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Kartikey Dev Singh
eldom does it happen
that life brings forth
an individual who
does things in his or
her own style and who
brings about a radical
change in whatever field the
said individual happens to be
functioning in. However, such
individuals are extremely rare
when it comes to politics. But 72
years ago, on September 17, 1950,
a child was born in the house of
a tea-seller in Gujarat who, as
time progressed changed the po-
litical landscape of the nation
and had to his distinction a his-
torical achievement of staying
in various political offices for
over two decades! Needless to
say, this individual, who has
never lost an election, is Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, who
has, in his eighth year as PM,
achieved what his predecessors
had long dreamt of taking the
nation to. Modi has emerged as
the Number One world leader; a
leader who has gone past even
more ‘powerful’ leaders, wheth-
er in economic or military
might, when it comes to public
approval.
For the third time in a row,
recently PM Modi was yet again
crowned the undisputed ‘World
Leader’ passing the likes of
American President Joe Biden,
Italian Prime Minister Mario
Draghi, Mexican President An-
dres Manuel Lopez Obrador or
Canadian Prime Minister Jus-
tin Trudeau.
It is Modi’s warm-hearted de-
meanor and the ability to take
along even the opposing na-
tions along over issues that
benefit the world, that has
earned him the respect and ad-
miration of his peers. His
warm, long hugs to these peers
seem to have been the thaw that
was needed in international re-
lations. But Modi has not been
all rosy, rather it is his carrot
and stick approach that has
resonated with the other world
leader, especially those from
the western block.
With an approval rating of 75
per cent, according to the re-
cent Morning Consult survey,
Modi’s popularity is sure
to stay for a long time
since it does not depend
on lip service and giv-
ing merely populist
schemes, but because
his government has en-
sured that the benefit of
populist schemes actu-
ally reach till the last end
of the society
.
To the PM, who is
also a global icon who
works nearly 20 hours
a day, First India
wishes many many
happy returns of the
day. Happy Birth-
day Mr PM!
S
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Happy Birthday to the
Global Icon: PM Modi!

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‘MAHANAYAK’
OF INDIAN POLITICS
NARENDRA MODI
MODI TRIES HIS HAND AT DHOL IN COPENHAGEN!
PM Modi played the dhol & had a wide smile on his face as he joined a troupe
of Marathi musicians playing traditional music in Germany on May 4, 2022.
MODI UNVEILS THE STATUE OF NETAJI
PM Modi pays tribute to the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose at India Gate, during the inauguration of the ‘Kartavya Path’.
GOLDEN HEERA MOMENT!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets his mother Heeraben Modi in
Gandhinagar as she enters her hundredth year, on June 18 2022.
SEEKING ‘MAA’
BLESSINGS
PM Modi meets Mata
Amritanandamayi and
seeks her bleesings
in Faridabad, Delhi on
August 24, 2022.
WOMEN SUPPORT MODI
PM being felicitated by women at Sabar
Dairy event in Sabarkantha on July 28.
PM MODI GIFTS
TRICOLOR TO KIDS
celebrated the Har Ghar
Tiranga campaign with
children at his residence in
New Delhi by gifting the
Tricolour to each of them.
125TH BIRTH ANNIV OF SITARAMA RAJU
PM Modi holds a bow at celebration of ‘125th Birth Anniversary’
of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, in Bhimavaram on July 4.
INS VIKRANT: NEW ENSIGN
PM Narendra Modi during commissioning
ceremony of the first indigenous aircraft
carrier as INS Vikrant, in Kochi on Sept 2.
PM’S SANT
LOOK IN
DEHU
Modi was the
first PM to visit
Shila Mandir on
June 14, 2022, a
shrine dedicated
to Sant Tukaram,
a 17th-century
saint who was
born in Dehu.
PM Modi turns 72 today, he is an utterly political person and uses each of his birthdays to spread
the footprint of the BJP led by him. Even though he has made it the world’s largest party, Modi
is still unrelenting in the task. Modi and his debonair style is much-talked across the globe

MVA to blame for state falling
behind Gujarat: Dy CM Fadnavis
Satish Nandgaonkar
Mumbai: Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis on Friday
slammed the Uddhav
Thackeray-led MVA
government for the
state’s No. 4 position,
trailing behind Guja-
rat, and revealed that
Vedanta-Foxconn with
Gujarat was was al-
ready at an advanced
stage when the Maha
Yuti made a final bid to
woo them to Maharash-
tra.
Fadnavis spoke on
the issue for the first
time following his visit
to Russia, at a function
organized by a small
scale industries associ-
ation in Mumbai.
Fadnavis said a few
days after their govern-
ment came to power on
June 30, he learnt from
MIDC officials that Ve-
danta-Foxconn was on
the verge of signing the
agreement with Guja-
rat and if Maharashtra
delayed Turn to P8
BMC chief visited bette noir Mohit Kamboj’s residence
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: This was one
Ganesh Chaturthi
where all was forgiven
and forgotten between
Mumbai’s civic chief IS
Chahal and controver-
sial BJP leader Mohit
Kamboj, it would seem.
Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(BMC) administrator
until the elections to the
civic body are held,
Chahal’s visit to the
Kamboj residence--os-
tensibly seeking dar-
shan of Lord Ganesh--
has caused chatter in
civic circles.
While the BMC chief
responded with a sum-
mary “No comment” to
First India’s inquiries
on the issue, civic cir-
cles expressed surprise
over the apparent rap-
prochement consider-
ing the serious allega-
tions that the BJP lead-
er had levelled against
Chahal just months ago.
“Chahal also present-
ed the BJP leader with
a statue of Lord Rama
when he visited his res-
idence to seek blessings
from Lord Ganesh,” a
person familiar with
the issue told First In-
dia.
In March 2022, back
when the MVA govern-
ment was in power,
Kamboj had accused
Chahal of impropriety
and corruption after be-
ing served notices by
the BMC over alleged
irregularities and vio-
lations of civic norms
at his Mumbai duplex.
Right after the Maha
Yuti government was
installed, the BJP lead-
er accompanied erst-
while Congress minis-
ter in the MVA alliance
Aslam Sheikh Turn to P8
ALL FORGIVEN?
IS Chahal
IS Chahal’s visit was ostensibly to seek
blessings of Lord Ganesh during the
10-day festival, although the BJP
leader had levelled serious allegations
against him in the recent past
Those who
have not done
anything in
2.5 years are
now blaming us. They
should say what they have
achieved. Even if the MVA
government has taken the
state backwards, we will
take it No 1 again.
—Devendra Fadnavis
Dy CM
SUPREME COURT
TRASHES 13,147
OLD CASES IN A DAY
New Delhi: In a big step
towards unclogging top
judiciary burdened with
humongous pendency
of cases, SC has, in one
massive sweep, binned
13,147 old “diarized but
unregistered” cases,
including one filed more
than three decades ago.
Registrar Judicial-1
Chirag Bhanu Singh said
all these cases were filed
over 8 years back.
13 DIE IN UP WALL
COLLAPSE INCIDENT
AMID HEAVY RAINS
Lucknow/Unnao: Heavy
rains brought down
walls in parts of UP on
Friday, killing 13 people
including nine labourers
who were buried alive
under the debris in
Lucknow. In Lucknow,
an under-construction
boundary wall of an
Army enclave collapsed
following overnight rains,
leaving nine labourers
dead and one injured.
NIGERIAN WOMAN
TESTS MONKEYPOX
POSITIVE IN DELHI
New Delhi: A 30-year-old
Nigerian woman in Delhi
has tested positive for
monkeypox, making it
the city’s eighth and the
country’s 13th case of the
viral infection. The woman
has been admitted to LNJP
Hospital, they said. Another
person suspected to be
suffering from monkeypox
has also been admitted to
the LNJP Hospital.
AAP’S AMANATULLAH
KHAN ARRESTED
AFTER RAIDS
New Delhi: AAP MLA
Amanatullah Khan was
arrested by the Anti-
Corruption Branch, a unit
of Delhi Police, on Friday.
Khan was arrested following
recovery of “incriminating
material and evidence
against him” during the
raids. The AAP has stood
behind the 48-year-old
MLA, calling the charges
against him “baseless”.
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ADANI BRIEFLY
LISTED AS
WORLD’S 2ND
RICHEST PERSON
New Delhi: Gautam Adani became the world’s
second richest person on Friday, but only for a
brief period. The tycoon surpassed Amazon boss
Jeff Bezos and Louis Vuitton’s Bernard Arnault to
grab the second spot with net worth $154.7 billion.
DELHI POLICE’S
CLEAN CHIT TO
NORA FATEHI IN
`200 CR SCAM
New Delhi: A day after the questioning, the
Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police
gave a clean chit to actor Nora Fatehi in the Rs 200
crore scam, claimed the actor’s team in a statement
on Friday. Fatehi was grilled for 6 hours on Thursday.
BSE SENSEX 58840.79 1093.22 | NSE NIFTY 17530.80 346.60
We want to make India a
manufacturing hub: Modi
Samarkand (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi on Fri-
day reiterated to make
India a manufacturing
hub in the wake of the
COVID-19 pandemic
and the Russia-Ukraine
war which has caused
global supply-chain dis-
ruptions.
“The world is over-
coming the COVID-19
pandemic. Several dis-
ruptions occurred in
the global supply chain
because of the COVID
and Ukraine crisis. We
want to transform India
into a manufacturing
hub,” Modi said while
addressing extended
format of the 22nd Sum-
mit of the Council of
Heads of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organiza-
tion Member States
(SCO-CoHS) in Uzbeki-
stan’s Samarkand.
Highlighting the coun-
try’s economic stability,
he said India has more
than 70,000 start-ups
and over 100 unicorns.
(From L): PM Narendra Modi, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz Prez Sadyr
Japarov, Chinese Prez Xi Jinping, Uzbek Prez Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Russian Prez Vladimir Putin, Tajik
Prez Emomali Rakhmon, and Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif pose prior to SCO summit in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 72 on Saturday.
SAMARKAND
DECLARATION FOR
NON-PROLIFERATION
OF N WEAPONS
Samarkand: After
signing of the Sa-
markand declaration,
the heads of the SCO
countries declared
the inadmissibility
of interference in
the affairs of states
under the pretext of
countering terrorism.
The SCO coun-
tries supported the
non-proliferation of
nuclear weapons and
the continuation of
nuclear disarmament.
They also noted the
need to further boost
international coop-
eration in the fight
against Coronavirus.
INDIA TO ASSUME SCO
PRESIDENCY NEXT YEAR
CHARTER CARGO FLIGHT
BRINGING CHEETAHS
AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN
GWALIOR NOT IN JAIPUR
PAK PM BECOMES A
LAUGHING STOCK
Samarkand: Chinese Prez
Xi Jinping has congratulat-
ed India on assuming the
presidency of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation
(SCO) for 2023. “We will
support India for its pres-
idency next year,” Jinping
stated on Friday at SCO
Summit in Uzbekistan.
New Delhi: PM Modi will re-
lease eight cheetahs brought
from Namibia in Kuno Nation-
al Park as part of his efforts
to revitalise and diversify the
country’s wildlife and habitat.
Cheetahs are being brought
from Namibia through a spe-
cial chartered cargo plane.
New Delhi: The customized
Boeing 747-400 aircraft due
to fly eight cheetahs from Na-
mibia will now land in Gwalior
instead of Jaipur to cut down
on the flying time for the big
cats before they are taken
to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno
National Park.
Samarkand: Pakistan PM
Shehbaz Sharif became
a laughing stock among
social media users after
he was seen struggling
with headphones during
bilateral talks with Russian
President Vladimir Putin
on the sidelines of the SCO
summit in Samarkand.
India’s
economy is
expected to
grow at a
rate of 7.5 per cent this
year. I’m glad that ours
is one of the fastest
growing economies
among the largest
economies of the world.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
PM Modi has packed
schedule on his birthday
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi has a packed
schedule on his birth-
day on Saturday and he
will deliver important
speeches at four diverse
eventsrelatedtowildlife
and environment, wom-
en empowerment, skills
and youth development
and next-generation in-
frastructure.
The PM will visit
Madhya Pradesh on Sat-
urday morning and will
release cheetahs in
Kuno National Park. He
will then participate in
a self-help group sam-
melan with women
SHG members commu-
nity resource persons at
Karahal. He will also
address students at the
first-ever convocation
of students from ITIs on
the occasion of Vishwa-
karma Jayanti.
SEEKING BLESSINGS!
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani hands over a cheque for Rs
1.5 crore to TTD Additional Executive Officer A Venkata Dharma Reddy during his visit to
Ranganayakula Mandapam, at Tirumala in Tirupati district, on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Chinese loan app
case: ED freezes
`46.67 crore
New Delhi: The ED has
detected and freezed Rs
46.67 crore kept in vari-
ous bank accounts of
Easebuzz, Razorpay,
Cashfree and Paytm af-
ter recent raids in con-
nection with Chinese
loan app case. Rs 33.36
crore was found with
Easebuzz Pvt Ltd, Rs
8.21 crore with Razor-
pay Software Pvt Ltd, Rs
1.28 crore with Cashfree
Payments India Pvt Ltd.
NGT slaps `3,000-cr penalty on Raj
for violation of environmental norms
PM Narendra Modi true follower
of Ambedkar: Former Prez Kovind
New Delhi (ANI): Na-
tional Green Tribunal
(NGT) has imposed en-
vironmental compensa-
tion of Rs 3,000 crores
on the state of Ra-
jasthan for allegedly not
managing solid as well
as liquid waste causing
harm to the environ-
ment. The award of the
above compensation
has become necessary
under Section 15 of the
NGT Act to remedy the
continuing damage to
the environment and to
comply with directions
of the Supreme Court
requiring this Tribunal
to monitor the enforce-
ment of norms for solid
and liquid waste man-
agement, said the Tri-
bunal in its order.
New Delhi: Former
president Ram Nath Ko-
vind on Friday said PM
Narendra Modi is a true
follower of BR Ambed-
kar and is working to-
wards turning the so-
cial reformer’s vision
into a reality. Kovind
was speaking after re-
leasing a book, titled
“Ambedkar Modi: Re-
former’s Ideas, Per-
former’s Implementa-
tion” and put together
by Bluekart Digital
Foundation. Former
CJI KG Balakrishnan
and Union IB Minis-
ter Anurag Thakur
were also present.
...MEANWHILE UP GOVT
TOLD TO PAY `120 CR
New Delhi (PTI): The Nation-
al Green Tribunal (NGT) has
directed the Uttar Pradesh
government to deposit an
amount of Rs 120 crore as
environmental compensation
for improper management of
liquid and solid waste.
Former Prez Ram Nath Kovind with Union Minister Anurag Thakur
and former CJI Justice KG Balakrishnan releasing the book.
l PM says India
has over 70,000
start-ups over
100 unicorns
l PM leaves
Samarkand after
talks with Putin,
others
CELEBRATING
‘PRIME’ B’DAY!
—PHOTO BY ANI
CAPT AMARINDER SINGH TO JOIN BJP ON MONDAY
New Delhi: Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder
Singh, the chief of PLC, will join the BJP on Sept
19, a party spokesperson has said. Singh would
merge his newly-created party in the BJP.
SCO SUMMIT

First India Bureau
Pune: The Pune Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(PMC) has directed
Ganesh mandals to
dismantle pandals
and chariots as soon
as possible in order to
avoid obstructions on
roads and footpaths.
Even though the
Ganesh festival ended a
week ago, pandals on
some roads are yet to be
removed. Citizens from
across the city have
urged the Ganesh man-
dals to ensure that pe-
destrians do not face
obstacles and hardships
owing to the pandals.
The civic body offi-
cials have started con-
ducting site visits to
check if the pandals
erected by the mandals
have been dismantled.
A senior PMC official
stated that adequate
time has been given to
the mandals to clear the
pandals and the decora-
tion material. Now, of-
ficials will begin spot
visits.
Over 1,500 mandals
had approached the
PMC for permission to
put up pandals. Most
pandals were erected on
the roadside.
According to a Shiva-
jinagar resident, the
chariots used for the
immersion procession
are still parked on the
roadside or on foot-
paths. The authorities
must act against illegal
pandals and those occu-
pying additional space.
Workers of Ganesh
mandals, on the other
hand, said that steps
have been taken to re-
move the pandals.
Prashant Badhe, a func-
tionary at a Ganesh
mandal in Shivajina-
gar, said that their pan-
dal was dismantled
within a couple of days
after the immersion
procession.
Maha government in talks
with Vedanta since January
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Amid a row
over a Vedanta-Fox-
conn semiconductor
project moving out to
Gujarat from Maha-
rashtra, it has been
revealed that Chief
Minister Eknath
Shinde had invited
the company to sign a
Memorandum of Un-
derstanding (MoU)
with the government
on July 29 to set up
the facility near
Pune.
A senior government
official said Vedanta
had begun talks with
the previous Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi (MVA) gov-
ernment from January
this year over the pro-
posed plant. In May, Ve-
danta had shortlisted
Maharashtra, and a ten-
tative incentive and in-
frastructure package
was prepared by the
government in June.
Shinde and Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis were in
regular touch with Ve-
danta Chairman Anil
Agarwal and had spo-
ken to him over phone,
he said.
Shinde had written to
him (Agarwal) assuring
that the state cabinet’s
approval and the cen-
tral government’s nod
for 20% capital subsidy
for the semiconductor
facility would be taken,
said the official.
The Vedanta team
held a meeting with
Shinde, Fadnavis and
top officials on July 26.
“Shinde wrote to Agar-
wal on July 26, inviting
him for a MoU signing
ceremony on July 29 in
Mumbai,” added the of-
ficial.
The official said that
on April 25 this year, Ve-
danta had verbally con-
firmed that the Tale-
gaon site (near Pune)
had superior connectiv-
ity and investment eco-
system as well as a his-
tory of disbursement of
incentives and policy
structure.
On May 03, Vedanta’s
technical partner Fox-
conn visited Talegaon
and deemed that it was
most technically feasi-
ble. Foxconn had a fol-
low up visit at Talegaon
on July 27 and 28.
However, on Tuesday,
Vedanta-Foxconn joint-
ly inked a MoU with
the Gujarat govern-
ment in Gandhinagar
to set up the semicon-
ductor and display
manufacturing unit
in Gujarat.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde extended MoU signing invitation to the company twice
Yuva Sena members protest against the shifting of Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor manufacturing
project from Maharashtra to Gujarat, at Tardeo in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘ONE ENGINE OF
DOUBLE-ENGINE
GOVT HAS FAILED’
Ratnagiri (PTI): Shiv
Sena leader Aaditya
Thackeray on Friday
took a dig at the
Eknath Shinde-led Ma-
harashtra government
over Vedanta-Foxconn
choosing Gujarat over
Maharashtra to set
up its semiconductor
plant. He said that
“one engine of the
double-engine govern-
ment has failed”. Ad-
dressing party workers
in Ratnagiri as part
of the ‘Shiv Samvad
Yatra’, the home
district of rebel Sena
MLA and state Indus-
tries Minister Uday
Samant, Thackeray
said the CM as well as
Samant were clueless
about the details of the
project. In any other
state, the chief minis-
ter would have asked
for the industries
minister’s resignation,
he said.
Toll on Mum-Pune Exp
torise18%fromApril01
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Commuters
on the Mumbai-Pune
Expressway will have
to pay higher user
fees beginning April
01 next year, as the
toll road’s tariff is be-
ing revised.
According to Tushar
Kawedia, chief finan-
cial officer at IRB Infra-
structure, the tariff
hike on the Mumbai-
Pune expressway is due
next year from April 01,
2023.
“There is a fixed tar-
iff hike every three
years for this project,
which is 18%,” he said.
The one-way fare for
cars on the Mumbai-
Pune Expressway is
around Rs270, while
buses pay Rs 797.
Commenting on the
organic growth in traf-
fic momentum, Kawed-
ia said, “Considering
all the adjustments for
tariff, the volume
growth that we have
seen is around 7-8% and
we believe this contin-
ues for the coming
quarters as well.”
August 2022 toll col-
lection numbers have
come in around Rs336
crore, this is a 35% year-
on-year (YoY) rise.
The collections are
improving on a month-
on-month (MoM) basis,
so there is robust
growth in the toll
collections predomi-
nantly on account of
clarified achievements
of CODs for a couple of
projects and then con-
tribution by the traffic
growth.
“This 35% growth is
led by the traffic growth
of almost 7-8% on the
portfolio basis. We look
forward that these num-
bers are continuing
even for September as
well and besides this
monsoon season, the
numbers are quite at-
tractive,” he said.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway. —FILE PHOTO
As hydrogen peroxide is highly flammable, even a spark from a
truck’s silencer could have triggered a fire.
Pune Municipal Corporation.
—FILE PHOTO
GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES
Students of Gurukul School of Art extend their wishes by painting portraits
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of his birthday, at Lalbaug, in
Mumbai on Friday. —PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Hydrogen peroxide
gas leaks from truck
on Pune highway
PMC asks Ganesh
mandals to dismantle
pandals immediately
First India Bureau
Pune: Gas leaked from
a container truck load-
ed with hydrogen per-
oxide on a highway in
Pune district on Fri-
day
, and no injuries
were reported in the
incident, a fire official
said.
The leak was reported
when the truck was at
Shindewadi, off the
Mumbai-Bengaluru
Highway
, around 7.30
am, the fire official from
the Pune Metropolitan
Regional Development
Authority (PMRDA)
said.
Firefighters special-
ized in handling hazard-
ousgaseswererushedto
the spot and no injuries
were reported in the in-
cident, he said.
“We received a call
around 7.30 am, and
within15-20minutes,the
team rushed to the spot.
As hydrogen peroxide is
highlyflammable,evena
spark from a truck’s si-
lencer could have trig-
gered a fire,” PMRDA
fire officer Sujit Patil
said.
The truck was taken
away from the highway
andtheteampluggedthe
leak and sprayed water
jetstocleanthechemical
spill on the road, he said.
Traffic remained
smooth and no one was
affected due to the leak,
the official added.
WINNING ACCOLADES
ClassXstudentfromPunebags
medalsatEarthScienceOlympiad
Pune: Sonit Sisole-
kar, a class X stu-
dent from Pune, won
a gold in a group
event and two bronze
medals at the recent-
ly held Internation-
al Earth Science Ol-
ympiad (IESO).
Indian highschool
students bagged 14
medals, including four
golds, at the event, the
best ever performance
so far.
In the International
Team Field Investiga-
tion category, the
group comprising Si-
solekar, Namboodri,
Das and Agarwal
bagged the gold medal
for their project titled
‘Carbon Sequestration
in Weathered Rocks
and its Application in
Reducing Global
Warming’. The other
team comprising
Khehra, Gaur, Sahoo
and Chaudhary too
won the gold medal.
Sonit Sisolekar has
been an avid learner
of Geology and has
deep interest in Dec-
can Traps. At IESO, he
also won two bronze
medals.
The eight-member
contingent included
Sonit Sisolekar, Bha-
nav Namboodri, Abhi-
jay Singh Khehra, Avi-
shi Agarwal, Arush
Chaudhary, Kyishong
Bharali Das, Sid-
dhangana Sahoo and
Jaagrit Gaur.
This year, a total of
38 countries, with
eight students each,
took part in the 15th
IESO competition
hosted virtually in
Aosta Valley
, Italy
.
The Indian winning
team was felicitated by
the Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES), the
funding agency
, during
a function held in New
Delhi on Friday
. M
Ravichandra, Secre-
tary
, MoES, interacted
with the students on
the occasion.
Sonit Sisolekar won a gold in group event and two bronze medals
Indian team with M Ravichandran, Secy, MoES, at a felicitation event held at New Delhi on Friday.
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05
Man keeps daughter’s
bodyinsaltpitfor44days
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The body of
a tribal woman was
preserved in a salt
pit for 44 days in
Nandurbar by her fa-
ther, who alleged
that she had been
raped before her
death, and demanded
that a second post-
mortem be conduct-
ed on her, an official
said on Friday.
The body of the
21-year-old woman was
brought to the state-
run JJ Hospital in
Mumbai from Nandur-
bar district, located in
the northwest corner
of Maharashtra, on
Thursday, he said.
“A committee of ex-
pert doctors is being
formed and the post-
mortem will be con-
ducted,” he said, add-
ing that the procedure
will be video-graphed.
The woman was
found hanging at Vavi
in Dhadgaon taluka of
Nandurbar on August
01. Her father had
claimed that she was
raped by four men, po-
lice officials said.
Following her death,
a post-mortem was con-
ducted on her at a state-
run hospital in Nan-
durbar, which ruled
out any foul play and a
case of suicide was reg-
istered, the police offi-
cial said, adding that
three persons were ar-
rested in connection
with the case.
However, the wom-
an’s family members,
including father, al-
leged that police did
not investigate the case
properly, and hence de-
cided to preserve the
body instead of cremat-
ing it, he said.
The family buried
her body in a pit filled
with salt at their vil-
lage in Dhadgaon as
they sought a second
post-mortem in order
to bring out the truth
about her death, the of-
ficial said.
Salt is used to inhibit
the process of decom-
position.
“As the body was
kept in the salt pit for
weeks, the authorities
agreed to conduct
another post-mortem
in Mumbai. Accord-
ingly, the body was
brought to JJ Hospital
on Thursday afternoon
for post-mortem,” he
said.
As the body was kept in the salt pit for weeks, the authorities
agreed to conduct another post-mortem.
Claims she was
raped, has been
seeking 2nd
post-mortem
after cops ruled
death a suicide
‘ORANGE’ ALERT ISSUED FOR
PUNE’S GHAT AREAS TODAY
First India Bureau
Mumbai/Pune: Mod-
erate intensity rain-
fall and cloudy sky
conditions are likely
in Pune city today,
says the Met depart-
ment.
Pune district’s ghat
areas stayed on ‘orange’
alert on Friday and wit-
nessed very heavy rain-
fall between 115.5mm
and 204.4mm, said the
India Meteorological
Department (IMD).
Meanwhile, Pune city
will receive moderate
intensity rainfall on
Friday and cloudy
sky conditions will
prevail throughout the
day. Light to moderate
intensity rain has per-
sisted over the city
through Thursday
night, said IMD.
Several areas in the
city received rainfall in
the last 24 hours till
8.30am on Friday, in-
cluding Chinchwad
(23mm), Shivajinagar
and Pashan (14.5mm),
Wadgaonsheri (13mm),
Koregaon Park (11mm)
and Magarpatta (8mm).
Vehicular traffic was
partially affected along
the main roads, as rain-
fall intensified since
7am and continued dur-
ingtheschoolandoffice-
going hours on Friday
morning.
In Pune district, Lava-
sa recorded the highest
rainfall at 104mm in the
past 24 hours, followed
by Lonavala (101.5mm),
Girivan (85mm), Nim-
giri (77mm) and Malin
(54.5mm). The IMD
on Friday placed Pune
district on ‘yellow’
alert, warning of heavy
rainfall, mainly along
the Ghats.
Heavy rainfall between 115.5mm and 204.4mm to continue till Saturday: IMD
Commuters wade through a waterlogged road following rainfall, in Thane, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rainfall lash
Palghar, Thane;
low-lying
areas flooded
Thane/Palghar (PTI):
Heavy rains lashed
Thane and Palghar
districts of Maha-
rashtra on Friday,
flooding several low-
lying areas in the re-
gion, said an official.
According to the ad-
ministration, no unto-
ward incident was re-
ported during the day
,
except waterlogging and
tree falls in some areas.
The Mumbai-
Ahmedabad and Mum-
bai-Nashik highways
witnessed traffic snarls
amid the downpour due
to poor condition of
roads and potholes. Per-
sonnel from the Thane
Municipal Corpora-
tion’s regional disaster
management cell
(RDMC) and firefighters
attended to calls of wa-
terlogging in Thane city
.
The road in front of
Chitalsar police station
on Ghodbunder Road
was unfit for traffic
movement, said RDMC
chief Avinash Sawant.
The catchment areas
of dams upstream of
Mula and Mutha rivers
have been experiencing
continuous rainfall
since the last few days.
With increasing dis-
charge of water in the
rivers cutting across
the city, district admin-
istration has alerted
citizens living alongside
the river and asked them
to avoid using riverside
roads for commuting.
“The four dams up-
stream of Mutha river
are filled to capacity.
Therefore, the water
is discharged from all
dams—Panshet,
Varasgaon, Temghar
and Khadakwasla. The
volume was 22,880
cusecs in the noon and
would change as per the
inflow of water in the
dams,” said YS Bhandel-
ker, assistant engineer
in-charge of dams
upstream of Mutha river.
Similarly, 15,840 cusecs
of water has been
released from Mulshi
river, while 5,600 cusecs
released from Pavna.
DISCHARGE INCREASED IN MULA AND MUTHA RIVERS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Rock carv-
ings and tools of a pre-
viously unknown
Stone Age civilization
have been found in the
Konkan region of the
state. They have
helped archaeologists
shed light on prehis-
toric artworks and
their lives.
According to a BBC
report, the cave, located
around 10km away from
Koloshi village in west-
ern Maharashtra, was
discovered by a group of
researcherslastyear.Ex-
cavations earlier this
year revealed several
stone tools in the cave
that date back tens of
thousands of years.
“Nowhereintheworld
can we find this kind of
rock art,” said Dr Tejas
Garge,headof thestate’s
archaeology depart-
ment. Archaeologists
believe these artefacts
can help reveal more
aboutthewayourances-
tors lived.
The cave, which is sit-
uated in a secluded for-
est in Sindhudurg, was
discovered by research-
ers who were studying
rock carvings in nearby
areas. Excavation work
was conducted in two
rounds, during which
archaeologists dug two
trenches inside the cave.
Several big and small
stone tools dating back
to the Mesolithic period-
-also called the Middle
Stone Age—have been
found.
“The microliths, or
the small stone tools,
date back to around
10,000years,whereasthe
larger tools could be
around20,000yearsold,”
said Rutivij Apte, who
hasbeenresearchingthe
Konkanpetroglyphsand
was part of the excava-
tion team.
According to Dr Parth
Chauhan, an archaeolo-
gist, chemical processes
are used to analyze any
residue that might be
present on the edges of
the artefacts. This can
help determine what the
object was used for.
“It will take a couple
of months to find out the
exact time period these
stone tools belong to.
But, we can say that
these artefacts are be-
tween 10,000 to 48,000
years old.”
Maharashtra’s later-
ite-rich Konkan plateau
where this cave was dis-
coveredisalsoatreasure
trove of prehistoric art.
Earlier, explorers have
discovered rock carv-
ings of animals, birds,
human figures and geo-
metrical designs hidden
under layers of soil in
several villages here.
Ancient Stone Age tools, rock carvings found in Konkan region cave
TREASURE TROVE
lll
Archaeologists
have excavated
several big- and
small-sized
tools dating
back to the
Mesolithic
period around
10,000 to
48,000
years ago
Cave where excavations were conducted in two rounds; (inset) Stone tools found. —PHOTOS BY BBC
WAITING FOR GRAHAK
A vendor waits
for customers
at the APMC
Vegetable
Market in Navi
Mumbai on
Friday.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
Coast Guard saves 19 people from
flooded tanker off Ratnagiri coast
Mumbai (PTI): The In-
dian Coast Guard
(ICG) on Friday res-
cued 19 crew members
including 18 Indians
and an Ethiopian na-
tional from a tanker
ship off the Ratnagiri
coast in Maharashtra.
The ship was heading
for New Mangalore Port
fromKhorFakkaninthe
United Arab Emirates
(UAE)andcarrying3,911
metric tonnes of asphalt
bitumen, the ICG said in
a statement.
It began to list danger-
ouslyafterwaterflooded
its ballast tanks, the
maritime security agen-
cy said.
“The ship is currently
adrift. The owners have
been requested to aug-
ment preventive meas-
ures for marine pollu-
tion. The Director Gen-
eral of Shipping has
mobilized an emergency
towing vessel to proceed
to the area,” the release
further informed.
“Inaswiftrescuecoor-
dinated operation today
,
the ICG successfully res-
cued 19 lives at sea, com-
prising 18 Indians and
one Ethiopian Master
from Motor Tanker
Parth, a Gabon flagged
vessel.Thevesselreport-
edfloodingatabout09:23
hours around 41 miles
westof Ratnagiricoast,”
the Coast Guard said.
The Maritime Rescue
Coordination Centre,
Mumbai swung into ac-
tion within minutes of
receipt of the distress
call from the vessel.
Coast Guard Ships ICGS
Sujeet and ICGS Apoor-
va were diverted to the
tankerandInternational
Safety Net and NAVTEX
(navigational telex)
warnings were relayed
to alert other merchant
vessels in the area.
“A Coast Guard ad-
vanced light helicopter
was deployed. Merchant
Vessel Wadi Bani Khalid
was also directed to as-
sist the CG vessel,” the
release said.
The tanker from which people were rescued.
In a swift rescue coordinated operation
today, the Indian Coast Guard success-
fully rescued 19 lives at sea, comprising
18 Indians and one Ethiopian Master from Mo-
tor Tanker Parth, a Gabon flagged vessel. The
vessel reported flooding at about 09:23 hours
around 41 miles west of Ratnagiri coast.
—Indian Coast Guard
Stone quarry owner booked for employing children
First India Bureau
Palghar: The owner of
a stone quarry has
been booked for em-
ploying children and
practising bonded la-
bour in Palghar dis-
trict, police said on
Friday
.
According to a com-
plaint filed by a tribal
woman who lives with
her husband and two
children aged 12 and 15
in Mokhada, Prakash
Bhide picked up the cou-
ple to work as labourers.
Whileheinitiallyagreed
that the children would
not work, he later made
them do laborious tasks
and refused to pay them.
The case was regis-
teredonThursdayunder
relevant sections of the
Bonded Labour System
(Abolition) Act of 1976,
JuvenileJusticeAct1986
and Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2000, but
no arrest has been made
so far.
—FILE PHOTO
While he initially agreed
that the children would
not work, he later made
them do laborious tasks
and refused to pay them

PERSPECTIVE
06
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cience is like that
energy in the de-
velopmentof 21st
century India,
which has the po-
tential to acceler-
ate the develop-
ment of every re-
gion and every
state. At a time when India is on
the verge of leading the fourth
industrial revolution, the role of
India’sscienceandpeopleassoci-
atedwiththisfieldisveryimpor-
tant. In such a situation, the re-
sponsibilityof thepolicy-makers
and those of us who are associ-
ated with governance and ad-
ministration increases. I hope
this brainstorming session in
the Science City of Ahmedabad
willgiveyounewinspirationand
will fill you with enthusiasm to
encourage science.
It is mentioned in our scrip-
tures-
That is, when there is amalga-
mation of knowledge and sci-
ence, With this inspiration, to-
day’s new India is moving for-
ward with the call of Jai Jawan,
Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan and Jai
Anusandhan.
There is an important aspect
of the past to which I would like
to draw your attention. That les-
son from history will go a long
way in shaping the future for
both the Center and the states.
If we remember the early dec-
ades of the last century
, we find
how the world was going
through a period of devastation
and tragedy. But even at that
time, scientists everywhere,
whether in the East or the West,
were engaged in their signifi-
cant discoveries. In the West,
many such scientists like Ein-
stein, Fermi, Max Planck, Niels
Bohr and Tesla were surprising
the world with their experi-
ments. In the same period,
countless Indian scientists like
CV Raman, Jagadish Chandra
Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose,
Meghnad Saha, S Chandrashek-
har, among others, were coming
forward with their new discov-
eries.Allthesescientistsopened
many avenues to improve the
future. But a major difference
between East and West was that
we did not celebrate the work of
our scientists as much as it
should have been done. As a re-
sult, a sense of indifference de-
veloped in a large part of our
society regarding science.
One thing we must remember
is that when we celebrate art,
we also inspire and create more
new artists. When we celebrate
sports, we inspire and create
new players as well. Similarly,
when we celebrate the achieve-
ments of our scientists, science
becomes a natural part of our
society and it becomes a part of
culture. Therefore, today I urge
all the people who have come
from all the states to celebrate
and glorify the achievements of
the scientists of our country
. At
every step, the scientists of our
country are also giving us this
opportunity through their dis-
coveries. If India has been able
to develop vaccines for corona
and has been able to administer
more than 200 crore vaccine
doses, there is a huge potential
of our scientists behind it. Sim-
ilarly, today the scientists of
India are doing wonders in eve-
ry field. By celebrating every
small and big achievement of
scientists of India, the aptitude
that will develop towards sci-
ence in the country will help us
a lot in this ‘
Amrit Kaal’.
I am happy that our govern-
ment is moving ahead with the
science-based development ap-
proach. Since 2014, there has
been a substantial increase in
investment in the field of sci-
ence and technology
. Due to the
efforts of the government, India
is ranked 46th in the Global In-
novation Index today, whereas
India was at 81 position in 2015.
We have covered the distance
from 81 to 46 in such a short
time, but we do not have to stop
here, we have to aim higher now.
Today a record number of pat-
ents are being granted in India
and new innovations are taking
place. You can see that today so
many start-ups from the field of
science are attending this con-
clave. The wave of start-ups in
the country is telling us about
how fast the change is coming.
There are many national lev-
el scientific institutes and labo-
ratories in the states. The states
should take full advantage of
their ability and expertise. We
also have to take our science
related institutions out of the
state of silos. Optimum utiliza-
tion of all scientific institutions
is equally necessary for better
utilization of the state’s poten-
tial and resources. You should
also increase the number of
such programs in your states
which take science and technol-
ogy forward at the grassroots
level. But we also have to keep
one thing in mind. For example,
science festivals are held in
many states but it is also true
that many schools do not par-
ticipate in it. We should find the
reasons and make more schools
part of such science festivals.
Science is like that energy
in the development of 21st
century India, which has the
power to accelerate
the development of every
region and state
Role of India’s science
and people related to this
field is very important in the
march towards the fourth
industrial revolution
New India is moving
forward with Jai Jawan,
Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan as well
as Jai Anusandhan
Science is the basis of
solutions, evolution
and innovation
When we celebrate
the achievements of
our scientists, science
becomes part of our
society and culture
Government is working
with the thinking of Science-
Based Development
Innovation can be
encouraged by laying
emphasis on the creation
of more and more scientific
institutions and simplification
of processes by the state
governments
As governments, we have to
cooperate and collaborate
with our scientists, this will
create an atmosphere of a
scientific modernity
NEWINDIA ISMOVING
FORWARDWITHJAIJAWAN,
JAIKISAN,JAIVIGYAN
ASWELL AS JAIANUSANDHAN
S TOP
QUOTE OF
THE SPEECH
PM Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of the ‘Centre-State Science
Conclave’ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat through video conferencing, in Delhi on Saturday.
Time to celebrate success of our scientists!
Science, technology and innovation are in the DNA of today’s
young generation. He adapts to technology very fast. We have
to support this young generation with all our might. In today’s new
India, new sectors are being opened up in the field of research and
innovation for the younger generation. Be it Space Mission, Deep
Ocean Mission, National Super Computing Mission, Semiconductor
Mission, Mission Hydrogen, Drone Technology, work is going on at
a rapid pace on many such missions.
One thing we must remember is that when we celebrate art, we also
inspire and create more new artists. Similarly, when we celebrate
the achievements of our scientists, science becomes a natural part
of our society and it becomes a part of culture, shares PM Modi
First India brings you the path breaking speech by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Centre-
State Science on September 10, 2022, which celebrates the age old
scientific tradition of India even as it charts the way forward

07
INDIA
Panaji: A team of the
CBI on Friday reached
Goa to take over the in-
vestigation into the
death of BJP leader
Sonali Phogat from the
Goa Police. Officers of
federal agency took over
all relevant documents
from the local police.
The team is expected to
visit Curlie’s shack
where Sonali Phogat
wasseenpartyinghours
before her death and
also the site where she
was staying in Goa.
Kerala (PTI: India is
facing the highest un-
employment rate in the
last 45 years and it was
the duty of the Congress
party to strengthen the
future of the youth and
bring positivity to the
minds of youngsters in
the country
, senior Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi said on Friday
.
Gandhi, who has em-
barked on the ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra,‘ reached
Neendakara in Kollam
district today, the
ninth day since he be-
gan his foot march on
September 7.
In a Facebook post,
Gandhisaidhehadbeen
meeting many young-
sters during the march
and was understanding
their expectations from
the government. If the
country could make use
of the youth power, the
nation could grow very
fast, he said.
“But today the coun-
try has the highest un-
employment in the last
45 years, educated
youngsters are wander-
ing in search of employ-
ment and disappointed.
Itisourdutyandalsothe
need of the time today to
strengthen the future of
our youth, bring positiv-
ity to them.” After the
conclusion of the morn-
ing leg of the Bharat
Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has
been engaged in discus-
sions with cashew work-
ers,entrepreneurs,trade
unions and leaders of
RSP and Forward Block,
both allies of the Con-
gress party
.
“I am meeting with
many youngsters dur-
ing our Bharat Jodo
trip, understanding
their expectations from
the government, what
kind of help they want
from us to make their
future bright and how
many more possibili-
ties can we create for
them,” he said.
Not invited for
Bharat Jodo Yatra,
seems Congress
doesn’t need me:
Karan Singh
New Delhi: Express-
ing dissatisfaction
over the Congress, vet-
eran leader Karan Sin-
gh on Friday said his
relations with the
grand old party are al-
most zero. “I had
joined Congress in
1967. But in the last
8-10 years, I am no
more in Parliament. I
was dropped from the
working committee.
Yes, I am in Congress
but there is no contact,
nobody asks me any-
thing. I do my own
work. My relations
with the party are al-
most zero now,” Singh
told ANI. Singh’s state-
ment sparked specula-
tions about him leav-
ing Congress.
Karan Singh, son of
the last Maharaja of
the princely state of
Jammu and Kashmir
Hari Singh, had been a
Union Minister.
Last month, senior
Congress leader Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad resigned
from the party
.
INDIA FACING HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE IN 45 YEARS, SAYS RAHUL GANDHI
GANDHISAIDHEHADBEENMEETINGMANYYOUNGSTERSDURINGTHEMARCH
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Many seats
of nominated category
in Rajya Sabha are still
vacant. But instead of
nominating the mem-
bers for each seat at
once, the central govt is
nominating the leaders
inbitsandpieces.Atotal
of 12 members are nomi-
nated in the RS. There
are now nine members.
Ghulam Ali Khatana of
JK has been nominat-
ed as the tenth member,
whose oath is pending.
Before him, three seats
were vacant, so it
seemed that three mem-
bers would be nominat-
ed together. But that did
not happen. Khatana
has been nominated
alone. Before that, four
people were nominated.
Recently, the central
govt nominated four
people from four states
of South India to the Up-
per House. PT Usha
from Kerala, Dr. Viren-
dra Hegde from K’taka,
Vijayendra Prasad from
Telangana and Ilaiyara-
ja from TN were sent to
the Upper House. Apart
from the five new mem-
bers, including Kha-
tana, the five members,
including former Chief
Justice Ranjan Gogoi,
and four have joined the
BJP. The names of these
four people are – Rakesh
Sinha, Sonal Mansingh,
Mahesh Jethmalani and
Ram Shakal. Now the
eyes of many people are
on the remaining two
seats. For the first time
in a long time, no jour-
nalist is in the nominat-
ed category members.
Swapan Dasgupta re-
tired a few days back.
No member from Hindi
film industry is in the
nominated category. It
will be interesting to see
whether the remaining
two seats are nominated
in one go or one by one.
Till when will the nominated
seats of Rajya Sabha stay vacant?
KERALA HC UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE OF
BEEDI TYCOON FOR KILLING SECURITY GUARD
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday upheld the life
imprisonment awarded to the beedi tycoon Mohammed
Nisham, accused of killing a security guard in a fit of rage
by ramming his luxury
car in Kerala's Thris-
sur, back in January
2015. All appeals
stand dismissed, said
a Division Bench com-
prising Justice K Vinod
Chandran and Justice
C Jayachandran while
considering his appeal. Nisham was sentenced to life term
by the Thrissur District Sessions Court in January 2016
after he was convicted under sections 302, 326, 323, 324,
427, 449 and 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
IN THE COURTYARD
MARITAL RAPE: SC NOTICE TO CENTRE
ON PLEA OVER HIGH COURT ORDER
EVERY MIN. OF JUDGES TIME COSTS MONEY
TO EXCHEQUER: JUSTICE DY CHANDRACHUD
SC RESERVES ORDER
ON TV ANCHOR FOR
CLUBBING OF FIR
JIGNESH, 18 OTHERS
SENTENCED TO SIX
MONTHS IN JAIL
HC TO HEAR PLEAS
OVER LEGAL STATUS
OF PM CARES FUND
SC REFUSES TO
ENTERTAIN PIL
SEEKING UDC
New Delhi: SC on Friday
reserved its order in the
petition filed by the Times
Now anchor Navika Kumar
seeking clubbing of the
multiple FIRs and com-
plaints registered against
her over the remarks made
by former BJP spokes-
person Nupur Sharma
about Prophet Muhammed
on a debate aired by
the channel. A bench of
Justices MR Shah and
Krishna Murari heard the
matter and reserved the
order. On August 8, the
apex court granted interim
protection to Kumar from
any coercive action.
Ahmedabad: A metropol-
itan court in Ahmedabad
on Friday sentenced Dalit
leader and independent
MLA Jignesh Mevani and
eighteen of his associates
to six months impris-
onment in connection
with an FIR registered
for protesting to name a
building in Gujarat Uni-
versity’s law department
after Dr BR Ambedkar.
The court sentenced them
to six months in jail and a
fine of Rs 700 each. The
court stayed the order
for a month allowing the
convicts to challenge the
judgement.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Friday
listed for hearing on Jan-
uary 31 pleas concerning
the legal status of the
Prime Minister’s Citizen
Assistance and Relief in
Emergency Situations
Fund or PM CARES Fund
under the Constitution
and the Right to Informa-
tion Act. A bench of Chief
Justice Satish Chandra
Sharma and Justice
Subramonium Prasad
also granted four weeks’
time to the Centre to file
its reply in the matter in
terms of an earlier order
passed by the court.
New Delhi: The SC on
Friday refused to entertain
a PIL seeking a uni-
form dress code for the
students and teachers in
educational institutions
all across the country. As
the top court refused to
entertain it, the petition-
er sought to withdraw
his plea that was earlier
allowed by the bench.
The petition filed in the
SC sought direction to
the Centre and States to
take appropriate steps to
implement Common Dress
Code in registered and
State recognized Educa-
tional Institutions.
New Delhi: The SC on Friday issued notice to the Centre
and others on a plea against the Delhi HC’s split verdict
on an issue related to criminalising marital rape. A
bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice BV Nagarath-
na agreed to examine the issue and listed the matter for
further hearing in February 2023. All India Democratic
Women’s Association (AIDWA) among others has
moved the SC against Delhi High Court’s split verdict on
issues relating to criminalising marital rape matters.
New Delhi: SC judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday
said that every minute of judges’ time not only costs the
public exchequer but takes away time from other liti-
gants as well. Justice Chandrachud said, “Every minute
of our time costs the public exchequer and at the same
time, it takes away two minutes of someone else.” The
bench also comprised Justice Hima Kohli observed that
there might be an award of cost because of the frivolous
consumption of public time.
Rahul Gandhi takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kollam on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NAINA DEVI MLA RESIGNS
FROM POST OF HIMACHAL VP
FORMER CM OPPOSES ED
PROBE AGAINST KPCC CHIEF
3 CONG WORKERS
SUSPENDED FOR
THREATENING
KOLLAM SHOPKEEPER
Shimla: In a big setback to Congress
ahead of Assembly polls, HPCC vice
president and Naina Devi
MLA Ram Lal Thakur on
Friday resigned from the
post of party vice-presi-
dent. Thakur is also the
chairman of state election
management committee
and he has assured to work for the
party in assembly election.
Bengaluru: Opposition leader in the
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Sid-
daramaiah on Thursday
condemned the ED summon
to Karnataka Congress pres-
ident DK Shivakumar. “In an
attempt to thwart the prepa-
rations for BharatJodaYatra
and harass Congress
leaders, ED has summoned
KPCC President, DK Shivakumar again,”
tweeted Siddaramaiah.
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala Congress on
Friday suspended three
party workers for al-
legedly threatening a
vegetable shopkeeper in
Kollam for not paying Rs
2,000 in fund collection
for 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Three party workers
involved in an unaccep-
table incident in Kollam
have been suspended
with immediate effect.
They do not represent
our ideology and such
behaviour is inexcusable.
The party is crowdfund-
ing small donations
voluntarily unlike others
who get corporate dona-
tions, said Kerala Con-
gress chief K Sudhakaran
in a Twitter post.
PHOGAT CASE:
CBI team begins
probe in Goa
Pune: NCP president
Sharad Pawar on Thurs-
day said the Centre's as-
surance to the Maha-
rashtra govt to give a
bigger project to the
state than the Ve-
danta-Foxconn
semiconductor
plant, was like
consolingachild
and added now
that the unit has
moved to Guj there was
no point in the discuss-
ing the matter further.
He also took a dig at
Vedanta, saying if the
Indian mining firm pro-
poses a project in Maha-
rashtra, there was no
surety that it will come
up in the state.
The Uddhav Thacker-
ay-led Shiv Sena, NCP
and the Cong have
sought to corner the
Eknath Shinde-
BJP govt follow-
ing the announce-
menttwodaysago
thatthe`1.54lakh
cr semiconductor
plant will be set
up by a joint venture be-
tween Vedanta, an Indi-
an oil-to-metals con-
glomerate, and Taiwan-
ese electronics giant
Foxconn in Guj. The
plantwassupposedtobe
set up in Maha.
Pawar's PM's more
attention to Guj dig
over $20 billion plant
Gwalior (ANI):
Union Minister
for Road Trans-
port and High-
ways Nitin Gad-
kari on Thursday
inaugurated and
laid the founda-
tion stone of seven
National Highway
projects with a to-
tal length of 222
km in Gwalior
worth Rs 1,128
crore.
“These projects
will facilitate the
movement of sav-
ing fuel. Better
connectivity will
be provided to take
electrical trans-
formers, spices,
chanderi silk and
tribal art across
the country. Tour-
ism will be encour-
aged, employment
will be created,
due to which the
Chambal region
will develop and
the state will be
prosperous,” Gad-
kari said in a
statement.
CM of Madhya
Pradesh Shivraj
Singh Chouhan,
Union Minister
Narendra Singh
Tomar, Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia, Min-
isters of Madhya
Pradesh and all
MPs-MLAs were
present there
during the inau-
guration.
Nitin Gadkari
inaugurates
7 NH projects
in Gwalior Hyderabad: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah and Telangana
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao will
both unfurl the national
flag in Hyderabad on
Saturday in separate
celebrations, in what is
building up to be a day
of intense and competi-
tive political activity in
the state.
The Centre will, for
the first time, celebrate
September 17 as Hy-
derabad Liberation
Day. The former Hy-
derabad State under the
Nizam merged with the
Indian Union on this
day, more than a year
after India's Independ-
ence. The Telangana
govt has planned what it
calls the Telangana
Unity Day and has an-
nounced three-day fes-
tivities. It is an impor-
tant message from Rao
or KCR, who has been
rallying opposition par-
ties to take on the BJP in
the 2024 national elec-
tion. He and the TRS
view the Centre's cele-
brations with suspicion,
calling them in line with
BJP's divisive agenda.
Amit Shah will head-
linetheCentre'scelebra-
tions at the Army Pa-
rade Ground in Secun-
derabad. Invites have
gone to the Chief Minis-
ters of two neighbour-
ing states where the BJP
is in power - Karnataka
and Maharashtra. Basa-
varaj Bommai and
Eknath Shinde will both
attend the function.
Both states include
parts ceded from the for-
mer Hyderabad state.
BJP leaders point
out that in 1948, the
first Home Minister of
India, Sardar Vallabh
Bhai Patel had un-
furled the national flag
after Hyderabad acced-
ed to India.
For Hyderabad landmark today, it's
Chief Minister KCR vs Amit Shah
Amit Shah and K Chandrashekhar Rao. —FILE PIC
NEXT TALKS ON ASSAM-MIZORAM
BORDER DISPUTE LIKELY NEXT WEEK
New Delhi: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah
held border talks with CM’s of Arunachal Pradesh and
Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has now dialled his
Mizoram counterpart to hold another round of talks on
the pending Assam-Mizoram border issue. A source in the
Mizoram CM’s Office said, “The two CM’s spoke today,
however, the timing for the meeting is yet to be confirmed.”
SHAH TO CHAIR
KEY BJP CORE
MEETING IN
TELANGANA
New Delhi: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
be on a two-day visit to
Telangana where state
leaders will apprise
him about the kind of
support that the BJP is
getting in the state dur-
ing a crucial core group
meeting in Hyderabad.
Shah will meet the top
leaders of the state in-
cluding state party chief
Bandi Sanjay, several
party MPs and key office
bearers. Union Minister
G Kishan Reddy and
party general secretary
Tarun Chugh will also be
part of this meeting.

08
INDIA
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Thepostsof
governors, lieutenant
governors and adminis-
trators are vacant in
many states and union
territories. It is being
told that the central gov-
ernment can appoint
them next month. In a
big state like West Ben-
gal, the post of governor
is vacant for the last one
month after Jagdeep
Dhankhar became the
Vice President. Politi-
cally, West Bengal is
very important for the
BJP as BJP had won 18
Lok Sabha seats in the
last election from West
Bengal. So there is com-
plete focus of the party
.
Manipur Governor La
Ganesan is holding the
additional charge there.
BJP has to make a politi-
cally strong person the
Governor of West Ben-
gal. The post of Gover-
nor is also vacant in Na-
galand and Assam Gov-
ernor Jagdish Mukhi is
holding additional
charge there. On the last
date of this month i.e.
30th September, the ten-
ure of Meghalaya Gov-
ernor Satya Pal Malik is
also completing.
Apart from him, the
term of Governor is be-
ing completed in some
other states. Two gover-
nors are going to retire
in the next month i.e.
October. The tenure of
Assam Governor Jag-
dish Mukhi will end on
October 10. Before that
the term of Arunachal
Pradesh Governor BD
Mishra will also end on
October 3. Apart from
the Governor, the post
of the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor of Puducherry is
also vacant. Telangana
Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan is han-
dling the work there as
in-charge. Similarly,
Prafulla Khoda Patel,
the administrator of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Daman Diu, is also
handling the responsi-
bility of the administra-
tor of Lakshadweep.
Devendra Kumar Joshi,
the Lieutenant Gover-
nor of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, is also
retiring on October 8.
Therefore, the appoint-
ment is expected to be
made next month.
Will the appointment of Governors done next month?
KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED
New Delhi (ANI):
NTA has announced
CUET UG results. The
merit list will be re-
leased by the partici-
pating universities for
admissions.
The first edition of
CUET UG was conduct-
ed in 6 phases in July-
August. The exam was
held at 489 examination
centres in 259 cities
across India and 10 cit-
ies outside India. A to-
tal of 14,90,000 candi-
dates registered for the
examination.
According to NTA, as
many as 8,236 students
have scored 100percen-
tile in English, 2,065 in
Political Science, 1,669
in Business Studies,
1,324 in Biology and
1,188 in Economics.The
Delhi University cut offs
are likely to go high this
yearwith20,000students
scoring 100 percentile.
Before declaring re-
sults of CUET UG 2022,
NationalTestingAgency
(NTA)hadissuedseveral
important notifications
on cuet.samarth.ac.in.
AFTER DELAY DUE TO TECHNICAL GLITCHES
NTA has announced CUET UG results
The first edition of
CUET UG was
conducted in six
phases in July-Aug
Udhampur (ANI): The
Army has started a
month-long pre-recruit-
ment training for
youths intending to join
the armed forces under
the Agnipath scheme in
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Udhampur district.
This is for the first
time the Army has or-
ganised pre-recruit-
ment training in Pan-
chari Tehsil of Udham-
pur district. The train-
ing programme is be-
ing conducted by the
Rashtriya Rifles (RR)
for the duration of one
month. Over 90 youths
from Panchari Tehsil
and surrounding vil-
lages of the Udhampur
district are attending
the training.
The programme in-
cludes physical train-
ing classes, running,
push-ups, crunches,
and other exercises.
Classes are also being
conducted to prepare
the aspirants for the
written examination.
Army launches pre-recruitment
training for Agnipath aspirants
Indian Army personnel recruitment under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme,
in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI):
Two COVID-19 an-
tibody treatments
are no longer rec-
ommended by the
World Health Or-
ganisation be-
cause Omicron
and its subvari-
ants have likely
rendered them ob-
solete, according
to a revised guide-
line published
in the British
Medical Journal.
In the same
guideline update,
WHO makes a con-
ditional recom-
mendation for the
use of the antivi-
ral drug remdesi-
vir in patients
with severe COV-
ID-19, and a condi-
tional recommen-
dation against its
use in patients
with critical dis-
ease. The WHO
Guideline Devel-
opment Group of
international ex-
perts noted that
antibody drugs
sotrovimab and
casirivimab-im-
devimab are not
recommended for
patients with
COVID-19.
WHO ‘strongly’
advises against
use of 2 Covid
antibody: Report
Mumbai (ANI): The
book on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi ti-
tled ‘Modi@20: Dreams
Meet Delivery’ can be
used as a management
textbook, said Union
finance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman
while speaking at a
BJP party event on
Thursday in Mumbai.
Shemadetheremarks
while addressing an
event on the book
‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet
Delivery’ organised by
the party’s Mumbai
unit. “It’s a book which
tells how modern-day
governance in a com-
plex economy like India
can happen, and also
how self-made leaders
can make a difference,”
Sitharaman said.
‘Book‘Modi@20’ can
be used as textbook’
Nirmala Sitharaman at a party
event in Mumbai.—FILE PHOTO
BJP leader Mahesh Chand Srivastava others perform
havan on eve of Modi’s birthday, in Varanasi on Friday.
Events in Varanasi will last for 15 days.Along with
havans at numerous places, a 72-meter long scarf-
same as PM Modi’s age — will be offered to river
Ganga for blessings and healthy long life of PM Modi.
BJP PLANS MODI’S DAY WITH GREAT FERVOUR
“EKBHARAT,SHRESTHBHARAT”
UNITY IN DIVERSITY FESTIVALS TO MARK PM MODI’S BIRTHDAY TODAY
First India Bureau
New Delhi:
The BJP will
o r g a n i s e
“unity in di-
versity” fes-
tivals in all
districts as
part of its
fortnight-
long “seva”
campaign to
mark Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
birthday.
The campaign will be-
gin on Modi’s birthday
on September 17 and
conclude on October 2,
the birth anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi.
The BJP has been cel-
ebrating Modi’s birth-
day as ‘Seva Diwas’
(Day of Service) for sev-
eral years by organis-
ing welfare activities
across the country for a
fortnight. According to
the letter, BJP workers
in districts will organ-
ise “unity in diversity”
festivals, send a mes-
sage of “Ek Bharat,
Shresth Bharat”
among masses.
All state units
have been asked
to update ac-
tivities on the
Namo app of
the PM, and
5 best state
units will
be award-
ed for
events.
8-MEMBER CENTRAL
PANEL TO MONITOR
THE CAMPAIGN
The BJP has formed
an eight-member
central panel led by its
general secretary Arun
Singh for monitoring the
campaign, which will
include activities such as
blood donation camps,
plantation drives, blood
donation drives, aware-
ness programmes on
water conservation and
the vocal for local idea,
and cleanliness drives.
MEGA BLOOD
DONATION DRIVE BY
HEALTH MINISTRY
On the occasion of PM
Narendra Modi’s birth-
day today, Union health
ministry will start a mega
drive for voluntary blood
donation, and hopes to
match the tremendous
response that it received
last year during a day-
long special Covid-19
vaccination drive held on
his birthday, according to
people familiar with the
department.
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will kick off
Hyderabad Liberation
Day celebrations on
Saturday and dis-
tribute equipment to
Divyangs in a ‘Sewa
Karyakram’ organ-
ised on the occasion
of PM Narendra
Modi’s birthday.
AMIT SHAH TO DISTRIBUTE EQUIPMENT
TO DIVYANGS IN HYDERABAD TODAY
VARANASI TO CELEBRATE PM
MODI’S BIRTHDAY FOR 15 DAYS
EVENTS AS
PART OF A
‘SEVA
PAKHWADA’
FROM TODAY
The BJP will organise vari-
ous social programmes as
part of a Seva Pakhwada (a
fortnight of service) from Sep-
tember 17 to Gandhi Jayanti to
celebrate PM Modi’s birthday.
HIGHLIGHTS
l Face of PM Modi
to be created using
72,000 Lamps on his
l TN BJP unit to
provide 'gold rings'
for infants born on
September 17
l BJP chief JP Nadda
to launch exhibition
on PM Modi on his
72nd birthday
l BJP plans 5,000
public meetings for
Modi’s birthday in
Andhra Pradesh
PM Narendra Modi
BMC chief...
on a late evening visit to
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis’s
residence.
This visit created
much controversy com-
ing only hours after
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde publicly stated
that politicians facing
scrutiny by central rev-
enue intelligence agen-
cies like the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
should not be enter-
tained or taken into its
fold by the new dispen-
sation that he led.
The issue had also led
to a furore at the BJP’s
Nariman Point office as
Kamboj had courted
Sheikh, who was under
ED scrutiny, and facili-
tated his meeting with
Fadnavis even though
the BJP leaders like Kir-
it Somaiya had exposed
the Congress leader’s al-
leged corruption. So-
maiya, BJP MP Gopal
Shetty and other BJP
leaders subsequently
even held public pro-
testsintheMumbaisub-
urb of Malvani over
films studios which
were alleged construct-
ed illegally at the behest
of Sheikh during his
tenure as minister.
These structures even
faced demolition action
by the BMC following
the protests.
Chahal’s visit with
Kamboj has similarly
drawn parallels on the
propriety of the BMC
chief--who the BJP lead-
er accused of corrup-
tion for allegedly being
complicit with
Yashwant Jadhav, Shiv
Sena’s Standing Com-
mittee Chairman in the
BMC. After all, Kamboj
had claimed that Chahal
held properties in the
US while demanding an
Income Tax department
probe against BMC’s
current administrator.
MVA to blame...
making a pitch, the sem-
iconductorprojectcould
move to the neighbour-
ing state.
He said he immedi-
ately spoke to Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de, and initiated talks
for a meeting.
“I even used my per-
sonal relations with Ve-
danta chief Anil Agar-
wal, and went to his
house. We assured him
that we would offer a
better package than Gu-
jarat. However, he said
that the talks with Guja-
rat were at an advanced
stage, and it may not be
prudent to go back on
it,” Fadnavis said, add-
ing that despite that, the
government held a
meeting with the Vedan-
ta-Foxconn officials and
offeredthebestpackage.
Fadnavis said, “So the
decision to go to Gujarat
was already made, but
westillmadealast-ditch
attempt to bring the pro-
ject to Maharashtra.
Those who have not
done anything in 2.5
years are now blaming
us. They should say
whattheyhaveachieved.
Even if the MVA gov-
ernment has taken the
state backwards, we will
take it No 1 again.”
Fadnavis also ques-
tioned the Shiv Sena on
its opposition to the Na-
nar refinery
. “The refin-
ery would have brought
an investment of Rs3.5
lakh crore, and created
five lakh jobs. If the re-
finery had started, Ma-
harashtra would have
leapt 10 years ahead.
But, there was opposi-
tion, and we lost the pro-
ject,” he said.
He added that Wad-
hwan port a natural
deep draft and any large
vessel could dock, open-
ing opportunities of
making it one of the big-
gest international ports.
“During the recent
visit to Russia, they
werecomplainingthatit
takes longer time to fer-
ry cargo to JNPT, which
accounts for 76% of
cargo across India.
There is scope for an-
other large port. If a
large port and a large
refinery come to Maha-
rashtra, the two projects
alone will take the state
miles ahead of other
states,” he said.
FROM PG 3 Delhi liquor
policy: ED
raids in H’bad
Hyderabad (ANI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Friday conduct-
ed raids at Robin Dis-
tilleries in connection
with the Delhi liquor
policy scam case. The
EDisconductingsearch-
es in multiple cities in-
cludingHyderabad,Ben-
galuru, and Chennai in
the Delhi Excise Policy
case,sourcesconfirmed.
Earlier on September 6,
the raids were conduct-
ed in UtP, Punjab Hary-
ana, Telangana, and Ma-
harashtra. Last month,
ED conducted searches
on Delhi deputy CM
Manish Sisodia’s resi-
dence.

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8 million frontline jobs created in FY 2022
New Delhi (Agencies):
Companies in India creat-
ed about 8 million frontline
jobs in the fiscal year end-
ed March 2022, according to
the Frontline Index Report
2022 from BetterPlace, a
leading tech platform for
frontline workforce man-
agement in the country
.
The e-commerce sector
contributed the highest to
the demand for frontline
workers followed by logis-
tics mobility, according
to the report, which is
based on the data collected
by the platform from June
2020 to July 2022.
With rising retail con-
sumption post-pandemic,
the second quarter of FY22
saw a huge rise in demand
for frontline workers be-
cause of a rapid increase in
jobs in the delivery and re-
tail segments.
Maharashtra, K’taka,
Andhra Pradesh/Telanga-
na and TN have the highest
supply of and demand for
frontline workers in India.
About 60% of the total
frontline workers belong to
these states and 65% of the
total demand comes from
these states. Mumbai has
been the highest contribu-
tor and consumer for front-
line workers at 24.7% and
20.9% respectively
.
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MAJOR SHARE
E-COMMERCE

z The e-commerce sector
contributed the highest to
the demand for frontline
workers

z About 60% of the total
frontline workers belong to
Maha, K’taka, Andhra TN
business
BRIEFS
Bengaluru: Indian Insti-
tute of Science (IISc) and
Shell India have entered
into a partnership to pro-
mote research and devel-
opment in the areas of en-
ergy and environment.
The partnership seeks to
build on cutting-edge en-
ergy and environment re-
lated research being car-
ried out at the Interdisci-
plinary Centre for Energy
Research (ICER), IISc, as-
tatement said. The key as-
pects that the partnership
will focus on include re-
ducing Green House Gas
emissions and promoting
decarbonisation through
innovations such as low-
carbon fuels. —PTI
New Delhi: The deficit in
paddy sowing has re-
duced to 4.52% at 399.03
lakh hectares so far in the
ongoing kharif season on
revival of rains in some
states, but it is badly af-
fected in Jharkhand, ac-
cording to agriculture
ministry data released on
Friday. The government
expects 6-7 million fall in
kharif rice production
based on the crop condi-
tion till last week. Accord-
ing to the ministry data,
there was 12.39% lag in
paddy sowing till August
12 of this season. —PTI
DEFICIT IN PADDY
SOWING NARROWS
TO 4.52 PER CENT
IISC, SHELL SIGN
RD PACT IN ENERGY,
ENVIRONMENT
New Delhi: The Centre
has cleared 23 strategic
research projects of
around Rs 60 crore in the
areas of specialty fibres,
sustainable textiles, geo-
textiles, mobiltech and
sports textiles under its
flagship programme Na-
tional Technical Textiles
Mission. Among these 23
research projects, 12 pro-
jects of Speciality Fibres
having application areas
in agriculture, smart tex-
tiles, healthcare, strategic
application and protective
gears were cleared. —PTI
GOVT CLEARS 23
STRATEGIC PROJECTS
UNDER NTTM
New Delhi: India’s largest
two-wheeler maker Hero
MotoCorp is all set to for-
ay into the electric seg-
ment next month with the
launch of its first model in
the domestic market. The
company said that “a new
era in mobility is about to
begin” alluding to an
event under its Vida brand
on October 7, 2022. The
major has issued invites
to its dealers, investors
and global distributors for
the event to be held in
Jaipur. Sources confirmed
that the company will
launch its first EV product
at the event. —PTI
HERO MOTOCORP TO
ENTER EV SEGMENT
NEXT MONTH
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GOVERNMENT REVISES
DEFINITION OF INDIA’S
SMALL COMPANIES
New Delhi:The government has
revised the paid-up capital and
turnover thresholds for small
companies that
will help reduce
the compliance
burden on
more entities.
The latest decision has again
revised the definition of small
companies and is aimed at fur-
ther improving the ease of doing
business. With the amendments
to certain rules, the threshold
for small companies’ paid-up
capital has been increased to
“not exceeding `4 crore” from
“not exceeding `2 crore”. —PTI
MINISTERS ENDORSE
SCOPE OF REVIEW OF
ASEAN TRADE PACT
New Delhi: Trade ministers of
India and 10-nation bloc ASEAN
have endorsed the scope of
review of the
trade pact
to make the
agreement
more industry
friendly, the commerce ministry
said on Friday. The issue was
discussed during the 19th ASE-
AN-India Economic Ministers’
meeting in Siem Reap City. The
review would make the agree-
ment modern with contempo-
rary trade facilitative practices,
and streamlined customs and
regulatory procedures. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
UIDAI TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UPDATE THEIR
AADHAAR BIOMETRICS EVERY 10 YEARS: OFFICIAL
New Delhi:Aadhaar custodian UIDAI will encourage people to volun-
tarily update their biometric data every 10 years, according to official
sources. At present, children after the age of 5 and 15 years are
required to update their biometrics for
Aadhaar. “UIDAI will encourage people
to update their biometrics, demograph-
ics etc once in 10 years. Over time,
it will push people to update Aad-
haar. Once a person is over a certain
age, say 70 years, then it will not be
required,” one of the officials said. The
UIDAI has enrolled almost all adults in the country, barring a small
percentage of people in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Ladakh. —PTI
Sensex, Nifty tank nearly 2%
amid weak global markets
LOGS WEEKLY LOSS
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks spiralled low-
er for the third session on
the trot on Friday, in lock-
step with a sell-off in over-
seas markets as investors
fretted over the global
economy slipping into a re-
cession amid rate hikes by
central banks.
A weak rupee and for-
eign fund outflows added to
the woes, traders said. The
30-shareBSESensextanked
1,093.22 points or 1.82% to
settle at 58,840.79.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty declined 346.55
points or 1.94% to close at
17,530.85. UltraTech Ce-
ment was the top laggard in
the Sensex pack, slumping
4.51%, followed by Tech
Mahindra, Infosys, MM,
Wipro, TCS and Nestle In-
dia. IndusInd Bank
emerged as the sole gainer,
spurting 2.63%.
“With persistent bearish
pressure from global stocks
amid rising yields and dol-
lar index, the domestic
market surrendered to the
global trend despite its
strong decoupling scenario
and encouraging macroe-
conomic data.
“Post the release of US
inflation data, which show-
cased a MoM increase in
inflation, the global market
has been pricing in the
likelihood of a more ag-
gressive policy response
from the Fed,” said Vinod
Nair, Head of Research at
Geojit Financial Services.
On a weekly basis, the
Sensex shed 952.35 points
or 1.59%, while the Nifty
fell 302.50 points or 1.69%.
In the broader market,
the BSE midcap gauge
tanked 2.85% and the small-
cap index slipped 2.38%.
All the BSE sectoral indi-
ces ended in the negative
zone, with realty tumbling
3.53%, followed by IT
(3.37%), basic materials
(3.05%), teck (3.03%) and
auto (2.67%). World mar-
kets buckled under selling
pressure on stagflation
concerns following nega-
tive comments from inter-
national agencies like the
World Bank and IMF.
EQUITY INVESTORS POORER BY OVER `6.18
LAKH CRORE AS SENSEX PLUNGES
New Delhi (PTI): Investors have become poorer by over `6.18 lakh
crore as markets took a heavy beating on Friday.The market capi-
talisation of the BSE-listed firms eroded by `6,18,536.3 crore to
`2,79,68,822.06 crore on Friday. In three days, investors wealth has
tumbled `7,02,371.88 crore. Indian markets were the worst perform-
ers in the Asian pack, as higher inflation and likely aggressive rate
hikes by the US Fed sent stocks tumbling across the board.
RUPEE FALLS 7 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 79.78
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
declined by 7 paise to close at
79.78 (provisional) against the
US dollar on Friday, tracking
a strong dollar in overseas
markets and losses in domes-
tic equities. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the
domestic currency opened at
79.80 per dollar. It hovered in a
range of 79.71 to 79.85 during
the session.The domestic unit
finally settled at 79.78, down 7
paise over its previous close of
79.71.“We expect the Rupee to
trade with a negative bias on the
strong Dollar and risk aversion in
global markets. Global markets
declined after IMF spokesman
Gerry Rice flagged concerns
over further slowdown in the
global economy and said that
some countries are expected
to slip into recession in 2023,”
said Anuj Choudhary, Research
Analyst at Sharekhan by BNP
Paribas. Meanwhile, the dollar
index, which gauges the green-
back’s strength against a basket
of six currencies, was trading at
110.05. Brent crude futures, the
global oil benchmark, advanced
by 0.24% to $91.06 per barrel.
Finance Minister asks
corporates to clear dues
to MSMEs in 45 days
Mumbai (PTI): Finance
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man on Friday asked pri-
vate sector companies to
clear dues to small busi-
nesses within 45 days and
admitted that the central
departments and enter-
prises are also not making
payments to them on time.
She conceded that the
Centre, states and state-
owned enterprises too have
outstanding dues to MS-
MEs. Theministersaidthat
at a meeting with big busi-
nesses here two days ago,
she had appealed to them to
ensure that the dues of
small businesses, who are
the backbone of the econo-
my, are cleared on time.
“Private sector industry
shouldcommittomakepay-
ments to MSMEs in 45 days
along with the books of ac-
counts filed with the Regis-
trar of Companies which
make a mention of out-
standing dues,” she said.
However, she admitted
that the central depart-
ments and enterprises are
also not making timely
payments to MSMEs.
The minister also said
the Centre too will be tak-
ing adequate steps to re-
solve the issue of dues to
MSMES by ensuring that
the central departments
and various enterprises
make payments to them in
90 days and also appealed
to states and their public
sector enterprises to do so.
CENTRE, STATES
ALSO DEFAULTERS

z She conceded that the
Centre, states and state-
owned enterprises too have
outstanding dues to MSMEs

z She conceded that they
are also not making timely
payments to MSMEs
Patanjali expects `1L Cr
turnover in next 5-7 yrs
New Delhi (PTI): Patan-
jali Group’s turnover is
expected to jump 2.5-fold
to `1 lakh crore in the
next 5-7 years, Baba Ram-
dev on Friday said, and
also announced plans to
launch IPOs of four other
group firms.
Outlining the vision of
Patanjali Group, he said
the company will provide
direct employment oppor-
tunities to 5 lakh people in
the next five years.
“Patanjali Group’s cur-
rent turnover is around
`40,000 crore. The Group
turnover is expected to
reach `1 lakh crore in 5-7
years,” he said. He said the
Patanjali Group firm, Pa-
tanjali Foods (erstwhile
Ruchi Soya), is already
listed on stock exchanges
and its market capitalisa-
tion has touched around
`50,000 crore. “We will be
launching IPOs of four
other group companies
over the next five years,”
Ramdev said. These four
companies are Patanjali
Ayurved, Patanjali Medi-
cine, Patanjali Lifestyle
and Patanjali Wellness, he
said, adding that the IPO
of Patanjali Ayurved could
be the first IPO.
WHAT BABA
RAMDEV SAID

z Ramdev said company will
provide direct employment
opportunities to 5 lakh
people in next five years

z It will be launching Initial
Public Offerings (IPOs) of
four other group companies
New Delhi (PTI): Extend-
ing the PLI scheme to the
toy sector and setting up a
separate export promotion
council would propel the
sector by creating jobs and
boosting exports, industry
experts said.
Currently, PLI scheme
covers 14 sectors like phar-
ma and white goods, and
aims to boost domestic
manufacturing and ex-
ports. Little Genius Toys
Pvt Ltd CEO Naresh Ku-
mar Gautam said although
support measures an-
nounced by the govern-
ment are helping the indus-
try, the PLI scheme and a
council would give further
impetus.
India’s toy
sector pitches
for PLI scheme
New Delhi (Agencies):
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel
and Vodafone Idea (Vi)
have all lost active users in
July 2022 as increased cost
of mobile services after
tariff hikes taken by opera-
tors last winter led to some
de-activations, said ex-
perts, analysing latest cus-
tomer data put out by the
sector regulator.
Jio and Airtel lost 1 mil-
lion active users each, re-
ducing their base of such
customers to 382 million
and 356 million respectively
in July
.
Vi lost as many as 1.7
million such users, shrink-
ing its active mobile users
base to 217 million.
Jio, Airtel, Vi
lose active
users in July
Adani completes acquisition
ofAmbuja Cements ACC
New Delhi (PTI): The
Adani family on Friday
said it has completed the
acquisition of Ambuja Ce-
ments ACC Ltd and has
become country’s second
largest cement player.
Adani family, through
their special purpose vehi-
cle Endeavour Trade and
Investment Ltd, completed
the acquisition after com-
pleting the transaction
with Swiss firm Holcim
and an open offer, said a
statement.
“The transaction in-
volved the acquisition of
Holcim’s stake in Ambuja
and ACC along with an
open offer in both entities
as per SEBI Regulations,”
it said.
The value of the Holcim
stake and open offer con-
sideration for Ambuja Ce-
ments and ACC is $6.50 bil-
lion, which makes this the
largest ever acquisition by
Adani.

First India Bureau
Palghar: Police have
solved a year-old case
in which a woman’s
headless body was dis-
covered in a Palghar
creek. They have ar-
rested a 32-year-old
man for the alleged
murder of his wife, of-
ficials said on Friday
.
The MBVV police on
Wednesday nabbed
Asif Hanif Shaikh, a
resident of Nalla Sopa-
ra, for killing his wife
Sania Shaikh (24) in
July 2021.
On July 26, 2021, a
headless body of an uni-
dentified woman was
found dumped in a trol-
ley bag in Vasai’s Kal-
amb creek, said Senior
Inspector Kalyan Karpe
of Vasai police station.
A murder case was
registered and an inves-
tigation launched, look-
ing into missing per-
sons complaints report-
ed in Mumbai, Thane,
Thane (rural) and Pal-
ghar, and even in neigh-
bouring Gujarat.
On August 29 this
year, a woman from Bel-
gavi in Karnataka, filed
a complaint at the
Achole police station
saying her granddaugh-
ter Sania Asif Shaikh
had been missing since
last year.
With this, the cops
turned their focus onto
Sania’s husband, who
hadnotfiledacomplaint
after her disappearance.
During interroga-
tion, Shaikh admitted
to murdering his wife
and disposing of her
headless body as he
was “suspicious of his
wife’s character” on
his return from Saudi
Arabia.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Friday
opposed the bail plea
of Shiv Sena MP San-
jay Raut, who was ar-
rested in a money
laundering case
linked to alleged ir-
regularities in a
Mumbai housing re-
development project.
In the bail plea, the
Rajya Sabha member
said he has been victim-
ized to forcibly crush
the opposition faced by
the ruling party
.
The ED on Friday
filed its written reply
before special judge MG
Deshpande, in which it
opposed Raut’s bail.
The details of probe
agency’s reply were,
however, not available
yet.
Earlier this month,
the Sena leader had filed
an application in the
special court hearing
cases related to Preven-
tion of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA), saying
the case against him
was a perfect example
of “abuse of power” and
“political vendetta”.
ED probe pertains to
alleged financial irregu-
larities in the redevelop-
ment of ‘Patra Chawl’
and related financial
property transactions
involving Raut’s wife
and alleged associates.
Siddharth Nagar, an
area located in Gore-
gaon, was set to eb de-
veloped as a housing
project for 672 residents
of the chawl, ans sell
remaining land to pro-
vate developers.
Mumbai (PTI): The
Maharashtra Trans-
port Department has
issued a draft notifica-
tion to hike fees for
VIP numbers for new
vehicles, an official
said on Friday
.
“In Maharashtra, 240
different numbers are
identified as VIP num-
bers in every registra-
tion series. The existing
fee structure for these
numbers has been effec-
tive from May 22, 2012.
The numbers 0009, 0099,
0999, 9999 and 0786 are
the most sought after
apart from 0001,” he
said.
“For these five num-
bers apart from 0001, the
proposed fee in the noti-
fication is Rs2.5 lakh, up
fromRs1.5lakh,forvehi-
cles with four and more
wheels. The proposed
fee for two- and three-
wheeled vehicles is
Rs50,000insteadof exist-
ing Rs20,000. The fee for
another 16 sought after
numbers is proposed at
Rs1 lakh instead of
Rs70,000 for four and
more-wheeled vehicles
and Rs25000, up from
Rs15,000, for two- and
three-wheelers,”hesaid.
For another set of 49
sought after numbers,
the proposed fee for four
and more wheeled vehi-
cles will be Rs70,000 in-
stead of Rs50,000 and
Rs15,000, up from
Rs10,000 presently, for
two and three wheelers.
“For another set of
189 registration num-
bers,like0011,0022,0088,
0200, 0202, 4242, 5656 and
7374,theproposedfeesis
Rs25,000insteadof exist-
ing Rs15,000 for four or
more wheeled vehicles
and Rs6,000 instead of
existing Rs4000 for two-
and three-wheelers,” he
said.
Citizens can submit
suggestions and objec-
tions to the proposed fee
structure by October 14,
the regional transport
official informed.
The revision in VIP
numbers fees will bring
more revenue to the
state transport depart-
ment, which as the its
statistics book 2017-18
had earned Rs139.20
crore from 1,83,794 cases
of registration number
issuance for that finan-
cial year.
10
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Indian Na-
val ship ‘
Ajay’ will be
decommissioned by
the Indian Navy at the
Naval Dockyard in
Mumbai on Septem-
ber 19 after the patrol
vessel rendered 32
years of service.
The guest of honour
for the decommission-
ing ceremony will be
Vice Admiral AG Thap-
liyal, who was the Com-
manding Officer of INS
Ajay when it was com-
missioned in the freez-
ing temperatures of the
Poti Shipyard in the
erstwhile Soviet Union,
now in Georgia, in Janu-
ary 1990. Vice Admiral
AjendraBahadurSingh,
Flag Officer Command-
ing-in-Chief, Western
Naval Command will be
the chief guest for the
emotional ceremony
when the national flag,
naval ensign and the de-
commissioningpennant
of theshipisloweredfor
the last time at sunset.
During her service,
INSAjayhasoperatedas
part of the 23rd Patrol
Vessel Squadron under
the operational control
of flag officer command-
ing in Maharashtra Na-
val Area. The ship’s pri-
mary role has been of a
submarinehunterandit
has a formidable arma-
ment of long-range tor-
pedoes and anti-subma-
rines rockets.
“During her illustri-
ous career spanning
morethanthreedecades,
the ship has been for-
ward-deployed on sever-
al occasions including
forOpTalwarduringthe
Kargil War in 1999, Op
Parakram in 2001 and
post Uri attack in 2017,
maintaining vigil and
remaining ever ready to
give a befitting reply to
the adversary against
any misadventure,” said
a defence spokesperson.
INS Ajay is part of
the four Abhay Class
corvettes commis-
sioned in the Navy
. INS
Abhay is the the only
one of the class to still
be in active duty
.
Submarine hunter INS Ajay set to be decommissioned
END OF AN ERA
The naval ship’s ensign, national flag, and decommisioning penmant will be lowered for the final time at sunset on September 19.
lll
For the past 32
years, INS Ajay
has been part of
the 23rd Patrol
Vessel
Squadron;
ceremony to be
attended by Vice
Admiral AG and
VA Flag Officer
CIC Ajendra
Bahadur Singh,
Western Naval
Command
Maha to hike fees for VIP vehicle numbers
Earlier this year, Reliance
Industries bought an
ultra-luxury Rolls Royce
hatchback costing `13.14
crore. The firm paid `12
lakh for a VIP number
after opting for it “out of
series”.
The number ‘0001’
will have a proposed
fee of Rs5 lakh, up
from Rs3 lakh now
for four-wheelers,
and Rs1 lakh for two
and three-wheelers
instead of the cur-
rent Rs50,000
If the ‘0001’ regis-
tration number is
unavailable in an
ongoing series for
that particular type
of vehicle and it
needs to be given
from another series
as per the rules, the
“three times basic”
rule applies.
This means an
“out of series” ‘0001’
will cost Rs3 lakh
for two and three
wheeled vehicles
and Rs15 lakh for ve-
hicles with four or
more wheels
In Mumbai, Mum-
bai Suburban, Pune,
Thane, Raigad, Au-
rangabad, Kolhapur
and Nashik, where
the demand for
‘0001’ is high, the
proposed fees is Rs6
lakh for four and
more wheeled vehi-
cles. Hence, an out
of series VIP num-
ber will cost Rs18
lakh.
Revision to bring in more revenue to the state transport dept which earned `139.20 cr in 2017-18
EXCLUSIVE IS EXPENSIVE
Man held for wife’s
murder, dumping
headless body
ED opposes Sanjay
Raut’s bail plea in
Patra Chawl case
WORLD OZONE DAY
Union Minister Yadav interacts with CM
Shinde at the event in Mumbai on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY PTI

First India Bureau
Nagpur: Maharash-
tra Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) chief
C h a n d r a s h e k h a r
Bawankule on Friday
said he had not lev-
elled any personal al-
legation against Na-
tional Congress Party
(NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar but the latter
had taken his state-
ment on Baramati as
one.
“We don’t want to
level personal allega-
tions against Pawar.
That is not our culture.
We are strengthening
our party through our
works. My statement on
finishing off NCP in
Baramati was taken as
a personal allegation by
Pawar,” said
Bawankule.
Bawankule had re-
cently said that the
BJP would win Pa-
war’s home turf Bara-
mati in upcoming
polls, which had invit-
ed a sharp rebuke from
the NCP.
Union Minister for Environment, Forests
and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav
presents a memento to Maharashtra
CM Eknath Shinde on the occasion of
World Ozone Day, in Mumbai on Friday.
Union MoS for Environment, Forest
and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar
Choubey is also seen.
Have not levelled personal allegations, says Bawankule
Sanjay Raut
Chandrashekhar
Bawankule
During her illustrious career
spanning more than three de-
cades, the ship has been for-
ward-deployed on several occasions in-
cluding for Op Talwar during the Kargil
War in 1999, Op Parakram in 2001 and
post Uri attack in 2017, maintaining vig-
il and remaining ever ready to give a be-
fitting reply to the adversary against any
misadventure. —Defence spokesperson
The ED probe pertains
to alleged financial
irregularities in the
redevt of ‘Patra Chawl’
Shaikh remanded into
police custody till
Sept 19; manhunt on
for his accomplice
Do not spend the moments
in regret, guilt or fear but
in wisdom, learning and
understanding.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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MUMBAI, SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
urple is
royal. It’s
elaborate,
r e p l e t e
with the
trappings
of majesty
and ceremony. It’s
the favourite col-
our of adolescent
girls, and it’s the
colour of fantasy
and magic. It’s
half-blue, half-red,
and our under-
standing of purple
lies somewhere in
between the seren-
ity of blue and the
passion of red.
Purple combines
the calm stability
of blue and the
fierce energy of
red. Wearing the
colour purple is of-
ten associated with
royalty, nobility,
luxury, power, and
ambition. Purple
also represents the
meanings of
wealth, extrava-
gance, creativity,
wisdom,
dignity,
g r a n -
deur, devo-
tion, peace,
pride, mys-
tery, inde-
pendence,
and mag-
ic. The
colour pur-
ple is a rare oc-
curring colour in
nature and as a re-
sult, is often seen
as having sacred
meaning. For in-
stance, lavender,
orchid, lilac, and
violet flowers are
considered delicate
and precious. Ad-
ditional words
that represent
d i f f e r e n t
shades, tints,
and values of
the colour violet:
purple, plum, lav-
ender, lilac, puce,
thistle, orchid,
mauve, magenta,
royal, amethyst,
wine, eggplant,
and mulberry. Pur-
ple both calms and
stimulates our bod-
ies, putting us in
the right place for
introspection and
focused insight. It
fosters creativity
by awakening our
senses while pro-
moting the quiet
necessary to make
intuitive, insight-
ful observations.
Purple creates a
harmonious bal-
ance of awareness
and peace. Purple
has long been asso-
ciated with wealth
and royalty, as the
purple dye was pre-
cious and expen-
sive. If green is the
colour of spring,
then purple con-
jures up autumn,
fading light, and
shorter days. Pur-
ple is insouciant–
associated with
creativity and ir-
reverence. Purple
also represents
harmony, the bal-
ance between op-
posing forces.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
P
Wearing the colour
purple is often
associated with
royalty, nobility and
luxury. City First
brings to you the
significance of the
colour purple in the
fashion world!

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