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RBI GOVERNOR SHAKTIKANTA DAS
HINTS AT ANOTHER INTEREST RATE
HIKE IN EARLY JUNE TO BRING DOWN
STUBBORNLY HIGH INFLATION RATE
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IN A BIHAR CM NITISH
KUMAR MOVE, NOD TO
RIVAL TEJASHWI YADAV,
SNUB FOR ALLY BJP P3
PM NARENDRA MODI
WILL INAUGURATE
THE JAGADGURU
SANTSHRESTHA
TUKARAM MAHARAJ
SHILA MANDIR ON
JUNE 14. FOR THE 1ST
TIME, THE PM OF INDIA
WILL BE VISITING
SHRIKSHETRA DEHU
GYANVAPI CASE:
VARANASI COURT TO
DECIDE ON THE
PETITIONS FOR
HEARINGS TODAY
JUSTICE SABINA
APPOINTED ACTING CHIEF
JUSTICE OF HIMACHAL
PRADESH HIGH COURT
SENSEX CLOSES 38 POINTS
DOWN IN VOLATILE SESSION;
METAL STOCKS CRASH DURING
MONDAY TRADINGS P6
CRUCIAL READ
JAILED SIDHU
TAKEN TO HOSP
FOR CHECK-UP
RUSSIAN SOLDIER
SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON
Patiala: Navjot Singh
Sidhu spent 2 days in jail.
According to sources, he
was given to eat dal-roti
on Saturday he but refused
to eat. As a result, he was
taken to Rajendra Hospital
in Patiala on Monday. As
per sources, he will undergo
a physical examination at
the hospital. Medical board
has also been set up to
prepare Sidhu’s diet chart.
Kyiv: Three months after
the beginning of Russia’s
full-scale invasion of
Ukraine, judges in Kyiv on
Monday handed down 1st
guilty verdict for a Russian
soldier tried for war crimes.
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin,
21, was convicted of
shooting a 62-year-old
civilian, Oleksandr Shelipov,
in northern region of Sumy
in first days of the war.
PM’S TOKYO VISIT: MODI TAKES PART IN THE INDO PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MEET, INTERACTS WITH TOP EXECUTIVES CEOs; TO ATTEND QUAD SUMMIT TODAY
...Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged
everyone to join ‘Bharat chalo, Bharat se judo’ campaign
after he held talks with Japanese businesssmen in Tokyo
Tokyo: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Mon-
day asked the Indian
community members to
join the ‘Bharat Chalo,
Bharat se Judo’ cam-
paign as he highlighted
the developments and
reform initiatives by
his govt in recent years
in fields of infra, gov-
ernance, green growth
and digital revolution.
“I would urge everyone
to join campaign,” Modi
said while interacting
with over 700 members
of Indian diaspora.

z PM Narendra Modi
participated in an event
in Tokyo Monday to
launch discussions for
an Indo-Pacific Economic
Framework for Prosper-
ity (IPEF) during which
he underlined that the
foundation of resilient
supply chains must be
3Ts - Trust, Transparency
and Timeliness.

z Modi said deep links
helped in laying a strong
foundation for a modern
partnership between 2
countries at a time when
New Delhi and Tokyo
celebrate 70th anniver-
sary of the establishment
of diplomatic ties

z Writing an Op-Ed for a
Japanese publication on
the vibrant bilateral rela-
tions, the Prime Minister
traced the journey of
the India-Japan special
friendship. “Special,
Strategic, Global”

z Foreign Secretary
Vinay Kwatra and CEO
of US International DFC
Scott A Nathan signed
an Investment Incen-
tive Agreement (IIA)
which will pave a path to
strengthen and promote
DFC’s investments in
India in key sectors

z PM said that in the
last 8 years, we have
made our democracy
strong and resilient

z Modi says India
is leading the climate
change negotiations.
From declaring the target
of becoming Net-Zero till
2070 to initiating the In-
ternational Solar Alliance,
India is serious about
working on ‘green future

z PM Modi called upon
Tadashi Yanai of Uniqlo
to join India’s journey to
become a manufacturing
hub for textiles, while
Yanai appreciated the
entrepreneurial zeal of
Indians

z PM Modi met Chair-
man of NEC Corporation
Nobuhiro Endo and
discussed the Japanese
multinational company’s
role in India’s telecom-
munication sector

z Modi said India
and Japan are “natural
partners” and Japanese
investments have played
an important role in
India’s development jour-
ney, India’s relationship
with Japan is of spiritual-
ity, of cooperation and of
belonging.

z We Indians get at-
tached to our ‘karmbhoo-
mi’ (land of work) with
all our hearts but the love
for our ‘matribhoomi’
(motherland) never fades
away. This is one of our
‘biggest strengths.’

z Our relationship with
Japan is that of Buddha
of knowledge, meditation

z Covid caused the big-
gest crisis in 100 years in
front of world. When the
vaccines were developed,
India sent both medi-
cines and vaccines to
countries in need

z PM proposes ‘Japan
Week’ to celebrate
Japanese contribution to
India’s devp journey

z PM discusses Soft-
bank’s participation in
new technologies with
company founder
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with (L) President of USA, Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida during the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) event, in Tokyo on Monday.
(L) PM Narendra Modi, who reached Japan’s Tokyo to
take part in Quad 2022 Summit and dialogue with other
global leaders, was welcomed with the chants of ‘Jai Shri
Ram’ and ‘Modi Modi’ by Indian Diaspora in Japan. (R)
PM Narendra Modi gives his autograph to a Japanese
grade 5 student, Wizuki, who interacts with him in Hindi.
‘BHARATCHALO,
BHARAT SE JUDO’
JAI SHRI RAM
Kirit Somaiya’s wife files `100 crore
defamation suit against Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: BJP leader
Kirit Somaiya’s wife
MedhaSomaiyaonMon-
day filed a civil defama-
tion suit against Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay Raut
and sought damages of
Rs 100 crore in the wake
of the latter accusing
the couple of wrongdo-
ing and being involved
in a “toilet scam”.
Medha sought that
court direct Raut to ei-
ther pay her Rs 100
crore or deposit amount
towards CMRF. She said
Raut had repeatedly
made defamatory pub-
lic statements against
her and her husband,
particularly about their
alleged involvement in
a “toilet scam worth Rs
100 cr.” She also sought
that as an interim re-
lief, Raut be restrained
by HC from making any
remarks against her
family. HC is yet to as-
sign a hearing date.
Modispeaks
BIDEN ANNOUNCES
INDO-PACIFIC
ECONOMIC PACT
CHINA HITS BACK
AFTER JOE BIDEN’S
WARNING
Tokyo: US President Joe
Biden unveiled the discus-
sion on IPEF on Monday with
a dozen initial
partners, includ-
ing India, which
represent 40% of
the world GDP. “The vision
for an Indo-Pacific pact is free
and open and secure as well
as resilient,” he said. He said
Washington is ready to get
involved militarily to defend
Taiwan in event of invasion.
Beijing: Beijing on Monday
said it was ready to defend
its national interests over
Taiwan, in a
rebuke to Joe
Biden’s vow to
protect island
from any invasion by China.
China’s Communist Party
has never controlled self-
ruled Taiwan but it views the
island as part of its territory
and has vowed to one day
seize it, by force if needed.
Kirit Somaiya, his wife Medha
filed a defamation case against
Sanjay Raut on Wednesday.
Vinai Kumar Saxena is Delhi’s new L-G
New Delhi (Agencies):
Vinai Kumar Saxena,
currently serving as the
chairperson of the Kha-
diandVillageIndustries
Commission (KVIC),
has been appointed as
thenewLieutenantGov-
ernor (L-G) of Delhi.
As per officials, the
President of India has
accepted the resigna-
tion of former L-G Anil
Baijal and appointed
Saxena as his successor.
“The President of In-
dia has been pleased to
appoint Vinai Kumar
Saxena to be the Lt Gov-
ernor of National Capi-
tal Territory of Delhi
with effect from the date
heassumeschargeof his
office,” a Rashtrapati
Bhawan press note read.
Delhi CM Arvind Ke-
jriwal tweeted, “The for-
mer L-G Anil Baijal and
I worked together in
Delhionseveralprojects
and tried to solve many
issues. He is a very good
man. I wish him the best
for the future and wish
him good health and a
long life. I welcome the
newlyappointedL-G,Vi-
nai Kumar Saxena on
behalf of the people of
Delhi.Hewillgetthefull
support of the cabinet
for Delhi’s betterment.”
SAXENA’S GLORIOUS TRACK RECORD
UNION HOME MINISTER’S DAY OUT IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
Shah visits Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in Delhi
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah along with
his wife Sonal Shah on
Monday visited ‘Prad-
hanmantri Sangraha-
laya’, a building inau-
gurated by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi in
April this year as a trib-
ute to all Prime Minis-
ters of India.
The Home Minister
minutely observed each
and every specific point
in the ‘Pradhanmantri
Sangrahalaya’ along
withhiswifeSonalShah.
Situated in the nation-
al capital’s Teen Murti
Estate, ‘Pradhanmantri
Sanghralaya’ is a build-
ing constructed in the
premises of Nehru Me-
morial Museum and Li-
brary (NMML) that rec-
ognizes the contribution
of all Prime Ministers.
Thebuildingwasinaugu-
ratedbythePrimeMinis-
ter on April 14 this year.
Established in the
area of 10,491 sq meters
at a cost of Rs 306 crore
with the logo of the
building representing
the hands of the people
of India holding the
wheel, symbolizing na-
tion and democracy;
‘Pradhanmantri San-
grahalaya’ has em-
ployed technology-
based interfaces to en-
compass heterogeneity
in content and frequent
rotation of the display
.
Holograms, virtual
reality, augmented real-
ity, multi-touch, multi-
media, interactive ki-
osks, computerized ki-
netic sculptures, smart-
phone applications, in-
teractive screens, and
experiential installa-
tions enable the exhibi-
tion content to become
highly interactive.
The building begins
with the gallery of In-
dia’s second Prime Min-
ister Lal Bahadur Shas-
tri and covers the his-
tory of all Prime Minis-
ters. In the end, there is
a gallery of Dr Manmo-
han Singh, who was
Prime Minister of India
till April 2014.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with his wife Sonal Shah visit the
Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, in New Delhi.
CHAR DHAM YATRA TO KEDARNATH
HALTS AMID ORANGE ALERT...
The Char Dham Yatra to Kedarnath was halted on Monday amid gusty winds,
heavy rain and snowfall in Uttarakhand even as the pilgrimage to Gangotri,
Yamunotri, Hemkund Sahib, and Badrinath continued as usual. The govern-
ment issued an ‘orange alert’ for Monday and Tuesday. More on P5

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI):
Heavy rains and thun-
derstorm on Monday
brought Delhiites a
much-needed respite
from the lengthy spell of
sweltering heat, but it
alsoaffectedroadandair
traffic during the morn-
ing rush hours, and
brought down houses
andtrees,leavingatleast
eight people injured.
Water-logging and
power cuts were also
reported from several
areas and eight vehi-
cles parked on the road-
side were damaged due
to tree falling on them,
officials said.
The weather depart-
ment said this was the
first moderate-intensity
storm of this season for
the national capital
which has was reeling
under unprecedented
high temperatures for
the past few weeks,
crossing the 49-degree
mark at one occasion.
Fire officials said
eight people were in-
jured in the incidents
of house collapse re-
ported from Jawalpuri,
Gokalpuri, Shankar
Road and Moti Nagar
areas of the city.
Weather department
officials said the rain
and thunderstorms
caused a drastic fall in
the minimum surface
temperature Monday in
Delhi which plummeted
from 29 degrees Celsius
to 18 degrees Celsius
during 5.40 am to 7 am.
The strong winds up-
rooted trees in some
parts of the capital.
In south Delhi's New
Moti Bagh, a tree col-
lapsed on a car, but its
occupants escaped un-
hurt. Officials said
such incidents were re-
ported from Delhi Can-
tonment and Dhaula
Kuan areas also, but
nobody was injured.
The officials said
electricity supply
lines were also dam-
aged in some areas as
tress fell on them,
causing power cuts.
RAINBRINGSMERCURYDOWNINCITY
NATURE’S FURY
Water-logging, traffic snarls in some
areas after heavy rain, thunderstorm
Strong winds uproot trees in
some parts of the national capital
1 2
Reflection of North and South block seen on a puddle of water after heavy rainfall and strong
winds, at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. —PHOTOS BY ANI
EIGHT INJURED AS HOUSES
COLLAPSE FOLLOWING RAIN
New Delhi (PTI): Eight people were injured
as houses collapsed in different parts of Delhi
following heavy rain and storm on Monday
morning, officials said. The houses collapsed
in the Jawalpuri, Gokalpuri, Shankar road and
Moti Nagar areas of the city, officials of the fire
department said. Delhiites woke up to thun-
derstorm and rains on Monday morning that
brought a much-needed respite from the swel-
tering heat. Trees were uprooted in some parts
of the capital and traffic snarls were reported
on various stretches, including ITO, DND and
near AIIMS. The weather department said this
was the first moderate-intensity storm of this
season.
DCW issues notice to
MCD over ‘unsafe’
conditions in 4 schools
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi Commission for
Women (DCW) initiated
an inquiry into the con-
dition of safety and secu-
rity of girl students in
four schools after a re-
cent horrific case of mo-
lestation of girls in a Mu-
nicipal Corporation of
Delhi school, said the
authorities on Monday.
A team of the Commis-
sion comprising DCW
Chairperson Swati Mali-
wal and others surveyed
four MCD schools.
The commission was
shocked to see the condi-
tions at Bhai Mandeep
Nagpal Nigam Vidhya-
laya, Nigam Pratibha
Sah Shiksha Vidhyalaya,
Purvi Dilli Nagar Nigam
Pratibha Vidhyalaya,
Dakshini Dilli Nagar
Nigam Prathmik Sah Bal
Balika Vidhyalaya, be-
tween May 20 and 21.
“I am shocked to see
the hopeless conditions
at these MCD schools.
These schools are horror
houses where students
and teachers are ex-
tremely unsafe. MCD is
running schools where
girls are forced to defe-
cate in the open! So much
so for the Total Sanita-
tion Campaign!,” said
Maliwal. The commis-
sion pointed out glaring
issues in the above
schools including lack of
security guards, dilapi-
dated and unsafe build-
ings and lack of CCTV
cameras, lack of mid-day
meals, lack of toilets,
missing teachers and
lack of drinking water.
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi High Court
on Monday sought a
response from the
Delhi government on
public interest litiga-
tion highlighting defi-
ciencies in infrastruc-
ture in its schools
here and seeking di-
rections to fill the va-
cant posts of princi-
pals, teachers, and
other staff.
The Delhi High
Court on Monday
sought a response
from the Delhi gov-
ernment on public in-
terest litigation high-
lighting deficiencies
in infrastructure in
its schools here and
seeking directions to
fill the vacant posts of
principals, teachers,
and other staff.
A bench headed by
Acting Chief Justice
Vipin Sanghi issued
notice on the petition
by Shri Salek Chand
Jain and directed the
city government to
file an affidavit dis-
closing the current
state of existing va-
cancies as well as the
steps taken by it to
address them and the
timeline within
which the same
would be filled.
The bench, also
comprising Justice
Sachin Datta, further
asked the government
to disclose the defi-
ciency in infrastruc-
ture in its schools and
how it proposed to
deal with the same.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Metro Rail Corpo-
ration on Monday made
its debut on the India-
made digital platform
Koo, seeking to expand
its presence on social me-
dia. The Delhi Metro is
already operating its of-
ficial accounts on Twit-
ter, Facebook and Insta-
gram. “The Delhi Metro
today launched its offi-
cial account on the India
made social media plat-
form ‘Koo’ with the user
name ‘OfficialDMRC’.
The account can be ac-
cessed through following
link https://www.
kooapp.com/profile/Of-
ficialDMRC,” the DMRC
said in a statement.
The urban transport-
er had entered the so-
cial media in 2018 and
has been actively en-
gaging with its stake-
holders via these plat-
forms, officials said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
22-year-old railway em-
ployee was arrested for
allegedly circulating the
mobile number of a
woman for sex chats.
The accused has been
identified as Amit Ya-
dav, a resident of west
Karawal Nagar, they
said. Police said that Ya-
dav did it to take re-
venge from the woman
who had scolded him
for being in relation-
ship with one of her
relative’s daughter.
The matter came to
light on May 10, when
the woman filed a com-
plaint alleging that she
is receiving several mes-
sages and calls for sex
chats from multiple
numbers, a senior police
officer said. The police
conducted discreet in-
quiries in her neigh-
bourhood and gathered
other electronic details
– IP addresses etc – and
call detail records of
many numbers she was
getting calls from.
NoticetoGovtinmustafabadfirecase
NHRC has issued a no-
tice to the Delhi govern-
ment and the city’s police
commissioner in connec-
tion with a major fire
that broke out in the
Mustafabad area here re-
cently, killing a man and
injuring six others, offi-
cials said on Monday.
The police had earlier
said the fire had broken
out in a factory on street
number 23 of New
Mustafabad area which
comes under Dayalpur
police station.
“The National Human
Rights Commission has
taken a suo motu cogni-
sance of media reports
that in yet another ma-
jor fire incident in the
national capital, a
42-year-old man died,
and six others, including
a woman, suffered burn
injuries on May 19, 2022.
“The incident hap-
penedonthefirstfloorof
the building in a residen-
tial area of Mustafabad
where electrical items
suchasinvertersandsta-
biliserswerebeingmade.
The factory was report-
edly being run without a
licence,” the NHRC said
in a statement.
Two killed in
road crash in
Greater Noida
Noida (PTI): A 45-year-
old woman and her
17-year-old daughter
died while six other
family members were
injured when a bus
rammed into their car
in Greater Noida on
Monday, police said.
Two of the injured are
in a critical condition.
“The woman and her
daughter along with six
more people were in a
Maruti Eeco and travel-
ling from Bulandshahr
to Delhi,” a police
spokesperson said.
YOGA SESSION!
Yoga teacher Ajay Gupta (C) guides a few people at Lodhi Garden as the Garden witnessed low
footfall due to strong winds and heavy rainfall, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Delhi government on
Monday announced a
‘Green Park, Green Del-
hi’ mission under
which Rs 1 lakh will be
given to each residents’
welfare association to
redevelop a park in
their area and Rs 2.55
lakh for maintenance
of the developed one.
Addressing a press
conference, Environ-
ment Minister Gopal
Rai said that out of
16,000 parks in the city,
6,345 parks have been
identified that are not
currently being main-
tained.
He said that RWAs,
which have not regis-
tered their area parks
with the Delhi govern-
ment so far, can do so
through an online por-
tal. According to the
initiative, RWAs will
be taking the responsi-
bility of addressing
problems related to
their parks.
Rai said that Rs 3.5
lakh will also be given
to each RWA for setting
up a sewage treatment
plant.
“Under ‘Green Park,
Green Delhi’, RWAs
will take responsibility
of developing all the
parks in Delhi. We have
allocated funds for the
same. Rs 2.55 lakh has
been allocated for the
maintenance of devel-
oped parks,” Rai said.
Delhi RWAs to get `1 lakh each to develop park in their area
GREEN DELHI
lll
Parks that need
to be developed
have been
checked and
identified, Gopal
Rai said.
MINISTER SPEAKS
CLARIFY STAND ON PIL
ON INFRA DEFICIENCIES
IN SCHOOLS: HC TO GOVT
DELHI METRO SIGNS UP
ON SOCIAL MEDIA KOO
Rly staffer held for circulating
woman’s number for sex chats
The police had
earlier said fire had
broken out in a
factory of New
Mustafabad--comes
under Dayalpur
police station.

INDIA
03
Mahesh Sharma
Patna: There is going
to be a big political
game in Bihar on the
pretext of caste based
census. Nitish will re-
main the Chief Minis-
ter but the political
equation will change. In
the midst of fierce op-
position from the
Bharatiya Janata Party,
the government in Bi-
har is going to conduct
a caste-based census
and soon the counting
of castes will start.
Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar has assured
the Leader of the Oppo-
sition Tejashwi Yadav,
who was about to start
a protest and march on
the issue of caste cen-
sus. Before that, he had
gone to meet the Chief
Minister for the last
time to know his opin-
ion on this issue. In this
meeting, the Chief Min-
ister told him that very
soon he would convene
a meeting of all parties
on this issue and start
the caste-based census.
Keep in mind that Nit-
ish has already an-
nounced that the Bihar
government will get the
caste count done in the
state at its own expense.
The caste-based cen-
sus can become the ba-
sis for the polarization
of backward castes in
Bihar and the coming
together of JDU-RJD.
The issue is already
shared between the two
parties and the Chief
Minister had gone to
meet the Prime Minis-
ter with the demand of
caste census, along with
Leader of Opposition
Tejashwi Yadav. BJP
leaders were also in-
cluded in this all-party
delegation but this was
not their agenda. Since
the coming together of
Nitish and Tejashwi in
the name of counting of
castes, both the parties
grew closer and in the
same proportion the
distance between JDU
and BJP has started in-
creasing. Despite the
complete surrender of
BJP, the matter seems
to have worsened.
Nitish and Tejashwi
have met publicly at
least thrice in the last
one month. Nitish first
attended the iftar given
by RJD at Rabri Devi’s
residence. After that
Tejashwi attended the
Iftar party given by Nit-
ish’s party and then
Tejashwi went to meet
the Chief Minister re-
garding the caste cen-
sus. Now Lalu Prasad is
waiting to reach Bihar.
He has been released
after getting bail in the
last fodder scam case
and is at his daughter
Misa Bharti’s house in
Delhi.
Lalu Prasad will go to
Patna at the end of this
month or in the first
week of next month and
this time, his 74th birth-
day
, falling on June 11, is
to be celebrated with
great pomp. Before that
he will reach Patna. It is
being told that Nitish
Kumar is to meet him
on that occasion or even
before that. Informed
sources say that this
wasdiscussedinTejash-
wi’s meeting with Nit-
ish recntly
. It is also be-
ing said that Lalu Pras-
ad has agreed that the
equation should be like
2015. That is, Nitish Ku-
mar should be the Chief
Minister and Tejashwi
should become the Dep-
uty Chief Minister. If
this game happens then
BJP will face a major
setback.
‘KHELA HOBE’ IF LALU REACHES PATNA!
IN POWER CORRIDORS
BIHAR CM SNUBS ALLY BJP
NITISHKUMARCALLS
FORCASTECENSUS
“We will call an all-party meeting to take
everyone’s views on a caste-based census,” he said
Patna (PTI): In snub
for ally BJP, Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar on Monday hint-
ed that the much-await-
ed all-party meeting on
a state-specific census
of castes could be held
later this week.
“Many parties have
agreed to the date. But
we must have consent
of all parties for hold-
ing the meeting on any
particular date”, Nitish
Kumar told reporters.
The JD(U) leader, whose
ally BJP has of late
grown ambivalent over
the issue, expressed
confidence that all par-
ties in the state will
back the proposed move
before clearance is giv-
en by the cabinet.
The BJP’s recent in-
difference has followed
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment’s refusal to
conduct a caste census
nationally. This has
evoked allegations from
oppositions like the
RJD that the BJP
, which
derives its support base
from, primarily, among
the upper castes, did n’t
care much for OBCs for
whom gains are expect-
ed from a headcount of
all castes.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with JDU leader Anil Hegde,
in Patna, Monday, May 23, 2022. JDU has nominated Hegde for
Rajya Sabha by-polls. —PHOTO BY PTI
There should be no
problem since both
houses of
legislature in the
state have twice
passed resolutions
favouring a caste
census.
—Nitish Kumar,
Bihar CM
‘Joined BJP
after being
impressed by
PM’s ideology’
New Delhi (ANI): Al-
most three months after
joining the BJP, wres-
tler Dalip Singh Rana,
popularly known as The
Great Khali, said he
joined the saffron party
after being “impressed”
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s ideology
.
While speaking to
ANI, Khali also said he
is proud of joining the
BJP. Khali’s remarks
came after he met Un-
ion Minister Jitendra
Singh at his office here.
“I am so proud of join-
ing BJP. I joined the
BJP after being im-
pressed by the ideology
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi.”
Navneet Rana appears
before Privilege Panel
New Delhi: Independ-
ent MP Navneet Rana,
who has alleged she was
illegally arrested and
inhumanly treated at a
police station in Mum-
bai, appeared before a
parliamentary privileg-
es committee on Mon-
day to present her case
and seek “justice”.
Navneet had recently
moved the LS Privileg-
es Committee with her
complaint and the pan-
el had called her to ap-
pear before it. ”I pre-
sented my case before
the committee and
shared all the details
with them...and how I
was mistreated and
casteist remarks were
hurled against me. I
have taken names of all
from the Maharashtra
CM to Mumbai police
commissioner,” she told
reporters. “I have
sought justice from the
committee,” she added.
Sources said now the
committee may call top
Mumbai Police officials
over the plaint.
Navneet, the MP from
Amravati in Maharash-
tra, and her MLA-hus-
band Ravi Rana were
arrested on April 23 by
Mumbai Police after the
couple announced they
would recite Hanuman
Chalisa outside CM Ud-
dhav’s private resi-
dence ‘Matoshree’,
which had angered Shiv
Sena workers.
NAVNEET HER MLA HUBBY RAVI
RANA WERE ARRESTED ON APRIL 23
Navneet, her MLA husband Ravi Rana was booked
and arrested by Khar Police Station on April 23
slapped with several charges, including sedition, breach
of public peace, making inciting statements, other
sections for their plans to chant Hanuman Chalisa out-
side Thackeray’s personal home in Bandra east. On May
4, Mumbai Court granted conditional bail to the couple.
CRUCIAL READS
CHHATTISGARH CM TO OFFER 11,000 M
LONG CHUNARI AT DANTEWADA TEMPLE
MEHBOOBA MUFTI SLAMS ASSAM CM
FOR HIS MADRASSA REMARKS
IT’S NOW FASHION TO MAKE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JUDICIARY: SC
Raipur: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
on Monday said that he would offer an
11,000-metre long chunari at the Dantewa-
da temple.The CM will also facilitate the
women from the Dunex factory in curating
the special offering for Lordess Dantesh-
wari. The Chhattisgarh CM is on a four-day
visit to various assembly constituencies.
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti
hit out at the Assam CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma for doing politics in the name of
Madrassa, alleging that he`s trying to stay
two steps ahead of his peers in commu-
nal politics. Mufti`s remark came in the
backdrop of the Assam CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma`s remark over Madrasa.
New Delhi: A Vacation Bench led by
Justice DY Chandrachud made the remark
while hearing an appeal by a lawyer who
acted contemptuously by obstructing
execution of a non-bailable warrant against
him issued by the Madras HC. The Bench
said it had become somewhat of a ‘fashion’
to make allegations against judiciary.
ED SEIZES FOREX WORTH ` 1.53 CR
FROM PASSENGER AT KOLKATA AIRPORT
New Delhi: Foreign currencies, including US dollars and
Euros, worth Rs 1.53 crore has been seized from a pas-
senger at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International
Airport in Kolkata, , the Enforcement Directorate said on
Monday. The seizure includes USD 1,65,000 and Euro
30,460, the federal agency said in a statement.The total
value of the foreign currencies is equivalent to about Rs
1.53 crore. It was informed by Customs officials.
‘COURT SHOULDN’T FALL INTO TRAP OF
INTERPRETING EVERYTHING AS TERROR’
New Delhi (ANI): Activist Umar Khalid, who is in
custody as an accused in Delhi Police’s case of larger
conspiracy behind the Northeast Delhi riots, Monday
contended that the court should not fall into the “trap”
of interpreting everything as a terrorist activity, after the
bench asked whether protests against the Citizenship
Amendment Act instilled a sense of fear and insecurity
among the public.
Azam Khan moves Supreme Court to
prevent demolition of Jauhar University
New Delhi (ANI): Ad-
vocate Nizam Pasha, ap-
pearing on behalf of
Samajwadi Party (SP)
leader Azam Khan, on
Monday sought an ur-
gent hearing on his plea
against the impending
threat of demolition of
Mohammad Ali Jauhar
University as part of the
condition of his bail.
Advocate Nizam Pa-
sha, who was repre-
senting Azam Khan
mentioned the matter
for an urgent hearing
before a vacation bench
headed by Justice DY
Chandrachud.
The vacation bench
asked him to approach
the mentioning regis-
trar to list his plea.
On May 10, Allahabad
High Court granted bail
to Samajwadi Party (SP)
leader Azam Khan in a
case related to wrongful
possession of the land.
Thecaseisaboutwrong-
ful possession of Waqf
Board property. Alla-
habad HC had imposed
various conditions.
INSPECTOR IN
JAIL WARNED OF
‘ENCOUNTER’
New Delhi: Speaking
to reporters in Rampur,
Khan said, “When an
inspector can threaten in
the jail, ‘go underground,
you have several cases
against you, you can get
encountered,’ then in
face of such dangers, it
is difficult to say where
I am headed.” The Ram-
pur MLA, who was in
prison for last two years,
walked out of Sitapur jail
on Friday. A day before,
the SC granted him bail
exercising its special
powers under Article 142
of the Constitution.
Case filed against
Akhilesh,Owaisi
Lucknow: A case has
been filed in Varanasi
court against (AIMIM)
chief Asaduddin Owai-
si and Samajwadi Party
President Akhilesh Ya-
dav for inciting ‘reli-
gious sentiments’.Ad-
vocate Harishankar
Pandey said that lead-
ers were trying to spoil
the atmosphere of Var-
anasi by inciting reli-
gious sentiments in
name of Gyanvapi
mosque and Kashi-
Vishwanath temple
complex and the court
should take cognizance
of the same.
GYANVAPI ROW
ADVOCATE SEEKS
IMPLEADMENT
New Delhi: A lawyer filed
an intervention application
in SC seeking implead-
ment in Gyanvapi mosque
case stating that a mosque
constructed on temple land
cannot be a mosque. The
application was filed by
advocate Ashwini Upadhyay
who had filed a PIL challeng-
ing Constitutional validity of
Places of Worship (Special
Provisions) Act, 1991 (Act).
IN THE COURTYARD
AVANTHA GROUP
PROMOTER’s BAIL: HC
SEEKS ED’s REPLY
DELHI RIOTS: HC
NOTICE TO POLICE
ON ACCUSED BAIL
AMARNATH YATRA: DELHI HC NOTICE
TO SHRINE BOARD, CENTRE
NOT INCLINED TO PASS ORDERS FOR
HAJ 2022: SUPREME COURT ON PIL
ED QUESTIONS DMO AFTER POOJA
SINGHAL’S CUSTODY EXTENSION
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
sought ED’s response on
interim bail application
filed by Avantha group
promoter Gautam Thapar,
who was arrested in
connection with alleged
misappropriation of a
Rs 515 crore loan from
Yes Bank. Thapar had
approached HC following
denial of his bail plea by
a trial court last week.
After submissions of pe-
titioner, Bench of Justice
Jasmeet Singh issued
notice to ED posted
matter for May 27.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi HC issued a notice
to Police on an appeal
filed by an accused in the
northeast Delhi violence
case challenging the trial
court’s order of dismiss-
ing his bail plea. The trial
court had dismissed the
bail plea of Mohd Saleem
Khan, an accused. The
division bench of Justice
Mukta Gupta and Justice
Mini Pushkarna issued
the notice to Delhi Police
on the appeal of Khan.
The matter has been
listed for July 20, 2022.
New Delhi: Delhi HC issued a notice to Amarnath
Shrine Board, Centre, others on a PIL seeking
direction to make available (from this year itself)
all the tickets for helicopter service from Jammu/
Srinagar to Amarnath Shrine through online
booking system only. The Bench of Justice Vipin
Sanghi Sachin Datta asked the Shrine Board to
file an affidavit posted matter for May 31.
New Delhi (ANI): The SC on Monday refused
to consider a petition filed by a tour operator
seeking the inclusion of its name in the lists of
the Haj Group Organisers for Haj-2022. A bench
of Justices S A Nazeer and P S Narasimha said
similar petitions have been rejected earlier and
no relief can be granted at this stage.
Ranchi (ANI): District Mining Offic-
er (DMO) of Sahebganj Bibhuti Ku-
mar is being questioned by ED at
zonal office, Ranchi in connection
with a money-laundering probe
against suspended Jharkhand min-
ing secy Pooja Singhal.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not be misled:
“Bad company corrupts
good character.”
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Delighted that the entire team of ASHA
workers have been conferred the @WHO
Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’
Award. Congratulations to all ASHA
workers. They are at the forefront of
ensuring a healthy India. Their dedication
and determination is admirable.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Hearty thanks to all the countrymen for
giving thumping majority to @BJP4India
again in the Lok Sabha elections held 3
years ago and reposing faith in PM @
narendramodi ji. In these 8 years, the
country has established new dimensions
of development and prosperity by
following the mantra of “Sabka Saath,
Sabka Vikas, Sabka Prayas”.
TOP TWEETS
CENTRE, RBI’S
JOINT ACTION TO
BRING DOWN
INFLATION SHOULD
GIVE RELIEF
he government’s
slashing of oil and
diesel prices, though
not by the same level
as they were hiked, is
expected to bring respite from
inflation. Some states have also
agreed to lower state taxes on
petrol is a welcome step. What
will also work in favour of con-
sumers is the ban on export of
wheat and measures to ensure
availability of raw material.
How much will the consumer
benefit from these measures
will be known later. The compa-
nies must be willing to pass on
the benefit to the end users.
A clear picture on inflation
willemergenextmonthwhenthe
RBI’s Monetary Policy Commit-
tee is scheduled to meet. Interest
rate hike and bringing down li-
quidity will be on the agenda as
RBI would be devising a strategy
to bring down inflation to 6 per-
cent if not the ideal 4 percent.
By bearing the entire burden
of excise cut on fuel prices the
Centre has left the states with no
issue to crib about.
T
ormillionsof face-
less Accredited
Social Health Ac-
tivists, more popu-
larly known as
ASHAworkers,itisamoment
of pride and celebration. The
contribution of ASHA work-
ers,whoareallwomen,inpro-
viding health care in remote
villages is widely acknowl-
edged. In recognition of their
services the World Health Or-
ganisationhasawardedASHA
with the Director-General’s
Global Health Leaders Award
2022.Thefullydeservedaward
is for their “outstanding con-
tribution to advancing global
health, demonstrated leader-
ship and commitment to re-
gional health issues”. They
areoneof thesixrecipientsof
the awards.
Created in 2005 as a part of
the Rural Health Mission, the
aim was to have an ASHA
worker in every village. The
targeted number of ASHAs
was 1,022,265 and we are near-
ly there. They were entrusted
withtheimportanttaskof mo-
tivatingruralwomentooptfor
institutionalbirths,maintain-
ing demographic records, tak-
ing children for immunisa-
tion, persuading women for
family planning and provid-
ing primary health care to the
community
.Theyalsoprovide
treatmentfortuberculosisand
hypertension. It is because of
theirsustainedeffortsthatthe
Rural Health Mission has
been able to partly achieve the
goals it was set up for.
ASHA played a key role in
ensuring that primary health
care is accessible to the rural
poor throughout the Covid-19
pandemic. Their work is re-
flected in the falling infant and
mortality rates and also the
slowing down of population
growth. Rural health services
can improve further if only
doctors and para-medical staff
atthePHCsandCHCsattendto
theirresponsibilitiesmorecon-
scientiouslyandwithintegrity
.
UNSUNG ASHA’S
MOMENT OF GLORY
The contribution of ASHA
workers, who are all
women, in providing
health care in remote
villages is widely
acknowledged. In
recognition of their services
the World Health Organisation
has awarded ASHA with the
Director-General’s Global
Health Leaders Award 2022
F
Tight race for championship glory
as IPL 2022 heads to grand finale
he stage is set, 4 teams are
ready and now it’s a dash to
the finish in IPL 2022. After
two months of high voltage
action, thrilling finishes and
superlative individual perfor-
mances,IPLheadsforagrand
finale in the playoffs. Though
the last league game was in-
consequential, the Final Four
for the knockouts were de-
cided only in the penultimate
game – a reflection of the
close race in the league stage.
Three of the Top Four
were always a notch ahead in
the league. Table toppers Gu-
jarat Titans (GT), Lucknow
Super Giants (LSG) and Ra-
jasthan Royals (RR) were eas-
ily the sides that performed
creditably all through; and
the fact that despite Virat
Kohli’s horror season, RCB
finally squeezed through is a
testimony to the depth and
skill in their side.
GUJARAT TITANS
Amid the topsy-turvy results
at the league stage, the one
constant was Gujarat Titans
at the top of the points table.
This was a huge surprise be-
cause after the mega auction,
most experts believed that
they were one of the weakest
sides and had little chance of
making it to the playoffs. But
in Hardik Pandya, the team
discovered an inspirational
skipper who has displayed
fine leadership abilities, read
match situations deftly and
taken bold decisions that
have brought out the best
from his team-mates.
The resurgence of David
Miller, the class of Shubman
Gill at the top and Rahul Te-
watia’s daring exploits in the
late middle order have helped
the Titans to pull off victo-
ries in close clashes. But
what has enabled GT to
emerge as a formidable force
is the penetration of its bowl-
ing unit. While Shami has
regularly given break-
throughs in the initial overs,
Lockie Ferguson has bowled
with sharp pace to unsettle
the best of batters. Overall,
with an amazing mix of
youth and experience, the Ti-
tans could well reach the pin-
nacle of IPL glory in their
debut season.
LUCKNOW
SUPER GIANTS
The other debutants, Luc-
know Super Giants (LSG)
have been equally impressive
in the league. Under K L Ra-
hul’s able leadership and
Gautam Gambhir’s astute
mentorship, LSG have been
in fine form and were dis-
tinctly unlucky in not finish-
ing among the Top Two. Ra-
hul and Quinton de Kock
have been the finest opening
pair of IPL 2022 and their
bowling unit has given addi-
tional teeth to LSG’s soaring
hopes. With a quality mix of
skill and efficacy in both pace
and spin, LSG bowlers have
posed tough challenges for
most opponents. Their young
quickies, Avesh Khan and
Mohsin Khan have rarely
failed to jolt their opponents.
However, in their last few
games LSG looked rather vul-
nerable and lost two of their
final three matches. These
hiccups makes one wonder
whether LSG have enough
fuel power left in them to
clinch the championship.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS
BANGALORE
The third side that has never
won the IPL is RCB which
has had a roller-coaster ride
right through the league. On
paper, RCB are one of the
strongest squads but all
through this season they
have been terribly inconsist-
ent. Going from sublime in
one game to ridiculous in the
next, RCB were distinctly
lucky in grabbing a spot in
the playoffs.
Though Virat Kohli has
had his worst IPL season,
captain Faf du Plessis, Glen
Maxwell and most of all
Dinesh Karthik’s brilliance
as a finisher has enabled RCB
to stay alive. The gritty
Karthik displayed rare bat-
ting courage and flamboy-
ance that bailed the team out
of critical situations on nu-
merous occasions. However,
in the last match against the
Titans, Virat Kohli finally re-
gained his touch with a mas-
terly 73 which enabled RCB
to win and keep their hopes
alive. If Virat hits peak form
now, RCB could still grab the
IPL crown that’s eluded the
side till today
.
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
The only team in the fray who
have previously been IPL
champions - Rajasthan Roy-
als - have displayed a pluck
andpanachethatmakesthem
a force to reckon with. Much
of their early success was due
to Jos Buttler’s sublime, re-
cord-breaking form. The
guile and efficacy of their
bowling attack is what makes
Rajasthan a potentially
championship-winning side.
In the pace of Trent Boult
and Prasidh Krishna and the
wily spin of Yuzvendra Cha-
hal and Ravichandran Ash-
win, RR has a fine blend that
rarely permits other teams to
post imposing totals.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The IPL playoffs are set to
provide an explosive mix of
T20 action. Each one of the
‘Fab Four’ in IPL grand
finale week could clinch the
title. T20 is cricket’s most
dynamic and unpredictable
format and the team that
performs well in important
moments will eventually be
the Champions of IPL 2022!
Three of the Top Four
were always a notch
ahead in the league. Table
toppers Gujarat Titans
(GT), Lucknow Super
Giants (LSG) and
Rajasthan Royals
(RR) were easily the
sides that performed
creditably all through;
and the fact that
despite Virat Kohli’s
horror season, RCB
finally squeezed through
is a testimony to the depth
and skill in their side
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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INDIA
05
Thunderstorm, rains bring relief to scorched northwest India
New Delhi: North-
western parts of the
country on Monday en-
joyed some respite from
the scorching heatwave
as the region received
heavy rainfall under
the influence of the sea-
son’s first moderate in-
tensity thunderstorm.
According to the In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment (IMD), no
part of the country, ex-
cept West Rajasthan, is
likely to witness a heat-
wave condition during
the next five days.
An extra-tropical
weather system ap-
proaching from north
Pakistanledtoformation
of rain-bearing clouds
that brought showers to
parts of Punjab, Hary-
ana, Delhi, Uttarakhand
and Himachal Pradesh
early on Monday
.
According to the
weather office, thunder-
storms occurred at sev-
eral places in Uttara-
khand, while most parts
of Jammu and Kash-
mir, Himachal Pradesh,
Haryana, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh and isolated
places in Rajasthan re-
ceived rainfall.
On Sunday, Fate-
hgarh in Uttar Pradesh
had recorded the maxi-
mum temperature of
45.9 degrees Celsius.
In Delhi, the morning
temperature plunged 11
notches from 29 degrees
Celsius to 18 degrees
Celsius.
In the 24 hours ending
8:30a.m.onMonday
,Har-
yana’s Faridabad re-
ceived9cmrainfallwhile
Gurugram and Jhajjar
got 7 cm rainfall, Delhi
witnessed 5 cm rain and
Mussoorie received 4 cm
rainfall, the IMD said.
Theweatherofficehas
forecast thunderstorms
and hail at isolated plac-
es in Himachal Pradesh
and Uttarakhand on
Tuesdayandgustywinds
(speed30-40kmph)atiso-
lated places in Jammu
and Kashmir, Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan and
West Madhya Pradesh.
Northwest India was
reeling under intense
heatwave conditions,
primarily due to the ab-
sence of thunderstorms
which frequent the re-
gion during summers.
The summer months
of March-April-May
usually witness thun-
derstorms for 12 to 14
days, but this season
has seen only four to
five thunderstorms and
that too, mostly dry
.
Temperature had
touched 49 degrees Cel-
sius in Banda a few
days ago with mercury
crossing the 46 degrees
Celsius mark in several
towns and cities.
Vehicles wade through the waterlogged service road of the Delhi-Gurugram expressway after heavy
rains, in Gurugram, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
IMD PREDICTS
No heatwave condition
is likely to develop in
any part of the country
during the next five
days, except in West
Rajasthan, where
isolated heat wave
conditions are likely on
May 26 and 27, the
IMD said.
Centre earning crores
through excise, says Didi
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also hit out at the Narendra Modi-headed
Union government for using central agencies in affairs related to states’ affairs
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister and Tri-
namool Congress Su-
premo Mamata Baner-
jee on Monday called
the Centre’s latest price
cut on fuel and subsidy
on cooking gas prices
under the Ujjwala
scheme as an election
stunt stating that only a
small number of people
belonging to the below
poverty level (BPL) cat-
egory would be able to
avail the benefit.
She said her cabinet
had decided to not re-
duce state VAT on diesel
and petrol, while accus-
ing the Centre of earn-
ing huge revenue from
excise tax. Filing asap
She also hit out at the
Narendra Modi-headed
Union government for
using central agencies
in affairs related to
states’ affairs and called
for their autonomy to
protect democracy
.
“The BJP govern-
ment is bulldozing fed-
eral structure of India.
interfering into state’s
affairs using agencies.
These agencies should
be given autonomy,”
she said at a press meet,
adding the “saffron par-
ty rule is worse than
that of Adolf Hitler, Jo-
seph Stalin or Benito
Mussolini”.
She referred to the re-
cent by the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) on RJD supremo
Lalu Prasad Yadav and
his family members.
When asked about the
recent cuts of fuel rates
by the BJP-led central
government and `200
subsidy on cooking gas
under the Ujjwala
scheme, Banerjee said,
“They (BJP) do this be-
fore any election. Only a
smallportionof theBPL
category is under Ujjwa-
la Yojana. How poor peo-
ple will buy a domestic
gas at a cost of `800?”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna, in Howrah.
The BJP-led central government is using the cen-
tral agencies to interfere in the state's affairs. It
is bulldozing the federal structure of the country.
There is Tughlaqi rule in force. The agencies must be
granted autonomy and allowed to work impartially
without any political interference.
—Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal CM
Family pension rules relaxed for missing Centre staff
New Delhi : In a major
relief, particularly for
government employees
serving in militancy af-
fected areas like Jam-
mu Kashmir, North-
East as well as Naxal
prone pockets,
Union MoS (Inde-
pendent Charge) Minis-
try of Science and Tech-
nology; Minister of
State (Independent
Charge) Ministry of
Earth Science; MoS of
PMO and Ministry of
Personnel, Public
Grievances Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra Sin-
gh announced that the
Government has re-
laxed family pension
rules for missing cen-
tral government em-
ployees.
Referring to the re-
cent OM of Department
of Pension in this re-
gard, the Minister said,
this is going to provide
huge relief particularly
in those regions where
instances of govern-
ment employees going
missing are reported
more frequently. He
said, some cases of ab-
duction of central gov-
ernment employees
working in violence-
prone areas have come
to the fore thus to pro-
tect them and their fam-
ily interests, the chang-
es in the pension rules
were brought about.
Dr Jitendra Singh
reminded that ever
since PM Modi came to
power in 2014, the Dept
of Pension Pension-
ers’ Welfare had intro-
duced a number of rev-
olutionary reforms. It
has been decided to ex-
tend benefits of this De-
partment’s OM No.
1/17/2011-PPW(E)
dated 25.06.2013 to fam-
ilies of Govt servants
covered by NPS who go
missing during service,
the Minister added.
Dr Jitendra Singh
India repatriates
3 Pak nationals
New Delhi: Three Pa-
kistani nationals were
repatriated on Monday
from India via Attari-
Wagah border transit
point, Pakistan High
Commission Tweeted.
“In close coordination
with @ForeignOfficePk
as well as Indian side, 3
Pakistan nationals who
were under imprison-
ment in India, were re-
patriated today via At-
tari-Wagah border.”
Min’s jibe @
RaGa: Fixed in
family photo frame
New Delhi: Taking a
swipe at Rahul Gandhi
over his critical com-
ments against the BJP,
Union Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
on Monday said while
the Congress’ existence
is on “ventilator”, the
“idiocy” of its leaders is
on “accelerator”.
“Fixed in a family
photo frame, the Con-
gress has confined it-
self to becoming a fake
kitty party,” the Un-
ion Minister Naqvi al-
leged.
Pb: Nomination process for
2 RS seats begins today
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Chief Electoral
Officer S Karuna Raju
said the nomination
process for polls to the
two RS seats from Pun-
jab will begin on Tues-
day. The term of office
of RS members Ambi-
ka Soni (Congress)
BS Bhunder (SAD),
elected from Punjab is
due to expire on their
retirement on July 4.
Scrutiny of nomina-
tions would be done on
June 1 date of candi-
dature withdrawal is
June 3, 2022.
lll
MOVE IS GOING
TO PROVIDE
MAJOR RELIEF
FOR EMPLOYEES
SERVING IN
MILITANCY
AFFECTED AREAS
LIKE JK,
NORTHEAST AS
WELL AS NAXAL
PRONE POCKETS
OF THE COUNTRY
Mandaviya lauds ASHA workers for
their role in Covid-19 management
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya on
Monday congratulated
alltheASHAworkersfor
bagging World Health
Organization (WHO) Di-
rector-General’s Global
Health Leaders’ Award
and said that they have
played a key role in the
country’sresponsetothe
prevention and manage-
ment of the Covid-19.
“Congratulations to
alltheASHAworkerson
being conferred the
WHODirector-General’s
Global Health Leaders’
Award. ASHA workers
are at the forefront of
healthcare delivery and
played a key role in the
country’sresponsetothe
prevention and manage-
ment of the Covid-19,”
Mandaviya tweeted.
Earlier, PM Narendra
Modi congratulated all
ASHA workers saying
that they are at the fore-
front ensure a healthy
India.
Union Health Min Mansukh Mandaviya interacts with Nepal’s Health
Min, Birodh Khatiwada at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
India would like
to express its dis-
appointment
over the manner in which
the report by WHO on all-
cause excess mortality
was prepared and pub-
lished, ignoring the con-
cern expressed by India
and other countries.
—Mansukh Mandviya,
Union Health Minister
‘India big brother to Sri Lanka’:
Namal Rajapaksa thanks India
Colombo(ANI):Former
Sri Lankan cabinet Min-
ister Namal Rajapaksa
on Monday extended
gratitude to India for the
latest round of humani-
tarian aid and essential
items sent to Sri Lanka
worth Rs 2 Billion.
Namal Rajapaksa,
who is the son of the
former PM Mahinda
Rajapaksa, said that In-
dia has been a big broth-
er to the country
throughout the years,
something that they
will never forget.
India handed over a
large amount of hu-
manitarian aid con-
signment to the island
country which reached
Colombo on Sunday
.
Namal Rajapaksa@RajapaksaNamal
Grateful to PM Narendra Modi,
Hon CM MK Stalin the
people of India for the aid es-
sential items sent to LKA. India certainly
has been a big brother a good friend
to LKA throughout the years, something
that we will never forget! Thank you.
CRUCIAL READS
MAHARASHTRA: SHIV SENA’s 'NO' TO
INDEPENDENTS IN RS POLLS
KERALA HC GRANTS INTERIM RELIEF TO
P C GEORGE IN HATE SPEECH CASE
Mumbai: Effectively shutting the door
on Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati of
Kolhapur, the Shiv Sena made it clear that
it wouldn’t support any independent can-
didate in upcoming RS polls. Sena's Chief
Spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that the
party will put up two candidates exuded
confidence that both will win. —Agencies
Kochi: The Kerala HC restrained police
from arresting senior politician ex- MLA
PC George till May 26 in a criminal case
registered against him for making a hate
speech. Considering the anticipatory bail
plea moved by George, the HC granted him
interim relief with conditions. The court
will take up the case on May 26. —ANI
KHALISTANI OGWs ASKED TO TARGET
GOODS TRAINS IN PUNJAB BY ISI
New Delhi: Intelligence agencies have warned that Paki-
stan’s ISI is planning to entail serious damage on India
by directing Khalistani Over Ground Workers or sleeper
cells to target railway tracks in Punjab nearby states,
according to sources in the security network. Quot-
ing intelligence inputs, sources said that ISI has been
contemplating to target Railway tracks especially when
goods trains are passing. —ANI
JK COPS NABS 5 HYBRID’ LET
TERRORISTS IN BARAMULLA DISTRICT
Srinagar/Baramulla: The J K Police said they have ar-
rested five ‘hybrid’ terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-
e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, three of whom were allegedly
involved in the killing of a sarpanch in Baramulla district
last month. The arrests were made during separate
police actions - two of them were held with arms and
ammunition in the Srinagar city on Monday, while the
rest three from Baramulla. Probe in underway. —ANI
Microplastics found in fish of
Uttarkhand’s Alaknanda river
Srinagar (PTI): Micro-
plastics have been found
in the guts of fish in the
Alaknanda, a major riv-
er that flows through
Srinagar city of Pauri
district in Uttarakhand.
The research which re-
vealed the presence of
harmful polymer frag-
ments and fine particles
of nylon, including mi-
croplastics, was con-
ducted by the Himala-
yan Aquatic Biodiversi-
ty Department of Hem-
wati Nandan Bahuguna
Garhwal University
.
These plastic parti-
cles are harmful for the
fish as well as those who
consume them. Aquatic
Biodiversity Depart-
ment head Dr Jaspal
Singh Chauhan told PTI
that he along with his
team conducted the re-
search for the last sev-
eralmonths.Theyfound
the presence of small
particles and fibres of
plastic in the body of
fish.
Expressing concern,
Dr Singh said if the con-
dition of fish in a moun-
tain river is like this,
then the situation in the
plains could be even
more dangerous, where
plastic and other waste
is being dumped direct-
ly into the rivers on a
large scale.
The Alaknanda river in
Rudraprayag. —PHOTO BY ANI

BIZ BUZZ
06
EXPECTATION OF RATE HIKE IN
NEXT POLICY ‘A NO-BRAINER’
New Delhi (PTI): RBI
Governor Shaktikanta
Das on Monday hinted
at another interest rate
hike in early June to
bring down stubbornly
high inflation rate
which has remained
above the tolerance
level for the past four
months.
“Expectation of rate
hike, it’s a no-brainer.
There will be some
hike but how much I
will not be able to tell
now... To say that 5.15
(per cent) may not be
very accurate,” Das
said in an interview
with CNBC-TV18.
The next meeting of
the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) is
scheduled for June 6-8.
RBI, in its first rate
move in two years and
its first hike in nearly
four years, raised the
repo rate by 40 basis
points to 4.40% follow-
ing an off-cycle meet-
ing earlier this month.
In April RBI raised
its inflation forecast for
the current fiscal year
to 5.7% from earlier es-
timate of 4.5% and low-
ered its GDP estimate
to 7.2% from 7.8% for
2022-23, citing the im-
pact of escalating geo-
political tensions trig-
gered by the Russia-
Ukraine war.
Das further said the
RBI and government
has entered into anoth-
er phase of coordinat-
ed action to cool down
inflation.
RBI has taken a num-
ber of steps to moder-
ate inflation in the last
2-3 months, he said,
adding that the govern-
ment on other hand has
taken measures, in-
cluding wheat export
ban and cut in excise
duty on petrol and die-
sel.
All these put togeth-
er will have sobering
impact on price rise, he
added.
Retail inflation has
been above RBI’s upper
tolerance level for the
past four months.
The government has
mandated MPC headed
by the RBI Governor to
keep the retail inflation
between 2 to 6%.
As per the latest
print, the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) infla-
tion increased to 7.79%
against 6.95% in the
previous month and
4.21% in April 2021.
“Interest rates in al-
most every country to-
day are negative, ex-
cept Russia and Brazil.
The target for inflation
for advanced econo-
mies is about 2%. Ex-
cept for Japan and one
more country, all ad-
vanced economies have
inflation of over 7%,”
he said.
“We will move to-
wards positive real
rates, but it is impossi-
ble to forecast how
soon because of the
evolving situation,”
said the governor.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das hints at another interest rate hike in early June
40 BPS HIKE
Davos (PTI): As the
rich and powerful from
across the globe gather
here for the World Eco-
nomic Forum Annual
Meeting 2022, Oxfam
International on Mon-
day said the COVID-19
pandemic has seen one
new billionaire emerg-
ing every 30 hours,
while nearly one mil-
lion people could be
pushed into extreme
poverty every 33 hours
this year.
Releasing a report ti-
tled ‘Profiting from
Pain’ here in Davos, the
rights group further
said as the cost of es-
sential goods rises fast-
er than it has in dec-
ades, billionaires in the
food and energy sectors
are increasing their
fortunes by $1 bil-
lion every two
days.
“Billionaires
are arriving in
Davos to cele-
brate an incredible
surge in their fortunes.
The pandemic and now
the steep increases in
food and energy prices
have, simply put, been a
bonanza for them.
Meanwhile, decades of
progress on extreme
poverty are now in re-
verse and millions of
people are facing im-
possible rises in the
cost of simply staying
alive,” said Gabriela
Bucher, Executive Di-
rector of Oxfam Inter-
national.
The report showed
that 573 people became
new billionaires dur-
ing the pandemic, at the
rate of one every 30
hours.
“We expect this year
that 263 million more
people will crash into
extreme poverty, at a
rate of a million people
every 33 hours,” Oxfam
International said.
Billionaires’ wealth
has risen more in the
first 24 months of COV-
ID-19 than in 23 years
combined. The total
wealth of the world’s
billionaires is now
equivalent to 13.9% of
global GDP, marking a
three-fold increase from
4.4% in 2000, it added.
COVID CREATED NEW BILLIONAIRE EVERY 30 HOURS
The Oxfam International report
showed that 573 people became new
billionaires during the pandemic
The total wealth
of the world’s
billionaires is
now equivalent
to 13.9% of
global GDP,
marking a three-
fold increase
from 4.4%
in 2000
Q4 GDP growth
may have
slowed to 3.5%
Mumbai (PTI): The
economic growth
may have slowed to
3.5% in fourth quar-
ter of 2021-22 from
5.4% in the previous
three-month period
due to the impact of
higher commodity
prices on margins,
decline in wheat
yields and on higher
base, Icra Ratings
said. The agency
said the hiccups in
the recovery of the
contact-intensive
services attributable
to the third wave
of Covid-19 in the
country may have
also affected the
economic growth in
the quarter.
P-Notes
investment up
to `90,580 cr
New Delhi (PTI):
Investments in the
Indian capital mar-
kets through P-notes
increased slightly
to `90,580 crore at
the end of April, as
foreign investors are
shifting allocation
from China to India
amid a significant
economic slow-
down in the most
populated country.
P-notes are issued
by registered FPIs to
overseas investors
who wish to be a part
of the Indian stock
market without reg-
istering themselves
directly. They need
to go through a due
diligence process.
Akasa Air to
get 1st aircraft
by mid-June
Mumbai (PTI): Do-
mestic startup carrier
Akasa Air said its
first aircraft is being
given final touches at
the Boeing Portland
facility in the US,
which is expected to
be delivered to the
airline by mid-next
month. Ace investor
Rakesh Jhunjhun-
wala-backed Akasa
Air also said that it
is on track to launch
its commercial op-
erations by July. The
airline plans to fly 18
aircraft by the end of
March 2023 across
domestic routes in
the country, focusing
on metro to tier -II/
III cities.
GRAND i10
NIOS Corporate
Edn launched
New Delhi (PTI):
Hyundai Motor India
on Monday said it
has launched GRAND
i10 NIOS Corporate
Edition with prices
starting from `6.28
lakh (ex-showroom).
Powered by 1.2
litre petrol engine,
the new model trim
comes with both
manual and automat-
ic powertrains. The
five-speed manual
variant is priced at
`6.28 lakh while the
automated manual
transmission (AMT)
is tagged at `6.97
lakh.
India set to be
leader in green
hydrogen: Puri
Davos (PTI): India
is more conscious
of going for green
energy than any
other country in the
world, Union Petro-
leum and Natural
Gas Minister Hard-
eep Singh Puri said
on Monday
.
He said special
emphasis is being
given on green hy-
drogen, biofuel
blending and explo-
ration and produc-
tion of biofuel from
alternative sources.
Puri asserted
that India would
eventually become
aleader inthegreen
hydrogen space.
The target of 20%
of ethanol blending
has been brought
forward from 2030
to 2025 and it would
be definitely
achieved, he said.
‘OIL @ $110 BIGGER THREAT
THAN INFLATION’
New Delhi (Agencies): Union petroleum and
natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri said
oil prices staying at $110/bar-
rel could pose bigger threats
than inflation to the global
economy. “If oil prices remain
at $110 (per barrel) you are
not just talking about infla-
tion, then you’re talking about bigger threats.
You know, that’s where the R (recession)
word comes in,” Puri told a TV channel in an
interview at Davos.
Will continue
radical
reforms: Kant
Davos (PTI): India is
in the midst of a ma-
jor transformation in
the digital space, and
a strong
political
leader-
ship and
the com-
mitment
to continue with rad-
ical reforms would
play a key role in tak-
ing India to a leader-
ship role in the global
economy, Niti Aayog
CEO said. He also
called upon global in-
vestors to join the
India growth story
.
Markets pare gains to end flat in volatile trade
Mumbai (PTI): In a
highly choppy session,
equity benchmarks
pared early gains to set-
tle on a flat note on
Monday, with the
Sensex falling 38 points
amid a heavy sell-off in
metal stocks.
The 30-share BSE
benchmark Sensex en-
countered volatility
during the day and set-
tled 37.78 points or
0.07% lower at 54,288.61.
During the day, it hit a
high of 54,931.30 and a
low of 54,191.55.
The broader NSE Nif-
ty declined 51.45 points
or 0.32% to end at
16,214.70.
From the Sensex
firms, Tata Steel tum-
bled the most by 12.53%,
followed by UltraTech
Cement, ITC, Power
Grid, HDFC, HDFC
Bank, HCL Technolo-
gies and Reliance In-
dustries.
In contrast, MM,
Maruti, Hindustan Uni-
lever, Larsen Toubro,
Asian Paints and Kotak
Mahindra Bank were
among the gainers.
` RECOVERS FROM RECORD LOWS TO END 15
PAISE HIGHER AT 77.55/$
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee recovered from record lows and
settled 15 paise higher at 77.55 (provisional) against the
US dollar on Monday, supported by a weak greenback
overseas. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit
opened at 77.69 against the US dollar. It moved in a range
of 77.51 to 77.69 during the session. The rupee finally
snapped its three-session losing streak and closed at
77.55, registering a rise of 15 paise over its previous close.
HEATWAVE TO HURT INDIA’S
GROWTH,SAYS MOODY’S
New Delhi (PTI): Pro-
longed high tempera-
tures are credit nega-
tive for India, as that
could exacerbate infla-
tion and hurt growth,
Moody’s Investors Ser-
vice said on Monday
.
Over the longer term,
India’s highly negative
credit exposure to phys-
icalclimaterisksmeans
its economic growth
will likely become more
volatile as it faces in-
creasing, and more ex-
treme incidences of
climate-related shocks,
it noted. The agency
said although heat
waves are fairly com-
mon in India, they usu-
ally occur in May and
June. However, this
year New Delhi wit-
nessed the fifth heat-
wave in May with the
maximum temperature
touching 490
celsius.
“The prolonged high
temperatures, which
are affecting much of
the northwest of the
country
, will curb wheat
production and could
lead to extended power
outages, exacerbating
already high inflation
and hurting growth, a
credit negative.”
The Indian govt has
revised down its esti-
mates for wheat produc-
tion by 5.4% to 105 mil-
lion tonnes for the crop
year ending June 2022,
given lower yields amid
higher temperatures.
Steel prices likely to
fall up to 15%: EEPC
Kolkata (PTI): In the
wake of rising input
costs, especially prima-
ry steel, the govern-
ment’s decision to re-
move import duty on
raw materials for the
metal production would
lower costs for domestic
steelmakers and reduce
prices by around 10%,
an Engineering Export
Promotion Council of-
ficial said on Monday
.
The move would help
engineering goods man-
ufacturers and export-
ers become more com-
petitive in the global
markets, EEPC India
chairman Mahesh De-
sai said.
He also said, “imposi-
tion of export duty on
iron ores and a host of
steel intermediaries
would increase the do-
mestic availability of
the key industry in-
puts”.
Unsustainable to
sell fuel in India,
say Pvt retailers
New Delhi (PTI):
RBML — the joint ven-
ture of RIL and super-
major BP — has told the
government that fuel
retailing for the private
sector in India has be-
come unsustainable af-
ter market-controlling
public sector firms fre-
quently froze petrol and
diesel prices at rates
way below the cost,
sources said.
Despite a surge in oil
prices, state-owned
IOC, HPCL and BPCL
first froze petrol and
diesel rates for a record
137 days beginning ear-
ly Nov 2021 when five
states including UP
went to the polls, and
last month again went
into a hiatus that is now
47 days old.
“They (RML) has
written to the petrole-
um ministry over the
fuel pricing issue,” a
source said.
While RBML is scal-
ing down its retail op-
erations to cut some of
the `700 crore loss it is
incurring every month,
Russia’s Rosneft-backed
Nayara Energy has
raised prices of petrol
and diesel by up to `3 a
litre over and above the
PSU rates, to cover for
some losses.
Two sources aware of
the matter said RBML
contends that PSU oil
marketing companies
control over 90% of the
market and are the
price-setters, leaving no
room for private fuel re-
tailers in fixation of the
retail selling price of
petrol and diesel.

07
NEWS
Expert:Monkeypoxlikelyspreadbysexat2ravesinEurope
London (AP): A lead-
ing adviser to the World
Health Organization
described the unprece-
dented outbreak of the
rare disease monkey-
pox in developed coun-
tries as a random event
that might be explained
by risky sexual behav-
iour at two recent mass
events in Europe.
In an interview with
The Associated Press,
Dr David Heymann,
who formerly headed
WHO’s emergencies
department, said the
leading theory to ex-
plain the spread of the
disease was sexual
transmission among
gay and bisexual men
at two raves held in
Spain and Belgium.
Monkeypox has not
previously triggered
widespread outbreaks
beyond Africa, where it
is endemic in animals.
Weknowmonkeypox
can spread when there
is close contact with
the lesions of someone
who is infected, and it
looks like sexual con-
tact has now amplified
that transmission, said
Heymann.
That marks a signifi-
cant departure from
the disease’s typical
pattern of spread in
central and western Af-
rica, where people are
mainly infected by ani-
mals like wild rodents
and primates and out-
breaks have not spilled
across borders.
To date, WHO has
recorded more than 90
cases of monkeypox in
a dozen countries in-
cluding Britain, Spain,
Israel, France, Swit-
zerland, the US and
Australia.
Madrid’s senior
health official said on
Monday that the Span-
ish capital has recorded
30 confirmed cases so
far. Enrique Ruiz Escu-
dero said authorities
are investigating possi-
ble links between a re-
cent Gay Pride event in
the Canary Islands,
which drew some 80,000
people, and cases at a
Madrid sauna.
Heymann chaired
an urgent meeting of
WHO’s advisory group
on infectious disease
threats on Friday to as-
sess the ongoing epi-
demic and said there
was no evidence to
suggest that monkey-
pox might have mu-
tated into a more infec-
tious form.
WORLD HEALTH
BODY DESCRIBES
UNPRECEDENTED
OUTBREAK OF
THE RARE
DISEASE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Amit Shah (L) discussing matters on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
A view of people affected by Monkeypox. —PHOTO BY PTI
The leading theory to explain the
spread of the disease was sexual
transmission among gay and bi-
sexual men at two raves held in Spain
and Belgium.
—Dr David Heymann, Heads WHO’s emergencies department
Inter-State Council,
which works to promote
and support coopera-
tive federalism in the
country
, has been recon-
stituted with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi as chairman and
chief ministers of all
states and six Union
ministers as members.
Ten union ministers
will be the permanent
invitees to the Inter-
State Council, accord-
ing to an official notifi-
cation.
The government has
also reconstituted the
standing committee of
the Inter-State Council
with Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah as
chairman. While the
prime minister is the
chairman, chief minis-
ters of all states and
Union Territories hav-
ing a legislative assem-
bly and the administra-
tors of UTs not having a
legislative assembly
have been made mem-
bers.
The union ministers
who were made mem-
bers of the council are:
Rajnath Singh, Amit
Shah, Nirmala Sithara-
man, Narendra Singh
Tomar, Virendra Ku-
mar, Hardeep Singh
Puri, Nitin Gadkari, S
Jaishankar, Arjun
Munda, Piyush Goyal,
Dhamendra Pradhan,
Pralhad Joshi, Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat,
Kiren Rijiju and Bhu-
pender Yadav.
The mandate of the
council is to create a
strong institutional
framework to promote
and support coopera-
tive federalism in the
country
.
It also facilitates con-
sideration of all pend-
ing and emerging is-
sues of the centre- state
and inter-state relations
by the zonal councils
and inter-state council
and develop a sound
system of monitoring
the implementation of
the recommendations
of the inter-state coun-
cil and zonal councils.
PM headed Inter-State
Council reconstituted
10 UNION MINISTERS WILL BE THE PERMANENT INVITEES TO THE
INTER-STATE COUNCIL, ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
THE STANDING COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE AMIT SHAH AS CHAIRMAN
NEW DELHI: In a separate notification, the Union
home ministry said the composition of the
standing committee of the Inter-State Council
will be: Amit Shah (chairman) while members
include Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman,
Narendra Singh Tomar, Virendra Kumar and
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The chief minis-
ters of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
are also members of the standing committee of
the Inter-State Council.
Jammu (PTI): Jam-
mu and Kashmir BJP
president Ravinder
Raina on Monday al-
leged that a lobby is
working to defame his
party as he tried to
pacify angry workers
protesting the re-ad-
vertising of posts un-
der three schemes
where these people
were employed.
The govt had on Fri-
day re-advertised 'Re-
hbar-e-Janglat', Re-
hbar-e-Zirat' and Re-
hbar-e-Khel' posts
through the Service
Selection Board and
had said additional
weightage and age re-
laxation will be given
to those already work-
ing on these posts.
Hundreds of people
employed under these
schemes assembled
outsideBJPheadquar-
ters and staged a dem-
onstration demanding
revocation of the or-
der under apprehen-
sion of end of their
services.
A J-K Admn lobby working
to defame BJP, says Raina
S
S
NO PLANS TO DISENGAGE ‘REHBAR-E-KHEL’
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina.
MNS CLAIMS 2
DARGAHS IN
PUNE BUILT ON
TEMPLE LAND
First India Bureau
Pune: Amid the Gyan-
vapi mosque row, the
MNS has claimed that
two dargahs had been
built on the Punyesh-
war temple land in Ma-
harashtra's Pune city
.
MNS general secre-
tary Ajay Shinde on
Sunday said they have
launched the 'Punyesh-
warMukti'(freethetem-
ple land) campaign, and
appealed to people to
support the Raj Thack-
eray-led party's fight in
restoring the temple
land.
Citing a recent survey
of theGyanvapimosque,
Shinde said, the govern-
ment has started wak-
ing up in the wake of
Raj Thackeray's stand
on Hindutva.
‘BJP trying to provoke Muslims’
Srinagar (PTI): PDP
chief Mehbooba Mufti
on Monday alleged that
the fundamentals of the
country are being shak-
en, its Constitution
shredded, and the BJP
ministers are compet-
ing among themselves
to harass Muslims.
The former chief
minister of Jammu and
Kashmir also accused
the BJP of trying to
provoke and instigate
the Muslims to create
an opportunity for
their “genocide”.
Mehbooba's
remarks came in re-
sponse to a question
over Assam chief min-
ister Himanta Biswa
Sarma's statement that
madrassas should
cease to exist.
“This is not some-
thingnew.Theirshakhas
are running where they
provide training in
sword and bow-
arrow fighting. There is
a competition going on
whether to turn India
into a Gujarat model or
a UP model. The Assam
chief minister wants to
get a few steps ahead of
them,” she told report-
ers at the PDP head of-
ficehereonthesidelines
of a programme.
Mehbooba urged
the people to recall
the treatment
meted out to
Muslims in
B J P - r u l e d
states in the
recent past.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Minority Af-
fairs Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi inaugurated a
two-day orientation-
cum-training pro-
gramme for Haj 2022
deputationists, in New
Delhi on Monday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Naqvi said that
the Government has
ended “political deceit
of Haj subsidy” with
transparency and com-
mitment to “Decisions
with Delivery”.
He said that signifi-
cant reforms done by
the Government in the
entire Haj process have
made the process com-
pletely transparent and
the Indian Government
has made arrangements
so that there is no un-
necessary financial bur-
den on the Haj pilgrims
who will be performing
Haj after two years. Naq-
vi said that hundred per
cent digital/online Haj
process has fulfilled the
dream of “Ease of Do-
ing Haj” for Indian Mus-
lims and the process is
one of the best examples
of “Digital India”. The
Minister said that the
Haj 2022 is taking place
withsignificantreforms
giving utmost priority
to health and well-being
of the Haj pilgrims.
Naqvi inaugurates 2-day orientation-cum
training programme for Haj 2022 deputationists
A total of 357 will
be deployed in
Saudi Arabia to
assist the Indian
Haj pilgrims
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at the
inaguration of orientattion-cum-training programme for Haj 2022
deputationists, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY AGENCIES
TN:Gold,foreign
currency seized
DIGILOCKER SERVICES NOW ON THE
MYGOV HELPDESK ON WHATSAPP
Chennai (PTI): Nearly
3 kg of gold and various
foreign currencies were
seized from internation-
al passengers at the air-
port here in different
incidents, the Customs
said on Monday
.
In one case, 1.4 kg of
gold in paste form con-
cealed in the shoes by a
passenger who arrived
from Dubai was seized
on information.
“On extraction, one
gold ingot totally weigh-
ing 1.402 kg, valued at Rs
64.98 lakh, was confis-
cated under the Cus-
toms Act, 1962,” it said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In a major
initiative to make Gov-
ernment services acces-
sible, inclusive, trans-
parent and simple, My-
Gov on Monday an-
nounced that citizens
will now be able to use
the MyGov Helpdesk on
WhatsApp to access the
Digilocker service.
This includes creat-
ing and authenticating
their Digilocker ac-
count, downloading
documents such as PAN
card, driving license, ve-
hicle registration cer-
tificate, among others,
all on WhatsApp. The
Government under the
leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has been working
for “Ease of Living”
through Digital India.
In this context, the
MyGov Helpdesk on
WhatsApp is a major
step to ensure govern-
ance and government
services at the finger-
tips of citizens.

Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Megha Shyam Soni, Shivendra
Parmar and Ravi Sharma at the New JC Show. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

z In the Chintan Shi-
vir, Congress has in-
formally handed the
leadership to Rahul
Gandhi. Considering
his past working
style, do you think he
will be able to take
the party further?
Jagdeesh Chandra:
He can, provided he ful-
fills two conditions. The
first requirement being
thatRahulGandhisitsin
the office designated and
where if anyone goes to
meet and sends their
card, then the person is
apprised of the time it
wouldtakeforthemtobe
called in. The second re-
quirement is accessibili-
ty
. Set aside the Chief
Ministers, Congress
MLAs,MPs,otherpublic
representatives, and
workers should get time
to meet when they seek a
meeting with Rahul.
Look at how PM Naren-
dra Modi’s and Amit
Shah’s office function.
You seek a meeting and
their response comes
soon. So Congress’s fu-
ture will depend on ac-
cessibility to workers
and representatives. But
if Rahulstayslikebefore
with limited or difficult
accessibility
, for exam-
ple, workers from Ra-
jasthanhavenotmethim
for over one year, there-
fore everything depends
on how Rahul conducts
party affairs in the com-
ing months.

z But do you actually
see this ‘on and off’
behaviour of Rahul
changing, especially
when the youth lead-
ers and workers are
growing impatient?
Well, it is a wishful
thinking but yes there
is a thought in this re-
gard. And a thought can
become reality also. If
he sits in the office, be-
comes accessible to the
public then all this is
also possible. Though
keeping in mind the
past, such a hope should
not be kept but change
can also happen.

z Will Rahul bring
about a change in his
office team along
with the changes in
organisation?
He may do it. When I
was coming here, an in-
former gave me a list of
names of Rahul’s new
team wherein Manik
Tagore, Jyoti Mani, Vi-
jendra Singla, Krishna
Rao, Amrinder Raja, BV
Sriniwas,PrakashJoshi
and various others may
find themselves in Ra-
hul’s team. So the new
team of these individu-
als, it is believed that
they will think of some-
thing new and they all
will have only one chal-
lenge that is of access to
Rahul Gandhi, how will
they get their works dis-
posed by Rahul Gandhi.
It is sure that changes
are happening in Ra-
hul’s team and will hap-
pen in the future as well.

z Ajay Maken played
an active role in the
Chintan Shivir. Do
you think he can get a
major role in the
coming times?
AjayMakenhasemerged
as an excellent Yes Man.
He understands how the
Gandhi family functions
and how the word is said
in Delhi. He is close to
Rahulandputsupthings
inabettermanner.Ihave
heard that he had a ma-
jor contribution in the
BharatJodoslogangiven
during the Chintan Shi-
vir. He read the last pro-
posal on the last day of
the camp. So he is a ‘feel
good’man.Heisagentle-
man, a good person and
reasonably popular in
Delhi.Soitseemsthathe
may be given the charge
currently held by KC
Venugopal.Interestingly
,
two people have gained
from the Chintan Shivir.
One is Ashok Gehlot and
suppose he has gained
eightypercent,soMaken
hasgainedfortypercent.
Soitcanbehopedthathe
will be given a new role
and it is said that he has
had his fill of Rajasthan
sohemaylooktomoveto
some other role.

z Who do you think is
Gandhi family’s
‘Ahmed Patel’ in
today’s time? And
how do you see KC
Venugopal’s role in
that aspect?
It is a mirage to find an-
other Ahmed Patel in
Congress since there is
none. Ahmed Bhai was a
miracle. If any leader
from any political party
called him up asking if
Mrs Gandhi was angry
or miffed with them, so
he would be the point
person giving assuranc-
es that all was well. He
was a master combina-
tionof handlingpolitical
affairs and alliance poli-
tics. There is no alterna-
tive to late Ahmed Patel
and it would be wrong to
equate KC with Ahmed
Bhai. KC is also a good
party leader but some-
one in Delhi told me that
off late he has started
keeping his main door
shut and those who have
tomeethim,onlyahand-
ful of people, get to do so
through back door entry
to his house. The basic
issue is that these lead-
ers perhaps do not want
to face the crowd. The
majorflawinRahulGan-
dhi’s team is that they
are afraid of crowd and
wanttostayalone,which
is suicidal in politics
wherealeaderisbornor
dies only through the
footfallathisorherdoor.
I am sorry to say
, he is
not a success in Kerala,
he does not speak any
North India language
and so I question Rahul
Gandhi’s judgment to
put him on such an im-
portant position. I am
not against KC but we
are talking about princi-
pal here. So In a nutshell
there is no alternative to
Ahmed Bhai.

z What are the chal-
lenges before Rahul
Gandhi in current
situation?
The biggest challenge
before Rahul is consist-
ency
. He should sit in the
office and the office
should function as a
properoffice.If someone
sends him a letter they
should get its reply with-
in a week. Thirdly his
speeches need to be pre-
pared.HeisnoNarendra
Modi in that aspect but
one can prepare well
still. Sometimes he gives
a fiery and sensible
speech that one wants to
reward him, but gener-
ally
, he moves away from
the path. The problem is
that the issue that he
picks he is unable to
bring a connect between
thatissueandthepeople.
The on and off issue is a
reality with Rahul. He
goesonforeignvisitsand
it is alright to do so but
there should not be any
secrecy around it.

z Will Congress’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra be
a success?
It will be a success since
the idea is good. I will
have to compliment him
on one point that he
knows that Congress
will not come to power
for5-7years.Hesaidthat
we will have to sweat
hardwhilestressingthat
wehavebeendisconnect-
ed from the public. He
stressed that shortcuts
won’t work. Now the is-
sue is that the Yatra will
be taken out and natu-
rally there will be much
enthusiasminCongress-
ruled states. So, I believe
that in totality
, the Yatra
will be reasonably good
and successful since the
idea is good. This is why
he said that he wants to
come out of the room
and reach the masses.
This is a good point but
the real issue is that as
long as he is confined to
the room, there should
be accessibility too.

z During her speech
in CWC, Sonia Gan-
dhi asked the leaders
to give their due to
the party. Who do
you think she was
referring to?
See this was an emotion-
al speech and basically
the driving force behind
it was the pressure cre-
ated by the G—23 forces.
Although some people
interpret it in a different
mannerandsaidthatshe
had hinted her state-
ments towards the two
Chief Ministers.ButIdo
not think so since both
CMs are loyal and one
CM—AshokGehlot—is
totally indispensible. My
old belief that as long as
Congress stays in power
in rajasthan, Gehlot will
be the Chief Minister.

z What is your take
on Rahul Gandhi’s
suggestion of
reserving 50 percent
seats for the youth?
It is a good slogan he has
given that fifty percent
tickets should be given
to those under 45 years
of age which is a wel-
come decision, But
when this policy will be
implemented and its
pros and cons come to
light, the entire gamut
of the policy will be
known then. It is a good
slogan and a good effort
which should be carried
out. So on papers, it is
goodbutwhentheygoto
implement it, all the
policies and decisions
are of no use then when
other factors come into
play and then you work
under compulsions. So
let’s see how they are ex-
ecuted and implement-
ed in the coming days.

z Is the one family
one ticket rule adopt-
ed by Congress prac-
tical? Is it an attempt
of the Congress to
make itself free of dy-
nasty politics or per-
haps come out of the
shadow of dynasty
politics allegations
levelled against it?
SeeIhavesaidthisinthe
past that Rahul Gandhi
is a sensible and princi-
pledperson.InfactSonia
Gandhi, when she was
asked as to why dont she
givetheroletoPriyanka,
she stressed that politi-
cally Rahul is more ma-
ture. So, Sonia keeps Ra-
hulinfrontonallaspects.
Secondly as far as this
decision being practical,
wellthatwouldbeknown
onlyonceit’simplement-
ed in the coming days.

z But they have found
a way around the
principal by making
an exception for
those who have
worked for the party
for five years.
In many aspects, Con-
gress is called a ‘Sarka-
ri party’. Like it hap-
pens in the government
that if CM wants the
policies or principles
can be twisted and done
away with in cases. So
this proposal is some-
thing on those lines
and it is also true that
Rahul Gandhi agrees
with Modi and BJP that
dynasty politics should
not happen. That is
why he keeps saying
that the party presi-
dent should be some-
one other than the Gan-
dhis family member.
During the show
#JConRahulGandhi
trended top All-India
on Twitter
Editor-in-Chief of First India
Jagdeesh Chandra gives an in-depth
analysis as in an ongoing ‘indecisive
and uncertain’ leadership scenario in
the Congress, the party must
immediately secure a clear YES OR
NO from Rahul Gandhi, whether he
wants or not to take the direct
responsibility of Congress President
RAHUL NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE,
TO PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES AND PUBLIC ALIKE!
50% SEATS FOR THE YOUTH
50% tickets should be given to those under
45 years of age is a welcome decision. On
papers it is good but when they go to implement
it, all the policies and decisions are of no use
then when other factors come into play and then
you work under compulsions.
YOU READ PART-1
ON MAY 23, 2022
THERE IS NO
ALTERNATIVE TO
LATE AHMED PATEL
It is a mirage to find
another Ahmed Patel
in Congress since there
is none. If any leader
from any political party
called him up asking if
Mrs Gandhi was angry
or miffed with them, so
he would be the point
person giving assuranc-
es that all was well. He
was a master combina-
tion of handling political
affairs and alliance
politics. There is no al-
ternative to late Ahmed
Patel and it would be
wrong to equate KC
with Ahmed Bhai.
08
2NDFRONT
The man who can learn
from the experience of
others has learnt the
most valuable lesson.
—Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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MAY 24, 2022
ell us some-
thing about
yourself.
My name is
Shabnamistan
Jabeen and I am
an actress turned model.
I have completed my
Masters’s in Journalism
and Mass communica-
tion from Manav Rachna
International University
.
I am looking forward to
going for PhD now.
Why did you go for
modelling and acting
as professions?
I have been doing model-
ling since 2014. I’m into
acting because I have an
immense passion for it. I
love to face the camera
and express my thoughts
to the audience. Model-
ling gives me the confi-
dence to portray my iden-
tity, style and potential. I
love experimenting with
different poses and looks.
I love both these fields.
What challenges did
you face in this indus-
try?
I faced intense competi-
tion in this industry and
have seen many people
fail here. However, dedi-
cated and hardworking
people never fail to fulfil
their dream. I have
learnt that punctuality
and discipline are very
important in both my
professions.
We would like to know
about your achieve-
ments.
I have won several beau-
ty pageants. The first
one was in the year 2009
after which I received
multiple offers. I
walked the ramp for
the first time in 2015
when I participated in
Amazon India Fashion
Week(AIFW).Afterthat,
I participated in Delhi
Times Fashion Week
and MFW and many oth-
er couture shows. I have
shot for over 2,700
brands till now in both
India as well as in oth-
ercountries.Iaminto
theatre and have
done many shows. I
have even been a
part of advertise-
ments, documen-
taries and music
albums.
Where do you
see yourself af-
ter five years
from now?
I wish to see my-
self working on
inter national
projects. Apart
from Indian pro-
jects, I have also
involved myself
in multiple pro-
jects based in
Dubai and
Oman. I wish
to continue get-
ting such opportunities
to showcase my talent.
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THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN IS NOT LIMITED TO THE
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have been ex-
tremely privi-
leged when it
concerns the
education I
have received.
Each tryst with the
many institutions that
I have been blessed to
study at, has present-
ed a unique, insight-
ful, experience. Be it
the boarding school in
the hills of Dehra
Dun, college in the
heart of Delhi Univer-
sity or post-gradua-
tion in the bustle of
cosmopolitan Mum-
bai; all the places, fac-
es, and experiences
have contributed infi-
nitely, to the person I
am today. There is
however one study-
stint that perhaps tops
the list, not necessari-
ly because it was bet-
ter than the rest, pure-
ly because it taught
me personally, the
most. And that would
have to be film school.
The year and a half I
spent at the New York
Film Academy’s Los
Angeles (Universal
Studios) branch was
life-altering. And that
is what I’d like to share
with you today
.
CONFIDENCE BOOSTER
First and foremost, it
was the first time I
was abroad, for the
long-term, living
alone. Nothing quite
prepared me for what
was to come. Having
lived by myself
through college in In-
dia, I was still very
protected. It was al-
ways in familiar sur-
roundings, among
people and places I
knew.
Now, in LA, I was
back in the United
States only for the
second time since hol-
idaying there with my
parents as a young
kid. This time, I had
to fend for myself.
Find an apartment,
enter into a lease,
open a bank account,
shop for and set up a
home, all on my own.
There were days when
it seemed like an in-
surmountable, daunt-
ing task. But it all got
done rather quickly,
and in the process,
taught me so much
about being in a for-
eign country and
managing on my own.
From the littlest
chore such as clean-
ing one’s bathroom
to, shopping and
cooking a meal; living
abroad alone is one of
life’s greatest teach-
ers, and it helps one
develop several life-
long skill sets.
PERSPECTIVE
WORLD VIEW
I also had the chance,
for the first time, to
have such an extend-
ed interaction with
people/students from
all over the world.
Again, like living in
one’s own country
breeds familiarity,
hanging out with
one’s friends and fam-
ily back home does
the same. Even if we
meet new people in
our own country and
hometown, there is a
shared commonality
that makes us all,
similar. Living, stud-
ying and working
with multiple nation-
alities bring about
altogether different
exposure. One gets to
know the thinking
and ethos of people
from different coun-
tries, and to that, you
add your perspective.
It changes, trans-
forms even, the way
you think and feel. It
shatters stereotypes
that you might have
formed subconscious-
ly, and brings in a
whole new outlook
and world view which
makes you more ma-
ture, and develops
you as a human be-
ing.
EXPOSURE
DISCOVERIES
I also had the time of
my life outside of the
classroom in LA. A
great city, a melt-
ing pot, al-
w a y s
buzzing in a frenzy of
cultural activity. I at-
tended my favourite
bands in concert and
discovered new ones. I
went to my first ever
stand-up comedy show
and realized just how
much I loved the art
form. I explored food
and tasted cuisines
and dishes I’d never
heard of, and relished
all of it. I travelled
through a lot of the US
and those travels as a
student, unencum-
bered by the restric-
tions that apply to a
‘vacation’, enriched
me in ways that I can’t
possibly encapsulate
in a blog post; suffice
it to say, they were all,
each one, eye-opening
experiences that have
moulded the way I per-
ceive, think, react,
and believe.
Naturally, that I
learned and honed the
craft of film-making is
a given. But truth be
told, my life at film
school taught me
more, so much more
than just the subject
I’d gone there to study.
It taught me about my-
self and life, about
hard work and surviv-
al, about friendship
and faith, about love
and loss, about home
and beyond.
All I can share as a
piece of advice is for
all young person who
might get an opportu-
nity to study and live
abroad, to grab it. It
alters perception of
life!
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SIMRAN MITTAL, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Something
you have
implemented
at work is likely
to profit the
company and
get you noticed.
You are likely
to celebrate the
achievement of a family youngster in a
grand way. Shifting into your very own
house may soon become a reality. A great
day that will fulfill your plans!
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Money coming
from various
streams will keep
you in an elated
state of mind.
A new fitness
regime that you
have adopted
promises to keep
you in the pink of health. Getting an old
furniture upholstered may be at the top
of the mind of some homemakers. Your
search for partner may soon be over.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Previous
investments are
likely to give you
good returns.
Some of you may
decide to follow
in the footsteps
of celebrities
and visit the very
same exotic destination that they had
been to.No amount of excuses will dispel
lover’s suspicions about your tendency to
stray the path.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A vacation you
only dreamed
about is likely to
become a reality
soon. Healthy
eating will help
prevent digestive
ailments.
Money will be
no constraint in buying what you like.
Driving down with lover to a happening
place is indicated today. Overall a great
day for you.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your stars favour
a bright beautiful
day . A setback
you have recently
experienced can
make you come
out stronger. Tax
advisor will be a
big help in saving
taxes, so don’t hesitate to contact one.
It is very difficult for the relationship of
friends turned lovers to fall apart, so just
relax.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your financial
situation is set
to improve,
as earning
opportunities
come to you.
Help from
co-workers in a
time consuming
task will be forthcoming on the work
front. Support of family will encourage
you to take up a challenge. Socially, your
presence will be much looked forward to.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
People falling
under this sign
will have very
refreshing day.
Visiting a mall or
watching a movie
with family is
likely to be the
highlight of the
day for some. You may enjoy travelling
to a tourist destination recommended
by your friends. Reignite the romance in
your life by spending more time together.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Some clarification
will need to be
sought on a
financial issue,
before you
take the next
step. A project
left halfway by
someone else
may come on your shoulders, but your
efforts will be acknowledged. Some
of you are all set to enjoy a splendid
vacation.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Money put
together on
previous
occasions is
likely to come
in handy now. A
family youngster
is keen to learn
from you, so
don’t disappoint. Settling down in a new
house is indicated for some.You may
have to awaken partner’s interest in you
once again.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will derive
great benefit
from an exercise
routine that you
keenly follow.
Extra workload
is foreseen at
work, but nothing
that you cannot
handle within office hours. Taking the
family on a trip seems impossible today
due to your professional commitments,
so postpone it for some other day.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Continue doing
whatever you are
doing to remain
healthy. Some
of you will have
to curb your
splurging ways.
Family life will
cruise along
smoothly with much love and bonhomie.
Don’t speed up on the road. Chance of
moving to a new location on transfer is
likely for some.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your knowledge
about your
line of work
will be roundly
appreciated
and get you
the thumbs up
from higher
ups. Friends and
family may get together to give you a
surprise and make your day. Business
travel may leave little time for romance. A
great day ahead for you.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Life At Film School
Life At Film School
I
KARTIK BAJORIA
(The author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills Educator
Writer)

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