First india ahmedabad edition-09 december 2020

Rural areas observe bandh, urban life unaffected across the state
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
call for Bharat Bandh
on Tuesday was an-
swered by more than
20 farmer unions and
the state unit of the
Congress party. While
the bandh received
good response in ru-
ral areas and a few
pockets of the Sau-
rashtra region and
other parts of the
state, it had little im-
pact on urban areas.
Despite making an-
nouncements about not
observing the bandh,
very few market yards
conducted business as
commission agents and
traders had answered
the bandh call.
Politically speak-
ing, the Congress de-
clared the bandh a
success and the
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) made a coun-
ter claim and termed
it “a flop show”.
Addressing people in
Mehsana while dedicat-
ing the Nal Se Jal
scheme, Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani took a jibe
at Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi and ques-
tioned his intellectual
prowess. “Before rais-
ing farmers’ issue, he
(Gandhi) should first
prove that he under-
stands the difference
between coriander and
fenugreek leaves. Peo-
ple are well aware about
his general awareness
level. Therefore, he
should not attempt to
talk about the benefits
or disadvantages of
farmers,” he stated.
Congress Chief
Spokesperson Manish
Doshi claimed that
the bandh received
wide support from the
agricultural sector
with most of the mar-
ket yards staying
closed. “The reality is
that the state govern-
ment was so fright-
ened of the bandh
call, that several
MLAs and leaders
were put under house
arrest since Monday.
A few were detained
when they ventured
out of their homes,”
said Doshi.
He added, “A few or-
ganizations and their
leaders could not join
the bandh call due to
pressure from the state
machinery. The state
government tried its
best to foil the shut-
down, but it failed as
people voluntarily ob-
served it.”
Refuting Congress’
claims, BJP’s media in-
charge Prashant Vala
said, “The farmers did
not join the bandh call
in the state and even the
APMCs functioned
smoothly. The people of
Gujarat have rejected
the Congress party and
its call for a bandh.”
Steady traffic movement was seen at Ellis Bridge in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
BJP calls the shutdown
unsuccessful, CM Rupani takes a
dig at RaGa’s general awareness
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New Delhi: With the
chances of a COVID-19
vaccine being available
soon increasing, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
the mobile technology
will be used for mass
inoculation against the
pandemic.
Speaking at the India
Mobile Congress, he
said mobile technology
has enabled benefits
worth billions of dol-
lars to reach the deserv-
ing and also helped the
poor and vulnerable
during the pandemic.
“It is also with the
help of mobile technol-
ogy that we will embark
on one of the world’s
largest COVID-19 vacci-
nation drive,” he said.
He did not provide
details. Three leading
coronavirus vaccine
developers—Pfizer Inc
and AstraZeneca Plc
and Bharat Biotech—
have applied for emer-
gency use authoriza-
tion in India.
While Pfizer India
has applied to drug reg-
ulator for permission to
import its experimental
mRNA vaccine for sale
and distribution with-
out the requirement for
local clinical trials, Se-
rum Institute of India
Ltd, AstraZeneca’s In-
dia vaccine partner, has
applied for emergency
use authorisation.
Turn to P6
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah met
with farmers on Tues-
day at 8 pm, raising
hopes for a resolution a
day before the govern-
ment’s sixth round of
negotiations to end
massive protests
against farm laws.
The meet which be-
gan after 8 pm was held
at the office of Indian
Council of Agricultural
Research. As many as
13 farmer leaders were
invited for talks with
Shah which ended post
11pm. The farmer lead-
ers said that Centre was
not ready to repeal the
farm laws.
The meeting finally
ended with farmer
leaders saying that
Centre was not ready to
repeal the farm laws.
CPI(M) Polit Bureau
member Hannan Mol-
lah post the meeting
said the home minister
told the government
would give in writing
about the amendments
it is willing to make, re-
ports PTI. Turn to P6
Ambani
hints at 5G
rollout by
2021 mid
New Delhi: Billionaire
Mukesh Ambani on
Tuesday hinted at roll-
ing out 5G telecom ser-
vices in the second half
of 2021 and said policy
steps are needed to ac-
celerate the early roll-
out of ultra-high-speed
5G services that are af-
fordable and available
everywhere.
5G is the 5th genera-
tion mobile network
that enables connecting
virtually everyone and
everything together in-
cluding machines, ob-
jects, and devices.
“In order to maintain
this lead, policy steps
are needed to accelerate
the early rollout of 5G,
and to make it afforda-
ble and available every-
where,” he said. “I as-
sure you that Jio will
pioneer the 5G Revolu-
tion in India in the sec-
ond half of 2021.”
Jio’s 5G will be pow-
ered by the indigenous-
ly-developed network,
hardware and technol-
ogy components. “Jio’s
5G service will be a tes-
timony to your inspir-
ing vision of AtmaNirb-
har Bharat.”
PM: Mobile tech to be used for mass
vaccination drive against pandemic
New Delhi: It seems the
Chinese had been en-
hancing their prepared-
ness for situations like
the ongoing conflict
with India on the Line
of Actual Control (LAC)
soon after the 2017
Doklam crisis as they
have developed several
military camps in their
depth areas all along the
LAC from Ladakh to
Arunachal Pradesh.
The Chinese and Indi-
an troops have been en-
gaged in a standoff posi-
tion with India since
April-May timeframe
and are now sitting on
the heights upto 18,000
feet in the cold desert
area of Ladakh. “The
Chinesehavebeendevel-
oping military camps in
their depth areas all
along the LAC. Around
20 of such camps have
beenobservedwithsome
civilians also around
these places,” govern-
ment sources told ANI.
Such camps can pro-
vide ability to the Chi-
nese Army to better
patrol their side of the
LAC as well as to react
faster to the developing
situations in the border
areas, they said.
The over two-months
long Doklam crisis had
taken place in 2017
whenIndiahadobjected
to the Chinese building
roads in the Bhutanese
areas which would have
given them access close
to the Chicken’s neck
area which connects
mainland India with the
Northeastern states.
The Chinese have
come up with close to
60,000 troops backed by
heavy artillery, missile
forces and armoured
regiments.
Indiatoohasmovedits
might to the highest bat-
tlefield in the world and
deployedthreefullmoun-
tainwarfaredivisionson
the frontline. —ANI
China’s military camps
coming up along LAC
Self-register via Co-WIN app
to enter vax programme
New Delhi: With
three vaccine-makers
having applied for
emergency use au-
thorisation in India,
the vaccination drive
in India is likely to
begin shortly. The
health ministry on
Tuesday revealed de-
tails of how the entire
vaccination pro-
gramme will be con-
ducted, though no
date has been made
public so far.
Addressing a press
meet on Tuesday,
health secretary
Rajesh Bhushan said
Centre has created an
applicationwhichwill
monitor the process
from the beginning to
the end. Co-WIN, the
new app will be avail-
ableforfreedownload,
is an upgraded ver-
sion of the Electronic
Vaccine Intelligence
Network (eVIN).
GOVT NOT READY FOR ROLLBACK, SAY FARMERS
FARMERS TAKE CENTRE STAGE! Bharat
Bandh ends peacefully; life hit in some states
New Delhi: Farmers
took the national cen-
trestage on Tuesday as
their call for a Bharat
Bandh’ to push for a re-
peal of the new agri
laws disrupted life in
myriad ways with
shops closed, transport
affected and protesters
squatting on roads and
train tracks in several
places, though many
states remained largely
unaffected.
The day wound to a
mostly peaceful close
even as thousands of
farmers who have been
protesting for last 12
dayssaidthatthebandh
was effective and was
observed in around
10,000placesin25states.
Emergency services
were exempted and
banks, too, continued
operations as the pan-
Indiashutdown,backed
by most opposition par-
ties and trade unions,
rolled out noisily but
peacefully with its im-
pact felt Turn to P6
z App will be useful
for all those engaged
in the process. Govt
will be vaccinating
priority groups in the
first two phases.
z There are five mod-
ules in Co-WIN app:
Administrator module,
registration module,
vaccination module,
beneficiary acknowl-
edgement module and
report module.
z The administrator
module is for admin-
istrators who will be
conducting these vac-
cination sessions.
z Registration
module is for people
to get registered for
vaccination.
z Vaccination module
will verify beneficiary
details and update
vaccination status.
z Beneficiary
acknowledgement
module will send SMS
to beneficiaries. It will
also generate QR-
based certificates after
one gets vaccinated.
z Report module will
prepare reports of how
many vaccine sessions
have been conducted,
how many people have
attended those, how
many people have
dropped out etc.
ALL ABOUT THE APP
OPPN TO MEET
PREZ TODAY
Oppn will meet Prez
Kovind on Wednes-
day and the delega-
tion of 5 will include
Rahul Gandhi, Sharad
Pawar and oth-
ers. “Leaders from
different political
parties (opposing
the farm bills) will
sit, discuss and take
a collective stand on
the contentious farm
laws before meeting
President Ram Nath
Kovind,” NCP chief
Sharad Pawar told
reporters.
Crowd at Azadpur vegetable market amid a nationwide strike called by agitating farmers to press
for repeal of agri laws, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PM Narendra Modi greets as he addresses inaugural session of
India Mobile Congress 2020 virtually in New Delhi on Tuesday.
SHAH’SMEETINGWITHFARMERLEADERS
ENDSWITHNOSOFTENINGOFSTAND
60 ENVOYS TO VISIT
FIRMS IN HYDERABAD
DEVELOPING VAX
New Delhi: More than 60 foreign heads of mis-
sions will on Wednesday visit leading biotech
companies in Hyderabad - Bharat Biotech and
Biological E - which are developing vaccines
against the novel coronavirus, sources said.
They said that this is the first such visit and it
will be followed by visits to facilities in other cit-
ies. Meanwhile as per health ministry estimates,
300 mn people may get vaccinated simultane-
ously as per availability of doses.
—PHOTOBYHANIFSINDHI

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Gujarat observes a
sporadically eventful
Bharat Bandh
Cong workers, activists come out in support
of farmers, set fire to ST buses, tires to
show dissent towards new farming laws
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The All
India Kisan Sangharsh
Coordination Commit-
tee (AIKSCC) declared
a nationwide bandh on
Tuesday, which gar-
nered the support of 20
political parties, in-
cluding the Congress.
Protesting farmers
camped on the borders
of the national capital
called for Bharat
Bandh, to express their
dissent with the farm-
ing laws passed by the
Parliament in Septem-
ber this year.
The impact of the
shutdown was evident
all across Gujarat,
with sporadic instanc-
es of violent incidents
that disrupted public
life. Members of the
opposition party Con-
gress, activists, and
farmers who came out
in support of the
bandh were detained
by police personnel.
In Ahmedabad, Na-
tional Students’ Union
of India (NSUI) activ-
ists, who had reached
the Gujarat University
area to protest against
the Bharat Bandh,
stopped three BRTS
buses and fled with
their keys. A video of
the incident has also
surfaced on social me-
dia platforms where
police personnel are
seen rushing to nab
the fleeing culprits.
In Jamnagar, Con-
gress activists burnt
an effigy of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi. Several inci-
dents of tire-burnings
and traffic jams were
reported in the state.
Congress workers
blew up state trans-
port (ST) buses on the
Shamlaji-Bhiloda-Idar
Road in Aravalli. Gan-
dhinagar Municipal
Corporation (GMC)
Leader of Opposition
Shailendrasinh Bihola
and four others were
detained by police.
The road Bharuch
and Dahej, a few un-
known elements set
fire to tires and held a
demonstration, caus-
ing a traffic jam. Fur-
ther, over 500 to 700
shops were closed in
Bharuch’s Vaddala
APMC vegetable mar-
ket and Mahmadpura
APMC. Former MLA
of Dahegam Kamini-
ben Rathod was de-
tained by police.
Meanwhile, despite
making an announce-
ment about not sup-
porting the bandh,
none of the shops
were operational at
the Rajkot Bedi Yard.
—PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI
LoP Dhanani detained for trying
to garner public support for bandh
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Extend-
ing support to the call
for Bharat Bandh on
Tuesday, Gujarat Legis-
lative Assembly Leader
of Opposition (LoP)
Paresh Dhanani took to
the streets on his two-
wheeler vehicle and ap-
pealed to people to sup-
port the bandh in Am-
reli. He was intercepted
by local police and de-
tained at a police sta-
tion despite the fact that
he was alone.
In a video that was
popularly shared on so-
cial media platforms,
the police can be heard
saying he (Dhanani)
was protesting despite
the fact that the govern-
ment had not supported
the bandh. Dhanani had
then argued with the
cops that he was alone,
following which, the po-
lice forcefully tried to
detain him.
“If I test positive for
COVID-19 later, the po-
lice will be held respon-
sible,” warned the lead-
er, before submitting to
his detention.
Thereafter, Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
leader Dilip Sanghani
rode a bicycle and ven-
tured out to a nearby
market and requested
traders, shopkeepers
to keep their business-
es operational. In Jam-
nagar, councillor Zain-
ab Khafi travelled to a
market in a bullock
cart to protest the
bandh and was later
detained by police per-
sonnel.
Meanwhile, in
Ahmedabad, notable
MLAs Shailesh Parmar,
Imran Khedawala, and
Gyasuddin Shaikh,
among others, were
kept under surveillance
by the police. Several
complaints flooded so-
cial media about mem-
bers of parties detained
by cops without any
written order.
Around 20 Congress
workers, including
MLA Vikram Madam,
were also detained in
Jamkhambhaliya of
Devbhoomi Dwarka
district.
Video grab of Dhanani being accosted and detained by police personnel in Amreli.
Mixed response to Bharat
Bandh in Saurashtra region
First India Bureau
Rajkot: The nation-
wide bandh called by
farmers protesting
against the Centre’s
new farming laws on
Tuesdayreceivedmixed
response in Saurashtra.
While some villages
observed a complete
shutdown, it was busi-
ness as usual in major-
ity of the villages in the
region. A few areas in
Rajkot city responded
to the bandh with pro-
testors blocking high-
ways, staged demon-
strations on roads or
forcefully trying to
shutter open shops.
Over 100 members of
the Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) and
the Congress party
were detained in Rajkot
alone. In Mavdi Over-
bridge area Congress-
men reportedly sat on
the road and shouted
slogans such as “BJP
Hai Hai”, “Withdraw
the new laws” and “Jab
Jab BJP Darti Hai, Po-
lice Ko Aage Karti Hai”
(Whenever the BJP is
scared, it hides behind
the police).
Police bandobast was
intensified in major ar-
eas including the
Gondal market yard to
ensure prevention of
any untoward incident.
In Junagadh, for-
mer Patidar Anamat
Andolan Samiti
(PAAS) leader Resh-
ma Patel was detained
along with seven oth-
ers. Visavadar city
observed a complete
bandh. As per re-
ports, Lodhika, Mali-
ya Hatina, Ajab, Moti
Paneli, Bhanvad and
Tankara villages of
Junagadh, Morbi and
Rajkot districts also
saw a shutdown.
70 detained in Surat
Surat: Around three units of city-
based transport and labour unions
on Tuesday joined the nationwide
farmers’ protests. An agitation was
held by farmers and their support-
ers near the APMC market at Sahara
Darwaja. Apart from that, smaller
demonstrations were witnessed in
Varachha and Udhana areas of the
city. The areas around the textile
market, ring road were blocked
by protestors. A total of 70 people
were detained by the police, includ-
ing president of the Gujarat Khedut
Samaj Jayesh Patel.Members of the
Congress party also came out in
support of the farmers. Meanwhile,
Surat Police Commissioner Ajay
Kumar Tomar, in a circular, stated
that people found spreading false in-
formation will be detained by police.
1. Supporters of farmers burning a tyre on the Sanand-Kandla highway, 2. People lighting tyres on fire on the Viramgam highway, 3. Farmer
supporters at a demonstration in Ahmedabad, 4. Congress workers burn an effigy to protest the bandh call in Khokhra area of Ahmedabad,
5. Members of the Krantikari Vichaar Manch trying to block the main road near the Amraiwadi post office area in Ahmedabad, 6. Trucks parked
on the Ahmedabad-Kheda highway, answering the call for shutdown.
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GUJARATAHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
state has decided to as-
sign the Detailed Pro-
ject Report (DPR)
work of the Kalpasar
project to the interna-
tionally reputed and
Goa-based National
Institute of Ocean
Technology (NIOT).
“ItisgoingtobeaHer-
culean task for the agen-
cy, but once the final re-
port is submitted, the
state will begin the con-
struction of Kalpasar
dambetweenBhavnagar
and Dahej,” said BN
Navlawala, advisor to
the Chief Minister on
water resources issues.
The dam was a dream
project of former chief
minister and one-time
stalwart of the Bharati-
ya janata Party, the late
Keshubhai Patel.
So far, the Kalpasar
department has already
conducted 28 of the 33
studies required for the
project. The Gulf of
Khambat (formerly,
Cambay) has the high-
est tidal velocity along
India’s entire coastline.
So, oceanography ex-
perts are likely to study
the tidal velocity for
seven to eight years. So,
even if construction be-
gins at the end of eight
years, it will be another
10 years before the pro-
ject is completed.
This means a consid-
erable escalation in de-
velopment costs is like-
ly. The project was ini-
tially estimated to be
developed at Rs53,000
crore in 1998. If it takes
even another eight
years to take off, it will
cost Rs1,42,040 crore.
According to a study
conducted by Arjun
Babu under the guid-
ance of Dr SG Aparna,
SeniorScientist,Nation-
al Institute of Oceanog-
raphy in 2012, “In India,
thehighesttidalrangeis
found in the Gulf of
Khambhat (Cambay),
having a spring tide
range of 8.8m. However,
in the open ocean, the
mean tidal range is usu-
ally less than 2m.”
State to assign Detailed Project Report work on Kalpasar to NIOT
LONG-AWAITED
The Gulf of Khambhat has the highest tidal velocity in India.
Goa-based
institute will
likely study
tidal
velocities for
eight years,
after which
construction
can finally
begin
Launching ‘Nal Se Jal’ in Mehsana, Rupani said that drinking water would reach all citizens soon
First India Bureau
Mehsana: Chief Min-
ister Vijay Rupani laid
the foundation stone
of the Nal Se Jal wa-
ter-supply scheme to
be established in
Mehsana at an invest-
ment of Rs287 crore
on Tuesday. Highlight-
ing the government’s
developmental pro-
jects, he said, “Our
government has
launched and execut-
ed several schemes to
meet the basic needs
of all citizens. Under
the Congress regime,
people and their que-
ries remained forgot-
ten but our govern-
ment has come up
with solutions to the
problems being faced
by the public.”
Commenting on the
shortageof watersupply
in North Gujarat, the
CM said that people suf-
fering from elephantia-
sis, broken bones, yel-
lowing of teeth due to
fluoridation, alkaline
and borewell water.
Two decades ago, only
4,700 villages had water-
supply schemes imple-
mented under the Con-
gressparty’srule.Outof
the total population of
the state, only 24% had
access to tap water.
Recallingthediresitu-
ation in the ’80s and ’90s,
Rupani said, “Water was
sent to remote places in
Saurashtra-Kutch by
trainsandthroughtank-
ersinotherplaces.There
wasrampantcorruption
duetowhichseveralpeo-
ple had to travel long dis-
tancestoprocurewater.”
He added, “The annu-
al budget at the time was
only Rs8,000 crore. But
the government now al-
locates Rs2,10,000 crore
to sustain water-supply
schemesimplementedin
thestate.Thedailywater
ration—once 45 litres
per head— is now 150 li-
tres per head.”
Rupani also said on
Tuesdaythatthegovern-
menthasdecidedtostart
aLokAdalatfor theRev-
enue department, where
inquiries against em-
ployees of class III and
IV will be taken up.
BJP govt provides solutions to
issues, unlike Congress: CM
Water Supply Minister Kunvarji Bavaliya, CM Vijay Rupani and Dy CM Nitin Patel at the event on Tuesday.
Complaint against man
for misusing wife’s pics
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Three
years into her mar-
riage, a woman has
alleged that her hus-
band posted pic-
tures of her on mat-
rimonial and adult
websites. She has
filed a case of do-
mestic violence
against her husband
and in-laws with the
Makarpura police
station in Vadodara.
Sushmita Singh
(name changed) mar-
ried Prakash Singh in
November 2017. Ac-
cording to her com-
plaint, her father had
given Rs12 lakh in
cash and through a
cheque to her hus-
band and in-laws,
along with jewellery
and other household
things at the time of
her wedding. Yet, she
was subjected to men-
tal torture and harass-
ment all these years.
She was compelled
to pay the bills for her
honeymoon and even
the monthly grocery
billsfromhersalary.In
2019, she says, her hus-
band had attempted to
kill her by keeping the
gas on. However, luck-
ily, she survived.
Further, when they
had trouble conceiv-
ing, medical tests
showed that Prakash
was infertile. Her
husband then threat-
ened her against
sharing his report
with anyone. When
her in-laws learned
about the test, they
threatened her too.
In addition, Sush-
mita told the police in
her statement, that
her brother-in-law
had accused her of
impropriety in front
of her parents.
A few days ago, she
foundherphotographs
on a number of matri-
monialwebsites.Since
then she has called the
sites and had them de-
lete her photos. Then,
she learnt that her
husband had also up-
loaded her photos to
an adult website. That
was when she decided
to file a case against
her husband and in-
laws.
A case has been filed at Makarpura police station.
NO WATER
SGST unearths
`144 cr billing scam
Unseasonal rain
likely on Thurs-Sat
STATE ADDS 1,325 MORE CASES
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Gujarat
has recorded 1,325
new cases of Sars-
CoV-2 infection in the
last 24 hours, the state
health department
said in its COVID-19
bulletin on Tuesday
evening. This took the
state’s total tally to
2,21,493 cases.
With another 15 pa-
tientssuccumbingtothe
infection during the day,
Gujarat’s death toll due
to the pandemic has
reached 4,110.
Nine of the latest fa-
talities occurred in
Ahmedabad,whileSurat
saw three and Vadodara,
Rajkot, and Amreli each
saw one death.
Ahmedabad also wit-
nessed the highest num-
ber (294) of new cases,
while new cases also
emerged in Surat (214),
Vadodara (171), Rajkot
(129), Gandhinagar (50),
and Mehsana (47),
among others.
There are currently
14,272 active cases in the
state, with 78 patients on
ventilators.
In the meanwhile,
Ahmedabad Municipal
Commissioner Mukesh
Kumar has suspended
Dr Arvind Patel for his
involvement in a billing
scam, after the Anti-
Corruption Bureau one
of his associates, Dr
NareshMalhotra,forde-
manding10%toapprove
a bill of Rs1.5 crore.
First India Bureau
Mehsana: The State
Goods and Service
Tax (SGST) team has
unearthed a Rs144
crore fake bill and
credit scam in Unjha,
where Asia’s biggest
market yard is situ-
ated, and arrested
one Supreme Patel,
who was running a
transport company.
Department sources
said, Supreme Patel
had created fake com-
panies and used them
to generate bills and
take credit. While the
GST team did not find
any circumstantial
evidence when it raid-
ed Patel’s Unjha office,
a search of his resi-
dence revealed docu-
ments and bills.
Patel had been gen-
erating e-way bills for
cumin in the name of
trading companies sit-
uated in Ahmedabad,
Mehsana, Himmatna-
gar, Unjha, Vadnagar
and other places—
none of which were
found to even exist.
The accused had mis-
used the documents
and to create a fake
trading firm.
The SGST team found
that none of these firms
had filed their returns
in the last few quarters.
Neither had the they
stated their turnover
and nor have they paid
any taxes. The SGST
team has accessed some
documents that raised
questions.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Va-
dodara, Ahmedabad,
Surat, Bhopal, Indore,
Ratlam, Ujjain,
Udaipur, Kota and
Mount Abu may re-
ceive unseasonal rain
between December 10
and 12, according to
the Meteorological De-
partment.
On the other hand,
meteorologist Ambalal
Patel commented on the
onset of unseasonal
rains and cold and the
damage to winter crops.
Patel said, “Normally
there is non-seasonal
rainfall in winter but
this year it has not even
cooled down, due to the
impact of cyclones in
the Bay of Bengal and
the Arabian Sea. Clouds
willbeseeninSouthGu-
jarat and Central Guja-
rat during the next few
days, especially in the
coastal areas of south-
ern Gujarat. There is a
possibility that light to
moderate rains will ad-
versely affect cumin,
cotton,andothercrops.”
Unseasonal rains can
damage the cumin crop,
and warming weather
canaffectthewheatcrop.
However, cold is likely to
return to Gujarat on De-
cember 14 after unsea-
sonal rains in Delhi and
North India.
Jayant Sarkar, Direc-
tor, Meteorological De-
partment, Ahmedabad,
said, “Light rain may
fall in Gir-Somnath on
December 10, in Surat
on December 11 and
scattered showers are
expected in Bhavnagar,
Dahod, Panchmahal,
Anand, and Vadodara
on a daily basis.”
The rain might cause an increase in temperatures.
ONE
MORE
BIG FIRE
A fire broke out at
the Nyay Mandir
Hotel located on the
national highway
on the outskirts
of Bharuch city
late on Tuesday
night. However, no
casualties were
reported. This is just
the latest in a string
of fires to plague the
state in recent times.
Gujarat conducted about 60,875 tests in the past 24 hours.
PROJECT STATS
1,325 cases, 15
fatalities take state
tally to 2,21,493
cases, toll to 4,110
Patel had been
generating e-way bills
in the name of several
fake trading companies
—FILEPHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
AMIT SHAH ENTERS
SCENE, DEADLOCK
CONTINUES
arring the Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty-ruled states, the nationwide
shutdown called by farmers for a
repeal of the three farm laws re-
mained peaceful. Sensing their
resolute mood, Union Home Minister Amit
Shah invited a delegation of farmers for talks
on Tuesday. He had to concede to their de-
mand of meeting at a neutral place instead
of Shah’s residence or office. Shah was later
joined by Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar. The government agreed to give
its proposals in writing but ruled out a com-
plete rollback. The farmers were not en-
thused.
Until now Centre’s negotiating team con-
sisted of Tomar and Railways Minister Pi-
yush Goyal. After today’s talks, there is now
a question mark over the sixth round of talks
due on Wednesday. With Amit Shah entering
the scene there was talk of the Centre agree-
ing to amend the farm laws for parity be-
tween private and government mandis, give
a written assurance on the minimum support
price, and allow farmers to approach civil
courts to seek dispute resolution. Whether
the government will indeed take a few steps
back and agree to incorporate these points
and whether the farmers will drop their de-
mand was unclear as the talks were under-
way at the time of writing.
On Tuesday, life was disrupted in several
states due to the Bharat Bandh. Punjab re-
mained the epicenter of the protests with
over 50,000 government employees taking
mass casual leave in support of the agitating
farmers who stayed put along the Haryana-
Delhi border.
In Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
alleged that after he met farmers at Singhu,
he was placed under house arrest by the Del-
hi Police, which strongly denied the charge.
The BJP asked Kejriwal not to do theatrics
over the farmers’ strike.
Protests were held across Telangana, As-
sam, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu
affecting normal life. In Chhattisgarh’s major
cities the streets looked deserted as business
establishmentsremainedclosed.Insomeother
stateslikeGoa,HimachalPradesh,Meghalaya,
and Arunachal Pradesh the bandh had no ef-
fect. Overall, the bandh remained peaceful.
Taking advantage of the situation the op-
position parties have also come together to
mount pressure on the government. Repre-
sentatives of 24 national parties wanted to
meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednes-
day. However, the President agreed to meet
only five leaders. Nationalist Congress Party
president Sharad Pawar, Congress’s Rahul
Gandhi, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, and CPI’s D.
Raja and TR Balu are now expected to repre-
sent the Opposition.
The opposition parties had earlier written
to the President urging him not to give his
assent to the controversial ordinances. Argu-
ing that agriculture was a state subject, the
Punjab government had passed its own set of
laws and sought presidential approval but the
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
IN-DEPTH
B
any people feel
that their expe-
rience of time
has been a bit
off this year.
Even though the clocks are
ticking as they should be,
days stretch out and some
months seem to go on for-
ever. We all know that there
are 60 seconds in a minute
but 2020 has made us all
aware of how we can expe-
rience the passage of time
a bit differently.
The French philosopher
Henri Bergson (1859-1941),
who was a bit of a celebrity
in his time, came up with
an idea that can help us un-
derstand why the time has
felt so strange in the year
of the pandemic, la durée.
Bergsonarguedthattime
has two faces. The first face
of time is “objective time”:
the time of watches, calen-
dars, and train timetables.
The second, la durée (“du-
ration”), is “lived time,” the
time of our inner subjec-
tive experience. This is
time felt, lived, and acted.
LIVING ON
OUR OWN TIME
Bergson observed that we
mostly do not pay attention
to la durée. We do not need
to – “objective time” is far
more useful. But we can get
a glimpse of the difference
between them when they
come apart.
The stretch of objective
timebetween3pmand4pm
is the same as that between
8pmand9pm.Butthisdoes
not have to be so with la du-
rée. If the first interval is
spent waiting at the den-
tist’s office and the second
at a party, we know the first
hour drags and the second
just passes by too quickly.
An example of this that
Bergson would have loved
can be found in a highly
unlikely place, the 1998
animated film AntZ. In a
short scene halfway
through the film, two ants
get stuck to the soles of a
boy’s shoes. The two-min-
ute sequence involves them
talking to each other while
the boy takes four or five
individual steps.
In the scene, talking hap-
pens in normal time while
thestepshappeninslowmo-
tion. The filmmakers have
managed to squeeze two du-
rées of different speeds into
one sequence: the boy walks
in slow motion, while the
ants converse in real time.
Noneof thiscanbecaptured
if we took a stopwatch and
noted the precise positions
of the shoes and the content
of their conversations. “Ob-
jective time” is just irrele-
vant to the description of
the scene: the ants’ durée
really matters to the viewer.
THE PANDEMIC
SLOWDOWN
If we shift our focus from
“objective time” to la durée,
we can put our finger on the
feeling of strangeness sur-
rounding time this year.
It’s not just that that for
many la durée slowed down
during lockdown and sped
up towards the relatively
restriction-free summer.
For Bergson, no two mo-
ments of la durée can ever
be identical. The arrival of
a train at a particular mo-
ment of objective time is
always the same. But our
past feelings and memories
influence our present expe-
rience of time. People who
were lucky enough to not
have to cope with the nega-
tive effects of the pandemic
might have felt a sense of
“novelty” about the first
lockdown: the sales of exer-
cise equipment rose sharp-
ly, some started learning
Welsh, others began mak-
ing bread.
The reason why we often
struggle to get into the
same mindset now is that
the memory of the first
lockdown “flavours,” as
Bergson would say, the cur-
rent one. Countless yoga-
mats will end up behind
cabinets as we recall how
fed up we got having to stay
insidethefirsttimearound.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Did you feel time slowing down during the pandemic?
M
here are many or-
ganizations in the
world and are cate-
gorized as average,
below average, and
above average or-
ganizations. A very
few fall into the above-average
category. Such organizations
have the authoritative figures
to thank for most of their suc-
cess. Heavy stones are there on
the shoulders of the prior au-
thority of such organizations
or companies. HR himself must
become a part of the team to
encourage and motivate them.
An organization can be consid-
ered above average when its
leaders are capable of recogniz-
ing the talents and potential of
its employees and when they
prove themselves to be a part of
the team to motivate the em-
ployees to give their best. For
this, they need to study human
resources and implement it.
This means a great organiza-
tion is only as great as its lead-
ers. It has been noted that the
HR Managers of a company
have a much more extended
role than just being the HR.
They also give their inputs for
the betterment of the organiza-
tion or company. After all, any
company or organization is a
group of people. Directing
them in the right way often
leads to progress.
Every entrepreneur needs to
know this in order to lead their
organization on the path of glo-
ry. The chairman of Vedanta
group, famously known as the
metal king of the sector, Anil
Agarwal was recently inter-
viewed on one TV channel. Dur-
ing the interview, he was asked
to state the reason for the suc-
cess of the Vedanta group, to
which his answer was, “People,
people, and people.” He also
added, “If you want to see your
organization at the peak, you
need to perceive your staff
members as business partners
rather than employees, and
mostimportantly,youneedtobe
a good HR manager for achiev-
ing the highest peak. After all,
anorganizationisnothingwith-
outmanpower;henceitbecomes
essential to preserve it.”
Young entrepreneurs should
be encouraged to take inspira-
tion from these words of wis-
dom from the chairman of the
Vedanta group about maintain-
ing human relation.
Treating employees as part-
ners rather than workers
makes them less inclined to
jump from the ship when it’s
sinking. For the good produc-
tivity of the company and most
importantly for the sake of hu-
manity you need to respect all
working staff just as you would
respect your business partner.
Remember that employees do
not only work for a wage but
they also aspire to make their
identity working at an organi-
zation. When this happens, it
often also results in the overall
progress of the organization
and indicates good leadership
policies. A good entrepreneur
is characterized by inspiring
such individuals. When an en-
trepreneur grasps this to their
veins,theybecomeunstoppable
and undefeatable because the
success of an organization de-
pends on its people, it is of the
people and given by the people.
If You take care of your peo-
ple, they will take care of your
customers and business. Al-
ways treat your employees ex-
actly as you want them to treat
your best customers. The gist
is human approach is required
while dealing with people.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ENTREPRENEUR NEEDS TO
BE A GOOD HR MANAGER
TIt has been noted
that the HR
Managers of a
company have a
much more
extended role than
just being the HR.
They also give
their inputs for the
betterment of the
organization or
company. After all,
any company or
organization is a
group of people.
Directing them in
the right way often
leads to progress
TREATING EMPLOYEES AS
PARTNERS RATHER THAN
WORKERS MAKES THEM
LESS INCLINED TO JUMP
FROM THE SHIP WHEN
IT’S SINKING. FOR THE
GOOD PRODUCTIVITY OF
THE COMPANY AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY FOR THE
SAKE OF HUMANITY YOU
NEED TO RESPECT ALL
WORKING STAFF JUST AS
YOU WOULD RESPECT
YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT
When watching after yourself,
you watch after others. When
watching after others, you
watch after yourself.
—Buddha
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INDIAAHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
New Delhi: Accusing
them of “imposing” the
Bharat bandh for “po-
litical gain”, Union
minister Smriti Irani
on Tuesday said that the
opposition parties were
trying to disrupt peace,
and law and order in the
country in the name of
the farmers’ protest.
“The opposition,
which could not get to
power through people’s
support and votes, is in-
furiated and is trying to
disrupt the law and or-
der situation for politi-
cal gain. We have seen
scenes where workers of
the opposition parties
are forcefully shutting
down shops and mar-
kets. The country does
not want bandh. But a
bandh on the opposi-
tion’smisguidedpolicies
and corruption,” the
MinisterforTextilesand
Women and Child Devel-
opment told ANI here.
Iranireiteratedruling
BJP’s commitment to-
wards MSP and
claimedthatoppo-
sitionhavebeen
spreading ru-
mours about
MSP and
APMC.
—ANI
‘GOVT TO START 1000 KHELO INDIA
CENTRES TO EMPLOY RETD PLAYERS
New Delhi: Union
Minister of Youth Affairs
and Sports Kiren Rijiju
on Tuesday said that the
government has made
various policy changes
and has taken initiatives
to encourage and support
sportspersons and the
sporting community even
after they retire. Address-
ing the 10th Global Sports
Summit, TURF 2020,
organised by FICCI, Rijiju
said, “We are also starting
1000 Khelo India small
centres across the coun-
try that will help retired
sportspersons get em-
ployment or some role in
shaping the sports culture
of the country. “When a
sportsperson suffers, it
discourages generations.
The government is also
ensuring that the prize
BIHAR: NIA ARRESTS ARMS
TRAFFICKER FROM GAYA
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency has
arrested an alleged arms trafficker from Bihar’s
Gaya district in connection with stealing weapon
parts from Central Ordnance Depot, Jabalpur, MP,
according to an official statement. The accused
has been identified as Rajeev Ranjan Singh aka
Chunnu Singh, a resident of Atri in Bihar’s Gaya
district. He was arrested on Monday. According
to the investigating agency, three AK series weap-
ons were seized in district Munger, Bihar from
the house of one accused Rizwana Begum.
MARKETS SCALE NEW PEAKS;
SENSEX JUMPS 182 PTS
Mumbai: Rising for the
fourth straight session,
equity benchmark Sensex
jumped 182 points to
end at its fresh lifetime
peak on Tuesday, track-
ing gains in index majors
Reliance Industries,
TCS and Infosys amid
persistent foreign fund
inflows. After touching a
record intra-day high of
45,742.23, the 30-share
BSE index climbed 181.54
points or 0.40 per cent
to finish at 45,608.51.
Similarly, the broader NSE
Nifty rose for the sixth
consecutive day, up 37.20
points or 0.28 per cent
to 13,392.95 -- its new
lifetime closing high. It
touched its intra-day re-
cord of 13,435.45 in early
trade. UltraTech Cement
was the top gainer.
5 HELD FOR ATTACKING
POLICE TEAM IN MOGA
Moga: The Punjab police on said it have ar-
rested five people who allegedly attacked the
police party in Moga district on December
5 and recovered 315 bore pistols and 5 live
cartridges including AK-47 assault rifles from
them. Harmanbir Singh Gill, Senior Superin-
tendent of Police (SSP), Moga said that on
December 5, around 11:30 pm, SI Major Singh
735/Moga along with a PHG Sukhwinder Singh
had gone to attend a 112 red call at Village
Jalalabad, PS Dharamkot.
FARMERS’ PROTEST
‘OPPOSITION TRYING TO
DISRUPT PEACE, LAW & ORDER’
UNION MINISTER SMRITI IRANI REITERATED THE RULING BJP’S
COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE (MSP)
AMID BHARAT BANDH, FARMERS’ PROTEST
AGAINST AGRI LAWS ENTERS 13TH DAY
32-YR-OLD FARMER FOUND DEAD AT
DELHI’S TIKRI BORDER AMID STIR
New Delhi: Amid a Bharat bandh call, the farmers’ protest against the three re-
cently enacted agricultural laws entered its 13th day on Tuesday with demon-
strations continuing on Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the out-
skirts of Delhi and at borders. Farmers at Burari’s Nirankari Samagam ground
started their day with the morning prayers as usual. The day ahead is expected
to be busy with the protesting farmer unions observing a nationwide bandh as
they are not satisfied with the amendments to the agricultural legislation being
proposed by the government during several rounds of talks. Farmers, however,
have informally assured police that the protest will be peaceful.—ANI
New Delhi: A 32-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Sonipat was found dead at
Tikri border here on Tuesday, on a day the farmers’ protest in and around Delhi
entered 13th day with a Bharat bandh called by them. The farmer has been
identified as Ajay Moor, a resident of Sonipat’s Gohana area. His family mem-
bers have been informed, police said. “Moor had been sleeping in an open
park. Today morning he was found dead. The body has been sent for the post-
mortem examination,” a police officer said. Further investigation is underway
to find out the cause of death. —ANI
CONG USING
FARMERS TO OPPOSE
PM MODI: UNION MIN
‘Congress’s
opposition to
farm laws
hypocritical’
NO RESTRICTION ON
MOVEMENT OF
KEJRIWAL: POLICE
New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj
Singh said, “Congress has become
a party of dual policy, the Opposi-
tion has no issues left. They are
doing only PM Modi’s opposition
using farmers protest as a pretext.”
Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, the
BJP MP said, “Rahul Gandhi thinks
that Adani and Ambani may make
wheat in a factory because once he
(Rahul Gandhi) was making potato
in a factory. So he has no idea. He
does not know about poverty and
what are the issues of farmers. He
uses words given by others.” —ANI
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for I& Broadcast-
ing Prakash Javadekar
“I have full confidence
that this matter will be
resolved. If farmers
have any confusion,
then it is our job to clear
them. We’ll solve their
problems. But, the Con-
gress, who is asking to
roll back these laws, is
hypocritical as they
themselves had passed
the Contract Farming
Act while in power.
Many states, ruled by
the opposition parties,
also accepted the Model
Act on Agricultural
Produce Market Com-
mittee (APMC), pro-
posed by Sharad Pawar.
Congress also men-
tioned introduction of
these laws in their man-
ifesto,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Satish Golcha Special
CP said, “It has been claimed in
certain sections of social media
and otherwise that there is some
restriction on movement of CM
of Delhi, I would like to clarify in
this regard that these claims are
totally baseless . There’s absolutely
no restriction whatsoever. The
Honourable CM has been meeting
his usual engagements and has
been moving out of his residence.
There’s adequate security in the
area to maintain peace and to pre-
vent any untoward incident.” —ANI
MISLEADING PEOPLE HAS
BEEN OPPN’S WAY: NAQVI
New Delhi: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that it has been the
way of Opposition to create confusion and mislead the people. Speaking
on the issue of farmers protest against the new agriculture laws, Naqvi
said, “We have no complaints from farmers, but unfortunately there is
a syndicate of criminal conspirators that tries to paint in a bad way the
good work done by PM Modiji. You can see the history of the past 6 years
how Modiji worked for all the sections of society, for development, eco-
nomic progress, and security of the country. Did they support any work?”
“To create confusion, mislead people of the country & do conspiracy to
defame image of the country, this has been their way,” Naqvi said. —ANI
SCstayscontemptnotice
againstMahaGuvKoshyari
BJP chief Nadda to begin his
two-day visit to Bengal today
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tuesday
stayed the contempt of
court proceedings
against Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari in connection
withtheallegednon-pay-
ment of the market rent
for the government bun-
galowallocatedtohimas
a former Chief Minister
of Uttarakhand.
A three-judge bench
of the apex court, head-
ed by Justice Rohinton
Fali Nariman and also
comprising Justices KM
Joseph and Krishna Mu-
rari,stayedthecontempt
proceedings against Ko-
shiyari on his petition
againstthenoticeissued
to him by the Uttara-
khand High Court.
The bench, after
hearing Koshyari’s peti-
tion, issued a notice to
the Uttarakhand gov-
ernment and tagged his
petition with a pending
plea challenging the ba-
sis at which market
rent rates were decided
by the Uttarakhand
High Court.
Koshyari had moved
the apex court on No-
vember 17 against the
notice issued by the HC
on a plea seeking to ini-
tiate contempt proceed-
ings against him for not
paying the market rent
of a government bunga-
low allocated to him as
a former Chief Minis-
ter. of Uttarakhand be-
tween 2001 and 2002.
—ANI
New Delhi: As part of
his 120-day tour of the
country, Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) chief
Jagat Prakash Nadda
will start his two-day
visit to West Bengal
from Wednesday, where
he will participate in
various programmes
aimed at “strengthen-
ing the party at the base
as well as at the booth
level”.
BJP’s national media
head Anil Baluni said
in a statement that Na-
dda will be on two days
‘Pravas’ to West Bengal
on December 9 and 10.
On December 9, Nadda
will inaugurate nine
BJP state party offices.
“He will also do a com-
munity outreach pro-
gramme on BJP’s mis-
sion of ‘Aur Noi Anyay’
in the Bhabanipur as-
sembly seat. He will
alsoprayattheKalighat
Kali Temple and will
interact with members
of the slum communi-
ty,” the statement re-
vealed.
Nadda will land at the
Kolkata airport on De-
cember 9 at 12 noon and
will receive a grand wel-
come. Post this at 1 pm
he will inaugurate the
party’s West Bengal
election office at Hast-
ings, Kolkata. At 1:05
pm he will virtually in-
augurate party offices
in nine districts. He will
then leave for Bhaban-
ipur Assembly seat
where he will conduct a
community outreach
programme called ‘Aur
Noi Anyay’.
“The programmes is
the BJP’s mission
against the hegemony
and the gunda raj of the
TMC (TMC),” the party
said. —ANI
I’ve been detained
again, alleges
Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: Former Jam-
mu and Kashmir Chief
Minister and Peoples
DemocraticParty(PDP)
chief Mehbooba Mufti
on Tuesday alleged that
she was illegally de-
tained at her residence
in Srinagar.
Mufti said she want-
ed to visit Budgam to
meet the families evict-
ed from their homes but
was stopped by security
forces deployed outside
her residence.
She further said that
the government of In-
dia was using illegal de-
tention as a method to
muzzle the opposition.
“Illegal detention has
become GOIs favourite
go to method for muz-
zling any form of oppo-
sition. Ive been detained
once again because I
wanted to visit Budgam
where hundreds of fam-
ilies were evicted from
their homes,” Mehboo-
ba tweeted.
“GOI wants to con-
tinue inflicting oppres-
sion & zulm on the peo-
ple of J&K without any
questions asked,” she
added. —Agencies
When the Bill
was tabled before
the Parliament,
the opposition tried to
spread rumour about the
MSP and APMC. They
claimed that the
government will close the
APMC markets. Nothing
of that sort happened.
The Government of
India did not even touch
the APMC law
—Smriti Irani, Union Minister
Farmers of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan demonstrate during ‘Bharat Bandh’ against Centres’
farm reform laws, in Bhopal on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIAAHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
Govt not...
Earlier, the meeting
venue was moved to the
sprawling Pusa agricul-
tural institute campus a
few km from Shah’s of-
ficial home, reportedly
to restrict media glare.
The Home Minister’s
invite, indicating that
the government is en-
gaging with the farmers
at the highest level,
came as a nationwide
shutdown or Bharat
Bandh called by protest-
ing farmers hit road
and rail traffic in parts
of the country.
“I received a phone
call. Amit Shah has
called a meeting. We
have been called at 7
pm,” said farmer leader
Rakesh Tikait.
Tikait said various
representatives of
farmer groups protest-
ing on the highways
near Delhi would attend
the meeting.“There is
no midway. We will de-
mand just ‘yes’ or ‘no’
from the Home Minis-
ter at today’s meeting,”
farmer leader Rudru
Singh Mansa told re-
porters at the Singhu
border between Delhi
and Haryana, one of the
main centres of the
weeklong protest.
The meeting assumes
significance as Shah’s
intervention comes af-
ter the farmers called a
four-hour symbolic pro-
test on Tuesday, which
evoked mixed response
across the country, but
received massive politi-
cal support from oppo-
sition parties and re-
gional parties. On
Wednesday, the farmers
and the Centre are
scheduled to meet for
the sixth time to discus
the farmers’ grievances
over the farm laws en-
acted in September.
—With inputs from agencies
Farmers take...
in Punjab, Haryana and
Delhi, the epicentre of
the snowballing pro-
tests, as well as in states
such as Odisha, Maha-
rashtra and Bihar.
In several parts of
the country, including
in BJP-ruled Goa,
Himachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya and
Arunachal Pradesh, life
continued unimpeded.
In other places, the
pandemicappearedtore-
cedeintothebackground.
Security was stepped up,
restive crowds demon-
strated in some places
and the numbers swelled
at Delhi’s border points.
Protesters also blocked
railway tracks in places
in West Bengal, Bihar
and Odisha.
In Delhi, where most
main markets were
open, tension spiralled
with the ruling Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) al-
leging that Delhi Police
had put Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal under
house arrest.
Farmer unions had
threatened to block na-
tional highways and oc-
cupy toll plazas across
the country during a
‘chakka jam’ protest
from 11 am to 3 pm.
All major parties in
Punjab the ruling Con-
gress, AAP and the Shi-
romani Akali Dal -- ex-
tended their support.
Over 50,000 government
employees took mass
casual leave in support
of farmers, said Punjab
Civil Secretariat Staff
Association president
Sukhchain Khaira.
In Haryana, the oppo-
sition Congress and the
Indian National Lok
Dal backed the call.
In West Bengal the re-
sponse was mixed. Rail-
way tracks were blocked
in several places and
there were sit-ins on ma-
jor roads. Life was hit in
Bihar too with train
tracks, highways and in-
ner roads teeming with
protesters as opposition
parties extended their
support.
Train services were
also affected in Odisha.
Major cities in Chhattis-
garh were deserted with
most business establish-
ments closed and public
transport keeping away.
In Maharashtra, whole-
sale markets in major
cities like Pune, Nashik
and Nagpur were shut.
In Uttar Pradesh, shops
and offices were mostly
open, while the Sama-
jwadi Party held pro-
tests in a number of dis-
tricts and even stopped
a train in Allahabad.
PM: Mobile...
H y d e r a b a d - b a s e d
Bharat Biotech has
sought nod Covaxin
which is being indige-
nously developed in col-
laboration with ICMR.
The applications mean
that a mass vaccine ef-
fort could be shortly un-
derway in a nation that
has the world’s second-
largest coronavirus
caseload.
Speaking on mobile
technology, he said it
was because of this that
thegovernmentwasable
toprovidebenefitsworth
billions of dollars to mil-
lions of Indians.
“It is because of mo-
bile technology that we
are seeing billions of
cashless transactions
which boost formalisa-
tion and transparency.
It is because of mobile
technology that we will
enable smooth contact-
less interface on toll
booths,” he said.
FROM PG 1
MEETING FOR EMPANELMENT OF 1990
AND 1991 IRS(IT) BATCH THIS MONTH?
Meeting for empanelment of 1990 and 1991 batch
officers to the rank of Principal Commissioner
(PCIT) is expected to take place this month.
WILL RAILWAY BOARD CEO YADAV
GET EXTENSION?
In the Rail Bhawan, all are curious whether Vinod
Yadav, CEO will get another extension ? Yadav is
already on extension.
WILL AJOY MEHTA SUCCEED ANAND
KULKARNI IN MAHARASHTRA?
Latest information says that Ajoy Mehta may
succeed Anand Kulkarni as Chairman of the
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
(MERC). He is former 1984 batch IAS officer.
INTER CADRE DEPUTATION TENURE
OF R SUDHAN EXTENDED
The inter cadre deputation tenure of R Sudhan
from Manipur to Tamil Nadu has been extended for
a period of two years beyond December 17, 2020.
He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.
WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL
BUREAUCRAT IN TELENGANA?
In bureaucratic circles, Somesh Kumar is consid-
ered to be the most powerful person in Telengana.
1989 batch IAS officer Somesh Kumar is present-
ly Chief Secretary.
THREE CANDIDATES APPOINTED TO IFS
Three candidates have been appointed to the Indi-
an Forest Service on the basis of the result of IFS
Examination, 2019 (Batch-2020). They are: Amit
Kaler, Shubham and Aman Verma.
8 IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
RESPONSIBILITY IN BIHAR
The Bihar Government has shifted eight IAS
officers. Accordingly, Sudhir Kumar was posted as
Additional Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna,
while Brajesh Mehrotra was made ACS, Industry
Department and he will continue to hold the addi-
tional charge of Parliamentary Affairs Department.
Similarly, Chaitanya Prasad is appointed as Principal
Secretary, Water Resources Department, while San-
jeev Hans will join as Secretary, Energy Department;
Robert L Chongthu is Secretary, Governor Secre-
tariat, Patna; Pankaj Kumar, Commissioner, Tirhut
Division, Muzaffarpur, will hold additional charge
of Commissioner, Saran Division, Chhapra; Lokesh
Kumar Singh is Secretary, Science and Technology
Department and will continue to hold additional
charge of Secretary (Resources), Finance.
FOUR IRS-IT OFFICERS
GET NEW POSTINGS
Ms Kavita Pandey has been appointed as PCIT
(OSD), in Pr. CCIT, Delhi region, while Shibanka
Das Biswas was posted as DCIT(OSD) in Pr.DGIT
(HRD) office and Sanjeev Kashyap is CIT (OSD)
in Pr CCIT, Mumbai Region. Besides, Ms Meera
Srivastava has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in Pr
CCIT, Delhi Region.
ANIL SINGHAL GETS FULL CHARGE OF
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER, AP BHAVAN
Anil Kumar Singhal, Principal Secretary, Health,
Medical & Family Welfare Department, has been
placed on full additional charge of Special Com-
missioner, AP Bhavan, New Delhi. He is a 1993
batch IAS officer of AP cadre.
MS ANURADHA PRASAD IS ALSO DG, ESIC
Ms Anuradha Prasad, Additional Secretary, Labour
& Employment, has been assigned an additional
charge of Director General, Employees’ State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for a period of three
months with effect from November 14, 2020. She
is a 1986 batch IDAS officer.
POWERGallery
By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday said that India
is emerging as the most
preferred destination
for mobile manufactur-
ing. Addressing the In-
dia Mobile Congress via
video conferencing, he
said that every village
in India will have high-
speed optical fibre data
network connectivity in
three years.
"India is emerging as
the most preferred des-
tination for mobile
manufacturing. We
have also come up with
a production linked in-
centive scheme to pro-
mote telecom equip-
ment manufacturing in
India. Let us work to-
gether to make India a
global hub for telecom
equipment, design, de-
velopment and manu-
facturing," he said.
"Today we are a coun-
try with billion-plus
phone users, we have a
billion-plus people with
unique digital identity,
we have over 750 mil-
lion users, the scale and
speed of internet pene-
tration can be seen by
following facts," he said.
PM said that the gov-
ernment is able to pro-
vide benefits worth bil-
lions of dollars to mil-
lions of Indians due to
mobile technology. -ANI
‘Indiaemergingaspreferred
nationformobileinventing’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the inaugural session of India Mobile Congress 2020
virtually through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
UNCTAD declared ‘Invest India’ as winner of the UN Investment Promotion Award 2020
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday spoke to Shi-
romani Akali Dal (SAD)
patron Parkash Singh
Badal over phone and
extended best wishes on
his birthday, sources
said. Last week, Badal,
the five-time chief min-
ister of Punjab, re-
turned the Padma Vib-
hushan award "in pro-
test" against the "be-
trayal of the farmers by
the Government of In-
dia" and for the "shock-
ing indifference and
contempt" with which
the government is treat-
ing the ongoing peace-
ful and democratic agi-
tation of the farmers.
Badal's party SAD
also broke ties with the
BJP after the Central
government brought
farm Bills and got them
passed at the Parlia-
ment. Badal's daughter-
in-law and party leader
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
also resigned from the
Union Cabinet regard-
ing this issue.
PM extends
b’day greetings
to Parkash
Singh Badal
Bengaluru: Serum In-
stitute is amongst the 3
leading vaccine devel-
opers to have applied for
emergency use authori-
sation in India. The gov-
ernment is likely to seal
a deal for major supply
contract of the Astra
Zeneka vaccines.
Reportedly, there are
talks to fix prices at Rs
250 per dose of the vac-
cine which is quite low-
er as it was earlier
priced at Rs 1,000 per
dose. However, neither
Serum Institute nor the
government has react-
ed to the reports.
According to a report
in Business Standard,
Serum Institute of In-
dia will soon be signing
a deal with the central
government of India
and will also fix vaccine
price at Rs 250 ($3.39)
per dose of the vaccine.
Earlier, CEO Adar
Poonawalla had said
the vaccine price will be
somewhere around Rs
1,000 per dose in the In-
dian market. Serum In-
stitute of India on Mon-
day had applied to seek
emergency approval of
its Covid vaccine in the
country, followed by
Bharat Biotech and
Pfizer. The government
has high hopes for the
upcoming vaccines.
An expert committee
of the Central Drugs
Standard Control Or-
ganisation (CDSCO)
will meet on Wednesday
to review applications
of Pfizer, Serum Insti-
tute of India and Bharat
Biotech seeking emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion for their COVID-19
vaccine candidates.
Serum Institute likely to provide Covid
Vaccine at ` 250 per dose to Centre
New Delhi: Justice
Rajesh Bindal has been
appointed as the Chief
Justice of High Court
for the Union Territory
of Jammu and Kashmir
and Union Territory of
Ladakh. Bindal, the sen-
ior-most judge of com-
mon High Court for the
Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir
and Union Territory of
Ladakh will perform
the duties of the office
of Chief Justice of that
High Court with effect
from December 9 conse-
quent upon the retire-
ment of Justice Gita
Mittal, Chief Justice,
Common HC for the Un-
ion Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir and Union
Territory of Ladakh. He
was appointed as Per-
manent Judge of the
Punjab and Haryana
HC on March 22, 2006.
Bindal appointed as
Chief Justice of J&K
Raniganj: A day after a
BJP worker died during
a protest march in Silig-
uri, West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Tuesday
claimed that the "saf-
fron party kills people
at its rallies".
The BJP called a 12-
hour bandh on Tuesday
to protest the killing of
party worker Ulen Roy
and alleged police bru-
talities during their
march on Monday to
''Uttarkanya'', the
branch state secretariat
in North Bengal.
"The BJP indulges in
lies, kills people; it
holds rallies & kills peo-
ple," Banerjee said at a
public meeting. Assert-
ing that the TMC will
not allow the BJP-led
Centre to sell govern-
ment-owned coal mines,
Banerjee also said "coal
mafia are thriving un-
der the saffron party". I
had proposed that ille-
gal (coal) factories be
legalised by the Centre
and the state jointly, so
that people get employ-
ment. The Union gov-
ernment, however, did
not respond.
BJP indulges in lies; holds rallies
& kills people: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public
rally, in Midnapore. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: Republic TV
editor-in-chief Arnab
Goswami moved to
Bombay HC on Tuesday
seeking a stay to fur-
ther investigation by
the Mumbai police in
the alleged Television
Rating Points (TRP) ma-
nipulation scam. The
petition, filed by Gos-
wami also alleged that
one of the employees of
the firm was tortured
by the police in custody.
It sought protection for
all employees from the
“malicious witch hunt”
allegedly being carried
out by the Maharashtra
authorities. -ANI
Arnab seeks
stay to probe
by Mum police
Kathmandu : Nepal
and China jointly an-
nounced that revised
height of the world’s
highest peak Mount Ev-
erest was 8,848.86 me-
tres, about 86 centime-
tres more than the pre-
vious measurement
done by India in 1954.
The new height of Mt
Everest, the world’s
highest peak, is 8,848.86
metres, China & Nepal
announced. The new
height is 86 cms more
than the previous meas-
urement. According to
the measurement done
in 1954 by Survey of In-
dia, the height of
Mount Everest is 8,848
metres.
Mount Everest higher than
thought, say Nepal & China
PPP
PM CONGRATULATES FOR THE WIN
INDIA IN POST
COVID WORLD

TALKING POINTAHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
WhenhealthworkerscameupagainstCOVID-19itlaidbaregapsintheirtraining
ILL-EQUIPPED &
JED MONTAYRE
Senior Lecturer
(Nursing), Western
Sydney University
YENNASALAMONSON
Professor in Nursing,
Western Sydney
University
C
OVID-19
t u r n e d
2020 on
its head for all
healthcare work-
ers, particularly
those at the front
line of the pan-
demic response.
Unexpectedly,
theneedtocontrol
the spread of the
coronavirus has
consumed health-
care systems. The
healthcare work-
force’spivotalrole
in our pandemic
responsehasbeen
in the public spot-
light. The experi-
ence has exposed
knowledgegapsin
c u r r i c u l u m s ,
bringing to the
fore questions
about the educa-
tion and training
of front line
healthcare work-
ers.
The pandemic
has highlighted
the importance of
including infec-
tion control, men-
tal healthcare and
ageing and aged
care in all educa-
tional programs
for health profes-
sions.
Infection control
A
ll healthcare disciplines are
expected to include infec-
tion control contents and
principles in the curriculum. How-
ever, the teaching of this content
was not designed to address a pan-
demic of historic proportions. Nor
are healthcare workers specifically
taught to apply infection controls in
their workplaces with a pandemic in
mind. Infection control protocol
during this pandemic requires all
front-line healthcare workers to
wear protective personal equip-
ment, observe strict hand hygiene
and adhere to contact-tracing meas-
ures.In addition to including the
classic “chain of infection” in teach-
ing healthcare, we need to ensure
students can apply these concepts in
specific clinical settings. For exam-
ple, aged care homes have a different
set of infection control challenges
from hospitals. These include poten-
tial breaches of isolation and infec-
tion containment measures by COV-
ID-positive residents visiting other
residents, a lack of dedicated isola-
tion rooms and staff with limited
training. Infection control goes be-
yond competence in the use of pro-
tective gear and isolation measures.
Management skills are needed to
ensure everyone follows recom-
mended infection control practices
within their organisations.For ex-
ample, registered nurses in aged
care must oversee and manage staff
adherence to infection control pro-
tocols with their facility. These
workers include students, cooks and
cleaners, so they too must have the
essential infection control knowl-
edge and training.
O
lder people
are unques-
tionably at
greater risk of serious
illness or death from
COVID-19. To protect
them, visits by family
and friends are often
curtailed, particularly
in residential aged
care facilities. Not sur-
prisingly, loneliness
and social isolation are
increasing among old-
er people.
Psychosocial issues
like these underscore
the importance of a fo-
cus on ageing and aged
care in healthcare cur-
riculums. In Australia,
pre-pandemicevidence
indicated a lack of age-
ing-related education
for health profession-
als.This was highlight-
ed by the Aged Care
Royal Commission rec-
ommendation to inte-
grate age-related con-
ditions and aged care
into healthcare cur-
riculums as an accred-
itation requirement.
In the context of the
COVID-19 pandemic, it
is crucial that health-
care students are well
prepared to provide
optimal care for our
most vulnerable age
group.
Aged care homes that acted decisively to implement measures appropriate for a pandemic protected their residents
from COVID-19. —BELUSHI/SHUTTERSTOCK
Mental health
The mental health
impacts of COVID-19
have affected all popu-
lation groups. Prevent-
ing further mental
health issues is now
the main goal.However,
not all healthcare pro-
grams include content
that incorporates
approaches to psycho-
logical distress and a
potential mental health
crisis. COVID-19 has
exposed this gap in the
education of healthcare
workers who have had
to attend to patients’
mental health needs
during the pandemic.
Education and training
are essential as com-
plex challenges can
arise when non-expert
healthcare workers
manage mental health
issues. There’s a
need to consider the
inclusion in health-
care curriculums of
mental health educa-
tion encompassing
the lifespan and life
transitions – for exam-
ple, maternal mental
health with pregnancy
and childbirth during a
pandemic.
Upholding human rights
Ageing and aged care
COVID-19 has raised
ethical and moral
issues relating to
the rights of every
individual to health.
The pandemic has
exposed inequalities
at every level – for
example, rationing
healthcare resources
for older people. It’s
vital that healthcare
curriculums integrate
content on upholding
human rights during
a pandemic. Under-
standing the social
determinants of health
in a pandemic also
helps provide contexts
for infection control,
care for vulnerable
groups and preven-
tion of mental health
issues.Attention to
the most vulnerable
groups, people and
their families who
experienced COVID-19
deaths, and an under-
standing of universal
health coverage are
fundamental for
healthcare students
during this pandemic
and beyond.
Building in pandemic
preparedness
The emergence of
COVID-19 has high-
lighted the need for
healthcare curriculums
to include pandemic
preparedness.Pre-
paredness of course
includes clinical com-
petence of healthcare
workers. However, a
successful pandemic
response also requires
building resilience
at a time of change
in health systems.
Students need to be
prepared for changes
in health-service deliv-
ery such as the use of
telehealth and digital
platforms.Access to
healthcare must be
maintained even in the
midst of a pandemic.
COVID-19 cases included many medical staff who weren’t
fully prepared to cope with a pandemic.
—PETER DEJONG/AP/AAP
SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM
The lack of social contacts under COVID-19 restrictions has been challenging for people’s mental health.The lack of social contacts under COVID-19 restrictions has been challenging for people’s mental health.The lack of social contacts under COVID-19 restrictions has been challenging for people’s mental health.The lack of social contacts under COVID-19 restrictions has been challenging for people’s mental health. —PHOTOGRAPHEE.EU/ SHUTTERSTOCK—PHOTOGRAPHEE.EU/ SHUTTERSTOCK
Under-trained

Hope is the sunshine of life-
it makes difficult times
easier and good times better.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
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2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: A team
of researchers at the In-
dian Institute of Tech-
nology Gandhinagar
(IIT-Gn), including Prof
Kabeer Jasuja, Prof
Chinmay Ghoroi and a
PhD student Harini
Gunda, has developed a
new class of nano-addi-
tives for fuels used in
space and defence appli-
cations.
They claim that these
nano-additives result in
a superlative enhance-
ment in the perfor-
mance of solid propel-
lants used in rocket
propulsion systems.
Explaining the re-
search, an IIT-Gn press
release says ‘solid pro-
pellants’ are used as
fuel in rockets and mis-
siles, which are a mix
of fuel and oxidizer.
”Whether it is ISRO’s
famous PSLV launch
vehicles to lift satellites
or DRDO’s AGNI mis-
siles, all are powered by
solid propellants,” it
said.
Ammonium Perchlo-
rate (AP) is one such
fuel used widely in
rocket propulsion sys-
tems. Conventionally,
several additives are
added to AP to improve
its performance. These
additives can take up to
30% of the total weight
of the fuel. Boron is one
of those fuel additives,
but it faces severe igni-
tion delay.
To overcome this is-
sue, Harini Gunda,
working with Prof Ka-
beer Jasuja, has devel-
oped a significantly ef-
ficient boron-rich nano-
additive. “It can be used
as a single substitute
for multiple additives
that are conventionally
required in propellants.
Then, nano-material
takes only 1% of the to-
tal weight.”
IIT-Gn experts develop new additives for space, defence fuels
ROCKET SCIENCE
The new class of nano-additives lead to
superlative enhancement in the per-
formance of solid propellants used in
rocket propulsion systems
IIT Gandhinagar. —FILE PHOTO
POPULAR BUILDERS CASE: In a 3-month operation despite the Covid, I-T Department officials have busted a huge real estate scam
Haresh Jhala
Ahmedabad: In an in-
vestigation that
stretched well over
three months in the
thick of the Covid-19
crisis, the Income Tax
Department has at-
tached properties
worth a whopping Rs
1,000 crore owned by
Ahmedabad’s eminent
realtors, the Popular
Builders.
In what is considered
to be strongest such ac-
tion in recent times, the
attached properties
worth Rs 600 crore are
within the Ahmedabad
city and the rest valued
at Rs 400 crore in rural
Ahmedabad.Thedepart-
menthasissuedasmany
as234showcausenotices
so far.
In an official briefing,
the Income Tax Depart-
ment has stated that Ra-
man Patel and Dashrath
Patel, owners of the
Popular Builders, used
topayonepercentincen-
tiveonpurchaseof prop-
erty in other people’s
names.
As much as 22 lakh
square metres of land
hadbeenboughtbythem
under such contracts.
The department sleuths
identified 27 such loca-
tions under the Benami
TransactionProhibition
Actandattached23bank
lockers.Jewelleryworth
Rs 91.11 lakh and a pleth-
ora of documents of
land deals of Rs 2.27
crore have been seized.
The realtors used to
sign MoUs (memoran-
dum of understanding)
with other persons and
would buy land and
property under their
names. The MoU papers
would be kept by the
builders themselves.
The department has ex-
amined as many as 100
bank accounts to estab-
lish these transactions.
The department has
stated that Raman Patel
had admitted before of-
ficers during question-
ing that land parcels
were purchased in the
name of 10 persons us-
ing 16 cooperative bank
accounts. So they will
alsobeprosecutedunder
the Benami Transaction
Prohibition Act.
It has also issued no-
tices of provisional at-
tachment of 49 proper-
ties. The department is
investigating 56 compa-
nies transactions, 8
firms, 6 trusts, 6 HUF
property and 28 proper-
ties in personal names.
The builders would
hire such persons as em-
ployees with whom they
sign MoUs and pur-
chased land in his or her
name. Then a sale deed
would follow within the
company and at the end
money and land would
be in the name of part-
ners of Popular Build-
ers.
On October 08, the In-
come Tax department
had conducted search
operations at as many as
35 premises of the Popu-
lar Builders.
I-T unearths `1,000 cr benami deals
The Income Tax department seized a truckload of documents during searches on the premises of
Popular Builders. (Left) Raman Patel, a partner of Popular Builders. —FILE PHOTO
HUGE OPERATION
HCwantsGujreply
onPILagainstoil
pipeline,rlysinGir
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Gu-
jarat High Court on
Tuesday asked the
State Government
and State Board for
Wildlife to respond
to a suo moto peti-
tion about its deci-
sion to divert land
from the Gir Lion
Sanctuary to lay oil
pipelines, optical fib-
ers and railway lines.
This follows a suo
moto application based
on a PIL before the
high court seeking di-
rections to the State
not to allot 150 hectares
of land from the Sanc-
tuary to railways for
broad gauge conver-
sion and track electri-
fication projects, as
also for oil pipelines
and optical fibers.
The application
stated that such ac-
tivities in the sanctu-
ary area was a hin-
drance to the Asiatic
lion population in
and around Gir for-
ests and should be
heard in subordinate
courts on a fast-track
basis. It claimed that
the government had
already approved the
diversion of the sanc-
tuary land to lay
lines for oil and opti-
cal fibers.
A member of the
State Board for Wild-
life had objected to the
broad gauge railway
line since this would
mean trains running at
not less than 50 km per
hours, posing grave
risk to the lions. Such
an incident was report-
ed near Pipavav in De-
cember 2018. Similarly,
oil leaks could cause
huge fires in the for-
ests.
Gir and surround-
ing areas have 674
lions, up from 523 in
2015 and their spread
expanded from
22,000 sq km to
30,000 sq km by 2020,
occupying large are-
as outside the sanctu-
ary.
GHOST TOWN!
Ahmedabad’s usually busy streets like Pankornaka, Manek Chowk, Gandhi Road,Teen Darwaja
wear a deserted look during the night curfew in the city. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
CID files chargesheet in Vadodara custodial death
First India Bureau
Vadodara: The State
Crime Investigation De-
partment (CID) has
filed a chargesheet in
the controversial Va-
dodara custodial death
case. Two key accused
persons, a PSI and a
head constable, are still
absconding.
The chargesheet stat-
ed that more than 105
witnesses have been ex-
amined and various
sections of Indian Pe-
nal Code have been in-
voked against the ac-
cused in the custodial
death case.
Advocate Imtiyaz
Kureshi, who repre-
sented the petitioner,
said with the direction
of Justice Sonia Gokani
of Gujarat High Court,
an FIR was filed against
the 6 accused police of-
ficers, and section 302
of IPC was invoked
against all of them.
Gujarat High Court
has asked the State Gov-
ernment to sanction a
special public prosecu-
tor in the case before
the Vadodara Sessions
Court at the earliest.
The CID (Crime), in
its report before the
court, said Babu Nisar
Sheikh was dead but his
body was yet to be re-
covered. Based on the
High Court’s direc-
tions, the investigating
agency searched for the
body in the main Nar-
mada canal of Va-
dodara but could not
find.
Nisar allegedly went
missing on December
10, 2019, after he was ap-
prehended by the Fate-
hganj police station in a
theft case.
Fatehganjpolicestation,wherethecustodydeathtookplace.—FILE PHOTO
SGCCI renews demand
for more transformers
First India Bureau
Surat: The Southern
Gujarat Chamber of
Commerce and Indus-
try has submitted a
memorandum to the
managing director of
Dakshin Gujarat Vij
Company limited
(DGVCL) Yogesh
Chaudhary to in-
crease the number of
transformers of
200kv and 500kv in
industrial areas.
The SGCCI said it
had demanded this for
long but the DGVCL
said due to lockdown
transformers were
short of supply. Howev-
er, it has been four
months now but still no
action has been taken,
the Chamber wonders.
On the other hand,
increasing usage had
pushed the power bills
and the industrial units
were facing a huge fi-
nancial crisis. It said
several new applicants
were waiting for the
power connections be-
cause of this.
Sonia not
to celebrate
b’day for
farmers
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Con-
gress president So-
nia Gandhi has
decided not to cel-
ebrate her birth-
day on Wednesday
in view of the on-
going farmers’ agi-
tation and the Cov-
id-19 pandemic.
According to
partysources,Con-
gress General Sec-
retary Organisa-
tion has communi-
cated to all the in-
charges and PCC
Presidents of the
states that in view
of the distress
caused by Covid-19
pandemic across
the country and
amid the ongoing
farmer’s agitation
against the “draco-
nian” agriculture
bills Sonia Gandhi
has decided not to
celebrate her
birthday this year.
“Farmers are on
the street-facing
the harsh climate
and brutal crack-
down from the gov-
ernment,Congress
leaders instead of
c e l e b r a t i o n s
should strengthen
the efforts to pro-
vide relief to all
those who are suf-
fering and extend
support to fighting
Anndatas,” Sonia
Gandhi has con-
veyed to all the in-
charges.
COVID-19
UPDATE
GUJARAT
4,110
DEATHS
2,21,493
CONFIRMED CASES
RAJASTHAN
2,468 DEATHS 2,84,116 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
15,55,324
DEATHS
6,81,64,209
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
97,31,858
CONFIRMED CASES
1,41,344
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
47,774 DEATHS 18,55,341 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
KARNATAKA
11,880 DEATHS 8,95,284 CASES

he high-heeled shoe, the
ultimate piece of fash-
ionable footwear, has
come a long way. This
shoe, which has often
been a matter of discus-
sion and debate, has not
always been what we know it as
today. Over time, it has consider-
ably evolved. But apart from all
this, it is equally important to
take care of these heels. City
First brings you some tips on
how to take care of those pretty
heels.
1. First and foremost don’t wear
them regularly. Give them a
rest day and opt for different
footwear so that they can rest
and breath and be ready for a
tough day’s battle ahead.
2. A shoe closet is a great way to
keep them safe and moist free.
Invest in a good shoe closet so
that they stay longer and
aren’t affected by outside ele-
ments.
3. Never drive in heels. Driving
in high heels is a sure way to
damage your shoes as the
pressure on your heels from
driving can cause heels or
shanks to break.
It’s the age-old question asked
by every shoe-loving woman at
one point or another: How in the
world do I wear high heels with-
out the pain? Is it even possible?
Are we relegated to a “grin and
bear” mentality for life in the
name of looking—and feeling—
awesome? Turns out, a fabulous
pair sky-high shoes and pain-
free feet aren’t mutually exclu-
sive.
Some things to remember can
be the fit as no matter how gor-
geous the shoe looks, make sure
they are neither too big nor too
small or try considering an open
toe! Let your little piggies
breathe!
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DECEMBER 9, 2020
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There’s no two way
about it that high
heels ups our
confidence levels and
when we walk in them
we feel like we are on
the top of the world
and there’s no
stopping us. For
many, the mere smell
of a freshly delivered
shoe can enliven the
minutest desires!
MITALI DUSAD
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Remembering
Ahmed Patel: A Family Man!
The Stalwart Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s tragic and untimely demise has left a void in
many hearts which can never be filled. Congress will never be able to find someone who can
fill his shoes and the lakhs he helped through his NGO have lost a father. His family is bereft
as they strive to learn to live without him. He was a doting grandfather and the loss to his
beloved grandchildren Esra, Miriam and Zyra, who will now grow up without his care, with his
memories can never be fulfilled. City First brings a tribute from the innocent hearts of the
children for their much loved and missed granddad and wherever Ahmed Bhai is today, we
know that he blesses them and knows how much he is loved. —Anita Hada
Dear Dadu,
I will always miss you and I always
thought your jokes were funny.
Dadu taught me to be nice and to
help others just like how he did. I
miss having popcorn and watching
movies with you. Dadu was kind,
calm and funny and he was a very
good dadu. And he treats people
very nicely and gets people every-
thing they need. I felt sad when I
found out dadu died and we all were
missing him when he was in the
hospital. We had fun doing video
calls with dadu every day. Dadu
always took time for us even if he
had work every day. We will pray
for you a lot. And we will always
remember you.
—Esra Patel
Dear Nanu,
You will forever be in our hearts, I know
that you will like it better up in heaven.
I know you as a person who would do
anything for anyone if you ever asked,
help others when they need it. I hope
you’re doing better up there, I wouldn’t
have wanted you to suffer in the hospital.
You were always very nice and sweet to
us all, you did everything for us. I know
you were a very busy man but you always
made time for us. We will pray for you and
never forget you. I know that you stood up
for what you believed in, you were a great
congress leader and everyone misses you.
When Zayra and I were very small we used
to steal your pens and paper from your
office, I remember I made this butterfly and
you taped it behind your door, you never
removed it. Last I came to 23 it was still
there. I know many people looked up to
you and still do. This was a very big loss
for us, you were a great man. We can’t
imagine our lives without you. Love you
forever and always.
—Miriam
Dear Nanu,
I will always love you and miss you andcherish the memories we had together. Iguess I never thought about what it would belike when you would no longer be here. Youhave always been such a key part of my life,and such a great person. I am so thankfulthat you were my Nanu. And I’m even morethankful that I was able to live so close to youand to be able to do so many things with youthroughout the years, creating the awesomerelationship that I have had with you. Whenyou were in the hospital I thought about allthe things you have done not only for us butfor the entire nation. You were not just a hugeloss for us but were for the entire nation.Everyone who personally knew you knowwhat a great person you were. We are all soso so thankful for you and are praying foryou every day. I’m very proud of what a greatperson my Nanu was and how is one of themost kind-hearted people I have ever met. Hewill forever be in our hearts and is gone butnever ever forgotten. He is truly a great manand has so many good memories with us.I will always remember the things you havedone for me, Miriam and Esra and for every-one else yet. When you were in the hospitalI couldn’t imagine the pain you were goingthrough, and even after that, you tried helpingall the people you could. I would never expectto see you in the kabrasthan and I thoughtthat day would come many many many yearslater. You were not just a Nanu or a dadu uwere an asset to everyone. I hope you areresting in peace and hopefully one day I canmeet you again. For now this is all I’m goingto say but words cannot describe how muchI love him, miss you and how great of aperson you were. LOVE YOU FOREVER..
—Zayra Siddiqui
Congress veteran Ahmed Patel
with (anti-clockwise)
daughter Mumtaz, his
wife Memoona and
grand-daughters Miriam,
Esra and ZayraAhmed Patel with his son Faisal

M
atthew Perry has shared the very first
picture of fiancé Molly Hurwitz on his
Instagram. This weekend, while pro-
moting his limited Friends t-shirt line,
the 51-year-old actor uploaded a pic of Molly
wearing one to his feed. “You don’t have to
pose this way while wearing the shirt, but
please feel free.,” Matthew captioned
the photo of Molly, who is holding her
hair up by her eyes. The shirt she is
wearing reads: “Could this BE any more
of a t-shirt?”, which calls back to his
character on Friends, Chandler Bing’s,
iconic phrase. Matthew announced his en-
gagement to Molly late last month.
However, he hadn’t shared a
photo of her yet. —Agency
—Agency
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11
THIRD
CHARLOTTE
OPENED!iff’s Treats, the origi-
nal warm cookie de-
livery company that
opened last year in
Charlotte, N.C., with
the support of its
power couple brand
ambassadors actress Brooklyn
Decker and tennis star Andy
Roddick, has opened a third
Charlotte location in the Apex
SouthPark retail centre at 4425
Sharon Road.
“One of my favourite things
about Tiff’s Treats is their
commitment to philanthropy,
and I couldn’t be more excited
for the newest Charlotte store
to open, especially with kick-
off sales supporting our local
Special Olympics chapter,”
said Brooklyn Decker, a global
Special Olympics ambassador
who, along with husband
Andy Roddick, came on board
as an investor and brand am-
bassador for Tiff’s Treats in
2018. —Agency
T
A
s the farmers
p r o t e s t i n g
against the Cen-
tre’s new agri-
cultural laws have
called for a ‘Bharat
Bandh,’ today, actor
Kangana Ranaut voiced
her opinion on the mat-
ter in a poetic style. The
‘Queen,’ actor who is
one of the most active
celebrities on social me-
dia, shared her views
on Twitter along with a
video of spiritual lead-
er Sadhguru Jaggi Vas-
udev in which he is seen
talking about protests.
“Aao Bharat ko band
kr dete hain, yun to tu-
faano ki kami nahi is
naav ko, magar laao
kulhaari kuch chhed
bhi kar dete hain, reh
reh ke roz marti hai har
ummeed yahaan (come
let’s shut India, though
there is no scarcity of
storms hitting this
boat, but bring an axe to
make some holes in
the boat, every hope
dies here every
day),” she tweeted.
—Agency
Kangana on
‘Bharat Bandh’
Kangana Ranaut
Still from her video
CARDI B’S
TWITTER WAR
C
ardiBsentout
a tweet asking
fans if she
should buy a
USD 88,000 purse and
it went about as well
as you’d think this
would go. “Should I
spend 88K for this
damn purse?
Omggg it’s
tempting,” she
asked her fol-
lowers on
Twitter on
Sunday. Well,
the tweet
quickly got a
lot of atten-
tion from
Cardi B‘s
followers. Many
Twitter users re-
sponded, pointing
out that we’re in the
middle of a global
pandemic and many
cannot afford to eat
and pay their bills.
Cardi B quickly
pointed out
that she
has been
donating
m o n e y
all year
w h e n
p e o p l e
b e g a n
c a l l i n g
her out.
—Agency
N
aga Babu’s daughter Niharika Konidela and
Chaitanya JV will tie the knot today, 9 Decem-
ber in Udaipur. Various stars from Tollywood
have flown to the City of Lakes to be a part of
the couple’s big day. Here are a few glimpses of the
pre-wedding festivities of Niharika and Chaitanya.
Dia, on her
skin colour
D
ia Mirza grabbed national
headlines when she was
crowned Miss Asia Pacific In-
ternational when she was
18-years-old. The next year, she made
herBollywooddebutwithRehnaaHai
Terre Dil Mein, which became a cult
classic. However, not everything went
smoothly for Dia. The actress had to
face certain hardships in the indus-
try. In a recent interview, Dia
revealed that she has lost
projects due to her skin
colour. The way she
looked proved to be a
disadvantage for her.
Dia said, “I think any
stereotype and precon-
ceived notions are not
good. The way I look
has been a disadvan-
tage for me in my act-
ing profession
many a times.
I have lost a
job and not
been cast
in a part
because I
look too
good. It is a
strange disad-
vantage.”
—Agency
WEDDING FESTIVITIES IN
ROYAL RAJASTHAN
pre-wedding festivities of Niharika and Chaitanya.
OPENED!OPENED!iff’s Treats, the origi-
nal warm cookie de-
livery company that
opened last year in
Charlotte, N.C., with
the support of its
power couple brand
ambassadors actress Brooklyn
Decker and tennis star Andy
Roddick, has opened a third
Charlotte location in the Apex
SouthPark retail centre at 4425
“One of my favourite things
about Tiff’s Treats is their
commitment to philanthropy,
and I couldn’t be more excited
for the newest Charlotte store
to open, especially with kick-
off sales supporting our local
Special Olympics chapter,”
said Brooklyn Decker, a global
Special Olympics ambassador
who, along with husband
Andy Roddick, came on board
as an investor and brand am-
bassador for Tiff’s Treats in
—Agency
would go. “Should I
spend 88K for this
damn purse?
Omggg it’s
tempting,” she
asked her fol-
lowers on
Twitter on
Sunday. Well,
the tweet
quickly got a
lot of atten-
tion from
Cardi B‘s
and pay their bills.
Cardi B quickly
pointed out
that she
has been
donating
m o n e y
all year
w h e n
p e o p l e
b e g a n
c a l l i n g
her out.
—Agency
M
atthew Perry has shared the very first
picture of fiancé Molly Hurwitz on his
Instagram. This weekend, while pro-
moting his limited Friends t-shirt line,
the 51-year-old actor uploaded a pic of Molly
wearing one to his feed. “You don’t have to
photo of her yet.
H
ina Khan has
been on a roll
in 2020. From
films to web
shows, and music vid-
eos to a special ap-
pearance in the Bigg
Boss 14 house, Hina
has been doing it all
with back to back pro-
jects.
Hina’s upcoming
web film, Wishlist,
which the actress shot
for post her Cannes
appearance in 2019 in
Europe, is all set to
digitally release early
next week.
Going by the name,
the film is all about
fulfilling one’s wishes
and dreams, and will
see Hina in a new av-
ataar this time. Speak-
ing about how excited
she is for people to
watch Wishlist, Hina
shares, “I am very ex-
cited for Wishlist. We
had shot this film in
Europe post my
first Cannes walk
in 2019. We had
made this film for
festivals across
the globe, but due
to unforeseen con-
ditions we best
thought to release it
on a digital platform
first.” —Agency
HinaKhanon‘Wishlist’
MATTHEW PERRY’S FIANCEE!SIENNAMILLER’S
PUBLIC
HEARTBREAK
S
ienna Miller recently
opened up about the
“public heartbreak”
that she experienced af-
ter her then-fiance Jude Law‘s
affair with his nanny became
public. The actor cheated on
Sienna with his children’s nan-
ny back in 2005 and it put her in
the public eye in a way she had
never experienced before.
When the story went pub-
lic, she was starring in
the play As You Like It
on London’s West End.
“That was one of the
most challenging mo-
ments I hope I’ll ever have
to experience,” Sienna re-
cently opened up. “Because
with that level of public heart-
break, to have to get out of a
bed let alone stand in front of
800 people every night, it’s just
the last thing you want to do.”
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Brooklyn Decker
Hina Khan
Sienna Miller and Jude Law
Dia Mirza
... his post
Matthew Perry
Cardi B

CITY FIRST
T
he world’s big-
gest tech con-
glomerate, Goog-
le Inc., has been
organising various art
workshops and pro-
grams for its teams
around the world under
“Arts at Google’s Create
at Home Program,” and
Rajasthan Studio re-
cently organised a Tie
and Dye making online
experience for them.
“While we have ca-
tered to multiple corpo-
rates on the state and
national level in the past
months, it was our first
ever session with a tech
giant like Google,”
shared Kartik, founder
of Rajasthan Studio.
Attended by their
teams from many parts
of the world includ-
ing Israel, the Unit-
ed States, and In-
dia, the curated Tie
& Dye workshop
was conducted by one
of the eminent artists
in the field and one of
the earliest members of
the young startup.
The1-hourexperience
involved learning Ra-
jasthan’s traditional
techniques of tie
and dye on t-shirts
and scarves using or-
ganiccoloursmadefrom
beetroot, coffee, saffron,
turmeric, spinach, kum-
kum extracts, etc.
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CITY BUZZ
LUXURY RIDE
IN JAIPUR
CITY FIRST
eet the co-
founders, De-
vang Mahesh-
wari and
Gaurang Man-
gal, who
turned their
love for cars into one of
the hottest automotive
destinations.
At Luxury Ride
Jaipur, they believe in
no substitutes and
no compromises,
andintheeventthat
they don’t have the
exactcaryou’retryingto
find,theymakesurethat
we leave no stone un-
turned to find it.
Their world-class
team ensures that the
foremost minute par-
ticularization, to all or
any of their cars meets
and exceeds our cus-
tomer’s demand.
Their service
team is skilled, em-
pathetic, and en-
gaged to deliver you the
most effective in the
Pre-Owned Luxury car
industry. They will tai-
lor the delivery of your
car to best suit you,
while their uncondi-
tional aftercare will
guarantee an extended
and lasting relation-
ship. They tend to lay
emphasis solely on the
high-end of every class
to confirm that tremen-
dous listings are show-
cased within the way
they deserve and that
buyers find precisely
what they’re trying to
find.
Ranging from premi-
um vehicles to thor-
oughbred racecars like
the Lamborghini, their
goal has always been to
create joyous moments
for all of us in Jaipur.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
WEDDING BELLS!
Jagdeesh Chandra at the wedding ceremony of Gaurav Bhatia and Rashi Arora at The
Wedding Villa in Jaipur on Monday. Gaurav is the son of Rakesh Kumar and Sunita Bhatia,
while Rashi is the daughter of Dinesh and Reeta Arora. Also seen here is Gaurav’s sister,
Khushboo.
M
UP: National Secretary, AICC, Vivek Bansal mourned the sad demise of a 10-year old innocent
Yashvi, daughter of Brajesh Varshney, resident of Housing Development Colony at Sasni Gate on
Monday. Yashvi was suffering from a brain disease.
MEET & GREET!
A SAD DEMISE...
CITY FIRST
A
condolence meeting
was organised in re-
membrance of a
noted journalist
late Dheerendra Jain. See-
ing the pandemic, the meet-
ing was organised virtually
by Jain’s daughter Journal-
ist Anubha Jain in which
prominent personalities
were present. With two
minutes of silence family
and friends paid last re-
spects to the departed soul.
A condolence letter sent
by the Hon’ble Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
was read by Jain’s
daughter Anubha. CM
Ashok Gehlot said that the
sudden demise of such not-
ed journalist Dheerendra
Jain is an irreparable loss
not only to society but to the
domain of journalism too.
Vijay Darda, Chairman
Lokmat Media, and Ved
Pratap Vaidik proposed
to start an award and
lecture series in the
name of great person-
ality late Dheerendra
Jain. Anubha assured that
certainly, an award along
with a lecture series will be
started in her father’s name
soon. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Virtual condolence meet
CITY FIRST
A
veryexcitingde-
bate competi-
tion took place
in Digital Baal
Mela on Tuesday. Chil-
dren participated and
shared their entries
with full enthusiasm.
During this typical
phase of Covid-19, chil-
dren got a great oppor-
tunity to share their
viewsoverthetopic‘On-
line classes are good/
bad’. Sponsored by Fu-
ture Society and LIC,
the event has various
rewards for children.
Most of the students
stoodinfavourof online
classes.7yearsoldArpi-
ta of Jaipur told that in
such a hard time, the
school provided educa-
tion to us and taught us
a new way as well.
Ayushi Kumawat and
Devesh Aggarwal were
happytosharethatthey
can study anywhere
while staying at home.
TanishaJainalsospoke
in support of online
classes. Ashish Kalawa
spoke about the eco-
nomic crisis of Corona
and laid stress on the
problems faced by a
common man.
OnlineWebinaron
Industry-Academia
CITY FIRST
T
he purpose of
education is
that along with
knowledge one
must also be skilled.
This is why in the Na-
tional Educational
Policy (NEP), employ-
ment-oriented educa-
tionhasbeenlinked
to skill develop-
ment. This will
help students gain
much-needed skills
at the beginning of
their education and
the benefits of their
experience and knowl-
edge can be passed on
to others. This was
stated by the Governor
of Rajasthan, Shri
Kalraj Mishra, who
was the Chief Guest.
He addressed the On-
line Webinar on Indus-
try-Academia Inter-
face held on the virtual
platform on Tuesday.
The programme
was organised by Ma-
nipal University
Jaipur (MUJ) in asso-
ciation with Bhardwaj
Foundation Jaipur
and Rajasthan Cham-
ber of Commerce and
Industry. It was attend-
ed by heads of various
universities and in-
dustry stalwarts.
The program was
coordinated by
Founder President,
Bharadwaj Founda-
tion, PM Bharadwaj.
President Manipal
University Jaipur, Dr
GK Prabhu said that
for many years it has
been said that the
graduates are not
ready for the industry.
However, no concrete
steps were being taken
to address this gap be-
tween academia and
industry.
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jitendra Soni, Director, Mission Gyan,
during his visit to the former’s residence to hand over a token
of respect for the ‘Project E Kaksha’ campaign. This campaign
is about providing free education to students of classes 6 to
12 Rajasthan.
Mining and Gopalan Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya celebrated
his birthday at Baran with his wife Urmila and supporters.
During the day Bhaya and Urmila distributed blankets
to the needy, gave fodder to the cows and fed dogs and
pigeons too. They also visited all the temples to seek divine
blessings on the occasion. A blood donation camp was also
organised by his supporters.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jairangam Theatre FestivalCITY FIRST
C
o-partnered by
3M dot band and
Ministry of Cul-
ture, Govern-
mentof India,onFourth
day of Online Fringes
Jai Rangam witnessed
an interesting play, the
Hunger Artist based
upon a short story
by Franz Kafka was
performed. Direct-
edbyGurleenJudge,
this extraordinary
tale revolves around an
artist, who takes on
elaborate fasts for the
amusement of the gen-
eral public.
The sound design of
audio loops, sound-
scapes, and music used
efficiently to create the
required disturbance
and alienation.
Two play Teelapur Ka
Rakshas, directed by
Anupama Roy and Bar-
nali Mehdi directed
Bogezari will be per-
formed today.
TIE & DYEWORKSHOP
Debate competition in DBM
Devang and Gaurang Maheshwari

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