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PM Modi to address Vigilance Week event
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi will address a pro-
gramme to mark ‘Vigilance
Awareness Week’ of the Cen-
tral Vigilance Commission
on Thursday at the Vigyan
Bhawan. He will also launch
the ‘Complaint Management
System’ portal of the CVC.
First India Bureau
Nadaun/Dharamsha-
la: Campaigning in sup-
port of BJP candidates
in Hamirpur and Dhar-
amshala on Wednesday,
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah said the
Congress for 60 years
kept caressing Jawaha-
rlal Nehru’s ‘gift’ of Ar-
ticle 370 “like a child for
years”, and “our Kash-
mir failed to make its
bond with India”.
He referred to Con-
gress leaders’ warning
to him in Parliament
when the bill to abro-
gate Article 370 was
brought and said they
warned me that rivers
of blood would flow if it
is passed. “Rahul baba,
forget rivers of blood,
no one has the courage
to even throw a small
pebble and our Kash-
mir is flourishing as
India’s crown.”
Attacking the Con-
gress for inaction on
Pakistan-sponsored ter-
rorism, he said, “For 10
years during Sonia-
Manmohan govern-
ment, ‘alia, malia, jama-
lias’ entered India and
killed our jawans and
the Congress did not
have the courage to say
anything. But, when
Modi government came
such attempts by Paki-
stan were given a befit-
ting reply in the form of
surgical air strikes in-
side Pakistan by our
brave soldiers.”
He claimed that a new
message has gone to the
world that no one can
tinker with India’s
army and borders, oth-
erwise one would have
to pay
. More on P5
‘No one has courage to even throw a pebble in Kashmir’
IN HIMACHAL, AMIT SHAH SHOWCASES ‘INDIA’S CROWN’
Amit Shah receives a memento from BJP leaders at the public
meeting in Dharamshala on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): In a
first, the CRPF has ap-
pointed two women of-
ficers from its cadre as
Inspectors General (IG).
Annie Abraham has
been appointed as IG of
the Rapid Action Force
(RAF) while Seema
Dhundia has been post-
ed as IG of Bihar Sector.
The Bihar Sector of the
CRPF commands about
four battalions of the
force that are deployed
for anti-Naxal opera-
tions and other law and
order duties apart from
some small units of the
RAF and the jungle war-
fare unit CoBRA.
Both officers joined
the paramilitary force
in 1987 as the first batch
of women officers. They
have also commanded
an all-women Indian po-
lice contingent at the
United Nations.
CRPF’s first women IGs,
from first women’s batch
‘VEER BHUMI’
Shah enumerated the
benefits of a “double-
engine” government and
said after making the
state smoke-free, it will
now make it drugs free. “I
will call it a ‘veer bhumi’
instead of ‘dev bhumi’ as
the sons of this land have
made supreme sacrifices
for the security of the
nation,” he said. Shah
received a huge round
of applause when he
referred to young people
as his “jigar ke tukde”.
Annie Abraham (L) and Seema
Dhundia of 1987 batch
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SEWA FOUNDER
AND GANDHIAN
ELABEN BHATT
PASSES AWAY
New Delhi: AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), the holding
company of Capital A’s airline group, informed on Wednesday that it
has sold its remaining stake in the India operations of the airline to Air
India, an affiliate of Tata Sons Private Limited, for about $19 million.
New Delhi: Elaben Bhatt, founder of Self-Employed
Women’s Association (SEWA) and renowned
Gandhian, passed away on Wednesday in Ahmedabad
after a brief period of illness. She was 89 years old.
She served as chairperson of the SAPMT in the past.
SUNAK’S 1ST BIG
U-TURN AFTER
TAKING CHARGE
AS THE UK PM
London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi
Sunak on Wednesday announced he will join the
UN climate conference in Egypt after all, having
provoked anger for refusing to attend the global
event early into his tenure.
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First India Bureau
Morbi: The Additional
Public Prosecutor in
the Morbi bridge col-
lapse case, on Wednes-
day, made a shocking
revelation, saying one
of the accused manag-
ers of the Oreva firm
termed “Act of God” as
justification for the
tragic incident.
Advocate HS Panchal
said one of the two
managers of the firm,
who have been arrested,
made this statement in
a court. According to
him, another signifi-
cant revelation was that
the bridge’s cable wires
were “rusting away”
and were not in best
shape to be opened to
public. Contractors said
bridge were not quali-
fied to carry out such
jobs, the prosecution
told a court in Morbi. P6
ACT OF GOD: OREVA COMPANY
MANAGER TELLS MORBI COURT
MORBI
INCIDENT
Morbi SP Rahul Tripathi speaks
to media on Wednesday.
4 IN POLICE CUSTODY,
5 SENT TO JUIDICIAL
CUSTODY TILL NOV 5
Gujarat’s Morbi Court on
Wednesday sent 4 people
to police custody out of 9
persons arrested pertaining to
the October 30 collapse of the
century-old suspension bridge.
At least 141 people got killed
in the bridge collpase incident.
Meanwhile, the remaining 5
arrested were sent into judicial
custody till November 5.
l THE CABLE WIRES OF THE BRIDGE
WERE ‘RUSTING AWAY’, SAYS ADVOCATE
l GUJARAT OBSERVES A STATE-WIDE
MOURNING TO CONDOLE LOSS OF LIVES
Totally misconceived: SC dismisses
plea against Justice Chandrachud
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday dismissed a
plea seeking to restrain
its seniormost judge,
Justice DY Chandra-
chud, from taking oath
as the Chief Justice of
India on November 9 by
terming the entire peti-
tion “misconceived”.
“Having heard the
counsel, we see no rea-
son to hear.... We find
the entire petition to be
misconceived,” a bench
of the apex court said.
TOP COURT ORDERS
z Delhi HC while hearing a
petition by 2 foreign nat’ls
seeking solemnisation of
marriage, registration under
SMA, 1954 said there is no
way State can prohibit an in-
terfaith couple from marrying
z 7 VCs of universities
in Kerala approached HC
again against show cause
notice issued by Governor
z SC asks Centre to examine
how people with disabilities
can be put under civil services
Justice DY Chandrachud
TEAM INDIA INCH
CLOSER TO SEMIS!
Indian players celebrate after winning the match against Bangladesh during the ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide on Wednesday. (B) Virat Kohli with Man of the match award.
I
ndia defeated Bangladesh by 5 runs in
a rain-curtailed T20 World Cup match
here on Wednesday
. Invited to bat, Virat
Kohli and KL Rahul scored sparkling fifties
to power India to 184 for 6. The under-fire
Rahul returned to form with a 32-ball 50
before Kohli took charge of the innings
with an unbeaten 64 off 44 deliveries.
Virat Kohli on Wednesday
became the leading
run-getter in history of ICC
T20 World Cup, when he
reached a personal score of
16 against Bangladesh in
India’s Group 2 encounter
in Adelaide. Kohli went
past the record of former
Sri Lanka captain Mahela
Jayawardene, who had scored
1016 runs in 31 innings. Kohli
was playing his 25th innings in
the history of the tournament.
VIRAT KOHLI BECOMES TOP RUN-
SCORER IN T20 WC HISTORY
HOUSING FOR ALL!
Narendra Modi hands over keys to the
beneficiaries at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi
PM Modi inaugurates 3,024 EWS flats
in Delhi to rehabilitate slum dwellers
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Highlight-
ing the welfare policies
of the central govern-
ment for the poor, Prime
Minister Narendra
ModionWednesdaysaid
today marked a historic
day as several citizens
staying in Jhuggi-Jhop-
di clusters in Delhi will
now have their own
houses.
PM on Wednesday in-
augurated 3,024 newly
constructed EWS flats
at Kalkaji, Delhi built
for rehabilitating slum
dwellers under the 'In-
Situ Slum Rehabilita-
tion' Project. PM Modi
also handed over keys
to eligible beneficiaries
from Bhoomiheen
Camp at Vigyan Bha-
wan in Delhi.
He said the cam-
paign was started to
provide pucca
houses to the poor
families of Delhi.
In the first phase of
Kalkaji Extension
alone, he said more
than 3,000
h o u s e s
have been
built. P2
PM Narendra Modi hands over the symbolic key to slum-dwellers of Bhoomiheen Camp as Union Minister
of Housing Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri looks on at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Other families
residing here
will also get a
chance to housewarming
very soon. I have faith that
these efforts by the central
government will play a key
role in making Delhi an
ideal city. Our gov-
ernment is paying
equal attention,
especially to the
urban poor.
—Narendra
Modi,
Prime Minister
Thakur’s scathing attack at Rahul Gandhi
Dehra: Union Minister Anurag
Thakur made a big attack on
Rahul Gandhi. He said that
Rahul has not been able to
connect his sister Priyanka till
date in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Thakur addressed public
meetings in favor of BJP can-
didate Ramesh Dhawala here.
PM MODI ADDRESSES INVEST
KARNATAKA 2022 VIRTUALLY
MISSION REPEAT: AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA
ANURAG THAKUR CAMPAIGN IN HIMACHAL
REPORT P5
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Crucial
Crucial
BHARAT JODO YATRA:
POOJA BHATT WALKS
WITH RAHUL GANDHI
Hyderabad: Actor-filmmaker
Pooja Bhatt joined the
Bharat Jodo Yatra on
Wednesday and walked with
Rahul Gandhi. Bhatt, first
noted Bollywood celebrity to
have joined Yatra, was seen
walking with Gandhi while
having a discussion with
him. People cheered as she
walked for some distance.
1ST
TIME EVER: NORTH
KOREAN MISSILE LANDS
CLOSE TO SK WATERS
Seoul: South Korea’s
military on Wednesday
said that North Korean
missiles have, for the first
time, landed close to South
Korean waters, since the
division of the peninsula
more than seven decades
ago, South Korea’s military
called it an “intolerable”
act, said officials.
HIGH STAKE BYPOLLS
ON 7 SEATS ACROSS
SIX STATES TODAY
New Delhi: The stage is all
set for battle in 6 states,
Maharashtra, Telangana,
Bihar, Haryana, Odisha,
UP for high-stakes bypolls in
7 Assembly constituencies
today. These polls were
necessitated after either the
sitting legislators passed
away, left party, or convicted
by a court in criminal cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of 3,024 newly
constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji Extension, built for rehabilitating
slum dwellers under the ‘In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation
Project’, at an event in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi
on Wednesday. (R) Beneficiaries show their
ownership certificates.
—PHOTOS BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi cited his government's measures
to boost the capital's development and
took a veiled swipe at the AAP, wonder-
ing how much money should have
been spent on advertising these
measures of the Centre.
Modi said poverty was long
considered an issue but the poor
were now at the centre of his
government's policies as his is
a garibon ki sarkar (poor
people's government).
He cited the boost to the
Metro service, the length
of which has increased to
nearly 400 km from 190 km
in NCR since his govern-
ment came to power. He
also mentioned the work
on highways around the
capital city and other in-
frastructure measures be-
sides pro-poor decisions.
Kunal Dutt
New Delhi: Born in
the Second World War
era, Bihar native Shiv
Narayan had arrived
in Delhi in 1976 in the
middle of the Emer-
gency in search of a
better future, and after
decades of struggle of
livinginaslumcluster,
the 78-year-old man
and his wife received a
'key' to their own home
on Wednesday
.
The couple from
Madhubani district,
felt elated at the pros-
pect of owning a house
astheyanxiouslywait-
ed in the afternoon at
Vigyan Bhawan to get
the symbolic key to
their flat.
Many said they had
never thought they
would be able to own a
house in their lifetime.
“I have struggled
like how a blind man
struggles to walk. I
have seen the JJ camp
(Bhumiheen camp)
coming up from its
early stage. We made
our jhuggis with
thatches and bamboos.
It was wilderness
around it,” Narayan
told PTI.
His wife, Chandra-
ma Devi, in late 60s,
saidwomenhadtoven-
ture into thick vegeta-
tion to relieve them-
selves and community
toilets were built later.
“...We are happy at
least our children
won’t have to struggle
like we did,” she said.
KusumLata,50,who
came from Muzzafar-
nagar district after
marriage said, “In JJ
colony, we got piped
water twice a day, and
stored water in buck-
ets. Now, as women,
the biggest relief for
us is that we will have
our personal toilets,”
she said. Riyasat Ali,
another beneficiary
said, “After years of
struggle, nothing
better than a
new flat to be-
gin a new
life.” —PTI
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‘Never believed we would own houses’
Combined images show the queue of slum-dwellers of Bhoomiheen Camp arriving at
Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi for the hand-over of keys, and the EWS flats at Kalkaji
Extension in New Delhi where they will move into. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Centre working to make
Delhi a grand city: PM
PM Narendra Modi along with LG VK Saxena and Union
Minister for Housing Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri at the event
in Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CM promises 100 special
mohalla clinics for women
New Delhi (PTI):Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Wednesday an-
nounced that 100 special
mohallaclinicsforwom-
en will be opened in the
national capital.
Inaugurating four
'mahila special mohalla
clinics', he said children
below 12 and women
willgetfreeof costtreat-
ment at these facilities.
Four mahila mohalla
clinics, special clinics
forwomenwheregynae-
cological services, tests
and medicines will be
available free of cost for
them and children un-
der the age of 12 years,
are being opened today
,
Kejriwal said.
In the first phase, 100
such clinics will be
opened for women and
children, he said, add-
ing doctors and staff
will be women.
Noida (PTI): The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) on
Wednesday demanded
that the protesters ar-
rested by the police in
Greater Noida during a
demonstration at the
NTPC Dadri be re-
leased.
The Gautam Buddh
Nagar unit of the AAP
also urged the Uttar
Pradesh government to
consider the demand of
increased compensa-
tion of the protesting
villagers whose land
was acquired in the
past. Clashes had
erupted between the
protesters and the po-
lice personnel on Tues-
day after a protest at
the National Thermal
Power Corporation
(NTPC) plant in Dadri.
Later the police and the
CISF unit deployed at
the NTPC had resorted
to lathi-charge and
opened water canon on
the crowd to control it,
according to officials.
The Bharatiya Kisan
Parishad, which was
leading the protest,
claimed around a doz-
en protesters, includ-
ing women, had suf-
fered injuries in the
clash while Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (Greater Noida)
Abhishek Verma said
three police personnel
got severely hurt in the
episode.
Later Tuesday night,
the DCP said an FIR
was lodged in the case,
while a local police of-
ficial said around a
dozen protesters had
been taken into custody
.
Release arrested villagers, quash FIR: AAP on NTPC protest
COMPENSATION FOR LAND
lll
‘Yogi govt should
refrain from
suppressing the
legitimate
demand with the
use of police
force,’ AAP dist
unit president
Bhupendra
Jadaun said
Protesters from various villages stage a protest to demand fair compensation for their land acquired
by the NTPC during the early 1970s, near the NTPC Dadri project site in Gautam Buddha Nagar
district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interacts with patients at the
inauguration of Mahila Mohalla Clinic, at Bangla Sahib road near
Kali Mata Temple, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Gynaecological services, tests and medi-
cines will be available free of cost for
women children under the age of 12.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi
First India Bureau
New Delhi: ‘Unauthor-
ised’ construction of a
library on a dumping
yard land has landed
BJP MP Gautam Gamb-
hir in trouble.
On a suit filed over the
alleged construction on
an MCD land at Priya
Enclave, Karkardooma,
a court here has issued
summons to Gambhir
The civil suit claims
Gambhir connived with
some top officials of
MCD to construct a li-
brary on MCD land ear-
lier being used for
Dhalao (dumping yard).
It is alleged that first
the officers removed the
dhalao from the land
measuring 300 square
yards, then the BJP MP
took over the physical
possession of the same
without permission.
The plea mentioned a
plaint by BJP MLA Anil
Vajpayee to the LG in
this regard. The peti-
tioners also referred to
an article on October 7,
in an English daily
where Gambhir alleg-
edly said he had not
taken permission from
any authority
.
Library on
dumping yard
land: Gambhir
summoned
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Wednes-
day listed for Novem-
ber 14 a petition seek-
ing removal of Zakir
Khan from the post of
Chairman of the Delhi
Minorities Commis-
sion for allegedly abus-
ing his power and posi-
tion to influence others
and also for function-
ing as an ‘agent’ of the
ruling Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP).
HC to hear plea
seeking removal
of Zakir Khan
HCaskspolicetotraceman,
3-year-oldUkrainianson
New Delhi (PTI): The
High Court on Wednes-
day directed Delhi Po-
lice to trace an Indian
man and his 3-yr-old
Ukrainian son, claimed
to have been illegally
brought here due to the
Ukraine-Russia war.
The court was in-
formed by the child's
mother, a Ukrainian,
that she and her ex-hus-
band were divorced and
though the minor's cus-
tody was granted to her
by a court there, the
mantooktheirsonaway
.
The first priority is
to locate your son. We
will hear you thereafter.
We will ask further
questions if needed,
once your son is locat-
ed, a bench of justices
Siddharth Mridul and
Amit Sharma said.
The HC issued notice
to the ministries of
home and external af-
fairs, Delhi Police and
the man on the woman's
petition.
The woman, commu-
nicating with the court
through a translator,
said the man was sight-
ed in Assam and Bihar.
When you have infor-
mation that he is in
Guwahati, why you did
n’t move to Gauhati HC?
Now Delhi Police will be
hard pressed to locate
them in Assam, the
bench told the women’s
counsel.
‘SON KIDNAPPED BY EX-HUSBAND’

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New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi University (DU)
campus was abuzz with
activity on the first day
of the academic ses-
sion on Wednesday,
with excitement as well
as nervousness among
students as they turned
the page to a new chap-
ter of their lives.
Many colleges held
orientation pro-
grammes to apprise the
new batch of students
about the syllabi, the
societies and the com-
mittees.
Nehal, who got ad-
mission in History
(Hons) at Ramjas Col-
lege, was accompanied
by her mother on her
first day on the cam-
pus.
Ramjas was not my
first choice but I am not
complaining as it is a
good college. This is
the first time I am visit-
ing DU campus. Some
of my friends have also
taken admission in the
college. This would be
a great experience, Ne-
hal, who goes by her
first name, said.
Garima Rajput from
Haryana, who got ad-
mitted into the Shri
Ram College of Com-
merce (SRCC), was
elated and full of hope
about her new journey
.
This is a big day for
me. I will be pursuing
BCom Honours. The
college is well known.
The campus is beauti-
ful, she said.
The colleges were
decked up with posters
welcoming the fresh-
ers. Members of stu-
dent organisations,
such as the ABVP and
NSUI, were seen assist-
ing the new students.
From this academic
year, the DU is imple-
menting the NEP and
the four-year under-
graduate programme.
First day of college for
First day of college for
DU UNDERGRADS
DU UNDERGRADS
(L-R) Students arrive at SRCC college as Delhi University starts its first-year classes for UG students on Wednesday. Students at SRCC college ground. First-year students arrive at Miranda House college for the first day of classes. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Fear excitement
mark first day for
the new entrants; many
come with parents
Colleges decked up
with colourful
posters balloons to
greet the freshers
Members of ABVP,
NSUI assist new
students in having a
memorable Day One Students attend ‘Orientation 2022’ at Miranda House college, at DU North Campus, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Students write notes on a board at SRCC college on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Delhi
will soon get a new
university campus,
announced Educa-
tion Minister Manish
Sisodia. The campus
will accommodate
2,400 students. The
East Delhi campus of
Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University
(IP University) is in its
final phase. Delhi will
soon get another brand
new university campus
under the leadership
of CM @ArvindKejriwal
– IP University’s East
Delhi campus. Inspect-
ed the last phase of its
construction today. This
cutting edge facility
shall provide 2,400 stu-
dents with world-class
higher education,” the
minister tweeted.
IP University’s new campus soon
Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia
inspecting the new IP University campus on Wednesday.
This is a big day for me. I will be pursu-
ing BCom Honours. The college is well
known. The campus is beautiful.
—Garima Rajput, Student, SRCC
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Commission for Women
(DCW) on Wednesday
summoned the DCP
New Delhi after five of
the seven Uzbek women,
who were allegedly traf-
ficked and sexually ex-
ploited in India, went
missing from a private
shelter home here.
The DCW said the
seven women had al-
leged that they were
trafficked from Uzbeki-
stan to India and forced
into prostitution.
The women had man-
agedtoescapeandgetan
FIR registered at
ChanakyapuriPSonAu-
gust 28, the panel said.
Policesaidthewomen
are in the age group of
18 to 25 years and a
probe is underway
.
DCW chairperson
Swati Maliwal also is-
sued a notice to the shel-
ter home to understand
the circumstances un-
der which the women
have gone missing from
the shelter home.
The matter came to
light after the Commis-
sion received a com-
plaint from the seven
Uzbek women about an
international traffick-
ing and prostitution
racket, officials said.
5 Uzbek women go
missing from shelter
home,DCP summoned
New Delhi (PTI): A Nigerian woman has been ar-
rested for smuggling into the country heroin worth
Rs 30 crore at Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
airport here, a customs official said on Wednesday
.
The accused was intercepted after her arrival from
Lagos via Doha on Monday. Around four kg of
heroin, valued at Rs 30 crore, which was concealed
inside cavities of a bag was recovered from her pos-
session, the official said. The passenger has been
arrested and the narcotic was seized, he added.
Nigerian woman held with
`30 crore heroin at airport
A senior police officer
on Wednesday said
three of the 10 ac-
cused named in the
FIR have been arrested
and non-bailable war-
rant has been issued
against the two.
Efforts are being
taken to nab those
absconding. An inves-
tigation into the matter
is still underway, the
officer said.
‘THREE OF 10
ACCUSED HELD’
Swati Maliwal
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi's air quality im-
proved marginally on
Wednesday morning
owing to relatively bet-
ter meteorological con-
ditions, with the Com-
mission for Air Quality
Management (CAQM)
saying there is no imme-
diate need to implement
curbs, such as a ban on
the entry of trucks and
a closure of educational
institutions, under the
fourth stage of the
Graded Response Ac-
tion Plan (GRAP).
The air quality is like-
ly to improve further on
the back of stronger
winds from Thursday,
forecasters said.
The national capital
recorded a minimum
temperature of 15.5 de-
grees Celsius, a notch
above normal, and a
wind speed of around 8
kmph in the morning.
The slight improve-
ment in the air quality
was evident from the
better visibility levels
(1,500 metres) at the
Palam and Safdarjung
airports at 9 am.
The Air Quality In-
dex (AQI) of the city
stood at 376 at 9 am.
The 24-hour average
AQI was 424 at 4 pm on
Tuesday
, the worst since
December 26 last year
when it was 459.
AQI improves a bit, further curbs unlikely
An anti-smog gun being used to spray water to curb air pollution, at Anand Vihar Terminal railway
station in New Delhi, Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘Air quality may
get still better
due to favourable
wind direction’
New Delhi (PTI): Envi-
ronmentMinisterGopal
Rai on Wednesday ap-
pealed to city residents
to preferably work from
home or use shared
transport to reduce ve-
hicular emissions, a ma-
jor contributor to air
pollution in the national
capital.
He also said vehicular
emissions account for 51
per cent of the air pollu-
tion generated locally
.
If possible, please
share a ride to work or
work from home. This is
how we can reduce the
share of vehicular emis-
sions in Delhi's air pol-
lution, he said at a
press conference here.
‘Work from home or use shared transport’
Traffic jam on NH-24 in New Delhi on Wednesday.—PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (ANI): This is a medical emer-
gency as people are affected by short-term and
long-term impacts of the pollution. You are
immediately affected when the lungs are ex-
posed to this air, Chairman of the Institute
of Chest Surgery at Medanta Hospital, Dr
Arvind Kumar said on Wednesday
.
Dr Kumar further said that as the smoke
goes inside the chest, it causes immediate
acute inflammation in the windpipe and
lungs; followed by these toxic chemicals get-
ting absorbed from the lungs and reaching the
blood. They then move everywhere from head
to toe thus affecting every organ, he added.
He further said that the hospital reporting
huge numbers of people complaining about
chest infections and pneumonia proves that
the pollution is at its peak.
The most common sufferings reported due
to the pollution are- sore throat and eyes,
burning in eyes, red eyes, watering eyes, dry-
itchy eyes, burning sensations in the nose,
and a metallic taste at the lips, he added.
Health expert warns of
‘medical emergency’
Smog engulfs the Kartavya Path on Wednesday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
New Delhi (ANI): National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson
Priyank Kanoongo on Wednesday sent a notice to
the AAP government for negligence of the issue
of harmful effects of air pollution on school-going
children. The safety of school children is a matter
of concern due to the dangerous level of pollution
in Delhi, but so far the state government of Delhi
has not taken any decision on this. Children are
in the thick of toxic air in schools and in play-
grounds. This negligence is wrong. NCPCR is
issuing a notice, Kanoongo tweeted in Hindi.
NCPCR NOTICE OVER SAFETY
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
New Delhi (PTI):
Chargingpointsforelec-
tric vehicles were inau-
guratedatDelhiCanton-
ment by Lt General Dhi-
raj Seth, GoC of the
area, on Wednesday
.
Tata Power has col-
laborated with Indian
Army for installing 17
fast charging points for
EVs at Delhi Cantt. All
the chargers are opera-
tional now, said a com-
pany statement.
These will be used for
charging personal and
official e-vehicles of
Army and those work-
ing in the Cantt area.
Charging points
for e-vehicles
launched at Cantt

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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Remember this: Whoever
sows sparingly will also
reap sparingly, and
whoever sows generously
will also reap generously.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
There will be a roof on every head,
every homeless will get his own
pucca house. Prime Minister today
adding a new chapter in the direction
of #HousingForAll @narendramodi Ji
will hand over the keys of flats with all
basic amenities to 3024 people living
in landless camps of Kalkaji, Delhi.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
I’m deeply shocked by the sad demise
of young very devoted Lumla MLA,
Jambey Tashi. He has been like my
younger brother since young age. He
was always committed to serve the
society. My deepest condolences to
family members. I pray for the eternal
peace of his departed soul.
TOP TWEETS
KERALA JUDGE’S
OBSERVATIONS ON
WOMAN’S DRESS A
MISTAKE, RULES HC
he case of Principal
District and Sessions
Judge of Kozhikode S
Krishnakumar, who
granted anticipatory
bails to writer activist Civic
Chandra accused of sexual har-
assment on the ground that the
complainant was wearing pro-
vocative dresses, is getting curi-
ouser. After his observation that
“theoffenceundersexualharass-
ment is not prima facie attracted
in one case as the woman “wears
a sexually provocative dress”
raised a big controversy, Judge
Krishnakumar was transferred
to the labour court in Kollam.
The judge challenged his
transfer in the Kerala High
Court which allowed his petition
and set aside the order. The
Bench found that the judge’s ob-
servations “were indeed deroga-
tory to women and, in our view,
wholly uncalled for”. The Bench
was of the view that the observa-
tions “could not be construed as
misconduct, but rather, amounts
to a mistake committed by
Krishnakumar while discharg-
ing his judicial function”.
The“mistake”committedbythe
Kozhikode judge is indeed symp-
tomaticof apatriarchalmindset.
T
s emissions con-
tinue to rise, the
annual global
emissions are
close to an equiva-
lent of 50 billion tonnes of
carbon dioxide but the
growth in this decade (2010-
19) has been a lot slower at 1
percent than the 2.6 percent
in the previous decade. That,
however, is no consolation as
it will take decades for the ef-
fectof carbondioxidealready
in the atmosphere to wane.
Global warming, therefore, is
here to be contended with.
As Sharm el-Shaikh gets
ready to host the annual UN
Climate Change Conference
in Egypt on Sunday, energy
security in the light of global
tension over the Ukraine con-
flict may get pushed to the
background as countries
may focus away from climate
change to more pressing eco-
nomic and energy issues.
The main concern is about
restricting global tempera-
tures within 1.5 degree Cel-
sius. According to Adair
Turner, Chairman of Energy
Transitions Commission,
“…we must keep focused on
the global crises presented
by climate change. Each 0.1
degree Celsius rise above 1.5
degrees Celsius will have a
hugely significant impact…
Both full implementation of
COP26 commitments and
further progress at COP27
are therefore essential if the
world is to have a 50-50
chance of limiting global
warming”. For that to look
plausible, annual emissions
have to be brought down to 33
billion tonnes by 2030.
The question is will COP27
give climate action a push to
achieve the ambitious goal?
With the war in Ukraine still
on and supply lines getting
disrupted, countries will find
it to do anything beyond what
they pledged in COP26. Yet,
the goal must be pursued.
LEARN TO LIVE WITH
GLOBAL WARMING
As emissions continue to rise,
the annual global emissions
are close to an equivalent of
50 billion tonnes of carbon
dioxide but the growth in this
decade (2010-19) has been a
lot slower at 1 percent than
the 2.6 percent in the
previous decade
A
INTERPOL
IT’S TIME TO BREAK THE GEO-POLITICAL SHIELD
OF CRIMINALS, INITIATE ACTION ON THE GROUND
he four-day grand event (18-21
October) of 90th meeting of
the INTERPOL General As-
sembly was successfully held
at Pragati Maidan, New Del-
hi. On the occasion of Amrit
Mahotsav of India’s Inde-
pendence, Interpol had ac-
cepted the special request of
the GOI to organize meeting
in India. Earlier in 1997 India
also got the opportunity to
host. Delegates from 164 out
of 195 member countries, In-
terpol’s President Ahmed
Naser Al-Raisi and Secretary-
General Jürgen Stock partici-
pated in this annual meeting.
In the 90th session of the
INTERPOLGA total 14 differ-
ent resolutions were passed,
including strengthening co-
operative response to combat
financial crime corruption,
prevention of online child
sexual exploitation and
abuse; implementation of
concrete strategies to identify
offendersandresolutionsalso
were passed to identify miss-
ing persons using Interpol’s
‘I-Familia’ database. Annual
crime statistics and other re-
ports also presented in the
meeting. Interpol’s Secretary-
General Jürgen Stöck
launched ‘Metaverse’- the
first ever specially designed
for global police organization.
This is joint venture of the
WEF, META and Microsoft. In
‘Metaverse’ member country
around the globe can interact
witheachother.Thiswillhelp
to control the top trending
cyber-crime.
Addressing the inaugural
session the PM Shri Naren-
dra Modi said- “A safe and
secure world is our shares
responsibility; when the forc-
es of good cooperate, the forc-
es of crime cannot operate. It
is high time that the world
comes together to defeat Ter-
rorism, corruption, drug traf-
ficking, poaching and organ-
ised crime. When threats are
global, response can’t be lo-
cal.” He called upon Interpol
to work out a new strategy
with technology of new level.
Undoubted it has been 99
years since the establish-
ment of Interpol, but the
achievements so far have
been insufficient. The rela-
tions between nations are
weighing heavily on crimes
and effective action against
criminals; as a result, the un-
friendly nations have become
the safe havens of the fugi-
tives and criminals of hu-
manity
. In Indian context 750
notices issued by Interpol,
out of which 200 notices are
of fugitive criminals, have
been un-served till date. In
which fugitive terrorists like
Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota
Shakeel and Hafiz Saeed are
taking shelter in safe places.
Such controversial deci-
sions have not only caused a
deep blow to the image of In-
terpol at the global level, but
created a sense of lack of ac-
ceptance among the general
public about the commenda-
ble work being done by this
global organization. Whereas
India’s contribution in all the
activities of this institution
remarkable. Recently, the
largest consignment of hero-
in was seized at Mundra port
under Operation Lionfish,
which is being run by Inter-
poltargetingdrugsmuggling.
Similarly, under Operation
Garuda the CBI, NCB sharing
intelligence with Interpol
have carried out the biggest
ever action against an inter-
nationally spread drug cartel.
India conveyed its policy
of zero tolerance towards ter-
ror and criminals and its
firm intentions. Addressing
the concluding session of IN-
TERPOLGA on 21st October,
the Union Minister for Home,
Shri Amit Shah said- “Ter-
rorism is the biggest human
rights violator. We should en-
sure that the fight against
terrorism sustained, compre-
hensive and continuous, for
which India is committed to
working with the Interpol.”
Narrativesof “good”“bad”,
“small” “big” terrorism
would weaken fight against
the threat which was high on
Interpol’s priority list.
However, Interpol’s Presi-
dent Al-Raisi has urged mem-
ber states to strengthen unity
with neutrality and transpar-
ency, while avoiding politici-
zation of the organization.
But this would not have been
possible without a change in
the organizational structure
of Interpol radical change
in traditional methodology
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
All the member countries of
the organization should take
concrete steps towards
making arrest of wanted
and make it mandatory on
priority basis, ignoring
the geopolitical equations
towards terrorists-
separatists-extremists. As
well as the institution
should also work on
consensus among member
countries to extradition the
criminals in accordance
of the type/colour of notices,
so that the relevance and
universal acceptance of
this global organization is
maintained, otherwise in
the rapidly changing global
environment the concept of
the Interpol’s — “A SAFER
WORLD” will prove far cry
DR SURESH YADAV
The writer is Freelancer and
Commentator on International Affairs
Addressing the inaugural session, PM Narendra Modi
said- “A safe and secure world is our shared
responsibility; when the forces of good cooperate,
the forces of crime cannot operate. It is high time
that the world comes together to defeat Terrorism,
corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and
organised crime. When threats are global,
response can’t be local.” He called upon Interpol to
work out a new strategy with technology of new level

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INDIA
05
INVEST KARNATAKA 2022
‘CONGRESS IS PARTY OF RAJA-RANIS’ PM Modi: New
India focusing
on bold reforms
Bengaluru (PTI): New
India is focusing on bold
reforms, big infrastruc-
ture and best talent,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said on
Wednesday
. Delivering
the inaugural address at
the three-day Global In-
vestors’ Meet, ‘Invest
Karnataka 2022’, via
video-conferencing, he
said at this time of glob-
aleconomicuncertainty
,
the whole world is confi-
dent that the Indian
economy’s fundamen-
tals are strong.
“Despiteglobaluncer-
tainties, India is grow-
ing rapidly
,” he said.
The Prime Minister
said Karnataka has the
power of “double en-
gine”, with the same
partyinthegovernment
at both the state and
Centre. “When we speak
abouttalentandtechnol-
ogy, the first name that
comestomindis“Brand
Bengaluru”, Modi said.
Besides Governor Tha-
waarchand Gehlot and
Chief Minister Basa-
varaj Bommai, those
who were present at the
inaugural function here
included Union Minis-
ters Nirmala Sithara-
man, Piyush Goyal,
Pralhad Joshi and Ra-
jeev Chandrasekhar.
This edition of the
GIM is being held under
the theme ‘Build for the
World’ reflecting on the
role Karnataka aims to
play in the global supply
chain, officials said.
The key topics to be
addressed during the
event will revolve
around the sub-themes
of innovation, sustaina-
bility, equity, and resil-
ience, they said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah jibes Congress for having ‘many CM faces’ in Himachal
HIMACHAL PRADESH’S MCLEOD GANJ
GOES TO POLLS AMID TOURISM CONCERNS
Dharamshala: Elections
are only 10 days away but
many in the twin tourist
towns of Dharamshala and
McLeod Ganj say they have
more pressing concerns
— how to end traffic jams,
bad roads and poor con-
nectivity that are hindrance
to locals and also visitors.
The buzz is missing with
travel and hospitality
industry players more
interested in attending to
visitors during the last
leg of the tourist season
rather than giving an ear
to claims of development
or promises offered by po-
litical leaders. Bipin Rana,
a travel and tour operator,
says more tourist attrac-
tions like theme parks and
luxury hotels should be set
up in and around the city
to give a rich experience to
visitors.
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra is bringing about silent
revolution, will change political landscape’
Rahul-Priyanka’s close circle to get
good‘positioning’ in grand-old party?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: There is a
wholesystemintheCon-
gressparty
,whichworks
behindthescenes.There
are social media activ-
ists who work as a per-
sonal assistant to Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra. There is
a group of leaders who
work in the Congress
war room.
There is talk of many
of these leaders would
now come into main-
stream politics. It is be-
ing told that many lead-
ers who work with Ra-
hul and Priyanka can
get a big position in
theseaffiliatedorganiza-
tions. Among such peo-
ple, the names of Sand-
eep Singh who worked
with PGV
, Kanishk Sin-
gh who worked with Ra-
hul Gandhi, Sachin Rao
and Kaushal Vidyarthi
are discussed. There is
talk of Alankar Sawai
also joining active poli-
tics who is currently co-
ordinating the Bharat
Jodo Yatra with Rahul.
Recently, in view of
the elections of two
states, media in-charge
Pawan Khera was called
back to Delhi from the
Yatra along with Sand-
eep Singh. He will be
permanently placed in
the media team. Gur-
deep Sappal, who is
working to give intellec-
tual input, is being dis-
cussed to get a bigger
responsibility
. He has
been the CEO of RS-TV
and he gives the most
logical answers to the
propagandas of BJP
. He
can be included in Mal-
likarjun Kharge’s team.
A few more people
who are active for the
Congress in social me-
dia can be included as
television speakers or
spokespersons.
Hyderabad (ANI): The
Congress’ Bharat Jodo
Yatraisbringingabouta
silent revolution that
will change the political
landscape, party chief
Mallikarjun Kharge
said on Wednesday
.
Ahead of the start of
Wednesday’s Yatra,
Kharge interacted with
Bharat Yatris, who are
walking entire distance
from Kanyakumari to
Kashmir, at Bowenpally
,
in Hyderabad.
“Interacted with the
Bharat Yatris at Bowen-
pally, in Hyderabad.
They too are walking
3500 kms withRahul
Gandhi and are a source
of great inspiration to
our party cadres,” he
tweeted. “Bharat Jodo
Yatraisbringingabouta
silent revolution that
will change the political
landscape,” he said.
Later, the Yatra re-
sumed from MGB Bajaj
showroom, Balanagar
Main Road, with Rahul
Gandhialongwithother
Bharat Yatris continu-
ing their walk on the
56th day of the Yatra.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra
commenced on Sept 7
from Kanyakumari.
Cong President Kharge interacting with Bharat Yatris at Bowenpally.
Rahul does not like backseat driving, he will
be Cong’s ‘ideological compass’: J Ramesh
Hyderabad (ANI): Ra-
hul Gandhi does not like
backseat driving or as-
serting his authority
and his greatest value
going forward will be to
play the role of an “ideo-
logical compass” for the
Congress, senior leader
Jairam Ramesh said on
Wednesday. A week af-
ter Mallikarjun Kharge,
the first non-Gandhi
president in over 24
years, took charge of
the party, Ramesh said
some people are calling
Gandhi the elephant in
the room but the former
party chief is actually a
“tiger on the road”. The
Bharat Jodo Yatra has
been a “real booster
dose” for public relation
of the party
.
CONG LEADER NITIN
RAUT INJURED
DURING YATRA
‘KCR DOES DRAMA
BEFORE POLLS, HAS
DIRECT LINE TO MODI’
Hyderabad: Congress
leader and former
Maharashtra
Energy Min-
ister Nitin
Raut was
admitted to
a hospital in
Hyderabad
after receiving injuries.
Raut sustained injuries
in his right eye, hand,
and leg as he fell down
after being allegedly
pushed by the police
during the 55th day of
the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Hyderabad: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
attacked the TRS govt
in Telangana saying
that it supports the
BJP on legislations in
Parliament and that CM
K Chandrashekar Rao
“does drama” before
the polls but is “in direct
line” with PM Modi. Ad-
dressing a rally, Gandhi
said that “BJP and TRS
work together” and the
Prime Minister “gives
orders to your CM on
phone”. “Whenever
there’s any bill in Parlia-
ment, TRS supports BJP
and diverts attention.
KHARGE’s CREDIT TO
BHARAT YATRIS FOR
TRANSFORMING CHANGE
While Congress ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ was in Hy-
derabad , the party president,
Mallikarjun Kharge, inter-
acted with Bharat Yatris at
Bowenpally and said that the
Bharat Yatris are also walking
3500 km with Rahul Gandhi.
They bring positive energy to
our Bharat Jodo Yatra. While
tweeting from its Twitter han-
dle Congress said that every
day a new chapter of history
is being added. Every day
the count of people is taking
a jump who wants love and
peace in their country.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Now that
the time to forge a new
team is before Con-
gress Party National
President Mallikarjun
Kharge, word is that
priority will be given to
the tried and tested old
faces. However, under
Kharge’s command,
the party will give
chance to new second
line leaders as well. But
it is said that instead of
leaders working in re-
gions, priority will be
given to leaders work-
ing in Delhi. Such
youth or new leaders,
who are working in
some cell with some
subsidiary organiza-
tion of the party and
are associated with the
war room, can get a big
responsibility in the
central committee.
Some youth MPs of
the party will get place
in the central commit-
tee. Apart from Man-
ickam Tagore, leaders
like Dipendra Hooda,
JB Mather, Hiby Eden,
Gaurav Gogoi or
Ravneet Singh Bittu
may get a chance to
work in the Central
Committee. Congress
Rajya Sabha MP from
Karnataka Nasir Hus-
sain may get a big re-
sponsibility. Along
with the top leaders of
the Congress, Kharge
too has complete trust
in him. These MPs of
Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha can be made
joint in-charges in the
states. There will also
be some changes in the
team of Congress
spokespersons and new
spokespersons may be
created and the list of
televised speakers may
be expanded.
Apart from these
leaders, who are not
MPs but are working
for Congress, many
leaders are likely to get
a big responsibility.
Kanhaiya Kumar, who
is across India with Ra-
hul Gandhi; Nikhil
Alva, who is handling
Rahul’s social media;
Srinivasa BV
, National
President of Youth
Congress and Krishna
Alavru, who is in
charge of Youth Con-
gress, etc. are told to be
those second line lead-
er who can get a big po-
sition in Kharge’s team.
Nikhil Alva handles
Rahul Gandhi’s social
media. Earlier it was
being said that he could
be in charge of the me-
dia of the Congress and
that the responsibility
of social media could
be given to him. But it
didn’t happen. Now he
can have a place in the
central team. He hails
from Karnataka and is
the son of Margaret
Alva, who was nomi-
nated by the Congress
for the post of Vice
President. Krishna Ala-
vuru holds an LLM
from Georgetown Uni-
versity and has worked
extensively as an in-
charge of the Youth
Congress. He played a
major role in promot-
ing leaders in Youth
Congress in many
states. Similarly, be-
cause of Srinivasa BV,
Youth Congress is yet
again being discussed
in the country
. The way
he worked to help peo-
ple during the Corona
epidemic is also praised
by his opponents.
A mix bag for Kharge with experienced promoters energetic youth?
Mallikarjun Kharge —FILE PHOTO
PM during VC on Wendesday.
BJP’S BEST FOOT FORWARD IN HIMACHAL
Nadaun: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Wednesday took a
swipe at the Congress
saying it is a party of
‘rajas and ranis’ and
even though many
chief ministerial as-
pirants might be in the
fray in Himachal
Pradesh, no one will
actually get a chance.
Addressing a poll
rally in Nadaun, he
launched an all-out at-
tack on the Congress
for practising nepo-
tism and for not doing
anything in the name
of development. The
home minister also
highlighted surgical
air strikes against Pa-
kistan, construction of
Ram temple at Ayod-
hya, implementation
of ‘one rank, one pen-
sion’ and abrogation of
Article 370 in Kashmir
to woo the electorate.
Shah urged voters to
break the tradition by
electing the BJP once
again to ensure that it
becomes the number
one state in the coun-
try. He also assured to
make the state drugs-
free in the next five
years.
Union Home Min Amit Shah being felicitated with a mace during a public meeting for the upcoming
Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, at Nadaun in Hamirpur on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CONG, BJP BRACE FOR REBEL IMPACT
IN HIMACHAL PRADESH POLLS
Shimla: With only a
few days to go for the
Himachal Pradesh
Assembly polls, the
rebel factor is wearing
down both the ruling
BJP and the opposition
Congress, with top
leaders of both camps
working overtime to
blunt the impact of dis-
sent. Though both the
parties have managed
to quell the rebellion
in some of the State’s
68 seats, they had to
crack the whip against
certain unhappy former
lawmakers and min-
isters who refused to
toe party line on official
candidature. Even after
the efforts to edge out
the in-house challeng-
ers, the Congress still
has about a dozen
rebels left in the fray
and the BJP has around
20 after the last date of
withdrawal on Oct 29.
Earlier PMs used to come to Himachal
Pradeshforpoliticaltourism:JPNadda
Bilaspur (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
chief JP Nadda Wednes-
day urged voters to form
a BJP government in
the Himachal Pradesh
again. “Mitti Ka Haq
Ada Karna Hoga,” (Peo-
ple of the state have to
pay back to their land)
said Nadda.
The BJP chief was ad-
dressingapublicrallyat
Bilaspur in Himachal
Pradesh ahead of the
state polls. Hitting out at
former Prime Minis-
ters, Nadda said, “It has
been 75 yrs of independ-
ence. Who used to care
about us? At that time,
Prime Minister used to
come here for political
tourism in summer sea-
son- never caring about
or worrying about the
state.” “Today
, PM Modi
stands with you when-
ever called,” he added.
Mentioning the issue
of misconceptions
spread ahead of elec-
tions, JP Nadda at the
rally said, “A web of
misconceptions is
spread as elections ap-
proach. Quite often we
get tangled in this web
and due to this we divert
from the main issues”.
JP Nadda adressing a rally at
Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh.
THAKUR TAKES SELFIE WITH LOCALS
Sujanpur: Union Youth
Affairs and Sports
Minister Anurag Thakur
took a selfie with
villagers of Sujanpur in
the state after his car
was stopped by villagers
on Wednesday. As he
stepped down from his
car, women hurriedly
surrounded him and
asked him to take selfies
with them.
—PHOTO BY ANI
RaGa and PGV —FILE PHOTO
Having known Mr
Rahul Gandhi for over
18 years, and I know
him fairly well, he
does not like backseat
driving, he is a very
democratic person, his
value will be to play
the role of an ideologi-
cal compass.
—Jairam Ramesh,
Congress senior leader

INDIA
06
SC QUESTIONS CENTRE ON DENIAL OF
SECURITY CLEARANCE TO MEDIAONE
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednes-
day asked the Centre what the reasons were for de-
nial of security clearance to Malayalam news chan-
nel ‘MediaOne’ and why those reasons cannot be
disclosed to them. The top court said the essence
of court proceedings was that anything relied upon
by one party should be disclosed to the opposite
party. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and
Hima Kohli told Additional Solicitor General K M
Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, that even in
cases of detention under the National Security Act,
the authority has to give grounds of detention but
in this case, it was only said that the Ministry of
Home Affairs has denied security clearance.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday
issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
on Congress leader D.K.
Shivakumar’s plea challenging the
probe against him in relation to a
Prevention of Money Laundering
Act (PMLA) case. A division bench
of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice
Anish Dayal, however, did not issue
any order staying coercive action
against the Karnataka Congress president. The court
directed the probe agency to file their reply in the
matter by December 15.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: 24 proba-
tionary officers of Indi-
an Administrative Ser-
vice 2021 batch and In-
dian Forest Service
2018-19 batch met Uttar
Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel at Raj
Bhavan on Wednesday
.
“The government and
common man have a lot
of expectations from
you. It is your responsi-
bility to understand and
carry out your work
with the spirit of ser-
vice. It should be your
endeavor that by going
out of the purview of
your department and
coordinating with other
departments, you make
an important contribu-
tion in the works of pub-
lic interest, as well as
take special care that no
complainant should go
from your office disap-
pointed.”
Additional Chief
Secretary Appoint-
ment and Personnel
IAS Dr. Devesh Chatur-
vedi, ACS Governor
IAS Kalpana Awasthi,
Director General of
Uttar Pradesh Acade-
my of Administration
and Management, Luc-
know IAS L. Ven-
kateswara, Additional
Director IAS Mahen-
dra Verma and other
officers were present
during this meeting.
Jagriti Awasthi, An-
kita Jain, Sarthak Agar-
wal, Shashwat Tripu-
rari, Krishan Kumar
Singh, Divya Mishra,
Prakhar Kumar Singh,
Jagat Sai Rallapalli,
Mrinal Avinash Joshi,
Dr. Pooja Gupta, Dhrav
Khadia, Kriti Raj are
among the 16 trainee
IAS officers who met
the Governor.
Team of 24 IAS IFS Trainee Officers meet UP Guv
UTTAR PRADESH BUREAUCRACY
lll
Governor
Anandiben Patel
said that they
will be heading
to their
respective
posting areas
after getting
vocational
training
Morbi (ANI): Lawyers
in Gujarat's Morbi on
Wednesday held a pro-
test march, voicing
their refusal to fight
the case for all the nine
accused who have been
arrested so far in con-
nection to the Morbi
bridge collapse case
where 135 people were
killed on October 30.
Of the nine accused,
two belong to the Oreva
group (a Gujrat-based
electrical appliances
manufacturer) which
is under scanner after
allegedly opening the
suspension bridge in
Morbi without inform-
ing the local municipal-
ity on Gujarati New
Year day. Oreva group
was given the contract
for the maintenance of
the century-old suspen-
sion bridge. Morbi
court has sent four ac-
cused in the case to po-
lice custody till Satur-
day and the other five
have been sent to judi-
cial custody. Out of
four persons in Police
custody, two are Oreva
company Managers
and two others are peo-
ple working for the fab-
rication work contrac-
tor. The lawyers in
Morbi are refusing to
fight the case for all
these nine accused in
the case.
The lawyers have re-
portedly taken this
stand to show their
support for the Next of
kin of those who died
in the Morbi mishap.
LawyersinMorbistageprotest,
refuse to fight case for accused
Both Morbi Bar Association and Rajkot Bar Associations have
passed resolution to not representing the nine accused.
24 probationary officers met Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben
Patel at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
The lawyers have taken this stand to show support for the next of kin of those who died
Kohima: President
Droupadi Murmu on
Wednesday said that
women empowerment
will lead to uplift of the
society. She virtually
launched 75 projects at
a public reception pro-
gramme organised by
the Nagaland govern-
ment to mark her maid-
en two-day visit.
Addressing a mam-
moth gathering, she
said, “I am told that the
literacy rate among
women in Nagaland is
the highest in the coun-
try and the state is the
safest place in the coun-
try for women. This
demonstrates the high
respect accorded to
women in the Naga soci-
ety.” Congratulating
Phangnon Konyak on
becoming the first wom-
an Rajya Sabha MP
from Nagaland, she
urged women of the
state to come forward
and get more involved
in public life.
“If women are em-
powered, there is more
development in the soci-
ety. Women lead with
empathy and care, and
they would give a new
dimension to the devel-
opment journey of Na-
galand,” Murmu said.
Most of the 75 projects
launched virtually are
schools, while some are
hostels, roads and
bridges, and also a new
treasury building.
She also launched
smart classrooms in 190
government schools
across the state.
Murmu will leave for
Mizoram on Thursday
afternoon.
Women empowerment will
uplift society: Prez Murmu
Droupadi Murmu at the civic reception hosted in her honour
by the Government of Nagaland and virtually inaugurated the
foundation stone for various projects at Kohima on Wednesday.
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Cheif Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Wednesday hinted that
she may discuss politi-
cal issues and collabora-
tion with other regional
parties at her “courtesy
call” on her Tamil Nadu
counterpart MK Stalin,
slated for this evening.
She said, “ I trust all
the regional parties…
they are going to play
an important role in
the 2024 elections.” She
had, in the past, met
several opposition lead-
ers to try to forge unity
among them.
Politicians usually discuss politics:
Banerjee on meeting MK Stalin
New Delhi: The Edi-
tors Guild of India to-
day said it was extreme-
ly disturbed by the
manner in which the
Delhi Police carried out
searches and seizures
at the homes of the edi-
tors of The Wire as well
as their office and the
newsroom. The haste
with which the police
searches were carried
out at multiple loca-
tions, is excessive and
disproportionate, and
in the manner of a fish-
ing and roving enquiry
,
the Guild said in a state-
ment here.
‘Raids on ‘The
Wire’ editors are
excessive’
NO PLANS TO
SHUT DOWN GOA
AIRPORT: MOS
HP: ILLICIT LIQUOR,
JEWELRY WORTH
21 CRORES SEIZED
Goa: Minister of State
for Civil Aviation Gen-
eral (Retd) VK Singh
on Wednesday clarified
that the Central govern-
ment has no plans to
shut the existing airport
of Goa. “The Central
government has no
intention to shut the
Goa airport, I am here
to clarify that the new
airport will not lead to
the closure of the previ-
ous airport,” MoS Civil
Aviation General (Retd)
VK Singh told ANI.
HP: Illicit liquor, cash,
and jewelry worth more
than 21 Crores have
been seized in a joint
operation conducted by
the state police, excise,
and mining dept. Since
the model conduct
came into force for the
ensuing assembly elec-
tion in the State. The
spokesman said that
during the Nakas by the
IT Dept, cash worth Rs
2,15,90,000 and gold
worth Rs. 44,11,232
was also seized.
DRDO CONDUCTS
MAIDEN FLIGHT-
TEST OF BMD
STAGE SET FOR
HIGH-STAKE
MUNUGODE BYPOLL
New Delhi: Defence Re-
search Development
Organisation (DRDO)
on Wednesday conduct-
ed a successful maiden
flight-test of Phase-II
Ballistic Missile Defence
(BMD) interceptor AD-1
missile which can target
a weaponised flying
object in the range
of 1,500 km to 3,000
km. The flight test was
successfully carried out
from APJ Abdul Kalam
Island off the coast of
Odisha on Wednesday.
Hyderabad: The
stage is set for poll-
ing for by-election to
Munugode Assembly
seat in Telangana on
Thursday. The poll
authorities have made
all the arrangements
for the polling in the
constituency in Nalgon-
da district. A total of
2,41,855 electorate is
expected to utilise their
right of franchise at 298
polling stations. The
polling will be held from
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
New Delhi: Assets worth more than Rs 10 crore of
Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, his family and
associates have been attached under
the anti-money laundering law, the
Enforcement Directorate said today.
A provisional order has been issued
under the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) for attaching
a total of 28 immovable properties
that are located in Kanpur and Luc-
know, the agency said in a statement. These assets
worth a total of Rs 10.12 crore are in the name of
Vikas Dubey, his family members, aide Jaikant Bajpai
and his family members, the ED said.
Chaibasa: Security forces seized eight Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) planted by CPI(Maoists) from
a forest in Jharkhand's
West Singhbhum district,
a senior police officer said
today. SP, Ashutosh Shek-
har on Tuesday directed
security forces to launch
a search operation in the forest foothill in Rengdra
after receiving information that Maoists have planted
IEDs in the area to target security personnel engaged
in anti-Maoist operation. The security personnel re-
covered the eight IEDs planted in the Rengdra forest
foothill, about 140 km from Ranchi.
ED ATTACHES ASSETS WORTH `10.12 CR
OF SLAIN GANGSTER VIKAS DUBEY
EIGHT EXPLOSIVES PLANTED BY
MAOISTS SEIZED IN JHARKHAND: POLICE
CRUCIAL READ
PMLA: DELHI HIGH COURT SEEKS ED’S
RESPONSE IN D K SHIVAKUMAR’S PLEA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday
dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre,
States and Union Terri-
tories to set up expert
committees to suggest
steps for improving In-
dia’s “pathetic” ranking
on the global Corrup-
tion Perception Index.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of India
UU Lalit declined the plea and said that the petitioner
can file a representation to the concerned function-
ary in this regard. “Considering the scope of Article
32 petition, we find it extremely difficult to entertain
this. It is thus dismissed,” said the apex court.
SC REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN PIL FOR
INDIA’S POOR GLOBAL RANKING IN CPI
IN THE COURTYARD
Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin. —FILE PHOTO
ED GRILLS MONDAL’S DAUGHTER
New Delhi: TMC leader and party's Birbhum district
president, Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mon-
dal on Wednesday appeared before ED in connection
with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West
Bengal. Ms Mondal reached the Enforcement Direc-
torate headquarters in New Delhi following a summon
from the federal agency to face questioning.
Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
sought a time-bound judicial enquiry into the Morbi
bridge collapse case that claimed 135 lives on Sun-
day evening. A time-bound judicial enquiry led by
a sitting SC/HC Judge is the only recourse, Kharge
tweeted. He said that accountability must
be set for the loss of lives in Morbi after
the suspension bridge col-
lapsed. Accountability must
be set for the loss of 135
lives in the Morbi bridge col-
lapse, read Kharge's tweet.
Hyderabad (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday
condemned the Morbi bridge collapse that claimed
135 lives and called it a painful accident. The AIMIM
chief Owaisi urged the government to take charge of
those responsible for the death of so many people in
Morbi. This is a painful accident, we hope that PM
Modi and Gujarat govt will give justice to the families
of those who lost their lives, he said.
MALLIKARJUN SEEKS TIME-BOUND
PROBE INTO MORBI COLLAPSE CASE
AIMIM CHIEF OWAISI RUES MORBI
BRIDGE COLLAPSE INCIDENT
New Delhi: TheCabinet
CommitteeonEconomic
Affairs (CCEA), chaired
by PM Narendra Modi,
on Wednesday
, approved
a mechanism for pro-
curement of ethanol by
public sector OMCs un-
derEthanolBlendedPet-
rol (EBP) programme.
The CCEA has approved
higher ethanol price de-
rived from different sug-
arcane based raw mate-
rials under the EBP pro-
gramme for the forth-
coming sugar season
2022-23 during ESY 2022-
23 from 1 December, 2022
to 31 October, 2023.
“The price of ethanol
from C heavy molasses
route be increased from
Rs 46.66 per litre to Rs
49.41 per litre, the price
of ethanol from B heavy
molasses route be in-
creased from Rs 59.08
per litre to Rs 60.73 per
litre, the price of etha-
nol from sugarcane
juice/sugar/sugar syr-
up route be increased
from Rs 63.45 per litre to
Rs 65.61 per litre and ad-
ditionally, GST and
transportation charges
will also be payable,” an
official statement said.
Union Cabinet
approves naming
Hollongi Airport as
Donyi Polo Airport
The Union Cabinet,
chaired by PM Modi-
approved naming of
greenfield airport at
Hollongi, Itanagar, as
‘Donyi Polo Airport.
“The resolution was
passed by the state gov-
ernment of Arunachal
Pradesh to name the
airport as ‘Donyi Polo
Airport, Itanagar’,
which reflect the peo-
ple’s reverence of the
Sun (Donyi) and the
Moon (Polo) to symbol-
ize the traditions,” the
Ministry of Civil Avia-
tion said in a presser.
Cabinet approves mechanism for ethanol
procurement by Public Sector OMCs
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
Today’s Cabinet decision reflects our commit-
ment towards celebrating the vibrant cultural
traditions of the Northeast. The airport will improve
connectivity and boost commerce as well as tourism
in Arunachal Pradesh. An important Cabinet decision
which will benefit those associated with the sugar
industry and our hardworking sugarcane farmers.
Hardeep Singh Puri

business
BRIEFS
Mumbai: Akasa Air will
start flights from Bengal-
uru to Pune from Novem-
ber 23, making the city
the ninth destination in
the new airline’s network.
The carrier expects to
cross some 58 daily
flights and 400 weekly
flights by the end of No-
vember, a release said on
Wednesday. Owing to ris-
ing demand, the airline
said the connectivity be-
tween Bengaluru and
Mumbai will be increased
with a sixth and seventh
frequency from Novem-
ber 23, taking the total
number of daily services
in the route to 7. —PTI
AKASA AIR TO START
B’LURU-PUNE FLIGHTS
FROM NOVEMBER 23
New Delhi: The govern-
ment has cleared 20 stra-
tegic research projects
worth around `74 crore in
the areas of specialty fi-
bre, agro-textiles, smart
textiles, protective gear,
sports textiles and geo
textiles segment under its
flagship programme Na-
tional Technical Textiles
Mission. The projects
were cleared under the
chairmanship of Piyush
Goyal, Minister of Textiles,
Commerce and Industry,
Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution,
on November 1. —PTI
TECHNICAL TEXTILES
MISSION: TWENTY
PROJECTS CLEARED
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital
gained `51 to `50,964
per 10 grams on
Wednesday amid weak
rupee, according to HDFC
Securities. In the previ-
ous trade, the gold had
touched `50,913 per 10
grams. Silver, however,
dropped `502 to `59,265
per kilogram. In the inter-
national market, gold was
quoting lower at `1,653
per ounce while silver
was down at $19.70 per
ounce.
—PTI
GOLD GAINS ` 51
BUT SILVER PRICE
DROPS ` 502
Bengaluru: The Adani
Group has plans to invest
almost `1 lakh crore over
the next seven years in
Karnataka as it seeks to
expand its footprint in
multiple sectors, Adani
Ports and SEZ Limited
CEO Karan Gautam Adani
said on Wednesday. He
said having already in-
vested over `20,000
crore in Karnataka till
now, the busineess group
is active in multiple sec-
tors in the state, ranging
from cement, power, city
piped gas and edible oil
to transport, logistics and
digital. —PTI
ADANI GROUP TO
INVEST `1 LAKH CR
IN K’TAKA IN 7 YRS
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,964.00 51.00 0.10 (Per 10g)
SILVER 59,265.00 502.00 0.84 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.78 0.19 0.22
GBPINR 95.12 0.26 0.27
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
CABINET APPROVES
`51,875 CR SUBSIDY
FOR PK FERTILISERS
New Delhi: The government
on Wednesday approved a
subsidy of `51,875 crore for
phosphatic
and potassic
(PK) fertilis-
ers for second
half of 2022-
23 as part of efforts to provide
affordable soil nutrients to
farmers. The CCEA, chaired by
PM Modi approved NBS rates
for PK fertilisers for 2022-
23 rabi season, an official
statement said. The CCEA has
approved a subsidy of `98.02/
kg for nitrogen (N), `66.93/kg
for phosphorus (P), `23.65/
kg for potash (K) and `6.12/kg
for sulphur (S), it said. —PTI
IN 2 YRS MAAZA TO BE
ANOTHER BN-$ BRAND
FOR COCA-COLA
New Delhi : Coca-Cola expects
its juice brand Maaza to be
another billion-dollar brand
in next two
years and is
not worried
about entry of
new players
such as Reliance Retail in the
carbonated beverages market.
The cola major is also enhanc-
ing its play in the premium hy-
dration space by brands such
as Schweppes and Smartwater
and driving penetration in
premium channels. Last week,
global soft drinks major Coca-
Cola Company said Sprite has
become a billion-dollar brand
in the Indian market. —PTI
MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA CROSSES 2.5 CRORE
CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION MARK
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said it has
crossed 2.5 crore cumulative production mark. MSI started pro-
duction in December 1983 and crossed
the 10-lakh production mark in March
1994. It crossed 1- crore mark in March
2011 and 2-crore milestone in July
2018. Its first production facility came
up in Gurugram, Haryana. The company
now has two manufacturing plants in
Gurugram and Manesar in Haryana, with
an installed production capacity of 15 lakh units per annum. —PTI
MARKETS REGULATOR SEBI PEGS DUES WORTH
`67,228 CRORE AS ‘DIFFICULT TO RECOVER’
New Delhi: Capital markets regulator Sebi has segregated dues
to the tune of `67,228 crore under “difficult to recover” category
at the end of March 2022. Overall, the regulator has dues worth
`96,609 crore that needs to be recov-
ered from entities, including those that
failed to pay the fine imposed on them,
failed to pay fees due to markets watch-
dog and did not comply with its direction
to refund investors’ money, according to
Sebi’s annual report for 2021-22. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Mumbai (PTI): RBI gover-
nor Shaktikanta Das on
Wednesday appealed to all
to look at currency depre-
ciation sans emotions, as-
serting that the rupee has
behaved orderly since the
current geopolitical crisis.
In remarks that came
amid a heated debate on
the steady depreciation of
the rupee which results in
imported inflation, Das
said the rupee has de-
preciated less when
compared with
other major cur-
rencies, and in
fact appreciated
against other
currencies be-
yond the US
dollar.
“Talk of unidirectional
downward descent and the
RBI’s defence are dominat-
ing the narrative in the
public space. It is, there-
fore, important to address
the issue free of emotions
and fully loaded with noth-
ing but facts,” Das said
speaking at the annual FI-
BAC conference of bankers
here. “The rupee has seen
a very orderly movement
since the onset of the cur-
rent geopolitical crisis. We
must deal with the global
hurricane with confidence,
endurance and the courage
of our conviction that we
will weather this turmoil,”
he added.
On a financial year ba-
sis, almost all major cur-
rencies -- barring a few
like the Swiss franc, the
Singapore dollar, the Rus-
sian rouble and the Indo-
nesian rupiah -- have de-
preciated against the US
dollar by more than the
rupee, he said.
The rupee appreciated
against all other major cur-
rencies barring of course
the US dollar, and a few
other currencies, he added.
The rupee has appreci-
ated by 12.4% against the
Japanese Yen, 5.9% against
the Chinese Yuan, 4.6%
against the pound sterling
and 2.5% against the Euro,
he said.
“The story of currency
movements following the
war in Ukraine is more
about India’s resilience
and stability in the face of
the unrelenting strength-
ening of the US dollar rath-
er than a story of weak-
ness,” Das said.
He said rupee’s share in
global trade is linked to the
overall economic growth
and especially exports.
RBI avoided premature tightening to prevent
complete downward turn of economy: Das
Mumbai (PTI): Amid flak faced by the RBI for missing inflation
target, Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday defended
its policies saying the economy would have taken a “com-
plete downward turn” if it had started to tighten rates earlier.
Das said the Indian economy is being looked at as a story of
resilience and optimism by the world and the inflation is now
expected to moderate.Acknowledging that the central bank
has missed its primary target as inflation has consistently
overshot, Das said there is a need for appreciating the counter-
factual aspect as well, and think about the impact of premature
tightening which would have hurt recovery. “It (tightening
earlier) would have been very costly for the economy. It would
have been very costly for the citizens of this country. We would
have paid a high cost,” he said. “We prevented a complete
downward turn of our economy,” Das said.
‘Lookat`depreciationsansemotions’
Markets halt four-day rally
amid mixed global cues
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices ended lower
on Wednesday after a four-
day rally amid a mixed
trend in global equity mar-
kets. After a positive begin-
ning, the 30-share BSE
Sensex failed to hold on to
the gains and ended 215.26
points or 0.35% lower at
60,906.09. During the day, it
slipped 326.96 points or
0.53% to 60,794.39.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty fell 62.55 points
or 0.34% to settle at
18,082.85.
From the Sensex pack,
Bharti Airtel, Maruti, Hin-
dustan Unilever, Infosys,
HCL Technologies, In-
dusInd Bank and Titan
were the major laggards.
On the other hand, Sun
Pharma, ITC, Tech Mahin-
dra, Dr Reddy’s and Reli-
ance Industries were
among the gainers.
` FALLS 19 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.78 AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 19 paise to close at 82.78
(provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, tracking a muted
trend in domestic equities ahead of the release of the US Fed’s policy
statement. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit
opened at 82.64 and witnessed a high of 82.62 and a low of
82.81.It finally settled at 82.78 against the American cur-
rency, registering a fall of 19 paise
over its last close of 82.59. “Rupee
consolidated in a narrow range
ahead of the important events that
are lined up today and tomor-
row,” said Gaurang Somaiya,
Forex Bullion Analyst, Motilal
Oswal Financial Services.
country’s wheat exports
more than doubled to $1.48
billion during April-Sep-
tember 2022-23 as com-
pared to the year-ago pe-
riod, the commerce minis-
try said on Wednesday
.
The exports stood at
$630 million in the year-
ago period.
Though the government
banned wheat exports in
May, some shipments are
allowed to meet food secu-
rity needs of the countries
that request for it.
“Wheat export rose to
$1,487 million in April-
September 2022 from $630
million in April-Septem-
ber 2021,” the ministry
said.
The global wheat supply
has been seriously dis-
rupted because of the
Russia-Ukraine war. Both
nations are major wheat
producers.
The ministry also said
exports of agricultural
and processed food prod-
ucts rose 25% during the
six- month period of this
fiscal year.
The overall export of
Agricultural and Pro-
cessed Food Export Devel-
opment Authority (APE-
DA) products increased to
$13.77 billion in April-Sep-
tember 2022 from $11.05
billion in the same period
a year ago.
For 2022-23, an export
target of $23.56 billion has
been fixed by APEDA and
export of $13.77 billion
has already been achieved
in the six-month period, it
added.
WHEAT EXPORT DOUBLES TO $1.48 BN IN APR-SEPT
OFFICIAL DATA
RELEASED
z According to the ministry,
wheat export rose to
$1,487 million in April-
September 2022 from
$630 million in April-
September 2021
Govt hikes
ethanol price to
` 65.61/ litre
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Wednesday
hiked the price of ethanol
used for blending in petrol
as it looked to raise the dop-
ing quantity to cut India’s
reliance on imported oil.
The Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs
(CCEA), headed by PM
Narendra Modi, raised the
price of ethanol from all
three varieties, Oil Minis-
ter Hardeep Puri said.
The price of ethanol ex-
tracted from sugarcane
juice was increased to
`65.61/litre, from the cur-
rent `63.45/litre for the sup-
ply year beginning Decem-
ber 2022.
The rate for ethanol from
the C-heavy molasses route
has been increased to
`49.41/litre, from `46.66/
litre currently, and that of
ethanol from the B-heavy
route to `60.73/litre, from
`59.08/litre, he said.
Crossed 1 million users
on 5G network:Airtel
New Delhi (PTI): Telecom
operator Bharti Airtel on
Wednesday said it has sur-
passed 1 million customers
on 5G network within 30
days of its commercial
launch even while the net-
work is being built.
Earlier, Airtel had an-
nounced phase wise roll-
out of its 5G services in
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,
Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Siliguri, Nagpur and Vara-
nasi. The services in these
cities are getting rolled out
in a phased manner as the
company continues to con-
struct its network and com-
plete the roll-out, accord-
ing to Airtel.
“Bharti Airtel...Today
announced that it has
crossed the 1 million
unique 5G user mark on its
network. The company
achieved this milestone in
less than 30 days of its com-
mercial launch even as the
network is being built,” the
company said.
Randeep Sekhon, CTO
of Bharti Airtel, said
these are early days
but the response from
customers have been
“very encouraging”.
ROLL OUT IN
EIGHT CITIES
z Airtel on October had
announced phase wise roll-
out of its 5G services in eight
major cities on the country
which are Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai, Bengaluru,
Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur
and Varanasi
CV sales to reach 1-million units by FY24
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India’s com-
mercial-vehicle (CV) sales
volume will witness sig-
nificant growth over the
next few years and the
overall CV volume is likely
to reach close to 1-million
units by FY24, a report said
on Wednesday
.
Fitch Ratings also ex-
pects growing demand and
the resultant rise in operat-
ing leverage to boost the
profitability of the domes-
tic CV-focused original
equipment manufacturers
after FY22, despite elevated
production costs. A recov-
ery in medium and heavy
CVs from multi-year lows,
along with sustained
growth in light CV catego-
ries, will help overall CV
volume to reach close to
1-million units by FY24 –
the level of the last cyclical
peak recorded in FY19.
Domestic CV sales vol-
ume are expected to grow
in the mid-to high-teens
over the next few years.
Factors like rapid recov-
ery in India’s economic ac-
tivity after the pandemic
shock and the govern-
ment’s planned increase in
infrastructure spending
will help sustain an im-
provement.
ACCORDING TO FITCH RATINGS
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z India’s commercial-vehicle
(CV) sales volume will
witness significant growth
over the next few years
z Domestic CV sales volume
are expected to grow in the
mid-to high-teens over the
next few years

08
2NDFRONT
It is a fact of life that
everyone around us is going
through unknown personal
struggles, so be compassionate.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
BATTLE LINES DRAWN
TEST FOR BHAJAN
LAL FAMILY IN
ADAMPUR BYPOLL
BJP AND SP IN
BIG FIGHT IN GOLA
GOKARANNATH
Chandigarh (PTI):
The bypolls in Hary-
ana’s Adampur assem-
bly constituency on
Thursday will decide if
the Bhajan Lal family
holds on to its bastion
of five decades. Twenty-
two candidates, all men,
are in the fray
. The main
parties contesting are
the BJP
, Congress, Indi-
an National Lok Dal and
the Aam Aadmi Party
.
Former chief minis-
ter Bhajan Lal’s young-
er son Kuldeep Bishnoi
has maintained that
Adampur has been his
family’s citadel, and
that people have show-
ered their love and
blessings on it for dec-
ades and would do so
once again.
“After a gap of 26
years, the Bhajan Lal
family is fighting this
poll while being in the
government.Andpeople
know that development
works will be further ac-
celerated after the BJP
candidate wins,” Bish-
noi had said earlier.
The Adampur seat
has been held by the
Bhajan Lal family since
1968, with the late ex-
chief minister repre-
senting it on nine occa-
sions, his wife Jasma
Devi once and Kuldeep
on four occasions. Con-
gress leader and for-
mer chief minister
Bhupinder Singh Hoo-
da, however, has
termed Adampur a
stronghold of his party.
Late Bhajan Lal was a
chief minister from the
Congress, he added.
The bypoll was neces-
sitated after Kuldeep
Bishnoi resigned as
MLA from the seat and
switched sides from the
Congress to the BJP in
August. Bishnoi’s son
Bhavya, who is contest-
ing the bypoll as the
BJP candidate, had
also quit the Congress
and joined BJP. Bhavya
(29) had lost 2019 Lok
Sabha polls from Hisar
to BJP’s bureaucrat-
turned-politician Bri-
jendra Singh.
The Congress has
fielded former Union
minister Jai Prakash, a
three-time MP from
Hisar two-time MLA
as well. The INLD
picked Congress rebel
Kurda Ram Nambardar
as its candidate. The
AAP has fielded
Satender Singh, who
switched over from BJP
.
Kuldeep Bishnoi with wife Renuka. —FILE PHOTO BJP’s Aman Giri (left) and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari (right)
A
A
CRUCIAL FOR BJP Lucknow (PTI): Elab-
orate security arrange-
ments have been made
for the November 3 by-
poll in Gola Gokaran-
nath constituency in
Lakhimpur Kheri,
where the BJP and the
SP will fight it out.
The BSP and the
Congress are keeping
away from the poll this
time. The bypoll was
necessitated after BJP
MLA Arvind Giri died
on September 6. The
main contest is likely
to be between the BJP’s
Aman Giri, the son of
Arvind Giri, and Sa-
majwadi Party (SP)
candidate and former
Gola Gokarannath
MLA Vinay Tiwari.
Despite a wave of
sympathy for Giri fol-
lowing the death of his
father, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
not left anything to
chance and deputed 40
star campaigners, in-
cluding all major Cabi-
net ministers and party
office-bearers. The
BJP’s campaign was
led by Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath. Gola
Gokarannath is part of
Ajay Mishra Teni’s
Kheri parliamentary
constituency. Mishra
has been in the eye of a
storm following the al-
leged killing of four
farmers last October, in
which his son is an ac-
cused. Adityanath, in
his speech, during cam-
paigning assured the
electorate of clearing
sugarcane dues at the
earliest, establishment
of a Chhoti Kashi cor-
ridor (along the lines
of Kashi Vishwanath
corridor in Varanasi)
and a medical college.
He urged the people
to elect Giri so as to
carry on the legacy of
his father.
POWER TEST BETWEEN THE RIVALS
Russian ‘hacker’
who manipulated
JEE gets bail
New Delhi (PTI): A
special court has
granted bail to Rus-
siannationalMikhail
Shargen, who was ar-
rested by the CBI for
allegedly hacking the
JEE examination
software which had
benefitted over 800
aspirants, officials
said Wednesday
.
Shargen, 25, who
was arrested on Oc-
tober 3, had alleged-
ly tampered with the
iLeon software, the
platform on which
the JEE (Main)-2021
examination was
conducted and also
helped other accused
in hacking the com-
puter systems of
suspect candidates
during the examina-
tion, they said.
The arguments of
the CBI that
Shargen’s role was
not at par with other
accused as he was in-
strumental in hack-
ing the software was
rejected by the court.
The special court
also did not find
weight in the CBI’s
argument that cer-
tain mobile chats of
the accused and ap-
plicant with co-ac-
cused have been re-
covered during in-
vestigation.
“Merely because
the applicant is a for-
eign national, he can-
not be denied the
benefit of bail, more
particularly when
his passport has al-
ready been seized by
the investigating
agency,” the special
court recently said
while allowing the
bail application.
The court allowed Russian hacker Mikhail Shargen to
be released on a personal surety of Rs 1 lakh and along
with other bail conditions. —FILE PHOTO
The special CBI
court took note of the
fact that all other
co-accused in the
case were granted
bail, including those
who directly got in
touch with the can-
didates and their
parents to obtain
money and docu-
ments among others.
—Officials
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) on
Wednesday issued no-
tice to Commissioner of
Delhi Police for not pro-
viding adequate secu-
rity to Supreme Court
lawyer and activist
Vineet Jindal.
The Commission di-
rected officers of Delhi
Police to send an action
taken report within 2
weeks, saying “this is
the last and final oppor-
tunity granted to the
authorities to submit
their report within the
stipulated time.”
Vineet Jindal had
stated that he has filed
PILs and complaints
against anti-national
elements before the Su-
preme Court of India,
Delhi High Court and
Delhi Police as well as
before the Supreme
Courts of Pakistan and
Bangladesh against vio-
lation of the human
rights of the minority
Hindu community
.
He also mentioned
that he filed a complaint
against “Sikh For Jus-
tice”, a Khalistani or-
ganisation and against
its head Gurpatwant
Singh Pannu who is a
declared terrorist, with
the New York Police
Commissioner to stop
their unlawful activities
against India. The com-
plainant stated that he
has been telephonically
receiving threats to life
fromunknownnumbers
on behalf of these anti-
India organizations
from different locations
across the world.
The complainant
said he was provided
one PSO on 20.01.2022
but that will be with-
drawn soon by the po-
lice authorities.
NHRC notice to police over security to SC lawyer
UNDER THREAT FROM ‘ANTI-NATIONALS’
lll
Inaction by the
cops is a matter
of concern as it
relates to the
Protection of the
Right to Life,
said the
commission Supreme Court lawyer and activist Vineet Jindal. —FILE PHOTO
ELEPHANT SAFARI RESUMES
Tourists ride on the elephant safari inside the Kaziranga National Park, in Golaghat
district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sympathy one thing,
practicality another:
SC on specially-abled
SupremeCourtWednes-
day asked the Centre to
examine how people
with disabilities can be
put under different cat-
egories in civil services.
A bench of justices
SA Nazeer and V Ra-
masubramanian said
sympathy for disability
is one aspect but practi-
cality of the decision
has also to be taken into
account. The top court
shared an incident
where a person in Chen-
nai with 100 per cent
blindness was appoint-
ed as civil judge junior
division and the court
interpreters got all or-
ders signed by him and
was later posted as edi-
tor of a Tamil journal.
“You please examine.
They may not fit into all
categories. Sympathy is
one aspect, practicality
is another aspect,” the
bench observed.
At the outset, Attor-
ney General R Ven-
katramani, appearing
for the Centre, submit-
ted that the government
was looking into the
matter and sought time.
Former ED dir
Karnal Singh
launches
law firm
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer ED director Kar-
nal Singh has set up a
law firm in Delhi to pro-
vide legal services and
consultancy in various
fields, including money
laundering, frauds and
corporate disputes.
The firm is named
Circle of Counsels and
located in central Delhi.
“Circle of Counsels is
a leading law firm estab-
lished by union of re-
puted and seasoned pro-
fessionals with decades
of experience in vari-
ous practice areas in-
cluding white collar de-
fence, foreign exchange
management laws, Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act, corporate-
commercial disputes,
internal investigations,
anti-corruption, regula-
tory and compliance,
litigation and block-
chain and crypto-cur-
rency advisory,” it said
in a statement.
ED questions Videocon
chief in ICICI loan case
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) on Wednesday
questioned the Chair-
man of Videocon Indus-
tries Venugopal Dhoot
in relation to the Rs
1,875-crore ICICI Bank-
Videocon loan case,
sources said.
In March 2019, the
Enforcement Directo-
rate also questioned
Dhoot along with Ma-
hesh Pungalia, a direc-
tor of NuPower Renew-
ables and a close aide of
Dhoot, in the case. The
ED in February 2019
had also conducted
searches at the resi-
dences and offices of
Dhoot, former MD and
CEO of ICICI Bank
Chanda Kochhar and
her husband Deepak
Kochhar in relation to
the case. The case is re-
lated to the alleged ir-
regularities and corrupt
practicesinthesanction
of a Rs 1,875 crore loan
disbursedbyICICIBank
to the Videocon Group
during 2009 and 2011.
Venugopal Dhoot outside the
ED office on Wednesday.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
he term
Banarasi
refers to a
saree made
in the an-
cient city
of Varana-
si, also known as
Banaras. The sa-
rees are among
the best in India and
they are renowned for
their luxurious needle-
work, exquisite silk as
well as gold and silver
brocade, or zari. The
sarees are relatively
heavy due to the de-
tailed engravings and
highly woven silk used
in their construction.
These sarees are dis-
tinguished by their in-
tricate interwoven flo-
ral and foliate motifs,
kalga and bel and a
string of erect leaves
known as jhallar at the
outer edge of the bor-
der. A saree can take
anything between fif-
teen days and a month,
and perhaps even up to
six months, to finish,
depending on how in-
tricate the motifs and
patterns are. Indian la-
dies typically wear ba-
narasi sarees to major
eventslikeweddings,
where they are sup-
posed to be com-
plimented by
their finest jew-
ellery
.
The rich Ba-
n a r a s i
weaves fea-
turevibrant
hues, rus-
t l i n g
silks, shimmering
highlights and elabo-
rate tapestry-like mo-
tifs that are anchored
inhistoryanddrenched
in regality
. The
“Khandaani” Indian
heirlooms that have
been passed down
through the centuries
and are reported to
havebeenmentionedin
the mythical Mahab-
harata writings are
known as Banarasi.
They are a revered part
of our heritage that has
evolved over time.
They have been a
mainstay of the Indian
hand looms sector be-
cause they were origi-
nally exclusively pro-
duced on handlooms
and the genuinely rare
ones are only those
that are hand-woven.
They have established
themselves as a pillar
of the Indian hand
loom industry
. Benara-
si are treasured, deli-
cate weaves thanks to
labor-intensive weav-
ing methods, the use of
premium raw materials
and unique, secret
weaving techniques. If
a buyer is ready to forgo
the modern versions for
the timeless appeal of
the hand-woven beau-
ties, today’s brocades
and Banarasis are man-
ufactured utilising a
variety of base materi-
als and newly devel-
oped methods,
such as power
looms.
BANARASI SAREES ARE QUITE POPULAR FOR THEIR ALL-WEATHER APPEAL AND ELEGANT
LOOK. IT IS AN ETHNIC SYMBOL THAT HAS ACTUALLY MADE ITS WAY AROUND THE GLOBE.
LET’S TALK ABOUT ‘THEGLORIOUS VINTAGE SILK OF INDIA’ WITH CITY FIRST
MRIDULA SHARMA
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Some more glimpses from the
Jal Shakti Abhiyan Programme
organised by First India on October
20 at Hotel Marriott to create
awareness and hold dialogue on
the importance of saving water.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra along with
Education Minister Dr BD Kalla
graced the occasion with their
presence on the occasion.
JALSHAKTIABHIYAN!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Dr BD Kalla felicitating RK Meena
Satish Jain addressing the audience RK Meena briefing the water scenario
Praroop, Surbhi, Suhas, Dr Naresh, Dinesh and Rohan
(L-R) PR Saini, Dharmendra Kumawat, SC Verma, Rajeev Gortu, Jyantkant Kedia and Dhanajay Verma
(L-R) Pradeep Gupta, Vipin Gupta and Urvashi
RK Meena and Satish Jain
Rajesh Poonia, Amitabh Sharma,
Arun Srivastava and Sudhir Verma
(L-R) Seema Gupta, Arun Srivastava,
HS Devendra, Sanjay Mathur and AB Gupta with Guest
Shaan and Ayushi Vijayvargiya
Vinay Bharadwaj and Suraj Bhansingh with others
Dinesh Mathur giving a vote of thanks. Also seen are Pradeep Singh,
AB Gupta, Satish Jain, Sanjay Mathur, Vinay Bharadwaj and Jagbeer Singh Laporiya during the event
Lohit Tanwar, Suneet Sethi and Rituraj Rathore
Sunnet Sethi, Dharmendra Kumawat, Anurag Sharma and AB Gupta during the event
Satish Jain
Shishir Awasthi, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Mukesh Bagra and Dimple Sharma
(L-R) Surendra Sharma, Pradeep Gupta,
Suparshva Jain, Vipin Gupta, Urvashi and Rajeev Jain (L-R) Suneet Sethi, Dinesh Mathur and Arun Srivastava
Surendra Kumar, Piyush Sharma,
Surendra Mathur, Ritu Chittora and Priya Singh
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Pooja Misra with the top 30 finalists of First India
queen during a training and grooming session
CITY FIRST
n October 21,
the historic
grand finale of
First India
Queen, in
which stun-
ning women
from all across India
competed for prestig-
ious titles and crowns,
was held at the Hotel
Sahara Star in Mumbai.
First India Queen, a
national-level beauty
contest, promotes the
value of cooperation
and camaraderie in a
superior and organised
setting. The company
promotes spontaneous,
self-assured, unrestrict-
ed, and free living in
women.
Numerous training
and grooming sessions
led by fashion and mod-
elling industry profes-
sionals were organised
as part of the three-day
grand exhibition and
held at Hotel T24 in
Mumbai.
The first day began
with a ceremony in
which each finalist was
given a sash and a gift
basket. As twilight fell,
the talent competition
and First India Queen’s
question-and-answer
round also got under-
way. Dr Nida Khateeb
led an interactive ses-
sion with Dentokraftt
followed by a grooming
session led by Dr Priti
Shenai with Skinworks.
While Pooja Misra, the
multi-talented stunning
model, a VJ, and Big
Boss star, educated the
girls on various fashion
and modelling themes
on the second day, her
session was followed by
an enjoyable talent
round. Another fantas-
tic day began with a re-
vitalising health and
fitness session led by
Kinesiis Fitness Coach
Karan Hebbar, fol-
lowed by a session with
Parimal Mehhta. Indi-
an supermodels Sun-
ny Kamble and Kavita
Kharayat, both mem-
bers of the Manish
Malhotra group, held
sessions that evening.
All the mentoring
sessions captivated the
young beauty. The con-
clusion of First India
Queen was choreo-
graphed by Parimal Me-
hhta, and it is curated by
Blanckanvas Media.
SECRET TO ELEGANCE
FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022
A momentous evening full of glitz and glamour was witnessed in the grand finale of
First India Queen, at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai on Friday. City First brings to
you glimpses of the training and grooming sessions conducted at Hotel T24!
O
Parimal Mehhta addressing the audience during a grooming
session. Also seen is Dr Chandra Ambati, one of the
finalists of First India Queen
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Fitness Coach Karan Hebbar from Kinesiis with the top 30
finalists during a session on Health Fitness
Finalists keenly listening to the
training and grooming session
Clockwise: Kavita Kharayat,
Neha Varma and Avani Kakekochhi
Pooja Misra during the grooming session
Supermodel Sunny Kamble with the
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
CITY FIRST
B
ollywood actress and per-
former Nikita Rawal was
felicitated with the Style
and Bizz Glam Award dur-
ing the 'Bizz Glam Awards' or-
ganised by Eram Entertainment
on Wednesday in the city
. Nikita
has never failed to impress with
her excellent style and fashion.
Her social media glam has also
always been on point. She received
the award from none other than
renowned Bollywood actress Neha
Dhupia. Nikita Rawal, the diva
gained popularity with blockbust-
ers like Garam Masala and Amma
ki Boli. Later, she played the lead
role in a number of additional
films and music videos.
Expressing her happiness Niki-
ta said, “Winning an award is al-
ways a special moment, moreover
when you receive it from Neha
Dhupia. I think style is very sub-
jective and for me, it stands for
comfort and feeling good about
yourself. I always make sure to
stand out in whatever I put on and
when that is recognized it is a truly
blessed feeling so I thank the or-
ganisers of the Bizz Glam Award
for deeming me worthy of winning
this title. I am grateful for all the
opportunities the universe has pro-
vided me with and I hope that the
future also brings me love and re-
spect.”
CITY FIRST
R
adical designer duo Bharat and Reshma Grov-
er launched their latest clothing collection
Celestial Mogul at a much-celebrated, spar-
kling event held at Bella Monde Hotel, Delhi
on Monday, October 31.
The collection was inspired by the new-age phi-
losophy of the Universe within us, the collection was
a dazzling ode to the spiritual and celestial con-
nection between man and nature.
It was a fine amalgamation of glitz glamour,
elegance and eclecticism, the collection show-
cased some of the finest clothing choices for
events ranging from weddings, festivities and
red carpets to casual fine dining essentials.
The show was opened by Bollywood actor
Aditya Seal who sported a dazzling crea-
tion by Bharat and Reshma Grover,
opening the grand celebrations with
16 years of magic and sparkle that
the ace designers are known for, 16
glorious years of Bharat and Resh-
ma Grover.
Speaking at the event, the de-
signers echoed the shared senti-
ment on their latest clothing line
saying We have put up this show as a
celebration of the successful 16 years of
Bharat Reshma, It's been very good 16
years in the industry with a lot of hard
work and love from the people. We are
very happy to launch our new collec-
tion named Celestial Mogul. The
show ended with Showstopper Manish
Paul walking the runway in style and
panache that exuded the very essence of
the label Bharat and Reshma, giving a per-
fect crescendo to an all-star evening.
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CELESTIAL MOGUL
GHOST PARADE!
The star cast of the movie Rocket Gang, Aditya Seal, Nikita Dutta, Jason Tham, Mokshada
Jailkhani and Sahaj Singh were spotted during the Ghost parade based on the Halloween theme
on Wednesday. The parade started from Dr Zombie, C Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi.
BIZZ GLAM AWARDS
Manish Paul
Aditya Seal
Neha Dhupia felicitates Nikita Rawal
PHOTOGRAPHY: AN AFFAIR WITH LIFE
CITY FIRST
n extravagant exhibi-
tion preview, 'Photog-
raphy: An Affair With
Life' by artist Aekam
was organised at Bi-
kaner House on
Wednesday
. Sachin Pi-
lot, MLA Tonk, Former
Minister of IT, Telecom
Corporate Affairs,
GoI, Commissioned of-
ficer graced the occa-
sion as the chief
guest and appreci-
ated the art-
works of artists.
While interact-
ing with the me-
dia, artist
Aekam de-
scribed her art-
works including
The Banarasi Ef-
fect, Indian Jun-
gles: A Teenage
Lens and The
people of Kash-
mir.
During the ex-
hibition, Dhiraj
Srivastava, Com-
missioner Rajasthan Founda-
tion, Shubhra Singh and ACS
cum CRC were present as the
special guests.
On the occasion, while de-
scribing the Banarasi effect
Aekam said, Most of the pho-
tographs exhibited in the exhi-
bition are inspired by my real-
life experience, during my
trip to Banaras, I tried to
capture the essence and
the beauty of the coexist-
ence of life and death in re-
ligion. They also celebrate the
coexistence of Varanasi's deep
past and its present. While my
Indian Jungles photographs
are woven into India's deep his-
tory as a myth and legend. My
aim with this exhibition is to
encourage my generation to
explore Indian jungles as a
worthwhile addition to their
intellectual and emotional re-
sume and to recall for them the
thrill of early naturalists who
did not have the benefit of pho-
tography
. This is my small en-
deavour to convince people
that waking up at 4 am to go on
a jungle safari is to willingly
and gainfully intersect our
paths with those of our fellow
creatures and that jungle de-
lights are more rewarding than
likes and followers, the artist
added.
The talented artist also de-
scribed her experience in
Kashmir and her photographs
based on the People of Kash-
mir and said, There is no
complete concept of India
without Kashmir. On the
map, it sits as the proud
crown of the subcontinent,
its mighty peaks capped with
abodes of gods and rivers run-
ning along its deep, primordial
valleys. Although the picture-
perfect landscape is the domi-
nant reason for her honorific
'Heaven on earth'.
The portraits on exhibition
aim to bring more attention to
this rather unexplored part of
Kashmir, her soul and her peo-
ple. Piyali Dasgupta, Smriti
Malhotra, Sumeet Kumar, Za-
hir Khan, Vahid Mirza, Iftikar
Ahmed, Pratibha Praladh, Dr
Leslie D Joynes, Atul Rajani,
Dr Amandeep Singh and Muk-
ta Sharma among others were
present in the exhibition.
A
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
Sachin Pilot and Dhiraj Srivastava sharing a moment of joy.
Also seen are Aekam and Mukta Sharma
(L-R) Aekam, Shubhra Singh
and Dhiraj Srivastava
Atul Rajani and Aekam
Dr Leslie D Joynes Pratibha Prahlad
Artist Aekam
Sachin Pilot and Aekam during the exhibition
Shabari Prasad and Jayesh Bakshi
Yashna Shetty
Dr Amandeep Singh and Mukta Sharma
(L-R) Piyali Dasgupta, Smriti Malhotra,
Sumeet Kumar, Zahir Khan, Vahid Mirza and Iftikar Ahmed

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