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MP Sanjay Raut gets bail in money laundering case
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena -
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray Rajya Sabha
MP Sanjay Raut walked
out of Arthur Road jail
at about 6.50 pm here on
Wednesday, hours after
a special court granted
him bail in a money
laundering case related
to the Patra Chawl rede-
velopment project.
Raut was been arrest-
ed by the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) on Au-
gust 1 this year and
spent roughly three
months in jail.
While granting him
and co-accused Pravin
Raut bail, the special
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act court
judge MG Deshpande
questioned why the ED
did not arrest the main
accused, Rakesh and Sa-
rang Wadhawan of re-
alty firm HDIL.
As per the charge
sheet, meetings related
to the redevelopment of
Patra Chawl had been
attended by Maharash-
tra Housing and Area
Development Authority
(MHADA) officials, San-
jay Raut as Turn to P6
100 DIN BAAD
VOTING ON DECEMBER 18 FOR
7,751 GRAM PANCHAYATS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: State Election
Commissioner UPS
Madan has announced
that 7,751 gram panchay-
ats (GPs) will go to the
polls on Dec 18. With 452,
Sangli has the highest
number of GPs headed
to the polls, while Gad-
chiroli has the lowest,
with 27. Ahmednagar
will see elections in 203
GPs, Akola in 266, Amra-
vati in 257, Aurangabad
in 219, Beed in 704,
Bhandara in 363,
Buldana in 279, Chan-
drapur in 59, Dhule in
128, Gondia in 348, Hin-
goli in 62, Jalgaon in 140
Jalna in 266. Other dis-
tricts include Kolhapur
(475 GPs), Latur (351),
Nagpur (237), in Nandur-
bar (123), Osmanabad
(166), Palghar (63), Parb-
hani (128), Pune (221),
Raigad (240), Ratnagiri
(222), Satara( 319), Sind-
hudurg (325), Solapu
(189),Thane(42),Wardha
(113), Washim (287), Ya-
vatmal (100), Nanded
(181) and Nashik (196).
Sanjay Raut waves as he exits the Arthur Road jail on Wednesday
evening. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
(It is an) as-
tonishing ad-
mitted fact that
main accused Rakesh
and Sarang Wadhawan
of HDIL, who had not
only generated over
Rs1,000 crore, but also
allegedly placed, layered
and integrated the same,
were never arrested by
the ED.
—Judge MG Deshpande,
special PMLA court
Court slams ED for arresting him for no
reason, asks why HDIL’s Wadhwans, the
main accused in the case, were not held
RAGA INTERACTS WITH
LOCALS IN MAHA AS
YATRA HITS 63RD DAY
Nanded: As the ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ entered its
63rd day, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi resumed
the foot march from Biloli
in Nanded district of
Maharashtra on Wednesday
morning. P2
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
NIRAV MODI TO
BE EXTRADITED
TO INDIA; LOSES
APPEAL IN UK HC
New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Nepal in the early
hours of Wednesday in which 6 people were reportedly killed and
many injured. The tremors were also felt in India’s capital New Delhi,
Rajasthan and its surrounding areas with no casuality reported yet.
London: The High Court in London on Wednesday
ordered diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s extradition
to India to face charges of fraud and money
laundering, amounting to an estimated $2 billion in
the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case.
SUNAK UNDER
PRESSURE AS
MIN QUITS AMID
BULLYING ROW
London: British PM Rishi Sunak is facing pressure
from the Oppn on Wednesday as Gavin Williamson,
who was MoS without portfolio yet resigned from
Cabinet. He was accused of abusive behaviour towards
fellow Conservative Party colleagues and civil servants.
EARTHQUAKE: 6 KILLED IN NEPAL; TREMORS FELT IN DEL, RAJ
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‘I GOT THIS WRONG’
Mark Zuckerberg says “Sorry” as Meta
fires 11,000; 13 per cent of workforce
New Delhi: Facebook’s
parent company Meta
onThursdayannounced
they would fire more
than 11,000 employees to
reduce costs following
disappointing earnings
and a drop in revenue.
The broad job cuts fol-
low layoffs at other ma-
jor tech companies in-
cluding Musk-owned
Twitter and Microsoft.
“We are also taking a
number of additional
steps to become a leaner
and more efficient com-
pany by cutting discre-
tionary spending and
extending our hiring
freeze through Q1,”
Zuckerberg added.
PROPHET REMARK:
COURT FREES JAILED
BJP MLA RAJA SINGH
Hyderabad: Telangana HC’s
bench of Justice Abhishek
Reddy, Justice Juvvadi
Sridevi set aside Preventive
Detention Act filed against
suspended BJP MLA T Raja
Singh, ordered his release
from prison on Wednesday.
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Crucial
Crucial
‘QUAD’ COUNTRIES KICK
OFF MALABAR EXERCISE,
CHINA ON THEIR RADAR
HC DISMISSES APPEAL
AGAINST ACQUITTAL
OF ADVANI, OTHERS
New Delhi: The ‘Quad’
countries of India, the US,
Japan and Australia have
kicked off their top-notch
Malabar naval exercise off
Yokosuka near East China
Sea, with China’s aggressive
moves in Indo-Pacific
figuring radar screens.
Lucknow: The Lucknow
bench of the Allahabad
high court on Wednesday
dismissed criminal appeal
filed against acquittal of 32,
including BJP leaders LK
Advani and Uma Bharti, by
Special CBI court in Babri
Masjid demolition case.
‘I will protect all citizens’
Justice DY Chandrachud takes
oath as 50th Chief Justice of India
He will have a two-year long
tenure at the Supreme Court
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Justice DY
Chandrachud took oath
as the 50th Chief Jus-
tice of India (CJI) on
Wednesday, after over 6
years as a judge of the
Supreme Court. His fa-
ther was former CJI YV
Chandrachud. Justice
Chandrachud and his
father are only father-
son duo to have reached
position of CJI in the
country’s judicial his-
tory. Justice Chandra-
chud as CJI took oath
administered by Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu.
As he took oath, he said
he aims to, “serve the
nation is my priority.
We’ll protect all the citi-
zens of India, be it in
terms of technology or
registry reforms, or ju-
dicial reforms.”
Justice Chandrachud
will serve as CJI till Nov
10, 2024. LS Speaker Om
Birla, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah and fin-
min Nirmala Sithara-
man were also present
on the occasion.
President Droupadi Murmu with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, outgoing CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, new CJI Justice Dhananjaya
Yeshwant Chandrachud and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Congratulations to
Dr Justice DY Chandrachud
on being sworn in as India’s
Chief Justice. Wishing him
a fruitful tenure ahead.
Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju
Heartiest congratulations Dr Justice DY Chandrachud
on being appointed as the 50th Chief Justice Of India!
Best wishes to him and look forward to working in very close
coordination to ensure the speedy delivery of Justice.
PM MODI VISITS CHAMBI SUJANPUR IN HP
Congress betrayed people
of Himachal, says Modi
First India Bureau
Chambi/Sujanpur:
PM Narendra Modi on
Wednesday addressed
public meetings in
Chambi Sujanpur in
Himachal Pradesh. PM
Modi started his first
address at Chambi by
highlighting that
Himachal is in an im-
portant stage of devel-
opment and, thus, it
needs a stable and
strong government. Hit-
ting out at the opposi-
tion, PM Modi said,
“Congress can never
give a stable govt to
Himachal… Cong is a
guarantee of instability
.
Congress is guaranteed
to stop devp works”.
Highlighting differ-
ences between BJP and
Cong, PM in Sujanpur
said that BJP has made
devp of nation its top
priority in the politics.
Modi also spoke about
development of educa-
tional avenues here.
Post rally, Modi also
stopped his convoy to
give way to an ambu-
lance on Wednesday.
PM Narendra Modi with HP BJP president Suresh Kumar Kashyap
and BJP candidates wave to supporters during Vijay Sanklap
Rally, at Chambi, in Kangra on Wednesday.
It is the BJP
which can
take Himachal
to new heights of de-
velopment. Therefore,
this time the return of
the BJP government in
Himachal is necessary.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
‘IN FIGHT AGAINST TERROR,
ACT AGAINST SUPPORT SYS’
New Delhi: Union HM Amit Shah
on Wednesday chaired a meeting
of officials of IB from across India
to discuss issues related to cross-
border terrorism and many more.
He stressed on need to strengthen
process of information sharing and
enhancing liaison between counter-
terrorism anti-drug agencies. P6
To serve
the nation
is my
priority.
—CJI DY
Chandrachud
l India and England are
facing off against each
other for the first time
in T20 World Cup after a
huge gap of 10 years
l Team India skipper Ro-
hit Sharma, after getting
injured on Tuesday, said
on Wednesday that he has
been declared fit to play
the crucial semi-final
l Team England has also
reported injuries and may
play without its star bats-
man Dawid Malan and star
bowler Mark Wood
l In the T20 WC, former
India captain Virat Kohli
has been in sparkling bat-
ting form with Suryaku-
mar Yadav second in line
l Weather.com’s forecast
says there is a 34 percent
chance of precipitation in
Adelaide in South Aus-
tralia on Thursday.
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FACEOFF TODAY
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Maha will pursue Mumbai-Birmingham
air service with Centre, says CM Shinde
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde
on Wednesday said
the state government
will request the Cen-
tre to start an air ser-
vice between Mumbai
and Birmingham in
the West Midlands re-
gion of England,
where about 5% of
the population is of
Indian origin.
Following a meeting
of a delegation led by
the Mayor of West Mid-
lands, Andy Street, and
CM Shinde at the lat-
ter’s official residence
in Mumbai, a statement
from the CM’s office
said the two states had
decided to sign a Memo-
randum of Understand-
ing (MoU) for invest-
ment and cooperation.
Shinde urged the vis-
itors to explore invest-
ment opportunities in
the state from West
Midlands which has
companies like Jaguar,
Cadbury, and JCB.
Mayor Street asked
Shinde to work on ex-
panding cooperation
between the two states
for investment to boost
employment opportuni-
ties.
Similarly, if there is a
direct flight service
from Mumbai to Bir-
mingham, there is a
scope for tourism,
Street said.
Sudha Murthy
prays for well-
being of SIL
Rishi Sunak
First India Bureau
Sindhudurg (PTI):
Writer and philan-
thropist Sudha Mur-
thy on Wednesday
prayed for the well-
being of her son-in-
law and British Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak
at the Durga Devi tem-
ple at Baparde village
in coastal Sindhudurg.
A video doing the
rounds on social media
showed the priest at the
temple praying to God-
dess Durga on Murthy’s
behalf, seeking bless-
ings for Sunak, who re-
cently became the first
Indian-origin prime
minister of the UK.
During her visit,
Murthy also interacted
with students of a
school at Baparde.
Responding to a con-
troversy that arose ear-
lier this week when a
video showed her bow-
ing before controversial
right-wing leader
Sambhaji Bhide, Mur-
thy on Wednesday clari-
fied that she did not
know him and bowed
before him as he is an
elderly person.
“I don’t know about
his personal views. He is
an elderly person, an old
man.Itisourtraditionto
touch the feet of an el-
derly person,” she said.
‘Congstandsforunity,BJPforuniformity’
First India Bureau
Nanded: Senior Con-
gress leader Jairam
Ramesh on Wednes-
day said his party
stands for unity while
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) believes in
uniformity
, and assert-
ed that their ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ is not
“mann ki baat” (refer-
ring to PM Narendra
Modi’s weekly talk)
but aims to
h i g h l i g h t
p e o p l e ’ s
concerns.
The Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh (RSS)
and the BJP do not be-
lieve in “unity in diver-
sity”of whichIndiaisan
example, said Ramesh
while addressing a press
conference in the state’s
Nanded district during
the Congress’s ongoing
foot march.
The party’s critics
have also been taking
part in the yatra as it is
the only party which
can take on the ruling
BJP, he claimed and
said the foot march,
which began on Sep-
tember 07 from Kanya-
kumari (Tamil Nadu),
was not a “chunav jeeto
yatra'” (for winning
election).
“Only time will tell
what impact the yatra
willhaveontheelectoral
fortunes of the Con-
gress, but it has reener-
gizedthepartyorganiza-
tionandinfusedabreath
of fresh air,” he said.
Ramesh also said the
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is a
“direct conversation”
between people and sen-
ior Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi, as the pub-
lic gets to see the real
Rahul Gandhi, who is
not like how
the BJP pro-
jects him.
“The Con-
gress stands for unity,
while the BJP believes
in uniformity,” he said.
The Congress leader
further said their yatra
is to highlight “janta ki
chinta” (public’s con-
cerns)overtheproblems
faced by the country
.
“The country is being
broken due to the inten-
tions and policies of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. Economic dis-
parityisgrowing,result-
ing in price rise, unem-
ployment.Thereissocial
polarization by the BJP
forpoliticalandelectoral
interests,” he claimed.
Ramesh said the
yatra will cover half of
its total distance of
3,570 km by Thursday
evening.
POWERING ON
Jairam Ramesh says ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ an attempt to address people’s
concerns, not win elections
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party’s General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam
Ramesh during an interaction with leaders of sugar, milk, banking and textile mills in Nanded on
Wednesday. —ANI PHOTO
Gandhi walks with padayatris during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’. —ANI PHOTO
RaGa interacts with locals in
Maha as yatra hits 63rd day
First India Bureau
Nanded: As the
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
entered its 63rd day
,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi resumed the
foot march from Biloli
in Nanded district of
Maharashtra on
Wednesday morning.
Gandhi halted briefly
at some places to inter-
act with locals who had
gathered to greet him.
All India Congress
Committee (AICC) Gen-
eral Secretary (organi-
zation) KC Venugopal,
Maharashtra Congress
President Nana Patole,
Mumbai party chief
Bhai Jagtap, Naseem
Khan, Vishwajit Kadam
and other party leaders
walked with Gandhi.
AICC General Secre-
tary (Communications)
Jairam Ramesh, Con-
gress veteran Digvijaya
Singh and party leader
Kanhaiya Kumar
walked with the Seva
Dal workers.
On the third day of
the yatra in Maharash-
tra, participants led by
Gandhi had entered
Maharashtra at Deglur
in Nanded from neigh-
bouring Telangana on
Monday night.
The yatra resumed at
5.45 am on Wednesday
from Shankarnagar at
Ramtirth in Biloli after
a night halt at the Goda-
vari Manar Sugar Fac-
tory ground.
Gandhi will address a
rally in Nanded on
Thursday and at She-
gaon in Buldhana dis-
trict on November 18.
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, a
mass outreach pro-
gramme, began on Sep-
tember 07 from Kanya-
kumari and has so far
covered Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana.
It will stop for a
morning break at
Kusum Lawns in
Naigaon at 9.30 am
today
Following meet
between West
Midlands Mayor Andy
Street and CM Shinde,
the two states will sign
MoU for investment
and cooperation
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the interaction with representatives of the unorganized sector
on the sidelines of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Nanded on Wednesday. —ANI PHOTO
BHARAT JODO
YATRA
PROTEST CONTINUES
A delegation of women activists from the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition met with Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari to demand the resignation of state minister Abdul Sattar over his
use of derogatory words against NCP leader Supriya Sule and other issues at Raj Bhavan in
Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Sudha Murthy. —FILE PHOTO
Tiger is back, says Uddhav-led
faction as Sanjay Raut gets bail
Mumbai (PTI): “The
Tiger is back,” the
Uddhav Thackeray-
led Shiv Sena faction
said on Wednesday
after a special court
here granted bail to
party MP Sanjay
Raut in a money
laundering case.
Talking to reporters,
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal-
asaheb Thackeray)
spokesperson Sushma
Andhare said till the
time the party has lead-
ers like Raut, it has
nothing to fear.
“The tiger is back,”
said Andhare, the depu-
tyleaderof theThacker-
ay-led Sena faction.
Rajya Sabha MP Raut
was arrested by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) for his alleged role
in financial irregulari-
ties in connection with
theredevelopmentof the
Patra Chawl in Gore-
gaononJuly31thisyear.
Nationalist Congress
Party(NCP)leaderRohit
Pawar,whose party is an
allyof theThackeray-led
Sena faction, tweeted a
video of a tiger being re-
leased from a cage and
tagged it to Raut.
Raut’s brother and
Vikhroli MLA Sunil
Raut said, “The bless-
ings of people were with
Sanjay Raut. He will
again start working for
the party to see that the
saffron flag unfurls at
the Vidhan Sabha.”
‘NEVER SUCCUMBED TO PRESSURE’
Supporters hail Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who was released from the Arthur Road Jail on bail, on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
‘Put in auto water meters for
Aurangabad pipeline scheme’
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Auto-
mated water meters
can be made part of
the water pipeline
scheme being con-
structed in the city,
suggested a team
from the Union Min-
istry of Housing and
Urban Affairs, which
was in the city on
Wednesday to take
stock of the situation.
The objective of the
scheme is to provide
drinking water round-
the-clock in the city,
where, at present, resi-
dents get water once
every four to six days.
“The Central (govern-
ment) team has suggest-
ed that automated water
meters be installed. It
also suggested that the
scheme be designed in
such a way that water
can be taken to a height
of 21 m using boosters
or pumps instead of the
planned 12 m,” said Un-
ion Minister of State for
Finance Dr Bhagwat
Karad, who chaired the
review meeting.
Karad also an-
nounced that there
would be a study to in-
stall 2.8 lakh meters in
the city, and that the
government will bear
the additional cost.
According to an offi-
cial of the Aurangabad
SmartCityDevelopment
CorporationLtd,thegov-
ernment had initially
sanctioned Rs1,680 crore
for the scheme, which
has now escalated to
more than Rs2,700 crore.
The aim of the
scheme is 24-hour water
supply to the city
. Water
will be taken from Jay-
akwadi dam on Goda-
vari river and brought
to Nakshatrawadi fil-
tration plant, which is
39.2km away
.
Residents of Aurangabad get drinking water only once every four
to six days. —FILE PHOTO

First India Bureau
Pune: Five undertri-
als lodged at Yerawa-
da Central Prison in
Pune have been
booked on charges of
assault, unlawful as-
sembly and rioting
after clashes broke
out inside the high-
security prison on
Tuesday morning,
leading to stone pelt-
ing among inmates
and assault on prison
employees.
According to Yerawa-
da police station offi-
cials, two prison
staffers were injured
when they tried to in-
tervene during a clash
between two groups of
inmates. The incident
was reported around
8.20 am on Tuesday in
barrack numbers 27
and 31 and near the
prison infirmary
.
“Following a dispute
between two groups of
inmates, one group
started pelting stones
and pieces of stone
tiles at the other group
from another barrack.
When some prison
guards and officers
tried to intervene, the
group thrashed them,
injuring some of them,”
a police officer said.
Details about the
nature of injuries to
the inmates and
prison staffers were not
available.
Based on an FIR filed
by prison guard Hanu-
mant More on Tuesday
night, the police booked
five inmates, identified
as Sameer Shakil
Shaikh, Tarang Rakesh
Pardeshi, Nilesh Shri-
kant Gaikwad, Purush-
ottam Rajendra Veer
and Deva Nanasaheb
Jadhav.
The undertrials were
booked under Indian
Penal Code sections
related to assault on
public servant, physical
assault, unlawful as-
sembly and rioting.
The high-security Ye-
rawada Central Prison
is one of the most over-
crowded jails in Maha-
rashtra. According to
the records (as on first
week of October), the
Yerawada Central Pris-
on, which has a capaci-
ty of 2,449 inmates, cur-
rently houses 6,853 in-
mates, about 2.8 times
its actual capacity
.
MAHARASHTRA
03
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday said that
it was considering
granting activist Gau-
tam Navlakha’s re-
quest for home deten-
tion in connection
with the Elgar Pari-
shad-Maoist link case.
A bench, comprising
of Justices KM Joseph
and Hrishikesh Roy,
said it will pass the or-
der on Thursday after
hearing the ASG.
The apex court asked
Additional Solicitor
General SV Raju, ap-
pearing for the National
Investigation Agency
(NIA), to seek instruc-
tions and inform it
about restrictions that
can be placed on Nav-
lakha while keeping
him under house arrest
for a few days.
“He is a 70-year-old
man. We don’t know
how long he will live.
Certainly
, he is going to-
wards the inevitable. It’s
not that we are going to
release him on bail. He
is not going to enjoy the
default bail which com-
radeSudha(Bharadwaj)
got,” the court said add-
ing, that we have to treat
this carefully
.
CM asks WR officials to expedite reconstruction of Gokhale bridge
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde
on Tuesday directed
Western Railway
(WR) officials to re-
construct the dilapi-
dated Gokhale rail-
way-over-ridge in
suburban Andheri at
the earliest.
According to a state-
ment issued from the
chief minister’s office
(CMO), the CM also
asked Municipal Com-
missioner Iqbal Singh
Chahal to ensure prop-
er traffic management
for providing relief to
the people.
On Monday
, Traffic
PoliceclosedtheGokhale
bridge as it is in danger-
ous condition. However,
this led to traffic jams on
other roads linking east-
ernandwesternareasof
the suburb divided by
the railway tracks.
When the CM learnt
aboutit,hespoketoCha-
hal and railway officials
and directed them to
take immediate steps to
provide relief to people,
a CMO official said.
Meanwhile, Andheri
residents decided to
take matters into their
own hands. From form-
ing corridors for school
buses and emergency
vehicles and clearing
alternative routes to
meeting with the CM,
Andheri residents
shared a number of
ideas to bring ease to
commuters.
Anonlinepetitionhas
been launched, request-
ing speedy construction
of the bridge. Around
2,000 residents have al-
ready signed it within a
day
. A social media
group was also formed
with over 500 residents.
It has listed out priori-
ties and suggestions
which the authorities
and locals can collective-
ly take up.
“The suggestions are
crowd-sourced and we
have been compiling
them. These are based
ontheexperienceof peo-
ple who have been com-
muting in this area,”
said Dhaval Shah, a citi-
zen activist and co-
founder of the Lokhand-
wala-Oshiwara Citizens
Association.
Andheri residents form school bus
corridors and clear hawkers
blocking traffic, while exploring
other ways to ease congestion after
the Gokhale Road bridge was shut
The Gokhale bridge, which is an important link between Andheri East and West, was closed for
traffic from Monday. —FILE PHOTO
STONES THROWN
AT LOCAL TRAIN IN
THANE, 3 INJURED
WOMAN HELD FOR
KILLING INFANT
GIRL IN AKOLA
MAN DIES AFTER
FALLING IN 10FT
DEEP PIT IN WORLI
MAN HELD FOR BID
TO KILL AUNT OVER
BOOZE MONEY
Thane: Three pas-
sengers were injured
when some uniden-
tified persons threw
stones at a local train
in Thane district,
railway police said
on Wednesday. The
incident took place at
around 8 pm on Tues-
day near Kalwa. The
injured persons were
taken to a hospital for
treatment, an official
said. A case was
registered against the
unidentified culprits
under relevant pro-
visions of the Indian
Penal Code and efforts
were on to nab them,
he said.
Akola: A woman (26)
has been arrested for
allegedly killing her sick
20-day-old daughter in
Akola district. Doctors
at the Telhara rural
hospital had referred
the child to the district
general hospital in
Akola. However, the girl
died before reaching
the district hospital,
where a post-mortem
revealed she had been
strangled to death,
they said. The wom-
an has been sent to
police custody for two
days, even as the cops
investigate the motive
behind the murder.
Mumbai: A 58-year-
man died after he fell
into a 10ft deep pit
near Century Mill in
Worli. The incident
took place at around 7
pm on Monday when
the deceased, Pradeep
Dhondu Ambekar (58),
a resident of Century
Mill Compound in Pra-
bhadevi was walking
back home from BDD
Chawl in Worli when
he fell in an uncovered
pit. According to the
police, the pit was dug
by a private contractor
engaged by MMRDA
for construction of
Worli-Sewri connector
flyover.
Thane: Police have
arrested a man (38)
from allegedly trying
to kill his 79-year-old
aunt, with whom he
lived, with an axe after
she refused to give him
money for liquor in
Thane’s Wagle Estate
area, an official said on
Wednesday. After the
incident, which took
place on Monday, the
man went to the local
police station and in-
formed the cops of the
attack, the official said,
adding the woman was
shifted to a hospital for
treatment, and the man
later arrested.
Pune: A 79-year-old man suffered burn injuries after
his son and daughter-
in-law allegedly threw
an inflammable sub-
stance and set him on
fire in their house over
a property dispute in
Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur
district, police said on
Wednesday. The incident took place in Vhannur village
on Tuesday morning and a case has been registered
against the victim’s son and his wife under Indian
Penal Code section 307 (attempt to murder), they
said, adding the couple is on the run. “The elderly man
sustained burn injuries. The couple is absconding
after the incident and a search has been launched for
them,” said an officer of the Kagal police station.
ELDERLY MAN SET ON FIRE BY HIS SON,
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OVER PROPERTY
CRUCIAL READ
BMC TO SHUT SV ROAD BRIDGE IN MALAD
Clashes break out at
Pune’s Yerawada Jail
Two prison staffers were injured when they tried to intervene
during a clash between two groups of undertrials
Following a dispute between two
groups of inmates, one group start-
ed pelting stones and pieces of stone
tiles at the other group from another bar-
rack. When some prison guards and officers
tried to intervene, the group thrashed them,
injuring some of them.
—Yerawada police station official
The incident was reported around 8.20 am on Tuesday in barrack numbers 27 and 31 and near the prison infirmary. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court set aside a
tribunal’s order of
“contributory negli-
gence” by a biker in a
fatal accident that oc-
curred in 2009, where-
in he collided with a
stationary tempo on a
highway. The court
held that the tempo
driver was solely re-
sponsible as he flout-
ed a rule requiring
him to keep his vehi-
cle parking lights on.
During proceedings
on October 18, Justice
SG Dige of the Aurang-
abad bench of the HC,
said, “The Rule (109 of
Central Motor Vehicles
Rules) states that, front
and rear parking lights
shall remain lit when
the vehicle is kept sta-
tionary on the road but,
no such parking lights
were put on the offend-
ing tempo. And so liabil-
ity of contributory ac-
cident cannot be fas-
tenedonthedeceasedby
holding that, he should
have seen the stationed
tempo under the head-
light of the motorcycle.”
The HC said the ap-
pellant was entitled to
30% of future prospects
as the age of the biker
was 46 years and he
was in government ser-
vice. It gave the family
additional compensa-
tion of over Rs25 lakh,
including Rs15,000 for
funeral and transporta-
tion expenses.
On October 09, 2009
at 10 pm, MN Salunke
was killed after he
dashed into a station-
ary tempo on Latur-Am-
bejogai road at Renapur.
Police registered an of-
fence against the tempo
driver. Salunke’s kin
had filed for compensa-
tion before the Motor
Accident Claims Tribu-
nal, Latur.
Biker not to blame in mishap
when lights rule flouted: HC
SC considers ‘house arrest’ request
of Navlakha in Elgar Parishad case
A bench said it will
pass the order on
Thursday after
hearing the ASG
No danger to
Koyna project,
says Maha govt
First India Bureau
Pune: Following re-
ports of water seep-
age from a wall of
an emergency valve
tunnel at the Koyna
Hydroelectric Pro-
ject in Satara, the
state Water Re-
sources Depart-
ment has said there
is no danger to the
dam there.
The seepage was
taking place due to
cracks in the con-
crete interlining of a
surge well at the end
of a “head race tun-
nel” through which
water from Navaja
tower flows for power
generation at one of
the units of the pro-
ject, the department
said on Tuesday
.
“The well, con-
structed 100m deep in
sheetrock in 1960, has
so far absorbed sever-
al earthquake jolts in
the last 60 years but
lately
, some cracks
have occurred in the
concrete interlining
of the well and as a
result, water seepage
is happening and the
percolated water is
flowingfromtheslope
of the hill,” it said.
The tendering pro-
cess has been initi-
ated to address the
issue, but there is no
danger to the Koyna
reservoir or the hill
from where the water
is currently seeping,
the department said.
Deepak Modak, a
retired secretary of
the Water Resources
Department, said
currently it is not
possible to reach the
location of the surge
well due to the high
flow of water. Re-
pairs will be possible
in the summer sea-
son when the water
level goes down.
Cracks have
formed in the
concrete interlining
of a 60-yr-old well

PERSPECTIVE
04
s the Men in Blue take on
England in the T20 World
Cup Semi-Finals, Suryaku-
mar Yadav will be the focus
of all attention. In India’s
star-studded batting line-up,
Yadav has suddenly become
a superstar, despite the pres-
ence of heavyweights like
Virat Kohli and Rohit Shar-
ma. Over the past year, Surya
has emerged as the most
threatening striker for all
bowlers. His red-hot form
and amazing stroke-play
have made Surya the top bat-
ter in ICC T20I rankings and
Team India’s go-to player at
the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Though fans and experts
who saw him batting in his
early days were sure that
Surya would shine, his crick-
eting journey has been no
smooth sailing. He had to
wait till he was over 30 to play
for Team India, despite his
obvious talent and magnifi-
cent performances in IPL
and domestic cricket. Ig-
nored by selectors for years,
Surya has admitted that he
would often wonder what
was needed to be done for se-
lection into the national
squad. Despite the doubts,
his determination never wa-
vered, and he kept piling
runs in style, thus silencing
the doubters and breaking
down selection doors.
Once picked, Surya made
an immediate impact for
Team India early last year. In
his very first innings in the
blue jersey against England,
Yadav began aggressively,
hooking the first ball from
Jofra Archer for six! In just
31 balls, he got to his first
half-century that was stud-
ded with three huge sixes
and six fours. That blistering
knock on debut against an
England attack, comprising a
fit Jofra Archer and super-
pacy Mark Wood, showcased
Surya’s exceptional talent.
Since that impressive in-
ternational debut, Sky (as
he’s fondly called) has made
rapid strides. In 39 T20 inter-
nationals he has played so
far, Surya has scored 1270
runs at an average of 42.33
with a fabulous strike rate of
179.63. In 2022 alone, he has
smashed 1026 runs in 28 T20I
innings at a strike rate of
186.54, making all applaud
his great form!
Though numbers speak
loudly, it is his aggressive
style and attitude that make
Surya stand out as a remark-
able batter. Not only has SKY
got all the shots in the book
but also has yen for some au-
dacious ones too, making bat-
ting look easy. Besides his
stroke-play, what makes him
an amazing batsman is the
exceptional consistency of
scoring and that too at a
scorching pace. In fact,
Surya’s 360-degree game has
often reminded fans and ex-
perts of South Africa’s leg-
endary great, AB de Villiers.
His solid performances all
through 2022 have helped
Surya peak at the World Cup
where his journey so far has
been bordering on exquisite
as well fantastic. Notching up
225 runs with three fifties, he
displayed his class with the
highest score of 68 against a
world-class South African
pace attack on the bouncy
Perth pitch. That superlative
knock is being rated as one of
the finest in the history of
T20 World Cups and former
IndianopenerGautamGamb-
hir has called it ‘the best T20
innings ever by an Indian.’
In his latest knock against
Zimbabwe, Surya again hit 61
off just 25 deliveries. The
power-packed innings also
made him only the second
batter in the history of T20I
cricket after Pakistan’s Mo-
hammad Rizwan to score
over 1000 runs in a calendar
year. In the World Cup games
so far, Surya has hit 25 bound-
aries and 8 sixes in the 116
balls he has faced – and is
currently averaging a mas-
sive 75 runs at a strike rate of
over 193!!
Ahead of the semi-final
clash in Adelaide, Surya’s
fabulous record against Eng-
land is worth underlining.
Ever since he made his T20I
debut against them last year,
Surya has displayed a special
liking for the English attack.
In six T20Is against England,
SKY has amassed 260 runs at
an average of 52 and a strike
rate of 195.48. His only T20I
century was also a brilliant
effort where Sky decimated
everyone in the England at-
tack with equal ease.
AweekafterSuryareached
No.1 ranking in T20 interna-
tionals, Indian skipper Rohit
Sharma will hope that his
most in-form batter will con-
tinue to thrive in the knock-
out games. For Team India to
lift the trophy that’s eluded
them since 2007, it is critical
that Surya maintains his
form and if he can play at his
best, the soaring hopes of In-
dian fans could see a happy
fulfillment. As he redefines
T20 batting by matching the
lofty standards set by AB de
Villiers, Surya may just be
the trump card Team India
needs to crown itself to glory
.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
They are from the world
and therefore speak from
the viewpoint of the world,
and the world listens to
them. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
NITIN GADKARI
STANDS OUT FOR
HIS QUALITIES
AS MINISTER
nion Road Transport
and Highways Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari be-
longs to the breed of
politicians which is
no longer found in India’s politi-
cal landscape. Which other min-
ister has accepted a fault and
tendered public apology for the
poor quality of work done under
the watch of his or her ministry?
At an event in Madhya Pradesh’s
Mandla the conscientious Union
minister apologised to citizens
for the poor quality of a stretch
of highway and ordered a fresh
contract. It is an example which
state governments must follow
for ensuring good quality of
state highways and city roads.
His gesture showed that he was
open to criticism and willing to
say sorry
. Leave alone an apolo-
gy, no minister ever admits to a
mistake. Gadkari too could have
instituted an inquiry before or-
dering a new contract.
His recent praise for former
Prime Minister Manmohan Sin-
gh also showed his class and ma-
turity
. Praising the contribution
made by a former Congress PM
deserves all-round appreciation.
TOP TWEETS
U
ike West Bengal
where the gover-
nor and govern-
ment were in-
volved in a seem-
ingly unending row, gover-
nors of Kerala, Tamil Nadu
and Telangana are giving
governments of their respec-
tive states a difficult time. So
much so that the three gov-
ernments headed by the
CPM, DMK and Telangana
Rashtra Samithi have joined
hands to take on the “puppets
of the Centre”.
With their disagreements
turning bitter, governments
of the three states have upped
the ante against Kerala’s Arif
Mohammad Khan, Tamil Na-
du’s RN Ravi and Telangana’s
Tamilisai Soundarajan.
Soundarajan is facing flak
for trying to take control of
universities and interfere in
state politics. A former sen-
ior BJP leader from Tamil
Nadu, she has been criticised
by the DMK for “poking her
nose” in state politics and by
Chief Minister K Chan-
drasekhar Rao for interfer-
ing with appointments in
universities.
Kerala governor is refus-
ing to give his nod to the Lok
Ayukta (Amendment) Bill
and the University Laws
(Amendment) Bill for the last
one month. Governor Ravi is
said to be sitting over 20 Bills
sent for his assent. Article
200 does not specify a time
frame for a governor to give
his assent to a Bill sent to
him but says that he should
send it back “as soon as pos-
sible”. It is this phrase which
the three governors are ex-
ploiting to assert their power
and in the process of “being
puppets” of the Central gov-
ernment. The epithet may
not be wrong as they are po-
litical appointees after all. It
may not be long before mat-
ters reach the courts for
resolution.
GOVERNORS VERSUS
THREE STATE GOVTS
Kerala governor is
refusing to give his
nod to the Lok Ayukta
(Amendment) Bill and
the University Laws
(Amendment) Bill for
the last one month.
Governor Ravi is said to be
sitting over 20 Bills sent for
his assent
L
SKY IS LIMITLESS
THESENSATIONALRISEAND
RISEOFSURYAKUMARYADAV
A
A week after Surya reached
No.1 ranking in T20
internationals, Indian
skipper Rohit Sharma will
hope that his most in-form
batter will continue to thrive
in the knock-out games. For
Team India to lift the trophy
that’s eluded them since
2007, it is critical that
Surya maintains his form
and if he can play at his
best, the soaring hopes of
Indian fans could see a
happy fulfillment. As he
redefines T20 batting by
matching the lofty standards
set by AB de Villiers, Surya
may just be the trump
card Team India needs
to crown itself to glory
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
In India’s star-studded batting line-up, Yadav
has suddenly become a superstar, despite the
presence of heavyweights like Virat Kohli and
Rohit Sharma. Over the past year, Surya has emerged
as the most threatening striker for all bowlers. His red-
hot form and amazing stroke-play have made Surya
the top batter in ICC T20I rankings and Team
India’s go-to player at the ongoing T20 World Cup

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INDIA
NOMINATION OF
EX-CJI TO RS: SC
JUNKS PLEA
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday dismissed a
public interest litigation
(PIL) challenging the
nomination of former
Chief Justice of India
(CJI) Ranjan Gogoi to
the Rajya Sabha by
the government on the
ground that he was not
eligible. Dismissing the
plea, a bench of Supreme
Court Justices Sanjay
Kishan Kaul and Abhay S
Oka said it was publicity
interest litigation. The
counsel for petitioner
Satish S Kambiye said
the former CJI was not
eligible to be nominated
to the Rajya Sabha.
NOTE BAN PLEAS
ADJOURNED TO
NOVEMBER 24
Supreme Court on
Wednesday deferred to
Nov 24 the hearing on a
batch of pleas challenging
the Centre’s 2016 decision
to demonetise currency
notes of denomination
of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
A five-judge constitution
bench headed by Justice
SA Nazeer adjourned
the matter after Attorney
General R Venkataramani
sought time to file
a comprehensive
affidavit in the matter.
Venkataramani apologised
to the bench for not
being able to prepare the
comprehensive affidavit
and sought a week’s time.
AZAM CASE: EC TOLD
TO HOLD BYPOLL
NOTIFICATION
Supreme Court on
Wednesday directed the
Election Commission not
to issue till November
10 the notification for
the assembly bypoll in
Rampur Sadar in UP,
which fell vacant following
the disqualification of SP
MLA Azam Khan after
his conviction in a hate
speech case. A bench
headed by Chief Justice D
Y Chandrachud directed
a special sessions court
to hear and decide on
Thursday itself the appeal
of Khan seeking a stay on
his conviction so that he
survives disqualification
as a lawmaker.
E-SURVEILLANCE:
HC GIVES TIME TO
CENTRE TO REPLY
Delhi High Court on
Wednesday granted three
weeks to the Centre to file
its response to a petition
concerning the disclosure
of information on state-
sponsored electronic
surveillance under the
Right To Information Act.
Advocate Trideep Pais,
appearing for petitioner
Apar Gupta, told the court
that despite the Centre
being asked to convey
its stand on earlier
occasions, it is yet to file
its reply and emphasised
that he does not want the
“actual intercepts” but
only the “statistical data”
on the matter.
NGT PANEL TO
VERIFY NARMADA
RIVER’S POLLUTION
National Green Tribunal
has formed a committee
to verify the “factual
position” regarding
discharge of sewage
into Narmada river in
Dindori district of Madhya
Pradesh, and directed
it to submit its report
within a month. A bench
said that prima facie, the
allegations made in a plea
raised questions relating
to the environment. “In
view of the allegations
made in the application,
we consider it appropriate
that a joint committee be
constituted to verify the
factual position,” the NGT
bench said.
IN THE
COURTYARD
New Delhi (PTI): A
meeting of the BJP cen-
tral election committee
got underway here
Wednesday evening to
finalise the party’s can-
didates for the assem-
bly polls in Gujarat,
where the party is eye-
ing a victory for a sev-
enth consecutive time.
PM Narendra Modi,
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel, BJP
president JP Nadda and
other top leaders attend-
ed the meeting at party
headquarters here.
Polling will be held in
two phases in Gujarat
on December 1 and 5.
The saffron party is
likely to finalise all 182
candidates during the
meeting and announce
their names in the next
few days, sources said.
Aiming to set a new
record in terms of the
number of seats won,
the BJP is looking to in-
ject new energy into the
organisation. Hence,
the possibility of drop-
ping several senior lead-
ers from the list of can-
didates cannot be ruled
out, the sources said.
They also said the
party has received sug-
gestions that it should
opt for new and young
faces.
Pune (PTI): There are
2.49 lakh voters aged
above 100 in India,
Chief Election Com-
missioner Rajiv Kumar
said on Wednesday
.
Besides, 1.80 crore
voters are over 80 years,
Kumar said after flag-
ging off a bicycle rally
in Maharashtra’s Pune
city on Wednesday to
create an awareness
about voter registration
as part of the national
level launch of a special
summary revision of
the voters’ list. The EC’s
initiative is aimed at in-
creasing the electoral
rolls in urban areas.
Explaining the ro-
bustness and beauty of
the Indian electoral
rolls, Kumar said the
country has voters from
the highest peaks of
Himalayas, from the
6,000-km coastline in
south, deserts in the
west and regions from
the east. “You will be
happy to know we have
close to 2.49 lakh voters
in our rolls who are
(aged) 100 plus and what
a relief and ecstasy it
gives when you interact
with them and find that
they have been voting
all through their lives,”
he said.
The CEC said India’s
first voter Shyam Saran
Negi, who recently
died, was 106 years old
and voted through post-
al ballot just three days
before his death.
Kumar said the sum-
mary revision takes
place every year, but
this year they are doing
a very focused activity
and starting it all over
the country from Pune
with a specific purpose
to increase the partici-
pation of citizens from
urban areas.
“What does it mean?
Everywhere in the
country and the far-
thest possible states, be
it hills, coastal lines,
everywhere, inaccessi-
ble terrains, deserts,
everywhere every sin-
gle citizen gets enlisted
as a voter and strength-
ens the democracy by
not only getting regis-
tered but also casting
his/her vote,” CEC Ra-
jiv Kumar said.
“Metal road connectivity to every
village in 5 years if BJP re-elected”
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur has said the
next BJP government
in Himachal Pradesh
will connect every vil-
lage in the state with
metal roads in five
years and improve ba-
sic infrastructure at pil-
grimage centres.
Addressing election
rallies in Ghumarvi,
Jhanduta and Sadar as-
sembly constituencies
in Bilaspur district,
Thakur said the BJP
will implement ‘Project
Shakti’ in the state over
the next 10 years to im-
prove transport infra-
structure.
He said Rs 12,000
crore will be spent over
the next 10 years to im-
prove transport and ba-
sic infrastructure near
pilgrimage centres and
temples in the state.
In a bid to strengthen
the health infrastruc-
ture, the number of mo-
bile clinic vans will be
doubled in every assem-
bly constituency to en-
sure that people in far-
flung places get access
to medical facilities.
Thakur said the
“double engine” gov-
ernment in Himachal
Pradesh has built 12,000
km long rural roads in
the last eight years and
the state was also con-
nected to the national
capital with the modern
Vande Bharat train.
India has 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100: CEC Rajiv Kumar
OLD IS GOLD
Banuti (PTI): Ad-
dressing his first pub-
lic meeting in the
Himachal Pradesh as-
sembly elections, Con-
gress president Mall-
ikarjun Kharge on
Wednesday trained his
gun on the BJP and
said it may have fooled
people across the coun-
try with its jumlas
but cannot do so in the
hill state.
“People here are edu-
cated, understand eve-
rything and take a con-
sidered decision (in vot-
ing).... The BJP may
have been able to fool
people all over the coun-
try with its jumlas
(rhetoric) of Rs 15 lakh
in bank accounts and
jobs, but it cannot do so
here,” Kharge said.
Kharge, who was
elected Congress presi-
dent recently
, arrived in
Himachal Pradesh
Tuesday evening and
addressed his first pub-
lic meeting in Banuti in
support of party candi-
date from the Shimla
Rural assembly constit-
uency Vikramaditya
Singh on Wednesday
.
The Congress is seek-
ing to wrest power from
the BJP in the hill state,
where the Congress and
the BJP have governed
alternately for the past
many decades.
The Congress presi-
dent said the Congress
would fulfil all its prom-
ises made in the mani-
festo and the restora-
tion of the old pension
scheme would be the
first decision of its gov-
ernment, if elected.
HIMACHAL GUJARAT
ELECTION
2022
BJP MEET TO FINALISE GUJ CANDIDATES
PM Modi, Nadda,
Amit Shah, Guj
CM Patel and others
attended meeting
In 2017 Gujarat
polls, BJP had
bagged 99 seats and
Cong won 77 seats
BJP is likely to
announce its
candidates in the
next few days
AAP’s entry this
time has opened
a new front in the
bipolar Guj polls
BJP cannot fool Himachalis with its jumlas: Kharge
GUJ AAP CHIEF ITALIA TO CONTEST FROM
KATARGAM ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY
Ahmedabad (PTI): Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat president
Gopal Italia will contest the upcoming election from Ka-
targam in Surat, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal
said on Wednesday. AAP’s Gujarat general secretary
Manoj Sorathiya will contest from Karanj Assembly seat
in Surat, Kejriwal said in a tweet. The AAP has so far
announced the names of its 158 candidates for elections
to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly. “The participa-
tion of youth in politics is essential. In Gujarat, our state
president and popular youth Gopal Italia will contest
from Surat’s Katargam Assembly seat and state general
secretary Manoj Sorathiya will contest elections from
Karanj Assembly seat,” Kejriwal tweeted.
AAP candidate Gopal Italia during an election rally, at
Dabholi Road, in Surat on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BJP ‘USING’ CAA
WITH EYE ON GUJ
POLLS: MAMATA
AAP RELEASES
LIST OF STAR
CAMPAIGNERS
AAP WANTS NARODA PATIYA TO MOVE ON
BUT SCARS OF 2002 RIOTS REMAIN
Ahmedabad (PTI): Twenty-one years after the Gujarat ri-
ots, wounds of Naroda Patiya have turned to scar tissue,
still visible, often painful and reminder of a communal
divide still to be bridged. But life has to go on and focus
should be on “community neutral” issues such as price
rise, says AAP MLA hopeful Omprakash Tiwari. Hoping
to win over the people of Naroda Patiya, on the outskirts
of Ahmedabad that came to be associated with the 2002
riots, and the assembly polls next month, Tiwari said he
would like religion to be left aside and for people to come
together to vote for change. “We have forgotten what
happened here 20 years ago. India is a religious country
and everyone has freedom to practise the religion of their
choice,” Tiwari told PTI. “But we have to first address the
issues of unemployment, price rise and lack of affordable
education for all,” he added when asked if the riots that
followed the Godhra train burning were an issue in the
constituency that has been voting for the BJP since 1990.
Krishnanagar (PTI):
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday
alleged that the BJP
was “using” Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA)
and National Register
of Citizens (NRC) with
an eye on the upcoming
Gujarat assembly elec-
tions. She asserted that
she will never allow the
implementation of CAA or
NRC in West Bengal.
New Delhi (ANI): The
names of the party in-
cluding Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal, his deputy Man-
ish Sisodia, and Punjab
Chief Minister Bhagwant
Mann are among the
star campaigners of the
Aam Aadmi Party for the
Gujarat elections. AAP
MPs Sanjay Singh and
Raghav Chadha also fea-
ture in the list of 20 star
campaigners for Gujarat
where the party is eying
to make inroads.
4 TOP GUJ BJP LEADERS, INCLUDING RUPANI
NITIN PATEL, NOT TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
ANOTHER GUJ CONG
MLA BHAGVANBHAI
D BARAD RESIGNS Rajkot (PTI): Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani
and ex-deputy CM Nitin Patel, both senior leaders of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Wednesday night
announced they will not fight the next month’s Assembly
elections. Two
other senior BJP
leaders, Bhupen-
drasinh Chudasama
and Pradeepsinh
Jadeja — who
were ministers in
the Rupani cabinet
— also announced
they will not seek
tickets for the polls.
Their statements
come at a time when the central Parliament Board of BJP has
convened the meeting to finalise the names of candidates in
Delhi under the leadership of PM Modi. “These four senior
leaders of our party have written separate letters to state unit
party president C R Paatil, saying they do not want to fight
the upcoming elections,” Gujarat BJP spokesperson Yamal
Vyas said. “I have decided not to fight elections this time. The
BJP gave me chance to be the Gujarat CM for five years. Now
they have made me in-charge of Punjab, I have declared ear-
lier that I will not fight this election,” Rupani told reporters.
Talala (ANI): Days before
Gujarat elections, Con-
gress MLA Bhagvanbhai
D Barad on Wednesday
resigned from all posts
party posts. Seeking ac-
ceptance of his resigna-
tion to Governor Acharya
Devvrat, Barad said, “I,
Bhagvanbhai, MLA hereby
give my resignation from
91 - Talala Constituency
and from the primary
membership of the Indian
National Congress. Please
accept it.” Barad, later,
tendered his resignation
Speaker of the Gujarat
Legislative Assembly.
Earlier on Tuesday,
veteran Congress leader
and 11 times MLA Mohan
Singh Rathwa, along with
his sons joined the BJP in
Ahmedabad.
PM Modi interacts with Nadda at BJP’s Central Election Committee meeting as Amit Shah looks on.
‘RIWAZ NAHI, RAJ BADLEGA’, BJP GOVT WILL BE VOTED OUT IN HIMACHAL, SAYS HOODA
Manali (PTI): The BJP’s development claims in Himachal Pradesh are “hollow” and the people
have made up their mind to bring the grand old party to power in the state, senior Congress
leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Wednesday. The former Haryana CM has been cam-
paigning in Himachal’s Kullu-Manali and Lahaul area. The state has a history of alternating
between the Congress and the BJP every assembly election since 1982. Himachal CM Jairam
Thakur said on Monday that Congress may be banking on Himachal’s ‘riwaz’ (convention) but
people have made up mind to break from tradition this time and bring back the BJP govt.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur at a rally at Naina Devi assembly constituency on Wednesday.
CEC Rajiv Kumar with Election Commisioner Anup Kumar Pandey
at an event in Pune, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge at a rally in Shimla. —PHOTO BY PTI

06
INDIA
Keonjhar (PTI): Peo-
ple of a village in Odi-
sha who went into a for-
est to prepare “mahua”,
a traditional country
liquor, found that a
herd of 24 elephants al-
ready devoured the wa-
ter fermented with the
intoxicating flowers
and deep asleep--appar-
enty drunk.
“We had kept the
flowers in water to fer-
ment earlier. When we
went into the jungle at
around 6 am to prepare
mahua, we found all
the pots broken and the
fermented water miss-
ing. We also found the
elephants--nine tusk-
ers, six females and
nine calves--asleep. It
seems that they con-
sumed the fermented
water and got
drunk,” Naria Sethi, a
villager, said.
“That liquor was un-
processed. We tried to
wake up the animals
but failed. The forest
department was then
informed,” he added.
Patana range forest
personnel had to beat
drums to wake the herd
up.
Sethi said the herd
left the place at around
10 am.
The forest official,
however, is not sure
whether the elephants
got drunk after consum-
ing fermented mahua.
“They may have been
just resting there,”
Patra said.
The villagers, on the
other hand, insist that
they spotted the ele-
phants sleeping in an
intoxicated condition
at various places close
to the broken pots on
Tuesday
.
Drunk on Mahua,24 jumbos
sleep for hours in Odisha
New Delhi: The Bihar
police in a joint operation
recovered several arms
ammunition. The joint
operation was launched by
a team of 205 Commando
Battalion for Resolute
Action (CoBRA) Bihar
Police in the Kariba Dobha
area of Bihar’s Aurangabad
district on the basis of
intelligence inputs.
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief
Minister Tejashwi Yadav
on Wednesday demanded
special category status for
the state as a “birthday
gift” from his rivals in the
BJP who were greeting
him on the occasion. The
RJD leader, who turned
33, expressed his wish at
a govt function, attended
by CM among others.
New Delhi: The BSF has shot down a drone entering from
Pakistan into Indian territory in the Ferozepur district in
Punjab, the force said on Wednesday. BSF’s 136 Battal-
ion deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a
suspected flying object or drone entering from Pakistan
into Indian territory in the area near Gandu Kilcha village in
Ferozepur at around 11.25 pm on Tuesday, the force said
in a statement.
BSF SHOOTS DOWN PAK DRONE ALONG
INT’L BORDER IN PUNJAB’S FEROZEPUR
CRUCIAL READ
FROM PG 1
MP Sanjay Raut...
well as “then Union agri-
culture minister and
chief minister”in2006-07.
In the detailed order, the
court said Sanjay Raut’s
arrestwas“illegal”anda
“witch-hunt”. The rea-
son the agency did not
arrest concerned offi-
cials of MHADA and
other government de-
partments was “nothing,
but conveying a message
to then Union agricul-
ture minister and then
(Maharashtra) chief
minister, creating a fear
psycheintheirmindthat
they are the next in this
queue,” the judge said
without naming the poli-
ticians in question. The
court also rejected ED
lawyer Additional Solici-
tor General Anil Singh’s
plea urging it not to give
effect to the bail order till
Friday
. The ED then
moved the HC. But the
high court refused to
grant urgent stay
, stating
that it can not pass such
anorderwithouthearing
both the parties, and
posted the matter for
hearing on Thursday
.
“I’m thankful to the
court,”” a visibly emo-
tional Sanjay Raut told
the special judge when
the bail order was an-
nounced.Alargenumber
of supporters, who had
assembled outside the
jail, burst into celebra-
tion as soon as he walked
out of the jail, raising
slogans and setting off
firecrackers.
Raut, accompanied by
his brother, MLA Sunil
Raut, later visited the
Siddhivinayak Temple
here to seek blessings of
Lord Ganesh.
BIHAR COPS SEIZE
ARMS FROM
AURANGABAD
TEJASHWI SEEKS
SPECIAL STATUS
FOR BIHAR
New Delhi (PTI): PM
Narendra Modi will on
Friday inaugurate the
Terminal 2 of the Kem-
pegowda International
Airport in Bengaluru
that has been built at a
cost of around Rs 5,000
crore, according to offi-
cials. With the inaugu-
ration of T2, the passen-
ger handling capacity
as well as the number of
counters for check-in
and immigration at the
airport will double,
helping people im-
mensely, the officials
said. The airport will be
able to handle around
five-six crore passen-
gers annually from its
current capacity of 2.5
crore. Terminal 2 is de-
signed as a tribute to the
garden city and the
passenger experience
is meant to be a “walk
in the garden”, the
officials said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Wednesday said the ef-
fective use of the Right
toInformationAct(RTI)
will help in building a
developed and corrup-
tion free country as en-
visioned by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
Inaugurating the
15th Annual Conven-
tion of Central Infor-
mation Commission
(CIC), the Speaker said
the main aim of the RTI
Act is empowering citi-
zens, bringing trans-
parency, getting system
rid of corruption and
taking democracy to
the people of the coun-
try in the true sense.
Addressing the two-
day convention titled
“Azadi Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav: Citizen — cen-
tric Governance
through RTI”, Minister
of state for Personnel,
Public Grievances and
Pensions, Jitendra Sin-
gh said the non-domi-
ciles and non-State sub-
jects of Jammu and
Kashmir will also now
be entitled to file RTI
related on issues relat-
ed to Union Territory
(UT) or agencies.
Lauding the Commis-
sion for hearing peti-
tions from newly
carved out Union Ter-
ritories of Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh
during the peak of Cov-
id lockdown, the minis-
ter said applicants from
the UTs filed RTI appli-
cations from homes.
Singh said despite
the challenges posed by
the unprecedented
pandemic situation,
earnest efforts were
made by the CIC and
SICs to dispose of RTI
second appeals and
complaints and some
Commissions even ex-
ceeded pre-pandemic
figures of disposal dur-
ing certain periods.
Birla stresses on effective use of RTI for corruption free country
UP CS Mishra to retire in Dec, might get extension
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: UP Chief
Secretary Durga
Shankar Mishra will
retire on December 30.
The 1984 batch IAS of-
ficer is counted among
the most trusted offic-
ers of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Ahead
of the UP assembly
elections, it was decid-
ed to replace IAS Rajen-
dra Kumar Tiwari and
make Durga Shankar
Mishra on central dep-
utation as the Chief
Secretary by giving a
year’s extension.
Mishra is the senior
most IAS officer in the
state’s bureaucracy
. Af-
ter that, Rajendra Ku-
mar Tiwari, a 1985 batch
IAS officer, is the chair-
man of UPSRTC and his
retirement is also due in
February 2023.
The third is 1985
batch IAS Shalini Pras-
ad Additional Sector
Panchayati Raj on Cen-
tral deputation. She is
retiring in December
2022. The fourth is 1987
batch IAS Arun Sin-
ghal, who is posted at
the Centre and his re-
tirement is in May 2025.
IAS Mahesh Kumar
Gupta is the fifth senior
most officer of the state
and a 1987 batch officer,
whose retirement is due
in May 2024. If sources
are to be believed,
Mishra might get an ex-
tension as he has a good
hold of bureaucracy at
theCentreandstatelevel
and is a very hardwork-
ing and honest officer.
Most of the senior
officers of the state
government are near-
ing retirement. Mishra
also has the charge of
Delhi Chief Resident
Commissioner.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion home minister
Amit Shah on Wednes-
day chaired a meeting
of officials of Intelli-
gence Bureau (IB) from
across the country to
discuss issues related
to cross-border terror-
ism, narcotics smug-
gling, terrorist financ-
ing, organised crimes,
cyber crimes and use
of drones from across
the border, people fa-
miliar with the devel-
opment said.
During the six-hour-
long meeting that start-
ed at 11am and contin-
ued till 5pm in national
capital New Delhi, the
home minister stressed
on the need to further
strengthen the process
of information sharing
and enhancing liaison
between counter-ter-
rorism and anti-drug
agencies of the states.
“Union home minis-
ter Amit Shah chaired a
high level meeting of
Intelligence Bureau
(IB) officers from across
the country in New
Delhi today and re-
viewed the internal se-
curity situation of the
country. The meeting
held extensive discus-
sions on various issues
related to national se-
curity including coun-
ter terrorism, threat
from extremism, cyber
security related issues,
border related aspects
and threats from cross
border elements to the
integrity and stability
of the nation,” a state-
ment by the ministry of
home affairs (MHA)
later said.
At the meeting, the
statement said Shah un-
derlined the govern-
ment’s commitment to
ensure the country’s
security and the lauded
the IB, India’s domestic
intelligence agency for
its “very important con-
tribution in maintain-
ing peace in the country
since Independence,
anonymously without
any expectations.”
FIGHTISAGAINSTTERRORISM,
ITSSUPPORTSYSTEM:SHAH
Shah stressed on the need to strengthen information sharing
Amit Shah chairs a high-level meeting of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers across the country, in New
Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh called on the top
Army commanders on
Wednesday to always
maintain the force’s
operational readiness
at its peak level amid
a lingering border
row with China in east-
ern Ladakh.
Singh reasserted the
faith of the billion-plus
citizens in the Indian
Army as one of the
“most trusted and in-
spiring organisations”
in the country
.
At the five-day con-
ference that started on
Monday, the command-
ers are carrying out a
comprehensive review
of India’s national se-
curity challenges
along the borders with
China and Pakistan,
besides delving on
ways to bolster the 1.3
million-strong force’s
military prowess.
The main highlight
of the third day’s pro-
ceedings was Singh’s
interaction with the
senior leadership of the
Army, which was pre-
ceded by a briefing on
“Transformational im-
peratives for a future-
ready force”.
‘Be prepared for any
operational contingency’
PM MODI TO INAUGURATE TERMINAL 2 OF
KEMPEGOWDA AIRPORT IN BENGALURU
Durga Shankar Mishra
PM Narendra Modi
RajnathSinghwiththeIndianArmyCommandersattheCommanders’
Conference, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Om Birla, YK Sinha at the inauguration of CIC.
INDIA TO RECEIVE ITS LAST RAFALE
JET FROM FRANCE BY DECEMBER 15
India will receive its 36th and final Rafale fighter
jet from France by December 15 completing the
delivery of all the aircraft it had signed for in an
over Rs 60,000 crore deal inked in 2016. The
last aircraft will arrive in India around December
15. The aircraft was used for developing the
India-specific enhancements in the Rafale fleet
of the Indian Air Force, senior defence officials
told ANI. India had signed a deal for 36 of these
planes and 35 of them have already arrived.
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi (ANI):
Veteran Congress
leader Jairam
Ramesh said that
PM and BJP would
not lose any oppor-
tunity to “promote
themselves shame-
fully.” “Over 70
years ago, Nehru
rejected the propos-
al to make Congress
flag the flag of In-
dia. Now, BJP’s elec-
tion symbol has be-
come official logo
for India’s presiden-
cy of G20!” Ramesh
tweeted.India will
take over the G20
Presidency from
the current chair
Indonesia on Dec 1.
CONG SLAMS
BJP FOR LOTUS
FEATURING IN
G20 LOGO
MAIN AIM OF RTI
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Adani
Ports and Special Eco-
nomic Zone Ltd
(APSEZ), the largest
transport utility in In-
dia, has entered into a
definitive agreement
for the acquisition of
Oiltanking India Gm-
bH’s 49.38% equity
stake in Indian Oil-
tanking Ltd (IOTL).
This agreement also
includes acquisition
of an additional 10%
equity stake in IOT
Utkal Energy Services
Ltd, a 71.57% subsidi-
ary of IOTL.
Over the last 26
years, IOTL has built
a network of six ter-
minals across five
states with a total ca-
pacity of 2.4 Mn KL
(owned capacity of 0.5
Mn KL and BOOT ca-
pacity of 1.9 Mn KL)
for storage of crude
and finished petrole-
um products. The
owned facilities in-
clude Navghar termi-
nal in Maharashtra,
Raipur terminal in
Chhattisgarh and Goa
terminal. The BOOT
terminal with Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd
(IOCL) is at Paradip
(Odisha) and OM
contracts with IOCL
are at JNPT (Maha-
rashtra) and Dumad
(Gujarat). The com-
pany also has a biogas
plant of 15 TPD capac-
ity in Namakkal (Ta-
mil Nadu).
“With this acquisi-
tion, APSEZ’s oil stor-
age capacity jumps
200% to 3.6 Mn KL,
making it India’s larg-
est third-party liquid
storage company
. This
ties well with our am-
bition to become the
largest transport util-
ity globally,” said
Karan Adani, CEO
and Whole Time Di-
rector of APSEZ.
Adani Ports acquires 49.38%
stake in Indian Oiltanking Ltd
DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

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SILVER 62,400.00 132.00 0.21 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
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CURRENCIES
Bizexecutivesseecybersecuritybudgetrising
New Delhi (PTI): More
than 82% of business ex-
ecutives surveyed in India
anticipate an increase in
cybersecurity budgets in
the coming year.
The survey highlights
that of all the risks affect-
ing organisations, India
respondents consider a
catastrophic cyberattack, a
resurgence of COVID-19 or
a new health crisis, and a
new geopolitical conflict
among the top three risks.
“Over 82% of business
executives in India foresee
an increase in cybersecu-
rity budgets in 2023,” said
the PwC survey
. 89% of In-
dian business executives
say their organisations’
cybersecurity team detect-
edasignificantcyberthreat
to business and prevented
it from affecting their op-
erations, as against 70%
globally
.
ACCORDING TO PwC REPORT
SURVEY
HIGHLIGHTS
z According to a PwC
report released on
Wednesday (Nov 9), the
survey highlights that
of all the risks affecting
organisations, India
respondents consider a
catastrophic cyberattack,
a resurgence of COVID-19
or a new health crisis, and
a new geopolitical conflict
among the top three risks
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned Bank of Maha-
rashtra on Wednesday
said it has increased its
marginal cost of funds
based lending rate
(MCLR) for select tenor
loans. The benchmark
one-year MCLR, used to
price most of consumer
loans such as auto, per-
sonal and home, has
been revised upwards to
7.90% from 7.80%, the
lender said in a regulato-
ry filing. The revised
MCLR has come to effect
from November 7, 2022.
The one-month MCLR
has been raised by 5 bps.
Washington (Agencies):
Twitter’s new owner and
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has
sold nearly $4 billion
worth of Tesla shares, ac-
cording to regulatory fil-
ings. Musk sold 19.5 mil-
lion shares of the electric
car company from No-
vember 4 to November 8,
according to Tuesday’s fil-
ings with the Securities
and Exchange Commis-
sion. He sold $7 billion of
his Tesla stock in August
as he worked to finance
the Twitter purchase he
was trying to get out of at
the time.
ELON MUSK SELLS
$3.95 BN WORTH OF
TESLA STOCK
BANK OF MAHA
RAISES ONE-YEAR
MCLR BY 10 BPS
New Delhi (PTI): ReNew
Power on Wednesday said
it will plant one million
trees by 2030 as part of
its commitment under ‘1t.
Org’, an effort by the
World Economic Forum.
1t.Org is part of the World
Economic Forum’s efforts
to accelerate nature-based
solutions and was set up
to support the UN Decade
on Ecosystem Restora-
tion. “With our commit-
ment to plant a million
trees by 2030, we will also
be working towards meet-
ing India’s green goals,”
said Sumant Sinha, Chair-
man and CEO of ReNew
Power.
ReNew POWER TO
PLANT 1 MILLION
TREES BY 2030
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Motors on Wednesday re-
ported narrowing of con-
solidated net loss at `945
cr for the second quarter
ended Sept 30, as sales
picked up in marquee
brand Jaguar Land Rover
and across domestic as
well as commercial vehi-
cle segments. The auto
major had reported a net
loss of `4,442 crore, at-
tributable to shareholders
of the company, in the Ju-
ly-Sept period of 2021.
Consolidated net loss for
the second quarter stood
at `898 crore. It was at
`4,416 crore in 2021.
TATA MOTORS Q2
NET LOSS NARROWS
TO `945 CRORE
*Rates till the edition went to print.
AIR INDIA LEASES SIX
A320 NEO AIRCRAFT
FROM CDB AVIATION
Singapore (PTI): Air India has
leased a fleet of six Airbus
A320 neo
aircraft from
CDB Avia-
tion, a wholly
owned Irish
subsidiary of China Develop-
ment Bank Financial Leasing
Co Limited, to boost the Tata
Group-owned company’s
transformation journey, a
statement said on Wednesday.
CDB Aviation is among the
first aircraft leasing companies
to secure the placement of Air
India’s additional A320 neo
aircraft under the recently an-
nounced multi-stage transfor-
mation plan.
OTHER STORIES
TVS MOTOR, AMAZON
INDIA JOIN HANDS TO
BOOST E-MOBILITY
New Delhi (PTI): Amazon
India and TVS Motor Company
have joined
hands to
strengthen
electric mobili-
ty in the coun-
try, the companies said in a
joint statement on Wednesday.
As part of the collaboration, a
fleet of electric two-wheelers
and three-wheelers from TVS
Motor will be deployed for
Amazon’s last-mile deliveries.
In addition, the two companies
will work in tandem to exam-
ine EV use cases for various
Amazon business groups
for its network and logistical
requirements.
Coal demand in
India yet to reach its
peak: Pralhad Joshi
New Delhi (PTI): The Cen-
tre on Wednesday said that
the demand for coal in In-
dia is still to reach its peak
and the dry fuel will con-
tinue to play a key role in
the energy mix till 2040 and
beyond. Therefore, shift
from coal will not happen
in foreseeable future in the
country, according to coal
minister Pralhad Joshi.
Joshi said that there is a
push towards energy tran-
sition away from coal in the
global world. “However, for
India, coal, being an afford-
able source of energy
, holds
prime importance for meet-
ing its energy needs being
fuelled by rising economy,”
he said in on Wednesday
.
CIL’S CAPEX RISES 33%
TO `7,027 CRORE IN
APRIL-SEPTEMBER
New Delhi (PTI): Coal India Ltd
on Wednesday said its capital
expenditure grew 33% to `7,027
crore in April-Sept FY23 as
compared to the year-ago period.
The company’s capex in the
year-ago period stood at `5,300
crore. The two coal evacuation
infrastructure heads - setting up
of CHP/silos and railways lines
- together accounted for 36% or
`2,547 crore of the total capex
in the period under review, CIL
said in a statement. Construction
of CHPs/silos under first mile
connectivity was the major capex
head at `1,489 crore during the
six-month period of FY23, as
compared to `614 cr a year ago.
New Delhi (PTI): Mahindra Mahindra on Wednesday said it
has tied up with three electric vehicle infrastructure partners
-- Jio-bp, Statiq, and Charge+Zone
-- to offer charging solutions for
its upcoming range of passenger
electric vehicles. With these partner-
ships, Mahindra EV users will get
seamless access to a robust fast
charging infrastructure and e-
mobility solutions spanning across
discovery, availability, navigation and transactions, the Mumbai-
based automaker said in a statement. Mahindra unveiled its first
all-electric SUV -- XUV400 recently.
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of Coal India Ltd on Wednesday climbed over
2% after the state-owned mining company announced that its capital
expenditure (capex) grew 33%. The stock rose 2.59% to settle at Rs
255.95 apiece on the BSE. On the NSE, it zoomed 2.93% to finish at
Rs 256.85 apiece. In volume terms, 16.29 lakh shares were traded on
the BSE and over 4.03 crore shares on the NSE during the day.
MAHINDRA TIES UP WITH 3 ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRA PLAYERS FOR CHARGING SOLUTIONS
COAL INDIA LIMITED SHARES CLIMB OVER 2 PER CENT
New York (Agencies): Fa-
cebook parent Meta is lay-
ing off 11,000 people, about
13% of its workforce, as it
contends with faltering
revenue and broader tech
industry woes, CEO Mark
Zuckerberg said in a letter
to employees on Wednes-
day
.
The job cuts come just a
week after widespread lay-
offs at Twitter under its
new owner, billionaire
Elon Musk.
There have been numer-
ous job cuts at other tech
companies that hired rap-
idly during the pandemic.
Zuckerberg as well said
that he had made the deci-
sion to hire aggressively,
anticipating rapid growth
even after the pandemic
ended.
“Unfortunately, this did
not play out the way I ex-
pected,” Zuckerberg said in
a prepared statement.
“Not only has online
commerce returned to pri-
or trends, but the macroe-
conomic downturn, in-
creased competition, and
ads signal loss have caused
our revenue to be much
lower than I’d expected. I
got this wrong, and I take
responsibility for that.”
Meta, like other social
media companies, enjoyed
a financial boost during the
pandemic lockdown era be-
cause more people stayed
home and scrolled on their
phones and computers.
But as the lockdowns
ended and people started
going outside again, reve-
nue growth began to falter.
An economic slowdown
and a grim outlook for on-
line advertising — by far
Meta’s biggest revenue
source — have contributed
to Meta’s woes.
This summer, Meta post-
ed its first quarterly reve-
nue decline in history, fol-
lowed by another, bigger
decline in the fall.
Some of the pain is com-
pany-specific, while some
is tied to broader economic
and technological forces.
Last week, Twitter laid
off about half of its 7,500
employees, part of a cha-
otic overhaul as Musk took
the helm.
He tweeted that there
was no choice but to cut the
jobs “when the company is
losing over $4M/day,”
though did not provide de-
tails about the losses.
MARK ZUCKERBERG INFORMS IN LETTER TO EMPLOYEES
META CUTS 11K JOBS
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The job cuts come just a
week after widespread layoffs
at Twitter under its new owner,
billionaire Elon Musk. There
have been numerous job cuts
at other tech companies that
hired rapidly during COVID.
z Zuckerberg also said that he
had made the decision to hire
aggressively, anticipating rapid
growth even after the pandemic
ended.
z Meta, like other social media
companies, enjoyed a financial
boost during the pandemic
lockdown era.
Sensex, Nifty close lower on
selloffinpower,metalstocks
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks Sensex and
Nifty gave up early gains
to close in the red on
Wednesday after a selloff
in power, metal and con-
sumer durable stocks
amid a weak trend in glob-
al equities.
However, a rally in the
rupee against the US dol-
lar and unabated foreign
capital inflows helped the
indices restrict the losses,
traders said.
In a largely range-bound
session, the 30-share BSE
Sensex ended 151.60 points
or 0.25% lower at 61,033.55.
The index witnessed high
volatility towards the fag-
end and recorded an intra-
day high of 61,447.23 and a
low of 60,905.15.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty fell
45.80 points or 0.25% to
end at 18,157.
PowerGrid was the big-
gest loser in the Sensex
pack, slipping 4.06%, fol-
lowed by Tech Mahindra,
Sun Pharma, Bajaj Fin-
serv, NTPC and MM. In
contrast, ITC, Dr Reddy’s,
Kotak Mahindra Bank, In-
dusInd Bank and HCL
Tech were among the gain-
ers, climbing up to 1.99%.
Framework for
sovereign green
bonds to match
global standards
New Delhi (PTI): The Fi-
nance Ministry has final-
ised the framework to issue
sovereign green bonds in
line with global standards.
The government intends
to mobilise `16,000 crore
from the issuance of green
bonds during the second
half of the current finan-
cial year. It is a part of the
borrowing programme for
the second half of this fis-
cal. The framework is
ready and it would be ap-
proved soon, the sources
said. These rupee-denomi-
nated papers will have long
tenure to suit the require-
ment of green infrastruc-
ture projects, they added.
Agri Ministry okays setting up
100 fodder-centric FPOs
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment has finally desig-
nated National Dairy De-
velopment Board (NDDB)
as the implementing agen-
cy for setting up of 100
fodder-centric Farmer Pro-
ducer Organisations
(FPOs) during this fiscal to
address the fodder deficit
situation in the country
.
The Ministry of Fisher-
ies, Animal Husbandry
and Dairying in 2020 had
proposed the establish-
ment of fodder-centric
FPOs and requested the ag-
riculture ministry to allow
such FPOs under the cen-
tral scheme “Formation
and Promotion of 10,000
new FPOs”.
The proposal was con-
sidered seriously and the
agriculture ministry fi-
nally issued an order on
November 4.
NDDB has been assigned
to form 100 FPOs during
2022-23 within the contours
of the scheme guidelines, it
added.
RUPEE GAINS 45 PAISE TO CLOSE AT
81.47 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 45 paise to
close at 81.47 (provisional) against the US dollar on
Wednesday amid fall in crude oil prices,
dollar weakness and sustained foreign
fund inflows. At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local unit opened
at 81.43, and witnessed an intra-day
high of Rs 81.23 and low of Rs 81.62
during the session. The local unit finally
settled at 81.47 against the American currency, register-
ing a rise of 45 paise over its previous close.

08
2NDFRONT
z So are you going to
form the government
in Himachal again?
JP Nadda: Yes, we are
goingtoformthegovern-
ment and there are a few
reasons for that. Firstly
,
the love Modiji has
shown towards
Himachal. Secondly
, the
work culture that he has
introduced in the gov-
ernments. Thirdly
, the
mainstreaming of
Himachal done by him,
so the people of
Himachal are eager to
support him and as a ‘si-
lent worker’ Jairam has
brought the works till
the grass roots, so I can
see it. And more than
anything, I can see that
the people are upbeat. I
visited a place today and
I am telling you a fact,
BJP could never have
hoped for such an amaz-
ing rally
. There was a
crowd of more than
12,000 people and even
though I was an hour
late, there was immense
excitement in the rally
and in all rallies of the
BJP
. The crowd is re-
sponsive and people step
forward to work for the
party
, so I think that we
areinacomfortablesitu-
ation.
z So what do you
think about the num-
ber of seats you will
win since you had 44
seats last time?
I won’t be able to ana-
lyse that right now, I will
need a few days for that
exercise, but I can say
that we are comfortable.
z We have an astrolo-
ger Dr Kumar Ganesh,
who has predicted that
BJP will get 45 and
Congress would get 21
seats and two are oth-
ers. So these others
would be AAP
, since
there is no other
...
No,AAPwillnotgettrac-
tion here and their secu-
rity will be forfeited.
Theyarecontestingon67
seats and their security
will be forfeited on 67
seats.TheirUttarakhand
Chief Minister candi-
date has joined BJP and
is campaigning for us in
Uttarakhandandherein
Himachal, their Party
President has joined us.
z So what are the
main issues on which
you are contesting
elections? Modiji’s
face and govern-
ment’s works?
Yes. Development, stabil-
ity and empowerment of
the Himachali people.
We have done good work
in health and education
and now is the time to
consolidate and empow-
erpeopleandthatiswhat
we have been doing.
z Amit Shah said
that Uniform Civil
Code will be enforced.
Does it have any rele-
vance or impact in
Himachal?
Definitely
. Our thought
has been that we follow
Sabka Sath, Sabka Vi-
kas, Sabka Vishwas, but
justice to all and ap-
peasement to none.
Moreover,inastateorin
a nation, as citizens, we
have to shoulder our col-
lective responsibilities
and for that, uniformity
is needed and that is our
agenda. The nation does
not become strong just
like that, everyone has
tohaveanequalpartner-
ship in the nation. And
how will that equal part-
nership come into be-
ing? When there is Uni-
form Civil Code.
z And what about
giving employment to
eight lakh people?
See, what has happened
is that a new trend has
started. I will give eight
lakh government jobs, I
willgivetenlakhgovern-
ment jobs. Tejashwi had
saidinBihar.Whatisthe
distinction between BJP
and other parties? We
said that we will give
eight lakh employment
opportunities, and they
said they will give eight
lakh jobs. The difference
is of giving away ‘Re-
vadies’.Wewillempower
people which will give
them opportunities. Let
me give you an example.
They said they will give
eight lakh jobs. I have
grown tired of telling
people this: show me one
Cabinet note in Inde-
pendent India that says
anygovernmentwillgive
this many number of
jobs. This is not how jobs
are created, no one can
just give jobs. After all,
who will you give these
jobs, where will you give
them and how will you
give them, these are few
things that have to be
specified in the cabinet
note. This is administra-
tion and not a shop,
whereyoucanrunthings
as you please. I want a se-
rious discussion on this
issue and it is a serious
matter.Howisanotepre-
pared? That Himachal
Pradesh has been pro-
videda‘BulkDrugPark,’
whichwillbeestablished
in Una. The Cabinet de-
cides that it will be set up
atUnaandtheStateGov-
ernment has to provide
so many acres of land. In
that land so many clus-
terswillbedevelopedand
aninvestmentof Rs2,000
crore will come, which
will provide an employ-
ment of let’s say 1.5 lakh
direct employment and
1.5 lakh indirect employ-
ment. So, we are saying
that we are giving job op-
portunities. This is the
difference. They have
made fools out of the un-
employed, and what else
have they done? No one
hopes for anything from
them,neitherdotheyun-
derstand anything. They
may say what they want
to since they just know
theyneedtomakeclaims
and not follow on word.
You pick up our mani-
festo.WewillprovideCy-
cles to girl child and
Scooties to families pur-
suing higher education,
the beneficiaries of
which will be to the tune
of eight lakh and the
amount incurred will be
Rs 500 crore. So, we have
taken due diligence in
this and we have taken
care of where we will
bring this Rs 500 crore
from. We know this
amount will not be uti-
lisedinonedayandsowe
will execute the plan in
instalment and make ar-
rangements accordingly
.
So, if you look at our en-
tire manifesto, you will
know we have taken due
diligence. What happens
in politics is that parties
want to handle affairs
like fast food (immediate
results). That is not how
things actually work.
What has happened to-
day is that people of
Himachal know that
BJP’smanifestoisacred-
ible manifesto and they
willdeliverwhattheyare
promising and have giv-
en what they have not
said but when Congress
party presents some-
thing, then the person
who has written the
manifesto hasn’t read,
and the one who has
read, hasn’t written it.
z Is that why you
said that Congress
does not apply its
own manifesto?
Yes, they don’t. You see
for yourself that they do
not have any point of
their manifesto in their
speeches. Why is it so?
Because, neither are
they serious, but they
treat it like just an event
since the party has to
takeoutmanifesto.They
put this and that into it.
z Now you are invest-
ing in tourism and
bringing medical col-
leges also?
Yes and we have decided
on the districts as well. I
consider myself to be
extremely lucky since
there was just one Medi-
cal College in Himachal
Pradesh and that too in
Shimla. After that, I be-
came the Health Minis-
ter of the State and I
madetheTandaMedical
College and I was fortu-
nate enough that I could
make the most planned
hospital building of
North India. I feel ex-
tremely happy about it.
By God’s grace, I got
Modiji’s blessings I
became nation’s Health
Minister and then we
opened a ‘ C a n -
cer Centre’ in Shimla,
TandaandMandi,super
speciality block in
ChamiyanaworthRs270
crore, which had 7 super
speciality wings. Then,
we opened Medical Col-
legesinMandi,Chamba,
Hamirpur and Sirmour.
We gave a ‘Satellite Cen-
tre’ to PGI. There is a
tradition in PGI that
when Chandigarh was
set up, some part of the
services were given to
Punjab also thus, a
‘PGI Centre’ was opened
inFirozpurandone‘Sat-
ellite Centre’ was given
to Una. And with Modi-
ji’s blessings, we gave
AIIMS to Himachal and
it was established in Bi-
laspur. Five years ago,
Modiji had come to lay
the foundation stone for
AIIMS on Ashtami and
now after five years, he
dedicated AIIMS to pub-
liconVijayadashmi,and
this 5 year period also
saw 2 years of Corona
pandemic. I took at least
15-20 review meetings.
This is why
, I say that
these Congress leaders
don’t know the ‘
A’ of ad-
ministration. They just
ran governments with-
out any inkling to do so.
They don’t know about
the minute details.
z BJP has prepared
another manifesto
for women empower-
ment?
Yes we have. See half of
Himachal’s population
arewomenandtheyhave
been ignored for a long
time. Modiji empowered
them a lot through PM
Awas Yojana, Saubhag-
ya Yojana, and others
liketoiletsineveryhome.
Women lived for 70 years
without dignity of life.
Could you imagine 12
crore families in the na-
tion lived without toilets
and no one ever thought
about them? Modiji gave
themrespectandempow-
ered them through Awas
Yojana. In Himachal, the
number of such families
was over one lakh which
means two lakh children
usedtogoouttodefecate.
This was a question of
dignity
. When I used to
visit villages, I could
come across people with
disabilities and when I
used to ask about their
injuries they would say
theywenttocollectwood
andfellduetowhichthey
sustained these prob-
lems.Today
,Modijiintro-
duced Ujjawala Yojana
andJairamjigaveSugra-
hini Yojana. No family
today is exempted from-
gas connection. Then we
gave free cylinders as to
thepooraswell.Afterall,
they too will celebrate
Diwali, Holi Lohri.
Pradhan Mantri Matrit-
va Suraksha Yojana,
which was Modiji’s con-
cept, under which all
pregnant women would
undergo free medical
checkup on the 9th of
each month. They would
getallinoculations,their
blood pressure, diabetes
and other parameters
would be checked every
month. When the deliv-
ery time nears, the Asha
worker would be respon-
sible to take her to the
institutionforwhichfree
transportation would be
given. If during delivery
any complication takes
place, the government
would bear the expenses
and then she would be
shifted back to home and
ontopof that,theywould
be given Rs 6,000, we de-
cided on that. Then the
Himachal Government
decided to provide Rs
25,000, additionally
, for
the new born child, so
that they can be given a
better care. So, this is
how we are empowering
them. But the problem is
that Congress leaders
can even understand
this, because to serve is
not on their agenda, but
they only want to collect
the votes. Hence, they
givepopulistslogansand
move on.
z There are also talks
about OPS...
We also talk about OPS.
Look, who gave OROP?
Butwhocreatedthemost
ruckus... Congress. 35
years went by and they
couldn’t give two paise.
First, there was due dili-
gence and talks at vari-
ous levels and then a
committee was formed
andalthoughittookalit-
tle time, but Modiji en-
suredprovidingRs60,000
crore to our soldier
brethren. Tell me who
ended OPS? It was Man-
mohan Singh govern-
ment and now they are
saying things about it.
So, neither were they
learned then, nor are
they now. BJP speaks on
thisissueonlywhenthey
have conducted due dili-
gence over the matter.
z Ashok Gehlot has
said about giving
OPS in Rajasthan...
But they are not going to
do so in Rajasthan. I be-
lieve, he stressed on giv-
ingfivelakhgovernment
jobs and they have given
18,000.HehadgivenRs2,
500 as employment ex-
pense to the youth and
Rs 1,500 to women. So,
when you do not have to
give, then it is merely
about giving populist
slogans, so you can say
as much you want.
z What about faction-
alism in BJP and re-
bels here?
See,wetrytoensurethat
everyone is on the same
page and we make an ef-
forttopacifythem.First-
ly
, they have rebelled
means that BJP is in the
winning position and
hence, they want to con-
testbecausetheywantto
win. We did try to talk to
them. But what happens
is that in Himachal, the
voters are extremely
vigilant and alert and
theycasttheirvotetopo-
litical parties and as the
date for election comes
near, it becomes clear
which party is going to
win, so, the voters don’t
misuse their franchise.
Yes, people talk about re-
bels, but after a few days,
these rebels also end
their rebellion and their
supporters also return
to the party
.
z But people talk
about Nadda Group,
Dhumal Group and
Jairam Group....
I can tell you there is no
Nadda Group because it
is not in my habit to do
so. I have never asked
anyone to place posters
for me, or raise slogans
for me or engage in wall
writing for me. So, there
is no Nadda Group. Now,
theothernamesthatyou
took,letmetellyouthese
are not groups or fac-
tions, there is no
groupism here. There
may be difference of
opinion, but we talk on
issues and resolve them.
See, we gave so many
tickets, but can any one
say that there has been
factionalism or prefer-
ence in ticket distribu-
tion. No ne can say that
because everyone’s con-
sent has been taken. Had
there been groupism,
you would have said so
many tickets given to
thisgroupandthismany
to that group, but no one
can say that.
BJP’s National President JP Nadda talks to DrJagdeeshChandra,CEOandEditor-in-Chief,Bharat24-VisionofNewIndiaandFirst
India;CMD,FirstIndiaNewsand stresses that BJP will form government again, How the BJP will enforce Uniform Civil Code, how
Congress has lost the plot due to its own inefficiency and how BJP takes due diligence in every step it takes. Excerpts... (PartII)
Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas,
but justice to all and appeasement to none!
During the show
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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with
JP Nadda during The JC Show in Shimla.
We are going to form the government and there
are a few reasons for that. Firstly, the love
Modiji has shown towards Himachal.
Secondly, the work culture that he has
introduced in the governments. Thirdly, the
mainstreaming of Himachal done by him, so
the people of Himachal are eager to support
him and as a ‘silent worker’ Jairam has
brought the works till the grassroots.
YOU READ PART-1 ON NOVEMBER 9, 2022
One gets caught up in the
challenges and negative solutions
of life but it is crucial to get back
our own inherent self quickly.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022
KILLER SKIRTS:
KILLER SKIRTS:
SKIRTS HAVE DOMINATED 2022 MORE THAN ANY OTHER TREND THIS YEAR AND
IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY LITERALLY. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME
ALLURING PIECE OF FASHION, THAT WILL ENHANCE YOUR WARDROBE.
kirts are a
wardrobe
need since
they are ef-
fortlessly
fashiona-
ble, appro-
priate for every oc-
casion, and quite com-
fortable. A fashion
trend that appears to
be somewhat popular
is the short skirt. It
is a playful and flir-
tatious style. This
short skirt, which
is worn on the
hips and barely
reaches the backside, has a
really wild and quirky ap-
pearance while still being
quite intriguing and fashion-
able. A short skirt is a highly
feminine item of clothing,
making it ideal for a fun
night out on the town.
The short skirt is just as
fashionable today as it was
20 years ago since it is avail-
able in so many different
styles and materials. Teen-
agers and young ladies, es-
pecially those with good
legs and a shapely physique,
look best in the short skirt.
A short skirt is popular
among ladies who visit
clubs. Even though dancing
in a short skirt might be en-
tertaining, it also draws at-
tention, particularly from
the other sex. You may have
noticed celebrities sporting
one of the newest trends: a
very short skirt. To see how
the skirt will look before
you buy it, you can view it
online or try it on.
When wearing short
skirts, pairing them with
semi-opaque matching
stockings gives you a more
put-together appearance;
sheer, skin-coloured, and
patterned hose call atten-
tion unnecessarily to the
legs. Consider using col-
oured stripes that will go
with anything. Alternative-
ly, choose plain skirts in the
neutral hues of your colour
scheme; this will give you
the freedom to combine all
the hues that go well with
you. You’ll probably find
that they match a lot of what
you currently own. The flap-
per wore sheer, flesh-col-
oured stockings below the
skirt that she coiled and
twisted to hold them in place
without garters.
It takes skill to wear a
skirt effectively, and like any
other art, there is joy in hon-
ing your skills.
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ndia and Culture are
almost synonymous
with each other. It
wouldn’tbesurprising
to say that, the global
identity of India stays
strong as a culturally
rich country for centuries.
While the country is celebrat-
ing and “meme-ing” about the
Indian-origin Prime minister
of the UK, Indian-origin Chick-
en Tikka Masala has been the
national dish of the UK for cen-
turies now.
Yoga has spurred the growth
of ventures serving alternate
products like equipment, apps,
camps, or training in schools.
Additionally, June 21 is cele-
brated as International Yoga
Day across the globe. While tra-
ditional cultural practices
might be far-fetched from gen Z,
the turmeric latte viz Haldi
Doodh, is quite fancied in the
global café chains. The epics of
Indian mythology like Rama-
yana and Mahabharata have
been adapted by many south-
east Asian countries as a part
of performing arts, theatre, lit-
erature, etc. For centuries, In-
dia has been eminent and one
of the finest centres of handi-
crafts in the world.
Everyday items are crafted
tenderly
, in an artistic manner.
All of this adds to the cultural
capital of our country
. This
capital not only brings in mon-
etary inflow but also brings to-
gether communities while cel-
ebrating inclusions. Cultural
capital plays a pivotal role in
influencing a nation-brand val-
ue and alternatively, its soft
power Cultural capital can be
bifurcated into two forms, one
is tangible and the other is in-
tangible.
Tangible cultural capital in-
volves creative artworks such
as sculptures, handicrafts,
paintings, architectural build-
ings, etc. Intangible consists of
artwork that exists
in its pure form as
a public good, like
music, dance, etc.
Cultural ameni-
ties play a critical
role in driving the
success of grow-
ing cities or clus-
tered suburbs by
enabling social
interaction and
harmony, which
encourages inno-
vation and fur-
ther leads to de-
velopment. A
flourishing cul-
turaleconomyisa
driver of econom-
ic growth, as in-
fusing commer-
cial value into
cultural goods
and services and
experiences leads
to revenue genera-
tion. According to the Creative
Economy Outlook report by
UNCTAD, India is the fifth larg-
est exporter in the global art
and craft sector. This sector not
only employs the local people
butalsoearnsforeignexchange
for the country
. The State, of
Rajasthan, houses about 6 lakh
craftsmen and artisans. In the
year 2020-21, Handicrafts worth
Rs.6205.32croreswereexported
from the State; besides this,
Gem Jewellery worth Rs.
4067.36 crores, Textiles worth
Rs. 5729.29 crores, Readymade
Garments worth Rs. 1764.40
crores and Carpet/Dari worth
Rs. 464.70 crores were also ex-
ported. As the world is sur-
rounded by machine-made
items, the uniqueness of artis-
tic work would encourage
greater demand in the coming
future. Which would provide
greatereconomicopportunities
for creative individu-
als and practitioners.
Regional handicraft
products are the tradi-
tional wealth that has
been practised for gen-
erations. This indige-
nous creative skill can
be leveraged and encouraged to
add to economic development.
Leveraging these creative
skills, not only encourages cre-
ativity but also enhances the
sense of identity in the commu-
nity, solving the migration
problem. Jaipur Rugs from
Jaipur sets up a perfect exam-
ple of adapting cultural re-
sources for its social enterprise
model. A social enterprise at its
heart and a cultural enterprise
at its core Jaipur Rugs stand
strong in transforming the
lives of more than 60,000 arti-
sans across 5 states in India.
Founded by Nand
Kishore Chaudhary in
the year 1958.
It is one of India’s
largest hand-knotted
rug manufacturing
companies that cele-
brate and preserves
indigenous art and
culture. Tracing back
to the 16th century
, ar-
tisans working in the
Jaipur area adopted
the traditional Per-
sian weaving tech-
niques and reinter-
preted them according
to their creativity
. In-
spired by the Gandhi-
an Philosophy and
Teachings of the
Bhagavad Gita, Nand
Kishore Chaudhary
saw the greatest po-
tential at the bottom
of the pyramid by
transforming the com-
munity through creativi-
ty and adopting regional
cultural resources. In the
era of technology and
advanced machinery,
Jaipur rugs focused on
human creativity and en-
couraged artisans to
weave hand-knotted carpets of
a high-quality standard. It fo-
cuses on turning artisans into
artists.
With Projects like ‘Mancha-
ha’ which translates to ‘my
heart’s desire’ builds on the
journey of converting artisans
into artists. ‘Freedom Mancha-
ha’ offers hope through creativ-
ity and healing for the incarcer-
ated. In collaboration with the
State of Rajasthan Prison De-
partment,byconductingprison
workshops in Jaipur, Bikaner
Central, and Dausa Central
jails.Artisanshavethechoiceto
weave their unique idea by us-
ing leftover hand-spun yarn,
weavers-turned-artists tell sto-
riesthatmattertothemthrough
theircreations,alsofocusingon
environmental sustainability
and conscious production.
Manysuchcreativeenterprises
contribute to the creative econ-
omy which preserves, sustains,
and encourages our cultural
identity
. While art has proven
power to change the world, It is
also a distinguishing factor be-
tween us humans versus other
animalspecies.Embracingitin
ourliveswouldenableustolead
ourselves on the path of self-
actualization.
TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES THROUGH
TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES THROUGH
LEVERAGING CREATIVITY AND CULTURE
LEVERAGING CREATIVITY AND CULTURE
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MRUNMAYEE MOHAN
Cultural entrepreneurship researcher
and consultant

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