet shows they
didn’t get any evidence against him.”
Reminding that he launched AAP on Con-
stitution Day 10 years ago, he said, “Today, the
Aam Aadmi Party has become the new hope
of the people of the country
.”
Union Minister Anurag Thakur campaigns for BJP candidate
from Rajinder Nagar, Manika Nischal, on Saturday.
New Delhi (PTI):
The Aam Aadmi Par-
tyhasfieldedthemax-
imum 45 candidates
withcriminalrecords
in municipal elec-
tions this year while
the BJP has 27 such
candidates,according
toareportbyAssocia-
tion for Democratic
Reforms (ADR).
The AAP has
pitched 250 candi-
dates, out of which
248 self sworn-affida-
vits were analysed by
the ADR and 18 per
cent of them, i.e., 45
have criminal re-
cords, the report
said.
Moreover, at least
eight per cent of the
AAP candidates have
serious criminal cas-
es against them, it
stated.
New Delhi (PTI): With
his deputy Manish Siso-
dia’s name not finding a
mention in the CBI
charge sheet in the ex-
cise policy case, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Saturday said he
and the AAP were
“hardcore honest”.
Addressing a press
conference, Kejriwal
also asked the BJP if it
could say the same
about any of its leaders.
“Today I can say
, Arvind
Kejriwal is hardcore
honest. I challenge BJP
to say if any of its party
leaders is hardcore hon-
est,” Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal says he
and AAP are
‘hardcore honest’
AAP has most
candidates with
criminal record
AAP made
a spa in
Tihar
where Jain got a
maalish from a
child rapist and
AAP labelled it as
physiotherapy.
—Shehzad Poonawalla
Gautam Gambhir signs a cricket bat during a Jansabha rally for
the MCD elections, at Trilokpuri on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘SOME CREDIT TO SHEILA JI AS WELL’
Cong candidate’s father, former
MLA, held for manhandling cop
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Former
Congress MLA Asif
Khan, whose daughter
is contesting the MCD
polls, was arrested ear-
ly on Saturday for al-
legedly misbehaving
with a police officer
and manhandling him,
police officials said.
Khan was produced be-
fore Metropolitan Mag-
istrate Aditi Rao, who
remanded him in judi-
cial custody for 14 days.
The incident oc-
curred when Khan and
his supporters, who
gatherednearamosque
at Shaheen Bagh, were
asked by the officer not
to do so without per-
mission of the election
commission, they said.
In a video, Khan's
daughter Ariba Khan
alleged that about 50-60
police personnel en-
tered their house forci-
bly in Shaheen Bagh
and dragged away the
former MLA.
She alleged that po-
licemen misbehaved
with her, too, and broke
one of her fingers.
“They also snatched
away our phones. The
police personnel took
away my father and
their supporters also,”
said Ariba Khan, who
is the Congress candi-
date from the area.
A police officer said
Asif Khan, the main
accused, had been ar-
rested and two others—
Minhaa, 28, and Saabir,
38—detained.
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP on Saturday
claimed that Arvind
Kejriwal was suffering
from “political cata-
ract” and giving him-
self a certificate of
honesty despite the al-
leged excise and class-
room construction
scams under his gov-
ernment.
The entire country
now knows that Kejri-
wal is a “kattar bei-
man” (hardcore dishon-
est), BJP spokesperson
Gaurav Bhatia said at a
press conference here.
With his deputy Man-
ish Sisodia's name not
finding a mention in
the CBI charge sheet in
the excise policy case,
Kejriwal on Saturday
said he and the AAP are
“hardcore honest”.
“Kejriwal is suffer-
ing from political cata-
ract. The classroom
scam or the excise scam
or Satyendar Jain re-
taining his ministerial
post despite being in
jail is no big deal,” Bha-
tia said.
He said the investiga-
tive agencies that were
once branded as “caged
parrots” are free and
independent to decide
their course of action.
Kejriwal suffering from
'political cataract': BJP
The entire
country now
knows that
Kejriwal is a
‘kattar beiman’,
said BJP
spokesperson
Gaurav Bhatia
Asif Mohammad Khan speaks during a protest against
Citizenship Amendment Act, in New Delhi in December 2019.

—
PHOTO
BY
ANI
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Vikram Gokhale Ji was a very
seasoned actor, his demise is deeply
saddening. He left an indelible mark
on the hearts of all cinema lovers. His
work will always be remembered. My
condolences to his family, friends and
followers. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Saddened by the demise of veteran
actor VikramGokhale ji. One of the
greatest actors who left an indelible
mark in Marathi, Hindi Theatre
Film industry with his extraordinary
performances. My heartfelt
condolences to his family.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Conquer anger with non-
anger. Conquer badness with
goodness. Conquer meanness
with generosity. Conquer
dishonesty with truth.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
ONLY MOTHER’S
NAME IN LEGAL
AND GOVT FORMS
STILL A CHALLENGE
ecently, a petition in
the Calcutta High
Court argued that “a
single mother’s child
is also a citizen of
this country, and no one can in-
fringe any of his/her fundamen-
tal rights which are guaran-
teed”. The court has sought re-
sponses from the Bar Council of
India and the Bar Council of
West Bengal.
This has been a problem for
single mothers and their chil-
dren as patriarchy only allowed
the name of father in legal docu-
ments. The idea of single wom-
en as parents was unacceptable
in society until some years ago.
Divorcees and unwed mothers
faced nagging by government of-
ficials, gossip and discrimina-
tion in society over the absence
of name of their child’s father.
A long struggle followed. In 2015
it was the Karnataka govern-
ment which said it was “not
mandatory to mention the fa-
ther’s name while writing the
full name of the applicant in le-
gal documents and government
records”. Many single mothers
are still fighting against this dis-
criminatory practice.
R
hina’s recurrent
Covid outbreaks
are like after-
shocks of an
earthquake at its
epicenter. Beijing has persis-
tently denied that the Cov-
id-19 virus SARS-Cov-2 was
created in a Wuhan lab and it
spread after it got leaked from
there. The world bore the
brunt of the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid of
the virus after fighting it de-
terminedly
. People began to
rebuildtheirlivesaftersuffer-
ing personal losses and gov-
ernments all over the world
began taking steps to restore
complete normality
. In China
the virus is refusing to go
away
. The Communist coun-
try’s zero-Covid policy even
small occurrences are being
dealt with harsh lockdowns
making people agitated.
In the latest shutdown in
eightdistrictsof Zhengzhouin
the province of Henan 60 lakh
residentshavebeenorderedto
stay indoors for the next five
days. The lockdown was a con-
sequenceof unrestamongpeo-
ple over lockdowns. Over
32,000 fresh cases were report-
edonFridayandafearedsurge
in cases has led residents even
inBeijingtostockupessential
commodities.
Frequent shutdowns have
started to adversely affect the
world’s second largest econo-
my and its effect on the glob-
al economy will be visible in
2023. Retail sales and indus-
trial production are estimat-
ed to be at their lowest levels
since 2020, when the pandem-
ic hit the world. The National
Bureau of Statistics of China
report said that manufactur-
ing, mining and utility sec-
tors fell to a negative growth
of 2.9 percent from 5 percent
in March 2022. A comparison
with how efficiently India
handled the situation is una-
voidable. Also, Indian econo-
my is not in a dismal state.
COVID IN CHINA
IS AN ALBATROSS
China’s recurrent Covid
outbreaks are like aftershocks
of an earthquake at its
epicenter. Beijing has
persistently denied that the
Covid-19 virus SARS-
Cov-2 was created in a
Wuhan lab and it spread after
it got leaked from there. The
world bore the brunt of
the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid
of the virus after fighting
it determinedly
C
KPS MENON WROTE A
LETTER IN DECEMBER, 1980
During the tear all the
basic conflicts in the world,
conflicts between the East
and West, the North and the
South, the haves and the
have-nots, seemed come to a
head, and there were
comments when it looked
as if they would erupt
into a third world war,
which would doubtless be a
nuclear war and spell the
destruction of civilization.
Politics livened even the
realm of sport. Lord
Kalinin, President of the
Olympic Council, gently
observed that it was for
consideration whether in
future it would be wise to
hold the Olympics in the
same year as the American
Presidential elections
KPS Menon was born in Ottapalam in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History
at Oxford. In 1921 Menon joined the ICS. After Independence, he became the
first Foreign Secretary. From 1952 to 1961 he was Ambassador to the USSR.
After retirement, he settled down in his home town, wrote several readable
books. He also wrote a monthly letter to his old colleagues and friends. I quote
below from a letter he wrote me in December 1980. It is totally none bureaucratic.
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
“I have been trying to keep depression
at arm’s length by keeping myself as busy
as ever. Unfortunately, I am no longer
in a position to indulge in my principal
hobby, travelling. Reading, too is becoming
difficult on account of the advent of
incipient cataract. I have therefore been
dictating more than ever before. Apart from
gibing the finishing touches to my revised
autobiography, “Many Worlds Revisited”,
which is to be published by Bhavans in
January 1981 and selections from my
writings, to be published in Russian by
Progress Publishers in Moscow. I have been
writing on a variety of themes to a variety
of journals. Among the subjects on which I
wrote during the expiring year are Hats Off
to the Electorate; Frontier Memories; Where
do we Stand?; Kabul Cameos; Kampuchea’s
Unending Agony; The Living legacy of
Lenin; Our new Foreign Secretary; Our Man
in Washington’ The First Hundred Days of
Nehru; A Historic Visit (on the anniversary
of Nehru’s visit to the USSR-1955); A
Formative Visit (on the anniversary of
Brezhnev’s visit to India in 1973); Towards
the Third World War; The Indian and the
Chinese; Oxford, Then and Now; Pattom,
a politician who a abhorred politicking;
Religion and the State; Giri the man; Old
Memories of New Delhi; Viceregal Vignettes;
Gandhiji’s Guru; Jawaharlal Nehru and
Krishan Menon; My Hobbies; the Day I was
born; Indians Overseas, some silhouettes;
Children a super store house of fun; and
Bless the Doctor, but beware of him.
Thinking and writing about our internal
affairs and the international situation do not
dispel a feeling of gloom but rather deepen
it. In India, despite the return of Mrs Indira
Gandhi who, events have demonstrated, is
the only Indian politician with an all India
stature. Politicking, however, is by no
means confined to India. I am beginning to
share the pessimism, or the cynicism, of
Aldous Huxley who said:
‘I become more and more firmly
convinced that it is completely pointless
to work in the field of politics. Political
action is always foredoomed to a partial,
sometimes even a complete, self-
stultification. The intrinsic nature of the
human instruments with which, the human
materials upon which, political action must
be carried out, is a positive guarantee
against the possibility that such action shall
yield the results that were expected from it”
As for men of religion, “they who think
that they can go into politics and transform
the world always end by going into politics
and being transformed by the world.” To
Toynbee, the world historian, who holds
the same view, the only exceptions are
Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. The
only hope lies in the man who work on
the margin of society. If these ‘men of the
margin’ remains on the margin they can do
something to mitigate the consequences of
the play of politics.
But how few are there who are content to
remain on the margin, resisting the siren call
of politics, and even if they do how little can
they achieve in the present socio-economic
set up. It is more depressing to think of the
state of the world. How can one breathe
freely, with the world spending 400 billion
dollars a year on arms and armaments and
the nuclear bomb hanging like a Damocles
sword ever the future of mankind?
During the tear all the basic conflicts
in the world, conflicts between the East
and West, the North and the South, the
haves and the have-nots, seemed come
to a head, and there were comments
when it looked as if they would erupt
into a third world war, which would
doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the
destruction of civilization. Politics livened
even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin,
President of the Olympic Council, gently
observed that it was for consideration
whether in future it would be wise to hold
the Olympics in the same year as the
American Presidential elections. There
is little doubt that these elections, and
the militant positions adopted by all the
parties in the USA, were substantially
responsible for the worsening of the
international situation. The elections
are over, but it is idle to expect any
improvement in the internal situation,
especially with Reagan as President of
the USA…….”
With warm regards,
Yours Sincerely
KPS Menon
‘I QUOTE BELOW A LETTER MENON WROTE ME IN
DECEMBER 1980. IT IS TOTALLY NONE BUREAUCRATIC’

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INDIA
05
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The disciplinary
panel of the Kerala
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (KPCC) on Satur-
day issued strict direc-
tive to its leaders not to
bypass the respective
party forums while at-
tending programmes in
each place and directed
the leaders to intimate
them in advance.
Senior party leader
and MLA Thiruvan-
choor Radhakrishnan,
who heads the panel,
said there is no objec-
tion for anyone to visit
anyplaceandholdparty
campaigns but it should
be done only with the
knowledge of party fo-
rums there including
the District Congress
Committees (DCC).
This notice comes in
the wake of controver-
sy over party leader and
Thiruvananthapuram
MP Shashi Tharoor’s
recent Malabar tour.
However, Rad-
hakrishnan made it
clear that the discipli-
nary panel did not re-
ceive any specific com-
plaint regarding Tha-
roor’s recent tour and
so there was no need to
give him any individual
direction in this regard.
“We did not receive
any complaint in con-
nection with Tharoor.
But the party in general
has a decision in this
regard. It is an institu-
tional precedent to in-
form the respective
party forums in ad-
vance about the pro-
grammes being attend-
ed by leaders,” he said.
The very thought
that such forums were
bypassed (by the lead-
ers) would erode the
strength of the party
and so the leaders
should take them into
faith and inform them
in advance before at-
tending events, Rad-
hakrishnan explained.
The senior leader
said as head of the dis-
ciplinary panel, he was
just informing this to
all party members.
“As there is no com-
plaint against Tharoor,
it would be an insult to
call him in person and
inform him about this
directive. It is a general
decision and everyone
is equally responsible
to abide by it,” Rad-
hakrishnan added.
KPCC tells leaders to inform party in advance
THAROOR’S MALABAR TOUR
Gandhinagar (PTI):
The ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) on
Saturday released its
manifesto for the up-
coming Gujarat Assem-
bly polls and promised
to implement the Uni-
form Civil Code (UCC)
and also create an ‘Anti-
radicalisation Cell’ to
identify and eliminate
potential threats as well
as sleeper cells of ter-
rorist organisations
and anti-India forces.
The party’s other
promises include crea-
tion of “20 lakh employ-
ment opportunities”
and take the state's econ-
omy to USD one trillion
in the next five years.
The manifesto was re-
leased at the state BJP
headquarters by party
president JP Nadda in
the presence of Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel and state unit
chief C R Paatil.
The annual cover un-
der the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana
(Ayushman Bharat) be-
ing doubled per family
from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10
lakh, and girls getting
free education from
“KG to PG” (kindergar-
ten to post-graduation)
are among other prom-
ises in the manifesto.
“We will ensure com-
plete implementation
of UCC in Gujarat as
per recommendations
of a state government
committee. We will also
create an Anti-radicali-
sation Cell to identify
and eliminate potential
threats, and sleeper
cells of terrorist organ-
isations and anti-India
forces,” said Nadda.
On October 29, the
Gujarat government
had announced that it
would form a committee
for the implementation
of the UCC. The deci-
sion was taken in a cabi-
net meeting that day
.
The manifesto also
promised enactment of
the ‘Gujarat Recovery of
Damages of Public and
PrivatePropertiesAct’to
recover the cost of dam-
age caused to public and
private properties by an-
ti-socialelementsduring
riots and protests.
Other key promises
include setting up of
two seafood parks in
south Gujarat and Sau-
rashtra region, free di-
agnostic service at
health centres and ap-
proved laboratories for
EWS households, set-
ting up three civil hos-
pitals or ‘Medi Cities’,
two AIIMS-level institu-
tions, and converting
20,000 govt schools into
‘Schools of Excellence’.
JP Nadda, Guj CM Patel and state chief CR Paatil release manifesto
BJP National President JP Nadda releases party’s manifesto for
Gujarat elections, in Gandhinagar, Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
said terror attacks were
rampant when Con-
gress was in power and
terrorists from Paki-
stan used to kill Indian
soldiers but the then
ruling party never con-
demned them due to
“vote bank” politics.
Paying tributes to the
victims of the Novem-
ber 26, 2008 (26/11)
Mumbai terror attack,
Shah said it is impossi-
ble to carry out such an
attack under the watch
of the Modi govt.
“Today is the anni-
versary of the 26/11 at-
tack. On this day (in
2008), Pakistani terror-
ists killed 164 persons
in Mumbai. Though
such attacks were ram-
pant during the Con-
gress rule, it is not pos-
sible to carry out a 26/11
type terror attack today
because Narendra Modi
is the prime minister,”
Shah said at a rally in
Talaja. Voting on Talaja
and 88 other seats will
be held on December 1.
“Sonia (Gandhi) and
(former PM) Manmo-
han Singh were in pow-
er for ten years from
2004 till 2014. During
their regime, terrorists
from Pakistan used to
enter India frequently
and kill our soldiers
and even decapitated
their heads. Despite
that, Congress never ut-
tered a word. Why? Be-
cause of their vote
bank. I hope you know
who is Congress’ vote
bank,” the senior
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader said.
Congressneverspokeagainst
terrorduetovotebank:Shah
Somnath (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday
dubbed Aam Aadmi
Party leader Arvind Ke-
jriwal as a 'namoona' or
buffoon, and accused
him and his party of
supporting terrorism
and corruption.
At a rally in Somnath
town in Gir Somnath,
he also accused main
opposition Congress of
not respecting other
people’s religions be-
cause of its “Muslim
vote bank”.
“A ‘Namoona’ (buf-
foon) from Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) who is vis-
iting Gujarat now a days
is a true well-wisher of
terrorism. He had also
opposed the construc-
tion of Ram temple in
Ayodhya. He had sought
proof from our brave
soldiers when the Indi-
an Army carried out a
surgical strike in Paki-
stan,” said Adityanath.
Yogi fires fresh salvos
against Congress, AAP
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Saturday
welcomed the Election
Commission’s (EC) ac-
tion in Karnataka over
the voter-fraud charges
made by it and said to
maintain the sanctity of
democracyandfree-and-
fair elections, the poll
panel's probe has to cov-
er all 28 constituencies
in and around Bengalu-
ru and not just three.
Congress’ in-charge
of Karnataka Randeep
Surjewala also demand-
ed an FIR against CM
Basavaraj Bommai and
the chief commissioner
of the Bruhat Bengalu-
ru Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP), who is the elec-
toral officer of the con-
stituencies where vot-
ers’ data was allegedly
collected by a private
firm and additions and
deletions were made in
the electoral rolls.
“The Congress wel-
comes the swift action
by ECI on our com-
plaint of 'VoteFraud' in
Karnataka, but for
maintaining the sanc-
tity of democracy, ECI
cannot confine its in-
quiry/action to just
three assembly seats of
Bengaluru,” Surjewala
wrote on Twitter.
He alleged the “king-
pin”of the“voterfraud”,
who is responsible for
denial of “right to vote”
to Kannadigas is none
other than Bommai and
also hit out at the BBMP
chief commissioner.
Cong welcomes EC action in Karnataka
on voter fraud charges levelled by it
Amrik Singh
Chandigarh: A delega-
tion of the Shiromani
Akali Dal on Saturday
met the Punjab Gover-
nor here and opposed
Haryana’s proposed
move of setting up an
additional building of
its state assembly here.
The delegation,
which was led by SAD
chief Sukhbir Singh
Badal, also raised the
issue of alleged deterio-
rating law and order in
the state.
Speaking to reporters
after meeting Governor
Banwarilal Purohit,
Badal said Union Terri-
tory Chandigarh be-
longs to Punjab and
they will never allow
allotment of land to
Haryana for setting up
its Vidhan Sabha here.
—WITH PTI INPUTS
SAD opposes Haryana’s land
demandforassemblybuilding
New Delhi (PTI):
Egypt’s President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi is likely to
be the chief guest for
the Republic Day cele-
brations here next year.
External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
is learnt to have ex-
tended the formal invi-
tation to el-Sisi during
an official visit to Cai-
ro last month.
This would be the
first time that an Egyp-
tian president would
be the chief guest at
the Republic Day cele-
brations.
Egypt’s president
likely to be chief
guest for R-Day
celebrations
COURTESY MEET!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Droupadi
Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Randeep Surjewala with Karnataka Cong chief DK Shivkumar and
other leaders leave after the meeting with EC, in New Delhi.
The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation led by party chief Sukhbir
Badal gives memorandum to Punjab Governor BL Purohit.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor. —FILE PHOTO
BJP manifesto promises
UCC,celltotackleterror
Amit Shah holds a mace during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat
elections, at Rajula in Amreli district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
Godhra: A road cleaves
through, marking divide
between Muslim dominated
areas and Hindu majority
localities, a metaphor perhaps
for communal fissures that run
deep in a town that instantly
recalls the 2002 riots. 20
years after burning of a train
in Godhra killed 59 ‘karsevaks’
and triggered one of India’s
worst post-Partition riots, the
poll-scape reflects the gulf
between the two communities.
Tharad: “There is no water,
give us water.” As the sun
beats down on arid flatlands
punctuated by salt marshes,
it’s the one demand and
paramount need verbalised
by voters in this border area
when candidates call on them
in these polls. In the ebb and
flow of life, water is the exi-
gency, cutting through lines
in a society riven by caste, the
deciding factor for weddings
with parents preferring to fix
their daughters’ weddings
in villages close to the only
Narmada canal in the area.
Ahmedabad (PTI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out
at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his “BJP
taught perpetrators of violence a lesson in 2002”
remark, saying nobody stays in power forever.
Owaisi also accused Shah of being intoxicated
with power. Addressing an election rally in Gujarat
on Friday, Shah had said that anti-social elements
stopped indulging in violence after they were
“taught a lesson” in 2002 and that the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) established “permanent peace” in
the state. Parts of Gujarat had witnessed large-scale
violence in 2002 following the train burning incident
at Godhra railway station in February that year.
20 YEARS AFTER
TRAIN CARNAGE,
COMMUNAL TENSION
NEED OF WATER
DOMINATES VOTER
MINDS IN THARAD
NOBODY WILL STAY IN POWER
FOREVER: OWAISI SLAMS SHAH

—
PHOTO
BY
ANI

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI):
Stressing the impor-
tance of the Constitu-
tion and the Father of
the Indian Constitution,
Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi said on the occa-
sion of Constitution
Day that Bhimrao Ram-
ji Ambedkar urged us to
march on the road to
unity
. He took to Twitter
and posted a video of
the Indian Constitution
being signed by Jawaha-
rlal Nehru, Mahatama
Gandhi and others on
November 26, 1949. The
video also showed the
fundamental rights
granted to every citizen
in the country
.
“Babasaheb urged us
to march on the road to
unity. I will walk that
road long enough, until
every word of our Con-
stitution is upheld, and
every citizen stands pro-
tected by fairness and
justice,” he tweeted.
Congress general sec-
retary Jairam Ramesh
said the draft constitu-
tion was adopted by the
constituent assembly on
26.11.1949 and the con-
stituent assembly de-
cided that it would come
intoforcefrom26.01.1950
which is since celebrat-
ed as Republic Day
.
“Ideological foun-
tainheads of BJP had
nothing whatsoever to
do in making the Con-
stitution,” he said in a
series of tweets.
Recalling BR Ambed-
kar’s speech of Novem-
ber 25, 1949 while pilot-
ing the final draft of the
Constitution, he said, “I
wish to remind the
prime minister and his
drum beaters of just
two paras from that
speech.” He shared por-
tions of the speech.
Kharge said the Con-
gress has embarked on
the Bharat Jodo Yatra
to unite the nation
against forces of hatred
and divisiveness.
“Let us unitedly take
ownership of bringing
India back to its consti-
tutional values and re-
storing the nation to a
time when these values
thrived. The only way to
control this new hegem-
onic disposition is to
counter it with ideolog-
ical and moral
strength,” he noted.
He also alleged that
within the system, the
ruling party has re-
stricted the opposition’s
all avenues to express
dissent.
“Routine muting of
microphones in Parlia-
ment whenever the
BJP’s (in)actions are
questioned and spaces
in media that are acces-
sible to us are shrink-
ing every day,” he said.
“Illegal has become
legal because the fringe
has now become main-
stream. The foremost
tangible spirit of our
democracy is being dis-
torted and disrespected
by people who are using
it as a means to push a
completely contrasting
agenda,” Kharge said.
Ranchi (PTI): Cold
waveconditionsgripped
parts of Jharkhand for
the past two days, with
the night temperatures
falling up to six degrees
Celsius below normal,
weather officials said
on Saturday
.
The northwest parts
of Jharkhand wit-
nessed a major fall in
the level of mercury.
The cold conditions,
however, were being felt
across the state, the of-
ficial said.
“The chill in the air
increased due to unre-
stricted flow of north-
westerly to northerly
windatalowerlevelover
Jharkhand,” a senior
meteorologist at Ranchi
Meteorological Centre,
SC Mandal, told PTI.
The average mini-
mum temperature has
dipped by one to six de-
grees Celsius from the
normal across the state.
Simdega district
shivered at the lowest
minimum temperature
of 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Al Rayyan [Qatar]
(ANI): Goals from Piotr
Zielinski and Robert Le-
wandowski and a pen-
alty save from Wojciech
Szczesny gave Poland a
2-0 win in a Group C
match against Saudi
Arabia here at Educa-
tion City Stadium.
Coming from the
back of a famous win
against Argentina, Sau-
di Arabia started off
aggressively as Salem
Al Dawsari’s assist
helped Mohammed Al
Burayk make a right-
footed attempt from
outside the box which
was blocked. In the 13th
minute, Saud Abdulha-
mid assisted Moham-
med Kanno to take a
right-footed shot from
the right side of the box
to be saved in the top
right corner.
Two minutes later
Jakub Kiwior of Po-
land was shown a yel-
low card for a bad foul.
Matty Cash got the yel-
low card for a foul in
the next minute.
In the 39th minute,
an assist from Robert
Lewandowski Piotr Zie-
linski’s right-footed
shot from the centre of
the box went on to the
top right corner.
Zielinsk, Lewandowski’s goal guide
Poland to win over Saudi Arabia
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
Poland’s Jakub Kiwior in action during the match against Saudi
Arabia in the FIFA World Cup 2022, in Doha on Saturday.
MOTHER-OF-FIVE FROM KERALA TAKES SOLO TRIP
TO WATCH MESSI IN ACTION AT FIFA WORLD CUP
Dubai (PTI): A wom-
an from Kerala, who
hails ‘Messi’ as her
hero, has set out on a
solo trip in her cus-
tomised SUV to Qatar
to watch her favourite
team— Argentina,
play in the ongoing
FIFA World Cup.
Naaji Noushi, moth-
er-of-five started her
trip to the Gulf coun-
tries on October 15
from Kerala, and ar-
rived in the UAE, the
Khaleej Times news-
paper reported.
Although heartbro-
ken at Argentina’s loss
against Saudi Arabia,
the 33-year-old still
showed high hopes for
her favourite team in
the next match.
Earlier this week,
Argentina lost to Sau-
di Arabia and is now
set to play against
Mexico on Sunday
.
“I just want to see
my hero Lionel Messi
play
. The loss to Saudi
Arabia was heart-
breaking for me but I
am sure it is only a
small hiccup on their
way to lifting the cup,”
the newspaper quoted
her as saying.
Noushi who is trav-
elling through the
Gulf countries in her
SUV
, got it shipped to
Oman from Mumbai
which is incidentally
the first Indian-regis-
tered right-hand vehi-
cle to be shipped into
the country
.
She began her jour-
ney from Muscat and
travelled to the UAE in
her SUV via the Hatta
border and stopped by
to see the world’s tall-
est tower in Dubai,
Burj Khalifa.
Naaji Noushi had started her trip on Oct 15 to Gulf countries.
—REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO
More properties
of banned JeL
attached in JK
Srinagar: JK’s State
Investigation Agency
(SIA) on Saturday got
more properties of the
banned Jamaat-e-Islami
(JeI) notified and at-
tached as properties in
unlawful use in Anant-
nagdistrict.TheDistrict
Magistrate of Anantnag
has notified these prop-
erties under the unlaw-
ful use of JeI. The prop-
erties include orchards,
shopping complexes,
agricultural land and
residential properties.
The notified properties
also include one kanal
and four malras of land
with a two-storey build-
ing housing office of
Falah-e-Aam Trust.
Ranchi (ANI): ‘Opera-
tion Octopus’ is still
continuing to dig out
explosives and hidden
arms and ammunition
from the densely for-
ested hilly range of the
Naxal bastion of ‘Burha
Pahar’ — a mountain
range spread over 55
square kms touching
three districts of
Jharkhand and Chhat-
tisgarh —which was
captured by security
forces in September.
‘Burha Pahar’, which
touches Chhattisgarh’s
Balrampur and Latehar
as well as Jharkhand’s
Garhwa, was captured
in a joint operation of
CRPF general duty bat-
talions, its Naxal spe-
cialised wing CoBRA,
Jharkhand Police and
Jharkhand Jaguar— a
special force of
Jharkhand Police. Once
known for the Naxal op-
eration base, ‘Burha Pa-
har’ had been an im-
pregnable Naxal bas-
tion for 32 years.
A total of 646 Impro-
visedExplosiveDevices,
18 factory-made regular
arms including one
light machine gun, 1,588
ammunition, 22 maga-
zines, one grenade
launcher, 85 grenades,
200 grenade arming
rings, 78 pressure cook-
er IEDs and arrow
bombs, Insas Rifles, Car-
bines, SLR Rifles, LMG
with bipod are among
several other items have
beenrecoveredsincethe
‘Operation Octopus’
was launched. These re-
coveries were made in
September this year.
OperationOctopusstillon
inJ’khandNaxalbastion
J’khand DGP Neeraj Sinha reviews anti-naxal operations.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: National
Cadet Corps (NCC), the
largest uniformed
youth organisation in
the world raised in 1948,
will celebrate its 74th
anniversary on Satur-
day (November 27). To
mark the occasion, De-
fence Secretary Girid-
har Aramane laid a
wreath and paid hom-
age to the fallen heroes
on behalf of the entire
NCC fraternity at Na-
tional War Memorial,
New Delhi on Friday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Defence Secre-
tary said, NCC in the
past few years has
evolved exponentially,
wherein youth in uni-
form have joined hands
in every initiative to
contribute to nation
building. The NCC Rais-
ing Day is also being
celebrated in all state
capitals, where cadets
are participating in
march past, cultural ac-
tivities and social devel-
opment programmes.
The event will be held
on Saturday
.
NCC to celebrate 74th
anniv of its raising today
Def. Secy Giridhar Aramane laying wreath at National War Memorial.
Cold wave grips parts of J’khand
BHARAT JODO YATRA
‘BR Ambedkar urged us to
march on the road to unity’
Rahul Gandhi
posts video of
the Indian
Constitution
being signed by
Nehru, Gandhi
and others on
Nov 26, 1949
Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during
Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh.
DIGVIJAYA SINGH FALLS DURING BHARAT JODO YATRA,
UNHURT; BJP, CONG SPAR OVER ROAD CONDITIONS
Manihar (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya
Singh fell while taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-
led Bharat Jodo Yatra near Barwaha in Madhya
Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday, the
incident igniting a verbal tussle between the op-
position party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party on the condition of the state's roads. Singh
was unhurt after he fell while moving towards
a roadside restaurant during tea break amid the
march and was immediately helped to his feet by
Congress workers surrounding him, eye-witnesses
said. Digvijaya Singh has fallen to the ground four
times so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However,
he has fallen for the first time in Madhya Pradesh
and the reason is the state also has bad roads, All
India Congress Committee media in charge Jairam
Ramesh told reporters.
MAN BOOKED FOR
DOCTORED VIDEO
OF CONG’S BJY
Raipur (PTI): The Chhat-
tisgarh police have reg-
istered an FIR against a
man for allegedly posting
a doctored video on social
media of pro-Pakistani
slogans being raised dur-
ing the Congress' 'Bharat
Jodo Yatra'. A member
of the Congress legal cell
lodged a complaint in
Raipur, following which
an FIR was registered
against a man, who
hails from neighbouring
Madhya Pradesh, said the
SHO of Civil Lines police
station said. The Con-
gress legal cell alleged
that the accused had on
Friday posted a doctored
video of the yatra on his
Twitter handle.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

—FILE PHOTO

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Amazon Inc
will shut down a food-de-
livery business it was test-
ing in India, the e-com-
merce giant said, a day af-
ter it announced the wind-
ing down of its online
learning platform for high-
school students in the
country. As a part of of an-
nual operating planning re-
view process, the company
made the decision to dis-
continue Amazon Food
from Dec 29, according to
a communication sent by
the e-commerce firm to its
restaurant partners in the
country. —AGENCIES
AMAZON TO CLOSE
FOOD-DELIVERY
BUSINESS IN INDIA
New Delhi: The US has
banned the sale and im-
port of new communica-
tions equipment from five
Chinese companies, in-
cluding Huawei and ZTE,
amid concerns over na-
tional security. Other com-
panies listed include Hikvi-
sion, Dahua and Hytera,
which make video surveil-
lance equipment and two-
way radio systems. It is
the first time US regula-
tors have taken such a
move on security grounds.
Hikvision said that its
products present no secu-
rity threat to the US. Hua-
wei and others have previ-
ously denied supplying
data to the Chinese gov-
ernment. —AGENCIES
US BANS SALE OF
HUAWEI, ZTE TECH
OVER SECURITY RISK
New Delhi: In what could
be one of the biggest data
breaches, phone numbers
of nearly 500 million
WhatsApp users are put
on sale online. As per re-
port by Cybernews, an ac-
tor posted an ad on a
hacking community fo-
rum, claiming that it is
selling a 2022 database of
487 million WhatsApp
user mobile numbers. The
database contains con-
tacts of users from 84 dif-
ferent countries that in-
clude the US, the UK, and
even India. —AGENCIES
WHATSAPP DATA
LEAK: 500 MN USER
RECORDS FOR SALE
New Delhi: Elon Musk
said that Twitter plans to
relaunch its premium ser-
vice that will offer different
coloured check marks to
accounts, in a fresh move
to revamp the service. It’s
the latest change to the so-
cial media platform. Musk
also said he would grant
“amnesty” for suspended
accounts and causing yet
more uncertainty for us-
ers. Twitter previously sus-
pended the service, which
under Musk granted blue-
check labels to anyone
paying $8 a month, be-
cause of a wave of impost-
er accounts. —AGENCIES
TWITTER WILL
RELAUNCH PREMIUM
SERVICE, SAYS MUSK
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,837.00 270.00 0.51 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,875.00 705.00 1.13 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.62 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
IPO-BOUND OYO’S
EBITDA RISES 8 TIMES,
LOSS REDUCED BY 20%
New Delhi: As part of its com-
mitment to update its Draft
Red Herring Prospectus with
the financial
performance
till the first half
of financial
2022-23, the
global travel tech company
OYO shared its financials with
markets regulator SEBI. The
company’s adjusted EBITDA
for Q2 grew 8 times from Rs 7
crore in Q1 of ` 56 crore, driven
by a 23% quarterly rise in gross
booking value per hotel during
Q2 to around ` 4 lakhs. —PTI
NO PLANS TO INCREASE
AMUL MILK PRICES IN
NEAR FUTURE: SODHI
New Delhi: Gujarat Coopera-
tive Milk Marketing Federation
(GCMMF), which markets
milk under the
Amul brand,
has no plans
to increase
prices of milk
in the near future, its MD R
S Sodhi said. GCMMF mainly
sells milk in Gujarat, Delhi-
NCR, West Bengal and Mum-
bai markets. The cooperative
sells over 150 lakh litres of
milk per day, out of which
Delhi-NCR accounts for nearly
40 lakh litres. —PTI
UTTAR PRADESH EYES HUGE INVESTMENT FROM
US FIRMS IN INVESTORS SUMMIT 2023
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh through the ‘Global Investors Sum-
mit-2023’ is expected to receive huge investment from the US,
particularly in nine sectors including IT, agriculture sectors,
electronics, food processing, defence and
aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical
devices, energy, retail and automobiles.
As per Invest UP, the nodal agency of
GIS-2023, the state is eyeing massive
investment from US companies. Apart
from this, government officials are also
in constant contact with various trade
organizations in the US, from where encouraging responses have
been received, an official statement said on Saturday. —PTI
ADANI ARM SEEKS LICENCE TO EXPAND POWER
DISTRIBUTION IN MUMBAI, INCLUDING AT JNPT
New Delhi: Adani Group company has sought licence for
expanding its power distribution business into more areas of
Mumbai, including the country’s largest
container port JNPT. In an advertisement
published in several newspapers in the
city on Saturday, Adani Electricity Navi
Mumbai (AENM) said it has approached
the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory
Commission (MERC) for a distribution
licence in some pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region along
with its listed parent Adani Transmission. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Indiaseekstoshrinkbudget deficit by 50bps
MODI GOVT’S CHALLENGE AMID GLOBAL HEADWINDS
New Delhi (Agencies):
India wants to narrow its
budget deficit by at least 50
basis points, according to
people familiar with the
matter, as authorities bal-
ance global investor scru-
tiny with the need for high-
er spending as the nation
enters an election year.
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman will seek
to shrink the shortfall to
less than 6% of gross do-
mestic product in the year
starting April 1, the people
said, asking not to be iden-
tified as the deliberations
are private. Her presenta-
tion due Feb. 1 will be the
final full-year budget be-
fore citizens elect their
new prime minister in the
summer of 2024, a time
when Indian governments
typically loosen the purse
strings.
What complicates mat-
ters for Sitharaman is that
her food and energy bills
are inflated by the war in
Ukraine and given India
runs a current-account
deficit as well, the rupee
has been weakening to suc-
cessive record lows. Subsi-
dies on food, fertilizer and
fuel will cost at least $67
billion in the year ending
March 2023 — or 2.1% of
GDP — against the budget
estimate of 3.2 trillion ru-
pees ($39.2 billion),
Bloomberg News had re-
ported earlier. The Reserve
Bank of India has already
lost $100 billion from its
reserves defending the cur-
rency and, given the
strength of the dollar, it’s
perhaps wiser to allow rea-
sonable amounts of depre-
ciation and preserve stock-
piles of the greenback, the
people said.
AUTHORITIES BEING CAUTIOUS AS INDIA
NEEDS FOREIGN INFLOWS TO BRIDGE DEFICITS
New Delhi (Agencies): The people familiar with the matter said that
while authorities won’t change domestic policies to facilitate India’s
inclusion in global bond indexes, policy makers want to ensure
funds see India as an attractive destination and maintaining fiscal
discipline is a priority for the government. They added the subsidy
bill next year could ease as commodity prices are expected to cool
and the government intends to ramp up domestic production of fer-
tilizers. A free food grains program that fed about 800 million people
is also likely to come to an end, the people said. Discussions are
ongoing and the final numbers will be decided closer to the budget
presentation. A spokesperson for the finance ministry declined to
comment. India has budgeted a deficit of 6.4% of GDP in the cur-
rent year, significantly down from 9.2% during the first year of the
pandemic. A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below
4.5% of GDP by 2025-26. The govt is confident of meeting this
year’s target and will stick to the glide path, the people said.
RBI asks Paytm to
reapply for payment
aggregator licence
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has rejected
to entertain Paytm Pay-
ments Services’ (PPSL), a
wholly owned subsidiary
of Paytm, and has asked to
resubmit the application to
operate as payment aggre-
gator. The company, how-
ever, has said it will have
no material impact on its
business, according to a
regulatory filing.
The banking regulator
put a pause on onboarding
of online merchants by
Paytm Payments Services.
The company will not on-
board new online mer-
chants till the time approv-
als remain pending.
The company in an ex-
change filing said,” Our
100% subsidiary, Paytm
Payments Services Limit-
ed (“PPSL”), is in receipt
of a letter from Reserve
Bank of India (“RBI”) in
response to an application
from PPSL for the authori-
zation to provide payment
aggregator services (“PA
application”) for online
merchants.
The central bank said
that PPSL is required to re-
submit its PA application
within 120 calendar days.
PHONEPE SET TO ACQUIRE FINTECH START-UP
ZESTMONEY FOR ABOUT $300 MILLION
Bengaluru: Walmart-backed digital payments company PhonePe is
all set to acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) company ZestMoney in a
deal pegged at $200 million- $300 million, according to sources. “The
talks are on and it will be finalised in another 3-4 weeks,” the sources
said. After the acquisition, ZestMoney will continue to operate as a
separate entity. ZestMoney, which was founded in 2015 by Lizzie
Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, is the fastest
growing consumer lending fintech company.
5G rollout to be
fastest in India:
Nokia India exec
New Delhi (PTI): India is
going to record the fastest
5G rollout in the world and
it will be the biggest suc-
cess of the next -generation
telecom service with the
support of the government,
a senior Nokia India offi-
cial said.
Speaking at an event or-
ganised by the Foreign Cor-
respondent Club, Nokia
India Head of Marketing
and Corporate Affairs,
Amit Marwah, without
naming China expressed
concern over ‘infiltration
equipment’ in telecom sec-
tor from neighbouring
countries.
5G services will cover
the entire country over the
next couple of years—Jio
promises to do that by De-
cember 2023 and Bharti
Airtel by March 2024.
Are big tech giants turning heartless?
First India Bureau
New Delhi: 2022 has not
been a good year especial-
ly for the people working
in tech giants like Ama-
zon, Meta, and Twitter
among others as the com-
panies have slashed jobs
this year, with some citing
the COVID-19 pandemic is-
sue while others blaming
the rising inflation.
And now, thousands of
young Indians are sud-
denly staring at an uncer-
tain future as several tech-
nology companies and
start-ups announce mass
layoffs due to global head-
winds and funding
crunches with many re-
fusing to stay quiet about
it. The common reasons
for mass layoffs include
business closing, cost-re-
ducing, measures, de-
creased operations (Lack
of Work), loss of funds,
increase in technological
advancements, no particu-
lar position requirement,
changing standards and
policies, companies una-
ble to adapt to the situa-
tions after the lockdown
and the pandemic, infla-
tion rising, companies fac-
ing financial difficulties,
funding slowdown, and
the Ukraine-Russia war.
BIG TECH TUMBLE
MASS LAYOFF
TREND CONTINUES
z The mass layoffs at Meta,
Amazon, and Twitter have
started a bloodbath in the
United States and India
z Tech giant Google and HP
also joining the layoff trend
and may let go thousands of
employees
Desks at Meta office in New York.
Work to combat climate change,
boost millet production: Fin Min
Bengaluru (PTI): Union
Finance Minister Nirmala
SitharamanonSaturdayap-
pealed to startups to touch
upon less glamorous areas
including climate change,
millet production and im-
proving the condition of
farmers. Addressing a na-
tional level summit to pro-
mote startups, Sitharaman
emphasised more on cli-
mate change and asked the
startupstofindasolutionto
combat it as that will have a
bearing on the agriculture
pattern in the country
.
“Of course defence pro-
duction, renewable energy,
nuclear, satellites, space
technologies, they are all
there. You have already
touched upon those areas. I
am asking you to touch
upon some of those less
glamorous areas as well,”
Sitharaman said.
“My appeal is, more and
more innovations coming
from the startups for deal-
ing with climate and cli-
mate change is going to be
absolutely precious,” she
said and asked the startups
to work towards improving
conditions of farmers, ur-
ban dwellers and give a so-
lution through millets for
healthy eating. The start-
ups can also look at mar-
kets which can fetch much
better price for farmers,
which can also generate lot
of employment for them
because of the value addi-
tions that can be brought
in, she explained.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Karnataka CM Basavaraj
Bommai at the inauguration of Beyonder Emergence and Green Future
Summit, at Atria University in Bengaluru on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘SBI REPORTS HIGHEST PROFIT,
BROKING HOUSES LAUDING US’
New Delhi: Chairman of the country’s biggest lender
State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Khara on Saturday
asserted that analysts and broking houses are praising
the financial performance of the bank which reported
its highest profits recently.
For the first time, SBI registered the highest-ever prof-
its recorded by any corporate house, Khara said.
“In the recent quarterly results, the bank’s profits are
the highest ever. SBI crossed the highest ever
profits recorded by any corporate and ana-
lysts and broking houses are praising
this,” the SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara
said. In the second quarter of the cur-
rent financial year, the net profit of
the lender stood at Rs 13,265
crore, higher by 74 per cent com-
pared to the previous similar
period.

08
2NDFRONT
One simple way to add
happiness to life is to be of
service to others.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
CONSTITUTION DAY
Undoing injustice against the
marginalised is our duty: CJI
New Delhi (ANI):
Chief Justice of India
DY Chandrachud on
Saturday said that an
institution thrives with
time only when it func-
tions democratically
.
Speaking at the Con-
stitution Day celebra-
tions held at the Su-
preme Court, CJI said
the Constitution en-
strusts the legislature,
executive, and judiciary
to bridge the gap be-
tween institutional ide-
as and social realities.
He said that the repre-
sentation of the mar-
ginalised communities
must be enhanced in
the legal profession.
“An institution
thrives with time only
when it functions demo-
cratically. I believe as
Chief Justice of India,
it is my responsibility
to consult judges in the
Supreme Court, High
Courts and district judi-
ciary,” said CJI.
He said that lawyers
and judges spend their
time and years unravel-
ling the text of the Con-
stitution, but the story
of the Indian constitu-
tion is not a story only
of legal text.
“It is a story of hu-
man struggles and sac-
rifices. It is a story of
undoing injustice
against the marginal-
ised sections of our so-
ciety. The women, the
disabled, the Dalits and
the members belonging
to tribes and segments
situated in far-flung ar-
eas of the country. It
must be remembered
that the marginalised
communities were the
first to plant the seeds
of the Constitutional
ideas of liberty, equali-
ty and fraternity, on In-
dian soil,” said the CJI.
The CJI further said
that the first wave of
resistance against the
colonial power came
from the indigenous
communities of India.
“The prolonged
struggle for independ-
ence culminated with
the demise of the colo-
nial rule, and the birth
of an independent na-
tion governed by self-
rule. However, the
death of the colonial
regime was not accom-
panied by a simultane-
ous birth of Constitu-
tional values that we
hold on to so dearly.
When India gained
her independence, she
was invested in so-
cial evils,”
the CJI said.
GOVT DOING
EVERYTHING TO
STRENGTHEN
JUDICIARY: RIJIJU
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju
on Saturday said the
government is doing
everything possible to
strengthen the judicial
system and to have
a “very close, cordial
relationship” with the
judiciary. The remarks
come close on the heels
of the minister attacking
the collegium system of
appointment of judges
and describing it as
something alien to the
Constitution. Address-
ing the Constitution Day
event at the Supreme
Court, Rijiju said he
was fortunate to have
shared a very cordial re-
lationship with the CJIs
as well as the judges of
the Supreme Court and
high courts. “We have
shared very cordial re-
lationship and identified
those issues
which
we have
to deal
with
collec-
tively,”
he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court with CJI DY
Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kaul, and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CJ
CJ
CALL TO YOUTH
Mainpuri (PTI): Pra-
gatisheel Samajwadi
Party (Lohia) president
Shivpal Singh Yadav
has said it was a phone
call from “bahu”
(daughter-in-law) Dim-
ple Yadav that prompt-
ed him to campaign for
her for the upcoming
Mainpuri bypoll.
The veteran leader
also said he has told
Dimple Yadav to be his
witness (“gavah”) if
Akhilesh Yadav does
something wrong with
him again.
Amid a deteriorating
relationship with neph-
ew Akhilesh Yadav, the
PSPL chief agreed to
campaign for the SP
chief’s wife in the Main-
puri bypoll, which was
necessitated after party
patriarch Mulayam Sin-
gh Yadav, who repre-
sented the seat in the
Uttar Pradesh Assem-
bly, died last month.
Shivpal said it was a
phone call from Dimple
that broke the ice.
“Daughter-in-law
called me and said, ‘un-
cle, I will contest, come
with us’, to which I told
her to remain my wit-
ness if Akhilesh does
anything wrong again,”
Shivpal said.
Shivpal says phone call from
‘bahu’ made him campaign
Akhilesh Yadav campaigns
with Shivpal Yadav and Ram
Gopal Yadav at Jaswantnagar
in Etawah district on Monday.
(R) Dimple Yadav addressing
a public meeting for the
Mainpuri by-elections at Saifai,
in Etawah on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY ANI/PTI
New Delhi (ANI):
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena on Saturday
visited Bhagirath Pal-
ace market in Chandni
Chowk where work is
still underway to cool
the fire that broke out
on Thursday night.
More than 150 shops
and godowns have come
under the grip of this
fire and more than 100
fire tenders were en-
gaged in extinguishing
the fire, informed the
Fire Department.
“Visited the fire site
at Bhagirath Palace,
Chandni Chowk, where
the cooling process is
yet on. With hanging
wires, overloaded cir-
cuits, old buildings, wa-
ter shortage narrow
lanes, such areas are
dangerously prone to
blazes,” the LG tweeted.
The fire department
said that smoke is still
clearly visible inside
the shops and ware-
houses that are mostly
of electrical goods.
The LG has consti-
tuted a committee to
look into the matter and
report within 30 days.
He said the committee
will speak with resi-
dents and other stake-
holders in areas like
Chandni Chowk, Sadar
Bazar, Pahar Ganj, etc.
LG VK Saxena takes
stock of shops gutted
in Chandni Chowk
RAJ CM GEHLOT BLESSES JC SHOW TEAM!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO and Editor-in-Chief,
Bharat24-Vision of New
India and First India, and
CMD, First India News
along with his team met
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
on Saturday at Surya Palace
Hotel in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Gehlot, who was in a jovial
mood on Saturday evening,
blessed all the anchors
of the JC Show and some
children also. During this,
Aditi Nagar, Amit Mishra,
Poornima Mishra, Pooja
Yadav, Shweta Raje and
Astha Khandelwal were
present along with Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra. CM’s
OSD Shashikant Sharma
was also there. The JC
Show on the topic of Gujarat
elections (Modi all the way)
will be telecast on First India
at 2:25 pm on Sunday.
Mirch Masala
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
The author is a journalist and political
commentator and views expressed are his personal
WILL PRIYANKA CONTEST HER FIRST ELECTION FROM MP?
BJP TAKING
CONGRESS
FORWARD
Delhi’s local body
elections have taken
an interesting turn, with
initial trends show-
ing AAP’s lead in more
than 150 seats in the
MCD elections. Here a
direct fight is being told
between Aam Aadmi
Party and BJP, while
Congress candidates are
seen struggling even to
join the main fight. Now
BJP has started a new
‘game’ in Delhi, as the
party has started helping
Congress candidates
from within. If sources
are to be believed, the
BJP is not only opening
its purse strings to bring
the Congress into the
fray, but its people have
also started campaigning
for Congress candidates
wearing Congress caps.
A similar case was also
seen in Laxmi Nagar area
of
Delhi. The BJP believes
that ‘the more Congress
grows, it will cut into
AAP’s vote, this can create
an advantage for the BJP’.
Politics has its own tradition of sunshine and shadow and even the Gandhi fam-
ily understands this very well. So, Priyanka Gandhi and her family chose Madhya
Pradesh very thoughtfully to join in on Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ When Rahul’s Yatra
reached Khandwa, Priyanka joined the Yatra for the first time
with her husband Robert and son Rehaan. When this Yatra
reaches Mhow, Congress National President Mallikarjun
Kharge will also participate in it. If sources are to be believed,
Priyanka is looking for a number of Lok Sabha seats for 2024
which will not ‘disappoint’ her. Party stalwarts like Kamal Nath
and Digvijay Singh have already advocated sending Priyanka
to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Congress needs a
young leadership in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia
joined BJP, as both the veteran Congress leaders, Kamal Nath
and Digvijaya Singh have become old. If the Ram temple is
completed in 2024, then the Uttar Pradesh may witness a ‘full
bloom’ of the lotus and in such a situation, Priyanka would not want to take the risk of
reconquering the forts of Amethi or Raebareli. Perhaps this is the reason, why Rahul
Gandhi is also concentrating heavily on Madhya Pradesh. He is also raising the issue of
the core voters of the Congress, the tribal community, and the Congress organisation
of the state is also seen united behind him.
ARVIND KEJRIWAL FOCUSES
BACK ON NEW DELHI
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal is well
aware of what does the victory in Delhi
Municipal Corporation polls means for
his party’s new rise. So, when he heard of
‘troubled times’ in his party in Delhi, he
left everything, i.e. left the poll campaign
of Gujarat midway, returned to Delhi
put all his energy in elections here. Kejri
knows that this time his party may not
make a big splash in Gujarat, but it can
definitely make its Mayor in Delhi. So, in
order to corner the BJP, AAP is raising lo-
cal issues in Delhi, such as mountains of
garbage, cleanliness hygiene, menace
of monkeys stray dogs in Delhi. On the
other hand, BJP is bringing its CMs from
other states to Delhi for its campaign,
who have no special knowledge of the
local issues of Delhi. The BJP has come
on its ‘winning face’, which means that
now Delhi Municipal polls will also be
fought on Modi’s face, who has brought
the biggest guarantee of winning polls for
Saffron Party continuously since 2014.
LALU UNDER SON TEJASHWI
YADAV’S INFLUENCE
The new team announced by RJD
supremo Lalu Yadav before leaving for
Singapore for his treatment, clearly shows
the influence of his son and his political heir
Tejashwi Yadav on this new team. Unlike
Lalu, Tejashwi seems to be an advocate of
promoting leaders with a slightly clean im-
age in his party. Lalu announced a new ex-
ecutive of 85 members, wherein, 10 Yadav
and only 3 Muslim faces have found place.
Among the 10 leaders, who have been
made National General Secretaries, only one
Muslim face is included in the form of Syed
Faisal Ali. Earlier, when the by-elections
were being held in Gopalganj, Tejashwi
had refused to share the stage with Hina
Shahab, widow of the ill-fated Bahubali Sha-
habuddin. While Hina had left for Gopalganj
with her entourage of 50 vehicles to attend
the RJD rally, she had to return midway
after Tejashwi’s ‘no’.
Annoyed, she fielded
one of her candi-
dates from Owaisi’s
party who got more
than 12,000 votes
and Tejashwi’s of-
ficial candidate lost the
election by just 1,800
votes. Despite this,
Tejashwi has tried to
present an example.
WHO IS BEHIND ASSAM CHIEF
MINISTER HIMANTA BISWA SARMA?
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is
gearing up to challenge Yogi Adityanath, the big-
gest champion of Hindutva in BJP. Sarma is consid-
ered very close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Sarma often makes headlines by making strange
statements. During Rahul Gandhi’s visit, he compared
Rahul Gandhi’s face with Saddam Hussain regarding
his grown beard, then he was also challenged by the
Congress not to violate the decorum of language.
If sources are to be believed, the top leadership of
BJP is gradually raising him as the new champion
of Hindutva as an option of Yogi so that he can
prominently occupy a place among
the leaders of the second line of
the party. On the other hand,
Yogi Adityanath is one of the
most sought after leaders for
his election meetings, be it
Karnataka or Kerala, North East
or Odisha, even in Modi-Shah’s
home state of Gujarat. Perhaps
this thing is bringing stress on the
foreheads of the top leadership
of the party. So, efforts are
on to project Sarma as an
alternative to Yogi.
WHICH TWO ‘JOURNALISTS’ DID
RAHUL GANDHI CHOOSE?
In his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ instead of giving interviews
to eminent journalists or TV anchors, Rahul Gandhi
openly shared his heart with two YouTubers. One of
them is Shyam Meera Singh, who made a programme
by researching on Adani Group’s un-
expected flight and Pulwama. The
other is Samdish Bhatia, who
humorously interviews Rahul
for his channel ‘Unfiltered by
Samdish’, walks with him on
the yatra. Yogendra Yadav and
Kanhaiya Kumar are believed
to have played an important
role in arranging these two
interviews. It is believed that
Kanhaiya Kumar is going to get
the fruits of his hard work soon,
as he can be the new President
of Bihar Pradesh Congress
Committee. Yogendra Yadav
can also get some impor-
tant responsibility in the
organisation.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Bijoux of the
SEASON
Supermodels dazzled on the ramp
exhibiting exquisite jewellery along
with traditional gemstones, by
sisters Radhika Khunteta and
Ayesha Rawat from Citrine,
mesmerizing the audience as they
showcased the intricate designs at
the First India Fashion Connect
Season 13 held at Novotel London
Hammersmith on November 20!
fter the success-
ful season 12 of
First India pre-
sents Fashion
Connect and de-
signers embrac-
ing old-school
glamour in India, seems
like the fashion police
made the next stop in Lon-
don in order to bombard
our social media with the
latest tea on what’s pop-
ping in the domain of
style. Yes, you guessed it
right, you’re about to have
inside access to some of
the ‘can’t miss’ moments
at the First India Fashion
Connect Season 13, in as-
sociation with India Fash-
ion Week London, held at
Novotel London Hammer-
smith, London on Novem-
ber 20. With the whole
aura beaming in style, the
front rows occupied by
starlets and trends strut-
ting down the runways,
it’salmostasif westepped
afoot into the galaxy of
glam, rotating in style.
Ravishing models
walked on the ramp
showcasing the exclu-
sive works of Radhika
and Ayesha from Citrine
during a fashion extrav-
aganza in London on No-
vember 20.
A passion for Jewellery
anddesirefortheunortho-
doxiswhatbroughtsisters
Radhika Khunteta and
Ayesha Rawat together to
launchCitrinein2013.The
duo developed a love for
Jewellery at a young age
and grew up to pursue the
same with a diploma in
JewellerydesignfromThe
InternationalGemological
Institute,Mumbai.Experi-
menting with colour , cut
and casting, their aim is to
use their Jewellery to
make women feel glamor-
ous and special every sin-
gle day of their lives . Cit-
rine brings to you an ex-
quisiterangeof handcraft-
ed semi - precious state-
ment jewellery
. Each de-
sign is handcrafted by a
team of skilled master ar-
tisansfromJaipur.Unique
utilisationof varioussemi
- precious stones and cast-
ing pieces add an interest-
ing look to each piece .
The show was a plat-
form where top models
flaunted most alluring
designer clothes along
with jewellery specially
created to compliment
with the collection.
A
MITALI DUSAD
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It feels great to associate with Fashion Con-
nect and we finally got an opportunity to ex-
hibit our collection at the First India Fashion
Connect Season 13 in London. Unfortunately
we could not make it to London, but we’re glad to be a
part of the grand show. I extend my heartiest congratu-
lations to the entire team for putting up a great show.
—RADHIKA KHUNTETA AND AYESHA RAWAT
FASHION CONNECT
SEASON 13
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will derive great benefit
from an exercise routine
that you keenly follow.
Extra workload is foreseen
at work, but nothing that you cannot
handle within office hours. Taking the
family on a trip seems impossible
today due to your professional
commitments.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Previous investments are
likely to give you good
returns. Some of you may
decide to follow in the
footsteps of celebrities and visit the
very same exotic destination that
they had been to.No amount of
excuses will dispel lover’s suspicions
about your tendency to stray path.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Some clarification will need
to be sought on a financial
issue, before you take the
next step. A project left
halfway by someone else may come
on your shoulders, but your efforts
will be acknowledged. Some of you
are all set to enjoy a splendid
vacation.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Continue doing whatever
you are doing to remain
healthy. Some of you will
have to curb your splurging
ways. Family life will cruise along
smoothly with much love and
bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road.
Chance of moving to a new location on
transfer is likely for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You have a good health
and there is nothing to
worry as such. To prevent
any monetary loss, you
should care to read your business
proposal twice before taking any
decision. In office, you may need to
persuade someone to stand in your
favour but it will be worth it.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Keep a close tab on what
you eat if you want to
remain healthy. You must
limit your expenses to only
buying essential stuff. In office, your
colleagues may not like your upfront
nature. Your love may not give the
kind of attention you have been
waiting for.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will continue to enjoy
your good health if you
stick to a proper diet and
exercise regime. You may
finally meet your financial savior who
will help you put the pieces at the
right place. Some of you may assist
your family by organizing a function
or an event.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You continue to stay fit and
healthy and there is
nothing to worry as far as
health is concerned.
Because of limit flow of money, your
financial condition is not stable yet.
Your hard in office will bring your
recognition and appreciation from
your senior.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are satisfied with your
health and you enjoy that
feeling. Money will flow
into your life to make you
financially stable. Some of you may
earn good name for being consistent
at work. In social life, it’s a good
practice to avoid blaming others for
our own shortcomings.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
This is the time to become
serious about getting in
shape and start eating
healthy. You have limited
income as of now and that could
trouble you but don’t worry the times
will change. Due to no work pressure
in office, you could spend more time
with near and dear ones.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your optimism will keep
you going and you will find
yourself in absolute peace.
The more time you invest
in a project completion, the better it
will in terms of monetary gains. In
social life, avoid venting your anger
on some who is younger or elder to
you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You may go for a cheat
meal all as a reward for
maintaining good health. If
you have been struggling
with money then that’s a thing of a
past now as money will flow in from
all the directions. In office, you will
support your colleague by sharing
his/her work pressure.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
INEQUALITY IS THE ROOT
INEQUALITY IS THE ROOT
SOCIAL EVIL!
SOCIAL EVIL!
OF
ecently a report on in-
equality in the world
has been released by
the global organisa-
tion United Nations
Research Institute for
Social Development
(UNRISD). Pointing to the dire
consequences of inequality in
this, it has been emphasized to
create a new eco-social system.
This report, released in Octo-
ber 2022, points to the growing
inequality characteristic of
the world. This report comes
almost two years after the pan-
demic. In this era, the global
economy has been hit, which
for the first time in several
decades has pushed the whole
world into extreme poverty.
The report says that with the
rise of democracy, economic
liberalization and free mar-
kets, there has been a wide dis-
parity in both income and
wealth. The situation today is
the same as it was at the height
of Western imperialism in the
early 20th century. In many
countries, the situation is even
worse.
The report suggests that
while the gap in basic living
standards is narrowing for
hundreds of millions of peo-
ple, their needs to thrive in life
are also changing. In the cur-
rent era, new types of inequal-
ities are taking root, mainly
arising out of education, tech-
nology and climate change. If
these ground-shaking changes
are not stopped in time, the
risk of spreading a giant rift
that the world has not seen
since the Industrial Revolu-
tion will increase. According
to the report, people are taking
to the streets due to many rea-
sons. Ticket prices, petrol pric-
es, demands for political free-
dom, fairness and justice, etc.
This is a new face of inequal-
ity and inequality is not be-
yond solutions.
According to the report, the
Human Development Index
(HDI) has seen impressive pro-
gress since 1990 and has ben-
efited all sectors, including
the least developed countries.
The fastest economic growth
was seen from 2000 to 2010, but
since then this pace has slowed
down. From 1990 to 2018, many
countries performed well in
terms of human development.
The number of countries with
high human development has
increased from 12 to 62, while
the number of countries with
low human development has
decreased from 62 to 36. The
report clarified that the chal-
lenge of inequality is not be-
yond the solution and can be
dealt with, but bringing ine-
quality under control will not
be easy if the current pattern
continues.
The report says that unequal
distribution in education,
health and standard of living
affects the progress of the
country. Several suggestions
have been made in the report
to improve the situation and
deal with the growing problem
of inequality. According to the
report, inequality starts right
from the time of birth. The gap
between education and health
intensifies and can continue
until adulthood, so efforts and
policies to ameliorate the situ-
ation must begin before or
even before birth, with a focus
on children’s education, health
and well-being. Be nourished.
Such investments should be
continued especially at that
stage of a person’s life when
they are making money in the
labor market. Policies just to
increase the productivity of
workers are not enough and
other policies including anti-
trust have to be focused on to
overcome the imbalance in
the market.
The report also suggested
that the tax should be part of
a broader policy system, in-
cluding public spending on
health and education, and ex-
ploring alternatives to carbon-
based lifestyles. The report
underscores the importance
of new international tax prin-
ciples to ensure equity and
avoids the race to lower corpo-
rate tax rates. The report says
that average figures often do
not accurately reflect the
truth. Furthermore, effective-
ly tackling inequality requires
detailed information, espe-
cially to combat the various
dimensions of poverty and
help those left behind.
The report claimed that the
nature of inequalities could
change in the future and that
the climate crisis could be a
major reason for this. Carbon
pricing policies can be mis-
managed, but revenues from
carbon pricing, if used for the
benefit of taxpayers as part of
a social policy package, will
help reduce inequality. Renew-
able energy, energy efficiency,
digital finance and health so-
lutions demonstrate how new
technologies and opportuni-
ties can be used to broadly im-
prove living standards.
According to the report, deep
inequalities emerged even be-
fore the technological revolu-
tions and now a similar picture
is emerging with artificial intel-
ligence and digital technolo-
gies. In such a situation, the
need for social protection must
be emphasized, which will re-
quire international consensus
on ensuring fair compensation,
investing in lifelong learning
and taxing digital activities.
This will help in building a new,
secure and stable digital econo-
my, which will pave the way for
human development. The re-
port also indicates that if steps
are not taken in this direction
soon, then the situation will be
very dire in the coming times
and it will become difficult to
deal with them.
AMIT BAIJNATH GARG
Senior Journalist
A report recently released by UNRISD on
inequality in the world says that if steps are not
taken to stop inequality soon, then in the coming
times the situation will become very serious and
it will become difficult to deal with them.
R

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