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SHRADDHA WALKAR MURDER
1,11,000 JOBS, 39 CORPORATES, ONE GOVT!
Renni Abraham & Satish
Nandgaonkar
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra state govern-
ment has been burning
the midnight oil on the
issue of employment
opportunities for youth
in the state and will an-
nounce 1,11, 000 new
jobs commitments
through 39 corporate
MOUs come Wednes-
day
.
Smarting over the re-
cent exit of the Fox-
conn-Vedanta joint ven-
ture from Maharashtra
into the neighbouring
Gujarat state, the Ma-
harashtra government
has shifted into top gear
to recompense the state
for the perceived no-
tional job losses, had
the project been housed
in the state.
Come Wednesday
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde, Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis and Minister for
Skill Development and
E n t re p re n e u r s h i p
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
will ink memorandums
of understanding
(MOUs) with 39 corpo-
rates that individually
will commit to job crea-
tions in Maharashtra
numbering 1, 11, 000 in
all, as the state govern-
ment hopes to secure 5
lakh jobs for unem-
ployed youth in Maha-
rashtra this fiscal year
(2022-2023).
Confirming the big-
ticket job creation drive
to be formalised on No-
vember 16, a top state
secretariat (Mantra-
laya) official said, “We
also want to cement the
roadmap for future job
fairs organised in Ma-
harashtra to ensure
they are effectively con-
ducted with clearer out-
comes. The Skill Devel-
opment, Employment
and Entrepreneurship
Department of the Ma-
harashtra government
was accorded the hon-
ourable Governor’s as-
sent to hold a meeting
at the Durbar Hall at
Rajbhavan on Wednes-
day for a meeting with
39 reputed industry es-
tablishments, business
organisations and
placement agencies
where the MOUs will be
inked.”
Maharashtra’s Com-
missioner for Skills De-
velopment, Employ-
ment and Entrepre-
neurship Dr Ramaswa-
my N told First India,
“We had reached out to
133 corporates for this
first of its kind initia-
tive to crystallise jobs.
39 firms confirmed
their commitment and
MOUs will be signed on
Wednesday
. This is dis-
tinct from the annually
organised job fairs in
Maharashtra hitherto.”
Related report P8
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) MLA
Ram Kadam on Tuesday
said he will write a let-
ter to the Delhi police to
seek a probe into the
possible “Love Jihad”
angle behind the mur-
derof ShraddhaWalkar,
a resident of Vasai near
Mumbai.
“Love jihad” is a term
used by right-wing
groups and activists to
allege a concerted effort
by Muslim men to con-
vert Hindu women to
Islam through mar-
riage.
Mumbai MLA Kadam
and his supporters gath-
ered in Ghatkopar area
of Mumbai city on
Tuesday and raised slo-
gans against Walkar’s
live-in partner Aaftab
Amin Poonawala, who
is accused of killing her
and has been arrested
by the Delhi police.
They had also
brought an effigy of
Poonawala to mark
their protest.
Poonawala had told
the police during inves-
tigation that he killed
Walkar after a quarrel
over marriage and the
idea of chopping her
body into 35 pieces was
inspired by “Dexter”,
an American crime TV
series.
Speaking to reporters
here, MLA Kadam said,
“I will write a letter to
the Delhi police request-
ing them to conduct a
probe into the possibil-
ity of ‘Love Jihad’ be-
hind the killing of
Shraddha by Aaftab
Poonawala. Are there
any groups or gangs be-
hind such an incident?
Is an enemy state in-
volved in it? It should be
probed.”
Kadam also extended
his support to the de-
ceased woman’s family
.
Supporters of the
BJP leader
gathered in
Ghatkopar area to
protest against
accused Aaftab
MLA Kadam to seek probe into ‘Love Jihad’ angle
BJP supporters express outrage over Shraddha Walkar’s murder
with effigy of Poonawala in Ghatkopar on Tuesday. —ANI PHOTO
Shinde-Fadnavis govt takes leaf out of PM’s book, to secure over 1L jobs commitments from corporates through MoUs today
MAHARASHTRA GOVT’S MAHA ‘JOB MONSOON’!
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and CM Eknath Shinde
UNITED WE STAND!
PM MODI AT G20
SUMMIT IN BALI
Moni Sharma
Bali: The annual G20
Summit opened in Bali
on Tuesday with world
leaders set to discuss
over the next two days
challenges triggered by
the Covid-19 pandemic
and more recently
topped by Russia’s war
in Ukraine. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
was welcomed at the
summit venue by Indo-
nesian President Joko
Widodo, ahead of the
formal opening of the
summit.
Indonesian President
Joko Widodo told G20
members they must
avoid another world
war as he opened a lead-
ers’ summit dominated
by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine in Bali on
Tuesday
.”We should not
divide the world into
parts. We must not al-
low the world to fall into
another world war,” he
said as he opens a lead-
ers’ summit dominated
by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine in Bali.
During the day, PM
Modi, along with other
world leaders, partici-
pates in G20 summit’s
second working session
on the theme of
‘Health’, at Apurva
Kempisnky hotel in
Bali. PM Modi greeted
the gathering at the In-
dian community event
in Bali, as people chant-
ed “Modi, Modi”. Ad-
dressing the Indian di-
aspora Modi said
as I speak to you
in Bali and we
sing songs of
Indonesian
traditions in
India’s Cut-
tack, Bali-
yatra Mahot-
sav is going on.
PM attends G20 Indonesia working
session on food energy security
PM Modi likely to hold bilateral
talks with over 8-9 leaders today
World faces crisis upon crisis and
sharpening rivalries: Prez Joko
After Bali meet, India will take over
Group of 20 presidency for one year
l India’s self-sufficiency
in medicines, vaccines
during the pandemic
benefitted the world
l Indonesia and India
are companions in both
good and bad times
l India is a ray of hope
for world in 21st century
l India has the Hima-
layas, Indonesia has
Mount Agung; if India
has Ganga, Indonesia
has Tirta Gangga — we
are united through cul-
tures and traditions
l No restrictions on
energy supplies, stability
in the energy market
should be ensured,
India’s energy security is
imp for growth
MAJOR G-20
HAPPENINGS
MODI SPEAKS
l Ukraine’s Zelensky
suggests ‘all for all’ pris-
oner swap with Russia
l Cambodian Prime
Minister Hun Sen tests
positive for Covid-19 at
G-20 inaugural summit
l G20 summit: Russian
President Vladimir Putin
may be absent, but he is
still on leaders’ minds
l Biden, Xi clash on
Taiwan, find common
ground on Ukraine
l PM Modi and US
President Joe Biden on
Tuesday shared a warm
hug at the summit
l PM Modi seeks agree-
ment to maintain supply
of manure, foodgrains
l ‘Have to return to
path of ceasefire and
diplomacy in Ukraine,’
PM Modi says at the
G20 Summit
l FIFA boss Gianni In-
fantino trolled for urging
Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
during World Cup 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets United States President Joe Biden and Indonesian President
Joko Widodo at the 17th G20 Summit, in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
(Top) Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges warm greetings
with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Left) Prime Minister
Narendra Modi interacts with his United Kingdom counterpart Rishi
Sunak for the first time at the G20 Summit. (Right) Prime Minister
Narendra Modi interacts with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the
Welcoming Dinner during the G20 Leaders’ Summit, at Garuda
Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, in Badung, Bali on Tuesday. It was
for the first time that Modi and Xi exchanged words publicly.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
Kochi: Actress Sunny Leone has approached
Kerala HC seeking to quash case registered
against her by Kerala crime branch on a complaint
alleging that she cheated by receiving advance for
a stage show but fell back on the promise.
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah met
Gachchadhipati Acharya Bhagwant Manohar Kirti
Sagar in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. During the day,
while inaugurating the BJP’s election office here,
Shah said BJP will form government in Gujarat. P5
Mumbai: Kieron Pollard, who made his MI debut back
in 2010, has now been appointed as batting coach
for Mumbai Indians. He will also play inaugural
International League T20 in UAE for MI. Pollard on
Tuesday announced his retirement from the IPL.
New Delhi: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on
Tuesday was granted mail by a Delhi court in
₹`200 crore money laundering case. The money
laundering case involved conman Sukesh
Chandrashekar that is being probed by the ED.
US ORDERS AI TO PAY
$122.9 MN PASSENGER
REFUNDS, $1.4 MN FINES
DELHI HC RESERVES
ORDER ON BAIL PLEA
BY CHITRA IN ED CASE
Washington: The US has
ordered Tata-group-owned
Air India to pay a whopping
$121.5 mn as refunds and
$1.4 mn as penalties for
extreme delays in providing
refunds to passengers due
to the cancellation during
pandemic, officials said.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
reserved its verdict on
the bail plea by Chitra
Ramkrishna in the money
laundering case related
to alleged illegal phone
tapping and snooping on
the NSE employees.
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GUJ: GANDHIs, KHARGE,
GEHLOT AMONG CONG
STAR CAMPAIGNERS
LARGESSE OF STATE
GIVEN TO…: GUJARAT
HC ON MORBI TRAGEDY
Gujarat: Congress chief
Mallikarjun Kharge and
former party chiefs Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
are among the 40 star
campaigners for Gujarat
assembly polls. Ashok
Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel,
CMs of Cong-ruled Raj and
C’garh, are also in list. P5
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
HC on Tuesday heard a suo
motu PIL on Morbi bridge
tragedy and asked the state
government as to how
no expression of interest
was tendered, and how
the “largesse of the state”
was given to an individual
without floating a tender.
VETERAN TELUGU ACTOR
KRISHNA PASSES AWAY
Hyderabad:
Veteran Tollywood
actor, Congress
parliamentarian
Ghattamaneni Krishna,
popularly known as
Super Star Krishna
passed away at a
hospital in Hyderabad
after a brief illness in
early hours of Tuesday,
officials said. He was
79 and is survived by 5
children.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
Krishna Garu was a legendary superstar, who
won hearts of people through his versatile
acting and lively personality. His demise is a colossal
loss to the world of cinema and entertainment. In this
sad hour my thoughts are with @urstrulyMahesh and
his entire family. Om Shanti.
I have repeatedly
said that we have to
find a way to return
to the path of ceasefire and
diplomacy in Ukraine. Over the
past century, WWII wreaked
havoc in the world. After that
leaders of that time made
a serious effort to
take the path of
peace. Now it’s
our turn.
—Narendra
Modi, Prime
Minister
The war should be ended “justly and on the basis
of the UN Charter and international law”. I urge
world leaders to back a plan to end the war in his
country, saying now was the time to push for peace after
Russia’s defeat in the southern city of Kherson. Ukraine
would not allow Russian forces to regroup after their
withdrawal from Kherson.
—Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President
A useful exchange between PM Modi and US Prez
Biden on sidelines of G20 summit in Bali, Indo-
nesia. Leaders appreciated continuing deepening
of India-US Strategic Partnership close cooperation in
groups like Quad, I2U2, etc. Agreed to maintain close coor-
dination during G20 India —Ministry of External Affairs
We also
witnessed the
world order
int’l law being tested.
Today, eyes of the world
are focussed on our
meeting - will we be able
to succeed or will we add
another item to number
of failures? In my view,
G20 must succeed
must not fail and we
must end the war.
—Joko Widodo,
Indonesian President
GHATTAMANENI KRISHNA
May 31, 1943 - Nov 5, 2022

NEWS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022
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First India Bureau
Hingoli/Washim:
Senior Congress
leader Jairam
Ramesh on Tuesday
said that the Rahul
Gandhi-led ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ has
brought unity in the
Congress in the last
70 days as the party
has been fighting po-
litical challenges.
Speaking to the me-
dia in Washim district
of the Vidarbha region,
Ramesh said Gandhi
will also address a pub-
licmeetingof tribalson
the occasion of the
birth anniversary of
iconic tribal freedom
fighter Birsa Munda.
The Congress leader
said that the ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ has nothing
todowiththevotebank.
It’s purpose is above
politics. “It is the yatra
of a political party and
wearefightingpolitical
challenges, he said.
On Tuesday morn-
ing, Gandhi started
the foot march from
Phalegaon in Hingoli
district. Ramesh, for-
mer Maharashtra min-
ister Yashomati
Thakur and other par-
ty leaders walked
along with Gandhi.
Rameshremembered
triballeaderBirsaMun-
da on his birth anniver-
sary on Tuesday
.
Hepostedatweetsay-
ing, “Today is the 69th
day of #BharatJodoY-
atra and the 147th birth
anniversary of Birsa
Munda, born just 15
days later than Sardar
Patel. But tragically
, he
died in a British jail in
Ranchi at the very
young age of 25.”
Targeting the Cen-
tre, Ramesh claimed
the Forest Rights Act
and the Land Acquisi-
tion Act 2013 have been
weakened and this is
specially harmful for
tribals. The legisla-
tions were brought
during the rule of the
United Progressive Al-
liance (UPA).
Ramesh alleged that
the Narendra Modi-led
government’s policy
was to forcefully take
the land of farmers
and give it to the big
companies.
Washim (PTI): Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Tuesday
claimed the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
keeps attacking the
Constitution every-
day as it does not
want to accept that
Dalits, tribals and the
poor should get
rights, and hit out at
Hindutva ideologue
VD Savarkar for
“working” for the
British.
Gandhi, whose
Bharat Jodo Yatra en-
tered its 69th day and
reached Washim dis-
trict in Vidarbha region
of Maharashtra from
Hingoli on Tuesday,
said it is only the Con-
gress that can protect
the Constitution, give
education to tribals and
safeguard their land
and rights.
He was addressing a
public meeting in
Washim district on the
occasion of tribal free-
dom fighter Birsa Mun-
da’s birth anniversary,
which is also celebrated
as the Janjatiya Gaurav
Divas or Tribal Pride
Day. The rally was at-
tended by tribal com-
munity members.
He sought to draw a
parallel between Birsa
Munda and Savarkar,
and said the tribal icon
stood steadfast for his
ideals.
“He (Munda) did not
step even an inch back.
He was killed and mar-
tyred. It is your (trib-
als) symbol and shows
you the path. The BJP-
RSS symbol is Sa-
varkar. He was jailed in
Andaman for two-three
years. He started writ-
ing mercy petitions,”
he said.
Gandhi claimed Sa-
varkar wrote a book on
himself with a different
name and highlighted
how brave he was.
“He used to take pen-
sions from the British,
work for them, and
work against the Con-
gress,” he said.
The Lok Sabha MP
from Kerala said tribals
are the “original own-
ers of the country” and
their rights come first
before anyone.
Gandhi alleged the
ideals of Birsa Munda
were being attacked
from all sides by the
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS) and
the BJP.
“The BJP attacks the
Constitution everyday
because they don’t want
to accept that Dalits,
adivasis and the poor
should get rights,”
claimed the former
Congress president.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
‘OnlyCongcansaveConstitution,rightsoftribals’
Rahul Gandhi with children during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Washim
on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rahul Gandhi calls tribals ‘original owners of the country’ as Bharat
Jodo Yatra entered its 69th day and reached Washim dist of Vidarbha
OUTRAGE
Attacking the BJP
further, Gandhi al-
leged it is shutting
down public sec-
tor companies and
privatizing educa-
tion and healthcare.
“What will happen
if all government
schools are shut?
(Underprivileged)
people will remain
illiterate and it is the
BJP who will benefit
from this. They are
shutting all avenues.
The doors to em-
ployment, education
and healthcare are
getting shut,” said
the Congress leader.
It is only
the Con-
gress who
can protect the
Constitution, edu-
cation to tribals,
their land and
their rights. Only
the Congress can
give a fight (to its
political oppo-
nents). The Con-
gress fights, but it
should fight more
strongly.
—Rahul Gandhi,
Congress leader
Yatrahasbroughtunityin
party,saysJairamRamesh
Cong leader Rahul Gandhi with padayatris during the party’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Washim on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Local artistes perform during the yatra at Phalegaon in Hingoli.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Latur (PTI): Forty
functionaries of the
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) and Congress
from Latur have
joined the Balasahe-
banchi Shiv Sena led
by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde, a dis-
trict office-bearer
from the CM-headed
party said on Tuesday
.
Shinde was present at
the event in Mumbai
when they joined his
party. Among those in-
ducted are former BJP
Latur tehsil President
Balaji Adsul, former
Zilla Parishad member
Rajkumar Kalame and
former councillor
Prakash Patil Wan-
jarkhedkar.
“We worked against
Congress leader and for-
mer CM Vilasrao Desh-
mukh to strengthen the
BJP
, but today the scene
is different,” said Adsul.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: As part of
the state govern-
ment’s agreement
with United Nations
Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), seven lakh
youngsters in Maha-
rashtra will be able to
work as “climate
change warriors”, a
senior state minister
said on Monday.
The “warriors”, ac-
cording to Chandrakant
Patil, the higher and
technical education
minister, will operate
as emissaries of state’s
water and environment
‘army’ and sensitize
people about eco-friend-
ly lifestyles, the effects
of changing environ-
ment and water conser-
vation.
Patil said that to ac-
celerate their work of
educating people, the
“warriors” would have
to work with local envi-
ronment conservation
organizations, he said.
“Seven lakh youth
would be roped in from
various state-run uni-
versities. Of them,
60% will work in urban
areas as the issues of
water and pollution are
more prominent there,”
Patil said.
After their assign-
ments, the participants
will get a certificate, fel-
lowship, and grade in
their academics. “The
state-run universities
will design an action
plan for their areas, in
which the students will
participate as warri-
ors,” he said.
Chief of Field Office
at UNICEF Maharash-
tra Rajeshwari Chan-
drashekhar attended
the function to sign a
Memorandum of Un-
derstanding (MoU).
“We would like to
rope in 24 lakh more for
UNICEF’s upcoming
programmes for action
on climate change and
participation of the
youth. Training will be
imparted…about joint
action on issues related
to water, climate and
sustainability
,” she said.
First India Bureau
Thane: Lok Sabha MP
Rajan Vichare, who
supports the Uddhav
Thackeray-led Shiv
Sena faction, has al-
leged hooliganism by
supporters of the
Sena camp headed
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde dur-
ing an event in Thane
city. The charge has
been denied by the ri-
val group.
The incident took
place late Monday night
following which the
Thackeray group sup-
porters went to Shri Na-
gar police station in
Thane to lodge a com-
plaint.
A group of people al-
legedly attacked the
supporters of former
CM Thackeray outside
the police station fol-
lowing which police re-
sorted to baton-charge
to disperse them.
Some videos of the
incident later went vi-
ral on social media.
While talking to re-
porters, Vichare con-
demned the alleged hoo-
liganism by the Shinde
faction supporters, and
said he had complained
about it to Deputy Com-
missioner of Police
Amarsingh Jadhav.
However, the Shinde
group’s Spokesperson
and former Mayor Nar-
esh Mhaske dismissed
Vichare’s allegations
and claimed everything
was “well-planned to
defame them”. In turn,
he alleged that mem-
bers of the Thackeray
camp had created trou-
ble at the venue.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader Ajit Pawar on
Tuesday took a swipe
at Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari indi-
rectly by stating that
people in higher posi-
tions should not at-
tempt to “take indus-
tries out of the state”.
His statement comes
a day after Koshiyari
presided over an event
promoting investment
in his home state of Ut-
tarakhand.
While addressing a
press conference at
party headquarters,
Pawar said, “All indi-
viduals in higher posi-
tions should try and
ensure that industries
remain in the state.
But during the period
of this government,
chief ministers of oth-
er states and even the
higher ups in Maha-
rashtra from other
states are advising that
the industries should
go to other states. I
must say that this is
not the right thing to
do.”
According to Raj
Bhavan office, a Memo-
randum of Under-
standing (MoU) was
signed between the Ma-
harashtra Chamber of
Commerce, Industry
Agriculture (MACCIA)
and the SIDCUL Manu-
facturers Association
Uttarakhand on Mon-
day at an event where
Koshyari and Uttara-
khand’s Minister of
Industries Chandan
Ram Das were present.
Speaking on the oc-
casion, Governor Ko-
shyari had said Uttara-
khand has much scope
in sectors like informa-
tion technology, herbal
industries, adventure
tourism and others. He
called upon the mem-
bers of the MACCIA to
help the hill state come
up in trade.
Meanwhile, the NCP
leader also said that he
did not receive any in-
vitation from Congress
for attending Rahul
Gandhi’s rally at She-
gaon in Buldhana dis-
trict on Friday.
BID TO TAKE INDUSTRIES OUT OF STATE: AJIT PAWAR
BLAME GAME
Former Maha deputy CM takes dig at
Guv Koshyari over remarks urging
stakeholders to invest in Uttarakhand
Pawar addresses media at the NCP headquarters in Mumbai on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
7 lakh youth in state to work
as climate change ‘warriors’
Vichare alleges hooliganism
by CM supporters in Thane
Higher Technical Edu Minister
Chandrakant Patil. –FILE PHOTO
Police personnel baton-charge agitators following a clash between
groups of suspected supporters of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath
Shinde factions, at an event in Thane, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Will work with
environment
conservation groups
to create awareness
Balasahebanchi Shiv
Sena group denies
charges, accuses
Thackeray group
40 BJP, Cong
activists join
CM Shinde-led
Sena faction
Navneet Rana,
her father get
interim relief till
November 19
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The police
told a special court
here on Tuesday that
they will not take any
action against Lok
Sabha MP Navneet
Rana and her father
till November 19 over
a non-bailable war-
rant (NBW) issued
against them earlier
this month in the fake
caste certificate case.
The NBW was issued
by Metropolitan Magis-
trate PI Mokashi on No-
vember 07.
Rana had sought a
stay on the proceedings
of the magistrate court
as the matter related to
the case is pending in
the Supreme Court.
The prosecution
sought time to file its
response as the investi-
gation officer was not
present in the court on
Tuesday
. Rana’s lawyer
Rizwan Merchant
urged the court to grant
interim relief to the MP
and her father.
The prosecution sub-
mitted before the court
that it will not execute
the warrant till the fil-
ing of its reply. Special
Judge RN Rokade took
the submissions on re-
cord and adjourned the
matter till November 19
for a hearing.

MAHARASHTRA
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: Amid an out-
break of measles in
Mumbai, a one-year-
old boy has died of the
viral infection in the
city
, where 126 chil-
dren have contracted
the disease so far this
year, said civic offi-
cials on Tuesday
.
The boy
, who lived in
Null Bazar area, was un-
dergoing treatment at
the Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation-run
Kasturba Hospital in
Chinchpokli since last
week and died on Mon-
day
, said a BMC official.
According to doctors,
“septicemia with acute
renal failure with mea-
sles bronchopneumo-
nia”wasthecauseof the
child’s death, he said.
Some parts of Mum-
bai have witnessed an
outbreak of measles. At
least 99 children have
been found infected
with the viral disease
since September and
126 since January this
year, as per the civic
body’s health bulletin.
The BMC has set up a
special ward at the Kas-
turba Hospital for the
treatment of the chil-
dren infected with mea-
sles.
As per its bulletin, 61
children were admitted
to the Kasturba Hospi-
tal with measles-like
symptoms between No-
vember 4 and 14. Twelve
of them were hospital-
ized on Monday, it said.
Civic officials have
appealed to the parents
to get children in the
9-16 age group vaccinat-
ed against the disease.
“In measles, the child
gets fever, cold, cough
and red rashes on the
body. Complications
from this disease can be
serious in children who
are partially vaccinated
or unvaccinated,” said
a BMC release earlier.
Last week, the Union
Health Ministry said it
has deputed a high-level
multi-disciplinary team
to Mumbai to take stock
of the upsurge of mea-
sles cases in the city
.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mahat-
ma Phule Renewable
Energy and Infra-
structure Technology
Limited (MAHAPRE-
IT) and Konkan
Railway Corporation
Limited have signed
a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU)
to establish a cold
storage plant in
Ratnagiri.
IAS Bipin Shrimali,
Chairman and MD
of MAHAPREIT and
Sanjay Gupta, Presi-
dent and MD of Kon-
kan Railway Corpora-
tion Limited finalized
the agreement on
Monday.
Under the MoU, de-
velopmental work will
be jointly carried out
on the erection of a
cold storage plant pro-
posed in Ratnagiri.
Similarly, e-mobility
and other projects will
also be undertaken by
the two corporations
jointly, in the future.
Other dignitaries
present during the
signing ceremony in-
clude, Vijay Kumar
Kalam Patil, Director
(Operations), Sunil
Pote, Executive Direc-
tor (Operations), MA-
HAPREIT, LK Verma ,
Chief Commercial
Manager, Konkan Rail-
way Corporation Lim-
ited, among others.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
has launched phase 1
of the ‘MyBMC Build-
ing ID’ project to con-
nect various permits,
licenses and IDs across
departments onto one
ID to bring transpar-
ency and efficiency
.
The facility was
launched internally at
the BMC Head Office by
Additional Municipal
Commissioners (AMCs)
Ashwini Bhide and
Aashish Sharma and
will soon go live for citi-
zens.
The project includes
various BMC permis-
sions at the building
level including property
tax, fire NOC for build-
ings, water connection
to buildings, building
proposalapproval,build-
ing actions and factory
permits, tree records
and trimming, solid
waste management, and
sewage management.
Apart from these, var-
ious civic body permis-
sions and services at the
unit level, including
trade license shop and
establishment, fire NOC
for commercial units, di-
rect water supply to
units, waste manage-
ment commercial units,
building actions and fac-
tory permits, and health
licensearealsoincluded.
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
FOOTWEAR SHOP IN
MUMBAI; NONE HURT
Mumbai: A fire broke
out in the basement of
a footwear showroom
in Chembur area, a fire
brigade official said.
No one was injured in
the blaze that erupted
at around 10.45 pm on
Monday in the basement
at Shivashish Complex.
The basement was used
for the storage of stock
by a shoe company and
it was gutted in the fire.
At least five fire tenders
were rushed to the
spot and the blaze was
doused by 3.30 am on
Tuesday.
DY BANK MANAGER
HELD ON CHEATING
CHARGES IN PUNE
Pune: A deputy bank
manager, along with two
other men, was arrested
for allegedly taking
Rs2 crore from a cur-
rency chest of a public
sector bank in Pune in
an unauthorized way,
police said on Monday.
“In the investigation,
it was revealed that
Sushil Rawale works
as a deputy manager
with the bank’s currency
chest at Manchar and
he, by misusing his
position, took out Rs2
crore in an unauthorized
manner,” the police said.
21-YEAR-OLD SCRAP DEALER FOUND DEAD IN
PALGHAR DISTRICT, POLICE SUSPECT MURDER
MUMBAI TO HOST WORLD CONGRESS OF
ACCOUNTANTS FROM NOVEMBER 18-21
Palghar: The body of a
21-year-old scrap dealer was
found on a roadside in Palghar
district and police suspect it
to be case of murder. A village
police patil on Monday spotted
the body on Bhiwandi road and
alerted personnel of the Mira
Bhayander-Vasai Virar police
commissionerate, Mandvi police station’s senior inspec-
tor Prafulla Wagh said on Tuesday. The police rushed to
the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. A case was
registered against unidentified persons under IPC Sec-
tion 302 (murder) and search was on for the killers.
Mumbai: For the first time in
the 118 years of its history,
the International Federation
of Accountants (IFAC), is
hosting the World Congress
Of Accountants (WCOA)
in the megapolis. Like the
Olympics, the WCOA is also
held once in four years, and
the megapolis will be hosting the 21st congress from
November 18-21, the Institute of Chartered Account-
ants of India (ICAI) president Debashis Mitra said
here on Monday. The theme of the congress is ‘Build-
ing trust and enabling sustainability’.
CRUCIAL READ
Toddler dies in Mumbai;
126kidsinfectedthisyear
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Closure of
the Gokhale Road
bridge has led to se-
vere traffic woes and
increased travel time
for daily commuters
as vehicles are being
diverted to other
routes. As a result,
school bus operators
have been forced to
seek a change in the
timings of some
schools in and around
Andheri area.
According to the
President of School Bus
Owners’ Association
(SBOA), Maharashtra,
Anil Garg, the traffic
moving between And-
heri East and West is
completely out of con-
trol. After the Gokhale
bridge was closed,
school buses, among
other vehicles, are get-
ting stuck in traffic for
a long time.
“Since, drivers are
not able to manage mul-
tiple shifts and match
the school timings, we
will be requesting
some of the schools to
close half an hour early
,
to ease the pressure on
us and the traffic,” Garg
said.
He further added that
drivers and bais (wom-
en helpers) have said
that they will not work
in school buses due to
the delay caused by
the traffic. Most schools
in the area close
around 5.30 pm, leading
to a sudden surge in
vehicles.
School bus operators demand change in timings
CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC
Due to the closure of Gokhale
bridge, bus drivers are finding it
tough to manage multiple shifts
Vakola
traffic po-
lice have
said that they will
not allow buses
on Vile Parle
bridge. We will be
meeting different
authorities,
including school
management, to
discuss what can
be done.
—Anil Garg,
President SBOA
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Tues-
day issued a notice to
the Bar Council of In-
dia (BCI) seeking its
response on a plea
challenging the prac-
tice of courts taking
long vacations, there-
by affecting hearing
of cases.
A bench comprising
Justice SV Gangapur-
wala and Justice SG
Dige noted that the ex-
pectation of the litigant
was legitimate, but add-
ed a shortage of judges
was also an issue that
needed to be addressed.
“From where do you
get judges to constitute
benches? Expectation of
the litigant is legitimate
and we understand, and
the predicament too, but
what can we do,” the
court said.
The bench was hear-
ing a public interest liti-
gation filed by one Sabi-
na Lakdawala challeng-
ing the vacations being
taken by the high court
claiming the practice is
inviolationof thefunda-
mental rights of liti-
gants whose rights to
seekjusticegetsaffected.
The bench noted that
the views of the BCI, on
the plea, were relevant.
The high court breaks
forvacationsthreetimes
every year–summer va-
cation (one month), Di-
wali vacation (two
weeks) and Christmas
break (one week). Lak-
dawala’s lawyer
Mathews Nedumpara
contended that judges
could be encouraged to
take leave at different
times of the year so that
the court remains func-
tional throughout the
year. The bench, howev-
er, noted this may not be
feasible.
“Imagine if this is a
school. What if the
maths teacher takes
leaveinJanuary
,science
teacher takes in Febru-
ary
, some other teacher
takes in some other
month, how will the
school function?” asked
Justice Gangapurwala.
HC issues notice to BCI on
PIL against court vacations
Bombay High Court breaks for vacation three times every year in
summer, Diwali and Christmas. —FILE PHOTO
A petition has
challenged holiday
breaks taken by court,
termed it ‘violation of
fundamental rights’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The dead-
line to submit ten-
ders for the redevel-
opment of Dharavi
ended on Tuesday.
Around eight to
nine companies
from across the
globe have shown in-
terest in the project.
Certain clarifica-
tions and demands
have been made dur-
ing the initial rounds
of talks between gov-
ernment officials and
developers, such as
extending the overall
project’s completion
deadline since, given
the size of the project,
seven years is insuf-
ficient. According to
the interested parties,
at least 12 years are
required.
The Maharashtra
government and the
Rail Land Develop-
ment Authority
(RLDA) reached an
agreement in October
to transfer over 45
acres of land for this
ambitiousproject.The
agreement was signed
after the Union and
State Governments ar-
rived at a conclusion
that profits from the
project will be shared
with the Centre.
According to the
mutually agreed-up-
on solution, RLDA
will receive 0.21% of
the profits. If the re-
construction project
becomes stalled, the
state government will
owe Rs3,800 crore to
the Union ministry
.
The project will be
awarded to the con-
sortium quoting the
highest amount of in-
vestment, above the
stipulated Rs1,600
crore.
Deadline to submit tenders
for redevt of Dharavi ends
The developer has to acquire 24.62 hectares of pvt land.
During the initial
rounds of talks
extending the
project’s deadline
was discussed
MEASLES OUTBREAK
61 children
admitted to
state-run
Kasturba Hosp
with measles-like
symptoms from
Nov 04 to 14
The BMC began immunization of kids against preventable diseases. —FILE PHOTO
IN ACTION
MAHAPREIT and
Konkan Railway to
set up cold storage
Civic body launches
Phase 1 of ‘MyBMC
Building ID’ project
MAHAPREIT Konkan Railway members at MoU signing ceremony.
The facility has been launched internally at the BMC Head Office.
Both corporations to
jointly undertake
e-mobility, other
projects in future
MyBMC ID number is
a 15-digit SAC number
given by the AC dept
to assessed properties
School bus operators are in talks with authorities seeking a change
in the timings of some schools around Andheri. —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
What is the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia?
he latest G20
Summit is be-
ing held in Bali,
Indonesia, on
November 15
and 16. It is the culmina-
tion of a series of G20
events that have been go-
ing on for the past year.
But what are these G20
meetings really about?
What are the goals and
benefits for member states,
countries around the
world, and for host nation
Indonesia in particular?
Reports and statements
conveyed by state officials
that have attempted to ex-
plain this often use com-
plex and sometimes diplo-
matic language, making it
difficult for the public to
understand. This is unfor-
tunate as this year’s G20
meetings have attracted
more international atten-
tion than previous years.
The results of this summit
will undoubtedly deter-
mine the cohesiveness,
solidarity, and effective-
ness of the G20 forum and
its member countries.
WHAT IS THE G20?
The G20 is a multilateral
forum representing the
world’s largest economies,
involving 19 countries – Ar-
gentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, France,
Germany
, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Republic of
Korea,Mexico,Russia,Sau-
di Arabia, South Africa,
Turkey
, the UK, and the US
– plus the European Union.
GLOBAL HEALTH
The main agenda for the
health sector is strength-
ening “global health archi-
tecture”. The G20 member
countries, usually repre-
sented by their respective
ministers, hold a series of
meetings to discuss how to
build a resilient global
health system, align global
health protocols, and es-
tablish centres for the
manufacture and research
of genomes and vaccines.
DIGITAL CHANGE
The next primary agenda
item in G20 discussions is
on digital transformation.
Thetopicisbeingdiscussed
bycountriesandstakehold-
ers through the G20 Digital
Working Group, which has
carried out a series of ac-
tivities and meetings since
March 2022.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
The third agenda item at
this year’s G20 meetings is
on achieving a sustainable
energy transition. This re-
fers to efforts to encourage
global transition from non-
renewable energy use,
such as petroleum and
coal, to renewable energy,
including solar, wind, and
hydro.
Human activities, how-
ever, have disrupted this
natural balance. These in-
clude the combustion of
fossil fuels, pollution that
destroys marine life, and
forest encroachment. Ulti-
mately
, these activities will
continue to increase the
Earth’stemperature,which
hasincreasedby1.2°Csince
the pre-industrial era.
For this reason, coun-
tries worldwide – includ-
ing the G20 – are presently
taking various measures
to restore this balance. Ac-
cording to the Paris Agree-
ment, the deadline is 2050.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of
the future, concentrate the mind on the
present moment. —Buddha
he Trinamool government
is in a spot once again
thankstoWestBengalmin-
ister Akhil Giri who has
come under severe criti-
cism over his controversial
remarks on President
Droupadi Murmu recently
.
KEEPING DISTANCE
After a video of his com-
ments went viral, the Tri-
namool Congress (TMC)
minister apologised on
Friday and Sunday and on
Monday, the party supre-
mo and West Bengal Chief
Minister, Mamata Baner-
jee, had said the party con-
demned and apologised for
her minister’s comments
on President Droupadi
Murmu. Saying it is not in
her party’s culture to
make personal comments,
she added the MLA has
been cautioned over his
comments and her party
has also apologised.
“We respect the Presi-
dent a lot. She is a very
sweet lady, I apologise for
the comments,” Ms Baner-
jee said, adding that “Akhil
(Giri) has done something
wrong; I condemn the com-
ments and I apologise.
“Beautyisnotabouthow
you look, it is about how
you are from the inside,”
she added. Earlier, while
the BJP demanded his ar-
rest and removal from his
post besides a public apol-
ogy from Chief Minister
MamataBanerjee,theTMC
distanced itself from his
comments. The TMC is
having a tough time as the
party
,inordertosteerclear
of controversy, has had to
distance itself from a lot of
its stalwarts.
Calling the comments
“irresponsible”, the party
had distanced itself from
Giri’s remarks. “This is an
irresponsible comment
does NOT represent the
views of @AITCofficial.
We are extremely proud of
the President of India
hold her her office in the
highest regard,” read the
tweet by TMC spokesper-
son Saket Gokhale.
The BJP claimed when
he made those comments,
the women welfare depart-
ment minister of Mamata
Banerjee’s cabinet Shashi
Panka was also there.
While sharing the video
on social media, the state
BJP accused Mamata Ba-
nerjee and the Trinamool
of being anti-tribal.
COURTING TROUBLE
Such a remark by one of
its ministers regarding
President Droupadi Mur-
mu threatens to derail the
TMC’s ambitious plans to
keep the substantial tribal
population in West Bengal
from drifting away to-
wards the Saffron might.
BJP, meanwhile, is do-
ing everything to keep the
heat on TMC and have also
demanded his resignation.
THE TRIBAL CARD
Tribals account for about
7 to 8% of Bengal’s popula-
tion. In four parliamenta-
ry constituencies in Jun-
glemahal region, compris-
ing Jhargram, Bankura,
Purulia and West Mid-
napore districts, and eight
constituencies spread
across North Bengal dis-
tricts, such as Cooch Be-
har, Darjeeling, Alipurdu-
ar, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri,
North and South Dinajpur
and Malda, the tribal pop-
ulation count may go up to
almost 25%.
It may be recalled that
in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tions, the BJP had sur-
prised the TMC by win-
ning 18 seats… while the
TMC registered wins in 22
seats. What is important is
that the BJP had picked up
considerably in the tribal-
dominated areas and the
party had bagged all the
seats in Junglemahal and
six constituencies in
North Bengal.
SEESAW BATTLE
As they say, nothing and
no one are permanent en-
emies. The TMC had
fought and won a huge
number in the 2021 Assem-
bly elections, especially in
the Junglemahal districts,
which led to the TMC’s
massive mandate. Modi
government’s ace decision
while nominating Murmu
as the President had made
the TMC chief wary of the
binary of regional politics.
After the former
Jharkhand Governor’s
name was announced,
Mamata had created a flut-
ter by saying that if the
BJP had consulted the Op-
position parties, Murmu
could have been a “consen-
sus candidate” for the
country’s top post.
WHAT DIDI HAD SAID
“Had we known that they
(the NDA) were planning
to field a tribal woman or
a member of a minority
community, we could have
thought about it (consen-
sus). We have great respect
for people from tribal com-
munities and for women,”
Mamata said, adding that
now that (Yashwant) Sin-
ha had already filed his
nomination papers….
Not only stopping at
that, the astute politician
that Prime Minister is,
apart from nominating
Murmu as the President,
the PM through his Mann
Ki Baat reached out to the
Santhal tribe by lauding
the efforts of Prof Sripati
Tudu from none other
than West Bengal, who
had translated the Consti-
tution into Santhali lan-
guage’s Ol Chiki script.
For TMC, matters could
not be worse as the party’s
supremo was set to visit
Jhargram to celebrate
tribal legendary figure
Birsa Munda’s birth anni-
versary on Tuesday in a
bid to reach out to the trib-
als and Giri’s gaffe has
dampened this initiative.
TMC had also declared the
day as a general holiday
.
BJP’s West Bengal state
president, Sukanta Ma-
jumder, used the opportu-
nity to target the TMC and
he also accused the party
(TMC) of being “anti-trib-
al”. Amit Malviya, in-
charge of the BJP’s Na-
tional Information Tech-
nology Dept, and co-in-
charge of West Bengal,
tweeted: “Mamata Baner-
jee has always been anti-
Tribals, didn’t support
President Murmu for of-
fice, and now this. Shame-
ful level of discourse.”
The TMC had distanced
itself from Giri’s remarks
soonaftertherowbrokeout
on Friday
. Party said that
what Giri said was “irre-
sponsible”, and did not rep-
resent party’s views. “We
are extremely proud of the
President hold her her
office in the highest re-
gard,”tweetedTMCspokes-
person Saket Gokhale.
On Sunday, TMC Adi-
vasi leader and minister
Jyotsna Mandi said: “I
cannot support what Giri
said regarding a woman
President.” TMC leader
Kunal Ghosh, who also
condemned Giri’s re-
marks, added, “Where is
the condemnation from
BJP leaders when (LoP)
Suvendu Adhikari keeps
referring to the honorable
CM as ‘Begum’? Where is
the BJP’s ‘Nari Samman’
plank when its leaders use
reprehensible remarks
against women leaders?”
Already on the backfoot
with job scam and with
party stalwarts like Mon-
dol and Partha in custody
and with panchayat elec-
tions in a few months’
time, now Giri’s words has
put TMC in deep trouble.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GIRI’S BLUNDER MAY FLOUNDER
TMC’S TRIBAL PROSPECTS
T
TMC MINISTER APOLOGISES ON FRIDAY
AND SUNDAY; ON MONDAY WB CHIEF
MINISTER MAMATA SAYS, “I AM SORRY”
After a video of his comments went viral, the
Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister apolo-
gised on Friday and Sunday and on Monday, the
party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister,
Mamata Banerjee, had said the party condemned
and apologised for her minister’s comments on
President Droupadi Murmu. Saying it is not in
her party’s culture to make personal comments,
she added the MLA has been cautioned over his
comments and her party has also apologised.
CM MAMATA BANERJEE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ANTI-TRIBALS,
SAYS BJP’S AMIT MALVIYA
Amit Malviya, in-charge
of the BJP’s National
Information Technology
Dept, and co-in-charge
of West Bengal, tweeted:
“Mamata Banerjee has
always been anti-Tribals,
didn’t support President
Murmu for office, and now
this. Shameful level of discourse.”
The Trinamool govt
is in a spot once
again, thanks to
Bengal Minister
Akhil Giri who has
come under severe
criticism over
his controversial
remarks on
President Droupadi
Murmu recently
Amit Shah @AmitShah
I bow to Lord Birsa Munda ji
on his birth anniversary and
wish everyone a Happy Tribal
Pride Day. Birsa Munda ji
fought with the British for the
protection of water, forest and
land. His valor and his lifelong
struggle for the upliftment of tribal society will
continue to inspire us.
TOP TWEETS
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
PM @narendramodi ji said,
“in India, in order to further
sustainable food security, we
are emphasising on natural
farming and making millets,
along with other traditional
food grains, more popular.”
He also talked about India’s strides in renewable
energy. #G20Summit
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INDIA
SC TO HEAR PLEA
FOR LIFETIME BAN
ON CONVICTED NETAS
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday posted
for next week hearing in
a plea seeking to debar
convicted Members of
Parliament and State
Legislative Assemblies
from contesting elec-
tions for life. A top court
Bench said that it will
hear the matter next
week as it was hearing
other matters.
MLAS POACHING: HC
SAYS NO TO BJP’S
PLEA FOR CBI PROBE
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana High Court on Tues-
day rejected BJP plea to
hand over the TRS MLAs
poaching case to the CBI
but made the SIT prob-
ing the case independent.
The court also ruled that
a single judge will moni-
tor the probe into the
case relating to arrest of
3 alleged agents of BJP
for “luring” 4 TRS MLAs.
AMIT SHAH’S ‘TLC’
APPROACH FOR
PARTY REBELS
Rattled by protests and
angry statements by
leaders denied tickets
for Gujarat elections,
the BJP is “taking a love
and compassion” (TLC)
approach suggested
by Home Minister Amit
Shah, and plans to hold
one-on-one discussions
with discontented leaders,
sources said on Tuesday.
It comes a day after many
BJP workers protested at
the party’s headquarters,
Kamalam, in Gandhinagar
over the tickets from
some seats. The party
has so far announced 160
of 182 candidates, and al-
ready dropped 38 MLAs.
“A team of state leaders
has been given the job
to talk to the disgruntled
ones,” said a source in
the party. In power in Gu-
jarat for 27 consecutive
years, the party has partly
tried this approach in the
past few days, deput-
ing state home minister
Harsh Sanghavi.
TRIANGULAR
CONTEST IN
KHAMBHALIYA SEAT
The stage is set for
a triangular fight in
the Khambhaliya seat
of Devbhumi Dwarka
district with senior
Congress leader Vikram
Madam, Aam Aadmi
Party’s chief ministerial
candidate Isudan Gad-
hvi and BJP candidate
Mulubhai contesting the
next month’s Assembly
polls. Congress leader
Madam has grabbed
eyeballs not for his high
winning chances, but
for his political maturity,
diplomacy, and the way
he praised his elec-
toral opponent and AAP
candidate Isudan Gadhvi
in public meetings. His
speech has gone viral
on social media winning
several hearts.
GUJARAT POLLS
“BJP will break all records”
Shah confident of forming govt again
Amit Shah greets the BJP supporters as he arrive to inaugurate the party’s election, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Ahmedabad (ANI):Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Tuesday exud-
ed confidence in the BJP
forming government in
the upcoming Gujarat
Assembly elections and
said that the party will
“break all records and
win with the most num-
ber of seats”.
The Union Home
Minister is in Gujarat's
Ahmedabad where he
accompanied the San-
and constituency candi-
date in filing his nomi-
nation for the upcoming
assembly elections.
Speaking to the media
here, Shah said, “BJP in
this Assembly elections,
will break all records
and win with the most
number of seats and
will form the govern-
ment with a majority
.”
Shah hailed the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel and said that
they are giving pace to
the developmental work
in the state.
The Union Minister
also mentioned the law
and order situation and
said that it has im-
proved in the state.
“The leadership of
PMModiandCMPatelis
giving pace to develop-
ment work. Gujarat’s
law and order situation
has improved, state’s
economy has grown. PM
Modi's development
model for Dalits, tribals
and OBC community of
Gujaratisbeingfollowed
by CM Patel,” he said.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party has fielded Kanu
Patel to contest from the
Sanand constituency in
Ahmedabad for the
polls slated to be held in
two phases on Decem-
ber 1 and December 5.
On Monday, the BJP
released its fourth list
of candidates, where it
announced 12 names in-
cluding two women can-
didates.
Earlier, the party re-
leased the names of 167
candidates for Gujarat
polls.
The leadership of PM Modi and CM
Patel is giving pace to development
work. Gujarat’s law and order situa-
tion has improved, state’s economy has grown.
PM Modi’s development model for Dalits, trib-
als and OBC community of Gujarat is being
followed by CM Patel.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
PM MODI, BJP CHIEF NADDA, HM SHAH
AMONG PARTY’S STAR CAMPAIGNERS
The BJP has drawn up a list of star campaigners for the
upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. Topping the list is
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The other prominent names
on the list include BJP national president JP Nadda, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
and fellow central cabinet colleagues Smriti Irani, Dharmen-
dra Pradhan, Mansukh Mandaviya and Purushottam Rupala.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who is seeking a fresh
mandate from the Ghatlodia Assembly segment, also features
in the star campaigners list along with BJP state president
CR Patil and state Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi.
KHARGE, GANDHIS, KANHAIYA: CONG’S
STAR CAMPAIGNERS FOR GUJ POLLS
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections next month, the
Congress on Tuesday released a list of 40 star campaign-
ers, which includes former party president Sonia Gandhi and
her children Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi and party general
secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Newly elected Congress
president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel are
among the other prominent names on the list. Interestingly,
it also includes former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan
Sachin Pilot who had led an unsuccessful rebellion against
Gehlot. Former CMs of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh and
Kamal Nath, are also scheduled to campaign in Gujarat.
HC JUNKS UDDHAV’S
PLEA AGAINST POLL
SYMBOL’S FREEZING
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
dismissed the plea moved
by Former Maharashtra CM
Uddhav Thackeray against
the Election Commission’s
decision to freeze Election
Symbol of Bow and Arrow.
The Bench also directed
ECI to decide the dispute as
expeditiously as possible
which is pending before it.
GUJ HC JUDGE RECUSES
HIMSELF FROM BAIL
PETITION OF SETALVAD
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High
Court judge Justice Samir
Dave on Tuesday recused
himself from hearing the
regular bail petition of
activist Teesta Setalvad in
connection with a case of
the alleged fabrication of
evidence to frame innocent
people concerning 2002
Gujarat riots. Setalvad is
out on interim bail.
FOLLOW OUR ORDERS
ON ADOPTION AND
POLLING FOR IOA: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday directed
that its orders of October
10 and November 3 on the
adoption of constitution
and polling for executive
committee of the Indian
Olympic Association shall
be scrupulously followed. A
bench recorded assurance
of Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta on this matter.
COURTYARD
in the
in the
“India undertaking efforts to fight climate change”
New Delhi (PTI): India
is undertaking an ardu-
ous effort to fight cli-
mate change despite
accounting for less than
4 per cent of the world’s
cumulative emissions
so far, Environment
Minister Bhupender
Yadav said on Tuesday
.
Delivering the na-
tional statement at the
UN climate summit in
Egypt, Yadav said India
responded to the call for
increased ambition in
the 2030 climate targets
and updated its Nation-
ally Determined Contri-
butions in August.
“India, home to 1.3 bil-
lion people, is undertak-
ing this arduous effort
despite the reality that
our contribution to the
world’scumulativeemis-
sions so far is less than 4
per cent and our annual
per capita emissions are
about one-third of the
global average,” he said.
The minister said the
country has embarked
on far-reaching new ini-
tiatives in renewable
energy
, e-mobility
, etha-
nol blended fuels, and
green hydrogen as an
alternateenergysource.
It seeks to foster
strong international co-
operation through ac-
tion and solutions-ori-
ented coalitions like
International Solar Al-
liance and the Coalition
of Disaster Resilience
Infrastructure, both of
which were launched
and nurtured by India,
Yadav said.
“This is a testimony
to our ethos of collec-
tive action for global
good,” he said.
Yadav mentioned that
India would assume the
presidency of the G20 in
2023 with the motto of
‘One Earth, One Family
,
One Future’.
“Ourjourneytowards
a planet safe for human-
ity is one that no nation
can undertake alone.
This is a collective jour-
ney to be undertaken
with equity and climate
justice as our guiding
principles,” he said.
“We hope that the
fight against climate
change will unite the
world as one family,”
the Union Minister for
Environment, Forest
Climate Change said.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav at at COP 27, in Egypt.
D Bravo,K Williamson,N Pooran
released ahead of IPL auction
Everyone living in
India is ‘Hindu’, says
RSS chief Bhagwat
New Delhi (PTI): IPL
giants Chennai Super
Kings on Tuesday end-
ed their hugely success-
ful 11-year association
with legendary all-
rounder Dwayne Bravo
while Sunrisers Hy-
derabad released star
batter Kane Williamson
ahead of the cash-rich
league’s mini auction.
Tuesday was the last
date to announce the
full list of players re-
tained and released by
the teams ahead of the
mini auction, sched-
uled to be held on De-
cember 23 in Kochi.
The day started with
Mumbai Indians’ long-
standing West Indian
all-rounder Kieron Pol-
lard announcing his re-
tirement from the IPL,
only to be drafted as the
five-time champions’
batting coach.
Mumbai Indians have
released 13 players. In
other big movements,
Punjab Kings have re-
leased their last edi-
tion’s captain Mayank
Agarwal, while West
Indies skipper Nicholas
Pooran was released by
Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Yatrahasbroughttofore
‘real’ Rahul: Ramesh
Washim (PTI): The
Bharat Jodo Yatra has
brought to the fore the
“real” Rahul Gandhi
andcompletelychanged
his image, senior party
leader Jairam Ramesh
asserted on Tuesday
.
Responding to a ques-
tion at a presser in here
where the yatra has
reached on its 69th day,
Ramesh said the cross-
country foot-march led
by Gandhi has nothing
to do with any state poll
and if its impact has to
be assessed, then it can
only be done in the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Ramesh said Gandhi
is “not a dettol or fevi-
col brand” that he has
to be rebranded and the
Lok Sabha MP from
Kerala has his own
views on key issues.
Shillong: RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Sunday said all people
living in India are Hin-
dus in terms of identi-
ty. Elaborating the RSS’
philosophy, he said that
Hinduism is not a reli-
gion but a way of life.
At a gathering in
Shillong, the RSS chief
said all are Hindus as
all Indians are the in-
habitants of Hindu-
stan, which, he said is
in the south of the Him-
alayas, north of Indian
Ocean, on the bank of
the Indus river.
“The habitants of
this area are tradition-
ally called Hindus. This
is also called Bharat,”
said Bhagwat.
The RSS chief said
evenbeforetheMughals
who have spread Islam
and the British rulers
who spread Christiani-
ty, Hindus were already
in existence.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi embraces the people during the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Hingoli on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KERALA CONG PREZ SUDHAKARAN’S
FAUX PAUS LEAVES SEVERAL FUMING
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress President K Sudha-
karan has come under attack from not just the CPI-M but
even his party men after he purportedly made ‘pro-RSS’
comments. On Children’s Day on Monday, Sudhakaran said
that PM Jawaharlal Nehru had struck a truce with “communal
fascists” for democracy’s sake by agreeing to accommodate
Jan Sangh founder and RSS leader Shyama Prasad Mukher-
jee in the Cabinet. A few days ago, he said Congress workers
had protected the RSS offices during his heydays in Kannur,
when it came under duress from the Left forces.
ED turns down
Soren’s request to
advance summons
Didi:Will I have to
touch PM’s feet for
MGNREGA funds?
Ranchi (PTI): The ED
has not agreed to
Jharkhand CM Hemant
Soren’s request for re-
scheduling the sum-
mons issued to him for
questioning on Novem-
ber 17 in a money laun-
dering case linked to
alleged illegal mining
in the state, sources
said on Tuesday. The
JMM leader had asked
the ED to advance the
date of appearance to
November 16, which
has not been agreed to
by the agency. Soren
was initially sum-
moned by the federal
probe agency on No-
vember 3, but he did not
depose citing official
engagements. He had
then sought a three-
week deferment of the
summons. The CM has
been asked to appear at
ED’s regional office.
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
on Tuesday questioned
whether she will have
to touch the feet of the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to get the dues
of the state government
on account of Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guaran-
tee Act (MGNREGA)
scheme.
“To get the Central
funds for the 100-day job
scheme under MGNRE-
GA scheme is our right.
I personally met the
Prime Minister and
spoke to him in the mat-
ter. Will I have to touch
his feet now? The Union
government will have
to pay our dues at any
cost. Else the positions
of power have to be va-
cated,” the CM said at
Jhargram on Tuesday
.
“AMAZON FUNDING
CONVERSIONS IN N-E”
New Delhi: RSS-linked
weekly ‘Organiser’ has
accused US e-commerce
giant Amazon of financing
a “Christian conversion
module” in India’s north-
eastern states and being
involved in suspected
money laundering. The
publication carried a cover
story in its latest edition.

06
INDIA
HOPES...DREAMS...POSSIBILITIES
8,00,00,00,000!
New Delhi: In a mile-
stone for humanity, the
global population hit 8
billion on Tuesday after
having added a billion
people in last 12 years,
with India on cusp of
overtaking China as
the world’s most popu-
lous country next year.
UNs said global mile-
stone signals major im-
provements in public
health that have low-
ered risk of death, in-
creased life expectancy
but moment is also a
clarion call for human-
ity to look beyond num-
bers, meet its shared
responsibility to pro-
tect people planet.
India is projected to surpass China in 2023, latest report by UN projects
World population hit 8
billion, grows 1 billion
in just 12 years span
Unless we bridge the
yawning chasm between
the global haves and have-
nots, we are setting ourselves up for
an 8-billion-strong world filled with
tensions and mistrust, crisis conflict.
—Antonio Guterres,
UN Secretary-General
z INDIA’S POPULATION
STANDS AT 1.412 BILLION
IN 2022, COMPARED WITH
CHINA’S 1.426 BILLION
z INDIA IS PROJECTED TO
SURPASS CHINA AS THE
WORLD’S MOST POPU-
LOUS COUNTRY IN 2023
z INDIA IS PROJECTED TO
HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION
OF 1.668 BILLION BY THE
YEAR 2050
THE DATA STATES...
‘She was a different person before meeting Aaftab’
Accused Aaftab Poonawala taken to forested area in Delhi’s Mehrauli to trace Shraddha Walkar’s body parts
New Delhi: “If Aaftab
Poonawala has done
everything he has
claimed during the in-
terrogation, he must be
hanged. I think he de-
serves stringent punish-
ment for killing my
daughter and hiding
everything for months. I
wish we knew what was
going on…It was her
friends who informed
us…(she was) missing,”
said Vikas Walkar, fa-
ther of the 27-year-old
Shraddha Walkar, who
was allegedly killed by
herlive-inpartnerPoon-
awala at their rented flat
in South Delhi’s Meh-
rauli in May this year.
The incident came to
light six months after
the murder and Poon-
awala was arrested on
Saturday
. He allegedly
told the police that he
chopped Shraddha’s
body into 30-35 pieces
and dumped them in the
forest area nearby
. He al-
legedly spent two to
three months dumping
the pieces.
Both the accused and
victim hail from Vasai
in Maharashtra’s Pal-
ghar district and met on
adatingappin2019.Sen-
ior Delhi Police officers
on Tuesday took Poon-
awala to the Mehrauli
forest area to recover
Shraddha’s body parts.
Shraddha Walkar and Aftab Poonawala.
I’ve every right to
make decisions:
Shraddha’s msg
New Delhi: “I am
25-years-old now and I
have every right to
make my own deci-
sions. I want to be in a
live-in relationship
with Aaftab Poonawala.
So, you may think that I
am not your daughter
from today
.” These were
the last words Shrad-
dha Walkar told her
parents while leaving
her Mumbai home in
2019, as per an FIR filed
on the basis of her fa-
ther’s complaint. On
May 18, Shraddha was
murdered, allegedly by
Aaftab, who chopped
her body into over 30
pieces and disposed of
them over three
months. Ever since
their confrontation in
2019, the relationship
between Shraddha and
her family had been
“strained”, and they
hardly ever saw each
other.
Shraddha Walkar killing revives
memories of Gulati murder case
Dehradun (PTI):
Twelve years before
Shraddha Walkar’s
murder shook the
country, Dehradun
lived its own night-
mare with the Anupa-
ma Gulati killing, in
which her husband
sawed her body into 72
pieces and froze them,
before dumping them
over several days.
The two horrific
murders have several
aspects in common.
Experts here said they
notonlyrevealthebru-
tality of the killers but
also the fact that the
murders were premed-
itated,andnotcommit-
ted in a fit of rage.
AAFTAB POONAWALA GOOGLED
WAYS TO CLEAN BLOOD STAINS
New Delhi: Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, who
allegedly killed Shraddha Walkar, his live-in
partner, stayed active on her social media ac-
count to conceal the grisly murder. To counter
the stench in the apartment, Aaftab would light
agarbatti or incense sticks. He was inspired by
the American crime show ‘Dexter’, police said
on Monday.
SHRADDHA WALKAR’S FATHER
SUSPECTS ‘LOVE JIHAD’ ANGLE
New Delhi: The father of Shraddha Walkar
demanded a death penalty for the accused while
also suspecting a “love jihad” angle behind the
incident. “I suspected a love jihad angle. We
demand death penalty for Aftab. I trust Delhi Police
and the probe is moving in the right direction.
Shraddha was close to her uncle and didn’t talk to
me much,” her father Vikas Walkar told.
AAFTAB DATED ANOTHER WOMAN
AFTER KILLING SHRADDHA
New Delhi: Aaftab Poonawala, who allegedly
strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar,
started dating and brought another woman to
his house even while Sharddha’s body parts
were stored in his refrigerator, police said. The
police said Aaftab met another woman through
a dating app and brought her to the same flat,
where he had allegedly killed Shraddha.
Prez Murmu, V-P Dhankhar, PM Modi pay tributes
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi addressed the
nation on the occasion
of Jan jatiya Gaurav Di-
vas on November 15. He
said,“Iconsiderthisthe
fortune of my govt that
it got the opportunity to
declare 15th Nov (birth
anniversary of Birsa
Munda) as Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas. He was
not only the hero of our
political independence,
but he was also the con-
ductor of our spiritual
and cultural energy
.” He
further added, “ Today,
the entire country is cel-
ebrating the birth anni-
versary of Bhagwan
Birsa Munda with devo-
tion and respect.”
India, US kick-start mega military drills
New Delhi (PTI): The
armies of India and the
US on Tuesday began
an over two-week mega
military exercise at a
military facility in Utta-
rakhand with an aim to
exchange best practices
and tactics in sync with
growing defence ties be-
tween the two coun-
tries.
The ‘Yudh Abhyas’
exercise began amid
the 30-month border
standoff between India
and China in eastern
Ladakh.
The exercise is con-
ducted annually be-
tween India and the US.
The previous edition of
the exercise was con-
ducted at Joint Base El-
mendorf Richardson,
Alaska (the US) in Octo-
ber last year.
Officials said the 18th
edition of the exercise
began on Tuesday and
will end in the first
week of December.
US Army soldiers of
second brigade of the
11th Airborne division
and Indian Army sol-
diers from the Assam
Regiment will be par-
ticipating in the exer-
cise.
ODISHA EOW
ARRESTS THREE
CYBER CRIMINALS
OUR GOVT WILL DEAL
WITH RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION: BAGHEL
Bhubaneswar: Three cyber
criminals, including two
from Rajasthan, were
arrested for allegedly
cheating several people
of Odisha. Mahmud Khan
and Munfed Khan were
arrested from Rajasthan
and Anil Khiller from Odi-
sha’s Mayurbhanj district,
an official of the economic
offences wing (EOW) of
Odisha said. The accused
along with few others have
opened about 2000 mule
accounts with Indian Post
Payment Bank (IPPB)
in the name of different
innocent/rustic persons of
Odisha, West Bengal, Bi-
har, and Assam. They have
cheated several people
of Odisha’s Nabarangpur
district.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh Baghel
has said one’s caste is
accorded by birth and one
cannot change the caste
into which one is born.
However, while everybody
has the right to choose
his or her religion, his
government is strict and
unsparing when it comes
to dealing with forcible
religious conversions, he
added. Strict action will
be taken if any compaint
of forcible religious
conversion is brought to
the government’s notice,
the CM added. The SC on
Monday observed that
everyone has the right to
choose their religion but
there should be no forced
conversion.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRSA MUNDA
WHATSAPP INDIA HEAD AND META INDIA’S
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY RESIGN
New Delhi: WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and director
of Public Policy at Meta India Rajiv Aggarwal resigned from
their positions on Tuesday. Shivnath Thukral, director of
WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been made the
director of Public Policy for all Meta brands in the country.
The development came after Meta Chief Executive Officer
Mark Zuckerberg said on November 9 that it will fire over
11,000 employees. The layoff will reduce Meta’s staff
strength by 13%. The company has also extended a freeze
on new hiring till first quarter (Jan-March) of next fiscal.
President Droupadi Murmu meets with the family members of
Birsa Munda in Jharkhand on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Munda was carrier of our spiritual cultural
energy: PM on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
tending greetings on the
occasion of Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said that the na-
tion is moving with the
energy of ‘Panch Praan’
to realize the dreams of
Bhagwan Birsa Munda
and crores of Janjatiya
braveheart.
“Expressing pride in
the tribal heritage of
the country through
Janjatiya Gaurav Di-
was and resolution for
the development of the
Adivasi community is
part of that energy”,
PM said. PM Modi paid
tributes to Bhagwan
Birsa Munda and said
that 15th November is a
day to celebrate Adivasi
tradition.
VP Dhankhar at Birsa Munda birth anniversary celebration in Delhi.
Birsa Munda was a young freedom fighter and a tribal
leader, whose spirit of activism in the late nineteenth
century, is remembered to be a strong mark of protest
against British rule in India. Born and raised in the tribal
belt around Bihar and Jharkhand, Birsa Munda’s achieve-
ments are known to be even more remarkable by virtue of
the fact that he came to acquire them before he was 25.
Image for representational purpose only.
UP: Yogi takes part
in Griha Pravesh
Lucknow (ANI): Stat-
ing that the poor and
underprivileged re-
mained deprived of
benefitting from ambi-
tious government
schemes like PMAY
before 2017 in Uttar
Pradesh, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
said that previous gov-
ernments divided the
society to salvage the
lost political ground
and to increase their
vote bank.
“Their neglect re-
veals their real con-
cern for the needy,”
Adityanath said. He
took part in the ‘Griha
Pravesh’ ceremony for
beneficiaries under
CM Awas Scheme, and
distribution of the first
installment to about
34,500 beneficiaries on
Tuesday.
SEVEN APE LIKE
ENDANGERED
ANIMALS SEIZED
‘GIVE ME INSTANCE OF
MY INTERFERENCE IN
GOVT I WILL QUIT’
Assam: The Assam Police
on Tuesday apprehended
two men for allegedly
transporting seven Ape-like
endangered animals from
Mizoram. The police team of
Ramnathpur Police Station
seized these endangered
animals which were
transported from Mizoram.
“Seven Ape-like endangered
animals were seized by
Hailakandi police team of
Ramnathpur PS. Animals
were transported from
Mizoram,” Hailakandi police
said. Earlier on Septem-
ber 16, Khawzawl Police
at Tuisenphai Checkgate
rescued three two-spider
monkeys (female with a
baby) and one Indri Lemur
suspected to be smuggled
from Myanmar.
New Delhi: Kerala Gover-
nor Arif Mohammad Khan
responding to the LDF pro-
test outside the Raj Bhavan
said, give me one instance
where I tried to interfere in
the business of the govt,
I shall resign at that very
moment. Khan said, Job to
run universities is with the
chancellor, to run govt is
with elected govt. Give me
one instance where I tried
to interfere in the business
of the government, I shall
resign at that very moment.
He added, “I’m not going
to deal with these things.
But I can tell you one thing,
I think there’s enough
evidence for you to come to
the conclusion that I’m not
the type of person who can
be pressurised.”
Rajesh Gulati Anupama Gulati
SHRADDHA MURDER
WHO WAS BIRSA MUNDA?
CRUCIAL READ

Crisil foresees bank credit growing 15%
Mumbai (PTI): Riding on
a broad-based economic re-
covery and stronger, clean-
er balance sheets, lenders
are expected to see their
credit growing at 15% this
fiscal and the next, a report
said on Tuesday
.
Credit growth so far this
fiscal has printed in at
around 18%, which is a dec-
adal high.
Already, large lenders
have seen corporates flock-
ing to banks for funds for
capital expenditure and
also for working capital as
the demand side of the
economy is faring better.
SBI has the best corpo-
rate loan sales in Q2 re-
cording a 20% growth and
so did most other lenders
including private sector
banks. Bank credit is seen
growing 15% per annum in
fiscals 2023 and 2024, Crisil
said in a report.
The agency said that its
forecast is based on an ex-
pected 7% GDP growth this
fiscal, as well as the expect-
ed continuation of the
credit push from govern-
ment’s infrastructure
spends, higher working
capital demand in a high-
inflation environment.
THIS AND NEXT FISCALS
HIGHLIGHTING
POINTS
z Credit growth so far this
fiscal has printed in at
around 18%, which is a
decadal high
z State Bank of India (SBI) has
the best corporate loan sales
in Q2 recording a 20 per cent
growth
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: SBI has raised
the marginal cost of
funds-based lending rate
(MCLR) by 15 basis points
across tenors, making
most consumer loans
costlier for borrowers. The
revised rates come into ef-
fect from November 15,
2022. The benchmark
one-year MCLR, which is
used as base for fixing
most of home, auto and
personal loans, has been
raised by 10 basis points
(bps) to 8.05%, as against
7.95% earlier. Likewise,
the two-year and three-
year MCLRs have been
raised by 10 basis points
each. —PTI
SBI HIKES MCLR BY
UP TO 15 BPS
ACROSS TENORS
New Delhi (PTI): HDFC
will raise up to `5,500
crore by issuing bonds on
private placement basis to
shore up its resources.
The secured redeemable
non-convertible deben-
tures issue will have a
base size of `4,000 crore
with an option to retain
oversubscription of up to
`1,500 crore. “The object
of the issue is to augment
the long-term resources
of the Corporation,”
Housing Development Fi-
nance Corporation
(HDFC) Ltd said in a regu-
latory filing. —PTI
HDFC TO RAISE UP
TO `5,500 CRORE
VIA BONDS
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
top oil and gas producer
ONGC reported a 30% fall
in September quarter net
profit after the govern-
ment brought a new tax
on windfall profits arising
from a spurt in interna-
tional energy prices. Net
profit of `12,825.99
crore, or `10.20 a share,
in July-Sept 2022-23 is
compared with
`18,347.73 crore, or
`14.58 per share net
profit in the same period
a year ago, ONGC said in
a statement. —PTI
ONGC Q2 PROFIT
TUMBLES 30 PER
CENT TO `12,826 CR
New Delhi: Reserve Bank
Governor Shaktikanta Das
will hold a meeting with
CEOs of public sector
banks on Wednesday to
discuss issues concerning
slow deposit growth and
sustainability of high
credit demand. As per the
RBI data, deposits rose by
9.6% as compared to
10.2% on a Y-o-Y basis,
while credit offtake wit-
nessed a jump of 17.9%
as against 6.5% a year
ago. According to an
agenda circulated for the
meeting, sustainability, in-
cluding pricing and slow
growth of deposits, would
be discussed. —PTI
RBI GOVERNOR DAS
TO MEET CEOs OF
BANKS TODAY
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 53,275.00 294.00 0.55 (Per 10g)
SILVER 63,148.00 366.00 0.57 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.11 0.17 0.20
GBPINR 95.90 0.02 0.02
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
MOODY’S ACCORDS
NEGATIVE OUTLOOK TO
CREDIT WORTHINESS
New Delhi: Moody’s on
Tuesday gave a ‘negative
outlook’ to credit worthiness
of countries
globally for
2023, saying
high prices
of food and
energy would curb eco-
nomic growth and raise social
tensions. Tighter financial
conditions and economic
scarring will push some debt
burdens to unsustainable
levels, while rising borrowing
costs will erode debt afford-
ability, according to Moody’s.
It forecast that as many as
13 nations, including India,
would spend over 20% of
their government revenue in
servicing debt next year.—PTI
CCI TO TAKE UP GST
COMPLAINTS FROM
DECEMBER 1
New Delhi: All GST anti-prof-
iteering complaints would be
dealt with by the Competition
Commission
of India (CCI)
from Decem-
ber 1 as the
extended ten-
ure of National Anti-profiteer-
ing Authority ends this month,
an official said on Tuesday.
A notification in this regard
is expected to be issued by
the finance ministry later this
month, the official added.
The National Anti-profiteering
Authority (NAA) was set up in
November 2017 under Section
171A of Goods and Services
Tax (GST) law to check unfair
profiteering activities by regis-
tered suppliers. —PTI
US ORDERS AIR INDIA TO PAY $121.5 MN AS
PASSENGER REFUNDS $1.4 MN AS FINES
Washington: The US has ordered Tata-group owned Air India to
pay a whopping $121.5 million as refunds and $1.4 million as
penalties for extreme delays in providing refunds to passengers
due to the cancellation or change in
flights, mostly during the pandemic,
officials said. Air India is among the six
airlines that have agreed to cough up
a total of over $600 million as refunds,
the US Department of Transportation
said on Monday. Air India’s policy of
“refund on request” is contrary to the
Department of Transportation policy, which mandates air carriers
to legally refund tickets in the case of cancellation or change in
flight, officials said. —PTI
GOVT ISSUES DRAFT NOTIFICATION TO STREAMLINE,
STRENGTHEN TOURIST PERMIT REGIME
New Delhi: With an aim to further streamline and strengthen the
tourist permit regime, the ministry of road transport and high-
ways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification to supersede the
All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation
or Permit) Rules, 2021. According to an
official statement, the rules notified in
2021 provided a significant boost to the
tourism sector in India by streamlining
and simplifying the permit regime for
tourist vehicles. “MoRTH has issued
a draft notification on 11 November
2022 to supersede the All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation or
Permit) Rules, 2021. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
SENSEX UP TO NEVER-BEFORE HIGH
Mumbai (PTI): Market
benchmark Sensex
climbed 248 points to close
at its all-time high of 61,872
on Tuesday, propped up by
robust fag-end buying in
banking and energy stocks
amid a positive trend in
global equities.
A strengthening rupee,
encouraging domestic in-
flation data and unabated
foreign capital inflows fur-
ther bolstered sentiment,
traders said.
After a see-saw session,
the 30-share BSE Sensex
rose 248.84 points or 0.40%
to settle at 61,872.99 -- sur-
passing its previous clos-
ing peak of 61,795.04 on
November 11.
During the day
, the index
witnessed a high of
61,955.96 — its 52-week in-
traday high — and a low of
61,436.90.
The broader National
Stock Exchange (NSE) Nif-
ty advanced 74.25 points or
0.41% to finish at 18,403.40.
“Following gains in glob-
al equities, early losses in
the domestic market were
reversed, with banking
stocks steering the recov-
ery. Food and commodity
price declines have helped
to keep domestic inflation
below 7%.
PowerGrid topped the
Sensex gainers’ chart, ris-
ing 2.20%, followed by ICI-
CI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Ul-
traTech Cement, SBI, Dr
Reddy’s, Titan, MM and
HDFC Twins.
In contrast, Bajaj Fin-
serv, ITC, Reliance, Sun
Pharma and Nestle India
were among the laggards,
shedding up to 0.76 per
cent. Inthebroadermarket,
the BSE midcap gauge
climbed0.08%andsmallcap
index ended marginally
higher by 0.01%.
Among sectoral indices,
oil gas climbed 0.99%, tel-
ecommunication jumped
0.79%, auto (0.75%), bankex
(0.70%)andutilities(0.53%).
FMCG, industrials, capi-
tal goods, metal and realty
were among the laggards.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 17 paise to close at
81.11 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, on positive
domestic macroeconomic data and weak American currency.
Forex traders said a firm trend in domestic equities, sustained
foreign fund inflows and easing crude oil
prices also supported the local unit. At the in-
terbank foreign exchange market, the local unit
opened at 81.18 and touched an intra-day high
of 81.04 and a low of 81.45 against the green-
back. The local unit finally settled at 81.11,
registering a rise of 17 paise over its previous
close. On Monday, the rupee depreciated by 50
paise to close at 81.28 against the US currency.Meanwhile, the
dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a
basket of six currencies, slipped 0.38 per cent to 106.25.
` GAINS 17 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 81.11/$
GOLD GAINS `294;
SILVER CLIMBS `366
New Delhi (PTI): Gold rallied by
`294 to `53,275 per 10 gram in
the national capital on Tuesday
amid rise in prices of the metal
in interna-
tional market,
according to
HDFC Securi-
ties. Silver also
climbed ` 366
to ` 63,148
per kilogram.
In international market, gold was
trading in the green at $1,780
per ounce while silver was up at
$22.14 per ounce.
Exports decline by 17 pc to
$29.78 billion in October
New Delhi (FIB): India’s
exports entered negative
territory after a gap of
about two years, declining
sharply by 16.65% to $29.78
billion in October, mainly
due to global demand slow-
down, even as trade deficit
widened to $26.91 billion,
according to data by com-
merce ministry
.
Key export sectors, in-
cluding gems and jewellery
,
engineering, petroleum
products, ready-made gar-
ments of all textiles, chem-
icals, pharma, marine
products, and leather, re-
corded negative growth
during October.
Imports during the
month under review rose
by about 6% to $56.69 bil-
lion on account of increase
in the inbound shipments
of crude oil and certain
raw materials such as cot-
ton, fertiliser and machin-
ery. During April-October
2022, exports recorded a
growth of 12.55% to $263.35
billion. Imports rose
33.12% to $436.81 billion.
The merchandise trade
deficit for April-October
2022 was estimated at
$173.46 billion as against
$94.16 billion in April-Octo-
ber 2021, as per the data.
Trade deficit in October
2021 was $17.91 billion. Last
time it was in November
2020, when exports con-
tracted by 8.74%.
ACC TO DATA
IN OCTOBER 2022
z Key export sectors, including
gems and jewellery,
engineering, petroleum
products, ready-made
garments of all textiles,
chemicals, pharma, marine
products, and leather,
recorded negative growth
z Imports during the month
under review rose by about
6% to $56.69 billion
‘Data protection
bill will end misuse
of customer data,
penalise violators’
New Delhi (PTI): The pro-
posed data protection bill
will put an end to misuse of
customer data, and viola-
tors will face punitive ac-
tion under the rule, Minis-
ter of State for Electronics
and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said on Tuesday
.
The minister shared his
reaction in response to
Google’s settlement of an
investigation in the US
which outlines that the in-
ternet giant misled users
and continued tracking
their location even after
they opted out of the loca-
tion tracking system. “This
type of “misuse” of custmr
data violates #Privacy n
#DataProtection expecta-
tions India’s #DigitalData-
Protection bill will put a
stop to this - ensure that
any Platform/Intermedi-
ary that does this will face
punitive financial conse-
quences, “ Min tweeted.
IN EVs PRODUCTION
‘India has potential to become world leader’
Washington (PTI): India
has the potential to become
the world leader in electric
vehicles production, a re-
search by Berkeley Nation-
al Laboratory and UCLA
said, underlining that mak-
ing the transition from
diesel-fuelled trucks to
electric-charged will ena-
ble the country to meet the
goal of net zero greenhouse
gas emissions by 2070.
India imports 88% of the
oil it uses and of the total
petroleum consumed by
the country’s transport sec-
tor, nearly 60% used by
freight trucks.
A study by the Depart-
ment of Energy’s Lawrence
Berkeley National Labora-
tory (Berkeley Lab) and
University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) on
Monday revealed that elec-
tric trucks would be more
affordable to operate than
diesel and India could be-
come a world leader in pro-
ducing electric vehicles.
The transition will also
help India reduce its reli-
ance on imported oil, im-
prove the air quality, and
meet the goal of net zero
greenhouse gas emissions
by 2070, the study said on
Tuesday
.
‘Direct tax collection to
exceed budget target’
New Delhi (PTI): The di-
rect tax collection in the
current fiscal is likely to
exceed the budget target of
`14.20 lakh crore by about
30%, a senior official said
on Tuesday
.
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) Chairman
Nitin Gupta also said that
the Budget for next fiscal
could bring about some
tweaks in the TDS provi-
sion for online gaming to
check tax evasion.
“Currently there is a pro-
vision for deduction of
TDS on online gaming.
There is existing provi-
sion, if it needs to be modi-
fied or retained in the same
way that needs to be seen,”
he said. Currently, a 10%
TDS is levied on income
from online gaming.
Gupta further said that
given the current buoyan-
cy in collections, the Budg-
et target for the next fiscal
is also likely to be higher.

08
2NDFRONT
FADNAVIS GOES ALL OUT TO
BUILD MAHARASHTRA!
Extortioncase:HCgrantspre-
arrestbailtoDCPTripathi
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Tuesday granted pre-
arrest bail to sus-
pended Deputy Com-
missioner of Police
(DCP) Saurabh Trip-
athi in the angadiya
(traditional couriers)
extortion case.
A single-judge bench
of Justice Bharati Dan-
gre noted that Tripathi
had cooperated with the
investigationandcharge
sheet in the case already
filed by the police.
Tripathi had ap-
proached the high court
after a sessions court
rejected his anticipato-
ry bail plea.
The LT Marg police,
on February 19 regis-
tered an FIR in connec-
tion with the extortion
case, in which four po-
licemen, including Tri-
pathi, an IPS officer of
the 2010 batch, were
named as accused.
An inspector, an as-
sistant inspector and a
sub-inspector attached
to LT Marg police sta-
tion were arrested in
the case. They are out
on bail now.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Deputy CM
Devendra Fadnavis
has been holding a
spate of meetings
with representatives
of foreign govern-
ments recently. This
includes his meet with
the Ambassador of
Belgium to India Did-
ier Vanderhasselt and
Consul General of
Belgium Frank Geerk-
ens, Indian Ambassa-
dor to China Pradeep
Kumar Rawat on No-
vember 8, where is-
sues of business pros-
pects for Maharashtra
were discussed.
The next day
, his one-
on-one interaction with
Mayorof WestMidlands
(in UK) Andy Street and
Deputy High Commis-
sioner of UK Alan Gem-
mell saw the Maharash-
tra deputy CM ratchet-
ing up his international
businessconfabulations.
On November 10, he
met with the Consul
General of the Russian
Federation in Mumbai
Aleksei V Surovtsev,
who handed him a let-
ter from the Chairman
of the Committee for
External Relations of
Saint Petersburg Evge-
ny Grigoriev.
Fadnavis’ blitzkrieg
of business interac-
tions continued on the
same day with another
meeting with the dele-
gation of American-
Jewish Committee led
by Dr Bharat Barai, and
Chairman of the US-
India Friendship Coun-
cil, Nissim Reuben, at
his official residence
Sagar in Mumbai.
The following day
, he
was informed by Abin-
bevIndiaPresident,Kar-
tikeya Sharma of an ad-
ditionalRs800croreinfu-
sionintoMaharashtrato
expand their business
presence in the state.
This meeting was fol-
lowed up with a meet-
ing with the Avaada
Group led by Vineet
Mittal on a green hydro-
gen project worth
Rs45,000 crore that will
anchor future green en-
ergy transitions and
holds potential for cre-
ating 12,000 jobs which
Maharashtra is keen to
attract into the state.
Clearly, Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde, his dep-
uty Fadnavis and the
Tourism and Skills De-
velopment, Employ-
ment and Entrepre-
neurship Minister
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
have taken a leaf out of
the book of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
who, leading by exam-
ple had in similar fash-
ion on handed out ap-
pointment letters to 75,
000 Indian youth across
India last month.
DyCM holds meetings with foreign
officials, secures investment for state
Aaftab’s family shifted to
Mumbai only 15 days ago
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Accused of
brutally killing his
live-in partner Shrad-
dha Walkar in Delhi,
Aaftab Amin Poon-
awala had visited the
housing society in Va-
sai, in Palghar district,
a fortnight ago to help
his family members
shift to Mumbai, a so-
ciety member said on
Tuesday
.
“(Aaftab) Poonawala
had visited Unique
Park Housing Society
in Vasai around 15 days
back to help his family
members who shifted
from the society to
Mumbai,” the housing
society member said.
He said the Poonawa-
las own a flat in the so-
ciety and lived there for
20 years before shifting.
“When we asked
them the reason behind
shifting, Aaftab’s father
told us that his son got
a job in Mumbai and his
company will pay rent.
They also spoke about
inconvenience (about
shuttling between
Mumbai and Vasai,
which is in Palghar dis-
trict and part of the
Mumbai Metropolitan
Region),” he said.
The housing society’s
secretary Abdullah
Khan, who lives on the
third floor of the wing
where the Poonawalas
have a flat, said Aaftab
and his family mem-
bers behaved nicely to
other residents.
“Around 15 days back
they vacated the flat
and rented it out. They
shifted somewhere near
Mumbai. Aaftab told
me that he was staying
in Delhi. I didn’t notice
any change in his be-
haviour. We are shocked
to know about the
crime,” he added.
Police personnel along with accused Aftab Amin Poonawala at
Mehrauli police station, in New Delhi —PHOTO BY PTI
Aaftab (28) was
arrested on Saturday
by Delhi police for
allegedly killing his
live-in partner
Shraddha Walkar
Anticipatory bail
to MLA Awhad
in molestation
case
Thane (PTI): A court
in Thane granted
pre-arrest bail to Na-
tionalist Congress
Party (NCP) MLA
and former minister
Jitendra Awhad in a
molestation case reg-
istered against him,
on Tuesday.
Sessions court judge
PM Gupta granted the
anticipatory bail on a
bond of Rs15,000 with
certain conditions, the
lawyer representing
Awhad told reporters.
The prosecution op-
posed the plea saying it
is a sensitive case.
Awhad’s lawyer said
the charge against his
client was politically
motivated.
The Mumbra police
had registered a case af-
ter midnight on Monday
against Awhad under
Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Section 354 (assault or
criminalforcetowoman
with intent to outrage
her modesty) on the
complaint of a woman.
The complainant al-
leged the Mumbra-
Kalwa MLA pushed her
while making way for
himself during the dis-
persal of the crowd af-
ter an event of Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de in Mumbra on Sun-
day evening.
Complainant alleged
that he pushed her
while making way for
himself at an event in
Mumbra on Sunday
29th witness in 2008 Malegaon
blast case turns hostile in court
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A former
Army personnel on
Tuesday became the
29th witness to turn
hostile in the special
NIA court hearing
the 2008 Malegaon
blast case.
The witness, a former
colleague of accused Lt
Colonel Prasad Purohit,
had given a statement
to the Maharashtra An-
ti-Terrorism Squad
(ATS), which initially
probed the case, in 2008.
While deposing on
Tuesday
,thewitnesstold
the special court that he
knew Purohit, but he
was declared hostile af-
ter he denied giving any
statement to ATS.
In his purported
statement to ATS, the
witness had said while
Purohit was working as
an intelligence officer,
Sudhakar Chaturvedi,
another accused in the
case, used to visit fre-
quently and stay at Deo-
lali Camp near Nashik.
The case’s previous
witness, too, had turned
hostile when he had to
testify again before the
special National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA)
court on November 05.
He told the court he did
not remember his state-
ment given to ATS.
Reportedly, the wit-
ness had given a state-
ment against the then
sitting Bhopal MP Sad-
hvi Pragya Singh
Thakur and another
accused.
Pragya Singh Thakur is one of the
accused. —FILE PHOTO
Navlakha brought to spl court
for house arrest formalities
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Activist
Gautam Navlakha
was on Tuesday
brought to a special
National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA)
court in Mumbai
hearing the matter
pertaining to his re-
lease formalities
from jail for house ar-
rest. He is an accused
in the Elgar Parishad-
Maoist links case.
The other accused in
the case were also
brought to the court
from the jail as the case
was listed on Tuesday
for regular hearing.
Last week, the Su-
preme Court had al-
lowed Navlakha, who is
lodged at the Taloja Jail
in Navi Mumbai, to be
placed under house ar-
restforamonthowingto
his medical condition.
But, he could not walk
out of the jail as formali-
ties for his release were
under process.
The 70-year-old activ-
ist, who claims to be suf-
fering from multiple ail-
ments, has been in cus-
tody since April 2020.
The case relates to al-
leged inflammatory
speeches made at the
‘Elgar Parishad’ con-
clave held in Pune on
December 31, 2017.
Amit Shah’s firmness helped transition of power in Maha: Fadnavis
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fad-
navis on Tuesday said
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah’s firmness
helped in the smooth
transition of power in
the state earlier this
year as the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
countered “betrayal
by the Shiv Sena”. He
also added that
“Shah’s thoughts had
the potential to
change anyone’s life.”
Fadnavis was speak-
ing in Mumbai as the
chief guestatthelaunch
of a booklet inspired by
the thoughts of senior
BJP leader Shah.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Fadnavis said,
“Shah’s thoughts have
the potential to change
anyone’s life. Open any
page of this booklet and
you would certainly get
some knowledge, which
would inspire you. Eve-
ry sentence of the ‘Vi-
chaar Pushp’ booklet
guides us toward a path
in life.”
Hailing the Union
minister for his dedica-
tion towards the party,
theMaharashtradeputy
CM said, “We have seen
his work as BJP nation-
al president. During the
Lok Sabha elections in
2014, we all saw how the
party clocked the high-
est number of seats in
Uttar Pradesh with him
as the national general
secretary
. If anyone can
take credit for this, it is
only the leadership of
Modi ji (Prime Minister
Narendra Modi) and the
workof Amitbhai.They
toured almost all over
the country to strength-
entheparty
.Theystayed
for several days in each
state. Amit bhai has
reached every section of
the society by holding
40-40 meetings in a day
.”
Crediting the suc-
cessful induction of the
BJP government in Ma-
harashtra to Shah, Fad-
navis added, “Amit
Shah also stayed in Ma-
harashtra for two-and-
a-half months and han-
dled the election pro-
cess from the state BJP
office. And as a result,
the BJP government
came into power with
its own chief minister
in Maharashtra.”
Thebooklaunchevent
wasalsoattendedbyBJP
chief Chandrashekhar
Bawankule,cabinetmin-
ister Mangal Prabhat
Lodha, Mumbai BJP
chief Ashish Shelar,
among others.
THE INCIDENT
Education is the base, but it is
experience which builds the
tall buildings, fueled by the
mortar of dreams.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Gautam Navlakha has been
lodged in Taloja jail since April
2020. —FILE PHOTO
Jitendra Awhad
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
(L to R) BJP leader Madhavi Maik, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish
Shelar, BJP Mumbai Vice Prez Acharya Pawan Tripathi, Maha
Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Maha BJP prez Chandrashekhar
Bawankule, Maha cabinet ministers Mangal Prabhat Lodha Atul
Save at launch of ‘Vichaar Pushp’ booklet in Mumbai on Tuesday.
He (Shah) be-
lieves in
Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and
Veer Savarkar. He not
only possesses leadership
abilities, but also tremen-
dous decision-making
ability. Everyone has seen
the change (change of re-
gime) in Maharashtra.
—Devendra Fadnavis,
Maharashtra Deputy CM
CORPORATE COMPANIES SET TO SIGN MoUS
Mumbai: Param Skill Training India Pvt Ltd and Yuvashakti
Skill India Pvt Ltd would be inking respective MoUs
committing to providing 10,000 jobs each at an event on
Wednesday. Similarly, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture, Metric Academic, Vandana Hospitality,
Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Western Maharashtra
Chamber of Commerce Industries, Agro and Education,
TANS Enterprizes Quess Cap Ltd, BASA Corporation Ltd
and BVG India Limited will commit to providing 5,000
employment opportunities. Imperative Business Ventures
Pvt Ltd will also ink an MoU committing to 3,000 jobs in
Maharashtra. The remaining business enterprises will in
the deal will provide 2,000 jobs each with some firms com-
mitting to 150, 500 and 1,000 jobs respectively.
COURTESY VISIT
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted LS Speaker Om Birla during
a courtesy visit at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on
Tuesday evening.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted BJP National General
Secretary and BJP State in-charge Rajasthan Karnataka
Arun Singh, during a courtesy visit at the latter’s residence in
New Delhi on Tuesday.

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edgings on alluring gar-
ments. The Fashion Muse-
um in Bath’s exhibit Lace
in Fashion charts the rise
of this delicate fabric from
its humble beginnings as a
labor-intensive handicraft
to its current status as
a modern, machine-made
fabric seen all over the
runways.
In order to create net
mesh patterned work, lace
is a delicate, openwork
fabric that is often made
from cotton, linen,
silk, or metallic threads.
Lace has been worn as a
status symbol since the
15th century when white-
bordered cuffs and collars
indicated your social stand-
ing. It is a common trim
today, especially for linge-
rie and bridal attire.
Lace evolved into one of
the most sophisticated ma-
terials on the planet as a
result of the expansion of
the lace industry and the
flappers’ demand for a
more contemporary inter-
pretation of lace, which
featured garments with
straight lines, a loose fit,
and mixed lace designs. It’s
still a fabric that, over a
century later, isn’t sure if
it’s an angel or a demon; a
pricey material we put on
the highest pedestal or a
sassy fibre used to produce
budget négligées.
Although it was mostly a
20th-century fixation that
has lost its relevance now,
purity is a secondary con-
notation of white lace.
White lace has earned a
reputation for also repre-
senting fresh starts and re-
birth.
If a pattern is recognised
as being from a specific
area, it might honour a lin-
eage or a family’s heritage.
You can still buy heirloom
lace. Additionally, there
are those who can knit
heirloom lace, continuing
the tradition of handcraft-
ed lace.
Every living thing has lace in it, including the barren branches of winter, cloud formations and the
water’s surface as it moves with the wind. If you look closely enough, even the matted fur of a wild
dog will display a lacy pattern. So, let’s dive into the world of ethereal lace fashion with City First!
YOUR FASHION GAME
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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