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Delhi Police launches its first Podcast ‘Kissa Khaki Ka’
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: To create a
new bond with the Del-
hi citizens, the Delhi
Police have started its
first Podcast ‘Kissa
Khaki Ka’. This Podcast
will take the unheard
stories of National Cap-
ital’s Men in Khaki to
the Delhiites. It also
aims to show the hu-
mane side of the other-
wise rough and tough
cops.
These unheard sto-
ries include crimes, in-
vestigations, heart and
humanity
. The first Pod-
cast was aired digitally
on the Social Media
handles of Delhi Police
on Sunday afternoon.
The Podcast will be
narrated by a renowned
media educator and
prison reformer Dr Var-
tika Nanda, who has
also been working on
prison reforms through
her radio program ini-
tiatives. It will be avail-
able on Twitter, Face-
book and Instagram.
“The Podcast will cre-
ate a new bond between
Delhi Police and citi-
zens. It will enable bet-
ter understanding
among people, of chal-
lenges the police force
faces. A bond of trust
will help in better polic-
ing,” said Dr Vartika
Nanda.
Dr Nanda heads the
Department of Journal-
ism, Lady Shri Ram
College, Delhi Univer-
sity
. She is India’s lead-
ing prison reformer
and the Founder of
Tinka Tinka, a move-
ment on jails to help in
the reformation of in-
mates and improve
prison life.
BOND OF TRUST
The first episode of
the podcast was
aired on the social
media handles of the
Delhi Police at 2 pm
on Sunday
—PHOTO TWEETED BY DELHI POLICE
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As India’s
vaccination drive
completed a year on
Sunday, the health
ministry said 156.76
crore vaccines have
been administered
and more 92 per cent
of the adult popula-
tion have received at
least one dose. Over 68
per cent of them have
been fully vaccinated,
the ministry officials
added. The drive be-
gan on January 16
last year with
h e a l t h c a r e
workers get-
ting inoculat-
ed in the first
phase. Vacci-
nation of
f r o n t l i n e
workers started
from February 2.
On the occasion of
one-year anniversary
of the commencement
of vaccination pro-
gramme in the coun-
try, Prime Minister
N a r e n d r a
Modi saluted
“each and eve-
ry individual” asso-
ciated with it and
said the programme
added great strength
to the fight against
Covid-19. “Today we
mark 1 year of vacci-
nation drive. I salute
each and every indi-
vidual who is associ-
ated with the vaccina-
tion drive. Our vacci-
nation programme
has added great
strength to the fight
against Covid-19.
It has led to saving
lives and thus protect-
ing livelihoods,” he
tweeted.
India reported
2,71,202 fresh Covid-19
cases in the last 24
hours, marginally
higher than Satur-
day’s infections, data
updated by the Union
Ministry of Health
showed on Sunday
morning. The positiv-
ity rate was also lower
at 16.28 per cent from
16.66 per cent.
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DJOKOVIC LOSES APPEAL
AGAINST VISA CANCELLATION,
TO BE DEPORTED FROM AUS
l Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost the bid to
restore his Australian visa on Sunday, a day before the
start of Australian Open. With the ederal court rejecting
his bid, he will be deported from Australia.
l This brings an end to the unvaccinated tennis
superstar Djokovic’s hopes of winning the Australian
Open and racking up a record-breaking twenty first
men’s Grand Slam title.
l In a ruling that has gripped tennis fans around
the world, the Serbian’s challenge to the decision of
Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke was rejected
by a three-judge bench of the Federal Court.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI
PENCH RESERVE’S FAMOUS TIGRESS
‘COLLARWALI’ PASSES AWAY AT 16
l Collarwali — the
famous tigress of Madhya
Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Re-
serve — died on Saturday
evening at the age of 16.
l The Principal Chief
Conservator Alok Kumar,
said that they had been
monitoring the tigress
for the past few days and
it appears that she died
because of age-related
ailments.
l “Usually, it is an organ
failure like in the case
of humans. However,
the exact cause will be
ascertained following a
post-mortem,” Kumar
added.
CBSE to conduct class 10,12 phase-2
board examination amid covid surge
New Delhi: As exams
throughout the nation
have been scrapped in
view of the surging
Covid-19 circumstanc-
es, the CBSE Board and
the Union Ministry of
Education are all set to
conduct Term 2 of the
tenth and twelfth board
examinations, the pri-
mary part of which
have been held in No-
vember-December, 2021
and the second part is
scheduled to be carried
out in March-April.
The probabilities of
the second time period
of the board examina-
tion getting cancelled
this 12 months are very
slim, as well being spe-
cialists had earlier
talked about that the
third wave is under-
neath management.
However, college stu-
dents who determine to
skip the exams will like-
ly be graded on the idea
of their first time peri-
od’s check outcomes.
Maha, Punjab send
out invites to Elon
Musk after Telangana
BKU chief Naresh Tikait extends
support to SP-RLD candidates
New Delhi: US billion-
aire Elon Musk’s la-
ment that his electric
car company Tesla was
“working through a lot
of challenges” with the
Indian government that
have delayed plans to
launch in the country
have led to invitations
from two more states.
After Telangana’s in-
vitation earlier this
week, Punjab Congress
chief Navjot Singh Sid-
hu and a Maharashtra
minister today offered
Mr Musk a place to set
up Tesla’s manufactur-
ing plant in his state.
Maharashtra Water
Resources Minister Jay-
ant Patil, in a reply to
Mr Musk’s tweet, said,
“Maharashtra is one of
the most progressive
states in India. We will
provide you all the nec-
essary help from Maha-
rashtra for you to get
established in India.”
Muzaffarnagar: BKU
national president Nar-
esh Tikait extended his
support to SP-RLD can-
didates in the upcoming
Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions.
The alliance of the
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) and Samajwadi
Party (SP) had on Satur-
day announced its sec-
ond list of seven candi-
dates for the assembly
elections.
All candidates are
members of the Jayant
Chaudhary-led RLD, ac-
cording to the list
shared by the party on
social media.
The alliance has
fielded Rajpal Baliyan
from Budhana and
Chandan Chauhan
from Meerapur, both in
Muzaffarnagar district,
and Ashraf Ali from
Thana Bhawan in
Shamli.
“I hope people of the
state will support the
candidates of this coali-
tion,” Tikait said while
addressing people at
Sisauli.
EX- BJP MINISTER
DARA SINGH
CHAUHAN JOINS SP
Dara Singh Chauhan, a
former minister in the
Yogi Adityanath cabinet
and a BJP legislator
from the Madhuban
constituency, formally
joined the Samajwadi
Party in the presence
of its national president
Akhilesh Yadav in
Lucknow on Sunday.
MODI: VACCINATION LED TO
SAVING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS
PM PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON 1 YEAR OF INDIA’S COVID JAB DRIVE
OVER 156.76 CRORE VACCINE DOSES GIVEN SO FAR AS DRIVE COMPLETES A YEAR
The drive began on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in first phase
TIMELINE OF INDIA’S COVID
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
CORONA CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
18,286
NEW CASES
21,846
RECOVERED
28
NEW DEATHS
IF PEOPLE, GOVT UNITE,
COUNTRY CAN CONQUER
ANY CHALLENGE: SHAH
Taking to Twitter, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah congratulated the completion
of 1 year of COVID-19 vaccination drive
and wrote in Hindi, “I congratulate the
talented scientists, health workers, all corona
warriors and countrymen of the country
on the successful completion of 1 year of
the world’s largest free
vaccination campaign
in the fight against
Corona...” In
another tweet, Shah
added, “In the
efficient leadership,
determination and
constant efforts of
Prime Minister @
narendramodi ji,
India has set an ideal
in the world.”
CENTRE ISSUES POSTAL STAMP
TO MARK 1 YR OF VAX DRIVE
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on
Sunday released a commemorative postal stamp
on India’s achievement in developing the indigenous
Covid vaccine as the nation marked the first anniver-
sary of its Covid vaccine drive
which began on January 16 last
year. Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya released the postal
stamp at a virtual programme,
and termed India’s vaccination
drive as the “most successful
in the world”. “Today, on the
occasion of #1YearOfVac-
cineDrive, a postal stamp has
been issued on the indigenous
Covaxin developed jointly by ICMR and Bharat Biotech,
realizing PM Narendra Modi ji’s dream of Self-reliant
India,” Mandaviya said in a tweet.
Jan 16, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for healthcare
workers
Feb 02, 2021
Vaccination drive for
frontline workers
Mar 1, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for beneficiar-
ies aged above 60
years and those with
co-morbidities in the
45-60 years age group
Apr 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 45 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
May 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 18 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
Jan 3, 2022
Beneficiaries in the age
group of 15-18 years
became eligible for
COVID vaccination
Jan 10, 2022
Precautionary dose for
frontline worker, 60+
College students who determine to skip the
exams will likely be graded on the idea of their
first time period’s check outcomes.

New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has allowed
a plea of a man seeking
quashing of an FIR
lodged against him on a
complaint by his son af-
ter the father-son amica-
bly resolved the differ-
ences of their own free
will.
In the FIR, the son
stated that the father hit
him when he objected to
him playing chess with
his acquaintances in
front of a common door
of the house that is ac-
cessed by the women of
the household. Justice
Mukta Gupta allowed
the plea of the man
seeking quashing of FIR
against him and said,
“In view of the fact that
the parties have amica-
bly resolved the differ-
ences of their own free
will, volition and with-
out any coercion and no
useful purpose will be
served in continuance
of the proceedings, rath-
er the same would cre-
ate further acrimony
between them, it would
be in the interest of jus-
tice to quash the above-
mentioned FIR and the
proceedings pursuant
thereto. There is no le-
gal impediment in
quashing the FIR in
question,” the court
said. —ANI
CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022
02
New Delhi: Delhi
Health Minister Satyen-
dar Jain on Sunday
sought to nix concerns
over “fewer” Covid test-
ing in the national capi-
tal, saying the diagnos-
tic tests being conduct-
ed in the city is three
times the number rec-
ommended by ICMR.
All those who need to
undergo testing are be-
ing tested, he said.
According to the Cen-
tre’s new guidelines,
asymptomatic patients
do not need to undergo
a test. Also, contacts of
laboratory-confirmed
COVID-19 patients do
not require a test unless
they have comorbidi-
ties or are aged above
60. Jain said these new
guidelines on testing
have come after
thoughtful considera-
tion.
Delhi conducted
67,624 tests on Friday
and 79,578 on Thursday
.
The city on Thursday
reported 28,867 COV-
ID-19 cases, the sharp-
est single-day spike
since the beginning of
the pandemic, after the
city conducted 98,832
tests on Wednesday
.
Jain told reporters
that Delhi is expected to
register 17,000 Covid
cases on Sunday
.
“Hospital admissions
have plateaued and Cov-
id positivity rate will
also come down. Re-
strictions by the Delhi
government has im-
pacted the spread of
COVID-19. We will mon-
itor the situation for
three to four days be-
fore reviewing the
curbs,” he said.
On Saturday, Jain
had said that it seems
the national capital has
reached its peak in
COVID-19 infections
and the government
will think of easing re-
strictions when the
daily cases decline to
15,000. Delhi on Satur-
day reported 20,718
COVID-19 cases and 30
fatalities while the posi-
tivity rate stood at 30.64
pc, according to health
department data. —PTI
GOVTFIRINGONALLCYLINDERS
TOCONDUCTCOVIDTESTS: JAIN
New Delhi: The New
Delhi Municipal Coun-
cil (NDMC) has decided
to beautify the Hanu-
man Mandir complex at
Connaught Place with
traditional Jaisalmer
stones and granite, ul-
tra-modern technology,
green toilet blocks, san-
itary napkin vending
machines and other ba-
sic amenities for visi-
tors and devotees.
NDMC Vice-Chair-
person Satish Upad-
hyay said the redevelop-
ment is being done un-
der the vision of
the PM’s Swachh
Bharat Mission and as
part of the ‘Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav’ being
celebrated to mark 75
years of India’s Inde-
pendence.
“Under this beautifi-
cation and redevelop-
ment work, NDMC is
replacing all the gran-
ite flooring, old tiles on
the footpath with gran-
ite and Jaisalmer mar-
ble cladding. The old
blocked drainage sys-
tem will be replaced
with a new drainage
system and it will be
covered with granite,
there will be a modern-
ised shoe house provi-
sion for devotees, the
old tree guard will be
replaced with stainless
steel and drinking wa-
ter will be provided to
visitors 24×7,” said
Upadhyay
.
The NDMC will also
replace the lighting fix-
tures and install deco-
rative lights and lan-
terns at the temple.
“A green toilet block
will be constructed for
ladies, gents, transgen-
ders and disabled per-
sons. There will be a
sanitary vending ma-
chine, feeding chamber
and diaper changing
facility for babies. Be-
sides… efforts are being
made to make the toi-
lets 100 per cent green
by saving and reusing
water. There will also be
a water cooler inside,”
he said. —ANI
New Delhi: A panto-
graph used by trains to
draw power, along with
models of eight metro
trains operational
across the country, are
among the two new at-
tractive exhibits dis-
played at the Delhi Met-
ro Museum recently,
officials said on Sunday
.
The Delhi Metro Mu-
seum, started in 2009 at
the Patel Chowk Metro
Station, has about 50
different panels, mod-
els, exhibits and photo
galleries chronicling
the illustrious journey
of the the Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation
(DMRC), they said.
Explaining a panto-
graph, a senior metro
official said that it is an
equipment which is
mounted on the roof of
the train and is used to
draw power from the
overhead electrifica-
tion (OHE) wires.
“One such panto-
graph, currently out of
use, has been refur-
bished and put for dis-
play at the museum. An
information board,
along with photographs
of pantographs used in
metro trains, have also
been displayed,” he
said.
To display the growth
of Metro networks in
the country, models of
eight different Metro
trains, including those
used by the Delhi Met-
ro, have been also dis-
played at the museum,
the official added.
“This exhibit will
give an idea to visitors
about how the Metro
networks have grown
rapidly in India over
the last few years,” the
official said.
Despite the con-
straints posed by the
COVID 19 pandemic,
the Delhi Metro Muse-
um has added another
exhibit displaying
the prestigious Japan
Society of Civil Engi-
neers’ (JSCE) Award
received by the DMRC,
he said.
According to metro
officials, a specialised
agency has been roped
in to ensure mainte-
nance of the giant
digital screen as well
as other models of Met-
ro trains, stations and
the cutter-head of a
Tunnel Boring Machine
(TBM). —PTI
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: The
air quality in Delhi
remained in the ‘very
poor’ category for the
third consecutive day
with the city recording
an overall air quality
index (AQI) of 301, as per the System of Air Quality
and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on
Sunday morning. The air quality in the national capi-
tal was in the ‘satisfactory’ category continuously
for three days from January 9 to January 11, while it
slipped to the ‘moderate’ category on January 12.
Gurugram: A woman
has lost nearly Rs 16
lakh to phone callers
impersonating bank
representatives after
she contacted the
customer care number of a leading private bank
to resolve an issue with her bank account, said
police. In November last year, Poornima Anand,
a resident of Sector 53, registered a complaint
related to her account on the bank customer
care number. On November 12, she received
a call from a person who identified as Rahul
Sharma from the bank and asked her to down-
load AnyDesk so he could probe the issue.
NEW DELHI: Delhi
Police has apprehended
two persons, including
a juvenile, for allegedly
killing their brother-
in-law in West Delhi’s
Khyala area on Friday. The deceased was identi-
fied as one Ashu. He was found dead at a house in
Raghubir Nagar. One Vikas and his juvenile brother
are the accused. They told police that the deceased’s
children were living at their house in Khyala. On
Thursday, at about 11 pm, their brother-in-law ar-
rived at the house in a drunken state.
DELHI’S AIR QUALITY REMAINS IN ‘VERY
POOR’ CATEGORY WITH AQI AT 301
WOMAN DIALS CUSTOMER CARE,
LOSES `16 LAKH IN GURGAON
TWO BROTHERS HELD FOR KILLING
BRO-IN-LAW IN KHYALA AREA
New Delhi: Three
hundred govern-
ment schools in Del-
hi are selected to
pilot a ‘kindness
wall’ scheme. As per
this scheme, schools
with boundary
walls facing roads
or major streets will
set up a designated
portion of these
with multiple hooks
so that people will-
ing to donate items
such as clothes, food
and footwear can
give them away for
the needy. These
walls will be set up
at a place easily ac-
cessible to the pub-
lic willing to take
part in the activity
without disturbing
the school’s activi-
ties. —Agencies
New Delhi: A
42-year-old man was
arrested for alleg-
edly stealing luxury
cars on demand
from Delhi and sup-
plying them to UP
and Kashmir, police
said. The accused
was identified as
Kunal alias Tanuj, a
resident of Sangam
Vihar, they said,
addingthathecalled
himself ‘Car Raja’.
During probe, po-
lice found that ac-
cused ran an inter-
state gang to supply
vehicles on demand.
On Tuesday, po-
lice got a tip-off that
Kunal would come
near the Monastery
Market to deliver a
stolen car and they
laid a trap. —PTI
New Delhi: The
Delhi Police on Sat-
urday issued a traf-
fic advisory ahead
of Republic Day Pa-
rade rehearsal.
According to the
advisory, the traffic
restrictions will be
imposed at Rajpath-
Rafi Marg, Rajpath-
Janpath, Rajpath-
Man Singh Road
and Rajpath-C-Hex-
agon from 9 am to 12
pm from January 17
to January 21. How-
ever, the Vijay
Chowk to India
Gate route will re-
main closed for traf-
fic. According to
officials of the
MHA, the route of
the parade will be
shorter similar to
last year. —ANI
Models of 8 Metro trains among 2 new exhibits at Delhi Metro Museum
‘Kindness
walls’ to be set
up in 300 Govt
schools
Man held for
stealing cars,
supplying them
to UP, Kashmir
Traffic advisory
issued ahead of
R-Day Parade
rehearsal
Civic body to redevelop
Hanuman Mandir at CP
HC allows man’s plea
seeking quashing of
FIR filed by his son
NDMC will beautify the Hanuman Mandir. —FILE PIC
Says conducting tests 3 times than recommended, all eligible are being tested
NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD TO WORK FROM HOME, SAY DAILY WAGERS
New Delhi: The growing
number of COVID-19
cases in Delhi-NCR
has led to desperation
and uncertainty among
migrant workers, who
are facing multiple
hardships due to COVID
restrictions in place.
Vishal Kumar, a daily
wage labourer, said that
he was unable to find a
job even after sitting at
Labour Chowk in Khoda
for four consecutive
days. “In this hard
time, employers are
exploiting us by offering
just `200 for a job for
which they used to offer
`500 per day. I used to
send `2,000 per month
to my parents, but it
seems impossible this
month,” Kumar said.
He added that he was
temporarily employed as
a housekeeping staff at
an office in East Delhi,
but after work from
home was announced
for all private firms, he
was also asked to stop
coming to office. “Not
everyone can afford
work from home. I
have to feed my family
and for that, I have to
go out on the roads in
search of a job,” Kumar
said.Another labourer,
Santosh, said that they
have been facing a
hard time for around
four months. “Earlier,
there were restrictions
on construction work
due to pollution and
now restrictions were
imposed by the Delhi
government due to
COVID-19,” he said. —ANI
Hospital admissions have plateaued
and Covid positivity rate will also come
down. Restrictions has im-
pacted the spread of COVID-19.
We will monitor the situation for
three to four days before re-
viewing the curbs
—Satyendar Jain,
Health Minister
METRO SERVICES ON GREEN LINE
TO BE REGULATED TILL FEB 28
New Delhi: The first
and last train services
on the Green Line of
the Delhi Metro will be
regulated till Febru-
ary 28 to undertake
construction of a halt
platform, the DMRC
said on Saturday. The
Green Line connects
Brigadier Hoshiar Singh
(Bahadurgarh) and
Inderlok stations, with
a branch line at the
latter which takes it to
Kirti Nagar stations.
A halt platform is an
additional interchange
facility. The DMRC in
a tweet also shared a
revised time-table for
metro services on the
first and last stations
on the Green Line. —PTI
Labourers at Labour chowk, Noida —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
03
INDIA HAS LED
FIGHT AGAINST
COVID: NADDA
New Delhi: On the
completion of one
year of vaccination
drive, BJP chief JP
Nadda on Sunday
said that India has
led the fight against
Covid-19. He also
said that a task that
seemed impossible
was made possible
under the stellar
leadership of PM
Modi and the world
stood up and ap-
plauded the country.
In a series of tweets,
Nadda said, “Exactly
a year ago, India
embarked on the
arduous journey of
vaccinating its more
than 135 crore peo-
ple amidst the raging
Covid pandemic.”
Anita Hada
New Delhi: These days,
it is visible in the media
and also in social media
that how the district ad-
ministration and mu-
nicipal administration
are taking down posters
and hoardings etc. Post-
ers, banners, hoardings
etc. are being taken
down by using heavy
machinery
. All these
posters, banners and
hoardings etc. belong to
the governments of the
states, which they had
put up to inform the peo-
ple of such achieve-
ments, which are not
visible to the public
with their own eyes, and
without giving adver-
tisements, the public
will not even know
about them. However,
there are reports from
all around that the Elec-
tion Commission has
started strictness and it
s on ECI’s instructions
that the hoardings are
being removed.
The question is that
why is the responsibili-
ty not put on the parties
or their governments
putting up hoardings,
that they should remove
all their posters and
hoardings within 24
hours of the implemen-
tation of the election
code of conduct, other-
wiseactionwillbetaken
against them? Why will
the Election Commis-
sion get this work done?
When governments get
such big hoardings,
posters, banners, cut-
outs etc. installed
through advertising
agencies, then why is an
agreement not made
with them at the same
time that they will re-
move it themselves as
soon as the code of con-
duct comes into force?
Perhaps, even the lead-
ers and babus want to
continue ‘influencing’
people and carry on the
work till the time it falls
in someone’s notice!
Why should ECI engage in work done by Corporations?
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There are reports
from all around
that the Election
Commission
has started
strictness and
it’s on ECI’s
instructions that
the hoardings
are being
removed
Cooloffperiodforbabusbefore
electoralforayneedofthehour!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Over the
course of past few
elections, an extreme-
ly worrying trend has
emerged which is in-
creasing rapidly
wherein IAS, IPS or
state service officers
are leaving govern-
ment jobs and jump-
ing directly into the
election fray. This
trend needs to be con-
trolled as this will af-
fect the quality of gov-
ernment service now
and politics will also
be affected.
There are a number
of control measures
in the service condi-
tions of government
officials. For exam-
ple, to leave govern-
ment service and join
a private company im-
mediately, officers
have to go through a
cooling-off period. In
some cases, the gov-
ernment even waives
off the cooling
off period, but
for that too a
process has to
be passed. A simi-
lar arrangement
should be put in
place for offi-
cials contest-
ing elections
a l s o .
W i t h
n o
provision for cooling
off, officials resign
immediately before
the election or take
voluntary retirement
and jump into the
polls.
This is perhaps
what has hap-
pened in the
case of
R a j e s h w a r
Singh and
Aseem Arun
right now.
With no peri-
od to cool
off, there
is a
danger that the officer
may enter compromise
during his service. pe-
riod and hold a differ-
ent attitude towards
the party he/she wants
to contest elections
from. They may com-
promise in work to im-
prove his relations
with the leader of the
said party. The second
danger is that they
may share government
secrets with the party
they belong to. There-
fore, there should be a
provision that wheth-
er the officer resigns,
takes VRS or retires
from service, he/she
will not be able to
contest elections
for two years or
three years.
New Delhi: As India
completed one year of
its COVID-19 vaccina-
tion drive on Sunday,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
called it “the most suc-
cessfulintheworld”and
extended greetings to
health workers, scien-
tists and the people of
the country
.
Taking to Twitter, he
wrote, “Today the
world’s largest vaccina-
tion campaign com-
pletes one year. Started
under the leadership of
PM Modi, with every-
one’s efforts, today, it is
the most successful vac-
cination campaign in
theworld.Icongratulate
all the health workers,
scientists and country-
men.” India’s cumula-
tive COVID-19 vaccina-
tion coverage has ex-
ceeded 156.76 crore in a
span of an year.
India commenced its
nationwide COVID vac-
cination drive on Janu-
ary 16, 2021. Starting ini-
tiallybyinoculatingvac-
cinestohealthcarework-
ers,itwasthenexpanded
to frontline workers, fol-
lowed by people above 60
years of age and those
above 45 years with co-
morbidities. Lateritwas
also expanded to all
above45yearsof ageand
thenthoseabove18years
of age. —ANI
Noida: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday an-
nounced Pankaj Awana, a former employee of tech gi-
ant Apple, as its
candidate from
Noida for the
Uttar Pradesh
assembly elec-
tions. The AAP
also fielded
Poonam Singh
and Sanjay
Chechi from
the Jewar and Dadri assembly seats, respectively, as it
released its first list of 150 candidates for the polls in
the politically crucial state. The party had in September
last year only announced names of Awana and Singh
as ‘probable candidates’ from their respective seats.
Mumbai: The health
condition of legendary
singer Lata Mangeshkar,
who remains admitted
in the ICU of a hospital
in Mumbai, is improv-
ing, Maharashtra Health
Minister Rajesh Tope
said here on Sunday. The
92-year-old singer tested
positive for coronavirus
with mild symptoms
and was admitted to the
ICU of the Breach Candy
Hospital in south Mumbai
last week.
Mumbai: Anushka
Sharma has penned a
heartfelt note on Insta-
gram for her husband
and cricketer Virat Kohli
and said that she was
extremely proud of the
legacy he leaves behind
as the Test captain of the
Indian cricket team. She
wrote how she saw him
grow leaps and bounds
ever since he took on the
Test captaincy.
Mumbai: An unseemly
row has erupted be-
tween a retired NRI from
the US, Ketan Kakkad
and his neighbour Bolly-
wood megastar Salman
Khan over a plot of
land in the picturesque
environs of Raigad.
Taking strong umbrage
at Kakkad’s recent social
media outbursts, the
actor has hit back with
a civil defamation suit
against his next-door
neighbour.
New Delhi: The CBI
on Sunday arrested ES
Ranganathan, Direc-
tor (Marketing) of the
GAIL & five others in an
alleged bribery case. The
CBI conducted multi-
ple raids in Noida and
Delhi on the premises of
accused persons. “We
have recovered around
Rs 1.29 cr cash and gold
worth Rs 1.30 crores,”
said a senior CBI official.
FORMER APPLE TECHIE AMONG AAP’S FIRST
LIST OF 150 CANDIDATES FOR UP
MANGESHKAR’S
HEALTH CONDITION
IMPROVES
ANUSHKA PENS
EMOTIONAL NOTE
FOR KOHLI
RETIRED NRI,
SALMAN KHAN
LOCK HORNS
GAIL DIRECTOR
ARRESTED BY CBI IN
BRIBERY CASE
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Depart-
ment Director Pankaj Nain on Sunday said that Padma Shri
awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender
Singh, who had reiterated his demand to the Haryana govt
to recognize him as a para-athlete, has already been given
1.20 crore of cash award by the state govt and offered him
a job which he refused to take. “Virender has already been
given 1.20 cr of cash award by govt, which is highest in the
country. He is already working in the sports dept, Haryana.
He was offered a group B post on par with Paralympians,
which he refused to take,” the Director tweeted.
RS 1.20 CR, JOB GIVEN TO WRESTLER
VIRENDER SINGH: HARYANA SPORTS DEPT
CRUCIAL READ
Image for representational purpose only.
HIGHLIGHTS
l 2.71 Lakh New
Covid Cases In In-
dia, Positivity Down
Marginally
l India’s COVID-19
vaccination coverage
exceeds 156.76 cr
l Keeping schools
closed in view of
covid not justified:
World Bank Educa-
tion Director
l Superstar
Mammootty, Tirath
Singh Rawat, Ex-
Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand, Tel-
angana Legislative
Speaker Pocharam
Srinivas Reddy
tests positive for
Covid-19
l Mumbai sees
highest one-day
fatality since July
l Delhi logs over
20,000 cases; TPR
remains at 30.64%
l Karnataka:
Thirty-two cops
deployed at Meke-
daatu padayatra test
positive
India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.76 crore, confirmed the Union Health Ministry
JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA
CHIEF SHIBU SOREN TESTS +
‘PROUD THAT 10.72 CR COVID-19
VAX DOSES INOCULATED IN MP’
New Delhi: National President of Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha Shibu Soren has tested posi-
tive for COVID-19, the state health
minister Banna Gupta informed on
Sunday.“The guardian of all of us, the
former Chief Minister of Jharkhand,
respected @ShibuSorenJMM has
become COVID-19 positive and has
currently isolated himself. He is
recovering well. I pray to God for his
speedy recovery,” tweeted Gupta today. India recorded
2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on Sunday inspected COVID-19
vaccination centre of Jaypee Hospital in Bhopal on
the occasion of completing one year of nationwide
vaccination drive.Chouhan said, “Earlier, about 30
to 40 per cent people needed to be admitted when
they got infected with COVID-19, but now only 3 to
4 per cent people need to be admitted, this has been
possible only through vaccination.”
Image for representational purpose only.
BJP’s hate politics very
harmful for country: RaGa
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday said the BJP’s
politics of “hatred” is
very harmful for the
country and is also re-
sponsible for unemploy-
ment.
The former Congress
chief said this a day af-
ter he attacked the BJP
government by putting
out an online quiz.
“I also believe that
the hate politics of the
BJP is very harmful for
the country. And this
hatred is also responsi-
ble for the unemploy-
ment,” he said in a
tweet in Hindi.
“Domestic and for-
eign industries cannot
run without peace in
the society. Will defeat
this growing hatred
around you everyday
with brotherhood. Are
you with me? #No-
Hate,” Gandhi added.
The Congress leader
had put out an online
quiz on Saturday, ask-
ing people about the
“biggest shortcoming”
of the BJP government.
The options he gave
were “unemployment”,
“tax extortion”, “price
rise” and an “atmos-
phere of hatred”. —PTI
Rahul Gandhi
Patil tops BJP donation drive
First India Bureau
Surat: A micro dona-
tion drive was launched
by the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on the
birthday of former
Prime Minister Atal Be-
hari Vajpayee. Under it,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi has called
upon people and activ-
ists associated with the
BJP to provide party
funds.
Navsari MP and Gu-
jarat BJP chief CR Patil
is leading the chart in
the micro donation
fund campaign, fol-
lowed by Odisha’s
Sundargarh Lok Sabha
MP Juel Oram. Patil is
on top with 13,096 refer-
rals, followed by Oram
at 4,818. People can do-
nate through referral
code provided to them
by their local leaders.
With the referral code,
leaders and activists
from across the country
can donate to the BJP
under the micro dona-
tion campaign.
Guj BJP chief CR Patil.
Goyal assures support to IT firms in
pushing growth, exports to $1 trn
New Delhi: Commerce
and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal on Sun-
day assured full govern-
ment support to leaders
of India’s top IT compa-
nies in pushing the
growth of the sector
and taking services ex-
ports to USD 1 trillion
in a decade.
He said the country is
on track to achieve its
merchandise exports
target of USD 400 bil-
lion this year, while ser-
vices exports are likely
to be about USD 240 -250
billion. “Goyal has as-
sured leaders of India’s
top IT companies that
the central government
will give full support to
the sector to accelerate
growth and help India’s
services exports soar to
USD 1 trillion in a dec-
ade,” the commerce and
industry ministry said
in a statement.
Piyush Goyal
MANDAVIYA CALLS INDIA’S COVID
VAX DRIVE ‘MOST SUCCESSFUL’

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 1 Issue No. 139
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under the PRB Act
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Where today, on one hand, honest and
dedicated people are joining the BJP,
while the chaotic elements, goons,
and mafia are joining the socialists.
Riot-free UP, a better future, good
governance, and social justice can
only be given by the BJP government.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Very satisfying to see the completion
of Sports projects in Ladakh in less
than 2 years despite the pandemic!
Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji
gave a clear direction to execute all
the projects on time. These are funded
under the Khelo India scheme.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Letnonefindfaultwith
others;letnoneseethe
omissionsandcommissions
ofothers.Butletonesee
one’sownacts,doneand
undone.—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
DJOKOVIC HAS TO
LEAVE AUSTRALIA
TENTH TITLE
DREAM BEHIND
his is how the unsa-
voury saga of Novak
Djokovic was bound
to end. The world
number one invited
the strong disciplinary move
from the Australian government
for flouting the Covid-19 protocol
to enter the country which had
suffered heavily during the pan-
demic. The unvaccinated Djoko-
vic entered Australia on Janu-
ary 6 and his visa was immedi-
ately cancelled and he was de-
tained by immigration officials.
His first challenge was upheld
by a lower court but the Austral-
ian government wasn’t ready to
allow an un-inoculated person to
flout the country’s rules. Djoko-
vic moved a superior court
where the judges unanimously
dismissed his petition. The Aus-
tralian government said the ten-
nis star, who has won the Aus-
tralian Open titles nine times,
was a public health hazard.
It is strange that a tennis play-
er of his stature would so fer-
vently insist on flouting Covid
norms. Of course Tennis Aus-
tralia also has to share some of
the blame. When it comes to
public health issues, stature and
titles should not count.
TOP TWEETS
T
he World Econom-
ic Forum’s “Glob-
al Risk Report
2022” has a few
warnings for In-
dia. The report cites “frac-
ture in interstate relations,
debt crises, widespread youth
disillusionment, failure of
technology governance and
digital inequality” as top
risks for the country
. The re-
port is on WEF’s Executive
Opinion Survey
. While unem-
ployment among youth is a
huge issue facing the govern-
ment, the debt burden is a
bigger problem. The Interna-
tional Monetary Fund in its
Fiscal Monitor Report of 2021
said that India’s debt in-
creased from 68.9 percent of
its GDP in 2016 to 89.6 percent
in 2020. It was projected to
rise to 90.6 percent in 2021. By
March-end it had increased
by 21.1 percent. The IMF pre-
dicted its decline to 88.8 per-
cent in 2022 to finally settle at
85.2 percent in 2026. This rise
in external debt adds to the
debt liability of every citizen
of the country
.
The disillusionment of
youth is linked to their being
without jobs. The unemploy-
ment rate in the country rose
to 7.9 percent at the end of
December 2021. The CMIE
data showed that on January
14, 2022 it was marginally
lower at 7.6 percent. Manag-
ing the youth will be a chal-
lenge that the government
must tackle in 2022. It can be
done through investments in
the MSME sector. The MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for the Budget. Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has un-
derlined the sector’s impor-
tance from time to time. He
recently inaugurated the
MSME Ministry’s Technolo-
gy Centre in Puducherry a
few days’ back. The centre
will train 20,000 youth and
incubate 200 start-ups.
DISILLUSIONED YOUTH
A BIG CHALLENGE
Managing the youth
will be a challenge that
the govt must tackle in
2022. It can be done
through investments in the
MSME sector. MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for Budget. PM Narendra
Modi has underlined
the sector’s importance
from time to time
T
RADICALIZATION PIPELINES
ave you had the experience of
looking at some product on-
line and then seeing ads for it
all over your social media
feed? Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily ac-
curate advertising provide
glimpses into the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms that feed
an item you search for on
Google, “like” on social me-
dia or come across while
browsing into custom adver-
tising on social media.
Those mechanisms are in-
creasingly being used for
more nefarious purposes
than aggressive advertising.
The threat is in how this tar-
geted advertising interacts
with today’s extremely divi-
sive political landscape. As a
social media researcher, I see
how people seeking to radi-
calize others use targeted ad-
vertising to readily move
people to extreme views.
ADVERTISING TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE
Advertising is clearly power-
ful. The right ad campaign
can help shape or create de-
mand for a new product or
rehabilitate the image of an
older product or even of an
entire company or brand. Po-
litical campaigns use similar
strategies to push candidates
and ideas, and historically
countries have used them to
wage propaganda wars.
Advertising in mass media
is powerful, but mass media
has a built-in moderating
force. When trying to move
many people in one direc-
tion, mass media can only
move them as fast as the mid-
dle will tolerate. If it moves
too far or too fast, people in
the middle may be alienated.
BREADCRUMBS
TO THE EXTREME
One important part of the an-
swer is that people associated
with foreign governments,
without admitting who they
are, take extreme positions in
social media posts with the
deliberate goal of sparking
division and conflict. These
extreme posts take advantage
of the social media algo-
rithms, which are designed to
heighten engagement, mean-
ing they reward content that
provokes a response.
Another important part of
the answer is that people
seeking to radicalize others
lay out trails of breadcrumbs
to more and more extreme
positions.
HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF
First, I recommend a huge
dose of skepticism about so-
cial media recommenda-
tions. Most people have gone
to social media looking for
something in particular and
then found themselves look-
ing up from their phones an
hour or more later having lit-
tle idea how or why they read
or watched what they just
did. It is designed to be addic-
tive.
I’ve been trying to chart a
more deliberate path to the
information I want and ac-
tively trying to avoid just
clicking on whatever is rec-
ommended to me. If I do read
or watch what is suggested, I
ask myself “How might this
information be in someone
else’s best interest, not
mine?”
Second, consider support-
ing efforts to require social
media platforms to offer us-
ers a choice of algorithms for
recommendations and feed
curation, including ones
based on simple-to-explain
rules.
Third, and most impor-
tant, I recommend investing
more time in interacting
with friends and family off
of social media. If I find my-
self needing to forward a link
to make a point, I treat that as
a warning bell that I do not
actually understand the is-
sue well enough myself. If so,
perhaps I have found myself
following a constructed trail
toward extreme content rath-
er than consuming materials
that are actually helping me
better understand the world.
Source: The Conversation
H
JEANNA MATTHEWS
The writer is Professor of
Computer Science, Clarkson University
The detailed profiles the
social media companies
build for each of their users
make advertising even more
powerful by enabling
advertisers to tailor their
messages to individuals.
These profiles often include
the size and value of your
home, what year you bought
your car, whether you’re
expecting a child, and
whether you buy a lot of beer
Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily
accurate advertising
provide glimpses into
the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms
that feed an item you
search for on Google,
“like” on social
media or come
across while browsing
into custom advertising
on social media
How targeted advertising on social
media drives people to extremes

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HIGHLIGHTS
 PM to chair meeting
on Jan 19 to finalise
BJP candidates in Goa
 We received many
applications, taking us
time to select candi-
dates: Farmer leader
on SSM second list
 Denied Congress
ticket, CM Channi’s
brother to contest as
independent candidat-
ey in Punjab
 BJP, SAD seek
postponement of Pb
polls in view of Guru
Ravidas Jayanti
 Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
dismisses State Min
Harak Singh Rawat
from Cabinet: CMO
UP ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
U’KHAND ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
New Delhi: Avinash
Negi assumed charge
as Director of Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Institute
of Mountaineering and
Allied Sports on Sunday.
Negi is a former Border
Security Force officer.
“Congratulations to
Avinash Negi, former
@BSF_India officer,”
tweeted BSF.
Bengaluru: BJP MLA
Ramesh Jarakiholi, a for-
mer state Cabinet Min-
ister who had resigned
from his post due to his
alleged involvement in
‘sex for job’ scandal last
year, met RSS leader
Arvindrao Deshpande to
be considered for next
cabinet expansion of
state govt, sources say.
Former BSF officer
assumes charge
as Director
Former Karnataka
Minister meets
RSS leader
CRUCIAL READ
Patna: Fresh tension
erupt between BJP and
Janata Dal (United) as
State President (SC Mor-
cha) of BJP Bihar Ajit
Choudhary on Sunday
slammed Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
over the prohibition law
in the state and called
him an autocratic leader.
New Delhi: With an aim
to to derail electioneering
process and to increase
the Khalistani footprints
in Punjab, the Pakistan’s
ISI has activated its
terror outfits to execute
more terror activities
in the state and also in
some parts of UP, the
agencies have warned.
BJP questions
Nitish Kumar over
prohibition law
ISI activates terror
wings to derail Pb,
UP polls, says Intel
PEOPLE JOINING SP DO RIOTS, PEOPLE
JOINING BJP CATCH RIOTERS...
BJP’s Uttarakhand
core group meeting
held in New Delhi
AAP lists 13 point
agenda; to provide
free power, water
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Uttara-
khand core group is
holding a meeting on
Sunday at the party’s
headquarters in Delhi.
Union HM Amit Shah
and Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
are also present in the
meeting along with the
party’s National Prez
JP Nadda, State Prez
Madan Kaushik, state
election in-charge Pral-
had Joshi, RP Singh
and others. —ANI Panaji: Ahead of the
Goa Assembly polls,
Delhi CM and AAP Na-
tional Convener Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
listed a 13-point agenda
for the State. In the
13-point agenda, the
party will bring re-
forms in the areas of
education, health, trade
and industry, liveli-
hood, Mining and infra-
structure. “Goa public
is looking forward to
polls on February 14.
AAP is fresh hope. They
didn’t have any choice
except BJP or Congress
earlier, they want a
change and are frustrat-
ed,” he said. —ANI
....saysAnuragThakurafterformerIPSofficerAsimArunjoinssaffronparty
Lucknow: Taking a
jibe at SP workers, Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur on Sunday said
that “people joining SP
do riots, people joining
BJP catch rioters”.
Thakur said that it’s
clear people with clean
characters join BJP,
and rioters with blood-
covered hands join SP.
His remarks came
when former IPS officer
Asim Arun joined the
BJP in Lucknow on
Sunday in his presence.
Other party leaders
were also present. —ANI
ALERT!
SEVERE
WINTER IS
HERE...
New Delhi: The In-
dia Meteorological
Department (IMD)
on Sunday predicted
cold to severe cold
day conditions in
many states during
next two-three days.
It also predicted
dense to very dense
fog over parts of
northwest India till
19 January
.
Very Dense Fog
Also, department has
warned of very
dense fog over Ra-
jasthan and East UP
during next 2 days
and dense fog in Jam-
mu division and
Himachal Pradesh
today; over West UP
and north MP during
next 2 days.
Rainfall in East
and South India
In southern India, the
IMD has predicted
light to moderate
rainfall over Telanga-
na; over Coastal AP
today and over Tamil
Nadu, Kerala during
next 3 days. Rainfall is
also predicted over
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram and Tripura
during on 19th 20th
January
. Rain is likely
in Himachal and Utta-
rakhand till Jan 20.
IMD predicts that severe cold day conditions are very likely over Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, UP, MP and Rajasthan. Amid the cold wave in
Rajasthan, Photojournalist Santosh Sharma captures Bhawani Niketan
building in Jaipur engulfed in fog on Sunday afternoon.
Asim Arun, former Kanpur Commissioner of Police joins BJP in presence of party state president
Swatantra Dev Singh and Union Minister Anurag Thakur at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday.
Arvind Kejriwal greets an elderly man during AAP’s door-to-door
campaign ahead of Goa polls at Cortalim, in South Goa on Sunday.
Akhilesh Yadav is giving
tickets to criminals: Yogi
PARTY TO FORM
TEAMS TO REDUCE
REBELLION IN BJP
‘Post-poll alliance
likely with non BJP’
‘Politics being done
over security breach’
SAMAJWADI PARTY RELEASES FIRST LIST
OF 30 CANDIDATES FOR U’KHAND POLLS
New Delhi: Witnessing
a bunch of resignations
in poll-bound UP, the
BJP has decided to form
teams under the leader-
ship of all its seven MPs
to reduce the possible re-
bellion in Uttarakhand as
the top leadership is likely
to announce the list of
candidates on Sunday for
the upcoming Assembly
polls in Uttarakhand.
Panaji: AAP fails to
secure a majority in the
upcoming Goa polls, the
party would think of form-
ing a post-poll coalition
with a non-BJP party, AAP
supremo Arvind Kejriwal
said on Sunday.
Panaji: Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said that politics
is being done over the
alleged security breach
during PM Modi’s recent
visit to Punjab. ‘Politics
is being done from both
(BJP and Cong),’ he said.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Sunday
released the first list of
candidates on 30 assem-
bly seats of Uttarakhand
for the upcoming polls. Of
the 30 candidates, there
are only three women
candidates. Lakshmi Devi
is fielded from Bagesh-
war. Sunita Rikhari will
contest from Ranikhet
and Manisha will contest
from Bazpur. Meanwhile,
Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami on
Saturday had said that he
will contest the upcom-
ing Assembly polls in the
state from the Khatima
constituency and said that
BJP’s list of candidates
will be announced soon.
CM added that they have
set a target of winning
more than 60 seats out
of the 70 seats in the As-
sembly through a slogan
‘’Abki Baar 60 Paar’. In
the last Assembly polls,
BJP secured the win on
57 seats out of 70.
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi
Adityanath on Sunday
took a swipe at the SP,
which ruled the state
from 2012 to 2017, and
said that it has joined
hands with RLD but is
again encouraging hoo-
liganism, mafias and
anarchy
.
“The SP and RLD alli-
ance showed its charac-
ter from its 1st list re-
leased. Once again, SP
has given tickets to
criminals and rioters in
UP polls,” he said. The
CM alleged that Madan
Bhaiya who will contest
elections from the Loni
assembly constituency
is counted in the list of
mafias. Hitting out at SP
for giving a ticket to Na-
hid from Muzaffarna-
gar, he said that a total
of 17 cases were regis-
tered against him. Yogi
said that Akhilesh has
made it clear that SP is
ready to throw western
UP into communal fire
again by giving tickets
to such people. —ANI
Lucknow: SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Sunday
alleged that backward
classes and Dalits have
understood that it’s
BJP’s strategy to privat-
ize everything with time
and later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
and finish the reservation
ystem.“Backward classes
Dalits have understood
that it’s BJP’s strategy to
privatize everything with
time, later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
finish reservation. No one
can lie more than this BJP
CM one can lie more than
this BJP CM,” he said.
Akhilesh to complain to EC
about ex-cops joining BJP
Yadav also said he would
complain to EC to remove
ex-IPS Asim and other
retired bureaucrats who
have joined BJP over yrs.
Yogi Adityanath
Noida: Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
expressed confidence in
his party securing a win
in polls in UP. Bhupesh
Baghel who is also an
observer for UP Assem-
bly election said, “The
situation of Congress is
strong in UP. Under the
leadership of Priyanka
Gandhi, the organisation
has become strong and
has fought for the farm-
ers, workers and women.
There is great support on
the ground for Congress.”
CONFIDENT BAGHEL SAYS SITUATION
OF CONGRESS IS STRONG IN UP
Bhupesh Baghel kickstarted door-to-door campaign in Noida
on Sunday. Baghel said only the grand old party is talking about
common people while others are busy playing ‘religion politics’.
AMIT SHAH LIKELY TO HIT TURF
AFTER JANUARY 23, SAY SOURCES
New Delhi: Union
Minister Amit Shah is
likely to hit the turf in the
battleground UP after
January 23 and hold a
series of meetings at vari-
ous places adhering to
the Model Code of
Conduct laid down
by the Election
Commission of
India in view of
the rising
Covid
cases
in the
country, said the sources
in the BJP. The EC on
Saturday extended the
ban on public rallies up to
January 22. According to
sources, if the poll body
extends the restrictions
further, then Amit
Shah is likely to vis-
it the constituencies
based on different
phases of elections.
Notably, UP polls
are scheduled
to be held in 7
phases. —ANI
BACKWARD CLASSES, DALITS KNOW THAT IT’S
BJP’S STRATEGY TO PRIVATIZE THINGS: AKHILESH
Where is Yadav
contesting from?
asks BJP MP
New Delhi: BJP elec-
tion co-incharge of
UP and RS MP Vivek
Thakur on Sunday
slammed SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav ask-
ing him from which
constitutency will he
contest the forth-
coming Assembly
elections. Thakur’s
comments came after
Yadav claimed that
Yogi had already been
sent home by the BJP.
ExGoacongressleaderquits
TMCwithinmonth,getsoffer
Panaji: A month after
switching over to the
TMC from Cong and
just weeks
ahead of the as-
sembly elec-
tions, ex-Goa
MLA Aleixo
R e g i n a l d o
Lourenco on
Sunday quit the Mama-
ta Banerjee-led party.
Lourenco was the MLA
from Curtorim and was
the working president
of Goa Congress when
he quit party
state assembly
in December.
The move in-
stantly prompt-
ed an invitation
from BJP-
turned-Congress leader
Lobo for Lourenco to
return to the Congress.
SHIV SENA, NCP TO CONTEST GOA
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS TOGETHER
Mumbai: Shiv Sena and
the NCP have decided
to contest the upcoming
Goa Assembly elections
together in alliance,
Shiv Sena leader and
MP Sanjay Raut said on
Sunday. Raut said, “Shiv
Sena and NCP will contest
together in Goa assem-
bly elections. There will
be a discussion on seat
sharing on January 18.
NCP’s senior leader Praful
Patel will discuss seat-
sharing formula in Goa
on January 18. Only after
that, it will be clear who
will contest on how many
seats.” —ANI
Amit Shah
Akhilesh Yadav

BIZ BUZZ
06
BUDGET 2022
FPIsinvest`3,117
crinIndianmarkets
inJanuarysofar
New Delhi: Foreign
portfolio investors
(FPIs) reversed the
three-month selling
streak in January by
investing net `3,117
crore in Indian mar-
kets, so far this month.
Depositories data
showed that they
pumped `1,857 crore
into equities and
`1,743 crore into hy-
brid instruments dur-
ing Jan 1-14. At the
same time, they pulled
out `482 crore from the
debt segment, taking
the total net inflow to
`3,117 crore. Prior to
this, overseas inves-
tors were net sellers in
the Indian markets for
three consecutive
months since Oct 2021.
As per Himanshu
Srivastava, associate
director – manager re-
search, Morningstar
India, FPIs have cur-
rently adopted cau-
tious stance towards
Indian equities. With
Union Budget around
the corner, FPIs would
like to get more clarity
and direction from the
government about its
roadmap towards eco-
nomic growth before
investing substantial-
ly in the country’s
capital markets. —PTI
India is facing
stagflation: K Basu
New Delhi: India’s
overall macroeconom-
ic situation is in a re-
covery mode but the
growth is concentrat-
ed at the top end,
which is a worrying
trend, according to
former World Bank
Chief Economist Kau-
shik Basu.
Amid the rising in-
flationary trends, in-
cluding the sharp in-
crease in retail infla-
tion last month, Basu,
who has also served as
Chief Economic Advi-
sor to the Indian gov-
ernment during the
UPA rule, said the
country is facing stag-
flation and “very care-
fully curated policy
interventions”
are required
to address the situa-
tion.
While the aggregate
economy is growing,
“the bottom half of
India” is in recession,
he said and noted that
it was sad the coun-
try’s policy over the
last few years has
been largely focused
on big businesses. “In-
dia’s overall macroe-
conomic situation is
in recovery mode…
The worry stems from
the fact that this
growth is concentrat-
ed at the top end,”
Basu said.
He also said the
youth unemployment
rate in the country
touched 23%, among
the highest globally,
even before the COV-
ID-19 pandemic
started.
—PTI
New Delhi: Passenger
vehicle exports from In-
dia increased 46% in
the first nine months of
the current fiscal year,
with Maruti Suzuki In-
dia leading the segment
with dispatches of
around 1.68 lakh units,
as per the latest data by
SIAM. The total passen-
ger vehicle (PV) exports
stood at 4,24,037 units in
April-Dec 2021-22 as
compared with 2,91,170
units in 2020.
Passenger car ship-
ments saw 45% growth
at 2,75,728 units while
utility vehicle exports
rose 47% at 1,46,688
units during the period
under review, the data
by the SIAM showed.
Export of vans near-
ly doubled to 1,621 units
in April-Dec 2021-22 as
compared with 877
units in the same period
last fiscal year. —PTI
India’sPassengerVehicleexportsrise46%inApril-Dec2021
Passenger car
shipments saw 45 per
cent growth while
utility vehicle exports
rose 47 per cent
GovtcouldconsiderlevyingTDS/TCSon
CRYPTO TRADING
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment could con-
sider in the upcoming
Budget levying TDS/
TCS on sale and pur-
chase of cryptocur-
rencies above a cer-
tain threshold and
such transactions
should be brought
within the ambit of
specified transaction
for the purpose of re-
porting to income tax
authorities, Nangia
Andersen LLP Tax
Leader Aravind Sri-
vatsan said.
Also, a higher tax
rate of 30% should be
levied on the income
arising from the sale
of cryptocurrency,
similar to winnings
from lottery, game
shows, puzzle, etc, he
said.
Speaking about
what the Budget 2022-
23 could have in store
for the crypto industry
in India, Srivatsan
said currently, India
has the highest num-
ber of crypto owners
globally, at 10.07 crore
and as per a report it is
expected that the in-
vestment by Indians
in cryptocurrency
could touch $241 mil-
lion by 2030.
A bill was expected
to be presented during
Winter Session of Par-
liament to regulate
cryptocur rencies.
However, it was not in-
troduced, and it is
now expected that the
government may take
up this bill in the
Budget Ses-
sion. If
t h e
gov-
er-
n m e n t
does not pro-
hibit Indians from
dealing in cryptocur-
rencies, we expect
that the government
could introduce a re-
gressive tax regime
for cryptocurrencies,
he noted.
He said considering
the size of the market,
the amount involved,
and the risk coupled
with cryptocurren-
cies, certain changes
may be brought
in the taxa-
tion of
c r y p -
t o -
cur-
r e n -
cies like
b r i n g i n g
them under the
provisions of tax de-
ducted at source (TDS)
and tax collected at
source (TCS) above a
threshold limit which
will help the govern-
ment get the foot-
prints of the inves-
tors.
Both sale and pur-
chase of cryptocur-
rencies should be
brought under the am-
bit of reporting in the
Statement of Finan-
cial Transactions.
The trading compa-
nies already do simi-
lar reporting of sale
and purchase of
shares and units of
mutual funds, he said.
To keep a watch on
high value transac-
tions undertaken by
the taxpayer, the In-
come-tax law has the
concept of SFT or re-
portable account.
This helps tax au-
thorities to collect in-
formation on certain
prescribed high value
transactions under-
taken by any person
during the year.
Financial institu-
tions, companies and
stock market interme-
diaries fall within the
purview of SFT re-
porting. Srivatsan
said similar to win-
nings from lottery,
game shows, puzzle,
etc., a higher tax rate
of 30% should be lev-
ied on the income aris-
ing from the sale of
cryptocurrency
. —PTI
Such transactions could be brought
within the ambit of specified
transaction for the purpose of
reporting to I-T authorities
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRYPTO OWNERS
Mumbai: The proportion of
women investing in equities
increased from about 16% to
24% across India in the past
two years. The surge in stocks
to records — the benchmark
indices have risen 40% since
January 1, 2020 — has also
helped persuade women to
invest in them. “Since the pan-
demic began, there has been a
huge influx of female investors in
the stock market, ” said Kavitha
Subramanian, cofounder, Upstox.
—Agencies
MORE WOMEN JOIN
STOCK MARKET PARTY
New Delhi: The stock market’s
momentum will be guided by
the ongoing quarterly earnings
season, with Reliance Industries,
HUL and Bajaj Finance among
those scheduled to announce
their results this week, analysts
said. Focus would also remain on
the COVID situation, global stock
markets, investment pattern of
foreign institutional investors
(FIIs), rupee-dollar trend and
Brent crude, they added. Last
week, the BSE benchmark, Sen-
sex jumped 1,478.38 points. —PTI
Q3 EARNINGS TO GUIDE
MARKET THIS WEEK
New Delhi: State-owned Oil India
Ltd (OIL) has exited from a US
shale oil venture, selling its 20%
stake to its venture partner for
$25 million -- the second exit of
an Indian firm from the US shale
business in two months.“Oil
India (USA) Inc (wholly owned
subsidiary of OIL), divested its
entire stake in Niobrara shale
asset, USA,” a regulatory filing
by the company said, adding the
consideration received was $25
million. —PTI
OIL INDIA EXITS US
SHALE VENTURE
New Delhi: Less than
one-third of the people
who cancelled their
flights owing to the
emergence of the Omi-
cron variant-led third
pandemic wave were
able to receive refunds,
according to an online
survey
.
The survey received
more than 20,000 re-
sponses from citizens
residing in 332 dis-
tricts of India.
The first question in
the survey on airlines
asked citizens, “For
the flight travel that
you had booked for
January-March 2022,
how did the cancella-
tion process work?”
In response, 29%
said, “Travel agent
and/or airline accept-
ed cancellation and re-
funded full amount”,
while 14% said they
received partial
amount. At the same
time, 29% of respond-
ents said “travel agent
and/or airline accept-
ed cancellation and re-
funded a very small
amount”.
About 14 per cent of
people surveyed said,
“travel agent and/or
airline did not refund
anything but rebooked
the ticket for a later
date,”and14%couldn’t
say anything, as per
the survey
.
On an aggregate ba-
sis, of those who can-
celled flight tickets due
to the third COVID
wave, only 29% were
able to get a full refund
from airlines/travel
agents, it added. —PTI
Less than one-third of people get flight cancellation refund
IOC to invest `7,000
crore in city gas
New Delhi: Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) on
Sunday said it will in-
vest over `7,000 crore
in setting up city gas
distribution networks
in the cities for which
it has secured a li-
cence in the latest bid-
ding round.
IOC secured 33% of
the demand potential
that was up for grabs
in the recently con-
cluded 11th round of
CGD bidding, corner-
ing cities from Jammu
to Madurai to Haldia.
Of the 61 geographi-
cal areas or GAs that
received bids in the
11th round city gas
distribution (CGD)
bidding, IOC got 9 li-
censes to retail CNG to
automobiles and piped
cooking gas to house-
holds. Though the GAs
it won were less than
Megha Engineering
and Infrastructures
Ltd’s 15 licences, in
the terms of demand
potential it got the
maximum. “IndianOil
plans to invest over
`7,000 Crore in these
new CGD Projects,
over and above the
`20,000 crore already
planned for its CGD
Vertical,” the state-
ment said. —PTI
MAJOR DISTRICTS
REMAIN VOLATILE
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price
on Sunday was hiked by 4.2%
- the second increase in rates
this month warranted by firming
international oil prices, but
petrol and diesel prices remained
unchanged for the 72nd day in a
row. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF)
price was hiked by `3,232.87 per
kilolitre, or 4.25% to `79,294.91
per kl in Delhi, according to a
price notification of state-owned
fuel retailers. This is the second
increase in rates this month. —PTI
AVIATION TURBINE FUEL
PRICE HIKED BY 4.2%

Dehradun: Witnessing
a bunch of resignations
in poll-bound UP, the
BJP has decided to form
teams under the leader-
ship of all its seven MPs
to reduce the possible
rebellion in Uttara-
khand as the top leader-
ship is likely to an-
nounce the list of candi-
dates on Sunday for the
upcoming Assembly
polls in Uttarakhand.
Sources said, “After
the distribution of tick-
ets, the Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party has decided to
form teams under the
leadership of all its sev-
en MPs to reduce the
possible rebellion and
damagecontrol.”“These
teams will be activated
even before the an-
nouncement of tickets.
In the core group meet-
ing held in Dehradun,”
sources said. —ANI
RUN-UPTOASSEMBLYPOLLS
07
NEWS
Lucknow: Some politi-
cians in Uttar Pradesh
are making much of the
number 7 in the seven-
phase assembly elec-
tions, saying the “auspi-
cious” numeral will
help them win.
From invoking the
Saptarishi’ (Ursa Ma-
jor) constellation, seven
basic notes of Indian
classical music to saat
phere’ (seven circum-
ambulations) — parties
give different reasons
and logic to claim that
they will emerge victo-
rious in the polls.
While the BJP hopes
to score a hat-trick, the
opposition Samajwadi
Party and the Congress
feel that luck will smile
on them in the upcom-
ing polls. The Election
Commission had recent-
ly announced the poll
schedule in the state.
Counting of votes will
take place on March 10.
The state will go to
polls on February 10,
February 14, February
20, February 23, Febru-
ary 27, March 3 and
March 7. BJP Rajya
Sabha MP Sanjay Seth
said number seven is
considered auspicious.
“There is the ‘Sapta-
rishi’ (Ursa Major) con-
stellation. A rainbow
has seven colours, and
there are seven basic
notes in Indian classi-
cal music. The 2017
state assembly elec-
tions and 2019 Lok Sab-
ha elections were held
in seven phases, and the
BJP registered compre-
hensive wins. In this as-
sembly election, which
will also be held in sev-
en phases, the BJP will
win more than 300 seats,
he tweeted in Hindi.
—PTI
Chandigarh: It was
speculated that the
Samyukta Samaj Mor-
cha, which was carved
out of the farmers’ pro-
test movement, and the
AAP would contest the
Punjab assembly polls
together, but they have
ended up fighting
against each other. The
differences became
more apparent when
they could not agree on
seat sharing at a “din-
ner meeting” between
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and
SSM president Balbir
Singh Rajewal at the
former’s residence.
—ANI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the elec-
tion to the five state as-
semblies draws near, the
pace of political activi-
ties naturally has be-
come turbocharged. Not
thatralliesorroadshows
are happening, neither
are posters and banners
flooding the streets.
Notthatralliesorroad
shows are happening,
neither are posters and
banners flooding the
streets.Themovementis
of politiciansshiftingal-
liances in search of pas-
tures that they believe
canfetchthemtheneces-
sary greens.
The proverbial 'Aaya
Ram Gaya Ram' is here
again, and no matter
what the law says, or
what the sentiment and
goal of the law is, the
crossovers continue.
It is not common to
see politicians who
have been ministers for
a full five years sudden-
ly decide to exit their
parent party and join
the rivals. In recent
days, Uttar Pradesh,
Goa and Punjab -- three
of the five states going
to the polls -- have had
this drama unfolding
almost daily. It must
surely have made the
voters sit up and pon-
der.
Uttar Pradesh is con-
sidered to be one of the
toughest political terri-
tories in the country,
where political equa-
tions and affiliations
are dominated by caste
and religion. And the
state has its own share
of 'Aaya Ram Gaya
Ram' stories. At least 20
leaders, including min-
isters, have jumped
ship so far.
Just ahead of the
election, Swami Prasad
Maurya, a minister in
the Yogi Adityanath
government, an-
nounced his resigna-
tion on Twitter and
joined the Samajwadi
Party. After serving his
complete five-year
term as minister, he ac-
cused the BJP of ne-
glecting Dalits, OBCs
and farmers.
Maurya had switched
over to the BJP from the
Bahujan Samaj Party,
months ahead of the
2017 Assembly elec-
tions, accusing
Mayawati of corrup-
tion. Before joining the
BSP in 1996, he had a
stint in the Janata Dal.
Soon after Maurya's
resignation from the
BJP, two more minis-
ters — Dara Singh
Chauhan and Dharam
Singh Saini — followed
in his footsteps.
A look into recent history of defections in UP
Parties hope to gain from lucky
number 7 in seven-phase UP polls
Our first list symbol of social justice,
SP’s dominated by criminals: Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party and Rash-
triya Lok Dal alliance
has shown its true col-
ours in its first list of
candidatesreleasedfor
theassemblyelections.
TheSP
,whichruledUP
from 2012 to 2017 by be-
inghandingloveswith
the mafia, goons and
criminals, has once
again bared its inten-
tions, said CM Yogi
Adityanath on Sunday
.
Attacking Sama-
jwadi Party, he said
that this time SP has
joined hands with
RLD but has again
readied the script of
anarchy, hooliganism
and mafias for the
public. SP has once
again distributed tick-
ets to criminals and
rioters in the upcom-
ing assembly elec-
tions after terrifying
UP with rioters and
criminals, he said.
BJP’S ‘HINDU
FIRST’ POLICY
Uttarakhand: BJP tries to
reduce possible rebellion
Many among 2 SP MLCs,
ex-bureaucrat joining BJP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP BJP
received a shot in its
arm when several po-
litical leaders of oth-
er parties, including
two MLCs of Sama-
jwadi Party and a for-
mer bureaucrat,
joined the party on
Sunday.
Earlier in the day,
former Kanpur Com-
missioner of Police
Asim Arun also for-
mally joined the saf-
fron party after tak-
ing VRS.
Those who joined
BJP on Sunday in-
cluded SP MLCs
Ghanshyam Lodhi
and Shailendra
Pratap Singh, along
with former IAS and
BSP leader Ram Baha-
dur.
Ram Bahadur had
contested the UP As-
sembly polls 2017 on a
BSP ticket.
BJP State President
Swatantra Dev, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur and Daya
Shankar Singh were
present during the
joining of new lead-
ers.Along with them,
former MLA Shiko-
habad Om Prakash
and former District
Panchayat President
of Firozabad Vijay
Pratap Singh Chhotu
also took membership
of BJP.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwa-
di Party chief and
former chief minis-
ter Akhilesh Yadav
has said that he will
ask the Election Com-
mission (EC) to re-
move all police offic-
ers who have worked
with former IPS-
turned BJP member
Asim Arun to ensure
they don’t work as
“Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP) agents”
in the upcoming Ut-
tar Pradesh (UP) elec-
tions.
Arun took VRS on
January 15 and for-
mally joined the
BJP in Lucknow
on Sunday. It was
being speculated
that Asim Arun
will contest
from Kannauj.
Attacking the BJP,
he said, “I will write
to the Election Com-
mission to make a list
of officers who have
worked with Asim
Arun in the past five
years and remove
them all, else they
will work as BJP’s
agents. If the EC fails
to take any action,
then I will not think
that EC is unbiased.
Even in Panchayat
Elections, the SP and
DM were contesting
elections for the BJP.”
Also it
s h o u l d
not be ignored that an
officer of the same
department in which
Asim Arun was post-
ed had died by sui-
cide. Now you can
understand why Asim
Arun has gone to the
BJP…,” said Akhile-
sh Yadav, reminding
the media of the inci-
dent when additional
SP of ATS Rajesh
Sahni died by suicide.
The SP had earlier de-
manded removal of
six administrative of-
ficers, however none
of them have been re-
moved by EC as of
now.
SP to petition ECI for removal
of officers who worked with
Asim Arun now in BJP
Utpal Parrikar is
welcome to join
AAP: Kejriwal
AAP,SSMendupfightingpolls
againsteachotherinPunjab
Cong gave jobs to Ministers
MLAs’ kin: Punjab AAP
Panaji: AAP national
convener Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
said his party will
welcome Utpal Par-
rikar, son of former
Goa CM late Manohar
Parrikar, if he is will-
ing to join it. Utpal
Parrikar has been lob-
bying to get the BJP’s
ticket for the Panaji
Assembly seat, which
his father had repre-
sented for more than
two decades. But the
ruling party has given
him the cold shoul-
der. Goa polls will
be held on February
14. Apart from
the BJP and
the Congress,
the AAP, TMC,
among others,
are in the
fray.
—PTI
SKM DISTANCES
FROM FARMER
BODIES IN FRAY
New Delhi: The farmer
unions contesting
Punjab polls will no
longer be part of
the Samyukt Kisan
Morcha, the umbrella
body that spearheaded
the agitation against
the now-repealed
agri laws. The SKM
also gave a call for a
nationwide “Day of
Betrayal” on Jan 31
against what it called
the govt’s reneging
on its assurances to
the farmers on their
demands. —PTI
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh/Mohali:
The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) in Punjab has ac-
cused ruling party Con-
gress of giving jobs
only to the relatives of
Ministers and MLAs in
the Vidhan Sabha re-
cruitment.
Senior AAP senior
leader Harjot Singh
Bains has accused the
Congress government
for a scam in the re-
cruitment process of
assembly employees.
He said that instead of
giving jobs to eligible
youth/candidates, the
Congress government
recruited children, kin
and close relatives of its
ministers and MLAs.
ABOUT 15 LAKH PEOPLE GAVE THEIR
OPINION ABOUT AAP’S CM FACE
Chandigarh: In the 72 hours since the AAP issued
a mobile number to know opinion of Punjab
people about who should be AAP’s CM face,
around 15 lakh people have voiced their opinions.
AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema said that in
72 hours, 7 lakh people called, 5.5 people
voted for their choice via WhatsApp and
1.5 lakh left a voice message. —FIB
Pushkar S Dhami
Arvind Kejriwal
AAP leader Harjot S Bains
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
The new joinees were welcomed into the BJP by state BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh and Union
Minister Anurag Thakur.
Uttar Pradesh will have 7-phase elections
BJP’s SP Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini join Samajwadi Party. —FILE
I will write to the
Election Commission
to make a list of offi-
cers who have worked with
Asim Arun in the past
five years and re-
move them all,
else they will
work as BJP’s
agents.
—Akhilesh
Yadav, SP chief

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,555,339
TOTAL DEATHS
266,658,231
TOTAL RECOVERED
55,018,228
ACTIVE CASES
327,231,798
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
486,094
TOTAL DEATHS
35,085,721
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,550,349
ACTIVE CASES
37,122,164
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
‘Purple Revolution is JK’s contribution to start-ups India’
First India Bureau
New Delhi : Union
Minister of State (Inde-
pendent Charge) Sci-
ence Technology,
Minister of State Inde-
pendent Charge) Earth
Sciences; MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh said here on Sun-
day that “Purple Revo-
lution” is Jammu
Kashmir’s contribution
to “Start-ups India”, an
initiative that was
launched by PM Naren-
dra Modi in 2016 and
today we are observing
the first National Start-
up Day
.
Briefing about the
Aroma Mission
launched by the Union
Ministry of Science
Technology through
the Council of Scientif-
ic IndustrialResearch
(CSIR), which has led to
the well-known “Purple
Revolution” in India ,
the Minister informed
that the CSIR had, to be-
gin with introduced
high-value essential oil
bearing lavender crop
through its Jammu
based laboratory, Indi-
an Institute of Integra-
tive Medicines (IIIM)
for cultivation in dis-
tricts Doda, Kishtwar,
Rajouri and later also
in the other districts in-
cluding Ramban, Pul-
wama, etc. In a brief
span of time, aroma/
lavender cultivation
has become a popular
option in farming for
agricultural Start-up,
he said.
Sharing interesting
fact, Dr Jitendra Singh
disclosed that a youth
called Bharat Bhushan
hailing from remote vil-
lage Khillani in district
Doda has become a role
model success story.
Bhushan started laven-
der cultivation in just
about 0.1 hectare of
land with the support
of CSIR-IIIM but as
profits started showing,
he converted a larger
area of maize planta-
tion around his house
also into lavender plan-
tation. Today, he has 20
others working on his
lavender fields and
Nursery while around
500 farmers from his
district have also fol-
lowed him, he said. Dr
Singh said, unfortu-
nately it was never re-
ported in the local me-
dia that IIIM Jammu
was helping the Start-
ups in aroma and laven-
der farming to sell their
produce. Prominent
companies like Mum-
bai based Ajmal Bio-
tech Private Limited,
Aditi International and
NavnaitriGamika, etc.,
are the primary buyers.
SINGH SPEAKS
Delhi court rejects bail plea of
'SulliDeals'appcreatorThakur
New Delhi: A Delhi
court on Sunday reject-
ed the bail plea of Sulli
Deals app creator Aum-
kareshwar Thakur.
Metropolitan Magis-
trate Vasundhra
Chhaunkar has dis-
missed the bail plea of
Sulli Deals app creator
A u m k a r e s h w a r
Thakur. The IFSO unit
of Delhi Police’s Spe-
cial Cell arrested the
mastermind of the Sulli
Deals app from Indore
last week after receiv-
ing information about
him from Bulli Bai app
case mastermind
Neeraj Bishnoi during
the investigation.
The Court noted that
the investigation in the
case is at an initial
stage and the accused
has been arrested after
great and time-consum-
ing efforts following the
MLAT process.
“The accused had
consciously used Top
Browser to disclose his
identity and various
complaints have been
received against the
‘Sulli Deals’ app
throughout the country
.
The investigation is at a
nascent stage where
crucial evidence and
further chain of events
are yet to be conclusive-
ly unearthed,” the
Court observed.
According to the
Court, granting bail to
the accused at this junc-
ture will prejudice a
fair investigation.
“Therefore, in the opin-
ion of the Court, the ac-
cused is not entitled to
bail at this stage, “ the
court said.
“On the basis of
above observations and
reasons, bail applica-
tion of accused Aumka-
reshwar Thakur is dis-
missed,” the court said.
In July 2021, the ‘Sulli
Deal’ app was made on
the Github platform to
auction Muslim wom-
en. The matter came to
light when Delhi Police
took suo moto cogni-
zance of this matter.
The Delhi Police were
investigating the case
for the last six months
but the first arrest in
the case came after Bul-
li Bai app case master-
mind Niraj Bishnoi was
apprehended from As-
sam’s Jorhat.
Delhi Police, during
the investigation, found
out that the Bulli Bai
mastermind Niraj Bish-
noi and Aumkareshwar
Thakur were virtually
connected over the in-
ternet through chat
rooms. —ANI
THE WRAP!
With 7 more deaths,Bihar
hooch case toll rises to 11
Kumar Pramod
Bihar Sharif: With
seven more deaths
due to spurious liq-
uor, the toll in Bihar
hooch tragedy has
risen to 11 in dry
state’s Nalanda dis-
trict.
Nalanda SP Ashok
Mishra said that the
concerned SHO of the
police station has
been suspended and
bodies of eight of the
deceased have been
handed over to family
members after post
mortem.
“Four people died
in the early hours of
Saturday while four
others breathed their
last in the evening.
Three more died this
morning,” he said.
“All deaths have
taken place in Chhoti
Pahari and Pahari
Talli localities of the
town. The SHO of
Sohsaraihasbeensus-
pended,” added the SP
.
Bodies of the three
persons who died
Sunday morning have
been sent for post
mortem. All bereaved
family members have
said that the deceased
consumed liquor on
Friday night.
Sale and consump-
tion of liquor is com-
pletely banned in Bi-
har since 2016.
Meanwhile, state
BJP prez Sanjay
Jaiswal, launched a
fresh attack on the
CM’s party
. “JD(U)
leaders would do well
to acknowledge that
the illicit liquor trade
cannot be slain until
the nexus of high of-
ficials, police person-
nel and liquor mafia
is broken,” said
Jaiswal. —With PTI inputs
We have decided to
hand over Alwar
case to CBI: Raj CM
Textile traders lose
`1,500crinnewnorm
Ahmedabad: After the
second wave of Corona
stopped, the business
started getting back on
track, only then the
new variant Omicron,
which came in Decem-
ber, has increased the
difficulties of the trad-
ers. New guidelines for
Corona have been is-
sued in many states in-
cluding Maharashtra,
Rajasthan, UP. With the
arrival of the new vari-
ant of Corona, Omi-
cron, the business of
1500 crore rupees has
been affected in the tex-
tile market of the state.
Devkishan Mangha-
ni, former president of
Federation of Surat
Textile Traders Asso-
ciation, said that
the condition of textile
traders had worsened.
In the second wave,
there was good busi-
ness on Diwali after
cases reduced and re-
strictions were eased.
Corona has put a brake
on this. Orders
worth 500 crores have
also been canceled in
the orders which were
received in the past.
1000 order is on stand-
by. Traders of the
outer market say that
business is not happen-
ing due to Corona.
Customers are not com-
ing to the retail
market.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With constant
demands from the oppo-
sition in the Alwar al-
leged gang rape and as-
sault on a minor girl
case, the state govt has
decided to hand over the
investigation to the CBI.
The state govt will soon
send a recommendation
for a CBI probe to the
Central govt.
The decision was tak-
en after a high-level
meeting with Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot late
Sunday
. Notably, even
after five days, the state
police has not been able
to trace the accused. Raj
CM had on Saturday
night tweeted said that
if the victim’s family
wanted,thentheinvesti-
gation of the case could
be done by CID, SOG or
CBI or any independent
agency
. A meeting was
held on Sunday under
thechairmanshipof Raj
CM Gehlot through VC.
MoS for Home RS Yadav,
CS Arya, ACS Home Ab-
hay Kumar, DGP Lather,
Additional DGP Crime
RP Mehrada, Dr. Sudhir
BhandariandDr.Arvind
Kumar Shukla were pre-
sent.The16-year-old vic-
tim is admitted to the JK
Lon Hospital. Raj CM
has tweeted that theBJP
is indulging in mali-
cious publicity over the
unfortunate incident in-
volving mentally chal-
lenged girl. They are
least bothered about the
agonyof victim’sfamily
.
“The state police is
conducting a free and
fair investigation into
the matter. However, if
the family members
would like to get the in-
cident investigated by
any specific officer or
CID, CB, SOG or CBI, we
are ready
. State Govt’s
intentionsareveryclear
for independent and im-
partial investigation”
Raj CM Gehlot tweeted.
Dept of School Edu,Literacy to hold iconic week from today
New Delhi: The De-
partment of School Ed-
ucation and Literacy
will be celebrating the
iconic week under ‘Aza-
di ka Amrit Mahotsav’
from Jan 17 to 21. As
part of the iconic week,
the department will or-
ganize a series of events
including a two-day In-
ternational webinar on
Toys and Games to Play,
Make and Learn, 27th
National Annual Con-
ference of Sahodaya
School Complexes and a
webinar on Inclusive
Education (IE).
The Webinar on In-
clusive Education will
be organised in part-
nership with Atal Inno-
vation Mission (AIM)
on Jan 17 through vir-
tual and physical mode.
The theme of the webi-
nar will be ‘Ed Tech
start-ups focused on
children with special
needs’. Senior Officers
of the MoE, Principals
State IE coordinators,
parents and other
Stakeholders will par-
ticipate. —PTI
Lack of pair of bullocks spurs
Maharashtra man to make small tractor
Aurangabad: A man in
Maharashtra’sBeeddis-
trict has become a good
example of the ingenu-
ity that is powering
start-ups in the country
by building an 18 horse-
power tractor to tide
over the need for a pair
of bullocks to help with
farming.
Speaking to PTI on
National Start-up Day,
Namdev Anerav (36) of
Pimpalner, some 160
kilometres from here,
said the idea of a tractor
with a width of just 1.5
feet and length of 5 feet
came to him in 2008 af-
ter the need for a pair of
bullocks was stalling
farming on his ances-
tral plot.
“Big tractors cannot
perform optimally on
small plots. To over-
come this limitation, I
created this small trac-
tor, which runs on pet-
rol and diesel. After a
long process of trial and
error, I used my welding
skills to build the first
prototype in 2011-12.
The final product can
plough, remove grass,
break clods of soil,” he
said.
“I need to deliver 40
such tractors in the next
four months, for which
I have employed seven
people. I plan to start a
full scale facility in Pim-
palner to provide em-
ployment. I started with
Rs 1.10 lakh of my own
and 28 investors put in
Rs 8 lakh. The invest-
ment is worth Rs 1.10
crore now,” he said.
The manufacturing
unit had to be shifted
from Pimpalner to
Shendra in Aurangabad
due to electricity supply
issues, he said, adding
that his product got pat-
ented in July last year.
Namdev’s mentor
and Marathwada Ac-
celerator for Growth
and Incubation Coun-
cil (MAGIC) director
Ashish Garde said
MAGIC is India’s first
regional industrial as-
sociation led incuba-
tor, which has 28 ideas
under mentoring. —PTI
‘SPECIAL CAUSE’
Sulli Deals app creator Aumkareshwar Thakur after arrest.
Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan CM
Dr JItendra Singh, Union Minister
—Representational
Police personnel carry out an investigation after ten people
died due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor.
NATIONAL
START-UP
DAY
If you want to make a life that
matters – make it matter in the
daily small things!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

NEW DELHI, MONDAY
JANUARY 17, 2022
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KARISHMA TANK, PARTICIPATING MODEL AT FIRST MISS
INDIA, HELD ON OCTOBER 30 IN GOA, GIVES A SNEAK PEEK
ABOUT HER ASPIRATIONS JOURNEY SO FAR!
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
ell us some-
thing about
yourself.
I call myself
a castle-
builder be-
cause every
time I see my-
self in a mirror
I remind my-
self to build
the castle of
my dreams.
C o m i n g
from a
s m a l l
town Jahazpur in the
Bhilwara district and start-
ing a whole new life in the
direction of my dreams was
a huge task, but I never gave
up and fought with my fears.
When did you decide that
you shall take up model-
ling?
It was all started when I got
the golden opportunity to
work as a background artist
in the movie Housefull 4.
That was the turning point in
my life, which made me real-
ise that I have a thing for act-
ing in my nerve. After that, I
started taking up shoots.
When I was a child My moth-
er used to say “Meri beti badi
hokr heroine banegi”. And I
started modelling and In 2018
I bagged the title Miss attrac-
tive girl 2018. Initially, it was
for leisure time and without
any seriousness but lately,
the response was overwhelm-
ing because of which I am
here today and yet have to
achieve more.
What are your future
plans? Where do you see
yourself in the future?
Currently, I am in a quest to
more about myself, being a
spiritual person I want to
heal myself and want a
peaceful life. But at the same
time, I want to challenge my-
self and I need to adventur-
ous life full of fun. Becoming
a successful actress in the
Bollywood industry is my Ul-
timate goal.
What is your greatest
source of inspiration?
My parents are my ultimate
source of energy and biggest
inspiration. I want to make
them proud and that is why I
am working so hard.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
NO LOOKING BACK!
T
The proud parents, Sajana Devi and Suresh Kumar Tak
Karishma Tak flaunting her Rajasthani attire during the grand finale
The gorgeous diva during the talent rounds
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

he sky is home to birds,
and during Makar
Sankranti every year
they open their home to
your kites. They don’t
seem to mind it, except
when the Chinese man-
ja used to fly these kites takes the
life of and injures so many of
their friends and family mem-
bers. They now live in fear in
their own home. And it isn’t fair!
The Chinese manja is made of
nylon or synthetic thread and is
treated with glass and metal to
make it sharper. This can be dead-
ly for humans and birds alike. Yet
people use it. One of the high-
lights of such birds treatment
camps is that they garner the in-
terest of the youth who come for-
ward to volunteer. These organi-
sations, conduct Bird Rescue
Camps, in which many people
take part as volunteers. These vol-
unteers come to these camps for
free and work with these organi-
sations to learn things like bird
handling, first aid, etc. City First
ran an extensive interview with
people taking part in these camps.
Let’s see what they have to say
.
THE PLEASURE OF ONE CAN BRING PAIN TO THE OTHER. CELEBRATING A
FESTIVAL IS ONE THING BUT CAUSING HARM DURING THE CELEBRATIONS AND
PAIN TO THE MOTHER NATURE. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU THE WORDS
OF PEOPLE MAKING UP FOR OUR IRRESPONSIBLE CELEBRATIONS!
CELEBRATING
RESPONSIBLY
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
T
I too used to fly
kites and was crazy
about them since I
was a child. But after
experiencing the damage our
joy is inflicting on our feath-
ered neighbours. I restricted
myself from flying and started
helping in bird rescues with
Raksha NGO based in Jaipur.
Resident as well as migratory
birds both are being injured
from manjha as dec to mar is
migration time for birds from
Russia and Africa.
—ISHAN SHARMA
I’ve been working
as a volunteer for
five years now and I
can confidently say
that this is one of the most
rewarding things that I have
done. Knowing that I helped
someone in need brings me
peace and makes me sleep
better. It’s sad to see how
often and badly these birds
get hurt but I also know that
many people are working hard
to cntain or fix the damage. I
think everyone should do it.
—ADITI SHARMA
It was hectic.
Getting calls from
all over the city for
injured birds was a
little overwhelming. I can’t
believe how many of them
get hurt. Our camp alone
rescued over 100 birds and
to know that there are more
camps like us getting similar
calls is just so sad. Working
as a volunteer is rewarding
but it is not for the faint of
heart. I definitiely recom-
mend doing it though.
—RAKESH PRAJAPAT
I’ve been working as
a rescuer for as long
as I can remember.
It’s a difficult line to
follow but to see so many
people coming forth to work
is just beautful. People are
more aware and worried
about their environment
now. Though we still have
a long way to go, I’m glad
for how far we’ve come.
I hope in the future more
people come to the aid and
understand how to celebrate
festivals safely.
—SHAMROZ
This was the first
time I ever got in-
volved in a camp like
this. It’s so sad that
the fun we have on Sankranti
causes so much damage to
these innocent creatures. I
see the people working here
to make it all better and help
these injured birds get back
on their feet and it makes
my heart warm. I hope that
more people understand how
much we are hurting them
and stop using things like
plastic manja.
—YEDIK PUROHIT
Medical students and doctors healing injured birds at Nature Care
Doctors and volunteers at the BTC camp, Jaipur
A pigeon being rescued
Mariam Abuhaideri with the volunteers at the Help in Suffering Bird Camp
Volunteer Sourabh Kumawat rescuing a pigeon
A kite rescued by a Raksha Volunteer
A cattle egret was rescued and brought to HIS
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BEATBOXING...!
Human Beatbox
Divyansh, hailing
from the Pinkcity,
blurs the line
between human
and robot in his
performance,
bags the golden
buzzer in India’s
GotTalent, season
9, and makes it
directly to theTOP
16!The show is
being judged by
Kirron Kher,
Shilpa Shetty
Kundra, Badshah
and Manoj
Muntashir
D
D
t starts with
the beats.
The deep
sound of
percussion
begins to
overpower
the anxious silence
of the crowd. One,
two, three… the
beats flow, the tempo
rises and the cheers
set the tone.
Enter the base, the
sound of the strings
cranksuptheenergy
and the feet begin to
tap in sync. The
lights go dim, the
eyes shut, the hands
are stretched in the
air and the heads
bowdown.Thedrum
rolls begin… they
take you in, and the
cheers get louder.
The headbanging
peaks, the speaker
burst out, and all the
sounds equilibrate..
Such is the aura
whenmusicianDivy-
ansh Kacholia, 24
years old young tal-
ented artist from
Jaipur, popularly
known as DVK per-
forms on a stage.
Divyansh,
who earlier
made it to
season two
of the reali-
tyshowDil
Hai Hin-
dustani
and won
t h e
hearts
of thousands
of people all
across, includ-
ing the leg-
endary art-
ists of the Bol-
lywood music
industry is all
set to give jaw-
droppingmag-
ical perfor-
mances at In-
dia’s Got Tal-
ent, season 9
to be on aired
on Sony Televi-
sion.
T a l k i n g
about the
IGT 2022 judg-
es,wewillhave
Kirron Kher,
Badshah (Sing-
er), Shilpa Shetty
(Actress) and
Manoj Muntashir
(Poet/Screenwrit-
er). This season
will be hosted and
presented by actor
Arjun Bijlani. What
makes this season
more interesting is
the ‘GOLDEN BUZZ-
ER’ present with all
the 4 judges, which
only the heart touch-
ing performances
will win. The pride
of Pinkcity will be
performing with Ma-
nuraj Singh, an
equally talented flut-
ist, who is also a dis-
ciple of Pandit
Hariprasad Chaur-
asiya.
The duo won the
hearts of the jury in
their first perfor-
mance itself.
After the magical
moment, Divyansh
said,“Itfeelssurreal.
The pandemic was a
huge setback, per-
sonally and profes-
sionally
, both. But I
never gave up, nei-
ther on my dreams
and passion nor on
enhancing my skills.
With the love and
support of my
friends and family
, I
am once again a part
of a reality show. Dil
Hai Hindustani
taught me a lot, gave
me a huge exposure.
I am awestruck and
blessed to share the
stage with huge tal-
ents. I look forward
to performing better
with each episode.
For me, it ain’t
aboutthere-
sults but
what I
s h o w -
c a s e
during
the few
minutes
I have in
hand on
stage. It al-
ways comes
naturally
.”
I
BEATBOXING...!
ynamic
ersatile
ing of
Superstar Badshah couldn’t resist and joined
the young talent on stage at IGT, Season 9
Divyansh with Pritam
Divyansh with the legend Asha Bhosle
Divyansh with Himesh Reshamiya
Divyansh Kacholia shares a warm moment with his show partner Manuraj Singh, flutist,
post their magnificent golden buzzer moment and direct entry in the TOP 16 at India’s Got Talent!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
DVK amid the crazy fans at Dyal Singh College, New Delhi in 2018
Divyansh with Sunidhi Chauhan during the bollywood music project, 2019 Mumbai
Divyansh with Sukhwinder Singh
Divyansh with AR Rahman
Divyansh Kacholia
Divyansh with Shaan
V
V
K
K

CHILLS AND DEWS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CAFE IN ACTION!
a d h u s u d h a n
Patidar,whois25
years old from
Indore, Madhya
Pradesh has
climbed more
than 20 moun-
tainstillnow.youaregoing
to be astounded by know-
ing the list of the achieve-
mentsof thisyoungmoun-
taineer, he is the first per-
son in the world, who stay
at the top of Mt. Kiliman-
jaro in South Africa for 22
hours,theyoungestperson
to climb Mt. Everest from
North ridge of China,
climbed the highest sum-
mit mount Elbrus of Eu-
rope continent in 12 hours
in2019.Thesewerehisma-
jorachievementsbutother
than this he has climbed
Mount KR2, Stok Kangri
(the highest mountain in
the stock range of the
Ladakh region of north-
west India), Mount Kabru
Dome (a mountain in the
Himalayas between the
border of eastern Nepal
and India). He was also
about to reach the top of
KR3 but due to bad weath-
er conditions, he couldn’t
make it.
When asked about his
journey and missions, he
has mentioned that since
childhood he was very
much fascinated by rocks
andmountains,naturehas
alwaysbeenhiscalling.He
startedgatheringinforma-
tion on how he can live the
kind of life that he always
wanted, turning his
dreams into reality
, he
endedupfinishingbasic
and advanced training
from two of the prestig-
ious mountaineering
schools in India. His lat-
est mission is to complete
“The Seven Summits”
challenge, though he
has already
climbed three of
the seven peaks,
four more
to go. And
he is
on the
m i s s i o n
to clean
and climb
100 moun-
tains in Indi-
an Himalayas.
He believes
that to accom-
plish such
dreams, one
needs to train
themselves physi-
cally and mentally.
The daily practice
of Yoga and medita-
tion helps conquer the
mental challenges that
you face in places like
death zones where tem-
peratures get extremely
low.
We wish all the luck to
this record-breaking
mountaineer for his fu-
ture endeavours.
YASHASVI
SHRIVASTAV
High Peak
Dreams!
M
A man of
mountains,
Madhusudhan
Patidar shares
his journey in
an exclusive
interview with
City First.
The 90th birthday of the legendary Bhag Bahri Malhotra of
Bahrisons Booksellers was celebrated on Saturday. She is
the book world's matriarch in Delhi. City First wishes her
good health.
The official Twitter handle
of NCC Directorate North
Eastern Region shared
glimpses of SUO Bhavna
Gurung along with Lt Gen
Gurbirpal Singh during a
conversation with Rajshree
Trivedi of All India Radio in
the programme “Sandesh to
Soldiers” on Sunday.
City First
he New
D e l h i
M u n i c i -
pal Coun-
cil has
planned beautifi-
cation work of
the outside prem-
ises of the an-
cient Hanuman
Mandir in Con-
naught Place. A
green toilet block
will also come up
for men, women,
gents, transgen-
der people and
the disabled. All
the footpaths
having old tiles
will be replaced
with granite and
Jaisalmer mar-
ble cladding, a
new drainage
system will be
made. A modern-
ized and renovat-
ed shoe house
provision for dev-
otees will be set
up, old tree
guards will be re-
placed with shin-
iness stainless-
steel guards, and
24x7 drinking
water supply will
be provided for
devotees,” in-
formed Satish
Upadhyay, who
visited the tem-
ple area on Satur-
day along with
civic body offi-
cials. The block
will have a dual
piping system
with a sanitary
vending ma-
chine, feeding
chamber and dia-
per changing fa-
cility. This will be
a 100% green toi-
let by saving and
reusing water.
Dense fog covered the
skies of capital city in
full swing, maximum
temperature steeped
to 9 degrees below
average. Dense to
moderate fog is
predicted in Delhi for
the next four days, the
IMD said.
The birthday of IAS
Dharmendra Pratap
Singh, currently posted
as Director of NDMC and
Additional CEO of New
Delhi smart city, was on
Sunday, January 16. We
wish him all the best!
After several delays
due to the onset of
the pandemic, Gaurav
Kanwar launched another
outlet of Harajuku Tokyo
Cafe in Gurugram.
Named after a trendy
neighbourhood in Japan,
bursting with hi-street
fashion and youth
culture, Kanwar roped in
Japanese chefs to dish out delectables like jiggly cheesecake,
chahan and chicken karaage with new boba tea flavours at his
insta-ready cafe bedecked with mangas and claw machines.
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOILETS!
T
MARTRIARCH @ 90!
WORDS OF HEROES!
Madhusudan Patidar
Hanuman Temple Connaught Place
Representational Picture
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