First india ahmedabad edition-08 october 2020

New Delhi: Disposing a
clutch of petitions in
connection with the
Shaheen Bagh sit-in
protest, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday
said that public places
cannot be occupied in-
definitely and protests
must be allowed only in
designated areas.
The apex court ob-
served it is the duty of
the administration to
remove such road block-
ades. Unfortunately no
action by administra-
tion and hence court’s
intervention in the mat-
ter, it said.
A bench comprising
Justices SK Kaul, Krish-
na Murari and Hrishi-
kesh Roy said: “Public
places cannot be occu-
pied indefinitely. Dis-
sent and democracy go
hand in hand but pro-
testsmustbecarriedout
in designated area…
Suchkindof occupation
of public place for pro-
tests is not acceptable.”
On September 21, the
bench reserved its ver-
dict after observing
that the right to protest
has to be balanced with
the right of the people
to use a public road. So-
licitor General Tushar
Mehta said that though
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Public spaces can’t be
occupied indefinitely
SC ON SHAHEEN BAGH
Stockholm: The Royal
Swedish Academy of
Sciences on Wednesday
awarded the 2020 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry to
Emmanuelle Charpen-
tier and Jennifer Doud-
na for “development of
a method for genome
editing”.
“Emmanuelle and
Jennifer have discov-
ered one of gene tech-
nology’s sharpest tools:
the CRISPR/Cas9 ge-
netic scissors,” the
Academy said.
“Using these, re-
searchers can change
the DNA of animals,
plants, and microorgan-
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Chemistry Queens!
US-French duo
win Nobel Prize for
gene editing tool
Guinness World Record title holder Rajlakshmi Manda rings a bell weighing 613 kg, meant
for Ram Temple, after it arrived from Rameswaram by road, in Ayodhya on Wednesday.
RING FOR
RAM IN
AYODHYA
—PHOTO BY PTI
TWO DECADES IN OFFICE,
A WINNER ALL THE WAY!
 In yet another political
milestone for Narendra
Modi, the prime minister
on Wednesday as he
entered his 20th year
in a public office without
a break
 PM Modi was
appointed as chief
minister of Gujarat by the
BJP when the saffron party
was battling infighting
among its own leaders. It
would not be wrong to say
that PM Modi used his 3
terms as Gujarat CM to
strengthen the party and
helped the BJP end the
stronghold of Congress
party at the Centre
 Modi took charge
as Gujarat chief
minister on October
7, 2001 soon after the
devastating earthquake
which had rocked Bhuj
 In 2007, Modi took
oath as Gujarat CM for
the second time and
he became the CM in
2012 for the third time
in a row. In 2014, Modi
took oath as Prime
Minister after BJP
won Lok Sabha poll
with majority. In 2019,
PM Modi led BJP to a
thumping victory to take
oath as prime minister
for the second time
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Inspired by the thoughts, vision and charismatic personality of Prime
Minister Modi, every Indian today is working towards re-establishing
India as a ‘Vishwa Guru’. It is a matter of great pride for me to work for the
welfare of the nation under his extraordinary leadership and guidance
EX-CBI CHIEF
ENDS LIFE
Former Governor of Ma-
nipur and Nagaland, and
ex-CBI Director Ashwani
Kumar was found dead
at his residence in Shim-
la on Wednesday, Mohit
Chawla, SP Shimla told
news agency ANI. Kumar
was the Director Gen-
eral of Police, Himachal
Pradesh, before being
appointed the director of
CBI from August 2008 to
November 2010.
GUPTESHWAR
LEFT IN LURCH
Seat sharing between
JDU and BJP has created
a hurdle for top cop-
turned-politician ‘Robin
Hood’ Gupteshwar Pan-
dey’s electoral plunge
post taking VRS. Buxar
is Pandey’s hometown
and it has gone to BJP
in the deal. Pandey, who
came to limelight with
Sushant case, is now
sprinting towards BJP
hoping to grap a ticket.
Mathura: A journalist
and three others on way
to Hathras and arrested
by the Uttar Pradesh po-
lice earlier this week
have been booked under
the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act and
sedition, according to
an FIR registered in
Mathura on Wednesday.
The four, who had
been arrested in Mathu-
ra on Monday, had been
placed under preventive
detention but an FIR
was registered against
them in the Mant police
station of Mathura on
Wednesday and subse-
quently they were pre-
sented before a court.
These four include
Atiq-ur- Rehman from
Muzaffar Nagar, Siddiq
from Malappuram (Ker-
ala),MasoodfromBahra-
ich and Alam from Ram-
pur. Siddiq is a journal-
ist. They were arrested
on Monday night after a
laptop and some objec-
tionable literature relat-
ing to ‘Justice for Hath-
rasVictim’wasallegedly
recoveredfromtheirpos-
session while they were
en route to Hathras.
Meanwhile, CM Yogi
Adityanath said that the
Oppsitionisdoingpolitics
on ‘dead bodies of poor’.
Will deal with them with
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Journalist,3 others on
way to Hathras slapped
with UAPA,sedition
The FIR blames them for attempting to
incite riots and fuelling caste violence
for which they were collecting donations
RHEA BREATHES FRESH
AFTER MONTH IN JAIL
Mumbai: Actor Rhea
Chakraborty left Mum-
bai’s Byculla prison
this evening after being
granted bail by the
Bombay High Court, 28
days after her arrest on
drugs-related charges
in the Sushant Singh
Rajput case. Her broth-
er Showik has been de-
nied bail.
The actor, hounded
by the media in the
past, left in a car with
its windows covered
with newspapers. It
drove through a huge
crowd of reporters,
cameramen, policemen
and others gathered
outside the jail. The
Mumbai Police had
warned the media
against “chasing celeb-
rities and others” and
“endangering lives”
shortly after the actor’s
bail. Turn on P6
DON’T AGREE CELEBS SHOULD
BE TREATED HARSHLY: JUDGE
The judge disagreed that celebrities and role
models should be treated harshly so that it sets
an example for the young generation and they
do not get encouraged to commit such offences.
“I do not agree. Everybody is equal before law.
No celebrity or role model enjoys any special
privilege before the Court of law. Similarly, such
person also does not incur any special liability
when he faces law in the Courts. Each case will
have to be decided on its own merits.
SUSHANT’S FAMILY WRITES
TO CBI, SLAMS AIIMS PANEL
Days after a team of doctors from Delhi’s
AIIMS said that actor Sushant Singh Rajput
was not murdered and that it is a case of
suicide, his family has written to the CBI
chief, seeking the formation of a fresh
medical board to review the autopsy and
viscera reports by a Mumbai hospital. The
family, through its lawyers, has also accused
AIIMS panel of being “unprofessional” and
has threatened to approach court.
BAIL GRANTED: “She (Rhea Chakraborty) is not part of the chain of
drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her
to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits,” says Bombay HC
 Report every day for 10 days to Mumbai police
 FURNISH BAIL BOND `1 LAKH
 Deposit passport, cannot leave country or
Mumbai without permission
 CANNOT MEET WITH ANY OTHER WITNESSES
CONDITIONS FOR THE BAIL
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BEING ASKED IN THE COUNTRY: RAHUL
Bootlegger claims bribes make liquor biz possible in Guj
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: With a
Prohibition Act in
place, the state has al-
ways been divided
over the enforcement
of the ‘no alcohol’ law.
But, Minister of State
for Home Pradipsinh
Jadeja has claimed
time and again that
the government has
been strictly imple-
menting the Act in the
state. But, his claims
have been refuted by
an Ahmedabad-based
bootlegger in a video
that has been widely
circulated on social
media.
In the video, bootleg-
ger Rohan Garange can
be heard boasting that
one can get permission
to run a liquor business
in Gujarat, if they pay a
bribe to the police. “I
had bribed two police
officers named Ketan
and Rafiq, the middle-
men of Shaher Kotda’s
First Police Inspector
VR Vasava. Later, I was
forced to shut down my
business even though I
had paid a bribe of
Rs15,000 per day.
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SKY'S THE LIMIT
In a video on social media, Rohan
Garange can be seen talking about
greasing palms of police officials
Allegations have cropped up against Shaher Kotda police
personnel for the second time in the past two months. (inset)
Bootlegger Rohan Garange.
State police seized drugs worth Rs4.4 crore

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Haresh Jhala
Ahmedabad: When
Congress MLA Nau-
shad Solanki called
for a Pratikar Yatra
(retaliation march) to
protest atrocities
against women, espe-
cially minors, he
made it a point to in-
vite Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani to par-
ticipate “in solidari-
ty”. However, not only
did Rupani and his
deputy Nitin Patel not
attend Wednesday’s
rally, the authorities
made sure no one else
could either.
The Ahmedabad po-
lice did not give permis-
sion for the rally. In-
stead, a huge police
force was deployed at
both Kochrab Ashram
and the Gandhi Ash-
ram—the start and end
points of the proposed
rally. Even the stretch
between the two, on
AshramRoad,remained
closed to commuters in
the afternoon.
In addition,
Dhangadhra police
picked up the Con-
gress party’s working
president Hardik Pa-
tel from his residence
in connection with an
old case, and the
Ahmedabad police
placed the party’s dep-
uty leader in the As-
sembly, Shailesh Par-
mar, and Jamalpur
MLA Imran Khedawa-
la under house arrest.
Even Independent
MLA Jignesh Mevani
was detained at the
circuit house.
A large number of
women workers who
had reached Kochrab
Ashram were detained
even before the march
started. Similarly, a
group of workers led by
Dasada MLA Solanki
and city unit chief
Dinesh Sharma were
detained by the police
and taken to the police
headquarters even be-
fore they reached the
Kochrab ashram.
Reiterating the fact
that Wednesday’s rally
had been called to pro-
test the gang rape in
Hathras and to pro-
mote a safer environ-
ment for women,
Solanki said, “Unfor-
tunately, the govern-
ment used the police
force to silence voices.
This was an opportu-
nity for the ruling par-
ty to rise above party
politics and come out
in support of women
and their safety. Their
leaders should have
joined the march.”
Criticizing the ac-
tions of the police, pres-
ident of the Gujarat
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee Amit Chavda
said, “It is deplorable
thatthepolicehavetried
to silence people’s voic-
es. This was meant to be
a march for women’s
safety—something that
concerns all of us since
there has been an in-
crease in the number of
assaults and attacks on
women in recent times.
The police and the state
government might have
been successful in foil-
ing today’s march, but it
cannot silence the peo-
ple’s voice.”
First India Bureau
Rajkot: Cotton has
been arriving in Sau-
rashtra’sAPMCmar-
ketyardbythetruck-
load,butfarmersless
than happy. They say
that the prices being
offered—in the range
of Rs850-Rs950 per
20kg—don’t even
meet production
costs.
On Monday, the Ra-
jkot market yard re-
ceived about 120
tonnes of cotton for
sale. However, prices
were as low as Rs850
per 20kg. Kamlesh
Raiyani, a farmer who
had come with his cot-
ton, said that farmers
invest anywhere be-
tween Rs1,200 and
Rs1,300 per 20kg of
cotton, so the current
prices do not even cov-
er production costs,
forget giving farmers
any profit.
Raiyani added that
the current prices do
not even match the
Centre’s pricing of
Rs5,515 per quintal for
medium-staple and
Rs5,825 per quintal for
long-staple cotton. “At
the Central govern-
ment’s rate, cotton
should fetch us at
least Rs1,103 per
20kg,” he said.
Citing examples of
increasing production
cost, Raiyani pointed
out that diesel prices
have increased by
Rs17 per litre over the
past year. “Labourers
charge Rs250 per day,
and the cost of pesti-
cides, seeds and other
inputs have also in-
creased, but cotton
prices have not in-
creased,” he said, add-
ing that cotton was
fetching similar pric-
es last year as well.
Another farmer,
Lavjibhai Patel al-
leged that there is a
nexus between cen-
tral agency Cotton
Corporation of India
(CCI) and traders.
“CCI purchases cot-
ton from traders at
MSP, whereas the
same traders pur-
chase cotton from
market yards at lower
prices,” he said. He
further alleged that
some farmers have
handed over their rev-
enue documents to
traders in support of
their petty self-inter-
ests. “The state should
investigate this nexus
and protect farmers,”
he demanded.
First India Bureau
Palanpur: All 16
seats on the Banas
Dairy management
committee went to
pro-BJP candidates
on the last day to
withdraw forms in
the Banaskantha
District Cooperative
Milk Producers Un-
ion Ltd elections af-
ter all their oppo-
nents dropped out of
the race.
Now, two BJP stal-
warts—Member of Par-
liament Parbat Patel
and former minister
and outgoing Chairman
Shankar Chaudhary—
will go head to head for
the post of chairman.
Patel won uncon-
tested on Tuesday af-
ter his opponent with-
drew his form. Sourc-
es also said Patel had
requested former
chairman Parthi Bha-
tor to withdraw his
candidature. On
Wednesday, outgoing
vice-chairman Mavji
Desai too withdrew
from the election,
leaving just Chaud-
hary and Patel to
fight for the chance to
become chairman of
the dairy board.
Of the 16 directors,
nine got elected unop-
posed last week, two
more won in a similar
manner on Tuesday,
and the remaining five,
on Wednesday.
The new manage-
ment committee now
has 30 days to elect its
chairman and vice-
chairman. In the
closely contested elec-
tions in Sumul and
Amul Dairy, where
the BJP was not able
to get a clear majori-
ty, the ruling party
had nominated two
directors to get the
chairman and vice-
chairman of its
choice. This tactic is
likely to be attempt-
ed in Banas Dairy,
too. Alternatively,
the party might leave
it to the 16 elected
directors and ex of-
ficio members to
elect a “suitable”
chairman and vice-
chairman, according
to sources in Banas-
kantha district’s co-
operative sector.
This election was
very important for both
Parbat Patel and
Shankar Chaudhary to
prove who holds more
political sway in Banas-
kantha. Sources in the
BJP told First India
that Patel was ousted
from his Tharad Assem-
bly seat and pressured
by the party to contest
the Lok Sabha elections
on the urging of Chaud-
hary, who wanted to
contest the Assembly
election himself.
Six more crops to be procured from farmers by state government
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: After
groundnut, now the
state government is
set to procure millet,
corn, soybean, paddy,
moong and urad at a
minimum support
price (MSP) from 320
centres this season.
Farmers have been in-
vited to file online
forms for paddy, mil-
let and corn crops
which will conclude
on October 29.
Announcing the cabi-
net’s decision, state Ag-
riculture Minister RC
Faldu said, “The state
will rope in National
Association of Fire
Equipment Distribu-
tors (NAFED) and other
state agencies to pro-
cure crops from farm-
ers. The acquisition of
paddy will occur at an
MSP of Rs1,868 per
quintal, millet at
Rs2,150, urad at Rs6,000,
corn at Rs1,850, moong
at Rs7,196 and soybean
at Rs3,880 per quintal.
Sharing more de-
tails about the pro-
curement plans, state
Civil Supplies Minis-
ter Jayesh Radadia
told the media, “The
numbers of centres
where the acquisition
of the crops will be
conducted include,
paddy (92), corn (61),
millet (57), moong
(71), urad (80) and
soybean (60).
The procurement of
paddy, corn and millet
will begin from October
16 and culminate on De-
cember 31.
For moong, urad and
soybean, the online reg-
istration will begin on
October 12 and end on
October 31. The pro-
curement of these crops
will be conducted at vil-
lage level beginning on
November 02 and con-
cluding on January 30
next year.
While filing forms
online, farmers will
be required to upload
relevant documents
such as land bank
passbook, records of
crop sowing. They
are expected to bring
clean, segregated
and dry crops and
not wet harvest for
sale at market yards.
If the crops are wet,
then they will not be
considered up to
standard and won’t
be purchased by the
Gujarat State Civil
Supplies Corpora-
tion team.
Radadia also added
that so far, over 2.80
lakh farmers have reg-
istered for groundnut
procurement and that
the state planned to ac-
quire over 13,66,00 met-
ric tonne of groundnuts
this season.
l Paddy, millet, urad, corn,
moong and soybean to be
acquired at varying MSPs
l Parbat Patel
and Shankar
Chaudhary in
a fight for the
chairman’s post
IN SERVICE OF FARMERS
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani —FILE PHOTO
FARMERS DISSATISFIED
WITH COTTON PRICES
Pro-BJP candidates get elected
unopposed at Banas Dairy
Farmers invest anywhere between Rs1,200 and Rs1,300
per 20kg of cotton, so the current prices do not even cover
production costs. —FILE PHOTO
Parbat Patel, MP, Banaskantha Shankar Chaudhary, outgoing Banas Dairy chairman
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THE RETALIATION RALLY
THAT WASN’T
Protesters were detained even before they reached Kochrab Ashram from where the rally was supposed to kick-off. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
First India Bureau
Surat: Doing good has
turned out to be a tidy
business for the city’s
self-proclaimed hu-
manitarians, accord-
ing to a reply to an
RTI application,
which says the Surat
Municipal Corpora-
tion has received bills
amounting to Rs20
crore from activists,
NGO and other insti-
tutes that served food
to the needy during
the lockdown which
began at the end of
March.
Interestingly, several
of these individuals
and organizations had
sought—and received—
considerable credit for
their “benevolence” at
the time.
SMC has already paid
a considerable amount
in bills, sources say, but
still has to shell out sev-
eral crores in unpaid
bills for these meals.
According to the RTI,
the South zone submit-
ted the largest bill, of
Rs5.51crore, while Lim-
bayat paid Rs3.52 crore,
Udhna zone paid Rs3.40
crore and Varachha
zone had bills of Rs31.64
lakh.
When the reply to the
RTI came to light, the
Congress party called it
a scam resulting from
government corruption
under the guise of feed-
ing the people.
Kalpesh Barot of the
city Congress, who
made this information
public, said, “The SMC
has already paid bills of
Rs15 crore while some
are still pending. He has
alleged that a large
amount of money has
been paid to a BJP
member who claimed to
be serving food.”
Barot has accused
two SMC officials of be-
ing involved in the al-
leged scam. “How did
the SMC rack up such
high bills if Good Sa-
maritans were donating
food? A senior female
officer of the Central
zone and a male officer
of the South zone are
involved in this scam.”
he said, adding, that
they have embezzled
public funds.
Surat’s Mayor, Dr
Jagdish Patel, said that
10 lakh labourers were
provided with food dur-
ing the lockdown.
“When the lockdown
was extended, SMC pur-
chased food at mini-
mum cost from some
institutes. However, if
we find any discrepan-
cies in payments, we
will surely look into the
matter,” he said.
Activists who distributed food during lockdown cost SMC dearly
NO FREE LUNCHES
Another case of rape
registered in Jamnagar
First India Bureau
Jamnagar: Another
case of rape has sur-
faced in Jamnagar.
The latest victim—
who says she was
raped at knifepoint
twice about six
months ago—only
gathered up the cour-
age to approach the
police after her father
committed suicide out
of shame. Like the
gang-rape survivor
from the September
28 incident, this wom-
an too was 17 years
old when she was as-
saulted.
In a complaint filed
with the Jamjodhpur
Police Station late on
Tuesday late evening,
the woman said that one
Ashwin Vadhiya from
Kutiyana (in Porbandar
district) had started har-
assing her six months
ago, and then one day
raped her at knifepoint.
“Hethenthreatenedto
kill my brother and fa-
ther if I told anyone
about the incident,” she
said, adding, “A few days
later,herapedmeagain.”
She told the police
that she had stayed si-
lent since she wanted to
protect her family. How-
ever, her father some-
how got to know about
the rape and killed him-
self by consuming poi-
son, in the last week on
September 29 out of
shame. This gave her
thecouragetofileacom-
plaint, she said.
The complaint is
lodged under IPC sec-
tion 376 (a) and POCSO
will be added only after
medical confirmation
that she was minor
when the rape occurred.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
number of fresh cas-
es and fatalities have
been on the decline
over the past few
days, causing hope
that Gujarat might be
witnessing the start
of a turnaround in
the COVID-19 pan-
demic. However, scep-
tics worry that the
low numbers are
merely the result of
the government’s
management of data.
The highest single-
day jump occurred on
September 21, when the
state reported 1,430
fresh cases and 17
deaths. On October 1,
these numbers had fall-
en to 1351 fresh cases
and 10 deaths. On
Wednesday, the state
has reported 1,311 fresh
cases of COVID-19 and
just nine deaths.
In the past 24 hours,
the state has tested
51,385 samples. There
are now 16,485 active
cases with 86 patients
on ventilator support.
Of the nine deaths re-
ported, four were from
Ahmedabad, three from
Surat and one each
from Vadodara and
Mehsana.
Surat also had the
highest single-day jump
with 280 fresh cas-
es—181 from the city
and 99 from rural areas.
Three zones—Athwa,
RanderandKatargam—
account for 51% of Su-
rat city’s positive cases.
Of these, Athwa has
been the hardest hit
with 4,148 cases emerg-
ing there. In rural areas,
Kamrej leads with 1,577
cases so far; followed by
Choryasi with 1,540.
Umarpada has had the
fewest (70) cases.
Vadodara city con-
ducted 4,572, and detect-
ed 117 positive cases;
rural areas saw another
43 cases. There are 1,729
active cases in the dis-
trict, with 76 patients
on ventilators and Bi-
PAP machines and 184
on oxygen support.
Cases also emerged
in Rajkot (134), Jamna-
gar (93), Mehsana (53),
Gandhinagar (51), Jun-
agadh (39), Amreli (33),
Bhavnagar (27) and
Bharuch (21).
This is the second rape case to emerge in Jamnagar in less than
a week. —FILE PHOTO
CouldGujaratbeseeingthe
beginningofaturnaround?
RoRo ferry to almost halve
Surat-Bhavnagar travel time
HC:Resolvefarmers’crop
insuranceissuein3months First India Bureau
Surat: The roll on-roll
off (Ro-Ro) passenger
ferry service between
Surat and Bhavnagar is
likely to commence
from October 15. The
decision came after
Minister of State for
Shipping Mansukh
Mandaviya met with
the Gujarat Maritime
Board (GMB) officials a
couple of days ago. The
sea route between Surat
to Bhavnagar will cut
down travel time be-
tween the two cities by
four hours, bringing it
down to five hours.
The ferry service will
have three types of sea-
sonal tariffs. However,
the boat companies and
GMB officials expect
people to take advan-
tage of the ferry service
during the Diwali sea-
son. The ferry service
will provide transporta-
tion to passengers as
well as heavy cargo and
vehicles weighing up to
36 metric tonnes. The
charges for using the
ferry include heavy car-
go vehicles (Rs7,500),
light weight vehicles
(Rs2,500-Rs4,500), trans-
port vehicles (Rs4,500-
Rs5,500) , two-wheelers
(Rs350) and private cars
(Rs1,200).
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
High Court on
Wednesday gave the
state three months’
time to resolve the
Surendranagar farm-
ers’ crop insurance
issue. In 2017, floods
had damaged crops
and the insurance
company had failed to
pay farmers’ claims.
The court said that if
the state had accepted
that crops had indeed
been damaged in floods,
then farmers were enti-
tled to the insurance
payment.
Around 10 farmers
in nine villages had
moved a petition in the
high court regarding
the insurance claims.
Their advocate said,
“When insurance
claims were raised by
farmers, the insurance
company failed to pay
the claims. The issue
was taken up with the
state government, but it
too did not get claims
cleared in a satisfactory
manner, leaving farm-
ers with no choice but
to approach the court to
get justice.”
The state submitted
that it had asked SBI
General Insurance to
make the payments but
it had not acquiesced to
the order. In its defence,
the insurance firm stat-
ed that earlier the state
had termed the floods
“a local calamity”.
HC fines Oza `2K, orders him to stay until rising of the courtFirst India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The state
High Court imposed a
fine of Rs2,000 and
punished former Gu-
jarat High Court Ad-
vocates’ Association
(GHCAA) president
Yatin Oza to stay on
the court’s premises
till rising of the court
on Wednesday.
A division bench
comprising Justice So-
nia Gokani and Justice
NV Anjaria was hear-
ing suo moto contempt
of court proceedings
against Oza for his
scandalous remarks
against state high court
judges and the court
registry.
After being found
guilty on Tuesday, the
court had kept the pun-
ishment order reserved
for Wednesday. He was
directed to pay a penal-
ty of Rs2,000 and asked
to stay on the premises
till rising of the court at
the end of the day. He
was also warned that if
he defied the sentence,
he shall be liable to be
imprisoned for a period
of two months.
When senior advo-
cate Mihir Joshi plead-
ed to stay the sentence
for an appeal in the Su-
preme Court, the state
high court granted its
approval.
The High Court had
revoked the senior des-
ignation given to Oza on
July 18 this year, by re-
calling the full court
decision of 1999.
Oza had attracted
court action when he
addressed a live press
conference on Face-
book and made allega-
tions of corrupt prac-
tices and undue favours
for high-profile cases
by giving them priority
in listing against the
court registry.
After the court initi-
ated contempt of court
proceedings against
Oza, he had offered an
unconditional apology
with a prayer to drop
the proceedings against
him. The appeal was re-
jected by the court and
proceedings were initi-
ated against the senior
advocate.
Surat Municipal Corporation. —FILE PHOTO
Yatin Oza. —FILE PHOTO
Local civic
body has
received bills
amounting to
around Rs20
cr for meals
given out
amid the
pandemic
A MOMENT OF REFLECTION
A young balloon seller perches on a divider as she crosses a deserted CG Road in
Ahmedabad. Irregular labour like roadside vendors have been hit badly by the restrictions
put in place in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
With number of new cases and fatalities falling daily, nCoV spread might be slowing down
A recovered patient leaves the COVID-19 hospital in Veraval. —FILE PHOTO
High Court of Gujarat.
IN AHMEDABAD...
COMPENSATION
1,311 cases, nine
fatalities take total tally
to 1,46,673 cases,
death toll to 3,531
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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
he medical dra-
ma playing out
daily since
President Don-
ald Trump con-
tracted COVID-19 is alarm-
ing – but not surprising.
Any physician who’s ever
rendered medical advice or
hospital care to a promi-
nent person probably em-
pathizes with Trump’s
medical team. It’s a real
challenge to care for VIP
patients, whether they’re
hospitalized or not.
Of course, following best
infection-control practices
and providing evidence-
based care are what physi-
cians should do with all
patients, even difficult or
entitled VIPs. Easier said
than done.
As an internist, I’ve per-
sonally been threatened by
a mob boss who didn’t want
to be discharged from the
hospital, overwhelmed by
hordes of Roma families
suspicious of medical care
for a dying king and asked
to withhold information
from the public that would
be detrimental to a promi-
nent person. Those are in-
timidating challenges to
professionalism and ethics.
What is VIP syndrome?
VIP syndrome is the ten-
dency of clinicians to treat
influential or famous pa-
tients differently because
they feel pressured to ac-
cede to the VIP’s wishes.
Psychiatrists have iden-
tified three types of “spe-
cial” patients who can cre-
ate difficulty by dazzling or
intimidating the care team:
celebrities, VIPs and po-
tentates.
Celebrities focus un-
wanted media attention on
medical care. VIPs gener-
ate awe so that the care
team may lose their objec-
tivity. Potentates exude
narcissism and can un-
earth it in others, trigger-
ing power struggles with
the health care team.
Each subcategory of VIP
patient has the potential to
insist on special privileges,
desired treatments or
changes in care plans that
can sabotage the best-
thought-out medical regi-
men. Physicians may order
too many tests because of
anxiety about missing
something – or too few tests
or consultations in order to
spare the VIP pain, embar-
rassment or scrutiny. For
example, inquiries about
substance abuse, sexual ac-
tivity or psychological
symptoms may be omitted.
Unrealistic demands can
cause unwise clinical deci-
sions that can then result
in bad outcomes. For exam-
ple, if a famous individual
has unresolved pneumonia
but the treating physician
doesn’t ask about sexual
preference and activity,
HIV may never be consid-
ered or treated.
Ahigh-profilepatienthas
the potential to monopolize
a medical team’s attention
thatmightotherwisebedis-
tributed across all patients
currently under care.
And VIP syndrome isn’t
a concern just inside the
Beltway, in Los Angeles or
in other places known for
powerful, rich or famous
inhabitants. A 2017 survey
of hospital-based physi-
cians from eight U.S. insti-
tutions revealed that a ma-
jority of them reported
feeling pressured by pa-
tients, family members and
hospital representatives to
provide unnecessary care
to VIP patients. The re-
searchers pointed out that
caring for VIP patients
comes with “challenges for
physicians as well for the
patients themselves.”
Handwritten ‘Feel Bet-
ter Mr. President’ sign:
Well-wishers gather Oct. 5
outside the hospital where
President Trump was re-
ceiving treatment for COV-
ID-19. Olivier Douliery/
AFP via Getty Images
Sticking to standards
is the best care: When
physicians have written
about VIP syndrome over
the years, common advice
themes emerge: Treat the
VIP as you would any other
patient with the same con-
dition; avoid power strug-
gles; insist on the most ev-
idence-based therapies;
and establish a short, firm
chain of command that ex-
cludes the entourage ac-
companying the VIP.
In a 2018 article, several
L.A. surgeons urged care
teams looking after VIP pa-
tients to do their best to fol-
low standard procedures,
treating the high-profile
patient like any other. They
cautionedagainstthetemp-
tation to “overdo care” with
unnecessary tests and pro-
cedures.
HTTPS://THECONVERSATION.COM
VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors
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What the outstanding person
does, others will try to do. The
standards such people create
will be followed by the whole
world. —The Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The reforms in natural gas marketing
will further de-bottleneck the E&P
sector, allow afﬁliate companies to
participate in the bidding process
and will greatly help in fulﬁlling
the national objective of reducing
dependence on crude imports.
#CabinetDecisions
Randeep Singh Surjewala
@rssurjewala
The BJP MP’s lewd and clumsy
remark for daughters of Uttar Pradesh
and the country shows the ‘gait,
face, character’ of the Adityanath
government. Here, the representatives
of BJP and Modi government
themselves have become ‘Dushasan’
rather than demanding justice for their
daughter. #HathrasHorrorShocksIndia
RHEA FREED, NCB
LICKS ITSWOUNDS
ll the strain on their vocal chords by
some television anchors to pronounce
Rhea Chakraborty as guilty and Kanga-
na Ranaut’s all-out effort to paint her and
Bollywood in the black has gone to waste.
One thought that with Rhea walking out of Byculla
jail after Bombay High Court granted her bail and
AIIMS, Delhi, rejecting the theory that Sushant
Singh Rajput was murdered, they would accept the
verdict. That has not happened. Lawyer of SSR’s
family has raised doubts over the credibility of
AIIMS and demanded that a fresh forensic team
should look into the Cooper Hospital’s report in the
case. The AIIMS report was handed over to the CBI
which has so far remained quiet on the issue.
The family may dispute AIIMS report and the
Cooper Hospital’s post-mortem report but the Bom-
bay High Court’s order suggests that the Narcotics
Control Bureau tried to frame Rhea with frivolous
charges. In its bail order the high court said that
Rhea “is not part of a chain of drug dealers and
“has not forwarded the drug allegedly procured by
her to somebody else to earn monetary or other
benefits”. The NCB had accused Rhea of being “an
active member of a drugs syndicate” and wanted
her to be treated harshly in order to make an exam-
ple out of her. Rejecting the argument, the judge
said, “Everybody is equal before law.” Neither do
celebrities get special privileges, nor special liabil-
ity before a court of law, the court said.
This is not the end of the witch-hunt as alleged
by the Rhea camp, though.
A
IN-DEPTH
PROTEST, BUT NOT
AT PUBLIC PLACES
ublic places cannot be occupied “indefi-
nitely” for staging protests, the Supreme
Court said with reference to Delhi’s
Shaheen Bagh protests against the Citi-
zenship Amendment Act (CAA). The sit-
in staged earlier this year lasted for over three
monthsandwasspearheadedmainlybywomenwho
sat through harsh winter months and rain demand-
ing repeal of the Act. The protests ended in March
aftertheimpositionof lockdowninviewof Covid-19.
The Supreme Court observed, “Public spaces
and places can’t be occupied indefinitely, whether
in Shaheen Bagh or elsewhere. The administration
must keep such spaces free from obstructions and
not wait to fire from the court’s shoulder.” Instead
of hiding behind courts, the authorities should act
on their own, the Supreme Court added while al-
lowing protesters the right to dissent peacefully at
“designated places”.
The sit-in had deeply divided the society on com-
munallineswithDelhiBJPleaderKapilMishrawho
charged the protesters to be “traitors”, “Pakistanis”
and“terrorists”.Thepolicelodgedcasesagainstsev-
eral of the protesters but left out Mishra who was
also alleged to have incited communal passions.
The Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests for the first
time saw Muslim women collectively raise their
voice against the legislation, shattering the stereo-
type image of being burqa-clad and oppressed.
The apex court’s order has settled the issue of sit-
in protests at “public places or spaces” but the gov-
ernments are becoming increasingly intolerant of
protests in any form and at any place. So much so,
theyarewaryof peopleoffering flowers to a Gandhi
statue, as happened in Lucknow on October 2.
P
tructural reforms were impera-
tive in agriculture sector. The
objectives of current reforms
are commendable. The bills to
allow the private market and to
enthuse and institute contract
farming look promising and
progressive in their very intent.
However implementation
and design issues still remain
central. There have been pro-
tests due to the vested interest,
ideological reasons and spon-
sored misinformation. I am not
going in that debate.
I want to take this conversa-
tion to an altogether different
level. My limited observations
relatetothecomprehensionand
evaluation of the above reforms
through the gender lens. The ef-
fort is to construct a perspective
from the women centric ap-
proach and thus to highlight the
gaps in expectations from wom-
en empowerment angle.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s address that called for
women led development instead
of women-friendly development
echoes in my mind while writ-
ing this article. Policies and re-
forms thus should reflect wom-
en-led approach.
Agriculture, the world over
is feminized. Women farmers
and women workers in the ag-
riculture, especially for the sub-
sistence agriculture remain
invisible. There is a large range
of academic work which high-
lights this issue of non enumer-
ation or invisibility including
my own writings.
More than 425 million wom-
en contribute to agriculture
globally, yet they don’t have
equality in terms of land own-
ership rights in more than 92
countries. Feminization of ag-
riculture is a worldwide trend
especially in the low technolo-
gy subsets where labour inten-
sive production is women cen-
tric for obvious reasons.
They contribute in subsist-
ence farming too in a large way
yet remain invisible as contri-
butions.
Around 80% of the entire
farm work is carried out by
women in India. They are 45%
of the labour force but own
only 2% of the land legally. 34%
women are cultivators and 48%
agricultural laborers. This ex-
cludes subsistent work. Despite
such dominant numbers they
are already disadvantaged in
wage, land rights, representa-
tion in local farmers organisa-
tion and other agency assets
which translate in negative ex-
ternalities. Structural con-
straints for women empower-
ment are real and need to be
addressed.
How the new reforms are ad-
dressing these pre-existing dis-
tortion in an emerging agri
market which they perceive
and advocate remains unclear.
Farmers are perceived as a
homogeneous category in these
new reforms while women’s
disadvantages remain unad-
dressed. No wonder there is no
debate on this issue in the en-
tire noise of criticism or advo-
cacy. Women farmers or agri
workersneedspecialfocus,treat-
ment,support,handholdingand
mostimportantlythestructured
reforms need to address the gen-
dered issues in Indian agricul-
ture.
Lack of land entitlements
leads to lack of institutional
credit,pensions,rightstosourc-
es of water and other inputs
and technology access. Even
production relations and bar-
gaining capacities which are
the essence of open markets are
uniquel. The deep rooted sys-
temic gendered issues obvi-
ously distort the distribution of
benefits and operations of mar-
kets on which the current re-
forms heavily rely. No special
regulatory mechanism exists to
insert these gendered concerns.
Womens farmers entitlement
issues need a fundamental de-
bate and formalization. Land
rights discrimination need to
be addressed and seen as viola-
tion of human rights as high-
lighted by UN resolutions.
Necessarylegislativesupport
and infrastructure is required
for implementation of the spirit
of equality in land rights. Na-
tional women’s policy by the
Ministry underlined the impor-
tance of land rights for the eco-
nomic empowerment. NCW has
also done some work in this di-
rection but much more is need-
ed.
Issues related to control and
ownershipandtenancyarecom-
plex issues but they are very
crucial to the empowerment of
women engaged in agriculture.
I intend to voice the urgency in
the context of new reform.
Thus when we claim these re-
formsarethewatershedmoment
forIndianagriculturewhichwill
unshackle 43% of India’s work-
force that is engaged in agricul-
ture, do we picture the 80% wom-
en engaged in agriculture that
are already marginalized? Do we
consider the importance of the
implications of reforms in the
process empowerment of rural
women? I doubt we do!
What bargaining capacities
these marginalised women will
have in the new mechanism of
contract farming, FPOs and
their leadership is questiona-
ble. Whether they would experi-
ence income expansion is also
to be investigated. They are low
on technology ladder, assets,
leadership and agency.
How these gaps are to be ad-
dressed in reformed markets is
unclear and thus a cause of
concern.
States can thus come forward
and translate these arrange-
mentsindesigninggendersensi-
tive mechanisms leading to bet-
ter empowerment indicators.
NITI Ayog could play a vital role
here in providing insights.
The benefits of reforms
should reach the doorsteps of
the women farmers too as their
lives need transformation too.
They are the real Annapurnas.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
AGRI REFORMS
THROUGH GENDER LENS
S
The bills to
allow the
private market
and to enthuse
and institute
contract
farming look
promising and
progressive in
their very
intent.
MORE THAN 425
MILLION WOMEN
CONTRIBUTE TO
AGRICULTURE
GLOBALLY, YET THEY
DON’T HAVE EQUALITY
IN TERMS OF LAND
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN
MORE THAN 92
COUNTRIES.
DR. JYOTI
KIRAN SHUKLA
FORMER CHAIRPERSON OF.
STATE FINANCE COMMISSION

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INDIAAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday ex-
tended greetings to the
Rapid Action Force
(RAF) personnel and
their families on the
force’s 28th anniversary.
In a tweet, Shah said
the RAF has distin-
guished itself in dealing
with the challenges re-
lating to law and order.
“Greetings to RAF
personnel and their
families on their 28th
anniversary. The RAF
has distinguished itself
in dealing with the chal-
lenges relating to law
and order. Time and
again, their commit-
ment in several human-
itarian works and Unit-
ed Nations peacekeep-
ing missions has made
India proud,” the Home
Minister tweeted.
The RAF, a special-
ised wing of the
CRPF, was raised in Oct
1992 initially with 10
unattached battalions
and increased with 5
more units on January
1, 2018.
These units were set
up to deal with riots and
riot-like situations, to
instill confidence
amongst all sections of
the society and also,
handle internal securi-
ty duty.—ANI
RAF’S 28TH ANNIVERSARY
HM Amit Shah greets
personnel, their familiesThese units were set up to deal with riots, to instill confidence
amongst all sections of society & to handle internal security duty
IRCTC’S TEJAS EXPRESS TO
RESUME SERVICES FROM OCT 17
New Delhi: IRCTC said
that it will restart the ﬁrst
set of “private” Tejas Ex-
press trains from October
17, seven months after
the Lucknow-New Delhi
and Ahmedabad-Mumbai
services were suspended
due to corona pandemic.
It said every alternate
seat on the two trains will
be kept vacant to ensure
social distancing and pas-
sengers will be thermally
screened before entering
the coach.They will be
provided a “COVID-19
protection kit”. “Use of
face covers/masks will be
mandatory for passengers
and staff. All travellers will
install Arogya Setu app.
Detailed instructions will
be given to passengers at
the time of ticket booking,
IRCTC said.
WRESTLER BABITA PHOGAT QUITS
GOVT JOB TO JOIN POLITICS
Chandigarh: Wrestler Babita Phogat resigned
from the post of deputy director in Haryana
government’s sports department. Babita and
kabaddi player Kavita Devi were appointed deputy
directors on July 30.Babita said she had resigned
as she wants to devote full time to active politics.
“I have decided to campaign for BJP in Bihar
assembly elections and Baroda bypoll in Haryana.
Politics is not new for our family. My mother had
served as village sarpanch and I learnt politics
and wrestling during my childhood,” she said.
UP MAN KILLS PREGNANT
14-YR-OLD DAUGHTER: COPS
Shahjahanpur: In a suspected case of dishonour
killing, a 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly killed
by her father with the help of her elder brother
after she became pregnant and refused to tell
them who the father of the child was. “The matter
came to light on Tuesday when villagers found
the body of a girl with her head cut off in Dul-
hapur village in Sidhauli area and informed the
police,” SP, S Anand said. “During the probe it
was found that she was six months pregnant and
the father of the girl was interrogated,” he said.
SENSEX RALLIES 304 PTS; NIFTY
TOPS 11,700, SAY TRADE EXPERTS
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark Sensex rallied
304 points on Wednes-
day, tracking gains in
index-heavyweights
Reliance Industries, HDFC
twins and Infosys. After
opening on a weak note,
the 30-share index gained
ground to end 304.38
points or 0.77 per cent
higher at 39,878.95.
Similarly, the broader NSE
Nifty jumped 76.45 points
or 0.66 per cent to close
at 11,738.85. Titan was
the top gainer in the Sen-
sex pack, climbing over 4
per cent, followed by Bajaj
Auto, Maruti, Reliance
Industries, ONGC and
UltraTech Cement. On the
other hand, Bajaj Finance,
PowerGrid, Tata Steel,
NTPC and Sun Pharma
were among the laggards.
AMIT SHAH
@AmitShah
October 7 is a very
important day in the
country’s history.
In 2001, on this
very same day PM
Narendra Modi had
taken oath as the
Gujarat Chief Minister,
and from that day the
journey of daily setting
new milestones in
the interest of the
nation and service of
the people, without
stopping, without
relaxing started. 20th
year of NaMO.
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) has is-
sued refunds of over Rs
1,21,607 crore to more
than 35.93 lakh taxpay-
ers between April 1,
2020, and October 6,
2020, said the Income
Tax Department on
Wednesday.
The department said
that Income tax refunds
of Rs 33,238 crore have
been issued in 34,09,246
cases. It further added
that corporate tax re-
funds of Rs 88,370 crore
have been issued in
1,83,773 cases.
“On further consid-
eration of genuine dif-
ficulties being faced by
taxpayers due to Cov-
id-19 situation, CBDT
further extends the due
date for furnishing of
belated & revised ITRs
for Assessment Yr 2019-
20 from September 30,
2020, to November 30,
2020. Order u/s 119(2a)
issued,” the CBDT had
tweeted. —ANI
Direct tax refunds of over
`1.21L cr issued since Apr
EDarrestsCFO,internal
auditor of Cox & Kings
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
arrested Anil Khandel-
wal, chief financial of-
ficer of global tours
and travel company
Cox and Kings Group
(CKG) in connection
with the Yes Bank
money laundering
probe, the agency said
in a statement. Besides
Khandelwal, the agen-
cy also arrested Nar-
esh Jain, the group’s
internal auditor. The
arrests have been
made under section 19
of the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act, 2002 (PMLA).
Both the accused
were produced before
the Special Judge and
were granted seven
days of ED custody.
The ED had claimed
that the firm defaulted
on loan payments
worth Rs 3,642 crore.
During the seven-day
custody, ED officials
intend to grill the two
in relation with the ir-
regularities and col-
lect more evidence.
Earlier this year, the
ED conducted raids at
premises belonging to
the senior manage-
ment of Cox and Kings
Group (CKG) .
On March 8, the
agency arrested the
bank’s former chair-
man and managing
director Rana Kapoor.
The travel company
was sent to bankrupt-
cy court last year in
October after default-
ing on payments to the
bank. The ED had
been scanning its
transactions to its
borrowers.
MLA probe in Yes
Bank case revealed
that the CKG forged it’s
consolidated finan-
cials by manipulating
the balance sheets of
overseas subsidiaries.
Besides, some board
resolutions submitted
to banks for sanction-
ing the loans were also
found to be forged.
“Further probe re-
vealed that loan sanc-
tion from Yes bank was
driven by Kapoor and
was given bypassing
norms. ED gathered
evidence regarding
Kapoor’s direction to
the concerned bank of-
ficials to get the said
loan continued and not
to take efforts to recov-
er it.” —PTI
YES BANK CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court sought the
Centre and the AAP
government’s response
on an inter-faith cou-
ple’s plea challenging
the provision of issuing
a public notice to invite
objections to marriages
under the Special Mar-
riage Act (SMA).
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice DN Patel and Jus-
tice Prateek Jalan is-
sued notice to the Min-
istry of Law and the
Delhi government,
seeking their stand on
the petition that con-
tends the 30-day notice
period discourages in-
ter-faith couples from
getting married. The
bench listed the matter
for further hearing on
November 27.
Advocate Utkarsh
Singh, appearing for
the couple, said there is
no such provision un-
der personal laws with
regard to same-faith
marriages.
The Central govern-
ment’s standing coun-
sel, Monika Arora, said
similar pleas have been
filed by an NGO,
Dhanak for Humanity,
and it appears to be be-
hind the present peti-
tion as well.
However, the bench
said the petition raises
legal issues which need
consideration and
asked Ms Arora to men-
tion her objections in
her reply to the plea.
The petition con-
tends that some objec-
tions, like unsound-
ness of mind of either
party or they not hav-
ing attained the age of
marriage, that can be
raised under section 4
of the Act “can be as-
certained on the basis
of certificates issued
from a government
hospital or any pre-
scribed authority”.
The plea says 30-day
notice period inviting
objections to marriage
directly impinge on the
fundamental rights of
the petitioners.It urged
court to declare as “il-
legal, null, void and un-
constitutional” the pro-
visions of the Act.
HC seeks govt’s
response over plea
against SMA
New Delhi: Claim-
ing that the “upper
storey” of Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
is empty, Union Min-
ister Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi said that Ra-
hul wouldn’t even
know the difference
between different
crops and when they
are sown and har-
vested. Speaking to
ANI about Rahul
Gandhi’s offensive
on the new farm
laws, Naqvi said,
“Someone should tell
Pappu, that this is
not the mummy ji or
Manmohan ji gov-
ernment that when
the Parliament pass-
es a Bill, you tear it in
front of the people
and call it non-sense
or nuisance”.
He said that this is
PM Modi-led govern-
ment, which works
forbenefitof farmers,
poor and the neglect-
ed sections of the so-
ciety with conviction,
he said. —ANI
RaGa doesn’t
know when
crops are
sown: Naqvi
New Delhi: The Prime
Minister should break
his silence and come
out to face the many
questions being asked
in the country, said
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Wednesday.
Taking a jibe at the re-
cent visit of PM Modi
to inaugurate the Atal
Tunnel, Rohtang in Ut-
tarakhand, the Con-
gress leader said, “PM
Ji, stop waving hands
in the tunnel alone,
break your silence.
Face the questions, the
country is asking
many things from
you,” the tweet read.
The Wayanad MP
shared a clip from his
Tuesday’s press con-
ference in Punjab in
which he had advised
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on several is-
sues, ranging from
COVID-19 manage-
ment, to farm laws,
and the Hathras inci-
dent. He had also said
yesterday that PM
Modi in order to “save
his image had handed
over 1,200 sq km of In-
dian territory to Chi-
na.” He had also de-
manded the PM to
speak to the media
over the several issues
which are currently
gripping the nation.
Earlier yesterday, Gan-
dhi had said that Con-
gress’ ‘Kheti Bachao
Yatra’ is against the
‘kaala kanoon’, which
will destroy the exist-
ing structure of agri-
culture in the coun-
try, affecting Punjab
and Haryana most
severely. —Agencies
‘PM MODI NEEDS TO
ANSWERTHENATION’
RAHUL GANDHI@Rahul Gandhi
“PM Ji, stop waving hands in the tun-
nel alone, break your silence. Face the
questions, the country is asking many things
from you,”
IN THE COURTYARD
CASE SO FAR
New Delhi: Election
Commission of India
(ECI) has revised the
norms concerning
star campaigners for
all ongoing and future
elections during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“The maximum
limit on the number
of star campaigners
for recognized Nation-
al/State political par-
ties shall be 30 in place
of 40 and for unrecog-
nized registered po-
litical parties it shall
be 15 in place of 20
during the period of
pandemic.”
Accordingly, period
of submission of the
list of star campaign-
ers is extended from 7
days to 10 days from
the date of notifica-
tion, the norms read.
Political parties,
which have already
submitted a list of star
campaigners shall re-
submit a revised list
within the stipulated
period, it states. “Re-
quest for permission
for campaigning by
star campaigners
shall be submitted to
district election au-
thorities at least 48
hours before start of
campaign so all neces-
sary safety measures
are put in place,” ECI
stated. —ANI
Bihar polls: ECI reduces no of
star campaigners due to Covid

INDIAAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
WILL JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ
BE CJ OF MP HIGH COURT ?
Name of Odisha High Court Chief Justice,
Justice Mohammad Rafiq has started doing the
round for the post of Chief Justice of Madhya
Pradesh. He hails from Rajasthan.
MS. ANURADHA PRASAD
IS ALSO DG, ESIC
Ms. Anuradha Prasad has been assigned an
additional charge of Director General (DG),
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
(ESIC) for a period of three months. She is a
1986 batch IDAS officer.
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR IS NEW
AMBASSADOR TO HOLY SEE
Jaideep Mazumdar, (IFS: 1989), presently
Ambassador of India to Austria, has been con-
currently accredited as the next Ambassador of
India to the Holy See, with residence in Vienna.
16 IRS OFFICERS OF IT &
CUSTOMS CADRES DEPUTED AS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN ED
As many as 16 IRS officers of both Income
Tax and Customs cadres have been appointed
as Deputy Director in the Enforcement Direc-
torate on deputation basis. The officers are:
Shraiy Suri, Arpita D Naharya, Arun Kumar,
Gaurav Bharill, Rahul Singhania, Prashant
Kumar, Ramadhan Dagar, Ms Neha Yadav,
Neeraj Gupta, Bhuvnesh Kumar Tiwari, Ajay
Luhach, Madhur D Singh, Sachin Kumar,
Mohan babu, Devranjan Mishra and Shubham
Agarwal.
SWARUP KUMAR SAHA
APPOINTED ED, PNB
Swarup Kumar Saha has been appointed Execu-
tive Director, Punjab National Bank.
SATYAN NARAYAN RAJU
APPOINTED ED, CANARA BANK
K Satya Narayana Raju has been appointed
Executive Director, Canara Bank.
AGNI MITRA APPOINTED REGIONAL
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WCCB
Agni Mitra has been appointed Regional Deputy
Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB),
Eastern Region, Kolkata. He is a 2009 batch IFS
officer of AGMUT cadre.
PRAMOD KUMAR SAHOO
APPOINTED DEPUTY CHAIRMAN,
TEA BOARD, KOLKATA
Pramod Kumar Sahoo has been appointed Dep-
uty Chairman, Tea Board, Kolkata. He is a 1997
batch IOFS officer.
ARUN KUMAR RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Arun Kumar, Director, Department of Agricul-
ture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, has
been given premature repatriation to his parent
cadre on personal grounds. He is a 1997 batch
IRSEE officer.
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF
KUMAR RAKESH SINHA EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Kumar
Rakesh Sinha working as Director, UIDAI,
has been extended for a period of two years
beyond December 20, 2020. He is a 1996
batch IOFS officer.
COL. AMRIK SINGH IS PS TO
PRESIDENT, ALL INDIA COUNCIL
OF SPORTS
Col. Amrik Singh has been appointed Private
Secretary to the President, All India Council
of Sports (equivalent to Minister of State) on
contract basis.
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Bootlegger claims..
I made a total payment
of Rs1,50,000 for ten
days in September,” he
said. “There are many
other bootleggers in the
area under this police
station’s jurisdiction
and they must have
paid the police hand-
somely, which was why
I was forced to close my
business. Now, all I
want is that bribe mon-
ey to be returned to me
in full,” he added.
In Vasava’s defence,
two other cases have
been registered against
Rohan with a pending
charge to arrest him un-
der the Prevention of
Anti-Social Activities
(PASA) Act. According
to him, the bootlegger
has levied baseless alle-
gations against the po-
lice especially against
twoconstableswhowere
involved in crime detec-
tion. This is not the first
time that the Shaher
Kotdapolicestationisin
the middle of a contro-
versy. Two months ago,
PoliceInspectorVDVala
was transferred from
the station after a simi-
lar scandal had erupted
involving the station.
Journalist, 3...
According to police, in
Mathura, all the four
heldareallegedlylinked
with Popular Front of
India’s (PFI) student
wing Campus Front of
India (CFI) and were
coming from Delhi and
moving towards Hath-
ras in a car and were
stopped, said police.
The UP government
has maintained that
there is a conspiracy to
whip up caste and com-
munal violence in the
state and the Hathras
police are now investi-
gating a conspiracy an-
gle in the case, which
has created a political
storm. The FIR has been
registeredundersection
153-A of IPC (promoting
enmity between two
groups),295Aof IPC(de-
liberate and malicious
act intended to outrage
feelings) 124 (A) (Sedi-
tion) beside section 17
and 14 of Unlawful Ac-
tivities (Prevention) Act
1967 and Sections 65, 72
and 76 of Information
Technology Act.
It further said that
money transfer was not
through lawful method
and the money so gath-
ered from international
sources was to cause ri-
ots. It was alleged that
pamphlets ‘Am I Not In-
dia’s Daughter’ were to
serve these unlawful
purposes.
Chemistry Queens...
extremely high preci-
sion. This technology
has had a revolutionary
impact on the life sci-
ences, is contributing to
new cancer therapies,
and may make the
dream of curing inher-
ited diseases come
true,” it added.
Public spaces...
Protest is a fundemen-
tal right, it is subject to
reasonable restrictions.
On March 23, the
ShaheenBaghsit-inpro-
test against the citizen-
ship law was cleared by
Delhi police after curbs
were imposed on assem-
bly and movement of
people in wake of the
coronavirus pandemic.
The protest had been on
for more than 100 days.
Rhea Breathes...
Rhea Chakraborty will
“spend her night after a
month in her own bed,”
RheaChakraborty’slaw-
yer Satish Maneshinde
said.Whilegrantingbail
toRheaChakraborty,the
Bombay High Court all
but demolished the Nar-
cotics Control Bureau’s
case against the 28-year-
old actor, who was ac-
cusedof being“anactive
memberof adrugsyndi-
cate”. The High Court
saidshewasnotapartof
a chain of drug dealers.
The order also noted
that the investigation
had found Sushant Sin-
gh Rajput used to pro-
cure drugs and many
others helped him.
“Since she has no crimi-
nal antecedents, there
are reasonable grounds
for believing that she is
not likely to commit any
offence while on bail,”
the order said. Rhea is
accusedof buyingdrugs
for her boyfriend Sush-
ant Singh Rajput. The
High Court said “simply
providing money for a
particular transaction
or other transactions
will not be financing of
thatactivity”andallega-
tionsof spendingmoney
in procuring drugs for
Sushant Singh Rajput
“do not mean that she
had financed illicit traf-
fic.” The court also not-
ed that the actor’s charg-
es did not involve com-
mercial quantity of
drugs. In her bail peti-
tion, Rhea had said that
sheandherbrotherwere
sole targets of a witch-
hunt by multiple agen-
cies who had found no
evidence incriminating
her. Investigations into
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
death, which started
with a suicide probe,
have taken wild twists
and turns over the past
few months. The CBI
took over the case after
Rajput’s father accused
Rheaof mentallyharass-
ing the actor. —Agencies
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: The Cabi-
net Committee on Eco-
nomic Affairs (CCEA)
on Wednesday ap-
proved "natural gas
marketing reforms"
with the decisions
aimed at providing a
standard procedure for
sale of natural gas in a
transparent and com-
petitive manner to dis-
cover market price
through e-bidding.
Briefing reporters af-
ter the cabinet meeting,
Union Petroleum and
Natural Gas Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
said the cabinet has ap-
proved a standardised
e-bidding process to
make natural gas pric-
ing mechanism trans-
parent. "The govern-
ment is investing Rs
4,00,000 crores for
building gas infra-
structure. Our depend-
ency on imported fossil
fuels is decreasing. To
make natural gas pric-
ing mechanism trans-
parent, the Cabinet to-
day approved a stand-
ardised e-bidding pro-
cess," Pradhan said.
He said Director-
General Hydrocarbon
(DGH) will suggest a
panel of e-bidding plat-
form in front of pro-
ducers.
"Guidelines will be
made for e-bidding. Pro-
visions will be kept to
maintain clarity and
transparency. Produc-
ers will have the choice
to choose a platform.
The producing compa-
ny cannot participate in
the bidding process as
there can be a conflict
of interest. If only af-
filiate companies or a
group of affiliate com-
panies of producing
companies participate
in the bidding then
there will be a rebid-
ding," he said.
Pradhan said that the
government wants to
provide energy to Indi-
an consumers at an af-
fordable price.
"For this, we want to
provide energy through
various sources like so-
lar, bio-fuels, bio-gas,
synthetic gas, and many
more," he said.
An official release
said that 'Natural Gas
Marketing Reforms'
was another significant
step to move towards
gas-based economy.
It said the objective
of the policy is to pre-
scribe standard proce-
dure to discover the
market price of gas to
be sold in the market by
gas producers, through
a transparent and com-
petitive process, permit
affiliates to participate
in the bidding process
for the sale of gas and
allow marketing free-
dom to certain Field
Development Plans
(FDPs) where produc-
tion sharing contracts
already provide pricing
freedom. —ANI
CCEA APPROVES NATURAL
GAS MARKETING REFORMS
New Delhi: With a pro-
posal to import car-
bines unlikely to fruc-
tify, Indian defence
forces are considering
theacquisitionof 'Made
in India' carbine for
meeting their urgent
requirement in view of
the situation on China
border. The carbine is
an infantry weapon
used for close quarter
battles for which the In-
dian Army has been on
a lookout since many
years now.
"The carbine pro-
duced by the Ordnance
Factory Board at its fa-
cility in Ishapore in
West Bengal has been
offered to the armed
forces who are now
evaluating it for acqui-
sition," government
sources said. Prelimi-
nary trials of the weap-
on were also carried out
a short while ago by of-
ficials concerned deal-
ing with the acquisition
of weapon systems for
the three armed forces.
The scope for consid-
eration of buying indig-
enous carbine came up
after it started emerg-
ing that the forces
would not be acquiring
the carbines from the
foreign country which
has exported it to only a
few countries and that
too in very small quan-
tities. The issue of ac-
quiring these carbines
from abroad had been
stuck for close to two
years. —ANI
Indian defence forces
considering ‘Made in
India’ carbine
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will launch a ‘Jan an-
dolan’ campaign for
Covid appropriate be-
haviour on Thursday in
view of upcoming festi-
vals, winter season and
opening up of the econ-
omy. PM Modi will
launch the campaign by
way of a tweet, a release
issued by the Ministry
of Information and
Broadcasting said.
The campaign will be
launched with the aim
to encourage people’s
participation and it en-
deavours to be a low-
cost high-intensity cam-
paign with the key mes-
sage of wear mask, fol-
low physical distancing,
maintain hand hygiene.
The campaign will be
launched in view of the
upcoming festivals and
winter season as well as
the opening up of the
economy, the statement
said. A Covid-19 pledge
will be taken by all and
a concerted action plan
will be implemented by
central government
ministries, depart-
ments, state govern-
ments and UTs.
NHRC urges action to protect
victims of covid-19
New Delhi: The Nation-
al Human Rights Com-
mission (NHRC) has re-
leased an advisory sug-
gesting urgent action to
protect the victims of
the COVID-19 pandem-
ic, including children.
“Urgent action is re-
quired taking into ac-
count the constitutional
obligations, domestic
laws, the UNCRC’s gen-
eral principles and the
SDGs to safeguard the
lives and dignity of 39%
of India’s population
which was impacted
due to the pandemic,”
the NHRC said.
According to the
Commission, there are
reports of increased
violence against chil-
dren, both physical and
sexual, child marriage,
and child trafficking.
Cases of child abuse
and safety increasing
during lockdown is evi-
denced by the increase
in calls to helplines.
Concerns regarding the
health and safety status
of children in Child
Care Institutions (CCIs)
including the specific
risk of being infected
with Corona as well as
barriers to children’s
access to justice as im-
posed by the lockdown
were also reported.
“State action must bal-
ance out the discrimi-
natory impact of COV-
ID-19 on children such
that increased vulner-
abilities are addressed
promptly,” NHRC reit-
erated. —ANI
PM TO LAUNCH ‘JAN ANDOLAN’ FOR
COVID-19 APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR
INDIA’S RECOVERY RATE LEAPS PAST 85%
THE CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS
Nagar Nigam workers spray disinfectant to sanitize the civil line area as a preventive measure amid
the coronavirus pandemic, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Guidelines will be made for e-bid-
ding. Provisions will be kept to
maintain clarity and transparen-
cy. Producers will have the choice to choose
a platform
Dharmendra Pradhan, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister

REVIEW THE
REVIEWS
Take a close look at
the reviews. If there
aren’t any, back away.
If there are, check for
thefollowingwarning
signs.Thereviewsare
few and unanimously
five stars with no
comments. If there
are comments, they
are loaded with bro-
ken English or vague
praisethatcouldhave
been copied and past-
ed from any product.
None of the reviews
includes pictures of
the actual received
product. There aren’t
any negative reviews,
which is a red flag be-
cause even the best
legitimate businesses
can’t please everyone
all the time. As a side
note,if youarelook-
ing at a legitimate
product offering,
be careful not to
read too much
into the negative
reviews.
WHEN IN DOUBT: GOOGLE IT
Perhaps you’re not familiar enough with Etsy
workmanship to recognize a likely ripoff.
When in doubt, search the product name or
download the image and run a Google image
search. You are likely to find the original
source. If the product really exists – unlike
this CG baby shark that one company used
as an ad for its alleged baby shark robot toy
– you can choose to pay the original artist for
their hard work or take the risk and try to get
the knockoff. The search will also reveal wheth-
er there are multiple alleged businesses sell-
ing the same “unique” and “exclusive”
items using the same exact pic-
tures. Once you start seeing
double or more, that’s a
warning sign.
IS IT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE:
DO THEY HAVE ONE?
FAD AD CLICKBAIT
BEWARE THE ‘GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS’ STORY
Does the product pictured match the price? Know
the market. An amazing product for a low price is
cause for suspicion. For example, In-
stagram was featuring photos of a
“Halloween Advent Calendar.”
The ad listed a price of US$59.99,
but available for a limited time for
$29.80. At first glance you might
think you’re getting a great deal, but
take a moment to think it through.
That price would barely cover the cost of
shipping and handling for a product of
that size. The original product, sold on
Etsy, retails for over US$1,800, and the cre-
ator has a backlog of orders.
THREE SCREENSHOTS FEATURING
THE SAME PRODUCT IMAGE OF A
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE AD-
VENT CALENDAR SCULPTURE
Two online ads, left and top right, that use a
productimagetakenfromanEtsyvendorafter
the vendor’s ‘Halloween Advent’ product, bot-
tom right, was featured on Better Homes and
Gardens,PinterestandOddityMallsites.Screen-
shots by H. Colleen Sinclair, CC BY-NC-ND
Similarly, do they have a social media presence out-
side of the ad that pops up in your newsfeed? If not,
steer clear. If so, you can click on the poster’s name
to see where the person or business is located and
when the page was started. You can also see how
far back their posts go, as well as check the quality
of those posts and chatter about the company.
Watch out for fad items. Knockoffs and ripoffs
abound on any hot or trendy item. Nowadays mar-
keters are also picking up on political trends. Busi-
nesses crop up with names like “WeLuvTrump,”
“FemPower” and “BlackGoodness.” The same is
happening with political news. For example,
RBG items are all the rage in the wake of Jus-
tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. Again,
following the steps above will help you sort
out which products are legitimate.
Also watch out for the common marketing
techniques originally uncovered by social
psychologist Robert Cialdini that are used by
legitimate and illegitimate businesses alike. The
most common you are likely to see in scam sites are
claims of exclusive access, which appeal to your
need for uniqueness, claims of limited supply or
time running out on a “sale,” which play on the
psychological lue people place on scarce items, and
claims like “Karen S. from Indianola just pur-
chased this item,” which are “social proof” that a
behavior is safe or appropriate because others have
done it. Ultimately, if these 10 tips seem like too
much to go through just to get that unique toy for
your grandkid, buy instead from a trusted source
you have counted on in the past. It’s also a good idea
to use credit cards or payment services like PayPal
that protect consumers from fraudulent charges.
Shop wisely. Your bank account is counting on you.
During the pandemic, legitimate businesses are,
in fact, closing. Illegitimate businesses have been
latching onto this as a tool to tug at people’s heart-
strings to trick shoppers. It is illegal for American
businesses to do this, but businesses outside of the
U.S. are not subject to the same laws. One way to
tell the legitimate businesses from the frauds is to
check the starting date on website domain regis-
trations and social media sites. If the business
popped up during the pandemic just in time to go
out of business, steer clear.
TWO SCREENSHOTS FEATURING THE SAME
IMAGE OF FELT HATS
Suspicious advertisements on Instagram, left, and
Facebook, right, with pandemic going-out-of-busi-
ness stories that use a product image taken from
a legitimate business, Lalabug Designs. Screen-
shots by H. Colleen Sinclair, CC BY-NC-ND
TALKING POINTAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
In some cases the business is so new that you
won’t be able to find a track record. This is a
red flag. They are likely one of those compa-
nies that close up once they’ve gotten enough
orders then set up a new name and new do-
main and do it all over again. There is a
chance that it’s a legitimate new businesses
trying to open shop during a pandemic. To
tell the difference between a legitimate new
business and a fly-by-night operation, apply
some of the following steps to judge them.
TOO NEW TO TRUST
SHOPPING
ONLINE!THE FESTIVE SEASON IS
ALREADY A BOOMING TIME
FOR ONLINE SHOPPING BUT A
LITTLE DIGGING CAN HELP
YOU AVOID THOSE TOO-
GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE TRAPS
WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE!
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: CP SHARMA
T
he holiday &
festive season
is already a
booming time
for online shopping.
The COVID-19 pandem-
ic only increases the
likelihood that when
people shop this holi-
day season, they will
choose online shopping
over brick-and-mortar
stores. However, this
also means there is
likely to be a boom in
online scams.
Already, multiple
companies from outside
the US are advertising
relatively unchecked on
the internet, selling – or
even just pretending to
sell–allmannerof prod-
ucts. The items are typi-
cally advertised using
designs stolen from le-
gitimate businesses and
artists, often ripped off
from Etsy, especially if
those designs have been
featuredonpopularsites
like Bored Panda.
When people buy
these scam products,
what arrives is typical-
ly of low quality. That’s
if anything ever ar-
rives. Often the compa-
ny just shutters and re-
names itself without
sending anything. In
worst-case scenarios,
they also steal custom-
ers’ credit card infor-
mation. So how to shop
smart and spot scams?
Here are some clues to
watch for.
HOW TO AVOID
SCAMS WHILE
SOCIAL INFLUENCE TRICKS
CHECK THE
BUSINESS
REPUTATION
Searching for the
business name will
likely just take you to
the business’s site. In-
stead,searchthebusi-
ness name with the
word“scam.”Youwill
be able to tell pretty
quickly if there is a
worrisomehistoryas-
sociated with the
business.Youcanalso
try Scamvoid, which
is dedicated to identi-
fying the trustworthi-
ness of online links.
There may be a Better
Business Bureau list-
ing for the company,
but be careful about
relying on these. You
can also find Face-
book groups, like this
one for fashion-relat-
ed scams, that track
untrustworthy sites.
Does the business have a website, and not just
a Facebook page? If not, that’s a big no. If they
do,isitacompletewebsite,orisitbarelythere?
Check that the business has a phone number
that works, and when you search the number
it doesn’t have 12 other “businesses” associat-
edwithit.Checkthatitlistsamailingaddress,
preferably one that isn’t just a post office box.
Check the site’s “about us” page. Doesn’t have
one? That’s another no. Does the “about us”
include a year the business started? Does it
include information about the products’ crea-
tors? If the page has a photo purporting to be
of the owner or artist, you can do a Google im-
age search to see if it’s a photo copied from
another webpage, a stock photo or a fake cre-
ated by an AI system. Do their claims about
themselves hold up to scrutiny? For example,
does the site claim to be an American Black-
owned business but their WHOIS domain in-
formation lists a company in China?
IS IT A ‘GOOD’ SITE?

Congratulations to the Indian
Air Force and all my
countrymen on Indian Air Force
Day! IAF- we are proud of you, keep the
flag flying high!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
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2NDFRONT
Shishir Awasthi
Ahmedabad: In a
strong directive, envi-
ronmental watchdog
NGT directed that Gu-
jarat must ensure
that the Wild Ass
Sanctuary in Little
Rann of Kutch was
free of encroachment
and no lease should
be granted in the
sanctuary area with-
out consent of the
standing committee
of the National Board
of Wildlife and the
State Forest and Envi-
ronment Department.
Justice Sheo Kumar
Singh on September 23
asserted that, “No ac-
tivities must be permit-
ted within the radius of
10 kilometers (of the
famous Wild Ass Sanc-
tuary).”
Petitioner Katiya
Haidarali Ahmadbhai
had alleged that fishing
was getting badly af-
fected due to illegal en-
croachments.
He claimed that thou-
sands of illegal salt in-
dustries were running
within 10 km radius of
the sanctuary. Rivers
flowing in the area were
blocked due to construc-
tionof roadsinthesanc-
tuary area and man-
groves and sea plants
were being destroyed.
ILLEGAL COASTAL
SHRIMP FARMS
The NGT on September
22 issued notices to Un-
ion Ministry of Envi-
ronment, Forest & Cli-
mate Change, Gujarat
Government, Gujarat
Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Authority, Central
Pollution Control
Board, Gujarat Pollu-
tion Control Board, Su-
rat District Collector
and Hazira Freight Con-
tainer Station, on a peti-
tion alleging rampant
illegal coastal shrimp
farming in Surat.
The respondents
were directed to reply
within 6 weeks and
fixed the next hearing
for January 7, 2021.
The application stat-
ed that there were ille-
gal commercial coastal
shrimp farms on the
floodplains in several
villages and within the
coastal regulation zone
areas along the Tapi and
Mindhola rivers.
WOOD USE BY
INDUSTRIES
On September 29, the
green tribunal ordered
action against indus-
tries under the environ-
ment laws for using
wood as fuel in the in-
dustrial areas of Dahod
in central Gujarat. It as-
serted that the practice
was causing carbon pol-
lution in the vicinity.
The Gujarat Pollution
Control Board even ad-
mitted that there was
violation of environ-
mental norms and that
itsreportof July16,2020
had mentioned the steps
taken, including assess-
ment of compensation.
However, recovery
could not be effected
as “Hearing is to be
given to the concerned
units, in pursuance of
an order of the High
Court, which will be
done within 2
months.”
NGT asks Gujarat to protect
Wild Ass, disallow industry
First India Bureau
Gir Forests (Juna-
gadh): For the hun-
dreds of “forest war-
riors”, who protect
the Asiatic Lion like
their children in their
only abode Gir Na-
tional Park, ‘conver-
sations’ with the king
of the jungle are as
routine as any human
interactions.
A video shared by
committed Indian For-
est Officer Dr Anshu-
man on Twitter of an
interaction of sorts be-
tween a lion and a forest
guard demonstrates the
bond that the beast
shares with the man.
The Twitter post has
stunned all and sundry,
except the guard for
whom this is a routine.
The clip shows a
lion sitting in the mid-
dle of a path in com-
plete darkness. The
lion can be seen in the
light of a two-wheeler
belonging to the
guard. The guard re-
quests the king to let
him go, who soon
makes way for him.
Anshuman has tweet-
ed the translation of the
‘conversation’ in Guja-
rati: “My lion hearted
staff pleads (in Gujara-
ti) that ‘I am there full
day in your service, so
now please let me go’
and the King gracefully
agrees.”
His Twitter handle
is flooded by com-
ments. “Wow I respect
his bravery! Is this a
regular occurrence
and how deep into the
forest is this?” asked
an individual. “Heart
to heart talks. Lan-
guage no bar. This is
an example of how
humans and animals
have lived in harmony
since ages. Only be-
fore wicked ideas
started coming into
human minds,”
shared another. And
words like “superb”,
“lovely”, and “awe-
some”, flowed.
‘Lord! Lemme go, I am in everyday’ & the lion makes way
MUSINGS FROM GIR
A lion sat in the middle of a road in Gir forests and moved away after a forest guard came.
Gujarati film director’s
wife tries to kill herself
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Frus-
trated by her hus-
band’s drinking
habit and beating
her for dowry, wife
of Gujarati film di-
rector Dushyant Pa-
tel, who made films
like “My Dear Babu-
chak” and “Daav
Thayi Gayo”, alleg-
edly tried to kill
herself by gulping
down phenyl at her
home.
The Maninagar Po-
lice have filed a case
against Dushyant Pa-
tel, his parents and
sister and are investi-
gating the matter. Ja-
hanvi, a resident of
Suryanagar Society
in Maninagar, was a
drama student when
she met Patel in 2017.
They later fell in
love and got married
on July 22 last year
and lived with his par-
ents in Ranip’s Kalpa-
taru Society. Dushy-
ant had reportedly
told her that he used
to drink occasionally
but later she discov-
ered that he used to
drink heavily. He
would return home
drunk every night
and fight with her,
and even beat her up.
She alleged that
since her father-in-
law was a retired
army personnel and
could officially have
his quota of alco-
hol. Dushyant
would often drink
from it and would
beat her up and her
in-laws encouraged
him to do that for
dowry.
Girnar ropeway starts in Nov,
may boost tourism in S’rashtra
Cheating scam accused found
hanging in a Vadodara hotel
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
Ropeway at Girnar,
which gets operation-
al in November, is not
only expected to make
it convenient for pil-
grims to visit the tem-
ples on the mountain,
but also boost tourism
in other parts of Sau-
rashtra that has been
battered by the Cov-
id-19 crisis.
The 2.3-km-long rope-
way has been developed
by Usha Breco, the pio-
neer of passenger rope-
ways. The Girnar rope-
way will have the capac-
ity to carry 800 people in
one hour, or 8,000 in a
day.
At present, it takes
several hours for the pil-
grims to climb Mount
Girnar and visit the
various Hindu and Jain
temples situated on it.
“With the ropeway,
the time to reach the
top of Girnar will be
less than ten minutes.
The visit can be com-
pleted in a maximum
of a few hours. As a
result, pilgrims will
also be able to visit
other places,” said
Deepak Kaplish, Re-
gional Head – West,
Usha Breco.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Alpesh
Vasoya, 50, who faces
several police com-
plaints of cheating
people ini Bapunagar
area in Ahmedabad
with promises for
hefty returns on vari-
ous kinds of invest-
ments, was on Tues-
day found hanging
from the ceiling fan in
a hotel in Vadodara.
According to police,
the authorities of Ame-
thi Hotel in Vadodara’s
Sayajiganj got worried
when Vasoya did not
open the door to his
room. The hotel in-
formed the police, who
broke open the door and
found Alpesh Patel
(Vasoya) hanging from
the ceiling fan. He used
hisbelttocreateanoose.
A suicide note was
recovered stating that
he was facing threats
from people whose
money he never re-
turned. The police
have lodged a case of
suicide, but have not
closed the case at that
since Vasoya’s feet
was touching the
floor.
His body has been
sent for post mortem
and the police would
wait for it to conclude if
it was a suicide.
Kutchtribal’srape
caselodgedafter
20daysinA’bad
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Yet
another rape case
was reported from
Kutch district
where it took 20
days for the police
complaint of a trib-
al migrant agricul-
tural worker could
be registered. That
too, some 400 km
away in
Ahmedabad.
A zero number FIR
was filed in
Ahmedabad on Octo-
ber 6, Tuesday, for
the alleged rape on
September 16 even-
ing. And this too
with the help of la-
bour unions.
The victim from
Dahod district had
gone to work with
her husband in a
farm in Ratnaal vil-
lage in Kutch’s Anjar
taluka. The farm
owner raped her and
threatened to kill her
husband if she re-
ports the incident.
They left immediate-
ly, her husband sold
his smart phone for
Rs 1,500 to arrange
the fare, Majur Adhi-
kar Manch (MAM), a
migrant workers’ un-
ion, said.
At MAM’s
Ahmedabad office,
she was counselled
by Mina Jadav, secre-
tary, MAM, and
Preetiben from the
Labour Research and
Action. And finally
the complaint was
lodged after the po-
lice initially refused.
Women demonstrating in Ahmedabad against the rape of a
tribal worker in Kutch.
Wife of Gujarati film director Dushyant Patel (in glasses) attempted to commit suicide in
Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO
Girnar Ropeway expected to get operational next month.—FILE PHOTO
Scam accused person hanged himself inVadodara hotel.—FILE PHOTO
Week after week,
the National Green
Tribunal (NGT)
either passes
strictures on the
Gujarat Govt or
asks the State to
get industries to
mend their ways.
During the last
week of September,
the NGT passed 3
different orders:
COVID-19
UPDATE
GUJARAT
3,531
DEATHS
1,46,672
CONFIRMED CASES
RAJASTHAN
1,590 DEATHS 1,50,467 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
10,57,836
DEATHS
3,62,74,696
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
68,29,678
CONFIRMED CASES
1,05,519
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
39,072 DEATHS 14,80,489 CASES
TAMIL NADU
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A lesson in
TIME
ule Gulzar, chhayi
bahaar’ was how my
father would often
address my mother
and on being asked
once what does it
mean, he told me
that it was Sunil Dutt’s favour-
ite dialogue from Waqt! I sim-
ply had to see it!
Waqt is a classic, everything
about it is well drawn from the
storyline, dialogues, charac-
terisation, music to the songs,
it’s about life, love, fate, hope
and family.
It’s one of my all-time fa-
vourites and it’s really diffi-
cult to pick out the best parts.
The love story of a chirpy full
of life Sunil Dutt and a breath-
takingly beautiful Sadhana
with simply lovely songs set
on the undercurrent of trag-
edy that has befallen the fam-
ily of Balraj Sahni keeps one
rooted to the screen.
The immensely hummable
songs ‘Hum jab simat kar aap-
ki, Kaaun aaya ke, Chehre pe
Khushi chhaa jaati’ hai cou-
pled with the hugely popular
till date ‘O’meri zohra jabeen’
by Manna Dey where Balraj
Sahni woos the blushing
Achala Sachdev on the same
date birthday of his three
sons.
My sympathies were with
Raaj Kumar who loves and
loses Sadhana to Sunil Dutt,
the MOMENT where he goes
to kill his rival to find a child-
hood photo identifying him
as his younger brother stills
the breath and the famous
dialogue in his drawling
voice- “yeh bachhon ke
khelne ki cheez nahin,
haath kat jaaye to khoon
nikal aata hai,” which I
went around mouth-
ing for a full week
flaunting a fruit knife at my
siblings!
Shashi Kapoor played the
devoted son at crossroads, his
love for Sharmila Tagore on a
back burner as he tried to bal-
ance the reality of his life.
Sharmila’s harsh truth to
Sunil Dutt which brings the
transformation from playboy
to responsible lawyer and a
peek into the issues of birth,
family background and re-
spect for labour.
The car race between Raaj
Kumar and Sunil Dutt is quite
interesting though nothing on
the car races of today. The
heroines in their fashionable
cut clothes woo the audience
as does the grandeur of the
locales.
Rehman is his usual suave
self as Chinoy Seth who un-
ravels in the famous court-
room scene where finally the
family comes together in a fi-
nal heartrending scene which
did not leave a single dry eye.
Balrah Sahni gives a perfor-
mance of a lifetime and he
was a consummate actor par
excellence, his hapless search
for his family missing them by
seconds- Raaj in the orphan-
age where he murders Jeevan
in pain and anger and his wife
with young Shashi Kapoor
when they move to Mumbai-
keeps one engaged.
Waqt reminds me of Sholay
in the fine moments and deep
characterization of all it’s ac-
tors strewn across three hours
of relentless drama, music,
performances and fine direc-
tion which keep the mind,
heart and soul engaged. A les-
son of life!
AHMEDABAD, THURSDAY
OCTOBER 8, 2020
This Throwback Thursday we bring you
one of the first multi starrer blockbusters
1965 - Waqt - the first colour film by
BR Chopra productions, directed by
Yash Chopra, it spawned a generation
of family ‘separated and reunited’
multi-starrers!
ANITA HADA
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You have a contagious
smile and use it in your
best ability. Obnoxious
behaviour should be
avoided at all cost in business
matters. Times are tough but where
there is a will there is a way. Open up
to your close ones if you are facing
any challenges in your life.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
An exciting opportunity will
knock at your door and will
provide you a chance to
make money. Bickering
around is a waste of time rather
invest yourself building strong
relationships. Your seniors will
acknowledge your efforts in work
and will truly admire your dedication.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You manage to find
solutions to all your
problems. You are on the
threshold of achieving
something that you wanted for a long
time. Valiant and pivot is how you
can be defined. One person’s loss is
another person’s benefit and right
now you are the one who will gain.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Considering the alarming
health crisis, you must
watch what you eat as your
body is your only most
precious temple now. Immaculately
dressed is how people define you.
People may misunderstand your
silence but in the end people see you
for who you truly are.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will find a mentor who
will give a shape to your
ideas. Whining over what
has been lost is not a
sensible thing to do, move ahead
with time and with faith in yourself
give your best in something new. You
will get attracted to someone with
absolute opposite views.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Work from home is a new
trend but that doesn’t give
you the liberty to take it any
easy. Devouring one book
after the another is your current hobby
and you have completely dedicated
yourself to it. Dedication is must in
these trial times as any source of
income is a blessing.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Wealth tickles in and your
dry spell on financial front
ends. You are always
looking forward to try
something new on business front
and you never settle for anything but
the best. Demeanour plays an
important role when it comes to
being a part of an elite group.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Many small failures in life
acts as a stepping stone
towards success so never
let yourself feel discour-
aged with temporary setbacks.
Judicious use of time is the need of
this hour. You may have to struggle a
little but your future is very bright.
You may fall in love at the first sight.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t be confused when it
comes to making decision
regarding your future, trust
your instincts and forge
ahead. Procuring goods on time will
remain your priority for today as far
as your business is concerned.
Spirituality is the answer to your
problems, indulge yourself in it.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You need to keep a check
on your emotions as you
may feel overwhelmed.
Adhere to the terms of
your job and there is nothing to
worry. Be efficient and innovative in
your work. A good reputation in
market will help you in long run. Care
about those who matters in your life.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sentence of motivation
can really cheer someone
up and change their life so
deal with a youngster in
family. Sycophants are always
around but it depends on you if you
wish to be influenced For students
this is a very precious time to change
their weakness into strength.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Time is a valuable asset so
do not waste it. You are
very conscious of your
karma and you believe in
action and reactions. Endowment
received to give wings to your dream
must be appreciated and used in the
right direction. Its still not too late to
regain your ground on academic.
oft-spoken and pe-
tite, Dr Shivani
Swami is the con-
sultant pulmonolo-
gist at the Naraya-
na Multispeciality
Hospital in Jaipur.
She has a gruelling day
which begins at 9.00 am
and goes on right till the
evening. Earlier, Narayana
was not a COVID Center,
but now it is; which has
only increased her work-
pressure. She has worked
in some of the most pres-
tigious hospitals in the
country like Medanta: The
MediCity in Gurgaon and
the Fortis Hospital in New
Delhi. In an exclusive in-
terview with City First, she
mentioned, “I have not met
my parents for 7 months,
even though they live in
Jaipur”.
Q1. What have been the
last 7 months like for
you as a Pulmonolo-
gist?
Ans. Well, you can imag-
ine that my parents
live in the same city
and I haven’t met
them for almost 7
months. Since I am
coming in contact
with so many COVID
patients, I wanted to
protect them from
the virus.
Q2. What is your typical
day like in these
times of pandemic?
Ans. My day begins at 9
am and I am seeing
patients right till
4.30 pm. And I am in
a PPE kit. Which
means no food to eat,
no water to drink
and no visit to the
toilet. When I reach
home around 5 pm –
that is the time I eat.
From 5.15 pm to 6.30
pm, I sit in my per-
sonal clinic and see
patients. The clinic is
followed by video
consultancy for
many patients. So
you can see that it is
a packed day.
Q3. Narayana wasn’t a
COVID Center till re-
cently, which meant a
lesser number of pa-
tients in comparison
to the COVID Centers?
Ans. Not really. There
were elective patients
(non-COVID) for asth-
ma and other respira-
tory diseases. Fur-
thermore, at the OPD
there were a lot of
COVID patients com-
ing. They were, of
course, prescribed
tests and medicines.
If they were in-home
quarantine, I was
guiding them on a
daily basis. Recently,
the hospital has start-
ed a dedicated COVID
ward which has to
some extent increased
the work pressure.
Q4. There is a lot of de-
bate about what med-
icines one should take
as soon as one tests
positive? Apart from
Vitamin C, Zinc and
Vitamin D combo.
Ans. I would begin with
Ivermectin on day
one itself. I would
also recommend Dox-
ycycline. Then de-
pending on the condi-
tion of the patient, I
would recommend
Remdesivir which in-
volves admission to a
hospital. FabiFlu
could also be a medi-
cine of choice de-
pending on the pa-
tient.
Q5. How do you see things
unfolding in the next
few months?
Ans. We will have to learn
to live with COV-
ID-19, I guess.
Q6. What would you ad-
vise the patients who
have just recovered
from COVID-19?
Ans. They have to first of
all continue with
their medicines and
vitamin supplements.
They must continue
with their respirato-
ry exercises and then
they have to strictly
follow the protocols
like physical distanc-
ing, hand hygiene
and most important
of them all, wearing
a mask. They must
also remember that
re-infections are hap-
pening and the sec-
ond time around
COVID is much more
severe. And I strong-
ly recommend a flu
shot for everyone.
Q7. Wherever you have
worked you have been
involved with the
sleep treatment. Is
this a passion of
yours?
Ans. Yes, it is. This is one
area I have super
specialised in. In
fact, a year ago I had
already established a
sleep clinic in Naray-
ana Hospital but
with the coming of
the COVID, it has
taken a backseat for
the time being.
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
‘I HAVE NOT MET MY PARENTS
FOR 7 MONTHS’S
Dr Shivani Swami

J
onas Brothers singer
Joe Jonas has some
new tattoos on his
arm and his wife So-
phie Turner is highlighting
Joe’s new inks to their fans!
The 24-year-old Game of
Thrones actress took to her
Instagram Stories on Octo-
ber 5 to share a photo of
Joe, 31, eating lunch with
her. The picture show-
cased three new tattoos
on Joe‘s forearms
which represented the
principle, “See no evil,
hear no evil, speak no
evil.” In the pic, he has
pink hair, which he de-
buted last week for
Breast Cancer Aware-
ness Month. Fans
have also noticed that
in the background of
the photo, daughter Wil-
la’s toys. —Agency
Different AK
A
s he is all set to step into the shoes of a
cross-functional athlete for his next
film, actor Ayushmann Khurrana has
started sweating it out for the massive
physical transformation, which is required to
fit in the role.
The 36-year-old actor consid-
ers his next film, which is an
Abhishek Kapoor directorial to
be different from his other
work and says that audiences
will get to see a “different” him
in the film. Khurrana, who is
currently staying in his home-
town Chandigarh, is undergoing
intense training sessions to
don the hat of a cross-
functional athlete.
Giving a sneak
peek from his
transformation
process, the
‘Article 15’ ac-
tor took to In-
stagram and
said, “It’s go-
ing to be a
different me
in this differ-
ent film! Mov-
ie prep going
strong.” —ANI
Finally Recovered
A
bout a month after ac-
tor Arjun Kapoor
tested positive for
coronavirus, he on
Wednesday issued a state-
ment announcing that he
tested negative over the
weekend.
The ‘Ishaqzaade’ actor
posted a statement on Insta-
gram in which he confirmed
his recovery. “Hi! I’m happy
to report that I have tested
negative to coronavirus over
the weekend.”
“I’m feeling better after
making a full recovery and
excited to return to work.
Thank you, everyone, for
your good wishes and positiv-
ity,” added Arjun.
On September 6, Arjun
had shared on Insta-
gram that he had tested
positive for the virus.
He was asymptomatic
and had isolated him-
self at home. —ANI
T
alking about her
choice of films, actor
Bhumi Pednekar on
Wednesday said she
believes that “cinema can
spark conversations.”
The actor’s idea of taking
up a film depends on the
unique storyline that project
extraordinary women with
extraordinary stories. The
‘Bala’ actor said, “I search for
extraordinary stories of ex-
traordinary women! I think
that really guides my film
choices, Cinema can spark
conversations and all my
films, in their own, unique
way, have been about achiev-
ing parity.”
Pednekar has tried to give
a voice to the unheard stories
of powerful, strong and inde-
pendent women.
“Right from my debut, I
have tried to bring to life sto-
ries of powerful, strong, inde-
pendent women who have a
voice and they want to be
heard by society,” she added.
Actor, who had played a
role of an overweight girl in
Dum Laga Ke Haisha and
later shed weight for
the next film said, “I
am proud of my body
of work and I know I
will constantly pick pro-
jects that hit home for me.
Such subjects are extremely
close to my heart because I do
feel I have a responsibility to
portray women different-
ly on screen.” —ANI
ANIL
DEVGN,
NO MORE
DELAYED
TO 2022
UNFORTUNATE
NEWS
A
ctor Ajay Devgn’s brother
and film director Anil Devgan
passed way at the age of 45 on
Monday night. The confirmation of
his demise was given by Ajay Devgn
on Tuesday through a Twitter post
where he expressed sorrow over his
brother’s demise. “I lost my brother
Anil Devgan last night. His untimely
demise has left our family heartbro-
ken. ADFF & I will miss his pres-
ence dearly,” the 51-year-old actor
tweeted.. —ANI
R
obert Pattinson’s The Batman
was slated to rule the box
office in 2021. The filming has
resumed and fans were hoping that
the movie would release as per the
scheduled date, October 1, 2021.
A year left for its release and it has
been reported that Warner Bros
has decided to delay the release.
According to numerous international
publications, ‘The Batman’ has been
delayed to 2022. The DC movie is
now slated to release on March 4,
2022. While DC fans will have to wait
much longer before they see Matt
Reeves’ take on the iconic superhero,
there is some good news for The
fans. The publication has reported
that the Matrix movie, will be releas-
ing over the Christmas. —Agency
2
020 needs to come to an
abrupt end already as we’ve
had to say goodbye to way
too many talented individuals from
the entertainment industry, in this
week alone. Johnny Nash, singer-
songwriter, actor and producer has
sadly passed away at the age of 80.
The unfortunate news was confirmed
by his son Johnny Nash Jr. Nash Jr.
revealed to AP that his father had
been in declining health and died of
natural causes at home in Houston,
his birthplace. Many will know Nash
as the creator and performer of the
1972 classic tune I Can See Clearly
Now. The single earned Johnny a
No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. I Can
See Clearly Now became even more
popular, thanks to hit covers by
iconic singers like Ray Charles, Lee
Towers, Donny Osmond as well as
Jimmy Cliff’s epic version for 1993
film Cool Runnings. —Agency
ETCAHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
11
inger and Fenty
founder Rihanna
is issuing an apol-
ogy. During her
Savage x Fenty
show that
streamed this past week-
end on Amazon Prime
Video, the song Doom by
London-based producer
Coucou Chloe was fea-
tured. The song features a
remix of a hadith narra-
tion. According to CNN,
“The hadith, a written re-
cord of the sayings and ac-
tions of the Prophet Mo-
hammed and his closest
companions, is considered
extremely sacred to Mus-
lims, and comes second
only to the Quran in terms
of textual authority.”
Rihanna took to her Ins-
tagram Story to issue an
apology to the Muslim
community. “I’d like to
thank the Muslim commu-
nityforpointingoutahuge
oversight that was unin-
tentionallyoffensiveinour
Savage X Fenty show. I
would, more importantly,
like to apologize to you for
this honest, yet careless
mistake. We understand
that we have hurt many of
our Muslim brothers and
sisters, and I’m incredibly
disheartened by this,” Ri-
hanna posted on her Story.
—Agency
APOLOGIZING
S
Rihanna
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‘Cinema can spark conversations’
NEWTATTOO
...her post
Late Anil Devgn
Robert Pattinson
Arjun Kapoor
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner
...her post
Late Johnny Nash
Ayushmann Khurrana
Bhumi Pednekar

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