Professional Documents
Culture Documents
EDIT
WPI INFLATION UP AT EVERY TIME SRK WOULD COME 310c. 220c.
14.23% ON SURGE IN CULTURAL AGENDA TO SHOOT, IT FELT LIKE DIWALI: Sunrise: 07:04 am
Omicron cases
Omicron variant have been Mumbai Kailash Chandiwal, who is
reported in Delhi, taking the conducting an enquiry into
total tally in the national In a new twist to the alleged the allegations made by for-
capital to six. While the first Rs100-crore extortion case, mer top cop Parambir Singh
Omicron patient in Delhi has suspended cop Sachin Vaze in his letter written to the
now been discharged, the on Tuesday told the State-ap- chief minister. Singh had al-
remaining five are all stable pointed one-member high leged that Deshmukh had in-
PIC: BL SONI
and have mild symptoms. level enquiry committee that structed Vaze to extort over Rs
Rajasthan too, recorded four neither former home minis- 100 crore per month from the
more Omicron positive cases, ter Anil Deshmukh, nor any city's bars and restaurants.
taking the state's tally to 17, of his staff, ever made mone- The commission is exam-
health officials said. Of the tary demands. Vaze also said as a “clean chit” for Desh- ining the statements made
four, three had come in he had not collected any mukh, who is in judicial cus- by Vaze and he was being
contact with an infected family money from city's bar own- tody after his arrest by the En- cross examined by advocate
which had returned from ers or people related to them. forcement Directorate (ED) in Girish Kulkarni, appearing
South Africa. The fourth was a This testimony assumes sig- a money laundering case. for Deshmukh.
woman who came from nificance as it could be seen Vaze and Deshmukh were CONTD. ON NATION PAGE
Ukraine via Dubai. In all, 27
H igher prices of
commodities, food items
and manufactured products
Of the 28 cases, 12 are from Mumbai, 10 from Pimpri-Chinch-
wad, two from Pune Municipal Corporation and one each from
Kalyan-Dombivali, Nagpur, Latur and Vasai Virar.
negligence, the Special In-
vestigation Team (SIT) has
concluded.
Earlier, the Minister had
said that his son was not
present at the crime site and
direction to the Maharashtra
government to grant permis-
sion to hold a public meeting
lifted India's November “These laboratory samples were taken in the first week of The farmers were allegedly if it is proven otherwise he at Shivaji Park on December
wholesale inflation on December and all patients are between 24 and 41 years of age. mowed down by a car of would resign from the Union 28, the 137th Foundation Day
both sequential and year-on- Among these, three are asymptomatic and five have mild Ashish Mishra, son of Union Cabinet. The minister had of the Indian National Con-
year basis. Accordingly, the symptoms, following which they have been kept in isolation minister of state for home further stated that videos gress. Party leaders Sonia
annual rate of inflation, based at home and hospital. Moreover, we are also tracking the Ajay Mishra Teni. Ashish is that went viral after the inci- Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
on wholesale prices, rose to close contacts of these patients,” said a senior health official in custody and arraigned as dent show the driver of the were to attend the meeting.
14.23 per cent last month from from the State health department. the main accused. Lakhimpur Kheri, adding matter under former Punjab car being dragged out and Jagtap had filed the petition
12.54 per cent in October. According to preliminary information, none of them has a The charges of rash driv- that an attempt to murder & Haryana High Court Judge beaten to death. Had his son on Monday and was to be
Similarly, on a YoY basis, the history of international travel. One of them had travelled to ing against Ashish and the charge and the charge of vol- Rakesh Kumar Jain who was being there, the irate mob heard before a division bench
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Bangalore and the other to Delhi and one person from Mum- others should be modified, untarily causing hurt should appointed by a Supreme would have lynched him, too, of justices Amjad Sayed and
data furnished by the Ministry bai is from Rajasthan. the SIT has written to the be added. Court bench headed by Chief the minister had reasoned. Abhay Ahuja on Tuesday.
of Commerce and Industry has CONTD. ON NATION PAGE Chief Judicial Magistrate of The team was probing the Justice of India N V Ramana. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE CONTD. ON NATION PAGE
risen exponentially over
SII vaccine for Schools told to reopen from MVA maths fails,
November 2020, when it stood
at 2.29 per cent. "The high rate
of inflation in November 2021
is primarily due to rise in prices
3+in 6 months today, some are still doubtful BJP chem wins
of mineral oils, basic metals,
crude petroleum and natural
gas, chemicals and chemical
products, food products, etc.,
as compared to the BJP outwits MVA in posed. With this, the BJP
corresponding month of the POLITICAL BUREAU Confederation of Indian CHAITALI DHARAMSHI / Mumbai 1900 will resume in offline mode from Decem- has bagged all the 4 seats and
previous year," the ministry said Mumbai Industry. ber 15, states the official data provided by the
council polls, bags 4 the Congress and Shiv Sena
in its review of 'Index Numbers "Our vaccine will be An order has been issued by the BMC com- education department. seats while Congress one each.
of Wholesale Price in India' for The CEO of the Serum Insti- launched in six months. It is missioner to reopen schools in Mumbai for The department has received 40 per cent & Sena win one each The council polls came as a
November. tute of India, Adar Poon- under trial and has shown standard I to VII from Wednesday. Elsewhere, confirmation from parents for classes V to boost to the BJP and a blow
awalla, on Tuesday said a excellent data all the way schools in different districts had resumed on VII, for sending their children to school. The SANJAY JOG / Mumbai to the MVA government. The
MLAs' SUSPENSION: COVID-19 vaccine for chil-
dren who are above
down to the age group of 3."
Apart from the No-
December 1 and witnessed 50-60 per cent at-
tendance on the first day. There are around
BMC education department, in its recent
additional guidelines issued on December 12, The Maha Vikas Aghadi on
NCP had no stakes in these
polls and the battle was be-
NOTICE TO STATE 3 years of age vavax vaccine that it 2000 schools in Mumbai, of which almost CONTD. ON NATION PAGE Tuesday received a setback tween the BJP and the Con-
T he Supreme Court on should be ready in has already export- with BJP winning the bien- gress, on the one hand, and
PIC: BL SONI
Tuesday issued notices to six months. ed to countries such nial election to the Maha- the BJP and the Shiv Sena,
the Maharashtra Government He noted that the as Indonesia, SII rashtra Legislative Council on the other.
and State Assembly on a SII, in tandem with also makes the As- in Nagpur and Akola- Interestingly, the MVA
petition filed by 12 BJP MLAs two other compa- traZeneca and Sput- Washim-Buldhana local gov- constituents, which were un-
against their 1-year suspension nies, which are nik shots. ernment constituencies. der the impression that they
from the House for alleged working on develop- ‘’Globally, includ- There was a cross-voting by can together keep the BJP at
misbehaviour with the ing the vaccine, is in ing in India, the sup- MVA partners -- the Shiv bay, miserably failed due to
presiding officer. The case is the trial phase of its ply of vaccines has Sena, the NCP and the Con- overconfidence, inter and in-
listed for hearing on January latest offering. outmatched its de- gress -- which led to the BJP tra party differences, lack of
11. The Bench observed that Novavax, which is mand," said Poon- securing more votes than proper strategy and finan-
the issues raised in the matter the world's largest awalla, adding that their elected representatives. cial constraints. On the
and the arguments advanced producer of vac- certain countries Earlier, the BJP had won 2 other hand, the BJP succeed-
by the lawyers appearing for cines titled have only vaccinat- seats in Mumbai and Dhule ed in weaning away disgrun-
the petitioners and the State Covovax, has shown good re- ed 10% or 15% of the popula- and the Congress and the tled elements from the MVA
are "debatable" and "require sults in the trials in this seg- tion; they really need to go Shiv Sena one each in Kolha- and encashing on the rising
deeper consideration. ment, Poonawalla told a con- up to 60-70%. pur and Mumbai, since their discontent against it.
ference organized by the CONTD. ON NATION PAGE It will be face-to-face teaching in classrooms again. nominees were elected unop- CONTD. ON NATION PAGE
PILL 90% POTENT,
SC nod to widen 3
LAST WORD TAILPIECE
MAMATA NOT INVITED:
SONIA, OPP SESSION
Are skippers playing the skipping game? Agatha Christie
A strategy session was at
held Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi's Delhi residence on
Tuesday evening to devise a
KUSHAN SARKAR
New Delhi
BCCI official privy to devel-
opments said on conditions
strategic highways book wins Trade
Marks Act case
way forward on scrapping the of anonymity. "As things OUR BUREAU /New Delhi
‘A nd Then There Were
I
suspension of 12 MPs of Rajya f anyone believed that stand today, he is playing the None', one of the most
Sabha, which has led to an all is well with India’s three ODIs on January 19, The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked the plea filed celebrated books by Agatha
impasse in Parliament. Besides preparations for the tour 21, 23," he added. against the Char Dham Project in Uttarakhand by Citizens Christie, is set to receive
the Congress, leaders of five of South Africa, think The official also said that for Green Doon and six others and allowed the Ministry of trademark registration more
opposition parties were present again. A day after newly-ap- all the players' families are Defence to widen the three strategic highways, under the than 80 years after its publi-
at the meeting, sources said, pointed ODI captain Rohit also travelling to South supervision of its former judge, Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, cation with the Delhi High
which included Congress allies Sharma was ruled out of Africa aboard the same who had retired in March 2019. A 3-judge Bench of Justices Court ruling in favour of
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Tests in South Africa be- charter flight due to the bio- D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath accepted Christie's company which
Congress Party, DMK and the cause of recurring ham- bubble restrictions. "The the MoD arguments on the necessity to widen the roads in had sought trademark regis-
Shiv Sena. Sources said Pawar, string issues, there are re- skipper is travelling with view of the security concerns on the borders with China. tration. The development
Sena leader Sanjay Raut, DMK's ports that Kohli will take a his family. But, yes, if he "We allow the application by the Defence Ministry for dou- came with Justice C Hari
TR Balu, CPM's Sitaram break to spend some time feels bubble fatigue after the ble lanes in the three strategic highways," the court ordered. Shankar setting aside the or-
Yechury, and National with his family. The Indian Kohli will be leading India in sent any formal request to Test series and wants to take "We find there are no mala fides in the application filed der passed by Registrar of
Conference patriarch Farooq cricket board has denied a three-Test series starting De- skip the ODIs to either BCCI a break, he would definitely by the MoD, which is authorized to oversee the operational Trademarks in January 2021
Abdullah attended the meeting, any such development. cember 26 in Centurion which president Sourav Ganguly inform the chairman of se- requirement of armed forces. The bonafides of the MoD is rejecting the application filed
where Rahul Gandhi was also Kohli has not put in any for- ends on January 15 in Cape or secretary Jay Shah. If lectors and secretary (Jay apparent from security concerns raised in security com- in 2017 by Agatha Christie
present. Mamata Banerjee's mal request for a break from Town with the final Test. The something is decided at a Shah), who is the convenor mittee meeting," the court said in an 83-page judgment au- Limited, the company set up
Trinamool Congress, which is at the ODI leg of the upcoming three-match ODI series will later date or, God forbid, he of the selection committee," thored by Justice Chandrachud. by Christie in 1955 and now
loggerheads with the Congress, South Africa tour, a top BCCI kick off on January 19. sustains an injury, then it's a the source added. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE operated by her grandson.
was not invited, sources said. official has asserted. "As of now, Kohli hasn't different matter," a senior CONTD. ON NATION PAGE CONTD. ON NATION PAGE
MUMBAI MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 15, 2021
ED summons Akola SP in Anil Deshmukh case
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned IPS
officer G Shreedhar on December 17, in connection to the alleged
money laundering case against former state minister Anil
Deshmukh. Shreedhar, who is currently posted as Superintendent
of Police, Akola, expressed lack of knowledge on why he has
been summoned. The ED on December 7 had recorded the
statement of former chief secretary Sitaram Kunte, who is now
the principal chief advisor to the CM. –Somendra Sharma
Rs 2,230 crore
Metropolitan Region Devel- tion Ravi Raja said, “They These bills were tabled to producers in farming agree- In any dispute arising out
opment Authority (MMRDA) have taken loans from differ- counter the Centre’s three ment with traders, timely of a transaction between a
in its ‘Basic Transport and
Communications Statistics Avg. daily ent financial institutions and
also need to repay Tata Pow-
farm laws and the govern-
ment had sought suggestions
payment of dues, three-year
jail term and Rs 5 lakh fine or
farmer and a trader, parties
may seek a solution by filing
for MMR’, published in De-
cember 2020 – which hasn’t
been made public yet – shows
Total buses in BEST fleet passengers er. The Undertaking is in a
poor state and they cannot
continue asking for funds or
and objections from various
stakeholders.
The government will table
both for harassment of farm-
ers. Besides, the state will
have the power to regulate
an application to the compe-
tent authority and an appeal
against the order to the ap-
HC: Person in
Cong postpones
times from Rs 86,900 lakh in The only way out is commer-
2000-01 to Rs 2,04,763 lakh in cialisation of its assets”.
2018-19.
The revenues, however, consistently increased and lated losses currently stand 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2018-19 custody can file
rally on Dec 28
barely jumped by 1.48 times breached the five-figure at Rs 4,200 crore, which is be-
anticipatory
Total fleet 3430 3391 4700 3223
from Rs 69,610 lakh to Rs amount with Rs 1,12,355 lakh sides the loans taken to the
1,03,478 lakh. Sources in MM- in 2010-11. However, the rev- tune of Rs 1,400 crore till Sep- Avg. carrying capacity 75 72 72 64
RDA clarified that as BEST enues have seen a downfall tember 2021. An outstanding Effective vehicles km 2441 2401 2635 1690
could not provide data on all
aspects of revenue while col-
since 2018-19, even as the ex-
penditure has been rising.
amount of Rs 2,500 crore
needs to be paid to financial
(in lakh)
No. of passengers (lakh) 15116 15102 15352 8068
MRCC president Bhai Jagtap bail for new
offenses
lating it, several columns For 2021-22, BEST showed a institutions besides tax lia- No. of accidents 0.33 0.35 0.32 0.01
have been published as ‘N.A
(not applicable)’ for years
deficit of Rs 1,887 crore and
now the proposed budget for
bilities of Rs 900 crore.
BEST Committee chair-
(per lakh km)
No. of routes operated 371 345 504 409 tenders unconditional apology
2015-16 to 2018-19. However,
since 2000, its revenues have
2022-23 has projected another
Rs 2,230 crore. The accumu-
man Ashish Chemburkar
said that there is no doubt
Total staff 38064 34470 33057 30550
* Statistics from MMRDAs Basic Transport and Communications for MMR
FPJ POLITICAL BUREAU A senior party leader Theld
he Bombay High Court has
that the accused have the
Mumbai right to file an anticipatory bail
and former minister
2 accused doctors allowed 2 plead guilty in ISIS case BJP city secy Motilal Nagar redvpt: bids
moves court
Say they were lured by
to return to native place sentimental material online against WB CM
from Adani, L&T, Naman
MUMBAI: The BJP Mumbai
URVI MAHAJANI tal. They have been booked secretary Vivekanand Gupta has
urvi.mahajani@fpj.co.in DR PAYAL TADVI for suicide, conspiracy un- BHAVNA UCHIL conspiracy under the Indian filed a complaint before a
Jumbo centre approval held back as BJP cries foul Videocon chairman’s daughter-in-law
KALPESH MHAMUNKAR
Mumbai CASES REPORTED ON DECEMBER 14 MBMC crosses 100% buys luxury duplex house for `52 cr
first dose coverage
The allegations of corrup- MUMBAI Cases Deaths Recovered SWEETY ADIMULAM / Mumbai
received seven car parking up area, the Free Press Journal
tion by the BJP in the opera- 252 01 206 slots.
The purchased property in the
had reported.
It seems Pedder Road is still the
tion of the Mulund Covid Videocon Ltd. chairman most preferred choice of high-
Total cases Total deaths Total recovered upscale project located at
centre on Tuesday forced the SURESH GOLANI hibited vaccine hesitancy. Venugopal Dhoot’s daughter-in- Pedder Road is a joint net-worth individuals, business
BMC standing committee to
refer the Rs 20-crore proposal
7,65,696 16,360 7,44,990 suresh.golani@fpj.co.in This was revealed during a
door-to-door survey conduct-
law Pooja Dhoot has bought a
luxury duplex apartment in
development between JSW honchos and celebrities. The
Group and Mumbai-based demand for super luxurious
back to the BMC chief. Nearly eleven months after ed by the civic body to enu- south Mumbai’s Pedder Road developer Sameer Bhojwani. homes across India is on the
The BJP has alleged cor- the nationwide Covid-19 vac- merate the number of people for Rs 52 crore. The sale deed The transaction is among the rise, and Pedder Road is surely
ruption in the running of the cination programme was who are as yet unvaccinated was registered on December 8 most expensive residential on the top list.
centre and demanded all de- rolled out on January 16, the and the reasons for the same. and the buyer paid Rs 2.8 crore property deals in the country. In fact, according to ANAROCK
tails of the expenditure. Ac- Mira Bhayandar Municipal The survey teams reached only on a stamp duty. In September, Alka Dujodwala, Research, in the first three
cording to BJP corporators, Corporation (MBMC) claims out to around 3,06,029 house- According to documents wife of Mangalam Organics quarters of 2021, the Mumbai
the city has been fighting the to have achieved 100 per cent holds in the twin-city. As per accessed through Zapkey.com, chairman Kamalkumar Metropolitan Region witnessed
coronavirus pandemic for first dose coverage on Mon- available data, 17,277 houses which aggregates publicly Dujodwala, had also bought a the new supply of around
more than a year and the cor- day. Although the government were found to be locked, 744 available property registration duplex apartment in the same 38,210 units across various
poration has spent crores of has set 7,99,532 as the target of eligible people were yet to be
data, Dhoot’s duplex apartment building for Rs 53 crore. Those budget segments. Of these,
rupees on protecting citi- vaccine-eligible population vaccinated, 466 people were
is on the first and second floors apartments are on the 13th and nearly 5 per cent are in the
zens, BMC employees and within the twin-city, the actu- found to be infected with
of 33 South tower. With this the 14th floors of the 33 South luxury segment, priced upwards
provision of medical infra- al figure is said to be higher. Covid-19, and 181 flatly re-
deal, Pooja Dhoot has also and comprise 3,400 sq ft built- of Rs 2.5 crore.
structure and medicines. This is evident by the fact fused inoculation.
However, the BMC adminis- MAHARASHTRA that 8,15,227 people, includ-
tration has never revealed ing 1,77,463 staying outside
any expense details. Cases Deaths Recovered the jurisdiction of the
The issue was raised at the 684 24 686 MBMC, had received the first
standing committee meeting dose of vaccine at public and
on Tuesday. Two proposals Total cases Total deaths Total recovered private healthcare facilities
worth Rs 18.8 crore and Rs
1.83 crore were on the agenda
66,45,136 1,41,288 64,93,688 till December 13.
Although the twin-city’s
for its approval. As per the vaccination count stands at
proposal, Rs 20.63 crore was Raja expressed displeasure BJP group Leader Prab- 102 per cent, the civic admin-
spent on a Jumbo Covid cen- over the expenditure. He hakar Shinde asked, “The istration is aware of the fact
tre set up at Richardson and said, “The situation now is Mulund centre was built by that a large number of bene-
Cruddas company near JJ not as severe as last year. So CIDCO and handed over to ficiaries hailed from other
Hospital within a year. In De- the expenditure also needs to the BMC, but then why did parts of the Mumbai Metro-
cember 2020, the BMC stand- be re-assessed. Instead of giv- the BMC take possession and politan Region (MMR).
ing committee had given ing Rs 12.5 lakh rent per day spent Rs 10.5 crore as rent?” The MBMC also claims to
powers to the BMC adminis- to a company, the BMC could He also alleged that the ad- have achieved a 71 per cent
tration to spend without ap- have constructed its own ministration didn’t take sug- second dose target.
proval. long-lasting Jumbo centre,” gestions from auditors before Besides, a small percentage
Congress group leader Ravi he said. spending. of the population has also ex-
600
"In the event of any unto- Thakur, the new escalators Agency sources said that gri and was destined for
ward incident in the ladies have been installed at plat- the contraband was destined Dubai and New Zealand.
coaches, officials will review form No. 3/4 at Virar station to be smuggled to foreign cealed in a stethoscope. The “Our team had also seized 17
coaches
the feed recorded by these while the one at Kandivali countries through air couri- consignment originated gm of amphetamine that
Cameras," said an official of station at platform No. 2/3 at er in Andheri. The agency from Dongri and was des- was concealed in 1-TB hard
CR, adding that these cam- the cost of Rs1 crore each. also intercepted one Ivorian tined for Australia. In the fol- disk in Andheri on Tuesday.
eras will help detect the Each escalator has a capac- national in one of the opera- low-up, one Ivorian national The consignment originated
crime. The estimated cost of
the project is pegged at Rs
Estimated cost of the project: Tendering process to start by ity to carry 900 passengers
per hour and have been in-
tions.
Speaking about the opera-
has been arrested.”
Wankhede said on Monday,
from Andheri and was des-
tined for Switzerland. Inves-
To deter criminals
process of inviting tender persal of passengers" said a
from January 2022, '' said a
CR official. He added the
Help detect the crimes WR official.
WR general manager, Alok
FINDINGS OF REPORT
work to install CCTV cam-
eras will be carried out in
different carsheds of CR.
maining 600 will be complet-
ed by March 2023" said addi-
tional divisional railway
security of the women pas-
sengers, which is one of our
priorities,” added Deulkar.
foreseen movements of peo-
ple to prevent incidental
losses.,” said another officer
Kansal has given top priority
to the safety of passengers
and has urged all the com-
Road fatalities see a decline in
"At present, the CR subur-
ban fleet has around 780
ladies coaches, of which
manager, CR, Mumbai divi-
sion, Dr Suman Deulkar.
“Ladies compartments in
The CCTV system will be
used to capture and record
the view from IP cameras fit-
of CR. He added that CCTV
cameras will not only be a
deterrent to criminals, but
muters to use foot over
bridges, subways, lifts, esca-
lators to change platforms
city for sixth consecutive year
around 180 are already filled all the existing rakes will be ted in all the ladies coaches also serve as evidence in and avoid trespassing to SACHIN GAAD laboration with the wheeler drivers which were
with CCTV cameras and the gradually fitted with CCTV not only for security purpos- case a passenger registers a achieve WR’s 'Mission Zero sachin.gaad@fpj.co.in Bloomberg Philanthropies 39 per cent and 10 per cent
work to fit cameras in the re- cameras to ensure safety and es but also to monitor un- crime complaint. Death' on track. Initiative for Global Road respectively.
Mumbai, the city that never Safety, also highlights that
e-challans for
and run, while pedestrian ca- that pedestrians are the
STAFF REPORTER The child, who was ber 12, when the boy was they saw a woman taking sualty rate was the highest at
Compared to 2019, most vulnerable, so while
Mumbai playing with his sibling on the boy and walking away. 57 per cent. educating the motorist, we
over Rs 2 crore The officials of Government
playing with his
sibling near Bandra
the bridge towards Bandra
Terminus, while his mother,
The woman was spotted in
Kandivali (E), and on a tip
Most of the 2020, starting
from the third week of
accidents reduced by
22 pc and compared to
will also educate pedestri-
ans. We are also going to ed-
FAISAL TANDEL Railway Police (GRP) res- who sells balloons for a liv- off, the police learnt that she March, had gone into pan- ucate school children about
faisal.tandel@fpj.co.in cued a three-year-old boy railway bridge, was ing, was cooking food. had relatives in Bhayandar, demic induced lockdown, 2010, there has been a road safety as they are fu-
from the clutches of his kid- kidnapped and later However, when her hus- Borivali and Dahisar. which reduced number of decline of 45 pc in the ture road users. We are also
Between November 25 and napper, who had abducted band went to call the chil- The woman was spotted in accidents and fatalities trying to make the roads
December 11, the Thane him for begging on the
found with the help of dren for lunch, his elder son Kandivali East area, follow- largely. When compared to fatalities more pedestrian friendly.”
traffic police recovered streets. a tip-off and CCTV was there but the younger ing which a team from Bori- 2019, the accidents reduced Rajvardhan added that de-
57,955 unpaid challans and The child, who was play- was missing. They checked vali railway police station by 22 per cent and compared spite reduction in deaths
collected over Rs 2 crore as ing with his sibling near with neighbours and rela- arrested her and rescued to 2010, there has been a de- the total deaths recorded owing to the pandemic, the
fine amount. The unrecov- Bandra railway bridge The woman has been tives, but to no avail, and fi- the boy. The is a beggar and cline of 45 per cent in the fa- last year. The report stated declining trend in crash fa-
ered amount was collected while his mother was busy booked under relevant sec- nally lodged complaint with a homeless. talities. Last year, the city that 148 pedestrians were talities in Mumbai is a posi-
after issuing notices to vio- cooking, was kidnapped and tions of the Indian Penal the Bandra police. The Ban- The police suspect that she witnessed total of 350 deaths killed in road accidents in tive sign.
lators across the district to later found with the help of Code. dra GRP registered a case had kidnapped the boy with due to crashes which were 2020 which was 42 pe rcent
either pay the fine or be a tip-off and CCTV camera According to police, the in- and scrutinised the CCTV a sole intent to gain sympa- 447 in the preceding year. of the total fatalities fol- Full report on
present in Lok Adalat. As footage in Kandivali (E). cident occurred on Decem- camera footage, wherein thy while begging. The report, released in col- lowed by two and three www.freepressjournal.in
per data provided, the no-
Teams posted at
various junctions
CIDCO to construct 5000 EWS Bhayandar groom hires helicopter Man who gave a slip to
first checked the
pending fines of
and LIG homes by New Year to get to wedding venue in Kalyan cops at Covid centre
AMIT SRIVASTAVA through its mega housing
violators and asked
for immediate
amit.srivastava@fpj.co.in scheme, which will be a
part of Pradhan Mantri
The City and Industrial Awas Yojana (PMAY), the
The man is nephew of MBMC ex-mayor; works as arrested after 7 months
payment, failing Development Corporation Central government production head of an entertainment firm in Mumbai STAFF REPORTER inquiry was initiated
which further action (CIDCO) will come up with scheme that is aimed at Thane against both the police con-
a new housing scheme con- providing 'housing to all' stable on duty at the Covid
was initiated sisting of 5,000 houses at by 2022. The Manpada police in Dom- centre," said a police official
the beginning of 2022. Of the total, 90,000 hous- bivli arrested an accused, Senior police inspector,
These affordable houses es, 53,000 will be construct- who fled from a Covid centre Manpada police station,
tices were issued to around will cater especially to the ed for EWS and 47,000 for seven months ago. The po- Shekar Bhagade formed a
2,14,227 vehicles. economically the LIG. lice said, the accused identi- team to trace the accused.
On December 11 alone, weaker sec- Earlier, on fied as Rajkumar Bind 30, Assistant police inspector,
the traffic department re- tion (EWS) The houses will be August 15 ran away after he was arrest- Avinash Vanve, along with
covered 1,557 e-challans and low-in- constructed in this year, ed in a theft case. his team started tracking
and collected Rs 12.36 lakh come group CIDCO had The Manpada police had Bind's mobile phone to nab
as fine. (LIG) of the Ghansoli, Kharghar, launched a arrested Bind on May 2021 in him. "He was changing loca-
Confirming the develop- city. Kalamboli, Taloja, special hous- a theft case. After his arrest, tion frequently. On Septem-
ment, Deputy Commission- Confirming ing scheme he was taken for Covid test, ber 10, he was traced in
er of Police (traffic) Balasa- the develop- and Dronagiri for Covid where he was found positive. Dadaranagar Haveli in Sil-
heb Patil said the notices ment, a senior localities of Navi warriors and He was then admitted to the vasa. The team reached
were issued to violators CIDCO offi- uniformed Tata Amantra Covid centre there and found him work-
whose challans were pend- cial said,
Mumbai personnel on Kalyan-Bhiwandi road. ing with a private firm," said
ing for over six months. these houses that compris- "Two constables were de- a police officer.
He said teams posted at will be available in Ghan- es 4,488 houses in five ployed at the hospital to The Manpada police ar-
various junctions first soli, Kharghar, Kalamboli, nodes of Navi Mumbai in- keep an eye on him. Howev- rested Bind on Sunday. "We
checked the pending fines Taloja, and Dronagiri lo- cluding, Taloja, Kalamboli, er, Bind fled from the hospi- have handed him to the Kon-
of violators and asked for calities of Navi Mumbai. Kharghar, Ghansoli and Roshan Mhatre arrives for his wedding in a helicopter tal and a case was registered gaon police as a case was
immediate payment, fail- These houses will be for Dronagiri. against him at Kongaon po- registered against him at the
ing which further action the EWS and LIG category, Among these houses, 1088 SURESH GOLANI Mhatre. copter. It was an arranged lice station in Bhiwandi. An Kongaon police station.
was initiated. He added he said. are developed for EWS un- suresh.golani@fpj.co.in The helicopter took off marriage. “My fiancée and
to complete survey
istered with their vehicle. nodes including, Vashi, session of the houses con- Production head of a Mum- the chopper to reach the However, their return
A police officer said that in Sanpada, Kharghar, Talo- structed under a scheme of bai-based entertainment venue on the Kalyan Shil- journey by road was not as
such cases, they are either ja, Dronagiri, Ulwe and 2018-19, where many suc- firm, Roshan Mhatre hap- phata Road. eventful – it took more
asked to pay the fine imme- Kalamboli. cessful winners of the lot- pens to be the nephew of Not to be outdone, the than three hours for the
diately or collect their de- CIDCO has planned to tery got their own houses former Mira Bhayandar bride, Sheetal, also left her couple and other baraatis KALPESH MHAMUNKAR up for discussion at the meet-
tained vehicles after they make available 90,000 in Kalamboli and other Municipal Corporation home in Dombivali to to reach home due to heavy kalpesh.mhamunkar@fpj.co.in ing on Tuesday, BJP group
have paid the amount. houses in Navi Mumbai nodes. (MBMC) mayor Tulisidas reach the venue in a heli- traffic congestion en route. leader Prabhakar Shinde
The BJP corporators on told the committee that the
A
lgorithmic trad- New Delhi risdiction also structures, channelises
ing or Algo trad- and circumscribes the ambit of such
ing is a concept The Supreme Court on Tuesday said jurisdiction. Thus, while the adjudi-
T
that the investing com- that the adjudicating authority cating authority and appellate author- he Indian equity er, it again fell sharply,
munity embraced only (NCLT) and appellant authority ity can encourage settlements, they benchmarks fell and at around 10.50 am
in the last 5 years. Sever- (NCLAT) under the Insolvency and cannot direct them by acting as courts for third day in a the index was trading at
al platforms sell ‘algos’, Bankruptcy Code (IBC) cannot compel of equity," it said. row on Tuesday due to 57,832.77 points, 0.77%,
which are basically strate- programmes and deploy a parties to settle a dispute. The primary question was whether losses in index heavy- or 450.65 points lower
gies that have generated unique ID to traders. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandra- the National Company Law Tribunal, weights like Reliance In- than the previous day's
returns. All you have to do chud and A.S. Bopanna said: "The ad- under Section 7, was correct in simply dustries, ITC, Kotak close at 58,283.42 points.
is click one button and the judicating authority is empowered dismissing the petition finding that Mahindra Bank, Bajaj The broader Nifty 50 of
program takes care of
How Does It Bother only to verify whether a default has oc- corporate debtor has initiated the Finance, HDFC and the National Stock Ex-
your trades. Easy way to You? curred or if a default has not occurred. process of settlement with the finan- HDFC Bank as the change (NSE) also
make money, right? SEBI’s consultation paper Based upon its decision, the adjudicat- thority and appellate authority, how- cial creditors. spread of the Omicron opened in the red
Wrong! This is the easiest has hurt traders and bro- ing authority must then either admit ever, have proceeded to do in the pres- The top court set aside the orders coronavirus variant 17,283.20 points. The
way to lose your hard- kers since it won’t ap- or reject an application respectively. ent case is to abdicate their jurisdic- passed by the NCLT and the National weighed on investor sen- Nifty 50 was trading at
earned money. Read up on prove all algo strategies These are the only two courses of ac- tion to decide a petition under Section Company Law Appellate Tribunal dis- timent globally ahead of 17,234.45 points at
why Sebi is seeking to reg- from now on. Earlier, it tion which are open to the adjudicat- 7 by directing the respondent to settle missing a petition filed under Section a series of central bank around 10.50 am on
ulate algo trading. was easy to sell these pro- ing authority in accordance with Sec- the remaining claims within three 7 of the IBC for initiating the Corpo- meetings this week, in- Tuesday, 0.77% lower
grammes, but now it will tion 7(5). The adjudicating authority months and leaving it open to the orig- rate Insolvency Resolution Process cluding by the US Feder- than the previous day's
be a regulated market. cannot compel a party to the proceed- inal petitioners, who are aggrieved by (CIRP) in a case. al Reserve. The Sensex close at 17,368.25 points.
What’s Happening? Additionally, algo pro- ings before it to settle a dispute." the settlement process, to move fresh The genesis of the case arises from a fell as much as 480 Bajaj Finserv slumped
Media reports have high- grammers will also have The bench added that settlements proceedings in accordance with law. master agreement to sell which was points and Nifty 50 index 2.39% to Rs.16906.40. Ba-
lighted that around 50% of to reveal the formula be- have to be encouraged because the ul- "Such a course of action is not con- entered into between the respondent, touched an intraday low jaj Finance dipped 2.33%
the daily trade volume in hind a particular algo timate purpose of the IBC is to facili- templated by the IBC. The IBC is a IDBI Trusteeship Ltd and Karvy Real- of 17,225, NDTV report- to Rs.7051.70. Other ma-
the Indian stock market strategy. These formulas tate the continuance and rehabilita- complete code in itself. The adjudicat- ty (India) Ltd on June 22, 2014, in order ed. jor Sensex losers includ-
arrives through an ad- were kept secret but not tion of a corporate debtor, as distinct ing authority and the appellate au- to raise an amount of Rs 50 crore for The Sensex ended 166 ed Kotak Bank 2.12%
vanced form of algo trad- anymore. SEBI’s regula- from allowing it to go into liquidation. thority are creatures of the statute. the development of 100 acres of agri- points lower at 58,117 down at Rs.1833.50; ITC
ing. Algo trading is a pre- tion will make pre-pro- It added that the adjudicating au- Their jurisdiction is statutorily con- cultural land. and Nifty 50 index de- down 1.66% at Rs.230.80;
programmed strategy that grammed trading strate- clined 43 points to settle Mahindra & Mahindra
executes buy and sell or- gies a complex affair. at 17,325. down 1.65% at Rs.829.10;
ders on its own. It studies
various technical patterns,
market patterns and con-
Brokerage platforms
will have to pay a higher
compliance cost resulting
EPFO sought insolvency ITC to build future-ready The Indian equities
markets opened deep in
the red on Tuesday with
HDFC 1.42% down at
Rs.2731.50 and IndusInd
Bank 1.19% down at
NEWS IN BRIEF
Pandemic showed importance of
Voda Idea
makes timely
Neha Dhupia unveils Exports rise 27% to $30 billion in
Hamleys’ Christmas toys
affordable tech: Mazumdar-Shaw
The COVID-19 pandemic brought out the importance of
investing in affordable technologies and innovation to deliver
debt payment AGENCIES
Mumbai
Nov; trade deficit at $23 billion
life-saving vaccines, biotechnology major Biocon's Executive AGENCIES
Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said on Tuesday. Hamleys - the finest toy shop New Delhi
Addressing the sixth annual Global Technology Summit co- in the world, and India’s
hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday, leading toy retailer for chil- India's merchandise exports jumped 27.16
Mazumdar-Shaw said it was very important to see the kind of dren, today announced the per cent to USD 30.04 billion in November on
inequities that existed in the world when it came to vaccines. Top 10 Toys for Christmas the back of good performance by sectors like
2021, unveiling this collec- petroleum products, engineering goods and
Natco Pharma proposes to acquire INFORMIST
tion for the first time in In-
dia.
electronic items, official data showed on
Tuesday.
Dash Pharmaceuticals Mumbai The much-coveted list of the The exports stood at USD 23.62 billion in
Natco Pharma Limited through its affiliates is proposing to season’s most exciting toys jay Sidhu was also present at November 2020.
enter into an agreement to acquire Dash Pharmaceuticals LLC Vodafone Idea Ltd has made was unveiled by actor and the event, apart from popu- Imports in November were at USD 52.94 bil- over April-November 2020 when it was USD
subject to satisfactory completion of due diligence, execution timely payment of principal mom Neha Dhupia at the lar mom influencers like lion, showing an increase of 56.58 per cent 219.82 billion.
of definitive agreements and compliance with statutory amount together with interest world’s first Hamleys Play Shradha Virani (The Diaper over inbound shipments of USD 33.81 billion "The merchandise trade balance for April-
requirements. Dash is a front-end pharmaceutical sales, on unsecured redeemable non- Store at Jio World Drive Drama), Yuvika Abrol, and in the year-ago month. November 2021 was estimated at USD (-)
marketing and distribution entity based in New Jersey, USA convertible debentures due for BKC on 9th December 2021, others. Gold imports rose nearly 40 per cent to 120.76 billion as against USD (-) 45.66 billion
which is expected to have approximate net sales of USD 15 payment today, according to amidst a magical, festive Speaking about the event, USD 4.22 billion as against 3.02 billion in No- in April-November 2020, which is a decline of
million for the year ending December 2021. the company's regulatory filing. party for leading mommy in- Manu Sharma, Group Vice- vember 2020. (-) 164.49 per cent," said a release issued by
The cash-strapped company fluencers and their children. President at Reliance As per the data released by the Ministry of the ministry.
Fertiliser production not impacted due had reportedly managed to
raise funds to repay its
Surrounded by Santa and
his elves, Neha and popular
Brands said: “The Hamleys
Christmas Top 10 launch
Commerce and Industry, November trade
deficit stood at USD 22.91 billion. This com-
Exports of petroleum products during No-
vember climbed 154.22 per cent at USD 3.95
to power shortage: Centre bondholders on time. The mommy influencer Simone has always been one of the pares with USD 10.19 billion in November billion on a yearly basis. Outward shipments
Fertiliser production was not affected due to power shortage company has to pay 60 bln Khambatta unveiled the fes- most awaited events of the 2020. of engineering goods rose to nearly USD 8
since 2020 till now except at IFFCO's Kandla plant unit in rupees to its bondholders till tive season’s most coveted year, We are extremely excit- Merchandise exports for April-November billion, up about 37 per cent over the same
Gujarat, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State March, and plans to utilise its toys that are sure to stimu- ed to present this year’s 2021 were at USD 263.57 billion, up 51.34 per month last year.
for Chemicals and Fertiliser Bhagwanth Khuba said most own cash flows and bank late children’s imaginations Christmas top 10 which has cent over USD 174.16 billion during the cor- As per the data, exports of electronic goods
fertiliser plants have captive power plants and have funds. and make playtime a more a mix of Robotics to Educa- responding period last year. rose from USD 1.12 billion in November last
arrangements to draw power from the grid. The company is seen exciting experience. tional Toys to Science to Imports during the period totalled USD to USD 1.45 billion during the month under
benefiting from the RJ & TV personality Tee- Board Games & more.” 384.34 billion, an increase of 74.84 per cent review, up 29.83 per cent.
HFCL raises Rs 600 crore though government's telecom relief
SATYAM SHIVAM @ KASHI Rahul seeks minister Ajay Mishra’s LAKHIMPUR KHERI CASE
LBhagalpur
ive bombs continue to be Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura,
BELGAVI TENSE, A
which is at loggerheads with present in the meet, the Aam
the Congress, was not invit- Aadmi Party, Mayawati’s extend the tenure of the director It (attack) is another sign
top Pakistani terrorist belonging to the of the chairman/promoters of
ed, sources said. Bahujan Party or the Sama- of the Central Bureau of Inves- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) was killed in an these CCSs, entities controlled by
towards the present situation.
BANDH CALLED
The leaders have asked jwadi Party, he said, “Each tigation (CBI) to a maximum of encounter with security forces in J&K’s them and few benami persons.”
Pawar to speak with Rajya and every party through the five years from the present two Poonch on Tuesday, officials said. The reality is that the present
Sabha chairman Venkaiah length and breadth of the na- years. Minister of state for perso- A search is underway to track down anoth- Beware of fake news
administration has completely failed in
Naidu to find a way forward tion cannot join... there will nnel Jitendra Singh moved ‘The SHANKAR RAJ er terrorist, who was his accomplice, in the on grace marks in
on the issue, sources said. be difference of opinion. We Delhi Special Police Establishment Bengaluru area. The Army and police launched an op- controlling the situation and in providing
Naidu earlier underscored are like-minded parties.” (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ for eration after receiving specific intelligence std 12 paper: CBSE
a sense of security to the people.
the need of smooth function- The suspension of the MPs consideration in Rajya Sabha on Belagavi district in north inputs about the presence of armed terrorists NEW DELHI: The CBSE on Tues-
ing of the house and asked over “unruly behaviour” has Tuesday amidst a walkout by the Karnataka, which borders in Behramgala area, a defence spokesperson —OMAR ABDULLAH, NC vice president day warned students against a
the Leader of the House and been the big flashpoint be- opposition over the suspension of Maharashtra, remained ten- said. In the early hours of Tuesday, a terrorist fake audio circulating on social
the Leader of Opposition to tween the government and their 12 members. se as the members of Maha- attempted to escape while firing at the secu- media claiming that due to an
discuss the issue. the opposition in the winter The bill was later passed in the rashtra Ekikarana Samithi rity personnel, he said, adding the troops re- his injuries, while the UT’s police chief error in class 12 accountancy
“The government should session. Demanding revoca- Upper House by a voice vote. (MES) observed a bandh taliated, resulting in the encounter in which vowed perpetrators would be brought to jus- paper grace marks will be given
not be so harsh with the tion of the suspension, the Lok Sabha had already cleared Tuesday over an act of Kan- the terrorist was killed. tice soon. Constable Rameez Ahmad of the to students. “It has been brought
members. After all, they are opposition has been holding the bill on December 3, 2021. nada activists blackening the One AK-47 rifle, 4 magazines, 1 grenade, ninth battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir to the notice of the board that
elected members of the state regular protest meets, lead- While moving the Bill, Singh said face of MES leader Deepak pouches and some Indian currency were re- Armed Police died at the Army's 92 Base Hos- fake reports allegedly quoting an
council... The government is ing to repeated adjourn- the government is working to Dalavi Monday. covered from the slain terrorist, Abu Zarara, pital Tuesday morning, officials said. The audio message in the name of
not in a mood of making any ments and interruption of check corruption and to ensure The incident took place hailing from Pakistan, the spokesperson said. Kashmir Tigers, a little-known outfit which is Controller of Examination, CBSE
solution. This is incorrect work in both houses. and enhance transparency. when MES was organising believed to be a front of the Jaish-e-Moham- are being circulated claiming due
an event even as the winter Death toll in terror attack rises to 3 as con- mad terrorist group, has claimed responsibil- to an error in class 12 accounta-
SIDELIGHTS BJP MP seeks body to ensure session of the Assembly ses- stable dies: The death toll in Monday’s ter- ity for the firing on the police bus that took ncy term-1 paper held on Dec 13
� Over 8 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship big techs like FB, Google share ad sion was underway in Bela-
gavi. The MES, which has
rorist attack on a police bus in J&K rose to 3
on Tuesday with a constable succumbing to
place on the 20th anniversary of the attack on
the Parliament Building.
'up to 06 grace marks will be
given,” the board said.
in last 7 years: MoS Home tells Lok Sabha
revenue with traditional media been demanding merger of
� Plight of Lakshadweep students, patients Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi on Monday demanded Belagavi district with Maha-
raised in Lok Sabha in the Rajya Sabha setting up of an independent
regulatory body for big tech giants like Facebook and
rashtra, was holding a ‘Ma-
hamelav’ event in Belagavi Indian economy rapidly recovering Use of Chabahar
Port: India, Iran,
� Blast at Darbhanga rly station plot by a
Google to ensure they share advertisement revenue without the permission of
H«$m°gdmoqQ>JMm cm^
{dYmZn[afX {ZdS>UyH$ : ZmJnya, AH$moë¶mV ^mOn {dO`r
‘w§~B©Vrb emim§‘ܶo
AmOnmgyZ {H$c{~cmQ>
nm{bHo$À`m emim§Mo 100 Q>³Ho$ g°{ZQ>m`PoeZ nmbH$m§Mo g§‘VrnÌ ~§YZH$maH$
à{V{ZYr / ‘w§~B© "`m' gyMZm§Mo nmbZ H$aUo JaOoM!o
{deof à{V{ZYr/‘w§~B©- {dYmZ n[afXoÀ`m ZmJnya Am{U AH$mobm- H$m±J«ogÀ`m ‘Vm§‘Ü`o H$moUVmhr "Amo‘m`H«$m°Z' {dfmUyMm OJ^a àgma dmT>V AgVmZmM CÚm
~wbT>mUm ñWm{ZH$ ñdamÁ` g§ñWm ‘VXmag§KmÀ`m {ZdS>UwH$sV ^mOnZo ’$aH$ nS>bobm Zmhr. Am‘Mm (~wYdma)nmgyZ ‘w§~B©Vrb àmW{‘H$ emim gwê$ H$aÊ`mg àË`oH$ dJm©Mo VrZ Vo Mma Vmg
C‘oXdma Jar~ hmoVm; nU ^mOnMm ImgJr emim§Zr ~ggodm CnbãY H$amdr
AmKmS>rMr ‘Vo ’$moSy>Z ‘moR>m Y³H$m {Xbm. `m {ZdS>UwH$sV ZmJnya‘YyZ nm{bH$m Am`wº$m§Zr ‘§Oaw r {Xë`mMo {ejUm{YH$mar amOy VS>dr
nmbH$m§Mo g§‘VrnÌ ~§YZH$maH$
^mOnMo M§ÐeoIa ~mdZHw$io, Va AH$mobm-~wbT>mUm ‘VXmag§KmVyZ dg§V C‘oXdma Am{W©H$ÑîQ>çm ~bmT>ç hmoVm. `m§Zr gm§{JVbo. ""nm{bHo$À`m 450 emim B‘maVtMo
`m§À`mH$So> 90 ‘Vo OmñV AgVmZmgwÕm gd© g°{ZQ>m`PoeZ Pmbo AgyZ, ImgJr emim§Mo g°{ZQ>m`PoeZ {dÚmÏ`mªZm emioV nmR>dUo nmbH$m§Mm A{YH$ma
I§So>bdmb {dO`r Pmbo AmhoV. amÁ`mV AmKmS>rMo gaH$ma Amë`mnmgyZ C‘oXdma KoD$Z nimdo bmJbo. Ë`m§Zm KmoSo>~mOma H$mo{dS> à{V~§YmË‘H$ {Z`‘m§Mo nmbZ ~§YZH$maH$
{dYmZn[afX {ZdS>UwH$sVrb AmKmS>rMm hm ‘moR>m nam^d Amho. H$aÊ`mMr O~m~Xmar emim àemgZmMr Amho, Agohr VS>dr
H$amdm bmJbm. hm ^mOnMm Z¡{VH$ nam^d Amho. `m§Zr ñnï> Ho$bo. Xaå`mZ, "{dÚmÏ`mªZm emioV nmR>dʶmgmR>r
ñWm{ZH$ àm{YH$mar ‘VXmag§KmVyZ C‘oXdma ‘§Jeo Xoe‘wI `m§Zm nmqR>~m {Xbm - ZmZm nQ>mobo, àXoemܶj, H$m±J«og nmbH$m§Mo g§‘VrnÌ ~§YZH$maH$ Amho,'' Agohr VS>dr `m§Zr
{dYmZ n[afXoda {ZdSy>Z Úm`À`m ghm hmoVm. C‘oXdma ~XbyZhr H$m±J«oggh ñnï> Ho$bo.
OmJm§gmR>r {ZdS>UHy $ Omhra Pmbr hmoVr. AmKmS>rbm Amnbr ‘Vo amIVm Ambr Amnbo ‘VXma EH$Ì AgUo hr ^y{‘H$m "Amo‘m`H«$m°Z' {dfmUyMm {eaH$md ‘w§~B©V Pmbm.
`mn¡H$s ‘w§~B©Vrb XmoZ, Va H$moëhmnya ZmhrV. M§ÐeoIa ~mdZHw$io§Zr 176 àË`oH$ njmMr AgVo. KmoSo>~mOma Va XmoZ "Amo‘m`H«$m°Z' KmVH$ Zgbm Var ˶mMm PnmQ>çmZo àgma hmoV
Am{U Ywio-Z§Xya~ma‘YyZ ^mOnMo ‘Vm§Zr {ZH$Q>Mo à{VñnYu ‘§Jeo Xoe‘wI {dYmZn[afX amÌt‘Ü`o Pmbm, Ooìhm XmoÝhr ‘§Ìr Vo H$aV Agë`mZo Amamo½` {d^mJmMr Pmon CS>mbr Amho. "Amo‘m`H«$m°Z'
A‘are nQ>b o {~Z{damoY {ZdSy>Z Ambo `m§Mm nam^d Ho$bm. `m {ZdS>UwH$sV AgVmZm g§nyU© ZmJnyaZ§ nm{hbm Amho. nQ>mob|À¶m {dfmUyMm VyVm©g YmoH$m Zgë`mMo ñnï Pmë`mZ§Va 15
hmoVo. ‘mÌ, ZmJnya Am{U AH$mobm- ~mdZHw$io `m§Zr AmKmS>rMr 16 ‘Vo {ZdS>UwH$sMm {ZH$mb hþHy$‘emhr d¥Îmr‘wioM H$m±J«ogMm nam^d Pmbm. {S>g|~anmgyZ ‘w§~B©Vrb emim gwê$ H$aÊ`mg nm{bH m ImgJr emim§Mr AmH$So>dmar
~wbT>mUm ‘VXmag§KmgmR>r 10 {S>g~| abm ’$moS>br, Va AH$mobm-~wbT>mÊ`mV ZmJnya : M§ÐeoIa ~mdZHw$io - M§ÐeoIa ~mdZHw$io Am`wº$m§Zr hmoH$ma {Xbm Amho. Ë`m‘wio CÚmnmgyZ ‘w§~B©Vrb n{hbr Vo gmVdrÀ`m emim : 3,420
‘VXmZ Pmbo hmoVo. `m {ZdS>UwH$sMr ^mOnÀ`m dg§V I§So>bdmb `m§Zr {dO`r -(362 ‘Vo), emim§Mr K§Q>m dmOUma Amho. Oo {dÚmWu emioV CnpñWV amhÿ {dÚmWu g§»`m : 10 bmI 50 hOma
‘V‘moOUr ‘§Jidmar hmoD$Z {ZH$mb {edgoZMo o C‘oXdma Jmonr{H$eZ ~mOmo[a`m ‘§Jeo Xoe‘wI- nam^yV- (186 ‘Vo) VrZ nj EH$Ì Amë`mZ§Va gd© {dO` eŠ` eH$V ZmhrV, Ë`m {dÚmÏ`mªZm Am°ZbmB©Z {ejU CnbãY emim§Vrb H$‘©Mmar g§»`m : 60 hOma
Omhra H$aÊ`mV Ambo. `m§À`mda 110 ‘Vm§Zr ‘mV Ho$br. AH$mobm-~wbT>mUm… AgVmV, ho J{UV MwH$sM§ Agë`mM§ `m hmoB©b, `m§Mr emim àemgZmZo ì`dñWm H$amdr, Ago AmXoe
`m {ZdS>UwH$sV ZmJnya ñWm{ZH$ I§S>o bdmb `m§Zr AmKmS>rMr 80 ‘Vo ’$moS>y Z dg§V I§So>bdmb {dO`mZ§ ñnï> Ho$b§ Amho. ‘bm ñdV:À`m {dO`mno- nm{bH$m {ejU {d^mJmZo H$mT>bo AmhoV. Xaå`mZ, ‘w§~B©Vrb nm{bH$m emim§Mr pñWVr
àm{YH$mar ‘VXmag§K MM}V R>abm hmoVm. {edgoZb o m ‘moR>m Y³H$m {Xbm. `mnydu {dO`r-(443 ‘Vo), jmhr AmO OmñV AmZ§X Pmbm Amho. `m {dO`mZo AmR>dr Vo 12drMo dJ© 4 Am°ŠQ>mo~anmgyZ gwê$ Pmco AmhoV. EHy$U emim - 1,159
`oWo H$m±Jg
«o Zo eodQ>À`m jUr A{YH¥$V ~mOmo[a`m ho `m ‘VXmag§KmVyZ gbJ VrZ Jmonr{H$eZ ~mOmo[a`m ‘hm{dH$mg AmKmS>rbm MnamH$ {Xbr Amho. embo` B‘maVr - 450
C‘oXdma adtÐ ^mo`a `m§À`mEodOr Anj doim {dYmZn[afXoda {ZdSy>Z Ambo hmoV.o nam^yV -(334 ‘Vo) - XodÐ| ’$S>Udrg, {damoYr njZoVo R>mʶmVrc emimhr AmOnmgyZ gwê$ - ‘hm‘w§~B©da {dÚmWu g§»`m XmoZ bmI 92 hOma
^mOnÀ`m 12 Am‘Xmam§Zm {Xbmgm ZmhrM Xoe‘wIm§À`m H$moR>S>rV A{Zb Xoe‘wIm§Zr I§S>UrMr g{MZ dmPoMm
d¥Îmg§ñWm/Zdr {Xëbr AmVm 11 OmZodmarbm hmoUma Amho. 27 {S>g|~an`ªV dmT> Mm§Xrdmb Am`moJmg‘moa
^mOnÀ¶m {Zb§{~V 12 Am‘Xmam§Zm gwàr‘ H$moQ>m©Zo
‘moR >m PQ>H$m {Xbm Amho. ¶m Am‘Xmam§À `m
{Zb§~Zmbm
ñW{JVr XoÊ`mg
Amo~rgtMo amOH$s` AmajU H$m`‘
amhÊ`mH$[aVm H|$ÐmH$Sy>Z gm§p»`H$s ‘m{hVr
‘w§~B© - 100 H$moQ>tÀ`m I§S>Ur
àH$aUr gÜ`m AmW©a amoS> Oob
H YrM ‘mJUr Ho br Zmhr Y³H$mXm¶H$ Iwbmgm
{Zb§~Zmbm ñW{JVr XoÊ`mg gwàr‘ H$moQ>m©Zo ZH$ma gwàr‘ H$moQ>m©Mm ZH$ma {‘imdr, `mgmR>r nmdgmir A{YdoemZmdoi r H$mamJ¥hmV Ý`m`mb`rZ à{V{ZYr / ‘w§~B© - ‘mOr J¥h‘§Ìr A{Zb ~S>V’©$ nmob rg {ZarjH$ g{MZ dmPoZo
{Xbm Amho. {d{Y‘§S>imbm EImÚm H$moQ>m©Zo gyMZm {dYmZg^oV ‘m§S>boë`m R>amdmdoir {damoYH$m§Zr H$moR>S>rV Agbob o ‘mOr Xoe‘wI `m§Zr 100 H$moQ>r dgyb H$aÊ`mÀ¶m Mm§Xrdmb Am`Jmog‘moa Ho$bm Amho.
H$aUo `mo½` Zmhr. Oo {Zb§~Z Pmbo Amho Am{U Or OmoaXma JXmamoi Ho$bm hmoVm. AÜ`jm§À`m XmbZmV J¥h‘§Ìr A{Zb Xoe‘wI `m§À`m na‘~ra qgh `m§Zr Ho$boë`m Amamonmbm AmVm ‘w§~B©Mo ‘mOr nmobrg Am`wº$ na‘~ra qgh
H$madmB© Pmbr Vr {d{Y‘§S>imZo Ë`m§À`m {Z`‘mV nrR>mgrZ A{YH$mar ^mñH$a OmYd `m§Zm {edrJmi AS>MUr AÚmn H$m¶‘ AmhoV. Xoe‘wIm§À¶m doJirM H$bmQ>Ur {‘imbr Amho. A{Zb `m§Zr nÌmÛmao amÁ`mMo ‘mOr J¥h‘§Ìr A{Zb
~gyZ Ho$br Agob, Aer à{V{H«$`m H$moQ>m©Zo {Xbr Am{U A§Jmda YmdyZ OmÊ`mMm à`ËZ Ho$ë`màH$aUr Ý`m`mb`rZ H$moR>S>rV 27 {S>g|~an¶ªV dmT> Xoe ‘wI AWdm Ë`m§À`m BVa H$moUË`mhr Xoe‘wIm§da 100 H$moQ>r én`o dgwbrMo J§^ra
Amho. ¶màH$aUr {dYmZg^m g{Mdm§Zm Amnbr ~mOy ^mOnÀ`m 12 Am‘Xmam§Zm EH$m dfmªgmR>r {Zb§{~V Ho$br AgyZ ˶m‘wio Xoe‘wI bdH$a Vwé§JmVyZ ghH$mè`m§Zr Amnë`mbm ~ma AWdm AÝ` H$moRy>Zhr n¡go Amamon Ho$bo. Cƒ Ý`m`mb`mZohr `m àH$aUr XmIb
‘m§S>ʶmMo AmXoe H$moQ>m©Zo {Xbo. nwT>rb gwZmdUr Ho$bo hmoVo. ~mhoa `oÊ`mÀ`m Amem ‘mdië`m AmhoV. dgyb H$aÊ`mg gm§{JVbo ZìhVo, Agm Iwbmgm H$aÊ`mV Amboë`m g§{‘l nmZmda
China attempts to gain control Blinken vows more US military might in Indo-Pacific
over Pak media, says report AGENCIES / Jakarta tains "its competitive edge." will include linking US and
Asian defense industries, India situated in 'tough neighbourhood',
AGENCIES / Islamabad deliberate upon the form of
cooperation intended for
campaign, and the members
of their media communities
The United States will ex-
pand its military and eco-
"Threats are evolving, our
security approach has to
integrating supply chains
and cooperating on techno-
says Biden's pick for US envoy to India
China appears to be using Is- countering "misinforma- should work together to nomic relationships with evolve with them. To do logical innovation, he said. AGENCIES / Washington Eric Michael Garcetti, 50, is
lamabad for a bilateral tion" against them. The "promote truth, justice and partners in Asia to push that, we will lean on our Later he signed a series of currently serving as Mayor of
arrangement to facilitate gathering participants fairness and become a posi- back against China's in- greatest strength: our al- three agreements with In- Observing that India is situated Los Angeles and is a personal
unhindered control over pledged to counter propa- tive force for regional peace." creasing assertiveness in liances and partnerships," donesia's foreign minister, in a "tough confidant of Biden. During
Pakistan's media through an ganda against their coun- But indications suggest Chi- the Indo-Pacific, US Secre- Blinken said in a speech in including one that extends neighbourhood", US his confirmation hearing
initiative which disguises as tries through enhanced com- na would place a watchdog tary of State Antony Indonesia, outlining the ad- until 2026 an existing mar- President Joe Biden's for US Ambassador to
a joint effort to counter a munication and developing over Pakistani media, which Blinken said on Tuesday. ministration's Indo-Pacific itime cooperation pact that nominee for next envoy to India, Garcetti said, "India
"western smear campaign" strong coordination by cre- would have overarching Blinken said the Biden ad- plans. among other issues calls for New Delhi on Tuesday told is situated in a tough
and monitor public opinion, ating the "China-Pakistan powers in dictating content. ministration is committed "We'll adopt a strategy enhanced joint US-Indone- lawmakers that he will double- neighbourhood. If confirmed, I
the initiative would clearly Media Corridor", reported The proposed institution to maintaining peace and that more closely weaves to- sian naval exercises. down on America's efforts to intend to double-down on our
put China in the driver's Washington Times. would monitor public opin- prosperity in the region gether all our instruments "It's about reinforcing our strengthen India's capacity to efforts to strengthen India's
seat, a media report said. Nong Rong, Chinese Am- ion through a network of and will do that by boosting of national power - diplo- strengths so we can keep "secure its borders, defend its capacity to secure its borders,
In September 2021, both bassador to Pakistan, had supporting think tanks and US alliances, forging new macy, military, intelligence the peace, as we have done sovereignty and deter defend its sovereignty and deter
countries held the first Chi- said the two countries were opinion-makers, said Wash- relationships and ensuring - with those of our allies in the region for decades," aggression". aggression."
na Pakistan Media Forum to confronting a propaganda ington Times. that the US military main- and partners," he said. That he said.
FAST NEWS
UN weather agency affirms 38C Arctic
Canada’s Defence Min Anita Anand Gasoline truck explodes in
heat from 2020 as record high
GENEVA: The UN weather agency said Tuesday it has certified
sorry for sexual harassment in military northern Haiti; dozens killed
a 38-degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian AGENCIES / Toronto AGENCIES the street hours after the ex- many lives."
town of Verkhoyansk last year as the highest temperature ever Port-Au-Prince (Haiti) plosion as a small crowd Almonor said a local hos-
recorded in the Arctic, the latest in a string of "alarm bells Canada's Indian-origin Defence Minister stood around them. pital is in dire need of more
about our changing climate." The World Meteorological Anita Anand and the top military com- A truck carrying gasoline No further details were nurses, doctors and basic
Organization said the temperature "more befitting the mander have tendered a long-awaited apol- exploded in northern Haiti, immediately available. Po- medical supplies to help
Mediterranean than the Arctic" was registered on June 20, ogy to current and former members of the killing more than 50 people lice didn't immediately re- those injured.
2020, during a heat wave that swept across Siberia and Canadian Armed Forces who suffered sex- and injuring dozens of oth- turn calls requesting infor- "We are overwhelmed," a
stretched north of the Arctic Circle. ual assault, sexual harassment or discrim- ers, officials said Tuesday. mation. person identified as Dr. Cal-
ination. The blast occurred late Patrick Almonor, deputy hil Turenne told Le Nouvel-
Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after quake The Canadian military had been facing Monday in the city of Cap- mayor of Cap-Haitien, told liste newspaper.
JAKARTA: Indonesia lifted a tsunami alert on Tuesday following intense public and political pressure to Haitien, Prime Minister The Associated Press that at Dave Larose, a civil engi-
a magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake that struck off Flores change its culture and create better sys- Ariel Henry said, adding least 53 deaths and more neer who works in Cap-
Island, triggering panic in a region prone to fatal quakes but tems for both preventing and handling sex- The members of our Canadian that he was devastated. than 100 injured have been Haitien, told The Associat-
apparently causing no major damage or casualties. According to ual misconduct allegations at the time of Armed Forces have always put "Three days of national reported following the ex- ed Press that he was driv-
the US Geological Survey, the quake hit at a depth of 18.5 km Anand's appointment as the country's new service before self by stepping mourning will be decreed plosion that burned around ing when he saw ambu-
(11.5 miles) under the sea, and was located 112 km (74 miles) Defence Minister in October. up to serve Canada," Anita Anand said. throughout the territory, in 20 homes near the site. He lances and a crowd of peo-
north of the town of Maumere, the second-largest on the island The Canadian Armed Forces are trying memory of the victims of said he expects the number ple gathered along a road
in East Nusa Tenggara province with a population of 85,000. to turn over a new leaf and win back the this tragedy that the entire of deaths to keep rising be- around 1 am.
After an initial tsunami alert, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center trust of current and former members who were scarred by sexual assault, miscon- Haitian nation is grieving," cause people who died in He said he observed how
in Hawaii and later Indonesia's meteorological agency lifted the suffered sexual assault, sexual harassment duct and discrimination in the military he tweeted. their homes have not yet some people were using
warning hours after the quake. or discrimination based on sex, gender, was delivered by Defence Minister Anand, Henry said his adminis- been counted. buckets to scoop up gasoline
gender identity or sexual orientation, the Chief of Staff General Wayne Eyre and tration was deploying field "It's horrible what hap- from the truck and the street
One killed, two injured in Kabul blast Georgia Straight newspaper reported. deputy defence minister Jody Thomas on hospitals to the area to help pened," he said. "We lost so to take back to their house.
KABUL: One person was killed and two others injured after a blast The long-awaited and history-making the government's behalf, CBC News re- those affected.
occurred in Afghanistan's Kabul on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency, apology to the women and men whose lives ported. Dozens of bodies lay on
quoting deputy interior minister Mohammad Ezam, reported. The
SPORTS CAFE
SJFI to honour Gavaskar with medal Need to consider
playing Leach in
MUMBAI: The Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) on
Tuesday decided to confer the prestigious 'SJFI Medal' to
legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.The body took the decision at
its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Guwahati. Neeraj Chopra,
Adelaide: Root
who won India's lone gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, was
adjudged the SJFI Sportsman of the Year while weightlifter
Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver at the quadrennial
extravaganza, was voted as the Sportswoman of the Year,
according to a media statement. The Indian men's team that
won the hockey bronze in Tokyo - its first hockey medal in 40 AGENCIES/Adelaide Stokes has said that he was
years - was declared the Team of the Year. Sumit Antil and confident he would be fit to
Pramod Bhagat, the stars of India's Paralympics campaign, will England Test skipper Joe bowl in the second Ashes
share the Para-athlete of the Year in men's category while Root on Tuesday said that Test here after jarring his
shooter Avani Lekhra will receive the Para-athlete of the Year spin has played a big factor knee while fielding during
woman award. at the Adelaide Oval in the the opening Test.
past, so the team needs to "People will have seen me
Covid-19: Man United game postponed consider playing Jack Leach rubbing my knee from time
LONDON: The English Premier League reported its highest in the second Ashes Test. to time when I was in the
weekly coronavirus infections as Manchester United's meeting Australia and England will field, but rest assured I'm
with Brentford became the second match in three days to be square off in the second Ash- fine," he wrote in his column
postponed due to outbreaks. There were 42 cases of COVID-19 es Test, beginning on Thurs- for the Mirror. "It is an old in-
in the week to Sunday after 3,805 players and club staff were day at Adelaide. The match jury that flares up every now
tested, a jump on the 12 cases in the previous seven days of would be contested under and again, but I know how to
testing. Some United players and staff returned positive tests lights. manage it. It just gets a little
following the 1-0 win over Norwich on Saturday evening. The Talking about spinner Jack bit uncomfortable every now
Premier League board accepted United's request to postpone Leach, Root said: "Spin has and again in and around my
Tuesday's scheduled match at Brentford in London less than 24 India's Harmanpreet Singh and South Korea's Jeong Junwoo in action during generally played a good fac- cartilage. But it just looks
hours before kickoff. tor in recent times on this worse than it is by the way I
the Asian Championship Trophy match in Dhaka on Tuesday AFP ground, especially as the try and get off it as soon as I
Maharashtra sights last 8 berth
D
(47th, 50th) in a match they dominated but allowed efending champions Harmanpreet Singh 33') trolled the ball just outside But the picture was differ- nity, played it pretty well, got opportunities to score
Chhattisgarh Hockey to breach their defence. and Olympic bronze- drew with 2 Korea the circle and dodged past ent after cross-over as Korea and if they try to do that on a and was able to take them
medallists India were (Jang 42'-PC, Hyeongjin 46') three Korean defenders to looked more purposeful in wicket that's a bit more re- and if that presents itself I'm
Mumbai crash out of Vijay Hazare Trophy held to a 2-2 draw by a fighting slot it into the net past Kim. their attacks and secured sponsive then it brings him going to try and take that, if
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Defending champion Mumbai Korea in their opening match Korea grew in confidence While the Indians played three consecutive penalty into the game even more." it doesn't, then I'll feel like
stumbled to a fourth defeat in five games to finish with four of the Hero Asian Champions as the match progressed and their natural game of at- corners in the 41st minute my technique's in a great
points after a humiliating 18-run loss to unfancied Pondicherry Trophy men's hockey tourna- pressed the Indian defence tacking hockey from the on- and Jang was bang on target Stokes confident space to go the opposite way,"
in their final group B league match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. ment here on Tuesday. hard. The Manpreet Singh- set, the Koreans preferred with the last try. Minutes lat- England all-rounder Ben Head said.
Pondicherry spinner Fabid Ahmed turned the match their way Playing their first tourna- led side also had numerous to sit back and defend deep er, Gursahibjit Singh's shot
with a spell of Four for 16 in 10 overs with the wickets of ment after the historic Tokyo chances, including penalty and rely mostly on counter- from top of the circle was
talented, young Yashasvi Jaiswal (2), PY Pawar (11), skipper Olympics campaign, India corners, but failed to utilise attacks. India continued wide off the target.
Mulani (6) and Tanush Kotian (0). Replying to Pondicherry's 157 started brightly and scored in the opportunities as the their dominance in the sec- The Koreans continued to
riding on Paras Dogra's 58, Mumbai batters save for Aakarshith the fourth minute through match ended in a stalemate. ond quarter and secured put pressure on the Indian
Gomel (70, 127 balls, 5 fours) never came to grips with the Lalit Upadhyay before vice- Jaehyeon Kim in front of back-to-back penalty cor- defence in search of the
situation and perished in the face of some accurate bowling. A captain Harmanpreet Singh the Korea goal was the differ- ners. equaliser and they succeed-
49-run ninth wicket stand between Gomel and Dhawal Kulkarni converted a penalty corner in ence between the two sides as While the first effort from ed in their efforts when
(18) gave Pondicherry the jitters before Sagar Udeshi (2/20) the 18th minute to double he produced numerous bril- Varun Kumar was brilliant- Sunghyun Kim tapped in a
finished off Mumbai's hopes. their lead. liant saves to help his side ly saved by Korean goalkeep- drive at the near post from a
Trailing 0-2, Korea fought steal a point from the game. er Kim, Harmanpreet beau- drive from the left flank.
Rai, Karthik, Vinith top picks in PVL back after the change of ends The last encounter between tifully converted the next at- A shocked India had their
KOCHI: Indian volleyball stars Ashwal Rai, Karthik A and Jerome and scored through Jonghyun the two sides ended in a 1-1 tempt to double India's lead chances in the form of
Vinith attracted the highest bids of Rs 15 lakh each at the Prime Jang in the 41st minute and draw in the same tourna- in the 18th minute. three more penalty corners
Volleyball Auction and were picked by Kolkata Thunderbolts, Sunghyun Kim in the 46th ment last year. Down by two goals, the Ko- but they failed to cash in on
Kochi Blue Spikers and the Calicut Heroes respectively, here on minute to stun the favourites India will next play hosts reans tried to force their way the opportunities to split
Tuesday. A total of 24 players in the Platinum and Gold and draw level. Bangladesh on Wednesday. back into the game in the re- point with Korea.
categories went under the hammer in the first session of the day Ben Stokes bowls at nets at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday
as the seven franchises —the Calicut Heroes, Kochi Blue Spikers,
Ahmedabad Defenders, Hyderabad Black Hawks, Chennai Blitz,
Bengaluru Torpedoes and the Kolkata Thunderbolts vied for the
best talent. Each of the franchises can select a total of 14
TPL 3: Pune, Chennai Sindhu registers facile win; Stewart ‘tricks
Jamshedpur to
players for their squads, including 12 Indian and two
international players.
US Open champ tests Covid positive
make winning starts Srikanth, Lakshya progress win over Odisha
AGENCIES/Vasco
ABU DHABI: US Open champion Emma Raducanu has tested FPJ NEWS SERVICE
positive for Covid-19 and withdrawn from the Mubadala World Mumbai
Results PTI/ Huelva (Spain) Greg Stewart produced a
Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi."I was very Pune Jaguars bt Gujarat spectacular first-half hat-
much looking forward to playing in front of the fans here in Riding on strong perform- Panthers 45-35 (Rutuja Bhosle Defending champion PV trick as Jamshedpur FC
Abu Dhabi, but unfortunately after testing positive for Covid, I ances from singles players bt Valeryla Strakhova 12-8; Sindhu breezed past Slova- breezed past Odisha FC 4-0
will have to postpone until the next opportunity," Raducanu Rutuja Bhosle and Ishaque Ishaque Iqbal bt Vijay Sundar kia's Martina Repiska 21-7 21- to climb to the second place
said on Monday. "I'm isolating as per rules and hopefully will Iqbal, defending champions Prashant 11-9; Saketh 9 to make a resounding start in the points table of the In-
be able to get back soon," she added. The event scheduled Pune Jaguars made a win- Myneni/Rutuja bt Dhivij in the BWF World Champi- dian Super League, here on
from December 16-18 was set to see Britain's 19-year-old star ning start to their campaign onship here on Tuesday. Tuesday. Stewart scored
Sharan/Valeryla 12-8;
take on Olympic champion Belinda Bencic in Abu Dhabi on in the Tennis Premier The fast-rising Lakshya three very different yet stun-
December 16. After her exit, organisers said that they are League 3.0, outplaying Gu-
Saketh/Ishaque tied with Sen prevailed over 15th seed- ning goals in the 4th, 21st
looking at 'alternative top female competitors' to replace jarat Panthers 45-35 at the Dhivij/Vijay Sundar 10-10). ed Japanese Kenta Nishimo- and 35th minutes after Peter
Raducanu at the event. Celebration Club, here, on Chennai Stallions bt Delhi to 22-20 15-21 21-18 to progress Hartley's strike gave the lead
Tuesday. Binny’s Brigade 43-37 to the pre-quarterfinals in the third minute.
Pissay wins 5th straight national rally In the second match, Chen- (Samantha Murray Sharan lost along with Kidambi
COIMBATORE: Aishwarya Pissay conquered the windmill farm nai Stallions rallied after to Peangtarn Plipuech 8-12; Srikanth rallied to defeat It’s Mumbai vs
stages in Kethanur winning her fifth Indian National Rally losing the opening rubber to Siddharth Rawat bt Manish Chinese Li Shi Feng 15-21 21- Channayin today
Championship in a row on Sunday. She secured her eighth emerge 43-37 winners over Sureshkumar 11-9; Purav 18 21-17.
overall National crown with a dominating performance in the Delhi Binny’s Brigade. Ru- Raja/Samantha bt Yuki Bhambri The 12th seeded Indian's India’s PV Sindhu in action against Martina Repiska of Slovakia at FATORDA: Chennaiyin FC
Ladies' class at the penultimate of the FMSCI MRF Mogrip tuja Bhosle served well and Peangtarn 13-7; Raja/Rawat bt match lasted one hour and the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain, on Tuesday AP/PTI will have to be at their best
Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) for two-wheelers was in control from the Bhambri/Manish 11-9. nine minutes. to halt the Mumbai City FC
2021, organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club and God baseline against her Ukran- In the men's doubles, raced to a 4-1 lead with her proceedings to race to a 6-0 juggernaut and remain un-
Speed Racing.The 2019 World Cup Baja winner, Aishwarya, ian opponent Valeryla was a thrilling affair, with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy fine play. lead in just two minutes. beaten when the two sides
won all four stages in the Rally of Coimbatore with a Strakhova, winning the Dhivij and Vijay Sundar ral- and Chirag Shetty beat Chi- Repiska tried to make a At midpoint, Sindhu was meet in a marquee clash at
commanding lead and garnered 25 points to increase her tally opening best of 20 points lying from 7-10 down to tie nese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei comeback with two points, leading 11-1 and she complet- the PJN Stadium in Fatorda
to 125 points from five rallies. singles 12-8. the rubber 10-10 and end the and Yang Po-Hsuan 27-25 21- but the fancied Indian did ed the formality with a dom- on Wednesday.
Ishaque then increased the match on a positive note. 17 in 43 minutes. not let her go ahead, leading inant performance. Reigning champions
team’s lead, getting the bet- Thailand’s Peangtarn World number seven Sind- 11-4 at the mid-break. Sen was made to toil hard Mumbai have won four out
ter of Vijay Sundar Plipuech gave Delhi a win- hu took just 24 minutes to She continued her domi- for his victory by the Japan- of their five games so far,
WHAT’S Prashant 11-9. Saketh My- ning start, getting the better beat the unseeded at oppo- nance and kept accumulat- ese as he took one hour and and are sitting pretty at the
neni then joined Rutuja for of Great Britain’s Samantha nent court number 3 of Pala- ing points to widen the lead, 22 minutes to emerge winner. top of the heap with 12
the mixed doubles and his Murray Sharan 12-8 in the cio de los Deportes Carolina eventually pocketing the However, the mixed doubles points from five games.
CRICKET
booming serves were com- women’s singles, but Sid- Marín Stadium here. first game in only 10 min- pairing of Saurabh Sharma
13.45: Big Bash; Stars vs Sixers; Sony Six plemented by Rutuja’s good dharth Rawat played a Seeded sixth in the tourna- utes. and Anoushka Parikh suf- Result
FOOTBALL hands at the net to get the strong game from the base- ment which she won in 2019 - The script remained the fered a straight game defeat
Odisha FC 0 lost to 4
23.00: M’gladbach vs Frankfurt; Sony TEN 2 better of Dhivij Sharan and line to beat Manish - when it was last held -- the same in the second game as to Malaysians Tan Kian
Jamshedpur FC (Hartley 3',
01.00 (Thu): Dortmund vs Furth; Sony TEN2 Valeryla 12-8. Sureshkumar 11-9 and re- two-time Olympic-medallist well, with Sindhu maintain- Meng and Lai Pei Jing, going
The final men’s doubles store parity for Chennai. began on a rousing note and ing her firm grip over the down 21-8 21-18. Stewart 4', 21', 35')
01.00 (Thu): Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim; Sony TEN 1
A
mateur Riders Club’s was enforced to break the erick Aubameyang of the
(ARC) Zahan Setalvad stalemate. In the tie-breaker, captaincy on Tuesday after
secured top position Satya Vijaya successfully another disciplinary breach,
A
new study has and health behaviours of
‘Bright black holes’, which are also known as ‘active galactic nuclei’ or AGN, is a phenomenon when cosmic analysed superhero
behaviour and dis-
five superheroes (Iron Man,
Hulk, Black Widow, Black
materials like gas, dust or stars get sucked by super massive black holes due to enormous gravitational force covered that implementing Panther, and Spiderman).
that can lead to positive They note that both Black
AGENCIES can sometimes even out- Finding bright black holes health outcomes. The find- Panther and Iron Man are
Perth shine all the stars in its Depending on how much a ings of the study were pub- extremely wealthy and in-
galaxy. black hole is “eating” what lished in the journal ‘BMJ’. telligent, which puts them
W
hen the most mas- The brightest black holes galaxy it’s in, and the angle To do this, researchers in at reduced risk of demen-
sive stars die, they Some AGN violently spew from which we can see it, Australia reviewed 24 Mar- tia. Black Panther is also
collapse to form out matter via a jet, which AGN can look very different vel movies released be- vegetarian, which is known
some of the densest objects travels millions of kilome- to one another. tween 2008 (Iron Man) and reduced risk of dementia. to support healthy ageing.
known in the Universe: tres through space and can Even when looking at the 2021 (Black Widow), with The superheroes also In contrast, Hulk’s heart
Black holes. They are the be seen by radio telescopes. same galaxy, one astronomer concentrated periods of show a positive or opti- problems, high body mass
“darkest” objects in the cos- Others produce “winds” at with an X-ray telescope may study during the lockdown mistic mindset, as well as index and almost constant
mos, as not even light can the centre of the galaxy, ca- see it glow and discover an in 2020 and 2021. psychological resilience anger put him at risk of
escape their incredibly pable of pushing any gas AGN, whereas another as- They assumed that (with and a sense of purpose, all several chronic diseases,
strong gravity. (the fuel needed for stars to tronomer using a radio tele- the exception of Thor, who of which have been associ- while Black Widow’s trau-
Because of this, it’s impos- form) out of the galaxy. scope might see nothing, if has lived for several millen- ated with healthy ageing. matic childhood experi-
sible to directly image black With such destructive the AGN doesn’t happen to nia), superheroes will age And with the exception of ences increase her risk of
holes, making them myste- ing in size. These “super- by the enormous gravita- forces in the middle of a produce jets that are visible and that their individual Thor and Iron Man, the su- physical and mental
rious and quite perplexing. massive” black holes can tional force. As it falls to- galaxy, astronomers are cer- in the radio spectrum. ageing trajectories will be perheroes do not drink illnesses.
But new research has road- have the mass of up to a wards the black hole, it heats tain this must have a big im- Because of this, it was modifiable by personal heavily or smoke, behav- And while Spiderman’s
tested a way to spot some of billion Suns. up and becomes incredibly pact on the galaxy itself. We thought they were all differ- traits in much the same iours associated with strength, flexibility, and
the most voracious black The black hole at the centre bright. The light produced know most galaxies are ent objects, but by looking at way as anyone else’s. longer life and healthy agility should reduce his
holes of all, making it easier of our own Milky Way by these “bright black holes” slowly turning off their star the same objects with differ- First, they examined posi- ageing. risk of falls in old age, his
to find them buried deep in galaxy – called Sagittarius can span the entire electro- formation processes, and ent telescopes astronomers tive behaviours and health Next, they examined neg- nightly crime-fighting
the hearts of distant A*, whose discovery re- magnetic spectrum, from X- AGN might be one of the discovered they had many assets and found that the su- ative behaviours and risk means he is unlikely to be
galaxies. ceived the 2020 Nobel Prize rays to radio waves. Another culprits. similarities, and realised the perheroes regularly engage factors and found that re- getting the recommended 8-
Despite the name, not all in Physics – is fairly calm. name for the bright black AGN can therefore not benefits of using more of the in physical activity and ex- peated exposure to loud 10 hours of sleep for
black holes are black. While But that isn’t the case for all holes at the centre of galax- only help us to better under- electromagnetic spectrum to ercise, both associated with noises, air pollution, and teenagers of his age, which
black holes come in many supermassive black holes. ies is “active galactic nu- stand elusive black holes, find them. healthy ageing, and they ex- multiple head injuries puts can lead to obesity, lower
different sizes, the biggest If material such as gas, clei”, or AGN. They can but studying them also –PTI hibit a high degree of social the superheroes at in- mental health, and higher
ones are at the centres of dust or stars gets too close to shine trillions of times teaches us about galaxies Full story on cohesion and connected- creased risk of dementia, rates of unintentional
galaxies, and are still grow- a black hole, it gets sucked in brighter than the Sun, and themselves. www.freepressjournal.in ness, both associated with a life-changing physical in- injuries. –ANI
NASA selects Axiom for 2nd Researchers rename iPhone, Tesla to reveal remote server details
private astronaut mission to space Apple releases iOS 15.2
AGENCIES
San Francisco
could prevent such an attack at the net-
work level,” the report noted.
Cyber security researchers have
with range of new features
C
yber security researchers have warned that hackers are making over
discovered that changing the de- 100 attempts every minute to exploit a
vice name of an iPhone or a Tes- critical security vulnerability in the San Francisco: Apple has started rolling out an iOS 15.2 update with new
la in the settings reveals remote server widely-used Java logging system called features and fixes as the first major update to iPhone software since iOS 15.1
details, indicating that the server at the ‘Apache log4j2’, leaving millions of in October. iOS and iPadOS 15 introduced the Record App Activity feature in
other end is vulnerable to the most se- companies globally at cyber theft risk. the privacy settings, allowing people to save a summary of sensor, data, and
rious Internet bug called ‘Log4Shell’. Several popular services, including Internet access by apps on their device. “In iOS and iPadOS 15.2, this activity
In demonstrations, researchers Apple iCloud, Amazon, Twitter, Cloud- is presented in Settings in a new UI called App Privacy Report. This is a great
changed the device names to a “string flare and Minecraft, are vulnerable to opportunity to review the app’s sensor, data, and Internet usage,” the
of characters” that would send servers this ‘ubiquitous’ zero-day exploit, now company said in a statement. Auto Call can now be set up to use one of two
to a testing URL, reports The Verge. “Af- The team of researchers actually dubbed as one of the most serious methods for initiating an emergency call: holding the side button together
ter the name was changed, incoming tricked Apple and Tesla servers into vulnerabilities on the Internet in with a volume button, or rapidly pressing the side button multiple times.
traffic showed URL requests from IP visiting a URL of their choice. A Dutch recent years. Both methods now show a longer, 8-second countdown before placing an
addresses belonging to Apple and, in security researcher demonstrated the Researchers at Microsoft have also emergency call. With Legacy Contacts, one can set a trusted person to be
the case of Tesla, China Unicom – the iPhone server details. “An attacker warned about attacks attempting to able to access your Apple ID after you die. The person that you designate as
company’s mobile service partner for could host malicious code at the target take advantage of ‘Log4j’ vulnerabili- your contact can access your photos, messages, notes, files, contacts,
the Chinese market,” the report said URL in order to infect vulnerable ties, including a range of crypto-min- calendar events, apps, device backups, and more. –IANS
late on Monday. servers, but a well-maintained network ing malware. –IANS
N
ASA has selected members and flight con-
7 Not compulsory (8)
A
naut missions to the ISS. the full value of costs to the t least 69 per cent of on smartphones remains at other kids in a social setting
19 First appearance (5)
Each of the new missions agency that are above parents believe that alarming levels in the post- and the overall outdoor ex-
21 Jewish teacher (5)
may be up to 14 days. space station baseline ca- they lose track of Covid era as there has been a perience to be daunting, 90
22 Municipal (5)
NASA and Axiom’s first pabilities, the agency said. their children, surround- 32 per cent increase in the per cent of parents said that
23 Aviation Safety
private astronaut mission Axiom founded in 2016 by ings when they are im- time spent on smartphones their children are some- confined space ? (6) ___ (3)
Reporting Sys. (4)
to the space station, Axiom Mike Suffredini, the for- mersed in their smart- from the pre-Covid period. times found to be lacking in 3 Tofu base (4) 20 London radio and
26 Threads (5)
Mission 1 (Ax-1), is sched- mer ISS programme man- phones and 74 per cent admit Interestingly, the report acceptable moral and social 4 A dugout canoe - TV station (3)
28 Ten decibels ? (3)
uled to launch on February ager at NASA, has the ulti- to getting irritated when also highlighted that while behaviour. "i.e. group" 21 Chancing, daring or
29 Rafters, timbers or
21, 2022. mate goal of building pri- their children ask them the time that is spent with The overall dependency on anagram ? (7) gambling (7)
blocks (6)
NASA, in a statement, vate space stations that something, a report said on any behaviour change that kids and family, in general, phones has increased. Peo- 5 Soul (5) 22 International news
30 Conditional release
said it will negotiate with various customers can Tuesday. we need is to take that first has gone up, the quality of ple use their phones while 6 Schemes or layouts giants (3)
(6)
Axiom on a mission order visit to do research. A new report titled ‘Smart- step,” addressing the exces- time spent has deteriorated. eating food (70 per cent), in (5) 23 Make bubbly (6)
31 Middle of Caesar's
agreement for the Axiom The Ax-1 crew will con- phones and Human Rela- sive use of smartphones, Yo- At least 80 per cent of the living room (72 per cent) 8 Door fastening (4) 24 Hinder the progress
saying (1,3)
Mission 2 (Ax-2) targeted to duct approximately 25 ex- tionships’ by the smart- gendra Sriramula, DGM, smartphone users are on and even while sitting with 9 Performed (3) of (4)
32 Interpretative
launch between fall 2022 periments in human re- phone brand Vivo in associa- Brand Strategy, Vivo India, their phones even when they family (75 per cent), said the 12 Witty remark (3) 25 Toffees for example
performer (8)
and late spring 2023. Ax-2 search, life and physical tion with Cybermedia Re- told IANS. are spending time with their survey that covered 1100 con- 13 Aquatic creature (5) (6)
33 Takes by theft (6)
will be launched from sciences, technology search (CMR) showcases the “Our job here through this kids and 75 per cent admit to sumers, across age groups 15 Entry in account of 26 Belgian battle (5)
NASA’s Kennedy Space demonstrations and Earth impact of smartphones on survey and the rest of the having been distracted by and demographics, in the sum owing (5) 27 Inclines or slopes (5)
DOWN
Center in Florida. observation, while onboard users and its effect on their campaign is to bring that their smartphones and not top 8 Indian cities, including, 18 Identical (5) 28 __-relief (3)
1 Earlier in time (6)
NASA and Axiom will ne- the ISS, the company said relationships. knowledge from the subcon- being attentive to kids even New Delhi, Mumbai, 19 Cricket legend Kapil 30 Mines (4)
2 ___ up:kept in a
gotiate in-orbit activities in a statement. –IANS “The most difficult thing in scious mind to the conscious while with them. Kolkata. –IANS
Solution
Aerate, 24 Slow, 25 Sweets, 26 Ypres, 27 Ramps, 28 Bas, 30 Pits.
W
estern Railway
Women Welfare
AGENCIES/ London tion can form part of this higher average vaccination Organization FPJ - SUDOKU - 76 Level: Hard
strategy,” Mills said. rates before certification was (WRWWO) has always
C
OVID-19 certification The study linked data of introduced, there was no sig- rendered unconditional help
or ‘vaccine passports’ COVID-19 certification intro- nificant increase in vaccina- for the welfare of railway
led to increased immu- duced from April to Septem- tion, according to the study. employees and their families.
nisation 20 days before and 40 ber 2021 to vaccination up- The researchers noted that Under the leadership of
days after introduction in take in six countries where compared to the control Tanuja Kansal – President of
countries with lower-than-av- certification was legally countries, daily COVID-19 WRWWO, many such noble
erage vaccination coverage, mandated: Denmark, Israel, case numbers decreased af- works have been undertaken
according to a modelling death from COVID-19 as low. Italy, France, Germany, ter implementation in over Western Railway. In yet
study published in The “As mass vaccination pro- Switzerland. France, Germany, Italy, another example of this kind
Lancet Public Health grammes continue to play a In countries where vaccine Switzerland, but increased in gesture, WRWWO has
donated 53-inch Smart
journal. central role in protecting coverage was previously low, Israel and Denmark.
Television for sportspersons
COVID-19 certification re- public health in this pandem- introduction of COVID-19 Many countries imple- staying in hostels at Mahalaxmi Sports Complex at the prize
quires people to have proof of ic, increasing vaccine uptake certification was associated mented certification as a re- distribution and closing ceremony of the All India Railway
complete vaccination, nega- is crucial both to protect the with a significant increase in sponse to rising cases, mak- Powerlifting Championship held on December 10, 2021 at
tive test, or disease recovery individuals immunised and the number of additional ing it difficult to assess the ef- Mahalaxmi Sports Complex, Mumbai.
certificate, to access public break chains of infection in vaccine doses per million fect of certification on re- According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur –
venues and events. It has the community,” said study people, the researchers said. ported infections, they said. Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Tanuja Kansal
been suggested that such cer- lead author Melinda Mills, This ranged from 127,823 in The study authors said this – President of WRWWO was the Guest of Honour at the WHAT TO DO: Fill in the grid so
tification might encourage from the University of Ox- France, 243,151 in Israel, highlights the importance of ceremony. While interacting with sportspersons, Kansal that every row, every column and
more unvaccinated people to ford in the UK. 64,952 in Switzerland and taking account of the phase appreciated the participation of women athletes in the every 3x3 box contains the digits
get vaccinated, particularly “Our study is an important 66,382 in Italy, they said. In of infection trajectory when powerlifting championship. She was delighted to know that 1 to 9. Every puzzle has only one
those who perceive their own first empirical assessment of contrast, in Denmark and the intervention is women are breaking all barriers and marking their presence in correct solution.
risk of hospitalisation or whether COVID-19 certifica- Germany, where there were introduced. – PTI all fields of sporting events.
IT WASN'T PICS:
ME...
nostalgia for lil Poo!
Alia Bhatt
denies being a
part of the
decision to
RIA SHARMA sister. “Every time Kajol
ma’am would come on the R a aj, shift Gangubai
k a
alvika Raaj, the sets, it used to feel like a ball Malvi ed the
Kathiawadi’s
M daughter of filmmaker
Bobby Raaj and
of energy had come. She was
just too vivacious. If I would who p la
er v
y
er sio n of
an's
release date
granddaughter of not get my lines correct or if
young o r K h
actor Jagdish Raj, says that I would not get my
ee n a Kapo abhi
S RAMACHANDRAN
she doesn't feel that Kabhi expressions right, she
Kar role in K
..,
iconic bhie Gham.
Khushi Kabhie Gham... has would show me and help
A
lia Bhatt is
clocked two decades. Tuesday me out with that,” said to
i Ka t
(December 14) marked 20 years
of the release of Karan Johar's
she shares.
Khush andid abou have a
Welcome back
Mr. and Mrs. Abhishek Kapoor opens up about his latest
PIC CREDIT: INSTAGRAM/GATTUKAPOOR
K Vicky Kaushal
made national
headlines with
filmmaker, diving into a
new subject is like an expe-
dition. I am not an expert in
their grand wedding rock music, but I made Rock
ceremony in Six Senses Fort On!!. I am not an expert of
Barwara in Sawai Gujarati culture, but I made
Madhopur, Rajasthan, on Kai Po Che!. The idea of
December 9. While their Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui
respective families and came to me in 2017 by Sim-
friends had come back to ran Sahni, which was about
Mumbai the next day, the a trance character but noth-
newlyweds did not. The ing like the film you see to-
much in love couple day,” he shares. Abhishek Kapoor with Ayushmann Khurrana during the film’s making
returned to Mumbai, on Elaborating further, he
Tuesday, December 14, after adds, “After I finished
their honeymoon. The Kedarnath, that idea stayed done my research, I wanted Ayushmann and Vaani are
destination they chose was with me. I got my team of family audiences to come garnering praises for their
the Maldives. writers, met many trans out and talk about the taboo performance in the film.
After landing in the city, people to understand where issue. The attempt was to “The casting process for my
they were snapped by the they come from. Mostly open that door and start a films start when I finish
paparazzi at Kalina Airport. films on LGBTQ are made conversation around it. I be- writing it. There are so
The Sooryavanshi actress from the community that lieve you have to feel normal many options to cast these
looked resplendent in a don’t get to start a conversa- to tell people it’s normal. I days, but Ayushmann is a
peach and gold Indian tion on a big screen. I want- am not targeting family but champion of social issue
outfit. She completed her ROHIT BHATNAGAR touched open a never before ed to present a story to stir a society at large. These are films. He has done films on
look with red bangles, big done subject in Bollywood, conversation.” the issues that need to be ad- homosexuality, baldness,
earrings and vermilion. The ilmmaker Abhishek transgender women. The di- Abhishek is known to be a dressed. There are minori- erectile dysfunction etc., but
Uri star teamed an off-white
shirt with beige pants.
Katrina and Vicky then
F Kapoor has struck
gold with his latest
offering titled
rector, fondly known as Gat-
tu, reveals how he ended up
choosing this unique subject.
risk-taker. However, he was
confident that his latest
film’s bold and controversial
ties in society who have no
voice. The gay community is
understood and accepted
this was a long jump for
him too. It is also a very
brave move for Vaani to
proceeded to their Chandigarh Kare “If you notice my filmog- subject line wouldn’t deter but not the trans communi- pick this role since actress-
residence, Oberoi Springs in Aashiqui. The film, which raphy, I move into a totally family audiences from ty,” he explains. es don’t touch anything that
Andheri. They are yet to stars Ayushmann Khurrana new world with every new watching it. “By the time I He then speaks about the stigmatise their image,” he
move into their new home and Vaani Kapoor, has film I plan to make. For a had digested this idea and casting process of the film. concludes.
in Juhu. A grand reception
will be held in Mumbai soon
post which they will dive
full-on into their work
commitments.
— CJ Desk
Camera!
Caught on
B-town
celebs were
snapped as
they were Huma Qu
reshi, Ad
out and Re
late nigh
t dinner
iti Rao H
ydari an
d Raveen
g Atrangi at Punit a Tandon
about in k sh a y Kumar wh
ile promo
tin Malhotra
's house
at a
in Bandra
han and A
Mumbai on Sara Ali K
Sohail Khan outside a gym
December 14 Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty at Kalina Airport
REG. NO. MCS/048/2018-20; RNI NO. 1541/1957/M.P.C.S. OFFICE MUMBAI-400001
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 15, 2021
www.freepressjournal.in
I am always ready to
learn although I do not
❝ always like being
taught
� WINSTON CHURCHILL
Alarm bells
on climate T he UN weather agency said on Tuesday it
had certified a 38-degree Celsius (100.4
Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian town of
wave that swept across Siberia and stretched
north of the Arctic Circle. Average tempera-
tures were up to 10 degrees Celsius more than
change Verkhoyansk last year as the highest temper- usual in Arctic Siberia, playing a key role in
Goa’s
concerns regarding health and hy- celebrate this victory together with
giene. On Monday, Sandhu became the the people, her travel plans are being
third Indian to be crowned Miss Uni- worked out. She wants to eat her
SC clears
Netflix cuts subscription rates Integration will help military
Integration of the armed
forces is an effort to jointly en-
Chardham project
T he Supreme Court, on
Tuesday, allowed double
V ideo-
streaming
giant Netflix has
hance India’s capabilities to
face the challenges presented by
adversaries, defence minister
lane widening of the strate-
gic Chardham highway proj- announced new Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.
ect in Uttarakhand. “The and reduced “When we talk about integra-
court cannot second guess prices for plans tion and jointness, it’s not limit-
the infrastructural needs of in India, with ed to the initiatives taken by the
the armed forces,” a Bench government alone. Its success
the mobile-only
headed by Justice DY Chan- has to be achieved by meeting
drachud said while also set- plan now start-
the minds of our defence
ting up an oversight commit- ing at Rs 149 per
forces,” he said at an event.
tee headed by former justice month. Users
AK Sikri to report to it di- will now pay Rs
rectly on the ambitious 900- 149 a month VARUN SINGH STILL CRITICAL
km project, which goes up to
from Rs 199 earlier for Netflix’s Mobile a mobile or a tablet, with 480p resolu- Group Captain Varun Singh’s
the border with China.
and Rs 199 instead of Rs 499 for its ba- tion. The standard plan comes with medical condition continues to
sic plan for the same period. The stan- support for two devices at the same be critical, but he is stable, an In-
dard plan will be charged at Rs 499 per time. It has a 1080p resolution. The ac- dian Air Force official said on
month. The most expensive Netflix count can be accessed on mobile, TV, Tuesday. Varun Singh, the lone
plan, which is the Premium Plan, will computers and tablets. The most pre- survivor of the Tamil Nadu mil-
itary chopper crash, was, on
now cost Rs 649 per month. This plan mium Netflix plan comes with 4K reso-
Thursday, shifted to Air Force
used to cost Rs 799 per month earlier. lution and the ability to access the app
Command hospital in Bengalu-
The Netflix mobile plan supports either from four devices at the same time.
ru from Wellington’s Military
Hospital for further treatment.
Maha Omicron
tally zooms
Top grade for Jamia Millia ‘KatVic’ back in Mumbai
S ounding the alarm for
Maharashtra, 8 new cas- E-food carts in Delhi
es of Omicron have been de-
tected in the state, taking the J amia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been
accredited with A++ grade by the
National Assessment and Accreditation
N ewly wedded celebrity couple Vicky
Kaushal and Katrina Kaif returned
to Mumbai on Tuesday from an undis-
The standing committee of
South Delhi Municipal Corpora-
state tally to 28, officials said tion, on Tuesday, approved a poli-
on Tuesday. The cases in- Council (NACC), according to a release closed location after a week of wedding cy to allow e-food carts to operate
clude seven in Mumbai and issued by festivities. The two in its jurisdiction. However, only
one in Palghar. Of these,
the univer- were photographed two e-carts per ward, instead of
three are women and five
sity on at Mumbai airport as five that were proposed earlier,
men, but none of them has a
history of international Tuesday. they wore outfits would be allowed, officials said.
travel, although one had This is the complimenting each “We’ve approved a policy for e-
gone to New Delhi and an- food carts. Earlier, councillors
highest grade given by the coveted other. While Katrina wore a pink salwar
other to Bengaluru. Seven were given the power to approve
NAAC to an institution based on various kurta, Vicky sported an ivory coloured
out of the new infectees have such food carts in their wards,
been fully vaccinated. parameters, including research, infra- shirt paired with beige coloured pants.
but now that has been with-
structure, learning resources, evalua- Katrina rounded her look with open tress- drawn,” standing committee
tion, innovation and governance by fol- es and big earrings as they were wel- chairman BK Oberoi said.
lowing a stringent assessment methods. comed to the city by the fans.
A panel discussion led by the knot with businessman Vicky Jain at an Work, and remembered the late if YouTube TV is unable to re-
nursing and midwifery intimate ceremony in Mumbai attended by showman for his in- new its
experts in Delhi on Tuesday the couple’s family valuable contribution agreement
underscored the urgent need and friends from to making Indian cine- with Disney,
for nursing directorates at the industry. The ma “a vehicle of cul- it will lose
the central and state levels to couple’s wedding tural diplomacy” access to
address a shortage of 4.3 mil-
ceremony was held across the world. Pub- over a dozen
lion nurses in India. India
at the city’s Grand lished by Bloomsbury Disney-
has over 3 million registered
Hyatt Hotel, where Lokhande’s friends from India, the book is writ- owned channels later this week.
nurses and midwives, who
are responsible for the coun- the industry, including actors Amruta ten by filmmaker Rahul Rawail. The The company said that it was
try’s 1.3 billion population. Khanvilkar and Srishty Rode were present. book launch coincided with Raj now in negotiations with Disney
This is fewer than the WHO Rode and Khanvilkar took to their Insta- Kapoor’s 97th birth anniversary. to continue distributing their
norm of 3 nurses per 1,000 gram stories and shared pictures of the cou- Naidu described the book as a “labour content on YouTube TV.
population. ple, confirming that they had got married. of love and dedication”.
4 SCHOOL FREE PRESS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 15, 2021
Sindhu
storms ahead Salman to
R eigning world champion PV
Sindhu started the defence of
host IIFA
her title with a straight games victo-
ry over Martina Repiska on Tuesday
at the ongoing BWF World Champi-
T he 22nd edition of the Interna-
tional Indian Film Academy
(IIFA) Weekend & Awards will be
onships 2021 in Huelva. The two-time held at the Etihad Arena on Yas Is-
Olympic medallist Indian defeated land, Abu Dhabi, on March 18 and
shuttler from Slovakia by Sindhu March 19, 2022, to celebrate the best
faced very little resistance from of Hindi cinema. The awards night
Repiska as she moved into the round will be hosted by superstar Salman
of 16. In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen Khan. The event will also commem-
had to battle past Kenta Nishimoto to orate the 75th year of India’s Inde-
move into the next round. pendence.
�����������
������������������������������������
�������������������������������������
��������������������