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A farm labourer
burns paddy
stubble on
the outskirts
of Jalandhar
on Thursday.
The share of
stubble burning
in Delhi’s
PM2.5 pollution
jumped to 38
per cent on
Thursday, the
highest this
season.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
SMOKE FROM PUNJAB IN DELHI’S LUNGS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Except BS-
VI compliant diesel ve-
hicles and those used
for essential and emer-
gency services, all four-
wheeled diesel light mo-
tor vehicles (LMVs)
have been barred from
the roads in Delhi and
adjoining NCR dis-
tricts. The order was is-
sued by the Commis-
sion for Air Quality
Management (CAQM)
as part of the final stage
(IV) of the Graded Re-
sponse Action Plan
(GRAP) as Delhi’s air
quality index (AQI) fell
to a notch short of en-
tering the “severe plus”
category on Thursday
.
“Ban on plying of
4-wheeler diesel LMVs
in NCT of Delhi and
Districts of NCR bor-
dering Delhi, except BS-
VI vehicles and vehicles
used for essential/
emergency services,”
the order read.
The CAQM also or-
dered a ban on Delhi-
registered diesel-run
medium and heavy
goods vehicles in the
capital. Those carrying
essential commodities
and providing essential
services are exempted.
The entry of trucks
other than electric and
CNG ones in Delhi is
banned too.
Diesel cars disallowed in Delhi-NCR from today
EMERGENCY SITUATION
Akshardham Temple completely engulfed in a thick layer of smog on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Entry of trucks,
construction of
highways, flyovers,
pipelines banned
GRAP-IV KICKS IN
z Ban on construction
and demolition works in
public projects such as
highways, flyovers, over-
bridges, power transmis-
sion, pipelines.
z Closure of all indus-
tries that are not running
on clean fuels in NCR.
z Industries like milk
and those involved in
manufacturing life-sav-
ing medical equipment,
medicines exempted.
z States to decide on
closure of schools.
z Govts to decide on
work from home.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
SC AFFIRMS DEATH TO
LASHKAR TERRORIST
IN RED FORT CASE
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday
affirmed the death
sentence of Lashkar-
e-Taiba (LeT) militant
Mohammad Ashfaq Arif
convicted of attacking Red
Fort in December 2000.
NOIDA SCHOOLS TO
HOLD ONLINE CLASSES
TILL NOVEMBER 8
Noida (ANI): All schools
will hold online classes
mandatorily for students
from class 1 to class 8 in
Gautam Budh Nagar district
till Nov 8 in wake of rising
air pollution, according to
a notice issued by DIOS
Dharamveer Singh.
Power subsidy:
Last date now
November 15
New Delhi: With just
over 60 per cent of
about 57 lakh power
consumers in the na-
tional capital applying
for power subsidy till
October end, the Delhi
government has extend-
ed the last date for ap-
plication submission
up to November 15.
Those consumers ap-
plying for the subsidy
after November 15 will
have to pay their bill for
the month of October.
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‘PROJECTS OF `2L CR
FOR MAHA APPROVED’
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi
on Thursday said the central
govt has given a nod to pro-
jects worth Rs 2 lakh crore
for Maharashtra. His state-
ment comes in the wake of
Shinde-Fadnavis govt com-
ing under the Opposition’s
fire after some proposed big-
ticket projects moved out of
Maha to poll-bound Gujarat
and some other states.
Don’t spare corrupt and
don’t be defensive: Modi
New Delhi (ANI):
Showing unflinching
support to anti-corrup-
tion agencies, PM Nar-
endra Modi on Thurs-
day said they need not
be defensive while tack-
ling graft even when
some people with vest-
ed interests keep holler-
ing maligning them.
Addressing the ‘Vigi-
lance Awareness Week’,
PM exhorted the panel,
other agencies and of-
ficers to ensure that no
corrupt person is
spared no matter how
powerful the individual
may be. He said it is the
responsibility of organ-
isations like CVC that
no corrupt person gets
“political or social ref-
uge”. He said during his
long tenure as head of
govt,hehasgonethrough
mud-slinging abuses,
but people stand with
you when you walk on
path of honesty
. P10
PM Narendra Modi during programme marking Vigilance Awareness
Week of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in Delhi on Thursday.
Also seen here is Dr Jitendra Singh, Suresh N Patel and others.
Every corrupt person should be held accountable by the society.
It is important to build such an atmosphere. We are seeing that
paeans are being sung for people already proven corrupt. People
calling themselves honest do not feel the shame to go and get
photographed with such corrupt people. This situation is not good for the
Indian society. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
CAN’T REPRESENT
BIZMAN,HE IS NOT
TRACEABLE: ADV
OF MALLYA TO SC
Poonch: The Indian Army has foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line
of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector by eliminating three
terrorists, according to sources. The Indian Army on Thursday observed
suspicious movement of some individuals along the LoC in Poonch sector.
New Delhi: A lawyer representing Vijay Mallya
on Thursday requested the Supreme Court to be
relieved from the case concerning the fugitive
businessman as he was untraceable and not
responding to any communication from his lawyer.
FACEBOOK-
PARENT META’S
INDIA HEAD AJIT
STEPS DOWN
Bengaluru: Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc
said on Thursday that its India head, Ajit Mohan,
has stepped down after 4 years, while a media
report said he would join rival Snap Inc. Manish
Chopra will take over on an interim capacity.
BSE SENSEX 60,836.41 69.68 | NSE NIFTY 18,052.70 30.15
ARMY FOILS INFILTRATION BID, KILLS 3 TERRORISTS IN JK
BATTLE FOR GUJ ‘RAJ’!
Gujaratelectiondatesannounced
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission on
Thursday announced
the schedule for assem-
bly election in Gujarat.
The state, where the
BJP is currently in pow-
er, goes to the hustings
on December 1.
Assembly polls in Gu-
jarat will be held in two
phases. The Legislative
Assembly of Gujarat is
182-members strong.
This time, the election
will witness a three-cor-
nered contest between
the ruling BJP, the Con-
gress and the AAP.
CEC Rajiv Kumar with EC Anup Chandra Pandey and others at a press conference to announce
the schedule of Legislative Assembly elections in Gujarat, at Akashvani Bhawan on Thursday.
BELOW IS A DETAIL
BREAKDOWN OF THE
ELECTION SCHEDULE
TO BE HELD IN GUJ:
PM TO CAMPAIGN IN GUJARAT ON SUNDAY,
1ST VISIT AFTER POLL DATES ANNOUNCED
BJP WOULD RETAIN
POWER IN GUJ: SHAH
ABOUT LAST 2 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
PHASE 1
l Date of issue of
notification: November 5
l Last date for filing
nomination: November 14
l Date of the scrutiny:
November 15
l Last date of withdrawal
of the nomination:
November 17
PHASE 2
l Date of issue of
notification: November
10
l Last date for filing
nomination: November
17
l Date of scrutiny:
November 18
l Last date of withdrawal
of nomination:
November 21
PM Modi will head to Gujarat on November 6, his first visit
since the announcement of poll dates for his home state.
The PM will address rallies in Bhavnagar, Surendranagar
and Valsad. BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998.
HM Amit Shah last month
predicted that
the BJP would
retain power in
the 182-member
Gujarat assembly with a two-
thirds majority.
POLL DAYS
PHASE 1: DEC 1
(89 SEATS)
PHASE 2: DEC 5
(93 SEATS)
COUNTING: DEC 8
Jagat Prakash
Nadda
@JPNadda
I welcome the announce-
ment of the Gujarat
Assembly elections by the
Election Commission. Under
the leadership of respected
Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi ji, BJP will
again form a double engine
government in Gujarat with a
huge majority and will work
with a commitment to fulfill
the aspirations of the people
for the next 5 years.
182
TOTAL SEATS
Gujarat
2012 2017
l BJP: 115 seats (47.8%)
l INC: 61 seats (38.9%)
l Others: 6 seats (13.3% )
l BJP: 99 seats (49%)
l INC: 77 seats (41.4%)
l Others: 6 seats (9.6% )
Seats Won (vote share%) Seats Won (vote share%)
Why send summons?
arrest me: Soren to ED
Ranchi: Jharkhand
Chief Minister Hemant
Soren on Thursday
termed ED’s summons
to him as a weapon used
by the BJP to target him
and said if he has com-
mitted a serious offence
then he should be di-
rectly arrested. ED on
Wednesday asked JMM
leader to appear for
questioning at its re-
gional office in Ranchi
on Thursday but Soren
skipped ED summons
and attended National
Tribal Dance Festival
Chhattisgarh’s state-
hood celebration event
called ‘Rajyotsava 2022’.
CM Hemant Soren skips the ED
summons and speaks to party
workers in Ranchi on Thursday.
Imran Khan survives
assassination attempt
l Imran Khan has been shot and lightly wounded
in leg, in an attack on protest march in Wazirabad
l 1 killed, several other supporters injured; 1 of
the gunmen, who attacked Imran arrested soon
Accused: Shot as he
is misleading people
HIGHLIGHTS
One of the gunmen, who
attacked Imran Khan, was
arrested, officials said. In
his confession, he said,
“Imran Khan is mislead-
ing people.” Accused
Naved was caught firing
at Khan in Wazirabad.
z The attack is completely
unacceptable: Canada PM
z Khan stable and con-
scious, said his doctor
z A man tried to stop a
suspected assailant
z Violence erupted in
several cities of Pakistan
z We’re closely keeping
an eye on it continue
to monitor devp: India
First India Bureau
Wazirabad (Pakistan):
A gunman opened fire
at a campaign truck
carrying Pakistan’s for-
mer PM Imran Khan in
Wazirabad
district on
Thursday,
wounding
him in both
his legs. In
attack 1
person has reportedly
died and 7 including
PTI Senator Faisal
Javed have been wound-
ed. Imran Khan was
soon after taken to hos-
pital in Lahore where
his condition is stated
to be out of danger.
Imran Khan injured in a shooting incident in Wazirabad on Thursday.
ALLAH GAVE ME NEW LIFE
AND I WILL FIGHT BACK...
Accused Naved

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04
Wrestling coach gets bail 9 months after sexually assaulting girl
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Additional
sessions judge of Dwar-
ka court, LK Sharma,
granted bail to Rajesh
Kumar Malik, a wres-
tling coach employed
by the Haryana govt
and also an ex-Army
subedar, who was ar-
rested in February for
posing as a policeman
and sexually assaulting
a 19-year-old woman at
a park in Dwarka.
The judge, though, is-
sued directions that the
accused is not to con-
tact or intimidate the
prosecutrix (victim) or
any of her family mem-
bers, and he must not
go near the prosecutrix
within a range of 500
metres for any purpose.
Appearing for the ac-
cused, advocate Ravi
Drall submitted that a
trivial issue pertaining
to a mobile phone had
been given the colour
of a heinous crime
against his client who
is an ex-army person-
nel and presently work-
ing as a wrestling coach
with clean antecedents.
The victim's mother
opposed the bail plea
saying there was a seri-
ous threat to her secu-
rity as she lives with
her son in a society that
the accused knows very
well. She said her hus-
band, an Army officer,
is currently posted out
of station and the pro-
secutrix is also out of
Delhi for her higher
studies.
According to the po-
lice, the investigating
team found that the ac-
cused, who is contrac-
tually employed with
the Haryana govern-
ment's sports depart-
ment as a wrestling
coach, would frequent
public parks in south
Delhi and Rohini in the
evening. It was suspect-
ed that he also targeted
other couples there to
extort money
.
The victim, in her
complaint, said she was
sexually assaulted in a
park while she was sit-
ting with a friend. A
man in a pair of khaki
trousers approached
them claiming to be a
Delhi Police officer. He
then robbed Rs 5,000
from her friend before
forcing himself on her,
she claimed.
FREQUENTED PARKS IN EVENINGS
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indian Youth Congress
(IYC) staged a protest
outside the Aam Aadmi
Party office in Delhi de-
manding a high-level
investigation into the
allegations levelled by
jailed conman Sukesh
C h a n d r a s h e k h a r
against AAP leader
Satyendar Jain.
IYC President Srini-
vas BV alleged that the
character of AAP has
been exposed by Chan-
drashekhar's allega-
tions.
The real business of
the AAP is taking dona-
tions from corrupt, col-
lecting money from
criminals sitting in jail
and sending money for
campaigning in Guja-
rat, he alleged.
Jailed conman Suke-
sh Chandrashekhar had
written to the Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
on October 8 through
his advocate Ashok K
Singh, alleging that
AAP leader Satyendar
Jain 'extorted' Rs 10
crore from him in 2019
to ensure his safety in
prison.
Srinivas further al-
leged that corruption
cases have been surfac-
ing ever since the AAP
party came to power.
“This is a serious
matter that has come to
the fore, after liquor and
education scam. This
has proven that the only
model of the Aam Aad-
mi Party is the corrup-
tion model,” he alleged.
IYC for high-level probe into
extortionchargeagainstJain
Indian Youth Congress (IYC) protest in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
This is a serious matter after liquor and
education scam. This has proven the
only model of AAP is corruption model.
—Srinivas BV, Youth Congress President
New Delhi (PTI): A
principal district and
sessions judge has
granted more time to a
sessions court here for
deciding the bail plea
of AAP leader Satyen-
dar Jain in a money
laundering case. The
judge directed that the
pending arguments be
concluded by Novem-
ber 11. The judge also
noted that the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
took adjournment in the
case because of non-
availability of Additional
Solicitor General S V
Raju. The matter was
posted for further hear-
ing on November 7.
Earlier, the judge had
transferred the matter
to the court of Special
Judge Vikas Dhull and
the time frame fixed for
deciding the bail plea
was about to end.
COURT GIVEN
MORE TIME
TO DECIDE
BAIL PLEA
Raaj Kumar Anand
takesoathasminister
New Delhi (PTI): Aam
Aadmi Party MLA Raaj
Kumar Anand was on
Thursday administered
oath as a minister in the
Delhi government by
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena in a ceremo-
ny at Raj Niwas.
Anand took the oath
in presence of Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal and Chief Sec-
retary Naresh Kumar.
Administered the
oath of office and secre-
cytoRaajKumarAnand
as Minister in GNCTD.
I convey my best wishes
to him and hope that he
will work for the better-
ment of Delhi and its
People, Saxena tweeted
after the oath ceremony
.
The Patel Nagar MLA
was inducted into his
Council of Ministers
by Kejriwal after
Rajendra Pal Gautam’s
resignation.
LG VK Saxena with CM Arvind Kejriwal and newly-appointed
GNCTD Minister Raaj Kumar Anand during the latter's swearing-in
ceremony at Raj Niwas, in New Delhi on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): A
total of thirty foreign
nationals were deport-
ed from the Dwarka
area in Delhi, said offi-
cials on Thursday
.
The foreign nationals
were nabbed in a joint
operation and under
the continuous crack-
down on illegally stay-
ing foreign nationals in
Dwarka District by
teams of AATS, Anti-
Narcotics Cell, PS Ut-
tam Nagar, and PS Mo-
han Garden, Dwarka
District, under the
overall supervision of
DCP Dwarka.
Out of the 30 deport-
ed persons, 27 were Ni-
gerian nationals, two
held Ivory Coast na-
tionalities, and one was
Ivoirienne national.
They were found
overstaying in India
without a valid Visa.
They were produced be-
fore the FRRO who or-
dered for their deporta-
tion. Accordingly, they
have been sent to the
Detention Centre, read
an official statement.
30 African
nationals to be
deported from
Dwarka home
INDIA AGAINST POLLUTION!
Vijay Goel, Vice Chairman, Gandhi Smriti, with BJP leaders stage a protest against the Delhi Government over the rising level
of air pollution, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Centre on Thursday told
the Delhi High Court
that adequate security
arrangementshavebeen
made to ensure safety of
former BJP MP Subra-
manian Swamy at his
private residence con-
sidering that he is a 'Z
category' protectee.
Taking note of the
Central government's
submission, Justice
Yashwant Varma closed
the proceedings in the
application filed by Swa-
my in which he claimed
thatinspiteof anearlier
assurance, the Centre
was yet to make ade-
quate security arrange-
ments at his private ac-
commodation.
Senior advocate Jay-
ant Mehta, appearing
for Swamy, also told the
court that vacant pos-
session of the bungalow
will be handed over to
the authorities by Sat-
urday. The counsel had
contended that securi-
ty-related facilities
were yet to be provided
at the former MP's pri-
vate residence and
while October 26 was
the last date given to
him to vacate the gov-
ernment bungalow, au-
thorities visited the
new premises only after
the matter was men-
tioned before the high
court on October 27.
On October 31, the
court was informed by
the central government
that Swamy would get
whatever he was enti-
tled to as a 'Z category'
protectee residing in a
private space.
Adequate security at Swamy’s
residence ensured: Centre to HC
New Delhi (PTI): A
manallegedlyshotathis
neighbour in south Del-
hi’s Sangam Vihar for
not involving him in the
preparationsof anevent
in their locality, police
said on Thursday
.
The accused Sunil
Kalka (35) was arrested
onWednesday
,theysaid.
Acountry-madepistol
and an empty cartridge
was recovered from the
crimespot,DeputyCom-
missioner of Police
(South) Chandan
Chowdhary
.
Lalit (37), who sus-
tained a gunshot injury
on his back, was rushed
to a hospital and dis-
charged after treatment,
she said.
According to police,
Lalitwasheadingprepa-
rationsforaneventtobe
organised in his locality
onNovember12.Hekept
ignoring Kalka who
wanted to actively par-
ticipate in the prepara-
tions. This led Kalka to
developagrudgeagainst
Lalit. The accused went
to Lalit’s house to re-
solve the issue, however,
ittookaviolentturnand
the accused fired upon
him, the DCP said.
The accused abscond-
ed after committing the
crime and the police
nabbed him after con-
ducting searches at his
suspected hideouts, she
said.
Man shot at by
neighbour over
petty dispute
New Delhi (ANI): A
Delhi Court on Wednes-
day granted custody pa-
role to accused Gaurav
Laura to appear in the
class 12 exam in Jhajjar,
Haryana on November 5
and 9. Laura is an ac-
cused in the Sagar
Dhankar murder case.
Wrestler Sushil Ku-
mar is one of the 18 ac-
cused in the case. Addi-
tional Sessions Judge
ShivajiAnandof Rohini
Court granted custody
paroletoGauravfrom12
pm to 6 pm to appear in
the exam. The court also
noted that Gaurav was
earlier granted parole
on the grounds of an
exam.
The application
moved on behalf of the
accused submitted that
Gaurav is a National In-
stitute of Open School-
ing student and is study-
ing in class 12th.
Sagar Dhankar murder:
Parole to accused for
taking Class 12 exam First India Bureau
New Delhi: : Special
judge NK Nagpal on
Thursday warned the
ED after lawyers for Sa-
meerMahendru,manag-
ing director of Indospir-
it group, alleged unpro-
fessional behaviour by
agency officials during
the questioning of his
employees in the Delhi
excise policy case.
The ED has alleged
that Mahendru was one
of the kingpins who de-
feated the policy’s objec-
tivesandwasinvolvedin
bribery
.Mahendru’slaw-
yers told the court that
Mahendru’s employees
were called for question-
ing every day and that
“half of them had re-
signed as the ED was
“using tremendous
force”. The employees
were asked to join the
investigation early
morning at short notice,
they added. The judge
saidtoED,“Doitinafair
manner. If there is phys-
icaltorture,Iwillcallfor
CCTV footage.”
The judge warned the
ED,“Iwillcallforthecell
location. Till midnight
whether they were there
or not. Do it in a legal
manner,notinamanner
like this.”
ED warned after complaint
by Mahendru’s lawyers
Delhi High Court
Thursday upheld the
life imprisonment
awarded to three per-
sons in an unusual case
in which a minor was
girl gang-raped when
she sought help from
passersby after being
raped by a relative.
The case dates back
to 2011 when the minor
girl was taken to a place
by her relative on the
pretext of giving some
gift and was raped. Af-
ter the incident, the girl
managed to escape and
some men in a car of-
fered her help and as-
sured her to safely drop
at her house.
However, they took
the girl, then a student
of Class 10, to a jungle
and gang-raped her.
A trial court had
awarded life term to the
three men.
The ED has alleged that Mahendru was one of the
kingpins who defeated the policy’s objectives and
was involved in bribery
2011 minor’s gang
rape case: HC upholds
life imprisonment to 3
The Patel Nagar
MLA was inducted
into his Council of
Ministers by
Kejriwal following
Minister Rajendra
Pal Gautam’s
resignation

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CAPITOL
05
New Delhi (PTI): Hos-
pitals in Delhi are teem-
ing with people suffer-
ing from cough, nasal
congestion, shortness
of breath and even asth-
ma attacks as an eye-
stinging smog blankets
the national capital.
With Delhi's air qual-
ity remaining 'severe',
doctors advised a re-
turn to wearing masks
to guard against pollu-
tion. At Holy Family
Hospital in Okhla, there
has been a 30 per cent
increase in such pa-
tients coming to out-
patient departments,
said Dr Sumit Ray, head
of department of criti-
cal care.
Last year, the hospi-
tal had started writing
pollution-related in
diagnosis in what was
probably a first for a
medical facility here.
Dr Ashish Kumar
Prakash, consultant
(respiratory and sleep
medicine) at Medanta
in Gurugram, said doc-
tors have been attend-
ing to patients com-
plaining of cough, na-
sal congestion and
breathing difficulty
since Diwali.
Currently, I have 25
to 30 patients in my
OPD with such condi-
tions and the entire
unit/department has
approximately 50-75
cases in total. Patients
suffering from respira-
tory illnesses such as
COPD, asthma, and oth-
ers are reporting acute
exacerbations, an in-
crease in symptoms
such as coughing, dysp-
nea and acute nasal
problems, he said.
Prakash said apart
from worsening AQI,
the change in weather
was another factor be-
hind a lot of the prob-
lems in patients with
respiratory illnesses.
As the weather tran-
sitions to cold and
breezy, the cold, dry air
and sudden shifts in the
weather can irritate the
airways, causing one to
produce more mucus
and leading to exacer-
bations if the patients
are not taking their
medications properly,
he said.
Dr Suresh Singh
Naruka, senior consult-
ant (ENT) at In-
draprastha Apollo Hos-
pitals in Delhi, said
there has a been a sig-
nificant jump in the
number of patients vis-
iting him in his OPD
post Diwali due to ris-
ing pollution levels.
ENT patients have
been showing hyper re-
sponse since Diwali and
they are coming with
increased coughing,
runny nose, nasal
symptoms, watery eyes.
Among the patients I
am seeing daily, 50 per
cent of those have aller-
gic symptoms induced
by pollution, which ear-
lier was about 10-15 per
cent, Naruka said.
Patient surge at hospital OPDs
Patients suffering
from cough, nasal
congestion, shortness of
breath, asthma attacks
At Holy Family Hospital
in Okhla, a 30 per cent
increase in such patients
coming to OPDs
Change in weather
another factor behind
problems in patients with
respiratory illnesses
Students wait outside their school on a road engulfed in smog, at
Kasturba Nagar in New Delhi, on Thursday.
An anti smog gun fitted on a modified truck is used to spray water to curb pollution in New Delhi
on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Hospitals are also seeing patients with no
previous history of respiratory ailments com-
ing for treatment. When the respiratory system
is affected, it can lead to persistent cough, said
Dr Ravi Shekhar Jha, director (pulmonology) at
Fortis Escorts Hospital in Faridabad.
Those patients who have respiratory history like
asthma are getting more frequent attacks and
even inside the hospital, patients are taking more
than usual to recover from asthma and COPD
attacks. Viral infection is fairly common in this
weather but even those who did not have any
evidence of viral infection are taking longer and
higher doses of medicines for recovery, he told
PTI. Dr Hemant Kalra, a chest specialist at Ma-
haraja Agrasen Hospital in New Delhi, concurred
with Jha and said the rise in pollution along with
the cold and dry air due to the changing season
could irritate the airways and cause symptoms
such as shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing
and asthma attacks.
PATIENTS WITH NO PREVIOUS HISTORY
OF RESPIRATORY AILMENTS Many doctors are also
recommending patients
to use air filters at
home. Dr Rahul Shar-
ma, additional director
(pulmonology) at Fortis
Hospital in Noida, said,
“HEPA (high efficiency
particulate) filters work
well and we recom-
mend them to patients.
While buying a puri-
fier one should check
the capacity of how
much air it can purify
in accordance with the
capacity of your home.
Another important thing
is that there are HEPA
filters and HEPA-like
filters, which are not
as effective as HEPA
filters.”
‘USE AIR FILTERS’
New Delhi (PTI): Ser-
vices on the Airport Ex-
press Line are likely to
be affected till the end
of November due to
track maintenance
work, Delhi Metro said
on Thursday
.
“In view of the ongo-
ing track maintenance
work on the Airport Ex-
press Line (AEL) for
increasing the opera-
tional speed of trains,
the frequency of trains
on the AEL may get
slightly affected after 11
PM till the end of reve-
nue service hours and
up to 7 AM from the
start of revenue service
hours,” the Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation said
in a statement.
“The frequency of
metro trains during
this time period is 15
minutes during regular
service which may get
delayed by another 5-7
minutes till November
end this year,” it said.
Regular services on
the line begin at 5am,
the officials said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
programme will be de-
signed in which ITI stu-
dents and graduates
can interact with school
students and encourage
them to pursue profes-
sional courses in these
institutes, Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia said here on
Thursday
.
Advanced profession-
al courses of Industrial
Training Institute help
students build the con-
viction to achieve their
career aspirations and
give them clarity about
future goals, he said
while interacting with
the students at ITI in
Khichripur.
Sisodia said the Delhi
government's ITIs are
playing a vital role in
the mission to upskill
India's youth.
The Deputy Chief
Minister further said
the students emerging
from training institutes
like ITI will initiate a
new chapter for the
development of India
with their ability
.
We have to empower
children to adopt pro-
fessional courses, and
the students of our ITIs
must inspire school stu-
dents, he said.
share of stubble burn-
ing in Delhi's PM2.5 pol-
lution jumped to 38 per
cent on Thursday,
which, experts said was
the reason behind the
thick layer of pungent
smog over the national
capital.
Gufran Beig, founder
projectdirector,SAFAR,
a forecasting agency un-
der the Ministry of
Earth Sciences, said,
The share of stubble
burning in Delhi's pol-
lution has increased to
38 per cent which is
quite significant.
The air pollution situ-
ation is the worst in
Noida which falls into
the path of emissions
being transported from
stubble burning, he
said. Gurugram and
Lodhi Road areas which
do not fall into this path
are the least affected,
Beig said.
The overall air qual-
ity in Delhi will contin-
ue to remain in the se-
vere category till Friday
morning. There will be
slight improvement af-
terwards. A major re-
lief is likely on Satur-
day due to expected im-
provement in wind
speed and direction,
Beig said.
Farmfires'sharein
airpollution38%,
highestthisseason
Farmers walk past a field as smoke envelops the area after dry
paddy stubble burns at a village in Sangrur, Punjab, on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI):
Around 53 per cent of
the Delhi-NCR resi-
dents identify stubble
burning in neighbour-
ing states as the pri-
mary cause of rising
levels of air pollution,
according to a survey
.
The survey conduct-
ed by LocalCircles is
based on responses
from 20,000 citizens.
Around 10,037 re-
spondents identified
stubble burning by
farmers in adjoining
states as the root cause
of bad air quality in the
national capital, it said.
The data breakup
shows that a much
smaller percentage or
13 per cent believe the
primary cause is mo-
tor vehicle emissions,
while 7 per cent of the
respondents blamed it
on garbage burning in
the city.
Around 7 per cent re-
spondents held indus-
trial emissions respon-
sible and 7 per cent
blamed construction
activity, the survey
said. When asked about
the Odd-Even vehicle
program, around 10,547
of the respondents said
they don't support the
scheme, the survey said.
53% Delhi-NCR
residents say
stubble burning
is main cause
Kejriwal busy in Gujarat, Himachal: Delhi BJP
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
worsening air quality
in the capital, the Delhi
BJP on Thursday ac-
cused Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal of in-
dulging in political
tourism without car-
ing for the health of
people in Delhi.
Delhiites are facing
difficulty in breathing
but Kejriwal is busy in
election campaigning
in Gujarat and
Himachal Pradesh, said
Delhi BJP president
Adesh Gupta. The
question now arises -- is
the Kejriwal govern-
ment meant for politi-
cal tourism and poll
campaigning in other
states by wasting tax
payers money or it also
cares for the people liv-
ing in Delhi, Gupta
said in a presser.
BJP MP Parvesh Ver-
ma said people in Delhi
were forced to breathe
in air that is as harmful
as smoking 50 ciga-
rettes. Every child's
life is getting shorter by
two years every year
and AAP leaders are
roaming in the clean air
of Gujarat and
Himachal, Verma said.
Sister alleges honour killing of 20-year-old woman
Ghaziabad (PTI): A
20-year-old woman was
found dead at her house
on Thursday and her
sister has alleged that
she has been strangled
by other family mem-
bers who were opposed
to her love affair.
The woman’s name
was Gulfashan and it
seemed that she was
strangled last night,
City Superintendent of
Police Nipun Agarwal
said. Police are ques-
tioning her father and
other family members.
The sister of the de-
ceased has informed
police that Gulfashan
was allegedly strangled
over her love affair as
the family was against
her relationship.
The woman had also
called up her boyfriend
Wednesday night ask-
ing him to save her, she
told police.
Police are probing
the case from different
angles including ‘hon-
our killing’. The cause
of her death would be
ascertained after the
autopsy report which is
awaited, Agarwal said.
n Situation is
worst in Noida
which falls in the
path of emissions
Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta (L) and BJP MP Parvesh Verma
New Delhi (PTI): With the air quality in
Delhi-NCT worsening, BJP MP Varun Gandhi
on Thursday questioned the lack of concern
and coordination among multiple govern-
ment agencies in tackling the crisis.
Neither government nor people are serious
about this monstrous problem, he said in
tweets, claiming that hospitals are full of pa-
tients with breathing, heart and lung prob-
lems. Eight out of 10 children in Delhi-NCR
have respiratory problems. After years of dis-
cussions, why is there a continuing lack of
concern/coordination between multiple gov-
ernment entities, he asked.
Neither govt, nor people serious:
Varun Gandhi on worsening air
SHROUDED TOMB
Tourists visit the Taj Mahal, shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in Agra on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Encourage students
to join professional
courses: Sisodia
CM Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia during an
interaction with yoga instructors on Wednesday.—PHOTO BY ANI
The sister has informed police that Gulfashan was
allegedly strangled over her love affair as the
family was against her relationship.
Airport metro services
affected 11pm-7am
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate
has filed a charge sheet against the SRS group and
its promoters in a money laundering case linked
to alleged cheating of homebuyers and investors.
Nineteen accused persons and entities, including
SRS group chairman Anil Jindal and company
directors Jitender Kumar Garg, Praveen Kumar
Kapoor and Vinod Jindal, have been named in the
prosecution complaint filed under various sec-
tions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
(PMLA), the agency said. The complaint has been
filed before a special PMLA court in Gurugram
and the court took cognisance on October 31.
ED charge sheet against SRS

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PERSPECTIVE
06
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Faith and prayer both are
invisible, but they make
impossible things possible.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Nirmala Sitharaman
@nsitharaman
“India has the conditions in place
for an economic boom fueled
by offshoring, investment in
manufacturing, the energy transition,
and the country’s advanced digital
infrastructure,”Morgan Stanley
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Those who work for the betterment
of the country need not live in guilt.
Only those people who have their own
vested interests are shouting due to the
attack on corruption, but the public is
standing with the truth in this fight.
TOP TWEETS
IMRAN ESCAPES
GUN ATTACK
AFTER TAKING
ON PAK’S ISI
ormer Prime Minis-
ter of Pakistan Im-
ran Khan survived a
gun attack, which is
being described as
an assassination attempt, when
his long convoy was heading to-
wards Islamabad. The Tehreek-
e-Insaaf party leader’s popular-
ity has been at its peak after his
removal from office through a
no-confidence vote. He has been
boldly taking on the Shehbaz
Sharif government, the Paki-
stan army and the “deep state”
or the Inter-Services Intelli-
gence (ISI) of Pakistan. His al-
legation that the ISI was behind
the murder of a Pakistani jour-
nalist in Kenya forced the ISI
chief to defend the agency in a
rare public appearance.
Clearly the former prime min-
ister has made too many power-
ful enemies, which is always a
dangerous situation for any
democratically elected political
leader. Last month the Election
Commission of Pakistan dis-
qualified him from contesting
election for five years. But the
popular cricketer-turned-politi-
cian was insistent on his de-
mand for fresh polls in the coun-
try. Thursday’s development
shows how dangerous Pakistan
is for democracy
.
F
erala Governor
Arif Mohammed
Khan and the Left
Democratic Front
government head-
ed by CPM’s Pinarayi Vijayan
have been having frequent
run-ins over a variety of is-
sues. Power to appoint vice-
chancellors of universities
was one of them. The recent
disputeisaboutthegovernor’s
power to recommend the dis-
missalof aminister.Inaletter
he wrote to the chief minister
on October 25, Khan asked
him to take “constitutionally
appropriate action” against
Finance Minister KN Balago-
pal as he had ceased to enjoy
the Governor’s pleasure. In
other words Khan wanted the
minister to be sacked. Balago-
pal earned Khan’s ire for a
speech that “undermined the
unity and integrity of India”.
Ever since Khan’s letter
there has been a debate on
whether the Governor is con-
stitutionally empowered to
sackaminister.Khanclaimed
in a tweet that he was empow-
ered to “invite action includ-
ing withdrawal of pleasure”
if “statements by individual
ministerslowerthedignityof
office of the Governor”.
Khan’s assertion is based on
Article 164 (1) of the Constitu-
tion which says that “Minis-
ters shall hold office during
thepleasureof theGovernor.”
Technically the Governor’s
letter is in sync with the Con-
stitution but legal experts ar-
gue that notwithstanding the
constitutional provision, no
governor in the history of
post-Independence India has
exercised this power unilater-
ally
. The controversy is still
simmering as Pinarayi Vijay-
an is refusing to sack his cabi-
net colleague. Khan, whom
the state government calls an
agent of the Centre, is not
known to backtrack on a deci-
sionwhichhethinksisconsti-
tutionally and legally correct.
Vijayan faces a challenge.
KERALA GUV PUTS
VIJAYAN IN SPOT
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan and the
Left Democratic Front
government headed by
CPM’s Pinarayi Vijayan have
been having frequent run-ins
over a variety of issues.
Power to appoint vice-
chancellors of universities
was one of them. The recent
dispute is about the governor’s
power to recommend the
dismissal of a minister
K
ndia created history when the
IndianSpaceResearchOrgan-
ization (ISRO) successfully
launched it’s heaviest rocket
LaunchVehicleMark-3(LVM-
3)PSLV on 23 Oct 2022 carry-
ing 36 satellites and launched
them into space successfully
.
This was the highest number
of satellites ever launched
from a launcher vehicle. 135
crore Indians including the
President and the Prime Min-
ister of India put their hands
togethertoapplaudtheefforts
of ISRO scientists.
In 1960, the thought of just
inventing space technology
was far-fetched and nearly
impossible for Indians. Till
the end of 20th Century
, India
was still perceived as a low
cost, poor technology desti-
nation. We converted this
threat into opportunity in
21st Century and today India
is most economic launch-pad
for space missions and satel-
lites in the world.
BABY STEPS TO
GIANT LEAPS
Dr Vikram Sarabhai formed
the Indian National Commit-
tee for Space Research (IN-
COSPAR) in 1962. INCOSPAR
then grew and became the
Indian Space Research Or-
ganization (ISRO) on August
15th, 1969.
The world looked up to ap-
plaud India’s feat when it
achieved the rare success of
launchingrecordbreaking104
nanosatellitesintoorbit,from
asinglerocket.Itsoonbecame
the workhorse launcher for
satellites, with a high success
rate. As ISRO launched many
satellites India established it-
self as a as a reliable and cost
effectiveplace intheworld for
satellite launches.
As we celebrate “Azaadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav”, let’s look
back at this arduous space
journey of 75 years and flag
the discoveries that put In-
dia on the global map.
Aryabhatta: Named after
the noted Indian astronomer,
Aryabhatta was India’s first
satellite which was launched
on 19th April, 1975. This was
an iconic moment in the his-
tory of India.
SLV-3: The Satellite
Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was
India’s first experimental sat-
ellite launch vehicle, which
was a four-stage vehicle It
was launched on July 18, 1980.
SLV-3 made India the sixth
member of an exclusive club
of space-faring nations.
PSLV: The Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was
India’s third generation
launch vehicle, equipped
with liquid stages, launched
in Oct 1994. It emerged as a
reliable launch vehicle with
39 consecutively successful
missions and the vehicle
has launched 48 Indian satel-
lites and 209 satellites for
customers.
Chandrayaan-I: Chan-
drayaan-1 was India’s first
moon mission launched in
October 2008. The spacecraft
completed over 3,400 orbits
around the moon and indi-
cated existence of water on
the moon, for the first time.
Mangalyaan: The Mars
Orbiter Mission (MOM) was
India’s first interplanetary
mission. This was launched
on Nov 5, 2013. It made India
proud to be the first nation in
the world to reach the Mar-
tian orbit in its maiden at-
tempt. India became the
fourth space agency in the
world to reach Mars orbit, at
the lowest cost.
GSLV: Another outstand-
ing development by ISRO is
the Geosynchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
GSLV-D5wasthefirstsuccess-
fulflightusingtheindigenous
cryogenic engine. Recently,
LVM-3 created history by car-
rying highest payload of 5796
Kgandsuccessfullyplacing36
satellites into orbit of Earth.
Mission Shakti: In a maid-
en attempt, the Defence Re-
search and Development Or-
ganization (DRDO) success-
fullyblastedasatellite withits
anti-satellite (ASAT) missile
on 27 March 2019. With this,
India became the fourth coun-
tryintheworldtoacquireanti-
satellite capabilities.
AEROSPACE DOMINANCE
Dominance of space is the
new buzz in the 21st Century
.
It is perceived that future
wars will witness aerospace
as the new battlefield and
hence the race to dominate
space. An advancement in
the space domain is seen as
an lead demonstrator in mili-
tary technology. Hence the
‘space race’ to dominate the
space for future warfare.
In March 2019, India suc-
cessfully tested an anti-satel-
lite weapon. Perhaps more
significantly
,Indiaestablished
two new space agencies in
2019: the DSA and the DSRO
DSA is organized to perform
duties of integrating space
assets from the three services
and developing strategy for
space dominance and space
warfare,wheneverithappens.
DSRO is a research organiza-
tiongearedtowardfacilitating
devpof civilianspacetechnol-
ogy for military purposes.
CONCLUSION
ISRO is developing Next Gen-
eration Launch Vehicles with
reusable energy and capable
of lifting payloads upto 10
tonnes. It’s likely to be ready
by 2030. India also eyes set-
ting up of own space station
by 2035, a rare feat indeed. In
the changing space security
dynamics, India’s space pro-
gram has developed credible
launchcapabilities.Thecoun-
try is working to increase its
capabilities in the space do-
main to assert itself as a po-
tent regional power in the fu-
turewhilepursuingitsgoalof
becoming a global power.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDIA GOES BEYOND EARTH
(Exploring the Universe)
I
The perception of space
security threats are
increasing with
belligerent China at our
doorsteps. In the future,
India is likely to press
ahead with its ambitious
space goals to enhance
India’s space capabilities
and influence in global
governance of space
India created history when the
Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)
successfully launched it’s
heaviest rocket Launch
Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3)
PSLV on 23 Oct 2022
carrying 36 satellites and
launched them into space
successfully. This was the
highest number of satellites
ever launched from a
launcher vehicle. 135 crore
Indians including the
President and the Prime
Minister of India put their
hands together to applaud the
efforts of ISRO scientistss
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH (RETD)
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)

INDIA
07
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Depart-
ment of Drinking Wa-
ter Sanitation, Minis-
try of Jal Shakti held
Technical Session on
“Rural WASH Partner-
ships – the way forward’
on the second day of the
7th India Water Week.
The focus of the ses-
sion, chaired by Union
Minister of Jal Shakti
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat, was on how the
partnerships with aca-
demia, WASH experts
and other partners can
be harnessed to achieve
the targets of the two
flagship programs of
DDWS – Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion and the Swachh
Bharat Mission Gra-
meen phase-II. Union
Minister also launched
the toolkit for Swachh
Survekshan Grameen
(SSG) 2023 and the web
portal for the ‘Twinpit
to Retrofit Abhiyan’.
An important initia-
tive under Swachh
Bharat Mission is the
Swachh Survekshan
Grameen (SSG). DDWS
has been conducting
SSG since 2018 onwards
to rank the States and
Districts on the basis of
their performance.
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2023 Toolkit launched
RURAL WASH PARTNERSHIPS
“DHAIRYARAKHIYE”
SAYSRAJNATHSINGH
EX-NAVY CHIEF ADMIRAL RAMDAS
JOINS RaGa IN BHARAT JODO YATRA
RAHUL CORRECTS CHILD’S KARATE
TECHNIQUES; CONG TAKES DIG AT BJP
Hyderabad (PTI): Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas
joined Rahul Gandhi in ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Telan-
gana on Thursday. “Admiral Ramdas, former Chief of
Naval Staff, who at 89 continues to be an indefatigable
campaigner for public causes, along with his wife Lalita
Ramdas, herself the daughter of Admiral Katari, 1st In-
dian Chief of Naval Staff, walked with @RahulGandhi on
Day 57 of #BharatJodoYatra,” Jairam Ramesh, tweeted.
Hyderabad (Agencies): The Congress on Thursday shared
a light moment from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
where the Congress leader can be seen interacting with a
karate kid. And the interaction, as captured in the video, is
mostly about punches. Rahul Gandhi, who is a black belt
in Aikido, supervised the deliveries of a Karate kid and ap-
parently corrected his technique. The Congress shared this
vide on its official Twitter handle.
as crowd chants “We want POK”
Jaisinghpur: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Thursday said
“Dhairya rakhiye,”(Be
patient) as some people
in his rally shouted
they want Pakistan Oc-
cupied Kashmir(POK).
Addressing a rally
here, Singh smiled and
said ‘Dhairya rakhiye
as some people chanted
‘we want POK’.
“Today
,notonebutsix
medical colleges have
either opened or are be-
ing opened in the state
of Himachal Pradesh.
AIIMS has too been
opened here,” he said.
Rajnath Singh hailed
the centre’s decision to
abrogate Article 370
from JK and said,
“The incidents of ter-
rorism in Jammu and
Kashmir have come
down after the abroga-
tion of Article 370. I
want to assure you that
terrorism will be eradi-
cated from the country
.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being garlanded by BJP leaders during the public meeting for the
upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, in Jaisinghpur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at the technical session on ‘Rural Wash Partnerships – The Way Forward’ in
New Delhi, on Thursday Union Minister Shekhawat, with other dignitaries, launching the ‘Retrofitting Module’. —PHOTO BY PIB
ROYALS HOLD SWAY IN LAND OF GODS; CONG BANKS ON
THEM AS BJP RAISES PITCH AGAINST ‘RAJAS-RANIS’
ONLY VAJPAYEE
AND MODI GAVE
IMPORTANCE TO
HIMACHAL: SINGH
Shimla (PTI): In the land of gods, where local deities are revered, royalty continues
to command its own space in the politics of Himachal Pradesh. While kingdoms may
have gone, many scions of the erstwhile royal families of the hill state are persisting at
the hustings, in their bid to continue to “rule” albeit by the dint of the ballot now. Not
that the royal charms have sustained the electoral weathers. The influence of royals in
Himachal’s politics has waned over the years, as is clear from their depleting numbers
in the poll fray this time. Only a handful of royal scions are contesting the state Assem-
bly election to be held on November 12.
Solan (ANI): Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Thursday
said only two Prime Ministers
including Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and Narendra Modi gave im-
portance to Himachal Pradesh
like nobody else. Addressing
a public meeting here, Singh
said, “People of this country
can evaluate well what earlier
govts did and what present
govt is doing. Cong has been
in power for a long time post-
independence. But only two
PMs-Atal Bihari Vajpayee and
PM Modi-gave importance
to Himachal like nobody
else”. He lauded PM Modi’s
leadership and said that
India’s prestige has increased
on the global stage under his
prime ministership.“No one
can deny the fact that after
PM Modi became PM, India’s
prestige increased on the
global stage. Today if India
says anything on the global
forum, other countries listen
carefully to what India is say-
ing,” he said.
“Whyseparatedatesfor
Himachal,Gujaratpolls?”
Congress on Thursday
said the Election Com-
mission must give an
explanationtothepeople
of the country as to why
it announced the poll
schedule for Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat on
separate dates even
thoughcountingof votes
would be held on the
sameday
.Congress’sGu-
jarat in-charge Raghu
Sharma alleged that the
BJP got time to hold sev-
eral rallies on official
expense and misused
public resources to the
hilt in Gujarat.
At a presser at the
AICC headquarters
here, he said, “Want to
thank Election Com-
mission for announcing
Gujarat polls finally de-
spite BJP-led govern-
ment’s pressure.” “The
Election Commission
should give an explana-
tion as a constitutional
body that while count-
ing of votes for elec-
tions in both states will
be on the same day, why
elections were an-
nounced on different
dates,” Sharma said.
He also attacked PM
Narendra Modi over the
Morbi bridge collapse,
saying when the trage-
dy happened the Con-
gress had cancelled all
political programmes
but the prime minister
“went ahead with offi-
cial programmes”.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joins artistes performing the traditional folk dance ‘Dhimsa’ amid the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
JharkhandCMHemantSorendaresED,
Centretoarresthim;skipsvisittoAgency
Ranchi (ANI):
Jharkhand CM Hemant
Soren on Thursday
challenged the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
to arrest him instead of
sending summons to
him for questioning.
Soren was to appear be-
fore the ED in its re-
gional office in Ranchi
but he skipped his visit.
Addressing the party
workers outside his of-
ficial residence before
leaving for Raipur to at-
tend a tribal festival,
Soren urged his party
workers to be prepared
for a long political fight
against the the BJP-led
Central government.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren addressing party workers over ED
summon to him in money laundering case, in Ranchi on Thursday.
JMM HOLDS MARCH IN RANCHI TO PROTEST
AGAINST ED SUMMONS TO HEMANT SOREN
HEMANT SOREN
SEEKS 3-WEEK
TIME FROM ED
Ranchi (PTI): Workers of Jharkhand’s ruling JMM on
Thursday took out a rally here to protest against Enforce-
ment Directorate’s summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren
for questioning in connection with a case of alleged illegal
mining. Shouting slogans against the BJP and carrying party
flags, hundreds of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) activists
from across the state gathered at Morabadi ground.
New Delhi: Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren on
Thursday sought three
weeks’ time to appear
before theED in con-
nection with the money
laundering case pertain-
ing to illegal mining and
extortion in Jharkhand
and Bihar. Sources in
the ED claimed that
Soren has written a let-
ter to the probe agency
seeking time to attend
a few programs. Soren
was summoned by the
ED to join the inves-
tigation on Thursday,
but he skipped the
questioning.
Kerala: Guv
challenges CM
on political
interference
New Delhi (ANI):
Challenging Kerala CM
Pinarayi Vijayan, state
Governor Arif Moham-
med Khan on Thursday
said that he would re-
sign if the CM showed
one example of political
interference by him in
the appointments of the
Vice-Chancellor. While
rejecting the chief min-
ister’s allegation of po-
litical interference in
this particular case,
Khan offered to resign
if Vijayan succeeded in
presenting an example.
“He is saying that I am
doing this (action
against VCs) to bring
RSS people. If I have
nominated even one
person, not just of RSS,
any person, using my
authority, then I will re-
sign. Will he (CM) be
able to resign if he is
not able to prove it?”
Khan said in Delhi.
Morbi: Guj govt calls
off search operation
New Delhi (Agencies):
Gujarat on Thursday
called of the search op-
eration following the
bridge collapse in Morbi
that led to the death of
135 people. An official
said that there is no in-
formation about anyone
stillbeingmissinginthe
bridge tragedy
. “A total
of 135 people have died.
But our control room is
still operational. People
can offer us all such in-
formation, we’ll follow
it up with due process,”
MorbiDistrictCollector,
GT Pandya, said. “All
persons have been ac-
counted for. And hence
the decision to call off
the search operation,”
Pandyaadded.Localfire
brigade, state and na-
tional disaster teams
will be kept on standby,
a govt statement said.
Department of
Drinking Water
Sanitation holds
technical session
1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS:
SUPREME COURT TAKES
SIT ON RECORD
New Delhi (ANI): Senior Advocate
HS Phoolka on Thursday apprised
the Supreme Court about the
sham trial that has taken place in
1984 cases. Phoolka cited the SIT
report which was filed on Nov 29,
2019. According to the SIT report,
while police after clubbing various
cases sent a challan in respect
of the murder of 56 persons, the
trial court framed charges only in
respect of the killing of 5 persons.
3 SENIOR CITIZENS
CONVICTED IN DUTY
EVASION SCAM
Mumbai (PTI): A court here has
convicted three senior citizens
including two former Customs
officials and imposed a fine of Rs
5.50 crore in a two-decade-old
case of customs duty evasion.
Special judge for CBI cases, SU
Wadgaonkar said in his order on
Wednesday that economic offences
have serious consequences for the
country’s economy and financial
health.
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
TAKES UP THE CAUSE OF
CHILD HAWKERS
Bengaluru (PTI): Taking serious
note of children being forced to sell
trinkets and toys at traffic signals
and street-corners, the High Court
of Karnataka has directed the
stakeholders to meet and suggest
ways to rehabilitate and provide
such children education. A Division
Bench directed the meeting to be
held on November 15 under the
aegis of the Karnataka State Legal
Services Authority (KSLSA).
SC RESERVES JUDGMENT
ON MEDIA ONE’S PLEA
CHALLENGING HC ORDER
New Delhi (ANI): A Supreme
Court bench headed by Justice
DY Chandrachud reserved order
on Thursday on Media One’s
plea challenging the Kerala HC’s
order which upheld the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting
revoking the license of the
Malayalam news channel. The
court had earlier stayed the central
government’s ban and allowed it to
resume broadcasting.
ELECTIONS OF INDIAN
OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION TO
BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme
Court has approved a fresh timeline
submitted by Justice (retd) LN Rao
committee for holding of elections
of the executive committee of the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA),
and said the polls will be held on
December 10. A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli
also allowed circulation of the
draft amended constitution among
members of the IOA as per rules.
DEATH PENALTY TO PAK
LeT TERRORIST IN 2000
RED FORT ATTACK CASE
New Delhi (Agencies): The
Supreme Court on Thursday
affirmed the death sentence of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist
Mohammad Ashfaq Arif convicted
of attacking an army barracks
at Delhi’s Red Fort in December
2000. A Supreme Court bench
dismissed the review petition
filed by Arif noting the order of
conviction and sentence do not
warrant any intervention.
COURTYARD

INDIA
08
Aizawl (Agencies):
Assam Rifles and Cus-
toms officials in a joint
operation seized 190
cases of foreign origin
cigarettes worth Rs 2.47
crore from eastern Mi-
zoram's Champhai dis-
trict, a hotspot of illegal
trade from Myanmar.
Officials on Thursday
said that the para-mili-
tarytroopersof 23Sector
accompanied by Assam
Rifles officials recovered
the foreign origin ciga-
rettes on Wednesday
nightfromanabandoned
place at New Zotlang of
Champhai district, ad-
joining Myanmar. The
seized items were hand-
ed over to the Customs
department, Champhai
to undertake further le-
gal proceedings.
Ongoing smuggling
of drugs and foreign
origin cigarettes is a
major cause of concern
for Mizoram, especially
along the India-Myan-
mar border, an Assam
Rifles statement said.
The Mizoram-based
International Trade Ini-
tiative Forum (ITIF) re-
cently urged Prime Min-
isterNarendraModiand
Mizoram Governor to
resumetradewithMyan-
marthroughtheZokhaw-
thar border point.
ITIF President PC
Lawmkunga, a retired
IAS officer, who served
as Manipur’s Chief Sec-
retary, reportedly said
“in the absence of the
formal and regular of-
ficial border trade be-
tween India and Myan-
mar, not only smuggling
and illegal trade is go-
ing on unchecked but
the govt is losing crores
of rupees in revenue.”
Tumakuru (Karnata-
ka): In a heart wrench-
ing incident, a woman
and her new-born twins
died on Thursday, after
the hospital authorities
refused to admit her.
Thirty-year-old Kas-
turi hailed from Tamil
Nadu. Her two new-
born babies died at her
residence at Bharathi-
nagar locality in Tu-
makuru city
.
Protesting the hospi-
tal’s apathy, the locals
staged a protest and de-
manded suspension of
the concerned doctors
and staff.
The family and rela-
tives of the woman also
refused to cremate the
bodies until action is
taken against the guilty
.
According to locals,
Kasturi had come from
Tamil Nadu and was
staying at a rented place
with her daughter. Kas-
turi, who was pregnant,
developed labour pain
on Wednesday evening.
She was taken to the
government district
hospital in an auto. But,
the authorities and
staff of the government
district hospital refused
admission in the ab-
sence of Aadhaar and
Mother's card.
The doctors also re-
fused to provide her
treatment and admit
her to the hospital de-
spite the woman being
in labour.
New Delhi (PTI): Over
20,000 schools across
the country were shut
down during the 2020-
21, a report by the Min-
istry of Education
found. The number of
teachers also declined
by 1.95 per cent com-
pared to the previous
year.
The report titled,
Unified District Infor-
mation System for Edu-
cation Plus (UDISE+)
on school education in
India for 2021-22 also
pointed out that only
44.85 per cent schools
had computer facilities
while nearly 34 per cent
had internet connec-
tion.
“Total number of
schools in 2021-22 stood
at 14.89 lakhs as com-
pared to 15.09 lakhs in
2020-21. The decline in
total schools is mainly
due to closure of
schools under private
and other manage-
ment,” said the report
launched on Thursday
.
Chennai (Agencies):
The Indian Meteorolog-
ical Department (IMD)
has predicted heavy to
very heavy rains at iso-
lated places in some
southern districts of
Tamil Nadu on Friday
.
As per the weather
department, the dis-
tricts that are likely to
be affected by this
heavy rainfall, are - Ra-
manathapuram, Naga-
pattinam, Thanjavur,
Tiruvarur, Sivaganga
and Myladuthurai.
In a statement on
Thursday, the IMD offi-
cials said that an upper
cyclonic circulation
that lies over south Ta-
mil Nadu and its neigh-
bourhood and extends
up to upper tropospher-
ic areas is expected to
bring in rains.
Lucknow (ANI): UP
cabinet has cleared set-
ting up private universi-
ties in Ghaziabad, Noi-
da and Farrukhabad,
along with another 19
proposals. At a cabinet
meeting on Thursday in
which 22 of 23 proposals
tabled were passed.
Among the proposals
cleared were those per-
taining to issuance of
letters of intent for set-
ting up the SDGI Global
University in Ghazi-
abad and Major SD Sin-
gh University in Fate-
hgarh, Farrukhabad,
under the Uttar Pradesh
Private Universities
Act, 2019. A proposal re-
garding the release of
the letter of intent for
establishing the JSS
University in Noida was
also approved.
CNI MODERATOR
BOOKED IN MONEY
LAUNDERING CASE
KERALA CPI-M MP
AM ARIFF INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Bhopal (Agencies): The
Bhopal unit of ED has
registered money laun-
dering case to probe
alleged irregularities
against Jabalpur bishop
PC Singh — moderator
of Church of North
India (CNI) in India
— and his family. The
federal company has
filed the case under-
neath varied sections
of the PMLA Act taking
cognizance of a EOW
FIR that has named
Singh and his son.
Kochi (Agencies): The
lone CPI-M Lok Sabha
MP from Kerala, AM
Ariff, suffered injuries
on Thursday after the
car he was driving hit a
lorry in Alappuzha. The
incident took place near
KVM Junction when the
car rammed into the
lorry. While the front
portion of the car was
badly damaged, Ariff
suffered injuries on his
legs. He was brought
out of the car with the
help of fire officials.
New Delhi (Agencies): PM Narendra Modi is all set
to flag off South India’s first ‘Vande Bharat Express’
train during his visit to Bengaluru on November 11.
The country’s fifth Vande Bharat Express, it will run
between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru. On
November 5, this semi-high-speed train will leave the
Integrated Coach Factory for trials. Vande Bharat is
India’s first semi high speed train equipped with world
class passenger amenities. It can achieve high speeds
due to faster acceleration and deceleration and will
reduce journey times by 25% to 45%. The train can at-
tain speed from 0-100 kmph in 52 seconds. All Vande
Bharat coaches are equipped with automatic doors;
GPS based audio-visual information system etc.
Bengaluru (Agencies): The Dakshina Kannada district
administration on Thursday started the process of
attaching the property of the slaughterhouses in con-
nection with illegal cow slaughtering. C Madana Mo-
han, Assistant Commissioner of Mangaluru Sub-Divi-
sion and Sub divisional Magistrate issued an order for
the attachment of properties for carrying out illegal
cow slaughtering. The four properties of slaughter-
houses in Adyapaadi near Adkur, Bajal Pakaladka,
Jalligudde and Kattapuni have been attached following
the order. Jurisdictional Kankanady police have been
directed to get the valuation of properties and vehicles
done from the concerned authorities and submit the
approximate value of the property to the court.
NEXT VANDE BHARAT TRAIN BETWEEN
CHENNAI-BENGALURU-MYSURU SOON
SLAUGHTERHOUSE PROPERTIES
ATTACHED IN KARNATAKA DISTRICT
CRUCIAL READ
First India Bureau
Aizawl: PresidentDrou-
padiMurmuonhervisit
to Mizoram inaugurates
the Campus of IIMC
NorthEastlocatedatMi-
zoram University in vir-
tual mode. The Indian
Institute of Mass Com-
munication (IIMC) is an
autonomous Institution
under IB Ministry
.
The IIMC North East
Campus began function-
ing in 2011 from a tempo-
rarybuildingmadeavail-
able by Mizoram Univer-
sity
. The construction
work for the campus be-
gan in 2015 and complet-
ed in 2019. The total cost
is 25 crores. The IIMC
permanent campus on
the 8 acres of land given
by Mizoram University
has separate Adminis-
trative and Academic
buildingsalongwithhos-
tels and staff quarters.
Sinceitsinception,the
campus is offering PG
Diploma course in Eng-
lish Journalism for
which most of the stu-
dents come from other
parts of India. This year,
the Institute takes pride
in having a topper in
English Journalism for
the second time. The
Campus also enables its
students to secure em-
ployments in reputed
media organisations
across the country
through campus place-
ments and their own ef-
forts. Year after year,
studentsareestablishing
their own niche in well-
known media organiza-
tions like Doordarshan.
From the 2022-23 ses-
sion, the North East
Campus has been cho-
sen to start PG Diploma
Course in Digital Media
along with two other
Campuses of IIMC.
Murmu inaugurates North Eastern Regional Campus
IIMC AT AIZAWL
lll
Since its
inauguration in
2011, the
institute is
headed by LR
Sailo, Regional
Director, who
has decades of
experience in
public relations
President Droupadi Murmu addresses the 17th Convocation of
Mizoram University, in Aizawal on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS IN SIX STATES
Telangana’s Munugode records 77%, Haryana’s Adampur 75%, 66.63% turnout in Odisha
New Delhi (PTI): By-
electionstosevenassem-
bly constituencies in six
states were held on
Thursday with the voter
turnout ranging from
31.74percentinAndheri
(East) of Maharashtra
to77.55percentinTelan-
gana’s Munugode.
Till last reports came
in, the polling percent-
ages in the five other
seats were Mokama
(53.45) and Gopalganj
(51.48) of Bihar, Adam-
pur (75.25) of Haryana,
Gola Gokarannath
(55.68) of Uttar Pradesh,
and Dhamnagar (66.63)
of Odisha.Thesefigures
are likely to change.
Officials said the by-
polls were by and large
peaceful barring some
minor incidents.
Among the seven
seats where bypolls are
being held, the BJP held
three seats and the Con-
gress two, while the
Shiv Sena and the RJD
had one each. The con-
test is symbolic of the
fierce turf war between
the BJP and the region-
al parties.
For the bypolls in Bi-
har, the main contest is
between the BJP and
the RJD, and the saffron
party’s main contend-
ers in Haryana are the
Congress, INLD and the
AAP. In Telangana, Ut-
tar Pradesh and Odis-
ha, the main contests
are between the BJP
and the TRS, SP and the
BJD respectively
.
While a victory in the
bypolls will be inconse-
quential to their posi-
tion in the assemblies,
the parties have not
taken the contest light-
ly and carried out a
high-pitched campaign.
The counting of
votes will take place on
November 6.
In UP, the Samajwadi
Party alleged that some
polling centres were
captured by workers of
the ruling BJP.
POLLINGBYANDLARGEPEACEFUL:EC
BJP backs-off at last moment, but will
it matter in Andheri East bypoll?
Mahesh Sharma
Mumbai: The BJP
withdrew its candidate
fortheAndheriEastas-
sembly seat in Maha-
rashtra on the last day
for withdrawal of nom-
ination. On the appeal
of Shiv Sena leaders of
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde faction and
MNS leader Raj Thack-
eray
, the BJP withdrew
the name of its candi-
date so that Rutuja
Latte, wife of late MLA
Ramesh Latte, could
win the election easily
.
However, even then
Shiv Sena, Congress
and NCP have said that
theBJPknewitwasgo-
ing to be defeated and
to avoid this humilia-
tion, it played this gam-
ble. Had the BJP lost in
the by-elections, the
narrative around that
lost would have made it
difficultforBJPtohope
for a good outing in the
municipal corporation
elections to be held in
the next few days and
the position of Shiv
Sena would have been
strengthened. So the
party withdrew the
candidate.
But it seems that de-
spite the removal of
the candidate, there
has been no harmony
with the Shiv Sena's
Uddhav Thackeray fac-
tion. There is the news
that BJP is creating
trouble for the candi-
date of Uddhav Thack-
eray faction in And-
heri East seat. Shiv
Sena leader Anil Parab
has alleged that voters
in the a ssembly con-
stituency are being
lured by money and
BJP is asking them to
vote on the option of
NOTAi.e.NoneOf The
Above. Significantly,
even after the with-
drawal of the BJP can-
didate, many inde-
pendent candidates
are in the fray
.
T’GANA COPS LATHI-CHARGE 2 GROUPS AT
MARRIGUDA POLLING STATION DURING BYPOLL
Munugodu (ANI): The
Telangana Police on
Thursday lathi-charged two
groups at a polling station
in Munugodu’s Marriguda
during voting for the by-
polls, after both the groups
alleged that they are not
from the same village. This
came amid the voting in the
Munugodu assembly con-
stituency. “In Marriguda,
two groups gathered and
alleged against each other
that they are not from the
same village. Immediately
the police intervened and
dispersed the two groups.
The situation is under
control now,” Nalgonda
SP Rema Rajeshwari said.
The BJP supporters tried
to stage a protest at a
polling station in Marriguda
alleging that the TRS party
is trying to influence voters.
The BJP also demanded
action against those trying
to influence the voters.
CONG IN SELF-DESTRUCTION MODE,
HAS NO FUTURE: KULDEEP BISHNOI
Hisar (ANI): Kuldeep
Bishnoi who joined BJP
after being expelled
from Congress, on
Thursday said his for-
mer party is in “self-de-
struction mode” and
has no future. Bishnoi,
who reached the polling
booth to cast his vote in
the Adampur constitu-
ency bypoll in Haryana,
took a jibe at Rahul
Gandhi and said the for-
mer Congress president
could commit political
suicide, by continuing
in Congress, but not he.
Bishnoi said, “Congress
is in self-destruction
mode. It would remain
in the number two spot,
but BJP would win the
bypoll.” Bishnoi’s son
Bhawya Bishnoi is in
fray in Adampur.
Voters stand in a queue outside a polling station during the Bihar Assembly by- election in Gopalganj,
on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Foreign cigarettes
worth `2.47 crore
seized in Mizoram
The foreign cigarettes were reportedly smuggled from Myanmar.
K’takawoman,twinsdie
afterdeliveryathome
Over 20K schools shut
during 2021-22: Report
IMD predicts
heavy rain in
South TN today
UP govt okays
move to set up
pvt varsities
In the ab-
sence of
formal
regular official
border trade be-
tween India and
Myanmar, not
only smuggling
and illegal trade is
going on un-
checked but govt is
losing crores of ru-
pees in revenue.
—A retired IAS officer
—Representational
pic

Gender wealth gap in APAC largest in India at 64%
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Women, on
average, are expected to
reach retirement with just
74% of the wealth accu-
mulated by men, a new
global study - The 2022
WTW Global Gender
Wealth Equity report by
advisory, broking and so-
lutions company WTW
has revealed.
Asia Pacific has one of
the lower global wealth
gaps on average for gender
wealth equity. In the APAC
region, women are expect-
ed to accumulate just over
76% of men’s wealth lev-
els, two points above the
global average. In APAC,
the gender wealth gap is
the largest in India at 64%.
The study found that one
of the contributing factors
for this can be the signifi-
cant gender pay gaps in
the country, which exceed
the global average, par-
ticularly for professional
and technical roles. Op-
portunities for women in
leadership positions are
also limited, with only 3%
of women in the work-
force occupying senior
positions.
Women also tend to
assume childcare respon-
sibilities at a young age,
resulting in financial
impacts from which there
is limited capacity to
cover. Compounding this
is the fact that long-term
financial decisions gener-
ally rest with men and
financial literacy for
working women tends to
be lower.
Across the 12 markets in
the APAC, gender wealth
gaps range from 64% in In-
dia to 90% in South Korea.
WTW GLOBAL GENDER WEALTH EQUITY REPORT
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Women, on average, are
expected to reach retirement
with just 74% of the wealth
accumulated by men
z In the APAC region,
women are expected to
accumulate just over three-
quarters (76%) of men’s
wealth levels
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: India’s most
valuable startup, online-
education giant Byju’s, is
finalizing plans for a $1
billion initial public offer-
ing of its tutoring busi-
ness Aakash Educational
Services, according to
people familiar with the
matter. The company is in
talks with at least four
foreign banks as well as
Indian banks including
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
and Axis Bank Ltd as it
seeks arrangers for the
listing. The unit may be
valued at $3.5 billion to
$4 billion. —FIB
BYJU’S FINALISING
PLANS FOR $1 BN
IPO FOR AAKASH
New Delhi: India aims to
end imports of urea from
2025 as the nation
boosts its local produc-
tion capacity with the
commissioning of new
plants, fertilisers minister
Mansukh Mandaviya said.
India, the top importer of
urea, imports about 30%
of its average 35 million
tonnes of annual con-
sumption of the crop nu-
trient. “We are aiming for
ending our dependence
on imported urea by
2025... our five new
plants will be commis-
sioned by then,” Man-
sukh Mandaviya told
reporters. —FIB
INDIA AIMS TO END
UREA IMPORTS
FROM 2025
Bhubaneswar: The FICCI
on Wednesday named
Subhrakant Panda as its
next president. Panda, the
MD of IMFA, is currently
serving as the senior vice
president of FICCI. FICCI
said that Panda will suc-
ceed Sanjiv Mehta as
president of the apex
chamber at the conclu-
sion of its 95th AGM to
be held on Dec 16-17.
Panda has been active in
FICCI for two decades
and was the first chair-
man of the FICCI Odisha
State Council. —PTI
FICCI NAMES
SUBHRAKANT PANDA
AS NEXT PRESIDENT
New Delhi: India’s iron
ore exports dropped to
“nearly zero” in October,
and overseas shipments
of the steelmaking raw
material are expected to
continue to languish due
to higher export taxes and
lower demand from Chi-
na, a senior industry offi-
cial said on Thursday. In-
dia in May raised the ex-
port tax on low-grade iron
ore lumps and fines - with
iron content below 58% -
to 50% from zero, and
hiked the duties on pellets
to 45% from zero, as part
of efforts to meet rising
local demand. —FIB
INDIA’S OCTOBER
IRON ORE EXPORTS
ARE ‘NEARLY ZERO’
09
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,597.00 402.00 0.79 (Per 10g)
SILVER 58,111.00 1244.00 2.14 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.88 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 93.28 1.89 1.99
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
ESAF SFB TO REFILE IPO
PAPERS BUT THE ISSUE
SIZE TO BE LOWER NOW
Mumbai: ESAF Small Finance
Bank is looking to refile its
initial public offering (IPO) with
a lower issue
size, which will
hit the market
in FY24, a top
official said on
Thursday. The lender had in Oc-
tober filed for a nearly `1,000
crore IPO which was to include
`800 crore of primary issuance
and also a `200 crore offer-for-
sale from existing investors. Its
MD and CEO K Paul Thomas
said that the company is in the
process of refiling the draft
prospectus with Sebi and will
be doing same by Dec. —PTI
HDFC LTD SECOND
QUARTER PROFIT RISES
24% TO `7,043 CRORE
New Delhi: Mortgage lender
HDFC Ltd on Thursday said
its consolidated net profit
increased by
24% to `7,043
crore in the
September
2022 quarter. It
had reported a `5,670 crore net
profit in the year-ago period,
HDFC said in a regulatory filing.
Its total income on a con-
solidated basis rose to `43,927
crore in the said quarter from
`38,603 crore a year ago. On a
standalone basis, its net profit
increased by 18% to `4,454
crore from `3,780 crore a year
back. —PTI
NEED TO BOOST CROP PRODUCTIVITY, MAKE FARMING
PROFITABLE FOR GROWTH OF AGRI SECTOR: TOMAR
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Thursday
stressed on increasing farm productivity and crop production as well
as making farming activities profitable for
the overall growth of the sector. He also
said there is a need for balanced use of
agro-chemicals and fertilisers by creating
awareness. Tomar said the government
has undertaken various reforms in the
agro-chemical industry and the process
would continue in consultation with the
stakeholders. He assured them that the government will make efforts
to address the challenges faced by the industry. —PTI
PANEL TO SEEK FINMIN’S EXPLANATION FOR REJECTING
PROPOSAL TO RAISE PENSION UNDER EPFO
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel will seek explanation from the
finance ministry for turning down the labour ministry’s proposal to
increase the pension of EPFO subscrib-
ers from the current `1,000 per month.
The quantum of increase proposed by the
labour ministry could not be ascertained.
Top officials from the labour ministry and
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) on Thursday briefed Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Labour chaired
by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on operation of the EPF pension
scheme and management of its corpus fund. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
RBI panel meets to draft
report on retail inflation
Mumbai (PTI): The RBI’s
rate setting panel met on
Thursday to discuss and
draft a report for the gov-
ernment on why it failed to
keep retail inflation below
the target of 6% for three
consecutive quarters since
January this year.
“A separate meeting of
the Monetary Policy Com-
mittee (MPC) was held on
November 3, 2022 to discuss
and draft the report to be
sent to the Government by
the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) under the provisions
of Section 45ZN of the RBI
Act, 1934 and Regulation 7
of RBI MPC and Monetary
Policy Process Regula-
tions, 2016,” the central
bank said in a statement.
Section 45ZN of RBI Act
deals with failure to main-
tain the inflation target.
The meeting was chaired
by RBI Governor Shakti-
kanta Das. The RBI Act re-
quires the central bank’s
MPC to report to the gov-
ernment reasons for fail-
ure to meet the retail infla-
tion target as well as meas-
ures to bring it at 4% with
a margin of 2%.
The meeting was called
under the provisions of
Section 45ZN of the RBI
Act 1934. It was the first
time since the monetary
policy framework came
into effect in 2016 that RBI
had to give an explanation
to the government.
The retail inflation based
on CPI has remained above
6% since January 2022. It
was 7.41% in September.
The six-member MPC
headed by Governor Das
factors in retail inflation
while deciding the bi-
monthly monetary policy
.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The meeting was chaired
by RBI Governor Shaktikanta
Das and attended by all
MPC members — Michael
Debabrata Patra, Rajiv Ranjan,
Shashanka Bhide, Ashima
Goyal and Jayanth R Varma
z The RBI Act requires the
central bank’s MPC to report
to the government reasons
for failure to meet the retail
inflation target
z The retail inflation based
on CPI has remained above
6% since January 2022. It was
7.41% in September
India offers stability:
FM invites investors
New Delhi (PTI): India of-
fers policy stability, trans-
parency and consultative
process of governance to
incubate investment, FM
Nirmala Sitharaman said
on Thursday as she invited
investments in prospecting
energy resources in the
country
.
Stressing that there is a
need for investments in
coal, she said, “We need
greater investments also to
help in gasification of coal.
I invite all of you to ener-
getically participate in the
(sixth round of commer-
cial mines) auction pro-
cesses which have been
launched today and keep
your options also further
extended for greater ex-
traction of minerals in In-
dia.” During this ‘Amrit
Kaal’, India needs all the
basic minerals as the coun-
try is in the process of rap-
id growth, she added.
“This is where action is.
We are definitely creating
a policy environment
through which greater
transparency and greater
policy stability guides and
invites investments. The
next 25 years are critical
for India for both its growth
and also for employment.
CALL FOR
BETTER FUTURE
z Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Thursday
invited investments
in prospecting energy
resources in the country
z India needs all the basic
minerals as the country is in
the process of rapid growth
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment is mapping all
food quality laboratories in
the country in a bid to plug
the critical gaps and mod-
ernise them to make India
a quality-conscious coun-
try, Food and Consumer Af-
fairs Minister Piyush Goy-
al said on Thursday
.
State-run Bureau of In-
dian Standards (BIS) has
already mapped 3,000-odd
NABL-accredited non-di-
agnostic laboratories in
the country. It is mulling
how to map the n o n -
accredited non-
diagnostic labs
set up by PSUs,
i n d u s t r i e s
and educa-
tion insti-
tutes like
IITs. “Un-
less we are
leaders in quality, we will
not be able to become a de-
veloped nation and
leverage the fruits
of international en-
gagement that we
are trying to ex-
pand.”
The time is
right to en-
gage with the
private sector
to build a
roadmap to make India a
“quality-conscious coun-
try” by strengthening in-
frastructure, adopting
modern technology and
focusing on sustainability
.
“We have started the pro-
cess of mapping laboratory
infrastructure available in
India. Now, we can make
the assessment of critical
gaps in lab infrastructure,”
he said.
‘Govt mapping all food quality laboratories’
Markets fall for 2nd day
amid weak global equities
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices finished on a
weak note on Thursday, ex-
tending their previous
day’s decline amid a nega-
tive trend in global equity
markets after the US Fed
hiked interest rates by 75
basis points.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
declined 69.68 points or
0.11% to settle at 60,836.41.
During the day, it tanked
420.95 points or 0.69% to
60,485.14.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty dipped 30.15
points or 0.17% to end at
18,052.70.
From the Sensex pack,
Tech Mahindra, Power-
Grid, NTPC, Infosys,
Wipro, HDFC, Tata Consul-
tancy Services and Mahin-
dra Mahindra were the
major laggards.
` FALLS 8 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.88
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated by 8 paise to close
at 82.88 against the US dollar on
Thursday, after the US Federal
Reserve raised interest rates and
maintained a hawkish stance. At
the interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened
at 82.87 and witnessed a high
of 82.74 and a low of 82.92. It
finally settled at 82.88 against
the American currency, register-
ing a fall of 8 paise over its last
close of 82.80.
Mumbai (PTI): The cur-
rency in circulation (CIC)
declined by `7,600 crore in
the Diwali week, making it
the first such happening in
two decades, a report said
on Thursday
.
This was made possible
courtesy of a greater reli-
ance on digital payments
by people, the report by
economists at SBI said,
adding that the Indian
economy is undergoing a
structural transformation
at present.
They clarified that the
Diwali week in 2009 had
also witnessed a marginal
`950 crore decline in cur-
rency in circulation, but
that was purely due to the
economic slowdown amid
the global financial crisis.
“The innovations in
technology have changed
the Indian payment sys-
tem. Over the years, the
Indian cash lead economy
now has changed to a
smart-phone lead payment
economy,” they said.
The economists also said
that a lower currency in
circulation also is akin to a
cut in the cash reserve ra-
tio for the banking system
as it results in lower leak-
age of deposits and will
have a positive impact on
monetary transmission as
well.
CURRENCY IN
CIRCULATION
DECLINES IN
DIWALI WEEK
Unemployment
rate surges to
7.77% in Oct
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Unemploy-
ment rate in India surged
last month on the back of
significant increase in ru-
ral unemployment rate,
reversing the decline regis-
tered in September. The
data from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian Econo-
my shows the unemploy-
ment rate in India stood at
7.77% in October compared
to a four-year low of 6.43%
in September.
As per the CMIE, rural
unemployment rate stood
at 8.04% in October as
against 5.84% in Septem-
ber while the urban unem-
ployment fell to 7.21% com-
pared to 7.7% in September.
Further, the rise in the
unemployment rate in Oc-
tober was accompanied by
a small fall in the LPR.

10
2NDFRONT
A silent supportive presence
is more powerful than a
million empty words.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
LET THE CORRUPT SCREAM,
YOU DO YOUR WORK: PM MODI
New Delhi (ANI): In a
stern message against
corruption, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday said that
those with “vested in-
terests will scream”
and “strangle the insti-
tutions” for the action
taken against the cor-
rupt, but the agencies
need not be “defensive”
in their job.
The Prime Minister’s
remarks came while ad-
dressing a programme
marking Vigilance
Awareness Week of the
Central Vigilance Com-
mission (CVC). PM
Modi, in an apparent
reference to the Opposi-
tion, said that there are
some people who laud
those who are sen-
tenced to jail with cor-
ruption charges, adding
that this situation is
“not good for society”.
“We have seen that
many times the corrupt
people are glorified in
spite of being jailed
even after being proven
to be corrupt. This situ-
ation is not good for In-
dian society
. Even today
,
some people give argu-
ments in favour of the
corrupt who have been
found guilty. It is very
necessary for such peo-
ple, such forces to be
made aware of their
duty by society. In this
also concrete action
taken by your depart-
ment has a big role.
There is no need for in-
stitutions, which work
against the corrupt and
corruption, to be defen-
sive in any way,” PM
Modi said.
Stating that the insti-
tutions need not work
on political agenda, PM
Modi said that it is the
government’s job to
free the common man
from the problems they
are facing.
“We do not have to
work on political agen-
da. But it is our job to
free the common man
from the problems they
are facing. We have to
do this job. Those who
have vested interests
will scream. They will
make attempts to stran-
gle the institutions.
Attempts will be
made to defame those
associated with these
institutions. I have been
in this system for a long
time and have heard nu-
merous abuses and al-
legations. There is noth-
ing left for me. But peo-
ple know the truth and
when the time comes,
they even stand with the
truth,” he said.
The Prime Minister
further urged everyone
to walk the path of truth
to fulfil their duties
with dedication and em-
phasised, “when you
take action with convic-
tion, the whole nation
stands with you.”
The Prime Minister
also suggested that in-
stitutions like CVC
should keep themselves
strict as well as incul-
cate awareness among
other institutions like it
to take action against
corruption and those in-
volvedinsuchpractices.
(L) Prime Minister Narendra
Modi addresses the Vigilance
Awareness Week programme
of the Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC) at Vigyan
Bhawan in New Delhi on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CVC Suresh N. Patel
Corrupt must
not escape at
any cost, PM
tells govt’s
probe agencies
‘AN EVIL WE MUST STAY AWAY FROM’
Indian Army’s assault dog ‘Cain’ during a counter-insurgency operation drill, at 12 Army Dog Unit in
Srinagar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Kunal Dutt
Srinagar: Decades be-
fore the martyrdom of
Indian Army assault
dogs ‘Zoom’ and ‘Axel’,
a canine warrior --
‘Backer’ -- had made the
supreme sacrifice
while detecting an im-
provised explosive de-
vice (IED) during the
early phases of mili-
tancy in the Kashmir
Valley in the mid-90s.
‘Backer’, a 3-year-old
Labrador deployed for
road clearance, had
sniffed out an IED in
Anantnag. But it went
off before it could be de-
fused and he suffered
fatal injuries, becoming
the “first canine martyr
of the Indian Army”, as
mentioned in an old
war diary maintained
at the Srinagar-based
unit he belonged to. The
sniffer dog was part of
the 12 Army Dog Unit
(ADU), also known as
the Chinar Hunters. An
army official belonging
to the unit said “brave
‘Backer’ saved the lives
of many soldiers and
others by sacrificing
his own”.
“For us, our dogs are
also like soldiers. These
four-footed canine war-
riors are, in many cas-
es, the first responders
in counter-insurgency
operations and they
pursue one or multiple
terrorists first. Hence
their lives are at high
risk but they help save
many human lives by
shielding, alerting the
Army team,” the senior
12 ADU official said.
Preferred breeds
Both ‘Zoom’ and ‘Axel’
belonged to the Belgian
Shepherd or Malinois
breed, preferred for
rearing as assault dogs,
along with German
Shepherds or Alsatians.
“For locating explo-
sives, and search and
rescue operations, the
Labrador breed is pre-
ferred. ‘Mohita’ (6 years
old) and ‘Moonie’ (one-
and-a-half years old)
are among our Labra-
dor warriors,” the army
official said.
“Thereareover30dog
unitsundertheArmy
.20
units are located in are-
as under the Northern
Command. 8 are located
in the Kashmir Valley
1 in Ladakh, besides
other units in Jammu
region. Each unit has 24
dogs,”thesenior12ADU
official said.
K9’s prayer
The spirit of loyalty
sacrifice which dogs
have symbolised for
ages is aptly described
in a “K9’s Prayer” writ-
ten on a poster hung
near the main gate of
ChinarHunters,bearing
an image of a dog look-
ingtowardstheheavens.
“DearGod,protectmy
brave handler, grant
your almighty protec-
tion; unite my handler
safely with the family
after the tour of duty
has ended; I ask nothing
formyself.Amen,”reads
the last stanza. —PTI
Before ‘Axel’ ‘Zoom’, ‘Backer’
died in line of duty in Kashmir
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Army has gifted
four explosive detection dogs to the Royal Cam-
bodia Armed Forces (RCAF) in reflection of
growing cooperation between the two sides,
military officials said on Thursday
.
ThedogsweretransportedfromNewDelhito
Phnom Penh in a civilian flight on October 24,
theysaid.TheArmyalsoconductedafour-week
training on handling of the sniffer dogs to a
numberof RCAFpersonnelattheRemountVet-
erinary Corps facility in Meerut, they said. In-
dia gifted 15 sniffer dogs to that country in 2016.
ARMY GIFTS FOUR DOGS TO
CAMBODIAN ARMED FORCES
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The exter-
nal affairs ministry on
Thursday confirmed
that S Jaishankar will
visit Russia on Novem-
ber 7-8 to meet Russian
Foreign Minister Ser-
gey Lavrov and Deputy
Prime and Minister of
Trade and Industry
Denis Manturov.
MEA spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi said
that discussions on a
range of regional and
global issues, including
the war in Ukraine are
expected. He said issues
pertaining to bilateral
economic cooperation
will also figure in Jais-
hankar-Manturovtalks.
In the last few
months, India has in-
creased the import of
discounted crude oil
from Russia notwith-
standing increasing
disquiet over it by sev-
eral Western powers.
Jaishankar and Lav-
rov have met 4 times
after the Ukraine con-
flict began in February
.
EAM JAISHANKAR TO VISIT
RUSSIA ON NOVEMBER 7 8
External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar visits the Passport
Seva Kendra in Kolkata on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Will focus on economic and cyber
offences: Rajasthan’s new DGP
Jaipur (PTI): Ra-
jasthan’s new Director
General of Police (DGP)
Umesh Mishra on
Thursday said he would
focus on checking eco-
nomic and cyber offenc-
es, which he referred to
as “emerging challeng-
es”. Mishra took over
from ML Lather, who
retired from service on
Thursday
.
A 1989-batch Indian
Police Service officer,
Mishra said Rajasthan
had done a lot of work
to reduce the time tak-
en in investigating cas-
es and added that he
wanted to raise the lev-
el of functioning of po-
lice stations to improve
policing.
“The noose around
professional criminals
and organised crime
will be tightened. An-
other big challenge is
economic offences.
Many cases of cyber
fraud and economic of-
fences have come (to the
police’s notice). The Ka-
man area in Bharatpur
district is notorious for
this,” he told reporters.
Speaking on how he
planned to improve the
functioning of police
stations, Mishra said,
“Complainants should
be heard, prompt action
should be taken and in-
vestigation should be
fair. Core policing is
done at the police sta-
tion level. Once it is im-
proved, policing in the
entire state is im-
proved.”
Newly-appointed Director General of Police Umesh Mishra with outgoing DGP ML Lather during the
latter’s farewell ceremony at police HQ in Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Indian Army now has patent
of new camouflage uniform
New Delhi: The pro-
cess for registration of
the new Camouflage
Pattern and Design of
Improved Combat Uni-
form to establish own-
ership of the Indian
Army has been com-
pleted by the Controller
General of Patents, De-
signs and Trademark,
Kolkata, informed offi-
cials on Thursday
.
The new Digital Pat-
tern Combat Uniform
for Indian Army sol-
diers was unveiled on
January 15, 2022 (Army
Day). As per officials,
the improved uniform
has a contemporary
look and functional de-
sign. The fabric has
been made lighter,
stronger, breathable,
quick drying and easier
to maintain. The
uniqueness of the uni-
form is evident with
gender-specific modifi-
cations for women’s
combat uniforms. The
exclusive ‘Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR)’
of the Design and Cam-
ouflage Pattern now
rests solely with the In-
dian Army
.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A migra-
tory cinereous vulture
‘Okhi’, who got strand-
ed in Tamil Nadu and
could not fly back was
flown to Jodhpur to be
released in the Machia
Biological Park there, a
senior forest official
said on Thursday
.
The forest depart-
ment came to its rescue
and helped it undergo
rehabilitation for years.
The vulture was tem-
porarily housed at the
Arignar Anna Zoologi-
cal Park, Vandalur, for 3
daysforacclimatisation.
The vulture boarded
an Air India flight on
Thursday and IAS offic-
er Supriya Sahu shared
the clip on Twitter.
Vulture stranded in 2017
in TN flown to Jodhpur
‘GRAP curbs
no obstacle to
Noida Airport’
Noida (PTI): Imple-
mentation of Grad-
ed Response Action
Plan (GRAP) to
check pollution in
Delhi-NCR will not
impact the con-
struction work of
the upcoming Noida
International Air-
port, officials said.
As per officials, a
delay in the comple-
tion of the project
would also leave the
Swiss concession-
aire Zurich Interna-
tional Airport AG
under a penalty of
Rs 10 lakh per day
.
“We have imple-
mented additional
measures to reduce
dust at the site and
minimise environ-
mental impact,”
officials said.
The bird was stranded
in Kanniyakumari
district during Ockhi
cyclone in 2017
TAILORS’ WORKSHOPS WITH NIFT

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AN ALL-TIME
CLASSIC
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
STRIPE GEAR
tripes are a perennial
favourite because they
can be worn in a variety
of ways and have a spe-
cial way of conjuring
up summer. Although
stripes have always
been in style, this sea-
son is all about apply-
ing them in unconven-
tional or non-traditional
ways.
The most comfortable way
to dress is in a striped pattern,
which can be worn in a variety
of ways. Men can wear striped
shirts and slacks, while ladies
can wear stripes in long gowns,
short dresses, and shirt patterns.
The major benefit of stripes is
that they go well with anything
and can be worn with fusion
clothing to provide some edge.
Mesh and shimmer stripes, full-
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swirly stripes on knit and lace,
enormous athletic stripes in lin-
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or a combination of all of the
above. Wear a bikini, t-shirt, or
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stripes. If one frequents the
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, one can in-
vest in classic beach items.
“The classic navy
, cherry
, and
white stripes will never go out
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nautical accents like anchor
designs and rope detailing.
To feel comfortable, we might
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simplest approach to give
your plain monochromatic
stripes some edge is to add
some colour to your outfit.
Try pairing strong shades
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Stripes are a
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of the sea-
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Dip-a-toe
in this
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.
The classic stripe is a girl’s best
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City First brings to the highlights
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