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PM MODI TO ADDRESS 108TH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will address
the 108th Indian Sci-
ence Congress (ISC) on
January 3 via video
conferencing, his office
said on Sunday
.
The PMO said the fo-
cal theme of this year’s
ISC is “Science and
Technology for Sustain-
able Development with
Women Empower-
ment.” The ISC will see
discussions on sustain-
able development, wom-
en empowerment, and
the role of science &
technology in achiev-
ing these objectives.
Participants are slat-
ed to discuss ways to
increase the number of
women in higher rungs
of teaching, research,
and industry, the PMO
statement said.
They will also delib-
erate on ways to in-
crease women’s num-
bers in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineer-
ing, Mathematics)
fields, and their equal
status in education, re-
search, and economic
participation.
A special programme
to showcase the contri-
bution of women in sci-
ence and technology
will also be held with
lectures by renowned
women scientists.
Several other pro-
grammes are also
scheduled to be held.
The event will also
see a Children’s Science
Congress, organised to
help stimulate scientif-
ic interest and tempera-
ment among children.
The Farmers’ Sci-
ence Congress will pro-
vide a platform to im-
prove the bio-economy
and attract young peo-
ple to agriculture.
The Tribal Science
Congress will be a plat-
form for the scientific
display of indigenous
ancient knowledge sys-
tems and practices, and
will focus on the em-
powerment of tribal
women, the PMO said.
Held first in 1914, the
108th session of ISC
will take place at Rash-
trasant Tukadoji Maha-
raj Nagpur University
.
l Women’s work and
empowerment in
STEM (Science,
Technology,
Engineering,
Mathematics) fields is
special theme
PM ‘ANGUISHED’ AT DEATH OF FORMER
GUJARAT CS MANJULA SUBRAMANIAM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday
expressed anguish at the death of Manjula Subramaniam,
who had served as chief secretary during Modi’s tenure
as Gujarat’s chief
minister. “Anguished
by the demise of
veteran bureaucrat
Dr. Manjula
Subramaniam Ji.
She was widely
respected for her
understanding of
policy related issues
and action oriented approach. I recall my interactions with
her when I was CM. Condolences to her family and friends.
Om Shanti,” PM Modi tweeted.
CHEER IN THE COLD: 2023 BEGINS
People gathered to celebrate New Year near India Gate on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a ceremony to flag
off Vande Bharat Express and inaugurate other railway projects,
via video conferencing on Friday.
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Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Haryana
sports Minister Sand-
eep Singh has been
booked on charges
of sexual harass-
ment and outrag-
ing modesty of
a woman after
a junior ath-
letics coach
filed a com-
p l a i n t
against the
Olympian.
A case un-
der Sections
354 (assault or criminal
force to woman with in-
tent to outrage her mod-
esty), 354-A, 354-B, 342
and 506 of the IPC has
been registered against
Sandeep Singh.
The woman, junior
athletics coach, held a
PC at office of Opposi-
tion INLD, which has
demanded that Manohar
Lal Khattar govt, Hary-
ana HM Anil Vij to set up
a Special Investigation
Team to probe matter.
She said Singh harassed
her from February to
November last year, by
repeated messages on
social media. He touched
her inappropriately and
also threatened her in
messages, she alleged.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
NEW COMMERCIAL CYLINDER PRICE IN NEW DELHI IS `1,769
ANIL LAHOTI
TAKES OVER
CHARGE AS NEW
CRB CHAIRMAN
New Delhi: The price of commercial gas cylinder has increased after seven
consecutive reductions. The price of a 19-kg LPG commercial cylinder has
increased by `25 kg on Sunday. Domestic cylinders cost remain unchanged.
New Delhi: Anil Kumar Lahoti has taken over the
charge of new Chairman Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) on
Sunday. The appointments committee of the
Cabinet approved his appointment.
20 PLAYERS
SHORTLISTED
BY BCCI FOR
WORLD CUP ’23
New Delhi: BCCI secy Jay Shah has opened up on
India’s plans for the 2023 ODI World Cup which
will take place later this year on home soil. Shah
revealed that the board has already shortlisted a
total of the 20 players for quadrennial event. P6
PRICE OF COMMERCIAL GAS CYLINDER UP BY `25
Sandeep Singh, accused
of sexual harassment,
gives up his sports portfolio
Complainant is a junior
athletics coach, she urges
CM Khattar to set up SIT probe
Coach alleges that she
had to quit social media
due to constant harassment
ATTEMPT TO SPOIL MY IMAGE: SINGH
Sports Minister Sandeep Singh has handed over his port-
folio to the Chief Minister ML Khattar, and dismissed the
allegations as an attempt to ‘spoil his image’. “There is an
attempt to spoil my image. I hope there will be a thorough
investigation into the false allegations levelled against me. I
hand over the responsibility of the Sports department to the
CM until the report of the investigation comes out,” he said.
More such women who have been harassed
will come forward if the Sports Minister is
arrested. After all, how long will a person
remain silent? The Sports Minister has officially, men-
tally harassed me. Singh invited me to his home and
forcefully engaged me in sexual misconduct.
—Junior athletics coach
3 DEAD, 6 INJURED IN
SUSPECTED TERROR
ATTACK IN RAJOURI
Jammu: Three civilians
were killed and six others
were injured in a suspected
terrorist attack in a village
in Rajouri district of
Jammu and Kashmir on
Sunday evening. ‘The firing
incident happened at upper
Dhangri village of Rajouri
district’ Mukesh Singh,
ADGP, Jammu Zone, said
after the incident.
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3 KILLED IN STAMPEDE
AT CHANDRABABU’S
RALLY IN GUNTUR
Hyderabad: 3 women have
died in a stampede at a rally
of Telugu Desam president
and former Chief Minister
Chandrababu Naidu in AP’s
Guntur district. This is 2nd
incident in a span of 4 days
that people lost their lives at
a public event of Naidu.
HARYANA MINISTER
BOOKED
Politicians, well-wishers attend
prayer meet for Modi’s mother
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A prayer
meeting was organized
in memory of Heeraben
‘Hiraba’ Modi, the
mother of PM Naren-
dra Modi in Vadnagar
on Sunday. The prayer
meeting was held be-
tween 9:00 am and 12:00
noon at PM’s birthplace
Vadnagar. Heeraben
Modi, 100, passed away
at around 03:30 am on
Friday at the UN Mehta
Institute of Cardiology
and Research Centre in
Ahmedabad, according
to a bulletin from the
hospital. She was hospi-
talized on Wednesday
after her health deterio-
rated. Modi performed
last rites of his mom in
Gandhinagar on Friday
.
A prayer meeting was organised in memory of PM Modi’s mother
Hiraba at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, at Vadnagar on Sunday.
India, Pakistan
exchange list
of their nuclear
installations
10 die, 8 injured
after big blast
outside Kabul’s
military airport
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In continu-
ing a 32-year practice,
India and Pakistan on
Sunday exchanged a list
of their nuclear instal-
lations under a bilater-
al pact which prohibits
the two sides from at-
tacking each other’s
atomic facilities.
The exchange of the
list took place under the
provisions of the agree-
ment on the prohibition
of attack against nu-
clear installations and
facilities, the MEA said.
First India Bureau
Kabul: At least 10 peo-
ple were killed and
eight others seriously
injured in an explosion
that rocked Kabul mili-
tary airport on Sunday
.
Abdul Nafee Takkur, a
spokesman for the Tali-
ban Interior Ministry,
reported that an explo-
sion caused injuries
close to the military air-
port’s main gate in Ka-
bul. No one has taken
responsibility for the
attack as of yet.
RELEASE PRISONERS
SOON: IND ASKS PAK
MAY THE NEW YEAR
BRING INSPIRATIONS:
PREZ MURMU, MODI
GREET CITIZENS
India on Sunday asked
Pakistan to expedite the
release and repatriation of
631 Indian fishermen and
2 Indian civilian prisoners,
who have completed their
sentence and whose nation-
ality has been confirmed and
conveyed to Pakistan.
New Delhi: President Drou-
padi Murmu greeted people
on the occasion of New Year
and hoped that the year
2023 brings new inspira-
tions, goals and achieve-
ments in the lives of people.
PM Narendra Modi also
extended New Year greetings
and hoped that it will be
filled with hope, happiness
and lots of success.
Tragic! 12 lives lost
in Sikar, 11 more
in 5 mishaps in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 23 people died
in separate accidents in
the State on Sunday and
Saturday night.
Sikar: 12 people, 7 of a
family, died in a fierce
collision of three vehi-
cles in Sikar on Khan-
dela-Palsana road on
Sunday evening. 20 peo-
ple in the pickup were
returning after visiting
Ganesh Dham temple in
Khandela. A pickup and
a bike collided near
Maji Saheb’s Dhani and
both the vehicles col-
lided with the truck
coming from the front.
Hanumangarh: 5 per-
sons died on Saturday
night after their car col-
lided with a truck on
the Rawatsar- Sardar-
shahar Megha Highway
in Pallu PS area.
Kota: Couple was killed
and three others were
injured when a speed-
ing car lost its balance
and rammed into a tree
on NH near Sehnali.
Chomu: Two people
were killed while half-a-
dozen people were in-
jured in Hadota area on
Sunday evening after
two speeding cars col-
lided with each other.
Jaisalmer: Two minor
girls were killed when
car overturned while
returning to Sumerpur
in Pali.
Fierce collision of 3 vehicles on Khandela-Palsana road on Sunday.
z SC to pronounce its
judgment on a batch of
pleas over govt’s 2016
decision to demonetise
`1,000, `500 notes today
z At least nine people
died, most aged between
10 and 20, in a shopping
mall crush as revellers
rang in the NY in Uganda
Sandeep Singh

Moradabad (ANI):
Minimum and maxi-
mum temperatures in
January 2023 are most
likely to be below nor-
mal over many parts of
central India and ad-
joining areas of penin-
sular, east and north-
west India, said India
Meteorological Depart-
ment on Sunday
.
As per IMD, above-
normal to normal mini-
mum temperatures are
most likely over south-
ern parts of the south
Peninsula, many parts
of northeast India and
some parts of north-
west India. It also said,
“Above normal maxi-
likely over most parts
west, east and east cen-
tral India.”
IMD also predicted
monthly rainfall for
January 2023 over
Northwest India con-
sisting of seven mete-
orological subdivisions
(East Uttar Pradesh,
West Uttar Pradesh, Ut-
tarakhand, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu
Kashmir and Ladakh)
is most likely to be be-
low normal (78 per cent
of Long Period Average
(LPA)), said IMD on
Sunday. The rainfall
over Northwest India
consists of seven mete-
orological subdivisions
(East Uttar Pradesh,
West Uttar Pradesh, Ut-
tarakhand, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu
Kashmir and Ladakh)
is most likely to be be-
low normal (86 per cent
of Long Period Average
(LPA)), said IMD.
Monthly rainfall
over the country as a
whole during January
2023 is most likely to be
below normal (82 per
cent of Long Period Av-
erage (LPA)).
Below-normal rain-
fall is most likely over
most parts of the coun-
try except many parts
of south peninsular In-
dia and some pockets of
central India where
above-normal to nor-
mal rainfall is expected.
During January 2023,
monthly minimum tem-
peratures are most like-
ly to be below-normal
by 2-4 degrees over
many parts of central
India and adjoining ar-
eas of peninsular, east
and northwest India.
Above normal to nor-
mal minimum tempera-
tures are most likely
over southern parts of
south Peninsula, many
parts of northeast India
and some parts of
northwest India.
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NEW DELHI | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2023
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IMD predicts colder January this year
n Both max and
min temp to be
below normal
n Rainfall in
January also to
be below normal
New Delhi (PTI): The
minimum tempera-
ture in the national
capital on Sunday
dipped to 5.5 degrees
Celsius, two notches
below the season's av-
erage, the IMD said.
The maximum tem-
perature was 21.1 de-
grees Celsius, a notch
above the season’s av-
erage, the IMD said.
The relative humid-
ity oscillated between
97 per cent and 62 per
cent, the IMD said.
The IMD has fore-
cast ‘dense’ fog in Del-
hi on Monday. The
minimum and maxi-
mum temperatures
are likely to be around
6 degrees Celsius and
20 degrees Celsius.
Minimum temperature drops to 5.5o
Celsius
A milkman rides a two-wheeler amid dense fog as cold wave and fog conditions prevail, in Ujjain on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Women sit around a bonfire to keep themselves warm on a cold winter day, in New Delhi on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): A
stringent ban on the use
of coal and other unap-
proved fuels in indus-
tries and commercial
establishments came
into force in Delhi-NCR
on Sunday, with offi-
cials saying defaulting
units will be closed
down without any
warning.
The use of low-sul-
phur coal in thermal
power plants is allowed,
the central govern-
ment's CAQM said.
Authorities have
been directed to close
down industries and
commercial establish-
ments using unap-
proved fuels, including
coal, without giving
them any show-cause
notice. A heavy fine will
be levied on the default-
ing units.
Firewood and bio-
mass briquettes can be
used for religious pur-
poses and cremation,
wood or bamboo char-
coal can be used for tan-
doors and grills of ho-
tels, restaurants, ban-
quet halls (with emis-
sion control system)
and open eateries.
Ban on coal, unapproved fuels
comes into force in Delhi-NCR
—REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI): A
first-ever health clinic
for sex workers and
their families has been
opened in Delhi’s red-
light area, GB Road,
with facilities for rou-
tine check-ups and
treatment.
The clinic was inau-
gurated on Sunday. It
has been started in a
part of a non-functional
school by some civil so-
ciety groups.
Shalini (name
changed), a sex worker,
said she hopes the facil-
ity will help her fight
the stigma that she fac-
es in visiting clinics in
other parts of the city
.
“Even doctors start
behaving differently
when they learn we are
sex workers and this
clinic can help change
that as it is meant just
for people like us,” she
told PTI.
NGO Sewa Bharti
started this clinic in col-
laboration with Ut-
karsh Initiative to pro-
vide medical facilities
to sex workers and their
families. This clinic
will have seven doctors.
“We have started this
initiative on the first
day of the year to start
this year with the right
initiative catering to
the secluded and ex-
ploited strata of the so-
ciety,” said Sushil Gup-
ta, General Secretary of
Sewa Bharti Delhi
Province.
He said this is the
first such clinic in the
area and aims to solve
the health issues faced
by the sex workers
while maintaining
their dignity
.
GB Road, or Garstin
Bastion Road, is a road
running from Ajmeri
Gate to Lahori Gate.
First health clinic for sex workers at GB Road
WITH SEVEN DOCTORS
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NGO Sewa
Bharti started
this clinic in
collaboration
with Utkarsh
Initiative to
provide medical
facilities to sex
workers and
their families
Sex workers carry essential goods, distributed by volunteers at
GB Road during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of
coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia Meteorological
Department Scientist
Dr Vijay Kumar Soni
said that the air qual-
ity of Delhi is to re-
main in the 'poor cat-
egory' for the next
three days.
In Delhi, the air
quality reached the
'severe' category in
the last few days. Af-
ter 30th December,
there's an improve-
ment in the index
number. Right now,
the air quality is in
the 'poor' category
. We
hope there won't be
much deterioration
after that, Dr Soni
said in a telephonic
interview. Soni added,
The deterioration of
air quality is mainly
because of meteoro-
logical conditions
which are generally
not favourable during
the winter. The wind
speed is low and light
winds blow during
winter. Also as the
temperature is low,
mixing height is also
low during this sea-
son. Combined all the
factors, this ventila-
tion index comes
down and that deteri-
orates the air quality
.
Soni concluded that
despite unfavourable
conditions, air quali-
ty was much better on
New Year's eve.
Delhi’s air to be‘poor’ for
next three days,says IMD
The deterioration of air quality is
mainly because of meteorological
conditions which are generally
not favourable during the winter.
—Dr Vijay Kumar Soni, IMD Scientist
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) president
Virendra Sachdeva on
Saturday visited a night
shelter at Mori Gate
and expressed dissatis-
faction over the ar-
rangements made by
the Kejriwal govern-
ment in the shelter.
Sachdeva distributed
blankets to people at the
night shelter.
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal claims
that his government
has cleaned the city and
made arrangements in
all shelter homes. But
here I can see people
who had to sleep with-
out any arrangements
this winter. I can see a
dilapidated building
and no shelter for the
people, Sachdeva said.
Last week, LG VK
Saxena transferred the
Urban Shelter Improve-
ment Board (DUSIB)
CEO K. Mahesh, shunt-
ing him to Union Terri-
tory Civil Services
(UTCS) as Special Di-
rector after night shel-
ters were found over-
crowded and deficient
in toilet facilities.
The development
comes following LG's
visit to night shelters
run by DUSIB at Inter
State Bus Terminal
(ISBT) and Hanuman
Mandir, on the night of
December 23 where it
was found that, while
all the shelters at the
location had a total ca-
pacity of only about 600
beds, there were thou-
sands who were forced
to sleep on the pave-
ments in the bitter cold.
Moreover, the LG
during his visit had
also flagged the issue of
inhumane sanitary
conditions for the occu-
pants and for other
homeless, forced to re-
side on streets under
the open sky
.
Due to the severe lack
of toilet facilities at-
tached to the Night
Shelters, the occupants
and others were forced
to defecate in the open,
mostly on the adjacent
Yamuna Bank.
Apart from polluting
the river, this also posed
severe health hazards
to the homeless people.
Delhi BJP chief visits
night shelter, slams
Kejriwal for not caring
Here I can see
people who
had to sleep
without any arrange-
ments this winter. I
can see a dilapidated
building and no shel-
ter for the people.
—Virendra Sachdeva,
Delhi BJP Interim President
A LOST COMRADE
Naseeruddin Shah with his wife Ratna Pathak at a
programme to commemorate the death anniversary of
communist playwright and director Safdar Hashmi, at
Jhandapur village in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
—
PHOTO
BY
ANI
ICCR felicitates foreign artistes of
Indian classical music and dance
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Council for Cultural
Relations (ICCR) on Sunday felicitated foreign ar-
tistes of Indian dance and music from 8-10 coun-
tries including Iran and Malaysia selected through
a first-of-its-kind talent recognition initiative.
These artistes will also perform at the Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas event this month in Indore.
Courtsuggestspolicebooked5on
basisofreligious,ethnicidentity
New Delhi (PTI): Ac-
quitting six accused of
the charge of dacoity
and five of them of the
charge of being illegal
residents, a court here
has observed that in the
country's prevailing
scenario, it would be a
“misuse” of the For-
eigners Act to charge
“suspected criminals”
with “issues relating to
citizenship”.
Also observing that
police, in the first place,
lacked diligence in col-
lecting the documents
regarding citizenship,
the court wondered
whether the provisions
of the Foreigners Act
would have been in-
voked against the ac-
cused if they had any
other religious and eth-
nic identities.
The court was hear-
ing a case against the
six accused for alleged-
ly making preparations
to commit dacoity and
assembling for the said
purpose, along with
purportedly obstruct-
ing and assaulting a po-
lice team that appre-
hended them on the ba-
sis of a tip-off.
The incident took
place on October 29,
2015 at a park in Geeta
Colony here.
Five of the accused
were charged under the
Foreigners Act, being
suspected as illegal
Bangladeshi residents
in India.
Additional Sessions
Judge Vishal Gogne
said, “The court is com-
pelled to make a neces-
sary observation. Is-
sues relating to citizen-
ship, especially in the
contemporary context,
have undeniably be-
come linked to ques-
tions of identity, mostly
religious and often eth-
nic, and this complexity
belies the reality of a
vast number of resi-
dents of India who still
do not possess authen-
tic documents related to
citizenship.”
The Accused: ‘Chota, Lambu’
The Geeta Colony police station had filed a
chargesheet against Anul Haq, Miraz alias chota,
Mohammad Burhan, Miraz alias lambu, Mohammad
Suhail and Saddam for various offences under the
IPC, including attempt to murder, assault or criminal
force to deter public servant from discharge of duty,
obstructing public servant in discharge of public
functions and common intention. Saddam and Miraz
(lambu) were also charged under the Arms Act,
while all the accused, except Haq, were also charged
under the Foreigners Act.

New Delhi (PTI): A
20-year-old woman who
lived in Delhi died after
her scooty was hit by a
car and her body
dragged under it for
around four kilometres
in outer Delhi’s Sultan-
puri on Sunday
.
Police said that five
men travelling in the
Maruti Baleno have
been arrested.
A purported video of
the woman’s body with-
out clothes and broken
legs made rounds on so-
cial media. The footage
ledtoclaimsthatthevic-
tim was raped and mur-
dered, but the police
called it an accident.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police Harendra
Kumar Singh said the
victim’s leg got entan-
gledinoneof thewheels.
“Deepak Khanna (26),
Amit Khanna (25), Kris-
han(27),Mithun(26)and
Manoj Mittal have been
arrested,” he said, add-
ing that blood sample of
the driver will be exam-
ine to see whether he
was under the influence
of alcohol or not.
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New Delhi (PTI):
Nearly 31,000 com-
plaints of crimes com-
mitted against women
were received by the
National Commission
for Women (NCW) in
2022, the highest since
2014.
In 2021, the NCW had
received 30,864 com-
plaints while in 2022,
the number slightly in-
creased to 30,957.
Of the 30,957 com-
plaints, the maximum
of 9,710 were related to
the right to live with
dignity that takes into
account the emotional
abuse of women, fol-
lowed by those related
to domestic violence
at 6,970 and dowry har-
assment at 4,600, ac-
cording to NCW data
accessed by PTI.
The highest number,
i.e. about 54.5 per cent
(16,872) of the com-
plaints were received
from the most popu-
lous state of Uttar
Pradesh.
Delhi recorded 3,004
complaints, followed
by Maharashtra (1,381),
Bihar (1,368) and Hary-
ana (1,362).
According to the
data, the highest num-
ber of complaints re-
lated to the right to live
with dignity and do-
mestic violence were
received from Uttar
Pradesh.
The number of com-
plaints received by the
NCW in 2022 is the
highest since 2014,
when the panel had re-
ceived 33,906 com-
plaints.
As many as 2,523
complaints were re-
ceived regarding the
offence of outraging
the modesty of women
or molestation, 1,701
were related to rape
and attempt to rape,
1,623 were in connec-
tion with police apathy
against women and 924
complaints were relat-
ed to cyber crimes, ac-
cording to the data.
NCW received 31k complaints of crimes against women in 2022
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The number of
complaints
received by the
NCW in 2022
is the highest
since 2014,
when the panel
had received
33,906
complaints
z Highest since 2014: The number of complaints
received by the NCW in 2022 is the highest
since 2014, when the panel had received 33,906
complaints.
z 54.5% from UP: About 54.5 per cent (16,872)
of the complaints were received from the most
populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
z 3,004 complaints in Delhi: Delhi recorded 3,004
complaints, followed by Maharashtra (1,381),
Bihar (1,368) and Haryana (1,362).
z Right to Dignity violated: Of the 30,957 com-
plaints, the maximum of 9,710 were related
to the right to live with dignity that takes into
account the emotional abuse of women.
Fire at old age home in GK-II,
two women burnt to death
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A fire
broke out at an old age
home here on Sunday
that led to the death of
two elderly women in
south Delhi’s Greater
Kailash area.
Thirteen inmates of
Antara Care for Sen-
iors were rescued, they
said, adding that there
were around 35 people
in the four-storey build-
ing when the incident
took place.
Police got the infor-
mation about a fire at
Antara Care for Sen-
iors at around 5.10 am
through a passerby.
Five fire tenders and
a few ambulances were
rushed to the spot, and
the blaze was brought
under control by 6.50
am, the fire depart-
ment said.
According to police,
the fire had occurred
on the building’s sec-
ond floor where two
charred bodies were
found. The deceased
were identified as Kan-
chan Arora, 86, and Ka-
mal, 92.
The crime and FSL
teams have been called
to the spot, the Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (South) Chandan
Chowdhary said.
One senior citizen
has been shifted to Max
Hospital Saket and 12
others to another
branch in Okhla of
Antara Care, he said.
According to sourc-
es, it was suspected
that some burning can-
dles might have caused
the fire. However, a de-
tailed investigation
will ascertain the exact
cause of fire, they said.
A case under sec-
tions 285 (negligent
conduct with respect to
fire or combustible mat
ter), 337 (causing hurt
by act endangering life
or personal safety of
others) and 304A (caus-
ing death by negli-
gence) has been regis-
tered against unknown
persons at CR Park PS.
The old age nursing home where a fire broke out in Greater Kailash area, in New Delhi on Sunday. (R) Police personnel guard outside
the nursing home on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Five fire tenders
were rushed to
Antara Care for
Seniors after
information
came at 5.14 am
SON JUST LANDED FROM ENGLAND
New Delhi (ANI): The son of one of the victims
who was coming to India from England to meet
her mother landed here around 8.30 am, police
said. He used to visit his mother regularly, police
said, adding that the family members of the other
deceased woman live in Noida.
Womandraggedfor4kmin
caraccident,dies;5arrested
The car involved in the accident outside Sultanpuri police station.

—PHOTO BY ANI
CAR OCCUPANTS WERE DRUNK: DCW
Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chief Swati
Maliwal took cognisance of the matter and issued
notice to the Delhi Police. “The naked body of a
girl was found in Delhi's Kanjhawala, it is being
told that some boys in an inebriated state hit her
scooty with a car and dragged her for several
kilometres. I am issuing an appearance summons
to Delhi Police. The whole truth should come out,”
she said in a tweet. Talking to ANI, she alleged
that the five men on the vehicle were drunk.
“A girl was hit by a car and then dragged on the
road. The car was driven by five people who were
badly drunk. I have summoned Delhi Police to ask
how will justice be provided to the girl. Secondly,
I want to ask, despite the girl being dragged for
kilometres, no check post was able to catch any-
thing. No one stopped those drunk people. This is
a very scary and shocking incident,” she said.
Noida (PTI): Three
people, including a Del-
hi Police personnel,
were arrested after a
clash between two
groups resulted in inju-
ries to four people dur-
ing New Year celebra-
tions at a group hous-
ing society near Noida,
officials said on
Sunday.
The clash broke out
around 11.30 pm on Sat-
urday over the trio al-
legedly trying to take
pictures with two wom-
en residents of the so-
ciety without their con-
sent. However, the ac-
cused claimed that they
were taking selfies and
the women just hap-
pened to be in the back-
ground and it was a
case of misunderstand-
ing, an official said.
Video clips purport-
edly of the incident at
Gaur City's First Ave-
nue society in Greater
Noida (West), also
known as Noida Exten-
sion, surfaced on social
media, prompting the
police action, despite
no official complaint
from either side, the of-
ficial said.
An official of the lo-
cal Bisrakh police sta-
tion said, “The women
had claimed that the
accused were taking
their pictures without
their consent and when
they informed their
friends about it, an ar-
gument broke out be-
tween the two sides,
followed by a fight.”
Clash at bash in Noida society
lands 3, including cop, in jail
PROTECTING THE PILGRIMAGE
People of Jain community protest at India Gate on Sunday for maintaining sanctity of 'Sammed
Shikhar ji’, the biggest pilgrimage site of the Jains on Parasnath Hills in Giridih district of
Jharkhand. The Hemant Soren govt wants to develop tourism there. —PHOTOS BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): Large crowds thronged
popularboulevards,touristhubsandentertain-
ment centres and many joined special prayers
at places of worship on Sunday as people
stepped out to celebrate the New Year without
COVID restrictions.
Withnomajorcurbsexceptadvisoriestopre-
vent the spread of coronavirus, revellers
markedthebeginningof 2023withgusto,while
police kept a tight vigil and hundreds of people
faced action for violations like drunk driving.
There were massive traffic snarls, especially
near India Gate and Connaught Place, while
metro stations were teeming with people.
Crowds at India Gate,
traffic jams across city
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
said he was saddened to
hear the news of the
death of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi's
mother Hiraben.
Kejriwal had left for a
Vipassana meditation
session in Bengaluru
on December 24. The
session ended on Sun-
day. “Today when I
came out of the Vipas-
sana meditation after
seven days, I received
the news of the death of
the prime minister's re-
spected mother. I was
saddened to hear the
news. I pray to God to
give the departed soul a
place at his feet,” he
said in a tweet in Hindi.
In another tweet, Ke-
jriwal said he was re-
turning with a resolve
to serve the nation with
greater energy
.
CM Kejriwal returns from
Vipassana, condoles demise
of PM Modi’s mother
Supreme Court is sched-
uled to pronounce its
judgment on Monday on
a batch of pleas chal-
lenging the govern-
ment's 2016 decision to
demonetise currency
notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs
500 denominations.
A 5-judge Constitu-
tion bench headed by
Justice SA Nazeer is
likely to pronounce its
verdict as the top court
reopens after its winter
break. There will be two
separate judgements to
be pronounced by Jus-
tices BR Gavai and BV
Nagarathna.
New Delhi (ANI): A
man was arrested here
for allegedly murdering
his 30-yr-old wife and
her paramour, police
said on Saturday
.
AccordingtoDelhiPo-
lice, “Five police teams
were constituted to nab
the accused. They raid-
ed the possible hideouts
of the accused at Noida,
Gokulpuri, Kusumpur
Pahari, Karkardooma
and other areas and suc-
ceeded to apprehend ac-
cused Sunny
.”
Man murders wife
and her lover in
Delhi, arrested
Heavy rush of people is seen at India Gate during the New
Year 2023 celebrations on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Traffic congestion on the first day of New Year, at Pragati
Maidan in New Delhi, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The two sides reached a compromise later
and there was no official complaint from
either side.
—Official, Delhi Police
SC verdict on
demonetisation
scheduled today
UP LEADS WITH 54% COMPLAINTS

PERSPECTIVE
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rime Minister Narendra Modi
appears to be in perpetual elec-
tion mode with a current focus
on the north-eastern state of
Tripura in India where the next
round of state assembly elec-
tions are scheduled as well as
the southern state of Karnata-
ka in the coming months. And
yet, the Modi juggernaut has
also upped the ante on the in-
ternational political landscape
for a high stakes gambit likely
to transcend India as a major
world player to pitchfork the
Indian premier into the race for
the next Nobel peace prize.
The latest endorsement of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
came a couple of days ago when
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr
Zelenskyy called him up osten-
sibly to congratulate him on
ascending to the presidency of
the G20 formation of nations.
Zelenskyy tweeted thereafter
and said, “I had a phone call
with@PMOIndia.”
Narendra Modi wished a suc-
cessful G20 presidency. It was
on this platform that In an-
nounced the peace formula and
now, I count on India’s partici-
pation on its implementation. I
also thanked for humanitarian
aid and support in the UN
(United Nations).” Earlier, Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
had also paid glowing tributes
to an emergent India under PM
Modi’s leadership evidencing
his amiability to India playing
a mitigating role to end the Rus-
sian conflict with Ukraine.
While Modi plays peacemak-
er on the global stage currently,
his international role during
the global Covid 19 pandemic
has also been acknowledged as
a game changer by the world.
Even the World Health Organi-
sation (WHO) had acknowl-
edged India’s professional and
sanitized response to deal with
the Covid 19 pandemic right
since its outbreak in February
2020 considering the herculean
task of protecting and vaccinat-
ing a 1.38 billion plus popula-
tion in India was concerned.
PM Modi’s emphasis on the de-
velopment of an indige-
nous vaccine in the country
that was also subsequently dis-
tributed free of cost to several
underdeveloped nations of the
world came in for particular ac-
claim globally.
“India’s Prime Minister
played the role of a catalyst,
even providing Rs 3,000 crore in
funding, for the accelerated de-
velopment of a vaccine against
nCov through public-private
enterprise that proved crucial
in the battle against the nCov.
Not only that, he also exported
the Indian vaccine free of cost
to less developed nations of the
world that were reeling under
the impact of the pandemic
even as exorbitant costs de-
manded by European vaccine
manufacturers ruled out their
ability to purchase those vac-
cines,” a senior BJP leader told
First India. He added, “While
Balakot played an important
role to ensure a 300 plus Lok
Sabha result in favour of the
BJP in 2019, the Prime Minis-
ter’s proactive human service
record is expected to secure the
political future of party even in
2024 general elections when the
party expects to further con-
solidate its presence across In-
dia by achieving a target of
electing over 350 Members of
Parliament in Lok Sabha.”
The only political reversal
that may adversely impact the
BJP prospects in the 2024 polls
is the looming worry regarding
Supreme Court of India’s likely
verdict on the issue of political
reservations for the other back-
ward caste communities (OBC)
coming before the general elec-
tions are announced, the senior
BJP leader noted.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
P
RENNI ABRAHAM
The writer is Honorary Consulting Editor,
First India Mumbai
India’s Prime Minister played
the role of a catalyst, even
providing Rs 3,000 crore in
funding, for the accelerated
development of a vaccine
against nCov through public-
private enterprise that proved
crucial in the battle against the
nCov. Not only that, he also
exported the Indian vaccine
free of cost to less developed
nations of the world that were
reeling under the impact of the
pandemic even as exorbitant
costs demanded by European
vaccine manufacturers
ruled out their ability to
purchase those vaccines.
—A SENIOR BJP LEADER
TOLD FIRST INDIA
Narendra Modi wished a successful G20
presidency. It was on this platform that In announced the
peace formula and now, I count on India’s participation on its
implementation. I also thanked for humanitarian aid
and support in the United Nations
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For the lord takes delight in his people;
He crowns the humble and salvation.
—Bible
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
Birthday greetings to Union Min-
ister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia
Ji, who is working to ensure a
vibrant aviation sector with a
focus on connectivity and boost
the steel sector. May Almighty
bless him with a long and
healthy life.@JM_Scindia
TOP TWEETS
Amit Shah@AmitShah
Birthday greetings to the Chief
Minister of Manipur, Shri @
NBirenSingh Ji. Your commit-
ment towards the development
of Manipur and the welfare of
people is commendable. May
God bless you with a long and
healthy life.
REST IN PEACE POPE BENEDICT XVI
enedict XVI
leaves behind a
complex legacy
as a Pope and
theologian. To
many observers, Benedict,
who died on Dec. 31, 2022 at
the age of 95, was known
for criticizing what he saw
as the modern world’s re-
jection of God and Christi-
anity’s timeless truths. But
as a scholar of the diver-
sity of global Catholicism,
I think it’s best to avoid
simple characterizations
of Benedict’s theology,
which I believe will influ-
ence the Catholic Church
for generations.
While the brilliance of
this intellectual legacy will
certainlyendure,itwillalso
have to contend with the
shadows of the numerous
controversies that marked
Benedict’stimeaspopeand,
later, as pope emeritus.
PRIEST PROFESSOR
Benedict was born Josef
Alois Ratzinger on April 16,
1927, in Marktl am Inn, Ger-
many
. During World War II,
he was required to join the
Hitler Youth, a wing of the
Nazi Party
. He was later
drafted into an anti-aircraft
unit and then the infantry
of Nazi Germany
.
CARDINAL AND POPE
As a skilled theologian,
Ratzinger was chosen by
Pope John Paul II to head
the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith,
which oversees and en-
forces Catholic doctrine.
In this position, Cardinal
Ratzinger disciplined a
number of theologians.
CONTROVERSIES
After his election, Pope
Benedict XVI had to con-
front a growing sexual
abuse scandal in the Catho-
lic Church. While a cardi-
nal, he had publicly down-
played the extent and seri-
ousness of the crisis. And
it was under his leadership
that The Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith
decided not to remove Law-
rence C. Murphy from the
priesthood, even though
Murphy had been accused
of molesting more than 200
boys at a Catholic school
for the deaf in Wisconsin.
THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS
As pope, Benedict contin-
ued his theological writ-
ing and produced three
important encyclicals or
papal letters. The first en-
cyclical, Deus Caritas Est,
or “God is Love,” defends
“charity” as love that is
freely given. Charity is not
simply a good deed but an
act that changes both the
giver and the recipient.
LEGACY OF BENEDICT
When Benedict resigned as
pope in 2013, it took the
worldbysurprise.Insaying
thathecouldnolongerbear
the burdens of the Papacy,
Benedictpromisedtolivein
seclusion. His official title
became “Pope Emeritus.”
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
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...NOBEL PRIZE FOR
INDIA’S WORLD nCOV
VAX DRIVE, TITLE OF
PEACEMAKER WHO
ENDED THE RUSSIA-
UKRAINE STRIFE
PM MODI PLAYS PEACEMAKER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
While Modi plays peacemaker on the global stage currently, his
international role during the global Covid 19 pandemic has also
been acknowledged as a game changer by the world. Even the WHO
had acknowledged India’s professional and sanitized response to deal
with the Covid 19 pandemic right since its outbreak in February 2020
considering the herculean task of protecting and vaccinating a 1.38
billion plus population in India was concerned.
PM NARENDRA MODI
WANTS 350 BJP MPs IN 2024
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Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: Lalu Pras-
ad’s party Rashtriya Ja-
nata Dal and Chief Min-
ister Nitish Kumar’s
JDU are not of the same
opinion on the post of
Chief Minister in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar said re-
cently that Tejashwi Ya-
dav will lead the Grand
Alliance in 2025. Nitish
had said this in front of
RJD leader and Deputy
Chief Minister of the
state Tejashwi Yadav
but Tejashwi or his par-
ty did not react to it.
Even before this, Nitish
Kumar had said that
Tejashwi will take care
of the development
work of Bihar. At first
glance, it appears to be
Nitish’s goodwill to-
wards Tejashwi, but
RJD leaders are seeing
it as a strategy to post-
pone Tejashwi’s corona-
tion for three more
years.
RJD leaders want Nit-
ish Kumar to leave the
post of Chief Minister
now and get involved in
the strategy of 2024 gen-
eral elections. RJD state
president Jagdanand
Singh has said in very
clear words that one has
to give up small things
to achieve big things.
What he meant to say
was that in order to be-
come the Prime Minis-
ter, Nitish Kumar
should leave the post of
Chief Minister. Other
RJD leaders also said
that if Nitish has to be-
comeacontenderforthe
post of Prime Minister
of theunitedopposition,
then he should hand
over the command of
thestatetoTejashwiand
work for coordination
with the opposition par-
ties across the country
.
JDU-RJD: Allies with no mutual trust?
FISSURES IN ALLIANCE?
2024 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
BJP TO LAUNCH PRE-POLL DRIVE
IN MAHARASHTRA FROM TODAY
First India Bureau
Mumbai: BJP chief JP
Nadda will launch the
party’s pre-poll cam-
paign for the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections in Ma-
harashtra on Monday
.
He will visit Chan-
drapur constituency,
and hold a series of
meetings during his
day-longstayunder‘Lok
Sabha Pravas Yojana’.
The BJP has started
preparationsforthe2024
elections. Nadda will do
‘pravas’ (stays) in every
state to kick-start pre-
poll campaigns.
Of total 545 Lok Sab-
ha constituencies, the
party has shortlisted 160
constituencies where it
may face a tough con-
test. Maharashtra has
144 constituencies of
which 18 are tough it.
Prominent leaders
such as Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari, Deputy
Chief Minister Dev-
ender Fadnavis and
Minister Raosaheb
Danve will accompany
Nadda in his day-long
tour in Maharashtra.
BJP SETS TARGET OF 60 LS SEATS IN
SOUTHERN INDIA FOR 2024 ELECTIONS
KASHI TO DIBRUGARH VIA B’DESH: PM
TO LAUNCH 3,200 KM RIVER CRUISE
New Delhi (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after cap-
turing fortress Karnataka has now started preparations
to spread its wings in other southern states as well.
According to the party sources, the preparations are in
full swing and seasoned BJP workers are being deployed
on more than 50 seats. Their training in this regard was
conducted in Hyderabad a few days back. There are 20
Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, 25 in Andhra Pradesh, 39 in
Tamil Nadu, 17 in Telangana and 28 in Karnataka. The
sources further said that the BJP has recently conducted
a training camp in Hyderabad, in which a complete plan
has been prepared to target about 60 Lok Sabha seats in
the Southern States of the country.
New Delhi: The river cruise from Varanasi in UP to
Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, billed as the world’s
longest, will be flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on
January 13. The luxury cruise with foreign tourists will
cover around 3,200 km of 27 river systems including
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Brahmaputra and West Coast
Canal in India in a span of 50 days. The cruise will cover
50 major tourist sites, including some heritage sites, the
famous Ganga Aarti at Varanasi and sanctuaries such as
Kaziranga National Park and the Sundarbans Delta.
K’TAKA: BJP TO
WOO VOKKALIGA
LEADERS
BJP is going to allure
several Vokkaliga lead-
ers from “panchayat to
Parliament” into its fold
from Karnataka’s Old
Mysuru region ahead
of the Assembly polls
in the southern state
due later this year, party
leaders said on Sunday.
They said the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
already been working on
the ground and reach-
ing out to like-minded
people in the run-up to
the election.
BENGAL BJP TO
SHIFT PARTY
HEADQUARTERS
Kolkata (Agencies): The
98-year long journey of
the state BJP headquar-
ters in West Bengal in
rented accommodation
at the congested and
narrow Muralidhar Sen
Lane in north Kolkata is
about to end this new
year. Instead, the state
headquarters of the
saffron camp will be
shifted to a new modern
office in Salt Lake on
the outskirts of Kolkata
which is considered as
the information technol-
ogy hub of the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda
addresses a public meeting, in Coimbatore, recently.
—PHOTO BY PTI
`1Lcrworthmobilephone
exportsisPM’svision:Min
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s vision for
2023 is to have mobile
phone exports with the
segment featuring in
the top 10 export catego-
ry from India, Minister
of State for Electronics
and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said.
While speaking with
PTI, the minister said
that the government
will take all the meas-
ures that are required
for boosting the elec-
tronics manufacturing
ecosystem in the coun-
try and in 2023 will look
at widening the manu-
facturing base beyond
mobile phone manufac-
turing.
“PM Narendramodi
Ji’s vision for 2023 is
mobile phone exports
worth Rs 1 lakh crore,
with mobile phones fea-
turing in the Top 10 ex-
ported category,” Chan-
drasekhar said.
R Chandrasekhar
says govt will take
measures needed
to boost electronics
manufacturing
ecosystem in India
‘Take nation
into confidence
over India-China
border clashes’
EitherGuvsignitorreturnittoassembly:
U’khandCMBaghelonreservationbill
Bharat Jodo Yatra left a huge impact on people: Vaiko
Chennai (ANI):
MDMK general secre-
tary and MP Vaiko on
Sunday said that con-
gress’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra has left a huge
impact on people.
Viako said,” Con-
gress’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra led by Rahul Gan-
dhi has left a huge im-
pact on people. The op-
position has to unite to
defeattheBJPinthe2024
general election. There
is a danger to Democra-
cy because of the poli-
cies of the Union Gov-
ernment”.‘BJPisstrong
in all aspects,” he added.
This statement comes
a day after Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi on Satur-
day claimed there is a
huge undercurrent
againsttheBJPandsaid
that his party will win a
landslide victory in the
upcoming elections in
Madhya Pradesh.
On Saturday, Rahul
Gandhi said “I can give
this in writing that Con-
gress is going to sweep
the Madhya Pradesh
elections. BJP will be
seen nowhere. I can
guarantee this for you.
Every person in MP
knows that BJP has
formed its government
using money
.”
Medical colleges in
each district of UP
this year,says Yogi
Lucknow (ANI): In or-
der to strengthen the
health infrastructure
of the state, the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment will start 4,600
health ATMs in all well-
ness centers and medi-
cal colleges in every
district, informed the
government on Sunday
.
According to an offi-
cial release, the process
of appointing expert
personnel to assist the
people at all health
ATMs has also been ex-
pedited. “With its
launch, the patient will
be able to get the facility
of 60 tests. Teleconsul-
tation facilities will
also be available at
health centers. Further-
more, all the PHCs and
CHCs of the state will
be connected with SGP-
GI and people will not
have to run to the medi-
cal college for minor
problems. At the same
time, the facility of
medical colleges will
also start in almost all
the districts of the state
this year. Work is going
on in this direction on a
war footing,” it said.
The Yogi Govern-
ment’s special focus, for
this year, will be on the
health sector, law and
order, tourism, educa-
tion, and infrastructure
development.
The Government
wants to ensure that the
people of the state get
better health facilities
as well as technology-
based education.
Raipur (ANI): Chhat-
tisgarh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel once
again attacked the Gov-
ernor and BJP on Sun-
day about the issue of
delaying the reserva-
tion bill, which has
been passed in the state
assembly
.
He said, “A bill which
waspassedintheassem-
bly
, is called the proper-
ty of the assembly
. It has
left the assembly and
gone to the Raj Bhavan,
even that too is pending.
The Governor should
either sign it or return it
to the Vidhan Sabha.
The bill was passed in
the Vidhan Sabha on
2nd December. Even af-
ter one month, the fu-
ture of the students and
youth of the entire state
who want to get a job is
at stake due to the stub-
bornness of the govern-
ment.” CM Baghel was
speaking to the report-
ers at the event of the
blanket distribution
programme among the
labourers on the very
first day of the year.
Raipur North MLA
Kuldeep Juneja, Mayor
Ejaz Dhebar, and for-
mer Mayor Pramod
Dubey were present
during the programme
along with Chief Minis-
ter Bhupesh Baghel.
The assembly session
is about to start tomor-
row, as per the official
sources.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central govt should take
nation into confidence
about recent border
clashes between Indian
and Chinese troops, said
Congress leader Harish
Rawat on Sunday
. “The
whole nation wants to
know what is happening
at the borders,” Rawat
said in reply to a query
about Rahul Gandhi ac-
cusing Centre of hiding
behind the back of In-
dian soldiers. “Whenev-
er you start to question
this government wheth-
er on Galwan, Depsang
or Tawang or any issue,
whenyouquestionthem
on Chinese incursions,
when you ask them to
take the whole nation
into confidence on bor-
der issues, then the BJP
leadership says we are
raising questions about
the loyalty of Indian sol-
diers,” Rawat added.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel speaking to the
media. —FILE PHOTO
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Rajya Sabha
MP Vaiko speaks in the Upper House during the Monsoon Session
of Parliament, in New Delhi recently. —FILE PHOTO
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav
during the ceremony to distribute appointment letters to teachers
related to the Education, Science and Technology department, at
Gyan Bhawan, in Patna on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
J’KHAND NAXAL
ATTACK: CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST 14
New Delhi: The NIA has
filed a supplementary
charge sheet against 14
accused persons in a
case related to the Naxal
attack on former MLA
Gurucharan Nayak and
the killing of two police
personnel in Jharkhand’s
West Singhbhum district
on January 4 last year, the
agency said on Sunday.
The Central agency filed the
charge sheet on Saturday
before the NIA Special
Court in Jharkhand’s
capital Ranchi. The case
was initially registered
on January 5, last year at
Goilkera police station in
West Singhbhum district.
PASSPORT OFFICER CANNOT ACT AS THE
MOUTHPIECE OF JK CID, RULES HIGH COURT
Srinagar: The JK and Ladakh High Court has pulled up
authorities for denying passport to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s
mother, saying passport officer cannot “act as a mouthpiece”
of the CID. It said it appears, there is no ground to refuse her
request for issue or renewal of passport. “Even, there is not an
iota of allegation against the petitioner that may point out to any
security concerns. The police verification report formulated by
CID-CIK cannot override the statutory provisions of Section 6 of
the Passport Act 1967,” court said in an order on Saturday.
IN THE COURTYARD
EX-MP MINISTER SENTENCED TO THREE-YEAR
IMPRISONMENT IN CORRUPTION CASE
Gwalior: A local court has convicted Congress leader and
former minister Bhagwan Singh Yadav in a 2004 cooperative
bank corruption case and sentenced him to three-year
imprisonment. Besides Yadav, five other accused were also
handed jail terms for periods of three years and four years
while two others were absolved of the charges, according to
the prosecution. Special MPs and MLAs court judge Sushil
Kumar Joshi on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Yadav,
government advocate Dharmendra Sharma told PTI.
UP’S PLANS FOR
$1tn ECONOMY
Uttar Pradesh State
Industrial Development
Authority (UPSIDA) has
prepared a landbank of
more than 15,000 acres
as part of the Yogi govt’s
goal to make the state a $
1 trillion economy and to
strengthen the infrastruc-
ture so that global compa-
nies coming to GIS-23 do
not face any problem.
INDIA
05
PM MODI CONDOLES DEATH OF
TRIPURA LEADER NC DEBBARMA
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled
the death of Tripura minister NC Debbarma, saying he
will be remembered by the coming generations as a
hardworking grassroots leader. Shri NC Debbarma Ji
will be remembered by the coming generations as a
hardworking grassroots leader who always worked for
the well-being of people. He made a rich contribution to
Tripura's progress. Pained by his demise. Condolences
to his family and supporters. Om Shanti, Modi tweeted.
Om Birla tells
Kota students:
Reach out to me
Kota (PTI): Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla urged
students coming to Kota
to study without any
stress and reach out to
him in case of any trou-
ble. “Students should
not be depressed about
their studies. Life is full
of challenges and one
who is determined and
works hard for his goal
never fails,” he said.
“Each and every fam-
ily living in Kota is your
family and they will
take care of you,” Birla
told the students.
He also assured to
provide them with
phone numbers of his
office in Delhi and Kota.

First India Bureau
New Delhi: Science and
Technology Minister Ji-
tendra Singh on Sunday
said that science, tech-
nology and innovation
in 2023 will define In-
dia’s picture in 2047.
Union Minister Ji-
tendra Singh, while
speaking on ‘2023 Sci-
ence Vision’ said, “2023
holds significance be-
cause 2023 would out-
line India’s form in
2047. India’s picture of
2047 will be determined
in 2023 itself. This pic-
ture will be an outline
of the last eight years.”
He lauded Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s ef-
forts for giving a new
dimension to the coun-
try in the field of sci-
ence and technology,
which is recognized
worldwide and has now
started showing results.
“2023 is the last 25
years before 2047. India
will celebrate its hun-
dredth anniversary of
Independence in 2047,
so the last quarter will
also have 2023 as its first
year. It will be 2047
when India will be able
to see all the dreams of
its century come true.
This also because the
economy of India de-
pends on our innova-
tions, and our scientific
achievements to a con-
siderable extent.”
The minister further
appreciated PM Modi
for the respect he has
accorded to science in
the last eight years, the
way he has treated the
scientists by giving
them respectable posi-
tions and the way he
has simplified several
rules for the ease of do-
ing scientific work.
Giving an example,
the minister said,
“Space has been opened
for private public par-
ticipation, and as a re-
sult, private rockets are
being launched. As this
year ends, the country
would be filled with en-
thusiasm.”
“Gaganyaan would
be a matter of pride for
us. Being the first of its
type, Gaganyaan will be
the first human flight
that will take Astro-
nauts of Indian origin
to space. This will as a
result increase our self-
esteem,” Dr Singh fur-
ther added.
“Today’s actions will define India’s picture in 2047”
ROADMAP FOR FUTURE
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh talks to media in New Delhi on Sunday.
2 WORKERS KILLED
IN NASHIK FACTORY
BLAST AND BLAZE
KIN SEEK HELP TO
BRING BODY OF TN
BOY DIED IN CHINA
100 HOSPITALISED
IN KERALA AFTER
FOOD POISONING
Nashik: Two persons
were killed and 14 others
injured when massive fire,
following by a deafening
blast, engulfed a factory in
Igatpuri in Maharashtra’s
Nashik district on Sunday,
officials said. The explosion
and fire, reportedly in a
boiler, in the Jindal Poly-
films Company’s plant at
Gonde village, was reported
around 11.30 a.m., as peo-
ple were waking up after
the New Year celebrations.
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old
student from Tamil Nadu
who was studying in China
for last five years has died
of an illness, and his eco-
nomically weak family has
requested the foreign minis-
try for help to bring back his
body. Towards the end of
his medical education, the
student, Abdul Sheikh, was
doing internship in China.
He had returned to India
recently and gone back to
China on December 11.
Pathanamthitta: Over
100 eople suffered from
suspected food poisoning
with one of them in a serious
condition after allegedly tak-
ing meals during a baptism
in a church near Keezhvaipur
in Pathanamthitta district of
Kerala. State Health Minister
Veena George ordered an
enquiry into the incident.
The probe is to be done by
the Food Safety Department
that has been asked to
submit a report immediately.
The police said they filed a
case against the caterers
who provided the meals.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Members of Jain community protested in
several parts of the country against the Jharkhand govt’s
decision of declaring
‘sacred’ Shri Sammed
Shikharji a tourist place.
Jain community mem-
bers gathered in huge
numbers and protested
at the India Gate in Delhi
against the decision. Similarly, in Aligarh, a huge rally was
carried out from Ramlila ground. The rally comprised of
both men and women in huge numbers.
JAINS PROTEST AS SHRI SAMMED
SHIKHARJI DECLARED TOURIST PLACE
JK: SNOW-CLEARING PARTIES DEPLOYED
IN DODA AS TOURIST INFLOW CONTINUES
Doda (ANI): The Doda
civil administration has
deployed snow-clearing
parties after fresh snow-
fall on Saturday sus-
pended vehicular move-
ment in some places.
Snowfall in Kashmir
attracts tourists from
across the world at this
time of the year.
Due to heavy snow-
fall on the highway, ve-
hicular movement got
suspended, and the
tourists were facing dif-
ficulties, informed the
administration. Many
tourists had to wait for
a long till the road was
cleared. Indian Army
deployed along LoC in
the Uri sector continues
patrolling in harsh win-
ter conditions.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department on
Sunday said that mini-
mum and maximum
temperatures in Janu-
ary 2023 are most likely
to be below normal over
many parts of central
India and adjoining ar-
eas of peninsular, east
and northwest India.
As per IMD, above-
normal to normal mini-
most likely over south-
ern parts of the south
Peninsula, many parts
west India.
IMD also predicted
monthlyrainfallforJan-
uary 2023 over North-
west India consisting of
seven meteorological
subdivisions (East Uttar
Pradesh, West Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Haryana, Punjab,
HimachalPradesh,Jam-
mu Kashmir and
Ladakh)ismostlikelyto
be below normal (78 per
cent of Long Period Av-
erage (LPA)), IMD said
on Sunday
.
Rohit stays skipper,BCCI shortlists 20 players forWC
New Delhi (PTI): There
is no imminent threat to
Rohit Sharma’s ODI and
Test captaincy as the
BCCI brass hasn’t found
anything unsatisfactory
about his leadership in
the traditional formats,
according to sources in
the board. Skipper Ro-
hit, along with head
coach Rahul Dravid, at-
tended the review meet-
ing in Mumbai. The
meeting was conducted
by BCCI secretary Jay
Shah. Along with last
selection committee’s
chairman Chetan Shar-
ma, NCA head VVS
Laxman, president Rog-
er Binny also attended
the review meeting.
New T20 captain
Hardik Pandya wasn’t a
part of the meeting.
IMD PREDICTS RAINS IN COASTAL
AREAS OF TN BETWEEN JANUARY 3-5
Chennai: The Regional
Meteorological Centre
(RMC) of the Indian
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) on Sunday
predicted light to mod-
erate rains in coastal
districts of Tamil Nadu
between January 3 and
January 5. “Dry weather
is likely to prevail in Ta-
mil Nadu, Puduwcherry
and Karaikal regions for
today and tomorrow,”
the RMC said in a state-
ment on Sunday.
JAY SHAH EXPLAINS INDIA’S 2023 ODI WC
ROADMAP AFTER THE REVIEW MEETING
BCCI’S FOCUS ON FITNESS OF PLAYERS
INJURY-PRONE PLAYERS TOLD TO SKIP IPL
U’KHAND CM DHAMI
VISITS RISHAB PANT
GOVT TO HONOUR
ROADWAYS STAFF
Mumbai: BCCI secretary
Jay Shah opened up on
plans for the 2023 ODI
World Cup to be held later
this year on home soil. The
BCCI has already short-
listed a total of 20 players
for the event.“BCCI has
shortlisted 20 players who
will be rotated till the 50
overs World Cup,” he said.
Mumbai: The BCCI will in-
crease its focus on player
fitness and consider who
have played a substantial
domestic season when
making selections for the
national team, it said on
Sunday following a review
meeting ahead of the 2023
World Cup.
Mumbai: Among several key decisions was also a
verdict on players’ participation in the Indian Premier
League (IPL). The top officials of the Indian cricket
board have decided that the World Cup-bound players
who are prone to injuries will not play in the IPL.
Dehradun: Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
reached Dehradun’s Max
hospital on Sunday after-
noon to see the star crick-
eter Rishabh Pant, who is
undergoing treatment after
getting seriously injured in
a road accident near Roor-
kee. Dhami also inquired
about the treatment being
given to the cricketer.
Dehradun: After visiting
injured Rishabh Pant,
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami on Sunday
announced that his gov-
ernment will on Republic
Day honour the driver and
operator of Haryana Road-
ways, who saved the life
of star cricketer Rishabh
Pant who met with an ac-
cident recently.
ARMY IN URI CONTINUES PATROLLING
IN HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS
Baramulla: Indian Army deployed along LoC in
Uri sector continues patrolling in harsh winter
conditions.“We are doing our duty to keep the
nation safe. Till the time we’re deployed here no
infiltration attempt can be successful. No chal-
lenge big enough for a soldier,” an Army personnel
said.“These jawans are patrolling of fence despite
heavy snowfall and minus temperature,” he said.
ICG rescues 12
crew of sinking
vesselinGujarat
Ahmedabad (PTI):
The Indian Coast Guard
(ICG) rescued 12 crew
members of a sinking
supply vessel in the Ara-
bian sea off the Gujarat
coast, it said on Sunday
.
The operation was
carried out on Saturday
after a distress message
was received by the
Mumbai-based ICG
Maritime Rescue Coor-
dination Centre
(MRCC). The Motorised
Supply Vessel (MSV)
was reported to be heav-
ily flooded and sinking.
Asiteventuallysank,all
the 12 Indian crew were
taken onboard Motor
Tanker (MT) Searanger.
The call was made re-
garding uncontrolled
flooding onboard Indi-
an MSV
, ‘Nigahen Kar-
am’. After receiving the
call, the MRCC alerted
all the vessels operating
in vicinity of the spot
and coordinated with
Maritime Rescue Sub
Centre, Porbandar to
divert a Motor Tanker
Searanger to provide
immediate assistance.
A view of the snow-covered Gulmarg ski resort after heavy snowfall, in Gulmarg. —PHOTO BY ANI
Int’l Year of Millets 2023 kicks off
New Delhi (ANI): The
International Year of
Millets 2023 has official-
ly kicked off.
The government of
India under Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
spearheaded the United
Nations General As-
sembly (UNGA) resolu-
tion for declaring the
year 2023 as the Interna-
tional Year of Millets
and the proposal of In-
dia was supported by 72
countries. UNGA de-
clared 2023 as the Inter-
national Year of Millets
in March 2021.
140 Indian
embassies will
participate in
the global events
WHAT ARE MILLETS?
Millet is a common term
for categorizing small-
seeded grasses that are
often called Nutri-cereals.
Some of them are sor-
ghum (jowar), pearl millet
(bajra), finger millet (ragi),
little millet (kutki), foxtail
millet (kakun), proso millet
(cheena), barnyard millet
(sawa), and kodo millet
(kodon). An essential sta-
ple cereal crop for millions
of smallholder dryland
farmers, millets offer nutri-
tion, resilience, income and
livelihood for farmers.
—REPRESENTATIONAL PIC
INDIA
06
NEPAL’S 3RD
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT OPENS
Kathmandu (PTI): Nepal
Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal Prachanda’
on Sunday inaugurated the
Himalayan nation’s third in-
ternational airport in west-
ern Nepal’s tourist hub of
Pokhara built with Chinese
assistance. The Pokhara
Regional International
Airport (PRIA), a flagship
project of Nepal-China Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI)
cooperation, was con-
structed with Chinese loan
assistance. International
flights are expected to take
off after Feb second week.
Agartala (PTI): Senior
Tripura minister and
BJP’s ruling ally IPFT’s
founder-president N C
Debbarma on Sunday
died following a mas-
sive cerebral stroke.
He was 80, and is sur-
vived by his wife, four
sons and three daugh-
ters. The BJP-led gov-
ernment declared a
three-day state mourn-
ing as mark of respect.
The state revenue
and forest minister was
not keeping well for the
last few months as he
was suffering from
chronic diabetes, Indig-
enous People’s Front of
Tripura (IPFT) spokes-
person Amit Debbarma
said. He suffered a mas-
sive cerebral stroke on
Saturday and was ad-
mitted to a state-run
hospital here, where he
underwent surgery but
breathed his last on
Sunday, the spokesper-
son said.
Debbarma floated
IPFT in 2009 after his
retirement as the direc-
tor of All India Radio
(AIR), Agartala.
He forged a political
alliance with the BJP
ahead of the 2018 as-
sembly elections and
toppled the Manik
Sarkar-led Left Front
government, which was
in power for 25 years.
Over 91 lakh pilgrims at Vaishno Devi in ’22
Jammu (PTI): More
than 91 lakh pilgrims
visited the Mata Vaish-
no Devi temple in 2022,
the highest in last nine
years, a senior official
of the shrine board said
on Sunday. Over 23,000
devoteesofferedprayers
at the shrine located
atop Trikuta hills on
New Year’s Eve.
In a tweet, Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi Shrine
Board CEO Anshul
Garg said, “91.25 lakh
devotees paid obeisance
at Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi shrine in 2022, the
highest number since
the start of Online Indi-
vidual Yatri registra-
tion in 2013. May Mata
Rani continue to show-
er blessings of peace,
happiness and prosper-
ity upon all of us.”
According to shrine
board data, 23,110 pil-
grims offered prayers at
the shrine on the last
day of 2022.
In 2022, the highest
footfall was recorded in
June with more than
11.29 lakh pilgrims vis-
iting the temple. At 3.61
lakh, February saw the
lowest footfall last year.
In December, 5.67
lakh devotees visited
the shrine.
Tripura: BJP
ally IPFT’s
founder dies
Devotees on their way to offer prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on
the first day of New Year 2023 on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WINTRY WEATHER

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 55,350.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 10g)
SILVER 71,300.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.73 0.00 0.00
GBPINR 99.52 0.00 0.00
CURRENCIES
Swiggy delivers 3.50 lakh biryani orders
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Food delivery
app Swiggy delivered 3.50
lakh biryani orders on New
Year Eve and the app dis-
patched over 2.5 lakh piz-
zas across the country, ac-
cording to a report in PTI
which cited sources.
Swiggy also said as per
a poll it conducted on
Twitter, 75.4% per cent or-
ders came for Hyderabadi
Biryani, followed by
Lucknowi-14.2% and
Kolkata-10.4%.
“With 3.50 lakh orders,
Biryani was the top item
that was delivered,” sourc-
es said. The app had deliv-
ered 1.65 lakh Biryani or-
ders at 7.20 PM on Saturday
.
Bawarchi, one of top
biryani selling restaurants
in Hyderabad delivered
two biryanis per minute on
2021 New year Eve and for
December 31, 2022, it pre-
pared 15 tonnes of the deli-
cacy to meet the demand,
restaurant sources said.
NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
RECORD NO.
OF ORDERS
z Food delivery app Swiggy
delivered 3.50 lakh biryani
orders on New Year Eve
and the app dispatched over
2.5 lakh pizzas across the
country
z Bawarchi, one of top
biryani selling restaurants
in Hyderabad delivered two
biryanis per minute on 2021
New year Eve
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Foreign inves-
tors pumped in `11,119
crore in the Indian equi-
ties in December, making
it the second consecutive
monthly inflow, despite
increasing concerns over
the re-emergence of Cov-
id-19 cases in some parts
of the world. However,
foreign portfolio investors
(FPIs) have turned cau-
tious in recent days. The
inflow in December was
much lower compared to
`36,239 crore invested by
FPIs in the month of No-
vember, data with the de-
positories showed. —PTI
FPIs PUMP IN `11,119
CRORE IN INDIAN
EQUITIES IN DEC
New Delhi: Eight of the
10 most valued firms to-
gether added Rs
1,35,794.06 crore in mar-
ket valuation last week,
with State Bank of India
and Reliance Industries
Limited emerging as the
biggest winners. Last
week, the 30-share BSE
benchmark climbed
995.45 points or 1.66%.
Hindustan Unilever Limit-
ed and Bharti Airtel were
the laggards from the
top-10 pack. Reliance In-
dustries remained the
most valued firm, fol-
lowed by TCS, HDFC
Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank,
Hindustan Unilever, SBI,
HDFC, Bharti Airtel and
Adani Enterprises. —PTI
MCAP OF EIGHT OF
TOP-10 FIRMS
JUMPS `1.35 L CR
New Delhi: Power deficit
in the country rose slight-
ly to 0.6% in April-No-
vember this fiscal year,
while electricity demand
has witnessed around
11% jump in the said pe-
riod. The latest govern-
ment data available
showed that the power
deficit in the country
stood at 5,691 mn units
(MU) in April to Nov
2022, while it was 4,058
MU in April-Nov 2021.
The power producers
supplied 10,12,249 MU in
April-Nov2022. —PTI
POWER DEFICIT
RISES SLIGHTLY TO
0.6% IN APRIL-NOV
New Delhi: India’s power
consumption logged a
double-digit growth of
over 11% to 121.19 bil-
lion units in December
2022 compared to the
year-ago period. The ro-
bust growth of power
consumption indicates
sustained momentum of
economic activities in De-
cember. Experts say pow-
er consumption and de-
mand will further increase
in January due to use of
heating appliances, espe-
cially in the northern
parts of the country, and
further improvement in
economic activities.
—PTI
INDIA’S ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION
GROWS 11% IN DEC
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CIPACA TO PARTNER
WITH 25 HOSPITALS, TO
ADD 250 ICU BEDS
Chennai: Rural intensive care
unit service provider CIPACA
has planned to partner with 25
hospitals and
create about
250 ICU beds,
a top official
has said. The
city-based ICU care provider
hopes to forge partnerships
with 25 hospitals and cre-
ate about 250 ICU beds,
supported by the growing
enquiries from the hospitals in
small towns and rural areas to
establish emergency and ICU
care operations. —PTI
DGCA TOOK 305
ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS IN 2022
Mumbai: Aviation safety
regulator DGCA took 305
enforcement actions, including
imposing
financial
penalties
against vari-
ous operators
and individuals, among others
for non-compliance of various
norms during 2022, an official
statement said on Sunday. The
Directorate General of Civil
Aviation has the mandate to
enforce civil air regulations,
air safety and airworthiness
standards. —PTI
NEW HOUSING SUPPLY UP 51% IN 2022 ACROSS 7
CITIES; NCR SEES 20% FALL IN LAUNCHES: REPORT
New Delhi: New supply of residential properties rose 51% last
year to 3,57,635 units across seven major cities as builders
launched more projects to tap rising
demand, according to Anarock. In its an-
nual report for 2022, the leading housing
brokerage said new launches increased
to 3,57,635 units last year from 2,36,693
units in 2021 across seven major cities.
New launches of housing units were up
in five cities —Mumbai Metropolitan
Region (MMR), Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune, but
fresh supply fell in Delhi-NCR and Chennai. —PTI
PM MODI’S VISION FOR 2023 IS MOBILE PHONE
EXPORTS OF `1 LAKH CRORE: CHANDRASEKHAR
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi’s vision for 2023 is to have mobile
phone exports with the segment featuring in the top 10 export
category from India, MoS for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said. The minister said that
the government will take all the meas-
ures that are required for boosting the
electronics manufacturing ecosystem in
the country and in 2023 will look at wid-
ening the manufacturing base beyond
mobile phone manufacturing. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The collec-
tions from Goods and Ser-
vices Tax (GST) grew by
15% to over `1.49 lakh
crore in December 2022, in-
dicating improved manu-
facturing output and con-
sumption demand, besides
better compliance.
This is the 10th month in
a row that the revenues
have remained above the
`1.4 lakh crore mark. The
collectioninNovember was
about `1.46 lakh crore.
“The gross GST revenue
collected during December
2022 is `1,49,507 crore, of
which CGST is `26,711
crore, SGST is `33,357
crore, IGST is `78,434 crore
(including `40,263 crore
collected on import of
goods) and Cess is `11,005
crore (including `850 crore
collected on import of
goods),” the ministry said.
The revenues for Decem-
ber 2022 are 15% higher
than the GST collection in
the same month last year,
which itself was close to
`1.30 lakh crore.
During the month, reve-
nues from the import of
goods were 8% higher, and
the revenues from the do-
mestic transaction (includ-
ing the import of services)
are 18% more than the rev-
enues from these sources
during the same month last
year. In November 2022, 7.9
crore e-way bills were gen-
erated, which was signifi-
cantly higher than the 7.6
crore e-way bill issued in
October 2022.
Revenues from GST
touched a record of about
`1.68 lakh crore in April.
In May, the collection was
about `1.41 lakh crore,
June (`1.45 lakh crore),
July (`1.49 lakh crore), Au-
gust (`1.44 lakh crore),
September (`1.48 lakh
crore), October (`1.52 lakh
crore), November (`1.46
lakh crore) December
(`1.49 lakh crore).
GST COLLECTIONS RISE
BY 15% IN DEC 2022
New Delhi (PTI): Corporate tax collections exceeded 3% of
the GDP after a gap of two years in 2021-22, reflecting overall
improvement in profitability of India Inc propelled by increase
in demand for goods and services. However, the corporate
tax collection is yet to surpass its five-year high of 3.51% of
GDP recorded in 2018-19. In actual terms, the net corporate
tax collection in 2021-22 stood at `7.12 lakh crore. The Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) at current market price was `236.64
lakh crore. The percentage of net corporate tax to GDP worked
out to be 3.01%.
CORPORATE TAX TO GDP RATIO EXCEEDS 3
PER CENT AFTER TWO YEARS IN FY’22
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
petrol and diesel demand
soared in December as in-
creased consumption in
agriculture sector helped
build on the momentum
generated by the festive
season, preliminary indus-
try data showed on Sunday
.
Petrol sales soared 8.6%
to 2.76 million tonnes in De-
cember, as compared to 2.54
million tonnes of consump-
tion in the same month last
year. Sales were 13.3%
higher than in COVID-
marred December 2020 and
23.2% more than in pre-
pandemic December 2019.
Month-on-month, the de-
mand was up 3.7% on the
high base festive season
created since October.
Diesel, the most used
fuel in the country, posted
a 13% rise in sales in De-
cember to 7.3 million
tonnes, as compared to the
same month last year.
Consumption was up
14.8% over December 2020.
Diesel sales, however,
dipped marginally by 0.5%
when compared with No-
vember 2022.
PETROL, DIESEL
SALES SURGE IN
DECEMBER 2022
‘Confident to surpass
700MT production
target in FY’23’
Kolkata (PTI): Coal India
chairman Pramod Agraw-
al remained confident in
surpassing the ambitious
700 million tonne produc-
tion target by March 2023
and said a “price revision
is essential” for the dry fuel
to get the company com-
pensated adequately
.
It will be another feather
in coal India’s cap, once the
company meets the annual
production target with
over 12% growth for the
first time set by the govern-
ment, while keeping the
coal price capped for nearly
five years to support the na-
tion containing the infla-
tion to some extent.
In 2021-22, the production
was 622.6 million tonne.
The company is extracting
more coal to meet India’s
growing energy demand,
but at the same time, it was
“taking several measures
to reduce emissions to sup-
port the country’s net zero
target by 2070”.
“The 700 million tonne
aim itself is challenging
and ambitious. So far we
are ahead of the progres-
sive target. In December,
we achieved 101% of the
year-on-date target. Our
coal companies are push-
ing hard,” Agrawal said.
INDIA’S COAL
PRODUCTION LIKELY
AT 997 MT IN FY’24
New Delhi (PTI): The country
is expected to produce 997.14
million tonnes (MT) of coal in
the coming financial year. Of
the projected figure, state-owed
CIL’s output is likely to be 760
MT, followed by Singareni Col-
lieries Company Ltd (SCCL) at
75 MT, and captive and others
at 162.14 MT, according to
government data.
New Delhi (PTI): Macroeconomic data announcements,
the Covid situation in China and global market cues
would guide Dalal Street in the first week of trading in
the New Year, analysts said. Markets
would also keep a track on rupee
movement, Brent crude oil prices
and foreign fund investment trends.
“As market players attempt to un-
derstand the Fed’s stance, Indian
markets may respond in lockstep
with their international counterparts when the FOMC
minutes are made public later this week. PMI data for the
mfg sector to be announced on Monday and services sec-
tor on Wednesday will also influence trading.”
Domestic PassengerVehicle sales rise 23% in 2022
New Delhi (PTI): Domes-
tic passenger vehicles sales
rose by 23% to a record of
37.93 lakh units in 2022 led
by the likes of Maruti Su-
zuki, Hyundai and Tata
Motors as the companies
rode on easing of pandem-
ic related challenges and
semiconductor shortages
to cash in on pent up de-
mand, specially for SUVs.
Other manufacturers
like Toyota Kirloskar Mo-
tor and Skoda India also
reported record sales in
2022. “The industry whole-
sales in January to Decem-
ber 2022 were just short of
38 lakh units. It was 37.93
lakh units against 30.82
lakh in 2021, which is a
growth of 23%,” MSI Sen-
ior Executive Officer, Mar-
keting Sales Shashank
Srivastava told reporters.
He further said the 2022
wholesales are “the highest
ever in the industry for a
calendar year” and the last
highest was in 2018 which
was 33.3 lakh units.
“So, this is about 14%
higher than the highest
ever,” he added.
On the reasons for the
growth, Srivastava said, “I
believe this resurgence to
the highest ever level is
partly because of the better
availability of semiconduc-
tors because last year was
badly affected by the semi-
conductor issue.”
37.93 LAKH
UNITS IN 2022
z According to MSI official
the industry wholesales in
January to December 2022
were just short of 38 lakh
units. It was 37.93 lakh units
against 30.82 lakh in 2021,
which is a growth of 23%
Electric two-wheeler
sales may miss target
New Delhi (PTI): Electric
two-wheeler sales could
miss the target of 10 lakh
units in fiscal 2022-23 by
20%, mainly due to with-
holding of around Rs 1,100
crore subsidy by the gov-
ernment, according to in-
dustry body SMEV
.
In 2022, sales of electric
two-wheelers stood at
around 6 lakh units, with
three major electric two-
wheeler (E2W) makers --
Hero Electric, Ola and Ok-
inawa -- crossing the 1 lakh
annual sales mark for the
first time, the SMEV said.
These OEMs dominated
the E2W market, control-
ling over 50% of the total
market share, and emerged
as the top players in the cat-
egory. Though the E2W in-
dustry performance in the
calendar year 2022 looks
positive with sales of
around 6 lakh units, “the
volumes are not keeping up
with the projections made
by Niti Aayog and many
other research agencies”,
SMEV said.
“December has raised a
red flag for the industry as
it has witnessed a 28% dip
in sales, reaching a total of
only 59,554 units compared
to 76,162 units in Novem-
ber, 22, as per the VAHAN
portal,” it added.
China Covid situation,
macro data to drive mkt
JSW GROUP MULLS
FORAY INTO
4-WHEELER EVs
New Delhi (PTI): Sajjan Jindal-
led conglomerate JSW Group
is considering a foray into
the manufacturing of electric
vehicles, according to a top
official of the group. “The group
had examined EV manufacturing
plans earlier also but now it is
becoming attractive,” JSW Group
CFO Seshagiri Rao said. The
group is looking to manufacture
four-wheelers, Rao added.

08
2NDFRONT
This year resolve on rebuilding
your self-relationship, know
your deepest values, fall in love
with your own self, again.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
‘There are many
but they are scared
of coming forward’
Says woman who has accused Haryana sports
minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment
Chandigarh (PTI): The
woman who made the
sexual harassment com-
plaint against Haryana
sportsministerSandeep
Singh said that other
women officials in the
sportsdepartmentcould
have faced a similar
plight. “I am being told
so but this fight is mine.
There are many but
maybe they are scared
of coming forward. But
I am sure that they will
come forward once this
manisputbehindbars.”
Haryana home minis-
ter Anil Vij said he
would speak to Singh
and CM Manohar Lal
Khattar regarding the
matter.
“I listened to what she
(woman coach) had to
say
. I will speak to the
minister and chief min-
ister. Justice will be
done in this case,” he
told reporters.
The junior athletics
coach levelled the sexu-
al harassment allega-
tions against Singh on
Thursday and filed a
police complaint a day
later. After receiving a
complaint from the
woman coach, Chandi-
garh police had earlier
said an inquiry would
be conducted into the al-
legations against the
minister.
“I have given a com-
plaint to SSP madam
here. I am hopeful that I
will get justice and
Chandigarh police will
investigate my com-
plaint,” the woman told
reporters on Friday
.
She has alleged that
Singh contacted her on
Instagram after seeing
her at a gym and kept
insisting that they meet.
“He messaged me on In-
stagram and said my
National Games certifi-
cate is pending and
wanted to meet in this
regard. “Unfortunately,
my certificate has been
misplaced by my feder-
ation and I have been
taking it up with the
concerned authorities,”
the woman said.
Former Haryana CM
Bhupinder Singh Hoo-
da had earlier called for
an impartial inquiry
into the allegations,
while the Indian Na-
tional Lok Dal demand-
ed that the government
immediately sack Sin-
gh and set up a Special
Investigation Team to
probe the matter.
The woman coach (L) and Haryana sports minister Sandeep Singh.
As per complaint, the
woman agreed to meet
Singh at his resi-
dence-cum-camp office.
The minister molested her,
she claimed. “He took me
to a side cabin of his resi-
dence and placed his hand
on my foot. He said when
he saw me, he liked me. He
said you keep me happy
and I will keep you happy.
I removed his hand and he
even tore my T-shirt. I was
crying and raised an alarm
and though all his staff
was there, no one helped
me,” she alleged.
‘HE EVEN TORE
MY T-SHIRT’
Singh started his new
innings as an MLA over
3 years ago. The prolific
drag-flicker, nicknamed
“Flicker Singh”, was the
only one among the three
sportspersons fielded by
the BJP in the October
2019 Haryana polls to
taste victory. Singh’s life
was made into a biopic,
“Soorma”, in 2018. It
was an inspirational story
about Singh, who was
paralysed after being hit
by an accidental gunshot
on a train in 2006 but
came back stronger.
‘DRAG FLICKER’,
‘SOORMA’
Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes
charge of IAF’s western air command
New Delhi (ANI): Air
Marshal Pankaj Mohan
Sinha assumed com-
mand of the Indian Air
Force’s Western Air
Command on Sunday
.
The Air Marshal is a
graduateof theNational
Defence Academy
, Pune
and was commissioned
into the IAF as a fighter
pilot in Jun 1985. He is
an alumnus of the pres-
tigiousDefenceServices
Staff College, Welling-
ton, said a press release.
An experienced fight-
er pilot, Category ‘
A’
QualifiedFlyingInstruc-
tor, fighter Striker Lead-
er, Instrument Rating
Instructor Examiner,
Air Marshal Sinha has
more than 4500 hours of
flying experience, added
the statement.
In his service career
spanning over 37 years,
the Air Marshal has
tenanted important
command and staff ap-
pointments.
These included Com-
manding Officer of a
Fighter Squadron,
Chief Instructor (Fly-
ing) at a flying station,
Training Coordination
Officer at Royal Air
Force Valley, United
Kingdom where he flew
the Hawk aircraft, Prin-
cipal Director Person-
nel Officers at Air
Headquarters, Air Of-
ficer Commanding of a
prestigious Air Force
Station, Air Assistant
to Chief of the Air Staff
and Assistant Chief of
Air Staff Operations
(Offensive) at Air Head-
quarters.
He is the Commodore
Commandant of a pre-
mier fighter Sqn and
was Director of Gener-
al of Air Operations at
Air Headquarters prior
to taking over the pre-
sent appointment.
The Air Officer is a
recipient of ‘Vishist
Seva Medal’ and ‘Ati
Vishist Seva Medal’.
Air Marshal Pankaj
Mohan Sinha succeeds
Air Marshal S Prabha-
karan who superannu-
ated on 31 December
2022 after putting in
more than 39 years of
distinguished service
in the IAF.
Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha receives the Guard of Honour during the ceremony as he assumes the command of the Indian Air
Force’s western air command, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prior to this, he
was Commodore
Commandant of
a premier fighter
Sqn and was
Director Gen of
Air Operations at
Air Headquarters
Lucknow (PTI): BJP
national general secre-
tary (organisation) BL
Santhosh will arrive in
Lucknow on Monday
and hold multiple party
meetings. During his
two-day stay, Santhosh
will hold meetings with
state unit office-bearers,
regional unit heads, dis-
trict chairpersons, dis-
trict in-charges and
chairpersons of various
frontal organisations,
and review the ongoing
programmes and cam-
paigns of the BJP
, as per
statement on Sunday
.
BJP national vice-
president UP in-
charge Radha Mohan
Singh, state party chief
Bhupendra Singh
Chaudhary, state gen-
eral secretary (organi-
sation) Dharampal Sin-
gh, and state co-in-
charges Satyakumar,
Sanjeev Chaurasia and
Sunil Ojha will be pre-
sent during the meet-
ings, the statement
said. Chaudhary told
reporters, “BJP nation-
al general secretary (or-
ganisation), who will be
onatwo-dayvisittoLuc-
know, will review the
ongoing programmes
and guide us as to
how to move ahead.”
Santhosh in Lko for two days
to meet with party officials
Non-NCR cities pip
Noida, Gzb in new
housing projects
Bodh Gaya (ANI): Ti-
betan spiritual leader
the Dalai Lama on Sun-
day extended New Year
greetings to Buddhists
across the world on the
last day of the 3-day
special teaching which
came to an end at
Kalachakra Ground in
Bihar’s Bodh Gaya.
Thousands of monks
and devotees here today
offered special prayers
to the Tibetan spiritual
leader wishing him a
long life.
Thousands of devo-
tees from every corner
of the world were pre-
sent in this program.
Prayers were offered on
the occasion according
to Tibetan tradition for
the long life of the Dalai
Lama. Dance and music
were also presented by
Tibetan artists.
Speaking to ANI, Da-
lai Lama’s Hindi trans-
lator, Kailash Sonbodh
said that Dalai Lama
while extending best
wishes said that his
health is keeping well.
“Today’s programme
was to offer prayers for
his holiness Dalai
Lama. In the beginning,
his holiness gave the
best wishes on the occa-
sion of the new year.
Then he said that this is
a very precious day to-
day at Bodh Gaya. To-
day is the new year and
all Buddhists are offer-
ing prayers for long life.
He gave best wishes
to the people living here
and around the world.
He said that his health
is well and that he
would live till 115 to 120
years of age,” Sonbodh
said.
The translator in-
formed that the prayers
were also offered today
for “world peace”.
China continuing Mao’s policy of clamping down on Buddhism: Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS WAR
Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama gives blessings to a devotee
on the last day of his teaching session, at Kalachakra Ground,
Bodh Gaya, in Gaya on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kishor Dwivedi
Noida: Non-NCR cit-
ies of Uttar Pradesh
pipped Noida, Great-
er Noida, and Ghazi-
abad to attract over
60 per cent of the
new realty projects
in the last 5 years, as
per registration data
of UP Real Estate
Regulatory Authori-
ty (RERA).
In 2022, the UP
RERA registered
around 225 projects of
whichover150werein
non-NCR cities of the
state like Lucknow,
Varanasi, Gorakhpur,
Bareilly
, Agra, Mathu-
ra and Moradabad,
the data showed.
“So far, 3,340 plus
real estate projects
are registered with
RERA. In 2022, about
225 applications of
new project registra-
tion have been re-
ceived of which 125 in
the first half and 100
in the second half of
the year.
“Almost 72 projects
were in the NCR and
153 projects in the
non-NCR districts.
The ratio of project
registration in NCR
non-NCR is 32:68,” as
per UP RERA. —PTI
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ONGOING PROJECTS
‘CHINA IS ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY BUDDHISM’
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
President Droupadi Murmu interacts with the students of various schools who presented her
New Year 2023 greetings, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
VHP resolution seeks stringent
anti-conversion law and UCC
Indore (PTI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)
has passed a resolution against religious radical-
ism, which it said was responsible for terror attacks
across the world, and demanded a stringent law to
ban illegal conversions and implementation of the
Uniform Civil Code (UCC), its functionary said.
This resolution was passed and demands were
made during the three-day meeting of the VHP’s
central board of trustees and the governing council
that concluded on Sunday. “An important resolu-
tion on ‘Religious Dogmatism Its Ill-effects and
Solution’ was passed in the meeting,” VHP working
president advocate Alok Kumar told reporters.
“Theresolutionmadeitclearthatthedeclarations
by some traditions that ‘Only my religion is right,
others have to accept and if they don’t, then I have
the divine command to eliminate them’ are unac-
ceptabletohumanity
.Thosewhoinsistonsuchheav-
enly commands to destroy have actually destroyed
many ancient civilisations of the world,” he said.
A priest blows a conch shell
on the first day of New Year
2023, at Triveni Sangam in
Prayagraj on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI

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UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
ed symbolises boldness, pas-
sion and love. It is a favour-
ite of both Cupid and fash-
ion enthusiasts. While Blue
depicts royalty and elegance,
both colours are the life of a
party. I’m here to talk about
the colours which will make you look
hot and elegant especially in New
Year season.
Even though they are among the
most stunning and brilliant
hues, it may be difficult to con-
trast. However, with a little
experimentation, you may
design looks that will set
you apart from the
crowd. Any shade of red,
including crimson, scar-
let, and wine, can quickly
improve your overall appear-
ance when combined with
brown, blue, or grey
.
Additionally, you may keep re pur-
posing this costume concept all year
long, regardless of the season. Ex-
plore our basic, straightforward, and
innovative concepts by sliding up! If
you have an eye for style, red and blue
may be a sophisticated pairing. For
formal meetings, you may layer a
powder blue leather jacket over a
muted red dress, or a blue chambray
blazer. Finish it off the other way with
a red hat and a red handbag. If red is
not your type then you may try Royal
Blue! You must be looking for the best
makeup looks to wear with a blue
dress right now if you want to seem
like a genuine blue princess at your
prom or wedding. Imagine yourself
wearing a blue outfit and looking per-
fect. Once you begin coordinating col-
ours and picturing how your eye shad-
ow or lipstick will appear, you may
start applying makeup. With consid-
eration for your skin, the colour of
your eyes, and the occasion, you’ll
need advice on whether to wear subtle
makeup and when to go dramatic.
R
RED AND BLUE ARETHE COLOURS OF FASHION, ONE CONVEYS LOVEWHILETHE OTHER CONVEYS ROYALTY. CITY
FIRST BRINGSTOYOU SOME AMAZING FASHION IN RED BLUEWHICHWILL MAKEYOU STAND OUT OFTHE CROWD!

hen it comes to
our children,
most kids, aid-
ed by us, their
parents, will
make generic
new year’s res-
olutions such as being
healthier, eating better, and
so on. Neither will our chil-
dren stay invested in these
statements, nor will we. I
propose that why not, for
the sake of our children
and their long-term happi-
ness, the resolution this
year, be directly related to
education. To correct, in
some measure, the dwin-
dling interest and ‘fun’ in
education and restore it us-
ing an experiential, practi-
cal approach?
FUN… WHY AMP; HOW?
As the very simple and
straightforward title of
this article suggests, Make
Fun-Learning and Travel-
Learning Approaches Your
Child’s New Year Resolu-
tion; why this specifically?
And what precisely do I
mean by Fun-Learning
amp; Travel-Learning
Approaches? Let us exam-
ine this.
Fact – children in class-
rooms read books. These
textbooks or reference
books serve as the primary
source of their knowledge.
Let us draw a parallel. We
eat food at home. It is our
primary source of nutri-
tion. It is good as well –
clean, sanitary, safe,
healthy, and in most cases,
tasty too! We still get bored
and want to eat at a restau-
rant, don’t we?
It works similarly with
learning. Reading a text or
a reference becomes a
chore and a bore. The mind
shuts off and becomes fa-
tigued by constantly hav-
ing to ingest knowledge in
this manner. It needs a
‘change’ in the scenario,
however temporary, short-
lived, or superficial.
This is where the FUN
aspect of learning comes
in. At home at least, in an
environment controlled
and administered by us
parents, we can ensure that
at least not ALL learning-
time, feels like the same-old
boring drag. How? By mak-
ing it fun. How?
 Study outdoors. Don’t
subject your child to their
desk and chair. Gardens,
lawns, and parks are great
places to study
. These envi-
ronments positively pre-
dispose the child and put
the learner in a great frame
of mind to imbibe.
 Curtail Tuitions. Lack-
ing in a certain subject?
Join yet another tuition.
This itself creates men-
tal fatigue and boredom.
Essentially
, we are recreat-
ing a second-school, post-
school, each day, for our
children. Let us stop this
and encourage them to self-
study
. It will be more fun, I
promise.
 Make Time. As parents,
wehavenotimeforourchil-
dren. We may be justified to
an extent in the alibi that
the reason we don’t have
time is that we are building
a better life for them. Hav-
ingsaidthat,childrendon’t
just need ‘facilities and in-
frastructure’, they need
their parents! And they
don’t just need their par-
entsforemotionalgrowth,
having parents around can
be immensely beneficial in
making mundane things
fun. Study with your kids.
Theywillenjoyitinfinitely
morethanbeinginanextra
class!
TRAVEL - EXPERI-
ENCE Makes You
UNDERSTAND: A
Travel-led approach
to education also has
similar benefits to a fun
approach. Travel puts con-
cepts, fundamentals, and
bookish knowledge into a
real-world, practical per-
spective. It gives children,
students and learners a
chance to ‘experience’
something that hitherto
they could only read
about. A concept that oth-
erwise remains a concept
is turned into a real-
ity they can
share, see,
touch, and feel.
Travel also
simplifies and ex-
emplifies scho-
lastic lessons. Something
that might be difficult to
understand from a text-
book might become
more easily digested,
and permanent
when experienced
during travel. A
naturally occur-
ring phenomenon
such as birth, if
for instance,
viewed in the wild dur-
ing travel, will stay with a
student much longer than
merely being told about it
in class. The moment we
equate a lesson with a
practical, hands-on expe-
rience that travel pro-
vides, the learning is more
enjoyable, more immer-
sive, more permanent, and
deeper. It can be:
 A field trip to a local res-
taurant where one practi-
cally experiences
various aspects of Com-
merce and Accounting
practices play-out
 A holiday to Europe
that encompasses lessons
ranging from History to
the Arts, Literature to
many other subjects  A
curated travel experience
that we design for our chil-
dren that is neither far
away or expensive, some-
thing as simple as a day
trip to a close-by farm,
where children will expe-
rience, and learn through
those experiences, vari-
ous aspects of multiple
subjects ranging from sci-
ence to mathematics. The
simple point behind all
this is to make learning,
which was once fun and
interesting, the same
again. To alleviate at least
some of the intense pres-
sure that our children are
in today, by making stud-
ies not ONLY about grades
and GPAs but also about
just being children, and
experiencing the joys of
discovery!
The education environ-
ment today has become a
toxic gas-chamber of un-
breathable proportions
with too much trauma as a
result of academic and so-
cietal expectations, ones
that are simply too unreal-
istic and out of reach. This
is deeply impacting chil-
dren’s mental well-being
and causing mental dis-
tress that manifests in var-
ious ways including and
not limited to physical ill-
ness and disease, emotion-
ally stunted growth and
academic as well as career
decisions that end up in
frustration and discontent-
ment.Allthiscanbeseized,
or at the very least, miti-
gated, by making learning
fun! And what better time
and opportunity to make
that change, than at the
cusp of a brand new year?
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
TO ENHANCE CHILDREN’S
TO ENHANCE CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION!
EDUCATION!
W
KARTIK BAJORIA
(the author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills Educator Writer)
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