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Jatin Takkar
Gandhinagar: Assert-
ing that the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) is on
a strong footing in Guja-
rat, Chief Minister Bhu-
pendra Patel has said
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s popu-
larity and policies have
shrunk the opposition
space in the state and in
that limited space some
may choose the Aam
AadmiParty(AAP)over
the Congress in the up-
coming state assembly
polls.
Underlining that the
state’s finances are in
good shape, Patel said in
the long run the AAP’s
culture of freebies is not
good for the state and so-
ciety as well.
Interacting with a se-
lectgroupof journalists,
Patel said the BJP is in a
strong position in the
state and is continuous-
ly engaging with the
people.
When asked about the
prospects of the AAP in
Gujarat Assembly polls,
Patel said, “See in de-
mocracyeverypartyhas
the right to contest elec-
tions. But please under-
stand that the BJP is
functioningconsistently
with the same intensity
,
engaging with people
and staying with them.”
On the back of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’srisingpopularity
and his pro-people poli-
cies, the BJP is in a
strong position in Guja-
rat and the opposition
space is shrinking so in
that space some people
might choose the AAP
over the Congress, Patel
said.
Citing the BJP’s per-
formance in local elec-
tions, he said this time
thepartyevengotaclear
majority in the Gandhi-
nagar Municipal Corpo-
ration (GMC) after a
very long time.
There is a very good
coordination between
the government and the
organization, which has
ensured effective deliv-
ery of all welfare
schemes on the ground.
Asked if some senior
MLAs would be dropped
during ticket distribu-
tion, Patel said in the
BJP everyone is a work-
er first. “In BJP
, no one’s
ticket to contest elec-
tions is permanent, not
even of the chief minis-
ter. Everyone is a party
worker first and has to
work for the organiza-
tion and the society at
large,” he said.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
Limited Oppn space in Guj, BJP in strong position: CM
Offering assurance over state’s
finances, he forecast AAP’s win
over Cong in upcoming polls
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Sworn-in as the state’s 14th chief minister, Pramod Sawant on Monday vowed to
make Goa the top tourism destination in India, while also listing employment regen-
eration and resumption of mining activity as top priorities of his government. Sawant,
along with eight other ministers were administered oath in presence of PM Narendra
Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda and CMs of 7 BJP-ruled states.
SAWANT TAKES
OATH AS GOA CM,
ANNOUNCES STATE
BUDGET ON MAR 30
Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the
face for joking about his wife. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a
short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly
cropped hair to Demi Moore’s appearance in the film “G.I. Jane”. Jada, also an
actress, suffers from alopecia, and publicly revealed her diagnosis in 2018.
WILL SMITH
SLAPS CHRIS
ROCK OVER WIFE
JOKE AT OSCARS
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST PM IMRAN KHAN TABLED
SHAHBAZSHARIF
NEXTPAKPM?
Debate on Motion on March 31, voting likely on April 4
Islamabad (Agencies):
The no-trust motion
against Imran Khan
could be delayed and be
held next month, Paki-
stan-based news agency
the Dawn reported. Pa-
kistan interior minister
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
told the media that the
voting on the no-trust
motion would take
place on April 4 as the
Pakistan national as-
sembly speaker allowed
tabling it on Monday
afternoon. Pakistan op-
position leader of the
National Assembly
, Mu-
hammad Shehbaz Sha-
rif moved the no-confi-
dence motion.
The comments by the
Pakistan cabinet minis-
ter shows that the gov-
ernment is seeking to
buy more time in a bid
to save the Imran Khan
government from get-
ting ousted. The rule
states that once a no-
trust or no-confidence
motion is tabled then it
‘shall not be voted upon
before the expiry of
three days, or later than
seven days.’
The opposition has
criticised Asad Qaiser
for acting in a partial
manner and on behalf
of Imran Khan’s Paki-
stan Tehreek-e-Insaf-
led (PTI) government.
Jamhoori Watan Party
leader and special assis-
tant to the prime minis-
ter (SAPM) Shah
zain
Bugti’s resignation also
was detrimental to Im-
ran Khan’s bid to re-
main in power.
Kolkata: Five Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
MLAs including the
Leader of Opposition
Suvendu Adhikari
were suspended from
the West Bengal As-
sembly on Monday fol-
lowing a clash with
TMC MLAs on the
floor of the House over
Birbhum violence.
The other BJP MLAs
suspended include
Manoj Tigga, Shankar
Ghosh, Narahari Ma-
hato and Dipak Bar-
man. The MLAs were
suspended until fur-
ther notice. BJP MLAs
then held a protest out-
side the Assembly
.
Pak Punjab CM
Usman Buzdar
resigns; PML-Q’s
Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi likely to be
next chief minister
File photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan with LoP in National Assembly Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar called on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his
residence in New Delhi on Monday.
FAZL-UR-REHMAN
COULD BE NEXT
PAK PRESIDENT
According to sources,
PML-N president
Shahbaz Sharif could
be next prime minister
of Pakistan, replacing
Imran Khan. They also
suggested that cleric and
current president of Ja-
miat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman
could replace Arif Alvi
to take over the role of
president of Pakistan.
The chairman’s position
could go to former prime
minister and Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP)
leader Yusuf Raza Gillani.
The current speaker of
the Punjab province as-
sembly, Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi, could replace him
and take over the role
of chief minister. The
Pakistan Muslim League-
Q (PML-Q), an ally of
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
had demanded that
Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi
be appointed to the role.
Suvendu, four other
BJP MLAs suspended
from Bengal Assembly
BJP MLAs in a scuffle with TMC MLAs during a session of the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly in Kolkata on Monday.
WB GUV JAGDEEP DHANKHAR MEETS AMIT SHAH
An ally of the Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Pakis
tan Muslim
League-Quaid (PML-Q) finalised a deal on Monday with the opposition party Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N) which could see Imran Khan step down in less than a week. People
familiar with the developments said that PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif could be next Pak PM
Will fight for claim over Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Bhagwant Mann after Shah’s remark
Chandigarh: A day af-
ter Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah an-
nounced that Central
Civil Service Rules
will be implemented
for all employees un-
der Chandigarh Ad-
ministration, Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann said that
his government will
fight strongly for its
“rightful claim over
Chandigarh”.
“Central Govt has
been stepwise impos-
ing officers and person-
nel from other states
and services in Chandi-
garh administration.
This goes against the
letter and spirit of Pun-
jab Reorganisation Act
1966. Punjab will fight
strongly for its rightful
claim over Chandi-
garh…(sic),” Mann
tweeted on Monday.
Punjab has been see-
ing these developments
as infringement on
rights of the state and
a violation of the Reor-
ganisation Act. The
state has been staking
claim on Chandigarh
as its capital.
Bharat Bandh: 48-hour strike begins,
sees partial response in several states
New Delhi (ANI): A 48
hours Bharat bandh or
a nationwide strike
called by different trade
unions to protest
against government
policies has kicked off
in several states on
Monday
.
The strike will be ob-
served for two days,
March 28 and 29.
This is the first such
strike after the BJP won
the Assembly elections
in four of five states.
Reduced rate of inter-
est on Employees’ Prov-
ident Fund Organisa-
tion, rising fuel prices,
are among a few rea-
sons for the Bandh call.
KERALA HC ASKS
STATE TO RESTRICT
GOVT STAFF FROM
JOINING STRIKE
Kochi: Kerala High Court di-
rected the State Government
to issue an order restrict-
ing the state government
employees from participating
in the two-day Bandh. The
Court also observed that it is
illegal that state government
employees are participating
in the strike. Hours after
the high court order, Kerala
government barred its em-
ployees from participating
in the general strike.
THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE
(IDENTIFICATION)
MoS (Home)
Ajay Mishra
tables Bill in
Lok Sabha
New Delhi (Agencies):
Amid the ongoing sec-
ond half of the budget
session which com-
menced on March 14,
the Minister of State for
Home Affairs Ajay
Mishra Teni presented
the ‘Criminal Proce-
dure Identification Bill’
in the lower house of
the Parliament - Lok
Sabha. While present-
ing the bill, the MoS as-
sured that the new bill
will not only help the
police in investigation
but also increase pros-
ecutions.
Members from the Left Front
gathered in huge numbers and
blocked tracks at Jadavpur
Railway Station in Kolkata.
WHAT IS THE BILL?
The Bill aims to give the
police the full authori-
sation to take certain
examinations for the
purpose of identifica-
tion of the criminal. The
examinations allowed as
per the bill are, “finger-
impressions, palm-print
impressions, footprint
impressions, photo-
graphs, iris and retina
scan, physical, biologi-
cal samples and their
analysis, behavioural
attributes, including sig-
natures, handwriting or
any other examination.
RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE,
UKRAINE PEACE
NEGOTIATORS MAY
HAVE BEEN POISONED:
STATES WSJ REPORT
Sanctioned Russian
billionaire Roman
Abramovich and Ukrain-
ian peace negotiators
suffered symptoms of
suspected poisoning
earlier this month after a
meeting in Kyiv, the Wall
Street Journal reported
on Monday. Abramovich,
who accepted a Ukrainian
request to help negotiate
an end to the Russian
invasion of Ukraine,
and at least two senior
members of the Ukrainian
team, were affected. Their
symptoms included red
eyes, constant and painful
tearing, and peeling of
skin on faces and hands.

NEWS
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First India Bureau
Rajkot: Leuva
Patidar leader and
managing trustee
of Khodaldham
Trust, Naresh Pa-
tel, hinted at his
imminent entry
into politics on
Monday, while ad-
dressing media
persons at a press
meet. However, he
has postponed his
decision regarding
the political party
he will join till
mid-April.
Patel was slated to
make the announce-
ment of his political
beginning by March
31. But, citing non-
completion of his
prospects survey be-
ing conducted across
all districts, he has
chosen to delay his
decision. “The sur-
vey is likely to be
completed by the
second week of next
month. Once it is
ready, I will an-
nounce my deci-
sion,” he said, add-
ing that he was get-
ting feedback with
both points of views,
whether he should
join politics or stay
on as Khodaldham
trustee.
“There are people
who want me to join
politics, and there
are others from the
Patidar community
who are insisting
that I continue as
managing trustee of
Khodaldham Trust,”
he remarked. Patel
also made it clear
that if he joins ac-
tive politics official-
ly, he will have to re-
sign his post at
Khodaldham.
The Patidar leader
also hinted at his son
joining politics, a
wish that had been
first expressed by
the latter and his
wife a few days ago.
About his meeting
with political strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
Patel told media per-
sons that it was not
held to seek his ad-
vice. Sources from
the Congress party
said that he is pres-
suring party leader-
ship to hire Kishor
for Gujarat Assem-
bly elections, which
they are not keen on.
With all leading
political parties –
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), Con-
gress and Aam
Aadmi Party
(AAP)-- trying to
woo Patel, he is
keeping his cards
close to the chest.
BJP insiders feel
that the Patidar
leader may end up
in the Congress
camp, which will
put his influence
over the communi-
ty and credibility
at stake. “If he suc-
ceeds, he will make
a big leap in state
politics,” said a
source.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Chief
Minister Bhupendra
Patel on Monday as-
sured action after some
Congress MLAs com-
plained in the Gujarat
Assembly that police
prevented them from
entering the legislature
complex, manhandled
them and also detained
their staff. Meanwhile,
the opposition party’s
youth wing had organ-
ized a demonstration at
the state secretariat,
over claims that the for-
est guard recruitment
examination paper held
on March 27, was
leaked. A few managed
to enter the premises
and burnt effigies of
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leaders. Police de-
tained several workers
and leaders.
As soon as the Ques-
tion Hour began at 12
noon, Congress MLA
Amit Chavda claimed
police personnel had in-
sulted a sitting legisla-
tor in the name of secu-
rity. Congress MLAs
had staged a protest
with banners over re-
curring exam paper
leaks, following which
the House was ad-
journed for 15 minutes.
MLA Vikram Madam
said a PSI named Jadeja
stopped him at the en-
try gate by telling him
that the Speaker had
asked police to not al-
low Congress MLAs to
enter the Assembly
premises.
Deputy Leader of Op-
position Shailesh Par-
mar demanded suspen-
sion of the PSI saying,
“it was a matter of an
MLA’s respect and that
no one should be al-
lowed to misuse the
Speaker’s name.” He
told the House, “We
have videos which
prove police manhan-
dled our MLAs near the
entry gate, stopped
their cars and even
stopped them at MLA
quarters. Since police
took the Speaker’s
name to justify their
acts, we demand an in-
quiry from your (speak-
er’s) side. Policemen
who stopped us by tak-
ing your name must be
suspended too.”
Congress MLA Lalit
Kagathara claimed he
and some of his sup-
porters were made to
stand near the entry
gate for half an hour by
police, while BJP MLA
Suman Chauhan and
her supporters were
given entry into the
complex immediately
.
Meanwhile, despite
heavy police deploy-
ment, five Youth Con-
gress members burned
an effigy near the stairs
of the secretariat build-
ing to protest against
the BJP-led govern-
ment on issues of un-
employment and paper
leaks.
These protestors
were immediately de-
tained and taken away,
said a police official.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Kidney
transplant recipients
have exhibited almost
negligible chance of
mortality coupled with
lower levels of acute re-
jection after recovering
from COVID-19 infec-
tion, said a study led by
Institute of Kidney Dis-
eases Research Cen-
tre (IKDRC) doctors and
published in medical
journal ‘eClinicalMedi-
cine by The Lancet’ on
Monday
.
Titled ‘Management
Strategies and Out-
comes in Renal Trans-
plant Recipients Recov-
ering from COVID-19: A
Retrospective, Multi-
centre, Cohort Study’,
the research has de-
clared that there is no
difference in quality of
life, tacrolimus (an im-
munosuppressive drug)
levels, blood counts,
and mean serum creati-
nine assessed in pa-
tients independent of
past COVID-19 infection
severity
.
Authored by Dr
Vineet Mishra, Direc-
tor-IKDRC, and other
doctors, found that the
outcomes of kidney
transplant after COV-
ID-19 recovery were ex-
cellent with absence of
COVID-19 sequelae (in-
fection) during follow-
ups.
First, second and
Omicron wave of the
pandemic triggered a
deluge of inquiries and
concerns from patients
as well as doctors
whether to go for kid-
ney transplant in recov-
ered patients or not.
“Our study has dis-
covered that it is safer
for COVID-19 recovered
patients to undergo
transplant without fear
and anxiety albeit with
a safeguard checklist
for better outcomes,”
Dr Mishra, said in a
statement on Monday.
The study has also
found that there seems
to be no need for chang-
es in the induction/im-
munosuppression regi-
men based on the sever-
ity of COVID-19 for
kidney transplant re-
cipients.
The multi-centre
study was conducted
through retrospective
analysis of clinical data
in 23 Indian transplant
centres from June 2020
to December 2021 on 372
kidney transplant re-
cipients who had recov-
ered after COVID-19 in-
fections.
The study also ob-
served additional out-
come measures like
graft loss, all-cause
mortality, waiting time
from a positive real-
time polymerase test
(RT-PCR) to kidney
transplant, laboratory
parameters, and quality
of life in follow-up, the
statement said.
“We researched past
medical history of
COVID-19 (365 living
and seven deceased do-
nor transplants) across
23 transplant centres in
India. Insights from our
study may help trans-
plant professionals in
developing an early re-
gional plan for trans-
planting patients,” Dr
Mishra opined.
The coronavirus dis-
ease (COVID-19) pan-
demic has had a nega-
tive influence on organ
donation, and trans-
plantation activities in
India with total organ
transplant rates of 7,443
in 2020 compared to
12,666 in 2019. Owing to
the logistics and chang-
ing priorities during
the pandemic, a marked
decline in transplanta-
tion rates has been ob-
served across the globe.
Transplant safe for nCoV recovered kidney recipients: IKDRC
GROUNDBREAKING
Institute of Kidney Diseases Research Centre. —FILE PHOTO
Prestigious medical journal
‘eClinical Medicine by The
Lancet’ publishes research study
on its front cover
Khodaldham ManagingTrustee Naresh Patel —FILE PHOTO
Congress leaders demonstrating with banners at the Vidhan Sabha on Monday.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Senior
Congress leader and
former Union minister
Bharatsinh Solanki, 68,
faced the ire of a
25-year-old woman’s
family members when
he attempted to marry
her, on Monday
. It is not
the first time the politi-
cal leader has landed in
controversy due to his
personal life.
According to sources,
Solanki had been see-
ing the young woman
and was getting mar-
ried to her as per Vedic
rituals. After the girl’s
parents heard about the
impending marriage,
they reprimanded the
political leader.
The rumour mill sug-
gests that her family
members beat up Solan-
ki for trapping their
daughter. A post on the
subject has also been
circulating on social
media platforms since
Monday morning. He is
also facing multiple le-
gal charges from his
second wife.
Solanki’s personal
trysts have sparked a
heated debate on his
conduct. With elections
around the corner, the
atmosphere within the
Congress party has be-
come tense, said a
source.
Veteran Cong leader
beaten up by family
of young woman
Bharatsinh Solanki
Naresh Patel to
take final call on
political entry by
mid-April
Patidar leader cited ongoing
survey as reason for delay as he
mulls over affiliation offers
from parties
Cong MLAs allege manhandling by
cops; CM, speaker assure action
Walkout from House over paper
leak issue; youth wing members
burn effigies, detained
Attack occurred when
he was getting married
to the 25-year-old
on Monday
EXPRESSING DISSENT
Answering the call for two-day Bharat bandh by a joint forum of central trade unions, members of the Maha Gujarat Bank
Employees’ Association took out a rally from Victoria Garden through Ellisbridge to JP Chowk in Ahmedabad on Monday. In
Vadodara, postal, bank, insurance and trade unions extended their support to the nationwide strike. Protests and rallies were
organized across the city as they demonstrated against new labour laws, privatization of banks, pension schemes, among
other issues. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJARAT
03
8 held for copying ans of forest guard exam
First India Bureau
Mehsana: Police have
detainedeightpeople,in-
cludingthreeexaminees,
in Mehsana district for
allegedly sharing and
copying the answers of
the state forest guard re-
cruitment exam.
The examination was
conducted by the Guja-
rat University on behalf
of thestateforestdepart-
ment on March 27 be-
tween 12 noon and 2 pm.
Mehsana Superinten-
dent of Police Parthrajs-
inh Gohil said it was not
a “paper leak case” and
the incident was limited
to just one examination
centre here.
An employee of the
examination centre at a
school in Unava village
clicked a picture of the
question paper of an ab-
sentcandidatesoonafter
theexamstarted,hesaid.
Some of the accused
personshuddledtosolve
the questions in a room
at the same centre while
the exam was underway
.
They then allegedly
shared the answers with
three candidates, as pre-
planned, said the offi-
cial.
“They managed to
solve 44 out of 100 ques-
tions and then shared
the answers with three
candidates. They also
shared the answers with
a fourth candidate to si-
lence him, as he had
during a toilet break
seen them sharing the
answers with other ex-
aminees,” he said.
Later, another exami-
nee found this fourth
candidate cheating from
the answer key and in-
formed the exam super-
visor, who then alerted
police.
“This is not a case of
question paper leak in
advance or selling it for
a price. The mischief
was done by a teacher at
the exam centre after
theteststarted,”hesaid.
The police have regis-
tered an FIR against
eight people, including
the school employees
and candidates who
triedtobenefitfromthis,
underIndianPenalCode
Sections 120 (B) (crimi-
nal conspiracy), 406 and
409 (dealing with crimi-
nal breach of trust) and
201 (causing disappear-
ance of evidence), and
provisions of the Infor-
mation Technology Act.
“All the eight accused
have been detained,”
Gohil said.
Police have maintained that there was no paper leak.
OFFICIALS SAID THAT QUESTIONS WERE SOLVED BY A GROUP AND THEN SHARED WITH FOUR OTHERS
NO CONSPIRACY
First India Bureau
Vadodara: City-based
Indraprastha Founda-
tion (Indraprastha Yu-
vak Mandal) launched
its ‘Kitchen of In-
draprastha campaign
on Monday. Under the
food drive, foundation
personnel will serve
food to people near
Gotri GMERS Hospital
for only five rupees eve-
ry Sunday. The revolv-
ing kitchen will begin
operations on April 03
and have a three-hour
service every week.
Talking about the
initiative, Tarang
Shah, foundation mem-
ber, said, “We conduct-
ed a survey and discov-
ered that there was an
urgent need to launch
a food campaign for
relatives of patients
coming in from rural
areas. To help them, we
designed a movable
kitchen and decided to
serve food to them for a
minimal rate of five
rupees every Sunday. A
staff has been hired to
serve them and a menu
has been put together
to serve nutritious food
to them. Our aim is to
serve food with
dignity.”
The kitchen has a ca-
pacity to feed around
500 people every Sun-
day and will serve dish-
es such as chhole puri,
mix sabzi, rajma chaw-
al, aloo matar with puri,
among others.
Amid the COVID-19
pandemic, the founda-
tion had provided free
tiffin service and medi-
cal services to people
under quarantine in
their homes. They also
supplied free ambu-
lance services, oxygen
and were involved in
several other social ac-
tivities throughout last
year.
V’dara NGO to feed family members of patients
NO BETTER DEED
lll
Food will be
provided to
them at a
minimal rate of
five rupees
outside
GMERS
Hospital every
week on
Sunday; service
will be open for
three hours
from April 03
The van to be used as a portable kitchen for the drive.
23-YEAR-OLD GRD
EMPLOYEE ENDS LIFE
BY HANGING SELF
First India Bureau
Rajkot: In yet another
instance of suicide, a
23-year-old woman
working with the
Gram Rakshak Dal
(GRD) hung herself
from a ceiling fan on
Sunday evening. Po-
lice believe that she
took the extreme step
due to harassment by
her husband.
According to the
complaint lodged by her
brother Parth, they are
seven siblings, includ-
ing six sisters. While all
five sisters had ar-
ranged marriages, the
deceased Aarti Karan
Sarsiya, chose to tie the
knot with her lover
Karan Sarsiya.
On March 11, she left
home in Kailash Park,
saying she was going to
work. When she did not
return, the family
called Aarti, but she did
not respond.
“Aarti often com-
plained that Karan
harassed and tor-
tured her. He doubted
her character,” said a
police official. On
Sunday night, her
friend Kiran called
Aarti’s residence ask-
ing after her when
she was informed
that she had ended
her life.
B division police have
registered a case
against Aarti’s hus-
band Karan.
No casualties as Guj
records 08 fresh
COVID-19 cases
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Con-
tinuing its run of
single-digit COV-
ID-19 cases, Gujarat
recorded eight cases
on Monday, taking its
total tally to
12,23,879. With no
patients succumbing
to the virus infec-
tion, the state death
toll remained un-
changed at 10,942,
informed the health
family welfare de-
partment in a bulle-
tin.
The highest number
of positive cases report-
ed was in Gandhinagar
(03) and Vadodara (03),
followed by Ahmedabad
(01), and Dahod (01).
According to official
records, over 12,12,703
people have recovered
from the viral infection
in the state so far, in-
cluding the 33 patients
who were discharged
post recovery on the
day. This has lowered
the number of active
cases to 234 patients,
with three patients on
ventilator support and
231 patients in stable
condition.
Over 64,014 people
werevaccinatedagainst
COVID-19 on Monday,
taking the total number
of doses administered
in the state to 10.59
crore, said a govern-
ment press release.
12,12,703
TOTALRECOVERED
33 MORE
IN A DAY
12,23,879
TOTAL CASES
08 CASES
IN A DAY
03 MAX
CASES IN
G’NAGAR
ACTIVE CASES
10,942
TOTAL DEATHS
234
00 DEATHS
IN A DAY
COVID-19 UPDATE
Vadodara admin office-bearers wish Class X,
XII students luck for Board exams on 1st day
First India Bureau
Vadodara/Su- r a t :
After a gap of t w o
years, students of Class
X and XII appeared for
their Gujarat Second-
ary Higher Secondary
Education Board (GSH-
SEB) examinations in-
person on Monday. To
help reduce their stress
levels and wish them
luck, Vadodara city
mayor, district collector,
city Congress president
and other dignitaries
welcomed them at an
exam centre with flow-
ers and pens.
Mayor Keyur Roka-
dia, District Collector
Atul B Gor, Deputy
Mayor Nanda Joshi,
newly appointed Con-
gress city President
Rutvij Joshi and other
dignitaries present at
Vidyut Vidyalaya gave
their blessings to the
students. They offered
them chocolates and
pens as they went into
the centre to appear for
their examinations.
Later, Rokadia in-
spected the quality of
arrangements made in
the examination rooms,
such as ceiling fans and
drinking water facili-
ties, keeping in mind
the summer heat preva-
lent in the city
.
Similar scenes were
seen in Surat, where
around 89,178 students
of Class X, 44,345 stu-
dents of Class XII gen-
eral stream, 12,171 stu-
dents of Class XII sci-
ence stream and 1,149
repeaters of Class XII
science stream will be
writing the board ex-
amination this time.
Surat District Educa-
tionOfficerHHRajyagu-
ru said, “Section 144 will
be enforced around ex-
amination venues. All
nearby photocopy shops
have been kept closed,
loudspeakers are
banned, and smart gadg-
etsarenotallowedinside
examination centres.”
Students of Class X and XII enrolled in the Gujarat Secondary and
Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) appeared for their
first Board examinations on Monday. Anxious parents wished
their kids good luck outside Sadhana Vinay Mandir exam centre
on Sola Road in Ahmedabad. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI
They welcomed them with pens flowers as the kids appeared for their finals offline for the first time in two years
BEST OF LUCK!
(L to R) V’dara Dy Mayor Nanda Joshi and Mayor Keyur Rokadia. District Collector AB Gor distributing pens to students.
Class XII
student dies of
heart attack
On Monday after-
noon, a Class XII
commerce student
complained of chest
pain while appearing
for his board exams
at SG Patel High
School in Gomtipur
area of Ahmedabad.
Shaikh Mohammad
Aman Muhammad
Arif was rushed to a
hospital by emergen-
cy services, but could
not be saved.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Health is the best gift,
contentment the best wealth,
trust the best kinsman,
nirvana the greatest joy. Drink
the nectar of the dharma in the
depths of meditation, and
become free from fear and sin.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
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@PiyushGoyal
Delivered the keynote address at UAE-
India Startup Forum 2022 in Abu Dhabi.
Urged investors startup world to be
part of the India growth story where
tremendous opportunities await. Called
for strengthening the 21st century’s
defining India-UAE partnership.
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@KirenRijiju
India’s very talented U-18
women’s football team winning the
#SAFFU18Womens trophy will go
a long way in giving confidence
and generate more interest towards
Football in India.
TOP TWEETS
SIGNS OF BIPOLAR
WORLD AS RUSSIA,
UKRAINE WAR
LOOKS ENDLESS
n one of his speeches
President Joe Biden
described democracy
as“fragile”.Vladimir
Putin and Xi Jinping,
Presidents of Russia and China,
havealsoexpressedoppositionto
liberalism. President Xi favours
a powerful state. In India liberals
arederogatorilycalled“libtards”
to shut out any space for the lib-
eral thought. Christophe Jaffre-
lot, professor of Indian politics
and sociology at King’s College
London has categorised democ-
racy in “people’s democracies”
“guided democracies”, “illiberal
democracies” and “authoritari-
an democracies”.
War in Ukraine has forced a
closer look at the world which is
fast turning bipolar in which
the United Nations has been ren-
dered useless. Even the US dol-
lar may lose its pole position if
countries start paying in other
currencies like the Chinese
yuan and Indian rupee to duck
US sanctions. That would mean
an end to the idea of the world
as a global village.
Russiamaynotwinthewarbut
if it does it could lead to the rise
of authoritarian democracies.
I
his was one cha-
otic scene the Tri-
namool Congress
government could
have avoided in its
own interest. Unless the fisti-
cuff intheWestBengalHouse
wasstartedbyBJPlegislators
who have not been able to
come to terms with their hu-
miliating defeat in the Assem-
bly elections. Scenes of the
brawl reaching the BJP’s IT
Cell in no time also raise a few
questions to which no honest
answers will be forthcoming.
Be that as it may, parliamen-
tarydemocracyinIndiakeeps
touching such lows once in a
while.Onedoesn’tknowwhen
it will touch its nadir and
what that will be like.
Similar, or worse, scenes
were first witnessed in Tamil
Nadu in 1988 when support-
ers of J. Jayalalithaa and
Chief Minister MG Ra-
machandran’s widow Janaki
clashed. In the free-for-all that
lasted over an hour, the two
AIADMK factions of Janaki
and Jayalalitha used mikes
and chairs as weapons. That
was the first time when police
entered the Assembly and
lathi-charged the members.
TheTNAssemblywitnessed
similar riotous scenes in 1989
when Karunanidhi’s glasses
were broken and a DMK min-
ister tried to disrobe Jay-
alalithaa.Thistimetoo,projec-
tiles, which included mikes
and slippers, were freely used.
The only difference was that
the police were not troubled.
On October 22, 1997 the UP
AssemblyalsowitnessedaTa-
mil Nadu-like combat when
Congress leader Pramod Ti-
wari along with the BSP de-
mandeddivisionof theHouse.
Paperweights, microphone
stands, chairs were freely
used. In the end several mem-
berssufferedseriousinjuries,
just like the way some were
injured in the Bengal Assem-
bly on Monday
.
WHEN THE HOUSE TURNS
INTO A BATTLE ZONE
Scenes of the brawl reaching
the BJP’s IT Cell in no time
also raise a few questions
to which no honest
answers will be
forthcoming. Be that as it
may, parliamentary democracy
in India keeps touching such
lows once in a while. One
doesn’t know when it will
touch its nadir and what
that will be like
T
THE DAY PAKISTAN BETRAYED
BALOCH BALOCHISTAN
or centuries the land of the
Balochpeoplehasbeenknown
as Balochistan. The first Ba-
lochConfederacywasfounded
in the 12th century
, named
Kalat. From the date of its for-
mation till March 27 1948, it
remained and enjoyed the sta-
tusof anindependentcountry
.
Historically, the Greater
Balochistan region was re-
motely located far away from
the Kingdom of Persia in the
west and equally at a dis-
tance from Indian princely
states in the east. At present,
the Kalat, known as Balo-
chistan, a part of Greater
Balochistan, is now disputed
territory, illegally annexed
by Pakistan, lies between the
Sindh province of Pakistan
and the western internation-
al border of Iran.
In Delhi on August 4, 1947,
a meeting was held between
Sir Sultan Ahmad as repre-
sentative of Kalat and Mo-
hammad Ali Jinnah and Lia-
quat Ali Khan as representa-
tive of Pakistan interim gov-
ernment under the supervi-
sion of Viceroy Lord Moun-
baitan representing the
crown of the British king-
dom. A formal standstill
agreement was signed. It was
agreed upon that Kalat state
would be recognised as an in-
dependent country from Au-
gust 5, 1947, the same status it
enjoyed for many centuries.
The formal standstill agree-
ment between Kalat and the
future state of Pakistan on
occasion reads —That Paki-
stan recognised Kalat as an
independent country. That
legal opinion will be obtained
that whether the Pakistan
government is legally bound
to follow the agreements and
treaties signed between Kalat
and the British Government.
A further meeting will be
held after obtaining the legal
opinion between the repre-
sentatives of Kalat and Paki-
stan. Meantime a standstill
agreement will be made be-
tween Kalat and Pakistan.
The discussion will take
place between Pakistan and
Kalat to reach a decision on
defence, external affairs and
communication. Separately
Britishers will inform the
other rulers of the Baloch re-
gion- Sardars of Kharan and
Lasbela that control of their
region had been shifted to
Kalat under the rule of Khan.
Sinceitsemergencein1947,
Pakistan has been infamous
for not keeping its promises
to the world’s countries. Paki-
stan’s foreign policy is known
for betrayals, taking u-turns
from agreed-upon treaties,
and disowning amicably
agreed agreements. Despite
the Standstill Agreement, on
March 27, 1948, the Pakistan
establishment betrayed the
Baloch people and Pakistan’s
army under GOC Maj. Gen.
Mohammad Akbar Khan in-
vadedtheKalat.Inresistance,
thousands of Baloch were
killed. Pakistan army sized
Kalat and took its ruler to Ka-
rachi and forced him to sign
the instrument of accession.
Jinnah accepted the Instru-
ment of Accession on March
30, 1948. The independent life
of the State of Kalat finally
came up to an end.
Since March 27, 1948, Ba-
loch people and Balochistan
have been facing Pakistan
establishment’s and its lead-
ers’ oppressions and suppres-
sions over them. Pakistan
not only illegally occupied
Kalat state and other parts of
Balochistan but also treated
them as second class citizens.
Today Baloch people are fac-
ing traumatic conditions in
their own land and fighting
for the existence of its iden-
tity and its land, the exist-
ence which Pakistan wants
to eradicate. All these years,
the Baloch are struggling for
life and reclaiming their
homeland, i.e. Balochistan.
In the last seven decades,
the suffering of the Baloch
people has been due to pain,
atrocity
, and oppressions that
Pakistan has given them to
suppress their voices. A voice
that wants to save its culture,
people, and homeland from
Pakistan, its army, and its
leadership, which is trying to
gain control over their his-
torically and traditionally
rich but one of the best piec-
es of land on earth with hefty
of natural resources.
Till now, thousands of Ba-
loch, its political leaders,
children and woman have
been either killed or facing
brutal treatment in jails by
this repression of Pakistan.
Furthermore, there are
countless missing, for whom
there is no signal of them be-
ing dead or alive after they
were whisked up by the army
,
police and agencies of Paki-
stan. It is difficult to find a
Baloch family in Balochistan
which is not affected or in
deep pain by the inhumane
treatment of the autocratic
Pakistan government.
Today
, 74 years long, this il-
legal annexation has consoli-
datedtheBalochpeopleandits
struggle on an ideological and
political base. The black day
,
the27thdayof Marchreminds
the world and young genera-
tionof Balochistanabouthow
Pakistan forcibly occupied its
homeland at the behest of the
Pakistan army and its politi-
cal leader. This day is consid-
ered every year throughout
Balochistan and across the
world as a Black Day by many
Baloch organisations and ac-
tivists. Protest will be held on
this day across the globe.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
F
AZAD SINGH RATHORE
The writer is an author from Barmer,
Rajasthan and a politician, actively
working for Indian National Congress.
He is author of book Balochistan
The Heights of Oppression
Till now, thousands of
Baloch, its political leaders,
children and woman have
been either killed or facing
brutal treatment in jails by
this repression of Pakistan.
Furthermore, there are
countless missing, for
whom there is no signal of
them being dead or alive
after they were whisked up
by the army, police and
agencies of Pakistan. It is
difficult to find a Baloch
family in Balochistan
which is not affected or in
deep pain by the inhumane
treatment of the autocratic
Pakistan government
At present, the Kalat,
known as Balochistan,
a part of Greater
Balochistan, is now
disputed territory, illegally
annexed by Pakistan, lies
between the Sindh
province of Pakistan
and the western
international border of Iran

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INDIA
05
What will Shivpal Yadav do next?
Mahesh Sharma
Patna: Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party leader
Shivpal Yadav is once
again angry with his
nephew Akhilesh Yadav.
He is upset that he was
not invited to the meet-
ing of the legislature
party of the Samajwadi
Party
. Technically he is
an MLA of SP, so he
should have been called
for the meeting. But
since he has not merged
his party with the SP
and the SP had given
him a seat in coordina-
tion with his party,
therefore the SP is look-
ing at him like a leader
of any other ally party
.
That is why it was said
by the SP that on March
28, the ally parties will
meet, in which the par-
ties of Jayant Chaud-
hary
,ShivpalYadav,Om-
prakashRajbhar,Sanjay
Chauhan and Krishna
Patel will be called.
Technically both are
correct in their place.
But politics is not a tech-
nical thing. So it is not
beyond reasoning why
Shivpal Yadav was not
called. Before the elec-
tion,therewasharmony
between the uncle and
nephew duo. On top of
that, this time around
SP has got so many seats
in the elections that
there is no challenge to
Akhilesh’s leadership.
Now Shivpal is also
ready to work together
to secure the future of
his children. Despite
this, the question re-
mains if Akhilesh still
considers Shivpal a
threat? It is being said
that earlier he was to be
made the Leader of the
Opposition and Akhile-
sh was going to do en-
gageinpoliticsasanMP
.
But later he resigned
from the Lok Sabha and
decided to remain an
MLA. Shivpal is said to
be angry with this.
SP president Akhilesh Yadav with his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav.
What happened
to AAP’s maths?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Before the
Punjab assembly elec-
tions, when Arvind Ke-
jriwal was asked in an
interview as to from
where he would give one
thousand rupees and
free electricity to every
adult woman, he had
laid bare the details of
his ‘plan’, wherein he
stressed that although
commission runs up to
40 percent in tenders in
Punjab, but if 20 per-
cent average commis-
sion is considered, then
20 percent of the budget
of one lakh 70 thousand
crores will save 34 thou-
sand crore rupees and
by stopping sand smug-
gling, the government
will save another 20
thousand crores. He fur-
ther said, “this will con-
tribute to an amount of
54 thousand crores,
while giving one thou-
sand each to every adult
woman will cost 10
thousand crores and
electricity will be two
and a half thousand
crores i.e. 12 and a half
thousand crores, while I
will have 54 thousand
croresextraeveryyear.”
Similarly, Bhagwant
Mann said that in Pun-
jab, tenders are given to
leaders and politicians
are involved in sand
work. Similarly, trans-
port is another section
which is with the lead-
ers, just like the liquor
trade, so the govern-
ment will take all these
works in its own hands
and the revenue will be
transferred in govern-
ment account. Hence,
the government will not
be short of money. But
as soon as the govern-
ment was formed, Bhag-
want Mann reached
Delhi to demand one
lakh crore rupees from
the Prime Minister. He
has said that the condi-
tion of Punjab is very
bad and there is a debt
of three lakh crore ru-
pees, so for the next two
years, the central gov-
ernment should give 50
thousand crore rupees
each year. Keep in mind
that Kejriwal had earli-
er said that there is a
debt of three lakh
crores but his govern-
ment will also free Pun-
jab from debt. However,
it seems that from now
on, preparations have
started to put the blame
on the centre.
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal with Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia.
Hijab row: On day 1 of SSLC exam,
K’taka school asks girl to remove burkha
Bengaluru (Agencies):
A board examinee in
Karnataka’s Hubli dis-
trictwassentbackhome
for not wearing the uni-
form and refusing to
take off burkha and hi-
jab. The class X student
was allowed to appear
for her papers only after
having changed into her
school uniform.
The SSLC examina-
tion is being held in the
southern state close on
the heels of a massive
controversy over a ban
on hijab (headscarf) on
educational premises.
The high court has up-
held the ban that has
now been challenged in
the Supreme Court.
Monday’s incident
happened at Shanti Ni-
ketan PU College exam
centre on the first day of
the SSLC exams con-
ductedbytheKarnataka
board. As many as 8.73
lakh students are ap-
pearing for the exams.
After several rounds
of protests across the
state, the government
clamped prohibitory or-
ders in and around ex-
amination centres
across the state to en-
sure the smooth con-
duct of exams and made
uniform compulsory
for examinees.
The decision, an-
nounced by Karnataka
primary and secondary
education minister BC
Nagesh, was taken in
line with the high
court’s verdict against
students wearing reli-
gious attire to class-
rooms. The circular
said students coming to
attend the exam with-
out uniform would not
be allowed inside the
exam hall.
MUSLIM LAW BOARD MOVES SC
AGAINST KARNATAKA HC VERDICT
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board
(AIMPLB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the
Karnataka High Court judgment, which upheld the ban
on hijab in classrooms
after holding that the
wearing of head-
scarves by Muslim
women was not an es-
sential religious prac-
tice. The board has
moved the top court
along with two other
petitioners namely,
Munisa Bushra and
Jaleesa Sultana Yaseen. The plea said the high court
judgment, while dismissing the petitions, has proceeded
with erroneous reasons to address the issue.
KARNATAKA SSLC EXAMS: HIJAB
CLAD INVIGILATOR SUSPENDED
Bengaluru: First day of the SSLC (Class 10) exams was
conducted peacefully across Karnataka amid hijab row.
Most of the students gave their exams in uniform and
only a few abstained and some were sent back for wear-
ing hijab. The Department of Education has suspended
an invigilator for refusing to take off hijab while conduct-
ing the examination at KSTV High School. Noor Fathima,
who was on exam duty, came clad in a hijab. When
she was asked to remove it, she refused and was later
sent back from the examination centre and suspended,
sources in the education department said.
Unconstitutional: Opposition slams
New Criminal Identification Bill
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
strong objections from
opposition parties, the
Centre on Monday in-
troduced a Bill that
would authorise the re-
cording of biometric
data and other measure-
ments of convicts and
other persons for the
purposes of identifica-
tion and investigation
in criminal matters,
and to preserve records.
The Bill, titled ‘The
Criminal Procedure
(Identification) Bill,
2022’, was introduced in
Lok Sabha by junior
Home Minister Ajay
Mishra Teni. If passed,
it will replace the 1920’s
Act ‘The Identification
of Prisoners Act’.
The Centre defended
the proposed law say-
ing, “The term ‘meas-
urements’ used in the
1920 Act is limited to
allow for the taking of
finger impressions and
foot-print impressions
of a limited category of
convicted and non-con-
victed persons and pho-
tographs on the order
of a Magistrate. New
‘’measurement’’ tech-
niques being used in
advanced countries are
giving credible and reli-
able results and are rec-
ognised the world over.
The 1920 Act does not
provide for taking these
body measurements as
many of the techniques
and technologies had
not been developed at
that point in time.”
Opposition parties
including Congress
and Trinamool opposed
the Bill calling it a “di-
rect violation of the
Fundamental Right of
an individual”.
Congress MP Manish
Tewari said “The words
‘biological samples and
theiranalysis’intheBill
could extend to narco
analysis and brain map-
pingandwhenitismade
coercive, it is clearly vio-
lative of Article 20 (3) of
the Constitution”.
Underlining the pro-
vision in the Bill for re-
taining the ‘measure-
ments’ for 75 years from
the date of collection,
Tewari said, “This is in
violation of the Right to
be Forgotten enshrined
in the Right to Life un-
der Article 21 of the
Constitution”.
Congress MP Manish Tiwari in Lok Sabha on Monday.
Teni: Will quit if Opp
proves allegations
New Delhi (PTI): After
beingontargetof theop-
position for months,
Minister of State for
Home Ajay Mishra
“Teni’ took centre stage
in the Lok Sabha as he
piloted a bill to expand
the scope of a 102-year-
old law to allow police to
take physical and bio-
logical samples of con-
victed persons.
Opposition members
triedtorakeuptheissue
of the alleged involve-
ment of Mishra’s son in
the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence last October in
whicheightmen,includ-
ing four farmers, were
killed during a protest
against farm laws.
Mishra’s son was ar-
restedintheLakhimpur
violence case and was
released on bail later.
MoS Ajay Mishra
Mukhtar Ansari
sent back to
UP’s Banda jail
Lucknow (Agencies):
Mafia don and former
MLA Mukhtar Ansari
has been sent back to
Banda jail, hours after
he was brought to Luc-
know on Monday fore-
noon. The government
spokesman said that An-
sari had been brought
here for a hearing in the
MP/MLA court and is
now on his way back to
Banda. Mukhtar’s son
and newly elected MLA,
said that they were ear-
lier told that Mukhtar
was being shifted to Luc-
know jail and now sud-
denly there has been a
change of plans.
I-T notice to ex-PM Devegowda's wife
Bengaluru (PTI): The
JD(S) has strongly con-
demned the Income Tax
Department notice to
former Prime Minister
Deve Gowda’s wife
Chennamma. Deve
Gowda’s son HD Revan-
na on Monday said that
this is nothing but po-
litical vendetta.
“I-T notice has been
issued to the wife of for-
mer PM seeking all de-
tails pertaining to the
property
. Has my moth-
er and father amassed
wealth of crores of ru-
pees? I have also grown
potatoes earlier. Now I
have grown sugarcane.
They have issued notice
and we will reply to
that,” Revanna said.
“Look at the vendetta
politics by the ruling
BJP. Regional Trans-
port Officers (RTO)
have amassed hundreds
of crores. Who will is-
sue notice to them? How
much wealth they have
amassed till date?” he
questioned.
“They are issuing no-
tices after witch hunt-
ing JD(S) leaders. A
time will come and we
will give befitting re-
ply,” he said.
There was no imme-
diate response from the
I-T department regard-
ing the notice.
Former PM HD Devegowda with wife Chennamma. —FILE PHOTO
TMC MP’s plea: SC to
consider early hearing
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day agreed to consider
for urgent listing of a
plea of Mamata
Banerjee’s neph-
ew and TMC MP
Abhishek Baner-
jee and his wife
RujiraBanerjeein
connection with
the money laundering
probe linked to an al-
leged coal scam in West
Bengal challenging the
summonsissuedtothem
bytheEDforappearance
in the Delhi High Court.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice of
India NV Rama-
na said it will
look into the ur-
gent listing of
the plea after
senior advocates
Kapil Sibal and Ab-
hishek Manu Singhvi
mentioned the matter
for urgent listing.
Bhagwant Mann
Bhagwant Mann
announces ration
at doorstep
scheme in Punjab
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on
Monday announced the
rollout of the doorstep
ration delivery scheme,
saying the poor will no
longer need to stand in
queues as good quality
ration will be delivered
at their doorstep.
However, the scheme
will be optional for the
eligible beneficiaries,
Mann said in a video
message.
Mann said the de-
tails of this scheme
will be made available
shortly.
“The AAP govern-
ment has decided to
start the doorstep de-
livery of ration scheme.
Under the scheme, good
quality ration items
will be delivered at the
beneficiaries’ doorstep
and no one will now
need to stand in queues
or leave his work for
this, he said.
“Our officers will
make a phone call to
the beneficiaries and
ration will be delivered
at their homes as per
their convenience and
availability,” said
Mann.
He said this scheme
is optional.
Kejriwal: Entire India
will demand it soon
New Delhi: With the
doorstep delivery of ra-
tion – a scheme that the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) government in
Delhi has not been able
to implement following
objections raised by the
Centre — being an-
nounced by Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann, Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal has said that
soon the whole country
will ask for the scheme
to be implemented.
“The doorstep deliv-
ery of ration scheme
was announced in Pun-
jab by the CM today.
Even after so many
years of Independence,
people have to take
leave from work and
stand in long lines to get
ration. In this country,
pizza can be delivered at
home but not ration.
Under this scheme, the
government will pack
and send ration to your
home. No one will have
to stand in line. The
poor in Punjab will ben-
efit from this. In Delhi,
we have been strug-
gling to implement
this. We had done all
the planning, but the
BJP-run Centre
stopped us from imple-
menting it,” he said.
Arvind Kejriwal

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Defence on
Monday informed the
Rajya Sabha that 153 de-
fence items are planned
to be indigenized upto
December this year, and
there is “no stoppage on
their exports”.
Minister of State for
Defence Ajay Bhatt
gave the information in
a written reply to a que-
ry on “the number of
items related to the de-
fence which are kept
under the list of Aatma
Nirbhar Bharat and the
export of which has
been stopped between
2018-22”.
“Two positive indi-
genisation lists com-
prising 101 and 108
items were promulgat-
ed by the Department
of Military Affairs
(DMA) Ministry of De-
fence (MoD) on August
21, 2020, and May 31,
2021, respectively. The
lists have been hosted
on the Ministry of De-
fence Website to give
wide visibility to the
Defence Industrial base
in enabling them to ef-
fectively meet the re-
quirements of the
ArmedForces.Of these,
153 items are planned to
be indigenized upto De-
cember 2022. There is
no stoppage on their ex-
ports,” Bhatt said.
Asked about the
amount of foreign re-
serve that would be
saved, and whether the
government is consid-
ering adding more
items for indigenous
production; the Minis-
ter said “In addition, to
minimize import by DP-
SUs, Department of De-
fence Production (DDP)
or Ministry MoD has
also notified a positive
indigenisation list of
sub-systems or assem-
blies or sub-assemblies
or components on De-
cember 27, 2021”.
India plans to indigenise 153 defence items by December 2022
TO BOOST DEFENCE SECTOR
NAVY TO COMMISSION 2nd
SQUADRON OF P-8I TODAY
INDIAN ARMY SNIPERS GET
SAKO TRG-42 RIFLES
The Navy will commission on Tuesday
its second long-range maritime
reconnaissance air squadron com-
prising a fleet of P-8I aircraft to add
muscle to its surveillance power. The
air squadron 316 will be commis-
sioned at the INS Hansa, a naval air
station near Dabolim in Goa, in the
presence of Chief of Naval Staff R
Hari Kumar, officials said on Monday.
The INAS 316 will operate the Boeing
P-8I multi-role long-range maritime
reconnaissance and anti-submarine
warfare aircraft, they said.
The Indian Army has inducted the
Sako .338 TRG-42 sniper rifles from
Finland for soldiers deployed along
the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu
and Kashmir, officials said. “The latest
sniper rifles have been inducted into
the Army. They are using it now,” a
senior said. The Sako .338 TRG-42
sniper rifles have a better range,
firepower, and telescopic sights, the
official said. The move is to make the
snipers more lethal amid a change in
operational dynamics along the LoC,
the official said.
ArvindKejriwal‘plays’withfireashis
mockon‘TheKashmirFiles’backfires!
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Aam Aad-
mi Party supremo and
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal nev-
er does two things,
while opposing the BJP.
Firstly, he does not tar-
get Narendra Modi per-
sonally and does not
engage in any work or
make statements
against Hindu inter-
ests. On the contrary
, he
keeps on trying to prove
that the AAP is a more
patriotic party than the
BJP. He adopted this
strategy after the les-
sons learned in the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.
And perhaps for the
first time in the last
eight years, Kejriwal’s
strategy has gone
wrong. The statement
he made in the Delhi
Assembly regarding the
film ‘The Kashmir
Files’ — movie made on
the displacement and
torture of Kashmiri
Pandits, has backfired.
Due to this, his image
among Hindus has been
shaken.
Keep in mind that
apart from politics, this
film is disturbing the
Hindus. People were
aware about the dis-
placement of Kashmiri
Pandits and the Kash-
mir problem, but the
way that reality is pre-
sented in the film is dis-
turbing the community
.
That is the purpose of
the film as well. There-
fore, whoever is linking
this film with politics,
they are making a huge
mistake. For Hindus, it
is not a matter of poli-
tics. It has become an
issue of caste, religion
and national identity.
There is talk of Hindu
identity in the move as
well as patriotism. So,
Kejriwal should have
avoided commenting on
this. He not only com-
mented, but also made
fun of the film and
laughed in the assembly
after mocking it. This is
his first major mistake
in the last eight years.
However, like PM Modi,
he also rectifies his mis-
takes quickly, so let’s
wait to see what step he
takes in this matter.
Colombo (PTI): Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar on Monday
called on Sri Lankan
President Gotabaya Ra-
japaksa and Prime Min-
ister Mahinda Raja-
paksa and assured them
of India’s continued
cooperation and under-
standing as the island
nation was facing an
unprecedented econom-
ic crisis.
Sri Lanka is facing an
acute economic and en-
ergy crisis triggered
due to the shortage of
foreign exchange. India
recently announced to
extend a $1 billion line
of credit to Sri Lanka as
part of its financial as-
sistance to the country
to deal with the eco-
nomic crisis.
Mr Jaishankar is
here to hold bilateral
talks with the country’s
top leadership and at-
tend the seven-nation
BIMSTEC summit.
In his talks with Pres-
ident Gotabaya, the
minister reviewed vari-
ous dimensions of our
close neighbourly rela-
tionship.
Srinagar: Security forces on Monday arrested two
terrorists belonging to LeT outfit from Budgam
district of JK, police said. “Police along with other
security forces have arrested two active terrorists
linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT in Budgam.
Incriminating material, arms and ammunition have
been recovered from their possession,” a police
spokesman said. He said the terrorists were arrested
from Sunnergund area of Budgam.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday allowed the
CBI to collect the handwriting sample of former
managing director and chief executive officer of
National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna
in connection with the NSE co-location case. Special
Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also extended Ram-
krishna’s judicial custody till April 11, after she was
produced before the court at the end of her earlier
judicial custody.
Mumbai: The Narcotics Control
Bureau on Monday sought 90
more days to file a charge sheet
in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise
case. The agency was supposed
to file the chargesheet by April
2 in the case where Aryan Khan
was arrested along with 19 others.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the NCB has
requested a Mumbai sessions court for the extension.
New Delhi: Islam is not hostile to the concept of
family planning and it is mere “propaganda” that
Muslims can overtake Hindus in terms of popula-
tion numbers, former chief election commissioner
SY Quraishi said on Monday. There are several
myths being spread about the Muslim population
in India which are creating hostility among the
Hindus against the Muslims, Quraishi said, during a
discussion on his book “The Population Myth: Islam,
Family Planning and Politics in India”.
SECURITY FORCES ARREST TWO LeT
TERRORISTS IN JK’S BUDGAM
COURT ALLOWS CBI TO COLLECT
CHITRA’S HANDWRITING SPECIMEN
ARYAN KHAN CASE: NCB SEEKS 90
MORE DAYS TO FILE CHARGESHEET
MUSLIM CAN EXCEED HINDU POPULATION
IS PROPAGANDA: EX-POLL BODY CHIEF
CRUCIAL READ
Jaishankar assures help for
Lanka to tide over eco crisis
EAM S. Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa, in Colombo on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
UK FOREIGN SECY TO VISIT INDIA ON
THURSDAY, UKRAINE LIKELY ON AGENDA
INDIA RULES OUT TAKING PART IN TALKS
TO JOIN 15-NATION TRADING BLOC
New Delhi: British Foreign Secre-
tary Elizabeth Truss will visit India
on Thursday against the backdrop
of the ongoing war in Ukraine. An-
nouncing the visit, the MEA on Mon-
day said Ms Truss will hold consul-
tations with his Indian counterpart S
Jaishankar on bilateral, regional and global issues
of mutual interest.
Dubai: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry
Piyush Goyal has ruled out India resuming talks to
join the ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Part-
nership (RCEP)’, saying that the country walked out
of the negotiations two years ago to give primacy
to the national interest. Goyal said that some of the
countries (during the RCEP negotiations) were not
following the rule of law in trade talks.
Over 5.21 lakh people to
get houses in MP today
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will partici-
pate in the “Grih Prave-
sham”, a ceremony to
hand over new houses
to their owners, of
about 5.21 lakh benefi-
ciaries of the Pradhan
Mantri Awaas Yojana-
Gramin in Madhya
Pradesh on Tuesday via
video conferencing.
The Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) said he
will also address the
gathering on the occa-
sion, and noted that it
has been his constant
endeavour to provide a
pucca house with all ba-
sic amenities to every
needy family of the
country
. This marks yet
another step in this di-
rection, it added.
The function will wit-
ness traditional cele-
brations with conch,
lamp, flowers and ran-
goli being organised in
new houses.
1.15 CR HOUSES SANCTIONED; SCHEME
ENDING THIS MONTH: HARDEEP PURI
New Delhi: The objective of the Pradhan Man-
tri Awas Yojna-Urban and the dream of the PM
enshrined in it will stand fulfilled within the next
18 months, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Rajya Sabha on
Monday. Replying to supplementary questions of
members, the Minister said the Government, based
on the assessment demands provided by States,
has sanctioned 1.15 crore houses under PMAY-U
which ends in March 2022, and various projects
underway will be completed in the next 18 months.
Prez confers Padma
awards on late Kalyan
Singh,64 others
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri to Olympic Gold
medallist Neeraj Chopra on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer UP CM late Kalyan
Singh, often termed as a
Hindutva icon, and ac-
tor Victor Banerjee
were among the 65 dis-
tinguished personali-
ties who were conferred
with Padma awards by
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind on Monday
.
Amongst the promi-
nent awardees at the
second investiture cer-
emony were Padma Vib-
hushan recipients Kaly-
an Singh (posthumous),
during whose tenure
the Babri Masjid was
demolished in 1992, and
classical vocalist Prab-
ha Atre.
Singh’s son Rajveer
Singh, who is a Lok Sab-
ha MP from UP’s Etah,
received the honour.
The Padma Bhushan
recipients include actor
Victor Banerjee, and
Krishna Murthy Ella
and Suchitra Krishna
Ella of Bharat Biotech,
the maker of coronavi-
rus vaccine Covaxin, an
official statement said.
The Padma Shri
awardees include the
country’s first individu-
al Olympic gold medal-
list Neeraj Chopra.
SC gives four weeks to Centre on
plea for identification of minorities
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day granted four weeks
to the Centre to respond
to a plea, which has
sought directions for
framing of guidelines
for identification of mi-
norities at the state
level, contending that
Hindus are in minority
in 10 States.
A bench of justices
SK Kaul and MM Sun-
dresh posted the matter
for hearing on May 10
and asked the Union of
India to place its stand
on record on a plea filed
by advocate Ashwini
Kumar Upadhyay. At
the outset, Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta
sought two weeks time,
saying that he had not
gone through the affida-
vit filed by the Ministry
of Minority Affairs.
The Ministry in the af-
fidavit has told the top
court that state govern-
ments can declare any
religious or linguistic
community, including
Hindus, as minority
within the said state.
Responding to the so-
licitor general’s sub-
mission, the bench said,
“The reply appears to
be seen in the newspa-
pers.” To this, Mehta
said,” In some of the
PILs, the pleadings even
before coming to the
law officers, find their
way to the media.
Delhi HC pulls up
Twitter over post
on Hindu Goddess
Delhi High Court on
Monday pulled up Twit-
ter for not voluntarily
taking action against
an account which alleg-
edly published objec-
tionable content about a
Hindu Goddess.
A bench headed by
Justice Acting Vipin
Sanghi, which was
hearing a petition
against the allegedly
obnoxious posts on Maa
Kaali by user ‘Atheis-
tRepublic’, directed
Twitter to explain how
it undertakes the block-
ing of accounts.

BIZ BUZZ
07
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
‘Reserve Bank to maintain
status quo at April meet’
Mumbai (PTI): Height-
ened geopolitical uncer-
tainties will lead the
Reserve Bank’s rate-
setting panel to opt for a
status quo at the next
week’s meeting, Axis
Bank’s chief economist
Saugata Bhattacharya
said on Monday
.
Bhattacharya said he
had earlier expected a
tightening action at the
policy meet scheduled
for April 6-8 but the in-
creased uncertainties
on the geopolitical front
due to the Russian inva-
sion of Ukraine and its
impact on commodity
prices makes him now
think that RBI will de-
fer such an action.
He said the central
bank’s Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) may
hike rates in the second
half of FY23 by up to
0.50%.
Bhattacharya said
the recent events have
led to “some weakening
of growth and harden-
ing of inflation”, and
the RBI’s estimates on
both for the new fiscal
will be very keenly
looked at by analysts.
Making it clear that
we are not staring at a
stagflation, the econo-
mist estimated real
GDP growth to fall to
7.8% in FY23 down from
a projection of 8.9% in
FY22 while the consum-
er price inflation is esti-
mated to rise to 5.8%
from 5.4%.
He also noted that
there are downside
risks to growth and up-
side risks to inflation,
and expected RBI to
also increase its FY23
average inflation esti-
mate sharply to up to
5.2% from the 4.5%
spelled out at the last
policy review in Febru-
ary this year.
It can be noted that
RBI has been on a pro-
longed pause in interest
rates and decided
against a widely expect-
ed rate hike at the last
policy review to sup-
port growth. Headline
inflation at 6.07% for
February has breached
the upper end of the
band set for the central
bank.
Bhattacharya said
RBI will be interested
in looking at whether
inflation gets en-
trenched in the econo-
my and its impact on
the demand process be-
fore deciding on the
rates scenario.
Amid the rise in oil
prices, Bhattacharya
said he expects the aver-
age crude prices for
FY23 to go up to $105 per
barrel as against the
$79.6 per barrel in FY22.
He said that every ru-
pee of cut in excise duty
will hurt the Centre’s
finances by `15,000
crore.
GDP GROWTH
India not buying
Russian oil in rupees
New Delhi (PTI):
India has no plans
to pay in rupees for
the Russian oil its
public sector com-
panies buy, Parlia-
ment was informed
on Monday
.
India buys less
than 1% of its total
oil imports from
Russia. But western
sanctions against
Russia for its inva-
sion of Ukraine
have given way to
talk of a rupee trade
for the oil and gas
purchases.
“At present, oil
public sector under-
takings neither
have any contract
nor is any such pro-
posal under consid-
eration from Russia
or any other coun-
try for the purchase
of crude oil in Indi-
an rupees,” Minis-
ter of State for Pe-
troleum and Natu-
ral Gas Rameswar
Teli said.
State-owned IOC
has bought two par-
cels or shiploads of
distressed Russian
oil through traders
at deep discounts.
IOC bought 3 mil-
lion barrels in each
trade through Euro-
pean trader Vitol.
Western
sanctions against
Russia have given
way to talk of a
rupee trade for the
oil and gas
purchases
New Delhi (PTI):
Petrol price on Mon-
day was hiked by 30
paise a litre and die-
sel by 35 paise, taking
the total increase in
rates in the last one
week to `4-4.10 per
litre. Petrol in Delhi
will now cost `99.41
per litre as against
`99.11 previously
while diesel rates
have gone up from
`90.42 per litre to
`90.77, according to a
price notification of
state fuel retailers.
Rates have been
increased across the
country and vary
from state to state
depending upon the
incidence of local
taxation. This is the
sixth increase in
prices since the end-
ing of a four-and-
half-month long hia-
tus in rate revision
on March 22.
Petrol price
hiked 30
paise, diesel
up 35 paise
5,200 cos with
over `5 cr credit
declared as NPAs
New Delhi (PTI):
More than 5,200 com-
panies having credit
exposure of `5 crore
or above were catego-
rised as non-perform-
ing assets (NPAs) or
bad loans on the
banks’ books as of De-
cember 31, 2021, Par-
liament was informed
on Monday
.
Scheduled commer-
cial banks (SCBs) and
All Indian Financial
Institutions report
certain credit infor-
mation of all borrow-
ers having aggregate
credit exposure of `5
crore and above to the
RBI, under its CRILC
database, since the
quarter ended June
2014, Minister of State
for Finance Bhagwat
Karad said.
The number of
unique borrowers
having aggregate
credit exposure of `5
crore and above, iden-
tified as companies,
and classified as NPA
stood at 5,231 as of De-
cember 31, 2021, Karad
said in a written reply
to the Lok Sabha. The
Central Repository of
Information on Large
Credits (CRILC) is
tasked to collect, store,
and disseminate cred-
it data to lenders.
Govt’s total liabilities rise 2 pc in Dec quarter
government’s total lia-
bilities rose to `128.41
lakh crore in Dec quar-
ter from `125.71 lakh
crore in the three
months ended Sept
2021. The increase re-
flects a quarter-on-
quarter increase of
2.15% in Oct-Dec 2021-
22.
In absolute terms, the
total liabilities, includ-
ing liabilities under the
‘Public Account’ of the
government, jumped to
`1,28,41,996 crore at the
end of Dec 2021. As of
S e p t
30,
the total liabilities
stood at `1,25,71,747
crore.
The report re-
leased by the
finance min-
istry on
Monday said
p u b l i c
debt ac-
count-
ed for
91.60%
of the
total out-
standing li-
abilities in Dec quarter
compared to 91.15% at
the end of Sept. Nearly
25% of the outstanding
dated securities had a
residual maturity of
less than 5 years.
The ownership pat-
tern of the central gov-
ernment securities in-
dicates that the share of
commercial banks
stood at 35.40% at end-
Dec 2021, lower than
37.82% at end-Septem-
ber 2021.
Post Covid curbs, airlines 5-star hotels
count gains as Indians holiday lavishly
Mumbai (PTI): Indi-
ans are holidaying lav-
ishly now, spending
more on five-star hotels
and booking business-
class seats as the coun-
try emerges from the
coronavirus pandemic
that restricted travel
for two years, as per In-
dia’s second-biggest
online travel agency
.
“People are living
their lives and splurg-
ingontravel,”Prashant
Pitti, a co-founder of
EaseMyTrip, said in an
interviewwithBloomb-
erg Television on Mon-
day. “It’s a shift which
is happening for good,
for long-term.”
More and more Indi-
ans are taking to the
skies as travel curbs
ease and the country
opens up international
travel, with pent-de-
mand driving travel
needs for millions
stuck at home.
India, the world’s
fastest-growing major
aviation market before
the pandemic, expects
local traffic to exceed
pre-pandemic levels of
415,000 daily fliers
within a year.
Indian airlines are
also adding capacity to
capture the revival in
demand as internation-
al flights resumed from
Sunday
.
Bookings for busi-
ness class seats on
flights and five-star ho-
tels have already dou-
bled compared to pre-
pandemic numbers as
a percentage of total
reservations, Pitti said.
Sensexrises768ptsfromday’slow,ends231ptsup
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark stock indices
Sensex and Nifty re-
versed early losses to
close higher by 0.40%
on Monday helped by
buying in index heavy-
weight Reliance Indus-
tries, ICICI Bank and
Bharti Airtel amid
gains in global equities.
After falling 537.11
points to a low of
56,825.09 in morning
trade, the 30-share BSE
barometer staged a re-
covery in afternoon
trade and climbed
231.29 points or 0.40% to
settle at 57,593.49.
Inox, PVR shares jump after
merger announcement
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of Inox Leisure
and PVR on Monday jumped sharply
after the leading film exhibition play-
ers announced a merger to create the
largest multiplex chain in the country.
Inox Leisure shares jumped 11.33%
to settle at `522.90 apiece on the BSE.
During the day, it zoomed 19.99% to
its 52-week high of `563.60. PVR also
gained 3.06% to settle at `1,883.50 on
the BSE. During the day, it rallied 9.99%
to its 52-week high of `2,010.35.
GOLD DROPS `351; SILVER TUMBLES `561
New Delhi (PTI): Gold price on Monday dropped by `351 to close at `51,452 per
10 gram in the national capital, reflecting the decline in international precious metal
prices, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had settled at `51,803 per
10 gram in the previous trade. Silver also tumbled `561 to `68,182 per kg from
`68,743 per kg in the previous trading session. In the international market, gold
traded lower at $1,933 per ounce and silver remained flat at $25.10 an ounce.
RUPEE RISES BY 8 PAISE TO
76.16 AGAINST $
Mumbai (PTI): The Indian rupee appre-
ciated 8 paise to 76.16 against the US
dollar on Monday, supported by positive
domestic equities and a fall in global
crude oil prices. At the interbank forex
market, the local unit opened weak at
76.36 but entered positive territory later
in the session. It witnessed an intra-day
high of 76.15 and a low of 76.38. The
rupee traded at 76.16 at 1530 hrs, regis-
tering a rise of 8 paise over its previous
close.
Housing prices may go up 10 to
15% on rise in construction cost
Mumbai (PTI): Real-
tors’ body CREDAI on
Monday said the cost
of construction has
gone up by 20-25%,
mainly during the last
45 days, due to steep
rise in prices of raw
materials like steel,
and builders will be
forced to increase
property prices from
next month by an aver-
age 10-15%.
The association said
it would not advise
member developers to
stop construction
works as of now, but if
the price rise contin-
ues then builders
would have no option
but to halt works at
project sites and defer
purchase of raw mate-
rials. “Steel prices
have gone up from `35-
40 per kg to `85-90 per
kg. Cement prices have
gone up by around Rs
100 per bag. Fuel and
transportation costs
have gone up. This has
resulted in an increase
of 20-25% in the overall
construction cost,”
CREDAI-MCHI Presi-
dent told reporters.
JIO LAUNCHES
`259
‘CALENDAR
MONTH
VALIDITY’ PLAN
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s telecom op-
erator Reliance Jio
has launched `259
plan that comes
with calendar
month validity to
help prepaid users
remember just one
recharge date every
month. Jio is the
first in the industry
to launch the ‘calen-
dar month validity’
prepaid plan. `259
plan comes bundled
with 1.5 GB daily
data and unlimited
calling.
New Delhi (PTI): The govern-
ment on Monday said `95.86
crore has been recovered
from 11 cryptocurrency ex-
changes for evasion of GST.
The total amount includes
penalty and interest. Zanmai Labs (WAZIRX),
Coin DCX, CoinSwitch Kuber, Buy Ucoin,
UnoCoin and Flitpay were among the exchanges
that were involved in GST evasion cases. Others
were Zeb IT Services, Secure Bitcoin Traders,
Giottus Technologies, Awlencan Innovations
India (Zebpay) and Discidium Internet Labs,
according to the finance ministry.
GST: `95.86 CR RECOVERED FROM 11
CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES
TRAFFIC TO RISE

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
61,49,387
TOTAL DEATHS
41,68,84,712
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,93,04,824
ACTIVE CASES
48,23,38,923
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,21,066
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,83,829
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,828
ACTIVE CASES
4,30,20,723
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
GUJARAT BTP LEADER MEETS
AAP CHIEF KEJRIWAL IN DELHI
Extended an invite for alliance, Vasava also visited govt school, mohalla clinic
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Ahead
of the Gujarat Assem-
bly polls due in Decem-
ber this year, state-
based Bharatiya Tribal
Party (BTP) Chief Ma-
hesh Vasava met Aam
Aadmi Party’s national
convener Arvind Kejri-
wal in New Delhi on
Monday.
The meeting comes
days after a few Gujarat
AAP leaders met with
the BTP chief and his
elder brother MLA
Chhotu Vasava at their
residence in Bharuch
district and invited
them to form an alli-
ance with the Kejriwal-
led party
.
The BTP had contest-
ed the 2017 Gujarat As-
sembly election in alli-
ance with the Congress
and won two seats. How-
ever, the tribal outfit
has of late distanced it-
self from the opposition
Congress.
During his Delhi vis-
it, Mahesh Vasava, the
MLA from Dediapada
constituency, also visit-
ed a government school
and a mohalla clinic,
the Gujarat AAP unit
said in a tweet.
Mahesh Vasava met
Delhi Chief Minister
Kejriwal along with
Gujarat AAP leader
Isudan Gadhvi and
discussed various is-
sues concerning the
tribal community and
areas, it said.
“After visiting the
government school in
Delhi, Mahesh Vasava
said the educational op-
portunities among the
tribal community can
be increased if such
schools are built in the
tribal areas of Guja-
rat,” the AAP stated in
another Twitter post.
During a press con-
ference on March 26,
Gujarat AAP president
Gopal Italia said that
AAP has extended an
invitation to the BTP
for an alliance and to
make it strong ahead of
the state Assembly
polls.
In the 2017 state polls,
the Congress had won
15 out of 27 seats re-
served for Scheduled
Tribe candidates, in al-
liance with the BTP.
But, in the June 2020
Rajya Sabha elections
for some in Gujarat,
both the BTP MLAs had
decided to stay away
from casting their
votes, saying their par-
ty is an independent
outfit which keeps a dis-
tance from both the BJP
and Congress.
Last year, the BTP
had decided to sever
ties with the Congress
in Narmada and
Bharuch district pan-
chayats, and joined
hands with the Asadud-
din Owaisi-led All India
Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-
Muslimeen (AIMIM).
AAP BTP TO
TEAM UP?
BTP Chief Mahesh Vasa-
va met AAP's national
convener Arvind Kejriwal
on Monday, in New Delhi
to discuss a possible
alliance between the two
parties for the upcoming
Gujarat Assembly elec-
tions. BTP had contested
the 2017 Gujarat Assem-
bly elections in alliance
with the Congress and
won two seats. But off
late, the tribal outfit has
distanced itself from the
Congress party.
Infected dog bites
15 people, including
children, in Morbi
First India Bureau
Morbi: Morbi Na-
garpalika’s team is
hunting for a rabies-
infected dog. The
dog has so far bit 15
people, including
children.
A dog going wild
is caught on a CCTV
camera of Prabhu
Krupa township,
where the dog bites
several people in the
complex and the
surrounding area.
Morbi civil hospi-
tal source has con-
firmed that till Mon-
day afternoon, 15
patients, including
five to six children
aged between five to
10, were given the
anti-rabies injection.
A resident of the
Prabhu Krupa town-
ship said that chil-
dren were playing in
the parking area
when the dog at-
tacked them. Chil-
dren were fright-
ened, and they
screamed for help.
When elders of the
society tried to pro-
tect them, they too
were attacked.
Locals immedi-
ately called the Na-
garpalika office,
asking them to catch
the infected dog. Till
this news report was
filed, local authori-
ties had not tri-
umphed in catching
the infected dog.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A youth
dies by suicide out of
frustration and depres-
sion caused by his wife,
who fled with Rs1.50
lakh worth of gold orna-
ments and cash just 15
days after the marriage.
The Aslali police have
booked the bride, her
relatives and friends for
culpable homicide.
Deceased Hitesh’s
mother complained to
the Aslali police sta-
tion against wife Rani,
one Mukesh, Sufian
and three others for
cheating and abetment
to suicide. She said her
son Hitesh’s first four
marriages had failed.
While working at a pri-
vate hospital in Bareja,
she met Sufian, the
mother of her col-
league Muskan, who
promised to get Hitesh
married.
Sufian contacted one
Mukesh from South Gu-
jarat, who found Rani
from Valsad and on Feb-
ruary 2, 2022, the duo
tied the knot. But 15
days later, Rani left to
visit her parents with
ornaments and cash.
On Saturday night, he
took pills and ended his
life. Hitesh’s mother,
whilecleaninghisroom,
foundasuicidenote.The
police are on the hunt.
—FILE PHOTO.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Vadodara
got connected by air
with a sixth destina-
tion, Chennai, on Sun-
day. It is already con-
nected, by air with Del-
hi, Mumbai, Hy-
derabad, Jaipur and
Bengaluru. The inaugu-
ration was done by Va-
dodara Member of Par-
liament Ranjan Bhatt,
in the presence of Va-
dodara Airport Adviso-
ry committee members,
Airport Director, CASO
CISF and Team IndiGo.
Earlier this month,
the city got air connec-
tivity with Jaipur. The
Chennai flight will be
operated by Indigo air-
lines, with Airbus A320
aircraft having a seat-
ing capacity of 188 pas-
sengers. The flight will
depart daily from Chen-
nai at 12.10 pm and land
in Vadodara at 14.25
pm. It will depart from
Vadodara at 15.00 pm
and land in Chennai at
17.30 pm.
On the first flight on
Sunday, 180 passengers
travelled from Chennai
to Vadodara, while 185
passengers travelled
from Vadodara to Chen-
nai. “This is the 6th des-
tination connected to
Vadodara, and the flight
will operate daily as per
the given schedule. Ear-
lier, we had started a
flight to Jaipur and, in
the future, will connect
more destinations as
potential increases. We
are operating with gov-
ernment norms and
taking care of all COV-
ID-19 protocols”, said
Director Vadodara Air-
port TK Gupta.
IndiGo adds direct flight from Vadodara to Chennai
CHENNAI CALLING!
UNSPORTSMANLIKE
lll
City gets
connected
with sixth
destination by
air. Earlier this
month, it
got air
connectivity
to Jaipur MP Ranjan Bhatt cutting a cake at the inaugural ceremony on
Sunday.
Two teams clash during football
match at MSU BBA faculty tourney
First India Bureau
Vadodara: A fight
broke out between
football players from
two teams during a
match at MS Univer-
sity’s BBA faculty
tournament. The Va-
dodara police also ar-
rived on the spot, to
keep the situation un-
der control.
According to the de-
tails, Sunday was the
last day of season 8 of
the BBA faculty’s For-
titude Football tourna-
ment. During a match
between two teams, an
outside supporter
complained to the ref-
eree about a player re-
ceiving a yellow card,
resulting in a brawl.
“This is the eighth
season of the competi-
tion, organised by the
BBA students’ associa-
tion and features 32
teams from schools,
colleges, and clubs.
However, because the
event includes seven
girls’ teams and their
parents, we deploy
teachers, office em-
ployees, peons, and
security guards
throughout the match-
es as extra surveil-
lance,” said Associate
Director of the BBA
Program KR Badola.
“The first thing we
did after the clash was
to stop the activities
on the ground and
safely transport the
girls and other stu-
dents inside the facul-
ty, then control the
situation after clear-
ing the ground.”
The event was held
inside the faculty
grounds after a two-
year hiatus owing to
the COVID-19 out-
break. But after the
incident on Sunday,
the administration
decided to ban both
teams. They also
have no plans to in-
volve club teams in
this competition in
the future.
A video grab of the ruckus that ensued during the match on
Sunday.
YOUTH COMMITS SUICIDE,
AFTER WIFE RUNS AWAY
Traders with `20
cr annual turnover
will have to use
e-invoice for sales
First India Bureau
Surat: The new rule
by the GST depart-
ment has increased
the tension for
small traders. As
per the new rule,
traders with an an-
nual turnover of
Rs20 crore will also
have to use e-invoic-
es for sale. Previ-
ously the turnover
was up to Rs50
crore. The new rule
will come into ef-
fect from April 1,
2022. The official
stated that the new
rule was made to
avoid tax evasion.
Earlier, traders
with a turnover of
below Rs50 crore
used to deal in manu-
al receipts, and the
practice brought to
light several cases of
tax evasion.
Now, the traders
are unhappy with
the decision. They
said it will be hard
for them to under-
stand which trader
has a turnover of
Rs20 crore as they
have thousands of
traders in the link.
They will have to
form a separate sys-
tem to claim an input
tax credit (ITC)
Tax Consultant
Narayan Sharma
said that from April
1, the Central Gov-
ernment has made it
mandatory for trad-
ers with a turnover
of more than Rs20
crore to generate e-
invoices for sale.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (centre) flanked by BTP chief Mahesh Vasava (left) and AAP Guj leader
Isudan Gadhvi.
Increasingly, I have come to the
realisation that emotional
intelligence is a game-changer
for high performance and teamwork.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

Tell us something
about yourself
A lawyer by qualifica-
tion but my drive to-
wards modelling has
always been supersed-
ed. For me, music
and dance work
like meditation. I
have a spiritual
way of living
life and I be-
lieve that the
Universe works
for your good if
you think good about
yourself.
Where do you see
yourself after the
next 20 years-
I want to see myself
healthy, not only
physically but men-
tally as well. For me,
nothing is more impor-
tant than a happy and
peaceful mind.
What are your aspira-
tions and goals
I would want to be a suc-
cessful entrepreneur
but would always stick
to the creative side so
something like being a
Makeup artist/cosme-
tologist or maybe hav-
ing my own Label. Also,
I don’t wanna restrict
myself to a single pro-
fession, I want to ex-
plore and try my hands
on everything that I
would love to do.
How did
your journey
begin?
M o d e l l i n g
caught my interest
when I was in my
first year and got se-
lected in the Fashion
team of our college and
majorly when I became
Miss Pune 2016 Runner-
up. Since then I have
been part of a lot of pag-
eants, runways and
shoots.
What were some of the
battles you fought and
are still fighting in
your journey?
I think I am currently at
a stage where I am fight-
ing a lot of battles.
Since I am a lawyer
everyone expects me
to be an Advocate or
a Judicial officer but
my heart doesn’t al-
low me to be there.
I have always been
fascinated with
every aspect of
the Fashion In-
dustry but I also
know how hard
it is to reach a
certain posi-
tion. I still
don’t wanna
lose any
hope and
work hard
to be in a
position
that I
know I
d e -
serve.
up to
great-
er pro-
jects in fu-
ture.”
YASHASVI SHRIVASTAVA, A PASSIONATE
LAWYER AND A SUPERMODEL IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST
SPOKE ABOUT HER JOURNEY, HER PASSION
FOR MODELLING AND WHAT SETS HER
APART FROM THE CROWD!
AHMEDABAD, TUESDAY,
MARCH 29, 2022
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BEAUTY
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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ROBICA CHAUDHANI, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Better to consult
an expert in
financial matters
before making
an investment.
Your hard work
and dedication
are likely to
be noticed by
seniors, paving way for promotion or
increment. Family will be supportive
of career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Yoga would
help in raising
energy levels and
improve your
metabolism.
Some of you are
going experience
emotional
fulfillment on
romantic front. Place emphasis on
domestic affairs to enhance the domestic
tranquility and harmony. Associating
yourself with humanitarian group.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It’s a very good
day to take
calculated risks in
financial matters.
Those suffering
from chronic
ailments may
find remarkable
improvement
in their health with home remedies.
Today you will enjoy the trust of senior
management. Minor domestic disputes
may snowball into a major row.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A sound
financial health
of businessmen
would enable to
give monetary
benefits to
employees.
Roadblock in
the matrimonial
alliance of kin gets cleared bringing
happiness for entire family. Your sole
dependency on friends may fail to bring
any respite from loneliness today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Seek opinion
of expert
before opting
for a health
supplement.
The day is not
likely to pose any
major problems
at workplace.
You will succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family members,
normalizing ties. Seek proper valuation of
the property you are planning to buy.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Successful
implementation
of new ideas
and projects
would add to
your prestige on
the professional
front. A sound
monetary
position would enable you to keep pace
with changing times. Avoid raising
controversial issues at home to maintain
harmony. It is a wonderful day for you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will be
greatly benefited
by investing in
companies of
repute. Develop a
good adaptability
to handle
pressurized
situation on
professional front. Paying special
attention to plan your career would
give immense joy. You are likely to get
clearance or approval.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You may get a
chance to pursue
old hobby. Health
tips from an
expert will enable
you to get closer
to your fitness
goals. Chances
of being misled
by competitors in business are high, so
remain alert. Your generous behavior
would enable to enjoy some lovely
moments with family.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being
indulgent in
your spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put
in efforts at work
and you will
see promising
opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good price
for your property.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Distant relatives
may drop in
for a surprise
visit. Investment
antiques and
jewellery would
bring handsome
financial gains.
On professional
front, recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Efforts made
to improve looks or personality will bring
desired results.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t give a firm
commitment
in financial
matters before
considering
the viability
of the project.
You succeed in
completing an
important project well before deadline.
Disagreements on the family front are
foreseen. Be careful about the legal
apprehensions in the property.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Long-pending
arrears and dues
are likely to be
recovered. Senior
management will
be appreciative
of your creative
inputs on
professional
front. Seek the opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a function from a
friend is likely to be received.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ran and the
western coun-
tries are on the
brink of reviv-
ing the 2015 Nu-
clear Deal. The
nuclear talks
are going on in Vienna
and the diplomats indi-
cate that the next few
days will decide the
fate of the deal. What
would follow if the nu-
clear talks fail, will
Iran return to square
one on the US Sanc-
tions? This article
looks back to every im-
portant event that has
led up to this moment.
Iran, one of the world’s
biggest oil producers,
has been dealing with a
fall in share in the oil
market. The primary
reason behind this is
the sanctions imposed
by the Trump Adminis-
tration when the Unit-
ed States exited the Nu-
clear Deal in 2018. In
May 2018, US President
Donald Trump with-
drew from the deal, as
the US believed Iran to
violate the deal by se-
cretly developing a nu-
clear weapon, which
led to the imposition of
a series of economic
sanctions on Iran, con-
sequently hurting their
already crippling econ-
omy. World trade with
Iran declined drasti-
cally and the economy
fell into a deep reces-
sion. Its oil exports
plummeted, the cur-
rency’s value was re-
duced to half and the
inflation in the country
soared drastically. The
Iran Nuclear Deal also
known as the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA) was an
agreement between
Iran and the five per-
manent members of
the UN and Germany
signed in 2015. Under
the deal, Iran had
agreed to dismantle
much of its nuclear
programme and allow
the International
Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), the UN’s nu-
clear watchdog organi-
zation to inspect its
nuclear facilities, in
exchange for relief
from the billions of dol-
lars sanctions imposed
from 2012-2014. Saudi
Arabia and Israel, both
arch-rivals of Iran,
have been critical of
the 2015 Nuclear Deal.
Both countries have
called for a stronger
and long-lasting deal.
Israel sees Iran’s nu-
clear programme as a
threat to the State of
Israel and has been ac-
cused of cyber-attacks
and assassinations of
Iran’s top nuclear sci-
entists. When the US
withdrew from the
deal, they did not pro-
vide any evidence that
Iran was developing
nuclear weapons and
violated the deal. Iran
accused the US of uni-
laterally making deci-
sions without consid-
eration from other
member countries. Af-
ter exiting the deal in
2018 President Donald
Trump tightened the
sanctions on Iran in
2019 under his ‘maxi-
mum pressure’ policy
but Iran still main-
tained their insistence
to move forward with
their nuclear pro-
gramme by developing
centrifuges for high-
grade uranium at many
nuclear facilities. Due
to the sanctions Iran’s
production of oil bar-
rels reduced from 3.8
million to 2.3 million
per day. This caused a
sharp rise in interna-
tional oil prices to $80
per barrel. Simultane-
ously the U.S urged
Saudi Arabia to in-
crease its oil supply.
Iran experienced mas-
sive inflation from be-
ing 30.22 % to 34.62% in
2019. It also saw a 50 %
rise in its petrol prices
(15,000 Rials per litre),
and by comparison, the
currency lost half its
value. In fact, in 2018,
the Iranian Rial
touched a record low of
176,000 to one dollar.
Many indigenous busi-
nesses in Iran were
shut due to the increase
in production costs.
Presently, the Biden
Administration in the
USA is working with
the Iranian Govern-
ment and other mem-
ber countries for the
revival of the Nuclear
Deal. If the Nuclear
Deal is revived it will
lead to a major geopo-
litical and economical
shift in the Middle East
as many countries will
start rebuilding their
relations with Iran and
Iran will regain its role
in the oil market. If
not, the Iranian econo-
my will end up bearing
the brunt of the US
sanctions.
Iran days away from
signing Nuclear Deal?
SAMAR CHAUDHRY
School name- Neerja Modi School
(Class Grade 11)
I
City First
encourages
young writers
and authors to
exercise their
minds and pen
their thoughts on
paper. Taking the
same thought
forward today we
bring you this
article on world
politics by our
young columnist.

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ELECTRIFYING PARTY
AFTER LAUNCH!
TUSSHAR KAPOOR’S BOOK TITLED, ‘THE BACHELOR DAD’ WAS
LAUNCHED AT HOTEL MARIOTT, JAIPUR ON SUNDAY. THE EVENT WAS
PRESENTED BY MATHURA DAS MATHUR CHARITABLE TRUST AND
SUHANA. THE CHIEF GUEST OF THE EVENT WAS DR SUDHIR BHANDARI.
MANY RENOWNED PERSONALITIES WERE PRESENT DURING THE
OCCASION. THE LAUNCH WAS FOLLOWED BY AN AFTER-PARTY WHICH
WAS JOINED BY TUSSHAR KAPOOR AND MANY OTHERS.
Dr Puneet Bhargava and Rishee Mighlani
Rajat Sharma, Shivali Tomar and Dushyant Singh Tusshar Kapoor in converstaion with Kanya Kishnani
Tusshar Kapoor with Minal
Ashima Parnami Tusshar Kapoor
Tusshar Kapoor with (L-R) Rishee, birthday-girl Minal, Dushyant and Manish Tusshar Kapoor with Sulekha and Vishal Mathur
Mandakini, Shweta, Sujata and Doorva Ashwin and Swati Jassi with Tusshar
Rishee and Mandakini
Vishal Mathur dancing to the music
Rishee and Manish Tusshar Kapoor with Aparaana
Manish and Neha
Tusshar and Sandeep
Meera and Tripti
Prabhakar Kolte and Neeru Saluja
Kiara, Parul and Minal Shabana Khan, Ritu Kuchhal and Raghushree Poddar
Mandakini and Dr Sudhir Bhandhari
Mira Kataria,Tripti Pandey with guests
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Tusshar with Sanjay Sardana

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
he FDCI x Lakmé Fashion
Week showcased the stun-
ning and astonishing collec-
tions, by celebrated and
award-winning designers,
Pankaj Nidhi, Punit Bala-
na, Ranna Gill, Sidharth
Bansal and Nirmoha at the Dhyan
Chand Stadium on Sunday
. Inspired
by a holiday mood or feeling, the col-
lections were inspired by the idea of
wanting to be in a beautiful resort
town like Marbella, a scenic port city
on the southern coast of Spain. The
designer’s collection depicted many
moods of the season with vibrant
clothes and just wanting to have a
good time and enjoy oneself and
being back to life,” Florals and
summer go hand-in-hand with
each other and the same was
visible in the latest pieces
thatwerepresentedonthe
runway and saw Sanjana
Sanghi play showstop-
per for the show. Bolly-
woodbeautywasseen
when actress Janhvi
Kapoor when she
madeherrunwayas
the show stopper for
the Punit Balana show.
UTTAKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
FRAGRANCE OF
FASHION
CITY FIRST
I
n celebration of 100
glorious years of
Oxford Bookstore,
the iconic bookstore
chain announced the
Winner of the seventh
edition of Oxford Book-
store Book Cover Prize
at a special evening
hosted by Director, Ap-
eejay Surrendra Group
and Priti Paul and Art
Curator, Dr Alka Pande
at the India Habitat
Centre on Sunday. De-
signer Ishan Khosla
won the award for the
book jacket of ‘Kintsu-
gi’ authored by Anukrti
Upadhyay, published by
Fourth Estate. Ishan
Khosla was felicitated
with the award by Ju-
rors Dr Shashi Tharoor,
Dr Kunal Basu, Dr Alka
Pande, Priti Paul and
Emmanuel Lebrun-
Damiens at this beauti-
ful gathering of design-
ers, publishers, artists
and book lovers.
In addition to the win-
ning book cover, Maith-
ili Doshi for ‘Turmeric
Nation, Shashi Bhush-
an Prasad for ‘The Ma-
haraja of Jodhpur’s
Guns and Gavin Morris
for ‘Estuary were hon-
oured with Special Jury
Awards.
The special jury in-
clude Ambassador of
Brazil to India, H.E.
André Corrêa do Lago,
Gautam Bhatia, San-
jay Bhattacharya, Ap-
eejay Surrendra
Group, Priti Paul and
Dr Alka Pande.
OXFORD
BOOKSTORE
T
Miss Supermodel Globe
City First
D
r Mukesh Chan-
dra Sharma,
Founder of Aeo-
nian Group Dr San-
jana Jon Mentor and
Strategic Consultant
Hosted a press
meeting to an-
nounce Miss Su-
permodel Globe
season 3 on March 23,
Imperial Hotel, New
Delhi. Miss Super-
modelGlobeidentifies
Indian women who
exemplify beauty, tal-
ent, intelligence and
compassion with a Vi-
sion is to transform
the mindset of men
towards girls, women,
and models and the
modelling industry to
give equality based on
their talent”.
Educate Men, Save
GirlWomenEmpow-
erment.Theyaspireto
lift the raw talent from
the ground level based
on strength, character
and devotion. Aeonian
Group’s Miss Super-
modelGlobeispromot-
ing weaves of Indian
Handloom. Guest pre-
sentattheeventwhere
H.E Juan Angulo Am-
bassador Chile, H E
Andrei Rzheussky
Ambassador Belarus,
H.E KL Ganju Honor-
ary
, H E Ashish Saraf,
H.E Purrshottam
Bhaggeria, Jeffrey
Martin, Elia SS Fiji
Embassy, Dr Rashmi
Saluja Religare, Dr
Ashwani Mehta Gan-
garam, Bhupendra
Chaubey, Mohit Bur-
man Dabur, Arjun
Singh Marvel Studio,
Blossom Kochhar,
Parikshit Adani
Group.
City First
T
he legendary Mo-
han Brothers or-
ganised the Saaz
Samvad Concert at
Kamani Auditorium,
New Delhi on Sunday.
The duo, Lakshay Mo-
han and Aayush Mo-
han were accompanied
on the tabla by Pt Ram-
kumar Mishra. The
event was a great suc-
cess filling the atmos-
phere with melodious
tunes of the duet.
Saaz Samvad - Sitar
and Sarod Maestros,
Lakshay Mohan Aay-
ush Mohan brought
someof theirfinestrep-
ertoire and the true es-
senceof aclassicalduet
through their concert.
The occasion was
graced by Andrea Bal-
di Director of the Ital-
ian Embassy Cultural
Center, Delhi, Mr Ka-
mal Modi Chairman,
Art Karat, Avinash
Pasricha to name a few.
THE SAAZ SAMVAAD
Sanjana Sanghi
Sidharth Bansal’s collection Pankaj and Nidhi with Sanjana Sanghi
Pankaj and Nidhi
Pankaj and Nidh’s collection Janhvi Kapoor showcased Punit Balana’s collection
Mohit Burman Dabur, Dr Sanjana Jon and Ashish Saraf
HE Juan Angulo
Dr Mukesh Chandra Sharma
Vijay Vanchoo
Dr Rashmi Saluja with Dr
Ashwani Mehta
Sumit Tandon, Priti Paul
and Geraldine Lenain
Dr Shashi Tharoor and Dr Alka Pande
André Corrêa do Lago
and Géraldine Lenain
Priti Paul
Pt Ramkumar Mishra
DrAdityaVij and Sangeeta Lakshay Aayush Mohan
Pt Ramkumar Mishra, Lakshay Mohan and Aayush Mohan
Avinash
Pasricha
with
Santosh
Pasricha
Janhvi Kapoor and
Punit Balana
Nirmoha collection
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
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