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First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will visit the trib-
al-dominated Dahod
area on April 21, state
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) President CR Pa-
til said on Wednesday
.
Though there has
been no official an-
nouncement of the
prime minister’s visit,
party sources said he
was likely to speak at a
rally in the region. The
ruling party’s central
zone team has begun
preparations for the
grand welcome of the
PM in Dahod. He will be
addressing tribal com-
munities in Dahod and
women active in ani-
mal husbandry sector
in Palanpur.
Addressing BJP
leaders in Gandhina-
gar on Wednesday,
Patil called upon work-
ers in Central Gujarat
to target at least three
lakh tribal attendees
for PM Modi’s event.
The party is planning to
bring in tribals from
D a h o d , Mahis-
agar, Panchmahal,
Chhota Udepur, Nar-
mada and Bharuch
districts for his
visit.
CAMPAIGNING
PM TO VISIT GUJARAT NEXT
MONTH, BJP BEGINS PREPARATIONS
He
will address
tribals in Dahod
rally and women in
dairy sector in
Palanpur on April
21
rime Minister Narendra
Modi has never hesitated
in experimentin
g with for-
eign policy
. He has always
tried to bring the Heads of
nations, sportspersons
, in-
dustrialists and youth to-
gether while addressing
the needs of each and eve-
ry section of people.
“When we were scheduled
to visit Australia, I had a
talk with him. There were
other people also. Modi
said that both the nations
had diplomatic talks but
tell me what do the people
of Australia like? We told
him that Australians are
crazy about cricket. Then
Modi said that a function
should be organised at the
world’s largest cricket sta-
dium Melbourne where
cricketers like Kapil Dev
and Sunil Gavaskar
should meet the public.
This shows that Modi has
a pulse on the liking of
public whether it’s our
own country or abroad,”
said G Parthasarthy,
a dip-
lomat and author.
Modi didn’t restrict di-
plomacy to mere few for-
mal and informal dia-
logues between 2 coun-
tries. He increased the
number of meetings and
expanded the scope of dia-
logues during his visits.
“Earlier there used to be a
maximum of 5-6 meetings.
Now 10-12-15 meetings in a
day are scheduled. It’s like
playing test match at the
pace of 20-20. It was not a
one-day affair, it was una-
bated. I am surprised we
would travel 5 countries in
6 days spending nights in
flights, because even Modi
used to do it,” union exter-
nal affairs minister S Jais-
hankar had said.
With great acumen of
foreign affairs, Modi was
fast emerging as a strong
global leader. But people
were surprised as to how a
person who had not been
even a union minister be-
fore becoming Prime Min-
ister could deftly handle
the international
affairs.
“He once told me that he
had been to US. He had
travelled in buses and
went around places. He
has real life experience.
Now if we add his real
life experience with in-
novative thinking, we
can easily understand
his foreign policy,” Jais-
hankar had said.
The aim of Modi’s
whirlwind foreign trips
was not only to elevate
the position of the na-
tion on diplomatic plat-
forms but also to instil
confidence among the
Indian diaspora. Modi
used the rich Indian tradi-
tions and culture to win
the respect for Indian dias-
pora on foreign soil. This
was part of his diplomacy
to use national symbols
and Hindi as language for
communicati
on at global
platform. This practice
won back the glory for In-
dia. Modi as a Prime Min-
ister started speaking in
Hindi at the global plat-
form of the United Nation.
He proposed before the
world to celebrate June 21
as the Yoga Divas.
“Yoga is our ancient tra-
dition and priceless treas-
ure. Let’s work towards
celebrating International
Yoga Day to promote this
invaluable custom,” Modi
had said. The entire world
endorsed his idea of Yoga
in record time and June 21
was accepted as the Inter-
national Yoga Day
.
“World wants to know
about India. The world un-
derstands that we have a
personality…
we have a
culture … a tradition…a
civilisation…
if the Prime
Minister of India doesn’t
express the richness of the
country at this grand plat-
form, then it has no mean-
ing,” Jaishankar had said.
Prime Minister Modi
knows the art of convert-
ing crisis into opportunity
.
He got this opportunity
during the Covid pandem-
ic, which devastated the
entire globe. Modi put
across the mantra of Vas-
udhaiva Kutumbakam
strongly before the global
community…
whether it
was supplying medicines
to various countries or vac-
cines or ventilators… Modi
opened the doors for all the
countries in need. Under
the Vaccine Maitri Mis-
sion, India supplied vac-
cines to several countries.
“The number of vac-
cines we use everyday is
much more than total vac-
cines put together in sev-
eral countries… in such
situation, the position of
India has changed. People
get surprised by knowing
that we have helped 80-90
countries in the world…
either we sent Medicines,
PPE kits, relief materials
or vaccines,” Baijayant
Jay Panda, Vice President
of BJP had said.
When the entire world
was passing through the
devastating pandemic era,
China was busy propagat-
ing its expansionist
agen-
da. Right from infiltrating
areas of neighbouring
countries to showing ag-
gressive tantrums to coun-
tries like Australia, Japan
and India, China was
proving dangerous to the
entire global community.
Amid the challenges put
up by Covid pandemic, In-
dia entered a quadrilater-
al diplomatic agreement
with America, Australia
and Japan. This four-na-
tion strategic security dia-
logue is known as QUAD.
China is upset with this
development but this four-
nation treaty is not a front
against China. This is a
partnership
to bring all
the four nations together
on the highway of devel-
opment.
Modi has continuously
been making the nation
stronger from within, now
has attained a global stat-
ure. “Neither I am going to
stop nor I will get tired.
And I will never bow down
before the falsehoods,”
Modi declared.
P
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
“MAIN DESH NAHI JHUKNE DUNGA”
MODI KEEPS HIS PROMISE, STEERS
‘BHARAT’ TO GREATER HEIGHTS
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE … PART 11
NARENDRA MODI AS PRADHAN SEVAK… PM OF INDIA
NEITHER I AM GOING TO
STOP NOR I WILL GET
TIRED. AND I WILL NEVER
BOW DOWN BEFORE
THE FALSEHOODS
—PM MODI
When we were scheduled to
visit Australia, I had a talk
with him. There were other
people also. Modi said that
both the nations had
diplomatic talks but tell me
what do the people of
Australia like? We told him
that Australians are crazy
about cricket. Then Modi said
that a function should be
organised at the world’s
largest cricket stadium
Melbourne where cricketers
like Kapil Dev and Sunil
Gavaskar should meet the
public. This shows that Modi
has a pulse on the liking of
public whether it’s our own
country or abroad.
G Parthasarthy,
A Diplomat and Author
With great acumen of foreign
affairs, Modi was fast
emerging as a strong global
leader. But people were
surprised as to how a person
who had not been even a union
minister before becoming PM
could deftly handle the
international affairs. He once
told me that he had been to US.
He had travelled in buses and
went around places. He has
real-life experience. Now if we
add his real-life experience
with innovative thinking, we
can easily understand his
foreign policy.
S Jaishankar,
Union External Affairs Minister
The number of vaccines we use
everyday is much more than
total vaccines put together in
several countries… in such
India has changed. People get
surprised by knowing that we
have helped 80-90 countries
in the world… either we sent
Medicines, PPE kits, relief
materials or vaccines.
Baijayant Jay Panda,
The then Vice President of BJP
YOU READ PART-10
IN FIRST INDIA ON
MARCH 28, 2022
LET’S WORK TOWARDS INT’L YOGA DAY TO
PROMOTE THIS INVALUABLE CUSTOM: MODI
odi as a Prime Minister started speaking in Hindi at
the global platform of the United Nation. He proposed
before the world to celebrate June 21 as the Yoga
Divas. “Yoga is our ancient tradition and priceless treasure.
Let’s work towards celebrating International Yoga Day to
promote this invaluable custom,” Modi had said. The entire
world endorsed his idea of Yoga in record time and June 21
was accepted as the International Yoga Day.
NARENDRA MODI MANTRA: “VASUDHAIVA
KUTUMBAKAM”, WHICH MEANS THAT
“THE WORLD IS ONE FAMILY”
odi put across the mantra of Vasudhaiv Kutum-
bakam strongly before the global community…
whether it was supplying medicines to various
countries or vaccines or ventilators…
Modi opened the doors for all the
countries in need. Under the
Vaccine Maitri Mis-
sion, India supplied
vaccines to several
countries.
M
INDIA IN THE QUADRILATERAL DIPLOMATIC
AGREEMENT WITH USA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
mid the challenges put up by Covid pan-
demic, India entered a quadrilateral diplo-
matic agreement with America, Australia and
Japan. This four-nation strategic security dialogue is
known as QUAD. China is upset with this develop-
ment but this four-nation treaty is not a front against
China. This is a partnership to bring all the four
nations together on the highway of development.
A
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
M
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the
Kashmiri Hindu community via video confer-
ence during Navreh celebrations on April 3.
The ‘Tyaag and Shaurya Divas’ will be celebrat-
ed to urge ‘Kashmiri Samaj’ to return home.
The Delhi High Court raised concerns about
data sharing by social media platforms as it
heard the appeal of WhatsApp and its parent
company Meta against probe ordered by the
CCI into WhatsApp`s latest privacy policy.
RSS CHIEF MOHAN
BHAGWAT TO
ADDRESS KASHMIRI
HINDUS ON APRIL 3
WHATSAPP PRIVACY
POLICY: DELHI HC
CONCERNED ABOUT
DATA SHARING
KARNATAKA HIJAB BAN: 40
MUSLIM GIRLS SKIP EXAMS
RAJYA SABHA TO BID FAREWELL
TO 72 RETIRING MEMBERS
Hurt by HC hijab order, 40 Muslim girl
students from Udupi abstained from ap-
pearing for first pre-university exam. P3
Rajya Sabha on Thursday will bid farewell
to 72 members retiring from House till
August, said Chairman Venkaiah Naidu.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): In a day of high
drama, members of the
Bharatiya Janata Yuva
Morcha managed to
reach the entrance to
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal’s Civil Lines
residence and banged
on the main door, in
what the Aam Aadmi
Party said was an at-
tempt on his life.
BJYM national presi-
dent and Lok Sabha MP
Tejaswi Surya led the
protesters, many of
whom were captured
on CCTV breaking the
boom barrier and kick-
ing and banging the
main gate before paint-
ing it red.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN
MIN IN INDIA TODAY
The Russian Foreign Min-
ister, Sergey Lavrov, will be
visiting Delhi on a two-day
trip on Thursday. EAM S
Jaishankar will be meeting
with the Russian Foreign
Minister Lavrov on April 1.
SARISKA RESERVE
FIRE: PM SPEAKS
WITH GEHLOT,
ASSURES HELP
PREZ, PM,
GOVERNOR, CM
GREET PEOPLE ON
RAJASTHAN DAY
DOCTOR SUICIDE: CM
ASSURES THOROUGH
PROBE, CONDEMNS
INCIDENT AS STIRS FLARE
New Delhi (PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Wednesday spoke
with Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot over the fire in the
Sariska Tiger Reserve and
expressed concern over
the situation while assur-
ing all help, government
sources said. Fire fighting
operations in Sariska
Tiger Reserve resumed
Wednesday morning
with two Indian Air Force
helicopters, disaster
relief personnel and local
people pitching in to beat
back the flames. A forest
official said the situation,
developing since Sunday,
was now “almost under
control”.
Jaipur (PTI): President
Ram Nath Kovind, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
Governor Kalraj Mishra,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, Union home min-
ister Amit Shah, former
CM Vasundhara Raje on
Wednesday greeted the
people of Rajasthan on
their state Day. Rajasthan
came into existence on
this day in 1949. “Best
wishes on Rajasthan
Diwas to all the residents
of Rajasthan, the historical
land of bravery, self-
respect and sacrifice. “I
wish that the state moves
forward on the path of
progress,” Modi said in a
tweet in Hindi.
Jaipur: As the protests flared
in Jaipur and New Delhi over
suicide of a gynaecologist Dr
Archana Sharma at a private
hospital in Dausa after she
was booked in a murder case
over death of a patient, CM
Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday
condemned the incident
and assured a thorough
investigation and appropriate
action. He expressed solidar-
ity with the medical fraternity
and hailed them for service
during Covid pandemic.
Government doctors also
backed the protest, taking
part in a protest march by
private hospital doctors from
SMS government hospital
to Statue Circle in Jaipur.
Similar rally was also held in
Dausa.
‘BJPTRYINGTO
KILLKEJRIWAL’
...Alleges AAP after violence at his home
TEJASWI SURYA LED THE PROTESTERS DAMAGING CCTVs
DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said a CCTV camera was also damaged. The CM
was not at home at the time. The BJYM had organised a protest march from IP
College to the CM’s residence on Wednesday against his remarks on making The
Kashmir Files tax free in Delhi. In the assembly, the CM had said that while BJP
workers were promoting the movie and the filmmakers had made crores off it,
the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits had been exploited. While the BJP has been
protesting against Kejriwal for the past week, this is the first time that Surya
joined the protest against the Delhi Chief Minister.
Want to win, but not by
violence against rivals...
New Delhi: The BJP
wants to fight and win
polls everywhere on ba-
sis of its ideology
, pro-
grammes, leadership’s
popularity and perfor-
mance of the govern-
ment,andnotbyunleash-
ing violence against ri-
vals, Home Minister
Amit Shah said on
Wednesday
.
Replying to the debate
overtheDelhiMunicipal
Corporation (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2022, in Lok
Sabha, Mr Shah said the
BJP wants to form gov-
ernmenteverywhereand
that is why it fights polls.
“Why did you go to
Goa,whyareyougoingto
Tripura. You have the
right to go, I don’t say
don’t go, every party
must go with their ideol-
ogy
,programmes,perfor-
mance to all places, this
is the beauty of democ-
racy
,” Shah said in an ap-
parent response to re-
marks made by TMC.
Report: Ukraine
missile hits
military camp
inside Russia
Chirag evicted
from Lutyen’s
bungalow
allotted to late
minister father
PUNE AIRPORT RUNWAY
CLOSES DUE TO IAF
AIRCRAFT TYRE BURST
Ahead of no-confidence
vote, Imran loses majority
Islamabad: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan’s future looked
increasingly in doubt
today after a key coali-
tion partner switched
allegiance ahead of a
parliamentary no-confi-
dence vote that could be
held as early as this
weekend. “Imran Khan
is a player who fights
till the last ball. There
will not be a resigna-
tion. There will be a
match, both friends and
foes will watch it,”
tweeted Pak Minister
Fawad Chaudhry
. Khan
cancelled his address to
nation at last minute.
UP Board class
12 English exam
cancelled in 24
districts after
paper was leaked
Kyiv: The Ukrainian
forces may have struck
a target inside Russia,
multiple publications
reported.
The Russia-Ukraine
war has been going on
for more than a month
and so far, with numeri-
cally superior Russia
penetrating deep inside
the Ukrainian territory
.
Footage has emerged
from Belgorod, in west-
ernRussia,whichshows
an encampment - be-
lieved to be an arms de-
pot - hit by a Ukrainian
missile late on Tuesday
night.
The site of the missile
blast is just 12 miles
from the Russian-
Ukrainian border.
New Delhi: Chirag Pas-
wan, Lok Sabha MP and
son of former Union
minister Ram Vilas Pas-
wan, is being evicted
from the bungalow allot-
ted to his late father,
sources said. The gov-
ernmenthassentateam
to the premises at 12
Janpath Road and Chi-
ragPaswan’sbelongings
are being removed.
The 12 Janpath Road
bungalow, two doors
down from Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi’s
residence, is earmarked
for the use of Union
ministers. Chirag Pas-
wan was asked to vacate
the premises last year –
almost a year after the
death of after the death
of Ram Vilas Paswan.
Pune: Several flights
weredelayedatthePune
airport due to an unex-
pected runway closure
caused by a tyre burst of
a Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft
on Wednesday after-
noon. As per sources at
the airport, the tyre
burst of the aircraft
happened around 11 am
and the runway re-
mained shut.
Lucknow: The class 12
English language
exam of the Uttar
Pradesh secondary ed-
ucation board was can-
celled in 24 districts of
the state after the ques-
tion paper was leaked
in Ballia district of
eastern UP before the
start of the test on
Wednesday.
Chief minister Yogi
Adityanath directed
officials that the strin-
gent National Security
Act (NSA) be slapped
against those involved
in the leak and ordered
the Special Task Force
of the Uttar Pradesh
Police to probe the
matter, an official said.
LAKHIMPUR KHERI CASE
SC pulls up UP govt for not
cancelling Ashish Misra’s bail
PM Modi: Question marks over
international stability; time to
step up BIMSTEC cooperation
ACADEMY PROMISES
TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST SMITH SLAP
DearnessAllowance hiked by 3% to 34%,effective from Jan 1,2022
New Delhi: Stating that
recent developments in
Europe had raised ques-
tions over the stability
of international order,
PM Narendra Modi
called for greater coop-
eration among Bimstec
nations and said it was
time to make the Bay of
Bengal a “bridge of con-
nectivity
, prosperity and
security”.
Inhisopeningremarks
at the fifth summit of the
Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Tech-
nical and Economic Co-
operation, Modi said the
results of the summit
would write a golden
chapter in its history
.
New York: Following
Will Smith-Chris Rock
slap incident at the Os-
cars, the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (AMPAS) has
sent a letter to the Acad-
emy members on
Wednesday and prom-
ised that “appropriate
action” will be taken
over the incident.
New Delhi: The cabi-
net has approved the
proposal to increase
the dearness allowance
for central government
employees and pen-
sioners by 3 per cent to
34 per cent of the basic
pay from 31 per cent
previously, effective
January 1, 2022.
That increase in DA is
per the accepted for-
mula, which is based
on the recommenda-
tions of the 7th central
pay commission.
The Union Cabinet
chaired by the Prime
Minister, Narendra
Modi, has given its ap-
proval to release an ad-
ditional instalment of
dearness allowance
(DA) to central govern-
ment employees and
dearness relief (DR) to
pensioners effective
January 1 this year.
That represents an
increase of 3 per cent
over the existing rate
of 31 per cent of the ba-
sic pay/pension to com-
pensate for the rise in
prices. P6
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday, March 30,
questioned the Uttar
Pradesh administra-
tion for not cancelling
the bail of Ashish Mis-
ra, the prime accused in
the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence case, as per the
recommendation of the
special investigation
team.
Chief Justice of In-
dia NV Ramana asked
the lawyer appearing
for the Uttar Pradesh
government, “It ap-
pears from the report of
the monitoring judge
that he had recom-
mended the cancella-
tion of bail and recom-
mended that an applica-
tion be filed for this.
Whywasthisnotdone?”
Monitoring judge
recommended
cancellation of
bail to Ashish
Mishra, says SC
APEX COURT TO START PHYSICAL
HEARING OF CASES FROM APRIL 4
RAJ GOVT GIVES
NOD TO 3% HIKE
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will resume
full-fledged physical hearing of cases from April 4,
after a gap of more than two years, when it switched
to virtual hearing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief
Justice NV Ramana said the court will resume physical
hearing April 4 onwards. “Monday onwards, we are
opening fully, physically,” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot approved
three percent increase in
dearness allowance of state
employees and dearness re-
lief payable to pensioners on
the lines of Central Govern-
ment employees. Now, 34%
dearness allowance and dear-
ness relief rate will be payable
to staff and pensioners from
January 1, 2022.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) supporter in a scuffle with Paramilitary and police personnel.
BJYM supporters staged
protest against the
statement of Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
over the movie ‘The
Kashmir Files’, outside
CMR on Wednesday.
Amit Shah in
Parliament
On the basis of our
programmes, ideolo-
gy, popularity of
leadership and the
performance of our
government, we want
to fight polls and win
everywhere. But we
don’t want to grab
power by killing
workers of rival par-
ties, carrying out se-
ries of murders, by
raping wives and
daughters of (rival)
party workers. This is
not our culture
—Amit Shah
Army, ISI chief
ask PM to ‘resign’
Ballia DIOS among
17 arrested in case

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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Disaster Management Au-
thority (DDMA) will meet today to review the prevailing
Covid-19 situation in the national capital and also the
status of the vaccination programme. Delhi has lifted
all Covid-19 restrictions from
February 28, in the wake of a
significant decrease in cases.
The Capital is reporting fewer
than 100 Covid cases for the
past several days and the test
positivity rate is 0.5%. From April 1, there will be no
online classes in schools. Lieutenant Governor Anil
Baijal will chair the meeting at 3.30pm, and it is likely
to be attended by CM Arvind Kejriwal.
New Delhi (PTI): The India Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Tuesday declared a “severe heatwave” over
parts of Delhi, after temperatures hovered between 39
and 41 degrees across the city for a second consecu-
tive day. Safdarjung, the base weather station for
Delhi, saw the maximum temperature reach 39.2°C on
Tuesday, seven degrees above
normal for this time of the year
and up from 39.1°C a day ago.
Narela was Delhi’s warmest lo-
cation, with mercury reaching
41.7°C. Among the other locations, the Yamuna Sports
Complex saw a maximum temperature of 41.5°C and
Pitampura recorded 41.4°C on Tuesday, both 9-10
degrees above normal.
DDMA MEET TO TAKE STOCK OF PANDEMIC
ADMISSIONS OPEN
FOR EWS SEATS IN
NURSERY
SUV MOWS DOWN
PEDESTRIAN IN
CENTRAL DELHI
New Delhi (PTI): The
online registration pro-
cess for admission to
the city’s private schools
in entry-level classes —
nursery, kindergarten,
and Class 1 — under
the reserved categories
of EWS, disadvantaged
groups (DG), and
children with disabilities
for the academic ses-
sion 2022-23 began on
Tuesday. The admission
process was to begin
on March 22 but the
schedule was revised by
the DoE, registrations
rescheduled.
New Delhi: In a horrific
incident, a 39-year-old
man was mowed down
by a Thar SUV in central
Delhi on Wednesday
morning.
The deceased has been
identified as Girdhari.
The victim was declared
brought dead in the
RML Hospital. A PCR
call about the incident
at 15 Janpath was
made at around 8 am at
Parliament Street police
station.A case under
sections 279 and 304
A of the IPC is being
registered.
TEMPERATURE ABOVE 39°C, SEVERE
HEATWAVE DECLARED IN POCKETS
Delhi Commission for
the Protection of Child
Rights (DCPCR) and
Dialogue and Develop-
ment Commission of
Delhi have decided to
deploy a dedicated task
force for the rehabilita-
tion and reintegration
of children living on
the streets of the na-
tional capital.
They are launching
the project in collabora-
tion with Salaam Baal-
ak Trust and Youth
Reach with an aim to
“identify and provide
educational, financial
and guardianship sup-
port to street children”,
many of whom are en-
gaged in informal work
and begging on the
streets.
The task force will
consist of caseworkers
and counsellors, who
will be deployed in each
district, and will be
working closely with
the respective Child
Welfare Committees.
The project will be
rolled out in a phased
manner and will begin
with the South and
South-East districts.
“Streets pose a seri-
ous threat of exploita-
tion for children who
beg, sell goods and
spend their days at the
red light junctions and
in busy markets. Chil-
dren deserve to be in
school and have a safe
place to sleep.
With the launch of
this project, the Early
Warning System and
DCPCR’s 24×7 emergen-
cy helpline, the Com-
mission is launching a
comprehensive mecha-
nism for identification,
prevention and relief
for children at risk of
street situations.
With these interven-
tions, we are confident
that we will be able to
provide education,
health and safety to all
the children who are at
risk of exploitation in
Delhi,” said DCPCR
chairperson Anurag
Kundu.
According to Kundu,
the task force will focus
on a “five-pillar model
of rehabilitation” fo-
cusing on educational
and vocational train-
ing; counselling and
medical support; spon-
sorship; guardianship;
and shelter and home.
Dedicated task force to rehabilitate street kids
DELHI GOVT
4 MEN TRAPPED IN SEWER
DIE, BODIES RECOVERED
New Delhi (PTI):
Four men who were
trapped inside a sewer
in northwest Delhi’s
Sanjay Gandhi Trans-
port Nagar area have
died and their bodies
were pulled out early
Wednesday morning
following an overnight
rescue operation, offi-
cials said.
Of the four, three
men were private con-
tractual employees
who were working on
MTNL lines at the
time of the incident on
Tuesday afternoon,
police said. The fourth
is a rickshaw puller
who had tried to save
the three workers but
also got trapped in the
sewer.
The rescue opera-
tion started after the
Samaypur Badli police
station got informa-
tion about the incident
around 6.30 pm on
Tuesday
.
Apart from the po-
lice, fire department
officials and a team of
the National Disaster
Response Force were
also part of the rescue
effort.
According to the
fire department, the
operation ended
around 4 am on
Wednesday with the
four bodies pulled up
from the sewer.
Police said post
mortem will be con-
ducted at Babu Jagji-
van Ram Memorial
Hospital.
The deceased work-
ers have been identi-
fied as Bacchu Singh,
Pintu and Suraj Ku-
mar Sahni. The rick-
shaw puller, Satish
(40), was a resident of
Sardar Colony in Ro-
hini Sector-16. Offi-
cials said, “The rick-
shaw puller, who tied
to save the workers,
was a hero. But he also
got trapped inside the
sewer.” There is an
iron net beneath the
MTNL lines inside the
sewer. It was suspect-
ed that the four got
stuck there, they add-
ed.Toxic gas inside the
sewer made the rescue
operation difficult
even with protective
gears. Earth-moving
machines were used to
widen the mouth of
the sewer, police said.
Satish, the rickshaw
puller, is survived by
his wife Neha (35) and
three daughters -- Ti-
sha (14), Kritika (8)
and Arbi (3).
Rescue operation underway —FILE PHOTO
ACCORDING TO POLICE
There is an iron net beneath the MTNL lines
inside the sewer. It was suspected that the four
got stuck there, they added.Toxic gas inside the
sewer made the rescue operation difficult even
with protective gears. Earth-moving machines
were used to widen the mouth of the sewer.
Rai asks pollution panel to
impose `50L fine on EDMC
New Delhi (PTI): Envi-
ronment Minister Go-
pal Rai on Wednesday
directed the Delhi Pol-
lution Control Commit-
tee to impose a fine of
`50 lakh on the East
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration and take action
against officials re-
sponsible for a massive
fire at the Ghazipur
landfill site two days
ago. It has also been de-
cided to plan a cam-
paign against open
burning of garbage
and fires at land-
fill sites, Rai
said at a press
conference.
“We had
asked the
DPCC to
submit a
fact-finding report.
They have submitted a
detailed report today
which points to care-
lessness on the part of
the municipal corpora-
tion,” Rai said.
There’s smoke ema-
nating from
t h e
fire spot even after 48
hours of the incident.
High temperature and
methane gas produced
from the rotting gar-
bage led to the fire, he
said citing the report.
The report talks about
the sluggish pace of bi-
omining of legacy
waste at the site.
Only 21 trommel ma-
chines are being used
there in place of 25, Rai
said.
The anti-smog gun
deployed at the site is
not functioning. Of
the 24 CCTV cam-
eras installed
there to moni-
tor such fires,
only 17 are
operating, he
said.
GHAZIPUR FIRE
Centre approves
Vikas Kumar as
new DMRC MD
Centre Wednesday ap-
proved the appointment
of Vikas Kumar, a 1988
batch IRTS officer, as
the MD of the DMRC for
five years.
“I am directed to con-
vey the concurrences of
t h i s
M i n i s -
try to
the pro-
posal of
the Gov-
ernment
of NCT
of Delhi
for the appointment of
Vikas Kumar as the
Managing Director of
DMRC for a period of
five years with effect
from April 1,” read the
approval letter by Yo-
gesh Antil, a deputy
secretary with the Un-
ion Ministry of Hous-
ing and Urban Affairs.
Police rescue kidnapped child, 1 booked
New Delhi (ANI): A
team of police officials
from the Mundka po-
lice station has arrest-
ed one accused of kid-
napping a 12-year-old
child, here, and hand-
ed over the child safely
to the family after res-
cuing him, police said.
The police team ar-
rested the accused
identified as Arbind
Upadhyay after chas-
ing him for around
1100 km and rescued
the kidnapped child
from his custody. A
case was registered at
Mundka police station
on March 26, by the
mother of the kid-
napped child com-
plaining that the boy
went missing after
leaving for school in a
village of Tikri Kalan
in the national capital.
The police filed an FIR
under section 363 of
the Indian Penal Code
and initiated the inves-
tigation into the case.
The investigation re-
vealed that Arbind is a
native of Bihar, a class
8th pass out who runs
an orchestra in the
name of ‘Heena’ in his
native village.
Mega PTM to be held onApril 2 in all schools
New Delhi (PTI): All
schools under the Delhi
government will hold a
mega Parents Teachers
Meeting (PTM) from
April 2 to discuss the aca-
demic performance of
students, who will return
to classes after a gap of
almost two years, the Di-
rectorate of Education
(DoE) has said. The PTM
will be held this Satur-
day in all government
schools under the DoE
from 8.30 am to 12.30 am
in morning shift schools
and 2 pm to 6 pm in even-
ing shift schools. The
new academic session in
all government, private,
aided schools and those
under the municipal cor-
porations and NDMC
will begin on April 1 and
most of the students will
be attending classes for
the first time physically
after a gap of almost two
years.
Man gets 10 years
in jail for raping
minor in Gr Noida
Greater Noida: The dis-
trict and sessions court
in Surajpur has sen-
tenced a youth to 10
years in jail for raping a
minorinNovember2019.
GB Nagar additional dis-
trict and sessions judge
(POCSO) Manoj Ku-
mar found 25-year-
old Satyendra guilty of
rape and house-trespass
on Friday and handed
downjailtermsof 10and
five years, respectively
.
The court also im-
posed a cumulative fine
of `15,000 on him.
Boththesentencesare
to run concurrently and
thefinescollectedwillgo
to the minor, the judge
said in his order, a copy
of which was made
available on Tuesday
.
In his complaint to
the Noida Phase 3 po-
lice, the girl’s father
claimed that Satyendra
barged into their house
on November 5 in 2019
and sexually assaulted
his minor daughter
around 1am when she
was alone in her room
on the first floor.
At the time, her par-
ents had gone for work
at a factory, while her
three minor brothers
were playing on the
first floor. Satyendra
fled the crime spot
when the girl raised an
alarm. Based on the
complaint, an FIR was
registered against him
under sections 376
(rape) and 452 (house-
trespass) of IPC and un-
der the POCSO Act.
During the trial, the
girl told the court that
she was watching TV on
the ground floor while
her brothers were play-
ing on the first floor
when “the man barged
into our house and
gagged me”.
RUCKUS IN MEET
Scuffle between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councilor during the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC)
house meeting, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
3 were private contractual employees who were working on MTNL lines

INDIA
03
KARNATAKA HIJAB BAN
40 muslim girl students skip
exams at Udupi govt colleges
Udupi (PTI): 40 Mus-
lim girl students from
the Udupi district of
Karnataka abstained
from appearing for the
first pre-university ex-
amination as they were
apparently hurt by the
recent High Court ver-
dict against the wear-
ing of hijab inside
classrooms.
The students decided
to not appear for the ex-
aminationwithoutwear-
ingtheheadscarf asthey
were hurt by the March
15 order, sources said.
The Karnataka High
Court on March 15 had
dismissed petitions
seeking permission to
wear hijab inside the
classroom, saying the
headscarf is not a part
of the essential reli-
gious practice in the Is-
lamic faith and that the
uniform dress rule
should be followed in
educational institu-
tions where it has been
prescribed.
Those who shunned
the examinations on
Tuesday include 24 girl
students from Kun-
dapur, 14 from Byndoor
and two from Udupi
Government Girls PU
college, who are in-
volved in the legal fight
over the wearing of hi-
jab in classrooms. The
girls had earlier boy-
cotted the practical ex-
aminations also.
At the RN Shetty PU
college, 13 out of 28
Muslim girl students
appeared for the exami-
nation. Though some
students reached the
examination centre
wearing hijabs, they
were denied permis-
sion.
Four out of five girl
students appeared for
the examinations at
Bhandarkar’s college in
Udupi, while all the girl
students of Basrur
Sharada college attend-
ed the examinations.
Six of the eight girl
students of Navunda
Government PU Col-
lege abstained from the
examinations, while
only two out of 10 Mus-
lim girls appeared for
the examinations.
Some private colleges
in the district allowed
students wearing hijab
to attend the examina-
tions, sources said.
7 SUSPENDED FOR
ALLOWING HIJAB
IN CLASS X EXAMS
Bengaluru: The Karna-
taka Education Depart-
ment has suspended
7 teachers including
2 superintendents for
allowing hijab clad stu-
dents to take SSLC (class
10) exams in Gadag
district. The department
has also ordered an
inquiry on the suspended
persons. These teachers
and superintendents
allowed hijab clad girls to
write exams on Monday
at the C.S. Patil Examina-
tion Centre in Gadag.
Meanwhile, Sriram
Sene Kalaburagi District
President, Ninganna
Gouda Patil has lodged
a complaint with the
Block Education Officer
of Kalaburagi demanding
the suspension of Mo-
hammad Ali, the teacher
of Ijeri Urdu School in
Jevargi taluk for allowing
a student to write exams
wearing hijab. In his
complaint he has warned
that if action is not taken,
protest will be staged.
Birbhum killings: BJP team
claims ‘mafia rule’ in Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): A
BJPfact-findingteamon
Wednesday submitted
its report to party chief
JP Nadda on the recent
massacre of nine people
in West Bengal’s Birb-
hum, claiming “mafia
rule” prevailed in the
state with the conniv-
ance of police and politi-
cal leadership, provok-
ing sharp reaction from
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, who said the
report will “weaken and
interfere” with the CBI
probe in the case.
The BJP team, in-
cluding four former IPS
officers, demanded cen-
tral intervention for
restoration of the “col-
lapsed” law and order
situation in the state.
The party had consti-
tuted a five-member
team in the aftermath
of the violence in Bog-
tui village in Birbhum
district, where eight
people were burnt alive,
while one more suc-
cumbed to the injuries
a week later, after a mob
set some houses ablaze
allegedly in retaliation
for the killing of a rul-
ing TMC leader Bhadu
Sheikh on March 21.
The panel comprised
Rajya Sabha MP and
former Uttar Pradesh
police chief Brajlal,
Lok Sabha MP and for-
mer Mumbai police
commissioner Satyapal
Singh, Rajya Sabha MP
and former IPS officer
KC Ramamurthy, a na-
tional spokesperson for
the party, former West
Bengal cadre IPS officer
Bharati Ghosh and
state BJP chief Sukanta
Majumdar.
The law and order
machinery has totally
collapsed in West Ben-
gal under the TMC rule
and there is a rule of
the mafia in the state
that’s run with the con-
nivance of police and
the political leadership,
the report said.
Claiming that “state-
sponsored extortion,
goonda tax, cut-money
and tolabazi (organised
extortion)” were the
main reasons behind
the violence, the report
said the Centre should
intervene and direct of-
ficials of the All India
Services like the IPS
and the IAS to follow
the rule of law.
Mamata says BJP
report will
interfere with CBI
Bengal BJP delegation submits Birbhum report to JP Nadda.
Can’t give relaxation in attempts
in UPSC Main exam, Govt to SC
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Centre has
opposed a plea before
the Supreme Court
seeking extra attempts
for candidates, who
could not take the Civil
Services (Main) exam
held in January this
year, due to Covid-19.
In a counter affidavit,
the Department of Per-
sonnel and Training
(DoPT) said: “The mat-
ter has been considered
and it has not been
found feasible to change
the existing provisions
regarding number of
attempts and age-limit
in respect of CSE (Civil
Services exam).
“That it is also sub-
mitted that any relaxa-
tion to age-limit and
number of permissible
attempts due to Cov-
id-19 pandemic could
lead to similar de-
mands being made by
the other categories of
candidates.”
The DoPT added
that it will also im-
pinge on the chances
of other candidates
who are eligible as per
existing provisions be-
cause it will increase
the number of candi-
dates competing with
such candidates.
PM-led CCS OK’s procurement
of 15 light combat helicopters
Cabinet Committee on
Security (CCS) chaired
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, on Wednes-
day
, approved procure-
mentof 15LightCombat
Helicopter (LCH) Limit-
ed Series Production at
the cost of Rs 3,887 crore
along with Infrastruc-
ture sanctions worth Rs
377 crore.
LightCombatHelicop-
ter Limited Series Pro-
duction (LSP) is an in-
digenously designed,
developed and manufac-
tured state-of-the-art
modern combat helicop-
ter containing approxi-
mately 45 per cent indig-
enous content by value
whichwillprogressively
increase to more than 55
per cent for ‘series pro-
duction’ variant.
Public Sector giant
HAL makes the copter.
The helicopter is
equipped with requisite
agility, maneuverabili-
ty
, extended range, high
altitude performance
and around-the-clock,
all-weather combat ca-
pability to perform
roles of Combat Search
and Rescue (CSAR), De-
struction of Enemy Air
Defence (DEAD), Coun-
ter Insurgency (CI) op-
erations and against
slow moving aircraft.
No fee hike in Pb
private schools
this year: Mann
Chandigarh (PTI):
Aheadof thecommence-
ment of the next school
a c a d e m i c
year, Punjab
Chief Minis-
ter Bhag-
want Mann
on Wednes-
day ordered Punjab
schools against increas-
ing admission or tution
fee.TheCMalsoordered
that no school can force
parents to buy books,
stationery and uniform
from a particular shop.
AAP’s Gujarat,
HP campaigns to
begin from Apr 2
New Delhi (ANI): Aam
Admi Party (AAP) will
kickstart the campaign
for Gujarat
a n d
H i m a c h a l
Pradesh As-
sembly polls
from the
first week of April.
Delhi Chief Minister
and AAP national con-
venor Arvind Kejriwal
and his Punjab counter-
part Bhagwant Mann
will hold a roadshow in
Ahmedabad on April 2.
Bihar BJP MLA demands
Nitish’s removal as CM
Patna (Agencies): Af-
ter surgical strike on
Vikassheel Insaan Par-
ty (VIP), BJP leaders
are now directly target-
ing Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar.
Vinay Bihari, a BJP
MLAclaimedthatNitish
Kumar lost his fire that
hewasknownfor,during
the first tenure in 2005.
“I firmly believe that
the BJP top leadership
shouldthinkaboutitand
make a Chief Minister
from our party
,” he said.
“People of the states
are talking about the
Yogi model as inci-
dents of crime are ris-
ing in Bihar every day.
We are living in Bihar,
so we advocate for Nit-
ish Model here. But we
do not want the present
Nitish model, but we
want Nitish Kumar as
we knew him in 2005.
As I belong to the BJP,
I firmly believe that
the Chief Minister
should be from our par-
ty,” Bihari said.
Nitish Kumar
Use of Gujarat model of ministerial appointment in UP?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: This is not
entirely an experiment
of the Gujarat model
but a glimpse of it is
visible in Uttar Pradesh
as when the BJP formed
the government for the
second time in Uttar
Pradesh, half of the
new ministers were ap-
pointed immediately.
Some ministers did not
contest and some lost,
while 20 of the remain-
ing ministers were not
given a chance this
time. In this way, out of
52 ministers, half are
such ministers, who
were not in the previous
government. In this
way, even after Yogi be-
came the Chief Minis-
ter, the BJP was suc-
cessful in getting the
message of being a new
government. BJP’s for-
mula of removing old
ministers and appoint-
ing new ministers is
old, but the surprise is
about those names,
who, it was claimed,
were sure shot of a min-
isterial berth. For ex-
ample Shrikant Shar-
ma, Siddharth Nath
Singh and Neelkanth
Tiwari.
These three were
ministers and all three
represent Mathura,
Prayag and Varanasi
respectively. Shrikant
Sharma and Siddharth
Nath Singh have lived
in Delhi and were the
national media in-
charge and national
spokesperson. These
two were also the most
popular face of the Yogi
government, but both
got ‘discharged’. That is
why it is being said that
in Modi-Shah’s BJP
, it is
not right for the leaders
to come in much discus-
sion. However, it is also
being said that some
names have also been
cut to balance the list of
the central leadership
of the party and the list
of Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath. For exam-
ple, the name of Mahen-
dra Singh and Jai
Pratap Singh, consid-
ered very close to the
Chief Minister, has
been striked off. Some
ministers were re-
moved to strike a bal-
ance, some were left out
because of allegations
against them, while
some were left out be-
cause of reports of poor
performance.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Dy CM Maurya and other BJP leaders.
‘Charity begins at home’
The dynasty politics
of BJP’s allies in UP!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: BJP targets
political dynasty and
calls it a threat to de-
mocracy, but in Yogi
Adityanath’s govern-
ment, many dynastic
faces have been includ-
ed. Even among the
BJP’s own ministers,
many ministers are
from political families
like from Jitin Prasad
to Sandeep Singh. But
both the allies of BJP,
have not looked past the
family for a share in the
power pie. BJP ally
Apna Dal leader Ashish
Patel was made a minis-
ter in the state govern-
ment. He is the husband
of Union Minister Anu-
priya Patel, which
means that the wife is at
the center and the hus-
band is a minister in
the state government.
It should be noted that
Pallavi Patel, sister of
Anupriya Patel, contest-
ed in the Samajwadi
Party alliance and de-
feated BJP veteran and
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
from Sirathu assembly
seat. However, another
ally of the BJP is the Ni-
shad Party
, whose leader
Sanjay Nishad has been
made a minister. Sanjay
Nishad’ssonPraveenNi-
shad is a Lok Sabha MP
and for a long time both
fatherandsonhavebeen
making all attempts to
get Praveen Nishad in-
cluded in the Modi gov-
ernment as a minister.
For now, Sanjay Nishad
has become a minister,
but it will not be surpris-
ing if Praveen Nishad
also gets a chance in
Delhi till the next Lok
Sabha elections.
UP CM with Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Anupriya Patel.
What happened to Aparna and Aditi’s
inclusion in Adityanath government?
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: It is rightly
said that in today’s BJP
,
if some leader comes
into lime light or if they
are discussed to a great-
er extent by the media,
then their name may be
struck off from the po-
litical rolls for ever! Ear-
lier, if there was talk of
a BJP leader becoming a
minister or getting a
ticket or getting any oth-
er post, then the discus-
sions usually turned out
to be correct. But if
there is a discussion
thesedays,thenitissure
tobeprovedwrong.Like
this time, for the forma-
tion of Uttar Pradesh
government, the oath of
the government was
stalled for 15 days and in
the meantime dozens of
names were kept in the
running by the media,
but in the end, all the
names were dropped.
Therewastalkof mak-
ing Mulayam Singh’s
daughter-in-law Aparna
Yadav a minister. Simi-
larly
, the name of Aditi
Singh, who left the Con-
gress and joined the BJP
,
was also in the news. But
neither of them got a
chance. There are 10 per-
centiefivewomenminis-
ters in the government
with 52 ministers, but
both of them were left
out.Similarly
,Rajeshwar
Singh, a high profile of-
ficer in the ED, was also
believed to be appointed
as a minister. But he also
got a chance to sit in the
audienceattheswearing-
in ceremony
. Although
about 10 ministerial
posts have been kept va-
cant, but there will be no
reshuffle in the govern-
ment for the next several
months. Those who are
leftoutwillhavetowaita
long time for a crack at
the ministerial berth!
Aditi Singh Aparna Yadav

PERSPECTIVE
04
rime Minister Narendra
Modi has never hesitated
in experimenting with for-
eign policy
. He has always
tried to bring the Heads of
nations, sportspersons, in-
dustrialists and youth to-
gether while addressing
the needs of each and eve-
ry section of people.
“When we were scheduled
to visit Australia, I had a
talk with him. There were
other people also. Modi
said that both the nations
had diplomatic talks but
tell me what do the people
of Australia like? We told
him that Australians are
crazy about cricket. Then
Modi said that a function
should be organised at the
world’s largest cricket sta-
dium Melbourne where
cricketers like Kapil Dev
and Sunil Gavaskar
should meet the public.
This shows that Modi has
a pulse on the liking of
public whether it’s our
own country or abroad,”
said G Parthasarthy, a dip-
lomat and author.
Modi didn’t restrict di-
plomacy to mere few for-
mal and informal dia-
logues between 2 coun-
tries. He increased the
number of meetings and
expanded the scope of dia-
logues during his visits.
“Earlier there used to be a
maximum of 5-6 meetings.
Now 10-12-15 meetings in a
day are scheduled. It’s like
playing test match at the
pace of 20-20. It was not a
one-day affair, it was una-
bated. I am surprised we
would travel 5 countries in
6 days spending nights in
flights, because even Modi
used to do it,” union exter-
nal affairs minister S Jais-
hankar had said.
With great acumen of
foreign affairs, Modi was
fast emerging as a strong
global leader. But people
were surprised as to how a
person who had not been
even a union minister be-
fore becoming Prime Min-
ister could deftly handle
the international affairs.
“He once told me that he
had been to US. He had
went around places. He
has real life experience.
Now if we add his real
life experience with in-
novative thinking, we
can easily understand
his foreign policy,” Jais-
hankar had said.
The aim of Modi’s
whirlwind foreign trips
was not only to elevate
the position of the na-
tion on diplomatic plat-
forms but also to instil
confidence among the
Indian diaspora. Modi
used the rich Indian tradi-
tions and culture to win
the respect for Indian dias-
pora on foreign soil. This
was part of his diplomacy
to use national symbols
and Hindi as language for
communication at global
platform. This practice
won back the glory for In-
dia. Modi as a Prime Min-
ister started speaking in
Hindi at the global plat-
form of the United Nation.
He proposed before the
world to celebrate June 21
as the Yoga Divas.
“Yoga is our ancient tra-
dition and priceless treas-
ure. Let’s work towards
celebrating International
Yoga Day to promote this
invaluable custom,” Modi
had said. The entire world
endorsed his idea of Yoga
in record time and June 21
was accepted as the Inter-
national Yoga Day
.
“World wants to know
about India. The world un-
derstands that we have a
personality… we have a
culture … a tradition…a
civilisation…if the Prime
Minister of India doesn’t
express the richness of the
country at this grand plat-
form, then it has no mean-
ing,” Jaishankar had said.
Prime Minister Modi
knows the art of convert-
ing crisis into opportunity
.
He got this opportunity
during the Covid pandem-
ic, which devastated the
entire globe. Modi put
across the mantra of Vas-
udhaiva Kutumbakam
strongly before the global
community…whether it
was supplying medicines
to various countries or vac-
cines or ventilators… Modi
opened the doors for all the
countries in need. Under
the Vaccine Maitri Mis-
sion, India supplied vac-
cines to several countries.
“The number of vac-
cines we use everyday is
much more than total vac-
cines put together in sev-
eral countries… in such
India has changed. People
get surprised by knowing
that we have helped 80-90
countries in the world…
either we sent Medicines,
PPE kits, relief materials
or vaccines,” Baijayant
Jay Panda, Vice President
of BJP had said.
When the entire world
was passing through the
devastating pandemic era,
China was busy propagat-
ing its expansionist agen-
da. Right from infiltrating
areas of neighbouring
countries to showing ag-
gressive tantrums to coun-
tries like Australia, Japan
and India, China was
proving dangerous to the
entire global community.
Amid the challenges put
up by Covid pandemic, In-
dia entered a quadrilater-
al diplomatic agreement
with America, Australia
and Japan. This four-na-
tion strategic security dia-
logue is known as QUAD.
China is upset with this
development but this four-
nation treaty is not a front
against China. This is a
partnership to bring all
the four nations together
on the highway of devel-
opment.
Modi has continuously
been making the nation
stronger from within, now
has attained a global stat-
ure. “Neither I am going to
stop nor I will get tired.
And I will never bow down
before the falsehoods,”
Modi declared.
P
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
“MAIN DESH NAHI JHUKNE DUNGA”
MODI KEEPS HIS PROMISE, STEERS
‘BHARAT’ TO GREATER HEIGHTS
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE … PART 11
NARENDRA MODI AS PRADHAN SEVAK… PM OF INDIA
NEITHER I AM GOING TO
STOP NOR I WILL GET
TIRED. AND I WILL NEVER
BOW DOWN BEFORE
THE FALSEHOODS
—PM MODI
When we were scheduled to
visit Australia, I had a talk
with him. There were other
people also. Modi said that
both the nations had
diplomatic talks but tell me
what do the people of
Australia like? We told him
that Australians are crazy
about cricket. Then Modi said
that a function should be
organised at the world’s
largest cricket stadium
Melbourne where cricketers
like Kapil Dev and Sunil
Gavaskar should meet the
public. This shows that Modi
has a pulse on the liking of
public whether it’s our own
country or abroad.
G Parthasarthy,
A Diplomat and Author
With great acumen of foreign
affairs, Modi was fast
emerging as a strong global
leader. But people were
surprised as to how a person
who had not been even a union
minister before becoming PM
could deftly handle the
international affairs. He once
told me that he had been to US.
He had travelled in buses and
went around places. He has
real-life experience. Now if we
add his real-life experience
with innovative thinking, we
can easily understand his
foreign policy.
S Jaishankar,
Union External Affairs Minister
The number of vaccines we use
everyday is much more than
total vaccines put together in
several countries… in such
India has changed. People get
surprised by knowing that we
have helped 80-90 countries
in the world… either we sent
Medicines, PPE kits, relief
materials or vaccines.
Baijayant Jay Panda,
The then Vice President of BJP
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IN FIRST INDIA ON
MARCH 28, 2022
LET’S WORK TOWARDS INT’L YOGA DAY TO
PROMOTE THIS INVALUABLE CUSTOM: MODI
odi as a Prime Minister started speaking in Hindi at
the global platform of the United Nation. He proposed
before the world to celebrate June 21 as the Yoga
Divas. “Yoga is our ancient tradition and priceless treasure.
Let’s work towards celebrating International Yoga Day to
promote this invaluable custom,” Modi had said. The entire
world endorsed his idea of Yoga in record time and June 21
was accepted as the International Yoga Day.
NARENDRA MODI MANTRA: “VASUDHAIVA
KUTUMBAKAM”, WHICH MEANS THAT
“THE WORLD IS ONE FAMILY”
odi put across the mantra of Vasudhaiv Kutum-
bakam strongly before the global community…
whether it was supplying medicines to various
countries or vaccines or ventilators…
Modi opened the doors for all the
countries in need. Under the
Vaccine Maitri Mis-
sion, India supplied
vaccines to several
countries.
M
INDIA IN THE QUADRILATERAL DIPLOMATIC
AGREEMENT WITH USA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
mid the challenges put up by Covid pan-
demic, India entered a quadrilateral diplo-
matic agreement with America, Australia and
Japan. This four-nation strategic security dialogue is
known as QUAD. China is upset with this develop-
ment but this four-nation treaty is not a front against
China. This is a partnership to bring all the four
nations together on the highway of development.
A
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
M
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INDIA
05
Patna (Agencies): In
an embarrassment for
Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar, who has
been at the state’s top
job for close to 15 years
at a stretch now, a new
report has revealed that
the state was woefully
unprepared for the Cov-
id pandemic. A perfor-
manceauditonthefunc-
tioning of district hospi-
tals in Bihar has re-
vealed that just as the
Covid pandemic hit the
country, there was a 52
to 92 per cent shortfall
of beds in district hospi-
tals and a persistent
shortage of doctors,
nurses, paramedical
staff, and technicians.
The bed strength was
not raised in 10 years
and the department did
not publish the total
staff vacancies to get
them filled from 2014 to
2020, the report said.
The Comptroller and
AuditorGeneralof India
(CAG) report, tabled in
the state assembly today
,
has a performance audit
on ‘Functioning of Dis-
trictHospitals’sampling
five districts - Biharsha-
rif, Hajipur, Jehanabad,
Madhepura, and Patna -
for the period 2014-15 to
2019-20. It aimed to as-
sess the overall health
services being provided
by district hospitals.
On Out-Patient ser-
vices, the report found
thatthehospitalsdidnot
provide 12 to 15 signifi-
cant OPD curative ser-
vices like cardiology
,
gastroenterology
, neph-
rology
, ENT etc. due to a
shortage of specialist
doctors and infrastruc-
tures such as building,
equipment and furni-
ture.The patient load on
registration counters
went as high as 208 per
cent higher than nor-
mal. Further, 59 per cent
of OPD patients bought
medicines out of their
own pocket, defeating
the goal of providing
free medication, it add-
ed. The facility for diag-
nosis and management
of cases of cardiovascu-
lar disease, stroke and
cancer was not availa-
ble in any of the district
hospitals.
Accident/Trauma
and Psychiatry wards
were also not found in
any of the checked hos-
pitals. Positive/negative
isolation wards for in-
fectious patients were
also not found. This
finding is especially
concerning as it shows
the state’s health infra-
structure was ill-pre-
pared for the pandemic.
New report shows Bihar district hospitals were woefully unprepared
COVID PANDEMIC
lll
The facility for
diagnosis and
management of
cases of
cardiovascular
disease, stroke
and cancer was
not available in
any of the
district hospitals
New Delhi (PTI): Rus-
sian foreign minister
Sergei Lavrov will
make a two-day official
visit to India, the union
minister of external af-
fairs informed. The
visit would be the high-
est-level visit from Mos-
cow since Vladimir Pu-
tin’s attack on Ukraine.
“Foreign Minister of
the Russian Federation,
H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov
will pay an official visit
to New Delhi on 31
March -1 April 2022,”
the government said in
a press release.
Lavrov’s visit follows
Chinese Foreign Minis-
ter Wang Yi’s visit to
New Delhi last week, the
first in over two years.
Despite mounting
pressure from the West,
China and India haven’t
condemned Russia’s in-
vasion of Ukraine.
India also abstained
from UN resolutions
censuring Russia and
continues to buy Rus-
sian oil and other goods.
India and Russia
have had a close rela-
tionship for decades.
New Delhi, which de-
scribes Moscow as its
“longstanding and
time-tested friend”,
sources most of its key
military hardware from
Russia.
The foreign ministry
has not given any de-
tails on whom the Rus-
sian leader would meet
on his trip, which coin-
cides with visits by
British foreign secre-
tary Liz Truss and US
Deputy National Secu-
rity Advisor for Inter-
national Economics
Daleep Singh.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
LAVROV TO VISIT DELHI TODAY
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
China, Russia ‘more
determined’ to boost
ties, says Beijing
AS WEST MOUNTS PRESSURE
Beijing (PTI): Mos-
cow and Beijing are
“more determined”
to develop bilateral
ties and boost coop-
eration, Chinese For-
eign Minister Wang
Yi said on Wednesday
following a meeting
in eastern China with
his Russian counter-
part, Sergei Lavrov,
amid the Ukraine cri-
sis. The two also con-
demned what they
called illegal and
counter- productive
Western sanctions
imposed on Moscow
over its actions in
Ukraine, the Russian
foreign ministry said
in a statement.
Wang and Lavrov
spoke in the eastern
Chinese province of
Anhui, where China
is hosting two days of
multilateral meetings
on Afghanistan.
“Both sides are
more determined to
develop bilateral ties,
and are more confi-
dent in promoting co-
operation in various
fields,” Wang said.
“China is willing
to work with Russia
to take China-Rus-
sian ties to a higher
level in a new era un-
der the guidance of
the consensus
reached by the heads
of state,” he said.
Terrorist killed in JK
was carrying press card
Srinagar (Agencies):
One of the two terror-
ists killed in an encoun-
ter between terrorists
and security forces at
Rainawari area in Cen-
tral Kashmir’s Srinagar
district was carrying a
press card, officials said
on Wednesday
.
“One of the killed cat-
egorised local terrorists
of proscribed terror
outfit LeT was carrying
Identity Card (ID) of
media. It indicates a
clear case of misuse of
media,” Jammu and
Kashmir police quoting
Inspector General Po-
lice Kashmir zone Vijay
Kumar tweeted.
Earlier police said
two terrorists were
killed in the encounter
and incriminating ma-
terials including arms
and ammunition recov-
ered from them.
The gunfight took
place after a joint team
of the police and the se-
curity forces cordoned
off theareaandlaunched
asearchoperationonthe
basis of specific infor-
mation about presence
of terrorists.
TERROR LINKS: 2 COPS AMONG 5 MORE
GOVT EMPLOYEES SACKED IN JK
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu Kashmir administration
on Wednesday sacked police constable Tawseef
Ahmed Mir, who has been accused of actively work-
ing for Hizbul Mujahideen and trying to kill two of
his colleagues, and four more employees for alleged
links with terror groups. The Union Territory admin-
istration terminated the services of the employees
following a recommendation of a designated com-
mittee constituted under Article 311 (2) (c) of the
Constitution that allows dismissal without an inquiry
in the interest of the security of the State.
Will look into ‘objections’ to
‘halal’ meat, Karnataka CM
Bengaluru (PTI): Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai said
that the state govern-
ment would look into
the ‘serious objections’
raised over ‘halal’ meat.
Responding to queries
at a news conference,
Bommai said that the
government “had to
study(theissue)initsen-
tirety
.Ithasnothingtodo
with rules. It was a prac-
tice that was going on.
Now, serious objections
are raised. We will take a
look into it,” he said.
Bommai said that the
government will clarify
it’s stand on the issue
soon. On campaigns by
various right-wing
groups, he said there
were many similar
campaigns. The govt
will study the demands
of these groups and as-
sess whether there is
any truth in their
claims, the CM said.
It can be recalled that
the Hindu right-wing
groups have launched a
campaign seeking a ban
on ‘halal’ meat in the
state. BJP general sec-
retary CT Ravi, who
also sought a ban, had
described ‘halal’ meat
as ‘economic Jihad’ per-
petrated by the minori-
ty community
.
Rajya Sabha passes Bill to remove
Bhogta from Scheduled Castes list
Winter sports activities closed at Gulmarg
due to fast melting snow: JK authorities
Rajya Sabha on Wednes-
day approved a Bill that
seeks to remove the
Bhogta caste from the
list of Scheduled Castes
(SCs) and include cer-
tain communities in the
list of Scheduled Tribes
(STs) for Jharkhand.
The Constitution
(Scheduled Castes and
ScheduledTribes)Order
(Amendment) Bill, 2022
was introduced in the
Upper House of Parlia-
ment on February 7. It
was passed by a voice
vote on Wednesday
.
Replyingtothedebate
of the Bill, Tribal Af-
fairs Minister Arjun
Munda said, “We will
bring such amendments
related to more states in
the House. We have done
(such amendments for)
Arunachal Pradesh and
Karnataka. Now, it is be-
ing done in case of Uttar
Pradesh, Tripura and
Jharkhand. We are do-
ingresearchonOdisha.”
Srinagar (PTI): Au-
thorities in Jammu and
Kashmir have ordered
closure of all winter
sports activities in the
famous ski resort of
Gulmarg due to “insuf-
ficient snow depth”
caused by melting of
snow due to higher than
normal temperature.
“Keeping in view the
insufficient snow depth
and changing weather
conditions, the winter
sports activities viz
skiing, snowboarding
etc inside the marked
boundary and back
country area of the
slopes of Mount Aphar-
wat are hereby official-
ly closed with effect
from 31.03.2022,” an or-
der issued by Assistant
Director Tourism Gul-
marg, Javid-ur-Re-
hman said.
The snow has melted
faster than usual in
Kashmir this year due
to unusually high tem-
perature. While Srina-
gar city is witnessing a
spike of 10 degrees in
temperature for this
time of the year, Gul-
marg has recorded tem-
peratures six to seven
degrees above normal.
Andhra to
formally
launch 13
new dists
Testing of two
more surface-
to-air missiles
successful
Amaravati (Agen-
cies): Andhra Pradesh
is all set for the official
inauguration of 13 new
districts on April 4.
A high-level meeting
chaired by chief Minis-
ter YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy, reviewed the
progress on Wednes-
day and finalised the
details.
With the process of
forming new districts
completed, Chief Min-
ister Jagan Mohan
Reddy will inaugurate
the 13 new districts on
April 4 between 9.04 am
and 9.45 a.m, officials
said on Wednesday.
The final notifica-
tion pertaining to the
reorganisation of the
existing 13 districts
into 26 is expected to be
released in the next
few days.
Lucknow (Agencies):
PragatisheelSamajwadi
PartyLohia(PSPL)pres-
ident Shivpal Yadav met
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath at the latter’s resi-
dence on Wednesday
evening , setting off po-
litical speculations. Af-
ter the meeting that
lasted about 45 minutes,
Shivpal said that it was
a ‘mere courtesy call’.
He declined to comment
further on the political
outcome of the meeting.
Vijayan seeks PM’s intervention
in deported British professor case
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): Finally,
Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan de-
cided to intervene in
the case of veteran an-
thropologist and soci-
ologist Filippo Osella
who was deported as
soon as he landed here
last Thursday
. On
Wednesday the Kerala
Chief Minister wrote
to Prime Minister Nar-
endraModitolookinto
this issue with the ut-
most urgency
. Vijayan
in his letter requested
Modi to ensure that
such a thing does not
happen again and ap-
propriate instructions
are issued to all con-
cerned for that.
“Our country has a
traditionof welcoming
scholars and social sci-
entists,whodoconduct
extensive field studies
in various places cov-
ering diverse aspects
of our social life and
economy
. These schol-
ars have produced val-
uableresearchpublica-
tions,” wrote Vijayan.
Basavaraj Bommai
Pinarayi Vijayan
Jagan Mohan Reddy

BIZ BUZZ
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DA for central government
EMPLOYEES HIKED BY 3%
Union Cabinet on
Wednesday hiked Dear-
ness Allowance (DA)
and Dearness Relief
(DR) by 3% to 34% to
compensate for the
price rise, benefitting
over 1.16 crore central
government employees
and pensioners.
The additional instal-
ment will be effective
from Jan 1, 2022, said an
official release after the
Cabinet meeting.
“The Union Cabi-
net...has given its ap-
proval to release an ad-
ditional instalment of
DA to central govern-
mentemployeesandDR
to pensioners w.E.F. Jan
1, 2022, representing an
increase of 3% over the
existing rate of 31% of
the Basic Pay/Pension,
to compensate for price
rise,” an official state-
ment said.
The increase is in ac-
cordance with the ac-
cepted formula, which
is based on the recom-
mendations of the 7th
Central Pay Commis-
sion, it added.
The combined im-
pact on the exchequer
on account of both
Dearness Allowance
and Dearness Relief
will be `9,544.50 crore
per annum.
This will benefit
about 47.68 lakh central
government employees
and 68.62 lakh pension-
ers, the release said.
In October last year,
the Cabinet had hiked
the two allowances by
3% to 31%. It was effec-
tive from July 1, 2021.
Before that in July,
the government had re-
stored the dearness al-
lowance and dearness
relief and increased the
rate of allowance from
17% to 28%.
Because of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, the
central government
had frozen the three ad-
ditional instalments of
the DA and DR, which
were due on January 1,
2020; July 1, 2020; and
January 1, 2021.
Too early to predict war
impact on India: Pinaki
New Delhi (PTI):
The global macroeco-
nomic uncertainties
have increased due to
the Russia-Ukraine
war, but it is too early
to predict its impact
on the Indian econo-
my, economist Pinaki
Chakraborty said on
Wednesday
.
In an interview,
Chakraborty said
high-frequency data
show that in many
countries, inflation is
higher than expected,
there are supply
chain disruptions
and much higher vol-
atility in financial
markets.
“As we recover
from the COVID-19
pandemic, the global
macroeconomic un-
certainties have in-
creased due to the
war between Russia
and Ukraine.
“However, it is too
early to even predict
its impact on the In-
dian economy,” he
said. Chakraborty
said India’s current
macroeconomic situ-
ation is definitely bet-
ter than what it was
earlier but due to
global uncertainties,
the country will have
to be watchful.
“What is the most
important is to man-
age and navigate dis-
ruptions created by
war, so that we have
minimum impact on
fisc, minimum im-
pact on our deficit
levels and we are able
to execute the budget-
ary priorities accord-
ed into 2022- 23 budg-
et,” he emphasised.
India Ratings cuts
growth forecast to
7-7.2% for FY23
Par panel concerned
on high spectrum price
Mumbai (PTI): India
Ratings has lowered
its GDP growth fore-
cast for FY23 to 7-7.2%,
from 7.6% earlier cit-
ing the rising uncer-
tainty over Russia-
Ukraine war and the
resultant dampening
of consumer senti-
ment. Since the dura-
tion of the war contin-
ues to be uncertain, in
the first scenario
crude oil prices could
remain elevated for
three months, and in
the second case for six
months, Ind-Ra said.
If crude prices re-
main high for three
months, FY23 GDP
could grow by 7.2%; in
case it lasts longer,
then growth will be
7%, down from 7.6%
projected earlier, its
chief economist Dev-
endra Pant and princi-
pal economist Sunil
Kumar Sinha said on
Wednesday
.
They said the size of
the economy in FY23
will be 10.6% and
10.8% lower than the
FY23 GDP trend value
in these two scenarios,
respectively
.
Icra had also pen-
cilled in a similar rate
of growth for the econ-
omy. Noting that con-
sumption demand, as
measured by private
final consumption ex-
penditure, has been
subdued in FY22, de-
spite sales of select
consumer durables
showing signs of re-
vival during the fes-
tive season, the report
doubts the same to
pick up or remain
where it is now given
the rising inflation
worries and so is
household sentiments
on non-essential/dis-
cretionary spending
which continue to be
subdued.
Consumer senti-
ment is likely to wit-
ness a further dent
due to the Ukraine
war leading to rising
commodity prices/
consumer inflation.
New Delhi (PTI): Ex-
pressing concern over
high spectrum price, a
Parliamentary Panel
on Wednesday asked
the government to pay
due attention to the is-
sues raised by telecom
operators and take
steps for early rollout
of the 5G services.
The Standing Com-
mittee chaired by Lok
Sabha MP Shashi Tha-
roor, in its report ex-
pressed concern about
the 5G rollout delay
that will deprive the
country of taking ad-
vantage of various
benefits of 5G when
other countries of the
world have made no-
ticeable progress in
the deployment of the
technology
.
The panel noted
that the pricing of the
5G spectrum in the
country is exorbitant-
ly high as compared to
others and there is a
need to review the
spectrum pricing by
taking into account
factors such as per
capita and ARPU.
Consumers to feel bite of rising energy prices
New Delhi (PTI): A
majority of consumers
worldwide expect their
overall spending power
to be significantly im-
pacted by rising energy
prices, while India tops
the list where climate
change policies have
been cited as the main
cause of the recent
price rises, a global
survey showed on
Wednesday
.
The World Economic
Forum-Ipsos survey
also showed that an av-
erage of eight in ten
want their country to
shift away from fossil
fuels in the next five
years, while the ratio
was above-average at
almost 90% in the case
of Indian respondents.
The 30-country sur-
vey was conducted be-
tween February 18 and
March 4 this year
among 22,534 adults.
“A majority of con-
sumers worldwide ex-
pect their overall
spending power to be
significantly impacted
by further energy price
increases, yet only 13%
of those surveyed glob-
ally blamed climate
policies for rising pric-
es, while 84% of re-
spondents stressed the
importance of their
own country’s shift to
sustainable energy
sources,” WEF said.
Survey respondents
were asked to consider
the energy they use for
daily expenses -- such
as transportation, heat-
ing or cooling homes,
cooking, powering ap-
pliances, etc -- and as-
sess how much energy
price increases would
affect their overall
spending power.
Cabinet clears `6,062 crore World
Bank-assisted programme for MSMEs
Union Cabinet on
Wednesday approved a
World Bank-assisted Rs
6,062 crore funding pro-
gramme for the small
and medium businesses
to help improve their
access to market and
credit.
The Cabinet Commit-
tee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA), chaired by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, approved the
Rs 6,062.45 crore or $808
million ‘Raising and
Accelerating MSM Per-
formance’ (RAMP) for
the micro, small and
medium enterprises
(MSMEs), an official re-
lease said.
RAMP will com-
mence in FY23, it said.
Of the total outlay
under the programme,
Rs 3,750 crore ($500 mil-
lion) will come from
World Bank loan, and
the remaining Rs
2,312.45 crore will be
funded by the central
government.
RAMP will work un-
der the Ministry of
MSME (MoMSME) to-
wards resilience and
recovery interventions
after the coronavirus
disease.
The government for-
mulated and proposed
RAMP for strengthen-
ing MSMEs in line with
the recommendations
of the UK Sinha com-
mittee, KV Kamath
committee and the Eco-
nomic Advisory Coun-
cil of the Prime Minis-
ter (EAC-PM).
RAMP programme
with impacts across the
country will directly or
indirectly benefit all 6.3
crore enterprises under
the MSME category
.
A total of 5,55,000 MS-
MEs are specifically
targeted for enhanced
performance.
The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA),
chaired by Prime Minister M
Narendra Modi, approved the
`6,062.45 crore‘Raising and
Accelerating MSM
Performance’for the MSMEs
RBI’s MPC to meet 6
times next fiscal; 1st
meet on April 6-8
Mumbai (PTI): The
Reserve Bank’s Monetary
Policy Committee (MPC)
will meet six times during
the next financial
year. The Reserve
Bank of India
Governor-headed
rate setting panel
will be holding
its first meeting
of the next fiscal
from April 6-8 and next
will be held during June
6-8. The Monetary Policy
Committee announces
the bi-monthly monetary
policy after deliberations
on the prevailing domestic
and economic situations.
Non-linking of PAN
with Aadhaar by Mar
31 to attract penalty
Axis bank acquires Citi
India’s retail business
for `12,325 crore
SEBI defines timelines
for rebalancing
mutual fund portfolios
India cuts coal supply
as power demand
spikes
New Delhi (PTI):
Taxpayers not linking PAN
with Aadhaar by March
31 would be required to
pay a penalty ranging
from `500 to `1,000, the
income tax department
has said. The last date for
linking Permanent Account
Number with biometric
Aadhaar is March 31. Not
adhering to the deadline
will lead to PAN becoming
inactive. In a notification,
the CBDT said delayed
intimation of Aadhaar will
attract a late fee of `500
in cases where it is linked
within the next 3 months
or by June 30, 2022.
New Delhi (PTI): Axis Bank
on Wednesday announced
the acquisition of
Citigroup’s India consumer
banking business,
including credit card, retail
banking, consumer loan
and wealth management,
for `12,325 crore. Axis
Bank will acquire about 30
lakh customers of Citibank
India and grow its credit
card portfolio by 31%.
The deal will give it access
to 7 offices, 21 branches
and 499 ATMs across 18
cities; and approximately
3,600 in-scope consumer
employees of Citibank will
be absorbed in Axis Bank.
New Delhi (PTI): Markets
regulator Sebi on
Wednesday came out with
timelines for rebalancing
of portfolios of mutual
fund schemes in order to
bring uniformity. Issuing a
circular, the watchdog said
the rebalancing period will
be applicable in the event
of deviation from mandated
asset allocation mentioned
in the Scheme Information
Document (SID) due to
passive breaches. Passive
breaches are generally
that have not arisen due to
omission and commission
of Asset Management
Companies (AMCs).
New Delhi (Agencies):
India has cut coal supplies
to the non-power sector
and put on hold plans to
increase the number of fuel
auctions for utilities due to
a slump in inventories at
state government-owned
utilities even as demand
for electricity surges. The
supply cuts come months
after India’s most crippling
coal shortage in the recent
years led to power cuts
lasting upto 14 hours in
some states. The onset
of summer has added
to worries about power
supply shortages in the
country.
Sensex rallies over 740 points;
Nifty above 17,498 level
Mumbai (PTI):
Benchmark equity in-
dices Sensex and Nifty
rallied for a third day
in a row on Wednesday
on buying in Reliance
Industries, Infosys,
HDFC twins and ICICI
Bank following gains
in global equities
amid hopes of a
breakthrough
in Russia-
U k r a i n e
peace talks.
T h e
30-share BSE
barometer
index surged
740.34 points or 1.28%
to settle at 58,683.99.
During the day, it
jumped 784.13 points
or 1.35% to 58,727.78.
Similarly, the broad-
er NSE Nifty climbed
172.95 points to settle
at 17,498.25. Among the
30-share pack, Bajaj
Finserv, MM, Ba-
jaj Finance,
Power Grid,
HDFC, ICICI
Bank, Nestle,
Maruti, RIL
were among
the lead
gainers.
90% wants shift
` skids 21 paise to
75.94 against $ as
crude oil spikes
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee declined by 21
paise to 75.94 against
the US dollar on
Wednesday as surging
crude oil prices and
fuel rate hikes by the oil
marketing companies
fanned fears of inflation
and interest rate hikes.
However, a strong rally
in the domestic equities
capped the rupee’s loss,
forex traders said.

07
NEWS
Lucknow: Since phys-
ical classes had not
been taking place in
schools across the
state for the past two
years, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath instructed
officials to launch a
c o m p r e h e n s i v e
“School Chalo Abhi-
yan”.
He said the cam-
paign must be planned
in consultation with
the minister con-
cerned to ensure not a
single child is deprived
of schooling.
The Chief Minister
told officials to ensure
that children come to
school in proper uni-
form, considering that
the money for uni-
forms was deposited
in the bank accounts
of their parents.
Yogi Adityanath
asked senior state offi-
cials to fix accountabil-
ity of employees and
said delay in delivery
of services won’t be
tolerated. The Chief
Minister ordered that
all heads of depart-
ments should make
surprise inspections to
check cleanliness in of-
fice, files pending for
disposal, attendance of
staff and their punctu-
ality, a statement said.
With good govern-
ance being an impor-
tant narrative in the
just-concluded assem-
bly elections, Yogi Adi-
tyanath at the very
outset of his new term
stressed on faster de-
livery of services.
With the summer
temperature rising,
Yogi Adityanath told
officials to make ar-
rangements for water
in all 75 districts in the
state
‘SCHOOL CHALO ABHIYAN’
Yogi Adityanath’s education push amid pandemic
Centreequatedsuspensionofaccountwithoutpriornoticeto‘deprivinganindividualcitizen’
Centre to HC: Social media sites
must respect citizens rights
New Delhi: The Centre
on Wednesday told the
Delhi High Court that
an individual’s liberty
and freedom of cannot
be “waylaid or jetti-
soned in the slipstream
of social and techno-
logical advancement”
and the social media
platforms must respect
the fundamental rights
of the citizens and con-
form to the Constitu-
tion of India.In an affi-
davit filed in response
to a petition by a Twit-
ter user against the sus-
pension of his account
by the micro-blogging
platform, the central
government said that
social media platforms
should not take down
the account itself or
completely suspend it in
all cases.
The centre explained
that a platform may give
prior notice to the user
andseekremovalof spe-
cific information or con-
tent that violates the
platform policies or the
applicable Information
Technology (Intermedi-
aries guidelines) Rules
and only in cases where
the majority of the con-
tents/posts/tweets in a
user account are unlaw-
ful, the platform may
take the extreme step of
taking down the whole
information or suspend-
ing the whole account.
It said that complete
de-platforming is
against the spirit of Ar-
ticles 14, 19 and 21 of the
Constitution of India
and if only some por-
tion or content is unlaw-
ful, the platform may
take proportionate ac-
tion of removing such
alleged information
alone and not complete-
ly suspend the user ac-
count.
The central govern-
ment emphasised that a
significant social media
intermediary must be
held accountable for
subjugating and sup-
planting fundamental
rights like the right to
freedom of speech and
expression, else it would
have “dire consequenc-
es for any democratic
nation”.
“The platforms must
respect the fundamental
rights of the citizens
and should not take
down the account itself
or completely suspend
the user account in all
cases. That the taking
down the whole infor-
mation or the user ac-
count should be a last
resort and the platform
may at all times, endeav-
our to guard the users’
fundamental rights by
following the principles
of naturaljusticeandaf-
ford reasonable time
and opportunity to the
user to explain his
stand,” stated the affida-
vit filed by Ministry of
Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology (Me-
itY) through lawyer
Manish Mohan.
“SSMIs must be held
accountable for subju-
gating and supplanting
fundamental rights like
the right to freedom of
speech and expression,”
it added.
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) has
appreciated Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann’s announce-
ment to make Punjabi
University
, Patiala debt-
free. Senior AAP leader
and spokesperson, Dr.
Sunny Singh Ahluwalia
said that this decision
of Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann has given
hope to the youth of
Punjab to get good high-
er education in Punjab.
The government of
Aam Aadmi Party will
make all government
universities of Punjab
including Punjabi Uni-
versity debt-free and
renovate them to make
them world class.
Dr. Ahluwalia ac-
cused the previous Aka-
li-BJP and Congress
governments that they
deliberately ruined gov-
ernment colleges and
universities to promote
private educational in-
stitutions so that the
children of common
and poor people could
not get higher educa-
tion. He said that the
Aam Aadmi Party gov-
ernment will ensure ac-
cessibility of higher
education to everyone.
It will create a good and
equitable educational
environment for the
children of all, poor and
rich, and will make the
government education-
al institutions of Pun-
jab better than the pri-
vate ones.
He said that the pre-
vious governments bur-
dened the teachers of
schools and colleges
with extra responsibili-
ties like conducting
census, surveys etc,
which adversely affect-
ed the education quali-
ty and students. But
now under Aam Aadmi
Party government
teachers will only be ex-
pected to teach, so that
the syllabus of the stu-
dents can be completed
on time. Exams and re-
sults will be on time and
students can get full at-
tention and guidance
from teachers. He
thanked Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann for
this decision and
termed it as a revolu-
tionary step in the edu-
cation system of Pun-
jab.
‘AAP will make govt universities debt-free’
EMPOWERING YOUTH
SP’scaste-basedpactwith
smallerpartiesinshamble
First India Bureau
Lucknow, March 30:
The defeat of Samajwa-
di Party in 2022 Assem-
bly election has put a
question mark
over the con-
tinuation of its
allies with the
party because of
“Big Brother” atti-
tude. While SP MLA
Shivpal Yadav has al-
ready expressed his re-
sentment against the
style of functioning of
his nephew SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav, anoth-
er SP MLA Pallavi Pa-
tel, who belongs to
Apna Dal (Kamerawa-
di), also not very happy
with the leadership.
Shivpal Yadav, who
heads Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party-Lohia
(PSP-L) was elected on
SP ticket from Jaswant
Nagar. Similarly, Palla-
vi turned out to “giant
killer” by defeating
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
from Sirathu on SP
ticket. Despite being
SP MLAs, both were
not called for meeting
as they were bracketed
as allies. Shivpal Yadav
today took oath of
MLA.
Though at the allies
meeting attended by
Akhilesh Yadav, Om
Prakash Rajbhar of
Suheldeo Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) and
Rashtriya Lok Dal MLA
Rajpal Baliyan, Pallavi
stayed briefly. Shivpal
Yadav did not turn up at
the meeting. Sources in
Apna Dal (K) said that
the party is unhappy
over the way it was
treated during election
and after the results.
4 Delhi swimmers
held for nurse’s
rape in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Four
swimming instructors
from Delhi have been
arrested for allegedly
gang-raping a 22-year-
old nurse, police said.
According to police,
one of the accused be-
friended the woman on
a dating app and took
her to a hotel in Bengal-
uru on March 24. Later,
he took her to the room
that he had shared with
three of his friends. The
survivor alleged in her
complaint to the police
that the four men raped
and assaulted her.
YogidialsmotherofBabarwhowas
killedforcelebratingBJP’svictory
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CM Yogi
Adityanath has spoken
to the mother of Babar
Ali, who was beaten to
death for allegedly cel-
ebrating the BJP’s vic-
tory in Kushinagar dis-
trict, over the phone.
Consoling deceased’s
mother Zaibunnisha,
the UP CM said he was
like her son too and as-
sured her that the cul-
prits will not be spared.
He has also provided fi-
nancial help of Rs 2 lakh
to the family, with the
dist administration
transferringtheamount
to the account of Fati-
ma, Babar’s wife. The
district administration
has also registered the
names of other family
members in the ration
card to ensure that the
benefits of the govt’s
welfare schemes reach
Babar’s family
. Babar,
who hailed from Kushi-
nagar district in UP,
died after he was alleg-
edly roughed up by his
neighbours for celebrat-
ing the BJP’s victory in
the recently concluded
state assembly elec-
tions. The incident took
place on March 20, said
police. The victim suf-
fered grievous injuries
and died during treat-
ment at a Lucknow hos-
pital on March 25.
Russia-Ukraine war: Guj
power gen cost spiked
Gandhinagar (PTI):
Gujarat’s electricity
generation costs went
up significantly due to
the Russia-Ukraine war
and rise in coal prices
but the financial bur-
den was borne by the
state government and
was not passed on to
citizens, state energy
minister Kanubhai De-
sai told the Assembly
on Tuesday
.
Desai was addressing
the House on the budg-
etary demands of the
state’s energy depart-
ment.
“Due to the Ukraine
war and rising cost of
coal in recent times, our
electricity generation
cost went up to Rs 3,000
crore. However, the en-
tire cost was borne by
the government with-
out increasing power
tariffs of citizens, farm-
ers etc,” he said.
‘Nodalofficersinall
diststofacilitateNRIs’
Kulwinder Bawa
Mohali: Punjab NRI
Affairs Minister Kul-
deep Singh Dhaliwal
has said that Punjab
Government has de-
cided to appoint nod-
al officers in all 23
districts of Punjab
for the ease of NRIs.
While chairing a
high level review
meeting with the of-
ficials of the NRI Af-
fairs department and
members of NRI
Commission, the
Cabinet Minister is-
sued the directions
that the appointment
of the nodal officers
should be made in a
transparent manner
and working of these
officers should be re-
viewed by the Deputy
Commissioners con-
cerned on regular ba-
sis.
Dhaliwal said that
Punjab Govt led by
AAP has continuous-
ly been working with
full zeal and commit-
ment to resolve the
issues of Punjabis
residing in foreign
countries and requi-
site directions have
also been issued to
Special Chief Secre-
tary of the depart-
ment.
The cabinet minis-
ter said that special
courts will be set up
in districts of Amrit-
sar, Patiala, Ludhi-
ana and Bathinda to
resolve cases related
to NRIs in timely
manner. He said that
directions have been
issued to department
officials to immedi-
ately initiate the pro-
cess in this regard
andthephysicalwork
would be started soon
on the ground.
Dhaliwal said that
apart from these
steps, the state gov-
ernment would also
coordinate with Un-
ion Government and
embassy to resolve
the problems of NRIs
which were they fac-
ing out of the state.
He added that he
would personally
take up the matter
with the ministry of
external affairs and
minister of home af-
fairs of Government
of India.
SP ALLIANCE IN TROUBLE
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
Image for representational purpose only,
Image for representational purpose only,
Yogi Adityanath
Dr. Sunny Singh Ahluwalia
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
61,59,278
TOTAL DEATHS
42,14,70,928
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,86,51,819
ACTIVE CASES
48,62,82,025
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,21,131
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,87,410
TOTAL RECOVERED
14,674
ACTIVE CASES
4,30,23,215
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
We learn more from ‘fear of loss’
than timely advice given by
well-wishers.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
5th edition of PM’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ to be held on 1st April
First India Bureau
New Delhi:Pariksha Pe
Charcha, a much-await-
ed annual event in
which the Prime Minis-
ter responds to ques-
tions related to exami-
nation stress and relat-
ed areas posed by stu-
dents in a live pro-
gramme, is all set to be
held on 1st April, 2022.
This would be its 5th
edition.
Union Education
Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan said that the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will be inter-
acting with the stu-
dents, teachers and par-
ents all over the world
during the 5th edition
of Pariksha Pe Char-
cha.
Terming Pariksha pe
Charcha, a public move-
ment, Pradhan outlined
the importance of this
year’s PPC in wake of
the country coming out
of the COVID-19 pan-
demic and exams shift-
ingbacktoofflinemode.
Pradhan said, “PPC is
becoming a formal in-
stitution through which
Prime Minister inter-
acts directly with the
students”.
He also informed that
selectstudentsacrossthe
country will also visit
Raj Bhawans to watch
the event in the presence
of the State Governors.
Pradhan expressed con-
fidence that State Gov-
ernments across the
countrywillalsoencour-
age participation of stu-
dents, teachers and par-
ents. He said that, “PPC
will be streamed, not
only across India, but
also in other countries
reaching out to the Indi-
an diaspora”, calling for
support from media in
making this
program a
mass move-
ment and en-
suring stress-
free exams for
the students.
Pradhan highlighted
that Pariksha Pe Char-
cha is part of the larger
movement ‘Exam War-
riors’ led by Prime Min-
ister, to create a stress-
free atmosphere for
youngsters. He said, “It
is a movement that is
driven by PM’s efforts to
bring together students,
parents, teachers and
the society to foster an
environment where the
unique individuality of
each child is celebrated,
and encouraged”.
MayawatislamsAkhilesh
over‘foreigntour’remark
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
supremo Mayawati on
Wednesday took a swipe
at Samajwadi Party
chief AkhileshYadavfor
linking his overseas
trips with the building
of Kanpur Metro and
Lucknow Expressway
,
stressing right thinking
andvisionwererequired
for overall development,
not foreign tours.
She was referring to
Yadav’scommentsinthe
state Assembly on Tues-
day during his welcome
speech on the election of
SatishMahanaasSpeak-
er of the House. Reading
out the House Speaker’s
political experience,
Akhilesh Yadav, the
Leader of Opposition in
the Assembly
, pointed
out that Mahana has vis-
ited 35 countries. “I nev-
er knew this. Else, I
would have mentioned it
whenever there was any
noise over foreign vis-
its,” he said. Yadav add-
ed, “Good that I went
abroad... because hadn’t
it been the case, the state
would not have got Luc-
know Expressway and
Kanpur Metro by the
SP
.” SP had been at the
receivingendof barbsby
the BJP leaders who had
targeted him during the
election campaign over
his foreign visits. May-
awati on Wednesday said
that like iron will was re-
quired for freeing the
state of riots and vio-
lence, right-thinking was
needed for development.
SP sacks party members
including former MLC
Kailash Singh, others
Lucknow (UP) (ANI):
Samajwadi Party Presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
expelled party mem-
bers including former
MLC Kailash Singh,
former District Pan-
chayat President of
Ghazipur Vijay Yadav
and others for opposing
the party during the
MLC election in Ghaz-
ipur.
Meanwhile, Yadav on
Tuesday held a meeting
with leaders of party al-
lies Apna Dal (K),
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) and
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD). However, Akh-
ilesh’s uncle Uttar
Pradesh MLA and Pra-
gatisheel Samajwadi
Party (PSP) leader Shiv-
pal Yadav, who contest-
ed from Jaswant Nagar
on an SP ticket, was not
present at the meeting.
Besides Shivpal Ya-
dav, Apna Dal (K) leader
Pallavi Patel, too, did
not attend the meeting.
While SBSP chief
Om Prakash Rajbhar
and leader of RLD legis-
lature party Rajpal Bal-
iyan attended the meet-
ing with Akhilesh.
Child-friendly corners in
Vadodara police stations
Vadodara (ANI): The
Vadodara police have
set up child-friendly
corners in each police
station in the city to
keep the children of
complainants and fe-
maleofficersawayfrom
accused juveniles who
are kept in the lockup.
“We have set up a
child-friendly corner
in every police station
of the city, with an in-
tention to keep the
children of complain-
ant away from the
ones accused,” Radhi-
ka Bharai, Assistant
Commissioner of Po-
lice, Vadodara Police.
The ACP also men-
tioned that these cen-
tres are designed in a
way that they give a
suitable environment
to the children there.
“We have separate
entrances for the child
corner and the lock-
ups of accused juve-
niles,” she added.
The female police
officers also look after
their children, during
their duty hours, by
bringing them to these
child-friendly centres.
“There is no one at
home to look after my
child. I bring my child
here as the child can
play here easily,” He-
mangini Vasava, Va-
dodara Police Station
told ANI.
Nitin Gadkari rides to
Parliament in hydrogen
powered electric car
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister for Road
Transport and High-
ways Nitin Gadkari on
Wednesday arrived at
Parliament in a hydro-
gen-powered car, aim-
ing to send a message
for the adoption of re-
newable and green en-
ergy amid a surge in
petrol and diesel prices.
Demonstrating the
car powered by ‘Green
Hydrogen’, Gadkari em-
phasised the need to
spread awareness about
‘Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Electric Vehicle
(FCEV)’ technology and
its benefits for hydro-
gen-based society in In-
dia. Gadkari assured
that ‘Green Hydrogen’
will be manufactured in
India, and refuelling
stations will be estab-
lished, generating sus-
tainable employment
opportunities in the
country
.
The minister said In-
dia would soon become
‘Green Hydrogen’ ex-
porting country
.
“In line with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s vision of clean
and cutting-edge mobil-
ity in India, our govern-
ment through ‘National
Hydrogen Mission’ is
committed for green
and clean energy,” Gad-
kari said.
Gadkari has been vo-
cal about transitioning
to renewable and green
energy. The rise in fuel
prices may accelerate
the process of transi-
tion.
Petrol and diesel pric-
es have risen by Rs 5.60
a litre in the past nine
days. Prices of petrol
and diesel were in-
creased by 80 paise per
litre on Wednesday.
This is the eighth in-
crease in petrol and die-
sel price in the past
nine days.
ON A MISSION
New Delhi (ANI):
The Indian Air Force
(IAF) has identified 28
Emergency Landing
Facilities (ELF) on
highways across the
country
.
Ministry of Road
Transport and High-
ways in a statement
informed that five
such ELFs are in As-
sam, four in West
Bengal, three in
Andhra Pradesh,
three in Gujarat,
three in Rajasthan,
two in Bihar, two in
Haryana, two in
Jammu and Kash-
mir, two in Tamil
Nadu, and one each
in Punjab and Uttar
Pradesh. These
ELFs are capable of
operations by Mili-
tary Aircraft and
can also be used for
a similar class of ci-
vilian aircraft if re-
quired.
This information
was given by Union
Minister for Road
Transport and High-
ways, Nitin Gadkari
in a written reply in
the Rajya Sabha, the
ministry said.
Gadkari also in-
formed the House
that as a policy barest
minimum number of
trees are felled in
marginal strip of
land.
IAF identifies 28
emergency landing
strips on highways
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted that Pariksha Pe Charcha is part of Exam Warriors’ led by PM
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for IB and
Youth Affairs Sports at the mega event hosted by TV9Network to celebrate the third
anniversary of TV9 Bharatvarsh at Taj Palace, New Delhi on Wednesday. The evening
was not just to mark the remarkable journey of TV9 Bharatvarsh to reach the no 1 spot
but also the launch of News9 Plus, the world’s first OTT Video Magazine Service for
the ‘GenFlix’, a trend for the world to follow. Dignitaries from the political, media and
business world including Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Defence, attended the event.
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age, culture
and tradi-
tions and when we
take into account the
contribution of the
state to art, music,
dance, folklore, food,
language, literature
and architec-
ture – our heart swells
with pride and joy
.
It is indeed true that
every region of Ra-
jasthan has a rich his-
tory and a plethora of
it’s own traditions, the
legacy of Rajasthan is
indeed rich and var-
ied. To honour this
legacy, Rajasthan Di-
was was celebrated on
Wednesday where a
whopping 550 artists
put up cultural perfor-
mances.
Rajasthan Assem-
bly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi graced
the event as
did Art and Cul-
ture Minister
Dr B D Kalla,
T o u r i s m
Minister
Vishven-
dra Singh,
PWD Minis-
ter Bhajan-
lal Jatav,
RCA Presi-
dent Vaib-
hav Gehlot,
CS Usha
Sharma, MLA
Amin Kagzi,
Advisor to CM
CS Niranjan Arya,
Chief Information
Commissioner DB
Gupta, Chairman Pol-
lution Board Veenu
Gupta, , Chairman Ra-
jasthan small indus-
tries corporation Rajiv
Arora, Principal Secy
UDH Kunji Lal Meena,
Congress Leader Ruk-
shmani Kumari and
others.
RoopKumar Rathod
and Sonali Rathod
wooed the audience
with their heartfelt
singing as many of the
audience sang along.
The drums of Nathu
Lal Solanki, tunes of
Ravanahatha, beats of
Chang Dhap and a con-
fluence of Mirabai’s
dedication and Sufi
Kalam mesmerized
the audience. Folk
dances, puppet shows
and the traditional
Langa-Manganiyar
stole the show. The
dances and music
were not just a treat
for the eyes but the
heart and soul too.
In fact, to make the
younger generation
conversant and knowl-
edgeable, theentrance,
as well as sightseeing
for all of the state-
owned monuments
and tourist attractions,
have been made free of
cost for all students for
the duration of the Ra-
jasthan Festival.
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,
MARCH 31, 2022
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ON RAJASTHAN DIWAS IT WAS A TRUE CELEBRATION AS THE ETHOS OF THE STATE CAME
ALIVE IN ALL ITS RICH AND GLORIOUS TRADITIONS AND CULTURE AT ALBERT HALL ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING, WITH PERFORMANCES WHICH ENTHRALLED EACH AND EVERYONE!
Dr CP Joshi and Hemlata Joshi, Vishvendra Singh, Vaibhav Gehlot and Rajiv Arora
Usha Sharma and
Dr Chandrabhan
Dr BD Kalla and Shiv Kumari Kalla
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
R
The Pagri- the symbol of Rajasthan takes centrestage
Rajasthani artists showcase dance forms and the pagri
Roop Kumar Rathod and Sonali Rathod
A true celebration of the culture of Rajasthan depicted
Cultural performance
A Kalbeliya performer
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

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