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MUMBAI l WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 40
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PM DIRECTS GOVT DEPTS, MINISTRIES TO HIRE ON ‘MISSION MODE’ NATIONAL HERALD CASE:
QUESTIONING ON DAY 2
‘10 LAKH JOBS IN 18 MONTHS’
New Delhi (ANI): Re-
cruitment of 10 lakh
people be done by the
Government of India in
a mission mode in the
next 1.5 years, an-
nounced the Prime Min-
ister’sOfficeonTuesday
.
A tweet from the offi-
cial Twitter handle of
the Prime Minister’s of-
fice said, “PM @naren-
dramodi reviewed the
status of Human Re-
sources in all depart-
ments and ministries
and instructed that re-
cruitmentof 10lakhpeo-
plebedonebytheGovtin
a mission mode in next
1.5 years.” With this, the
Centre has set a deadline
for filling up 10 lakh va-
cancies by December
2023 for which all the re-
cruitments shall take
place within 18 months.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
The basis of new India is its
youth power. To empower
them, PM Modi is working
continuously. PM Modi
Ji’s directive to recruit 10
lakhs in a mission mode
in all government depart-
ments and ministries in 1.5
years will bring new hope
and confidence among the
youth. Thank you PM @
narendramodi ji for this. Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi
Just like 8 years ago, youths were promised
2 crore jobs every year, in the same way
now it is the turn of 10 lakh government jobs. This
is not a government of jumlas, it is a government of
‘maha jumlas’. The Prime Minister is not an expert in
creating jobs, but in making ‘News’ on jobs.
HOME MINISTRY
INITIATES STEPS
PM: YOGA ‘PERFECT BLEND
OF GYAAN, KARM & BHAKTI’
MODI TO CHAIR FIRST NAT’L
CONF OF CSS ON JUNE 16-17
The Union Home Ministry
on Tuesday said it has
initiated steps to fill up
vacancies in its various
departments on a “mission
mode”, in line with PM
Modi’s instructions to
recruit 10 lakh people in all
central government depart-
ments over the next year
and a half.
Ahead of the International Yoga
Day celebrations, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that
Yoga is a perfect blend of gyaan
(knowledge), karm (action) and
bhakti (devotion). He also said that
in a fast-paced world, Yoga offers a
much-needed calm.
PM Modi is all set to chair the ‘first
national conference of chief secretar-
ies’ in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala
city on June 16 and 17. The conference
will be held at HPCA stadium in the city
and will mark a significant step towards
further strengthening the partnership
between the Centre and the state govts.
ED grills Rahul Gandhi for
9 hours, asks to rejoin today
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has been asked to ap-
pear again on Wednes-
day before the ED in a
money laundering case
linked to National Her-
ald newspaper. On day 2,
he was questioned for 9
hours. Gandhi arrived
at central probe agen-
cy’s office at 11:30 am
with his “Z+” category
security
.
Top Congress leaders
like Harish Rawat and
Randeep Singh Surjew-
ala were detained from
outside the Congress of-
fice as they tried march-
ing to ED’s office. Many
workers have also been
detained.
Earlier in the day,
Congress workers and
senior leaders were
seen in physical alterca-
tions with police and
security as they were
stopped from entering
the cordoned-off area.
Rahul Gandhi with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra prior to appearing before
the ED for the second consecutive day in New Delhi on Tuesday.
‘FUTURE READY SOLDIER’
Aditi Nagar,
Ashvini Yadav &
Shivendra Parmar
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
levelled serious allega-
tions against the Cen-
tral Government and
BJP-RSS over ED’s in-
terrogation of Rahul
Gandhi. Opening front
on the second day of
interrogation, Gehlot
claimed that no one can
imagine the corruption
that has spread in the
country in eight years.
“With the informa-
tion I have and what I
hear from industrial-
ists, businessmen, you
cannot imagine that
such a huge corruption
is happening. The ED
doesn’t pay attention to
it. They have so many
people of their own,
whether they are from
RSS or BJP,
ED closed the case in 2015, why has it
been reopened, questions Raj CM Gehlot
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lends ear to Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Tues-
day said that the CCS
has taken a historic de-
cision by approving
transformative scheme
of ‘Agnipath’ wherein
Indian youth would be
granted an opportunity
to get inducted into the
Armed services.
Dept of Military Af-
fairs on Tuesday appre-
ciated govt’s decision-
for scheme for young-
sters to serve in regular
cadre of Armed Forces.
Rajnath Singh with Admiral R Hari Kumar, VR Chaudhari Manoj Pande during a joint PC regarding
announcement of Agneepath Recruitment Scheme, at National Media Centre in Delhi on Tuesday.
l “AGNIPATH”, the
government’s new
scheme for armed
forces recruitment
plan announced
l Appointment of
the new CDS will
be made soon,
process for it is
underway: Singh
It would help to
train them for new
technologies and also
improve their health levels.
This scheme will increase
employment opportunities with
new skills in different sectors.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
Agnipath scheme aims to make
the Army a future-ready fighting
force capable of meeting multiple
challenges across the full spectrum of conflict
and it will increase the technical threshold of
the Army by recruiting ‘Agniveers’ through
ITIs and other tech-institutes.
—Manoj Pande,
Indian Army Chief General
l More than 46,000
Agniveers will be recruited
this year for 4 years
l People between age of
17.5 years and 21 years
will be inducted to armed
forces — IA, IN and IAF
l Monthly salary of
`30,000 to `40,000, non-
contributory insurance
cover of `48 lakh
l On competition of
tenure, 25% of Agniveers
will be enrolled as regular
cadres for min 15 years
l `11.71 lakh to be given
as Seva Nidhi Package on
their exit, exempt from I-T,
no pensionary benefits
KEY FEATURES
MEDIA RIGHTS — NEW HIGH FOR ‘BRAND IPL’
New Delhi: The IPL Media Rights e-auction is over and BCCI
secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to announce the details of the
new valuation of the lucrative Indian Premier League. The total
amount for brand IPL stands at `48,390 cr according to Shah. P6
SHARAD PAWAR REJECTS DIDI’S OFFER
New Delhi: WB CM Mamata Banerjee met NCP chief Sharad
Pawar on Tuesday at his residence in Delhi. During the meet,
Mamata Banerjee asked Pawar to be opposition nominee for
presidential polls. NCP chief, however, declined the offer. P6
PARL’S MONSOON SESSION LIKELY IN JULY
New Delhi: Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to start
from July 18, date of polling for prez election, and conclude
by August 12. However, final call on this is yet to be taken.
MAHA SEES 2,956 NEW COVID-19 CASES
Mumbai: The state’s COVID-19 tally reached 79,15,418,
while the death toll increased to 1,47,875, the department
said in a bulletin. P8
BSE SENSEX 52,693.57 153.13 | NSE NIFTY 15,732.10 42.30
l
NATIONAL HERALD CASE
You cannot imagine enormity of corruption
happening in the nation, BJP-RSS openly
looting the nation, but ED does not pay
attention to them (BJP), he said
PM Modi begins Maha-
rashtra trip with visit
to Pune temple, hails
17th Century saint
Sant Tukaram. PM also
inaugurates renovated
‘Jal Bhushan’ build-
ing at Raj Bhavan in
Mumbai. More on P2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
ED NEVER ASKED ABOUT SHAH’S SON: BV
Congress leader Srinivas BV was
detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday
for protesting over the ED probe against
Rahul Gandhi. Hitting out at the BJP, he
asked, “The ED never asked about Amit
Shah’s son, why?” More on P5
Venkaiah Naidu seeks land for
Hindu temple, crematorium
for Indian expats in Qatar
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Vice-Presi-
dent Venkaiah Naidu
has requested Qatar’s
Prime Minister, Khalid
bin Khalifa bin Ab-
dulaziz Al Thani and
Deputy Amir, Sheikh
Abdullah In Hamad Al
Thani and requested
land for the construc-
tion a Hindu temple
and cremation grounds
on behalf of the 7.5
lakh Indian residents
in the Gulf nation.
The meeting was
held during Naidu’s
June 4-7 visit to Qatar,
accompaniedbyformer
Bihar deputy Chief
Minister Sushil Kumar
Modi, amid continuing
protests over the “ob-
jectionable” comments
on Islamic prophet Mu-
hammad by BJP
spokespersons Nupur
Sharma and Naveen
Jindal, since expelled
and suspended respec-
tively by the party
.
“The Qatar govern-
ment was appreciative
of the immediate ac-
tion taken by the Indi-
an government to as-
suage their sentiments
after the controversy
broke out. Even the Ku-
wait government has
decided to crack down
and deport those ex-
pats, mostly in the Fa-
haheel area, who par-
ticipated in a demon-
stration organized af-
ter Friday prayers last
week,” a senior BJP
leader told First India.
The number of Indi-
an, Pakistani and other
expats who were ar-
rested and will be duly
deported back to their
countries is yet to be
madepublicbyKuwaiti
authorities.
In a tweet, Sushil Ku-
mar Modi confirmed
Naidu’s request for a
Hindu temple and Hin-
du cremation grounds,
which was accepted
with due sensitivity by
the Qatar government,
which initially issuing
a note of protest over
the BJP spokespersons’
comments, were appre-
ciative of the Indian
government’s prompt
handling of the issue.
Modi further noted
that Naidu asked for
the land for the two
stated purposes since
currently Indian (Hin-
dus) expats in Qatar
are forced to either
bury their deceased, or
fly their bodies back to
India since Qatar does
not permit cremation.
Naidu also interact-
ed with a large contin-
gent of Indian expats
in Qatar at an event fa-
cilitated by the Bihar
Foundation, a Bihar
government-linked so-
cial service organiza-
tion.
Headed by chairper-
son Ravi Srivastav and
CEO Abhay Kumar, the
foundation was highly
active during the pan-
demic. In addition to
providing services in-
cluding dry rations,
two daily meals and
shelter to migrant
worker families who
were stranded during
the 2020 lockdown, they
alone were able to
reach out to over five-
and-a-half lakh mi-
grants, especially in
Mumbai and the rest of
Maharashtra.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu with Qatar’s PM Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
—PHOTO FROM TWITTER/@VPSECRETARIAT)
Vice-Prez met
Qatar PM,
Deputy Amir
during eight-day
tour of Africa
and Gulf nations
The Qatar
government
was appreci-
ative of the immedi-
ate action taken by
the Indian govern-
ment to assuage their
sentiments after the
controversy broke
out. Even the Kuwait
government has de-
cided to crack down
and deport those ex-
pats, mostly in the
Fahaheel area, who
participated in a
demonstration or-
ganized after Friday
prayers last week.
—Senior BJP leader

First India Bureau
Pune: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s one-
day visit to Maharash-
tra was marred by po-
liticalcontroversywhen
Deputy Chief Minister
Ajit Pawar did not get a
chancetospeakatDehu,
where the PM inaugu-
rated the Shila Mandir
of Sant Tukaram.
Taking offence at the
apparent slight, Pa-
war’s cousin and NCP
(Nationalist Congress
Party) MP Supriya Sule
tweeted: “DCM of Ma-
harashtra Guardian
Minister of Pune Hon.
@AjitPawarSpeaks
Dada was not allowed to
speak in presence of
PM Hon @narendramo-
di Ji at program in
Dehu, Pune. However,
LOP @Dev_Fadnavis
was permitted to talk.
This is an insult for Ma-
harashtra.”
SpeakinginAmravati,
where she was attending
a party event, Sule said,
“Ajit dada is Maharash-
tra’s Deputy Chief Min-
ister, and the Guardian
Minister for Pune, and
then a NCP leader. When
the protocol details of
the programme came
from the Prime Minis-
ter’s Office, he requested
thatheshouldbeallowed
to speak, but the PMO
responded that he
wouldn’t be allowed to. It
is inappropriate.”
Therewasnomention
of AjitPawar’sspeechin
the protocol sheet--
which lists a minute-to-
minutescheduleof PM’s
programme at each of
the three venues in Ma-
harashtra. The sheet
showed that, after Shila
Mandir trustee Nitin
More made his speech
welcoming the PM,
Leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis was
slated to speak before
the PM.
However, video foot-
age from the dais shows
that PM Modi was taken
aback when the master
of ceremoniesurgedhim
to speak after Fadnavis’s
speech.ThePMthensaid
thatAjitPawar,seatedon
his right, should be al-
lowed to speak. The foot-
age showed that Ajit Pa-
warreactedimmediately
and politely requested
the PM to speak.
Ajit Pawar and Fad-
navis had received the
Prime Minister when he
arrived in Maharashtra
and accompanied him to
Dehu. Pawar, along with
Chief Minister Udddhav
Thackeray and state
minister Aaditya Thack-
eray
, was also present at
INS Shikra when the
Prime Minister reached
Mumbai from Dehu.
Both were present when
Modi inaugurated Jal
Bhushan, the residence
of Maharashtra Gover-
nor Bhagat Singh Koshi-
yari, and opened the
Kranti Gatha, a gallery
of revolutionaries cu-
rated by historian and
writer Vikram Sampath.
NEWS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Con-
gress claimed that the
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS) has
been trying to show
the history of the In-
dependencemovement
through a “rightist
lens” in the ‘Gallery of
Revolutionaries’, in-
augurated by Prime
minister Narendra
Modi at Raj Bhavan
here on Tuesday .
Maharashtra Con-
gress spokesperson
Sachin Sawant said the
gallery does not men-
tion the names of free-
dom fighters such as
Azimullah Khan, Babu
Genu and Communist
leader Shripad Dange.
He said both Hindus
and Muslims contrib-
uted to the freedom
struggle.
In an apparent refer-
ence to Hindutva ideo-
logue and freedom
fighter VD Savarkar,
whose name is dis-
played at the Gallery of
R e v o l u t i o n a r i e s ,
Sawant expressed hope
that the names of those
sentenced in the Anda-
man prisons and those
who did not write apolo-
gies would be included.
Many Maharashtrian
revolutionaries were
sentenced to ‘kalapani.’
Terming the revolt of
1857 as a joint struggle
of Hindus and Mus-
lims, Sawant demanded
the names of all the
revolutionaries in the
museum including Az-
imullah Khan of the
1857 rebellion.
The struggle of farm-
ers and workers and the
Warli uprising should
also get a place in the
museum, he added.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Tuesday extended
the interim protec-
tion from arrest till
July 7, granted to
BJP leader Kirit So-
maiya and his son in
a case of alleged mis-
appropriation of
public funds collect-
ed for the restora-
tion of decommis-
sioned naval aircraft
carrier Vikrant.
On April 13, Justice
Anuja Prabhudessai
granted interim protec-
tion from arrest to Kirit
Somaiya, and on April
20, it had granted the
same relief to his son
Neil Somaiya.
The court had then
said in the event of
their arrest, both the
accused persons be re-
leased on surety of Rs
50,000 each. The relief
was subsequently ex-
tended by Justice Prab-
hudessai till June 14.
On Tuesday, another
single bench of the HC,
presided over by Justice
Bharati Dangre, extend-
ed the interim protec-
tion granted to the for-
mer BJP MP and his
son till July 7.
First India Bureau
Pune: Inaugurating
the Jagatguru
Shrisant Tukaram
Maharaj Temple in
Dehu, Pune, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
India is eternal as it is
the land of saints.
He said Dehu's Shila
Mandir is not only a
centre of power of devo-
tion but also paves the
way for the cultural fu-
ture of India.
We are proud to be
one of the oldest living
civilizationsintheworld.
If the credit for this goes
to anyone, it is to the
saint tradition and the
sages of India. India is
eternal because it is the
land of saints. In every
era, some great soul has
been descending to give
direction to our country
andsociety
.Todaythena-
tion is celebrating the
birth anniversary of
SantKabirdas,PMModi
said during his address
on the occasion.
PM Modi further
said, Saints like Tu-
karam played a very
important role in the
life of a national hero
like Chhatrapati Shiva-
ji Maharaj. When Veer
Savarkar ji was pun-
ished in the freedom
struggle, he used to sing
the abhang of Tukaram
ji while wearing hand-
cuffs like chipli in jail.
He called for carry-
ing forward the cultural
heritage of India.
To strengthen our
national unity, today it
is our responsibility to
keep our ancient iden-
tity and traditions alive.
Therefore, today when
modern technology and
infrastructure are be-
coming synonymous
with India's develop-
ment, we are making
sure that both develop-
ment and heritage move
forward together, add-
ed the Prime Minister.
Sant Tukaram was a
Warkari saint and poet,
famously known for Ab-
hanga devotional poetry
andcommunity-oriented
worshipthroughspiritu-
al songs known as Kir-
tans. He lived in Dehu. A
Shila Mandir was built
after his demise, but it
was not formally struc-
tured as a Temple. It has
been rebuilt in stone ma-
sonry with 36 peaks, and
also carries an idol of
Sant Tukaram.
India First Bureau
Mumbai: The state,
through its various
programmes, has giv-
en employment to
21,566 candidates in
different companies,
corporate institutions
and industries, Skill
Development and En-
trepreneurship in the
past month, Minister
Rajesh Tope said on
Tuesday
.
Tope said his depart-
ment set up a web portal
(rojgar.mahaswayam.
gov.in) as an interface
between needy candi-
dates and employers,
which has seen 68,443
candidates get jobs in
the January-May period
this year. As many as
1.99 lakh candidates
gained employment
through the department
in 2020, while 2.19 lakh
unemployed people got
jobs in 2021, he said.
Tope added that more
than 95,445 public and
private industrial hous-
es have registered their
enterprises on the Ma-
haswayam portal.
Last month, 33,677
new candidates signed
up to look for employ-
ment via the portal; this
included 5,679 from
Mumbai, 4,395 from Na-
shik district, 18,158 from
Pune,2,226fromAurang-
abad division, 1,500 from
Amravati and 1,719 from
Nagpurdivision,hesaid.
The NCP leader said
the portal as well as on-
line employment melas,
his department has giv-
en jobs to 21,556 candi-
dates including 4,027
from Mumbai, 2,327
from Nashik, 14,313
from Pune, 333 from Au-
rangabad, 348 from Am-
ravati, and 208 from
Nagpur divisions.
Pune (PTI): The
verses (abhang),
which were to be
written on the de-
signer 'Tukaram
Pagdi' or tradi-
tional headgear
presentedtoPrime
Minister Naren-
dra Modi during
his visit to Pune to
inaugurate a tem-
ple, were changed
after trustees of
the temple trust
had expressed
their displeasure,
an official said on
Monday
.
Pune's famed
turban making
firm Murudkar
Zendewale had de-
signed a special
'Tukaram Pagdi'
which was present-
ed to Modi during
the inauguration
of the temple.
“We did not give
the lines of the ab-
hang to the design-
er, they used them
on their own,
More said.
After we pointed
out, Murudkar
Zendewale changed
tothelineto'vishnu-
may jag, vaishvan-
cha dharm, bhedab-
hed bhram aman-
gal', which talks
about denouncing
discrimination in
the world, he said.
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
21,566 candidates employed last month: Tope
68,443 found employment in the
January-May period this year; 33,677
signed up to look for jobs in May
NCOV IMPACT
Data from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian Econo-
my for April 2022 showed
that the unemployment
rate grew to 7.83% from
7.60% in March. The rate
was higher in urban areas
at 9.22% compared to
8.28% in rural areas. The
Periodic Labour Force
Survey for 2020-21 on
Tuesday showed that
the pandemic and the
national lockdown did not
have an adverse impact
on unemployment rate.
Uddhav Aaditya
to support ‘Save
Soil’ movement
Aaditya Thackeray with Sadhguru at the launch of the
State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s Majhi
Vasundhara Abhiyan 3.0, in Mumbai on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maha-
rashtra became the
fifth Indian state to
join the ‘Save Soil’
global movement
after it signed an
MoU with Isha Out-
reach. Jaggi Vas-
udev aka Sadhguru,
spiritual guru of
Coimbatore's Isha
F o u n d a t i o n ,
launched the Mum-
bai leg of ‘Save Soil’
project at BKC,
Bandra on Sunday.
This is the cam-
paign's 534th event.
Earlier, the Sadhg-
uru arrived in Mum-
bai for the ‘Save Soil’
Movement after vis-
iting Nashik. He met
Chief Minister, Ud-
dhav Thackeray and
presented him a soil
policy Handbook.
The event began
with a performance
by Machel Montano.
Actress Juhi Chawla
proposed a vote of
thanks.
State tourism and
environment minis-
ter, Aaditya Thack-
eray, signed an MoU
with Isha Outreach,
the social arm of
Isha Foundation as
commitment by the
government to save
soil and an assur-
ance to the people
that all the necessary
steps will be taken
towards soil regen-
eration in the state.
Sadhguru also
launched the third
edition of Majhi
Vasundhara.
Pune visit:
Verses on
Pagdi given to
PM changed
RSS showing freedom
struggle through rightist
lens: Maha Congress
Interim protection from arrest to
Kirit Somaiya, his son extended
Congress termed
revolt of 1857 as a
joint struggle of
Hindus and
Muslims
Footage shows
Prime Minister
Modi visibly
surprised when
Dy CM’s turn
was skipped
‘Ajit not allowed to speak is insult to Maha’
PM Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Shila Mandir of
Sant Tukaram in Dehu, in Pune. He is flanked by Dy CM Ajit Pawar
on his right, and LOP Devendra Fadnavis on his left. —PTI PHOTO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Jagatguru Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj Temple, in Dehu, Pune on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
India is eternal as it is land of saints: PM
We are proud to be
one of the oldest
living civilizations
in the world. If the
credit for this goes
to anyone, it is to
the saint tradition
and the sages of In-
dia. India is eter-
nal because it is the
land of saints.
— Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
He said Dehu’s
temple is centre
of power of
devotion, paves
way for cultural
future of India
PM Modi inaugurated the Gallery of Revolutionaries at Raj
Bhawan in Mumbai.

MAHARASHTRA
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HCpullsupstategovtonarrest
ofstudentfor‘defamatory’posts
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Mon-
day pulled up the Ma-
harashtra government
over the arrest of a
21-year-old student for
alleged defamatory
posts against NCP
president Sharad Pa-
war and asked if the
government would
take cognizance of
every tweet it deems
offensive.
The HC observed that
even Pawar, a former
Union minister and vet-
eran politician, would
not like for the student
to remain in jail.
A division bench
headed by Justice SS
Shinde directed the
public prosecutor to
take instructions from
the state home depart-
ment and let it know if
they are willing to make
a statement of no objec-
tion to the release of the
pharmacy student.
The court was hear-
ingapetitionfiledbythe
student, Nikhil Bhamre,
challenging the cases
lodged against him over
the posts and seeking
immediate release.
Thecourt,afterperus-
ing the tweets posted by
Bhamre, noted that they
do not name anyone.
“Nobody is named...
and you (government)
keep someone in prison
for a month…. There
are 100s and 1000s of
tweets posted every day
.
Will you take cogni-
zance of each and every
tweet? We do not want
FIRs like these,” Justice
Shinde said.
Justice Shinde fur-
ther said booking a per-
son in such a case was
possibly more damag-
ing to the reputation of
Pawar (than the posts
themselves).
“If you start taking
actions like this, then
you end up damaging
the name of the person
(Pawar) who has re-
ceived the second-high-
est civilian award (Pad-
ma Vibhushan). Even
thetoweringpersonality
(Pawar)willnotlikethat
suchastudentbekeptin
jail. We do not want the
towering personality’s
reputation to go down,”
the judge noted.
The court, while post-
ing the matter for fur-
ther hearing on June 16,
directed the prosecutor
totakeinstructionsfrom
the Home Department
and make a statement of
no objection to releasing
Bhamre from custody
.
“In our humble opin-
ion,thegraceof thestate
willbesavedif youcome
and make this state-
ment,” the bench added.
If you start
taking actions
like this, then
you end up damaging
the name of the person
(Pawar) who has re-
ceived the second-
highest civilian award
(Padma Vibhushan).
Even the towering per-
sonality (Pawar) will
not like that such a
student be kept in jail.
We do not want the
towering personality’s
reputation to go down.
—Justice SS Shinde
Court observed
that Pawar, the
subject of the
posts in
question, would
not like for the
student to
remain in jail
Start Kharif sowing after
75mm rainfall: Agri dept
Three held for ‘theft’ of gold and
diamond jewellery worth `4 crore
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Ahead of
the Kharif season,
the Maharashtra ag-
riculture depart-
ment has advised
farmers in the Nag-
pur division to start
sowing seeds only
after the region re-
ceives75mm-100mm
rainfall which will
create enough mois-
ture in the soil,
an official said on
Tuesday
.
The Nagpur divi-
sionincludesWardha,
Gadchiroli,Bhandara,
Gondia, Chandrapur
and Nagpur districts.
The agriculture de-
partment has started
preparations for the
Kharif season with
seeds of major crops
and fertilizers being
made available for
farmers in the mar-
ket, the agriculture
official said.
Joint Director (Ag-
riculture), Nagpur Di-
vision, Ravindra Bho-
sle said that the sow-
ing of seeds for the
Kharif should be tak-
en up only after the
regionreceives75mm
to100mmrainfalland
the depth of sowing
should be 3-4 cm.
Bhosle further said
that farmers should
go for seed treatment
before sowing
them and use appro-
priate fungicides,
insecticides and
biofertilizers.
In the Nagpur divi-
sion, Wardha has
4,34,475 hectares of
planned land where
cotton, soybean, pi-
geon pea and other
crops will be sown
for the upcoming
Kharif season. Nag-
pur has 4,75,005 hec-
tares of planned
land, Bhandara has
1,99,459 hectares,
Gondia has 1,99,941
hectares, Chan-
drapur has 4,87,819
and Gadchiroli has
2,14,916 hectares.
He said concerns
had been raised
over the shortage
of imported Phos-
phatic fertilisers due
to the Ukraine-Rus-
sia war but there is
no such shortfall and
the demand will be
met soon.
Mumbai (PTI): Three
persons have been ar-
rested here for alleg-
edly stealing gold
and diamond jewel-
lery worth `4 crore
from a rented house
in south Mumbai, po-
lice said on Tuesday.
The arrested men
were identified as
Prakash Sonu Bhuvad
(41) who works as a
sweeper, his son
Praveen (25) and Ya-
seek Dinesh Parmar
(32). Out of 6kg of sto-
len jewellery, 2kg of
jewellery was recov-
ered from their posses-
sion, a police official
said.
Deepak Jain, the
complainant, claimed
that his family had a
rented room in an old
building in Vitthal
Wadi locality which
had remained locked
for a long time. His de-
ceased father recently
“appeared in his
dream” and asked him
to visit the room and
collect the “treasure”
kept there, Jain told the
police. When he visited
the room, the owner
told him that he had the
room cleaned up as the
Jain family had not vis-
ited it for long.
As no jewellery or
any other valuables
were found inside, Jain
lodged a complaint
with the LT Marg po-
lice station.
The investigation led
the police to the Bhu-
vad father-son duo who
had allegedly stolen the
jewellery during the
cleaning and Parmar
who allegedly pur-
chased it from them.
The accused were
booked for theft and
further investigation is
on, the official said.
The Nagpur division alone will see crops sown over an area
of about 20 lakh hectares this Kharif season. —FILE PHOTO
PROBE REVEALS
Aurangabad (PTI): A
group of men ag-
grieved with their
wives held an
agitation here in Ma-
harashtra, demanding
laws against
“injustice” they face at
home, and took 108
anti-clockwise rounds
around a peepal tree,
praying not to get
the same life partner
again.
Some men not happy
with their spouses
formed a ‘patni peedit’
ashraminAurangabada
few years back to raise
their grievances. They
staged a demonstration
here on Monday
.
The ashram founder,
Bharat Fulare said that
on the occasion of ‘Vat
Purnima’, which is be-
ing celebrated on Tues-
day
,womenworshipban-
yan trees and pray for a
happy married life and
to get the same husband
for seven lives.
“Hence, one day be-
fore that, we worshipped
a peepal tree here, pray-
ing not to get the same
life partner again,” he
said,adding,“Manylaws
have been made to em-
power women, but they
are also being misused.”
“Now, there is also a
need to make laws for
men so that they can
raise their voice against
the injustice that they
face. Hence, we held this
agitation,” he said.
Men aggrieved with wives worship peepal tree
MARITAL WOES
Nashik: Ambad police of Nashik arrested a 35-year-
old woman and three others for allegedly causing
her husband’s death due to negligence. The victim,
Kailas Sable (41) of Trimurti Chowk in Cidco, who
runs a roadside food kiosk, was found dead at his
home on Sunday morning, the police said. He had
allegedly been beaten up the night before by his
wife and three others. According to the Ambad
police, a case of causing death due to negligence
not amounting to culpable homicide, punishable
under section 305 of the IPC, has been filed against
the four suspects.
MAN BEATEN UP BY WIFE, 3 OTHERS, DIES
Thane: The Kalyan
Dombivli Municipal
Corporation (KDMC)
here in Maharashtra
has installed flood
sensors at 10 loca-
tions in the civic limits
to alert the control
room if water reaches
an alarming level
during heavy rains.
The sensors are linked
to the KDMC’s Smart
City Operation Centre,
where the water levels
are monitored around
the clock. Once the
water level set spe-
cifically (as alarming)
is reached, the centre
gets an alert following
which the civic body’s
disaster manage-
ment team can take
preventive measure,
KDMC Commissioner
Dr Vijay Suryavanshi
said.
KDMC INSTALLS
FLOOD SENSORS
AT 10 LOCATIONS
5forestdeptofficialsbookedfor
malpractices in water scheme
First India Bureau
Pune: Five forest de-
partment personnel
have been booked in
two separate cases by
the Anti-Corruption
Bureau in connection
with alleged irregu-
larities in the work of
‘Jalyukta Shivar’ wa-
ter conservation
scheme in Karjat
tehsil of Ahmednagar
district, ACB officials
said on Monday
.
Three of the five ac-
cusedhavebeenarrested
by the police. ‘Jalyukta
Shivar’ was the flagship
programme undertaken
by the erstwhile Deven-
dra Fadnavis govern-
ment (2014-19) to make
villages drought-free.
According to the ACB
officials, work to dig
deep moats in the Chan-
de Khurd area was un-
dertaken between Feb-
ruary 27, 2016, and
March 31, 2016, and the
said work was executed
by accused forest offi-
cials-Ramesh Golekar
(now retired), the then-
assistant conservator
of forest Shankarrao
Patil, forest range of-
ficer Pallavi Jagtap and
Balbheem Gangarde, a
retired forest guard.
“The accused showed
the names of 12 labour-
ers in the cashbook de-
spite that they did not
work and showed a pay-
ment of `4,454 each by
taking forged signa-
tures and committed
corruption of `58,248,”
said an ACB official.
He added that of the
four, two accused, Gan-
garde and Patil, have
been arrested.
In the second case
three accused-Patil,
Golekar and one Shek-
har Patole-have been
booked for alleged ir-
regularities.
Take 108 anti-
clockwise rounds,
praying not to get
the same spouse
again; seek law
against injustice
they face at home
NEW HEIGHTS!
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari meets ace Mountaineer Savita Kanswal at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai on Tuesday. She became
the first Indian woman to conquer two of the most challenging mountains within a span of 16 days. —ANI PHOTO
—FILE
PHOTO
—FILE
PHOTO
‘Jalyukta Shivar’
was the flagship
programme
undertaken to
make villages
drought-free
Bombay High Court —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The gov. under the leadership of Hon.
PM @narendramodi ji has announced
the ‘Agnipath’ scheme allowing
our youth to serve in the military
forces for a certain duration. This’ll
help our youth to instil discipline in
themselves and to help the nation
effectively.#BharatKeAgniveer
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
Thanks to PM @narendramodi Ji for
ensuring participation of youth in
nation building and providing them
opportunity to serve in the Indian
Armed Forces.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Perform your
obligatory duty,
because action is indeed
better than inaction.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
A BOLD NEW PLAN
TO KEEP THE ARMED
FORCES FIGHTING
FIT AND YOUNGER
he new Agnipath re-
cruitment scheme
for the Army, Air
Force and the Navy
which was unveiled
Tuesday, does hold promise to
radically transform the forces
with the infusion of fresh blood
every four years. At the end of
four years a significant percent
of the troops will get a chance to
be retained for a longer period.
These soldiers will be called Ag-
niveers. The scheme offers at-
tractive incentives for the youth
and at the same time drastically
reduces the defence budget as
the recruits will not be eligible
for pension. The scheme will be
different from the Short Service
Commission which is meant for
recruiting only officers.
Some objections to the scheme
stem from the short service pe-
riod which may not be enough
for the assimilation of Agniveer
in the larger set-up, a major re-
quirement in the armed forces.
Some retired officers chose to
call them “tourist soldiers”
whose mind may be preoccupied
with life after four years, affect-
ing operational ethos.
TOP TWEETS
T
ormer judges of
the Supreme
Court and high
courts have writ-
ten a letter to the
Chief Justice of India NV Ra-
mana requesting him to take
suo motu cognizance of the
bulldozer justice being meted
out to protesters in Kanpur
and Prayagraj. Such letters
have lost their significance in
the prevailing scenario of
deep-seated biases, whether
political or communal.
To recall, in April a num-
ber of former bureaucrats
had written a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
drawing his attention to the
“politics of hate”. The PM did
not have to respond to that
letter as an equal number of
former bureaucrats, judges
and generals came together
to defend the Modi govern-
ment and questioned the mo-
tives of signatories to the let-
ter. The list of those defend-
ing the Central government
included eight judges.
This time around there
may be former judges of the
Supreme Court and high
courts who would probably
agree with the new system of
justice to silence the minori-
ties and curb democratic pro-
tests. If they also decide to
write to the CJI those in ur-
gent need of justice will have
to wait for delayed justice.
Provided they are left with
the means and the courage to
take on the system.
The letter has requested
for “suo motu cognizance”
which the courts could have
taken without being remind-
ed of it.
How would these judges
have reacted to a similar situ-
ation while they were in of-
fice? Probably, they would
have flowed with the tide.
Some of the innocent victims
must be wondering who will
protect their rights if the
courts don’t.
A LETTER TO CJI BUT
TO WHAT AVAIL
Former judges of the
Supreme Court and HCs
have written a letter to
the Chief Justice of India
NV Ramana requesting
him to take suo motu
cognizance of the bulldozer
justice being meted out to
protesters in Kanpur
and Prayagraj
F
RS POLL RESULTS WILL
BOOST NDA PROSPECTS
‘PREZ’ WORTHY WIN
olitics is a game of strange
bedfellows. In rajneeti, it’s
not over till it’s over. The Saf-
fron party’s strength in
(state) assemblies suggested
that the party could retain
only 20 of the 24 Rajya Sabha
seats it held in the biennial
polls for 57 seats but as the
(electoral) process got over
and on Saturday it was real-
ised that the BJP finally won
22 and also ensured victory
of an Independent, underlin-
ing its masterstroke, pull
among unaffiliated legisla-
tors and disaffected lawmak-
ers obviously in the Opposi-
tion camp.
As it is said in cricket that
the match is not over till the
last ball is bowled, the BJP’s
better-than-expected show is
a boost to the ruling National
Democratic Alliance ahead
of the President’s poll, and is
an obvious blow to its rivals,
as the Rajya Sabha elections
have again highlighted dis-
sension and lack of cohesion
among the Opposition ranks.
The BJP’s ambitious ef-
forts to force a contest in
these states besides Ra-
jasthan by backing Independ-
ents or putting its own candi-
dates to benefit from division
in the ranks of its rivals have
paid dividends as it bagged
one extra seat each in all
states barring Rajasthan.
Astute politician and Con-
gress veteran and Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
not only managed to keep his
flock of its supporting MLAs
together but also embar-
rassed the BJP by wooing
over one of its MLAs to foil
the saffron party’s efforts to
get an independent, outgoing
MP and media baron Sub-
hash Chandra, elected.
BJP is obviously happy
with the outcome, especially
in Maharashtra where the
ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi
coalition of the Shiv Sena,
the NCP and the Congress
suffered a setback despite be-
ing at the helm of power with
the BJP bagging three of the
six seats at stake!
It is also a boost to BJP
leader and former chief min-
ister Devendra Fadnavis,
who has had his share of set-
backs since losing power in
the state as he who outsmart-
ed and checkmated the Shiv
Sena.
BJP also bagged three of
the four seats in Karnataka
as its rivals the Congress and
the JD(S) could not come to a
pact and fought separately
and thus lost.
Congress veteran Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda suffered a
blow as the party’s nominee
Ajay Maken lost, with one of
its MLAs, Kuldeep Bishnoi,
voting for the BJP-backed
independent Kartikeya
Sharma, also a media entre-
preneur, and the vote of an-
other MLA turning out to be
invalid.
LOSS OF FACE
FOR HOODA
Hooda failed in his first test
after getting complete con-
trol of the party after the re-
centoverhaulingof Congress
but also in ensuring that all
legislators’ votes were cast
properly; while the cross-
voting by Kuldeep Bishnoi, a
known Hooda detractor, was
a clear writing on the wall,
another Congress vote was
also found to be invalid that
led to Maken’s defeat.
THE BISHNOI FACTOR
Even as the visibly annoyed
Congress high command has
expelled Bishnoi from all the
party posts for his cross-vot-
ing and now if he pulls the
plug on the party… it would
not only dent the Grand Old
Party’s non-Jat vote-bank in
Haryana but also make
things hugely difficult for
Hooda within the party
. Bish-
noi, a four-time MLA and
two-time MP, is younger son
of former Congress chief
minister late Bhajan Lal who
is till date the tallest non-Jat
leader of the state who was
Haryana CM for three times
and also Union minister.
Ahead of the presidential
poll, which is scheduled for
July 18 if more than one per-
son is in fray
, the Rajya Sabha
results are a morale booster
to the ruling combine.
In an electoral college of
around 10.86 lakh votes, the
BJP-led alliance is estimated
to have more than 48 per cent
of votes and is hopeful that
non-aligned regional parties
like YSR Congress and the
BJD will now support it.
MAMATA’S FRESH BID
Meanwhile, TMC chief
Mamata Banerjee has invited
leaders of 19 political parties
on June 15 to discuss the up-
coming presidential election.
Mamata said the election
gives the “perfect opportuni-
ty for all progressive opposi-
tion parties” to discuss the
future course of Indian poli-
tics. “At a time when our de-
mocracy is going through
troubling times, I believe that
a fruitful confluence of oppo-
sition voices is the need of
the hour,” she added.
Banerjee addressed the let-
ter to Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav
Thackeray, Aam Aadmi Par-
ty’s Arvind Kejriwal and
Bhagwant Mann and Com-
munist Party of India (Marx-
ist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
Her attempt is seen as a
move to expand TMC’s na-
tional footprint after the par-
ty’s massive win in the cru-
cial 2021 Assembly elections.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
P
THE MATHEMATICS
With one Independent
MLA’s absence and one
rejected vote of Congress,
the House had 88 votes
with each vote having a
value of 100
Since a candidate required
2,934 votes to win, BJP’s
Krishan Panwar won with
3,600 votes while Maken
got, 2,900
However, with the help of
votes of BJP coalition part-
ner Jannayak Janta Party
(JJP), Independents, one
each of Kuldeep Bishnoi,
Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP),
Indian National Lok Dal
(INLD) and the remaining
votes of Panwar, Independ-
ent candidate Kartikeya
Sharma’s votes value was
finally pegged at 2300
Mamata said the election gives the “perfect
opportunity for all progressive opposition parties” to
discuss the future course
of Indian politics. “At a
time when our democracy
is going through troubling
times, I believe that a
fruitful confluence of
opposition voices is the
need of the hour,” she
added. Banerjee
addressed the letter to
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi, Shiv Sena’s
Uddhav Thackeray, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and
Bhagwant Mann and Communist Party of India
(Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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INDIA
‘PM reminds me of proverbial Haj cat’
Surjewala said that BJP is scared of Rahul Gandhi as he raises issues of unemployment and inflation
New Delhi (ANI):
Slamming BJP govern-
ment over the ED sum-
mons to Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi, Con-
gress general secre-
tary Randeep Surjewa-
la on Tuesday said
Centre is scared of
Wayanad MP as he
raises voice against is-
sues like unemploy-
ment, inflation Chi-
nese infiltration.
Addressing press
conference, Surjewala
said, “Why is BJP
scared of Rahul Gan-
dhi’s strong voice?
When China infiltrat-
ed and government
was in denial mode, it
is Rahul Gandhi who
raised his voice. Even
today, the government
could not drive China
out.”
“Rahul Gandhi has
been raising his voice
against Modi govern-
ment on inflation and
rising prices of petrol
and diesel. That is why,
there is a problem with
Rahul. He raised ques-
tions about the sinking
economy and unem-
ployment. This is the
reason the Centre is
upset with Rahul Gan-
dhi,” he said.
Congress supporters raise slogans holding national flag.
‘DOES PMLA ALSO
APPLY TO BJP-
RULED STATES OR
ONLY FOR OPP’
New Delhi (ANI):
Former Union Minister
and senior Congress
leader P Chidambaram
on Tuesday, referred
to the book Prevention
of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA) and
asked whether the law
applies to the entire
country or only to
Opposition leaders
and Opposition-ruled
states. Congress leader
said, “I want to ask
your audience whether
PMLA book applies to
BJP-ruled states.”
It is called ‘900 chuhe khaakar billi
Hajj ko chali. We are experiencing the
worst employment rate in 50 years. The
rupee value is the lowest in 75 years. This is the
reason the Centre is upset with Rahul Gandhi
—Randeep Surjewala, Congress General Secretary
Senior Congress leaders
detained as ED continued
to question Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (ANI): Sen-
ior Cong leaders Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury, KC
Venugopal and others
were detained by Delhi
Police and taken to Tu-
ghlak Road police sta-
tion on Tuesday while
they were protesting
over ED probe against
party leader Rahul Gan-
dhi in National Herald
case. Leaders were pro-
testing outside Cong
headquarters, Akbar
Road in national capi-
tal.
Leaders detained by
Delhi Police include
Gaurav Gogoi, Deep-
ender Singh Hooda,
Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran
Pratapgarhi and others.
Meanwhile, Rahul
Gandhi arrived at ED
office in national capi-
tal on Tuesday for sec-
ond consecutive day to
join probe in money
laundering case related
to the National Herald.
Prior to reaching ED
office, he visited Con-
gress headquarters
along with sister and
party general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
to join the protest.
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and Shiv
Sena leader Anil Parab has been summoned
by the Enforcement Directorate in a money
laundering case. He will appear before the
probe agency today. The case is related to
his Dapoli resort in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri.
The case was registered in connection with
the resort constructed in violation of Coastal
Regulatory Zone (CRZ) rules.
MONEY LAUNDERING: MAHA MIN ANIL
PARAB SUMMONED BY ED TODAY
Srinagar (JK): Ahead of the commence-
ment of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and
Kashmir at end of this month, Director
General of police of the Union Territory
Dilbag Singh on Tuesday chaired a high-lev-
el meeting with the officials to review the
security arrangements. The pilgrimage is
slated to begin on June 30 and will culminate
on August 11. Earlier on Monday, JK govt
released a notification for pilgrims.
J K DGP REVIEWS SECURITY
AHEAD OF AMARNATH YATRA
Bangalore: Actor-film-
maker Rakshit Shet-
ty hosted a special
screening of his latest
movie 777 Charlie for
Karnataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai on
Monday. Bommai, who
is a self-confessed lover of dogs, got emotional
after watching the movie. In the pictures from the
post-screening media interaction.
KARNATAKA CM BASAVARAJ BOMMAI
WATCHES 777 CHARLIE, BREAKS DOWN
CRUCIAL READ
5 killed in Guwahati
due to heavy rains
and landslide
Guwahati (ANI): A
total of five people
have lost their lives
in Guwahati due to
heavy rains that
flooded the city.
While four people
were killed in a mas-
sive landslide in
Guwahati, one per-
son was killed as his
house was inundat-
ed. The National Dis-
aster Response Force
(NDRF) teams have
been pressed into ser-
vice for relief work
in several parts of
the city
.
Apersonwaskilled
after drowning in the
flash floods that have
submerged several
parts of Assam’s cap-
ital, Guwahati, due to
incessant rainfall
since Monday night.
The deceased, identi-
fied as Ram Prasad
Banikya, is the fifth
victim to have died in
the city due to land-
slides and flash
floods.
He was a resident
of Anil Nagar area of
the city, which has
been severely affect-
ed by water logging.
His body was recov-
ered from his resi-
dence by personnel
of Guwahati Munici-
pal Corporation.
NDRF personnel rescue residents from flood-affected
areas, in Guwahati on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DEBA SNAN YATRA
Priests perform a ritual prior to giving a ceremonial bath to the idols of Lord Jagannath,
Lord Balarama and Goddess Subhadra on the occasion of Snan Yatra, in Puri on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
WHO meet next week to assess
if Monkeypox,global emergency
New Delhi: WHO on
Tuesday said it would
hold emergency meet-
ing next week to deter-
mine if Monkeypox out-
break should be classi-
fied as a public health
emergency of interna-
tional concern.
“The outbreak of
monkeypox is unusual
concerning. For that
reason, I have decided
to convene Emergency
Committee under the
International Health
Regulations next week,
to assess whether this
outbreak represents a
public health emergen-
cy of international con-
cern,” said WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghe-
breyesus.
The emergency com-
mittee will meet on
June 23 to discuss the
designation, which is
the highest alarm the
UN agency can sound.
“WHO is also work-
ing with partners and
experts from around
the world on changing
name of monkeypox vi-
rus... and the disease it
causes,” Tedros said.
Healthcare worker prepares
a syringe at a Monkeypox
vaccination clinic in Canada.
KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi,
Deepender Singh Hooda, Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran Pratapgarhi
being taken to Tughlak Road Police Station after being detained.
Aam Aadmi Party ‘promotes’ Kejriwal
for bypoll, fields ‘formless’ candidate!
M Sharma
New Delhi:By-elections
are being held for Del-
hi’s Rajender Nagar as-
sembly seat as seat fell
vacant after resignation
of AAP’s Raghav Chad-
ha. AAP has fielded
Durgesh Pathak as its
candidate for this seat
while BJP has fielded
Rajesh Bhatia in poll.
AAPisfightingtheby-
election on this seat en-
tirely in name of Kejri
and it doesnot matter
who candidate is.
Huge hoardings of
party have been put up
in the entire Rajender
Nagar and Ridge area,
on which candidate’s
photo has been placed,
sans name.
Now try to imagine
this, AAP is contesting
the bypoll without even
letting the public know
the name of their own
candidate. The name of
thepartyworkerorlead-
er who appealed to vote
for the AAP candidate is
written on the hoarding
but the name of the can-
didate is completely
missing. Rather, a face
with folded hands with
an appeal, “Vote for Ke-
jriwal once again”, has
been made.
What kind of politics
is this? It seems that the
AAP has made all MLAs
leaders ‘formless’ and
there is only one name
i.e. Kejriwal. BJP also
does politics in name of
Modi and there too most
of the faces are form-
less, yet it is not in such
a way that party does
not reveal name of the
candidate.
Gujarat gets nod
for the first
greenfield airport
New Delhi (ANI):
Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs
chaired by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has approved the pro-
posal for the develop-
ment of Phase I of New
Greenfield Airport at
Dholera, Gujarat at an
estimated cost of Rs
1305 crore, the Minis-
try of Civil Aviation
said. The first phase of
project is estimated to
be completed within 48
months.
RELIGIOUSIMPULSEISATHEARTOFINDIA’SCULTURE:PREZKOVIND
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Tuesday said a single
defining feature of the
quest of ‘rishis-munis’
in ancient times that
has inspired society
alongwithothersisplu-
rality
.
Dedicating the ISK-
CON Sri Rajadhiraja
GovindaTempleherein
a ‘Lokarpana’ (inaugu-
ration) ceremony, he
said religious impulse
is at the heart of India’s
culture.
“The quest of the ri-
shi-munis of this land
in ancient times has
also inspired our socie-
ty along with its kings
and scholars, poets and
architects. If there is a
single defining feature
of this quest, it is plu-
rality”, the President
said.
“
Allcompetingworld-
views, from ‘Advaita
Vad’ to ‘Vishishtadvait
Vad’,allhaveflourished
under one umbrella.
There are different
sects, such as ‘Vaish-
navism’,‘Shaivism’and
‘Shakta sampradaya’,”
he observed.
Karnataka Governor
Thaawarchand Gehlot
andCMBasavarajBom-
mai were among those
who graced the occa-
sion. According to ISK-
CON (International So-
ciety for Krishna Con-
sciousness), Sri Raja-
dhiraja Govinda Tem-
ple on Vaikuntha hill at
Vasanthapura on
Kanakapura Road is a
traditional, stone-
carved structure and a
replica of the famous
Sri Venkateshwara
temple in Tirumala in
Andhra Pradesh.
The dimensions,
stone carvings and aes-
thetics are also similar.
“Thedeityof LordSrin-
ivasa is nearly the same
height and has been
named Sri Rajadhiraja
Govinda, which means
Heisthekingof kings,”
ISKCON said.
ThePresidentsaidhe
is confident that this
temple will emerge as a
modern-daypilgrimage
point, and will attract a
large number of devo-
tees.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at inauguration of the Jagatguru Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj
Temple, in Dehu, Pune, on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
SAMBIT HITS OUT AT CONG, TELLS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
‘CHRONOLOGY OF CORRUPTION’ BY MOTHER-SON DUO
New Delhi (ANI): BJP
national spokesperson
Sambit Patra on Tuesday
sharply criticized Cong
party over National
Herald case urged
people to understand
“chronology of corrup-
tion” created by mother-
son duo, Sonia Rahul.
“I want to know how this
mother-son duo looted
people’s wealth,” Patra
told media here. He said
grand old party is mak-
ing huge drama out of
ED questioning. “Cong
is doing drama. They do
corruption talk about
legal procedures,” Patra.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
Arvind Kejriwal greets supporters. —FILE PHOTO
“The quest of the
rishi-munis of this
land in
ancient times has
also inspired our
society along with
its kings and
scholars, poetsand
architects.Ifthereis
asingledefining
featureofthisquest,
itisplurality.
Ram Nath Kovind,
President

06
INDIA
THACKERAY IN AYODHYA TODAY
Posters of Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray put up in a street in Ayodhya on Tuesday, a day
ahead of the leader’s visit. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (ANI):
Delhi’s Patiala House
Court on Tuesday al-
lowed Punjab Police
to arrest gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi in
connection with sing-
er Sidhu Moose Wa-
la’s murder and also
allowed Punjab Po-
lice’s transit applica-
tion.
The court also di-
rected Punjab Police
to ensure that the
medical examination
of Bishnoi be con-
ducted as per law/
rules before leaving
Delhi and also before
his production before
the concerned Court
of Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Mansa,
Punjab.
Allowing Punjab
Police’s application,
Duty Metropolitan
Magistrate Umer Ku-
mar said, “The appli-
cant Investigation Of-
ficer/SP Dharamveer
Singh and the investi-
gating agency are di-
rected to take all the
appropriatemeasures
for safety and securi-
ty of the accused Law-
rence Bishnoi during
transit till production
of the accused Law-
rence Bishnoi before
the concerned Court
at Mansa, Punjab.”
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: TheBJPhas
authorized party nation-
al president JP Nadda
and Defense Minister Ra-
jnath Singh to hold talks
withalliesandopposition
parties ahead of the pres-
idential election which is
kind of a formality. Be-
fore the election for the
highest constitutional
post, it is the responsibil-
ity of the ruling party to
talk to all the parties and
try to build a consensus.
However,inthehistoryof
independent India, there
has never been a consen-
sus in the election of the
President except at one
point. Every time the
election is hotly contest-
ed and this time also the
same will be repeated be-
cause Cong and other op-
positionpartieshavealso
started their prepara-
tions. Therefore, it is cer-
tain that no consensus
will be reached with the
opposition.
Asfarasalliesarecon-
cerned, there is only a
formality to make them
agree. The position of
any BJP ally is not such
that they would question
the candidate chosen by
it. The allies will neces-
sarily agree with who-
ever BJP fields. Anyway
,
most of the allies of the
BJP have left and the few
parties that are left also
do not have many votes.
The BJP has 42 per cent
of the votes in the Elec-
toral College that elects
the President and its al-
lies have six per cent of
the total votes. These six
per cent votes are con-
firmed. Before that, once
both the leaders of BJP
have to talk to the allies.
Anyway, there is good-
will of all the allies and
opposition parties to-
wardsRajnathSinghand
it is believed that he will
easily negotiate with all
theparties.Notably
,even
after adding six per cent
votes of BJP allies with
the saffron party’s 42,
thereisashortfallof two
percentorabout20thou-
sand votes. For this, the
BJP has the support of
Biju Janata Dal and YSR
Reddy
. The additional
vote required by the BJP
tomakeitscandidatewin
is almost double that of
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s
party YSR Cong alone,
which is close to 40 thou-
sand.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: BJP’S
VICTORY IS BUT A MERE FORMALITY!
Pawar pulls out of presidential
race, rejects Mamata’s offer
Banerjee’s decision has, however, come in for sharp criticism by the Left, a TMC adversary in WB
New Delhi (PTI): Lead-
ers of some major politi-
cal parties held hectic
parleys on Tuesday
ahead of a meeting
called by WB CM Mama-
ta Banerjee to forge a
consensus for fielding a
joint candidate against
the NDA in the presiden-
tial election, a move that
has exposed the fault
lines within the opposi-
tion. Banerjee, the Tri-
namool Congress supre-
mo, and leaders of two
Left parties met NCP
chief Sharad Pawar at
his residence separately
to try and convince him
to be the common oppo-
sition candidate for the
top constitutional post.
The Maratha strong-
man, who has friends
across the deeply divid-
ed political spectrum,
however, turned down
the proposal, sources in
opposition camp said.
Banerjee is in the na-
tional capital for the
meeting she has con-
vened on Wednesday to
explore the possibility
of formulating a com-
mon strategy with other
opposition parties for
the presidential poll
where the BJP-led NDA
has an unmistakable
edge given its strength
in Parliament and state
and union territory as-
semblies.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar, at his residence, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
LEFT PARTIES LIKELY TO ATTEND OPPN LEADERS’ MEET CONVENED BY BANERJEE
New Delhi (ANI): Com-
munist Party of India
General Secretary D Raja
on Tuesday said that left
parties are likely to attend
the meeting convened by
West Bengal Mr Mamata
Banerjee. Speaking to
ANI, D Raja said, “Left
parties are likely to attend
the meeting because left
parties want all secular
democratic parties which
are in opposition must
remain United must
move unitedly that is our
concern and let us see
how things are going
to emerge tomorrow.
On being asked about
whether the Congress
wants to propose Sharad
Pawar as a joint Opposi-
tion candidate for Presi-
dent, the CPI General
Secretary further said,
“I don’t know. You must
ask Congress party.”
Pb Police gets Bishnoi’s custody,
to produce him in Mansa Court
Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Tuesday allowed Punjab Police
to arrest gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. —PHOTO BY ANI
PUNJAB POLICE VISITS PUNE, LIKELY
TO INTERROGATE ACCUSED JADHAV
Maharashtra (ANI):
A three-member
team of Punjab Police
reached Pune on
Tuesday where it is
likely to interrogate
the accused Santosh
Jadhav, in connection
with Moose Waala
murder case. Jadhav
was arrested on Sun-
day night after which
he was produced
before a court in Pune
around midnight on
Sunday along with
Navnath, who is his
aide, and they were
remanded in police
custody till June 20.
I have been in-
formed that
Sharad Pawar
will not be the op-
position face for
the presidential
poll. Other names
are under
consideration.
Sitaram Yechury,
CPI(M) general secretary
SIDHU MOOSE WALA MURDER
IN THE COURTYARD
Ex-judges, advocates write to CJI NV
Ramana on ‘bulldozer action’ in UP
New Delhi: Former
judges of the Supreme
Court and High Courts
and some senior advo-
cates have written a
letter to the Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Ra-
mana requesting the
top court to take suo
motu cognizance of
the detention of pro-
testors and demolition
of their houses by the
Uttar Pradesh State
authorities following
protests against objec-
tionable remarks made
by BJP spokespersons.
“We urged the Su-
preme Court to take
immediate suo motu
action to arrest the de-
teriorating law and or-
der situation in Uttar
Pradesh, specifically
involving the high-
handedness of the po-
lice and state authori-
ties, and the brutal
clampdown on the fun-
damental rights of citi-
zens,” the letter signed
by 12 former judges and
senior advocates stated.
CJI NV Ramana
SC asks Jharkhand govt to mention
its plea related to CM Hemant Soren
New Delhi (ANI): The
SC on Tuesday asked
the Jharkhand govern-
ment to mention its
plea before the reg-
istrar seeking an
urgent hearing on
the petition chal-
lenging the High
Court on the main-
tainability of the PIL in
connection with shell
companies allegedly re-
lated to Chief Minister
Hemant Soren and his
associates.
Jharkhand govern-
ment counsel men-
tioned his plea seeking
an urgent hearing
on a petition chal-
lenging the High
Court order before
the vacation bench
of Justices AS Bo-
panna and Vikram
Nath.
The court asked the
counsel to give the de-
tails to the Registrar.
BIHAR: BAHUBALI RJD MLA ANANT SINGH CONVICTED
IN AK-47 HAND GRENADE RECOVERY CASE
COURT RESERVES
ORDER ON BAIL PLEA
OF SATYENDAR JAIN
CBI COURT ALLOWS
RELEASE OF LALU’S
PASSPORT FOR RENEWAL
New Delhi: A court here on
Tuesday reserved order on
the bail plea of Delhi Health
Minister Satyendar
Jain, who is under
the custody of the
ED since May 31, in
an alleged money
laundering case.
The special CBI court in the
national capital reserved the
order on the bail application of
Jain after hearing the argu-
ment of the ED and defence
counsel in the alleged money
laundering case. The order is
likely to be delivered on Sat-
urday. On Monday, Satyendar
Jain’s custody to the ED has
been extended by two weeks.
Jharkhand (ANI): A CBI court
on Tuesday released RJD
national President Lalu Prasad
Yadav’s passport
which was seized
by the central probe
agency in connec-
tion with the fodder
scam cases against
him. Former Bihar CM had filed
an application at the CBI court
in Ranchi on June 6, seeking
the release of his passport for
renewal as he has to go abroad
for a kidney transplant. “CBI
court has allowed our petition
for renewal of RJD chief Lalu
Prasad Yadav’s passport, we’ll
get the passport by tomorrow
and apply for renewal.
LOVE IS BLIND STRONGER THAN LOVE OF
PARENTS AND SOCIETY: HC OF KARNATAKA
Bihar: ‘Bahubali’ MLA Anant
Singh has been convicted in the
AK-47 and hand grenade recov-
ery case. The Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) MLA from Mokama
has been found guilty by the
MP-MLA court in the matter.
On June 21, the court will give
its verdict on the quantum of
punishment for the leader. The
conviction comes in relation to
a 2019 UAPA case when the po-
lice recovered an AK-47 rifle, 22
live cartridges, and two bombs
from the politician’s Mokama
house.
Karnataka: The HC of K’taka, while
allowing a girl who eloped and
married her lover to stay with him,
gave a cautionary warning that what
she did to her parents could come
back to her from her children. T L
Nagaraju had filed a habeas corpus
petition in the HC stating that his
daughter, Nisarga, an engineering
student was missing from her col-
lege hostel and one Nikhil aka Abhi,
who was a driver, had taken her
away forcibly. Nisarga and Nikhil
were presented before the division
bench of Justice B Veerappa and
Justice K S Hemalekha.
IPL media rights sold for `48,390
crore,Viacom18 gets digital deal
Mumbai (ANI): The
IPLTVanddigitalrights
for the 2023-2027 cycle
have been sold to Star
India and Viacom18 re-
spectively for a whop-
ping Rs 48,390 crore for
410matchesate-auctions
on Tuesday. IPL is now
the second most valued
sporting league in the
world in terms of per
match value.
“Since its inception,
the IPL has been synony-
mous with growth and
today is a red-letter day
for India Cricket, with
Brand IPL touching a
new high with e-auction
resultinginINR48,390cr
value. IPL is now the 2nd
most valued sporting
league in the world in
terms of per match val-
ue!,” BCCI secretary Jay
Shah tweeted. The Pack-
age A (of TV) has been
sold to Star India at Rs
23,575 crore which is Rs
57.5 crore per match and
Package B of Digital
Rights as well as Pack-
age C for selected 18
games in digital space
forIndiaeachseasonhas
been sold to Viacom-18 at
Rs 23,758. Reliance-
owned Viacom-18 also
won Australia, South Af-
rica and United King-
dom rights. Times have
got MENA (Middle East
North Africa) and the
United States and the
Rest of the World Rights.
“I am thrilled to an-
nounce that STAR IN-
DIAwinsIndiaTVrights
with their bid of Rs
23,575 crores,”Jay Shah
said.
Jay Shah
Mahindra Srinivasan
appointed to RBI board
New Delhi: Mahindra
Mahindra Group
chairman Anand Ma-
hindra and TVS Motor
Company Chairman
Emeritus Venu Srini-
vasan are one of the
few corporate heads
who has been nominat-
ed by the Indian gov-
ernment to join the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) board as part-
time directors.
The government
made the announce-
ment recently while
also nominating Zydus
Lifesciences’ chair-
man Pankaj Patel and
Ravindra Dholakia, a
former professor of In-
dian Institute of
Ahmedabad.
The Appointments
Committee of the Cab-
inet gave its nod to
these appointments.
Anand Mahindra and Venu
Srinivasan
China lifts 2-year
COVID visa ban
on Indians
Beijing (PTI): China
has announced plans to
provide visas to Indian
professionals and their
families stranded in In-
dia for over two years
following the strict visa
restrictions imposed by
Beijing due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Separately, China is
also processing re-
quests of thousands of
Indian students study-
ing in Chinese univer-
sities who have con-
veyed their interest to
re-join their colleges
and universities.

BIZ BUZZ
07
Irdai reduces
solvency margin
requirement
New Delhi (PTI):
Regulator Irdai on
Tuesday reduced the
solvency margin re-
quirement for general
insurers providing
crop insurance, a
decision expected
to unlock `1,400
crore of funds for
them to undertake
more business. The
decision, Irdai said,
is part of series of
reforms it has un-
dertaken to increase
insurance penetration
in the country. Irdai
said it has reduced
the solvency margin
requirement for
insurers doing crop
business. “This move
will increase the
capacity of general in-
surers to underwrite
more business,” it
added. Solvency mar-
gin, a key indicator of
financial health of an
insurer, refers to the
difference between its
value of assets and
liability.
India’s palm oil
imports dip 33%
in May
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s palm oil imports
declined by 33.20%
to 5,14,022 tonne
during May this year,
but there was sharp
rise in shipment of
RBD palmolein oil by
refineries, indus-
try body Solvent
Extractors Asso-
ciation (SEA) said
on Tuesday. India,
the world’s leading
vegetable oil buyer,
imported 7,69,602
tonnes of palm oils in
May 2021. The coun-
try’s total vegetable
oil imports declined
to 10,05,547 tonne in
May this year, com-
pared to 12,13,142
tonne in the year-ago
period. The share of
palm oil is about 50%
of the country’s total
vegetable oil imports.
Acc to SEA, Indonesia
has lifted the ban on
export of palm oil
with some conditions
from May 23 and also
reduced export tax.
MSMEs bounced
back stronger
since COVID-19
Kolkata (PTI):
Fintech lender
NeoGrowth on Tues-
day said the MSME
sector has emerged
“stronger” during
the last two years
since onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic,
leveraging the digital
payments ecosystem.
In its survey, ‘MSME
Insight Report 2022’,
the non-banking
finance company
said the small and
medium enterpris-
es have been able
to “bounce back
stronger” with timely
support. The survey,
covering MSMEs in
both discretionary
and non-discretion-
ary demand-oriented
businesses, exam-
ined the “challenges
they encountered
during the pandemic,
the impact of support
measures on their
recovery, the shift
to digital means of
doing business, and
their resilience in the
two years”.
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s job market looks
optimistic with 63% of
companies planning to
add more staff in next
three months, in a bid
to speed up the recov-
ery process and sustain
the economic growth, a
survey said on Tuesday
.
According to the
ManpowerGroup Em-
ployment Outlook Sur-
vey, the labour market
is indicating strong
sentiments in third
quarter (July-Septem-
ber) of 2022, with a Net
Employment Outlook
of 51%, which is a re-
cord high in 8 years.
Net Employment
Outlook is derived by
taking the percentage
of employers anticipat-
ing total employment
to increase and sub-
tracting from this the
percentage expecting
to see a decrease in em-
ployment at their loca-
tion in the next quarter.
For September quar-
ter, 63% expect to in-
crease their staffing
levels, 12% anticipate a
decrease in hiring in-
tent and 24% do not an-
ticipate any change,
resulting in a season-
ally adjusted Net Em-
ployment Outlook of
51%. “Despite rising
inflation and the geopo-
litical instability, there
is a positive sentiment
across sectors in India
in a bid to speed up the
recovery process and
sustain the economic
growth of the country,”
said Sandeep Gulati,
Managing Director,
ManpowerGroupIndia.
When compared to
the same period last
year, hiring sentiments
have improved by a
whopping 46 percent-
age points, while there
is a 13 percentage
points growth when
compared to April-June
period, the survey of
more than 3,000 em-
ployers in India indi-
cated.
The survey further
noted that employers
anticipate strong de-
mand for talent across
key sectors, and digital
roles continue to drive
most demand. IT
Technology reported
the strongest outlook
(68%), followed by
Banking, Finance, In-
surance and Real Es-
tate (60%), Other Ser-
vices (52%), Restau-
rants and Hotels (48%)
and Manufacturing
(48%).
JULY-SEPT HIRING OUTLOOK AT 8-YEAR HIGH
WPI INFLATION SPIKES TO
RECORD 15.88% IN MAY
New Delhi (PTI):
Wholesale price-based
inflation surged to a re-
cord high of 15.88% in
May as crude prices
rose and heatwave
brought about a spike
in prices of vegetables
and fruits, strengthen-
ing the possibility of a
further interest rate
hike by the Reserve
Bank.
The WPI-based infla-
tion maintained its in-
creasing trajectory for
the third month in a
row, and remained in
double digits for the
14th consecutive month
since April last year.
“The high rate of in-
flation in May 2022 is
primarily due to rise in
prices of mineral oils,
crude petroleum and
natural gas, food arti-
cles, basic metals, non-
food articles, chemicals
and chemical products
and food products etc.
As compared to the cor-
responding month of
the previous year,” the
commerce and indus-
try ministry said in a
statement.
The Wholesale Price
Index (WPI)-based in-
flation was 15.08% in
April and 13.11% in
May last year.
Considering the old
series, the last time
WPI inflation was high-
er than this was in Au-
gust 1991, when it was
at 16.06%.
Inflation in food
items crossed the dou-
ble-digit mark after a
gap of 4 months as veg-
etables, potato, wheat
and protein-rich items
saw the price rise. Infla-
tion in onion, however,
saw easing at (-) 20.40%.
Inflation in food arti-
cles in May was 12.34%,
against 8.35% in the
previous month.
WPI- based inflation maintained
its increasing trajectory
It was 15.08% in April and 13.11%
in May last year
PRICE RISE IN VEGETABLES
Kolkata (PTI): CEA V
Anantha Nageswaran
on Tuesday said India
would become a $5 tril-
lion economy by 2026-
27 and $10 trillion by
2033-34.
Nageswaran said In-
dia is relatively better
placed than other
emerging economies.
“On the face of it,
looks optimistic, even
ambitious, but if we get
to $5 trillion by 2026-27.
“We are now $3.3 tril-
lion, it is not such a dif-
ficult target to reach.
Then if you simply as-
sume 10% nominal GDP
growth in dollar terms,
then you get to $10 tril-
lion by 2033-34 and an-
other doubling with the
same rate,” he said.
In 2019, PM Narendra
Modi envisioned to
make India a $5 trillion
economy and global
powerhouse by 2024-25.
The CEA said there is
a need for climate tag-
ging of the budget.
India to be $5
tn economy by
2026-27: CEA
Sensex down
by 153 points
Mumbai (PTI):
Benchmark indi-
ces fell for the third
straight day on
Tuesday, with the
Sensex falling over
153 points amid
largely weak glob-
al markets as in-
vestors remained
cautious ahead of
the crucial Federal
Reserve meeting
outcome.
Unabated foreign
fund outflows also
continued to weigh
on the domestic eq-
uity markets.
The 30-share BSE
benchmarkdropped
153.13 points or
0.29% to settle at
52,693.57. During
the day, it tumbled
387.22 points or
0.73% to 52,459.48.
The NSE Nifty
declined by 42.30
points or 0.27% to
end at 15,732.10.
From the Sensex
pack, IndusInd
Bank, Tech Mahin-
dra, Reliance Indus-
tries, Maruti, Hin-
dustan Unilever,
HDFC Bank and
Asian Paints were
the major laggards.
On the other
hand, NTPC, Ul-
traTech Cement,
Bharti Airtel and
MM were among
the gainers.
` ENDS ALMOST
FLAT AT 78.03/$
Mumbai (PTI): Staging
a marginal recovery
from its lifetime low,
the rupee inched up 1
paisa to close at 78.03
(provisional) against the
US dollar on Tuesday. At
the interbank forex mar-
ket, the rupee opened at
78.02 against the green-
back and witnessed an
intra-day high of 77.90
and a low of 78.07. It
finally settled at 78.03.
LIC’S STOCK ENDS
1% HIGHER
New Delhi (Agencies):
Tuesday came as a
surprise for LIC share-
holders. The insurance
behemoth was able to
settle in green, snapping
its 10-day losing streak.
Shares of LIC rose
about a per cent to
675.50 on Tuesday. The
counter had tumbled
more than 6 per cent
to close at `668.20 on
Monday.
Gold dips by `547; silver down `864
New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices in Delhi on Tues-
day tumbled by `547 to `50,471 per 10 grams
amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC
Securities. In the previous trade, the precious
metal settled at `51,018 per 10 grams. Silver
also dipped by `864 to `59,874 per kg from
`60,738 per kg in the previous trade.
FITCH EXPECTS RBI TO HIKE RATES
TO 5.9% BY DECEMBER-END
Indian cities rise up
global startup ranks
London (PTI): Bengal-
uru held on to its record
trend of attracting tech-
nology investments and
other Indian cities such
as Mumbai and Delhi
and hubs such as Telan-
gana and Kerala are
also making a mark on
the global startup eco-
systems charts, accord-
ing to new research re-
leased at London Tech
Week 2022 on Tuesday
.
Research from Deal-
room.Co for London
Partners – London’s
business growth agen-
cy, showed that Bengal-
uru is the leading Asian
city and fifth-ranked
hub in the world for
tech venture capital
(VC) investment in 2022.
A separate ‘Global
Startup Ecosystem’ re-
port from Startup Ge-
nome found that the
Asian scenario in the
sector once dominated
by Beijing, Singapore,
Hong Kong, and Korea
is now being consider-
ably disrupted by the
likes of Bengaluru,
Mumbai, and Delhi.
While Bengaluru
ranked 22nd in the
global startup ecosys-
tem index due to major
improvements in its
market reach and ac-
cess to funding, Delhi
moved up an impres-
sive 11 places coming
in at No. 26, with Mum-
bai at No. 36.
BENGALURU AT 22
New Delhi (PTI):
Fitch Ratings on Tues-
day said the Reserve
Bank is likely to raise
interest rates further to
5.9% by December 2022,
on deteriorating infla-
tion outlook.
In its update to Glob-
al Economic Outlook,
Fitch said India’s econ-
omy faces a worsening
external environment,
elevated commodity
prices, and tighter glob-
al monetary policy
.
“Given the deterio-
rating outlook for infla-
tion, we now expect the
RBI to lift rates further
to 5.9% by December
2022 and to 6.15% by the
end of 2023 (vs previous
forecast of 5%) and to
be unchanged in 2024,”
Fitch said.
Last month in an un-
scheduled policy an-
nouncement, the Re-
serve Bank of India
(RBI) raised rates by 40
basis points to 4.4%,
and subsequently to
4.9%last week.
The RBI has fore-
cast inflation to be
6.7% by the end of cur-
rent fiscal. The retail
inflation for May came
in at 7.04%.
The labour
market is
indicating strong
sentiments in
third quarter of
2022, with a Net
Employment
Outlook of 51%
French Total Energies to pick
up 25% stake in Adani arm
New Delhi (PTI): Bil-
lionaire Gautam Ada-
ni’s logistics-to-energy
conglomerate has
roped in French Total-
Energies as a partner
for its green hydrogen
production venture
that will see an invest-
ment of $50 billion
over the next 10 years
in producing the car-
bon-free fuel.
TotalEnergies will
acquire 25% share-
holding in Adani New
Industries Ltd — the
firm that houses Ada-
ni Group’s new energy
business — for an un-
disclosed amount, the
two firms said in sepa-
rate statements. “To-
talEnergies has en-
tered into an agree-
ment with AEL to ac-
quire a 25% interest in
ANIL,” the French
energy giant said.
ANIL will be the ex-
clusive platform of
AEL and TotalEner-
gies for the production
and commercializa-
tion of green hydro-
gen in India.
Adani group state-
ment said the partner-
ship, centered on green
hydrogen, is expected
to transform the ener-
gy landscape both in
India and globally
.
8,000 HNIs may
leave India this year
New Delhi (Agencies):
According to a new sur-
vey, as many as 8,000
high-net-worth individ-
uals are predicted to
leave India in 2022.
Strict tax rules and
reporting requirements
in India, as well as the
need for stronger pass-
ports, remain the pri-
mary factors driving
the migration,
Moreandmoreyoung
entrepreneurs are ex-
ploring global business
and investment pros-
pects while demonstrat-
ing an ever-increasing
risk appetite, according
to the report.
The report also
showed that the num-
ber of US dollar mil-
lionaires and billion-
aires in India will grow
by 80% over the next 10
years, while it will only
grow by 20% in the US
and by 10% in France.

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The city
continued to have low
pollution levels on
Tuesday, with an Air
Quality Index (AQI)
of 37, putting it in the
‘good’ category. On
Monday, the city had
its best AQI of the
year, at 28.
According to offi-
cials, pollutants have
dispersed due to high
moisture content in the
air and high-speed
winds in the form of
westerlies (north west-
erly winds).
“Intermittent rain
spells are expected in
Mumbai causing wet
deposition of air pollut-
ants and improvement
of air quality. AQI of
Mumbai indicates
‘good’ and likely to be
within ‘good’ for the
next 2 days,” read the
forecast from System of
Air Quality and Weath-
er Forecasting And Re-
search (SAFAR).
Every year, during
the monsoon, with high
wind speed, Mumbai re-
cords clean air between
June and August. An
AQI of 0 to 50 is consid-
ered ‘good’, 51 to 100 is
considered ‘satisfacto-
ry’, and 101 to 200 is con-
sidered ‘moderate’. An
AQI between 201 and 300
is considered ‘poor’, 301
to 400 ‘very poor’, and
401 to 500 ‘severe’, while
an AQI above 500 classi-
fied as ‘severe plus’.
Meanwhile, the seven
lakesthatprovidedrink-
ing water to the city
have 1,82,485 million li-
tres of water or 12.61%
of the total capacity of
14,47,363 million litres
as of June 14. The cur-
rentwaterstockwilllast
the city for 49 days.
Intermittent rain spells are causing
wet deposition of air pollutants and
improvement of air quality
AQI of 0- 50 is
considered‘good’,
51- 100 is
‘satisfactory’, and
101 to 200 is
‘moderate’. An AQI
between 201 and
300 is‘poor’, 301 to
400‘very poor’, and
401 to 500‘severe’,
while an AQI above
500 is‘severe plus’.
08
2NDFRONT
The highest ideal is to bring people of
all races, religious and political
convictions together in peace.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Surname-based survey for OBCs
will give wrong results: NCP min
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Warning
that surnames cannot
be the sole criteria to
determine the popula-
tion of Other Back-
ward Classes (OBCs)
in Maharashtra NCP
Minister Chhagan
Bhujbal on Tuesday
said an attempt to col-
lect empirical data
based on surnames
will be misleading.
Bhujbal, an OBC
leader, said, “The state
Backward Class Com-
mission has been con-
stituted. The process of
compiling empirical
data has begun but we
have received informa-
tion that the population
of OBCs is being deter-
mined on the basis of
surnames which is not
correct. There are com-
mon surnames which
apply to both upper
castes and OBCs. So,
surnames cannot be a
determining factor.”
The minister for food
and civil supplies in the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
government (MVA) also
demanded inclusion of
migrants in the OBC
data. “There are mi-
grants who have settled
in Mumbai for genera-
tions. You cannot ig-
nore them. The OBCs
among the migrants
should be considered
while compiling the em-
pirical data.”
Earlier, LOP Deven-
dra Fadnavis also urged
the state to ensure fool-
proof empirical data is
submitted in the court.
Last year, the Supreme
Court stayed the OBC
reservation in the local
body polls. It had direct-
ed the state government
to conduct triple tests
which mandated consti-
tution of the State
Backward Class Com-
mission, empirical data
and ensuring a ceiling
of 50% reservation.
Surge continues,
Maha adds 2,956
cases, 4 deaths
Mumbai (PTI): Maha-
rashtra on Tuesday
recorded 2,956 fresh
cases of COVID-19,
further adding to a
surge that started a
few weeks ago, and
four new deaths,
while the active tally
crossed the 18,000-
mark, the health de-
partment said.
With these additions,
the state’s COVID-19
tally reached 79,15,418,
while the death toll in-
creased to 1,47,875, the
state said in a bulletin.
On Monday, the state
had recorded 1,885 cas-
es and one fatality.
The bulletin said
2,165 patients recov-
ered from the infection
in the last 24 hours, tak-
ing their cumulative
count to 77,49,276 and
leaving the state with
18,267 active cases.
The recovery rate in
the state stood at
97.90%.
Nandurbar is the
only district with no ac-
tive case of COVID-19
as of now.
Mumbai recorded
1,724 fresh cases, ac-
counting for a bulk of
the statewide infec-
tions, and two fatalities
linked to the respirato-
ry illness.
The remaining two
p a n d e m i c - r e l a t e d
deaths in the state were
reported from Vasai-
Virar (located in Mum-
bai’s outskirts) and Sa-
tara district, the bulle-
tin said.
The case fatality rate
in the state was 1.86%.
The bulletin said
36,911 tests were con-
ducted in the state in
the last 24 hours for de-
tection of COVID-19,
taking their cumula-
tive count to 8,13,83,115.
BA5 SUB-VARIANT CONFIRMED
A family member cremates the body of a COVID-19 victim, in Karad. —PTI PHOTO
Thane police website hacked,message
seeking apology to Muslims uploaded
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Unidenti-
fied hackers gained
access to the website
of Thane Police in
Maharashtra and up-
loaded a message de-
manding an apology
to Muslims “all over
the world”, police
said on Tuesday.
The Thane police’s
website was restored
by afternoon, an offi-
cial said, adding that a
First Information Re-
port has been regis-
tered against unidenti-
fied persons under the
Information Technolo-
gy Act and other rele-
vant provisions.
Several Indian web-
sites have been hacked
in the last few days and
these attacks seemed to
have originated in In-
donesia and Malaysia,
said a senior official of
state police here.
The message that
popped up on the com-
promised portal on
Tuesday morning said,
“Hacked by one hat cy-
ber team”.
“Hello Indian Gov-
ernment, Hello every-
one. Again and again
you make trouble with
the problem of the Is-
lamic Religion....Hurry
up and apologize to
Muslims all over the
world!! We don’t stand
still when our apostle
is insulted,” it added.
Controversy erupted
recently when now-sus-
pended BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma al-
legedly made deroga-
tory remarks about
Prophet Muhammad.
While the BJP and In-
dian government con-
demned the remarks, it
led to strong reactions
from many Muslim
countries, and violent
protests inside India.
Police noticed the
hack, which appears to
havetakenplacearound
4 am, at around 8.30 am.
Cyber teams worked for
over six hours and re-
stored the site, Maha-
rashtra Cyber Addi-
tional Director General
of Police Madhukar
Pandey said.
He added that the
CERT-In (Indian Com-
puter Emergency Re-
sponse Team), the nod-
al agency of the Indian
government for deal-
ing with cyber threats,
and the National Infor-
matics Centre (NIC)
has been informed
about “the defacement
incident”.
Hello Indian Government, Hello every-
one. Again and again you make trouble
with the problem of the Islamic Reli-
gion....Hurry up and apologize to Muslims all
over the world!! We don’t stand still when our
apostle is insulted.
—Message from the hackers
Mumbai air quality likely to be ‘good’ for 2 days as pollution falls
AMERICAN SCHOOL BOMB PLAN:
ACCUSED SEEKS CASE TRANSFER
EMBATTLED RUBY HALL CLINIC CAN
RESUME LIVE ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
UNIDENTIFIED MAN’S BODY FOUND IN
THANE; COPS SUSPECT MURDER
Mumbai: Submitting that he has been in jail
for almost 8 years pending trail, citing endless
delays due to “unnecessary adjournments” and
transfer of judges, 30-year-old geographical
engineer, Anees Ansari has moved a plea before
the principal judge of city civil and sessions court
seeking a transfer of the case from the court
where the matter is currently assigned. Ansari is
accused of conspiring to kill people at an Ameri-
can school in Bandra Kurla Complex by planning
to use a thermite bomb in 2014. The plea submit-
ted through advocates Sharif Shaikh and Kritika
Agarwal also sought interim bail until disposal of
disposal of the case.
Pune: Ruby Hall Clinic, in Pune, is all set to restart
live organ transplants. The Maharashtra health
department has passed an order permitting the
hospital to resume live transplants. The depart-
ment had suspended the hospital’s organ trans-
plant registration in mid-April, a move that was
later stayed by the Bombay High Court. According
to the order, the hospital has been directed to set
up a new committee to monitor organ transplants.
Advocate Manjusha Kulkarni, legal advisor of
Ruby Hall Clinic, said, “The health directorate had
released the suspension order and now we can
resume live organ transplants.”
Thane: The body of
an unidentified man
was found at a railway
ground in Dombivli
area, an official said
on Tuesday. Some
passersby spotted the
body on Monday in
Bhavan Chawl locality
and alerted police. The face of the deceased, be-
lieved to be in his early 50s, was smashed beyond
recognition, the official from Vishnu Nagar police
station said, adding that they suspect the man
was murdered on the intervening night of Sun-
day-Monday. The police have registered a case
under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder)
against unidentified persons and sent the body for
post-mortem, he said.
CRUCIAL READ
Back to school? Last-minute circular causes confusion
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A last-min-
ute circular with re-
vised reopening dates
for city schools had
put several school ad-
ministrations in a fix,
with some following
the directive by wel-
coming teaching and
non-teaching staff as
well as students.
The school education
department announced
the reopening date last
month; however, educa-
tion minister Varsha
Gaikwad tweeted about
the change in dates last
week. According to the
most recent circular,
schools in districts oth-
er than Vidarbha
(where schools will reo-
pen on June 27) must
first open for teaching
and non-teaching staff
on June 13 in order to
prepare the school be-
fore students begin at-
tending on June 15.
However, several
non-state board schools
in the city did not com-
ply, causing confusion.
On Monday
, amid confu-
sion, some schools also
approached the state
education department
for clarity
.
“Most schools in the
suburbs have school
buses plying students
from primary as well as
secondary sections, so
our schools were flood-
ed with calls from wor-
ried parents who were
unsure whether they
had to send their chil-
dren to school on Mon-
day or not,” said Rajesh
Pandya, vice president
of Teacher Democratic
Front (TDF).
He added that despite
a circular released by
the school education de-
partment,manyschools
started classes for stu-
dents on Monday itself.
Several non-state
board schools in
the city did not
comply, causing
confusion
Education minister
Varsha Gaikwad
had, on June 11,
tweeted a copy of
the circular
reminding schools
to follow nCoV-
appropriate
behaviour, and
encourage their
staff to get the
booster dose.
There are common surnames which apply
to both upper castes and OBCs. So, sur-
names cannot be a determining factor.
There are migrants who have settled in Mumbai
for generations. You cannot ignore them.
—NCP Minister Chhagan Bhujbal
On Monday, the city had its best AQI of the year, at 28. —FILE PHOTO
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PHOTO
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he 2022 edi-
tion of First
India in
partnership
with Gla-
manand Su-
p e r m o d e l
India 2022 comes
with an opportunity
to represent India at
a few of the biggest
international pag-
eants. Glamanand
Supermodel India re-
cently acquired the
franchise of Miss
Grand International
and made the list of
Franchisees strong-
er. The three major
titles at stake will be
Miss International
India, Miss Grand
India and Miss Mul-
tinational India.
The first round of
auditions of First In-
dia in partnership
with Glamanand Su-
permodel India 2022
was held at Hotel Sea
Princess in Mumbai
on Sunday where
more than 150 con-
testants enthusiasti-
cally participated.
The beauties were
tested on various lev-
els like grooming,
talent, knowledge
and skills among
others.
Nikhil Anand, An-
ita Hada, Nishi
Bharadwaj, Divija
Gambhir, Simrithi
Bathija, Trisha Shet-
ty and Ayeesha S
Aiman
were present
as the jury members
on the occasion.
Jagdeesh Chandra
also graced the occa-
sion and motivated
all the participants.
Supermodels Bhav-
leen Kaur, Juhi
Sesani and Kangga-
na Malik were also
present as special
guests. The First In-
dia in partnership
with Glamanand Su-
permodel India 2022
Delhi auditions will
be held today, June
15 at Gurugram. The
top 30 contestants
shall be announced
post the Delhi audi-
tions.
Glamannand Su-
permodel India 2021,
held at the Kingdom
of Dreams in August
2021 witnessed the
grand event where
Zoya Afroz (Miss
International In-
dia), Divija
Gambhir (Miss
Multinational
India) and Tan-
ya Sinha (Miss
Globe India)
won the titles.
A s m i t a
Chakraborty
and Anisha
S h a r m a
w e r e
crowned as
the First
and Sec-
ond Run-
ners-up Re-
spectively.
Talking to the
National Direc-
tor, Nikhil Anand
said, “I am
thrilled with the
first auditions
held in Mumbai
and looking for-
ward to meet-
ing the aspir-
ants at other
auditions this
year where we will
get to witness the
talents. I am looking
for candidates who
have the zeal to win
international titles
for India.”
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RIYA
MARWAL,
Fashion
Model
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Not much is likely to be
achieved on a business
trip, but it may open
new opportunities.
Devoting some time for
physical fitness is indicated for some
and will help keep them fit. Those
planning to move houses will manage
to find a suitable one. Health will be
satisfactory.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Family support will be
crucial against those
who are trying to tarnish
your image on the social
front. Initiative taken on
the property front is likely to benefit.
Love is likely to knock at your door, so
be prompt to respond. Focus on health
will become your priority and will have a
positive outcome on your fitness.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A family event may keep
you entertained. You are
likely to benefit from a
property related matter.
Students would need to
work upon time management skills to
stay abreast with the competition. This
is the time to muster all your resources
for tackling something complicated on
the work front.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
A diet plan adopted
recently will suit your
system well. Your
performance may leave
you feeling good today
on professional or academic front.
Maintain confidentiality regarding a
property deal being negotiated by you.
A chance for an outing with lover
finally arrives.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Your stars favour a
bright beautiful day . A
setback you have
recently experienced can
make you come out
stronger. Tax advisor will be a big help
in saving taxes, so don’t hesitate to
contact one.It is difficult for the
relationship of friends turned lovers to
fall apart, so relax.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Keep on doing whatever
you are doing to remain
healthy. Some of you
will have to curb your
splurging ways. Family
life will cruise along smoothly with
much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed
up on the road. Chance of moving to a
new location on transfer is likely for
some.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
You are likely to resolve
to come back in shape
and start an exercise
regimen. Family will be
supportive and look
after your needs. Some of you are likely
to join a group to resolve difficulties on
the academic front. Someone you are
working closely with may attract you.
Your plans will work out today.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A piece of immovable
property can come to
you through a will or
gift. You will put in the
required efforts on the
professional or academic front to reap
rich rewards. Cupid’s arrow is likely to
find its mark and bring romance into
your life. You worry too much, take
time to ease out.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Money coming from
various streams will keep
you in an elated state of
mind. A new fitness
regime that you have
adopted promises to keep you in the pink
of health. Getting an old furniture
upholstered may be at the top of the
mind of some homemakers. Your search
for perfect partner may soon be over.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will derive great
benefit from an exercise
routine that you keenly
follow. Extra workload
is foreseen at work, but
nothing that you cannot handle within
office hours. Taking the family on a trip
seems impossible today due to your
professional commitments, so
postpone it for some other day.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Previous investments
are likely to give you
good returns. Some of
you may decide to
follow in the footsteps
of celebrities and visit the very same
exotic destination that they had been
to.No amount of excuses will dispel
lover’s suspicions about your tendency
to stray the path.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
Settling down in a new
house is indicated for
some. Money put
together on previous
occasions is likely to
come in handy now. A family
youngster is keen to learn from you, so
don’t disappoint.You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once
again.
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
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studentof mine
recently came
tomeandasked
me to suggest a
poem that she
could recite at
her school’s Po-
etry Recitation Competi-
tion. I intuitively gravi-
tated to one of my favour-
ite poems titled Human
Family by Maya Angelou.
Foryourreference,I’dlike
to share that poem here
before I continue:
I note the obvious dif-
ferences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives
are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they
really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin
tones
can confuse, bemuse,
delight,
brown and pink and
beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I’ve sailed upon the
seven seas
and stopped in every
land,
I’ve seen the wonders
of the world
not yet one common
man.
I know ten thousand
women
called Jane and Mary
Jane,
but I’ve not seen any
two
who really were the
same.
Mirror twins are differ-
ent
although their features
jibe,
and lovers think quite
different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in
China,
we weep on England’s
moors,
and laugh and moan in
Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish
shores.
We seek success in Fin-
land,
are born and die in
Maine.
In minor ways we differ
,
inmajor
,we’rethesame.
I note the obvious dif-
ferences
between each sort and
type,
but we are more alike,
my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my
friends,
We are more alike, my
friends,
The reason I thought
of sharing this specific
poem in this article is
that as we inch closer to
another landmark year
of our country’s inde-
pendence; it is the es-
sence of this poem that is
the core thought I’d like
to leave you with as we
ponder our decades of
glorious Independence.
India, our great nation,
draws immense pride
from our ethos of inclu-
sion, of our diversity,
and our multi-cultural,
multi-racial, multi-eth-
nic past and present.
However, some would
contend that this great
and beautiful diversity
is being undermined in
present-day India. That
is how we once were, di-
vided based on narrow-
mindedness and myopic
outlooks, we are, again
today! And that to me,
really puts a serious
question mark on the
entire notion of free-
dom, of true, essential,
liberty. Today freedom
means different things
to different people. Sure.
But are we not, in this
digitized, connected,
hyper-tech world, re-
gressing if we begin to
colour our outlook, be-
haviour, opinions and
decisions with the col-
our and origin of skin?
Is this the independent
country we want to live
in, one that is divided,
compartmentalized, in
mind and boundary?
What kind of a country
are we leaving for our
children? We want and
encourage kids to read
the newspaper; what
they read each day in
the papers are hate sto-
ries, communal vio-
lence, and religious un-
rest! Is that not a crying
shame? And is that not
also a huge black blot on
the notion of free India?
Hope rests now with
the young generation. I
notice through my inter-
actions with thousands
of students; that young
children are innocent,
instinctively inclusive,
fair, just, and inherently
equalist. Neither do
they differentiate based
on status, nor class or
religion. They are pure.
It is this purity and plu-
rality that we as parents,
educators and caregiv-
ers must do our utmost
to preserve and protect.
That our own biases
should not reach and in-
fluence these young
minds. We must set ex-
amples for these chil-
dren to follow and lead
with. Simple things
around the house, such
as treating staff with
care and sensitivity and
celebrating all festivals,
no matter their origin.
These kinds of acts will
be imbibed by children
as their natural and or-
ganic way of being and
shape their already in-
clusive beliefs into a life-
long, accepting ethos.
I leave you, therefore,
in this article with a sim-
ple message. Celebrate
freedom but be truly
free. Exalt liberty but
only if you understand
true liberty. And accept
your independence, only
if you are willing, to be,
independent in your
thinking. Bestow upon
our children, the gift of
true Independence and
acceptance.
GIVING
GIVING
YOUNG
YOUNG
INDIA
INDIA
A TRULY
A TRULY
FREE INDIA
FREE INDIA
KARTIK BAJORIA
(the author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
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