COURT SENDS ACCUSED
AAFTAB TO 14-DAY JC
New Delhi: In latest development
in the Shraddha murder case,
a Delhi court on Saturday sent
accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala
to 14-day judicial custody. Ac-
cording to sources, Narco test of
Aaftab Amin will be conducted
on Monday, November 28.
Rawalpindi: Imran Khan, to pile pressure on Shehbaz
govt, has announced that his party members will
resign from all provincial assemblies in country. Khan
said his PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) did not want to
remain a part of the current “corrupt” political system.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
PM Narendra Modi and CJI DY Chandrachud greet as Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju, SC Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and others look on during
the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, in Delhi, Saturday.
❍ CONSTITUTION
‘Our duties are
our first priority’
PM Modi launches various new initiatives like
Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, Digital
court and S3WaaS Websites under e-court project
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid
homage to the makers of
the Indian Constitution and
reiterated the commitment
to fulfil their vision. He said
‘We the People’ in preamble
of Constitution is a com-
mitment, pledge and belief
that has made India mother
of democracy.
Attending the Constitu-
tion Day function at the Su-
preme Court, PM Modi
said, “Be it individuals or
institutions, our duties are
our first priority.” He also
said that in today’s global
situation, the eyes of the
entire world are on India.
“Amid the rapid develop-
ment of India, its quickly
growing economy and its
strengthening global im-
age, the world is looking at
us with great expectations.”
PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU DRAWS
ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDED PRISONS
President Droupadi Murmu
being felicitated by CJI
Justice DY Chandrachud at
the Constitution Day event.
14 years of 26/11: ‘Sample’ from
Murmu, Modi, Shah, Delhi supports
others pay tribute terrorism: Yogi
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid trib-
ute to those who lost their
lives in 26/11 Mumbai ter-
ror attacks in 2008 & said
that 14 years ago when India
was celebrating its Consti-
tution and citizens’ rights,
enemies of humanity car-
ried out biggest terror at-
tack. President Droupadi
Murmu, HM Amit Shah,
Union Mins S Jaishankar,
Rajnath Singh, Cong leader
Rahul Gandhi and others
also paid respect to victims.
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Mumbai: Vikram Gokhale, 77, who was
undergoing treatment at a hospital in
Pune, passed away on Saturday, his
family confirmed. His funeral was held at
Pune’s Vaikunth Smashan Bhumi.  P11
MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED!
ISRO’S PSLV-C54 SUCCESSFULLY
DAY CELEBRATIONS
New opportuni-
ties are coming
up before India.
Crossing all hurdles, it’s go-
ing ahead. A week from now,
India will get G20 presiden-
cy. It’s big! As Team India,
all of us should enhance In-
dia’s prestige before world &
bring its contribution before
them. It’s our collective duty.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
All the more import-
ant that representa-
tion of marginalised
communities and women in le-
gal profession and judiciary is
enhanced. It is crucial that we
tap into experience of diverse
section of people who are part
of judiciary. Their knowledge
and understanding would
strengthen the institution.
—DY Chandrachud,
Chief Justice of India
Plegislature,
resident Droupadi Murmu
on Saturday said the
the executive and
the judiciary need to have
“one thinking” for the country
and its people. She suggested
decongesting jails by helping
poor people languishing there
for years for petty crimes. “It is
said that jails are getting over-
crowded and there is a need
to set up more jails. Are we
moving towards development?
What is the need to set up
more jails? We need to reduce
their numbers,” she said.
Amreli (Gujarat): UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday referred
to Arvind Kejri-
wal as a “sam-
ple” from Delhi
who is an
“avowed sup-
porter of ter-
rorism” as he suspected the
bravery of Indian forces
during India’s surgical
strike in Balakot and asked
for proofs. Yogi said this
during his rallies in poll-
bound Gujarat.
ELGAR CASE: TELTUMBDE
RELEASED FROM PRISON
Mumbai: Scholar-activist Anand
Teltumbde, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links
case, was on Saturday released
from the Taloja central prison
in Navi Mumbai a day after the
Supreme Court rejected the
NIA’s plea challenging his bail.
Ahmedabad: 2 jawans of CAPF were Raipur: The security forces have Salem: An 85-year-old farmer from TN’s Salem dist set
shot dead and 2 others injured during shot dead 4 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s himself on fire outside DMK house for protesting Hindi
a clash that erupted between the Bijapur in a operation on Saturday. imposition. Thangavel, a former agri union organiser for
personnel in Porbandar district, where Around 50 Naxals had gathered to DMK, protested against the imposition of Hindi in front
they were posted for poll duty. plan an attack on development works. of DMK office in Thalaiyur, next to Mettur on Saturday.
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Vote for BJP! Sikh
body extends support
in elections to MCD
PLACES ALL 9 SATELLITES
ISRO It places 9
satellites, including an
742 km
earth observation satellite The distance where
EOS-06 in multiple orbits satellite was placed
17.17 mins
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari greets an elderly woman while campaigning for MCD
PSLV-C54 It travels elections, at Indra Vikas colony in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
around earth to change
orbit in less than an hour to
Time taken
around polar orbit
New Delhi (ANI): The Del-
hi Sikh Gurdwara Manage-
ment Committee (DSGMC)
This came after a meet-
ing of Delhi BJP President
Adesh Gupta with Sikh
place eight nano satellites after the lift off has extended support to the leader Sardar Manjinder
— Thybolt, Astrocast, BJP in the upcoming Mu- Singh Sirsa and DSGMC
INS-2B and Anand
EOS-06
nicipal Corporation of Del- members. Kalka said that
hi (MCD) elections. Sajjan Kumar, the “biggest
“We have decided that we enemy” of Sikhs, was sent
Vehicle Mission was PSLV-C54 places all will ensure victory for
BJP,” the committee’s chief,
to jail because of BJP.
“Even when our Sikh broth-
completed with the help of earth observation Sardar Harmit Singh ers were in trouble in Af-
space agency's PSLV-C55 satellite in orbit Kalka, said on Saturday, ghanistan, it was the BJP
which was the launch vehicle adding, “We appeal to Sikhs that immediately had the
Oceansat-3
to vote for BJP.” CAA in place,” he said.
Satellites The ISRO launched
remaining of the satellites VOTE FROM THE HEART
have all been injected into PSLV-C54 rocket
their intended orbits carrying EOS-06
ISRO CHAIRMAN SPEAKS
TO MEDIA AFTER LAUNCH 56th flight
ISRO Chairman PSLV successfully
S Somanath lifts off from the
addresses
a press first launch pad
conference after
1,117 kg
the successful
launch of ISRO’s PSLV C54
carrying earth observation Total weight of 9
satellite at Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, in Sriharikota satellites EOS-06 Aam Aadmi Party supporters attend an MCD election campaign
meeting addressed by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at
on Saturday. Vasant Kunj in New Delhi on Saturday.  —PHOTO BY ANI
New CCTV visuals of
Tihar Jail chief with
Jain in prison cell
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Despite court
directives that any video or
information related to the
Satyender Jain case not be
leaked to the media, anoth-
er CCTV footage emerged
on Saturday, for the third
day in a row, of jailed Delhi
minister Satyendar Jain in-
side Tihar Jail. CCTV footage showing Tihar Jail
Today’s CCTV videos superintendent Ajit Kumar, who
show the Aam Aadmi Party is now under suspension, with
leader in conversation in- Satyendar Jain inside his prison cell
side his cell with Jail super-
intendent Ajit Kumar, who
on Sept 12.  —PHOTO BY ANI
is currently under suspen- is seen interacting with sev-
sion, and some other people. eral people who leave be-
In the videos purportedly fore Ajit Kumar enters
sourced from Tihar Jail, Jain’s cell.
Jain can been seen lying on BJP spokesperson She-
his bed with Ajit Kumar hzad Poonawalla tweeted
seated on a chair nearby, the the footage and posted on
pair having a conversation. his Twitter account, “Yet
Kumar was suspended as another video of Tihar put
Tihar Jail Superintendant out by the media. This time
on November 14 for alleg- the Satyendar ka darbaar
edly providing special treat- has Jail superintendent
PSLV-C54 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space ment to the Delhi minister. who has now been suspend-
Centre, in Sriharikota on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI At the beginning of the ed.” “After maalish by child
footage, which is from Sep- rapist & Nawabi meal now
tember, the Delhi minister this!” Shehzad tweeted.
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‘Addl staff deployed to run
diagnostics, labs and OPD’
Med Superintendent Dr
DK Sharma says more
staff have been deployed due consecutive day due to a
to increased manual work suspected ransomware attack
Shalini Bhardwaj
New Delhi: All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
authorities on Saturday
said that they have de-
ployed additional staff
to run diagnostics, labs
and OPD services at the
national medical insti-
tute as its servers re-
mained suspended for
the fourth consecutive
day due to a suspected
ransomware attack.
The institute's medi-
cal superintendent, Dr
DK Sharma said that
they have redeployed
more staff to handle
OPD and Diagnostics
services due to in-
creased manual work.
"We have deployed ad-
ditional staff so that
PMLA case: Mahendru in
first ED charge sheet
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Liquor
businessman Sameer
Mahendru was name-
das an accused in the
first charge sheet filed
before a court by En-
forcement Directorate
on Saturday in the Delhi
Excise policy money
laundering case, sourc-
es said.
Besides Mahendru of
Indospirits, the prosecu-
tion has also listed two
other persons in its
about 3,000-page com-
plaint that contains
statements of the ac-
cused and annexures,
they said.
Sections of the Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA) have
been pressed in the
charge sheet, they said.
ED said it has so far
undertaken 169 search
operations in this case,
filed after taking cogni-
Court dismisses Satyendar Jain's
plea for special food in Tihar jail
New Delhi (ANI): A
Special Court on Satur-
day dismissed the plea
moved by jailed Delhi
minister and AAP lead-
er Satyendar Jain seek-
ing direction to provide
food as per his religious
beliefs during his judi-
cial custody.
Special Judge Vikas
Dhull on Saturday dis-
missed the petition for
special food during judi-
cial custody. In the mat-
ter, Tihar Jail adminis-
tration stated that as per
the jail record, there is
no request available
with the office of the Su-
perintendent Central
Jail where Satyendar
Jain had informed about
himself observing fast
in accordance with his
religious beliefs. There-
fore, the question of al-
lowing/permitting him
for such fast by the pris-
on administration does
not arise.
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02
AIIMS SERVER ATTACK
Beware! Your personal
data is hardly personal
Abhilasha Saksena DATA PROTECTION BILL
New Delhi: You are eli-
gible for a personal loan
of Rs 5 lakh at very low
interest rate. Hurry up.
AIIMS servers remained Internet services likely It’s a limited offer. You
suspended for the 4th to remain suspended don’t need to furnish any
document.
on recommendations from No need to pay exorbi-
the investigation agencies tant premiums on insur-
ance policies. Want to
MANY AGENCIES transfer your home or
vehicle loan to another
bank in minutes? Zero privacy. professional based in
charges for transfer. Has- A survey conducted Delhi said, “Even when
sle-free, paperless pro- by LocalCircles, has re- you stop taking calls
cess. Apply soon. vealed 59 per cent of from the blocked num-
Many of us receive 10,980 respondents with bers, they start calling
messages, emails, phone existing loans have been you or messaging from
calls or WhatsApp mes- approached with de- other numbers.” She
sages like these. Do you tailed alternative offers said she had taken a car
know the reason? This is in last 5 years. A total of loan and now got calls,
because your personal 34 per cent respondents mails and SMSs offering
data is getting breached with existing bank ac- her to transfer the loan
in many ways. count admitted to being to another company.
The sender has access given such offers. Dr Vandana Saxena,
more people are availa- that doctors should see quired to take an ap- are taking those reports to your personal and fi- Shefali Jain, who runs environmentalist, said
ble in OPD and diagnos- them timely, and we are pointment." and dispatching them nancial data which can a coaching centre, said, she received two-three
tic laboratories," said managing records man- "We opened our regis- directly," the medical be used to snoop on you. “I bought an AC last such calls or messages
Sharma, while speak- ually the way we used to ters again and kept superintendent ex- A data breach hap- year. Since then, I daily every week. “Banks and
ing to ANI. do earlier. In the last their serial no wise. We plained. pens when sensitive, get calls or messages service providers want
He further said that three days, we have at- can see the sample re- The internet services confidential or protected with offers from differ- all personal and finan-
since the day server is tended almost 12,000 ports on the computer, at the institute are like- data is leaked to an un- ent numbers. They have cial details when we go
down more patients patients on a daily basis earlier we used to send ly to remain suspended trusted environment. It made my life miserable. for a loan. They should
have been seen in com- - which is even more those reports with the on the recommenda- puts you under surveil- I have started blocking be held accountable
parison to digital re- than earlier since the help of e-Hospital to dif- tions from the investi- lance. Any surveillance the numbers now.” when personal data is
cords. "Patients want patients are not re- ferent areas. Now we gation agencies.  —ANI is an intrusion on your Divya Richa, a media compromised,”she said.
Ex-bureaucrat
arrested for
FIT INDIA
duping buyers
New Delhi (PTI): A for-
mer bureaucrat was ar-
rested for allegedly dup- Secretary
ing his investors of Rs 50 (Sports) Sujata
crore on the pretext of Chaturvedi being
offering plots and flats presented a
under the land pooling shawl as former
policy of the Delhi De- long jumper Anju
velopment Authority Bobby George
applauds during
(DDA), police said on
the 11th edition
Saturday. of FICCI’s Global
The accused has been Sports Summit,
findings of the Delhi identified as Neh Srivas- TURF 2022, in
chief secretary's report tav. A PhD degree holder, New Delhi on
The prosecution filed in July showing he was an Under Secre- Saturday. 
has listed two prima facie violations tary in a Central minis- —PHOTO BY PTI
other persons as of the GNCTD Act 1991, try. He took voluntary
Transaction of Busi- retirement (VRS) after
accused in its ness Rules (ToBR)-1993, an FIR against him was
charge sheet of
about 3,000
Delhi Excise Act-2009,
and Delhi Excise
lodged in 2020, and be-
came an entrepreneur, Stopped from smoking, man shoots store staff
pages Rules-2010, officials had they said.
said. Srivastav induced Gurugram (PTI): An cle parked outside the spot in his vehicle, the
Five people have home buyers by showing unidentified man alleg- store, security manager complaint stated.
been arrested by the documents purportedly edly fired a shot at a Rupendra Singh said. An FIR has been reg-
zance of a CBI FIR reg- ED in this case till now. issued by DDA under the worker after he was not When the goods were istered at the Palam Vi-
istered on the recom- Mahendru was arrest- land pooling policy. It allowed to smoke a ciga- being placed in the vehi- har police station under
mendation of the Delhi ed by the Enforcement was represented that the rette inside a conveni- cle, the man started Section 307 (attempt to
lieutenant governor. Directorate on Septem- society is managed by ence store in Gurugram, loading his pistol sud- murder) of IPC.
The CBI inquiry was ber 27 following his the working group ‘A’ of- police said on Saturday. denly and fired at store The entire act was
recommended on the questioning. ficers of the Central gov- The man entered the to smoke inside, he associate Ashish, who captured in CCTV foot-
ernment, police said. 24-hour convenience abused the staff, accord- managed to narrowly age and police are trying
Based on their repre-
sentation, home buyers
store in Sector 22 with a
cigarette in his hand
ing to a complaint.
The man demanded
escape. The man
claimed the store work-
to identify the suspect
with the help of the ve-
invested in the Central around 4 am on Friday. that someone come with ers insulted him by stop- hicle's number plate, in-
Secretariat Services Of- When the security him to place the pur- ping from smoking in- vestigating officer
ficers Society, they said. guard requested him not chased goods in his vehi- side and fled from the Ashok Kumar said.
AT SUNDER NURSERY
Seven nations join hands at Kathakar fest
First India Bureau OTHER EVENTS tally different there...I
love folk songs and sto-
New Delhi: The unique ries that are connected
‘DRY FRUITS NOT PERMITTED’ Kathakar festival to our lives. Whenever
Tihar lawyer Abhijeet Shankar made clear that the opened here with ses- I meet filmmakers, I
dry fruits in prisons are not permitted to a prison- sions by seasoned sto- urge them to make
er and also could not be taken as an alternative to rytellers from Austral- movies based on sto-
a regular meal. However, if the dry fruits are pre- ia, the United King- ries from villages,”
scribed by the Medical officer for a certain period dom, Mongolia and Si- filmmaker-writer Im-
of time as a supplement in such circumstances erra Leone. tiaz Ali, who is also a
the same may be permitted for such prisoners for Organised under the patron of the festival,
a limited period of time. aegis of the Ministry said in a statement.
of Culture, the festival The festival will also
‘NO ONE CAN STOP ME FROM FASTING’ was inaugurated by host Sufi musical night
Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra appeared for Union Minister of Law by Satpal Wadali, a ses-
Satyendar Jain after reading Tihar’s reply, and and Justice Kiren Riji- sion with actor Sanjay
submitted, “Under what provision they say I can’t ju at Sunder Nursery. hani aur Adakari’. the importance of our will hear stories from Mishra at India Gate,
go for indefinite fasting? We’re in a country where The festival also “I applaud the organ- storytelling tradition, seven nations, includ- Kabir Vani by ac-
everyone is free to profess their own religion. hosted a conversation isers of Kathakar for so we need to encour- ing South Korea and claimed folk singer
No one can actually stop me from professing my between singer Mohit providing a platform to age platforms like Israel. Prahlad Singh Tipani-
religion. I am not even getting basic food in jail, Chauhan and actor storytellers from these,” Rijiju said at “Stories emerging ya, and shadow puppet
are my human rights also taken away?” Nawazuddin Siddiqui around the world. Our the inauguration. from villages are very show by Ramchandra
onthe topic ‘Kissey Ka- society has forgotten The four-day festival- powerful as life is to- Pulavar and team.
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Tihar mein AAP ka Darbar: BJP Where was CM for last

n Kejriwal
should apologise
8 years, asks Gambhir
to the nation,
demands BJP on Delhi landfill issue
Shweta Sharma
New Delhi (ANI): Af- AAP made
ter a new video of Saty- New Delhi: With the
a spa in
endar Jain, showing AAP turning the issue
him in conversation Tihar of landfill sites into a
with then Tihar Jail Su- where Jain got a poll plank ahead of the
perintendent Ajit Ku- maalish from a municipal election in
mar and some other child rapist and Delhi, BJP MP Gautam
people inside his prison AAP labelled it as Gambhir has hit out at
cell, surfaced on Satur- physiotherapy. Chief Minister Arvind
day, BJP national —Shehzad Poonawalla Kejriwal, asking where
spokesperson Shehzad CCTV footage showing Satyendar Jain interacting with some people inside his cell in Tihar Jail. was he for the last eight
Poonawalla said it years when it came to Gautam Gambhir signs a cricket bat during a Jansabha rally for
showed “AAP ka darbar “Now a video shows demanded sacking of finding a solution for the MCD elections, at Trilokpuri on Friday.  —PHOTO BY ANI
of Bhrashtachar”.
“It is the third video
how he was allowed to
hold a darbar inside the
Satyendar Jain and
transfer to another pris-
‘BJP’s 10 videos vs the massive garbage
dump in Ghazipur. ‘SOME CREDIT TO SHEILA JI AS WELL’
in the series. First, AAP
made a spa in Tihar
jail. Why Jain was kept
as a minister despite
on, and said that CM
Arvind Kejriwal should
Kejriwal’s 10 guarantees’ Talking to
Gambhir, who repre-
PTI,

where Satyendar Jain getting no relief from apologise to the entire New Delhi (ANI): AAP sents the East Delhi
got a maalish from a the courts… so that he nation for defending a chief Arvind Kejriwal on constituency in the Lok
child rapist and AAP can get VIP maalish?” child rapist as a thera- Saturday said he does not Sabha, blamed the AAP
labeled it as physiother- he asked. pist and insulting phys- need to respond to the lat- for what he described as
apy,” said Poonawalla. The BJP leader also iotherapy. est videos of Jain, as peo- “a dismal state” of the
ple in the national capi- national capital.
tal will decide in the up- He said the work
‘False promises of AAP won't work’ coming MCD polls
whether they need “BJP’s ten videos” or “10
done at the Ghazipur
landfill site is an exam-
New Delhi (ANI): guarantees” of the AAP. ple of how a BJP-led
—PHOTO BY PTI

Union Minister Anu- “MCD elections are becoming quite clear, MCD can “make a dif-
rag Thakur on Satur- it’s BJP’s 10 videos versus Kejriwal’s 10 guar- ference”.
day attacked the Aam antees. Let’s wait till December 4, the people The cricketer-turned-
Aadmi Party (AAP) of Delhi will give a reply to all those videos,” politician said in the
and accused its lead- said Kejriwal addressing a press conference. last eight years, “we landfill site was three garbage as he promised
ers of engaging in cor- Referring to the CBI charge sheet filed in have only heard the years ago and what has to clean Delhi in five
ruption and scams. the excise policy case on Friday, Kejriwal said, Delhi chief minister happened to it now. The years if the AAP emerg-
“All AAP ministers “Manish Sisodia got a clean chit. Around 800 blame the Centre for height has gone down es victorious in the civ-
are not only involved officers of CBI-ED have been working on it for everything, but no one by at least 50 feet, he ic body election.
in serious allegations the last 4 months. They were given just one asked him what is his claimed. Gambhir said, “I
of corruption but also work: do anything, put Manish Sisodia behind responsibility as the He also questioned want to ask where was
jailed. This shows that Union Minister Anurag Thakur campaigns for BJP candidate bars.Yesterday’s chargesheet shows they chief minister”. the chief minister's vis- the Delhi chief minis-
his (AAP chief Arvind from Rajinder Nagar, Manika Nischal, on Saturday. ­ didn’t get any evidence against him.” He should come out it to the site after eight ter for the last eight
Kejriwal's) politics is Reminding that he launched AAP on Con- and speak, Gambhir years. Kejriwal visited years? I wrote a letter in
only about corrup- while speaking to ANI message to Kejriwal stitution Day 10 years ago, he said, “Today, the added. the Ghazipur landfill 2020 to work on it and
tion, liquor and during a public rally. that false promises Aam Aadmi Party has become the new hope The people of Delhi site last month and said find a solution, but he
scams,” said Thakur “People want to give a won't work,” he said. of the people of the country.” can see it for themselves the MCD polls will be did not even have the
what the Ghazipur fought on the issue of courtesy to reply.” —PTI

Kejriwal says he Kejriwal suffering from AAP has most

and AAP are candidates with
‘hardcore honest’ 'political cataract': BJP criminal record
New Delhi (PTI): The New Delhi (PTI):
BJP on Saturday The Aam Aadmi Par-
claimed that Arvind The entire ty has fielded the max-
Kejriwal was suffering country now imum 45 candidates
from “political cata- knows that with criminal records
ract” and giving him- in municipal elec-
self a certificate of
Kejriwal is a tions this year while
New Delhi (PTI): With honesty despite the al- ‘kattar beiman’, the BJP has 27 such
his deputy Manish Siso- leged excise and class- said BJP candidates, according
dia’s name not finding a room construction spokesperson to a report by Associa-
mention in the CBI scams under his gov- Gaurav Bhatia tion for Democratic
charge sheet in the ex- ernment. Reforms (ADR).
cise policy case, Chief The entire country The AAP has
Minister Arvind Kejri- now knows that Kejri- pitched 250 candi-
wal on Saturday said he wal is a “kattar bei- ing from political cata- dates, out of which
and the AAP were man” (hardcore dishon- ract. The classroom 248 self sworn-affida-
“hardcore honest”. est), BJP spokesperson scam or the excise scam vits were analysed by
Addressing a press Gaurav Bhatia said at a or Satyendar Jain re- the ADR and 18 per
conference, Kejriwal press conference here. taining his ministerial cent of them, i.e., 45
also asked the BJP if it With his deputy Man- post despite being in have criminal re-
could say the same ish Sisodia's name not jail is no big deal,” Bha- cords, the report
about any of its leaders. finding a mention in tia said. said.
“Today I can say, Arvind the CBI charge sheet in He said the investiga- Moreover, at least
Kejriwal is hardcore the excise policy case, tive agencies that were eight per cent of the
honest. I challenge BJP Kejriwal on Saturday once branded as “caged AAP candidates have
to say if any of its party said he and the AAP are parrots” are free and serious criminal cas-
leaders is hardcore hon- “hardcore honest”. independent to decide es against them, it
est,” Kejriwal said. “Kejriwal is suffer- their course of action. stated.

Cong candidate’s father, former

MLA, held for manhandling cop
First India Bureau bly in Shaheen Bagh
—PHOTO BY ANI

and dragged away the

New Delhi: Former
Congress MLA Asif
Khan, whose daughter
is contesting the MCD
polls, was arrested ear-
ly on Saturday for al-
legedly misbehaving
with a police officer
and manhandling him,
police officials said.
Khan was produced be-
fore Metropolitan Mag-
istrate Aditi Rao, who
remanded him in judi-
cial custody for 14 days.
The incident oc-
curred when Khan and
his supporters, who
gathered near a mosque
former MLA.
She alleged that po-
licemen misbehaved
with her, too, and broke
one of her fingers.
“They also snatched
away our phones. The
police personnel took
away my father and
their supporters also,”
said Ariba Khan, who
Asif Mohammad Khan speaks during a protest against is the Congress candi-
Citizenship Amendment Act, in New Delhi in December 2019. date from the area.
A police officer said
at Shaheen Bagh, were In a video, Khan's Asif Khan, the main
asked by the officer not daughter Ariba Khan accused, had been ar-
to do so without per- alleged that about 50-60 rested and two others—
mission of the election police personnel en- Minhaa, 28, and Saabir,
commission, they said. tered their house forci- 38—detained.
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04

KPS MENON WROTE A IN-DEPTH

LETTER IN DECEMBER, 1980

K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
ONLY MOTHER’S
NAME IN LEGAL
AND GOVT FORMS
KPS Menon was born in Ottapalam in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History STILL A CHALLENGE
at Oxford. In 1921 Menon joined the ICS. After Independence, he became the
first Foreign Secretary. From 1952 to 1961 he was Ambassador to the USSR.
After retirement, he settled down in his home town, wrote several readable
books. He also wrote a monthly letter to his old colleagues and friends. I quote
below from a letter he wrote me in December 1980. It is totally none bureaucratic.

‘I QUOTE BELOW A LETTER MENON WROTE ME IN
DECEMBER 1980. IT IS TOTALLY NONE BUREAUCRATIC’
“I have been trying to keep depression
at arm’s length by keeping myself as busy
as ever. Unfortunately, I am no longer
in a position to indulge in my principal
hobby, travelling. Reading, too is becoming
difficult on account of the advent of
incipient cataract. I have therefore been
dictating more than ever before. Apart from
gibing the finishing touches to my revised
autobiography, “Many Worlds Revisited”,
which is to be published by Bhavans in
January 1981 and selections from my
writings, to be published in Russian by
Progress Publishers in Moscow. I have been
During the tear all the
writing on a variety of themes to a variety
basic conflicts in the world, of journals. Among the subjects on which I
conflicts between the East wrote during the expiring year are Hats Off
and West, the North and the to the Electorate; Frontier Memories; Where
South, the haves and the do we Stand?; Kabul Cameos; Kampuchea’s
have-nots, seemed come to a Unending Agony; The Living legacy of
head, and there were Lenin; Our new Foreign Secretary; Our Man
comments when it looked in Washington’ The First Hundred Days of
as if they would erupt Nehru; A Historic Visit (on the anniversary
into a third world war, of Nehru’s visit to the USSR-1955); A
which would doubtless be a Formative Visit (on the anniversary of
nuclear war and spell the Brezhnev’s visit to India in 1973); Towards
destruction of civilization. the Third World War; The Indian and the
Politics livened even the Chinese; Oxford, Then and Now; Pattom,
realm of sport. Lord a politician who a abhorred politicking;
Kalinin, President of the Religion and the State; Giri the man; Old
Olympic Council, gently Memories of New Delhi; Viceregal Vignettes;
observed that it was for Gandhiji’s Guru; Jawaharlal Nehru and
consideration whether in Krishan Menon; My Hobbies; the Day I was
future it would be wise to born; Indians Overseas, some silhouettes;
hold the Olympics in the Children a super store house of fun; and
Bless the Doctor, but beware of him.
same year as the American
Presidential elections
Thinking and writing about our internal
affairs and the international situation do not
dispel a feeling of gloom but rather deepen
it. In India, despite the return of Mrs Indira
Gandhi who, events have demonstrated, is
the only Indian politician with an all India
stature. Politicking, however, is by no
means confined to India. I am beginning to
share the pessimism, or the cynicism, of
Aldous Huxley who said:
‘I become more and more firmly
convinced that it is completely pointless
to work in the field of politics. Political
action is always foredoomed to a partial,
sometimes even a complete, self-
stultification. The intrinsic nature of the
human instruments with which, the human
materials upon which, political action must
be carried out, is a positive guarantee
against the possibility that such action shall
yield the results that were expected from it”
As for men of religion, “they who think
that they can go into politics and transform
the world always end by going into politics
and being transformed by the world.” To
Toynbee, the world historian, who holds
the same view, the only exceptions are
Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. The
only hope lies in the man who work on
the margin of society. If these ‘men of the
margin’ remains on the margin they can do
something to mitigate the consequences of
the play of politics.
But how few are there who are content to
remain on the margin, resisting the siren call
of politics, and even if they do how little can
R
ecently, a petition in
the Calcutta High
Court argued that “a
single mother’s child
is also a citizen of
this country, and no one can in-
fringe any of his/her fundamen-
tal rights which are guaran-
teed”. The court has sought re-
sponses from the Bar Council of
India and the Bar Council of
West Bengal.
This has been a problem for
single mothers and their chil-
dren as patriarchy only allowed
the name of father in legal docu-
ments. The idea of single wom-
en as parents was unacceptable
in society until some years ago.
Divorcees and unwed mothers
faced nagging by government of-
ficials, gossip and discrimina-
tion in society over the absence
of name of their child’s father.
A long struggle followed. In 2015
it was the Karnataka govern-
ment which said it was “not
mandatory to mention the fa-
ther’s name while writing the
full name of the applicant in le-
gal documents and government
records”. Many single mothers
are still fighting against this dis-
criminatory practice.
they achieve in the present socio-economic
set up. It is more depressing to think of the
state of the world. How can one breathe
freely, with the world spending 400 billion SPIRITUAL SPEAK
dollars a year on arms and armaments and
the nuclear bomb hanging like a Damocles
sword ever the future of mankind? Conquer anger with non-
During the tear all the basic conflicts anger. Conquer badness with
in the world, conflicts between the East goodness. Conquer meanness
and West, the North and the South, the with generosity. Conquer
haves and the have-nots, seemed come dishonesty with truth.
to a head, and there were comments
when it looked as if they would erupt
—Buddha
into a third world war, which would
doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the
destruction of civilization. Politics livened
even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin,
President of the Olympic Council, gently TOP TWEETS
observed that it was for consideration
whether in future it would be wise to hold Amit Shah
the Olympics in the same year as the @AmitShah
American Presidential elections. There
is little doubt that these elections, and
the militant positions adopted by all the
parties in the USA, were substantially
responsible for the worsening of the
international situation. The elections
are over, but it is idle to expect any
improvement in the internal situation, Vikram Gokhale Ji was a very
especially with Reagan as President of seasoned actor, his demise is deeply
the USA…….” saddening. He left an indelible mark
on the hearts of all cinema lovers. His
With warm regards, work will always be remembered. My
condolences to his family, friends and
Yours Sincerely followers. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
KPS Menon
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur

COVID IN CHINA C
hina’s recurrent China’s recurrent Covid ple over lockdowns. Over
Covid outbreaks 32,000 fresh cases were report-
are like after-
outbreaks are like aftershocks ed on Friday and a feared surge
shocks of an of an earthquake at its in cases has led residents even

IS AN ALBATROSS
earthquake at its
epicenter. Beijing has persis-
tently denied that the Cov-
id-19 virus SARS-Cov-2 was
created in a Wuhan lab and it
spread after it got leaked from
there. The world bore the
brunt of the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid of
the virus after fighting it de-
terminedly. People began to
rebuild their lives after suffer-
ing personal losses and gov-
ernments all over the world
began taking steps to restore
complete normality. In China
the virus is refusing to go
away. The Communist coun-
try’s zero-Covid policy even
small occurrences are being
dealt with harsh lockdowns
making people agitated.
epicenter. Beijing has
persistently denied that the
Covid-19 virus SARS-
Cov-2 was created in a
Wuhan lab and it spread after
it got leaked from there. The
world bore the brunt of
the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid
of the virus after fighting
it determinedly
In the latest shutdown in
eight districts of Zhengzhou in
the province of Henan 60 lakh
residents have been ordered to
stay indoors for the next five
days. The lockdown was a con-
sequence of unrest among peo-
in Beijing to stock up essential
commodities.
Frequent shutdowns have
started to adversely affect the
world’s second largest econo-
my and its effect on the glob-
al economy will be visible in
2023. Retail sales and indus-
trial production are estimat-
ed to be at their lowest levels
since 2020, when the pandem-
ic hit the world. The National
Bureau of Statistics of China
report said that manufactur-
ing, mining and utility sec-
tors fell to a negative growth
of 2.9 percent from 5 percent
in March 2022. A comparison
with how efficiently India
handled the situation is una-
voidable. Also, Indian econo-
my is not in a dismal state.
Saddened by the demise of veteran
actor VikramGokhale ji. One of the
greatest actors who left an indelible
mark in Marathi, Hindi Theatre &
Film industry with his extraordinary
performances. My heartfelt
condolences to his family.
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BJP manifesto promises Congress
terror due to vote bank: Shah
UCC, cell to tackle terror
JP Nadda, Guj CM Patel and state chief CR Paatil release manifesto
Gandhinagar (PTI):
The ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) on
Saturday released its
manifesto for the up-
coming Gujarat Assem-
bly polls and promised
to implement the Uni-
form Civil Code (UCC)
and also create an ‘Anti-
radicalisation Cell’ to
identify and eliminate
potential threats as well
as sleeper cells of ter-
rorist organisations
and anti-India forces.
The party’s other
promises include crea-
tion of “20 lakh employ-
ment opportunities”
and take the state's econ-
omy to USD one trillion
in the next five years.
The manifesto was re-
leased at the state BJP
headquarters by party
president JP Nadda in
the presence of Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel and state unit
chief C R Paatil.
The annual cover un-
der the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana
(Ayushman Bharat) be-
ing doubled per family
from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10
lakh, and girls getting
free education from
“KG to PG” (kindergar-
ten to post-graduation)
are among other prom-
ises in the manifesto.
“We will ensure com-
plete implementation
of UCC in Gujarat as
per recommendations
of a state government
committee. We will also
create an Anti-radicali-
sation Cell to identify
and eliminate potential
threats, and sleeper
SAD opposes Haryana’s land
demand for assembly building
Amrik Singh
Chandigarh: A delega-
tion of the Shiromani
Akali Dal on Saturday
met the Punjab Gover-
nor here and opposed
Haryana’s proposed
move of setting up an
additional building of
its state assembly here.
The delegation,
which was led by SAD
chief Sukhbir Singh
Badal, also raised the
issue of alleged deterio-
rating law and order in
the state.
Speaking to reporters
after meeting Governor
Banwarilal Purohit,
KPCC tells leaders to inform party in advance
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The disciplinary
panel of the Kerala
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (KPCC) on Satur-
day issued strict direc-
tive to its leaders not to
bypass the respective
party forums while at-
tending programmes in
each place and directed
the leaders to intimate
them in advance.
Senior party leader
and MLA Thiruvan-
choor Radhakrishnan,
who heads the panel,
said there is no objec-
INDIA
NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2022
05
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
never spoke against
20 YEARS AFTER
TRAIN CARNAGE,
COMMUNAL TENSION
Godhra: A road cleaves
through, marking divide
between Muslim dominated
Ahmedabad (PTI): areas and Hindu majority
Union Home Minister localities, a metaphor perhaps
Amit Shah on Saturday for communal fissures that run
said terror attacks were
rampant when Con-
deep in a town that instantly
recalls the 2002 riots. 20
years after burning of a train
gress was in power and
KEY POINTS terrorists from Paki-
in Godhra killed 59 ‘karsevaks’
and triggered one of India’s
z stan used to kill Indian worst post-Partition riots, the
soldiers but the then poll-scape reflects the gulf
ruling party never con- between the two communities.
demned them due to
“vote bank” politics. NEED OF WATER
z
Paying tributes to the DOMINATES VOTER
victims of the Novem-
ber 26, 2008 (26/11) Amit Shah holds a mace during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat
MINDS IN THARAD
Mumbai terror attack, elections, at Rajula in Amreli district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI Tharad: “There is no water,
z give us water.” As the sun
Shah said it is impossi-
beats down on arid flatlands
ble to carry out such an type terror attack today from Pakistan used to punctuated by salt marshes,
attack under the watch because Narendra Modi enter India frequently it’s the one demand and
of the Modi govt. is the prime minister,” and kill our soldiers paramount need verbalised
“Today is the anni- Shah said at a rally in and even decapitated by voters in this border area
versary of the 26/11 at- Talaja. Voting on Talaja their heads. Despite when candidates call on them
tack. On this day (in and 88 other seats will that, Congress never ut- in these polls. In the ebb and
2008), Pakistani terror- be held on December 1. tered a word. Why? Be- flow of life, water is the exi-
gency, cutting through lines
ists killed 164 persons “Sonia (Gandhi) and cause of their vote
in a society riven by caste, the
in Mumbai. Though (former PM) Manmo- bank. I hope you know deciding factor for weddings
such attacks were ram- han Singh were in pow- who is Congress’ vote with parents preferring to fix
z
pant during the Con- er for ten years from bank,” the senior their daughters’ weddings
gress rule, it is not pos- 2004 till 2014. During Bharatiya Janata Party in villages close to the only
sible to carry out a 26/11 their regime, terrorists (BJP) leader said. Narmada canal in the area.
z
Yogi fires fresh salvos NOBODY WILL STAY IN POWER
FOREVER: OWAISI SLAMS SHAH
against Congress, AAP
z Somnath (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday
dubbed Aam Aadmi
z Party leader Arvind Ke-
jriwal as a 'namoona' or
buffoon, and accused
BJP National President JP Nadda releases party’s manifesto for him and his party of
Gujarat elections, in Gandhinagar, Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI supporting terrorism
and corruption. Ahmedabad (PTI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Mus-
cells of terrorist organ- promised enactment of south Gujarat and Sau- At a rally in Somnath Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO limeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out
at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his “BJP
isations and anti-India the ‘Gujarat Recovery of rashtra region, free di- town in Gir Somnath,
taught perpetrators of violence a lesson in 2002”
forces,” said Nadda. Damages of Public and agnostic service at he also accused main is a true well-wisher of
remark, saying nobody stays in power forever.
On October 29, the Private Properties Act’ to health centres and ap- opposition Congress of terrorism. He had also Owaisi also accused Shah of being intoxicated
Gujarat government recover the cost of dam- proved laboratories for not respecting other opposed the construc- with power. Addressing an election rally in Gujarat
had announced that it age caused to public and EWS households, set- people’s religions be- tion of Ram temple in on Friday, Shah had said that anti-social elements
would form a committee private properties by an- ting up three civil hos- cause of its “Muslim Ayodhya. He had sought stopped indulging in violence after they were
for the implementation ti-social elements during pitals or ‘Medi Cities’, vote bank”. proof from our brave “taught a lesson” in 2002 and that the Bharatiya Ja-
of the UCC. The deci- riots and protests. two AIIMS-level institu- “A ‘Namoona’ (buf- soldiers when the Indi- nata Party (BJP) established “permanent peace” in
sion was taken in a cabi- Other key promises tions, and converting foon) from Aam Aadmi an Army carried out a the state. Parts of Gujarat had witnessed large-scale
net meeting that day. include setting up of 20,000 govt schools into Party (AAP) who is vis- surgical strike in Paki- violence in 2002 following the train burning incident
The manifesto also two seafood parks in ‘Schools of Excellence’. iting Gujarat now a days stan,” said Adityanath. at Godhra railway station in February that year.
Egypt’s president
likely to be chief
Cong welcomes EC action in Karnataka
guest for R-Day on voter fraud charges levelled by it
celebrations New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Saturday
the electoral rolls.
“The Congress wel-
New Delhi (PTI): welcomed the Election comes the swift action
Egypt’s President Abdel Commission’s (EC) ac- by ECI on our com-
Fattah el-Sisi is likely to tion in Karnataka over plaint of 'VoteFraud' in
be the chief guest for the voter-fraud charges Karnataka, but for
the Republic Day cele- made by it and said to maintaining the sanc-
brations here next year. maintain the sanctity of tity of democracy, ECI
External Affairs democracy and free-and- cannot confine its in-
Minister S Jaishankar fair elections, the poll quiry/action to just
is learnt to have ex- panel's probe has to cov- three assembly seats of
tended the formal invi- er all 28 constituencies Bengaluru,” Surjewala
tation to el-Sisi during in and around Bengalu- wrote on Twitter.
an official visit to Cai- ru and not just three. He alleged the “king-
The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation led by party chief Sukhbir ro last month. Congress’ in-charge Randeep Surjewala with Karnataka Cong chief DK Shivkumar and pin” of the “voter fraud”,
Badal gives memorandum to Punjab Governor BL Purohit. This would be the of Karnataka Randeep other leaders leave after the meeting with EC, in New Delhi. who is responsible for
first time that an Egyp- Surjewala also demand- denial of “right to vote”
Badal said Union Terri- allotment of land to tian president would ed an FIR against CM ru Mahanagara Palike ers’ data was allegedly to Kannadigas is none
tory Chandigarh be- Haryana for setting up be the chief guest at Basavaraj Bommai and (BBMP), who is the elec- collected by a private other than Bommai and
longs to Punjab and its Vidhan Sabha here. the Republic Day cele- the chief commissioner toral officer of the con- firm and additions and also hit out at the BBMP
they will never allow  —WITH PTI INPUTS brations. of the Bruhat Bengalu- stituencies where vot- deletions were made in chief commissioner.
THAROOR’S MALABAR TOUR
COURTESY MEET!
—PHOTO BY ANI
tion for anyone to visit nection with Tharoor. in advance before at-
any place and hold party But the party in general tending events, Rad-
campaigns but it should has a decision in this hakrishnan explained.
be done only with the regard. It is an institu- The senior leader
knowledge of party fo- tional precedent to in- said as head of the dis-
rums there including form the respective ciplinary panel, he was
the District Congress party forums in ad- just informing this to
Committees (DCC). vance about the pro- all party members.
This notice comes in grammes being attend- “As there is no com-
the wake of controver- ed by leaders,” he said. plaint against Tharoor,
sy over party leader and The very thought it would be an insult to
Thiruvananthapuram that such forums were call him in person and
MP Shashi Tharoor’s Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor.  —FILE PHOTO bypassed (by the lead- inform him about this
recent Malabar tour. ers) would erode the directive. It is a general
However, Rad- ceive any specific com- give him any individual strength of the party decision and everyone
hakrishnan made it plaint regarding Tha- direction in this regard. and so the leaders is equally responsible Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Droupadi
Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday.
clear that the discipli- roor’s recent tour and “We did not receive should take them into to abide by it,” Rad-
nary panel did not re- so there was no need to any complaint in con- faith and inform them hakrishnan added.
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BHARAT JODO YATRA
Operation Octopus still on
‘BR Ambedkar urged us to in J’khand Naxal bastion
march on the road to unity’
Ranchi (ANI): ‘Opera-
tion Octopus’ is still
continuing to dig out
explosives and hidden
arms and ammunition
Rahul Gandhi from the densely for-
ested hilly range of the
posts video of Naxal bastion of ‘Burha
Pahar’ — a mountain
the Indian range spread over 55
­—­FILE PHOTO
square kms touching
Constitution three districts of
J’khand DGP Neeraj Sinha reviews anti-naxal operations.

being signed by Jharkhand and Chhat-

tisgarh —which was
Jharkhand Jaguar— a
special force of
zines, one grenade
launcher, 85 grenades,
Nehru, Gandhi captured by security
forces in September.
Jharkhand Police. Once
known for the Naxal op-
200 grenade arming
rings, 78 pressure cook-
and others on ‘Burha Pahar’, which eration base, ‘Burha Pa- er IEDs and arrow
touches Chhattisgarh’s har’ had been an im- bombs, Insas Rifles, Car-
Nov 26, 1949 Balrampur and Latehar pregnable Naxal bas- bines, SLR Rifles, LMG
as well as Jharkhand’s tion for 32 years. with bipod are among
New Delhi (ANI): Garhwa, was captured A total of 646 Impro- several other items have
Stressing the impor- in a joint operation of vised Explosive Devices, been recovered since the
tance of the Constitu- CRPF general duty bat- 18 factory-made regular ‘Operation Octopus’
tion and the Father of talions, its Naxal spe- arms including one was launched. These re-
the Indian Constitution, cialised wing CoBRA, light machine gun, 1,588 coveries were made in
Congress MP Rahul Jharkhand Police and ammunition, 22 maga- September this year.
Gandhi said on the occa-
sion of Constitution
Day that Bhimrao Ram-
ji Ambedkar urged us to
More properties NCC to celebrate 74th
march on the road to of banned JeL anniv of its raising today
unity. He took to Twitter
and posted a video of
Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday.  —PHOTO BY PTI
attached in J&K
the Indian Constitution to unite the nation MAN BOOKED FOR
being signed by Jawaha- against forces of hatred DOCTORED VIDEO
rlal Nehru, Mahatama and divisiveness. OF CONG’S BJY
Gandhi and others on “Let us unitedly take
Raipur (PTI): The Chhat-
November 26, 1949. The ownership of bringing tisgarh police have reg-
video also showed the India back to its consti- istered an FIR against a
fundamental rights tutional values and re- man for allegedly posting —REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO
granted to every citizen storing the nation to a a doctored video on social
in the country. time when these values media of pro-Pakistani Srinagar: J&K’s State
“Babasaheb urged us thrived. The only way to slogans being raised dur- Investigation Agency
to march on the road to control this new hegem- ing the Congress' 'Bharat (SIA) on Saturday got Def. Secy Giridhar Aramane laying wreath at National War Memorial.
unity. I will walk that onic disposition is to Jodo Yatra'. A member more properties of the
road long enough, until counter it with ideolog- of the Congress legal cell banned Jamaat-e-Islami First India Bureau Speaking on the occa-
every word of our Con- ical and moral lodged a complaint in (JeI) notified and at- sion, the Defence Secre-
stitution is upheld, and strength,” he noted. Raipur, following which tached as properties in New Delhi: National tary said, NCC in the
every citizen stands pro- He also alleged that an FIR was registered unlawful use in Anant- Cadet Corps (NCC), the past few years has
tected by fairness and within the system, the against a man, who nag district. The District largest uniformed evolved exponentially,
justice,” he tweeted. ruling party has re- Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Bharat Jodo Yatra. hails from neighbouring Magistrate of Anantnag youth organisation in wherein youth in uni-
Congress general sec- stricted the opposition’s Madhya Pradesh, said the has notified these prop- the world raised in 1948, form have joined hands
retary Jairam Ramesh all avenues to express in media that are acces- tangible spirit of our SHO of Civil Lines police erties under the unlaw- will celebrate its 74th in every initiative to
said the draft constitu- dissent. sible to us are shrink- democracy is being dis- station said. The Con- ful use of JeI. The prop- anniversary on Satur- contribute to nation
tion was adopted by the “Routine muting of ing every day,” he said. torted and disrespected gress legal cell alleged erties include orchards, day (November 27). To building. The NCC Rais-
constituent assembly on microphones in Parlia- “Illegal has become by people who are using that the accused had on shopping complexes, mark the occasion, De- ing Day is also being
26.11.1949 and the con- ment whenever the legal because the fringe it as a means to push a Friday posted a doctored agricultural land and fence Secretary Girid- celebrated in all state
stituent assembly de- BJP’s (in)actions are has now become main- completely contrasting video of the yatra on his residential properties. har Aramane laid a capitals, where cadets
cided that it would come questioned and spaces stream. The foremost agenda,” Kharge said. Twitter handle. The notified properties wreath and paid hom- are participating in
into force from 26.01.1950 also include one kanal age to the fallen heroes march past, cultural ac-
which is since celebrat- and four malras of land on behalf of the entire tivities and social devel-
ed as Republic Day. DIGVIJAYA SINGH FALLS DURING BHARAT JODO YATRA, with a two-storey build- NCC fraternity at Na- opment programmes.
“Ideological foun- UNHURT; BJP, CONG SPAR OVER ROAD CONDITIONS ing housing office of tional War Memorial, The event will be held
tainheads of BJP had Falah-e-Aam Trust. New Delhi on Friday. on Saturday.
nothing whatsoever to Manihar (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya
do in making the Con- Singh fell while taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-
stitution,” he said in a
series of tweets.
led Bharat Jodo Yatra near Barwaha in Madhya
Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday, the Cold wave grips parts of J’khand
Recalling BR Ambed- incident igniting a verbal tussle between the op- Ranchi (PTI): Cold wind at a lower level over
kar’s speech of Novem- position party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata wave conditions gripped Jharkhand,” a senior
ber 25, 1949 while pilot- Party on the condition of the state's roads. Singh parts of Jharkhand for meteorologist at Ranchi
ing the final draft of the was unhurt after he fell while moving towards the past two days, with Meteorological Centre,
Constitution, he said, “I a roadside restaurant during tea break amid the the night temperatures SC Mandal, told PTI.
wish to remind the march and was immediately helped to his feet by falling up to six degrees The average mini-
prime minister and his Congress workers surrounding him, eye-witnesses Celsius below normal, mum temperature has
drum beaters of just said. "Digvijaya Singh has fallen to the ground four weather officials said however, were being felt dipped by one to six de-
two paras from that times so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However, on Saturday. across the state, the of- grees Celsius from the
speech.” He shared por- he has fallen for the first time in Madhya Pradesh The northwest parts ficial said. normal across the state.
tions of the speech. and the reason is the state also has bad roads," All of Jharkhand wit- “The chill in the air Simdega district
Kharge said the Con- Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during India Congress Committee media in charge Jairam nessed a major fall in increased due to unre- shivered at the lowest
gress has embarked on Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh. Ramesh told reporters. the level of mercury. stricted flow of north- minimum temperature
the Bharat Jodo Yatra The cold conditions, westerly to northerly of 7.5 degrees Celsius.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

Zielinsk, Lewandowski’s goal guide MOTHER-OF-FIVE FROM KERALA TAKES SOLO TRIP
Poland to win over Saudi Arabia TO WATCH MESSI IN ACTION AT FIFA WORLD CUP
Dubai (PTI): A wom- way to lifting the cup,”
Al Rayyan [Qatar] minute, Saud Abdulha- an from Kerala, who the newspaper quoted
(ANI): Goals from Piotr mid assisted Moham- hails ‘Messi’ as her her as saying.
Zielinski and Robert Le- med Kanno to take a hero, has set out on a Noushi who is trav-
wandowski and a pen- right-footed shot from solo trip in her cus- elling through the
alty save from Wojciech the right side of the box tomised SUV to Qatar Gulf countries in her
Szczesny gave Poland a to be saved in the top to watch her favourite SUV, got it shipped to
2-0 win in a Group C right corner. team— Argentina, Oman from Mumbai
match against Saudi Two minutes later play in the ongoing which is incidentally
Arabia here at Educa- Jakub Kiwior of Po- FIFA World Cup. the first Indian-regis-
tion City Stadium. land was shown a yel- Naaji Noushi, moth- tered right-hand vehi-
Coming from the low card for a bad foul. er-of-five started her Naaji Noushi had started her trip on Oct 15 to Gulf countries. cle to be shipped into
back of a famous win Matty Cash got the yel- trip to the Gulf coun- the country.
against Argentina, Sau- low card for a foul in tries on October 15 the 33-year-old still Mexico on Sunday. She began her jour-
di Arabia started off the next minute. from Kerala, and ar- showed high hopes for “I just want to see ney from Muscat and
aggressively as Salem In the 39th minute, rived in the UAE, the her favourite team in my hero Lionel Messi travelled to the UAE in
Al Dawsari’s assist an assist from Robert Khaleej Times news- the next match. play. The loss to Saudi her SUV via the Hatta
helped Mohammed Al Lewandowski Piotr Zie- paper reported. Earlier this week, Arabia was heart- border and stopped by
Burayk make a right- linski’s right-footed Although heartbro- Argentina lost to Sau- breaking for me but I to see the world’s tall-
footed attempt from shot from the centre of ken at Argentina’s loss di Arabia and is now am sure it is only a est tower in Dubai,
outside the box which Poland’s Jakub Kiwior in action during the match against Saudi the box went on to the against Saudi Arabia, set to play against small hiccup on their Burj Khalifa.
was blocked. In the 13th Arabia in the FIFA World Cup 2022, in Doha on Saturday. top right corner.
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07

business MODI GOVT’S CHALLENGE AMID GLOBAL HEADWINDS

BRIEFS
TWITTER WILL
RELAUNCH PREMIUM
SERVICE, SAYS MUSK
New Delhi: Elon Musk
said that Twitter plans to
relaunch its premium ser-
vice that will offer different
coloured check marks to
accounts, in a fresh move
to revamp the service. It’s
the latest change to the so-
cial media platform. Musk
also said he would grant
“amnesty” for suspended
accounts and causing yet
more uncertainty for us-
ers. Twitter previously sus-
pended the service, which
under Musk granted blue-
check labels to anyone
paying $8 a month, be-
cause of a wave of impost-
er accounts. —AGENCIES
AMAZON TO CLOSE
FOOD-DELIVERY
BUSINESS IN INDIA
New Delhi: Amazon Inc
will shut down a food-de-
livery business it was test-
ing in India, the e-com-
merce giant said, a day af-
ter it announced the wind-
ing down of its online
learning platform for high-
school students in the
country. As a part of of an-
nual operating planning re-
view process, the company
made the decision to dis-
continue Amazon Food
from Dec 29, according to
a communication sent by
the e-commerce firm to its
restaurant partners in the
country. —AGENCIES
US BANS SALE OF
HUAWEI, ZTE TECH
OVER SECURITY RISK
New Delhi: The US has
banned the sale and im-
port of new communica-
tions equipment from five
Chinese companies, in-
cluding Huawei and ZTE,
amid concerns over na-
tional security. Other com-
panies listed include Hikvi-
sion, Dahua and Hytera,
which make video surveil-
lance equipment and two-
way radio systems. It is
the first time US regula-
tors have taken such a
move on security grounds.
Hikvision said that its
products present no secu-
rity threat to the US. Hua-
wei and others have previ-
ously denied supplying
data to the Chinese gov-
ernment. —AGENCIES
WHATSAPP DATA
LEAK: 500 MN USER
India seeks to shrink budget deficit by 50bps
New Delhi (Agencies):
India wants to narrow its
budget deficit by at least 50
basis points, according to
people familiar with the
matter, as authorities bal-
ance global investor scru-
tiny with the need for high-
er spending as the nation
enters an election year.
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman will seek
to shrink the shortfall to
less than 6% of gross do-
mestic product in the year
starting April 1, the people
said, asking not to be iden-
tified as the deliberations
are private. Her presenta-
tion due Feb. 1 will be the
final full-year budget be-
fore citizens elect their
new prime minister in the
summer of 2024, a time
when Indian governments
RBI asks Paytm to
reapply for payment
aggregator licence
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has rejected
to entertain Paytm Pay-
ments Services’ (PPSL), a
wholly owned subsidiary
of Paytm, and has asked to
resubmit the application to
operate as payment aggre-
gator. The company, how-
ever, has said it will have
no material impact on its
business, according to a
regulatory filing.
The banking regulator
put a pause on onboarding
of online merchants by
Paytm Payments Services.
The company will not on-
PHONEPE SET TO ACQUIRE FINTECH START-UP
ZESTMONEY FOR ABOUT $300 MILLION
Bengaluru: Walmart-backed digital payments company PhonePe is
all set to acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) company ZestMoney in a
deal pegged at $200 million- $300 million, according to sources. “The
talks are on and it will be finalised in another 3-4 weeks,” the sources
said. After the acquisition, ZestMoney will continue to operate as a
separate entity. ZestMoney, which was founded in 2015 by Lizzie
Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, is the fastest
growing consumer lending fintech company.
BIG TECH TUMBLE
AUTHORITIES BEING CAUTIOUS AS INDIA
NEEDS FOREIGN INFLOWS TO BRIDGE DEFICITS
New Delhi (Agencies): The people familiar with the matter said that
while authorities won’t change domestic policies to facilitate India’s
inclusion in global bond indexes, policy makers want to ensure
funds see India as an attractive destination and maintaining fiscal
discipline is a priority for the government. They added the subsidy
bill next year could ease as commodity prices are expected to cool
and the government intends to ramp up domestic production of fer-
tilizers. A free food grains program that fed about 800 million people
is also likely to come to an end, the people said. Discussions are
ongoing and the final numbers will be decided closer to the budget
presentation. A spokesperson for the finance ministry declined to
comment. India has budgeted a deficit of 6.4% of GDP in the cur-
rent year, significantly down from 9.2% during the first year of the
pandemic. A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below
4.5% of GDP by 2025-26. The govt is confident of meeting this
year’s target and will stick to the glide path, the people said.
typically loosen the purse Ukraine and given India fuel will cost at least $67 Bloomberg News had re- strength of the dollar, it’s
strings. runs a current-account billion in the year ending ported earlier. The Reserve perhaps wiser to allow rea-
What complicates mat- deficit as well, the rupee March 2023 — or 2.1% of Bank of India has already sonable amounts of depre-
ters for Sitharaman is that has been weakening to suc- GDP — against the budget lost $100 billion from its ciation and preserve stock-
her food and energy bills cessive record lows. Subsi- estimate of 3.2 trillion ru- reserves defending the cur- piles of the greenback, the
are inflated by the war in dies on food, fertilizer and pees ($39.2 billion), rency and, given the people said.
5G rollout to be
fastest in India:
Work to combat climate change,
Nokia India exec
New Delhi (PTI): India is
boost millet production: Fin Min
going to record the fastest Bengaluru (PTI): Union
5G rollout in the world and Finance Minister Nirmala
it will be the biggest suc- Sitharaman on Saturday ap-
cess of the next -generation pealed to startups to touch
telecom service with the upon less glamorous areas
support of the government, including climate change,
a senior Nokia India offi- millet production and im-
cial said. proving the condition of
Speaking at an event or- farmers. Addressing a na-
ganised by the Foreign Cor- tional level summit to pro-
respondent Club, Nokia mote startups, Sitharaman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Karnataka CM Basavaraj
India Head of Marketing emphasised more on cli- Bommai at the inauguration of Beyonder Emergence and Green Future
and Corporate Affairs, mate change and asked the Summit, at Atria University in Bengaluru on Saturday.  —PHOTO BY ANI
Amit Marwah, without startups to find a solution to
naming China expressed combat it as that will have a glamorous areas as well,” ban dwellers and give a so-
concern over ‘infiltration bearing on the agriculture Sitharaman said. lution through millets for
equipment’ in telecom sec- pattern in the country. “My appeal is, more and healthy eating. The start-
tor from neighbouring “Of course defence pro- more innovations coming ups can also look at mar-
board new online mer- countries. duction, renewable energy, from the startups for deal- kets which can fetch much
chants till the time approv- 5G services will cover nuclear, satellites, space ing with climate and cli- better price for farmers,
als remain pending. the entire country over the technologies, they are all mate change is going to be which can also generate lot
The company in an ex- next couple of years—Jio there. You have already absolutely precious,” she of employment for them
change filing said,” Our promises to do that by De- touched upon those areas. I said and asked the startups because of the value addi-
100% subsidiary, Paytm cember 2023 and Bharti am asking you to touch to work towards improving tions that can be brought
Payments Services Limit- Airtel by March 2024. upon some of those less conditions of farmers, ur- in, she explained.
ed (“PPSL”), is in receipt
of a letter from Reserve
Bank of India (“RBI”) in
response to an application
‘SBI REPORTS HIGHEST PROFIT, OTHER STORIES
from PPSL for the authori- BROKING HOUSES LAUDING US’ UTTAR PRADESH EYES HUGE INVESTMENT FROM
zation to provide payment New Delhi: Chairman of the country’s biggest lender
aggregator services (“PA State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Khara on Saturday US FIRMS IN INVESTORS SUMMIT 2023
application”) for online asserted that analysts and broking houses are praising New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh through the ‘Global Investors Sum-
mit-2023’ is expected to receive huge investment from the US,
merchants. the financial performance of the bank which reported particularly in nine sectors including IT, agriculture sectors,
The central bank said its highest profits recently. electronics, food processing, defence and
that PPSL is required to re- For the first time, SBI registered the highest-ever prof- aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical
submit its PA application its recorded by any corporate house, Khara said. devices, energy, retail and automobiles.
within 120 calendar days. “In the recent quarterly results, the bank’s profits are As per Invest UP, the nodal agency of
GIS-2023, the state is eyeing massive
the highest ever. SBI crossed the highest ever
investment from US companies. Apart
profits recorded by any corporate and ana- from this, government officials are also
lysts and broking houses are praising in constant contact with various trade
this,” the SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara organizations in the US, from where encouraging responses have
said. In the second quarter of the cur- been received, an official statement said on Saturday. —PTI
rent financial year, the net profit of
the lender stood at Rs 13,265
NO PLANS TO INCREASE IPO-BOUND OYO’S
crore, higher by 74 per cent com-
pared to the previous similar
AMUL MILK PRICES IN EBITDA RISES 8 TIMES,
period.
NEAR FUTURE: SODHI LOSS REDUCED BY 20%
New Delhi: Gujarat Coopera- New Delhi: As part of its com-
tive Milk Marketing Federation mitment to update its Draft
(GCMMF), which markets Red Herring Prospectus with
milk under the
Amul brand,
the financial
performance

Are big tech giants turning heartless?

RECORDS FOR SALE
New Delhi: In what could
be one of the biggest data
breaches, phone numbers
of nearly 500 million
WhatsApp users are put
on sale online. As per re-
port by Cybernews, an ac-
tor posted an ad on a
hacking community fo-
rum, claiming that it is
selling a 2022 database of
487 million WhatsApp
user mobile numbers. The
database contains con-
tacts of users from 84 dif-
ferent countries that in-
clude the US, the UK, and
even India. —AGENCIES
First India Bureau
New Delhi: 2022 has not
been a good year especial-
ly for the people working
in tech giants like Ama-
zon, Meta, and Twitter
among others as the com-
panies have slashed jobs
this year, with some citing
the COVID-19 pandemic is-
sue while others blaming
the rising inflation.
And now, thousands of
young Indians are sud-
denly staring at an uncer-
tain future as several tech-
nology companies and
start-ups announce mass
layoffs due to global head-
has no plans till the first half
to increase of financial
prices of milk 2022-23, the
in the near future, its MD R global travel tech company
MASS LAYOFF S Sodhi said. GCMMF mainly OYO shared its financials with
sells milk in Gujarat, Delhi- markets regulator SEBI. The
TREND CONTINUES NCR, West Bengal and Mum- company’s adjusted EBITDA
bai markets. The cooperative for Q2 grew 8 times from Rs 7
z The mass layoffs at Meta, sells over 150 lakh litres of crore in Q1 of ` 56 crore, driven
Amazon, and Twitter have milk per day, out of which by a 23% quarterly rise in gross
started a bloodbath in the Delhi-NCR accounts for nearly booking value per hotel during
United States and India 40 lakh litres. —PTI Q2 to around ` 4 lakhs.  —PTI
z Tech giant Google and HP
also joining the layoff trend ADANI ARM SEEKS LICENCE TO EXPAND POWER
and may let go thousands of DISTRIBUTION IN MUMBAI, INCLUDING AT JNPT
Desks at Meta office in New York.
employees New Delhi: Adani Group company has sought licence for
expanding its power distribution business into more areas of
Mumbai, including the country’s largest
winds and funding creased operations (Lack ble to adapt to the situa- container port JNPT. In an advertisement
crunches with many re- of Work), loss of funds, tions after the lockdown published in several newspapers in the
fusing to stay quiet about increase in technological and the pandemic, infla- city on Saturday, Adani Electricity Navi
it. The common reasons advancements, no particu- tion rising, companies fac- Mumbai (AENM) said it has approached
the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory
for mass layoffs include lar position requirement, ing financial difficulties, Commission (MERC) for a distribution
business closing, cost-re- changing standards and funding slowdown, and licence in some pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region along
ducing, measures, de- policies, companies una- the Ukraine-Russia war.   with its listed parent Adani Transmission.  —PTI
 One simple way to add
happiness to life is to be of

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service to others.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

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08
CONSTITUTION DAY

Undoing injustice against the

Mirch Masala marginalised is our duty: CJI
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL New Delhi (ANI):
GOVT DOING
Chief Justice of India
DY Chandrachud on EVERYTHING TO
Saturday said that an STRENGTHEN
BY TRIDIB RAMAN institution thrives with JUDICIARY: RIJIJU
The author is a journalist and political
time only when it func- First India Bureau
commentator and views expressed are his personal
tions democratically. New Delhi: Law
Speaking at the Con- Minister Kiren Rijiju
WILL PRIYANKA CONTEST HER FIRST ELECTION FROM MP? stitution Day celebra- on Saturday said the
PPradesh
olitics has its own tradition of sunshine and shadow and even the Gandhi fam-
ily understands this very well. So, Priyanka Gandhi and her family chose Madhya
very thoughtfully to join in on Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ When Rahul’s Yatra
tions held at the Su-
preme Court, CJI said
government is doing
everything possible to
strengthen the judicial
reached Khandwa, Priyanka joined the Yatra for the first time the Constitution en-
system and to have
with her husband Robert and son Rehaan. When this Yatra strusts the legislature, a “very close, cordial
reaches Mhow, Congress National President Mallikarjun executive, and judiciary relationship” with the
Kharge will also participate in it. If sources are to be believed, judiciary. The remarks
Priyanka is looking for a number of Lok Sabha seats for 2024
to bridge the gap be- Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court with CJI DY
tween institutional ide- Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kaul, and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday.  —PHOTO BY ANI come close on the heels
which will not ‘disappoint’ her. Party stalwarts like Kamal Nath
as and social realities. of the minister attacking
and Digvijay Singh have already advocated sending Priyanka
to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Congress needs a the collegium system of
He said that the repre- resistance against the
young leadership in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia sentation of the mar-
CALL TO YOUTH colonial power came
appointment of judges
joined BJP, as both the veteran Congress leaders, Kamal Nath and describing it as

CJ
and Digvijaya Singh have become old. If the Ram temple is ginalised communities from the indigenous something alien to the
completed in 2024, then the Uttar Pradesh may witness a ‘full must be enhanced in communities of India. Constitution. Address-
bloom’ of the lotus and in such a situation, Priyanka would not want to take the risk of the legal profession. “The prolonged ing the Constitution Day
reconquering the forts of Amethi or Raebareli. Perhaps this is the reason, why Rahul event at the Supreme
“An institution struggle for independ- Court, Rijiju said he
Gandhi is also concentrating heavily on Madhya Pradesh. He is also raising the issue of thrives with time only ence culminated with
the core voters of the Congress, the tribal community, and the Congress organisation was fortunate to have
of the state is also seen united behind him. when it functions demo- the demise of the colo- shared a very cordial re-
cratically. I believe as nial rule, and the birth lationship with the CJIs
Chief Justice of India, of an independent na- as well as the judges of
WHO IS BEHIND ASSAM CHIEF BJP TAKING it is my responsibility tion governed by self- the Supreme Court and
MINISTER HIMANTA BISWA SARMA? CONGRESS to consult judges in the rule. However, the
high courts. “We have
shared very cordial re-
A ssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is
gearing up to challenge Yogi Adityanath, the big-
gest champion of Hindutva in BJP. Sarma is consid-
FORWARD Supreme Court, High
Courts and district judi-
“It is a story of hu-
man struggles and sac-
eas of the country. It
must be remembered
death of the colonial
regime was not accom-
lationship and identified
those issues
ered very close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. ciary,” said CJI. rifices. It is a story of that the marginalised panied by a simultane- which
Sarma often makes headlines by making strange He said that lawyers undoing injustice communities were the ous birth of Constitu- we have
statements. During Rahul Gandhi’s visit, he compared to deal
and judges spend their against the marginal- first to plant the seeds tional values that we with
Rahul Gandhi’s face with Saddam Hussain regarding hold on to so dearly.
time and years unravel- ised sections of our so- of the Constitutional collec-
his grown beard, then he was also challenged by the
Congress not to violate the decorum of language. ling the text of the Con- ciety. The women, the ideas of liberty, equali- When India gained tively,”
If sources are to be believed, the top leadership of stitution, but the story disabled, the Dalits and ty and fraternity, on In- her independence, she he said.
BJP is gradually raising him as the new champion of the Indian constitu- the members belonging dian soil,” said the CJI. was invested in so-
of Hindutva as an option of Yogi so that he can tion is not a story only to tribes and segments The CJI further said cial evils,”
prominently occupy a place among
the leaders of the second line of of legal text. situated in far-flung ar- that the first wave of the CJI said.
the party. On the other hand,
Yogi Adityanath is one of the
most sought after leaders for
his election meetings, be it
Karnataka or Kerala, North East Shivpal says phone call from LG VK Saxena takes
‘bahu’ made him campaign stock of shops gutted
or Odisha, even in Modi-Shah’s
home state of Gujarat. Perhaps
this thing is bringing stress on the
foreheads of the top leadership
D elhi’s local body
elections have taken
an interesting turn, with
of the party. So, efforts are
on to project Sarma as an
alternative to Yogi.
initial trends show-
ing AAP’s lead in more
than 150 seats in the
Mainpuri (PTI): Pra-
gatisheel Samajwadi in Chandni Chowk
MCD elections. Here a Party (Lohia) president New Delhi (ANI):
direct fight is being told Shivpal Singh Yadav Lieutenant Governor
WHICH TWO ‘JOURNALISTS’ DID between Aam Aadmi has said it was a phone VK Saxena on Saturday
RAHUL GANDHI CHOOSE? Party and BJP, while
call from “bahu” visited Bhagirath Pal-
Congress candidates are
Iopenly
n his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ instead of giving interviews
to eminent journalists or TV anchors, Rahul Gandhi
shared his heart with two YouTubers. One of
seen struggling even to
join the main fight. Now
(daughter-in-law) Dim-
ple Yadav that prompt-
ace market in Chandni
Chowk where work is
them is Shyam Meera Singh, who made a programme BJP has started a new ed him to campaign for still underway to cool
by researching on Adani Group’s un- ‘game’ in Delhi, as the her for the upcoming the fire that broke out
expected flight and Pulwama. The party has started helping Mainpuri bypoll. on Thursday night. dangerously prone to
other is Samdish Bhatia, who Congress candidates
from within. If sources The veteran leader Akhilesh Yadav campaigns More than 150 shops blazes,” the LG tweeted.
humorously interviews Rahul also said he has told with Shivpal Yadav and Ram and godowns have come The fire department
for his channel ‘Unfiltered by are to be believed, the
Samdish’, walks with him on BJP is not only opening Dimple Yadav to be his Gopal Yadav at Jaswantnagar under the grip of this said that smoke is still
the yatra. Yogendra Yadav and its purse strings to bring witness (“gavah”) if in Etawah district on Monday. fire and more than 100 clearly visible inside
Kanhaiya Kumar are believed the Congress into the Akhilesh Yadav does (R) Dimple Yadav addressing fire tenders were en- the shops and ware-
to have played an important fray, but its people have
something wrong with a public meeting for the gaged in extinguishing houses that are mostly
role in arranging these two also started campaigning
interviews. It is believed that for Congress candidates him again. Mainpuri by-elections at Saifai, the fire, informed the of electrical goods.
Kanhaiya Kumar is going to get wearing Congress caps. Amid a deteriorating in Etawah on Friday. Fire Department. The LG has consti-
the fruits of his hard work soon, A similar case was also relationship with neph-  —PHOTOS BY ANI/PTI “Visited the fire site tuted a committee to
as he can be the new President seen in Laxmi Nagar area ew Akhilesh Yadav, the at Bhagirath Palace, look into the matter and
of Bihar Pradesh Congress of ​​Delhi. The BJP believes PSPL chief agreed to sented the seat in the called me and said, ‘un- Chandni Chowk, where report within 30 days.
Committee. Yogendra Yadav that ‘the more Congress
can also get some impor- grows, it will cut into campaign for the SP Uttar Pradesh Assem- cle, I will contest, come the cooling process is He said the committee
tant responsibility in the AAP’s vote, this can create chief ’s wife in the Main- bly, died last month. with us’, to which I told yet on. With hanging will speak with resi-
organisation. an advantage for the BJP’. puri bypoll, which was Shivpal said it was a her to remain my wit- wires, overloaded cir- dents and other stake-
necessitated after party phone call from Dimple ness if Akhilesh does cuits, old buildings, wa- holders in areas like
ARVIND KEJRIWAL FOCUSES LALU UNDER SON TEJASHWI patriarch Mulayam Sin- that broke the ice. anything wrong again,” ter shortage & narrow Chandni Chowk, Sadar
gh Yadav, who repre- “ D a u g h t e r- i n - l aw Shivpal said. lanes, such areas are Bazar, Pahar Ganj, etc.
BACK ON NEW DELHI YADAV’S INFLUENCE
TSingapore
he new team announced by RJD
supremo Lalu Yadav before leaving for
for his treatment, clearly shows
the influence of his son and his political heir
Tejashwi Yadav on this new team. Unlike
RAJ CM GEHLOT BLESSES JC SHOW TEAM!
Lalu, Tejashwi seems to be an advocate of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
promoting leaders with a slightly clean im- CEO and Editor-in-Chief,
age in his party. Lalu announced a new ex- Bharat24-Vision of New
ecutive of 85 members, wherein, 10 Yadav India and First India, and
A AP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal is well
aware of what does the victory in Delhi
Municipal Corporation polls means for
and only 3 Muslim faces have found place.
Among the 10 leaders, who have been
CMD, First India News
along with his team met
his party’s new rise. So, when he heard of made National General Secretaries, only one Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
‘troubled times’ in his party in Delhi, he Muslim face is included in the form of Syed on Saturday at Surya Palace
left everything, i.e. left the poll campaign Faisal Ali. Earlier, when the by-elections Hotel in Vadodara, Gujarat.
of Gujarat midway, returned to Delhi & were being held in Gopalganj, Tejashwi Gehlot, who was in a jovial
put all his energy in elections here. Kejri had refused to share the stage with Hina mood on Saturday evening,
knows that this time his party may not Shahab, widow of the ill-fated Bahubali Sha- blessed all the anchors
make a big splash in Gujarat, but it can habuddin. While Hina had left for Gopalganj of the JC Show and some
definitely make its Mayor in Delhi. So, in with her entourage of 50 vehicles to attend children also. During this,
order to corner the BJP, AAP is raising lo- the RJD rally, she had to return midway Aditi Nagar, Amit Mishra,
cal issues in Delhi, such as mountains of after Tejashwi’s ‘no’. Poornima Mishra, Pooja
garbage, cleanliness & hygiene, menace Annoyed, she fielded Yadav, Shweta Raje and
of monkeys & stray dogs in Delhi. On the one of her candi- Astha Khandelwal were
other hand, BJP is bringing its CMs from dates from Owaisi’s
other states to Delhi for its campaign, present along with Dr
party who got more
who have no special knowledge of the than 12,000 votes Jagdeesh Chandra. CM’s
local issues of Delhi. The BJP has come and Tejashwi’s of- OSD Shashikant Sharma
on its ‘winning face’, which means that ficial candidate lost the was also there. The JC
now Delhi Municipal polls will also be election by just 1,800 Show on the topic of Gujarat
fought on Modi’s face, who has brought votes. Despite this, elections (Modi all the way)
the biggest guarantee of winning polls for Tejashwi has tried to will be telecast on First India
Saffron Party continuously since 2014. present an example. at 2:25 pm on Sunday.
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NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Bijoux of the It feels great to associate with Fashion Con-

nect and we finally got an opportunity to ex-

SEASON A
hibit our collection at the First India Fashion
Connect Season 13 in London. Unfortunately
we could not make it to London, but we’re glad to be a
part of the grand show. I extend my heartiest congratu-
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com lations to the entire team for putting up a great show.
fter the success-
 —RADHIKA KHUNTETA AND AYESHA RAWAT
ful season 12 of
First India pre- Jewellery design from The

FASHION CONNECT sents Fashion

Connect and de-
International Gemological
Institute, Mumbai. Experi-

SEASON 13
Supermodels dazzled on the ramp
exhibiting exquisite jewellery along
with traditional gemstones, by
sisters Radhika Khunteta and
Ayesha Rawat from Citrine,
mesmerizing the audience as they
showcased the intricate designs at
the First India Fashion Connect
Season 13 held at Novotel London
Hammersmith on November 20!
signers embrac-
ing old-school
glamour in India, seems
like the fashion police
made the next stop in Lon-
don in order to bombard
our social media with the
latest tea on what’s pop-
ping in the domain of
style. Yes, you guessed it
right, you’re about to have
inside access to some of
the ‘can’t miss’ moments
at the First India Fashion
Connect Season 13, in as-
sociation with India Fash-
ion Week London, held at
Novotel London Hammer-
smith, London on Novem-
ber 20. With the whole
aura beaming in style, the
front rows occupied by
starlets and trends strut-
ting down the runways,
(L-R) Rishee, Rupal, Akshara, Samant, Manny and Ipsitaa during the UNHEARD book launch
it’s almost as if we stepped
afoot into the galaxy of
glam, rotating in style.
Ravishing
walked on the ramp
models
showcasing the exclu-
sive works of Radhika
and Ayesha from Citrine
during a fashion extrav-
aganza in London on No-
vember 20.
A passion for Jewellery
and desire for the unortho-
dox is what brought sisters
Radhika Khunteta and
Ayesha Rawat together to
launch Citrine in 2013. The
duo developed a love for
Jewellery at a young age
and grew up to pursue the
same with a diploma in
menting with colour , cut
and casting, their aim is to
use their Jewellery to
make women feel glamor-
ous and special every sin-
gle day of their lives . Cit-
rine brings to you an ex-
quisite range of handcraft-
ed semi - precious state-
ment jewellery. Each de-
sign is handcrafted by a
team of skilled master ar-
tisans from Jaipur. Unique
utilisation of various semi
- precious stones and cast-
ing pieces add an interest-
ing look to each piece .
The show was a plat-
form where top models
flaunted most alluring
designer clothes along
with jewellery specially
created to compliment
with the collection.
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10

INEQUALITY IS THE ROOT

SOCIAL EVIL!
A report recently released by UNRISD on
OF
inequality in the world says that if steps are not
taken to stop inequality soon, then in the coming
times the situation will become very serious and
it will become difficult to deal with them.
parity in both income and and well-being. Be nourished. major reason for this. Carbon
wealth. The situation today is Such investments should be pricing policies can be mis-
the same as it was at the height continued especially at that managed, but revenues from
of Western imperialism in the stage of a person’s life when carbon pricing, if used for the
early 20th century. In many they are making money in the benefit of taxpayers as part of
countries, the situation is even labor market. Policies just to a social policy package, will
worse. increase the productivity of help reduce inequality. Renew-
The report suggests that workers are not enough and able energy, energy efficiency,
AMIT BAIJNATH GARG while the gap in basic living other policies including anti- digital finance and health so-
Senior Journalist standards is narrowing for trust have to be focused on to lutions demonstrate how new
hundreds of millions of peo- overcome the imbalance in technologies and opportuni-

R
ecently a report on in-
equality in the world
has been released by
the global organisa-
tion United Nations
Research Institute for
Social Development
(UNRISD). Pointing to the dire
consequences of inequality in
this, it has been emphasized to
create a new eco-social system.
This report, released in Octo-
ber 2022, points to the growing
inequality characteristic of
the world. This report comes
almost two years after the pan-
demic. In this era, the global
economy has been hit, which
for the first time in several
decades has pushed the whole
world into extreme poverty.
The report says that with the
rise of democracy, economic
liberalization and free mar-
kets, there has been a wide dis-
ple, their needs to thrive in life
are also changing. In the cur-
rent era, new types of inequal-
ities are taking root, mainly
arising out of education, tech-
nology and climate change. If
these ground-shaking changes
are not stopped in time, the
risk of spreading a giant rift
that the world has not seen
since the Industrial Revolu-
tion will increase. According
to the report, people are taking
to the streets due to many rea-
sons. Ticket prices, petrol pric-
es, demands for political free-
dom, fairness and justice, etc.
This is a new face of inequal-
ity and inequality is not be-
yond solutions.
According to the report, the
Human Development Index
(HDI) has seen impressive pro-
gress since 1990 and has ben-
efited all sectors, including
the least developed countries.
The fastest economic growth
was seen from 2000 to 2010, but
since then this pace has slowed
down. From 1990 to 2018, many
countries performed well in
terms of human development.
The number of countries with
high human development has
increased from 12 to 62, while
the number of countries with
low human development has
decreased from 62 to 36. The
report clarified that the chal-
lenge of inequality is not be-
yond the solution and can be
dealt with, but bringing ine-
quality under control will not
be easy if the current pattern
continues.
The report says that unequal
distribution in education,
health and standard of living
affects the progress of the
country. Several suggestions
have been made in the report
to improve the situation and
deal with the growing problem
of inequality. According to the
report, inequality starts right
from the time of birth. The gap
between education and health
intensifies and can continue
until adulthood, so efforts and
policies to ameliorate the situ-
ation must begin before or
even before birth, with a focus
on children’s education, health
the market.
The report also suggested
that the tax should be part of
a broader policy system, in-
cluding public spending on
health and education, and ex-
ploring alternatives to carbon-
based lifestyles. The report
underscores the importance
of new international tax prin-
ciples to ensure equity and
avoids the race to lower corpo-
rate tax rates. The report says
that average figures often do
not accurately reflect the
truth. Furthermore, effective-
ly tackling inequality requires
detailed information, espe-
cially to combat the various
dimensions of poverty and
help those left behind.
The report claimed that the
nature of inequalities could
change in the future and that
the climate crisis could be a
ties can be used to broadly im-
prove living standards.
According to the report, deep
inequalities emerged even be-
fore the technological revolu-
tions and now a similar picture
is emerging with artificial intel-
ligence and digital technolo-
gies. In such a situation, the
need for social protection must
be emphasized, which will re-
quire international consensus
on ensuring fair compensation,
investing in lifelong learning
and taxing digital activities.
This will help in building a new,
secure and stable digital econo-
my, which will pave the way for
human development. The re-
port also indicates that if steps
are not taken in this direction
soon, then the situation will be
very dire in the coming times
and it will become difficult to
deal with them.

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MAR 21 - APR 20 APR 21 - MAY 20 MAY 21 - JUNE 21 JUNE 22 - JULY 23

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to be sought on a financial your good health if you and there is nothing to serious about getting in
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issue, before you take the stick to a proper diet and worry as such. To prevent shape and start eating
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Horoscope by next step. A project left
halfway by someone else may come
Saurabbh Sachdeva on your shoulders, but your efforts
will be acknowledged. Some of you
are all set to enjoy a splendid
vacation.
exercise regime. You may
finally meet your financial savior who
will help you put the pieces at the
right place. Some of you may assist
your family by organizing a function
or an event.
any monetary loss, you
should care to read your business
proposal twice before taking any
decision. In office, you may need to
persuade someone to stand in your
favour but it will be worth it.
healthy. You have limited
income as of now and that could
trouble you but don’t worry the times
will change. Due to no work pressure
in office, you could spend more time
with near and dear ones.

LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 AUG 24 - SEP 23 SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will derive great benefit You are satisfied with your Previous investments are You may go for a cheat
from an exercise routine health and you enjoy that likely to give you good meal all as a reward for
that you keenly follow. feeling. Money will flow returns. Some of you may maintaining good health. If
Extra workload is foreseen into your life to make you decide to follow in the you have been struggling
at work, but nothing that you cannot financially stable. Some of you may footsteps of celebrities and visit the with money then that’s a thing of a
handle within office hours. Taking the earn good name for being consistent very same exotic destination that past now as money will flow in from
family on a trip seems impossible at work. In social life, it’s a good they had been to.No amount of all the directions. In office, you will
today due to your professional practice to avoid blaming others for excuses will dispel lover’s suspicions support your colleague by sharing
commitments. our own shortcomings. about your tendency to stray path. his/her work pressure.

SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES

NOV 23 - DEC 22
Continue doing whatever
you are doing to remain
healthy. Some of you will
have to curb your splurging
ways. Family life will cruise along
smoothly with much love and
bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road.
Chance of moving to a new location on
GEETIKA DHAMA, Blogger transfer is likely for some.
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You continue to stay fit and
healthy and there is
nothing to worry as far as
health is concerned.
Because of limit flow of money, your
financial condition is not stable yet.
Your hard in office will bring your
recognition and appreciation from
your senior.
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Keep a close tab on what
you eat if you want to
remain healthy. You must
limit your expenses to only
buying essential stuff. In office, your
colleagues may not like your upfront
nature. Your love may not give the
kind of attention you have been
waiting for.
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your optimism will keep
you going and you will find
yourself in absolute peace.
The more time you invest
in a project completion, the better it
will in terms of monetary gains. In
social life, avoid venting your anger
on some who is younger or elder to
you.
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N GLIMPSE
ew parents in

FIRST
B-Town, Bi-
pasha Basu
and Karan

Singh Grover
are loving
their new role
as parents. The beauti-
ful Bollywood couple
was blessed with a baby
girl on November 12.
Today, for the first time,
they shared a glimpse
of their baby girl. In
the picture shared by
Her post... Bipasha both her and
Karan can be seen look-
ing at their daughter
Devi with warmth and
OF ‘DEVI’
love. The couple posed of me 3) Half cup of
for a cute picture.  Ma’s blessings and
Captioning this love 4) Topped up with
memorable photo, Bi- magic and awesome-
pasha shared “a recipe ness 5) 3 drops of rain-
for her angel”. She bow essence, angel
wrote, “Our recipe for dust, unicorn sparkles
making a sweet baby and all things divine.
angel 1) Quarter cup 6) Seasoning: Yummi-
of you 2) Quarter cup ness as per taste.”

Bipasha Basu

Kriti’s retro Six years CELEBS

MOURNS
glam look of Dear VIKRAM’S
DEATH
R Zindagi
ight from shimmering
dresses and sartorial
neon numbers, Kriti
has been known to fab-

A
ulously flaunt her unapologeti-
cally experimental style. With
her latest look, she once again
reminds us what’s a party
lia and Ranbir have been trending
after they announced the name of
their newborn daughter. The actress Late Vikram Gokhale

V
without a little bling as she shared it on her social media handle.
steps out in her glamorous Well, the couple welcomed their little bundle of eteran ac-
and glittery mini-dress. joy earlier this month and since then Alia has tor Vikram
Well, when the memo says, been enjoying her maternity break. She often Gokhale
party look, you just cannot treats fans with updates. And today was one of has passed
go wrong with a shiny those days. She shared a pic- away yesterday.
mini dress and the Bhedi- ture from her balcony as she The actor was un-
ya actress’s brightest celebrate 6 years of her and dergoing treat-
pink Zara Umrigar Shah Rukh Khan's starrer ment at Pune’s
dress serves as a pure Dear Zindagi. Deenanath Man-
testimony to the fact. The actress took to Insta- geshkar Hospital.
Scroll on as we de- gram and shared a video of Yesterday the news
code her complete the beach with the dialogues was confirmed and
party look. In- of the memorable ‘samund- celebs including
spired by the ’80s ar se kabaddi’ scene. Dear Akshay Kumar,
when a party Zindagi is about mental Anupam Kher and
look simply health, insomnia, and de- many more took to
meant bright pression. The story is about social media and
and blingy, Kri- Kaira played by Alia, who is expressed their
ti Sanon’s a cinematographer by pro- condolences to the
Zara Umri- fession and she struggles to family members.
gar dress is keep a balance between her Akshay Kumar,
curated to personal and professional Her story... who worked with
bring back life. She seeks the help of Vikram Gokhale
Kriti’s pink Zara that retro Jehangir, a psychologist played by Shah Rukh Khan. in Bhool Bhulai-
Umrigar dress glam party Dear Zindagi has been directed by Gauri Shinde and yaa and Mission
look. bankrolled by Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Mangal, got emo-
Productions, and Hope Pro- ductions. tional as he
Kriti Sanon Alia Bhatt penned a note on
social media. He

SARA'S
wrote, “Very sad
to know of the de-

Casual but chic!

mise of Vikram
Gokhale Ji.

‘morning facie’
Worked with him

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in films like Bhool
hoever said casual can’t be chic, has not Bhulaiyaa, and
discovered the power of a stretchy rib midi Mission Mangal

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dress that hugs the body in just the right had so much to
ara Ali Khan is one of the most loved ac- places and Janhvi Kapoor’s The Label learn from him.
tresses of the current generation. Apart dress serves as just the perfect Om Shanti.” 
from being a fabulous actress, Sara also testimony. Go the Janhvi Anupam Kher
makes sure to stay fit and never misses route when you want to look shared an incom-
her workout sessions. Yesterday the actress hid instantly pulled together plete poem written
her face from the paparazzi after stepping out of and pick a ribbed printed by Vikram
her gym which made dress that strikes just the Gokhale and also
everyone curious. But, right balance of sultry and shared heartbro-
today she took to her Ins- simple. Janhvi Kapoor ken emojis to ex-
tagram stories to give a paused and posed for the press his pain af-
glimpse of her morning paps when she stepped out ter losing his dear
selfie. Taking to her Ins- in a Hendrix Midi Dress by friend.
tagram stories Sara The Label. The designer Popular TV
Ali Khan shared a dress stood out because of Janhvi in Hendrix star Anirrudh
Midi dress by The
boomerang video of the black and sand zebra Dave, who worked
Label
her. She can be seen stripes and a breathtak- with Vikram
sitting in her car. The ing body-hugging silhouette. Curated with Gokhale in a se-
Her story... actress has left her viscose, polyester, and spandex, the knitted ries, wrote, "One
hair open and can be dress worth Rs. 6,200 features a midi length, a of the finest actor
seen rubbing a piece of ice on her face. Sara side slit, and a stunning scoop neckline with #VikramGokhale
has used an Instagram filter which has made thick straps. But, what makes us look twice Ji, I learned a lot
her face look even pinker and has changed has to be the statement cut-out details at the from you... its end
her eye colour too. Sharing this picture, waist that went all the way to the back mak- of an era baauji.” 
Sara wrote, ‘Earlie morning facie!’. ing the dress a sartorial pick. 
Sara Ali Khan Janhvi Kapoor
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“ART IS AN EXTENSION” ‘Dances of India’

A
n ongoing mony to the courage,
solo art exhi- perseverance, and pa-
bition titled tience that establish
‘Revelations’ the ambitious frame-
by Delhi- work for success, and
based artist, the revelation of the
Shafali R fears and tears that
Aanand is being or- stay hidden in the
ganised at the Lalit foundations that are
Kala Akademi, New never seen, but with-
delhi, from November out which there
22 to 28. wouldn’t be the edifice
The revelations art of achievement.
exhibition is a selec- Growing up in the
tion of oil paintings far reaches of the Him-
from Artist Shafali R. alayas, Shafali found a
Anand’s works. These close friend and confi-
colourful paintings dante in her sketch-
are visual expressions book, and they’ve been
of the emotions that inseparable since. She
we experience as we has been painting pro-
Shafali R Aanand at the exhibition During the event
ride the roller coast- fessionally for a dec-
er of life. These emo- ade and a half. Her CITY FIRST

tions appear on the sometimes sink
faces and are felt into leaden browns
through the twisting- and deep purples; and
turning bodies of men of the calm blues and
and women – emotions aquamarines that
made of joyous yel- crash into violent reds
lows and greens that and oranges. The oil
T
paintings in this col- work has been pub-
lection are about rela- lished internationally he third edi-
tionships with others in The American Spec- tion of Natya
and with ourselves, tator, The Suit Maga- Ballet Centre
while the pen and ink Artist Shafali R. zine, Talk Business kicked off on No-
art renders our own Anand said These and Politics, and other vember, 25. The three-
reflection in nature. paintings are the testi- publications. day event celebrating
the 75th year of inde-
pendence will continue
till November 27 pre-

Martha Farrell Awards 2022 FELICITATIONS! senting India’s diverse

culture and traditions.
The festival is being
—PHOTO BY SHAZID CHAUHAN

orchestrated for a spe-

cially curated piece of
‘Dances of India’ for
the young school-go-
ing audience from
NDMC and DAV Artists performing
Public Schools
as part of
their out-
r e a c h
programme.
The perfor-
m a n c e ,
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar will present India’s first which will
Design Innovation National Award to Jaipur’s National also be per-
Awardee Dharmendra Bhalla on November 28 morning at formed on the
During the event
Uparashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Artist Bhalla will be upcoming day

M
artha Farrell
Fo u n d at i o n
(MFF), Partic-
ipatory Re-
search in Asia (PRIA),
and Rural Development
Trust (RDT) success-
fully held the 6th edi-
tion of the Martha Far-
rell Award for Excel-
lence in Women’s Em-
powerment and Gender
Equality at India Inter-
national Center, New
Delhi on November 26.
The ceremony was at-
tended by eminent pro-
fessionals from vari-
ous fields, including
media, academia and
civil society.
Fifty adolescent Fel-
lows from MFF’s flag-
ship program Kadam
Badhate Chalo and
MFF’s women domestic
worker champions from
Delhi and Haryana put
together theatre and
musical productions,
capturing their pro-
gress in countering
sexual and gender-
based violence in their
daily lives, workplaces
and communities.
The award felicitated
and recognised individ-
uals and institutions
who have made signifi-
cant contributions.
 The Awardees were
presented with a citation and copper plate, a cash amount of the festival,
chosen from over 200 of six lakh rupees along with a garment. Artist Bhalla is showcased a
nominations by an emi- being given the Design Innovation National Award for her rich palette of
nent jury comprising 6 innovative and beautiful inlay work in her mirror frame, classical and
members; Dr Rajesh purse and walking stick artworks. folk dances like
Tandon (Founder Presi- Kathak, Bharat-
dent of PRIA and Chair- natyam, Odissi, Chhau,
person of Martha Far-
rell Foundation), Dr
PROUD MOMENT! Kalbelia, Ghoomar,
Bhangra, Dandiya,
Pankaj Mittal (Secre- Renowned filmmaker-actor and Lavani that inte- —PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
tary General of the As- Rahul Mittra is the latest to grate both flair and women, Rita Gan- Navina Jafa, Vikram
sociation of Indian Uni- join the star cast of talked verve, gorgeous cos- guly, Sharon Low- Iyengar and Suanshu
versities), Feisal Alkazi about new movie File No 323 tumes, inspiring music, en, and Dr Shovana Khurana. This session
(Author, Activist and starring filmmaker Anurag and historical insights. Narayan. Three of has been curated for the
Theater Person), Na- Kashyap, Suniel Shetty, Divya Besides the perfor- them are legends in Natya Ballet Centre by
mita Bhandare (Jour- Dutta & Esha Dutta. Directed mances, the audience is their own right and a Sandhya Raman, Secre-
nalist_, Deepthi Bopai- by Karthik K, this crime getting to experience serious panel discus- tary, Rasaja Founda-
ah (CEO of GoSports drama has been garnering great insights during sion called “Tabula tion. It will focus on
Foundation) and Mon- headlines after Suneil Shetty the panel discussions Rasa” moderated by the problems faced by the
cho Ferrer (Director of & the makers recently and lectures, as well as well-known arts entre- performing arts post-
Programs at Rural De- received legal notice from the opportunity to meet preneur, Dr Anita Rat- Covid while looking for
velopment Trust). Mehul Choksi. three famous Indian nam along with Dr viable solutions.

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REVE is about to take control, we wonder.

REVE
This 12-to-12 restaurant is among Delhi NCR’s top-rated and
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and appearance. The atmosphere is that of a cosy café French
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