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CRUCIAL READ
LOUDSPEAKER USE FOR AZAAN
NOT A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT: HC
The Allahabad High Court has remarked that “the law
has now been settled” that the use of loudspeakers
in mosques is not protected by fundamental rights.
The court made the observation on Wednesday while
dismissing a petition filed by Irfan, a resident of Uttar
Pradesh’s Budaun district, who wanted it to quash a
December 2021 SDM order that rejected a request to
use loudspeaker in a mosque for giving azaan.
MUSK TO REPLACE
PARAG AS CEO
CHINA POSTPONES
ASIAN GAMES
Elon Musk is expected
to become Twitter’s tem-
porary CEO after closing
his $44 billion takeover
of the social-media firm,
a person familiar with
the matter said. Parag
Agrawal, was named
the Twitter’s CEO in
November last year.
The 2022 Asian Games,
which were scheduled to
take place in Hangzhou
in September, were on
Friday postponed amid a
surge in COVID-19 cases
in China. The Games were
scheduled to take place
from September 10-25 in
the Zhejiang province.
BJP CHIEF’S SOUTHERN SOJOURN
PEOPLE WANT BJP’S DOUBLE ENGINE
GOVT IN TELANGANA, SAYS JP NADDA
Hyderabad (ANI): Cit-
ingtheBharatiyaJanata
Party’s victories in Dub-
baka and Huzarabad by-
polls in 2020 and 2021,
BJPChief JPNaddasaid
that people want change
nowandtheywantBJP’s
double engine govern-
ment in Telangana.
While addressing the
crowd in Mahbubnagar,
Telangana, Nadda said,
“KCR Ji has gone dis-
turbed due to BJP win-
ning in Dubbaka (bypoll
in 2020) and Huzarabad
(bypoll in 2021)...This
shows that people want
change now, they want
BJP’s double engine
govt in Telangana.” Ear-
lier on Thursday, amid
‘Vande Mataram’
chants, the Bharatiya
Janata Party Chief re-
ceived a warm welcome
in Hyderabad.
Nadda attended an in-
ternal party meeting in
Telangana before ad-
dressing the crowd in
Mahbubnagar.
Telangana BJP presi-
dent Bandi Sanjay, BJP
national vice president
DK Aruna, Madhya
PradeshBJPin-chargeP
Muralidhar Rao, BJP of-
ficial spokesperson NV
Subash, state BJP
spokesperson Prakash
Reddy and other party
leaders also took part in
the internal meeting.
BJP Chief JP Nadda arrives at
Kozhikode International Airport.
Kozhikode (PTI): BJP
Chief JPNaddaonFri-
day accused Left gov-
ernment in Kerala of
“encouraging Islamic
terrorism”, claiming
that the southern state
hasbecomea“breeding
centre”forthesameun-
der its rule. Addressing
a rally
, the BJP chief al-
leged that CPI(M)-led
LDF govt always gives
animpressionthatthey
treat every section of
society equally but
their policy is “pseudo
secularism” — to get
specialtreatmenttoone
section of the society
and try to divide other
sections.
State has become a ‘breeding
centre for Islamic terrorism’
JP Nadda addresses a public
rally in Kozhikode on Friday.
NADDA SAYS IN KERALA...
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(Right) Devotees during the opening of the doors (kapaat) of the Kedarnath Dham
in Rudraprayag district on Friday morning. The doors were opened after over two
years due to prolonged COVID-19. (Above) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami greets people during the ceremony. P7 —PHOTOS BY PTI
7-HOUR SLUGFEST BETWEEN COPS FROM 3 STATES
BAGGA’S DAY OUT
INCUSTODY
Punjab police team picks BJP leader Tajinder Pal
Singh Bagga from his Delhi residence. Enroute to
Mohali were stopped by Haryana cops after Delhi
police registers kidnapping case based on Bagga’s
father’s complaint. Haryana police surrounded the
Punjab police vehicle and escorted them off the
highway to a police station in Kurukshetra
Delhi police
brings Bagga
back to
national
capital after
Haryana police
hand him over
AFTER 2 YEARS, KEDARNATH’S
KAPAAT OPEN FOR DEVOTEES
New Delhi: BJP leader
Tajinder Pal Singh
Bagga’s arrest on Fri-
day morning from his
home in Delhi by cops
from neighbouring Pun-
jab set off a dramatic
showdowninvolvingtwo
parties and police forces
across three states.
In a cat-and-mouse
game that lasted hours,
Bagga was taken away
by the Punjab police at
5 am. He was arrested
for “provocative state-
ments, promoting reli-
gious enmity and crimi-
nal intimidation” over
his tweets against
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) chief and Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal.
Delhi police, which
HIGH COURT TURNS
DOWN PUNJAB
GOVT’S REQUEST
RANAs’ STATEMENTS
NOT ENOUGH TO
INVOKE SEDITION
TRAVESTY OF
JUSTICE: SC ON
AZAM’S BAIL DELAY
COPS PRESENT
BAGGA BEFORE
DWARKA JUDGE
Hours after Haryana
Police “abruptly and
illegally restrained”
the Punjab Police
from taking BJP leader
Tajinder Pal Bagga to
Mohali after arresting
him from the national
capital, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court
directed the states of
Haryana and Delhi to
file their written state-
ment. They have been
asked to elaborate on
the status of the police
officials alleged to be
detained.
In its detailed order grant-
ing bail to Independent
MP Navneet Rana and
her husband MLA Ravi
Rana, a special court said
that while they “crossed
the lines of freedom of
speech and expression”
in their “blameworthy”
statements against Ma-
harashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray, mere
expression of derogatory
or objectionable words is
not a sufficient ground to
invoke sedition under pro-
visions of Section 124 A
of the Indian Penal Code.
The Supreme Court on
Friday expressed dis-
pleasure over the delay in
hearing the bail applica-
tion of Samajwadi Party
leader Azam Khan in a
land grabbing case, say-
ing “this is a travesty of
justice”. Justices LN Rao
and BR Gavai noted that
Mr Khan has got bail in
86 out of 87 cases, and
said it would hear the
matter on May 11. “He
has been out on bail in all
matters except one for so
long, this is a travesty of
justice,” the bench said.
Delhi Police brought
Tajinder Bagga for
medical at Deen Dayal
Upadhyay Hospital. Af-
ter the medical, close
to midnight, cops were
on their way to Dwarka
Court’s Judge’s resi-
dence in Gurugram to
present Bagga till the
last reports came in.
As per law, it is man-
datory for the accused
to be presented in the
court within 24 hours
of the arrest. It is likely
that Bagga will be sent
to remand.
Procedure wasn’t followed. It’s a politi-
cal issue as during polls Bagga had de-
livered speeches. Speeches normally in-
clude blame against each other. If something
happens, EC takes cognisance and then police
looks into it —Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister
Shah calls for CBI probe into
Kolkata BJP worker’s death
Kolkata: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah vis-
ited the family of a
26-year-old BJP worker
who was found hanging
inside an abandoned
building in north Kolka-
ta’sGhoshBaganareaon
Friday morning.
He called for a CBI in-
quiry into the death of
ArjunChowrasia,awork-
er of the party’s youth
wing, and said the Minis-
try of Home Affairs had
asked the West Bengal
government to submit a
report on the death.
“Yesterday they (the
Mamata Banerjee gov-
ernment) completed the
first year, it seems like
they want to send a mes-
sage that they won’t stop.
Ihadadetailedconversa-
tionwiththefamily
.They
are disheartened over
losing their son and the
way his body was
snatchedfromthem.Our
party has moved court.
There should be a CBI
probe and culprits must
be brought to books,”
Shah told reporters.
COURTYARD
Longest surviving Hizbul terrorist
among 3 killed in encounter in JK
Anantnag: Three ter-
rorists were been shot
dead by the security
forces in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Pahalgam,
which comes under
Anantnag district, a
key route of the Amar-
nath yatra.
Of the three terror-
ists who were shot
dead today, one was
among the oldest
surviving Hizbul Mu-
jahideen terrorists,
the police said.
Ashraf Molvi (one
of oldest surviving
terrorist of HM terror
outfit) along with two
other terrorists killed.
Successful operation
on yatra route is a ma-
jor success for us,”
Inspector General of
Police Vijay Kumar
tweeted.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and State BJP leader Suvendu
Adhikari leave after meeting the deceased Bharatiya Janata Yuva
Morcha (BJYM) leader Arjun Chowrasias family members, at
Kashipur near Kolkata on Friday.
reports to the Centre,
claimed they were not
informed in advance
about the arrest. Punjab
police have refuted the
charge, saying one of
their teams has been at
a police station in Delhi
since last evening.
Meanwhile, Union
IB Minister Anurag
Thakur tweeted, “An-
other name of anarchy
is Aam Aadmi Party
.
Punjab did not give the
mandate to AAP so that
outsiders should come
and run the government
of Punjab.”
AP leaders have de-
fended the arrest saying
thePunjabpoliceareact-
ing in an unbiased way
.

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New Delhi: Days after an eight-month-old baby
was found dead in a water tank in East Delhi, police
apprehended a teenager in con-
nection with the case. Police said
the teen was upset as the child’s
mother had scolded him and he
allegedly killed her son in re-
venge. The incident took place on
Tuesday evening when the mother stepped out for
a few minutes to buy groceries. Her three children,
aged 4, 2 and the baby, were at home. When she
returned, her youngest child was missing.
New Delhi: A 20-year-
old woman was
murdered inside her
home and the jewellery
stolen. The police said
the woman, identified
as Santoshi, was killed
by the robbers who
had come to steal the
valuables. They also
informed that her
mother-in-law was
present in the house
when the murder took
place and was assault-
ed by the unidentified
robbers.Santoshi’s
husband Santosh Ku-
mar informed the police
after he came home
from work.
New Delhi: The Delhi
police has arrested a
40-year-old man for
allegedly undressing
two minor girls inside
the classroom of a civic
body-run school while
they, along with other
children in the class,
were waiting for their
teacher to arrive. The
arrest was made after
police found footage in
a nearby CCTV and also
learnt that he had made a
call after committing the
incident. The accused is
identified as Varun Joshi,
who is unemployed,
and claims to have been
drunk at the time.
DELHI: TEEN APPREHENDED FOR
‘DROWNING BABY IN WATER TANK’
ROBBERS MURDER
WOMAN, DECAMP
WITH JEWELLERY
MAN WHO MOLESTED
2 GIRLS IN MCD
SCHOOL DETAINED
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi (Agencies):
This week’s spell of
rain and hailstorm in
parts of the Capital
brought much-needed
relief to residents on
Thursday, with the mer-
cury dropping to below-
average levels across
Delhi. But the respite
will be temporary, ac-
cording to the India Me-
teorological Depart-
ment (IMD).
Safdarjung, the base
station for Delhi’s weath-
er, recorded a maximum
temperature of 37 de-
grees Celsius – two de-
grees below normal for
this time of year — and a
minimum temperature
of 22.2°C — six degrees
below normal for this
time of year — on Thurs-
day. On Wednesday, the
maximum temperature
was recorded at 39.1°C
degrees and the mini-
mum at 28.5°C. Safdar-
jung also recorded a drop
of six degrees in a matter
of two hours on the day,
with the maximum tem-
perature dropping from
37°C to 31°C between 4pm
and 6pm — largely due to
strong, cool winds and
rain in some places.
Safdarjung saw
1.4mm of rain on
Wednesday. IMD, how-
ever, said that easterly
winds would transition
to westerly winds by
Thursday night, lead-
ing to a rise in mercury
to 39-40°C by Friday and
41-42°C by Saturday.
This gradual rise will
continue till next week,
with heatwave condi-
tions to return to Delhi
from Monday onwards,
scientists predicted.
“By Monday
, the max-
imum temperature
across Delhi will reach
43 to 45°C, and by
Wednesday
, it will reach
44 to 46°C,” said one of
the Met officials. Large
swathes of northern
and central India have
seen temperatures sev-
eral degrees above nor-
mal, with the heat
reaching levels in
March and April that it
usually only reaches
later on in the year.
Heatwave may make Delhi sweat again next week: IMD
WEATHER FORECAST
lll
By Monday,
the maximum
temperature
across Delhi
will reach 43
to 45°C, and
by Wednesday,
it will reach
44 to 46°C
Delhi High Court dismisses petition of students challenging offline exams of Delhi University
‘NOTRIGHTTIMETOPASSORDER’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Friday ‘dismissed as
withdrawn’ the plea of
several Delhi Universi-
ty students challenging
the university’s Febru-
ary 11 notice that
sought direction for of-
fline examination for
the even semester to be
held this month.
JusticeRekhaPallion
Friday after noting
down the submission of
petitionerssaid,“Thisis
nottherighttimetopass
any order. However, the
Court has given the lib-
erty to petitioners to ap-
proach the court again
if there is any change in
thecircumstances.”The
pleaalsosoughttheissu-
ance of direction to con-
duct all examinations in
open book mode for the
current semesters.
Eight students, in-
cluding outstation stu-
dents of Delhi Universi-
ty, stated that despite the
February 9 order, the
classes of the petition-
ers and other students
of various colleges con-
tinued to be conducted
through online mode
and for that they were
provided links from
time to time on their re-
spective mobile for at-
tending their classes.
The plea moved
through Advocate Ajay
Kumar Srivastava stat-
ed that in the present
situation where the
coronavirus is spread-
ing rapidly and a large
number of people are
getting infected in Del-
hi, the University ought
to reconsider its notice
dated February 11.
The petition further
stated over 65 per cent
of those who are pursu-
ing their education at
Delhi University are
outstation students and
they do not have their
own conveyances to
travel to their colleges.
In the prevalent situ-
ation, it is not at all safe
for them to use public
conveyance to appear
for their respective ex-
amination.
Ex-JNUSU prez declared out of bounds
due to alleged trade union activities
New Delhi (Agencies):
Former Jawaharlal
Nehru University Stu-
dents’ Union (JNUSU)
President Sucheta De
was declared “out of
bounds” of the univer-
sity campus by the ad-
ministration for “unde-
sirable activities”. De, a
union leader, alleged
she had been penalised
for mobilising sanita-
tion and mess workers
of JNU who have alleg-
edly been denied duty
for demanding pending
salaries for the last
three months.In an of-
fice order dated May 5,
Chief Proctor Rajnish
Kumar Mishra, wrote,
“In view of the undesir-
able activities of the Ms
Sucheta De, an ex-stu-
dent of the School of
Social Sciences of the
University, the Vice-
Chancellor in exercise
of her powers vested in
her under Statute 32 of
the Statutes of the Uni-
versity
, has ordered that
the entire JNU campus
is declared out of
bounds with immediate
effect.”
He also said, “anyone
giving shelter to Ms Su-
cheta De in any prem-
ises of the University
will invite strict disci-
plinary action against
him/her”.
Jamia develops tool that can throw
light on neurological disorders
New Delhi (PTI): Re-
searchers at Jamia Mil-
lia Islamia’s Multidisci-
plinary Centre for Ad-
vanced Research and
Studies (MCARS) have
developed an optoge-
netic tool that has the
potential to be used to
understand neurologi-
cal disorders like Alz-
heimer’s disease, de-
pression and schizo-
phrenia. The research
has been done in col-
laboration with the Na-
tional Institutes of
Health (NIH), USA. The
tool was developed by
the lead author of the
study, Dr Tanveer Ah-
mad, who did his post-
doctoral training at
NIH, before joining
MCARS as an assistant
professor.
Researchers at Jamia
Millia Islamia’s
MCARS) have devel-
oped an optogenetic
tool that has the poten-
tial to be used to under-
stand neurological dis-
orders like Alzheimer’s
disease, depression and
schizophrenia.
The research has
been done in collabora-
tion with the National
Institutes of Health
(NIH), USA. The tool
was developed by the
lead author of the
study, Dr Tanveer Ah-
mad, who did his post-
doctoral training at
NIH, before joining
MCARS as an assistant
professor.
RAIN OF RELIEF
People with their luggage commute during a light rainfall, at Connaught Place, in New Delhi
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Can’t force
parents to buy
expensive
uniforms: Govt
PWD working
on waterlogging
at Prahaladpur
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi government has is-
sued orders to private
schools asking them not
to force parents to buy
expensive books and uni-
forms from the school.
“Private schools in
Delhi will no longer be
able to force parents to
buy books and uniforms
from their own shops.
Every school will have to
issue a list of at least five
nearby shops from where
books and clothes can be
bought. Action will be
taken against schools vi-
olating the order,” depu-
ty chief minister Manish
Sisodia tweeted.
New Delhi (PTI): After
Minto bridge, the PWD
in Delhi has decided to
focus on another critical
location in the city when
it comes to waterlogging
during monsoon – the
Pul Prahaladpur under-
pass. Even light rain
leads to waterlogging at
the spot and residents
are often seen crossing
the road with the help of
a boat and cart. To re-
solve the issue, the PWD
is constructing an un-
derground sump with a
capacity of 7.5 lakh litres
and a permanent pump
house of 600 horsepower
to remove the accumu-
lated water during the
rainy season.
No COVID-19 death has gone
uncounted: Satyendar Jain
New Delhi (PTI) : No
Covid death in the na-
tional capital has gone
uncounted, Delhi
Health Minister Saty-
endar Jain said on Fri-
day, a day after the
World Health Organisa-
tion estimated that
there were 4.7 million
(47 lakh) deaths from
the virus in India.
Covid death data giv-
en by the national
capital to the Centre is
completely authentic
and correct, Mr Jain,
who is in Gujarat’s
Kevadia to attend
a Swasthya
Chintan Shi-
vir organ-
ised by the
U n i o n
Health Ministry, said. “I
cannot comment on the
data for the entire coun-
try or other states but no
Covid death in the na-
tional capital has gone
uncounted,” Jain said.
“We have counted nei-
ther one death more or
one death less. Delhi is
the capital city of the
country and is it possi-
ble that someone dies of
Covid here and doesn’t
get a death certificate?”
he asked. The Health
Minister went on to say
that there has been 100
per cent transparency
in data collection and in
the counting of mortal-
ity figures. According
to the WHO report,
there were 4.7 million
Covid deaths in India
— 10 times the of-
ficial figure
and almost a
third of Covid
deaths glob-
ally
.
JMI TO CONDUCT OFFLINE CLASSES FOR
FIRST, SECOND-YR STUDENTS FROM MID-JULY
New Delhi (PTI):
The first and second
year students at Ja-
mia Millia Islamia
(JMI) University may
have to wait for at
leasttwomoremonths
to attend offline class-
es as the campus is
likely to fully reopen
only after July 15, ac-
cording to officials.
Speaking to PTI, JMI
Registrar Nazim Hu-
sain Al Jafri said the
administration will
hold meetings in the
coming days to decide
on the dates for the re-
opening. Meanwhile,
online classes will
continue. The JMI re-
sumed physical class-
es for final year post-
graduate and final
year graduate stu-
dents in March, while
first and second-year
students and first
year postgraduate
students have been
taking online classes.
“The classes for first
and second-year stu-
dents will likely re-
sume after July 15. We
will be holding meet-
ings from Monday to
fix dates regarding
the reopening,” Jafri
said. The two-month
summer vacation for
teachers will com-
mence from May 15.
During the first 30
days, half of the
teachers will be avail-
able and the rest will
be on leave. In the sec-
ond half, those com-
pleting their leave
will have to work for
the subsequent 30
days, he said. JMI
chief proctor Waseem
Ahmad Khan said
deans of various de-
partments have been
asked to prepare date
sheets for undergrad-
uate and postgraduate
exams.
CAN’T COMPEL
TO APPEAR IN
EXAM: PLEA
The petitioners and
other students who
have completed their
semester through
online mode cannot be
compelled to appear in
the examination
through physical
mode, said the plea.
The plea also said that
due to the change in
the COVID situation
in Delhi, the Delhi
University has taken a
decision to continue
its inaugural function
of a yearlong celebra-
tion in virtual mode as
such at the same time
there is no justifica-
tion for conducting the
examination of even
semester in May 2020
in the physical mode.

INDIA
03
Pune (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday called
for reducing “slavery to
foreign goods” as India
celebrate 75 years of In-
dependence.
Inaugurating the
Jain International
Trade Organisation’s
‘JITO Connect 2022’
business meet here via
video link, he said the
stress should be on the
‘vocal for local’ mantra
and reducing the use of
foreign goods.
He asked Jain Inter-
national Trade Organi-
sation to focus on the
‘vocal for local’ mantra
during the ‘Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav’ cele-
brations.
“We have to reduce
dependence on foreign
products. Find new des-
tinations for export;
create awareness about
the same in local mar-
kets. There should be
products with zero de-
fects and zero effects on
environment,” he said.
“Today the country is
encouraging talent,
trade and technology as
much as possible. Today
the country is register-
ing dozens of start-ups
every day, creating a
unicorn every week,”
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said while ad-
dressing the event.
New Delhi: The Indian
Army will receive a ma-
jor ‘Make in India’ solu-
tion to boost its ability
to shoot down enemy
aircraft and drones as it
has proposed to buy two
new regiments of the
Akash Prime missile
air defence missiles sys-
tems.
The proposal is at an
advanced stage before
the government and
will help in further
strengthening the air
defence of the country
against aerial attacks
from both the Chinese
and the Pakistani sides,
sources said.
The development is
coming at a time when
the Indian Army’s
Western and South
Western commands
carried out around a
dozen test firings of the
existing version of the
Akash missiles in the
force.
The results have been
found outstanding de-
spite the fact that the
missiles used for the
test firings had been de-
ployed in an operation-
al role during the recent
conflicts, the sources
said. In comparison to
the existing Akash Sys-
tem, Akash Prime is
equipped with an indig-
enous active Radio Fre-
quency (RF) seeker for
improved accuracy
.
Indian Army to get 2 new regiments
of Akash Prime air defence missile sys
SELF-RELIANT INDIA!
PM Narendra
Modi calls for
reducing ‘slavery
to foreign goods’
PM Narendra Modi addresses the inaugural session of Jain International Trade Organisation’s ‘JITO
Connect 2022’, via VC, in Delhi on Friday. Also seen here is Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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goals. Be it Global Peace,
Global Prosperity, Solu-
tions related to Global
Challenges, or Empow-
erment of Global Supply
Chain, world is looking
towards India with
great confidence. What-
ever may be the area of
expertise, area of con-
cern, whatever may be
the difference of opinion,
rise of New India unites
all. Today everyone feels
that India is now mov-
ing beyond Probability
and Potential and per-
forming a bigger pur-
pose of global welfare.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
VEGETARIAN SPREAD FOR SHAH
AS HE MEETS GANGULY FOR DINNER
Home Minister Amit Shah,
who is on a visit to Kolkata,
had dinner at Indian cricket
board chief Sourav Ganguly’s
home on Friday night. The
visit was said to be a courtesy
call since the Union Minister’s
son, Jay Shah, is the former
cricketer’s colleague as
Honorary Secretary in the
BCCI. (R) Amit Shah interacts
with BSF personnel during the
visit to the Jikabari BOP.
AIIMS Delhi
expert slams
WHO report
World Health Organisa-
tion’s (WHO) Covid-19
death estimates are
based on modelling
which has no scientific
or epidemiological ba-
sis, claimed senior epi-
demiologist at AIIMS
Delhi, Dr Sanjay Rai.
“WHO gave an esti-
mate on modelling, the
basic epidemiological
principle is ignored.
During Covid-19, most
predictions happened
based on modelling and
mostly failed. There is
no scientific basis for
this. WHO estimation is
far from the truth,” Dr
Rai told on Friday
.
The AIIMS epidemi-
ologist also remarked
that the Government of
India’s data is better
than other countries
and said that the under-
reporting allegation of
Covid-19 cases is wrong.
Congress also says on
WHO report that consti-
tute Covid commission,
pay `4L compensation.
Death estimates have no
scientific basis: Expert
New Delhi: The report of 5th round of the National Family Health
Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has de-
clined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population
control measures. TFR which is measured as the average number of
children per woman, has come down from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level
between NFHS-4 and 5. There are only 5 states in India, which are above
the replacement level of fertility of 2.1. including Bihar (2.98), Megha-
laya (2.91), UP (2.35), and Jharkhand (2.26) Manipur (2.17).
India’s fertility rate declines to 2.0: NFHS
A healthcare worker collects a nasal swab sample of a girl for the
Covid-19 testing in New Delhi.
Guwahati: A day after
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah said in West
Bengal that the Centre
will implement the
CAA as soon as the on-
going coronavirus pan-
demic ends, Assam ac-
tivist turned politician
Akhil Gogoi threat-
ened the ruling BJP at
the centre and the state
saying he will again
hit the streets in pro-
tests along with his
supporters. The people
will never accept this
“anti-people” law, Mr
Gogoi, who is also an
independent MLA,
said.
“The Assamese peo-
ple will not take this dic-
tation of the Centre on
CAA,” he told, calling it
a “draconian act” which
he says “has no place in
Assam”. The fiery farm-
ers’ leader warned the
BJP saying it should re-
alise that there is unity
among all sections of
peopleinopposingCAA.
CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT ROW
Won’t accept centre’s dictation:
Assam MLA Gogoi warns BJP
Someone’s opinion is not
important: Nitish on PK
Chennai (PTI): Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister
MK Stalin on Friday
said that three police
personnel, who were
initially suspended by
the department in con-
nection with the mur-
der of a 25-year-old
man, have been booked
for murder and further
enquiry will be initiat-
ed against them. Sta-
lin’s statement in As-
sembly came after LoP
Edappadi K Palaniswa-
mi moved the special
call of motion over the
incident. AIADMK
members walked out of
Assembly demanding
CBI probe in this case.
Patna (Agencies): A
day after Prashant
Kishor criticised his
15-year rule in Bihar
and declared a mission
to bring in “new think-
ing and new effort” to
revive the state, CM Ni-
tish Kumar was dis-
missive of comments.
Prashant’s opinion is
“not important”, the
truth is, he told.
“You people know
whether we have done
good in Bihar or not.
Someone’s opinion is
not important. What
is important is the
truth. People know
our work. You all
know what work has
been done and how
much work has been
done,” Nitish told.
“Since you know, I re-
quest you to give the
response yourself.
When someone says
anything, we should re-
spond to the comments
but in this case, you can
do that yourself, since
you know what the real-
ity is,” he said.
Three cops booked for
murder, says Stalin
MK Stalin speaks in the state
assembly on Friday.
CHENNAI CUSTODIAL DEATH
We will hit the
streets, my polit-
ical party Rai-
jor Dal will lead the re-
newed protests against
CAA should the centre re-
ally go forward with the
implementation. This is
an anti-people act, I want
to reiterate that we will
not accept any dictation.
—Akhil Gogoi, Assam activist
Nitish Kumar
Dehradun: The Congress party on Friday named Nir-
mala Gahtori as its candidate to contest the upcoming
Uttarakhand by-polls from
Champawat Assembly
constituency in Uttara-
khand. Gahtori will be
contesting bye-elections,
scheduled on May 31,
against CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami, who was
announced for contesting
bypolls from BJP after its
MLA Kailash Gehtori resigned to pave the way for con-
testing the aforesaid elections. Despite the BJP winning
the 2022 polls in U’khand with a majority, Dhami had
lost the Khatima seat to Congress candidate Bhuwan.
Ranchi: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has asked the
high court to dismiss the petition that sought a CBI
probe into a stone quar-
rying lease in his name,
saying the petition was
aimed at destabilising
his govt and that he had
committed no wrong.
Soren’s affidavit, filed on
Thursday in response to a
public interest petition in
February 2022, also ques-
tioned the credentials of the petitioner Shiv Shankar
Sharma, saying he holds a “personal grudge” against
him. He said Sharma’s father Dr Gautam Sharma tried
to implicate his father and Soren in a murder case.
New Delhi: A day after
Delimitation Commission
submitted its recom-
mendation, a Kashmiri
organisation on Friday
slammed it for “failing”
to mention Parliamenta-
ry and Assembly seats
for PoK and Shaksgam
Valley. Satish Mahaldar
of ‘JK Peace Forum’
alleged: “Even after the
reorganisation under
JK. Reorganization Act,
2O19, it was mandato-
ry for the Delimitation
Commission to mention
Assembly seats for PoK,
which has not been men-
tioned in the gazette.
Election strategist Prashant
Kishor on Friday said the
truth about Bihar was that
even after
30 years
of rule
by Nitish
Kumar and
Lalu Yadav,
the state
continued to
remain the
poorest and most backward
in the country. Kishor said,
“Nitish ji rightly said - the
importance lay on truth. And
the truth is that even after
30 years of Lalu-Nitish rule,
Bihar is today the poorest
and most backward state of
the country.”
Bhubaneswar: The Met
dept officials in Odisha
on Friday said a low
pressure area had formed
over South Andaman Sea
and adjoining south-
east Bay of Bengal this
morning and it is likely
to turn into a cyclonic
storm over east-cen-
tral Bay of Bengal by
Sunday evening and then
move north-westwards.
Director of MeT Centre
in Bhubaneswar, HR
Biswas, said the cyclonic
storm is likely to con-
tinue to move the north
Andhra-Odisha coasts by
May 10.
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Friday adjourned
the appeals of JNU
scholar-activists Sharjeel
Imam and Khalid to May
19 and 24 respectively,
who had challenged the
trial court orders that
refused them bail in the
alleged larger conspiracy
behind Delhi riots. A
division bench compris-
ing Justices Siddharth
Mridul and Rajnish
asked Sharjeel to submit
FIR and charge sheet
registered against him in
connection with alleged
offensive speeches deliv-
ered by him at Aligarh.
New Delhi: ED recovered
crores of rupees in cash
from the house of IAS
Pooja Singhal’s Char-
tered Accountant (CA).
The house was raided in
connection with the ille-
gal mining case. Accord-
ing to the latest reports,
cash of 25 crores was
recovered. ED is also
raiding the Pulse Hos-
pital in Ranchi and 20
other places in country.
This hospital belongs to
a close relative of Pooja
Singhal. Pooja Singhal
is the secretary of the
mines and geology dept
of the Jharkhand.
CONGRESS NAMES GAHTORI TO CONTEST
U’KHAND BY-POLLS AGAINST CM DHAMI
SOREN TO J’KHAND HC: PIL ON MINING
LEASE SEEKS TO DESTABILISE MY GOVT
‘DELIMITATION
COMMISSION FOR
JK HAS FAILED’
OPINIONS DON’T
MATTER: PK’S JAB
AT BIHAR CM NITISH
CYCLONIC TO
REACH ANDHRA-
ODISHA SOON!
HC ADJOURNS
SHARJEEL AND
KAHLID APPEALS
ED RECOVERS
CRORES IN CASH
FROM CA OF IAS
CRUCIAL READ
Prashant Kishor
Akhil Gogoi
BJP ACCUSES
RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi: Accusing
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, BJP on Friday
said that both, WHO
data and Congress’
‘beta’
(son), are
wrong.
Address-
ing a PC at
party HQ
here, BJP
national spokesperson
Sambit Patra said that
methodology to calcu-
late the estimated death
due to Covid by the
WHO is flawed and the
GoI had conveyed its
objections to the global
health body.
New Delhi: Rahul Gan-
dhi on Friday tweeted
the same data and said
that the govt was re-
leasing misleading data.
“47 lakh
Indians
died due to
the Covid
pandemic.
Not 4.8
lakh as
claimed by the Govt.
Science doesn’t lie.
Modi does,” he tweeted
while sharing a graph
showing the same. He
demanded that Centre
provide due compensa-
tion to the family mem-
bers of all the deceased.
RAHUL GANDHI
SLAMS CENTRE

PERSPECTIVE
04
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 1
WHY PM MODI CHOSE TO WAIT IN THE
PARLIAMENT LOBBY FOR 20 MINUTES?
ere’s an account of the first
hand experiences of PM
Modi’s humility and commit-
ment towards parliamentary
procedures as narrated by
Cabinet Minister Arjun Ram
Meghwal. The Minister es-
corted PM Modi from Lok
Sabha to Rajya Sabha cham-
bers on the day of election of
Deputy Chairman of Rajya
Sabha. As part of Parliamen-
tary procedure, the PM was
not supposed to sit in Rajya
Sabha while the election pro-
ceedings were on. Yet being
the Prime Minister he could
have done that as an excep-
tion. But PM Modi still chose
to abide by the protocol and
preferred to wait in the lobby
for about half an hour.
There was a flurry of activ-
ity in the Parliament on the
day as the election for Deputy
Chairman was being held in
Rajya Sabha. Harivanshji had
been nominated by Janata Dal
(United) for the post although
he had been member of Rajya
Sabha for only a short time.
Now, according to Parlia-
mentary procedures, if the
Prime Minister is a member
of Rajya Sabha, he/she sits in
the House from the very be-
ginning of the proceedings,
and if the PM is member of
Lok Sabha instead, then he or
she joins the House after the
election proceedings are over
and is the first to speak a few
words about the newly elect-
ed Deputy Chairman.
It was around 3 pm on 9 Au-
gust, 2018 and I was fortunate
to have been given the duty of
escorting the PM from Lok
Sabha to the Upper House. As
I reached, PM Modi asked me
if the election proceedings
were over. I replied, “Sir, it will
take 5-10 minutes more”. The
PM then asked me to keep
trackof theproceedingsonTV
and to inform him as soon as
they were over. I entered the
PM’s chamber after a few min-
utesandinformedhimthatthe
proceedings would be over by
thetimewereachRajyaSabha.
My walk down to the Upper
House accompanying the PM
began and just as we were
about to cross the lobby, we
got the information that the
proceedings were still in pro-
gress. That’s when PM Modi
decided to halt in the lobby
and sat down on a chair, wait-
ing patiently for the right
time to go in. Immediately the
Marshal came and said “Sir,
you are the PM. You can go in.
You are allowed.”
PM Modi, hearing this,
posed a short and simple ques-
tion,“What’stheprotocol?”He
furthersaid,“IamaLokSabha
member.ALokSabhamember
can attend election proceed-
ings in Rajya Sabha but not as
Prime Minister.” The Marshal
then checked the Rule Book
and said “
As a member of Lok
Sabha,thePMdoesn’thavethe
righttositduringRajyaSabha
proceedingsbuthemayattend
if the Chair makes an excep-
tion for him.”
“Why should I make an ex-
ception for myself ? I don’t
wish to break any rules,” and
our Prime Minister contin-
ued to sit where he was.
This exchange that Naren-
dra Modi had with the Mar-
shal had a great impact on
me. For about 20 minutes, he
and I talked about diverse
topics while people kept barg-
ing in asking him to come and
sit in Rajya Sabha. But no one
could budge Modiji from his
resolve. He equated his situa-
tion with someone waiting at
the crossing for the red light
to turn green and said he
would stay where he was
while the light was still red.
Those 20 minutes taught
valuable lessons to all those
whocameintouchwiththePM
while he waited on the humble
chair outside the Rajya Sabha
with stoic and hermit-like pa-
tience. In the meanwhile, Hari-
vansh Singhji was elected Dep-
uty Chairman and everyone
congratulated him. The corri-
dors were abuzz with talks of
Narendra Modi’s forbearance
andallegiancetohisdutiesand
to parliamentary procedures.
This incident will remain
etched in the memories of all
those fortunate to be part of
the edifying experience in-
stilling in them the impor-
tance of adhering to Parlia-
mentary traditions and rules,
irrespective of one’s position.
TO BE CONTINUED…
H
MODIJI STOOD LIKE A
ROCK WHEN I WAS
GRASPING AT STRAWS
NAMO
MAN OF THE MOMENT
ssociated with the Sangh family of Guja-
rat, Alkaben Bakshi found a saviour in
PM Modi who was then serving as a
Sangh Pracharak, when she lost her hus-
band in 1982. Alkaben brings to us her
story about the gentle and compassionate
side of Narendra Modi that illumines the
fact that the daughters of the Sangh family always
have his back in adversity
.
“When I lost my husband in 1982 in a gruesome
accident, I was devastated. At the time I was living
at Maninagar in Ahmedabad while my parents were
in Vadodra. The Sangh office was located in Dhor
Bazaar and Narendra Bhai used to reside in the of-
fice premises. As soon as he received the news about
the accident, he rushed to Maninagar to console me
and my family in the hour of grief. Narendra Bhai
immediately took charge of the ornaments and cash
in the house, and my husband’s bike and had them
placed safely in the Sangh office. All these belong-
ings were handed over to me by Narendra Bhai after
about ten days when the last rites had been per-
formed. The words of compassion and wisdom he
spoke to me at that time still ring in my ears. He
asked me to keep all the ornaments safely to secure
my daughter’s future.
Even now when I am in luck and get to meet Modi-
ji, he inquires about my well-being and blesses me.
When I was in dire straits and was running pillar to
posttohavethemedicalandaccidentclaimprocessed,
he sent in a request to Harish Patelji, who was a sen-
ior lawyer at Gujarat High Court at the time. My case
was handled by Harishji and after his death, by his
son and after the judgement was pronounced, they
did not charge me a single penny for fighting my case.
It is an assurance that I can render based on my
personal experiences that under the umbrella care
of Narendra Bhai, the daughters of the Sangh fam-
ily have little to fear because their brother is always
there, looking after them.”
A
COMPILED AND EDITED BY SHASHIKANT SHARMA AND SHWETA SHARMA
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
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BIZ BUZZ
06
New Delhi (PTI): One
in every two Indian
travellers plan to take
their first trip this
summer, after a 2-year
hiatus due to COVID-19
induced restrictions,
indicating a strong
bounce back in travel
confidence across the
country
.
As per the OYO’s
Mid-Summer Vacation
Index 2022, over 61% of
Indian travellers said
they are planning to
take vacations this
summer, out of which
94% showed a strong
preference to travel do-
mestically
.
This shows that de-
spite the opening up of
international air trav-
el, exploring local des-
tinations is here to stay
in 2022.
“Interestingly, every
1 in 2 Indian travellers
plan to head out on
their first trip since the
2020 lockdown this
summer. This is a
strong indicator of the
bounce back in travel
confidence across In-
dia, mainly due to mass
vaccination drives,
combined with the re-
ceding pandemic sever-
ity,” it added.
The survey also
found that short trips
are the preferred
choice with 55% of
them opting for it.
“Over 50% Indians
opted to travel with
friends, while 26.5%
said they would love to
spend their vacation
with family and 13% of
respondents also
wished to go solo this
summer,” it added.
In terms of destina-
tions, over one-third of
the respondents opted
Manali as their favour-
ite hill station, while
Goa topped the charts
as the most loved beach
destination.
ONE IN TWO INDIAN TRAVELLERS PLAN
TO TAKE 1st TRIP SINCE 2020: SURVEY
Over 50% opted
to travel with
friends, while
26.5% said they
would love to
spend their
vacation with
family
power ministry has di-
rected all imported
coal-based plants to
run on full capacity
amid the ongoing dry
fuel shortage at ther-
mal plants crippling
electricity generation.
In an office order is-
sued in this regard on
Thursday by the minis-
try
, it is noted that most
of the states have al-
lowed pass-through of
the higher cost of im-
ported coal to consum-
ers, which aided to
make operational
10,000 MW capacity out
of the total 17,600 MW
imported coal-based
thermal plants in the
country
.
However, the minis-
try said that “some im-
ported coal-based ca-
pacity is still not oper-
ating”.
The ministry issued
directions under Sec-
tion 11 of the Electric-
ity Act. It has directed
that all imported coal-
based power plants
shall operate and gen-
erate power to their
full capacity
.
In the case of im-
ported coal-based
plants under the insol-
vency proceeding, the
resolution profession-
als will take steps to
make them functional.
These plants will
supply power in the
first instance to the
PPA (power purchase
agreement) holders
(discoms). Any surplus
power left thereafter or
any power for which
there is no PPA will be
sold in the power ex-
changes, ministry said.
INDIA INVOKES EMERGENCY
RULE TO FIGHT POWER CRISIS
Power Minister asks all imported coal-based thermal plants to run on full capacity
Mumbai (PTI): India
needs to increase do-
mestic coal production
in order to fulfil the ev-
er-growing demand for
fuel and reduce import
dependency
, Union Coal
and Mines Minister
Pralhad Joshi said on
Friday
.
“The need for coal is
going to be double by
2040 with the rise in
electric vehicles and
the increased demand
for electricity. There-
fore, we need to ramp
up our coal production
to meet this growing en-
ergy requirement,”
Joshi said at an inves-
tors’ meet here in the
financial capital.
He said the target of
the coal ministry is
to minimise the import
of thermal coal and
to make the country
‘Aatmanirbhar’ in the
sector.
‘India need to
ramp up coal
production’
New Delhi (PTI): The All India Power Engineers Federation has urged the
central government to compensate states for importing coal in the absence
of adequate dry fuel for thermal plants. “AIPEF has demanded that the Centre
compensate each and every state that is being forced to import coal in absence
of adequate domestic coal. In absence of this financial help, financial condition
of the utilities will deteriorate further,” an AIPEF statement said. The federation
has written a letter to Union Power Minister R K Singh in this regard.
CENTRE
SHOULD
COMPENSATE
STATES FOR
IMPORTING
COAL: AIPEF
New Delhi (PTI): All
the key indicators such
as jump in exports and
high GST collection in
April reflect that the
country’s economy is
on the growth path,
Commerce and Indus-
try Minister Piyush
Goyal said on Thursday
.
He said that goods
and services exports
have touched $675 bil-
lion in 2021-22, while the
GST collection in April
touched the highest
ever level of about `1.68
lakh crore, up 20% from
the year-ago period.
“So all indicators
show that the country is
on the right path,
growth path, recovery
path and the revival
path,” Goyal said.
He also asked project
exporters to diversify
and foray into markets
of the developed world
and urged them not to
restrict themselves to
government’s line of
credit projects.
About the country’s
target of $1 trillion
worth of goods and ser-
vices export each by
2030, he said that the
target would be
achieved through the
participation of all
stakeholders.
Indicators show India on
growth path: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
India likely to seal FTA
with EU by next year
Mumbai (PTI):
Commerce and In-
dustry Minister Pi-
yush Goyal on Fri-
day said India will
be able to conclude
a free trade agree-
ment (FTA) with
the European Un-
ion by next year.
Goyal said the
country has already
sealed pacts with
the UAE and Aus-
tralia, and is in ne-
gotiations with
other countries or
blocs including the
EU, UK, Canada
and Gulf Coopera-
tion Council (GCC).
“By next year, we
would be able to
conclude an FTA
with the EU,” Goyal
said, adding that a
delegation from Ita-
ly including its for-
eign minister is in
New Delhi now
with which he will
be having delibera-
tions.
Already, three
rounds of negotia-
tions have been
held with the UK.
Sensex,Nifty crash as
global markets lose nerve
Mumbai (PTI): Dalal
Street wilted under in-
tense selling pressure
on Friday, mirroring a
meltdown in world eq-
uities as investors
braced for slowing glob-
al growth amid policy
tightening by central
banks.
A sharp drop in the
rupee amid a spurt in
crude oil prices and
unabated foreign fund
outflows added to the
woes. The 30-share BSE
Sensex dived 866.65
points or 1.56% to finish
at 54,835.58. During the
day, it tanked 1,115.48
pointsor2%to54,586.75.
Similarly, the broad-
er NSE Nifty tumbled
271.40 points or 1.63% to
settle at 16,411.25.
Bajaj Finance was
the top laggard among
the Sensex components,
skidding 4.91%, fol-
lowed by Axis Bank,
Bajaj Finserv, Nestle,
Wipro, HDFC, Infosys,
HDFC Bank and UltraT-
ech Cement.
In contrast, Tech Ma-
hindra, PowerGrid,
ITC, SBI, NTPC and
Sun Pharma mustered
gains of up to 2.21%.
On a weekly basis,
the Sensex slumped
2,225.29 points or 3.89%,
while the Nifty lost
691.30 points or 4.04%.
retail portion of LIC
IPO, the country’s big-
gest-ever, was sub-
scribed fully in the
first hour of bidding
on day three on Friday
.
The Retail Individu-
al Investor (RII) cate-
gory garnered over 7.2
crore bid, as against
6.9 crore shares set
aside for this segment,
as per the data on
stock exchanges at
11:36 am on Friday
.
The segment was
thus fully subscribed.
However, the Quali-
fied Institutional Buy-
er (QIB) and Non-In-
stitutional Investor
(NII) portion has been
receiving a tepid re-
sponse. Non-institu-
tional investors’ por-
tion was subscribed 50
per cent, while QIBs’
portion is still lower at
40 per cent.
The policyholder
portion was sub-
scribed over three
times, while the re-
served employees’ seg-
ment was subscribed
nearly two and half
times.
Overall, the IPO is
more than fully sub-
scribed as it has re-
ceived 17,98,42,980
bids, as against
16,20,78,067 shares on
sale.
The LIC initial pub-
lic offering (IPO) will
close on May 9.
LT Infotech, Mindtree
announce mega merger
Mumbai (PTI): LT
Infotech and Mindtree
on Friday announced a
mega-merger to create
an efficient and scaled-
up IT services provid-
er, exceeding $3.5 bil-
lion in combined reve-
nue, according to a
statement.
The name of the
combined entity will
be ‘LTIMindtree’, the
statement said.
In an all-share deal,
LT Infotech will offer
73 shares for every 100
shares of Mindtree.
“Upon the scheme
becoming effective, all
shareholders of Mind-
tree will be issued
shares of LTI at the ra-
tio of 73 shares of LTI
for every 100 shares of
Mindtree,” as per the
statement.
The new shares of
LTI so issued will be
traded on the NSE and
BSE. Larsen Toubro
Limited will hold
68.73% of LTI after the
merger.
The transaction is
subject to shareholder
and regulatory approv-
als.
LTI Chairman AM
Naik told reporters on
Friday that DC Chat-
terjee will lead the
merged entity
.
RETAIL PORTION
SUBSCRIBED FULLY
LIC IPO
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned Oil and
Natural Gas Corpo-
ration (ONGC) has
won 18 out of the 21
areas offered for find-
ing and producing oil
and gas in the sixth
bid round under
Open Acreage Li-
censing Policy
.
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
walked away with
two blocks and Sun
Petrochemicals Pvt
Ltd got one block, the
Directorate General
of Hydrocarbons
said announcing the
winners of the
OALP-VI round.
The 21 blocks or
areas offered for ex-
ploration and pro-
duction of oil and
gas in OALP Bid
Round-VI attracted
just 3 bidders at the
close of bidding on
October 6, 2021.
ONGCwins
18blocksin
VIbidround
RIL first Indian Co.to
hit $100 bn revenue
Mumbai (PTI): Bil-
lionaire Mukesh Am-
bani’s Reliance Indus-
tries Ltd on Friday
reported a 24.5% rise
in earnings for the
quarter ended March
onthebackof bumper
oil refining margins,
steady growth in tele-
com and digital ser-
vices and strong mo-
mentuminretailbusi-
ness.
The oil-to-retail-to-
telecom conglomer-
ate’s consolidated net
profit rose to `16,203
crore in the quarter
ended March 31, 2022
from`13,227croreear-
lier, the firm said a
stock exchange filing.
For the full fiscal
2021-22, Reliance re-
ported a net profit of
`60,705 crore on a rev-
enue of `7.92 lakh
crore ($102 billion).
Similarly
, Group com-
pany Reliance Jio
posted an about 24%
increase in stan-
dalone profit after tax
to `4,173 crore for the
quarter ended March
2022.
The company had
registered a profit af-
ter tax (PAT) of `3,360
crore in the same pe-
riod a year ago, the
company said in a fil-
ing.
Thestandalonerev-
enue from operations
increasedbyover20%
to `20,901 crore, from
`17,358 crore in the
March 2021 quarter.
INVESTORS WEALTH
TUMBLES OVER
`4.47 LAKH CR
New Delhi (PTI): Inves-
tors became poorer by
over `4.47 lakh crore
on Friday as markets
faced severe drubbing,
mirroring weak trends in
global equities. Track-
ing an extremely weak
trend in equities, the
market capitalisation of
BSE-listed firms tumbled
`4,47,172.57 crore to
`2,55,17,716.80 crore.
Foreign institutional in-
vestors offloaded shares
worth `2,074.74 crore.
` PLUMMETS 57
PAISE TO CLOSE AT
76.92 AGAINST $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
slumped 57 paise to close
at 76.92 (provisional)
against the US dollar on
Friday. At the interbank
foreign exchange market,
the rupee opened lower at
76.61 against the green-
back, and finally settled
for the day at 76.92,
down 57 paise over its
previous close. During the
trading session, the rupee
witnessed an intra-day
high of 76.56 and a low
of 76.96.

07
NEWS
LOUDSPEAKER ROW
Mumbai (ANI): A peti-
tion has been filed be-
fore the Bombay High
Court seeking direc-
tions to the Maharash-
tra government and
Mumbai police to regis-
ter an FIR against Ma-
harashtra Navnirman
Sena (MNS) chief Raj
Thackeray under the
charges of sedition and
creating nuisance in
connection with his
May 1 Aurangabad rally
.
The petition was filed
by a Pune-based activ-
ist, Hemant Patil and is
likely to be mentioned
for an urgent hearing
today. In his petition,
Patil who also heads an
NGO said that Thack-
eray organised a rally
on May 1 in Aurang-
abad in which he spoke
against NCP chief
Sharad Pawar which
may cause unrest
among the party work-
ers leading to disrup-
tion of peace in the
state. He sought the reg-
istration of a case of
sedition against the
MNS chief.
Notably, Thackeray,
during his rally on May
1, had charged the NCP
chief of “dividing Ma-
harashtra in caste poli-
tics” and also added
that Pawar is an atheist.
Following his speech,
the Aurangabad police
registered an FIR
against the MNS chief
after seeing the viral
videos of his rally.
Meanwhile, Raj Thack-
eray had reiterated his
ultimatum to remove
the loudspeakers from
mosques by May 3, fail-
ing which they would
play Hanuman Chalisa
with double volume
compared to Azaan
from May 4.
“Today is the first day
of Maharashtra (Maha-
rashtra Day). I will not
listen from the fourth
day from now. Wherev-
er we will see a loud-
speaker, we will also
chant Hanuman Chali-
sa in front of the loud-
speaker in double vol-
ume,” Thackeray had
said while addressing a
gathering at Sanskru-
tik Mandal Maidan in
Aurangabad. Mumbai
Policeseizedloudspeak-
ers from the MNS office
and detain the party’s
Chandivali unit chief
Mahendra Bhanushali
and others on Tuesday
.
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana,
is all set to host the
fourth season of Khelo
IndiaYouthGames-2021.
The Khelo India Youth
Games-2021 will have a
grand opening on Satur-
day at Indradhanush
Auditorium,Panchkula.
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar will be
the Chief Guest at the
Launching Ceremony
.
On the other hand, Un-
ion Minister of Sports,
Youth Affairs and Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing Anurag Thakur will
attend the programme
as a special guest.
Thegameswillstartin
thepresenceof Haryana
Vidhan Sabha Speaker
GianchandGupta,Depu-
tyChief MinisterDushy-
ant Chautala and Minis-
ter of State for Sports
and Youth Affairs Sand-
eep Singh. Apart from
these, many dignitaries
of CentralandStateGov-
ernments will also be
present. The mascot,
logo, jersey and theme
song of Khelo India
YouthGameswillalsobe
launched at the launch
event.
More than 8,000 ath-
letes will participate in
the Khelo India Youth
Games-2021. Apart from
this, lakhs of spectators
will witness these
games. Haryana is
geared with complete
preparation to host the
Khelo India Youth
Games-2021. Along with
organizing a grand
event on the day of
launch,asplendidsports
infrastructure has also
been prepared. Several
multipurpose halls, syn-
thetic tracks, and ath-
letic tracks have been
constructed for sports.
Apartfromthis,anaudi-
torium has also been
constructed at Badmin-
ton Hall, Government
Women’s College Sector
14, Panchkula. State of
the art hockey stadiums
are ready in Panchkula
and Shahbad. In addi-
tion, an all-weather
swimmingpoolhasbeen
built in Ambala. Every
Haryana resident and
people from across the
country are excited to
witness these games.
It is noteworthy that
‘Khelo India Youth
Games-2021’ is being or-
ganized jointly by the
State Government and
Sports Authority of In-
dia (SAI), Union Minis-
try of Youth Affairs
and Sports from June 4
to 13.
Khelo India Youth Games start in Panchkula from today
SPORTS FOR NATION
Union Minister Anurag Thakur will also
attend the programme as special guest.
CM ML Khattar will be the chief guest
More than 8,000 athletes will participate in the Khelo India Youth Games-2021.
Yogi Govt gears up for inauguration
of Bundelkhand Expressway in June
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The long-
awaited Bundelkhand
Expressway is likely to
beinauguratedbyPrime
MinisterNarendraModi
in June. The State gov-
ernment is reported to
havesentproposaltothe
Prime Minister’s office
for the inauguration of
the project.
With just five per cent
work left to be complet-
ed on the E-way, the im-
plementing agency has
expedited move to fin-
ish it within next two
weeks so that it could be
inaugurated by third
week of June.
According to infor-
mation from Uttar
Pradesh Expressways
Industrial Development
Authority (UPEIDA)
100 per cent work has
been completed under
some heads like earth
work etc while it is in
final stages like granu-
lar sub-base layering.
After coming back to
power again in March
2022, the CM Yogi had
put the project among
100 days goal and au-
thorities had according-
ly expedited the work.
PETITIONINHCFORSEDITION
CASE AGAINST RAJ THACKEREY
Thackeray’s
Aurangabad rally,
where he spoke
against NCP chief
Sharad Pawar, ‘may
lead to disruption
of peace’
CENTRE SHOULD BRING POLICY ON
LOUDSPEAKERS: MAHA HM
Mumbai: The
Union government
should come out
with a policy on the
use of loudspeak-
ers, Maharashtra
Home Minister Dilip
Walse-Patil said here
on Friday. He also
thanked people from
both Hindu
and Muslim com-
munities for co-
operating with the
state government
in the maintenance
of peace amid a
row over the use
of loudspeakers by
mosques. —FIB
Human trafficker
held, 1 girl rescued
Ajay Sharma
Bahraich: Alert SSB
personnel posted at the
Rupaidiha Nepal bor-
der here arrested a hu-
man trafficker who
was taking a girl of Ne-
pali origin to
Ahmedabad. The res-
cued girl has been
handed over to the Ne-
pal Police by the SSB
and it is learnt that the
girl has been given in
the care of the NGO,
Shakti Samuha.
The India-Nepal bor-
der is notorious for be-
ing a free route for hu-
man traffickers. Many
a time SSB personnel
have freed girls native
to Nepal from the
clutches of human
traffickers. In the lat-
est such incident at the
Rupaidiha border, SSB
jawans during a rou-
tine check came upon a
Nepali girl travelling
along with a man
named Hari Hamal,
resident of district
Surkhet in Nepal. The
SSB jawans apprehend-
ed the man on suspi-
cion and during inter-
rogation the man con-
fessed that he had
planned to take the girl
to Ahmedabad on the
pretext of getting her
work.
SSB officials said
that the arrested ac-
cused confessed that he
has been involved in
human trafficking for
a long time and has
sold off many Nepali
origin girls to various
people in many states
of India.
Kedarnath
Temple opens
for devotees
Rudraprayag (ANI):
As the doors of the Ke-
darnath Temple opened
on Friday morning, Ut-
tarakhand Chief Minis-
ter Pushkar Singh Dha-
mi along with his wife
Geeta Dhami offered
prayers.
On the occasion of
the opening of the doors
of Kedarnath Dham,
one of the country’s 12
Jyotirlingas, thousands
of devotees were pre-
sent. The doors of the
templeopenedfollowing
years old traditional
ritualof Vedicchanting.
The temple has been
decked with 15 quintals
of flowers. The portals
of the temple closed for
winter for six months
on November 6 last
year.
Located on the bank
of the Mandakini river,
Kedarnath Temple is
the of the four ancient
pilgrimage sites re-
ferredtoas‘CharDham’
which also include Ya-
munotri, Gangotri and
Badrinath. Built in the
eighth century AD by
Jagad Guru Adi
Shankaracharya, Ke-
darnath Temple is dedi-
cated to Lord Shiva.
YOGI GOVT
TRANSFORMING
UP INTOTHE IT
HUB OF INDIA
First India Bureau
(Lucknow): Working
towards transforming
Uttar Pradesh into the
IT hub of the country,
the Yogi government
has decided to build
IT parks in all the
divisions of the state.
This will not only
increase investment
in the state but will
also generate new
employment oppor-
tunities for the youth.
The state govern-
ment is constantly
making efforts to
make Uttar Pradesh’s
economy Number 1
in the country in the
next five years. With
this, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
also aims to provide
employment to at
least one person
from each family.
In this sequence,
the government is
going to set up an
IT park with the best
infrastructure in each
division.
NHAI signs two MoUs in Lucknow to enhance highway infrastructure.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Celebrat-
ing ‘
Azadi ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav’, NHAI held a
two-day regional confer-
ence in Lucknow with
NHAI officials and
signed two significant
Memorandum of Un-
derstandings (MOU)
that will contribute to
enhance National High-
way infrastructure and
will contribute to sus-
taining environment in
Uttar Pradesh and other
states.
Present on the occa-
sion were General (Dr.)
V
.K. Singh, (Retd.) Min-
ister of State for RTH
Civil Aviation Alka
Upadhyaya, Chairper-
son NHAI, Manoj Ku-
marSingh,ACS,Govtof
Uttar Pradesh.
A first of its kind
MOU was signed be-
tween NHAI and State
Rural Livelihood Mis-
sion, Uttar Pradesh to
involve the self-help
groups in taking up the
plantations along the
National Highways.
Hyd killing:Wife
says begged my
brother to spare
my spouse’s life
Vikarabad (ANI): Nar-
rating the plight of her
helplessness during the
assault on Nagaraju,
the man who was at-
tacked with an iron rod
that resulted in his de-
mise, wife Ashrin
Sulthana on Friday said
that she begged her
brother to spare her
husband’s life, however,
he did not listen and
killed him. Her brother
Syed Mobin Ahmed is
accused in the matter
along with Mohammed
Masood Ahmed.
Speaking to ANI,
Sulthana said, “My
brother was against my
marriage. My husband
told my brother earlier
that he will become
Muslim and will marry
me. But my brother
didn’t approve. Even
before the marriage,
my brother had beaten
me because I wanted to
marry him.”
“We were going home
when my brother along
with another person
come on a motorcycle
and pushed my hus-
band (Nagaraju)
started beating him. In
the beginning, I didn’t
know it was my brother
,” she said.
Rly loco pilot risks life
to restart express train
halted on river bridge
Mumbai (PTI) A sen-
ior assistant loco pilot
(ALP) of the Central
Railway risked his life
to reset the alarm chain
knob of an express
train, which had halted
on a river bridge near
here, an official said on
Friday. The Central
Railway tweeted a video
of the incident that
took place between Tit-
wala and Khadavali,
about 80 km from the
city, on Thursday, and
appealed to passengers
not to needlessly pull
alarm chains in trains.
In the video that went
viral on social media,
senior assistant loco pi-
lot Sathish Kumar can
be seen crawling under
the Chhapra-bound
Godan Express, which
was stranded on a river
bridge, from a narrow
gap between the wheel
and other underbelly
equipment to reset the
alarm chain knob.
The Central Railway’s
chief spokesperson
Shivaji Sutar said some
miscreantshadpulledan
alarm chain and stopped
the train on Kalu river
bridge between Titwala
and Khadavali. To re-
start the train, it was
mandatory to reset the
knob of the second last
coach of the train, in
which the alarm chain
was pulled, he said.
“
Assessing the gravity
of the situation, Kumar
riskedhislifebycrawling
under the train over the
river bridge to reset the
alarmchainknob,”Sutar
said, adding that the ac-
tion had averted delay in
trains and saved the time
of many passengers.
NHAIsignstwoMoUsinLucknow
to enhance highway infrastructure
In video senior
assistant loco
pilot can be
seen crawling
under the
Chhapra-bound
Godan Express
Raj Thackeray

Like everything else in life,
education in the classrooms has to
adapt and change as per the times
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
We should move away from mediocrity: VP Naidu to academia
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Vice
President M Venkaiah
Naidu on Friday em-
phasized the need for
Universities to accord
greater importance to
implementable patents
under Intellectual
Property rights to give
a fillip to economy and
industry. He termed it
necessary to strengthen
industry-institute link-
ages for better research
outcomes.
Addressing the 69th
Convocation ceremony
of Panjab University
in Chandigarh, Naidu
said that we should
move away from medi-
ocrity and not be satis-
fied with what we have
achieved. He also ex-
horted Panjab Univer-
sity to work towards
attaining ranks in top
ten universities glob-
ally. Naidu wanted the
universities to further
create an environment
of continuous profes-
sional development for
teachers, and asked
faculty members to fo-
cus on ground-break-
ing research.
Stressing that Uni-
versities must be at the
forefront of the knowl-
edge revolution,
through path breaking
innovations and cut-
ting edge research, the
Vice President wanted
closer interaction be-
tween Universities and
government so that
more robust policies
can be formulated.
Calling for making
good quality education
accessible and afforda-
ble to all, the Vice Pres-
ident wanted such edu-
cation to lead to a posi-
tive transformation in
an individual’s outlook,
societal cohesion and
inclusive national de-
velopment. “The New
India of our dreams
will be built on aspira-
tions and new compe-
tencies. It will be built
on the knowledge, skills
and attitudes we impart
in our classrooms and
the innovation we foster
in our workshops and
laboratories,” he said.
VICE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CLOSER INTERACTION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENT SO AS TO FORMULATE MORE ROBUST POLICIES
VP Venkaiah Naidu at the 69th convocation ceremony of Panjab University, in Chandigarh on Friday.
USE KNOWLEDGE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Friday al-
leged that the BJP and
the government run by
it at the Centre are sup-
pressing the media,
which only shows de-
bates on religious po-
larisation while ignor-
ing real issues.
Gehlot said this ex-
pressing concern over
India’s ranking in the
Press Freedom Index, in
which country stood at
150th spot among 180 na-
tions.
“This indicates the
misery of the Indian
media,” Gehlot tweeted,
adding that the media
should not come under
the pressure of the cen-
tral government and
support people.
He said since Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi-led government
came into power at the
Centre in 2014, there has
been a “vicious cycle of
media suppression”.
The media is completely
running at the behest of
the central government,
BJP and RSS, he alleged.
“There is so much
fear in the media that
instead of showing the
truth with fairness and
logic, the coverage is
done in a way that that
they do not face their
displeasure,” Gehlot
said attacking the BJP.
“Today, there is huge
resentment among peo-
ple due to inflation and
unemployment but
there is no discussion in
the media on this. They
only show debates re-
lated to religious polari-
sation,” the CM said.
Gehlot said the public
will support the media
once it starts taking up
their issues. “Then the
central government will
not have the courage to
curb the media as it is
doing presently,” Gehlot
said. —With PTI inputs
Centre, BJP suppressing media: Gehlot
FRESH SALVO
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
SLAMS CENTRE
SC refers to 5-judge Bench
dispute over control of services
Supreme Court on Fri-
day referred the issue
regarding the control
over administrative ser-
vices in the national
capital to a five-judge
Constitution Bench for
adjudication.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Rama-
na, Justices Surya Kant
and Hima Kohli said
that it appears that the
five-judge Bench had de-
cided all issues of dis-
pute between Centre
and Delhi govt, except
the ‘services’ while re-
ferring the issue to the
Constitution Bench.
It listed for hearing
on May 11 before the
five-judge Bench for
hearing of arguments
from both the Centre
and Delhi government
on who should control
the ‘services’.
The Bench on April 28
had reserved the order
on whether to refer to
the Constitution Bench
on the issue of who
should control adminis-
trative services in Delhi.
The Central govt had
sought a hearing by a
five-judge Bench on the
matter pertaining to the
legal dispute between
the Delhi government
and the Central govern-
ment regarding the con-
trol over administrative
services in the national
capital. Aam Aadmi
Party-led Delhi govern-
ment had strongly op-
posed the plea of the
Central government.
The Central govern-
ment in its application
sought a referral to a
Constitution Bench for
a holistic interpretation
of Article 239AA.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta appeared
for the Centre while sen-
ior advocate Abhishek
Manu Singhvi repre-
sented the Delhi govt.
The Delhi govt had
filed petitions in the
apex court on control
over services and chal-
lenging the constitu-
tional validity of the
amended GNCTD Act,
2021 and the Transac-
tion of Business Rules,
which allegedly give
more powers to the
Lieutenant Governor
respectively, saying
they are “prima facie
correlated”.
During the hearing,
Solicitor General Tush-
ar Mehta had contended
that the case should be
heard by a Constitution
Bench and not a three-
judge one as it involved
several crucial constitu-
tional questions of law.
The Central govt had
contended that despite a
Constitutional Bench
comprehensively evalu-
atingaschemeof govern-
ance for the national
capital, the administra-
tion continued to suffer
on a daily basis due to a
lack of clarity in relation
totheexecutiveauthority
.
Solicitor General Me-
hta had said that the
matter needed to be sent
to a Constitution Bench
on grounds including
that the earlier judge-
ments of the five-judge
Bench did not give “any
roadmap” to decide as
to whether the Union or
the Delhi government
will have the compe-
tence to deal with the
subject under dispute.
APEX COURT ADJOURNS THE MATTER FOR MAY 11 FOR HEARING OF ARGUMENTS OF BOTH SIDES
New Delhi (ANI):
The SC Collegium
has approved the
proposal for the ap-
pointment of seven
lawyers as judges
of the Delhi HC.
The Collegium
headed by Chief
Justice of India NV
Ramana took the
decision pursuant
to a meeting of the
Collegium held on
May 4. The advo-
cates recommended
for judgeship are —
Vikas Mahajan,
Tushar Rao Gedela,
Manmeet Pritam
Singh Arora,
Sachin Datta, Amit
Mahajan, Gaurang
Kanth, and Sau-
rabh Banerjee.
The Delhi HC is
currently operating
at a strength of 35
judges as opposed
to its sanctioned
strength of 60.
The Collegium
on May 4 also ap-
proved the proposal
for the elevation of
seven judicial offic-
ers as Judges in the
Patna High Court.
SC Collegium
recommends
7 lawyers as
judges of HC
WHAT A WEATHER!
Boatmen are seen ferrying tourists across the Dal lake during an overcast sky, in Srinagar
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
ED seizure: High Court
breather for Xiaomi India
Bengaluru (PTI): The
High Court of Karna-
taka has given a breath-
er to Xiaomi Technolo-
gy India Private Limit-
ed by staying the April
29 order of the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
by which Rs 5551.27
crore of the company
was seized under the
provisions of the For-
eign Exchange Manage-
ment Act,1999.
The vacation Bench
of Justice Hemant
Chandangoudar stayed
the ED order on Thurs-
day, while also issuing
notices to the respond-
ents including the Min-
istry of Finance and
various officers of the
ED.
Xiaomi India, the
subsidiary of the Chi-
nesefirmXiaomiGroup
can now operate its
bank accounts for car-
rying out the day-to-day
activities of the com-
pany, the High Court
ordered.
Xiaomi, which sells
mobile phones in India
under the brand name
MI, is accused by the ED
of violating Section 4 of
the FEMA Act by trans-
ferring money in the
name of ‘Technology
Royalty’ to three com-
panies outside India–
two in the US and one in
China.
ED had seized the
sum of Rs 5551.27 crore
in the bank accounts of
the company and initi-
ated action for alleged
illegal remittances
made by the company
in February 2022.
Hrycopstoprobearrestedterror
suspectsforlinkswithexplosives
Ambala (ANI): Ambala
Police is coordinating
with Karnal Police in in-
vestigations after four
Punjab-based terror sus-
pects on their way to Tel-
angana were detained,
for allegedly in posses-
sion of a huge consign-
ment of explosives, at
Bastara toll plaza in Har-
yana’s Karnal district on
Thursday morning.
“We got the informa-
tion that four terror sus-
pects have been arrested
in Karnal. An IED was
recovered in Ambala a
few months ago, so we
are coordinating with
Karnal Police and will
carry out further investi-
gation,” Superintendent
of Police, Ambala, Ja-
handeep Randhawa said.
The four detained terror
suspects, all of whom
who hailed from Punjab,
were produced before the
court from the CIA police
station in Karnal. Three
improvised explosive de-
vices (IEDs) in metallic
container, 31 live ammu-
nition, a countrymade
pistol, six mobile phones
and Rs 1.3 lakh in cash
were allegedly seized
from the accused.
In March this year,
threelive hand grenades
and one IED were recov-
ered outside a private
university on the Amba-
la-Chandigarh highway
.
The explosives were de-
fused by a bomb dispos-
al squad.
Meanwhile, the four
arrested on Thursday
have been identified as
Gurpreet, Amandeep,
Parminder and Bhupin-
der.
SP Jahandeep Randhawa
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RUBAL SHEKHAWAT, A
STUNNING DIVA FROM JAIPUR,
SPOKE CANDIDLY WITH CITY FIRST
ABOUT HER INSPIRING JOURNEY, FAMILY
BACKGROUND AND CAREER GOALS AS A MODEL.
SHE EVEN SPOKE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO STRIKE A PERFECT BALANCE IN LIFE.
RUBAL SHEKHAWAT: A RAVISHING
VERSION OF CHARM
Describe yourself and what ac-
cording to you are some vital
skills or characteristics that one
should have to make it to the
modelling world?
My name is Rubal Shekhawat
and I am from Jaipur. I have
done graduation and I am a mod-
el, actress and content creator by
profession. I have travelled
across the country because I hail
from a defense background. This
made me very much interested
in travelling to various places
so that I can discover new cul-
tures and participate in ad-
venturous activities. In
my opinion determina-
tion, a consistently
healthy lifestyle and
true dedication to the profes-
sion are essential for modelling.
If you could go in the future and
give yourself some advice about
your career what would it be?
Yes, I would give myself some
advice regarding the healthcare
regime. I would tell myself to
take better care of my health be-
cause initially, my hectic shoot-
ing schedules taxed my health.
What made you find a model in
you?
Modelling was my childhood
dream and I am delighted that
it came true. I used to look up
to Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya
Rai, Priyanka Chopra and
Manushi Chhillar. They all in-
spired me to become a good pro-
fessional. I think my spontane-
ity also made me discover the
model within me. My passion
and dedication to creating my
own identity made me find the
job I was made for.
What according to you was the
biggest mistake made by you
when you started?
The biggest mistake that I com-
mitted was when I took my
health for granted. I used to
be out for shoots from
early morning to late
night and was left bereft
of home-cooked meals. In
the beginning, I could not
manage it well and at times
even ate unhealthy food. Then
I worked on it and made a health
and skin regime which I reli-
giously follow now.
What has been the most memo-
rable or rewarding moment in
your career?
There are so many memorable
and rewarding moments in my
life. Starting with the most re-
cent, winning the title of Femina
Miss India Rajasthan 2022 made
me proud of myself. One of them
is when I did an advertisement
with Ranveer Singh. I have also
done a song with Emraan Hash-
mi and it made me so happy. I am
proud of all that I have done.
rue beauty is not
limited to great
looks as it also in-
cludes the expres-
sion of skills. It is
all about being the
voice of the voiceless by
helping those in need. It is
about serving the country
of birth by helping the un-
derprivileged for the im-
provement of the commu-
nity as well. Today’s wom-
en express themselves
through multiple skills
andstaymotivatedtoserve
themselves as well as the
nation.Onesuchmagnani-
mous soul is Rubal Shek-
hawat who also believes in
putting the nation before
herself. City First spoke to
Rubal Shekhawat about
her journey of making
it to the top 30 final-
ists in the Femina
Miss India 2022.
T
DHANUSHREE VYAS
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MAHIMA VERMA, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are very
fortunate to have
a great friend
circle. You are
very generous
by nature and
also you are the
backbone of your
family. Today is
a favourable day for business. You may
postpone your study plans. Be careful of
the words that you say. Your lover may
finally say yes to get married to you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Take stand where
you need to, don’t
run in the same
direction where
everybody else
is going. Visit a
doctor if you have
any doubts about
your health.
Don’t attack stress even if you don’t
have any. Let go of things that are not in
your control. You want to have your own
house and you will work hard.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You must create
an environment
of understanding
at home. You
need a break
from day to
tensions and the
way to cope up
with stress is to
meditate. You will succeed in any sort
of examination if you put your heart and
soul to it. Promotion can be expected
even if other are not.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Never demotivate
someone even if
someone is not
capable of doing
something. You
make sure to
make things work
your way. You are
most wanted by
your friends. You can have romantic affair
in office and a serious one. You will invest
money in clothes and accessories today.
You are a God fearing person.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You need help on
academic front
and you should
not shy away
from asking.
Your spouse
may make you
spend more than
you expected.
Fantastic day for investing money in stock
market as you can make fortune. You
miss your parents a lot and somewhere
fear to loose them.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are
opportunist and
this will make you
successful one
day. Your spouse
is someone
who can do
anything for your
happiness. There
may be delays in property possession
and it won’t effect you. You are happy
spending whole day at home. Help your
mothers at home today.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Don’t make
friends for money
and status rather
make friends who
will stick with you
forever. You care
about you lover
but somehow
hesitate in
expressing that care. On social front, you
may have to spend some extra money
in buying gifts for someone for some
specific occasion.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Scrumptious
food is what you
are craving for
today. You always
maintain cordial
relationship with
everyone. You
workout daily
to keep yourself
fit. You may start a side business to earn
extra money. You are not a jealous kind
and you feel happy for others. You are a
very grounded person.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Best day to
buy gold and
silver or any
precious metal
for investment
sake. You love to
live close to your
family. You are a
child at heart and
never let this child die. You have a big
heart and you always help someone if you
can. Video gathering is possible as you
miss your social circle like anything.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
This is the
best time try
something new
with life give
yourself a new
purpose. You
will feel amorous
towards your
wife. Work on
your limitations, there can be no better
time than this. You have more opposite
sex friends than the same and you may
be judged sometimes but don’t care.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are a pro in
your field and
none can beat
you. Female
scorpios are
lioness and
women around
are often jealous.
You give tough
competition to people. Many people
get inspired by you. You will get special
treatment from your dear ones. The day
will prove good for you.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Boisterous
behaviour is
what everyone
needs right now,
do whatever
you can do to
cheer everyone
up. You will
feel financially
comfortable and infant you are in position
to invest money in some new venture.
Your personality will attract many eligible
bachelors.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he last novel Ernest
Hemingway saw
published, ‘The Old
Man and the Sea’
had proved itself to
be one of the most
enduring works of American
fiction. Using the simple,
powerful language of a fable,
Hemingway takes the time-
less theme of courage- in the
face of defeat and personal
triumph won from loss and
transforms it into a magnifi-
cent 20th Century classic.
Written in 1952, this hugely
successful novel confirmed
Hemingway’s power and
presence in the literary
world. It got him the Pulitzer
Prize in 1953 and the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1954.
Hemingway was known
for his larger-than-life per-
sonality- due to his passion
for war (he was injured
twice), bullfighting, fishing
and big- game hunting. He
survived two plane crashes!
He viewed the world of war
as complex, filled with moral
ambiguities and full of una-
voidable pain, hurt de-
struction. To survive in such
a world, and to emerge victo-
riously, one must conduct
oneself with honour, cour-
age, endurance and dignity- a
set of principles that came to
be known as ‘The Heming-
way Code’. This was the
theme established in ‘The
Old Man and the Sea’. It’s a
perfectly crafted story, a
unique and timeless vision
of the beauty and grief of
man’s challenge to the ele-
ments in which he lives. “The
old man knew he had one
good fight left in him- so did
Hemingway- they both won-
as we gain insight into what
it means to struggle- to fight
against long odds, succeed!
Only to be beaten at the last
moment…”
‘The Old Man and the Sea’
is the story of an epic strug-
gle between an old, seasoned,
Cuban fisherman and the
greatest catch of his life. For
84 days, Santiago had set out
to sea and returned empty-
handed. Terming him un-
lucky, the parents of his
young, devoted, apprentice
and friend- Manolin, forced
the boy to leave the old man
for more prosperous fishing
boats. Santiago is a mentor to
the boy, who cherishes the
old man and the life lessons
he imparts. “There are many
good fishermen and some
great ones. But there is only
one you.” He does his best to
help and support Santiago
with the boat, supplies, food,
bait etc.
With age and luck now
against him, Santiago knows
he must row out “beyond all
people”, away from land and
into the Gulf Stream, “where
one last drama would be
played out, in an empty arena
of sea and sky”. The old man
hooks a Marlin fish- which is
even bigger than his boat. All
alone, he is tested to the lim-
its as he works the line with
bleeding hands, to bring his
prized catch close enough to
kill with a harpoon. He strug-
gles with the fish for three
days, admiring its strength,
dignity and faithfulness to its
identity- empathizing with it.
He finally reels the Marlin in
and lashes it to the boat. As
he sets sail for home, the con-
tinuous attack by multiple
sharks begins. He fights off
and kills many, but cannot
save his precious Marlin. He
reaches the shore with only
the skeleton, head and tail of
the great fish. Through his
struggle, Santiago demon-
strates the ability of the hu-
man spirit to endure hard-
ship and suffering to win. It
is also his deep love and
knowledge of the sea, in its
impassive cruelty and benef-
icence, that allows him to
prevail. The essential physi-
cality of the story- the smells
of tar salt fish blood, the
cramp nausea and blind
exhaustion of the old man,
the terrifying death spasms
of thegreatfish-issetagainst
the ethereal qualities of daz-
zling light and water, isola-
tion, the swelling motion
of the sea. And through it all
the narrative is constantly
tugging, unreeling a little
more, and then pulling again,
all in tandem with the old
man’s struggle.
“The best story Heming-
way has written- no page of
this beautiful master-work
could have been done better
or differently”. It is unsur-
passed in Hemingway’s
oeuvre. Every word tells
there is not a word too many
.
It is a story that demands to
be read in a single sitting.
T
DEEPAK
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THE OLD MAN
THE OLD MAN
AND THE SEA
AND THE SEA
DEEPAK’S CORNER
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K
atrina took social media to
give a glimpse of her moth-
er’s birthday celebration. In
thepics,Katrinawasposing
with her mommy and the yummy
birthday cake. Besides, the Kaif sis-
ters were also seen coming together
for a beautiful family pic. Katrina
had captioned, “Happy 70th mama”.
Soon, several celebs took to the
comment section and amid this,
Anushka Sharma also com-
mented on the post and
found the pics adorable.
She wrote, “This is so
cute” along with
a emoticon.
—Agency
A
ctress Tamannaah Bhatia, who has
just wrapped up shooting for director
Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Babli Bounc-
er’,saysthatshootingforthisfilmwas
an experience of a lifetime. She said, “This
film started with an extremely well written
and author-backed character, which had
everything that would be the right kind
of meat for an actor to go all the way
and give everything that they
have, to create a world and
character. — Agency
M
AJOR, One of
the most
awaited films
of the year, is
based on the life of Ma-
jor Sandeep Un-
nikrishnan, the deco-
rated NSG Commando
who perished while
saving dozens during
the 26/11 attacks. The
makers had the honour
of a special meeting
with Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister of In-
dia on Sunday in Delhi
wherein the team
showed the trailer of
the film and discussed
the story of the Nation-
al Hero. Adivi Sesh
portrays the titular
role of Major Sandeep
in the film. Rajnath
Singh graciously un-
veiled the slogan of the
film. The words ‘Jaan
Doonga Desh Nahi’ in
Tricoloured font are
set against a pure
white canvas.
During the
interac-
tion, Defence Minister
appreciated the team
for their efforts. Ra-
jnath Singh con-
gratulated the director
Sashi Kiran Tikka and
Adivi Sesh for present-
ing the story of a brave
hero of India. Pro-
duced by Sony Pictures
International Produc-
tions in association
with Mahesh Babu’s
GMB Entertainment
and A+S Movies, Major
is directed by Sashi
Kiran Tikka and stars
Adivi Sesh, Sobhita
Dhulipala, Saiee Man-
jrekar, Revathi,
Prakash Raj, Anish Ku-
ruvilla and Murali
Sharma.
I
n a recent interview,
Kiara revealed that
she will have to think
twice before doing any
remakes in the future as
most of the films are avail-
able for the audience to
watch on the OTT platform.
She added, “I’d do Kabir
Singh eyes closed, hands
down, but today even I’d
think twice to do a remake if
it is available on an OTT plat-
form because I feel I can
watch it. But if there is an
adaption, where we’re
taking the story, but
making a few chang-
es in the storyline.
Kiara also said
that Bollywood is
not backing
South films and
she feels that it
is about telling a
good story to the
audience.
—Agency
Kiara
Advani
talks
about
Hindi
remakes!
‘MAJOR’ team shows The
Trailer to Defence Minister
‘Bebo’ the major
support system
K
areena Kapoor shares a tight
bond with her mother-in-law
Sharmila Tagore. On Kareena’s
popular chat show, Sharmila re-
called how the actress was a pillar for
them. She said, “I have seen you when
Tiger was in the hospital and how you
didn’t draw attention to yourself. It so
happened that (September) 21st is
your birthday and Tiger passed away
on the 22nd. You were there and you
were just like my family. —Agency
PAYING
PAYING
TRIBUTE!
TRIBUTE!
I
n the upcoming episode of Naam
Reh Jayegaa, Nitin Mukesh, son
of India’s most celebrated singer
Mukeshgetsemotionalashedwells
on the past remembering the young
Lata Di, who wore white, looked
lovely and sang like Ma Saraswati.
While talking about the bond Nitin
Mukesh’s father, Mukesh shared
with the iconic singer Lata, he says
“Mukeshji used to call Lataji ‘Didi’.
He used to tell me that I call her Didi
so that the coming generations un-
derstand that you can’t call her by
her name. —City First
Nitin Mukesh
Tamannaah Bhatia
Anushka Sharma Kiara Advani
Rajnath Singh with Adivi Sesh
Kareena Kapoor Khan
artik Aaryan
is a Bolly-
wood heart-
throb who has
had a consist-
ently growing
fan following
since his first film
Pyaar Ka Punchnama.
The actor now is com-
ing up for the first time
with a horror-comedy
that is sure to tickle
everyone’s funny
bones. Bhool Bhulai-
yaa 2 starring Kartik
Aaryan, Kiara Advani
and Tabu in pivotal
roles is releasing soon
on May 20, 2022. While
promoting his upcom-
ing film, Kartik Aary-
an sat down with Ash-
ish Tiwari from First
India Filmy to talk
aboutBhoolBhulaiyaa
2, his crazy female fan
following, working in
different genres and
many others.
About his on-
going movie
p r o m o t i o n s
schedule, the
actor said, “I
haven’t slept for the
past 48 hours because
the promotions of the
title track were very
important. But be-
cause it has gotten
such great reactions, I
feel very energetic
about everything. I am
very elated by the re-
sponse as you feel that
you have done well
withyoureverywork.”
Talking about his
image as the people’s
star, Kartik shared
that he can relate to
the fans because he
came from a similar
crowd. “I do not try to
form that connection;
it comes out very natu-
rally
. Whenever I meet
a fan, I see my past self
in them. Even yester-
day when I met all my
fans, talking and inter-
acting with them made
me feel empowered. I
just look at them as an
extended family of
mine where the un-
conditional love is
mutual.”
About the
pressures of
delivering
good films,
the actor
revealed that although
choosing scripts re-
quires destiny and
strategy, he also ma-
jorly chooses mass en-
tertainers because
they are loved by the
crowd. “Like if no one
likes a certain film of
mine, there is a pres-
sure of why did they
not like it and what
difference can I bring
out that fans would
love to see. There is an
appeal to mass enter-
tainers. I feel blessed
that I am getting the
chance to work on
such scripts and act in
such films and portray
such characters.”
The actor even
called portraying
Rooh in Bhool Bhulai- yaa 2 as playing an
easy game on his turf.
“The idea is that do
what you are good at
but also choose films
from other genres if
they come across you
and if you like the
story
. I am just explor-
ing here and if I
am getting
good offers,
w h y
should I
i g n o r e
them!”, he added.
The actor further
spoke about his love
life claiming that he is
single further stating,
“I am just happy about
all the female adula-
tion I have gotten since
my first film. The fact
that they like both, my
reel and real character
are what makes me
glad and I hope it con-
tinues till the end.”
About comparing
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 to
its prequel, Kartik
said, “Since the trailer
has come, we have
gotten this valida-
tion for the
film. With the
response that
we have seen,
we now know
that Bhool Bhual-
iyaa 2 has been
positively fixed in
people’s minds.”
“I am happy about all
the female adulation”
SAYS KARTIK AARYAN ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP STATUS
ASHISH TIWARI
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K
Anushka
calls
Katrina
cute
Kartik Aryan
Tamannaah wraps
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
Miss Uttarakhand-2022:
Glamour meets Politics
CITY FIRST
M
iss Uttara-
k h a n d - 2 0 2 2
A i s h w a r y a
Bisht met Gov-
ernor Lt Gen Gurmeet
Singh (Seni) at Raj
Bhavan on Friday
. The
Governor congratulated
all the participants in-
cluding Miss Uttara-
khand. Hesaidthatheis
verymuchinfluencedby
the girls and women of
Uttarakhand. He said
that such platforms
bring him forward to
hone his talents and in-
spirehim.TheGovernor
said that the women of
Uttarakhand have a
big role to play in
getting fame at the
nationalandinterna-
tional levels. He con-
veyed his best wishes to
Aishwarya Bisht for get-
ting selected in the final
of Femina Miss India
and winning the compe-
tition. The Governor
presented a replica of
Kedarnath Dham to eve-
ryone as a gift. During
the meet, the first run-
ner up of Miss Uttara-
khand-2022HimaniRaw-
at, second runner up
Mansi Grewal, third
runner up Tamanna
Shahi, fourth runner
up Rajshree Dovalthe
the Director of Cinmit
Communications Dilip
Sindhi, and Rajiv Mittal
were present. First lady
Gurmeet Kaur and Shi-
vangi Sharma were also
present.
DECODING THE YOGA
SUTRA BY PATANJALI
S
weltering heat and
pollution cause dull-
ness and skin dam-
age along with a
plethora of little barriers
spurring skin to lose its
natural glow. To know how
to assimilate a perfect skin
care routine for summer,
Nidhi Grover, shared tips
on how to use serums cor-
rectly
.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
beginner’s guide to the
ultimate truth of Yoga
Sutra, ‘Decoding the
Yoga Sutra by Patanja-
li’, was unveiled at a
well-attended launch
ceremony held at Teen
Murti Bhavan, on Friday
. A book
that connects the ancient science
of yogatotheideasof theephem-
eral, modern times, it was un-
veiled by the Chief Guest, Dr
Karan Singh, and Guest of hon-
our, Dr Naresh Trehan. The book
is the first in a series of self-help
books by Vigyan Yoga, a plat-
form that focuses on science,
logic, and the ultimate truth. Co-
authored by Acharya Kaushal
Kumar, a globally acclaimed
voice on yoga and thought leader
and industrialist, Jai Singhania,
the book written in a free-flow-
ing style is an easy read interpre-
tation of the Yoga Sutras by Pa-
tanjali. Compiled in the early
century by Sage Patanjali, Yoga
Sutra was the most translated
scripture in the medieval era.
Yoga Sutra believes that our
thoughts are the reason that we
are entangled with the material
world which we believe is our
only source of happiness. But,
when we stop our thoughts with
practice, then that connection
with the material world is bro-
ken and we get established in
ourselves. CK Birla, Padmaja
Ruparel, Arvind Singhania, and
YK Modi amongst other leading
luminaries graced the event
with their presence. Also, Wil-
liam Bissell, MD, and chairman
of Fab India spoke on the occa-
sion. The authors also explain
the way to elevate your mind
from focus and concentration to
meditation. Concentration, med-
itation, and samadhi, together
are called Sanyama. “ In our in-
terpretation of the book, we have
called out the unrealistic nature
of these superpowers, which
many books have established as
fact”, concludes Jai, the seeker
of inner silence.
A
An Ageless Adventure
Tell us something
about yourself.
I am Pallawi Bharti I
was born in Bihar
and brought up in
Delhi. I’m a teacher
by profession, and an
influencer/fashion
vlogger by passion.
Where do you see
yourself after the
next 5 years?
After five years I see
myself as a success-
ful motivational
speaker cum life
coach. I want to mo-
tivate people with
my story and help
them realise they too
can follow their
dreams.
How did your jour-
ney begin?
I started my journey
asasocialmediainflu-
encer in the lockdown
of 2020whenIrestruc-
tured my thought pro-
cess and introspect
myself. Then I discov-
ered my real passion.
What were some of
the battles you
fought and are still
fighting in your
journey?
In my journey
, I am
only struggling with
a shortage of time. I
feel that 24 hours are
very less and I need
to learn a lot.
Talk to us about
your achievements?
If I talk about my
achievement, I would
say that in one year
of my journey on
YouTube and Insta-
gram, I achieved
success as per my
expectations be-
cause I started from
zero where I did not
know about social
media. From creat-
ing a channel/page
on Instagram to
shooting, editing
and uploading, I
learned it all by my-
self.
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
SKIN CARE HOLY GRAIL: SERUMS
Ditching heavy mois-
turiser in summer but
do the serums work the
magic this season?
Tells Nidhi Grover
MONICA PRABHAKAR
What is your opinion on vitamin C and
how to incorporate it into a skin care
routine?
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that works
to stimulate collagen production in your skin. It
also fights fine lines, brightens complexion
provides a host of other benefits. You can incor-
porate Vitamin C in your skin care in three
forms-
• 1. Cleanser: Choose a non-irritating, gentle
cleanser that is free of sulphates, and other
harsh ingredients.
• 2. Toner: Toners are a vital step in
the skin care routine as they help
tighten pores, remove dirt, oil, or
makeup, and restore the pH bal-
ance of the skin. They also aid in
moisture retention for a healthy
,
glowing complexion.
• 3. Serum: Using vitamin C
serum is the easiest and most ef-
ficient way to deliver nutrients to
your skin. Once or twice applica-
tion a week results in reduced free
radicals and regenerated skin cells.
Unlike cleansers and toners, a serum
offers quick and visible results with
just a few drops applied to the skin.
What are AHA/BHA prod-
ucts and how can they be used
for effective results?
Alpha Hydroxy Acids(AHAs) and
Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHAs) are both
chemical exfoliating agents that
help remove dead skin cells from
the top layer of your skin. They
also have anti-ageing effects like
smoothing fine lines improving
the texture of the skin. It’s advisable
to get a patch test done before incor-
porating AHA and BHA into your
skin care routine so It should be used
in prescribed quantities only fol-
lowed by a good amount of moistur-
iser( as prescribed by the doctor).
Along with topical serums and
creams, what supplements are
important for healthy skin?
Vitamins, minerals probiotics are
required to have good skin, hair and
nails. Achieving an optimum level
of healthcare along with great
skin, through diet alone on daily
bases is often not realistic today.
Supplements like A, B, C, D, E K
all are equally important and incor-
porate goodness in overall health.
Along with these vitamins addition-
al omega 3 fatty acids, glutathione,
zinc, minerals and probiotics should
be added as per requirement for
great results.
Acharya Kaushal Kumar, Dr Karan Singh, Dr Naresh Trehan and Jai Singhania
Gopika Kapoor, Karam Sawhney and Jai Singhania
Ajay Kapoor, Bindu Sood and Ajay Anand
Lali Singhania and Amrita Bakshi
Arvind Singhania and Aparna Goenka
Aparna Goenka, Vivek Khushalani, Shivani Modi and Arvind Goenka Pallawi Bharti
Nidhi Grover
Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh (c) and Aishwarya Bisht with others
—PHOTOS
BY
MANOJ
KESHARWANI

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