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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said on Thursday
that fences along the
borders do not ensure
the country’s security,
but the alertness and
bravery of soldiers do.
But even the soldiers
would not suffice, he
said, were it not for the
“patriotic villagers” liv-
ing in vicinity to the
forward locations.
Shah made the re-
marks while launching
a mobile application
‘Prahari’ prepared in-
house by the BSF. At the
programme, Shah sug-
gested that under the
Vibrant Village Pro-
gramme, BSF person-
nel should make efforts
for increasing tourism
to border villages.
The home minister
said the BSF guards the
most difficult border of
the country. After for-
mer prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
conceptualised ‘One
Border One Force’, the
responsibility of guard-
ing borders with Paki-
stan and Bangladesh
had come to the BSF.
He said the brave sol-
diers of the BSF are
manning these borders
with great vigilance,
strength and prompt-
ness as well as consist-
ent efforts.
Shah said the securi-
ty of the borders can be
ensured only when the
border villages are pop-
ulated. Along with the
deployment of soldiers
on the borders, only the
patriotic citizens living
in the village can pro-
vide permanent securi-
ty and all the border
guarding forces should
strengthen them.
The home minister
told all the senior offic-
ers of BSF that it is nec-
essary that in the bor-
der districts all the wel-
fare programs run by
the government be fully
implemented with help
of the district collector.
Security of borders due to bravery of soldiers, not fencing: Shah
MESSAGE FROM NORTH BLOCK
lll
Border villages
need to be
populated and
government’s
welfare
schemes
ensured for
them, Home
Minister tells
BSF top brass
Union Home Minister Amit Shah listens to BSF DG Pankaj Kumar
Singh during the Conference on UTs on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘UTs SHOULD BE ROLE MODELS’
Union Territories should be a role model for the
country and be guided by five principles or ‘Panch
Pranas’ of ‘Amrit Kaal’that PM Modi has emphasised,
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Thursday
said at a conference
on UTs organised
by the Ministry of
Home Affairs. Shah
said that UTs are
small in geographical
size and are ideal to
experiment with pilot
programmes.
Home Secretary Ajay Kumar
Bhalla and BSF DG Pankaj Kumar
Singh at the conference.
Reliance Industries
(RIL) Chairman
and Managing Director
Mukesh Ambani, in a
virtual address marking
90th birth anniv of
RIL founder Dhirubhai
Ambani said India can
become a $40-trillion
economy by 2047 as
world is seeing the
21st century as India’s
century. Ambani’s
‘target setup’ for his 3
children in succession
plan was also shared.
He spoke about his
expectations from each
of conglomerates’ busi-
nesses. —Full Report P7
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NETANYAHU
SWORN-IN AS
ISRAEL’S NEW
PRIME MINISTER
Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu was on Thursday
sworn-in as Israel’s prime minister for a sixth time,
leading Jewish state’s most right-wing government
to date. Netanyahu, 73, already Israel’s longest-
serving PM, has the support of the 63 lawmakers.
Kyiv: Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on
Thursday, targetting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv and
Odesa in the west, in one of its largest aerial bombardments
that sent people rushing to shelters and knocked out power.
BLASTS ROCK UKRAINE AS RUSSIA LAUNCHES 100 MISSILES
RT-PCR must for flyers from China
5 other countries from January 1
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Amid the
rise in coronavirus cas-
es in some countries,
India has made the RT-
PCR test mandatory for
passengers coming in
from China, Japan and
four other countries
from January 1, 2023.
They will have to upload
their reports on the Air
Suvidha portal before
travelling. Tests have to
be conducted within 72
hours of undertaking
the journey to India,
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya said.
This requirement is in
addition to the random
2% tests of all interna-
tional passengers in all
incoming international
flights on their arrival.
BRAHMOS TEST FIRED
FROM SUKHOI FIGHTER
New Delhi: The Indian Air
Force today successfully
test-fired the extended
range version of BrahMos
cruise missile from a
Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet.
The missile can hit targets
at a range of over 400 km.
4 INDIAN STUDENTS DIE
IN ACCIDENT IN CRIMEA
New Delhi: Four Indian
medical students were
killed after the car they
were travelling in crashed
into a tree in Simferopol
in Crimea on Thursday.
Ministry of Internal Affairs
said, probing fatal accident.
CBSE CLASS X BOARDS
FROM FEB 15, XII, APR 5;
UGC-NET FROM FEB 23
KOCHHARS AND DHOOT
SENT TO JUDICIAL
CUSTODY TILL JAN 10
New Delhi: The CBSE Class
X, XII board exams will be
conducted between Feb 15
April 5, 2023. Whereas,
NET will be conducted from
February 23 to March 10,
2023, NTA said on Thursday.
Mumbai: Special CBI court
here on Thursday sent
ex-ICICI Bank CEO and MD
Chanda Kochhar, her husband
Deepak and Videocon CEO
Venugopal Dhoot to judicial
custody till January 10.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
Ambani’s youngest,Anant,engaged to Radhika Merchant
Reliance Industries
(RIL) Chairman
Mukesh Ambani’s son
Anant Ambani on
Thursday got engaged to
Radhika Merchant. The
couple had a traditional
roka ceremony at the
Shrinathji Temple in
Rajasthan’s Nathdwara.
Radhika is the daughter
of industrialist Viren
Merchant, CEO of a
pharmaceutical manu-
facturing company
.
CELEBRATIONS GALORE!: Kokilaben Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani, Vishal Bawa ji,
Akash Ambani, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant and others at the Shrinath ji temple on Thursday.
Mukesh Ambani greets during the Reliance
Family Day ’22, in Mumbai on Wednesday.
‘India can become $40-tn economy by 2047’
Medic takes sample of tourist for testing at Taj Mahal on Thursday.
AMBANI’S SPEECH ON 20 YRS COMPLETION
AFTER GAMBIA, UZBEKISTAN COUGH SYRUP PLOT
POISON OR
PROPAGANDA
AT PLAY?
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The MEA
on Thursday said that
Uzbekistan has claimed
that cough syrup made
by Noida based Marion
Biotech killed 18 chil-
dren. Indian embassy
has contacted the Uzbek
authorities for the de-
tails. CDSCO has initi-
ated a probe linked to a
cough syrup manufac-
tured by an Indian firm.
The dept has collected
samples for probe. The
DCGI had said that In-
dia has been committed
to rigorous monitoring
of drugs and cosmetics.
l Drug regulatory body initiates a high-level
probe in connection with the death of 18
children in Uzbekistan on Wednesday
l Indian authorities halts production at a
pharmaceutical company under probe for
a cough syrup blamed by Uzbekistan
l Inspection of firm’s Noida site was carried
out by teams of Uttar Pradesh Drug Control
Department Drug regulatory body (CDSCO)
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
l The chemical Ethylene
Glycol was found in a batch
of Dok-1 Max syrup during
laboratory tests: Uzbek said
l Marion Biotech is manu-
facturer company and holds
license for manufacturing of
the ‘Dok-1 Max’ syrup
l Hasan Harris from legal
dept of the Marion Biotech,
said the govts of both coun-
tries are looking into probe
l Amid India probe, DCGI
seeks more information
regarding the incident from
the Uzbekistan regulator
l Syrup which caused of
death of 18 children in Uz-
bekistan was not being sold
in India, says Min Mandaviya
We regret
deaths.
CDSCO has
been in touch with
Uzbekistan’s national
drugs regulator since
December 27. Samples
of syrup have been
sent to the Chandi-
garh-based Regional
Drugs Testing Lab.
—Mansukh Mandaviya,
Union Health Minister
There is no
problem
from our end
and no issue in testing.
We have been there
for the past ten years.
Once the government
report will come, we
will look into it. For
now the manufacturing
has stopped.
—Hasan Harris, legal
cell, Marion Biotech
70 CHILDREN DIED IN GAMBIA IN SEPT
The incident comes days after
Gambia alleged that 70 children
died in September because of
cough syrups manufactured by
Haryana-based Maiden Phar-
maceuticals following which
unit was shut for violation of manufacturing standards.
Rahul violated protocols 113 times:
CRPF on his security breach claim
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A day after
Congress alleged a
breach in Rahul Gan-
dhi’s security cover, the
CRPF said that the pro-
tectee violated security
protocols more than 100
times in the last two
years. The onus to pro-
videsecuritycovertothe
former Congress presi-
dent is on the CRPF.
On Wednesday
, Con-
gress general secretary
(organisation) KC Venu-
gopal wrote a letter to
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, alleging a
breach in the security
cover of Gandhi during
his Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Delhi. According to the
sources, the CRPF will
takeuptheissueof secu-
rityguidelinesviolations
by Gandhi separately
.
SOURCES IN THE
FORCES SAY...
“Rahul Gandhi himself
has breached security
protocols at least 113
times since 2020. He
has also been informed
about this from time to
time. During the yatra,
all the measures were
taken for no breach of
security and all stake-
holders including Delhi
Police were informed
on December 24
before the yatra entered
Delhi,” said sources in
the force.
SHAH LAUNCHES
MOBILE APP
‘PRAHARI’ AND
BSF MANUAL
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday launched the Border Security Force (BSF)
mobile app ‘Prahari’. This app is a great example of
proactive governance. He also launched the revised
version of 13 manuals for the BSF. P5
Rahul Gandhi addresses people of Red Fort in New Delhi on Dec 24.
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New Delhi (PTI): In a
ghastly incident, two
three-month-old stray
puppies living on a se-
cluded land in Dwarka
area here were alleged-
ly killed with the body
of one found hung from
a noose on a tree, offi-
cials said Thursday
.
The Delhi Police has
registered an FIR in the
matter on a complaint
from a community dog
feeder Vanessa Alphon-
so who had found their
bodies on Wednesday
morning, they said.
The puppies were
vulnerable as their
mother was taken away
by MCD officials for
sterilisation surgery on
Tuesday morning. Six
puppies were living on
a vacant land around
the local elementary
school. On Tuesday
evening we could not
spot two of them. We
thought they could be
playing around, Al-
phonso told PTI.
The next morning,
when she went to feed
the puppies, she noticed
something red lying in
the bushes which was
the carcass of a puppy
.
The carcass of anoth-
er puppy was hanging
from a noose on a tree,
she said as she broke
down while narrating
the grotesque discovery
.
She alerted the po-
lice, who rushed to the
scene and took the car-
casses for autopsy
.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Dwarka)
Harsha Vardhan said a
complaint was received
on Wednesday regard-
ing killing of stray dogs
in a secluded park in
Dwarka Sector-9.
A case under Indian
Penal Code section 429
(mischief by killing or
maiming animal) was
registered on Wednes-
day at the Dwarka
South police station.
The post-mortem of the
carcasses was conduct-
ed. Efforts are being
made to identify and ar-
rest the accused, Vard-
han said
It is shocking to see
what a sadistic society
we have become where
a young pup could be so
cruelly hung to death.
We need a zero-toler-
ance policy against ani-
mal abuse, said Ambi-
ka Shukla, a trustee of
People For Animals.
Congress leader and
lawyer Abhishek Manu
Singhvi took to Twitter
posting a screenshot of
a Facebook post inform-
ing about the alleged
incident.
The screenshot also
showed the purported
photos of two dogs. One
of them is seen hanging
from a tree, while the
carcass of the other is
lying on ground.
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Two puppies killed, one of
them hung up from noose
n Police register FIR on complaint
of person who found the bodies
n Congress leader Abhishek Manu
Singhvi posts screenshot on Twitter
The screenshot shared by
Congress leader Abhishek
Manu Singhvi of a Facebook
post, on Thursday.
It is shocking to see what a sadistic soci-
ety we have become where a young pup
could be so cruelly hung to death.
—Ambika Shukla, Trustee, People for Animals
Aparna Bose
New Delhi: In a relief
for stray dogs amidst
bone-chilling winter
in the national capital,
a Noida-based NGO
has been distributing
dog coats and beds
made of sack, free of
cost. The next phase
of the drive will be
conducted on Decem-
ber 31 at the NGO,
House of Stray Ani-
mals (HSA), in Sec-
tor-54, Noida.
The first three phas-
es were conducted on
December 19, Decem-
ber 21 and December
25. People who wish to
collect free coats for
stray animals in their
area can register
themselves by sending
their name, address
and number of dogs,
on the contact number
+91-9818048398 by Fri-
day evening.
More than 140 peo-
ple have registered to
collect free coats and
beds and over 1,800
coats have been or-
dered so far, founder
of HSA, Sanjay Mo-
hapatra told PTI.
The drive also in-
cludes anti-rabies vac-
cines, 6-in-1 vaccine
shots and deworming
medicines, all free.
We received good
response from people
when we began the
drive on December 25.
Around 897 dog coats
were distributed to 75
people and more than
50 animals were also
vaccinated on the
same day, he said.
Mohapatra said that
a large number of
youngsters showed up
during the first phase
of the drive, who not
just collected dog coats
but also got stray ani-
mals vaccinated. —PTI
Noida NGO turns saviour for stray dogs in cold
A volunteer from a Noida-based NGO puts a coat on a stray
dog amid bone-chilling winter. —PHOTO B Y PTI
Manish Raj
Udayan Kishore
New Delhi (PTI):
High-profile corrup-
tion cases against
Deputy Chief minis-
ter Manish Sisodia,
minister Satyendar
Jain, former NSE
boss Chitra Ram-
akrishna and ex-
Mumbai police Com-
missioner Sanjay
Pandey hogged the
limelight in Delhi
courts during 2022.
The terror case
against former JNU
student Umar Khalid
and the money laun-
dering case against
Bollywood actor Jac-
queline Fernandez
were some of the
other highlights as
the courts made a
transition from the
virtual to physical
mode as the Covid
situation eased. PTI
Religious intolerance, riots,
and Bollywood kept Delhi
courts busy in 2022
YASIN MALIK CONVICTED
Kashmiri separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik
was convicted in a terror funding case and was
awarded life imprisonment. While convicting him,
the judge said the crimes committed by him were
intended to strike at the heart of the “idea of India”
and forcibly secede JK from the Union of India.
Another court in December discharged former
JNU student Umar Khalid along with United
Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi in one case re-
lated to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. While Saifi
was granted regular bail in another case, Khalid
could only secure a seven-day interim bail to at-
tend his sister’s marriage. Both face charges under
the stringent anti-terror law UAPA and continue to
remain in jail.
CASE OF ‘KAALI’ FILMMAKER
WIn yet another
case of alleged
religious intoler-
ance, filmmaker
Leena Manimekalai
had to appear
before a court here
in response to an
application seeking
to restrain her from
depicting a Hindu
goddess in her
upcoming movie
Kaali’ in an “objectionable way”. The court will
continue hearing the arguments in January.
The alleged visa scam case against Congress MP
Karti Chidambaram, issuance and subsequent
withdrawal of LOC against Aakar Patel, Director-
CEO of Amnesty International India, and alleged
abduction, gang-rape and parading of a 20-year-
old woman in east Delhi’s Kasturba Nagar also
kept making the front pages of the national dailies.
BAIL IN SEDITION CASE TO SHARJEEL
Sharjeel Imam,
another former
JNU student,
was also able to
secure bail in a
sedition case in
which he was ac-
cused of instigat-
ing the December
2019 Jamia riots.
He is, however,
still in jail in cases
related to the
Delhi riots.
A city court
ordered fram-
ing of charges against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader
Tahir Hussain and others in several cases related to the
North East Delhi riots through the year.
The case related to the Jahangirpuri riots during a
Hanuman Jayanti procession in April where a police
sub-inspector was shot, also made the headlines dur-
ing the year. In a charge sheet filed before the court,
45 people were charged with criminal conspiracy and
other offences. A court also dealt with the custody of
the accused in the Bulli Bai app case related to “auc-
tion” of Muslim women that triggered outrage.
New Delhi (ANI):
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena on Thurs-
day approved the rec-
ommendation of the
Delhi High Court Com-
mittee on 'Ease of Do-
ing Business' that pro-
poses the engagement
of 64 law researchers in
commercial courts on a
contract basis.
The 64 commercial
courts (at District
Judge Level), in Delhi
will soon have 64 law
researchers attached to
them, an official state-
ment said. VK Saxena
has approved the rec-
ommendation of the
Ease of Doing Business
Committee of the Delhi
High Court, further ap-
proved by the Chief
Justice of Delhi High
Court to this effect.
The proposal for the
engagement of 64 Law
Researchers in Com-
mercial Courts on a
contract basis was sub-
mitted by the Govern-
ment of the National
Capital Territory of
Delhi (GNCTD) in pur-
suance of the recom-
mendations of the
above-mentioned com-
mittee of the High
Court following the ap-
proval of the Chief Jus-
tice of Delhi High
Court.
There are 22 Com-
mercial Courts opera-
tional in the City as of
now and 42 more are in
the process of getting
operationalized. While
these 22 Commercial
Courts are headed by a
District Judge (Com-
mercial).
LG approves engagement of 64
law researchers in city courts
There are 22
Commercial
Courts
operational in
the city of Delhi
as of now
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi High Court
has restrained the
unauthorisedstream-
ing and broadcast of
a talk show series ti-
tled 'Unstoppable'
hosted on OTT plat-
form Aha.
Justice Sanjeev
Sachdeva, while deal-
ing with a lawsuit by
Arha Media and
Broadcasting Pvt.
Ltd., which holds the
exclusive broadcast
reproduction rights
of the talk show, said
any illegal broadcast
would severely affect
the monetary inter-
est of the plaintiff
and also diminish the
value of the series.
The plaintiff, rep-
resented by lawyers
Pravin Anand and
Ameet Naik, said that
it is slated to air an
episode with actor
Prabhas Raju and it
apprehends large-
scale piracy of this
episode.
It urged the court
to pass an injunction
order to safeguard its
rights and the huge
commercial invest-
ment made by it in
the talk show series.
The court said if
an ex-parte dynamic
injunction is not
granted against the
websites named in
the proceedings as
well as unknown en-
tities at this stage,
the plaintiff would
suffer irreparable
loss and injury
.
Accordingly, till
the next date of hear-
ing, an ex parte ad-
interim injunction is
granted,” court said.
HC restrains illegal
streaming of talk
show airing on OTT
An ex parte
ad-interim
injunction
is granted, thereby
restraining the De-
fendants (including
John Does) from in
any manner host-
ing, streaming,
broadcasting (etc).
—Justice Sanjeev
Sachdeva
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi High Court has
granted bail to three
people in a case of al-
leged kidnapping of an
18-year-old boy from
Jama Masjid area in
2019. Justice Swarana
KantaSharmaobserved
that the accused—Ra-
hul, Chandan and Ra-
jiv—were in custody for
over three years. The
court released them on
regular bail on a per-
sonal bond of Rs 25,000
each with two sureties
of the like amount.
The judge noted that
while 10 witnesses re-
mained to be examined
by the trial court, mate-
rial witnesses had al-
ready been examined
and the trial will take
some time to conclude.
The court also con-
sidered that no injury
was caused to the vic-
tim and no money was
transferred to accused.
As per the facts of the
case, on September 28,
2019, the complainant's
18-year-old son was re-
ported to have been kid-
napped by unknown
people from the Jama
Masjid area. The kid-
nappers demanded a
ransom of Rs 4 lakh
from the family of the
boy for his release.
During investigation,
it was revealed that the
complainant received
ransom calls from the
mobile number of her
kidnapped son as well
as a text message giving
details of an account
number.
HC grants bail to three in 2019 kidnapping
BAIL CONDITION
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
growing concern over a
surge in COVID-19 cas-
es in some countries,
including in India, the
New Delhi Municipal
Council has leapt into
action by organising
mock drills, holding
preparatory meetings
and educating people
on the pandemic.
NDMC vice-chair-
man Satish Upadhyay
conducted an inspec-
tion of the services at a
hospital on Tuesday
.
The New Delhi civic
body also called a joint
meeting with health of-
ficials to verify the Cov-
id arrangements at
Charak Palika Hospital
in Moti Bagh on the
same day
.
Sharing details about
coronavirus prepared-
ness, NDMC Chairman
Amit Yadav said the
civic body started work-
ing soon after the Cen-
tre issued an advisory
on COVID-19.
With the COVID-19
advisory from the gov-
ernment, we have al-
ready begun working.
We are holding inspec-
tions in hospitals. We
are conducting mock
drills and preparatory
meetings, Yadav said.
NDMC steps up efforts amid
concerns over Covid variant
‘VOICE OF
DISSENT
NECESSARY’
Fact-checking
website Alt News
co-founder Moham-
med Zubair was
arrested on June 27
in a case related to
a 2018 “objectiona-
ble tweet” against a
Hindu deity. He was
granted bail on July
15 by the court,
which said, “The
voice of dissent
is necessary for a
healthy democracy”
and that the Hindu
religion and its
followers are
“tolerant.”
Besides the case
against Zubair, the
courts also dealt
with a substantial
number of other
matters of allegedly
hurting religious
sentiments, includ-
ing the arrest of
Delhi University
Associate Professor
Ratan Lal in May for
his “objectionable
remarks” on social
media related to the
claims of a ‘Shiv-
ling’ being found at
Varanasi’s Gyanvapi
mosque.

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People enjoy a boat ride in the Yamuna river while being surrounded by a flock of migratory seagull birds during the sunrise, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Delhi to ring in New Year in
chilly weather Cold conditions abate but mercury
will start dropping from Dec 31
New Delhi (PTI): Cold
wave and cold day con-
ditions are predicted to
wallop parts of Delhi on
New Year's eve and the
winter chill would in-
tensify further in early
January, the India Me-
teorological Depart-
ment (IMD) has said.
Cold conditions have
abated in north India,
including Delhi, for
now under the influ-
ence of a western dis-
turbance, characterised
by warm moist winds
from the Middle East.
However, the mini-
mum will start drop-
ping again from Decem-
ber 31, meteorologists
said on Thursday
.
The minimum will
drop to 6 degrees Celsi-
us on Saturday and fur-
ther to 4 degrees Celsi-
us by Monday (January
2), the IMD forecast.
On Thursday, the
Safdarjung observatory
,
Delhi's primary weath-
er station, recorded a
minimum temperature
of 7 degrees Celsius
against 6.3 degrees Cel-
sius on Wednesday, 5.6
degrees on Tuesday and
5 degrees on Monday
.
The maximum tem-
perature settled at 23.7
degrees Celsius, three
notches above normal.
Weather experts said
frigid north-westerly
winds and reduced sun-
shine due to foggy
weather had caused the
spell of cold wave and
below-normal day tem-
peratures in northwest
India.
A western distur-
bance led to a fresh spell
of snowfall in the
mountains on Decem-
ber 25-26 and cold north-
westerly winds swept
through the plains after
its retreat.
New Delhi (ANI): Passengers faced a lot of trouble as
several trains were delayed due to foggy weather condi-
tions, Railway officials said on Thursday. According to
railway officials, Hyderabad-New Delhi Express, Kalka-
Howrah Netaji express, Gaya- New Delhi Mahabodhi
Express and Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express were
running late by 1:30 hours. While Barauni to New Delhi
Special, Ayodhya Cantt- Delhi Express, Rajgir- New
Delhi Shramjeevi express, and Pratapgarh-new Delhi
Padmavat Express were running late by 1:45 hours.
The officials added that Raigarh- Nizamuddin express
and Jabalpur Nizamuddin Express is late by 3:30 hours.
While Lucknow-New Delhi Express, Raxaul- Anand Vihar
Sadbhavna Express, Howrah- New Delhi Poorva Express
and Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Express is late by 1:15
hours, 2:45 hours, 2:30 hours 2 hours respectively.
SEVERAL
TRAINS
RUNNING
LATE DUE
TO FOG
3 men of same family arrested
for rape, conversion of woman
—PHOTO BY ANI/SHRIKANT SINGH
Noida (PTI): A 30-year-
old Muslim man was
arrested near Noida on
Thursday in connection
with the alleged rape
and attempted religious
conversion bid on a
woman on pretext of
marriage, police said.
His brother (24) and
his father (52) have also
been arrested for being
party to criminal con-
spiracy, the police said.
Accused Intezar
Khan and the woman
had met in a gym where
she worked as a man-
ager but the man had
hid his religious iden-
tity from her, a senior
police official said.
The woman had al-
leged rape, assault and
forced attempt of reli-
gious conversion in her
complaint at the Bisra-
kh police station, the
official said.
“The complainant in-
formed the police that
she came across Intezar
at a gym in the Shah-
beri area. Intezar had
initially hid his identity
from her and identified
himself as 'Sonu'. She
also alleged rape with
her by the accused. Im-
mediately an FIR was
lodged under relevant
provisions of the Indi-
an Penal Code as well as
under the Prohibition
of Unlawful Religious
Conversion Act,” Addi-
tional Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (Cen-
tral Noida) Saad Miya
Khan said.
The three accused—
Intezar Khan, (his
brother) Suhail and
(their father) Abbas Ali
—have been arrested,
Khan added.
According to the po-
lice, Intezar had lured
the woman on pretext
of getting married to
her. He had recently
spiked her juice and al-
legedly raped her, the
police said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
23-year-old man was
killed and another in-
jured after they were
shot at allegedly by uni-
dentified bike-borne
men in north Delhi's
Burari, police said.
The deceased has
been identified as
Manoj while 25-year-old
Raja sustained injuries,
police said, adding that
both are residents of
Pinki Chowdhary colo-
ny here.
Raja is undergoing
treatment at the LNJP
hospital. The incident
took place on Monday
night when both Raja
and Manoj were return-
ing home on a motorcy-
cle. The duo were inter-
cepted by two bike-
borne men who shot at
them and fled the spot.
“Both the injured
men were undergoing
treatment at the hospi-
tal but Manoj suc-
cumbed to his injuries
on Wednesday
,” a senior
police officer said.
Preliminary investi-
gation has revealed that
the incident was a re-
sult of an old rivalry
and the identity of the
conspirators has also
been identified, he said.
“It is suspected that
the conspirators sent
the shooters to settle old
scores. We have CCTV
footage,” he added.
Bike-borne men open
fire in Burari, 1 killed
New Delhi (ANI): Due
to prompt action by the
police, the lives of 14
persons, who were
trapped on the first and
second floor of a build-
ing which had caught
fire, were saved here in
Sangam Vihar area, po-
lice said on Thursday
.
According to the po-
lice, a total of 14 family
members (four females,
five males and five chil-
dren) were evacuated
from the building. “Due
to the fire, the building
was filled with smoke
and the families on the
first and second floors
were stuck there and
were crying for help,” a
police official said.
Police added that the
fire spread to the entire
ground floor housing
three shops and due to
this the “entry to the
first floor got blocked”.
“Without wasting
time, all nearby flats
were evacuated and the
Fire brigade was called
to the spot. Instantly,
the police staff showed
their presence of mind
and brought a ladder
from one of the nearby
buildings and set the
ladder up,” a police of-
ficial said.
Police added that In-
spector Manjeet Singh,
Constable Devender
and Constable Sawanta
Ram climbed onto the
first floor and Consta-
ble Sita Ram, Constable
Mukesh and Constable
Vishnu took the charge
on the ground floor.
POLICE SAVE
14 OF FAMILY
STUCK IN
BLDG FIRE
COURTESY CALL
Former Rajasthan CM and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje paid a courtesy call to UP Chief Minister
Adityanath Yogi at the CM's official residence on Thursday.
Man arrested for `15-cr con while
posing as health ministry official
New Delhi (PTI): A
49-year-old man has
been arrested for alleg-
edly posing as a senior
Union Health Ministry
official and duping six
people of Rs 15 crore on
the pretext of providing
work orders for Covid
vaccine transportation,
police said on Thursday
.
Umesh Batra (49) was
arrested by the Eco-
nomic Offences Wing of
the Delhi Police. Batra
used to work for a con-
struction company but
his financial situation
took a hit during the
lockdown and he resort-
ed to cheating people
after joining hands
with the kingpin be-
hind the scam Har-
menn Sabherwal, Go-
vind Tulshyan and
three other people, all
of whom have been ar-
rested, they said.
Police said a probe
was initiated after sev-
eral complaints were
received from people
who claimed to have
been duped of Rs 3-4
crore on the pretext of
providing work orders
for transportation of
Covid vaccines.
After a preliminary
enquiry
, a case was reg-
istered and an investi-
gation taken up. Six
complainants came for-
ward and the total
amount they were
duped off came out to be
Rs 15 crore, they said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (EOW) M I
Haidar said the investi-
gation revealed that in
May 2021, the accused
contacted the complain-
ants and offered them
work orders from the
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare for
transportation of Covid
vaccines.
Analysis of bank ac-
counts of the accused
revealed huge cash de-
posits, Haidar added.
‘For postmortems at night, need more manpower’
Kunal Dutt
New Delhi: Extra man-
power, reliable source
of illumination, and al-
ternative power supply
on standby will be some
of the challenges if
postmortems are to be
conducted after sunset,
medical and forensic
experts said.
Postmortems can
now be conducted at
Delhi government-run
medical facilities even
after sunset, the city
government had said on
Tuesday, describing its
decision as a “landmark
reform”.
This will not only
change the situation for
relatives of the de-
ceased who often have
to wait a long time to
receive the bodies but
will “also encourage or-
gan donation and trans-
plantation”, it had said
in a statement.
Though the move will
ease process of organ
donation in medico-le-
gal cases (MLCs) such
as accidents, several
medical and forensic
experts said that doing
autopsies at night will
have its own share of
challenges.
“Yes, doing postmor-
tems at night will sure-
ly expedite the overall
process and the family
can get the body of their
kin back sooner, so it
will help,” Dr Suneela
Garg, former head of
community medicine at
the Maulana Azad Med-
ical College (MAMC),
said. The MAMC is at-
tached with the Delhi
government's largest
hospital, LNJP Hospi-
tal. A mortuary is lo-
cated in the premises of
the MAMC.
However, many ex-
perts said conducting
autopsies at night
would entail greater
manpower, which will
include doctors, post-
mortem technicians
and attendants, sweep-
ers, security personnel,
besides reliable source
of illumination.
All the mortuaries
which are conducting
legal autopsies are only
equipped with manpow-
er and facilities for day-
time autopsy, Dr Sudhir
Gupta, AIIMS Delhi's
forensic chief, said.
“If one wants to run
the mortuary for con-
ducting autopsy 24x7,
double manpower will
be needed. These in-
clude sanitation staff
and technicians,” he
said. —PTI
The Delhi government has allowed postmortems after sunset.
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) on Thursday ac-
cused BJP MLA Ab-
hay Verma of abusing
and slapping a sanita-
tion worker in Delhi.
Releasing a purport-
ed video of Verma, AAP
MLA Kuldeep Kumar
alleged that the BJP,
which was in power in
the MCD earlier, had
halted the salaries of
the sanitation workers.
After being defeated
in the civic body elec-
tion, it is now venting
out its frustration by
targeting AAP, he said.
No immediate reac-
tion was available from
Verma or Delhi BJP
over AAP's allegations.
BJP MLA assaulted
sanitation worker: AAP

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On the sacred occasion of his Parkash
Purab, I bow to Sri Guru Gobind Singh
Ji and recall his contribution towards
serving humanity. His unparalleled
courage will continue to motivate
people for years to come.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Heartiest congratulations to the
immensely talented @SavithashriB
on winning bronze at the
#FIDEWorldRapidChampionships! You
have made India proud by becoming
only the 3rd Indian and 2nd woman to
win a medal at this prestigious event.
All the best champion!
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world offending
people. —Buddha
IN-DEPTH
ANOTHER PHARMA
COMPANY INVITES
GLARE FOR ITS
‘KILLER’ SYRUP
Motto of ASEAN: One Vision, One Identity, One Community
fter Maiden Pharma-
ceutical company
was accused by Gam-
bia for the deaths of
70 children due to the
consumption of its contaminat-
ed syrups which caused kidney
failure, Uzbekistan has raised
the red flag against another In-
dian drug manufacturer Marion
Biotech whose syrup Doc-1 Max
had allegedly caused the death
of 18 kids. Like Maiden’s cough
syrup Marion’s Doc-1 Max was
also found to be contaminated
with ethylene glycol which is an
illegal, toxic adulterant used by
drug manufacturers to cut down
the cost of their product.
Any action against the two
companies can be initiated only
after the completion of a proper
investigation despite the toxic
adulterant used in cough syr-
ups. It is surprising that the
Drug Controller of India does
not have strict and effective reg-
ulations to keep check liberal
use of ethylene glycol. While the
government awaits clinical de-
tails from Gambia, in Uzbeki-
stan the syrup was administered
without a doctor’s prescription
and the dose also was more than
the prescribed limit.
TOP TWEETS
A
ationalist Con-
gress Party leader
Anil Deshmukh
was released from
Arthur Road jail
on Wednesday after being in-
carcerated since November
last year on the charge of al-
leged money laundering. The
former Maharashtra Home
Minister was arrested by ED
on allegations of corruption
by former Mumbai police
commissioner Parambir Sin-
gh “based on hearsay”. The
Bombay High Court refused
the ED’s plea for his further
continuation in jail as there
was no proof against him ex-
cept for the statement of a co-
accused. Deshmukh claimed
that the allegations against
him were false. The other
NCPleaderNawabMalikcon-
tinues to languish in jail on
money laundering charges.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader
Sanjay Raut was granted bail
by a special court in Novem-
berafterhehadspent100days
in jail. Raut was also arrested
in an alleged money launder-
ing case. In Raut’s case the ED
was left red-faced due to the
strong remarks by the special
courtjudge.QuestioningED’s
case against Raut, the court
termed his arrest illegal and
rejecteditspleatosuspendthe
bailorder.Comingdownheav-
ily on ED, special court said
that Sanjay Raut “was arrest-
ed even though there was
‘nothing to show’ that he was
a recipient of ‘proceeds of
crime’”.
Sharad Pawar, NCP presi-
dent, said that he will meet
with PM Narendra Modi and
Union HM Amit Shah to take
up the misuse of a central
investigative agency like ED
to prevent harassment of
MVA leaders. Meet he must,
but Pawar should not expect
the ED to be reined in.
ANIL DESHMUKH
ALSO GETS BAIL
NCP leader Anil
Deshmukh was released
from Arthur Road jail on
Wednesday after being
incarcerated since Nov
last year on the charge of
alleged money laundering.
The former Maharashtra HM
was arrested by ED on
allegations of corruption by
former Mumbai police
commissioner Parambir
Singh “based on hearsay”
N
INDIA - ASEAN RELATIONS
CURRENT PERSPECTIVES
ssociation of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN), an
international organisation
was established by the gov-
ernments of five countries
Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand in 1967 to acceler-
ate economic growth, social
progress, and cultural devel-
opment and to promote peace
and security in Southeast
Asia. Subsequently Brunei,
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
and Vietnam joined to make
it a Ten Member organisa-
tion. This organisation fa-
cilitates economic, political,
security, military, education-
al and socio-cultural integra-
tion among its members and
other nations in Asia. Its sec-
retariat is located in Jakarta,
Indonesia. The motto of ASE-
AN is “One Vision, One Iden-
tity, One Community”. ASE-
AN is 3rd largest market in
the world - larger than EU
and North American mar-
kets and has Free-trade
agreements (FTAs) with Chi-
na, Japan, South Korea, In-
dia, Australia and New Zea-
land. Today’s Southeast Asia
presents an example of var-
ied cultures living together
thriving, despite region expe-
riencing decades of conflicts.
The group acted as a plat-
form for the member nations
to resolve disputes from eco-
nomic aspects to strategic
and security aspects. ASEAN
has maintained stable rela-
tions with the great powers
including China, India, Ja-
pan, Russia and the US. T
he contribution towards re-
gional peace, stability and
prosperity goes to the wider
Asia-Pacific region. However
weak leadership, geopolitical
conflicts and rivalries in the
region have been some of the
obstacles. Failure to deal
with Intra-ASEAN security
issues like Rohingya crisis,
migration, human traffick-
ing, pandemics, climate
change, South China Sea and
piracy have definitely weak-
ened this organisation. In the
recently held ASEAN Sum-
mit member countries
agreed in principle to ad-
mit East Timor as the
11th member and the US ele-
vated its relationship with
the ASEAN to a comprehen-
sive strategic partnership.
The escalating tensions be-
tween the US and China and
the lack of consensus on
other critical geopolitical is-
sues including Ukraine war
and attitude of the junta in
Myanmar have rendered
ASEAN a bit ineffective.
India - ASEAN Relations
and Issues of Interest: In-
dia-ASEAN relations can be
traced to ancient times with
deep cultural relations. Hin-
duism, Buddhism and Islam
spread from India to the re-
gion and the imprint of this
shared cultural heritage is
also seen in art forms and ar-
chitecture. In post Cold War
era, India - ASEAN relations
have evolved from just eco-
nomic ties to strategic and
security concerns owing to
common threats and aspira-
tions. India’s ‘Look East Pol-
icy’ in 1990s marked the be-
ginning of strong India-ASE-
AN relations which were
further cemented by ‘
Act East
Policy’ in 2014. India became
a member of ASEAN Region-
al Forum (ARF), a key forum
for security dialogue in Asia
and a Summit-level Partner
in 2002. In 2015, India has also
set up a separate Mission to
ASEAN with a dedicated Am-
bassador to strengthen en-
gagement with ASEAN. In-
dia and ASEAN region is
celebrating 30th Anniversary
of their ASEAN-India Dia-
logue Relations in 2022. The
year is embarked as ‘ASEAN-
India Friendship Year’. The
year also witnessed few key
bilateral visits and meetings.
As part of series of such
meetings the latest one was
ASEAN Defence Ministers
Meet (ADMM Plus) of ten
ASEAN members and Eight
Dialogue partner countries,
India, USA, Russia, China,
Australia, Japan, New Zea-
land, and South Korea held in
Siem Reap, Cambodia on 23
Nov 2022. The Indian RM as-
serted need to counter trans-
national and cross border
terrorism in the region and
have raised concerns on on-
going ASEAN-China negotia-
tions on the code of conduct
in South China Sea and as-
serted the need to abide by
international law and should
not be unbalancing the re-
gion peace and security
.
The rise of China accom-
panied by its growing asser-
tiveness in South China Sea
and East China Sea has been
a cause of concern for many
ASEAN countries. These
countries view India as a pos-
sible partner in their effort to
maintain balance of power
and peace in the region.
India looks at ASEAN not
simply as an institution of
economic development but
also as an integral part of
India’s vision of stable, se-
cure and prosperous Asia.
Establishing trade and con-
nectivity links with South
East Asian countries via
North East has been one of
the focuses, some initiatives
in this regard are: India-My-
anmar-Thailand Trilateral
Highway, Kaladan Multi-
modal Transport and Me-
kong Ganga Corridor.
WAY FORWARD
Delay in completing infra-
structure projects - India-
Myanmar-Thailand trilater-
al highway
, the Kaladan Mul-
timodal Transit and Trans-
port Project, and the Moreh-
Mandalay Bus Services-due
to various political and fi-
nancial constraints, has im-
peded the progress of eco-
nomic cooperation and this
warrants immediate action.
There is a need to promote
Mekong - India corridor and
enhance physical and digital
connectivity. Build stronger
strategic, security and eco-
nomic ties with greater in-
terdependence with ASEAN
countries to counter Chinese
clout in the region. Need for
robust maritime connectivi-
ty between India and ASEAN
to realize full potentiality of
trade and business activities
and growth and development
of strategically crucial Indo
Pacific region. The two sides
should also explore the unex-
plored domains of energy
security
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Although the trade between
both regions has crossed
US$80 billion mark,
however it is skewed
against India. This is
primarily attributed to
Free trade agreement (FTA)
with ASEAN resulting into
flooding of cheap imported
products into India. India’s
geostrategic interests in the
Indo-Pacific region depend
on India’s bilateral and
multilateral engagements
with the countries in the
region. Maintaining
cordiality with ASEAN as
an organisation and with
the individual Southeast
Asian countries remains
crucial for India
ASEAN, an
international
organisation
was established by the
governments of five
countries Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand in
1967 to accelerate
economic growth, social
progress, and cultural
development and to
promote peace and security
in Southeast Asia
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author is a Post Graduate in
International Studies, Alumni of Defense
Services Staff College, Wellington
and College of Combat, Mhow

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New Delhi: The UP govt on Thursday moved the Su-
preme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order
quashing its draft notification on the urban local body
elections and directing the state to hold the polls without
reservation for the Other Backward Classes. The state
government, in its appeal against the December 27 order,
has said that the high court cannot quash the December 5
draft notification which had provided reservation of seats
in the urban body polls for the OBC – apart from those for
the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women.
OBC QUOTA IN LOCAL BODY POLLS: UP
GOVT MOVES SC AGAINST HC ORDER
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel
to assess the ground situation and take remedial action
regarding the pollution of a rivulet in UP connected to Rapti
River. The Rapti river is a part of Ganga river basin. The tri-
bunal was hearing petitions which claimed two sugar mills
in Balrampur district were discharging untreated industrial
effluents into a stormwater drain which was then released
into the Suwaon Nala, a rain-fed rivulet, connected to Rapti.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought the response
of the Centre and others on a plea alleging violations in
environmental clearance granted to the Polavaram multi-
purpose irrigation project. A bench of Justices Sanjiv
Khanna and MM Sundresh issued notices to the Centre,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha while seeking
their replies. “Issue notice, returnable in the month of
February, 2023,” the bench said.
NGT FORMS PANEL FOR REMEDIAL ACTION
ON UTTAR PRADESH RIVULET POLLUTION
POLAVARAM PROJECT: SC NOTICE TO
CENTRE ON PLEA ALLEGING VIOLATIONS
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: Leaders of
Congress’s old ally Sa-
majwadi Party may par-
ticipate in Congress’
BharatJodoYatrainUP
.
Along with the SP
, lead-
ers of its ally Rashtriya
LokDalcanalsojointhe
yatra and informed
sources say that leaders
of Rashtriya Janata Dal
and Janata Dal U, allies
of Congress in Bihar
and Jharkhand, can
also join the yatra in
Delhi. It is being told
thatthewaythealliesof
the Congress in the
states of Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra etc. par-
ticipated in the yatra,
thesamewayitwillhap-
pen in Uttar Pradesh.
In fact, the Congress
party has invited many
opposition leaders from
UP to join the yatra.
Both Akhilesh Yadav
and Shivpal Yadav have
been invited from the
Samajwadi Party and
BSP chief Mayawati
and general secretary
Satish Chandra Mishra
have been invited from
the BSP. Apart from
these, the Congress has
also invited BJP leader
and former Deputy CM
Dinesh Sharma to par-
ticipate in Yatra. Sig-
nificantly, he is cur-
rently a professor at
Lucknow University
.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
is on a nine-day break.
The yatra was stopped
after reaching Delhi on
Saturday
.Itwasofficially
said by the party that all
yatrishavebeenwalking
continuously for four
months. Thus everyone
needs a little rest and
also need to meet their
families. It said that
there is a need to repair
the containers in which
the passengers stay on
the way so that people do
not face any problem
when the journey goes
towards JK in the
midst of severe cold.
Congress has given all
these reasons for stop-
ping the yatra. Although
BJP leaders are raising
questions that the yatra
was not stopped during
festivals like Dussehra,
Diwali,buttheyatrawas
stopped to welcome
ChristmasandNewYear.
However, the Con-
gress has not revealed
what Rahul Gandhi
will do in the nine-day
break? Regarding this
also, it was said from
the BJP side that Rahul
is going to go missing
for nine days. Surpris-
ingly, many political
experts and journalists
also indicated that Ra-
hul may go abroad.
Some Opposition leaders will now join
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra!
What will Rahul Gandhi do during
the 9-day break from party’s Yatra?
GRAND PLANS OF GRAND OLD PARTY
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Thursday
launched the Mobile
App ‘Prahari’ and Man-
ual of Border Security
Force (BSF) here. Union
Minister of State for
Home Affairs Nity-
anand Rai, Union Home
Secretary
, Director Gen-
eral of BSF, Chief Sec-
retaries of Union Ter-
ritories and several
senior officers of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs, Union Territories
and BSF were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
In his address, the
Union Home Minister
said that the BSF ‘Pra-
hari’ app is a great ex-
ample of Proactive Gov-
ernance. Now jawans
can get personal infor-
mation and informa-
tion related to accom-
modation, Ayushmann-
CAPF and leaves on
their mobiles. Be it GPF,
Bio Data or grievance
redressal on “Central-
ized Public Grievance
Redress and Monitor-
ing System” (CP-
GRAMS) or informa-
tion on various welfare
schemes, now Jawans
can get all this informa-
tion through the app
and this app will also
connect them with the
portal of the Ministry
of Home Affairs.
Along with this, he
congratulated BSF Di-
rector General Pankaj
Kumar and his entire
team for the awaited re-
vision and update in 13
manuals which will in-
crease the understand-
ing of operations, ad-
ministration and train-
ing and speed up the
work. Shri Shah said
that he is sure that this
will facilitate the work
of all ranks of BSF
Jawans and officers. He
said that these new ini-
tiatives will bring ease
and convenience in the
work of BSF.
UNIONHMAMITSHAHLAUNCHES
BSF’S MOBILE APP ‘PRAHARI’
Revised version of 13 manuals launched too; these manuals will increase better
understanding of operations, administration training and speed up tasks
Union HM Amit Shah launching BSF App in New Delhi on Thursday.
Kolkata (Agencies):
PM Narendra Modi will
be on a short five-hour
trip to Kolkata on Fri-
day with a gift of pro-
jects worth Rs 7,800
crore for West Bengal,
the formal announce-
ment of which will be
made on that day only
.
Sources said, the pro-
jects will be under vari-
ous schemes like sanita-
tions, railways and
metro railways, the
'Clean Ganga' mission,
among others. As per
the schedule of the
Prime Minister's visit,
his special flight will be
landing at the Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose
International Airport at
around 10.30 a.m. From
there, his convoy will
reach Howrah station at
around11.15a.m.,where
he will be inaugurating
West Bengal's first Van-
de Bharat Express that
will run from Howrah to
New Jalpaiguri.
His convoy will leave
the station at around
11.45 p.m. and at around
12 noon, he will be gar-
landing a statue of Ne-
taji Subhas Chandra
Bose adjacent to INS
Netaji Subhash.
PM in Kolkata today with
`7,800 cr projects for WB
BJP got highest donations from
electoral trusts in 2021-22: ADR
New Delhi (Agencies):
The BJP received the
highest amount of dona-
tions from electoral
trusts(ETs)infiscalyear
2021-22,atRs351.50crore
making up 72.17 per cent
of the total donations re-
ceived by all parties, as
per a detailed report by
theAssociationforDem-
ocratic Reforms.
The Prudent ET do-
nated the highest
amount (Rs 336.50 crore)
to the BJP, against Rs
209 crore contributed in
FY 2020-21. AB General
ET and Samaj ET do-
nated Rs 10 crore and Rs
5 crore to the BJP in FY
2021-22, respectively
.
After BJP
, the Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) received the sec-
ond highest amount of
Rs40crore,withPrudent
ET being the only donor.
The Congress and
AAP have received a to-
tal of Rs 18.43 crore and
Rs 21.12 crore from ETs,
respectively. While
there is only Rs 0.19
crore difference in the
donations made by the
Prudent ET to both par-
ties, Independent ET
donated Rs 4.81 crore to
the AAP, making AAP
the bigger receiver com-
pared to Congress.
Small Donations ET do-
nated only Rs 1.9351 cr
to the Congress.
Amaravati (PTI): One
morepersonwhowasin-
jured in a stampede dur-
ing a programme organ-
isedbytheTeluguDesam
Party in Kandukur town
in Nellore district suc-
cumbed while undergo-
ingtreatmentonWednes-
day night, taking the toll
to eight, police said on
Thursday
.
The victims, includ-
ing two women, died
and eight others were
injured on Wednesday
after they fell in a drain-
age canal when Opposi-
tion leader N Chandrab-
abu Naidu was address-
ing a roadshow there.
People gathered in
large numbers at the
venue and there was
some jostling among
the public during the
meeting, leading to a
stampede at the canal,
they had said based on
initial information.
Toll rises to 8, PM
Modi, CM Jagan
announce ex-gratia
AP STAMPEDE TRAGEDY
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman,
who was admitted to
the AIIMS, Delhi with a
minor stomach infec-
tion, was discharged
from the institute on
Thursday, sources said.
She was admitted to a
private ward of the hos-
pital around 12 pm on
Monday. Sources also
added she was admitted
to AIIMS Delhi for a
routine check-up. The
union government is in
the process of consulta-
tions to finalise the un-
ion budget to be pre-
sented on February 1
next year. Sitharaman
has held pre-budget
meetings to elicit views
of various sections in-
cluding representatives
of chambers of com-
merce and industry
.
FM Sitharaman
discharged
from AIIMS
POLL PANEL INTRODUCES‘REMOTE
VOTING’ FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission on
Thursday said it has de-
veloped a prototype of
the remote electronic
voting machine for do-
mestic migrant voters
and has invited politi-
cal parties for a demon-
stration on January 16.
The poll panel has also
floated a concept note
on remote voting and
sought the views of po-
litical parties on the le-
gal, administrative and
technical challenges in
implementing it, ac-
cording to a statement.
The multi-constitu-
ency remote EVM, de-
veloped by a public sec-
tor undertaking, can
handle up to 72 constit-
uencies from a single
remote polling booth.
“After focus on youth
and urban apathy, re-
mote voting will be a
transformational initi-
ative for strengthening
participation in elec-
toral democracy
,” Chief
Election Commissioner
Rajiv Kumar said.
EXAMPLE OF PROACTIVE GOVERNANCE
l This BSF ‘Prahari’ app is a great example of Proactive
Governance, now Jawans can get personal and ser-
vice related information, housing, Ayushman-CAPF
and leave related information on their mobile.
l Be it GPF, Bio Data or grievance redressal on “Cen-
tralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring
System” (CP-GRAMS) or information on various wel-
fare schemes, now Jawans can get all this informa-
tion through the app and this app will also connect
them with the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
l The Border Security Force has been awarded numer-
ous gallantry awards including one Mahavir Chakra,
4 Kirti Chakras, 13 Vir Chakras and 13 Shaurya
Chakras, BSF has fought so many battles with valour
that a book could be written on each war.
IN THE COURTYARD
Kochi (Agencies): A controversy has broken out here after
local BJP leaders complained to police that the face of huge
‘Pappanji’ effigy erected as part of the famed Cochin Carnival
resembles Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Carnival is
being held at Fort Kochi and the face became clear when the
covering of the effigy was removed. The custom of the Car-
nival is the Pappanji is burnt at the stroke of midnight when
the New Year is welcomed. The local BJP leaders are upset at
the insult to the Prime Minister and the latest news is that
the organisers of the event have said the present face of the
massive effigy will be changed.
BJP PROTESTS OVER COCHIN CARNIVAL
EFFIGY FACE’S RESEMBLANCE TO PM
Workers decorate a platform at Howrah Station ahead of PM
Narendra Modi’s visit, in Kolkata, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Pained by the mishap
at a public meeting in
Nellore, AP. Condo-
lences to the bereaved
families. May the
injured recover soon.
An ex-gratia of Rs.
2 lakh from PMNRF
would be given to
the next of kin of
each deceased
and the injured
would be
given Rs.
50,000.
ANDHRA CM REDDY MEETS HM SHAH,
DEMANDS NFSU CAMPUS IN TIRUPATI
New Delhi (PTI): Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Red-
dy on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah
and requested him to consider setting up a National Forensic
Sciences University (NFSU) campus in Tirupati. Reddy also
reiterated the issues raised before PM Narendra Modi and
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday.
During meeting with Shah, Reddy explained that Tirupati has
grown into an educational hub and the setting up of NFSU
would serve the growing demand for criminal investigation
infrastructure, according to an official statement. He said the
establishment of a NFSU campus will cater to the growing
requirement of forensic experts in south India and assured
that his government would allot the required land.
AMIT SHAH ON
2-DAY VISIT TO
KARNATAKA
FROM TODAY
New Delhi (ANI):
Union HM Amit Shah
will be on a two-day
visit to Mandya and
Bengaluru Rural
districts of the poll-
bound Karnataka
from Friday. Shah will
attend three events in
Gejjalagere, Mandya,
Palace Grounds, Ben-
galuru, and Sauharda,
Bengaluru Rural dis-
trict, all related to the
cooperative sector.
He will also address
public gatherings
during his visit.

RELIANCE FAMILY DAY FUNCTION 2022
Today we reaffirm our commitment to our founder’s core
principles that have sustained Reliance — integrity, excellence,
empathy, mutual help, sharing and caring: Mukesh Ambani
Y DEAR
RELIANCE
FAMILY,
A very good evening to each one of you.
Today we have come together to
celebrate Reliance Family Day…
…to pay homage to our Founding
Chairman Shri Dhirubhai Ambani
… and to revel in the spirit of to-
getherness and oneness as one large
Reliance Family...Dhirubhai’s Family.
Today we reaffirm our commit-
ment to our Founder’s core princi-
ples that have sustained Reliance
— integrity, excellence, empathy,
mutual help, sharing and caring.
Years will roll.
Decades will pass.
Reliance will continue to grow
bigger and bigger,
Like the proverbial Banyan Tree…
its branches will spread wider…
its roots will go deeper…
And it will touch the lives of an
ever-increasing number of Indians,
enriching them, empowering them,
nourishing them, and caring for them.
But we will forever remember with
gratitude our Founder who planted
the seed of this Vata Vruksh forty-five
years ago.
In Hindu tradition, Vata Vruksh is
noble, it is sacred.
Whenever I think of Reliance and
the mission for which my father
founded it, I believe that there is,
similarly, something noble and sa-
cred about that mission.
Our mission is to make India pros-
perous by building world-class and
world-scale businesses, and to bring
happiness to the lives of all Indians.
Therefore, on Founder’s Day each
year, all of us in the Reliance Family
– including myself, Nita, Akash, Isha,
Anant and you all – should remind
ourselves that we are all trustees of
this extraordinary and proud mission.
Friends,
As you know, we are living through a
time when the world is beginning to see
the 21st Century as ‘India’s Century’.
Our Honourable Prime Minister,
Shri Narendra Modi ji, has aptly de-
scribed it as India’s Amrut Kaal.
The next 25 years are going to
be the most transformational in the
5,000 year-old history of India.
This is when India is poised to
achieve exponential economic growth.
We can become a $40 trillion
economy by 2047 – the Centenary of
our Independence — in a sustainable
and stable manner.
This goal is realistic and achiev-
able because India is blessed with…
The power of young demography;
The power of a mature democracy;
And the newly acquired power of
technology.
From an era of shortages, scarcity
and widespread poverty, India will en-
ter an era of inclusive prosperity, abun-
dance of opportunities, and unimagi-
nable improvement in the ease of living
and quality of life of 1.4 billion Indians.
Similarly, at a time when uncer-
tainty, volatility and even regression
can be seen in many parts of the
world, India is being regarded glob-
ally as a SHINING SPOT.
Therefore, I would like every lead-
er and every employee in Reliance to
know that destiny has given us an
opportunity — and also a responsi-
bility — to make a pivotal contribu-
tion to realisation of the enormous
promise of India’s Amrut Kaal.
Dear Reliance Family Members,
Acutely aware of this opportunity
and responsibility, Reliance has em-
barked on a journey of comprehen-
sive self-transformation.
The end of 2022 is when Reliance
will have crossed the half-way mark
of its Golden Decade.
In five years from now, Reliance
will complete its fifty years.
All of us are proud of what we
have achieved so far.
But the journey ahead is going to
be far more exciting, more reward-
ing, but also more challenging.
Let me spell out my expectations
from the leaders and employees in all
our businesses and initiatives.
First: under Akash’s Chairman-
ship, Jio is rolling out the world’s
best 5G network across India…
…at a pace, which is faster than
anywhere in the world.
Jio’s 5G deployment will be com-
plete in 2023.
I heartily congratulate the entire
Jio Team for further consolidating
the Number 1 position in the digital
connectivity business.
But Jio Platforms should now get
ready for India’s next big opportunity
– to provide unique digital products
and solutions to both domestic and
international markets.
Since every single village will have
5G connectivity, India has a historic
opportunity to completely erase the
rural-urban divide which has plagued
our country for so long.
We can now ensure that no In-
dian will be deprived of access to
high-quality education, high-quality
healthcare and high-productivity
economic activities.
This is how Jio can accelerate In-
dia’s inclusive development.
Second: under Isha, our Retail
business has grown rapidly.
It has emerged as one with the
widest and deepest reach in India,
across all product baskets.
Most significantly, Reliance Retail
has created over two lakh new jobs last
year, becoming one of India’s leading
employers.
I congratulate the Retail Team for
setting new standards in disciplined ex-
ecution, which is the key to its success.
But I know that all of you in the Re-
tail Team are capable of chasing even
more ambitious targets and goals.
Like Jio, the growth of our Retail
business will also have a cascading ef-
fect on India’s inclusive development.
Our young people will have more
jobs.
Our farmers will have higher in-
comes.
Our SMEs and large manufactur-
ers will become more productive.
And our trader-partners will be-
come more prosperous.
Third: We continue to build on our
leadership in the O2C business with
new capacities and capabilities.
In the EP Segment, our team
continues to work harder for provid-
ing energy security for India.
All of us are excited about the Me-
dia Entertainment business and its
integration with the digital services that
will reinvent the industry completely.
My congratulations to all of you in
these enterprises.
Keep doing your good work, and
I am sure you will scale higher sum-
mits of success.
We are particularly proud of our
JWC team that hosted the G20 in
Mumbai and of course, our Lifes-
ciences team that is going on and
charting New Paths of innovation
Fourth: New Energy is Reliance’s
newest start-up business with a poten-
tial to transform not just the company
or the country, but the entire world.
It shows that we CARE FOR THE
PLANET, and we CARE FOR ALL THE
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
With Anant joining this upcoming
Next-Gen business, we are making
rapid progress in getting our Giga
Factories in Jamnagar ready.
From being India’s largest and
most valuable corporate, Reliance is
now well on its way to also becoming
India’s ‘Greenest’ corporate.
The goals before our New Energy
Team are crystal clear.
Enable India to achieve security
and self-sufficiency in energy by re-
ducing the dependence on imports.
And remember, you can do so
only by remaining agile and ahead of
the technology curve.
Fifth, 2023 will also be a Year of
Renewal and Revitalisation for Reli-
ance Foundation.
Under Nita’s inspiring leadership,
Reliance Foundation is working on
even more ambitious new initiatives
in education, healthcare, sports,
women’s empowerment and ecologi-
cal conservation.
Friends,
When I look at the state of the
world today…at the global financial
landscape, technological landscape
and the supply chain landscape…I
instinctively feel that we are going to
see profound, astonishing and unex-
pected changes in the coming decade.
I can clearly see India riding this
tsunami of changes and achieving
what looked impossible earlier.
Therefore, as India’s leading cor-
porate, Reliance has to rise to the
call of times and fulfil the nation’s
expectations.
To be able to do so, Reliance has
begun implementing two important
tasks.
First, we are empowering Reliance
with new LEADERSHIP CAPITAL …
especially with YOUNG LEADERSHIP.
Second, we are enriching Reliance
with new TALENT CAPITAL …again,
with YOUNG TALENT.
We will pay a lot of attention to
developing CAPACITY, CAPABILITY
AND COMPETENCE at all levels.
I would like our leaders to accel-
erate this process throughout the
organisation.
All of us must realise that the next
big cycle of growth in Reliance will
not be Resource-driven but INNOVA-
TION-DRIVEN.
I call upon you to make 2023 a
YEAR OF BOLD and PIONEERING
INNOVATIONS at Reliance.
I am sure we will achieve trail-
blazing successes.
Friends,
On Founder’s Day, I naturally re-
call many great qualities of my father.
But his one distinctive quality that
must forever serve as a beacon for
all of us is his indomitable determi-
nation to WIN.
WIN against all odds.
And WIN, whatever it takes.
But he also taught me, and taught
all his colleagues, that winning in
business takes both LEADERSHIP
and TEAM WORK.
Both must be developed in a mu-
tually supportive way.
You would perhaps appreciate this
point better if I illustrated it by giving
the example of the recently concluded
WORLD CUP FOOTBALL TOURNA-
MENT in Qatar.
All of you who watched it will agree
that the Final game was the most
thrilling in the history of the sport.
But how did Argentina win the Cup?
It is because of the combination of
LEADERSHIP and TEAM WORK.
Messi could not have won the Cup
on his own.
Similarly, the Argentinian team
could not have won without Messi’s
inspiring leadership.
They faltered in the first game, but
they did not give up.
Ultimately, they won because they
were breathing victory, dreaming of
victory, and doing everything needed
to achieve victory…until the last pen-
alty shot.
They were like Warrior Arjuna who
could see nothing but the eye of the
bird at which he had pointed his arrow.
This is how our Founder Dhirub-
hai Ambani also built Reliance.
Therefore, as we pay tribute to him
today, let us further strengthen the
WINNER’S MINDSET in every team
and every team member in Reliance.
Talking about the Winner’s Mind-
set, let me share with you a thought
that has inspired me all my life.
It is Swami Vivekananda’s thought.
Swamiji says:
“Take up one idea. Make that one
idea your life; dream of it; think of it;
live on that idea.
Let the brain, the body, muscles,
nerves, every part of your body be full
of that idea, and just leave every other
idea alone. This is the way to success.”
Let’s follow this mantra.
It will guarantee success in your
personal life, and it will ensure un-
stoppable success of Reliance in the
years to come.
Friends,
As we enter the New Year, here is
another advice from me as the head
of Reliance Family.
Spend more quality time with your
loved ones, for the growth of your
families.
Spend more quality time with your
colleagues, for the growth of your
teams.
And spend more quality time with
yourself, for your self-growth.
I want to see each and every one
of you happy and contented both in
family space and work space.
Before I conclude, I must express
my regret that we are once again
having this year’s Family Day func-
tion in an online format.
But let me assure you that very
soon we all shall get together for a
joyful face-to-face celebration as in
old times.
Finally, I, on behalf of my mother
Kokila ben, Nita, Isha Anand, their
twins Aadiya Krishna, Akash Sh-
loka, their son Prithvi, and Anant
Radhika, wish every one of you and
your families a very Happy and Pros-
perous New Year and a great year of
achievements.
Thank you…Jai Hind!
Jai Shri Krishna!
M
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s daughter
and son, Isha and Akash Ambani, address at the 44th Annual
General Meeting of Reliance Industries Limited through video
conferencing, in Mumbai.
Mukesh Ambani
BIZ BUZZ
07

New Delhi/Noida
(PTI): The manufactur-
ing of Marion Biotech’s
Dok-1 Max has stopped
“for now”, the compa-
ny’s legal representa-
tive said on Thursday
as the Central Drugs
Standard Control Or-
ganisation began a
probe in connection
with the death of 18
children in Uzbekistan
allegedly linked to the
cough syrup.
Union Health Minis-
ter Mansukh Mandavi-
ya said further action
would be taken based
on the inspection of the
pharma company, un-
der a cloud after the Uz-
bekistan health minis-
try’s allegation that the
children died after con-
suming Dok-1 Max.
Marion Biotech does
not sell Dok-1 Max in
India and its only ex-
port has been to Uzbeki-
stan, an Uttar Pradesh
government official
said as inspection be-
gan at the company of-
fice in Noida on the out-
skirts of the capital on
Thursday morning.
Samples of the cough
syrup have been taken
from the manufactur-
ing premises in Noida
and sent to the Regional
Drugs Testing Labora-
tory (RDTL) in Chandi-
garh for testing, Man-
daviya said. The CD-
SCO, he said, has been
in regular contact with
the national drug regu-
lator of Uzbekistan re-
garding the matter
since December 27.
“Immediately on re-
ceipt of information,
joint inspection of the
NOIDA facility of the
manufacturer, Marion
Biotech, was carried out
by UP Drug Control and
CDSCO team and fur-
ther action as appropri-
ate would be initiated
based on the inspection
report,”Mandaviyasaid
in a series of tweets.
Marion Biotech is a
licensed manufacturer
and holds the licence
for manufacturing Dok-
1 Max syrup and tablet
for export purposes
granted by the Drugs
Controller, UP, the
health ministry said.
The governments of
both countries are look-
ing into the matter, said
Hasan Harris, legal
representative of the
Noida-based Marion
Biotech.
Before Uzbekistan’s
claims were reports
linking the deaths of 70
children in Gambia to
cough syrups manufac-
tured by Haryana-based
Maiden Pharmaceuti-
cals earlier this year.
The Drugs Controller
General of India
claimed the WHO drew
a premature link.Sourc-
es said the DCGI has
sought more informa-
tion from the Uzbek
regulator regarding the
latest allegation.
As per the Uzbek min-
istry, the chemical eth-
ylene glycol was found
in a batch of Dok-1 Max
syrup during laborato-
ry tests. The alleged role
of Indian pharma com-
panies in the deaths of
children abroad had a
political fallout too.
While the Congress
asked the government
to stop boasting about
India being a pharma-
cy to the world and
take strictest action,
the ruling BJP accused
it of deriding India
in its “hate” for PM
Narendra Modi.
“Made in India cough
syrups seem to be dead-
ly
.Firstitwasthedeaths
of 70 kids in Gambia
now it is that of 18 chil-
dren in Uzbekistan.
Modi Sarkar must stop
boasting about India be-
ing a pharmacy to the
world take strictest
action,” Congress gen-
eral secretary Jairam
Ramesh said on Twitter.
08
2NDFRONT
Look back on the days gone
by with a desire to learn,
but never with regret.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Noidafirmstopsmaking
coughsyrup ‘fornow’
COUGH SYRUP DEATHS IN UZBEKISTAN
n Marion Biotech
does not sell Dok-
1 Max syrup in
India, a UP govt
official said
n Samples have
been collected
action would be
taken based on
the inspection,
says Mandaviya
The office of Emenox Group’s Marion Biotech pharmaceutical firm in Noida on Thursday.
New Delhi (PTI): My-
thologist Devdutt Pat-
tanaik, actor Maria
Goretti, a former aide to
godman Ranjeesh, Ma
Anand Sheela, and not-
ed authors Anand
Neelakantan and Gau-
tam Chintamani are
among the well-known
names participating at
the PragatiE Vichar Lit-
eratureFestival(PVLF),
starting January 9, 2023.
“Promoting true lit-
erature by getting some
of the best new and de-
but authors to share
their works and their
ideas is what makes us a
distinct brand. We have
a very exciting lineup
for everyone at both the
virtual event as well as
the physical PVLF day
on 14th Jan,” Pranav
Gupta, festival director
of PVLF told PTI.
The list of speakers
also includes author-
film critic Bhawana So-
maaya, poet Sudeep
Sen, and authors Aloke
Lal, Mahua Chinappa,
and Vani Kaushal.
Besides, story-telling
and author sessions,
the festival, which aims
to promote new au-
thors and enhance
their public visibility,
will also host ‘PVLF
Excellence Awards’ on
a concluding day.
Touted to be purely
data-driven, the
awards, primarily
judged using Nielsen
BookScan Data and vot-
ing, will be given to
publishers, authors,
and books. It features
‘PVLF Author Excel-
lence Award’, ‘PVLF
People’s Choice Pub-
lisher Award’, and
‘PVLF Readers’ Choice
Book Award’.
“The PVLF has re-
ceived 250 book nomi-
nations and has gar-
nered an incredible
amount of votes. We
have achieved the mile-
stone of 180K+ votes,
an amazing growth
from the 44,000 we re-
ceived last year,” in-
formed the organisers.
Devdutt Pattanaik, Ma Anand Sheela at PragatiE Vichar Lit Fest
‘TAKING HUMANITY FORWARD’
lll
The list of
speakers also
includes author-
film critic
Bhawana
Somaaya, poet
Sudeep Sen, and
authors Aloke
Lal, Mahua
Chinappa, and
Vani Kaushal
Ma Anand Sheela
Devdutt Pattanaik
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FROM JAN 9 TO 13
Welfare projects being obstructed
by finance dept: Assembly Panel
Delhi Assembly’s Peti-
tions Committee ac-
cused the city govern-
ment’s Finance de-
partment of creating
roadblocks in imple-
menting pro-people
welfare projects, such
as Yamuna cleaning,
laying of water pipe-
lines, and disbursal of
pension to the elderly
.
Committee mem-
ber Saurabh Bhard-
waj said data entry
operators engaged in
hospitals for years had
been sacked after the
Finance department
impeded the disbursal
of their salaries. Gov-
ernment healthcare
facilities have been
working without them
for six months, he said.
Funds for the Delhi
Jal Board have been
frivolously withheld
for the last six months,
derailing essential pro-
jects such as cleaning
the Yamuna, drinking
water pipelines and
laying sewerage lines.
Within the Social Wel-
fare department, objec-
tions are repeatedly
raised by the Finance
department on pen-
sion of the elderly, due
to which they have to
wait for months for
pension, Bhardwaj, as
quoted in a statement.
“The Finance de-
partment of the Delhi
is creating roadblocks
in the implementation
of pro-people policies
of every department.
Even the policies being
implemented for sev-
eral years now without
any problem, the offi-
cials of the Finance
Department ask que-
ries or Cabinet notes.
“Last week, the Fi-
nance department
stopped the disbursal
of salaries of the doc-
tors of mohalla clinics.
They also stopped free
tests by asking for a
Cabinet note on the is-
sue,whichisabsolutely
bizarre. Today, we saw
the Finance depart-
ment creating a prob-
lem in the payment of
salaries of data entry
operators in the Health
department,” he said.
Most hospitals have
removed these data en-
try operators as the
Finance dept was caus-
ing issues in the dis-
bursal of their sala-
ries, he added.
‘DELAY IN
PENSION’
z “We have also seen
the Finance Department
delay the pension pro-
vided to senior citizens
in Delhi by the Social
Welfare Department
by asking queries that
are unnecessary. This
has led to the pensions
being disbursed after a
delay of 2-3 months,”
Bhardwaj said.
z The AAP leader also
alleged that pensions of
as many as 426,058 sen-
ior citizens are repeatedly
withheld in Delhi with
the Centre not paying its
share of Rs 200.
‘Projects like
Yamuna
cleaning, water
pipelines and
disbursal of
pension
derailed’
BJP’spolljuggernaut,Yogi’sbulldozer
onroll;Akhilesh,Shivpalbondagain
Sangita Bakaya
Sanjay Sinha
Lucknow: Beginning
the year with a big win
in the assembly polls,
the BJP also breached
the Samajwadi Party
citadels in Azamgarh
and Rampur building
momentum for 2024
General Election.
The party conquered
Samajwadi Party lead-
er Azam Khan’s bastion
in Rampur, winning the
bye-elections for the
Lok Sabha seat and the
Rampur Sadar assem-
bly constituency, which
had elected Khan 10
times in a row.
But its winning
streak broke with by-
poll defeats in Mainpuri
Lok Sabha constituency
-- which had fallen va-
cant after the death of
SP founder Mulayam
Singh Yadav and the
Khatauli assembly seg-
ment it had won in the
2017 and the 2022 state
elections. The year saw
controversies over the
use of bulldozers to de-
molish properties of al-
leged gangsters, and a
revival of sorts of tem-
ple-mosque disputes in
Varanasi and Mathura.
Dashing the hopes of
a resurgent SP led by
Akhilesh Yadav, the
BJP registered a com-
fortable victory in the
February-March as-
sembly election, paving
the way for the return
of Yogi Adityanath as
chief minister for a
second consecutive
term a rare, first-in-
decades feat in Uttar
Pradesh politics.
The state polls on
which the nation’s at-
tention was hooked saw
an improved perfor-
mance by the SP which
got 111 seats out of 403,
against 47 five years ago.
But the Congress (two
seats) and the Bahujan
Samaj Party (one seat)
were decimated. —PTI
UTTAR PRADESH 2022
Adityanath’s second term saw bulldozers demolishing properties of alleged criminals and people
involved in riots, earning the CM the sobriquet of ‘Baba Bulldozer’. —FILE PHOTO
THE ‘CHACHA-BHATIJA’ DRAMA CONTINUES
Noida (PTI): A team of
central agencies and the
Uttar Pradesh drug depart-
ment on Thursday carried
out an inspection at the
Noida office of Marion
Biotech. The inspection
started at the office in
Sector 67 around 12 pm
and continued for over 10
hours during which six
more samples of the syrup
were taken, officials said.
The inspection team had
four members: two drug
inspectors from Centre,
one drug inspector from
Noida, and one assistant
drug commissioner of
Meerut Division, said
Gautam Buddh Nagar
Drug Inspector Vaibhav
Babbar. Hasan Harris,
the legal representative
of Marion Biotech, said,
“There is no problem
from our end and no
issue in testing. We
have been there for the
past ten years. Once the
government report will
come, we will look into it.
For now the manufactur-
ing has stopped.” Babbar
said on December 27, an
inspection was carried
out by a team of the
Centre in which samples
of five medicines were
taken for testing. “A fur-
ther round of investiga-
tion is pending for which
we have come today,” he
said.
TEAM OF CENTRE, UP INSPECTS
PHARMA FIRM’S NOIDA OFFICE
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI

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NEW DELHI, FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 30, 2022
he momentous grand
Finale of Jewelers
SKJ Jewellers Miss
Mrs India Glam, Sea-
son 4 presented by
Ravisurya Group
AnantaResortJaipur
and media partnered by First
India News and Bharat24-Vi-
sionof NewIndiaconcludedat
the magnific Banquet Hall of
Ananta Resort Jaipur on
Wednesday
. The models show-
cased gold and real diamond
jewellery by SKJ Jewelers
along with designer outfits by
MandakiniSarees,RamajKur-
tis, Boudhi Tree on the ramp.
In presence of founder Di-
rector of Miss Mrs India
Glam Pawan Tank, CEO of
Kirti Tank, Chairman Ravin-
dra Pratap Singh, Former
Femina Miss India World and
Bollywood Actress Sayali Bha-
gat, Brand Ambassador of Ra-
jasthan Khadi Board Fash-
ion Designer Himmat Singh,
Big Boss fame Manu Punjabi,
SKJ Jewelers Director Uday
Joshi, Mandakini Sarees Di-
rector Prashant Pauddar and
Sohit Taylor. Neha Shekhawat
was declared the winner of
Miss India Glam Season 4
whereas Suman Byadwal won
thetitleof MrsIndiaGlamSea-
son 4.
Apartfromthese,Abhishek-
ta Tanwar was declared the
first runner-up of Miss India
Glam, Deepika Singh second
runner up and Ankita Rathod
was the third runner-up. Sonu
Shekhawat was declared as
first runner-up, Gaganpreet
Kaur as second runner and
Shweta Jain as third runner-
up in the Mrs India Glam cat-
egory
. Along with this, Kavita
Chaudhary was given the title
of Miss India Glam Rajasthan
2023andAnjuYadavwasgiven
the title of Mrs India Glam Ra-
jasthan 2023 and Reena Singh
was given the title of Miss In-
dia Glam International 2023.
Many others titles were also
giventovariousfinalistsbased
on their qualities. India Glam
StarAwards2023werepresent-
ed by Mrs India Glam Star
Pooja Ranaut on this occasion.
PawanTank,FounderDirec-
tor, India Glam organisation
informed that the
models were groomed
and the show was cho-
reographedbycelebritychore-
ographerHaiderAliandteam,
while RJ Devangana, who
came from Mumbai, added to
the atmosphere with her per-
formance. The main part-
ners of the program
are Ravisurya Group,
Ananta Spa Resort
Delhi Road Jaipur,
SKJ Jewellers, Sony
Fashion Studio, Manda-
kini Sarees, Winning
Vega Wellness Coach, A
Infinity Take Over etc.
The noteworthy grand Finale of SKJ Jewellers Miss Mrs India Glam,
Season 4 presented by Ravisurya Group Ananta Resort Jaipur
concluded with a grand crowning ceremony on Wednesday. City First
brings to you some mesmerizing glimpses of the mega show!
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
(L-R) Deepika Singh (Miss India Glam 2023 2nd runner up),
Kavita Choudhary (Miss India Glam Rajasthan 2023),
Neha Shekhawat (Miss India Glam 2023 winner), Pawan Tank, Sayali Bhagat,
Kirti Tank, Harshita Babele (Miss India Glam International 2023),
Abhishekta Tanwar (Miss India Glam 2023 1st runner up) and
Ankita Rathore (Miss India Glam 2023 3rd runner up)
Clockwise:Vaishnavi Soni, Miss India Glam Talented 2023, Deepika Singh (Miss India Glam 2023 2nd runner up)
Suman Byadwal (Mrs India Glam 2023 winner) and Neha Shekhawat (Miss India Glam 2023 Winner)
Pawan Tank crowning Neha Shekhawat (Miss India Glam 2023).
Also seen are Ravindra Pratap Singh, Dr Manpreet Taneja,
Shweta Singh and Sayali Bhagat
Reena Singh (Mrs India Glam International 2023), Sweta Jain (Mrs India Glam
2023 3rd runner up), Gaganpreet Kaur (Mrs India Glam 2023 2nd runner up),
Suman Byadwal (Mrs India Glam 2023 winner),Anju Yadav (Mrs India Glam
Rajasthan 2023) and Sonu Shekhawat (Mrs India Glam 2023 1st runner up)

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KIM TAEHYUNG
KING
HEART!
OF
BTS’ V AND THE MOST HANDSOME MAN, KIM
TAEHYUNG, TURNED 27 YEARS TODAY!
WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THE
OCCASION THAN CHARTING HIS
EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM A
LITTLE BOY TRAINEE IN A SMALL COMPANY
TO A MULTIMILLIONAIRE SINGER/ACTOR/
FASHION ICON!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
is addiction
has filled
every army
with stigma-
tisation and
fantasy
.
T h e
world’s most hand-
some man Kim Tae-
hyung one of the
most popular music
icons worldwide and
has come a long way
and it wasn’t the
least bit easy. While
his success with BTS
is something that
will go down in the
history of music as
the phenomenon
that changed the
world, his personal
growth as an artist,
a producer and a
composer is worth
all the love and ap-
preciation in the
world.
This is a man who
makes you fall for
him daily. He was
born into the world
with the beauty of a
supermodel and the
heart of an artist.
His talent is mon-
strous so absolute-
ly enormous that
it’s hard to de-
scribe and bet-
ter to just expe-
rience it for
yourself. Lis-
tening to a Kim
Taehyung bal-
lad means feel-
ing understood
deep down in
your marrow. It
is an embrace at
your most lonesome.
He is like a blooming
purple flower push-
ing out of the deep-
est snowdrift of win-
ter. He has a heart
full of love for every-
one, and his lovely
,
pure and tender per-
sonality has made us
his fan. This sweet
sentimental idol is
always affectionate-
ly reminding us
through Weverse
posts, tweets, and in-
terviews that ARMY
is his best friend. His
fans have gone above
and beyond to en-
sure that his birth-
day is a big celebra-
tion all over the
world from opening
cafes to adorning
buses to giving dona-
tions, his fans have
done everything nice
to bring a smile to
the face of their be-
loved artist. Not only
this, his fans have
highlighted the ac-
count to Big Hit Mu-
sic. His exceptional
musical journey
from a doe-eyed
trainee in a small
company to a multi-
millionaire singer/
actor/ fashion icon
who reigns supreme
as the second-ever
individual and first-
ever Korean artist to
get a birthday ad on
Burj Khalifa has
said it all. Kim Tae-
hyung, aka V of BTS,
graced the cover of
the October issue
of Vogue Korea and
was given the title
“icon of an era” for
his massive global
influence and suc-
cess. He also made
history by becoming
the first person to
get six covers for the
publication.
The South Korean
singer turned 27 to-
day
. Fans have made
special preparations
for their favourite
idol, Kim Tae-
hyung, on his
special day
. The
Indian fan-
dom of V
,
known as the
“Taehyung
India Fan-
base,” sent an
advertisement
video to Mum-
bai’s Infinity Mall,
where it will be
shown on the coun-
try’s biggest LED
screen from Decem-
ber 29 to December
31, and to “Vardaan
Market” in Kolkata,
where it will be
shown from Decem-
ber 28 to 31.
I don’t know how to start
Because of this thousand words are not
enough to describe his art
The first time when he
was introduced,
Killed us with his unique personality
and made us confused!
It was difficult to survive his boxy smile,
His deep baritone voice also made our bad
times fragile!
Then comes his artistic sense
and Tata mic face
Which got tangled in the hearts,
just like a beautiful lace,
Now we know that it is difficult to
live without him
As he has filled our hearts with
love, up to the brim!
He is the dream we have and
the love we share
Oh yes, he is our Winter Bear
With an old soul, young eyes, a vintage heart,
and a beautiful mind,
Who is the ruler of benevolence,
his clone is difficult to find.
The world before his eyes is finite,
the universe inside his pure soul is infinite,
Of all the hearts we loved, he is the one who
makes our hearts smile!
H
This art depicts the artistic personality of Kim Taehyung aka VanTae
This art depicts harsh reality
of growing up inspired from his song ‘Inner Child’
BW art on shell inpired
from ‘Blue Grey’

Celebrate endings for they precede
new beginnings. City First brings to
you some amazing ways in which you
can make your New Year magnificent.
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round the
world, people
celebrate New
Year’s Eve as a
joyful event.
The new year
has begun, ac-
cording to the Gregorian
calendar (which con-
tains 12 months and Jan-
uary 1 is counted as the
first day of a new year).
Around the world, peo-
ple start making plans
and preparations for
their new year’s resolu-
tions a month in ad-
vance.
Regardless of caste or
culture, it, like any other
celebration, brightens
the lives of numerous
individuals all over the
world. People of all ages
enjoy celebrating and
learning about New
Year’s Eve. From Christ-
mas Eve through New
Year’s, almost all educa-
tional institutions de-
clare a winter vacation
(January 1). As the first
day of the
year, Fresh Year signi-
fies a new beginning
while leaving the previ-
ous year behind, and as
such, tends to bring hap-
piness into people’s life.
HOSTING A GAME NIGHT
Even if you’re staying in
this time, you don’t nec-
essarily have to be alone
yourself. Bring your
group of friends or fam-
ily members together
and hold a card game
competition all night
long. Carom, Uno, or
even infinite games of
poker are possible op-
tions (which we did with
our friends 2-3 years ago,
using matchsticks for
poker chips). To avoid
becoming too immersed
and losing track of time,
you might switch be-
tween games every hour.
FIRE UP BARBEQUE
Putting a portable bar-
beque in your courtyard
or on your patio is every-
one’s favourite.
Barbies may be
easily found online in a
range of price points
and sizes. So, obtain one
and put it up outside
with high-quality coal.
You may use a variety of
meats, including lamb,
pig, lamb legs or breasts,
and chicken. Paneer,
capsicum, onions, toma-
toes, and potatoes pro-
vide excellent grilling
options for vegetarians.
PARTYING IN YOUR
FINEST DRESS
You might host a danc-
ing session in your home
similar to karaoke. You
might disguise the LEDs
to seem like disco lights
by covering them with
sturdy, multicoloured
cellophane. Then, order
a few drinks, turn up the
music, put on your finest
attire, and begin the par-
ty! Additionally, be sure
to get a recording done
since you’ll want to re-
member the wild night
you and your friends
had. It helps you remain
awake so you won’t miss
the countdown, at which
point you’ll leap and ex-
claim “Happy New Year”
at the top of your lungs.
WATCH YOUR
FAVOURITE SHOWS
Nothing compares to
binge-watching
your favourite
films or televi-
sion programmes with
your loved ones while
cozying up under a nice
blanket. All you need is
some beverages, pop-
corn, and preferably a
big TV with decent
sound. Dim lighting
is also recommend-
ed. You might delib-
erately choose Christ-
mas and New Year’s
movies or TV series,
for instance, watch all
the Home Alone se-
quels or similarly
theme episodes of eve-
ryone’s favourite
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
MAKING NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS
Without making any
New Year’s resolutions,
how do you ring in the
new year? Make intrigu-
ing and meaningful ones
while seated with your
loved ones. To remember
them in the future, you
may get a billboard to
write them down or cap-
ture them on a camera.
This will enable you to
reflect on your progress
in keeping your pledges
to yourself the following
year.
There are many ways
to make your New Year’s
Eve festivities at home
in 2022 valuable and spe-
cial; these were the ones
we thought were
the most out-
standing. Please share
this article if you know
of any other activities
you may perform at
home on New Year’s Eve
in the comments section.
ADITI KUSHWAHA
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
E
TO Motors, In-
dia’s leading
EMaaS (Electric
Mobility as a Ser-
vice). The company
with its unique 360-de-
gree Electric Mobility
business model is
launching last Mile
services with Women
Driver Partners from
Azadpur Metro Station
to enhance the first and
last-mile experience of
metro commuters in
Delhi. ETO’s EV
charging solution –
Thunderbox, will be
installed across Del-
hi at various Metro Sta-
tions, Societies, Pub-
lic/Semi-Public Malls
etc. This will help all
the women have easy
access to the charging
points for e2W and e3W
addressing driver’s
range anxiety. This
concept is a testa-
ment to ETO’s
support for women
empowerment, gender
parity and vibrant
communities. To mobi-
lize and train women,
and driver partners,
ETO Motors has part-
nered with the Trans-
port Department of
Delhi, GMR Varalak-
shmi Foundation,
School of Driving
Training Institute, Bu-
rari (DTI), Institute of
Driving and Traffic Re-
search (IDTR), Sarai
Kale Khan and MOWO
social initiatives. In re-
cent years, DMRC has
introduced many eco-
friendly initiatives to
ensure a robust last-
mile connectivity sys-
tem, which enables the
commuters to prefer
non-polluting public
transport modes over
personal vehicles.” As
part of this initiative,
ETO Motors will be de-
ploying its Trilux 1.0 L5
category passenger e-
auto that runs on a 7.37
kWh capacity lithium-
Ion battery which
charges within 3-4
hours and runs at a
maximum speed of 45
kmph. It can achieve a
range of approximate-
ly 100 KM on a single
charge.
LOVE FOR MAKE UP!
Khushboo Daga, an inspiring
make up artist shares her
journey with City First
ell us some-
thing about
yourself.
Hi, my name
is Khushboo
Daga. I’m
2 3 - ye a r- o l d
business student
turned into a full-time
makeup artist. All my
life, I’ve been super
passionate about
makeup, beauty, skin-
care and saw myself in
this industry making
it a safe space with my
creativity
.
After graduating in
business management
studies from NM col-
lege in Mumbai, I was
pretty deflected when
it came to choosing a
career path for myself
and saw myself very
well fitting into this in-
dustry
.
Where do you see your-
self after the next 20
years?
In regards to my work,
that is a very tough
question since my
work is so seasonal.
But I do want to open a
studio in my city and
put my heart and soul
into growing and ex-
panding it. Nothing
gives me more solitude
than makeup and I
wish to create a space
for others too without
any social conformi-
ties. Otherwise, I do
see myself, well set-
tled, happy and
healthy
.
How did your
journey be-
gin?
My journey has
been going on for as
long as I can remem-
ber.
I always knew that I
would do something in
the beauty industry
but just didn’t know
how to start. I would
also do my cousins’
and friends’ makeup; I
would make my moth-
er sit in a chair and
just doll her up. But
my true efforts into
making a career for
myself started in the
year 2022 when I en-
rolled myself into pro-
fessional makeup
classes and since then
there has been no look-
ing back.
What were some of the
battles you fought and
are still fighting in
your journey?
With success
comes strug-
gles. My big-
gest struggle
and battle would
be getting work as
a freelancer. Since I
still do not have a stu-
dio set up, I basically
work from home. My
work being seasonal, I
usually find myself
with a lot of unproduc-
tive time and that is
something that I do not
enjoy
.Alsointhebegin-
ning, I was a little scep-
tical about getting into
this industry keeping
the slow growth in
mind. I wanted some-
thing which would give
me a quick result and
outcome.
Talk to us about
your achieve-
ments?
I’ve only been
working in this
industry for a
short while but
I think my big-
gest achieve-
ment would be
seeing my cli-
ents happy af-
ter they get
all dolled up.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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SHADES OF ART!
Bhavna Kakar, Founder and Director of Latitude 28 hosted the
preview of the exhibition Fabular Futures at Triveni Kala Sangam.
The preview was well attended by artists and art lovers of Delhi.
The guests were seen interacting with artist Anupama Alias and
Sanket Viramgami on their works. The evening was attended
by Kiran Nadar, Sanjoy Roy, Ruchika Chanana, Amit Kumar Jain,
Kanchan Chander, Pratul Dash, Payal Kapoor, Nupur Kundu,
Anubhav Nath, Rameshwar Broota and Vasundhara Tewari
Broota, Amitava Das, Mona Rai to name a few.
MY MOTHER, MY INSPIRATION ETO MOTORS EMPOWERING
WOMEN DRIVERS
ABHISHEK SOMANI AKA RAPNOTIZE, FROM KEKRI
RAJASTHAN, SHARES HIS JOURNEY WITH CITY FIRST
AISHA GUPTA
T
ell us something
about yourself.
I am pursuing
Bsc Nursing in
Jaipur.Alittleintrovert-
ed kinda guy who usu-
ally takes time to vibe
with people, my raps do
that better. Apart
from rapping, I do
write poetries as
well. I don’t have a
great financial back-
ground so I work in the
customer care sector to
help out my family
.
How did your journey
begin?
The very first time I per-
formed at my col-
lege’s fresher
party. A lot
of people
appreciat-
ed and moti-
vated me to write
my tracks. Then in
2019, I got a chance to
perform at JECRC Uni-
versity in Jaipur. I gave
myself a stage name
Rapnotize and created a
youtube channel with
the same name to share
my Raps with people all
around the world.
Talk to us about your
achievements.
So far, I have not
achieved anything great
but would like to ad-
dress my small
victories. I won
a few rap battles
in Rajasthan, did
some shows from
which I learned alot
about feild work and
also got a chance to
work with some great
and experienced people
and got featured on MTV
Hustle.
Amit Kumar Jain
Rishnitt Singh Heera,
Shahzada Khurram
Premjish Achari
Kanchan Chander with
Sanket Viramgami-
L-R, Anupama Alias,
Kiran Nadar and Bhavna Kakar Ashwini Bahadur
Amit Kumar Jain
Amit Kumar Jain
CELEBRATIONS! Jagdeesh Chandra hosted a grand dinner for the First India Newspaper family to celebrate the end of the year at Culture, Jaipur on Wednesday. Anita Hada, Kavita Chauhan, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Mahesh Sharma, Rashpal Singh, Sharat
Verma, Moni Sharma, Shaan, Shishir Awasthi, Gajraj Singh Bhati, Dilip Solanki, Jawed Khan, Ashish Aman among other members were present on the occasion. GM Girish Yadav welcomed everyone and wished the entire team a Happy New Year in advance.
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Moni Sharma.Also seen are Kavita Chauhan,Anita Hada,Vishaal Mathur, Mahesh Sharma,
Rashpal Singh, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Shishir Awasthi, Dinesh Mathur,Vinod Sharma, Sharat Verma, Santosh Sharma and others Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by GM Girish Yadav
Jagdeesh Chandra with photojournalists
Mukesh Kiradoo and Sunil Sharma
CELEBRATIONS! —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Abhishek Somani
Divyun Nanda

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