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‘If such politics goes on, who can tell what will happen in 2 months?’
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Union
minister and Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
leader Raosaheb Danve
has invoked the mid-
term collapse of the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government to
say no one knows what
will happen after two
months if “such poli-
tics” continues.
Addressing a gather-
ing in Kannad town in
Aurangabad district,
the BJP MP also spoke
about the changed po-
litical position of the
Uddhav Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena following the
2019 Assembly polls.
“No one thought the
MVA government,
which had completed
two-and-a-half years in
office, would fall. But
such magic happened
that the government
fell in a night. If such
politics is going on who
can guess what will
happen after two
months?” he asked.
Danve said the re-
sults of the 2019 Assem-
bly elections made the
Shiv Sena realize that
the next government
could not be formed
without them. “They
said all options were
open for the party and
broke ties with their old
ally BJP
,” he added.
MAHARASHTRA POLITICAL CLIME
Mumbai: Many leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance have
indicated that the Maharashtra government headed by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis will fall soon, paving
the way for mid-term elections in Maharashtra. Now,
claiming that “Danve sometimes speaks the truth”
Rajya Sabha MP and leader of the Uddhav-led
Sena, Sanjay Raut has added fuel to rumours
of approaching political turmoil in the state.
“Raosaheb Danve sometimes speaks the truth.
Anything can happen after two months. I have
complete knowledge and 100% certainty that this
government will fall,” Raut said. Interestingly, the
word in political circles is that the second
phase of cabinet expansions—slated
to occur in the next few days—will
leave several leaders disgruntled.
DANVE SPEAKS TRUTH, CERTAIN THAT GOVT WILL FALL: RAUT
Union Minister Raosaheb Danve’s comments ignite yet another row in
Maha with opposition claiming of mid term elections in the near future
First India Bureau
Nanded: Congress
leader and former chief
minister Ashok Chavan
on Tuesday said a new
governor should be ap-
pointed for Maharash-
tra and Bhagat Singh
Koshyari should be re-
moved from his office
for his remark on
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj. Chavan was
speaking to reporters
afteranagitationstaged
by Congress workers
against the governor in
Nanded.
Koshyari had said
that Chhatrapati Shiva-
ji Maharaj was an icon
of the “olden days” dur-
ing an event in Aurang-
abad, triggering a po-
litical storm in Maha-
rashtra, with activists
of the NCP, Congress,
Shiv Sena - Uddhav Bal-
asaheb Thackeray, and
other organizations de-
manding his ouster.
“The statement made
by the governor has in-
tensified people’s anger.
This is not limited to
one single political par-
ty, it is a question of na-
tional pride,” the Con-
gress leader said.
Koshyari must be
shifted and a new gover-
nor should be appointed
for the state, Chavan
said, adding that no dis-
respect to Maharashtra
would be tolerated.
Meanwhile, the Con-
gress’s Aurangabad city
and district units staged
an agitation at Kranti
Chowk in the city de-
manding that President
Droupadi Murmu recall
Koshyari.
“Koshyari should be
called back by President
(Murmu). The governor
has no idea whom to
compare Chhatrapati
Shivaji with,” district
Congress president and
former MLA Kalyan
Kale said.
KOSHYARI’S REMARKS ON CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
Mumbai: With Gover-
nor Koshyari’s state-
ments on
Shivaji hav-
ing raised
the political
mercury in Maharash-
tra, late on Tuesday, a
criminal cse was regis-
tered against Koshyari
in the Mumbai High
Court by one Deepak
Jagdev. Meanwhle,
sources have releaved
that Koshyari could
visit Delhi on Novem-
ber 24-25, where he is
likely to meet PM Nar-
endra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah to
discuss the political
climate here.
CASE AGAINST
KOSHYARI IN
MUMBAI HIGH
COURT
Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut
slammed Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari, calling the latter a
‘humble servant and campaigner for the BJP.’
Raut further said that he is not ready to accept
Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Maharashtra’s governor.
CANT ACCEPT KOSHYARI
AS GOVERNOR: RAUT
The statement
made by the
governor has
intensified people’s
anger. This is not
limited to one single
political party, it is a
question of national
pride.
—Ashok Chavan
No one thought the MVA government,
which had completed two-and-a-half
years in office, will fall. But such magic
happened that the government fell in a night. If
such politics is going on who can guess what will
happen after two months?
—Raosaheb Danve, Union minister and BJP leader
Now, Ashok Chavan joins protest party,
demands Maha Governor be removed
Mentally ill man held for
HOAX THREAT TO PM
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A 38-year-old
man was arrested on
Tuesday
, a day after he
called the Mumbai po-
lice warning that “two
henchmen of Dawood
Ibrahim were tasked to
kill Prime Minister
Narendra Modi”.
The man left seven
audio messages in Hin-
diontheWhatsApphel-
pline number of the
Mumbai Traffic police
claim-
i n g
that the gangster’s
henchmenhavecometo
India to kill Modi. As
the sensitive informa-
tion was passed up the
chaintothetopbrassof
Mumbai police, all se-
curity agencies were
put on alert. However,
the threat turned out to
be a hoax.
An inquiry revealed
that the man, a West
Bengal native, was
mentally unstable. He
was laid off from his
job in Kerala—where
he claimed he could see
a ghost—four months
ago and also recently
lost his brother, police
said, adding that fur-
ther investigation is
underway
.
PMMODI’S
ROZGARMELA2.0!
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday distribut-
ed 71,056 appointment letters to newly inducted re-
cruits of Rozgar Mela via video conference and said
that it shows the government’s commitment to pro-
viding government jobs to the youth. Addressing the
event, PM Modi said that schemes like ‘Make in In-
dia’ or ‘Vocal for Local’ are creating employment and
self-employment opportunities in the country. In his
address the PM mentioned PLI scheme as a great
source of new employment opportunities, under this
scheme, it is expected to create 60 lakh new employ-
ment opportunities. PM Modi also launched the Kar-
mayogi Prarambh module - online orientation course
for all new appointees at Rozgar Mela via video con-
ference.
You are getting this new
responsibility in a special era. The
country has entered Amrit Kaal. We
the citizens have taken the resolution to
make India a developed nation in this
duration. To attain this resolution,
you’re going to be the ‘saarthi’ of
the country.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Modi distributes 71,056 appointment
letters to newly inducted ‘Saarthis’
Congress ‘insulted’ Sardar Patel: Shah
Khambhat (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Tuesday
alleged that Congress
did everything possible
to “insult” Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel and it
has started praising
him only now in view of
Gujarat Assembly polls.
Even last rites of coun-
try’s first deputy PM
were performed in “un-
ceremonious” way, he
said at an election rally
at Khambhat. Shah fur-
ther said that it was PM
Modi who paid a real
tribute to Patel by con-
structing Statue of Uni-
ty, Patel’s statue which
is the tallest monument.
Shah dares Khambhat,
Congress candidate, to
produce any pic of him
paying tributes to Patel
at the Statue of Unity
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a gathering at the
Tharad (Banaskantha) public meeting in Gujarat on Tuesday.
Friend says Aaftab, kin likely had an agenda
Gajraj Singh and
Saloni Khandelwal
Jaipur: Amid ongoing
probe of brutal murder
of Shraddha Walker by
her live-in partner Aaft-
ab Poonawalla. Shrad-
dha’s friend Rajat Shuk-
la on Tuesday said since
2018 not everything was
good with Shradhha’s
end. “She would not talk
much, and would stay
alone most of the time,”
he said, adding, Shrad-
hha was trying her best
to get out of relation-
ship but could not due to
threats from Aaftab. ‘It
is most likely that Aaft-
ab came with an agenda,
else why would his fam-
ily leave their house,’
Rajat said. Full report on P6
Rajat Shukla, a close friend of
the victim, Shraddha Walker.
INTERVIEW ‘HEAT OF THE MOMENT’
New Delhi: Aaftab
Amin Poonawala who
allegedly killed his
girlfriend Shraddha
Walker on Tuesday
told a Delhi court that
he murdered his girl-
friend in the “heat of
the moment”. The Sa-
ket court extended the
police custody of Aft-
ab Poonawala to four
more days. Shraddha
murder case is 80 per-
cent complete, the po-
lice also told Delhi
High Court.
PIL to transfer case
to CBI dismissed
Aaftab undergoes
polygraph test
The Delhi High Court on
Tuesday dismissed with
cost a PIL seeking transfer
of investigation in the
Shraddha Walker murder
case from Delhi Police
branch to the CBI.
Court permitted police
to conduct a polygraph
test on Aftab on Tuesday.
During evening, accused
Aaftab’s polygraph test
started at Rohini Forensic
Science Laboratory.
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Mumbai: Mumbai Cyber Crime files
a chargsheet against actor Shilpa
Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra others
in connection with case of producing
and streaming pornographic content.
Jakarta: The death toll has risen to
252 in earthquake which occured on
Monday afternoon at the main island
of Java, Indonesia. Officials said that
31 are still missing, 377 were injured.
Saudi Arabia pulled off one of the
biggest World Cup shocks ever to come
from behind to beat Argentina 2-1 on
Tuesday. Argentina has been defeated
for the first time since June 2019.
Bareilly: Rampur’s MP/MLA court in UP on Tuesday
granted regular bail to Samajwadi Party leader
Azam Khan in a 2019 hate speech case on the
condition of furnishing 2 bail bonds of `50,000 each.
The next date of hearing over pending appeal is Dec 2.
New Delhi: Northern Army commander LG Upendra
Dwivedi on Tuesday said that Indian Army is ready to
execute any order given by GoI, including taking back
Pak-occupied JK. He added, if ceasefire is broken by
Pak at any time, we will give them a befitting reply.
INDIA-AUSTRALIA FREE
TRADE DEAL CLEARED
INDIA SEALS SERIES 1-0
AGAINST NEW ZEALAND
New Delhi: Australian parliament
on Tuesday cleared a free trade
agreement (FTA) with India. “It is a
landmark moment for Australia and
India, would like to congratulate
PM’s of both countries for achiev-
ing significant milestone,” Union
Minister Piyush Goyal said.
India managed to win another T20I
series against NZ even as the 3rd
and final match of the series in
Napier was washed out due to rain,
leading to a rare tie. India were 75
for 4 at the end of 9 overs, chasing a
par total of 161 when the rain started
belting down at McLean Park.
`2 lakh crore mega refinery
project coming to Ratnagiri
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The road has
finally been paved for a
mega refinery project
to come up in Ratnagiri
district’s Barsu village,
now that Rajan Salvi,
the Shiv Sena - Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray
MLA from the Ratapur-
Lanza-Sakharov As-
sembly constituency
has extended his sup-
port to the state govern-
ment.
Industries Minister
Uday Samant on Tues-
day announced the pro-
ject--originally slated to
come up at Nanar but
later scrapped due to
strong opposition from
the Shiv Sena--follow-
ing a marathon meeting
with all stakeholders,
including legislators.
The refinery, which
will cost more than Rs2
lakh crore, is expected
to create 3,000 direct
and 75,000 indirect jobs.
MLA Salvi had raised
the issue that the Kon-
kan region could face a
water shortage if water
from the Arjun Dam for
the refinery. Address-
ing this, Samant said
that the project would
use water from the Koy-
na Dam instead.
“In-principle approv-
al has been given to take
water from Koyna Dam
for this project,” Sa-
mant said,
FISSURES FORMING?
Uday Samant

First India Bureau
Mumbai: Freedom
fighter Vinayak Da-
modar Savarkar aid-
ed Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s killer Nathuram
Godse in procuring
the right weapon, or
so claimed Bapu’s
great grandson Tush-
ar Gandhi.
The allegation was
made by the activist
and author in a series
of tweets on Sunday.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), however,
called his comments
“unfounded”.
Tushar Gandhi, on
Twitter, said: “Sa-
varkar not only helped
the British, he also
helped Nathuram
Godse find an efficient
gun to murder Bapu.
Till two days before
Bapu’s murder (on
January 30, 1948),
Godse did not have a
reliable weapon to car-
ry out the murder of
MK Gandhi.”
He also claimed that
Prabodhankar Thack-
eray, Shiv Sena founder
Bal Thackeray’s father
and grandfather of for-
mer chief minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray, had
warned Bapu’s com-
panions about a plot to
kill the latter.
Tushar Gandhi, in
the same context, also
criticized the “leaders
of Sanatani Hindus”
Savarkar and Rashtri-
ya Swayamsevak
Sangh founder Keshav
Baliram Hedgewar.
“When in the 1930s
several attempts were
made on Bapu’s life,
Prabodhankar Thack-
eray forewarned Ba-
pu’s companions about
a plot to kill Bapu in
Akola, Vidarbha and
saved Bapu’s life. He
then issued a public
warning to Sanatani
Hindu organizations
and their leadership in
Maharashtra to desist
from their murderous
attacks on Bapu,” Gan-
dhi tweeted.
“Savarkar and
Hedgewar were leaders
of Sanatani Hindus,
thus Prabodhankar's
warning was addressed
to them, Shiv Sena - Ud-
dhav Balasaheb Thack-
eray must be reminded
of this bit of their his-
tory,” he further said.
BJP state spokesper-
son Keshav Upadhye,
remarking on Tushar
Gandhi’s claims, said:
“The court had given
its verdict in this case
(Mahatma Gandhi as-
sassination) and ac-
quitted Savarkar of
such charges. Still,
some people like to mis-
lead the society by
making such unfound-
ed comments against
Savarkar.”
First India Bureau
Pune: Police have ar-
rested Maniram Ya-
dav, the absconding
driver of the truck
that caused a pile-up
on the Mumbai-Ben-
galuru highway
stretch in Pune, and
his assistant Lalit Ya-
dav, officials said.
At least 24 vehicles
were damaged late Sun-
day evening when the
truck hit multiple vehi-
cles on the downward
slope of Navale bridge,
injuring more than 20
people, eight of whom
who needed to be hospi-
talized.
A case was registered
under the Indian Penal
Code and the Motor Ve-
hicles Act, and the driv-
er and his helper, Lalit
Yadav, were arrested
from Chakan area of
Pimpri Chinchwad
neighbouring Pune,”
senior police inspector
Shailesh Sankhe said
on Monday night.
“The probe by the
RTO indicates that the
truck driver might have
switched off the engine
by turning off the igni-
tionwhileontheslope.If
the engine is switched
off,itaffectsthevehicle's
braking ability
. That is
how the truck might
have gone hitting the ve-
hicles on the slope,” As-
sistantCommissionerof
Police Sunil Pawar had
said on Monday
.
Meanwhile, officials
from the police depart-
ment, Pune civic body
,
and the NHAI met on
Monday to chalk out
mitigating measures fol-
lowing the accident.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena -
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray leader
Sanjay Raut has
asked how will the
Eknath Shinde-led
Maharashtra govern-
ment that tolerates
“insult” to Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj
ensure justice for the
Marathi-speaking
population of Bel-
gaum and other bor-
der areas.
Talking to the media
in New Delhi on Tues-
day, Raut also asked
how many times Shinde
and the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) minis-
ter Chandrakant Patil
had visited Belgaum in
Karnataka.
“Neither (Chandra-
kant) Patil nor (Eknath)
Shinde visited Belgaum
as ministers. The Kar-
nataka CM should be
asked to withdraw the
false cases registered
against the youth in
border areas,” the Ra-
jya Sabha MP said.
The CM was report-
edly going to raise the
issue of Belgaum with
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Raut said, de-
manding that the con-
versation between the
two be made public.
Maharashtra has
a long-pending border
dispute with Karnata-
ka since the formation
of the state when some
areas with sizable Mar-
athi-speaking popula-
tion, like Belgaum,
were included in
Karnataka.
Referring to the re-
cent controversial re-
mark of Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari that Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj
was an icon of ‘olden
days’, Raut asked, “How
will this chief minister,
deputy chief minister
and the government
who tolerate an insult
to Shivaji Maharaj give
any justice to the people
of the border areas?”
Raut also mentioned
that the Karnataka
government was more
alert about the border
dispute.
On Monday, the CM
and Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fad-
navis held a meeting
to discuss the Belgaum
issue.
The government also
appointed Chandrakant
Patil and Shambhuraj
Desai to coordinate
with the legal team
which is handling the
litigation related to
Maharashtra-Karnata-
ka dispute in the Su-
preme Court.
Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai on Monday
said that his govern-
ment had made all
preparations to argue
its case in the Supreme
Court.
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Mumbai (PTI):
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) MLA from
Maharashtra, Nitesh
Rane, has alleged the
ongoing Bharat Jodo
Yatra led by Rahul
Gandhi is “stage-man-
aged”, with actors be-
ing paid to walk with
him—a claim that the
Congress has dis-
missed as “malicious
propaganda”.
Rane, son of Union
minister Narayan Rane,
tweeted a screenshot of
a purported mobile
phone conversation on
Monday without men-
tioning any names with
a comment, “Ye Pappu
kabhi pass nahi hoga!!”
He then tweeted: “So
the Rahul Gandhi Yatra
isstage-managed.Thisis
proof of how actors are
being paid to come and
walk with him. Sab Gol-
maal hai bhai!.”
“Other than refur-
bishing Rahul Gandhi’s
credential as a leader, all
that his yatra has
achieved is to enable the
rise of a self-serving co-
terie around him, which
is doing more harm by
this kind of paid PR. But
who are these people
willing to associate with
Rahul even for some
money?” Amit Malviya,
whoisinchargeof BJP’s
national IT department,
asked in a tweet.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fad-
navis on Monday said
the state power utility
has been ordered not
to demand payment
from those farmers
who had lost their
crops due to excess
rains in the last two
months.
Fadnavis told report-
ers that the farmers who
could repay the power
bills can do it.
“I have given orders to
officialsof thestatepow-
er distribution company
(MSEDCL) not to force
farmers to repay the
electricitybills,especial-
ly those who lost their
crop due to excess rains.
However, officials have
been asked to collect the
electricity bills from
farmers for the current
season only
,” said Fad-
navis,whoalsoholdsthe
Power portfolio.
Savarkar helped Godse find ‘right gun’ to kill Bapu, says great-grandson
DELAYED ACCUSATIONS?
In a series of tweets, Tushar Gandhi
alleged VD Savarkar helped the
British and Mahatma’s assassin, and
criticized ‘leaders of Sanatani Hindus’
Tushar Gandhi during the Congress Party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Maharashtra last week. —FILE PHOTO
‘How will Maha ensure justice
forMarathipeopleinBelgaum?’
Neither (Chandrakant) Patil nor (Eknath) Shinde visited
Belgaum as ministers. The Karnataka CM should be asked to
withdraw the false cases registered against the youth in bor-
der areas. —Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader
Raut claims Karnataka govt was more alert about the border dispute First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
government here
has issued a notifi-
cation allowing vot-
ers from Gujarat
working in Maha-
rashtra’s border
districts a day’s paid
leave to enable them
to exercise their
franchise in the up-
coming Assembly
election, an official
said on Tuesday.
Gujarat will go to
the polls in two phas-
es on December 01
and 05.
As per the notifica-
tion issued by the
state industries, en-
ergy and labour
department, the deci-
sion applies to all
private, semi-private
companies, organiza-
tions and institutions.
The concession has
been given to voters
from Gujarat working
in border districts
such as Nashik, Pal-
ghar, Dhule and
Nandurbar.
“Many voters from
Gujarat travel here
every day or stay here
for some work. The
concession is applica-
ble only on December
01 and 05 will enable
them to go to polling
booths and vote. Peo-
ple who avail this
concession will not
face any salary or
wage cut,” a senior
official from the
Maharashtra indus-
tries department
said.
Many voters from Gujarat trav-
el here every day or stay here for
some work. The concession is ap-
plicable only on December 01 and 05
will enable them to go to polling booths
and vote. People who avail this conces-
sion will not face any salary or wage cut.
—Industries Department, Maharashtra
Mahagrants1-daypaid
leave to Gujarat voters
Gujarat will go to the polls in two phases on December 01
and 05. —FILE PHOTO
ASSEMBLY POLLS
Actors paid to walk with Rahul
Gandhi,claimsMahaBJPMLA
Veteran actor Amol Palekar and his wife, writer-filmmaker
Sandhya Gokhale participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Maharashtra this past Sunday. —FILE PHOTO
‘MALICIOUS PROPAGANDA’, SAYS CONGRESS
Questioning the au-
thenticity of Nitesh
Rane’s tweets and
claims, Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress
Committee General
Secretary Sachin
Sawant on Tuesday al-
leged the tweet shows
BJP’s desperation to
discredit the yatra.
“Such bogus What-
sApp images are be-
ing shown as proof.
No name, no numbers.
It is BJP that masters
the art of arm-twist-
ing celebrities to por-
tray artificial support
for them, not Con-
gress. Don’t we re-
member tweets of ce-
lebrities on petrol and
diesel rates during
UPA government and
during farmers’ pro-
tests? Everyone
knows that it takes
courage to stand
against autocratic
and divisive agenda
of BJP. Those who
have joined Bharat
Jodo Yatra are stand-
ing for the cause and
for our nation,” he
tweeted, adding that
the BJP’s attempt to
belittle the honesty of
artists and malign
their characters
shows how correct the
stand of artists is.
“Today’s statement
of PM against Bharat
Jodo Yatra and such
malicious propagan-
da from BJP only reaf-
firms our resolve and
proves that the yatra
is on the right track,”
he added.
Pune bridge pile-up:
Driver,helperarrested
Police data reveals 108 mishaps took place on two adjacent patches
on Navale Road since 2018, leading to 31 deaths. —FILE PHOTO
Farmers hit by excess
rains shouldn’t be forced
to pay power bills: State
As per reports, rains destroyed crops on 25 lakh hectares of
irrigated land in the state. —FILE PHOTO
Deputy CM said
that if farmers
pay the bills for
the current
season their
connections
should not be
snapped

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First India Bureau
Sindhudurg: On Sun-
day
, the “rampon”
fishermen of this
coastal district had
quite a reason to be
overjoyed—a 12 tonnes
worth of reasons.
These traditional fish-
ermen caught their
biggest haul of sar-
dines and mackerel in
their nets after a gap
of nearly three years.
Rampon fishing—the
traditional non-mecha-
nized kind—re-emerged
as a source of livelihood
for the residents of Va-
yari village, especially
after the COVID-19 pan-
demic ruined the job
market. These fisher-
men use traditional fish-
ing nets and methods,
but getting a good catch
hasbecomeincreasingly
difficult for them be-
cause of overfishing by
mechanized trawlers,
they said.
But, on Sunday
, they
hauled in their largest
catch. “We managed to
catchatleast12-13tonnes
of fish. But this is an ex-
tremely rare event. We
have caught fish on this
scale after a gap of al-
most three years,” said
DilipGhare,secretaryof
the Sindhudurg District
Rampon Sanghatana.
This is good news for
the many families that
have turned to rampon
fishing in the Malvan
tehsil, under which Va-
yari comes. Out of the
108 rampon associations
in Sindhudurg district,
56 are in Malvan alone,
Ghare said.
For those looking for
employment, despite
this non-mechanised
fishing becoming less
profitable, it is still a vi-
ablesourceof livelihood.
These fishermen go out
to sea at night in their
non-mechanised canoes
to spread their nets.
They set out to sea
again at 4 am to pull in
their nets and gather
the catch.
Narayan Mayekar,
who is in his late 70s,
came to Vayari and
became a fisherman
when he lost his job two
decades ago. Another
resident of Vayari, Ru-
pesh Talawnekar found
employment in rampon
fishing, even though
he is a graduate, but
couldn’t find a job in
the city
.
“Youcanearnaround
Rs 15,000-20,000 per
month,” Talawnekar
said about rampon
fishing.
Pandemic-related joblessness leads to revival of fishing as livelihood
RETURN TO TRADITION
Despite
competition
from
mechanized
trawlers and
dwindling
catch, rampon
fishing is
popular among
villagers of
Vayari in
Sindhudurg
district
We managed to
catch at least
12-13 tonnes of
fish. But this is an ex-
tremely rare event. We
have caught fish on this
scale after a gap of al-
most three years.
-Dilip Ghare, secy, Sindhudurg
District Rampon Sanghatana
Fishermen unload their catch at Versova beach in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAN DIES AFTER
BRANCH OF TREE
FALLS ON CAR
ANTI NARCOTICS
CELL SEIZES 1KG
CHARAS; 2 HELD
Mumbai: A 38-year-old
man was crushed to
death on Monday after the
branch of a tree that was
hit by an excavator fell on
his car near Mahalaxmi
Racecourse in central
Mumbai, a police official
said. The incident took
place on Dr E Moses Road
at 3:40 pm and the de-
ceased has been identified
as Thane resident Saiyog
Pawar, he said. The exca-
vator driver, who drove
on without stopping at the
site, has been booked and
efforts are on to nab him.
Mumbai: Two drug ped-
dlers were arrested by the
Bandra Unit of the Mumbai
Anti Narcotics Cell. The
arrests were made from
the Jogeshwari area where
officials also recovered 1kg
charas. The total worth of
seized materials is around
Rs30 lakh in the interna-
tional market, the officials
informed, adding that a
case has been registered
under the (NDPS) Act.
TMC TO ORGANIZE
MONTHLY LOKSHAHI
DIN ON DEC 19
‘KEEP KHARGHAR
DRY,’ URGES
FORMER SARPANCH
Thane: The Thane Munici-
pal Corporation (TMC) will
hold the monthly ‘Lokshahi
Din’ on December 19. The
officials from the Thane
civic body have urged the
citizens to submit their
applications in two copies
to the civic body office 15
days prior to Lokshahi Din
that is till December 05.
During the Lokshahi Day,
at the TMC headquarters,
the citizens who have
submitted their complaint
applications which have not
been acted upon for one
month, will be accepted.
Kharghar: Gurunath
Liladhar Patil, the former
Sarpanch of Kharghar and
Shiv Sena (Thackeray)
City President has written
to CM Eknath Shinde
and others to revoke the
license to a restaurant to
sell liquor. In his letter
the former Sarpanch has
appealed to maintain the
no-liquor zone status of
Kharghar by revoking the
license.
WATER CUTS IN MOST PARTS OF PUNE ON
THURSDAY DUE TO URGENT REPAIR WORK
Pune: A large part of Pune city
will not get water on Thursday
due to urgent repair work. In a
statement, the Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC) informed
that the power utility is taking up
urgent repair work at Parvati substsation and the civic admin-
istration has planned for repair and maintenance at Parvati,
Cantonment, SNDT and Vadgaon water works.
CRUCIAL READ
FISHY
BUSINESS
A cat steals a meal of fish at Versova Beach, where
fisherfolk often dry their catch to preserve it, in
Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Leopard spotted on
IIT-Bombay campus
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A forest de-
partment official on
Tuesday said that a
leopard has allegedly
been spotted on the
campus of the Indian
Institute of Technolo-
gy Bombay (IIT-B) in
Powai here.
A distress call was
made to the forest de-
partment on Monday
morningandateamwas
dispatchedtoinvestigate
if the sighting was of
concern,especiallysince
leopards are generally
nocturnal.
Sightings during the
day are not very com-
mon, he said, but possi-
ble since IIT-B is located
close to the Sanjay Gan-
dhiNationalPark.More-
over, with the drop in
temperature in the last
48 hours and the cold
wave alert, leopards can
be spotted during the
day
, he said.
“Our teams are inves-
tigating and initiating
all necessary actions, we
appeal to students, staff
and IIT management
and others not to panic,”
the official said.
BMCsanctions`571
croretoreconstruct
2bridgesinMumbai
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
has sanctioned Rs571
crore to MahaRail for
the reconstruction of
Reay Road bridge and
Tilak bridge.
According to the
sources, Rs196 crore has
beensanctionedforReay
Roadbridge—whichwill
take around 380 days for
construction—while
Rs375 crore for Tilak
bridge. Both bridges
were declared unsafe.
The Central Railway
has already demolished
Reay Road bridge. The
construction work of a
new Tilak bridge has
already started while
the existing one will be
demolished after the
new bridge is open for
the public.
The construction of
the new Tilak bridge
needs two years includ-
ing monsoon and may
be completed in 2024.
The construction of the
Ghatkopar rail bridge
is also on the cards.
In 2018, the walkway
on the south side of the
Gokhale bridge in And-
heri collapsed, following
which IIT-Bombay had
beenassignedtoauditall
445 bridges in the city
.
A portion of Gokhale bridge that was constructed in 1975,
collapsed in July 2018 killing two people. —FILE PHOTO
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
has accelerated the
reconstruction process
of the new bridge
at Carnac Bunder
after the century-old
existing structure was
dismantled by the Cen-
tral Railway over the
weekend. The work or-
der for the new bridge
was issued in October,
and construction and
fabrication works have
begun at a workshop in
Ambala. The estimated
cost of the bridge is
around Rs49 crore
and it is expected to
be completed by June
2024. The bridge will
ease traffic congestion
in South Mumbai, said
civic officials.
Forest department has
urged people to report
any wildlife distress
incident to its control
room number ‘1926’
Mumbai registers 24 fresh measles
cases and one suspected death: BMC
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The city re-
ported 24 new con-
firmed cases of mea-
sles on Monday, while
a one-year girl from
suburban Govandi is
suspected to have died
of the viral infection,
the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) said, add-
ing that Mumbai has
now seen 208 cases
of the disease since
January 01.
The death toll due
to measles since the
beginning of this year
remained unchanged
at eight, while the
death in Govandi is be-
ing investigated.
Six confirmed cases
were reported from the
M-Eastward(whichcov-
ersGovandiandDeonar)
followedbyfiveinKurla.
The number of sus-
pected patients who
have reported symp-
toms like fever and rash
increased to 3,208, the
civic body added.
“All cases of fever
with rash are adminis-
tered two doses of Vita-
min-A and the second
dose of measles vaccine
after 24 hours,” a BMC
release said.
With the admission
of 23 patients and the
discharge of 22, the
number of hospitalized
measles patients stands
at 94. Of these, 67 pa-
tients are stable, while
26 are on oxygen
support and one is on a
ventilator.
Chahal in soup? Civic body contracts
worth`12,000croreunderscanner
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Comp-
troller and Auditor
General of India
(CAG) has launched
an audit into Rs12,000
worth of contracts
awarded by the civic
body during the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, Bri-
hanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation
(BMC) Administrator
Iqbal Singh Chahal
said on Tuesday.
Following a meeting
with Chahal, a 10-mem-
ber CAG team has
sought documents
pertaining to various
transactions conducted
by as many as 10 differ-
ent departments from
the BMC’s accounts
department.
“We had a conference
today. An audit is un-
derway regarding
various departments,”
Chahal, who was the
city’s Municipal Com-
missioner until the
term of the elected
members ended on
March 07, said.
Those familiar with
the development say
Chahal had chaired a
meeting with the heads
of alldepartments,ward
officers, deans of major
hospitals and COVID-19
centres ahead of the
CAG team’s arrival, in
which he directed them
to cooperate fully with
the investigation.
“We have been asked
to present whatever de-
tails (about expenditure
and tenders during the
COVID-19 period) the
CAG demands and give
suitable justification (if
any query is raised),” a
BMC official said.
Chahal, who succeed-
ed Praveen Pardeshi as
Municipal Commission-
er, took office amid a
surge in COVID-19 cases
and deaths in Mumbai
in May 2020, and gained
appreciationforhishan-
dling of the pandemic.
However, on October
31, the Eknath Shinde-
led government asked
the central investigative
body to look into the al-
location of works by the
civic body in the pan-
demic period under the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government. The
CAG will look into
BMC’s transactions con-
ducted between Novem-
ber 28, 2020 and Febru-
ary 28, 2022, Chief Min-
ister Shinde had said.
GEARING UP!
The CAG is looking into transactions
made by at least 10 departments of
the BMC during COVID-19 pandemic
BMC has asked Mumbaikars to ensure kids aged between nine
months and five years are vaccinated. —FILE PHOTO
WORK BEGINS ON
CARNAC BRIDGE,
2024 DEADLINE

PERSPECTIVE
04
n Sunday, when Suryakumar
Yadav hit that scintillating
knock of 111 runs against
News Zealand in the second
T20I of the three-match se-
ries, he arguably became the
finest T20 batter in the world.
Suryakumar looked at his
(perhaps) best, notching up
the 3-digit figure in just 49
deliveries. He was on a song.
In fact, the entire team was
on a roll and took the shine
off the Kiwis in style. It was
a massive win.
However, the whole pur-
pose of this article is not
JUST to hail and glorify this
young Team India which
made the win look so easy,
but to remind the vast num-
ber of cricket fans in the
country NOT to be murder-
ous while criticising the
FADING greats. We get better
by the day and that is expect-
ed of us. What Suryakumar
can do today was achieved by
Rohit Sharma and Virat Koh-
li too. Greats will be greats
forever. We just have to keep
in mind that everyday we
must set a benchmark for the
nation to succeed.
The purpose of this article
istoactuallymakeprofession-
als aware of the fact that they
need to quit when the time is
right.Thetruelegendsshould
not be made to look van-
quished, struggling for form
and fatigued. Once the hard-
earned respect is gone… it is
gone forever. One needs to
know when to quit. We all
need to realise and age grace-
fully
. There are various stages
of life and we can all contrib-
ute to an institute, organisa-
tionandthecountrygainfully
.
We needn’t hold on or cling
ontothingslikenewborns.We
need to know when to leave it.
Indians in general have a
habitof hangingoninperhaps
every field from Bollywood to
cricket to politics. We need to
give young India their due. In-
dia’s 1.35-plus billion people
make the nation the second
most populous country in the
entire world and with an aver-
age age of 29, it has one of the
youngest populations globally
.
As this vast resource of young
India joins the workforce, it
could create a ‘demographic
dividend’. Demographic divi-
dend is clearly defined by the
United Nations Population
Fund as economic growth re-
sultingfromashiftinapopula-
tion’s age structure, mainly
when the working-age popula-
tion is larger than the number
of dependents.
We also need to note that
with the young India, India is
in a vantage position. The
overallrateof literacyamong
young India has increased,
with approximately 90 per
cent being able to read and
write. Coupled with the enor-
mous network of social me-
dia and internet penetration,
this has created a digitally
savvy population all across
the nation. With access to the
internet and the affordability
of smartphones, young India
is accessing online resources
that encourage learning and
acquisition of skills.
SOME QUICK FACTS
As per the National Policy for
Skill Development and En-
trepreneurship, 2015, it was
estimated that the average
age of the population in In-
dia by 2020 would be 29 years
as against 40 years in the US,
46 in Europe and 47 in Japan.
India will account for 20
per cent of the worldwide in-
crease in the working-age
population over the next two
decades from the year 2020.
World Bank projections show
that between 2020 and 2040,
India’s population aged be-
tween 15 and 59 years is ex-
pected to increase by 134.6
million. That large number
of potential workers is a big
boon for India’s economic
growth, but it is also a chal-
lenge for policymakers in or-
der to create new and decent
job opportunities.
LOOKING AHEAD
Let’s delve into the future.
The demographic dividend
opportunity in India is the
longest in the world which is
accessible for around five
long decades, starting from
the year 2005 to 2055. Owing
to the change in demograph-
ics and patterns, India is ex-
pected to emerge as one of
the largest consumer econo-
mies in the world.
The surge in young India
will bring about several
unique and interesting pos-
sibilities for the country’s
future, in terms of social mo-
bility, economic growth and
even a more inclusive, whole-
some and diverse cultural
network.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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Our country is a country of youth, our
youth power has proved its mettle all
over the world. The Government of
India under the leadership of the Prime
Minister is committed to build a New
India with the talent and energy of the
country’s youth. #RozgarMela
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
@JM_Scindia
Respectful salutations to Veerangana
Jhalkari Bai ji, the commander of the
women’s contingent ‘Durga Dal’ in
Rani Laxmi Bai’s army on her birth
anniversary. Today offered floral tributes
to his statue and worshiped his feet.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Arise, slay thy enemies,
enjoy a prosperous
kingdom.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CONTROVERSIES
CHASE QATAR AS
SOCCER KEEPS
FANS ENTERTAINED
IFA World Cup at Qa-
tar started off with
the soccer body’s
president Giani In-
fantino ridiculing
the West for its hypocrisy and
controversies over ban on LG-
BTQ community and silent on-
field protests by Iranian players
to express solidarity with the
protesters in their country. “I
think for what we Europeans
have been doing the last 3,000
years we should be apologising
for next 3000 years before start-
ing to give moral lessons to peo-
ple”. Infantino recalled his own
experience and said that he
knew what “it means to be dis-
criminated, to be bullied, as a
foreigner in a foreign country.
As a child I was bullied because
I had red hair and freckles, plus
I was Italian so imagine”.
Infantino’s outburst was over
the controversy on Qatar’s ban
on display of LGBTQ commu-
nity’s symbols by players or
spectators. The authorities have
been strict in enforcing the ban
despite criticism.
The event has not been short
on soccer entertainment. The
Saudis beating Argentina 2-1
proved that.
TOP TWEETS
F
he Lancet’s study
on deaths caused
by bacterial infec-
tions has flagged
the seriousness
of the problem in India. The
study claims that five bacte-
ria types claimed 6.8 lakh
lives in India in 2019. Glob-
ally, the study found, bacte-
rial infections were the sec-
ond leading cause of deaths
after ischemic heart disease
in 2019. Among the five path-
ogens which claimed lakhs
of lives in India, E Coli was
the deadliest, the study said.
These bacteria alone claimed
1.6 lakh lives in 2019. The
number of deaths caused by
E. coli is surprising as this
pathogen is normally consid-
ered harmless.
The four other bacteria
which the Lancet study iden-
tified as big killers in India
were: S. pneumoniae (1.4
lakh), K. pneumoniae (1.3
lakh), S. aureus (1.2 lakh) and
A. baumanii (1.1 lakh). The
study shows the challenge
before govt, health authori-
ties to deal with these micro-
bial killers. E. coli, which is
caused by contaminated wa-
ter and food, especially raw
vegetables, turns life threat-
ening in children older peo-
ple causing kidney failure.
Bacteria which requires
closer attention of hospital
authorities is A. baumanii. It
may have caused fewer fa-
talities than E. coli and the
two pneumonia causing bac-
teria but occurs mostly in
healthcare settings. Those at
risk include patients on ven-
tilators in hosps, those who
have catheters, are in inten-
sive care units, have open
wounds from surgery or
those who are hospitalised
for prolonged periods. Lancet
has done yeoman’s service by
drawing attention to dangers
posed by these bacteria.
Needed now is closer moni-
toring, better healthcare,
cleaner hospitals, awareness.
DEADLY MICROBES
TAKE THEIR TOLL
The Lancet’s study on
deaths caused by
bacterial infections
has flagged
seriousness of the
problem in India. The
study claims that five
bacteria types claimed 6.8
lakh lives in India in 2019
T
ONE SUN SETS, ANOTHER
SURYAKUMAR RISES…
LET YOUNG
INDIA BLOOM
O
Let’s delve into the future.
The demographic dividend
opportunity in India is the
longest in the world which
is accessible for around five
long decades, starting from
the year 2005 to 2055.
Owing to the change
in demographics and
patterns, India is expected
to emerge as one of
the largest consumer
economies in the world
The purpose of this
article is to actually
make professionals
aware of the fact that
they need to quit
when the time is right.
The true legends should
not be made to look
vanquished, struggling for
form and fatigued. Once
the hard-earned respect is
gone… it is gone forever.
One needs to know
when to quit
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India

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05
INDIA
IN THE COURTYARD
PLEAS CHALLENGING
ELECTORAL BOND IN
APEX COURT ON DEC 6
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday said it
will hear on December 6
Congress’ plea challeng-
ing a recent notification by
which the sale of electoral
bonds has been extended
by 15 more days in the year
of general elections to as-
semblies of states and UTs.
SC TO HEAR NIA’S
APPEAL AGAINST
TELTUMBDE BAIL
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday agreed
to hear on Friday an
appeal by the National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) against the bail
granted to scholar-activist
Anand Teltumbde in the
Elgar Parishad-Maoist
links case.
TO REUNITE 3-YR-OLD
BOY WITH UKRAINIAN
MOM,SIS,KIN TOLD TO
SPEND TIME TOGETHER
New Delhi: To re-unite a
three-year-old child, who
was brought to India by his
father, with his Ukrainian
mother and sister, the Delhi
High Court Tuesday asked
the family to spend some
time together so the boy
could bond with them. A
bench asked the family--the
child, his parents and sis-
ter-- to spend time together
till 4 PM at the court’s
crèche and appear before
the court on Wednesday.
As the minor boy’s mother
and sister, who have come
here from Ukraine, tried
to speak to the child in the
court, he did not give any
positive response.
SC TO HEAR BAIL PLEAS OF MICHEL IN
AUGUSTAWESTLAND SCAM ON NOV 28
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that
it will hear on November 28 the bail pleas of Chris-
tian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the
AgustaWestland chopper scam in which CBI and the
Enforcement Directorate have lodged two separate
cases. A bench said that the two separate bail pleas
can be heard on Monday.
PM gave a sustainable model of governance: MoS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State Dr Jiten-
dra Singh on Tuesday
said that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has
given India a “sustain-
able” model of govern-
ance, which has defied
the principle of dimin-
ishing returns as the
dividends increase with
each passing year.
Taking part in the
“Capital Dialogue” pro-
gramme of a TV Chan-
nel, Dr Singh said, over
the last 20 years, Modi’s
governance model has
grown stronger with
every new challenge.
Dr Singh said, soon af-
ter Modi took over as
Chief Minister of Guja-
rat, his first challenge
was to overcome and
buildafreshthedevastat-
ing earthquake in Bhuj
and as he completes 20
years as head of govern-
ment, the latest chal-
lenge confronted by him
was the COVID pandem-
ic sweeping across the
nation of 140 crore peo-
ple.Hesaid,eachof these
challenges were handled
by providing new ideas,
his long hours of intro-
spectionabouthowtoin-
novatenewideasandhis
intimate connection
with the ground which
enables him to convert
every challenge into an
opportunity
.
On questions about
his governance model,
he said, ever since Modi
took charge in May
, 2014,
his first mantra was
“MaximumGovernance,
MinimumGovernment”
and after nearly nine
yearsnow,itis“Wholeof
Govt” approach through
integration of schemes
and ideas, rather than
working in silos.
He said, transparen-
cy, accountability and
citizen-centricity be-
came the hallmark of
Modi’s Governance
Model. He said, within
three months after tak-
ing charge at the Cen-
tre, one of the first ma-
jor decisions was to in-
troduce self-attestation
and do away with the
practice of getting doc-
uments attested by ga-
zetted officer, thus re-
posing faith in youth of
India, which consti-
tutes 70% below the age
of 40 years.
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh takes part in the programme.
FALLOUT OF KAMAL NATH-SIKH EVENT ROW?
BJY’S NIGHT HALT VENUE IN INDORE SHIFTED
It would be the first time that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be joining brother Rahul Gandhi’s yatra
Rahul’s Yatra enters MP today; PGV to join
Bhopal (Agencies): Af-
ter winding up its Ma-
harashtra leg, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi-
led Bharat Jodo Yatra
will enter Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday
.
According to party
sources, Congess gen-
eral secretary Priyanka
Gandhi will also join
the march on the very
first day of the yatra in
Madhya Pradesh.
Notably, it would be
the first time that Pri-
yanka Gandhi will be
joining the yatra. “Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra will join
theBharatJodoYatraon
Wednesday when it en-
ters Madhya Pradesh,”
senior party leader
Jairam Ramesh said.
The Yatra started
from Kanyakumari in
Tamil Nadu on Septem-
ber 7. So far, it has tra-
versed through the
states of Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka, and
Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
gana and Maharashtra.
The Yatra will enter
its first Hindi heartland
state Madhya Pradesh
on Wednesday after
winding up its Maha-
rashtra leg. In the next
13 days, Gandhi will
visit Ujjain’s Ma-
hakaleshwar Temple,
offer puja to the holy
Narmadariver,andgoto
the birthplaces of tribal
leader Tantya Bhil in
Khandwa and BR
Ambedkar in Indore’s
Mhow besides attend-
ing many other events.
Rahul Gandhi takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra. —FILE PHOTO JOLT TO T’GANA CONG
AS SHASHIDHAR REDDY
QUITS THE PARTY
Hyderabad: Former Minister
Marri Shashidhar Reddy
resigned from the Congress
on Tuesday, four days after
the party expelled him for six
years following his meeting
with Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. The senior leader
announced his resignation
from primary membership of
the party while slamming the
state leadership. He is likely
to join the BJP soon.
REVOLT BREWING IN TN
CONGRESS AGAINST
STATE PREZ KS ALAGIRI
Chennai: Close on the heels
of a group of party workers
led by Nanguneri MLA Rubi
R Manoharan creating scene
at the Tamil Nadu Congress
Committee (TNCC) headquar-
ters Satyamoorthy Bhavan,
revolt seems to be brewing
in the Tamil Nadu Congress
against party state president,
KS Alagiri. Sources senior
leaders have upped their ante
against KS Alagiri.
Indore: Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi will stay at Chimanbagh Maidan in Indore on November
27 and 28 and not in Khalsa Stadium as planned earlier, a
development viewed as the fallout of a row over party veteran
Kamal Nath attending a Sikh religious event recently. A police
official said on Tuesday the permission for the Yatra’s stay at
Chimanbagh Maidan was given based on the application of
Congress. In view of the controversy, local BJP leaders had
threatened to show black flags if Nath entered the Khalsa Sta-
dium with Bharat Jodo Yatra. The cross-country foot march
recently wound up its Maharashtra leg.
UP Govt has created sense of
security for industry, says Yogi
New Delhi (PTI): The
Uttar Pradesh govt has
created a sense of secu-
rity for the industry by
adopting a “zero toler-
ance” approach towards
crimeandcriminals,CM
Yogi Adityanath said on
Tuesday
, as he an-
nounced plans to organ-
iseroadshowsin18coun-
tries to invite investors.
He said UP has
emerged as one of the
most favoured destina-
tions for investors due
to its transparent poli-
cies. The Uttar Pradesh
Global Investors Sum-
mit 2023 to be held in
Lucknow from Febru-
ary 10 to 12 next year. He
said it would prove use-
ful in providing a uni-
fied platform to the
global industrial world.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath, State ministers Nand Gopal Gupta, Suresh
Kumar Khanna and others at event, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
UP CM YOGI, AKHILESH PAY TRIBUTES TO
MULAYAM ON HIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday
paid tributes to party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on
his birth anniversary. A three-time chief minister, Mulayam
Singh was born on this day in 1939 in Saifai, Etawah. “A
humble tribute to former defence minister, former UP chief
minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on his birth anniversary,”
Adityanath tweeted in Hindi. Akhilesh Yadav shared on
Twitter a picture of the SP patriarch and his father and
said, “Tributes to the son of soil on his birth anniversary.”
AAP will lose as it is ‘banner-based’ party: Nadda
Ahmedabad (PTI):
BJP president JP Na-
dda on Tuesday said the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) will be defeated
in Gujarat polls as it is
a “banner-based party”
as against the BJP
which is cadre-based.
AAPleaderswillleave
Gujarat once the elec-
tionsareover,heclaimed,
speaking at a campaign
rally in Shehra town of
Panchmahal district.
“The AAP lost in Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttara-
khand and Goa in the
recent past. And its can-
didates will lose depos-
its in all 67 seats it has
contested in Himachal
Pradesh. They will
meet the same fate in
Gujarat,” said Nadda.
Voting for Shehra and
92 other seats will take
place on December 5, in
the second phase of the
Assembly elections.
“AAP will lose be-
cause it is a banner-
based party which can
only paste banners dur-
ing the polls while we
are a cadre-based party
which believes in serv-
ing people,” he said.
He also accused the
Congress of shedding
“crocodile tears” for
Other Backward Class-
es and tribals. “But it is
the BJP under PM Nar-
endra Modi which has
actually changed your
condition on the ground.
ItwasModiwhomadean
AdivasiwomanthePres-
ident of this country for
the first time,” he said.
“Congress always
played politics with the
OBCs. Though several
commissions were
formed, nothing hap-
pened. It was Modi who
gave constitutional sta-
tus to the National OBC
Commission,’’ he added.
BJP chief JP Nadda holds swords during the public meeting at Shehra, in Panchmahal on Tuesday; JP Nadda greets the party supporters at another rally, in Siddhpur on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Guj CM Patel can
not even change
his peon: Kejriwal
Devbhumi Dwarka
(PTI): AAP leader
ArvindKejriwalonTues-
day said Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel can not
even appoint his peon.
Speaking at a cam-
paign rally at Khamb-
halia in Devbhumi
Dwarka district for
AAP’s chief ministerial
candidate Isudan Gad-
hvi, he also alleged that
there is secret collusion
between the BJP and
Congress.
“There are two faces
before the people of Gu-
jarat.OneisIsudanGad-
hviandtheotherisBhu-
pendra Patel. Who will
you vote for, who will
you make chief minis-
ter?” Kejriwal asked.
Gadhvi is a young,
educated man “whose
heartbeatsforthepoor”
and he is also the son of
a farmer, the Delhi
chief minister said.
“When he hosted a
show on TV
, he raised
the issues of farmers
and did not indulge in
‘ t u - t u - m a i n - m a i n’
(noisy debates). He has
worked for the farm-
ers and dedicated
his life for the
farmers and un-
e m p l o y e d
youth,” Kejri-
wal said.
BJP TRYING TO WIN
IN CONGRESS’S
SOMNATH BASTION
Gir Somnath: With weeks
to go for Gujarat polls,
BJP candidate from Gir
Somnath, Mansingh
Parmar has exuded con-
fidence in winning all four
seats in the constituency,
which the party had lost
to Congress in 2017. The
caste factor has always
dominated Gir Somnath,
which why Congress is
believed to have won all
four constituencies here
in the 2017 polls.
IT IS HARDER FOR
BJP IN SOUTH
GUJARAT THIS TIME
Ahmedabad: The AAP
challenge and agitations
by local tribals against
various govt projects
could queer the pitch
for the BJP in the south
Gujarat region this time.
Of the 89 seats going to
polls in the first phase of
on December 1, as many
as 35 seats are spread
across the southern
districts of Bharuch, Nar-
mada, Tapi, Dang, Surat,
Valsad and Navsari.
1,621 CANDIDATES IN FRAY FOR
GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Ahmedabad (PTI): A
total of 1,621 candidates
are left in the fray for
the next month’s Guja-
rat Assembly elections
after the deadline for
the withdrawal of nom-
inations got over.
For the 93 seats where
elections would be held
in the second phase,
there are 833 candidates
in the fray
, said a release
from the office of the
Chief Electoral Officer.
The last day of with-
drawal for the second
phase was Monday
.
As many as 788 candi-
dates are in the fray for
89 seats that will go to
the polls in the first
phase of elections.
The ruling BJP has
fielded candidates on all
182 seats, while Congress
hasfieldedcandidateson
179 seats while it allocat-
edthreeseatstotheNCP)
as part of a pre-poll
lliance.ButwiththeNCP
candidate withdrawing
his nomination for Dev-
gadh Baria seat, the par-
tyiscontestingtwoseats.
The AAP fielded can-
didates on all 182 seats,
but its candidates with-
drew his nomination
from the Surat East
seat, so it will end up
contesting 181 seats.
Meanwhile, BJP
confident of
coming to power
in Himachal again
Shimla (PTI): The BJP
will return to power in
Himachal Pradesh with
full majori-
ty
, party’s
state chief
spokesper-
son Ran-
dhir Shar-
maclaimedTuesdayand
termed the Congress’ al-
legations of a possible
horse-trading“baseless”.
He said the Congress
leaders are aware that
they would face a big de-
featandarethereforetry-
ing to divert people’s at-
tention by talking about
EVMsandhorse-trading.
Ever since EVMs are be-
ing used for voting in
country
, Congress lead-
ers are blaming the
EVMswhenevertheyare
defeated, he claimed.
A formation on an inked marked finger is displayed by teachers
with mobile flashlight at Lunsikui Ground, in Navsari on Tuesday.
Battleground
GUJARAT
Arvind Kejriwal

06
INDIA
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: On Tuesday
,
the UP govt transferred
6 IAS officers including
the commissioners of
Mirzapur, Ayodhya, Ali-
garhandBastidivisions.
According to the or-
ders, IAS Gaurav Dayal
has been made the new
commissioner of Ayod-
hya division, IAS Yo-
geshwar Ram Mishra,
who till now served as
Commissioner of Mir-
zapur division, has been
made the new commis-
sioner of Basti division
and IAS Navdeep Rinwa
has been made commis-
sioner of Aligarh divi-
sion from Ayodhya com-
missioner. Moreover,
IAS Dr. Muthukumaras-
wamy —MD, Medical
Supplies UP— has been
posted as Commission-
er in charge of Vindhy-
achal Division, Mir-
zapur, while IAS Jag-
dish has been made
Managing Director Ut-
tar Pradesh Medical
Supplies Corporation.
Additionally, IAS
Akhand Pratap Singh
serving as as Special
Secretary APC has been
appointed as Special
Secretary, Home De-
partment while IAS Go-
vind Raju NS, who was
the commissioner of
Basti, has been relieved
to go on State Govern-
ment Inter State Cadre
Deputation. He is going
to Bangalore ISRO.
The officers are say-
ing that in view of the
municipal elections, a
lot of changes are being
made in bureaucracy
.
She wanted to come out of relationship: Shraddha’s friend
Gajraj Singh
Saloni Khandelwal
Jaipur: As the nation
is still in shock at bru-
tal murder of Shrad-
dha Walkar allegeged-
ly by her live-in part-
ner Aaftab Poonawalla,
First India had an ex-
clusive interview with
Shraddha’s friend Ra-
jat Shukla who shared
chilling details about
the relationship be-
tween Aaftab and
Shraddha, and the like-
ly intentions behind
the gruesome killing.
The excerpts:
z How was Shraddha
as a student, theater
artist and a friend?
I was in regular touch
with Shraddha from
2015 to 18 during col-
lege. We both were pur-
suing Bachelor’s De-
gree in Mass Media
(BMM) from Viva Col-
lege in Virar, Mumbai.
She was a very active
girl with a bold person-
ality, and was bluntly
honest. She was
also into
theater
and we
did per-
form some
acts to-
gether
as well.
She would
always
take part in college
programme as a danc-
er, artiste. It was in
2018 when things start-
ed looking bad at
Shraddha’s end. She
would not talk much,
and would stay alone.
z Do you think Aaft-
ab was in touch with
other girls than
Shraddha?
Aaftab was also
seeing other
women be-
hind Shrad-
dha’s back. I
am informed
and pretty
sure too that
he was seen on
his ‘intruder’
bike with
other
girls
as a pillion. And would
be jealous and inse-
cure if Shraddha even
hung out with her
friends.
(Shraddha last
talked to Rajat in 2019
when they gave an
exam together. But as
per Rajat, Shraddha’s
behavior was totally
different).
“She was very rude,
and wouldn’t talk
straight. She was to-
tally different from
the Shraddha I met in
college.
Rajat said that in the
year 2021, she was in
contact with her best
friend from college.
Shraddha then showed
her friend that her
back was stubbed out
with cigarette burns.
z If any of common
friends knew or were
in touch with Aaftab?
There are many friends
of Shraddha who were
in regular and close
contact with Aaftab. He
never seemed like a per-
son who would have
such an extreme crimi-
nal mindset. People got
negative vibes, but it
was general. No one
thought of him to be
this extreme. Aaftab
likely came with an
agenda, otherwise why
would his family leave
the house they were
staying in for years
right before this horri-
fying news broke out?
z How was Shrad-
dha’s relationship
with her parents?
During college, she
would stay at home.
She wasn’t a hosteller.
She was close to her
mom but not to her
dad. 1.5 years back,
when her mother died,
Shraddha was in a
very vulnerable state.
She was trying her
best to get out of the
relationship but
couldn’t because of
threats from Aaftab. In
fact in 2021, when
things went really hay-
way, she sought help
from her manager. The
manager then sent
his/her friend to
Shraddha’s house to
take Shraddha to hos-
pital as well as the po-
lice station. The man-
ager’s friend knew
Shradha and Aaftab
both as they lived in
the same locality.
When they were trying
to file a complaint at
the police station, Aaft-
ab called and threat-
ened her saying that he
will end his life and
Shraddha, her parents
would be blamed. I just
know of one instance,
there might be many
.
z Was Shraddha a
girl who’d pressure
someone to marry her?
I’m hundred percent
sure that Shraddha did
not pressurize Aaftab
for marriage. No one
has said this except for
Aaftab. Shraddha real-
ly wanted to get out of
the relationship.
FULL INTERVIEW AT
www. firstindia.co.in
EXCLUSIVE
Aaftab Poonawalla and Shraddha Walkar
Rajat Shukla
JOINT INSPECTION
LIKELY IN SOFT DRINK
PLANT GAS LEAK
HIDDEN CAM IN
WOMEN'S TOILET:
STUDENT ARRESTED
KERALA: PRINCIPAL, 3
GOVT TEACHERS HELD
UNDER POCSO CASE
WOMAN DELIVERS
BABY ON ROAD IN
TIRUPATI TOWN
Kolkata (PTI): A joint in-
spection is likely at the soft
drink manufacturing unit
near here following leakage
of toxic gas and production
activity has been halted as
a precautionary measure.
Varun Beverages Ltd, the
owner of the unit, claimed
there was no fatality or
serious illness due to the
leakage from the unit on
Monday. A police official
said, “There is no report of
any major injury due to the
leakage and the situation
was brought under control
last night itself.”
Bengaluru (Agencies):
A college student was
arrested for allegedly
installing a secret camera
in a ladies’ restroom here
on Tuesday. According to
police, the accused was
caught red-handed while
fixing the camera. The ar-
rested student is identified
as Shubham M Azad, the
student of a private college
in Hosakerehalli locality
of Bengaluru. Shubham,
studying in fifth semester
of BBA, had fixed a secret
camera in the ladies toilet,
the police said.
Kochi (ANI): Kerala police
arrested a govt school
teacher from neighbouring
Tamil Nadu dist on Monday
on charge of sexually as-
saulting her plus-one girl
student last week. Besides,
the school principal and 2
other teachers were also
arrested on Monday itself
for not reporting the inci-
dent to the police on time,
the police said in a press
statement issued here
on Tuesday. All of them
have been arrested under
Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act.
Tirupati (Agencies): In
a shocking incident, a
woman delivered a baby
on a road near a govern-
ment hospital in Andhra
Pradesh’s Tirupati town on
Tuesday after the hospital
staff allegedly denied her
admission. The shocking
incident occurred in the
temple town in front of
Tirupati Maternity Hospital.
A video has gone viral on
social media, showing a
man helping the pregnant
woman deliver while two
women holding a bedsheet
to cover her.
CRUCIAL READ
ASI TO PROBE VIRAL VIDEO OF MAN
OFFERING NAMAZ AT TAJ MAHAL
New Delhi (Agencies): The Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) has instructed to probe the authenticity
of a viral video allegedly
showing a man delivering
‘namaz’ with a woman
sitting alongside him in
garden area which is said
to be inside the Taj Mahal
premises. Raj Kumar
Patel, the superintending
archaeologist for Agra
circle of ASI, pointed out: “We have come across a
purported video going viral wherein a man is seen of-
fering namaz in the area said to be the premises of the
Taj Mahal. “However, there is no certainty about the
authenticity of the video particularly because none of
our staff at Taj Mahal saw such happening.”
New Delhi (PTI): High
amounts of chemicals
linked with heart disor-
ders, diabetes and can-
cer, have been found in
popular sanitary nap-
kins sold in India, ac-
cording to a study done
by a Delhi-based envi-
ronmental NGO.
The study by NGO,
Toxics Link, found the
presence of phthalates
and volatile organic
compounds in a total of
ten samples, six inor-
ganic and four organic
sanitary pads available
in the market. The find-
ings were published in
a report titled ‘Men-
strual Waste 2022’.
Exposure to phtha-
lates have been linked
to a variety of health
concerns including en-
docrine disruption, im-
pacts to the heart and
reproductive systems,
diabetes, some cancers,
and birth defects.
Exposure to VOCs in-
creases the risk of brain
impairment, asthma,
disabilities, certain can-
cers, and the proper
functioning of the re-
productive system.
Highest amounts of
phthalates were found
in self-proclaimed ‘or-
ganic’ sanitary nap-
kins, the study found.
According to the
study, all types of sani-
tary napkins, organic
and inorganic, tested
positive for the pres-
ence of phthalates.
Among phthalates,
maximum concentra-
tion was of DIDP, a type
of phthalate, at 19,460
microgram/kg (µg/kg)
in a self-claimed organ-
ic pad. Concentrations
of a combination of
phthalates were found
to be 0.0321 and 0.0224
gram in an organic and
an inorganic sample,
respectively, which is
greater than 0.1% by
the weight of the prod-
uct mandated under EU
regulations, study said.
The study recom-
mends regulations and
schemestopromotesub-
stitution or reduction in
the use of these chemi-
cals in the products.
Shocking facts about sanitary pads sold in India
Mirzapur, Ayodhaya, Aligarh, Basti commissioners transferred
WOMEN’S WOES
New Delhi (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh met his Cambo-
dian counterpart, Gen-
eral Samdech Pichey
Sena TEA Banh, in
Siem Reap and said
there is “immense
scope” to boost defence
cooperation between
the two countries.
Singh is currently
visiting Cambodia to at-
tend the ASEAN De-
fence Ministers’ Meet-
ing (ADMM) Plus and
the maiden India-ASE-
AN Defence Ministers’
meeting.
He arrived at Siem
Reap on Monday to co-
chair the India-ASEAN
Defence Ministers’
meeting and attend the
9th ADMM Plus, the de-
fence ministry said in a
statement on Tuesday
.
“Reviewed the full
range of India-Cambo-
dia defence ties during
the fruitful meeting
with Cambodia’s Depu-
ty Prime Minister and
Defence Minister, Gen-
eral Samdech Pichey
Sena TEA Banh in Siem
Reap today
. There is im-
mense scope to boost
defence cooperation be-
tween both the coun-
tries,” Singh said in a
tweet on Monday
.
On Tuesday, he
shared pictures of his
meetings with other
leaders on Twitter.
“Insightful delibera-
tions with Australia's
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for De-
fence, Mr. @Richard-
MarlesMP on boosting
defence ties and deep-
ening cooperation be-
tween India and Aus-
tralia in Siem Reap,
Cambodia today
,” Singh
said in a tweet.
“Delighted to meet
the US Secretary of De-
fence, Mr Lloyd J. Aus-
tin in Siem Reap. @Sec-
Def,” he wrote on the
microblogging site.
In another tweet, Sin-
gh said: “Had a wonder-
ful interaction with the
Defence Minister of
New Zealand, Mr. Peeni
Henare.”
Guwahati (Agencies):
Six people, five civil-
ians of Meghalaya and
an Assam forest guard,
died following “unpro-
voked” firing by Assam
Police and state forest
guards on Tuesday,
Meghalaya CM Conrad
K Sangma said.
He said that Assam
Police and forest guards
entered Mukroh village
in West Jaintia Hills
District and resorted to
“unprovoked” firing,
killing the five civilians
of Meghalaya.
Sangma said that the
Assam Police and forest
guards intercepted a
truck carrying timber at
Mukrohvillageandafter
that, a large number of
people from the village
reachedthespotandsur-
rounded the police and
forest guards leading to
the firing by the latter.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The In-
come Tax Department
on Tuesday said it has
unearthed unaccounted
transactions exceeding
Rs 100 crore during
searches on a few
groups engaged in jew-
ellery and real estate
business across the
country in connection
with alleged tax eva-
sion. According to an
official, on November
17, the searches were
carried out in more
than 30 locations spread
across Patna, Bhagal-
pur, Dehri-on-Sone,
Lucknow and Delhi.
High amounts of harmful chemicals
found in sanitary napkins sold in the
country, reveals a latest study
Defence Minister Rajnath meet his Cambodian counterpart in Siem Reap
‘Immensescopetoboost
India and Cambodia ties’
Rajnath Singh with Defence Minister of Vietnam General Phan Van
Giang, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Insightful deliberations with Aus-
tralia’s Dy PM and Defence Minis-
ter, Mr. @RichardMarlesMP on
boosting defence ties and deepening coopera-
tion between India and Australia in Siem
Reap today. —Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
(L to R) IAS officers Gaurav Dyal, Muthukumaraswamy B,Yogeshwar Ram, Govindaraju NS, Navdeep Rinwa
6 die as cops open
fire at N-E border
`100 cr unaccounted
transactions detected
Assam Police and forest guards had intercepted a truck carrying
timber at Mukroh village.
Megha-
laya Govt
strongly
condemned the in-
cident where the
Assam Police and
Assam forest
guards entered
Meghalaya and
resorted to unpro-
voked firing.
—Conard K Sangma,
Meghalaya Chief Minister
IT OFFICER HELD

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,731.00 30.00 0.05 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,518.00 856.00 1.39 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.67 0.12 0.14
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital rose
`30 to `52,731 per 10
grams on Tuesday amid
appreciation in rupee, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had
touched `52,701 per 10
grams. Silver also climbed
`856 to `61,518/kg. The
rupee appreciated 14 pai-
se to 81.65 against the US
dollar in early trade on
Tuesday as the American
currency retreated from
its elevated levels. In the
international market, gold
was up at $1,741.95 per
ounce while silver was
trading higher at $21.05
per ounce. —PTI
GOLD GAINS `30 AS
SILVER PRICES ALSO
SEE JUMP OF `856
New Delhi : State-owned
BHEL on Tuesday said it
has paid a final dividend
of `88 crore to the gov-
ernment for the financial
year 2021-22. The total
dividend paid to the com-
pany’s shareholders for
FY22 amounts to over
`139 crore, it said in a
statement. “A cheque to-
wards the final dividend
on the equity (63.17 per
cent) held by the Govern-
ment of India, was pre-
sented to Mahendra Nath
Pandey, Union Minister of
Heavy Industries by Nalin
Shinghal, CMD BHEL,” it
said. —PTI
BHEL PAYS `88 CR
AS FINAL DIVIDEND
TO GOVT FOR FY22
New Delhi: SP Global
Ratings on Tuesday upped
its credit rating on Axis
Bank with a stable outlook
on expectations that the
private sector lender will
maintain good asset quali-
ty over the next two years.
It said India’s robust eco-
nomic growth should sup-
port borrowers’ credit-
worthiness and Axis
Bank’s weak loans, or
nonperforming loans,
could decline to 2.5-3% of
total loans by end-March
2023, from 3.7% as of
March 31, 2022. —PTI
AXIS BANK RATING
UPGRADED ON IMP
ASSET QUALITY
Mumbai : The asset base
of non-banking financial
companies has scaled
past `54 lakh crore as of
March 2022, constituting
almost a quarter of the
balance sheet of the com-
mercial banking sector,
Union Minister Bhagwat
Krishanrao Karad said on
Tuesday. It can be noted
that since the fall of the
two major non-banking fi-
nancial companies (NBF-
Cs) — ILFS and Dewan
Housing Finance Ltd
(DHFL) — the shadow
banking industry was in a
long crisis. —PTI
NBFCs’ ASSET BASE
SCALES PAST `54 L
CR: MoS FINANCE
*Rates till the edition went to print.
OTT COMMUNICATORS
SERVICES SHOULD BE
LICENCED, SAYS COAI
New Delhi: Telecom operators’
body COAI on Tuesday made a
strong pitch for OTT commu-
nications ser-
vices to directly
compensate
telcos for data
traffic they are
driving onto the networks, as it
advocated a licencing and light-
touch regulation framework for
such services. COAI Director
General, said that the associa-
tion, as part of draft telecom
bill, has given its suggestions
on how OTT comms services
should be defined, to ensure
there is no ambiguity. —PTI
INDIA’S FISCAL
CONSOLIDATION TREND
INTACT: MOODY’S
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors
Service on Tuesday said the
trend of gradual fiscal consoli-
dation remains
intact for India
and going
forward the
country will
see strong revenue performance
and debt stablisation. “We ex-
pect that India is going to be the
fastest growing G-20 economy
next year... (but) high inflation
pose a downside risk to India’s
growth as households and busi-
nesses have less purchasing
power,” Moody official said on
Tuesday.—PTI
OTHER STORIES
AMAZON WEB SERVICE TO INVEST `36,300
CRORE IN HYDERABAD DATA CENTRE
Hyderabad: Amazon Web Service (AWS) on Tuesday announced an
investment of $4.4 billion (about `36,300 crore) by 2030 in building
in Hyderabad its second data center cluster in India. Amazon.Com Inc
company, through the AWS Asia Pacific
(Hyderabad) region, will provide develop-
ers, startups, and companies among
others to “run workloads with greater
resilience and availability, securely store
data in India, and serve end users with
lower latency.” AWS already has a similar
facility in Mumbai, which opened in 2016. It runs such facilities in 30
geographies in the world. —PTI
FARMERS’ BODIES ASK GOVT
New Delhi (PTI): In a pre-
budget consultation with
the finance ministry, farm-
ers’ organisations on Tues-
day asked the government
to lift ban on exports of
agri items like wheat and
restrict import of products
that cost below the mini-
mum support price (MSP).
They also demanded that
the government should fo-
cus on increasing domestic
output of local oilseeds
such as soyabean, mustard,
groundnut and sunflower,
instead of palm.
Imposition of higher
taxes on processed foods
was another suggestion
made by farmers’ bodies
during the virtual meeting
with finance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman.
In his wish list for the
Union Budget 2023-24,
Bharat Krishak Samaj
Chairman Ajay Vir Jakhar
demanded that the govern-
ment should “not allow im-
port of produce where
landing costs are below
MSP”. He also urged the
Centre to focus on human
resources development in
the farm sector.
Jakhar also pitched for
allowing voluntary carbon
credits from farms to be
traded globally to enable
farmers to get the highest
value.
‘Liftexportbanon
wheat,otheragriitems’
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Farmers’ organisations
asked the govt to lift ban on
exports of agri items like
wheat and restrict import of
products that cost below
the MSP
z They also demanded that the
government should focus on
increasing domestic output
of local oilseeds such as
soyabean, mustard
New Delhi (PTI): The pan-
el of state finance minis-
ters is likely to recommend
a uniform GST levy of 28
28% on online gaming ir-
respective of whether it is
a game of skill or game of
chance, sources said.
However, it is likely to
suggest a revised formula
for calculating the amount
on which the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) would
be levied.
Currently, online gam-
ing attracts 18% GST. The
tax is levied on gross gam-
ing revenue, which is the
fees charged by online
gaming portals.
The Group of Ministers
(GoM) had in its earlier re-
port submitted to the
Council in June suggested
a 28% GST on on the full
value of the consideration,
including contest entry
fee, paid by the player,
without making a distinc-
tion such as games of skill
or chance. However, the
Council had asked the
Group of Ministers to re-
consider its report.
Panel may
recommend
28% GST on
online gaming
MARKETS BOUNCE BACK AFTER 3 DAYS OF FALL
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks ended with
gains on Tuesday after fall-
ing for the past three days
amid buying in index ma-
jors Infosys and Reliance
Industries.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 274.12 points or
0.45% to settle at 61,418.96.
During the day, it jumped
321.79 points or 0.52% to
61,466.63. The broader NSE
Nifty gained 84.25 points or
0.46% to end at 18,244.20.
From the Sensex pack,
IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Ul-
traTech Cement, Titan, In-
fosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata
Consultancy Services and
Larsen Toubro were
among the winners.
In contrast, Nestle, Bhar-
ti Airtel, PowerGrid, HDFC
Bank and Kotak Mahindra
Bank were the laggards.
RUPEE GAINS 12
PAISE TO CLOSE AT
81.67 AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee ap-
preciated by 12 paise to close
at 81.67 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Tuesday. At
the interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened at
81.72 and touched an intra-day
high of 81.64 and a low of 81.83.
The local unit finally settled at
81.67, registering a rise of 12
paise over its previous close.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Around 1.14
crore passengers in Octo-
ber were carried by Indian
airlines, 10% higher than
the number of people flown
in September.
Data released by the
DGCA on Tuesday showed
that domestic air traffic
jumped nearly 27% to
114.07 lakh last month com-
pared to the year-ago peri-
od when it was 89.85 lakh.
In September, the air
traffic number stood at
103.55 lakh. Air traffic has
been picking up in recent
months after the airline in-
dustry was significantly
impacted by the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
“Passengers carried by
domestic airlines during
January-October 2022 were
988.31 lakh as against 620.96
lakh during the corre-
sponding period of the pre-
vious year, thereby regis-
tering an annual growth of
59.16% and monthly
growth of 26.95 per cent,”
DGCA said.
Domestic air traffic rises 10% in Oct
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The total num-
ber of mobile subscriber
base in India fell by 3.6 mil-
lion in September, with
Vodafone Idea suffering
subscriber count decline
even as larger rivals Reli-
ance Jio and Bharti Airtel
added users month-on-
month, according to tele-
com regulator’s data.
India’s largest mobile op-
erator Jio further cement-
ed its position in the mar-
ket, adding 7.2 lakh wire-
less subscriber during
September, while Bharti
Airtel increased its mobile
users’ tally by 4.12 lakh.
Ailing Vodafone Idea
faced subscriber count de-
cline (by 40 lakh), its base
shrank to 24.91 crore dur-
ing September. Overall, the
telephone subscribers
number in India decreased
to about 117.19 crore.
JIO, AIRTEL
STRENGTHEN
USER TALLY IN
SEPTEMBER
18%womendirectorsintop500NSE-listedcompanies
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Even though it
is at a slower pace right
now, but gender diversity
in boardrooms is picking
up, with women account-
ing for nearly 18% of the
directorships in the top 500
NSE-listed companies at
the end of March this year.
According to a study ti-
tled ‘Corporate India:
Women on boards’, proxy
advisory firm Institutional
Investor Advisory Services
(IiAS) on Tuesday, it said
that at a global level, board-
room diversity continues
to improve with an average
of almost 24% female rep-
resentation in corporate
boardrooms.
“India also has pro-
gressed in appointing
women on company
boards; from 6% in 2014 to
14% five years ago. Women
now account for 17.6% of
directorships of the Nif-
ty-500 companies.
“Although the number of
women directorships is in-
creasing, the pace of new
appointments has faltered
with just an aggregate 1%
increase over the last three
years.
Based on these current
rates, India will take till
2058 to achieve 30% gender
diversity on boards,” it
said. At the end of March
this year, the Nifty-500 com-
panies had 4,694 director-
ships, out of which 827 or
17.6% were held by women.
Europe and North Amer-
ica sit above the global av-
erage, with women making
up 34.4% and 28.6% of com-
pany boards, respectively
.
GENDER DIVERSITY IN WORKSPACE
INDIA AND THE
WORLD LEADERS
z At the end of March this year,
the Nifty-500 companies had
4,694 directorships, out of
which 827 or 17.6% were
held by women
z Europe and North America
sit above the global average,
with women making up
34.4% and 28.6% of
company boards
India-UK trade pact
high on priority: Goyal
New Delhi (PTI): The pro-
posed free trade agreement
(FTA) between India and
the UK is a high priority for
both the countries and the
next round of negotiations
for the pact is slated to hap-
pen next month, commerce
and industry minister Pi-
yushGoyalsaidonTuesday
.
He said that things are
progressing well and it will
yield good results.
“We are all very well
aware that it was progress-
ing very fast until we had a
little bit of a blip because
of political happenings in
the other country. Fortu-
nately
, we have a stable gov-
ernment. I believe in office
now (in the UK) and I am
already in touch with my
(UK) counterpart. We are
working together to possi-
bly have an in person meet-
ing also very soon but our
teams are already engaged.
Next month, the next round
of negotiations are slated
to happen,” Goyal said.
He said that industry
support is required for the
agreement and it should be
a fair, equitable and bal-
anced FTA.
He also said that there
should not be any strict
timelines to conclude nego-
tiations for an FTA as such
agreements have to be
thought through and care-
fully calibrated and negoti-
ated. “With UK we are do-
ing a comprehensive deal
like the UAE ….I assure
you that it is a high priority
of both countries. It has
been reiterated in the meet-
ing of the G20,” Goyal said.
India and Britain
launched negotiations for
the FTA in January with
an aim to conclude talks by
Diwali (October 24), but the
deadline was missed due to
political developments in
the UK.
OZ PARLIAMENT APPROVES FTA WITH INDIA
New Delhi (PTI): India and Australia would now implement the
free trade agreement on a mutually agreed date as the Austral-
ian Parliament on Tuesday approved the pact between the two
countries.“BREAKING: Our Free Trade Agreement with India has
passed through parliament,” Austral-
ian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
said in a tweet. The India-Australia
Economic Cooperation and Trade
Agreement (AI-ECTA) needed ratifi-
cation by the Australian parliament
before its implementation. In India,
such pacts are approved by the
Union Cabinet. The agreement was
signed between the two countries
in April this year. Commerce and
industry minister Piyush Goyal said
in a tweet: “Delighted that India-Australia Economic Cooperation
Trade Agreement has been passed by the Australian Parliament. “A
result of our deep friendship, it sets the stage for us to unleash the
full potential of our trade ties spur massive economic growth.”
Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal addresses at the
3rd ISA Steel Conclave in New Delhi on Tuesday.

08
2NDFRONT
A person can look ‘successful,’ but till
a deep peace and joy abides in life,
True success is elusive.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Pune (PTI): The Pune
police have arrested a
29-year-old man from
Rajasthan in connec-
tion with the “sextor-
tion” case of a teen
from the city
, who al-
legedly committed sui-
cide after he was har-
assed and blackmailed
by online fraudsters.
A 19-year-old man
jumped to death after
being harassed and
blackmailed by online
fraudsters in Dattawadi
in Pune on September
28. The college student
had fallen prey to
threats of online fraud-
sters and paid Rs4,500 to
them, but ended his life
as he could not take the
pressure.
“The investigations
in the case led us to Go-
thri Guru village in Ra-
jasthan’s Alwar dis-
trict, where we appre-
hended Anwar Suban
Khan. He is the master-
mind behind the sextor-
tion racket being run
from the village, senior
inspector Abhay Ma-
hajan of Dattawadi po-
lice station said.
A detailed inquiry re-
vealed that the majority
of the youth and wom-
en from the village were
involved in online sex-
tortion, he said.
Khan had direct in-
volvement in the case
of the 19-year-old stu-
dent, who was black-
mailed into paying the
racket.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Key ideologi-
cal issues such as Hin-
dutva and respect for
VD Savarkar are not
something Shiv Sena –
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray can compro-
mise on, even if it is
part of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA), Rajya
Sabha MP Sanjay Raut
said on Tuesday
.
He said that his party
worked smoothly while
in alliance with the
Bharatiya Janata Party,
despite differences.
“There are some is-
sues where the Shiv
Sena cannot compro-
mise. This includes (the
issue of) Veer Savarkar
and Hindutva. Our par-
ty is built on an ideolo-
gy and we are not sur-
rendering that,” Raut
said in an interview
with a news channel.
Raut’s comment
gained significance in
wake of Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi’s criti-
cism of Savarkar, which
had caused some ten-
sion in the Congress,
Nationalist Congress
Party and Shiv Sena al-
liance of MVA.
Raut has previously
warned that such com-
ments about Savarkar
could cause cracks in
the MVA. He was also
vague with his answer
when asked if the alli-
ance would survive in
the long term, saying it
would if India needed it.
“If democracy, free-
dom and the Constitu-
tion are to be safeguard-
ed, then we have to for-
get our differences and
come together,” he said.
Raut, who was in New
Delhi on Tuesday, said
the allied members have
regular talks with Ra-
hul Gandhi, Sonia Gan-
dhi, Priyanka Gandhi-
Vadra and other Con-
gress leaders. On Mon-
day, Raut tweeted that
Rahul had called him to
enquireabouthishealth
and said he was touched
by the gesture.
On the controversy
over Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari’s re-
marks about Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj,
the Sena leader said
there was a demand
from across the state
that Koshyari be re-
moved from his post.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A division
bench headed by Bom-
bayHighCourt'sChief
Justice Dipankar Dat-
ta on Tuesday recused
itself from hearing a
public interest litiga-
tion (PIL) alleging
Shiv Sena leader Ud-
dhav Thackeray and
his family members
had amassed wealth
disproportionate to
their known sources
of income.
According to the PIL
filed by one Gauri
Bhide, a resident of
Mumbai’s Dadar area,
the Thackeray family
never disclosed any ser-
vice, profession or busi-
ness as their exclusive
source of income and
that their newspaper
was profitable even dur-
ing the pandemic-in-
duced lockdown.
According to the peti-
tioner, this was a clear
indication that the
Thackeray family con-
verted its black money
into white through the
newspaper. The PIL
sought an investigation
into the Thackerays fi-
nances by the Central
Bureau of Investigation
and the Enforcement Di-
rectorate.
ThosepresentsayJus-
ticeAhujaspoketoChief
Justice before the bench
recuseditself fromhear-
ing the PIL without as-
signing any reason,
when it came up for
hearing. The matter
shallbeplacedbeforean-
other appropriate
bench, it said.
The petitioner had re-
quested the HC to direct
the Central Bureau of
Investigation and the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) to conduct a
thorough and impar-
tial investigation
against former Maha-
rashtra chief minister
Thackeray and his fam-
ily members.
Advocate Joel Carlos
appeared in the court on
behalf of Uddhav and
Aaditya Thackeray
.
‘Can’t compromise on ideological issues like Savarkar and Hindutva’
ALLIED POWERS
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, who
is from Uddhav Thackeray’s camp of
Shiv Sena, was vocal about staying
true to the party’s philosophy
Sanjay Raut —FILE PHOTO
If democ-
racy, free-
dom and
the Constitution
are to be safe-
guarded, then we
have to forget our
differences and
come together.
guarded, then we
have to forget our
differences and
come together.
—Sanjay Raut, Rajya
Sabha MP
HC bench recuses itself
from anti-Thackeray PIL
PIL claims Sena chief and his family had amassed
disproportionate wealth; demands CBI, ED probe
Uddhav Thackeray —FILE PHOTO
CASE DETAILS
Rajasthan man arrested
in Pune sextortion case
A 19-year-old jumped
to death after being
blackmailed by online
frausters
PUNE POLICE SUSPENDED FOR FAILING TO ACT ON
COMPLAINT OF WOMAN KILLED BY EX-BOYFRIEND
Pune: A woman police officer was suspended for alleged dereliction of duty
after she failed to act on a complaint of harassment by a 22-year-old woman
who was killed by a man in Pune city, an official said on Tuesday. The vic-
tim Shweta Ranawade was stabbed to death on November 09 by her former
boyfriend Pratik Dhamale after she ended their relationship. The accused was
found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Pune a couple of days after the
murder. The duo were in a relationship and were planning to get married, but
due to some disputes the victim decided to end the relationship. The accused
started harassing the victim and on November 09, came to the parking lot of
the building where she lived and stabbed her with a sharp weapon, he said.
Dapoli resort
has nothing
to do with
me: Parab
Mumbai (PTI):
Former minister
and leader of the
Uddhav Thacker-
ay faction Anil
Parab on Tuesday
asserted that a re-
sort at Dapoli in
coastal Ratnagiri
district built in
violation of coast-
al norms does not
belong to him as
alleged by
Bharatiya Janta
Party (BJP) lead-
er Kirit Somaiya.
Talking to report-
ers, Parab said he
has already filed a
defamation suit
against Somaiya
and he will also file
a criminal writ peti-
tion against him for
allegedly maligning
his image.
“I don’t have any
connection with the
resort,” he main-
tained.
BHARAT24’S SHIKHAR SAMMAN IN RAIPUR
CM BHUPESH BAGHEL FELICITATES
EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS OF CHHATTISGARH
Devesh Tiwari
Raipur: In continua-
tion to its special initia-
tive that recognises and
encourages individuals
who are making ex-
traordinary contribu-
tion towards the Vision
of New India, Bharat24
organised Chhattisgarh
Shikhar Samman in
Raipur on Monday to
felicitate such extraor-
dinary individuals from
the state. Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra, CEO Editor-
in-Chief, Bharat24, be-
lieves “States make the
Nation” and Shikhar
Samman continues to
recognize extraordi-
nary individuals from
various walks of life
from various states for
their exemplary work.
CM Bhupesh Baghel,
Chief Guest, honoured
the winners from differ-
ent sectors for their ex-
emplary work with the
coveted trophy of Shi-
khar Samman. In a one-
on-one interaction with
Executive Editor and
Senior Anchor Miman-
sa Malik, Baghel talked
about current challeng-
es and work he is doing
towards holistic devp of
the state.
The platform high-
lighted contribution of
individuals also cu-
rated multiple knowl-
edge sessions featuring
star panelists deliberate
on key issues directly
impacting people.
Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi, Executive Editor Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik felicitate Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel along with Senior Editor Syed Umar at Bharat24’s Chhattisgarh Shikhar Samman in Sayaji Hotel, Raipur on Monday.
Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi and Senior Editor Syed Umar greet ex-
CM Dr Raman Singh as Executive Editor and Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik looks on, on Monday.

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MUMBAI, WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
irst India, The
Fashion Connect
season 13 in asso-
ciation with India
Fashion Week Lon-
don took place on
20 November at No-
votel London Hammer-
smith, London. Fashion
Connect is a celebration of
Asian fashion by national
and internationally re-
nowned designers. The con-
ception of India Fashion
Week London has been driv-
en by the need for a plat-
form to showcase the exist-
ing creativity of world-class
designers alongside sup-
porting upcoming NEW-
GEN designers. The whole
show was concluded by ce-
lebrity designer Samant
Chauhan.
Farha Ansari from Sewa,
Ayesha and Radhika from
Citrine and Shalini Naru-
kaa participated in the
grand event and showcased
their astonishing designer
collections in between the
designer sequence First
Kiss fame famous singer Ip-
sitaa performed.
In the same episode, the
grand launch of the cover
page of the book ‘Unheard’
by Bhavini Bhargava was
done by ace designer Sa-
mant Chauhan, Ipsitaa and
many other dignitaries. Un-
heard is about an untold
emotional journey of a
teenager during the ups and
downs of life through the
medium of poetry
.
The talented Singer
thanked Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra for inviting her to the
mega event.
While expressing his
gratitude, the brand ambas-
sador Rishee Miglani said,
“Something big like this
can only be done and visual-
ized by a visionary like
Jagdeesh Chandra, when he
said we will do a show in
Dubai during covid, nobody
would believe it but after
spreading the love of Fash-
ion Connect in Asia and
Dubai, we have now come to
another continent in Lon-
don, which is a very big
thing. I m really thankful to
Dr Chandra for taking
Fashion Connect to a differ-
ent level”.
Lokesh Sharma, director
of Fashion Connect said, “I
am very happy with the re-
sponse Fashion Connect
got, I directed Fashion Con-
nect in India and Indian
Fashion Week in London
simultaneously, to direct
this grand show together
was very interesting
and fun and I am
glad about this
grand associa-
tion of
Fashion
C o n n e c t
with Indian
Fashion Week,
London.
The celebration of In-
dian fashion involved
fringe events in various
places across London,
ranging from VIP jewel-
lery launch events to
seminars on the vari-
ous styles and trends.
F
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Gorgeous divas showcasing astonshing collections
Rishee and Ipsitaa during the launch

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hen we say a movie
“defines” a genera-
tion, we are not talk-
ing about timeless
works but rather
movies that resonat-
ed with us. Our cul-
ture was defined by the charac-
ters, songs, and scenes of those
films. We all connected with
them in some way
, and they con-
tinue to be our favourite go-to
movies. They become so special
to us that we can’t stop but
watch them over and over again
all our lives. City First brings to
you some of the iconic movies
that perfectly define our gen-
eration and the friendships we
build along.
YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI
Our generation was graced
nine years ago with a film that
will live on in our memories.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is
without a doubt the movie I’ve
seen the most times and can
now recite the dialogues in
sync. The film, directed by
Ayan Mukherji, examines a
number of issues that young
people deal with, including re-
lationships, romance, aspira-
tions and most importantly
friendship. When my dad
proudly cites Jai and Veeru as
an example of the most self-
less friendship, I swoop in
with Avi, Aditi, and Bun-
ny showing us the most
uplifting friend-
ship. And how
could I possi-
bly forget
t h e
lovely
relationship that Aditi and Nai-
na grew to have as the film went
on—it totally set the bar for
friendship in real life!
ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
On July 15, eleven years ago, the film delineated new stand-
ards for friendship and revived the bromance subgenre after
‘Dil Chahta Hai’ had revolutionised it in 2001. Without a ques-
tion, Zoya Akhtar’s best work, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, had
a fantastic response from both the public and the critics. Many
predicted that “ZNMD” would be a trip, a charming excursion that
would be quickly forgotten, but it actually turned out to be a trip with
friends that we treasure even today
. It gives us a great deal of motiva-
tion to live and eagerly anticipates experiencing life with our friends,
travelling, and discovering love somewhere far away
.
JAANE TU... YA JAANE NA
We all learn through relationships and maturation that
friendship is a crucial component of love. Even though
I had heard Shah Rukh Khan say, “Pyaar dosti hai,” in
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I didn’t fully understand what
it meant until I saw it happen in Abbas Tyrewala’s
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The movie not only perfectly
portrayed youthful relationships, but it also de-
scribed how friendships functioned. Despite its
many clichés and melodramatic elements, I always
enjoy this movie. I’d call it a contemporary classic
because of the songs, the humour, the heartache,
and of course the collegiate friendships.
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JANHVI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Gifting something to your
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Despite hectic schedule
you will manage to find
time for family. Seek the
opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. Your
bold initiatives on romantic front
bring back passion and spark in
romantic relationship.Overall health
remains fine.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Happiness in the domestic
sphere will only come with
a changed mind set. Some
of you are likely to become
a part of an overseas official trip.
Better to consult an expert in
financial matters before making an
investment. Harsh words may create
a rift in your romantic relationship.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your intuition will save
you from a tricky spot
today. Yoga would help in
raising energy levels and
improve your metabolism. You will
manage to achieve your aim through
travel. This is a great time on the
academic front, when you mange to
render your best.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will succeed in
resolving misunderstand-
ing with family, normal-
izing ties. Despite your
misgivings, you retain good health.
You will do much to bring peace and
harmony at home. You will remain
much in demand on social front. You
can get romantically involved.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain
harmony. Successful
implementation of new ideas
and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It is
a wonderful day to build new
connections. Your relationship requires
you to be tactful.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It’s a very good day to take
calculated risks in financial
matters. Your efforts on
the professional front will
be recognised. Opting for some
healthy choices will ensure you
remain in perfect health. You will feel
much happy and contented on the
family front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Family will be most
supportive, when it really
matters for you. Some of
you may add to your list of
properties by booking a new one. It
is good day to confess your love as
stars appear favourable for positive
reply. A long drive is likely to help
you get over mental tiredness.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Using your initiative at
work will be much
appreciated. You may get
a chance to pursue old
hobby. Health tips from an expert will
enable you to get closer to your
fitness goals. Your generous
behavior would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A friend or colleague may
motivate you to take up a
healthy activity. Parents
may appear more than
happy with what you deliver. Plans
for overseas travel are likely to
materialise. You are likely to get
clearance or approval for your
construction plans.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your optimism will keep
Distant relatives may drop
in for a surprise visit. On
professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Those
awaiting an affirmation on romantic
front are likely to get lucky today, as
partner responds positively.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Following a health diet will
be a good idea. Luck
favours you today.
Focussing on health now
will help you in keeping physically fit.
Clarity of mind and retentive power
will help you forge ahead on the
academic front. Frustration on the
romantic front is possible.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
W
KHUSHI TAMBI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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MOVIES THAT DEFINED OUR
GENERATION
GENERATION
3 IDIOTS
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idi-
ots is without a doubt a
movie so precious to our
generation, one that made
us laugh, cry, and sing our
hearts out. A fantastic
movie showing Raju, Ran-
cho, and Farhan’s strong
bond as they become
friends in college. This
kind of friendship is
something we all love,
value, and aspire to have.
The movie demonstrated
what it means to have
your friend’s back and
how friendship tran-
scends prejudice and
class. It is so heartwarm-
ing, relevant, and yet so,
so humorous. Whether it
is gatecrashing a wed-
ding, studying together
the night before the exam,
or addressing family-re-
lated concerns, the movie
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