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TUESDAY, MAY 03, 2022

OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, O-153

RURAL WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION,
JAL "O" PARIMAL BHAWAN, UNIT-V, BHUBANESWAR-751001, ODISHA
Tel: 0674-2395734, FAX: 0674-2394946, e-mail: cerwssodisha@gmail.com

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

BID IDENTIFIACTION NO. EIC/RWSS/06/2022-23
NO. 3501 Date:30.04.2022
1 The Engineer-In-Chief, RWSS, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, on behalf of Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Governor of Odisha invite tenders
in double cover system in ONLINE MODE only for Selection of Contractor/ Executing Agency for Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing,
commissioning and acceptance of Solar PV Integrated Dual Pump based Water Supply System through off-grid mode including laying of
distribution pipelines and providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTCs) along with Comprehensive Maintenance for five (5) years
for 06 different packages in the State of Odisha.
2 Nature of work : Selection of Contractor/ Executing Agency for Design, engineering, supply, installation,
testing, commissioning and acceptance of Solar PV integrated Dual Pump based Water Supply
System through off-grid mode including laying of distribution pipelines and providing Functional
Household Tap Connection (FHTCs) along with Comprehensive Maintenance for five (5) years
for 06 different packages in the State of Odisha.
3 Number of works : 06 Nos individual works (01 no. per each package)
4 Estimated Cost : Ranging from Rs. 10Crore to Rs.40 Crore
5 Cost of Bid Document : Rs. 10,000/- each district(Non-refundable)
Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
6 Class of Contractor : Sole Proprietorship firm / Partnership Firms / Company registered with the Odisha State JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT
Government and Contractors of equivalent grade/class registered with Central Government/ Office of the Executive Engineer
any other State Government / MES / Railways and Reputed Engineering Firms. Joint
Venture / Consortium is allowed.
PHE Division Baramulla
7 Availability of Bid Documents in the portal for : From 05:00 PM of 12.05.2022 to 05:00 PM of 16.06.2022. NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Online Bidding
e-NIT No. 13 OF 2022-23 Dated: 30.04.2022
8 Date of opening of Bid in Online : 18.06.2022 at 11:30 AM
For and on behalf of Lt. Governor of UT of J&K, Executive Engineer Jal Shakti (PHE) Division
9 The bidders have to participate in ONLINE Bidding only for which the bidder must possess compatible Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) of Class II
or Class III. Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal http://tendersorissa.gov.in
Baramulla invites e-tenders from reputed and resourceful Bidders/Firms/Companies/of all
classes registered in JKPWD/CPWD/Railways or any other state Government for below
Sd/30.04.2022
mentioned works at various Water Supply schemes of PHE Division Baramulla of Kashmir
Engineer-in-Chief, RWSS
Province of UT of J&K, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
OIPR - 25003/11/0004/2223
The bidding process shall be completed online on www.jktenders.gov.in in two covers viz.
Cover 1st consisting of General Terms and Conditions and Technical Specifications and Cover
2nd consisting of Financial Bid on overall percentage rate basis, in the prescribed BOQ.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PWD REWA ZONE, REWA (M.P.) Sr. Particulars of the work Estimated Tender Earnest Bid Time of
Website : www.mppwd.gov.in Email :- cepwdrewa@mp.nic.in No. cost in lacs Fee Money Validity completion
Phone No. 07662-255200, Fax - 255380 (in Deposit Period of work
Rs.) (in days)
NIT No. 03/GEN/2022-23 Tender Notice Date : 25.04.2022 1
Laying & Fitting of As per 500/- 02% 90 days As per
Online tender for mentioned below are being invited the Tender have been uploaded on the Delivery and Distribution ANNEXURE-I of the ANNEXURE-I
E-Tender system of public work department on the portal www.mptenders.gov.in Tender details Mains consisting of to this bid estimated to this bid
are as below :- GMS Tubes and Ductile document. cost document.
S. Tender Name of work Call Completion Cost of EMD Tender Iron Pipes of different
N ID No. No. Period Project Form Nominal Bores along
o. (PAC) (Rs. with pipe fittings and
in lack) control valves.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Construction of Ground
Service Reservoirs
1 2022 UPGRADATION OF DEOTALAB First 18 Month 2939.82 29,39,820/- 10000/- (GSRs), Slow Sand
PWDRB_ TO NAIGARHI (MDR- 10.10) I/C Rainy Filtration Plants.
199275_1 LENGTH 16.80 KM. INCLUDING Season
Execution of ancillary
SHIFTING OF HAND PUMPS
civil works like Spring
AND SHIFTING OF ELECTRIC
Covers, Boundary walls,
LINES/ELECTRIC POLES UNDER
Protection Works etc.
CRIF DISTT. REWA (M.P.)
at various Water Supply
Total :- 2939.82 schemes of PHE Division
The document can only be purchased online from the above website after making online Baramulla of Kashmir
payment. The starting date for purchase of tender forms and online bid submission is from Province of UT of J&K,
02.05.2022 to the last date 20.05.2022 till 17.30 PM. Detailed NIT and other details can be viewed on under Jal Jeevan Mission
the above mentioned portal. Amendments to NIT, if any, would be published on website only, and (JJM)
not in newspaper. Position of funds: Approved Under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
CHIEF ENGINEER The tender inviting authority is Superintending Engineer Hyd Circle Sopore/Executive
G-12152/22 MeI F IZ Qû Oû¬F ´Fc¯FÊ, I ûd½FO ÀFZ ÀFbSÃFF ÀF¸´Fc¯FÊ P.W.D., REWA ZONE, REWA Engineer, Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Baramulla.
The awarding authority is District Jal Jeevan Mission (DJJM)
Critical Dates
MAHA MUMBAI METRO OPERATION i Publish Date 30.04.2022 at 1800 hrs
CORPORATION LTD ii Document download/sale start date 30.04.2022 at 1800 hrs
(A Government of Maharashtra PSU) iii Clarification Start date 04.04.2022 from 10.00 PM
4th Floor, NaMTTRI Building, Adjoining New MMRDA Building, Bandra-Kurla Complex, iv Clarification End date 05.04.2022 Upto 4.00 PM
Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051. E-mail:sushil.chandra@mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in v Bid submission start date 06.05.2022 from 10.00 AM
Website :https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in vi Bid submission end date 18.05.2022 upto 4.00 P.M
e-TENDER NOTICE vii Date and time of bid opening 19.05.2022 at 4.00 P.M.
Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL) invites Open e-Tenders 1. Bid documents can be accessed and downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in
from eligible Bidders for the following work: 2. The whole bidding process shall be completed online on tender portal www.
jktenders.gov.in. The intending bidders can download the bid document from the tender
Support Services for Propulsion System and Train Control Management System (Hitachi portal and can submit their bids by uploading them on the tender portal.
make) provided on Train Sets supplied by M/s BEML for operation on Mumbai Metro Lines Sd/-
2A& 7, for a period of three years. Executive Engineer
Estimated Cost Rs. 11.68 Crore No. PHE/Bla/CC/ 825-35 Jal Shakti Department
Completion period of Work Three Years Date 30.04.2022 PHE Division Baramulla
ANNEXURE I
Cost of Tender Document Interested bidders have to make online payment of INR 5900/- Government of Jammu & Kashmir SCHEME WISE LIST OF WORKS
(inclusive of all taxes) non-refundable as Tender Processing OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIVISION RAMBAN
Fee, using online payment gateway during bid preparation using S. Name of Description of work Jal Estimated Time of Class of
(Short Term) NOTICE INVITING TENDERS
No. Water Shakti cost completion Contractor
Debit Card/ Credit Card/Net banking for the contract package. (Single Cover)
Supply (PHE) (in Lacs) (Days)
Sale of Tender Document From 03.05.2022 (at 18.01 hours) to 08.06.2022 (up to Fresh e-NIT No.: 09 of 2022-23 Dated: 27.04.2022 to e-NIT No.: 106 of 2021-22 Dated: 21.03.2022 (E-tendering)
Scheme Division
18.00 hours) on e-tendering portal For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir UT, the Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Ramban
1 WSS Check Laying Fitting of Pipes, 247.69 365 days AAY
invites tenders by e-tendering mode on %age rates from approved and eligible Contractors/Firms registered with J&K
https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in for above work. UT. CPWD, MES & Railways for the following work:- Cherethraam 0.75 Lac Gallns SR, Sluice
Last Date & Time of S. Name of Work Name of Estimated Cost of Earnest Time Time & Class of Chambers, Chainlink
08.06.2022 up to 18.00 hours. fencing, Chowkidar Quarter
Submission No. Division cost of Tender Money allowed Date of Contractor
Work Doc. (In for Opening and various other allied
Date & Time of Opening of (in Lacs) (in Rs) Lacs) completion of tender
10.06.2022 at 15.01 hours. works for WSS Check
Envelop A & B (Technical
Cherethraam under JJM
Bid)
Tenderers are requested to note that tender is being invited through e-procurement. Tender 1 2 3 4 5 6 P7 8 9 2 WSS Darina Laying fitting of pipes, 168.02 365 days AAY
1 Macadamization of Approach PWD 48.25 600 @ 2% 02 Months 05.05.2022 “A” Class/
documents can be obtained online from MMRDA e-Tendering Portal : https://etendermmrda. Road to Polytechnic Ramban by (R&B) of Adv. constt of sluice chambers,
at 12.00 Hot Mix
maharashtra.gov.in. For detailed information and subsequent Addendum/ Corrigendum way of providing and laying 150 Division Cost A.M Plant collection chambers and
(if any), please log on to above e-Tendering Portal. mm thick 75mm thick WBM Ramban Holder other allied works for WSS
Gr-II, 75 mm thick Wet mix and
For any additional information & help for uploading & downloading the e-Tender, please contact 25mm thick Premix Carpet over Darina Part-1 under JJM
MMRDA’s e-tendering service desk at the following e-mail address: 50mm thick BM (under City and 3 WSS Darina Construction of chowkidar 118.76 240 days AAY
Town roads 2022-2023). quarter, chain link fencing,
etendersupport@mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or call on 022-26597445. 2 Macadamization of Damtop to 47.55 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/
0.90 Lac Glns SR, 0.60 Lac
In case of any query/ clarifications, tenderers are requested to contact Shri. Sushil Chandra, Kundi Road by way of providing of Adv. Hot Mix
and laying 150 mm thick WBM Cost Plant Galns SR, 0.30 Lac Galns
Director (Maintenance) at his Email:sushil.chandra@mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Gr-II, 75 mm thick wet mix Holder SR, and other allied for
Sd/- and 25mm thick Premix Carpet
WSS Darina_Part-2 under
over 50mm thick BM in km 2nd
Fulrani

Date : 03.05.2022 Director (Maintenance) and 3rd (under City and Town JJM
MMMOCL roads 2022-2023).
Place : Mumbai 3 Macadamization of Town road 40.38 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/
4 WSS Laying Fitting of Pipes, 114.85 180 days AAY
Ramban by way of providing of Adv. Hot Mix Nowgam Service Reservoir, Chainlink
and laying 150 mm thick WBM Cost Plant Shogpora Fencing, Chowkidar Quarter
Gr-II, 75 mm thick wet mix and Holder and various other allied
Office of the Chief Engineer 25mm thick Premix Carpet over
50mm thick BM in km 1st (under works for WSS Nowgam
Public Health Engineering Department, Gwalior Zone, Gwalior City and Town roads 2022-2023). Shogpora under JJM
E-mail - sepheprocgwl@gmail.com Telephone : 0751-2365438, 4031502 4 Macadamization of Pernote 40.00 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/
5 WSS Dalri Laying fitting of pipes, 110.42 180 days AAY
Thalwa Road by way of providing of Adv. Hot Mix
No. 1584/TC/CE/PHED/2022-23 Gwalior, Dated 25.04.2022 and laying 150 mm thick WBM Cost Plant Dogripopra constt of PST, 0.02 MGD
Online Bids for following works are invited on website https://mptenders.gov.in. Purchase of Bid Document is Gr-II, 75mm thick Wet mix and Holder SSFP, 0.10 lac gallon SR,
28.04.2022 to 13.05.2022 05.30 P.M., Bid can be submitted 28.04.2022 to 13.05.2022 05.30 P.M. online. Bid Opening date 25mm thick Premix Carpet over chain link fencing around
17.05.2022. 50mm thick BM in km 5th and
6th (under City and Town roads various structures, R wall,
Any amendment/modification can be seen only on the above website. Detailed N.I.T. and other details can be viewed
on the above mentioned website. 2022-2023). sluice chamber of WSS
5 Macadamization of Lower Maitra 30.15 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/ Dalri Dogripopra under JJM
Baramulla

S. NIT No./ Tender ID District Work Probable Amount Cost of No. Period of Road by way of providing and of Adv. Hot Mix
No. Date Amount of EMD Tender of Comple- laying 150 mm thick WBM Gr- Cost Plant 6 WSS Laying fitting of pipes, 90.47 120 days AAY
Contract in Rs. Docu- Calls tion II, 75 mm thick Wet mix and Holder Behrampora chowkidar quarter,
(Rs. In ment 25mm thick Premix Carpet over chain link fencing and
Lakhs) in Rs. 50mm thick BM (under City and
Town roads 2022-2023). sluice chamber for WSS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6 Macadamization of TV Tower 19.96 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/ Behrampora under JJM
New Piped water supply scheme at
to Gugwal Road by way of of Adv. Hot Mix
village Syari, Bhitora, Govindgarh, 7 WSS Laying fitting of pipes, 62.68 90 days AAY
providing and laying 150 mm Cost Plant
Khiriya Ghoghu, Buhara, Suketa, Rajora,
thick WBM Gr-II, 75mm thick Holder Brandub constt of chain link fencing,
Kuretha, Deguwan Chamar, Raipahadi,
09 wet mix and 25 mm thick renovation/improvments
Kalothara Seni, & Sanai Block Datia premix carpet over 50 mm thick
09/
2022_
Distt. Datia with 75 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m.
Months to PST for WSS Brandub
01 PHED_ Datia 595.06 5,95,060/- 20,000/- First including BM in km 1st (under City and
28.04.22 staging, 75 KL & 15 m. staging R.C.C. Town roads 2022-2023). under JJM
198728_1 rainy
OHT, 100 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m. staging, & 7 Macadamization of approach 15.13 600 @ 2% 02 Months “A” Class/ 8 WSS Dazna Laying fitting of pipes and 33.77 60 days AAY/BEE
season
75 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m. staging & 20 K.L. Road to DPL Chandrog (0.2km) of Adv. Hot Mix
RCC Sump well cum pump house, pipe Bakhipora chowkidar quarter for WSS
by way of providing and laying Cost Plant
line, household tap connections & all 150 mm thick WBM Gr-II, 75mm Holder Dazna Bakhipora under JJM
other allied works etc. thick Wet Mix and 25mm thick 9 WSS Laying fitting pipes and 33.27 60 days AAY/BEE
New Piped water supply scheme at Premix Carpet over 50mm thick
BM (under City and Town roads
Rawoocha constt of 3 No sluice
village Palinoor, Badanpur, Rao, Akola,
Malkhanpur, Kumharra, Khiriya Khodas, 2022-2023). chamber for WSS
Bhadevara, Mawai, Dabri Bhat, Gujarra 09 Position of AAA = ACCORDED Rawoocha under JJM
2022_ & Sahida Kalan Block Datia Distt. Datia Months Position of funds =
10/ Technical Sanction = ACCORDED 10 WSS Kitru Laying fitting of pipes and 29.55 60 days AAY/BEE
02 PHED_ Datia with 75 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m. staging, 100 581.92 5,81,920/- 20,000/- First including
28.04.22
198749_1 KL & 12 m. staging R.C.C. OHT & 100 KL rainy
Naribal constt of intake works at
1. Date of Issue of Tender Notice 27.04.2022
R.C.C. OHT 15m. staging & 20 K.L. RCC season head site for WSS Kitru
2. Period of downloading of bidding documents From 28.04.2022,10.00 A.M to 04.05.2022, 4.00 P.M
Sump well cum pump house, pipe line, Naribal under JJM
household tap connections & all other 3. Date, Time and place of pre-bid meeting
4. Bid submission Start Date 28.04.2022 From 10.00 A.M 11 WSS Laying fitting of pipes for 18.76 45 days BEE/CEE
allied works etc.
New Piped water supply scheme at 5. Bid Submission End Date 04.05.2022 up to 4.00 P.M Kawhaar WSS Kawhaar Kaliban
village Devra, Sikaua, Khriya Kabir, 6. Submission of hard copy of tender documents Only successful bidder who is declared as L1 should submit Kaliban under JJM
Richhar, Sadwara, Penta, Daryapur, the hard copy after opening of financial bids 12 WSS Gutyar Providing laying and 6.38 30 days CEE/DEE
Gulmau, Kalyanpura Khurd, Nargarh, 09 7. Date & time of opening of Technical Bids 05.05.2022 at 12.00 A.M in the Office of the Executive fitting of Main/Submain/
2022_ Chhareta, & Taka Kalan Block Datia Months (Online) -[The date should be one day after Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Ramban
03
11/
PHED_ Datia Distt. Datia with 100 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m. 500.15 5,00,150/- 20,000/- First including deadline for receiving of hard copies] Distribution System
28.04.22
198757_1 staging, 75 KL & 12 m. staging R.C.C. rainy 8. Date & time of opening of Financial Bids To be notified after technical bid evaluation is completed at various spots,
OHT & 75 KL R.C.C. OHT 12m. staging & season (Online) Manufacturing, providing
20 K.L. RCC Sump well cum pump house, 1. The Bidding documents Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Drawings, bill and fitting of M.S
pipe line, household tap connections & of quantities (B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the
all other allied works etc. distribution drum and Land
departmental website www.jktenders.gov.in as per below schedule:
No.: 4407-29
Scaping of tube well and
Superintending Engineer (Procurement) Service Reservoir sites for
Dated: 27.04.2022 Sd/-
Office of the Chief Engineer
(Er. Vinod Kumar Gupta) WSS Gutyar under JJM
Public Health Engineering Department
G-12170/22 MeI F IZ Qû Oû¬F ´Fc¯FÊ, I ûd½FO ÀFZ ÀFbSÃFF ÀF¸´Fc¯FÊ Gwalior Zone, Gwalior DIPK-J-1032-22
Executive Engineer
PWD (R&B) Division Ramban DIPK-1414-22
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Modi, Scholz vow to deepen ties Remove curbs against
Rezaul H Laskar
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: India and Germany
on Monday launched a Green
and Sustainable Development
Partnership by which Berlin will
provide €10 billion until 2030 to
help implement New Delhi’s cli-
mate transition plans, and
decided to sign a migration and
mobility agreement that will
benefit students and profession-
als from the two countries.
These were the major out-
comes of the India-Germany
inter-governmental consulta-
tions (IGC) jointly chaired by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Chancellor Olaf Scholz in
Berlin at the start of the Modi’s
three-nation European tour. The
two sides signed seven more
agreements, including one on
joint implementation of develop-
ment projects in third countries,
and another on establishing a
renewable energy partnership.
Modi said at a joint media
interaction with Scholz the IGC
gave a new direction to the bilat-
eral partnership and provided
Rain, wind could bring
some respite from heat
HT Correspondent
htreporters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Heatwave condi-
tions may have abated across
the Capital, but Delhi contin-
ued to remain hot and humid
on Monday, largely due to the
impact of moisture-laden
easterly winds, the IMD said.
Safdarjung, Delhi’s base
weather station, recorded a
maximum temperature of
40.8°C on Monday, two
degrees above normal for this
time of the year. The mini-
mum temperature was
27.4°C, three degrees above
normal. The humidity levels
oscillated between 32-68%.
The forecast for Tuesday
said Delhi will see partly
cloudy skies, with the maxi-
{ JHARKHAND }
Father hunts for car that killed AIIMS guard Kishor is likely to float
Hemant Soren gets
EC notice on mining
lease given to himself
NEW DELHI: A mining lease pur-
portedly allotted to Hemant Soren
by the state government has
landed the Jharkhand chief min-
ister in trouble with the Election
Commission, which has served
him a notice and asked him to
respond by May 10, officials famil-
iar with the matter said.
“We have gone through the
documents (sent by Jharkhand
chief secretary last week) and
found it to be genuine,” an official
said. “There is a prima facie case
that is made out under Section 9A
of the Representation of People
Act.” Section 9A of the Repre-
sentation of People Act,
1951, pertains to dis-
qualification for gov-
ernment contracts.
The election com-
mission will permit a
personal hearing to
Soren, if he so wishes,
to refute charges of
office of profit, the
official said.
wishes its readers
EID MUBARAK
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin on Monday.
important guidance to coopera-
tion in energy and environment.
“Today we are launching the
India-Germany Green and Sus-
tainable Development Partner-
ship. India has shown to the
world that green and sustainable
Temperature eases slightly
44 43.5
Max temp in ° C
43
42
41.5
41 40.6 40.8
40
Apr 25 26 27 28
mum and minimum temper-
atures likely to hover around
40°C and 27°C, respectively. A
western disturbance is likely
to impact the city on Tuesday,
but no rain is expected during
the spell, IMD officials said.
A second western disturb-
his own political outfit
Soren is in Hyderabad for the
medical treatment of his mother.
His office declined comment on
the development.
However, JMM principal gen-
eral secretary and spokesperson
Supriyo Bhattacharya said, “It is
a legal matter. Any such notice
would be taken up legally. CM’s
counsels would respond to the
notice as per procedure.”
The matter pertains to alleged
grant of an in-principle approval
for stone quarrying lease in
Soren’s name on government
land on the outskirts of state cap-
ital Ranchi, which was cleared
by the mines and environment
departments, both headed by
the chief minister.
Soren has maintained in
court there was no question
of profiting since the letter
for operating the mine was
never issued. His alliance
partner Congress has
rallied in his sup-
port. →P9
growth is an article of faith for
us by raising its climate ambi-
tion [at COP26] in Glasgow,”
Modi said, speaking in Hindi.
“Under this new partnership,
Germany has decided to support
India’s green growth plans with
43.5 43.5
40.8
40.5
29 30 May 01 02
ance is expected in the region
on Wednesday, which may
bring Delhi rain, met officials
said. “Once the impact of this
second western disturbance
goes away, mercury will
again rise and touch 42-44°C
by May 8,” said an official. →P4
Choubey shows an old photo of when he was in the army. AMAL KS/HT
{ HARD GRIND }
Chilling statistic amid heatwave: 49.4%
of India’s labour force works outdoors
Abhishek Jha and
Roshan Kishore
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Large parts of
India have seen severe
heatwaves in the past few
weeks. From April 28 to
May 1, the maximum tem-
perature was 40 degrees
Celsius or higher at 191 of
384 weather stations, 149
out of 336 stations, 155 of
340 stations, and 125 out of
344 stations respectively,
according to data compiled
by the India Meteorological
Department on those days.
Summer came early this
year and temperatures are
expected to be higher in
May. Although maximum
an additional development
assistance of €10 billion by 2030.
For this, I thank Germany and
Chancellor Scholz.”
Scholz described India as a
“central part” of Germany’s
continued on →11
Around 231.5 million workers work outdoors. SHUTTERSTOCK
temperatures will decline
in June and July, the heat is
likely to be more uncom-
fortable as humidity will
increase in the moisture
NEW DELHI/METRO
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
‘NO WINNERS IN unvaxxed for now: SC
WAR’: PM WEIGHS Utkarsh Anand
IN ON UKRAINE letters@hindustantimes.com { SUPREME COURT }
Rezaul H Laskar
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
on Monday asked governments
and private institutions to con-
P
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nar- sider recalling orders prohibit- As long as there is a risk of
endra Modi and German Chan- ing access to services to people
cellor Olaf Scholz on Monday not vaccinated against Covid-19, spreading the disease,
called for an end to the war in
Ukraine, with the Indian leader
even as it affirmed the efficacy of
the vaccines in reducing the risk
there can be restrictions
asserting that no party can of mortality and upheld the placed on individuals’
emerge victorious from the con- authority of the Centre and
flict that has already impacted states in imposing suitable rights in larger public
interest.
A
poor and developing countries. restrictions against unvacci-
Addressing a joint media nated people in future to prevent
interaction after the India-Ger- transmission.
many inter-governmental con- A bench of justices L Nages-
sultations in Berlin, Modi said, wara Rao and BR Gavai further
“We believe that no party will held that “no individual can be spreading the disease, there can tion while discouraging “dispro-
AP emerge victorious in this war. forced to be vaccinated” since it be restrictions placed on individ- portionate” restrictive measures
Everyone will suffer losses and would amount to infringement of uals’ rights in larger public inter- by governments against unvacci-
that is why we are in favour of bodily integrity and personal est,” it ruled. nated people.
peace.” Modi spoke in Hindi did autonomy, but underscored at the Attempting to strike a balance Some states, through separate
not name Russia in his remarks. same time that governments are between the rights of individuals orders in 2021, made vaccination
Scholz, meanwhile, accused entitled to regulate public health pitched against the protection of mandatory to access public spa-
Russia of violating the “funda- concerns by imposing certain limi- public health, the bench, in its ces such as educational institu-
mental principles of interna- tations on individual rights. 115-page judgment, sought to tions, offices, and public trans-
tional law”. →P8 “As long as there is a risk of highlight the benefits of vaccina- continued on →11
DGCA is probing DELHI AIRPORT
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turbulence injuries IN WORLD AMID
SECTOR REVIVAL
on jet, says Scindia NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi
International (IGI) Airport in
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The Taking note of Sunday’s Delhi emerged as the world’s
Directorate General of Civil incident, Scindia tweeted: second busiest in March this
Aviation (DGCA) has consti- “The turbulence encoun- year, according to a report by
tuted a team to probe the tered by a flight while land- the Official Airline Guide
severe turbulence incident ing in Durgapur, and the (OAG), a global travel data pro-
on SpiceJet’s Mumbai-Dur- damage caused to the pas- vider, indicating a recovery of
gapur flight that left 17 peo- sengers is unfortunate. The the travel and aviation sectors
ple injured on Sunday even- @DGCAIndia has deputed a it by the pandemic.
ing, Union civil aviation team to investigate the inci- OAG calculates the data
minister Jyotiraditya Scin- dent. The matter is being based on the total number of
dia said on Monday. dealt with utmost serious- seats booked to and from the
The DGCA also took off ness & deftness.” airport, both in the domestic
the roster the flight’s crew, Flight SG 945 carrying and international sectors.
aircraft maintenance engi- 195 passengers on Sunday According to its report, Delhi
neer and in-charge of Spice- encountered severe turbu- airport saw 3.61 million seats
Jet’s maintenance control lence during its descent. At booked in March, beating
centre, and has decided to least 14 passengers and Dubai airport (3.55 million
carry out an inspection of three cabin crew members seats) but behind Atlanta’s
the entire SpiceJet aircraft were injured as cabin bag- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
fleet, officials familiar with gage fell on them during the International Airport (4.42 mil-
the matter said. turbulence. →P7 lion seats). →P6
age, implored 10 different police
Hemani Bhandari
officials to help him and written
letters@hindustantimes.com
four applications — all with the Vijay Swaroop and coming as early as May 5, HT
NEW DELHI: A 52-year-old retired goal of tracking down the car that Sunetra Choudhury learns. His quest to be a mean-
army man has been running from
pillar to post to find the vehicle
suspected to have hit and killed
hit the bike his son was riding, or
some clue to guide him to the
identity of the driver. “I didn’t see
letters@hindustantimes.com
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Political
ingful participant in democracy
and help shape pro-people policy
led to a 10-year roller-coaster
his son, a security manager at any other option than to go look strategist Prashant Kishor said ride, Kishor said in a tweet. It
AIIMS, in an accident in south for clues myself... But I’ll write to on Monday that it was time for was time to go to the real mas-
Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri last month. everyone possible for help. Even- him to go directly to the people, ters, the people, to better under-
Retired Naib Subedar Bal tually, I think I’ll have to knock creating a buzz in political cir- stand the issues and the path to
Mukund Choubey has collected the doors of court if my son’s acci- cles. There is speculation that he good governance, he added. The
troves of documents, has combed dent case is not investigated prop- could launch a new political beginning will be from his home
the accident site in search of foot- erly,” he said. →P3 party, with an announcement state of Bihar, he said. →P8
capacity to cool down
quickly as evaporation
slows. With the heat
expected to become worse,
outdoor workers face a
daunting situation.
HT’s analysis of unit
level data from the Periodic
Labour Force Survey, the
official source of employ-
ment statistics in India,
shows 18% of India’s non-
farm workforce works out-
doors. The overall share of
workers who work out-
doors, irrespective of how
hot it is, increases to 49.4%
laden monsoon season — once the share of workers
resulting in high so-called
wet-bulb temperatures. As
in agriculture is counted. In
absolute terms, this trans-
humidity increases, the lates into an estimated
human body loses its 231.5 million workers. →P2
02 NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022

Page One Plus

{ MY INDIA } RAJOANA MERCY PLEA { MY INDIA } FORMER PETROLEUM SECY { OPINION } JAHANGIRPURI DEMOLITIONS { MY INDIA } MEVANI BAIL { WORLD } PEGASUS SPYWARE

SC sets two-month Tarun Kapoor new Demolishing one’s home is HC stays some lower Spain PM, defence
limit for decision adviser to PM Modi equivalent to a civil death court observations minister targeted

Decisions on a death-row convict’s fate cannot
be a mere “populist” move that would be forgotten
the next day, the Supreme Court said on Monday
while setting a deadline of two months for the Union
government to take a final call on mercy plea of
Balwant Singh Rajoana, an assassin of former Punjab
chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit also said that the pendency
of appeals of other co-convicts in the apex court in
the matter would not come in the way of authorities
in deciding Rajoana’s plea. Rajoana, a former Punjab
Police constable, was convicted for his involvement
in an explosion outside Punjab civil secretariat that
killed Beant Singh and 16 others on August 31, 1995. A
special court had in July 2007 awarded the death
sentence to him in the case. His death penalty was
upheld by Punjab and Haryana high court in October
2010. →P7
In a mega bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre has
appointed former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor
as the current adviser to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, along with the transfer of 17 other IAS officers.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has
approved appointment of Kapoor, as advisor to the
Prime Minister, in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO),
in the rank and scale of Secretary to Government of
India, initially for a period of two years from the date
of joining,” reads the order issued by the personnel
ministry. Kapoor is an IAS officer of the 1987 Himachal
Pradesh cadre and was a secretary of the petroleum
and natural gas ministry till November 30, 2021. The
ministry has also appointed senior bureaucrats Atish
Chandra and Hari Ranjan Rao as additional
secretaries in the PMO. →P8
The Jahangirpuri demolitions represent a double-engine assault
on the rule of law. The first assault is the failure to adhere to the
principles of natural justice – basic to any free and fair justice system
and the second is the failure to give due respect to the injunction issued
by the Supreme Court (SC), writes Madan Lokur, a former judge of the
SC. On both counts, double-engine action should be taken by the SC to
restore the status quo ante. First, the court should order payment of ad
hoc compensation to those whose property, moveable or immovable,
was demolished due to excesses by the State. Second, the court must
hold all concerned officials accountable in real terms and not merely
through passing strictures or expressing displeasure. The demolition of
one’s home or means of livelihood is equivalent to civil death. The
officials must be held accountable, personally and institutionally for
brazen defiance of the rule of law, he writes. →P12
The Gauhati high court on Monday stayed some
observations made by a lower court last week
against Assam Police while granting bail to Gujarat
legislator Jignesh Mevani. While the HC said the stay
on the observations “may not be construed in any
manner as a stay to the grant of bail” to Mevani, it
said the Assam government “shall be at liberty to
challenge the said (bail) order”. Mevani was arrested
on April 20 in Gujarat’s Palanpur and brought to
Assam’s Kokrajhar in connection with “offensive”
tweets on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hours after
he was granted bail on April 25, he was re-arrested by
Barpeta police on charges of assaulting a woman
police officer. On April 29, he was granted bail by a
Barpeta court which criticised the police and urged
the HC to direct the police to “reform itself”. →P9
The cellphones of Spain’s prime minister and
defence minister were infected last year with
Pegasus spyware, authorities announced on Monday.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s mobile phone was
breached twice in May 2021, and defence minister
Margarita Robles’ device was targeted once the
following month, cabinet minister Félix Bolaños said.
The breaches, which resulted in a significant amount
of data being obtained, were not authorised by a
Spanish judge, Bolaños said at a news conference in
Madrid. “We have no doubt that this is an illicit,
unauthorised intervention,” he said. “It comes from
outside state organisms and it didn’t have judicial
authorization.” The government was during those
months under intense scrutiny over its handling of a
major foreign policy spat with Morocco and gripped
by a tense domestic dispute over the release of jailed
separatists from Spain’s restive Catalonia region. →P13

{ CLIMATE CRISIS } NEW MEXICO BLAZE

Want to contact CIA
from Russia? Agency Winds, dry weather feed US wildfire Calf
Canyon
points to darknet Thousands of residents of northern New Mexico villages were told to evacuate as fierce
fire
N e w
Associated Press “Our global mission demands
that individuals can contact us
winds drove the largest active US wildfire towards their drought-parched mountain valley M e x i c o
letters@hindustantimes.com
securely from anywhere,” the

104,000 acres Two killed Winds to blame? Raging since April 6

WASHINGTON: The CIA says Rus-
sians disaffected by Vladimir
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine may
be trying to get in touch with US
intelligence — and it wants them
to go to the darknet. The agency
on Monday began a new push to
promote its presence on a part of
the internet accessible only
through specialised tools that
provide more anonymity. The
CIA has a darknet site that has
the same features as its regular
homepage but accessible only
through the Tor internet
browser, which has encryption
features not available on most
regular browsers. Instructions in
English and Russian on how to
access the darknet site appeared
Monday on the CIA’s social
media channels. The agency
hopes Russians living abroad
can share the instructions with
contacts inside the country.
While many Russians appear
to support what the Kremlin offi-
cially calls a “special military
operation”, longtime Russia
watchers think Putin’s manage-
ment of the war may push away
some powerful people who disa-
gree with him. Even with
immense capabilities to capture
communications and satellite
imagery, it remains critical for
Western intelligence agencies to
recruit human sources who can
offer insight into the Kremlin
and conditions inside Russia.
agency said in a statement. A
CIA official speaking on condi-
tion of anonymity to discuss sen-
sitive intelligence matters says
the agency knows “there are con-
cerned Russians who are desper-
ately trying to reach CIA.”
The official declined to say
how many people had tried to
reach out since the war began.
“It’s not safe to directly engage
Americans physically or virtu-
ally” in Russia, the official said.
“For those people that want to
engage with us securely, this is
the way to do it.”
Launched in 2019, the CIA’s
darknet site is accessible
through the Tor browser.
Tor, short for “The Onion
Router”, routes internet traffic
through multiple third parties to
mask a user’s identity and desti-
nation. After downloading the
Tor browser, the user typically
inputs a long string of characters
followed by “.onion”.
Using Tor strips away cookies
and many other means of track-
ing the typical internet user. And
while no form of communica-
tion is completely secure at all
times, intelligence officers say a
potential tipster will be better
protected on the darknet from
Russian snooping.
Tor was originally created
with support from the U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory and run by
a non-profit since 2006.
Have been burnt in the Calf Canyon
fire, the largest of a dozen South-
west blazes that scientists have said
are more widespread and arriving
earlier this year due to climate crisis
More fires
than last year
U.S. wildfires have burned
more than twice as much land
this year as in the same period
of 2021, and about 70% more
than the 10-year average,
according to the National
Interagency Fire
Center
Thousands affected
"We're just gritting our teeth, there's
going to be thousands of people
affected," said San Miguel county
deputy manager Jesus Romero. The
blaze has so far forced the evacuation
of dozens of villages and settlements
in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
The blaze has claimed Winds gusting over 64 kph are Burning since April 6 around 48 km east of
two lives, and burnt blowing embers miles ahead of the Santa Fe, the fire has destroyed more than
nearly 200 homes, blaze to start new fires as crews 300 properties and forced the evacuation
mapping imagery battle to stop the flames of dozens of villages and settlements in United
has revealed the Sangre de Cristo Mountains States
Scientists point to
climate crisis
While the blaze started from a
windblown, downed power line,
hotter and drier weather coupled
with decades of fire suppression have
contributed to an increase in the
number of acres burned by wildfires.
The region is experiencing
summer-like fire conditions in spring
after climate crisis lowered
snowpacks and allowed larger and
more extreme fires to start earlier in
the year, according to scientists

{ LABOUR FORCE ANALYSIS }

49% of Indian workers are employed outdoors in scorching heat

Abhishek Jha and
Roshan Kishore
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Large parts of India
have seen severe heatwaves in the
past few weeks. From April 28 to
May 1, the maximum tempera-
ture was 40 degrees Celsius or
higher at 191 of 384 weather sta-
of how hot it might be, increases
to 49.4% once the share of work-
ers employed in agriculture is
counted. In absolute terms, this
translates into an estimated 231.5
million workers. As is to be
expected, outdoor workers are
the ones with the lowest incomes
and the most difficult work condi-
tions, which mean many of them
either the post- or pre-pandemic
situation fully. Using the three
explicit categories shows 10.8%
and 10.7% of rural and urban
workers, respectively, are out-
door workers in India. (Chart 1)
PLFS does not ask the
indoor-outdoor
workplace question to
workers are excluded. These
industries and occupations also
have a higher share of workers
who don’t work at a fixed loca-
Where does India’s labour force work?
tion. (Chart 3) CHART 1 SHARE OF WORKERS IN DIFFERENT CHART 3 WORKERS' LOCATION BY
Compulsion to work
LOCATIONS OF WORKPLACE (in %) INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION
outdoors comes without Detached structure adjacent Outdoors No fixed workplace Not asked (in %)
to own dwelling unit 1.3
basic right to paid leave Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Workers
For most people who are not used Structure attached to own Elementary Occupations
OCCUPATION

2.2
INDOOR

tions, 149 out of 336 stations, 155 lead a hand-to-mouth existence, agricultural workforce to the heat, spending a day outside dwelling unit
Unclassifiable
of 340 stations, and 125 out of 344 or do not even have the option of The actual number of outdoor in the kind of temperatures large
stations respectively, according to taking paid leave even if the heat workers in India is likely to be sig- parts of the country have seen over
Employer’s dwelling unit 2.3 Craft and Related Trades Workers
data compiled from the India makes them sick. nificantly higher because the sur- the past week would leave them Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Meteorological vey does not ask the location drained, perhaps even sick. How- Others 3.9
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers
Department on those PLFS can tell us question to 91% of those who are ever, falling sick because of the
days. Summer came about indoor and engaged in farming. In the heat comes at a significant cost — Own dwelling unit 4.3 Service Workers & Shop & Market
Sales Workers
early this year (in outdoor workers 2018-19 PLFS, this question was the daily wage for at least two- Professionals
March itself) and Among the many not asked to at least 38% of esti- thirds of India’s outdoor workers No fixed workplace 4.6 Technicians & Associate Professionals
temperatures are questions asked in mated workers. As is to be in the non-farm sector. This is
Own enterprise/unit/office/shop Clerks
expected to be higher the annual PLFS is expected, most farm work is out- because at least 68% of India’s out- 7.5
in May. Although
maximum tempera-
Pick Of one about location of
workplace. This is
doors and an overwhelming
share of agricultural workers who
door workers were not eligible for
paid leave, according to PLFS.
but away from own dwelling
Employer’s enterprise/unit/ Agriculture, forestry and fishing
24.2
tures will decline in The Day collected for 10 sub- were not asked the indoor-out- To be sure, the question of paid
office/shop but outside
employer’s dwelling
Construction
Trade, hotels, transport, storage
INDUSTRY

June and July, the categories in rural door question should be counted leave was also not asked to those and communication
OUTDOOR

Open area adjacent to own

heat is likely to be
more uncomfortable as humidity
will increase in the moisture
laden monsoon season — result-
ing in high so-called wet-bulb
temperatures. As humidity
increases, the human body loses
its capacity to cool down quickly
as evaporation slows. With the
heat expected to become worse,
outdoor workers face a daunting
situation. In such a scenario, it is
important to know the proportion
of workers in the Indian economy
who have no option but to work
in the unbearable heat, and usu-
ally without any protection.
HT’s analysis of unit level data
from the Periodic Labour Force
Survey (PLFS), the official source
of employment statistics in India,
shows 18% of India’s non-farm
workforce works outdoors. The
overall share of workers who
must work outdoors, irrespective
and urban areas sep-
arately, and a common category
of no fixed workplace. These are:
own house, structure attached to
own house, open area next to own
house, detached structure next to
own house, own workplace away
from house, employer’s house,
workplace outside employer’s
house, fixed location on street,
and construction sites. Three of
these categories — open area,
fixed location on street, and con-
struction sites — can be consid-
ered outdoors explicitly. It’s also
possible that some people with
no fixed workplace could be
working outdoors too — but
there’s no way of measuring this.
The latest data from the
annual PLFS round is available
from July 2019 to June 2020, but
this analysis uses data from July
2018 to June 2019 because the
latest numbers do not reflect
as outdoor workers. (Chart 2) self-employed, and most of the dwelling unit 0.6 Mining and quarrying
agricultural workforce. For the Electricity, gas, water supply and
Blue-collar workers more self-employed who do not have Street with fixed location 2.3 other utility services
Financial services, real estate and
likely to work outdoors help from household or for out- Construction site 7.8 professional services
The agricultural and construction door workers in farming, the cost Manufacturing
sectors have the largest number of being absent could be even Public administration, defence
of workers who work outdoors. higher as skipping a critical agri-
Not asked 38.7 and other services
0 20 40 60 80 100
However, these are not the only cultural task can result in serious
sectors where this is the case. crop damage and major financial
PLFS data show around 10% of loss. (Chart 4)
workers in the trade, hotel, trans- Unorganised workers, such as CHART 2 SHARE OF WORKERS IN DIFFERENT CHART 4 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAID LEAVE
port, storage and communication those working at construction LOCATIONS BY SECTOR BY WORKPLACE LOCATION
sector also work outdoors. The sites, in brick kilns, or street ven- Indoors Outdoors Not asked (in %) Paid leave question not asked Eligible Not eligible (in %)
PLFS data also allow us to look at dors always work in the open, and
the class composition — not by so it is natural that they will face 100.0
income but by nature of jobs — of the impact of heat waves, said K 85.22
workers who work outdoors. As Hemalata, president of Centre of 68.6
is expected, blue-collar workers Indian Trade Unions. “Even if they 50.51 53.03
have a much bigger share among stop work, they will lose their 38.64 36.09 40.1 38.6
29.7
outdoor workers in the economy. income. That is the main prob- 21.3
10.77 10.79 10.71 4.00 1.7
Just two kinds of workers — those lem,” she said. “The minimum 0.0 0.0
in elementary occupations and government can do is that they are
crafts and related trade workers not made to work in the heat and India Rural Urban Indoors Outdoors Location question
not asked
— account for at least 75% of the compensate them — in terms of
total outdoor workers if farm food grains and cash transfers.” NOTE: Only explicitly outdoor locations counted as such; Source: PLFS 2018-19
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022 03
My Delhi

Son killed in hit-and-run, ex-soldier

hunts for missing vehicle and justice
Hemani Bhandari
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: A 52-year-old retired
army man has been running from
pillar to post to find the vehicle
suspected to have hit and killed his
son, a security manager at the All
India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS), in an accident in south
Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri a month ago.
Retired Naib Subedar Bal
Mukund Choubey, a native of
Bihar’s Buxar, has collected troves
of documents, has combed the
accident site alone in search of
footage, implored 10 different
police officials to help him and
written four applications — all
with the goal of tracking down the
vehicle that hit the bike his son
was riding, or some clue to guide
him to the identity of the person
driving that vehicle.
“I didn’t see any other option
than to go look for clues myself. I
have been a government servant. I
am not going to fight with anyone
Bal Mukund Choubey said he
has run from pillar to post to
find the vehicle. AMAL KS/HT
physically. But I’ll write to every-
one possible for help,” he said.
Bashishth Mani Choubey, 32,
who worked for a private firm as a
security manager at AIIMS, fin-
ished his shift and was on his way
home on a motorbike after drop-
ping a colleague in Saket when the
hit-and-run took place between
11.30pm and 12.30am on the inter-
vening night of March 29 and 30.
“The friend told us later the bike
was his, and because it was late, he
asked Bashishth to use the bike to
go home,” Choubey said.
Bashishth’s autopsy was con-
ducted on March 31 and the body
taken to Bihar for the last rites. His
father returned to Delhi on April 21
to seek closure and find out the
person who hit the bike his son
was riding. Another important
reason for him to find the vehicle
is compensation to help run Bash-
ishth’s family — wife and two
daughters, two- and five-years-old.
Officials said while a case can
be built without the offending
vehicle, it is stronger if found.
Narrating his ordeal, Choubey
said he reached out to the investi-
gating officer but was asked to
come a day later. He then went to
spot on Ghitorni road in search of
footage on April 21.
“I went around 5pm and
searched till late night. We found
there is a camera to track traffic
violations at a spot very close to
where the accident took place.
There was another on the property
of a Sashastra Seema Bal office
nearby and several cameras
installed at shops that cover the
road,” he said, showing a piece of
paper with detailed locations of
the cameras on the stretch.
The next day, Choubey took the
list to the police station, where he
met senior officers but was alleg-
edly told they “found nothing” yet.
Choubey said the attitude of offi-
cers was “casual”.
“They told us to go look for the
footage ourselves and sent a con-
stable with us, who was least both-
ered,” the bereaved father said.
Disappointed, he went to meet
the district’s additional deputy
commissioner and shared his
experience. “He heard me with
patience and also made a few
calls,” Choubey said. The investi-
gating officer was subsequently
changed.
However, when Choubey called
the new investigator, he said he
was in court and didn’t have time.
The officer asked the father to
meet on Tuesday, Choubey said.
“CCTV cameras on the stretch
have been checked and the IO has
also been changed,” a senior police
officer aware of the developments
said. “Unfortunately, investigators
have found no clues yet.”
Choubey said it’s important to
find the offending vehicle so they
can build a strong case for Motor
Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT)
and also seek compensation from
the insurance company of the
offending vehicle.
A police officer explained the
role of investigation in accident
cases for claims and said police
makes the report that goes to
MACT. While the case can be built
without finding the offending vehi-
cle, it is stronger if the vehicle is
found, he said.

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04 My Delhi
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022

‘NO OBJECTION’:
MARKAZ MASJID
CAN BE OPEN TILL
OCT 14, SAYS HC
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court
on Monday allowed the Bangle-
wali Masjid at the Nizamuddin
Markaz building to remain open
beyond Ramzan, till October 14,
on the condition that the manage-
ment will ensure adherence to
Covid-19 protocols.
Justice Jasmeet Singh
extended its earlier order of April
1 after the Union government’s
counsel told the court that they
have no objection if the current
arrangement, in place for the
opening of the mosque for Ram-
zan, is continued till the next date
of hearing.
The mosque has been open
from April 1 for Ramzan follow-
ing a high court order that
allowed devotees to offer prayers
on five floors of the mosque, with
no permission to carry out
Tablighi activities or lectures.
The court also asked the man-
Power panel meets as demand
hits record for 1st week of May
Sweta Goswami
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Capital’s peak
power demand rose to 6,194 MW
-- the highest ever for the first
week of May -- on Monday as the
Delhi Electricity Regulatory
Commission (DERC) took a slew
of measures to ensure there are
no procedural delays in procure-
ment of power.
“Delhi met a peak power
demand of 6,194 MW 3.34pm on
Monday, which is the highest for
the first week of May. The peak
power demand of Delhi had ear-
lier risen to 6,197 MW on April
29, which was an all-time high
for the month of April. Delhi’s
peak demand is likely to cross
the 8,000 MW-mark this time,
which will break all previous
records,” said a senior official
from the state power depart-
ment.
The highest-ever peak power
People take shelter under a bridge over the Yamuna on Monday, when Delhi logged a maximum temperature of 40.8°C. REUTERS demand in Delhi was 7,409 MW,
recorded on July 2, 2019.
DERC TOOK A SLEW
OF MEASURES TO
ENSURE THERE ARE
NO PROCEDURAL
DELAYS IN POWER
PROCUREMENT BY
DISCOMS IN DELHI
week wrote to the Centre seeking
its intervention as it claimed that
two of the five power plants that
feed electricity to the national
capital had coal stocks for only
up to two days. This was, how-
ever, rejected by Union power
minister RK Singh who shot
back a letter stating that the fig-
ures quoted by the Kejriwal
administration were inaccurate
and that all the plants feeding
Delhi are receiving adequate
coal supplies on a regular basis.
Meanwhile, DERC has relaxed
several rules related to procure-
ment of electricity to avoid
delays on the part of the power
banking facility, overlapping of
banking and bilateral transac-
tions, pass through of additional
deviation and sustain deviation
charges etc. with immediate
effect till July 31 or till further
orders,” said Mukesh Wadhwa,
secretary, DERC.
Officials said the relaxations
will help discoms directly buy
power or get into interim agree-
ments with other power utilities
during exigencies, without seek-
ing approvals from the DERC.
“The state load dispatch cen-
tre (SLC), discoms and the Delhi
Transco Limited have been
directed to maintain grid disci-
pline, availability of transmis-
sion and distribution network
and 24x7 supply of power to the
consumers of Delhi,” added
Wadhwa.
On Saturday, Union power
minister RK Singh held a meet-
ing to review the coal stock posi-
tion in thermal power plants. In
the meeting, Singh took stock of
Delhi’s power situation sepa-

Delhi may get some rain

agement of the Markaz building Even as the city has been able utilities. rately, noting that all discoms in
to install CCTV cameras at the to meet its full peak demand so “As an interim measure, the the Capital will get as much
entry-exit and at all the staircases. far, the Delhi government last DERC has allowed intra discom power as requisitioned by them.
On March 30, the court
allowed the reopening of the

tomorrow, forecasts Met ‘Families of 36 frontline

mosque for 24 hours on Shab-e-
{ AID HANDED TO KIN OF 2 COVID WARRIORS }
Baraat with certain conditions
imposed by the Delhi Police.
THREE HELD FOR
These included putting up display
boards, specifying restrictions
DUPING PEOPLE
that no Tablighi activity will be HT Correspondent will once again rise and touch 42 WITH FAKE JOBS
permitted in the building and
installation of CCTV cameras.
The court also removed the cap
htreporters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI: Heatwave condi-

TRACKING WET-BULB
to 44°C by May 8,” said an
IMD official.
Navdeep Dahiya, an amateur
staffers given Covid aid’ HT Correspondent

of 100 devotees imposed by the

police.
tions may have abated across the
Capital, but Delhi continued to
TEMPERATURE: DELHI weatherman, who runs the web-
site, Live Weather of India, said
HT Correspondent
htreporters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI : A 25-year-old

The Markaz building in Nizam-
uddin has remained sealed since
March 2020, over alleged viola-
tions of Covid-19 protocols during
a Tablighi Jamaat conference.
Several FIRs were registered
under the Epidemic Diseases Act,
the Disaster Management Act, the
Foreigners Act and various provi-
sions of the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) in connection with the
Tablighi Jamaat event and the
subsequent stay of foreigners
there during the Covid-19 lock-
down in 2020.
On April 15, 2021, the court
allowed 50 people to offer prayers
at the masjid complex, during the
festival of Shab-e-Baraat.
Except for the Banglewali Mas-
jid, the rest of the Markaz com-
plex, comprising the Madarsa
Kashif-ul-Uloom and attached
hostel, remain locked.
remain hot and humid on Mon-
day, largely due to the impact of
moisture-laden easterly winds,
the India Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) said.
Safdarjung, Delhi’s base
weather station, recorded a maxi-
mum temperature of 40.8°C on
Monday, two degrees above nor-
mal for this time of the year, and
0.3 degrees more than Sunday.
The minimum temperature
was 27.4°C, three degrees above
normal and over two degrees
more than the 25.8°C on Sunday.
The humidity levels on Monday
oscillated between 32-68%. Najaf-
garh recorded the highest maxi-
mum on Monday, at 42.5°C.
Forecast for Tuesday said
Delhi will see partly cloudy skies,
with the maximum and mini-
mum temperatures likely to
hover around 40 and 27°C,
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easterly winds are largely charac- woman and her two accomplices
40.8°C
28.7°C
MONDAY’S MAX terised by warmer nights, with an NEW DELHI: Deputy chief min- were arrested for allegedly oper-
WET-BULB TEMPERATURE
increase in humidity, causing ister Manish Sisodia on Mon- ating a racket that duped job
TEMPERATURE 38% RELATIVE
HUMIDITY
slight discomfort during the day
and also at night.
day handed over cheques of ₹1
crore to dependents of two
aspirants after promising them
jobs in foreign companies, police
The wet-bulb temperature measures the heat’s impact on human health. “Humidity levels were around frontline workers of Lok Nayak said on Monday.
The principle is simple: because we cool down by sweating, the more 61% around 8.30am on Monday Hospital and Guru Teg The three were arrested from
readily sweat evaporates, the less hot you feel. But evaporation becomes
harder when the air is heavy with moisture. This is why we tend to feel and fell to around 38% at 5.30pm. Bahadur Hospital who died of Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly after
warmer in a bathroom right after a shower (where the air is humid) While these are moderate levels, Covid-19, taking the total num- two separate searches conducted
than we do once we step out. Scientists measure this by wrapping the they are still higher than the fig- ber of Covid warriors’ kin who last week by a team of the cyber
bulb of a thermometer in a wet cloth, hence, the term wet bulb. ures last week, when humidity have received financial aid to cell police from Delhi’s Rohini
When the wet-bulb temperature rises, there is so much was absent as we were experienc- 36 so far. Sisodia at the residence of GTB district. Eight debit cards, seven
moisture in the air that sweating stops working as a ing the dry westerly winds,” Sisodia on Monday visited staffer Ajay Kumar, who died of mobile phones and 12 SIM cards
means to bring down the body’s excess heat. This is why said Dahiya. the families of Rajkumar Covid-19. PTI procured using forged docu-
prolonged exposure to a wet-bulb temperature anywhere
around 35°C can be fatal, even among healthy people. Even so, Delhi ended April Aggarwal, who was working as ments and used in cyber crimes
with an average maximum tem- nursing officer at Lok Nayak against Covid and now it is our were recovered from them,
perature of 40.2°C, making it the Hospital, and Ajay Kumar, a responsibility to take care of police said. “The arrests came
respectively Wednesday, which may bring the second hottest April in the last 72 former store purchase supervi- their families. Under the initia- after a probe into a complaint
A fresh western disturbance is Capital rain, met officials said. years, behind only 2010, when it sor at Guru Teg Bahadur Hos- tive of the Arvind Kejriwal gov- filed by one Ravinder Joshi, who
likely to impact the city on Tues- “This will keep Delhi’s maxi- was 40.4°C. Safdarjung is also yet pital, and assured them all pos- ernment to provide support to was duped of ₹76,300 after being
day, but, no rain is expected dur- mum temperature between 39 to record any rainfall since Feb- sible help from the Delhi gov- families of Covid warriors, each promised a job in a reputed pri-
ing the spell, IMD officials said. and 40°C until May 5. Once the ruary 27, with dry westerly winds ernment. has been provided with a sam- vate company in Malaysia,” said
A second western disturbance impact of this second western making March and April warmer “These brave warriors were man rashi of ₹1 crore,” said deputy commissioner of police
is expected in the region on disturbance goes away, mercury than usual. martyred in Delhi’s fight Sisodia. (Rohini) Pranav Tayal.

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How schools of excellence

(Clockwise
from left) The { D SCHOOL DIARIES }
convocation of
Delhi School of
Economics
(DSE) in 1950-51;
Then Prime
Minister

made a varsity shine brighter

Jawaharlal
Nehru opening
Birla Bhawan,
DSE’s main
building,
in 1956; The
Faculty of

Delhi School of Economics, the Faculty of Law her office at the economics department of the
and the Dept of Social Work have enriched
school, where a large picture of Rao was hung
on the wall.
DU and the nation with their body of research Faculty of Law
When Hari Singh Gour established the law fac-
Manoj Sharma ulty in 1924, it was housed in the Prince Pavilion
in the Viceregal Lodge grounds. It shifted to
manoj.sharma@hindustantimes.com
Chhatra Marg in 1963, with the number of stu-
Management THE HOUSE OF
Studies.
DU AND HT ARCHIVES REFERENCE
The story of the Delhi School of
Economics cannot be complete without
a mention of RTL (Ratan Tata Library),
considered one of the best libraries in
the country for social sciences. It was
started with a donation of ₹1 lakh from

I
n early 1946, Dr BN Ganguly, who taught
economics at Hindu College, invited his
student PN Dhar and former colleague
Prof VKRV Rao for dinner at his house.
Over the course of that evening, the
livewire Rao spoke to his dinner compan-
ions about his plans to return to Delhi Univer-
sity and establish an institution on the lines of
the London School of Economics (LSE), and
sought their help in this endeavour.
It was a conversation that eventually led to
the birth of the Delhi School of Economics, or
DSE, or simply D School.
Rao had formidable credentials. He had pur-
sued higher studies at Cambridge, where he
stood first in the Economics tripos and won the
Adam Smith Prize. He was the first professor to
be appointed by the University of Delhi in 1942,
and with his appointment, the Department of
Economics had been established as a one-man
department. He had gone to work with the gov-
ernment’s department of food, and was
employed there at the time of the dinner
meeting.
While both Ganguly and Dhar listened
patiently — they were not quite sure of Rao’s
grand plans.
“…The department of economics was no
more than a co-operative arrangement of col-
lege teachers for postgraduate teaching under
the aegis of the university. No one outside Delhi
had heard of this department….Yet, here was
this man talking about his tiny department
becoming something like the Delhi
School of Economics in the course of
just five years,” wrote Dhar, in his
essay contributed to a 1995 book
D School: Reflections on the
Delhi School of Economics
edited by late Dharma Kumar, a
renowned economics histo-
rian, and Dilip Mookherjee, a
professor of economics at Bos-
ton University and an alumnus
of Delhi School of Economics.
Rao was determined to realise his
dream. He rejoined the university in
the summer of 1946.
VKRV Rao, the Just as they created D School, the doyens of
first professor Delhi University built other institutions for spe-
to be appointed cialised studies in subjects such as economics,
by Delhi law and management, to provide avenues for
University, research that could help a budding nation grow
founded the since those were the days of hope as by now it
Delhi School of was clear that India would gain Independence.
Economics and These schools of excellence — the Delhi
launched the School of Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of
management Management Studies, and Delhi School of
studies course. Social Work — attracted the best teachers and
DU ARCHIVES researchers from across the world, and conse-
quently the best students, who went on to con-
tribute immensely to nation-building.
Delhi School of Economics
“Rao was convinced that the country needed
economists and researchers of a high calibre to
meet the emerging requirements of Independ-
ent India. He also wanted them to be commit-
ted to the cause of India’s progress. His constant
refrain was that India needed economists who
had both technical competence and social
awareness,” Dhar, who went on to serve as
principal secretary to Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi, wrote in his opening essay for the
D School book.
In late 1947, Rao got the sanction to appoint
Ganguly as a reader, and by October 1948 Dhar
as a lecturer, in the University’s Department of
Economics. The DSE society was formed in
1949, and the Delhi School of Economics was
born with Rao as its first director. Initially, Rao,
(From top) Delhi School of Social Work
building ; the Faculty of Law; and a plaque
at DSE building acknowledging the
contribution by the Birla Education Trust.
AMAL KS/HT AND PAULOSEKUTTAN/ WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Ganguly and Dhar together ran the academic
and administrative affairs of the school.
The Delhi School of Economics Society was
formally registered on November 14, 1952 for
the promotion and development of an all-India
centre for training and research in economics
and allied disciplines with then Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru as its president.
Three of the full-time professors in the
department of economics – Rao, Ganguly, and
KN Raj who helped draft India’s first Five-Year
Plan — all went on to become vice-chancellors
of Delhi University.
In 1953, the school moved from the barracks,
where it began its operations, to the arts faculty
building, but Rao wanted it to have its own
building and campus. He managed to get a
nine-acre plot from the university. The Birla
Education Trust donated ₹6 lakh for the build-
ing, and the Ratan Tata Trust contributed ₹1
lakh for the library.
On January 18, 1956, Nehru inaugurated the
main Delhi School of Economics building,
named Birla Bhawan, which today houses the
department of economics.
In 1957, Rao was appointed vice-chancellor
of Delhi University, and Ganguly, who was now
professor of international trade at the school,
succeeded him as director. In 1957, the Delhi
School of Economics was fully merged with the
university.
In 1959, Rao brought in Prof MN Srinivas, the
renowned sociologist, to establish the depart-
ment of sociology. Srinivas soon put together a
team of eminent sociologists, including profes-
sors MSA Rao, Andre Beteille and AM Shah.
Jean Drèze, a well-known development
economist, joined the faculty in the 1990s
In the 1960s, when KN Raj was the director,
some of the brightest minds joined the school --
Amartya Sen in 1963 as professor of economic
theory; Sukhamoy Chakravarty as professor of
mathematical economics; Jagdish Bhagwati as
professor of international trade, Tapan Ray-
chaudhuri as reader in economic history, and
AL Nagar as reader in econometrics. After
Bhagwati left for the US to join MIT in 1968, Dr
Manmohan Singh was invited as professor of
international trade.
Talking about his D School days, Priyaranjan
Jha, a professor of economics at the University
of California, Irvine, who joined the school in
1989 for an MA in economics, says that it was
the time when a lot of highly motivated stu-
dents were coming to DSE from Kolkata to do
their master’s degrees.
“It was regarded as the best place to do a
master’s in economics with highly qualified fac-
ulty most of whom had obtained their PhDs
from the US and the UK. These students had
people like Amartya Sen as their role model
and many were motivated to do research
in economics,” he said.
Speaking of the intellectual contributions of
D School, Prof Pami Dua, its current director,
cites the voluminous research output of the
school and the role of faculty members, both
past and present, in planning and policymaking
right from the beginning.
“We have lived up to the vision of the
founder-director Prof VKRV Rao and have
maintained our tradition of excellence over the
past seven decades. The teaching and research
focus of our all three departments has evolved
over the years to reflect changing economic and
social needs of the country,” said Dua, sitting in
dents growing steadily since law was one of the the Ratan Tata Trust, and was named
most sought-after subjects. after the businessman.
In its initial years, bachelor of law (LLB) was The library has a collection of over
treated as a part-time course and classes were 200,000 books, 133,000 bound
held in the mornings. Evening classes started in periodicals. “We also have a wealth of
1942 to allow students who pursued a job and material, including rare books on
sought to earn the degree while working. agriculture, law, education,
In 1942, the one-year master of laws (LLM) mathematics and law. Researchers from
course started, and in 1947, LLM was made a across the country visit our library,” says
full-time two-year course. In 1970, the law fac- Arjun Singh, in-charge of the library.
ulty started an evening Law Centre — known as
Law Centre-1, to provide more seats. A year
later, one more evening centre in south Delhi
known as Law Centre-II was started in the
building of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College
A GATE NAMED
in Dhaula Kuan.
Today, the Faculty of Law has three centres
KNOWLEDGE
— all in the North Campus. There are several anecdotes about the
“The law faculty has always been a demo- D School building, the most famous of
cratic space. It offers immense opportunity to course being the mystery
its students. As a student initially and later as a of the main gate of the
teacher, I have witnessed the discipline and rig- building being shut all the
our which make the university a premium time. Many believed the
institute for legal education. The department main gate — curiously
has produced successful bureaucrats, judges, called Knowledge — would
politicians and professionals in diverse areas,” open only when a faculty
says Anupam Jha, who joined the department or a student of D School
for LLB in 1997 and is currently a lecturer there. won a Nobel Prize.
Amartya Sen, a former
Faculty of Management Studies faculty member, achieved
The faculty, counted among the best business the feat in 1998, but the
schools in the country, had humble beginnings gate was not opened.
in 1955 within the Delhi School of Economics, Some believe the reason
where it was set up as a cell for business man- for this is quite banal: They
agement by Rao. say the contractor erected
In 1961, it was upgraded to a full department, the ‘Knowledge’ on weak
called the Department of Business Economics, pillars and it simply cannot
under the stewardship of A Dasgupta. In 1962, withstand the rigours of daily swing.
it became the Department of Business Manage-
ment and Industrial Administration with Das-
gupta continuing to be its head.
The initial idea of a management school was
to provide professionals with mid-career
ECONOMICS
courses to enhance their management skills.
So, until 1967, when it started a full-time MBA
ON THE MENU
programme, the school kept offering a single Over the decades, the D School cafeteria
part-time course it started for working profes- has been one of the most famous
sionals, with an impeccable placements record, campus institutions. Not many people
and attracted some of the country’s top busi- know that in its early days it was called
ness houses. “Economics Cafeteria”; then it became
famous as CH (Coffee House), and these
Department of Social Work days it is better known as ‘canteen’. It
The department (earlier known as the Delhi was not just popular with faculty
School of Social Work) traces its origin to the members and students of D School, it
establishment of the Young Women’s Christian also attracted students from other
Association (YWCA) School of Social Work in colleges who loved its deep-fried
1946 in Lucknow. In 1945, the social responsi- mutton cutlet, mutton dosa, and
bility committee of YWCA pointed out the need samosas. “This is where many new ideas
for training in social work and recommended were born over coffee and samosas. This
that the organisation should start an institute is where some of the world’s greatest
for the purpose. economists and anthropologists
This led to the establishment of the National gathered for adda,” said Kaushik Basu,
YWCA School of Social Work in 1946. The professor of economics, Cornell
school was shifted to Delhi in 1947. It wanted to University, in a 2020 tweet. Basu was
be recognised by the Delhi University and begin a professor at D School.
a full-fledged two-year programme of profes-
sional education in social work at the postgrad-
uate level. Maurice Gwyer, the then DU vice-
chancellor allotted old Air Force barracks, on
the corner of Mall Road and University Road, to
the new school.
Pamela Singla, head, department of social
work, said: “The discipline has undergone a
change from being a female-centric one to a
course which now attracts an almost equal
number of boys and girls.”
The dinner companions that evening in early
1946 went on to either create or inspire institu-
tions that have stood the test of time — all hall-
marks of a university that has turned 100 and a
nation that is in it its 75th year of Independence.
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Delhi airport was world’s 2nd
busiest in March, data shows Delhiwale
Jasjeev Gandhiok
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Two years after the
Covid-19 pandemic broke out,
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Interna-
tional (IGI) Airport emerged as
the world’s second busiest in
March this year, according to a
report by Official Airline Guide
(OAG), a global travel data pro-
vider, indicating a slow recovery
of travel and aviation sectors.
Delhi airport was ahead of
Dubai, even as the top position
remained with the Hartsfield-
Jackson International Airport in
Atlanta in the United States. In
February, Delhi was ranked third,
behind Atlanta and Dubai.
OAG calculates the data based
on the number of seats booked to
and from the airport, in the
domestic and international sec-
tors. According to its report, the
Delhi airport saw 3.61 million
seats booked this March, beating
AAP, BJP trade charges over
NGO link with Adesh Gupta
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: State deputy chief
minister and senior Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) leader Manish Siso-
dia on Monday alleged that offi-
cials of the North Delhi civic body
have been collecting funds for an
NGO run by associates of Delhi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief
Adesh Gupta, a claim the saffron
party refuted.
Addressing a press conference,
Sisodia said, “The BJP has begun
to develop innovative ways of
committing corruption in Delhi’s
MCD in the penultimate month of
its 17-year misrule. It has devel-
oped a programme to digitise
classrooms in MCD-run schools.
Following that, the MCD signed a
memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with an NGO called ‘Drop
in Ocean’ to digitise classrooms.
The MoU expressly said the NGO
will raise funds for the digitisation
of classrooms through Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
But instead of adhering to the
Homage
IN LOVING MEMORY
SUMATHI RADHAKRISHNAN
(13.11.1965 - 03.05.2021)
A year has gone by and you
have been missed deeply
everyday. Your kindness and
love, your beautiful smile
remembered and cherished by
your family and friends.
Stay happy and in peace in heaven.
Fondly missed and remembered by
N. Radhakrishnan, Pavithra, Aswini, Arun Relatives & Friends
Unforgettable
Busiest airports
this March Seats booked
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta 4,422,436
International Airport
DELHI AIRPORT 3,611,181
Dubai International Airport 3,554,527
London Heathrow Airport 3,510,941
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 3,460,566
The ranking is based on the number of seats booked to and from the
airport, both domestic and international; Source: OAG
Dubai airport (3.55 million seats) Airport officials say that
but behind Atlanta airport (4.42 despite the recovery, the passen-
million seats). ger traffic is still around 70% of
The fourth busiest airport dur- pre-Covid levels
ing this period was London’s Data from the Airports
Heathrow (3.51 million seats), fol- Authority of India (AAI) also
lowed by the Dallas Fort Worth shows that international traffic at
International Airport (3.46 mil- the Delhi airport increased from
lion seats). 722,431 passengers in February
In comparison, the Delhi air- 2022 to 983,728 passengers in
port was ranked 23 in April 2019, March 2022. This is expected to
prior to the pandemic. show an even bigger jump in
P
Gupta, according to information
available with the office of the
registrar,” Sisodia said.
All eight members Sisodia said the AAP tried to
of the NGO are obtain information on the NGO
from the registrar’s office.
from the core team
“There is no information about
of BJP Delhi chief the NGO or its previous activity
accessible. Even the MoU signed
Adesh Gupta... with the company contains no
information regarding this NGO’s
MANISH SISODIA, previous work,” Sisodia said.
Delhi deputy chief minister Delhi BJP spokesperson Prav-
een Shankar Kapoor said the alle-
MoU, the BJP directed senior gations were “baseless”.
MCD staff to generate funds for “Sisodia should immediately
the NGO from businesspersons.” tender an apology to Gupta or
AAP leader Durgesh Pathak
made similar allegations against
the NGO on Sunday.
“The corporation has formed a
prove the charges, failing which
suitable legal action will be taken
against him,” said Kapoor.
Girish Mohan, treasurer of the
committee of its top executives NGO, also refuted the charges.
and has asked them to raise CSR “The NGO was registered in
funds for this NGO from different 2018 and is working with the
businessmen. The BJP has mas- North Delhi Municipal Corpora-
tered the art of inventing new tion to digitise classrooms and
methods to defraud the people of provide teachers for remedial
Delhi. All eight members of the classes. The NGO has no direct or
NGO are from the core team of indirect link with Adesh Gupta,”
BJP Delhi state president Adesh said Mohan.
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Crunchy souvenirs from Ujjain
NEW DELHI: Delhi environment a month,” says cart owner Nashir Ahmad Khan in
minister Gopal Rai on Monday A pavement stall stocked with biscuits from perfect Urdu that he renders melodically, like a
held a high-level review meeting a holy town, and the elegance of its owner poet reciting his verses.
on the implementation of the Made in Ujjain’s Kanha Bakery, these biscuits
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tree transplantation policy Normalcy has returned in the third year are arrayed out in chocolate, jeera, ajwain, cherry,
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departments to submit a report one particular public space. A thread made every morning in the legacy bakeries of Old
by May 13 on the status of trees CAPITAL that linked Gurugram’s Jama Masjid Delhi. Why not get the stuff from closer home
transplanted so far and their sur- with the temple town of Ujjain has reclaimed its then? Clad in his trademark safari suit, Khan
vival rate. pre-pandemic tautness. patiently expounds on Gurugram’s relationship
Rai said 25 teams, consisting The object of our interest is a biscuit cart that with ‘Ujjain biskit’.
of four officers each, will also be looks very modest, but happens to be a long-time He reveals that these were introduced to the
conducting independent parallel landmark in the area. town more than a decade ago by an unnamed
audits of the data submitted by Traditionally, a gourmand may visit the Friday wholesaler who first started to “import” cartons
each department in order to mosque in the Millennium City’s Sadar Bazar for of biscuits from the Ujjain bakery. Gradually, a
ensure the data is correct.
“The reports of all the depart-
ments would be subjected to an
independent parallel audit by
the crispy kebabs charred live at a stall on the
mosque’s plaza, or the spicy biryani cooked every
afternoon beside a park facing the mosque.
Some people, though, come to specifically visit
few other wholesalers followed, and, like sugar in
milk, a souvenir of Ujjain blended into Gurugram.
While the other vendors selling these Ujjaini
biscuits must be as friendly as the owner of this
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empanelled agency or a govern- biscuit cart operated intermittently. “Arre janaab, chest, he declares that “I will wear safari suit scan the
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DGCA to probe in-flight
turbulence, says Scindia
HT Correspondents
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA : The
Directorate General of Civil Avia-
tion (DGCA) has constituted a
team to investigate the severe
turbulence on SpiceJet’s Mum-
bai-Durgapur flight that left 17
people injured on Sunday even-
ing, Union civil aviation minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia said on
Monday.
The aviation regulator also
took off the roster the flight’s
crew, aircraft maintenance engi-
neer (AME) and in-charge of Spi-
ceJet’s maintenance control cen-
tre, and has decided to carry out
an inspection of the entire Spice-
Jet aircraft fleet, officials famil-
iar with the matter said.
Taking note of Sunday’s inci-
dent, Scindia tweeted: “The tur-
bulence encountered by a flight
while landing in Durgapur, and
the damage caused to the pas-
sengers is unfortunate. The
@DGCAIndia has deputed a
team to investigate the incident.
The matter is being dealt with
utmost seriousness & deftness.
More details on the cause (s) will
be shared once the investigation
is completed.”
Spicejet aircraft SG-945 carry-
ing 195 passengers (including
two pilots and four cabin crew),
which took off from Mumbai at
SC asks govt to decide on Rajoana’s mercy plea in 2 months
Abraham Thomas
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI : Decisions on a
death-row convict’s fate cannot
be a mere “populist” move that
would be forgotten the next
day, the Supreme Court said on
Monday while setting a dead-
line of two months for the
Union government to take a
final call on mercy plea of Bal-
want Singh Rajoana, an assas-
sin of former Punjab chief min-
At least 14 passengers and three cabin crew members were hurt
after the aircraft was caught in air turbulence.
5.13pm on Sunday, encountered
severe turbulence during its
descent into Durgapur airport at
around 7:15pm. At least 14 pas-
sengers and three cabin crew
members were injured as cabin
baggage fell on them.
According to a DGCA official,
“not only were the crew off-ros-
tered, but also, the aircraft main-
tenance engineer (AME) who
released the aircraft from Durga-
pur and in-charge of mainte-
nance control centre of SpiceJet
pending investigation were off
rostered.”
“The involved aircraft
remains to be grounded at Kolk-
ata. As a regulatory measure, the
DGCA is carrying out inspection
of the SpiceJet fleet,” the official
added, asking not to be named.
ister Beant Singh.
A bench headed by Justice
Uday Umesh Lalit also said that
the pendency of appeals of
other co-convicts in the apex
court in the matter would not
come in the way of authorities
in deciding Rajoana’s plea.
“These are all our citizens.
We should have compassion as
these are death sentence mat-
ters,” the bench, also compris-
ing justices S Ravindra Bhat
and P S Narasimha said.
ANI
Providing details of the inci-
dent, the DGCA official said:
“During descent, the aircraft
experienced severe turbulence
and the vertical load factor var-
ied from +2.64G and -1.36G. Dur-
ing this period, the autopilot got
disengaged for two minutes and
the crew manually flew the air-
craft,” the official said.
Oxygen panels of the Boeing
B737-800 opened and oxygen
masks fell out. The handrests of
a few seats and overhead decora-
tive panels were damaged in the
incident. While one cabin over-
head bin lock was found broken,
items from the galley were seen
strewn in the aisle, the official
added.
The airline said the seat belt
sign was on and multiple
Balwant Singh Rajoana
Rajoana, a former Punjab
Police constable, was convicted
for his involvement in an
explosion outside Punjab civil
My India
announcements were made by
crew members asking passen-
gers to remain seated during the
turbulence. “Multiple announce-
ments were made by the pilots
and the crew instructing passen-
gers to remain seated and keep
their seat belt fastened. Due to
severe turbulence, injuries were
caused to a few passengers.
Timely medical assistance was
provided upon arrival,” a Spice-
Jet spokesperson said.
A passenger said they encoun-
tered turbulence before they
could put on their seat belts.
“Passengers were asked to fasten
the seat belts. But before they
could do it, the turbulence
started. Those who could fasten
the belt escaped unhurt... Every-
thing had gone haywire,” Amit
Baul, a passenger who was
seated on the last row, said.
“At present, three passengers
are hospitalised. Two passengers
are in the ICU in a Durgapur hos-
pital...” the official said.
Aviation safety expert Mohan
Ranganathan said it appeared as
though the aircraft was being
flown at a high speed during the
turbulence. “They should have
reduced their speed and should
have come down to a turbulent
penetration speed. This may
probably be one of the reasons
why passengers were severely
injured,” he said.
secretariat that killed Beant
Singh and 16 others on August
31, 1995. A special court had in
July 2007 awarded the death
sentence to him in the case. His
death penalty was upheld by
Punjab and Haryana high court
in October 2010.
Rajoana has not challenged
his conviction either before the
HC or Supreme Court. How-
ever, in a petition before the
top court in 2020, the convict
referred to a communication
21-YR-OLD ACCUSED
OF RAPING DALIT
GIRL FOUND DEAD
IN U.P. JAIL: POLICE
Press Trust of India
letters@hindustantimes.com
KANNAUJ (UP): A 21-year-old
man arrested for allegedly rap-
ing a Dalit girl was found dead
in the district jail here, police
said officials familiar with the
matter said on Monday.
According to the officials,
the man, a resident of Bhaura
Mau village, was arrested on
March 24 after the girl from
filed a rape case against him.
On Sunday evening, the jail
warden found the body of the
man hanging from a water
pipeline behind the barrack
with a ‘gamchha’ (scarf), Jail
Superintendent (JS) Vishnu-
kant Mishra said.
District magistrate Rakesh
Kumar Mishra has ordered a
magisterial inquiry into the
matter, the officer said.
In her complaint, the girl
had alleged that the accused
raped her on the pretext of
marriage.
DM Mishra and superintend-
ent of police Prashant Verma
visited the district jail to
enquire into the incident, the
jail superintendent said.
THE ACCUSED’S
BODY WAS FOUND
HANGING FROM A
PIPELINE BEHIND
THE BARRACKS
WITH A SCARF
issued by the Union home min-
istry in 2019, wherein the Cen-
tre, in consultation with the
CBI and Intelligence Bureau,
had decided to commute his
death sentence to life term to
mark the then 550th birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak.
“Let the decision be taken as
early as possible and preferably
within two months from
today,” the bench added, while
directing the matter to be listed
in the third week of July.
{ CABINET MEETING }
Punjab okays 26k jobs,
‘one MLA, one pension’
HT Correspondent
letterschd@hindustantimes.com
CHANDIGARH : Punjab’s cabinet
on Monday approved a new pen-
sion scheme for lawmakers that
scraps payouts based on the num-
ber of terms served by a legislator,
recruitment for 26,000 govern-
ment jobs and a doorstep ration
delivery scheme, marking key leg-
islative promises by the new Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
The one MLA, one pension
scheme, which is expected to save
the government ₹19.53 crore per
year, was in particular focus after
it was announced by chief minis-
ter Bhagwant Mann on March 25 ,
fulfilling a longstanding demand
by the party.
In a meeting chaired by Mann,
the cabinet approved the amend-
ment to the Punjab State Legisla-
ture Members (Pension and Medi-
cal Facilities Regulation) Act, 1977,
which makes former lawmakers
Court defers verdict on
Ranas’ bail to tomorrow
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
MUMBAI: Independent MP Nav-
neet Rana and her husband and
MLA Ravi Rana will continue to
remain in jail after a special court
said on Monday that it will pro-
nounce its ruling on their bail plea
on May 4.
The two leaders were arrested
on April 23 after they declared that
they will chant Hanuman Chalisa
outside the residence of Maha-
rashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.
They were charged with sedition
and promoting enmity between
groups.
The couple’s arrest came
against the backdrop of growing
politics over loudspeakers at reli-
gious places after Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj
Thackeray gave an ultimatum to
the Maharashtra government to
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
eligible for a single pension pay-
out, irrespective of the number of
terms served by them. Earlier, they
received a separate sum for each
term served.
There are around 300 former
MLAs drawing pension in the
state. According to the amend-
ment, former legislators will get
₹60,000 per month besides dear-
ness allowance (DA) — around
₹1.2 lakh a month along with other
applicable allowances.
Earlier, a former MLA was
paid a lump sum pension of
₹75,000 for a single term and
THE COUPLE WAS
HELD AFTER THEY
SAID THEY WILL
CHANT HANUMAN
CHALISA OUTSIDE
CM THACKERAY’S
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
remove loudspeakers from
mosques by May 3, or the Hanu-
man Chalisa would be read out-
side these mosques using loud-
speakers to drown out the sound
of the Azaan. The Maharashtra
government reacted strongly, say-
ing they will not allow anyone to
vitiate the state’s peace.
In their bail plea, the Ranas said
that there was no intention on
their part to instigate people by
reciting the Hanuman Chalisa
near the CM’s private residence.
07
₹50,000, for every subsequent
term.
For example, Akali patriarch
Parkash Singh Badal, who was
MLA for 10 terms, was entitled to a
lump sum pension of around ₹6
lakh per month. AAP spokesper-
son Malwinder Singh Kang said
that the decision has ended dispar-
ity between the government
employees and the elected repre-
sentatives. “Our government will
fulfil all the promises made to the
people of Punjab ,” he said
The cabinet also approved
recruitments to 26,454 posts lying
vacant in various government
departments, fulfilling another
campaign promise made by AAP
in assembly polls earlier this year.
According to a spokesperson of
the chief minister’s office (CMO),
the posts to be filled belong to
Groups A, B and C in the depart-
ments of home affairs, school edu-
cation, health, power and techni-
cal education.
MAHA MINISTER
MALIK ADMITTED
TO ICU: LAWYER
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister
Nawab Malik, who was arrested
on charges of money laundering
by the Enforcement Directorate,
has been admitted to the Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) of the JJ Hospital
after his health condition became
“serious” on Monday, his lawyer
told a special court.
Malik’s counsel Kushal Mor
told the court that the Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP) leader was
ill for last three days and his condi-
tion has deteriorated.
“He was brought to the hospital
around 10 am with an upset stom-
ach. His blood pressure was fluc-
tuating. He is stable,” said a hospi-
tal spokesperson on condition of
anonymity.
The court has sought a report
from the state-run hospital and
posted the application filed by the
63-year-old leader for six-week
temporary bail on medical
grounds on May 5. HTC
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No winner in Ukraine war,
India on side of peace: PM
Rezaul H Laskar
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Mon-
day called for an end to the war
in Ukraine, with the Indian
leader asserting that no party
can emerge victorious from the
conflict that has already
impacted poor and developing
countries.
Addressing a joint media
interaction after the biennial
India-Germany inter govern-
mental consultations in Berlin,
Modi said that since the begin-
ning of the Ukraine crisis, India
has called for an immediate
ceasefire and insisted that dia-
logue is the only way to resolve
the dispute. India is also deeply
concerned by the war’s humani-
tarian impact, he said.
“We believe that no party will
emerge victorious in this war.
Everyone will suffer losses and
that is why we are in favour of
peace,” Modi said, speaking in
Hindi and without naming Rus-
sia in his remarks.
“The turmoil caused by the
Ukraine conflict has resulted in
oil prices skyrocketing. There is
a shortage of food grains and
fertilisers in the world. This has
burdened every family in the
world, but its impact on devel-
oping and poor countries will be
more severe,” he added.
Scholz accused Russia of vio-
lating the “fundamental princi-
ples of international law”, and
said the war and brutal attacks
on the civilian population in
Ukraine “show how unre-
strained Russia has been in vio-
lating the fundamental princi-
ples of the UN Charter”.
He added, “Thus, I repeat my
appeal to [Russian President]
Vladimir Putin – end this war,
end the senseless killing, with-
draw your troops from
Ukraine.”
Scholz said the war high-
lighted the importance of a
Kapoor picked PMO
adviser in reshuffle
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Centre has
appointed former petroleum sec-
retary Tarun Kapoor as an adviser
to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
even as it transferred a few other
IAS officers in a bureaucratic
reshuffle announced on Monday.
According to an order issued by
the personnel ministry, Kapoor
will be inducted at the rank of sec-
retary to the government of India.
“The Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet has approved appoint-
ment of Kapoor, as adviser to the
Prime Minister, in the Prime Min-
ister’s Office (PMO), in the rank
and scale of Secretary to Govern-
ment of India, initially for a period
of two years from the date of join-
ing,” the order said.
Kapoor is an IAS officer of the
1987 Himachal Pradesh cadre and
was a secretary of the petroleum
and natural gas ministry till
November 30, 2021.
The Centre also appointed sen-
ior bureaucrats Atish Chandra and
Hari Ranjan Rao as additional sec-
retaries in the Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO). A 1994-batch IAS
officer from the Bihar cadre, Chan-
CBI REGISTERS FIR
INTO 26% HZL
STAKE SALE IN 2002
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) has regis-
tered a first information report
in connection with the 26% dis-
investment of Hindustan Zinc
Limited (HZL) by former prime
minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee-
led government in 2002, officials
familiar with the matter said.
In its FIR filed on April 28, a
copy of which HT has seen, the
central agency has accused
“unknown officials” of HZL,
majority stakeholder Sterlite
Opportunities and Ventures Ltd
(SOVL), Udaipur, as well as
unknown public servants of
criminal conspiracy, cheating
and prevention of corruption
act. In November last year, the
Supreme Court had ordered a
court-monitored CBI probe into
the initial stake sale of HZL to
Anil Agarwal-run SOVL in 2002
when the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)-led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) was in power.
A bench, led by justice Dhan-
anjaya Y Chandrachud, allowed
the Union government to disin-
vest its remaining shareholding
of 29.5% in HZL since the com-
pany was no more a govern-
ment-held company. HTC
rules-based order, and that he
and Modi discussed this matter
in great detail. “We agree on the
fact that borders should not be
changed through the use of vio-
lence and that the inviolability
of borders and the sovereignty
of nations has to be universally
accepted,” he said.
The world community should
ensure a better future “not by
waging wars against each other
but by pursuing economic
growth and development
together”, Scholz added.
Modi said that in addition to
sending humanitarian aid to
Ukraine, India is helping other
friendly countries through food
exports, oil supplies and finan-
cial assistance.
A joint statement issued after
the inter-governmental consul-
tations said Germany “reiter-
ated its strong condemnation of
the unlawful and unprovoked
aggression against Ukraine by
Russian forces”, reflecting the
differences between the two
sides on the issue. Both coun-
tries “unequivocally condemned
civilian deaths in Ukraine”, and
sought “an immediate cessation
of hostilities”. They emphasised
the global order was built on the
UN Charter, international law
and respect for sovereignty and
territorial integrity of states,
and “discussed the destabilising
effect of the conflict in Ukraine
and its broader regional and
global implications”.
Like other European leaders,
Scholz cautioned that the
Ukraine crisis could have an
impact on the Indo-Pacific
region. While the Indo-Pacific is
among the most dynamic
regions of the world, it faces a
“number of conflicts and chal-
lenges”, he pointed out at the
media interaction.
“Thus Germany is going to
maintain and further intensify,
where possible, its varied com-
mitment on the ground. India is
amongst the very important
partners of ours here,” he said.
KAPOOR WAS
SECRETARY OF THE
PETROLEUM AND
NATURAL GAS
MINISTRY TILL
NOVEMBER 2021
dra was the chairman and director
(CMD) at the Food Corporation of
India (FCI). A 1994-batch IAS offi-
cer from the Madhya Pradesh
cadre, Rao is currently the admin-
istrator at the Universal Services
Obligation Fund in the Depart-
ment of Telecommunications.
In the reshuffle, Pradip Kumar
Tripathi was appointed as the sec-
retary (coordination) at the Cabi-
net Secretariat. Neel Kamal Dar-
bari was appointed as the chair-
person of the National Authority
Chemical Weapons Convention,
and S Radha Chauhan as the sec-
retary of the department of per-
sonnel and training. Devendra
Kumar Singh has been picked as
the secretary-general of the
National Human Rights Commis-
sion, and Gyanesh Kumar has
been appointed as the secretary of
the ministry of cooperation.
CBI registers fresh case AMID CRUNCH IN SUPPLY
against Choksi, his firm Railways repairs old wagons
Neeraj Chauhan
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) has filed a
fresh case against fugitive dia-
mantaire Mehul Choksi, his firm
Gitanjali Gems Ltd (GGL) and
others for allegedly cheating gov-
ernment entity Industrial
Finance Corporation of India Ltd
(IFCI) of ₹22.6 crore between
2014 and 2018 by inflating the
value of jewellery and precious
stones pledged to procure a loan
of ₹25 crore.
In its FIR filed on Saturday,
the CBI said Choksi approached
IFCI Ltd seeking financial assist-
ance for long-term working capi-
tal requirement and induced the
financial institution to sanction a
corporate loan of ₹25 crore in
March 2016.
The IFCI Ltd, according to the
FIR, relied on the representation,
assurances and undertakings of
GGL as well as Choksi and the
value of the pledged jewels on
the basis of valuation conducted
by valuers Surajrmal Lallu Bhai
and Company, Narendra Jhaveri,
Pradip Shah and Shrenik Shah.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora, in Berlin.
Politically unstable atmosphere of
3 decades is over, PM tells diaspora
Agencies
letters@hindustantimes.com
BERLIN: India has ended the
politically unstable atmosphere
of the last three decades by
pressing a button, said Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Monday while interacting with
the Indian diaspora at Pots-
damer Platz in Berlin.
Modi began his address by
stating that he is in the German
capital to neither talk about him-
self nor the Modi government.
“I want to talk to you about
the capabilities of crores of Indi-
ans and sing their praises. When
I speak about crores of Indians, it
includes not only the people who
live there but also those who live
here,” he said.
The Prime Minister said his
words include all the children of
Maa Bharati who live in every
Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari
may head service chiefs’ panel
Rahul Singh
rahul.singh@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force
(IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal
Vivek Ram Chaudhari is expected
to take over as the officiating chair-
man of the Chiefs of Staff Commit-
tee (COSC) shortly and in that
capacity, he will be responsible for
promoting synergy, cooperation
and jointness among the three ser-
vices in the absence of a chief of
defence staff (CDS), officials famil-
iar with the development said on
Monday, asking not to be named.
Chaudhari became the senior-
most commander in the Indian
armed forces after General Manoj
Mukund Naravane retired as army
chief on April 30. Naravane took
charge as the officiating chairman
of COSC after India’s first CDS Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat was killed in a
helicopter crash near Coonoor in
Tamil Nadu on December 8, 2021.
The CDS’s post has been vacant
for almost five months as the gov-
ernment is yet to name Rawat’s
successor.
“The IAF chief will take over as
officiating chairman of COSC in
the coming days as he is the sen-
Mehul Choksi
CBI said Choksi’s company
defaulted on repayment of loan
instalments and to recover the
money, IFCI Ltd invoked the
pledge and out of total
2,060,054 pledged shares, it
could sell only 648,822 shares
worth ₹4.07 crore as the
Choksi’s client ID was sus-
pended by the National Securi-
ties Depository Ltd.
Choksi’s lawyer Vijay Aggar-
wal said, “I wish them (CBI) good
morning as they have woken up
now after years from Kumbhak-
arna (mythological character
from Ramayana) sleep. And it is
obvious that after misappropriat-
ing the real diamonds, now the
claims are being made that dia-
monds are not real.”
corner of the world.
“The people of India ended
the politically unstable atmos-
phere of the last three decades
by pressing a button. After 30
years a full majority government
was elected in 2014 and the peo-
ple of India made the govern-
ment stronger in 2019,” PM Modi
said. “We are celebrating 75
years of independence this year.
I am the first Prime Minister
who was born in independent
India. The peak on which India
would be at the time it celebrates
100 years of independence, India
is strongly taking step after step
and walking swiftly toward that
goal,” he added.
The Prime Minister said
through reforms his government
is transforming the country.
“For reform, political will is
needed. Today India is moving
forward in all fields including
Air Chief Marshal VR
Chaudhari
ior-most service chief. He will be
responsible for synergy, coopera-
tion and jointness among the three
services till the government
appoints the next CDS,” said one of
the officials. Before the govern-
ment created the post of CDS and
the department of military affairs
(DMA) in December 2019, the sen-
ior-most service chief held the
charge of chairman of COSC and
was responsible for interservices
cooperation.
The erstwhile structure for
interservices cooperation was con-
sidered weak as the chairmanship
of COSC kept rotating, and chiefs
often headed the committee for
barely a few months before their
retirement. The government
expected Rawat, who took charge
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for faster coal transportation
Neha LM Tripathi
neha.tripathi@htlive.com
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways
has repaired 2,179 damaged wag-
ons to carry more coal from mines
to power plants at a cost of ₹150
crore, officials said, even as an
unusually hot summer has led to
unprecedented demand for elec-
tricity that has seen authorities
scrambling to build coal inventory
at energy utilities to prevent outa-
ges. “With the power crisis and the
pressure of transporting coal
faster, Indian Railways is continu-
ously working to speed up wagon
repairs so that supply of coal to
power plants is not affected,” an
official of the national transporter
said on condition of anonymity.
“We have set up five new facilities
to repair damaged wagons.”
Summer set in early this year in
India, and March was the hottest
on record. The high temperatures
are expected to continue through
May, the weather bureau has pre-
dicted. Peak power demand was a
record 191,216 MW on Sunday, and
My India
PIB
quality of life, quality of educa-
tion and others. The country,
bureaucracy, government offices
are same but now we are getting
better results,” he said.
This address to the Indian
community was given shortly
after the 6th India-Germany
Inter-Governmental Consulta-
tions which were co-chaired by
PM Modi and Chancellor Scholz.
The Prime Minister said the
Inter-Governmental Consulta-
tions were productive.
Modi today also held a bilat-
eral meeting with Chancellor
Scholz. This was their first
engagement since Chancellor
Scholz assumed office in Decem-
ber 2021.
Discussions covered key areas
of bilateral cooperation under
the overall strategic partnership,
as well as regional and global
developments.
as CDS on January 1, 2020, to bring
about jointness among the three
services in a three-year time
frame, by January 2023. One of the
means to achieve jointness is the
setting up of integrated theatre
commands.
Chaudhari is set to take over as
officiating chairman of COSC at a
time when India is working on a
road map for the military’s thea-
terisation to best utilise the resour-
ces of the three services for future
wars and operations. Rawat was
spearheading the theaterisation
drive, and his demise was seen as a
setback to the ongoing military
reforms.
With General Naravane having
retired, a new officiating chairman
of COSC will now be appointed. In
the absence of a CDS, this is an
appropriate arrangement, but
could further impact the military
reform process that is the primary
mandate of the CDS, said former
Northern Army commander Lieu-
tenant General DS Hooda (retd).
“We do hope that the govern-
ment takes a quick decision on the
CDS so that restructuring propos-
als that are in the pipeline can be
finalised,” Hooda said.
Coal being loaded in a goods
train in Jharkhand.
the shortfall was 207 MW. Coal-
fired plants are the mainstay of
electricity generation in the coun-
try and plants have been short on
inventory, leading to a crisis.
Damage to coal wagons has
become a cause of concern for the
railways ever since private con-
tractors hired by power plants
started unloading coal using JCBs.
This was earlier done manually.
Around ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh are
spent to repair a coal wagon. “JCBs
hit the interior of the wagons,
causing serious damage, resulting
in a significant increase in the
number of damaged wagons,” the
official said.
Prashant Kishor may
float a political party
Vijay Swaroop and
Sunetra Choudhury
letters@hindustantimes.com
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Political
strategist Prashant Kishor said
on Monday that it was time for
him to go directly to the people,
creating a buzz in political cir-
cles. There is speculation that he
could launch a new political
party, with an announcement
coming as early as May 5, HT
learns.
His quest to be a meaningful
participant in democracy and
help shape pro-people policy led
to a 10-year roller-coaster ride,
Kishor said in a tweet. It was
time to go to the real masters,
the people, to better understand
the issues and the path to good
governance, he added. The
beginning will be from his home
state of Bihar, the poll strategist
said. The move didn’t elicit
much surprise from political
watchers in the state. Not only
has the 45-year-old been toying
with the idea of entering politics
in his home state for some time
(he was born in Sasaram), the
announcement has come at a
time when Bihar is in a state of
flux.
Kishor’s announcement of
“Jan Suraaj” (People’s good gov-
ernance) comes at a time when
there are murmurs of chief min-
ister Nitish Kumar facing an
existential crisis within the rul-
ing coalition. While the Bharat-
iya Janata Party (BJP)’s official
position is that there is no ques-
tion of a change of chief minis-
tership in the state -- the BJP is
the bigger party in the legisla-
ture, with 77 to the Janata Dal
(United) or JD (U)’s 43 -- the talk
of either him moving to Delhi or
HC seeks govt response
on plea for ‘regulation’
of polygamy in Islam
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high
court on Monday sought the
Centre’s stand on a Muslim
woman’s plea seeking regulation
of the practice of bigamy or
polygamy which is allowed
under Muslim law (Shariat) .
She sought directions to make
written consent of the first wife
mandatory before a Muslim man
enters into a second marriage,
along with prior permission
from a judicial officer certifying
that the man has the capacity to
treat both wives equally.
To be sure, under provisions
of the Shariat law, permission of
the first wife is mandatory for
the husband to get married for a
second time.
The woman sought directions
to the Centre to frame a law to reg-
ulate the practice of bigamy or
polygamy contracted by a Muslim
husband under Shariat with pro-
visions of prior written consent of
his wife/wives and prior proper
arrangements of accommodation
and maintenance of his wives.
A bench of acting chief justice
Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin
Chawla issued notice to the minis-
tries of law, women and child
development (WCD) and minority
affairs and posted the matter for
hearing on August 23.
On an earlier day of hearing on
March 21, the high court observed
that there is no law in India to reg-
ulate bigamy or multiple marria-
ges of Muslims . The petitioner’s
Railways has so far cancelled 42
passengers trains to make way for
coal rakes in the wake of the
power crisis. It has increased its
average daily loading of coal carry-
ing cargo trains to over 400 every-
day, which is the highest in the
past five years. A rake has up to 84
wagons. Around 9,982 wagons to
carry coal were listed as damaged
in January 1, which has been
reduced to 7,803 on May 2, official
data show.
The railways have been holding
meetings with all operating zones
to take stock of the situation. “Offi-
cials of zones like east coast, east
central, west central, and south
east central have highlighted
issues with the movement of coal
to power plants,” an official who
was present at the meetings said.
“Due to the shortage of coal stock
availability, the turnover time of
wagons waiting for coal loading
has increased from one week to
around 15 days,” he said. “to deal
with such circumstances, we are
utilising around 50 of our dam-
aged wagons as well.”
Prashant Kishor
stepping down refuses to go
away. Many in the BJP privately
talk about how after the 2020
elections, it was felt that the BJP
would have more say, but that
there is some resentment among
state BJP leaders, even some
ministers, that the Chief Minis-
ter’s office controls all.
Interestingly, Kishor, who is
in Patna was scheduled to meet
chief minister Nitish Kumar on
Sunday evening but did not. He
said: “I could not go (and meet
Kumar). It could have been mis-
interpreted.” Kishor did meet
Nitish Kumar earlier this year --
the ostensible reason was to
wish him well post Covid -- and
it has always been evident that
there is an open channel
between the two.
Kishor, who has previously
worked with parties including
the Bharatiya Janata Party and
Trinamool Congress, was
expelled from Janata Dal
(United) in January 2020 for crit-
icising the party’s support for the
Citizenship Amendment Act.
He turned down an offer to
join Congress last week, but held
discussions with political leaders
and parties in Patna on Monday.
“Prashant Kishor is trying to
do an AAP [Aam Aadmi Party] in
The HC said there is no law in
India to regulate bigamy.
counsel, Bajrang Vats, pointed out
that Pakistan has regulated big-
amy or polygamy contracted by
Muslim husband under Shariat by
enacting the Muslim Family Law
Ordinance, 1961. At that hearing,
the HC asked the counsel to place
relevant extracts from commen-
taries on Shariat law to support
the contention on consent of the
existing wife being required, and
that the husband is required to
maintain all his wives.
On Monday, the court took note
that the counsel has filed addi-
tional documents and asked the
authorities to reply within six
weeks. The petitioner, Reshma,
said that her husband “wilfully”
neglected her and their 11-month-
old son, and was planning to
divorce her for another marriage
without prior consent.
It added that bigamy or polyg-
amy contracted by a Muslim hus-
band without obtaining prior writ-
ten consent of his wife/wives and
without making prior proper
arrangements of accommodation,
maintenance of his wife (wives) is
“unconstitutional”, “anti-shariat”,
“illegal” and “arbitrary”.
MP Dalit family stopped
from using crematorium
platform, 3 held: Police
Press Trust of India
letters@hindustantimes.com
GUNA: A Dalit family was alleg-
edly stopped by some people
from performing the last rites of
a relative on an elevated plat-
form at a cremation ground in
Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district,
following which police arrested
three persons, an official said on
Monday.
The family later performed
the funeral on a land near the
platform.
The incident took place on Fri-
day in Chandpura village under
Kumbhraj police station area, 62
km from the Guna district head-
quarters, and a video of it also
surfaced on social media.
In the clip, a person was pur-
portedly heard saying the family
was not allowed to use the cre-
mation ground’s platform for the
funeral.
After the death of local resi-
dent Kanhaiya Ahirwar (70), his
family members took the body to
the cremation ground, but three
persons from the village alleg-
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
Bihar,’’ said a BJP leader on con-
dition of anonymity.
His effort may target people
not comfortable with any of the
existing political dispensations,
said a person who knows Kishor.
Opinion is divided on how he
will do. “Till now, he was work-
ing for political parties, and now
he wants to own one. Everybody
has the freedom to form his
opinion. But Bihar will change
and people will start to follow
him, I don’t see it happening. A
new party cannot bring a politi-
cal upheaval in Bihar,” said D M
Diwakar, former director of A N
Sinha Institute for Social Studies,
an autonomous institution.
But the BJP leader cited above
said Kishor’s gameplan may be
to get enough vote share to tilt
the balance in the state.
This person explained how
the BJP has a 35% vote share, the
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 35%
, Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) 15 % and
the Congress and other parties
such as the Left, the remaining
15%. “Two groups need to be
together in order to be in power
in Bihar and in 2015, we had Nit-
ish and RJD coming together
and now we have the other two
together. They will stay together
till there is another option.’’ And
Kishor, this person added,
“knows that people want some
alternative.’’
The JD(U), was more guarded
in its response.
“Kishor has been directly or
indirectly involved in politics for
a decade now. Everybody has the
freedom to form an organisa-
tion,” said JD(U) leader Upendra
Kushwaha. “Sometimes back
also he tried to mobilize youth
but nothing concrete came out
it.”
SC NOTICE TO GOVT
ON MEAT REMOVAL
IN LAKSHADWEEP’S
MIDDAY MEALS
Press Trust of India
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
Monday sought a response from
the Centre and others on a plea
challenging the decision of the
Lakshadweep administration to
close dairy farms and remove
meat products, including
chicken from the menu of mid-
day meals for school children.
A bench of Justices Indira
Banerjee and A S Bopanna
issued notice to the Union of
India, Union Territory Lakshad-
weep, and others on an appeal
filed against the order of the Ker-
ala high court which had dis-
missed a PIL challenging the
decision of the Lakshadweep
administration.
The division bench of the high
court had in September 2021,
dismissed the PIL filed by Kavar-
atti-native Ajmal Ahmed who
alleged that when Praful Khoda
Patel took charge as island
administrator in December last
year, his top priority was to close
down the farms run by the Ani-
mal Husbandry department and
to ‘attack’ the food habits of the
Islanders, being followed from
time immemorial. Challenging
the May 21 2021 order, Ahmed
said it was done with an inten-
tion to implement the proposed
‘Animal Preservation (Regula-
tion), 2021,’ which bans the
slaughter of cows, calves, and
bulls. He had also challenged the
administration’s decision to
remove chicken and other meat
items from the menu of midday
meals for school children.
THE FAMILY LATER
PERFORMED THE
FUNERAL ON
LAND NEAR
THE PLATFORM
edly stopped them from per-
forming the last rites on the facil-
ity’s platform, Kumbhraj police
station inw-charge Sanjeet
Mawai said.
The family then performed
the man’s last rites on a land
near the crematorium’s plat-
form, he said.
After getting information
about the matter, the police
reached the spot. The police later
arrested three persons, identified
as Narayan Singh Meena, Ramb-
harose Meena and Dilip Meena,
and registered a case against
them under provisions of the
Scheduled Castes and the Sched-
uled Tribes (Prevention of Atroc-
ities) Act, the official said.
The accused were on Saturday
produced in a court which sent
them to jail, the official added.
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
EC notice to J’khand CM
Soren over mining lease
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: A mining lease pur-
portedly allotted to Hemant
Soren by the state government
has landed the Jharkhand chief
minister in trouble with the Elec-
tion Commission of India (ECI),
which has served him a notice
and asked him to respond by
May 10, officials familiar with
the matter said.
“We have gone through the
documents (sent by the Jhark-
hand chief secretary last week)
and found it to be genuine,” an
official said, seeking anonymity.
“There is a prima facie case
made out under Section 9A of
Representation of People Act.”
The election commission will
permit a personal hearing to
Soren, if he so wishes, to refute
charges of office of profit, the
official said.
Section 9A of the Representa-
tion of People Act, 1951, pertains
to disqualification for govern-
ment contracts. It says: ”A per-
HANSKHALI RAPE:
CBI FILES REPORT
IN CALCUTTA HC
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high
court on Monday received a sta-
tus report from the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on
the investigation into the alleged
gang rape and death of a 14-year-
old girl at Hanskhali in Bengal’s
Nadia district in April.
The report was submitted in a
sealed envelope before the divi-
sion bench of Calcutta high court
chief justice Prakash Srivastava
and justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj,
the same bench that ordered a
CBI probe on April 12.
The 14-year-old had died on
April 5 after she was allegedly
gang-raped at a party the previ-
ous night. Police had arrested
Brajagopal — the son of Trina-
mool Congress panchayat leader
Samarendu Gayali — and Prab-
hakar Poddar in connection with
the case. Till April 24, the agency
had arrested four more suspects.
On Friday, CBI arrested Gayali
and one more person on charges
of suppressing evidence. HTC
Hemant Soren
son shall be disqualified if, and
for so long as, there subsists a
contract entered into by him in
the course of his trade or busi-
ness with the appropriate Gov-
ernment for the supply of goods
to, or for the execution of any
works undertaken by, that Gov-
ernment.’’
Soren is in Hyderabad for the
health treatment of his mother.
His office said it didn’t have a
comment on the development.
The development is a setback
for Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha government, which was
formed in coalition with the
Congress in December 2019. The
show-cause notice means the
Raghav Chadha, two other AAP
leaders sworn in as RS members
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader Raghav Chadha,
industrialist Sanjeev Arora and
educationist Ashok Mittal took
oaths as Rajya Sabha members
from Punjab on Monday.
With this, AAP’s tally in the
Upper House has doubled from
three to six. At least two others
— AAP’s election strategist San-
deep Pathak and cricketer Har-
bhajan Singh — are expected to
take oaths in the upcoming mon-
soon session of the Parliament,
according to party functionaries
familiar with the matter.
Rajya Sabha chairperson Ven-
kaiah Naidu administered the
oaths on Monday in his chamber
at Parliament House. All the
three leaders were elected unop-
posed from Punjab in March.
Once all five nominated AAP
MPs take the oath of office, the
B2B
beginning of a judicial process
that could see the disqualifica-
tion of the chief minister and the
fall of his government.
Soren is consulting with legal
experts like former Supreme
Court judge Ashok Ganguly,
National Academy of Legal Stud-
ies and Research vice-chancellor
Faizan Mustafa and former Elec-
tion commission official SK
Mendiratta regarding the mat-
ter, HT reported last week.
The matter pertains to alleged
grant of an in-principle approval
for stone quarrying lease in
Soren’s name on government
land on the outskirts of state cap-
ital Ranchi, which was cleared
by the mines and environment
departments, both headed by the
chief minister.
The matter was raised by
former chief minister Raghubar
Das on February 10. A delegation
of opposition Bharatiya Janata
Party led by Das and legislative
party leader Babulal Marandi
had met the governor on Febru-
ary 11, seeking disqualification
AAP leader Raghav Chadha in
Parliament House. ANI
party’s strength in the Rajya
Sabha will go up to eight.
Chadha was AAP’s legislator
from the Rajinder Nagar constit-
uency in Delhi since the party’s
victory in the assembly polls in
February 2020. He then resigned
from the post in March this year
OIL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
(Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas)
OIDB Bhawan, Plot No.-02, Sector - 73, Noida - 201301
Tel: 0120-2594613
No. 6/6/2021-OIDB
Reference is invited to this office’s vacancy circular of even number dated
22.2.2022 uploaded on the website of this office i.e. www.oidb.gov.in
and advertisement of even number, published in Employment News dated
05 - 11 March 2022 & various news daily dated 05 March 2022, uploaded
on this office’s website for filling up of one post of Financial Adviser &
Chief Accounts Officer (FA&CAO) in level - 13 on deputation basis in
Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB) located at Sector- 73, Noida, U.P.
Last date for receipt of application in OIDB is hereby extended upto
18th May 2022.
Note: For any further updates in this matter, you are requested to visit
OIDB’s website i.e. www.oidb.gov.in.
davp 33113/12/0001/2223
and removal of Soren as chief
minister.
The governor forwarded the
complaint to the poll watchdog,
which issued a notice to the chief
secretary before sending a show-
cause notice to the chief minis-
ter.
Soren has maintained in court
that there was no question of
profiting since the letter for
operating the mine was never
issued. His alliance partner has
rallied in his support.
Reacting to the development,
JMM principal general secretary
and spokesperson Supriyo Bhat-
tacharya said, “It a legal matter.
Any such notice would be taken
up legally. CM’s counsels would
respond to the notice as per pro-
cedure.”
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Jharkhand’s
first family hit by graft charges
after the Arvind Kejriwal-led
party won a thumping majority
in the Punjab assembly polls.
“A new chapter of my life is
beginning today. It’s a big day for
me and my family. Today, I’m
going to take oath as a Rajya
Sabha MP. I’d like to thank my
guru and leader Arvind Kejriwal
and my big brother, Bhagwant
Mann,” Chadha said.
Mittal is the founder of Phag-
wara-based Lovely Professional
University (LPU), the first private
university in the state and one of
the largest in India. Arora, a
businessman from Ludhiana,
runs the Krishna Pran Breast
Cancer Charitable Trust and is
also on the governing board of
Dayanand Medical College and
Hospital, Ludhiana.
When asked, AAP’s MP-elect
Sandeep Pathak said he could
not take the oath of office on
Monday because he was travel-
ling.
Sanjay Kashyap
Manager (P&A)
Exhibition
My India
Hardik Patel
HARDIK REMOVES
CONG REFERENCE
FROM TWITTER
BIO, SAYS NOT
CHANGING PARTY
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
AHMEDABAD: Prominent Pati-
dar leader and working presi-
dent of the Congress’s Gujarat
unit, Hardik Patel, has removed
the name of the party from his
Twitter bio, sparking specula-
tion that he was on his way out.
The move came a day before
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
is set to induct a “senior Con-
gress leader” into the state unit.
Patel has been vocal of late about
his displeasure with the state
Congress ranks.
However, when contacted,
Patel told HT: “The same picture
and profile that is being talked
about also shows the Congress
party symbol. That, I think
explains everything.” He said he
was still with the Congress.
Gujarat Pradesh Congress
Committee spokesperson Man-
ish Doshi also said that Patel was
still with the party and had not
resigned from any party posts.
“Instead of focusing on Patel’s
display picture, the real issues
like inflation and unemployment
should be the focus of discus-
sion,” said Doshi.
Patel came into the limelight
in 2015 at the helm of a quota
agitation for his community — a
movement that pitted him
strongly against the BJP-led state
government at the time. He
joined the Congress ahead of the
2019 Lok Sabha elections but did
not contest because of a convic-
tion in a rioting and arson
case. In April this year, the
Supreme Court had put a stay on
the conviction and allowed him
to contest elections.
On April 22, Patel had told
reporters: “I have expressed my
concerns to the party high com-
mand and I am told that a deci-
sion will be arrived at shortly. I
am sure any decision taken will
be taken keeping in mind the
interests of the people of Guj-
arat.”
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Gauhati HC stays
CENTRE SETS UP
EXPERT PANEL TO
trial court remarks in TRAIN URBAN
TOWN PLANNERS
Mevani assault case
Utpal Parashar
Risha Chitlangia
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Centre has con-
and Snehashish Roy stituted an eight-member expert
committee to prepare a strategy
letters@hindustantimes.com
for training urban planners
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: The working with state governments
Gauhati high court (HC) on and local bodies.
Monday stayed some observa-
tions made by a lower court last
As part of the urban planning
reforms announced by the
week against Assam Police when
the latter granted bail to Gujarat Jignesh Mevani
finance minister Nirmala Sithar-
aman in this year’s budget, the
MLA Jignesh Mevani in a case of ministry aims to train 5,000
alleged assault of a woman seeking a stay on the observa- urban planners in the next five
police officer. tions made by the Barpeta dis- years, said the official.
The HC made it clear that the trict and sessions judge Aparesh The committee, which was
stay on the observations “may Chakravarty on the grounds that constituted last month by the
not be construed in any manner they cast aspersions on police Ministry of Housing and Urban
as a stay to the grant of bail” to and could affect their morale. Affairs (MoHUA), is headed by
Mevani by the lower court and In his bail order on April 29, PSN Rao, director of School of
added that the Assam govern- Chakravarty said the case Planning and Architecture.
ment “shall be at liberty to chal- against the independent MLA The first meeting was held
lenge the said (bail) order in “was manufactured for the pur- April 28.
appropriate proceedings...” pose of keeping him in detention According to a senior ministry
Mevani, a convener of Rash- for a longer period, abusing the official, the ministry has decided
triya Dalit Adhikar Manch, who process of court and the law”. to plan two programmes, a five-
had offered support to Congress
last year, was first arrested on
the night of April 20 in Gujarat’s
Palanpur and brought to the
“These findings are prima
facie beyond the exercise of the
jurisdiction of the sessions court
in a proceeding under Section
day course and a month-long
session, to train urban planners
in “emerging innovative con-
cepts of urban planning”.
northeastern state by Assam’s 439 (dealing with bail) of the The committee members
Kokrajhar district police in con- Cr.PC and accordingly the said include Sanjay Gupta (professor
nection with an FIR filed by a observation is stayed,” Justice of transport planning at SPA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Devashis Baruah of the HC said Delhi), N Sridharan (director of
leader over “offensive” tweets in his order on Monday. SPA Bhopal), Saswat Bandhyo-
about Prime Minister Narendra The HC also sent notices to padhyay (professor at CEPT,
Modi. Hours after he was
granted bail on April 25, he was
re-arrested by Barpeta police on
Mevani and the woman police
officer who had lodged the case
and fixed May 27 as the next date
Ahmedabad), OP Agarwal (CEO
WRI India), Subrata Chattopad-
hyay (IIT Kharagpur), Shreya
charges of assaulting a woman
police officer while being taken
to Kokrajhar from Guwahati.
of hearing.
Meanwhile, Mevani said, “My
arrest was a pre-planned con-
Gadepalli (transport expert at
Urban Works Institute) and R
Sriniwas (town and country
On April 29, he was granted spiracy. It was in blatant disre- planner at Town and Country
bail by a Barpeta court which gard to protocol for an MLA.” Planning Organisation).
criticised the police and urged “Mevani has just got bail from “The aim is to bridge the gaps
the Gauhati HC to direct the court, the case against him in capacity building and make
police force to “reform itself”. hasn’t been dismissed... The case town planners, especially in
On Monday, the state govern- is in court now, let the law take small cities, aware of the new
ment, through its home depart- its own course,” said BJP Assam planning schemes and tools...”
ment, filed a petition in the HC, spokesperson Subhash Dutta. said Sriniwas.
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1.8mn accounts blocked in March Yoga Utsav held in Assam; 10k
for violations, says WhatsApp participate from N-E states
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has banned over NEW DELHI: Marking the 50-day
1.85 million accounts in India in March and countdown to International Yoga
has received 597 grievance reports, through Day, the ministry of AYUSH on
their own violation mechanism, the Monday organised a Yoga Utsav
messaging company has stated in its in Assam on Monday, where
monthly report. According to the report, the over 10,000 people from
accounts were banned after the company’s northeastern states participated.
“abuse detection approach, which also AYUSH minister Sarbananda
included action taken in furtherance to Sonowal said, “...The idea is to
negative feedback received from users” via encourage people to take up Yoga,
the “report” feature. a wonderful gift...”

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Candidates with following qualifications and experience are
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b) Knowledge and experience in employment law,
compensation, organizational planning, recruitment, and
development, employee relations, safety, employee
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c) Knowledge of Labour Welfare Legislation and practices.
d) Outstanding interpersonal relationship building and
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e) Excellent leadership, communications and change
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f) Strong awareness of current trends, issues, tools and
approaches to people management including the usage
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g) At least 10 years of experience, preferably in hospitality
sector in the domain of Human Resources with minimum
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Salary package will be commensurate with qualifications and
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note highlighting why the Candidate finds himself / herself
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SALES & MARKETING
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(Male) for outside of Delhi can
independently handle govt. office
for tender purpose # 8826855086,
mail@medicareproduct.com
SALES EXECUTIVES (Freshers/
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M: 9310320406, Send resume at
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FEMALE TELECALLERS with Good
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person vide affidavit dated 21-04-
2022 sworn before a notary public &
in future should be known as Vijay
Kumar for all purpose(s).
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daughter name, my name and my
wife name is wrongly mentioned as
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29, Arun Vihar Noida U.P 201303,
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Charu Vij both name are mine
I HAVE changed my name from Usha
Daniel to Usha Michael Daniel W/o
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Bharat City, Indraprastha Yojna,
Nistauli, Ghaziabad forever.
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Singh, R/o A-2/127, Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi-110027, have changed my
name to Jasmeet Singh Arora for all
future purposes.
I MOHAMMAD Tabish S/o Iqanur
Rehman Ansari, R/o Mo. Shekhan
Ward No 24 Po/Ps Sherkot,
Dhampur, Bijnor, UP, declare that in
my 10th marksheet by mistake my
& my father’s name is mentioned as
Mohd Tabish Ansari S/o Iqanur
Rehman, which is incorrect. My &
my father’s correct & actual name
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is Mohammad Tabish S/o Iqanur LOST & FOUND
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Dabri Extenison, Near Durga Park
bawana 2 dsiidc delhi around
mukharjee nagar delhi on
Shiv Mandir, South West Delhi, New 20.04.2022 . If (Found/Seen)
Delhi -110045 have changed my
Please contact: 9971790190.
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future purposes.
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Rohtash Kumar R/o Mundia Khera,
I, NEETA Singhal W/o Nishant Garg Distt. Mahendergarh (HR) have lost
D/o Gajender Kumar Singhal R/o my Plot (No 1261M Sector-1, Part-1
C-5/93, Yamuna Vihar, Delhi-110053 HUDA Narnaul) allotment letter (No
after marriage have changed my 3938 date 08.04.2004), Convance
name to Isha Garg for all purposes. Deed (No 1164 date 29.07.2021) and
Possession certificate (No
ZO002/EO005/UE011/PAPOS/0000)
I, BASANTI Kumari W/o Sh. Sunder
Singh R/o A-8/4, 2nd floor, Block-A, on dated 23.03.2022 at Singhana
Road Narnaul. If found pls Call me
Vasant Vihar,New Delhi-110057 have
changed my name after marriage 9416677081.
from Basanti Kumari to Neha Singh.
I, SANGITA Saini R/o H.No. 571 Sector
10 A, Gurugram, Haryana, have lost
I, HARPREET Kaur Kohli W/o my Original Copy of Conveyance
Tejinder Pal Singh Kohli R/o House Deed Reg. No. 1286 dated 01/05/2019
No. 244, Shiva Khand, Vishwakarma in respect of Plot No. A-224, Block-A,
Nagar, Jhilmil Colony, East Delhi, Vipul World, Sector-48, Gurugram.
Delhi-110095, have changed my name
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from Harpreet Kaur to Harpreet
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I Pradeep Uberoi,s/o Late Lt.Col.H.S.
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Tower, Paramount Emotions, Plot No. Sarai, New Delhi - 110068, have
05A, Sec-1, Greater Noida West, UP- misplaced original Conveyance Deed
201306, have changed my Daughter's (sale deed) of my property
name from Rishika Raj to Rishika (commercial office space) bearing
Raj Sinha for all future Purposes. number 404, DLF Galleria, DLF
Phase-IV,Gurgaon, Haryana - 122002
I, SUBHABRATA Bal S/o Subimal executed between DLF Housing and
Construction Ltd and me and my son
Bal R/o 1, Chakrabotry Para, 1st
Lane, Distt. 24 Parganas-700122
Rahul Uberoi,Registered in the office
of sub-registrar Gurgaon under
have changed my minor son's name
serial number / registration number
from Saptarshi Bal to Saptarshi
Basu Bal for all future purposes.
13519 dated 31/01/2003 FIR has
been filed by me with Police under lwpuk
S. No 358902/2022 dtd. 30/04/2022.
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letter issued by DDA, Possession fnukad 31-12-2001 dks lc jftLVªkj
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mentoned as Dharmpal Tyagi, which
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I, GULSHAN Kumar Jaitly S/o Late
Sh. Jagdish Chander Jaitly R/o H.No.
Attorney, Possession Letter, SPA and
conveyance deed dated 02.02.2008
Hkonh;
1690, Sector-28, Faridabad, Haryana
121008 have changed my name
of above said property. Finders may
contact at Mobile No. 9643375464.
from Gulshan Kumar, Gulshan Jaitly
to Gulshan Kumar Jaitly for all I, SUSHMA Gupta W/o SK Gupta
future purposes.
R/o Flat No. E-214, The Belaire DLF-
5, Gurgaon, have lost my Original
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that Shremvati Srivastava &
Shremwati Srivastava are one and
the same person. TENDER NOTICE
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Jaitly & D/o Late Sh.Sant Lal Sharma
R/o H.No.1690,Sector-28, Faridabad
Haryana-121008 have changed my
name from Km. Seema Sharma to
Seema Jaitly for all future purposes.
WE, FATHER Ravichandran
Krishna Rao & mother Hemlata
Bharat Rao, residing at 42/601,
Heritage city, M G Road, Gurgaon,
Haryana 122002, have changed our
minor Son's name from Arnav
Ravichandran to Arnav Rao as per
the affidavit dated 25th Apr 2022.
I, CHAVAN Shital Uttam Wife of
Army no. 10490481F Rank : PTR
Name : Gaikwad Vijay Nana R/O.
Vill: Patrewadi, Post: Shetphale PUBLIC NOTICES
Tal: Atpadi, Dist: Sangli, State:
Maharashtra, Pin: 415306 declare
that I have changed my name from
Chavan Shital Uttam to Gaikwad
Shital Vijay vide affidavit sworn
before Notary Adv Chetan V Jadhav
of Atpadi on 16/03/2022.
Begam. The Actual & correct name
of my daughter, my name and my
wife is Rukhsar, Nanku Ahmed and
Amla Begam.
I, PANKAJ Sharma, Father of Advit
Sharma (DOB-05.05.2018), R/o Flat
No K1 - 073, Indiabulls Centrum park
Sector- 103 Daulatabad, Gurgoan,
HR-122006. Have change my minor
son name from Advit Sharma to
Anshuman Sharma for all future
purpose.
WE, FATHER Ravichandran
Krishna Rao & mother Hemlata
Bharat Rao, residing at 42/601,
Heritage city, M G Road, Gurgaon,
Haryana 122002, have changed our
minor Son's name from Atharv
Ravichandran to Atharv Rao as per
the affidavit dated 25th Apr 2022.
I, MEENA is legally wedded spouse of
Army No. JC-704952K, Rank-NB/SUB,
Name-Sanjeev Kumar of Unit-331
Field Hospital C/o 56 APO, resident of
Vill. Nikoman Purwa, Post-Gugrapur,
Tehsil-Kannauj, Distt.-Kannauj, State-
U.P., Pin-209733 do hereby solemnly
affirms that in my husband's army
service records my name Meena
has been wrongly entered, whether
my correct name is Meena Dixit it
may entered accordingly in my
husband's army service records.
I, VATIKA Arya D/o Vijay Kumar Arya
R/o D-40 Sector-48, Noida, Gautam
Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201303
declare that the name of mine has
been wrongly written as Vatika
Kumari Arya in my passport. The
actual name of mine is Vatika Arya
which may be amended accordingly.
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TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
‘Don’t create panic’: Centre says
no fertiliser shortage for kharif
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Mon-
day said that the country had
adequate stocks of fertilisers
ahead of the upcoming kharif or
summer-sown season, after a
review meeting held by agricul-
ture minister Narendra Singh
Tomar and fertilizer minister
Mansukh Mandaviya, according
to an official statement.
“The availability of fertilizers
in the country is more than the
expected demand. (There is) no
need to create panic,” the state-
ment quoted Mandaviya as say-
ing. The ministers pointed to the
last week’s cabinet approval for
₹60,939 crore subsidy for crop
nutrients for the summer-sown
season, which accounts for half
of the country’s annual food out-
put. The government also
assured that there will not be
any fertiliser shortage in the
upcoming kharif sowing season.
According to a recent presen-
tation made by fertiliser secre-
tary RK Chaturvedi during the
UNCERTAINTY OVER
TMC MLA SUPRIYO’S
SWEARING IN
KOLKATA: Former Union minister
Babul Supriyo, who won the April
12 by-election at Kolkata’s Bally-
gunge assembly seat, can continue
as an MLA without taking part in
legislative work if the oath of office
is not administered to him, gover-
nor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted on
Tuesday amid uncertainty over
Supriyo’s swearing-in ceremony.
Dhankhar withdrew speaker
Biman Banerjee’s power to admin-
ister oath of office to members of
state legislature seven months
back. On Sunday, Supriyo tweeted:
“For the sake of the people of Bally-
gunge... I would request your
excellency @jdhankhar1 ji to
reverse the decision & allow Hon-
ble Speaker to preside over my
oath taking...” Dhankhar shot back
: Issue raised @SuPriyoBabul set-
tled by Supreme Court in Pashu-
pati Nath Sukul vs Nem Chandra
Jain 1984 AIR 399- An elected
member without taking oath can
take part in all non-legislative
work. April 16 Certificate of Elec-
tion entitles him from that date as
MLA to serve public. HTC
Fertiliser prices nearly doubled in the country due to a global
shortage and supply disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
government’s annual kharif con-
ference, the total fertiliser
requirement during 2022 kharif
season was estimated at 35.43
million tonne and availability
was pegged at 48.55 lakh tonne,
including imported and domesti-
cally manufactured fertilizers.
Prices of fertilisers in the
country have nearly doubled due
to a global shortage and supply
disruptions caused by Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, prompting
the government to announce a
mid-term hike in subsidy.
{ WOMAN DIES AFTER BEATING }
Inspector suspended,
six cops booked in UP
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
VARANASI: An inspector has been
suspended and six police person-
nel have been booked on Monday
in connection with the death of a
22-year-old woman, allegedly after
being beaten up by the police dur-
ing a raid, in Uttar Pradesh’s Chan-
dauli district on Sunday evening,
police said.
Chandauli SP Ankur Agarwal
said the incident took place when
a police team visited the woman’s
house in search of her father, a
sand trader, against whom a non-
bailable warrant was issued, in a
riot case, at Manrajpur village.
The deceased’s family alleged
that over six police personnel led
by Syedraja police station officer
Uday Pratap Singh arrived at their
house to arrest her father but left
as he was not there, the SP
said.The family said the team,
however, returned later and
HT
Russia accounts for nearly 13%
of global fertilizer production and
is a key supplier to India. Russia
temporarily banned fertilizer
exports in March, driving up the
already high fertilizer prices.
According to a research note
by S&P Global Commodity
Insights, as of February-end,
India had 8.12 million tonne of
DAP fertilizers, 1.9 million tonne
of MOP fertilizers and 7.7 million
of NPKS group of fertilizers,
which is lower than the demand
for the kharif season.
raided their house. The cops alleg-
edly misbehaved with them and
thrashed two women – the
deceased and her 18-year-old sis-
ter. The family claimed that the
older woman died on the spot
while the other was injured and
later hospitalised, the SP said.
When asked about the
deceased’s brother alleging that
his sister was raped, the SP said:
“The post-mortem report did not
find any external or internal injury
on the body except a scratch on
throat and minor injury on left
side of jaw. Things will be clear
after the swab and viscera report is
received.”
Meanwhile, angry villagers
allegedly thrashed head constable
Chhavinath, who was rushed to
hospital later, Agarwal said.
A case was registered against
station officer Singh and five cops
at Syedraja police station in Chan-
dauli on the basis of a complaint
by the deceased’s brother.
REMOVE CURBS
port. All these restrictions, how-
ever, stand rolled back in the
wake of low infection rate. To be
sure, India has among the high-
est rates of vaccine coverage in
the adult population, with
around 97% of the 940 million
people over the age of 18 in the
country having received both
doses of the vaccine.
The court was delivering its
verdict on a petition filed last year
by Jacob Puliyel, who was a mem-
ber of the National Technical
Advisory Group on Immuniza-
tion, and was advising the Union
government on vaccines.
Puliyel, through advocate Pra-
shant Bhushan, urged the court to
junk vaccine mandates issued by
states such as Delhi, Maharash-
tra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu, to restrict access to benefits
and services by unvaccinated peo-
ple, besides directing the Centre
to release all data relating to clini-
cal trials of vaccines and post-vac-
cination adverse events.
Solicitor general (SG) Tushar
Mehta and additional solicitor
general (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati
defended the vaccination policy
on behalf of the Union govern-
ment.
Upholding the Centre’s vacci-
nation policy in toto, the bench
found no fault with the policy on
vaccination of children and the
manner in which emergency
approvals were given to Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin and Serum
Institute of India’s (SII) Covis-
hield, noting the decisions were
based on scientific evidence and
after complying with the strict
statutory regime in force.
“The Union of India has
placed considerable material on
record in terms of scientific
briefs and published studies
which stand testimony to the sig-
nificance of vaccination as a cru-
cial public health intervention in
this pandemic and its continued
benefits to individual health as
well as public health infrastruc-
ture. Vaccination of a majority of
the population of this country
has undoubtedly been instru-
mental in preventing severe dis-
ease, hospitalisation and deaths,
and benefited the community at
large, especially those members
with co-morbidities, the elderly
and sick persons,” held the court.
The bench rejected Puliyel’s
plea to release primary clinical
data when the results and key
findings of such clinical trials
have already been published, but
agreed with his plea to widen the
scope of reporting of post-vacci-
nation adverse events.
My India
It directed the Centre to facili-
tate the reporting of suspected
adverse events by individuals
and private doctors on a virtual
platform, adding such reports
shall be publicly accessible after
being given unique identification
numbers, without listing any
personal or confidential data of
the persons reporting.
In its verdict, the court
emphasised that its directive on
reviewing restrictions against
unvaccinated people as regards
access to public places, services
and resources is “limited to the
present situation alone” because
the Centre and the states failed
to justify curbs only on unvacci-
nated individuals when evidence
appears to indicate that the risk
of transmission of the virus from
unvaccinated individuals is
almost on par with that from
vaccinated persons. To be sure,
this isn’t what has emerged from
a clutch of studies that also
prove the ability of vaccines to
reduce such transmission.
The bench, however, clarified
immediately: “This judgment is
not to be construed as impeding,
in any manner, the lawful exer-
cise of power by the executive to
take suitable measures for pre-
vention of infection and trans-
mission of the virus in public
interest, which may also take the
form of restrictions on unvacci-
nated people in the future, if the
situation so warrants.” It added
that such restrictions will be
subject to judicial scrutiny to
examine if they meet the
requirement for intrusion into
the rights of individuals.
The judgment went on to state:
“Having expressed our opinion
on the vaccine mandates in the
prevailing context, we reiterate
that vaccines effectively address
severe disease arising from Cov-
id-19 infections, are instrumental
in reducing oxygen requirement,
hospital and ICU admissions and
mortality and continue to be the
solution to stopping new variants
from emerging, as per the advice
of the WHO.”
The court added that restric-
tions placed by the governments
should not be unreasonable and
are open to scrutiny by constitu-
tional courts. “It is difficult for us
to envisage the myriad situations
in dealing with the evolving pan-
demic that may call for restraint
on individual rights in larger
public interest and therefore, as
and when such limitations are
challenged, they can be assessed
by constitutional courts to see
whether they meet the threefold
requirement laid down in KS
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Puttaswamy judgment,” said the
}
bench.
The Puttaswamy (right to pri-
vacy) judgment in 2017 laid
down that the government needs
to demonstrate three require-
ments before placing restraints
on the right to privacy – there
must be a law; existence of a
legitimate state aim and propor-
tionality of the measures
adopted.
On the vaccination policy, the
court held: “Given the considera-
ble material filed before this
Court reflecting the near-unani-
mous views of experts on the
benefits of vaccination in dealing
with severe disease, reduction in
oxygen requirement, hospital
and ICU admissions and mortal-
ity and stopping new variants
from emerging, this Court is sat-
isfied that the current vaccina-
tion policy of the Union of India,
formulated in the interest of
public health, is informed by rel-
evant considerations and cannot
be said to be unreasonable.”
The bench declined Bhushan’s
plea to delve into whether natural
immunity acquired from Covid-19
infection is more long-lasting and
robust as compared to vaccine
immunity, pointing out that the
lawyer’s argument is tenable only
with respect to a healthy, young
individual.
“Surely, the Union of India is
justified in centering its vaccina-
tion policy around the health of
the population at large, with
emphasis on insulating the
weaker and more vulnerable
sections from the risk of severe
infection and its consequences,
as opposed to basing its decision
keeping in mind the interests of
a healthy few,” it said.
MODI, SCHOLZ
plans for Asia, and said the
country’s economic and popula-
tion growth made it a key player
for tackling global climate
change and its consequences.
“Look at the impact the current
heat wave in India has had on its
population – that is an indication
of the impact climate change is
having and that we have to do
what we can to stop it,” he said,
speaking in German.
The Green and Sustainable
Development Partnership will
intensify bilateral, triangular
and multilateral cooperation
and link it with the implementa-
tion of commitments under the
Paris Agreement and Sustaina-
ble Development Goals (SDGs),
according to a joint statement.
Germany will strengthen its
financial and technical coopera-
tion and other aid to India with a
long-term goal of providing €10
billion in new and additional
commitments till 2030.
This funding will support the
achievement of climate action
goals, promote bilateral research
and development and encourage
private investment. Both sides
will create a ministerial mecha-
nism to provide political direc-
tion to this partnership, which
will include existing initiatives in
climate action, sustainable
development, energy transition
and development cooperation.
The two sides also agreed to
launch a renewable energy part-
nership focused on innovative
solar energy and other renewa-
bles, including challenges
related to electricity grids and
storage, and to create a Green
Hydrogen Task Force.
Both sides welcomed the
finalisation of negotiations on a
bilateral agreement for a com-
prehensive migration and mobil-
ity partnership, as reflected by
the initialling of the draft agree-
ment. “They agreed to take
action to swiftly sign the agree-
ment and bring it into force.
They highlighted the importance
of this agreement in facilitating
two-way mobility of students,
professional and researchers as
well as addressing the challen-
ges of illegal migration,” the joint
statement said.
Scholz said the proposed
migration and mobility agree-
ment will allow both sides to
benefit from the “enormous
potential of migration and
skilled labour”. He added: “This
goes to show that our relation-
ship is not only broad and inten-
sive but it is also based on a deep
sense of trust.”
More than 1,800 German
companies that are active in
India have recognised the coun-
try’s potential and have helped
create hundreds of thousands of
jobs, he noted.
“Our companies are well
aware of the locational advanta-
ges of India – a big market, a
high potential for growth and an
impressive ability to innovate.
The higher education and sci-
ence sector too is a good indica-
tor for the ever closer integration
of both our countries,” he said.
Scholz further noted that
more than 7,000 Indian students
are currently enrolled in Ger-
man universities and higher
educational institutions, and
added: “They are very welcome,
above and beyond studies in
Germany.”
Modi said many countries had
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benefited from India’s skilled
workers and professionals and
the migration and mobility
agreement with Germany will
facilitate movement between the
two sides at a time when India is
witnessing the fastest growth in
the post-Covid era as compared
to other developing economies.
“We are confident that India
will become an important pillar
of the global recovery. Recently
we signed trade agreements with
the UAE and Australia in a very
short span of time. We remain
committed to early progress in
FTA negotiations with the EU as
well,” he added.
The Prime Minister also
referred to the agreement on
implementing joint development
projects in third countries and
said these ventures will gain
from India and Germany’s long
experience in development
cooperation in other countries.
“Our collaboration will provide
an alternative to transparent and
sustainable development pro-
jects for the developing world,”
he said.
The other agreements signed
by the two sides covered the
exchange and mutual protection
of classified information and
establishing a direct encrypted
connection between the foreign
ministries, cooperation in
advanced training of corporate
executives and junior executives
from India, agro-ecology, and
forest landscape restoration.
Both sides expressed serious
concern about the humanitarian
situation in Afghanistan, resur-
gence of violence, systemic viola-
tions of human rights and ham-
pered access of girls and women
to education. They reiterated
their support for a peaceful,
secure and stable Afghanistan
and also strongly condemned
terrorism in all forms, including
“any use of terrorist proxies and
cross-border terrorism”.
“They called upon all coun-
tries to work towards rooting out
terrorist safe havens and infra-
structure, disrupting terrorist
networks and financing in
accordance with international
law, including international
humanitarian law,” the joint
statement said.
Earlier, Modi was accorded a
guard of honour and received by
Scholz on his arrival at the fed-
eral chancellery. Besides the
IGC, Modi and Scholz held a
bilateral meeting that covered
key areas of bilateral coopera-
tion and regional and global
developments, including the
Ukraine war.

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Opinion
{ OUR TAKE }
E STA B L I S H E D I N 1 9 24
Demolishing a home
India’s growing is akin to a civil death
embrace of EU The demolitions in
Jahangirpuri were a
travesty and an assault
Modi’s three-nation tour in Europe will boost on the rule of law, as they
ties and set the stage for future cooperation went against principles
of natural justice. The
A
lot of the attention during Prime Minister SC must use this case as
Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour of
Europe will be on the Ukraine crisis, which an exemplar and punish
has upended regional security architecture the officials involved
and altered that continent’s approach towards
T
he Jahangirpuri demoli-
Russia. But the trip to Germany, Denmark and tions represent a double-
France is also about India’s desire to forge closer engine assault on the rule
of law. The first assault is
cooperation with key European powers in areas the failure to adhere to the
ranging from green growth and trade to defence and principles of natural jus-
security. To be sure, the visit will afford an tice – basic to any free and fair justice
system and the second is the failure to
opportunity to the government to explain its position give due respect to the injunction
on the Ukraine crisis to the leadership of several issued by the Supreme Court (SC). On
countries that have made sweeping changes to their both counts, double-engine action
should be taken by the SC to restore
stance on defence and security issues in recent the status quo ante. First, the court
weeks, be it the moves by Sweden and Finland to join should order payment of ad hoc com-
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or pensation to those whose property,
moveable or immovable, was demol-
Germany’s decision to dramatically scale up ished due to excesses by the State.
spending on its military. Besides engaging the new Second, the court must hold all con-
German administration led by Chancellor Olaf cerned officials accountable in real
terms and not merely through pass-
Scholz in intergovernmental consultations, Mr Modi ing strictures or expressing displeas-
will participate in the second India-Nordic Summit ure.
in Copenhagen and meet French President The law on encroachment on pub-
lic land is clear. Quite obviously, there
Emmanuel Macron following his recent re-election. should be encroachment and that too
India has made it amply clear it won’t be forced on public land. Some victims of the
into choosing sides in the Ukraine crisis by pressure excesses claim that they have valid
from Western partners. However, India’s position on
the worst conflict witnessed by eastern Europe in
more than half a century has evolved to include a { SIMPLY ECONOMICS }
condemnation of civilian killings and a strong
Pramit Bhattacharya
demand to respect territorial integrity. It would be
hypocritical of European powers to demand that
India isolate Russia when they themselves are still
among the largest purchasers of Russian energy.
Germany, which was among the first European War, malnutrition, and
India’s fiscal burden
powers to fashion an Indo-Pacific strategy and has
been in the lead for pushing for an India-European
Union (EU) trade deal, is an important partner for
trade and investment, mobility for Indian he Russia-Ukraine war has run
professionals and the green transition. The Nordic
countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and
Sweden – are crucial for India’s plans in fields such
as innovation, renewable energy, and cooperation in
T longer than expected, with little
clarity on when it might end. The
economic consequences could also
be more far-reaching than anticipated,
even if all of them are not entirely clear at
the Arctic region. France is India’s foremost ally the moment. A visible shift in geopolitical
alignments, and a surge in inflationary
within Europe, which has steadfastly extended
support in crucial areas such as defence and
counterterrorism. India’s growing embrace of the
expectations are all too evident. But there
may be other unintended consequences to
the current conflict which could have far-
reaching impacts on distant countries.
EU in recent years reflects the growing importance
of Europe in its foreign policy and all three stops on
The great power conflict in Vietnam
nearly half a century ago provides an
instructive example of such long-term
Mr Modi’s three-day tour will facilitate an in-person
assessment of collaborations aimed at post-Covid
recovery and set the stage for future cooperation.
effects. The Vietnam War brought a new
kind of political consciousness among stu-
dents in the 1960s and 1970s, and had a
lasting impact on pop culture in the West.
Its impact on the food and fiscal policy in
As DU turns 100,
India is not too widely known, but perhaps
much more significant.
The war between North and South Viet-
nam began in 1955 and sucked in the major
build on its legacy powers of the day. The erstwhile Soviet
Union and China provided support to the
Communist regime in North Vietnam while
the United States (US) and its allies backed
ew educational institutions in India have their South Vietnam, providing arms support
F history entwined with that of a city — and fewer
with a nation’s — than Delhi University (DU).
On Sunday, DU completed 100 years. This journey
and training to the South Vietnamese for-
ces.
It was only in 1965 that the newly-
elected US president, Lyndon B Johnson,
cannot be gauged on just academic achievements — ordered a direct offensive of American for-
ces against the North Vietnamese. The
although even there, DU comes out with flying resulting bloodshed sent shockwaves
colours. But DU has always been a lot more than around the world. Anti-war sentiment
studies. DU influenced the growth of a city that had grew in the US as the body count of Ameri-
can soldiers piled up, forcing an eventual
fallen into neglect post the Mughal era only to be American withdrawal in 1973, and a Com-
revived as a new New Delhi when the British shifted munist victory in 1975.
In 1964, Johnson was still one of the most
the Capital from Calcutta in 1911. The city absorbed
powerful men in world history, having won
the population influx following Partition, DU started the presidential election by a historic mar-
new colleges to accommodate students from west gin. His promise of a Great Society appealed
Punjab, and the national Capital transformed itself to many. At home, this meant racial recon-
ciliation and a “war on poverty”. Abroad, it
into a truly cosmopolitan land of opportunities. meant a war against hunger and commu-
The first bunch of constituent colleges, which nism. Like other American policymakers,
predate DU, were established in the walled city. Even Johnson considered India to be an impor-
tant bulwark against Communism in Asia.
as British influence weighed heavily, many of these But he felt India was not doing enough to
colleges were active participants in the freedom become self-sufficient in food, keeping the
movement. Post-Independence, DU grew rapidly to country perennially dependent on outside
aid (primarily American) to meet its food
answer the calls of nation-building. The Delhi School requirements. He was also peeved by India’s
of Economics, for example, produced some of the public denouncement of America’s aggres-
finest economists who contributed to governance. sion in Vietnam at a time when it was a
recipient of American aid.
The law faculty gave India some of its best legal Johnson tried to use the American food
minds. Various departments and colleges produced aid programme (PL-480) as a bargaining
stalwarts who contributed across the spectrum. DU tool to influence India’s food and foreign
policies. In November 1965, Johnson’s agri-
students’ union became the stepping stone for culture secretary, Orville Freeman was
prominent politicians. able to get India’s agriculture minister, C
Over the decades, DU not only widened the access Subramaniam to agree on a plan to revamp
Indian agriculture. The Treaty of Rome
to higher education across social and economic involved a commitment on India’s part to
classes and beyond state boundaries, but also encourage intensive cultivation of high-
created invaluable intellectual, cultural and social yielding varieties (wheat from Mexico and
rice from Philippines) in irrigated parts of
capital for a modern nation. Long may that the country, if necessary, by providing sub-
fascinating journey continue. sidies for critical inputs such as fertilisers
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papers and did not encroach on pub- the encroacher to remove all belong-
lic land, but were not allowed to show ings from the site of encroachment.
those papers to those concerned. This These options were apparently not
is precisely why natural justice given to the residents of Jahangirpuri.
requires a showcause notice be issued Thereafter, with the assistance of a
to the alleged encroacher before tak- posse of about 1,500 policemen and a
ing precipitate action. A person must few companies of the Central Reserve
be told by the State through a written Police Force (CRPF), bulldozers
notice that, prima facie, it appears brought in by the State were allowed
that there is encroachment and pro- to let loose mayhem on the streets of
vide an opportunity to the noticee to Jahangirpuri.
dispel this view. In response, the noti- Apart from demolition of immova-
cee may produce necessary papers ble property, two other events Officials and the police do not have any special protection akin to Afspa.
and authorisation to show that the occurred on the fateful day. One, the Delhi is not a disturbed area. If officials are allowed to get away without
prima facie opinion of the State is demolition, as reported, was to com- much ado, we might as well bid goodbye to constitutionalism HT
incorrect, in which event the proceed- mence in the afternoon, but in a pre-
ings will be dropped. However, if the emptive strike, it commenced in the How would you react to this travesty homes demolished.
noticee is unable to authenticate the morning, thereby depriving the resi- of justice? Given the circumstances, the SC
claim, an adverse order will dents of the first two options. Now, another crunch issue – violat- should use the Jahangirpuri demoli-
be passed and necessary Was the demolition drive ing the order of injunction passed by tions as an exemplar and punish the
consequences will follow. advanced and, if so, why? It is the SC. Anybody in Delhi who was erring officials whoever they may be.
According to some victims, for this arbitrary action that aware of the possibility of a demoli- The demolition of one’s home or
this procedure was not fol- the residents approached the tion in Jahangirpuri and keeping a tab means of livelihood is equivalent to
lowed; the onus for proving SC for relief. Two, there are on it knew that the SC had issued a civil death. In my view, accountability
that the procedure was fol- Madan credible reports that a thela stay order. This was broadcast every- is the long-term solution. The officials
lowed as mandated by natu- Lokur or handcart belonging to a where. The officials paid no heed to must be held accountable, personally
ral justice apart from statu- petty trader was smashed to this even though they knew of the stay and institutionally for brazen defiance
tory requirements, then smithereens by a bulldozer. order -- they chose to ignore it of the rule of law. They should not be
shifts on the State. The official records This was obviously not immoveable because a certified copy was not made allowed to get away with impunity.
(not in a sealed cover) will reveal the property and the trader could have available. Is there a huge trust deficit Officials and the police do not have
true picture. been directed to move it elsewhere if in our country, where officials do not any special protection akin to the
After receiving an adverse order, a it was obstructing the demolition pro- believe citizens and the media? dreaded Armed Forces (Special Pow-
noticee has three options: File an ceedings. The man has now lost his Assuming the officials were given ers) Act. Delhi is not a disturbed area.
appeal against the order and obtain means of livelihood. This is not just false information, halting the demoli- If officials are allowed to get away
an injunction against demolition; shocking, but also illegal and grossly tion for a while would not have without much ado, we might as well
remove the encroachment at his or unfair. Please imagine yourself in his resulted in irreparable harm. The bid goodbye to the rule of law and
her own cost, within a specified time; chappals: You go to visit a friend in demolition could have been carried constitutionalism and usher in the
or wait for the State to remove the some locality on a given day and after on after confirming the facts. On the rule of flaws.
encroachment within reasonable the visit, you find your car smashed by other hand, property once demol-
time, depending on the nature and a bulldozer for the ostensible reason ished causes irreparable harm. It’s not Madan Lokur is a former
extent of the encroachment, with due that it is encroaching on public land. easy for anyone to overcome the judge of the Supreme Court
notice (it could be one day), to enable Would you believe what happened? anguish and trauma of seeing their The views expressed are personal
{ JOE BIDEN } UNITED STATES PRESIDENT
P
Just as Putin chose to launch
this brutal invasion, he could
make the choice to end it.
Russia is the aggressor, and the
and credit. world must and will hold
Johnson’s incessant arm-twisting pro-
vided a strong impetus to Indian policy-
makers to speed up efforts to raise food
production, and break free from America’s
influence on foreign policy. But the plan
A
Russia accountable.
they adopted was very similar to the one
outlined by the Americans in Rome. It
relied on using high-yielding varieties in
irrigated states to boost the production of
wheat, and later rice. The Green Revolution
The integration of yoga
brought quick results, boosting wheat pro-
duction in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pra-
desh, helping bring down India’s depend-
ence on wheat imports by the early 1970s.
into our daily lives and
The long-term impact has been decid-
edly mixed. The Green Revolution has
helped raise agricultural productivity over
into global consciousness
time, especially in irrigated parts of the
country. But the economic and ecological ince forming the government in May copyrights and trademarks with the US gov-
costs have been steep. The cheap availabil-
ity of inputs such as water, power, and fer-
tilisers have led to over use, depleting
water tables, harming soil health, and
S 2014, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra ernment, the ministry of commerce
Modi has led from the front by focus- acknowledged that while several patents
ing on traditional knowledge systems. were granted by the US, it had no intention
In November 2014, the government set up a of taking up the matter with the US govern-
bankrupting State-owned power firms.
Such subsidies on farm inputs have also
been regressive, benefiting large land-own-
separate ministry of Ayush to ensure the ment.
seven traditional systems of health care, Similarly, in February 2014, a few months
including ayurveda and yoga, are leveraged before Modi became PM, the ministry of
ers in irrigated regions at the cost of mar- adequately in our public health care systems. health and family welfare acknowledged that
ginal farmers in rain-fed regions. The mini- By December 2014, the United Nations the task-force on Yoga constituted in March
mum price support (MSP) mechanism has
been equally regressive. These subsidies
have often led to burgeoning fiscal deficits,
driving up inflation, and ultimately hurting
passed a resolution declaring June 21 as 2009 had not even submitted its formal
International Day of Yoga with 177 nations report. In contrast, the efforts made since
co-sponsoring the resolution. In June 2016, 2014 highlight the intent of the government
while addressing a joint session of the United in ensuring Indian knowledge systems get
the poor. States Congress, PM Modi stated adequate global recognition.
Over time, the state backing for wheat that India did not claim intellectual May 2 was the 50-day countdown
and rice hollowed out the market for nutri- property rights on Yoga, highlight- to the 8th International Day of Yoga.
tionally richer cereals such as millets and ing that traditional Indian knowl- Over the years, global participation
pulses. Both demand and supply have edge systems have always been has increased and last year saw
declined since the 1970s, with farmers and open and accessible to all. In several more than 150 million people par-
consumers substituting nutritionally dense public forums since then, the PM ticipating virtually. This year’s
G Kishan
cereals such as jowar or bajra for rice and has categorically said yoga is India’s event has special significance as it is
wheat. This has been a significant driver of gift to the world for health and Reddy being celebrated during India’s 75th
India’s nutritional crisis, as several govern- peace. year of independence as a part of
ment reports and independent studies have Yoga’s inherent foundations flow the Azadi ka Amrit Mahostav.
noted. Yet, very little has been done to cor- from Hinduism, with Lord Shiva being rec- As we commemorate the various events
rect such a skewed farm support policy. ognised as its first practitioner. However, and heroes who fought for India’s Independ-
Those planning the Green Revolution like the universal values that Hinduism ence, we are also recognising those who have
may have been thinking only of India’s espouses, Yoga too has a universal appeal protected Indian culture and heritage over
medium-term constraints at that point. The and a global outlook. This is also evident the last 750 years. They have ensured that
inability to assure adequate food grains from how the practice found global accept- our value systems are preserved and pro-
and the difficulty in maintaining an inde- ance. From Vladivostok to Vancouver, Cape tected from the various invasions that aimed
pendent foreign policy stance may have Town to Copenhagen, people have adopted to wipe out every vestige of our culture and
prompted a quick-fix strategy to boost the yoga for its therapeutic potential. This shows heritage. As an ancient knowledge system
production of wheat and rice. But once the the inherent value that yoga brings to those that has come down over generations, there
farm support policies were rolled out, they adopting and practising it. From addressing is no better moment than this to recognise
created natural and powerful constituen- specific ailments to preventive benefits and the power of Yoga. Various ministries and
cies against any change or rollback: large overall mental well-being, yoga is now departments are participating in making this
and organised farmers, resource-rich acknowledged as an integral practice that event a grand success.
states, and inefficient fertiliser companies. helps individuals cope with the pressures However, it is the participation of non-
The finance ministry’s economic survey and grind of the 21st century. government entities, spiritual organisations,
of 2015-16 termed this the chakravyuha The journey towards the global accept- yoga enthusiasts and the general public that
challenge of policymaking in India. “...The ance of yoga has been a recent phenomenon will make this a memorable one. Yoga has
subsidy to farmers — which predominantly and PM Modi’s leadership has been instru- now been integrated into the daily lives of
benefits large farmers — cannot be mental. Two responses in the question hour crores of people and become a way of life.
reduced/eliminated because of an exit in the Lok Sabha during the government Over the last seven years, yoga has seen a
problem- the entitlement that farmers, before 2014 reflect the indifference and con- revival in our national consciousness. At the
especially rich farmers, have internalised, tempt that the government in those days had same time, as a gift to the world, yoga has
and the power of their voice in preventing towards yoga and traditional Indian knowl- been embedded deeply into the global con-
reform,” the survey said. edge systems. In August 2007, in response to sciousness.
a question in the Lok Sabha on whether the
Pramit Bhattacharya is a Government of India had taken up the issue G Kishan Reddy is the Union minister of culture,
Chennai-based journalist of the United States Patents and Trademarks tourism and development of Northeastern Region
The views expressed are personal Office (USPTO) sanctioning yoga related The views expressed are personal
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‘Heavy fighting’ in east as Kyiv Eid festivities
UK

tries fresh Mariupol evacuation Lugansk region can be described

Kyiv says more than
100 civilians were
evacuated over the
weekend from the
Azovstal plant
Agencies
letters@hindustantimes.com
ZAPORIZHZHIA: Ukrainian
authorities were hoping on Mon-
day to evacuate more civilians
from the besieged southern port
city of Mariupol, as Russia’s
offensive in the east of Ukraine
continued with “active and
heavy” fighting.
Kyiv said more than 100 civil-
ians were evacuated over the
weekend from the sprawling
Azovstal plant, the last holdout
of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol,
which has been surrounded by
Russian forces since they
invaded Ukraine on February 24.
The civilians were awaited on
Monday in Ukraine-controlled
Zaporizhzhia, where vehicles
from Unicef and other interna-
tional NGOs were on standby.
In coordinated efforts
between Ukraine, Russia and the
International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC), another evac-
uation had been scheduled to
A woman reacts as she stands in front of a building, destroyed by the shelling, amid the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, in Borodianka, Kyiv region, on Monday.
start first thing on Monday.
Ukrainian foreign minister
Dmytro Kuleba said later on
Monday the evacuation was
“under way” but declined to give
more details until it was com-
plete. Several hundred Ukrain-
ian soldiers and civilians have
been sheltering in the maze of
Soviet-era underground tunnels
underneath the Azovstal steel-
works, many of whom require
medical attention.
Heavy fighting
After failing to take
the capital Kyiv in the
first few weeks of the
war, Moscow’s army
has refocused on the
Attack on
east of Ukraine, nota-
bly the Donbas
region, which
includes the pro-Russian separa-
in a few words - active and heavy
fighting continues,” the defence
ministry added.
2 Russian boats sunk
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s defence
ministry said on Monday that its
drones had sunk two Russian
patrol boats near the Black Sea’s
Snake Island, which became a
symbol of Ukrainian resistance
after soldiers there rebuffed Rus-
sian demands to surrender.
“The Bayraktars are working,”
said Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the com-
mander in chief of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces, referring to Turk-
ETHIOPIA ALBANIA
ish-made military drones.
More than 5.5mn people have
fled Ukraine since the war began
on February 24, the UN Refugee
Agency reported on Monday.
Ukraine has formally closed
REUTERS its four Black and Azov sea ports,
which Russian forces have cap-
tist areas of Donetsk tured, the Ukrainian agriculture
and Lugansk. ministry said on Monday.
Fighting is particu- The Azov Sea ports of Mariu-
larly intense around pol, Berdiansk and Skadovsk and
Izyum, Lyman and the Black Sea port of Kherson
Rubizhne, as the Rus- were closed “until the restora-
sians prepare their
attack on Severodo-
tion of control”, it said.
The UN human rights office
Ukraine netsk, the last easterly said on Monday that the death
city still held by Kyiv, toll of civilians in Ukraine has
Ukraine’s general crossed 3,000 since the start of
staff said. “The situation in the the Russian invasion.

{ PAKISTAN }
EGYPT

Imran Khan blames Biden

admin for ouster of his govt
Press Trust of India
letters@hindustantimes.com
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former
prime minister Imran Khan on
Monday directly blamed US
Sergei Lavrov (left) Yair Lapid AFP President Joe Biden’s adminis-
tration for toppling his govern-
with the US to change the
regime in Pakistan. But he pro-
vided no credible evidence of
this and Washington has
strongly denied any foreign
interference. Khan’s fresh claim
came as he took to Twitter in
response to US defence analyst
said during the show.
In his reaction, Khan said
that the remarks were vindica-
tion of his claim that he was a
victim of foreign conspiracy.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s infor-
mation minister Marriyum
Aurangzeb has claimed that

Israel furious as ment through a conspiracy.

Khan, 69, the country’s 22nd
prime minister, was unceremo-
niously removed from office on
Dr Rebecca Grant’s remarks
about Pakistan in a Fox News
show.
“Pakistan needs to support
ousted prime minister Imran
Khan took away a plush 150 mil-
lion Pakistani rupees ($808,092)
official vehicle after being

Lavrov says ‘Hitler April 9 through a no-confidence

vote, becoming the first premier
in Pakistan’s history to be
Ukraine, stop looking for deals
with Russia right now, limit
their involvement with China,
removed from power through a
no-confidence vote last month.
“Mr Khan took a BMW X5 on Muslims pray (top) as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr as the holy month of Ramzan comes to an end, at

had Jewish roots’

Agencies
letters@hindustantimes.com
JERUSALEM: Israel denounced
Russian foreign minister Sergei
Lavrov on Monday for suggest-
ing that the Nazi leader Adolf
Hitler had Jewish origins, saying
his comments were anti-Semitic
and dangerous.
Israeli foreign minister Yair
Lapid said the Russian ambassa-
dor would be summoned for “a
tough talk” over the assertion,
which Lavrov made on Sunday
in an interview with Italian tele-
vision. “It is an unforgivable,
scandalous statement, a terrible
historical mistake, and we
expect an apology,” Lapid told
the YNet news website.
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett also
denounced Lavrov’s “lies” that
he said effectively “accuse the
Jews themselves of the most
awful crimes in history,” perpe-
trated against them.
There was no immediate com-
ment from the Russian embassy.
During an interview with
Italy’s Rete 4 channel, Lavrov
was asked how Russia could say
it needed to “denazify” Ukraine,
when the country’s president,
Volodymyr Zelensky, was Jew-
ish. “When they say ‘What sort of
nazification is this if we are
Jews’, well I think that Hitler also
had Jewish origins, so it means
nothing,” Lavrov said, speaking
through an Italian interpreter.
“For a long time now we’ve
been hearing the wise Jewish
people say that the biggest anti-
Semites are the Jews them-
selves,” he added.
In Berlin, German govern-
ment spokesman Steffen Hebes-
treit told reporters: “I think the
Russian propaganda being
spread here by foreign minister
Lavrov needs no comment - it’s
absurd.”
Ukrainian foreign minister
Dmytro Kuleba said in a tweet
that Lavrov’s comments illus-
trate “deeply rooted anti-semi-
tism of the Russian elites”.
“His heinous remarks are
offensive to President Volo-
dymyr Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel,
and the Jewish people,” he
added. “More broadly, they dem-
onstrate that today’s Russia is
full of hatred towards other
nations.”
ousted through a no-trust
motion.
The cricketer-turned-politi-
cian has repeatedly alleged that
his political opponents colluded
{ COVID UPDATE } TOUGH CURBS CONTINUE
Beijing, Shanghai battle growing outbreak
Agencies
letters@hindustantimes.com
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China’s
commercial capital of Shanghai
was dealt a blow on Monday as
authorities reported 58 new Cov-
id-19 cases outside areas under
strict lockdown, while Beijing
pressed on with testing millions
of people on a May Day holiday
few were celebrating.
Tough coronavirus curbs in
Shanghai have stirred rare pub-
lic anger, with millions of the
city’s 25 million people stuck
indoors for more than a month,
some sealed inside fenced-off
residential compounds and
many struggling for daily neces-
sities.
While Shanghai officials said
the situation is improving,
and stop the anti-American pol-
icies that are part of the reason
that Imran Khan, the prime
minister, got voted out of office
a couple of weeks ago,” Grant
images on social media have
unnerved the public at a time
when hospitals and mortuaries
in the city are overwhelmed.
Dead but found alive
On Monday, authorities said
they were investigating five offi-
cials after videos showed a local
care home transferring an eld-
erly person in a body bag to a
mortuary. The person was later
found to be still alive.
Shanghai residents breathed a
sigh of relief over the weekend at
news that no cases had been
confirmed outside areas under
lockdown for two days, but dis-
appointment came on Monday
with the report of the 58 new
infections among people who
are allowed to move more freely
around the city.
his way out, which was basically
a car from the Prime Minister
Office’s pool for foreign delega-
tions,” Aurangzeb told reporters
on Sunday.
Authorities did not comment
on the new cases at a media
briefing but members of the
public weighed in online.
“They announced that they
stamped out cases at the com-
munity level too early,” one per-
son commented on the Weibo
platform.
Still, many people also took
heart from data that showed
encouraging trends, with 32 new
deaths in Shanghai on Sunday,
down from 38 a day earlier, and
6,804 new local cases, down
from 7,189.
“There is hope for May,” said
another Weibo user.
New focus on Beijing
Beijing, with dozens of daily
infections in an outbreak in its
second week, has not locked
Small Heath Park, in Birmingham, England, on Monday; A man holds a child (centre-left) while
attending the morning prayer sermon in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; An Albanian Muslim woman
(centre-right) takes a picture at Skenderbej square in Tirana and an Egyptian worker carries
traditional sweet biscuits, as part of the celebrations at a bakery in Cairo, Egypt . AGENCIES
A
l
8 people killed in
Philippines
down, instead relying, at least for the globe on Wednesday as the housing fire
now, on mass testing to locate country opened its borders to MANILA: Eight people
and isolate infections. visitors from around 60 nations died, including six
Home to 22 million, the capi- including the US, Britain and children, when a fire
tal tightened Covid curbs over Singapore for the first time since ripped through a poor
the five-day Labour Day holiday Covid hit in early 2020. community in the
that runs through Wednesday, Maori cultural performers Philippines capital of
traditionally one the busiest sang songs at the arrivals gate in Manila on Monday and
tourist seasons. Auckland and travellers were destroyed 80 houses, a
Twelve Beijing districts, handed popular locally made fire official said. AFP
including the largest one Chaoy- chocolate bars as the first flights
ang which is home to nightlife came in from Los Angeles and BVI activists
and embassies, will carry out a San Francisco. Friends and fam-
further three rounds of Covid-19 ily hugged and cried as people protest plan for
tests between May 3 and 5, a were reunited for what was for direct UK rule
local official said on Monday. some the first time in more than ROAD TOWN: Activists
Chaoyang district accounts for two years. in the British Virgin
the biggest share of infections in Also, Italy and Greece relaxed Islands (BVI) on
Beijing’s outbreak. some Covid-19 restrictions on Monday protested
Sunday before Europe’s peak against a proposal to
NZ opens its borders summer tourist season, in a sign put the overseas British
New Zealand welcomed thou- that life was increasingly return- territory under control
sands of travellers from around ing to normal. of the United Kingdom,
days after the BVI
premier was jailed in
Miami on charges of

Pegasus spyware targeted CHINA: 1 PERSON

PULLED OUT ALIVE India extends its credit line to conspiring to traffic
drugs. REUTERS

Spanish PM’s phone in 2021 FROM COLLAPSED

Associated Press
letters@hindustantimes.com
MADRID: The cellphones of
Spain’s prime minister and
defence minister were infected
last year with Pegasus spyware,
which is available only to coun-
tries’ government agencies,
authorities announced on Mon-
day.
Prime Minister Pedro San-
chez’s mobile phone was
breached twice in May 2021, and
defence minister Margarita
Robles’ device was targeted
once the following month, Cabi-
net minister Felix Bolanos said.
The breaches, which resulted
in a significant amount of data
being obtained, were not autho-
rised by a Spanish judge, which
is a legal requirement for
national covert operations,
Bolanos said at a hastily con-
vened news conference in
Madrid.
PM Pedro Sanchez AFP
“We have no doubt that this is
an illicit, unauthorised inter-
vention,” Bolanos said. “It
comes from outside state orga-
nisms and it didn’t have judicial
authorisation.”
The Socialist-led government
was during those months under
intense scrutiny over its han-
dling of a major foreign policy
spat with Morocco and gripped
by a tense domestic dispute over
the release of jailed separatists
from Spain’s restive Catalonia
region.
Bolanos refused to speculate
who might have been behind
the Pegasus breach, nor what
might have prompted it.
The National Court opened
an investigation into the breach,
and a parliamentary committee
on intelligence affairs was set to
look into it.
Before Monday’s announce-
ment, the government was
already under pressure to
explain why the cellphones of
dozens of people connected to
the separatist movement in the
northeastern Catalonia region
were infected with Pegasus
between 2017 and 2020.
The spyware revelations
involve at least 65 people,
including elected officials, law-
yers and activists linked to Cata-
lonia.
BUILDING, 54
STILL MISSING
BEIJING: One person was pulled
out alive on Monday from the
rubble of a building that col-
lapsed three days ago in central
China, state-run television said,
with hopes of finding more sur-
vivors fading fast.
The commercial building in
Changsha city, Hunan province -
which housed apartments, a
hotel and a cinema - caved in on
Friday, sparking a massive res-
cue effort with hundreds of
emergency responders.
State-run CCTV showed
images of a person wrapped in a
thick white blanket being carried
on a stretcher, with Monday’s
recovery taking the total number
of people found up to eight in
three days. At least 15 people
identified by authorities are still
trapped in the rubble while no
contact has been established
with 39 others. AFP
SL by $200mn to procure fuel
Agencies
letters@hindustantimes.com
COLOMBO: India has extended its
current credit line by a further
$200 million to replenish Sri
Lanka’s rapidly depleting fuel
stocks, power and energy minis-
ter Kanchana Wijesekera said on
Monday.
“India has already given an
additional $200 million which
will be used for another 4 ship-
ments (in May). Apart from this
we are also in discussion with
India for another $500 million
credit line, but this is not final-
ised yet,” Wijesekara said.
Sri Lanka has utilised $400
million from the $500 million
credit line extended by India in
March and April, and the two
fuel shipments will be paid for
from the remaining funds this
month, the minister said. India
has already agreed to defer $1.5
billion in import payments that
Sri Lanka needs to make to the
Asian Clearing Union. Last
month, New Delhi also extended
the tenure of a $400 million
swap given in January this year,
the Indian High Commission
said. The Sri Lankan govern-
ment said it would temporarily
default on $35.5 billion in for-
eign debt as the pandemic and
the war in Ukraine made it
impossible to make payments to
overseas creditors.
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa
regime has also asked for an
International Monetary Fund
bailout, which could take up to
three months to arrive.
Wijesekara said the monthly
fuel import cost in May is esti-
mated to be around $580 mil-
lion, compared to $200 million
three months ago, due to the
spike in the global oil prices.
The fuel imports from India
notwithstanding, Sri Lanka will
also need to address the shortfall
of dollars to pay for its crude oil
shipments.
Parl session tomorrow
Meanwhile, the parliament is set
to convene on Wednesday in a
session that may see a no-confi-
dence motion being brought
against Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka’s leader of Opposi-
tion and Samagi Jana Balawe-
gaya (SJB) leader Sajith Prema-
dasa on Saturday had said that
the no-confidence motion will be
brought against Prime Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa during the
next session of the country’s par-
liament.
The president reportedly told
dissidents within his coalition
government on Friday he was
willing to consider forming a
unity government, but that nei-
ther he nor his brother Mahinda,
the country’s prime minister,
would step down.
Japan PM agrees
defence deal
with Thailand
BANGKOK: The leaders
of Japan and Thailand
announced a new
defence agreement on
Monday as well as
plans to upgrade their
economic relations, as
Japanese Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida
wrapped up the last leg
of a three-nation tour of
Southeast Asia. REUTERS
Oppn demands
Armenian PM quit
over Karabakh
YEREVAN: Opposition
parties in Armenia on
Monday staged protests
to demand Prime
Minister Nikol
Pashinyan’s resign over
his policy on the long-
contested region of
Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP
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April data showed a
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April from a six-month low in
March as new orders and pro-
duction expanded at a faster
pace despite intensified infla-
tionary pressures due to geopoli-
tical turbulence, a private survey
said on Monday.
The S&P Global India Manu-
facturing Purchasing Managers
Index (PMI) improved to 54.7
points in April from 54 points
the previous month as the roll-
back of covid-19 restrictions con-
tinued to support demand. The
50-point mark separates expan-
sion from contraction.
However, the agency cau-
tioned that persistent high infla-
tion could affect demand as
firms continued to pass on addi-
tional cost burden to buyers.
Inflationary pressures intensi-
fied in April as input prices rose
at the fastest pace in five months,
while output charge inflation hit
a 12-month high, led by rising
Lowest bidder only HDFC profit beats estimate in Q4FY23
to get tender for
govt procurements
Rajeev Jayaswal
letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The discretion of
officials in awarding tenders in
government procurements, a
key driver of the economy, to the
second lowest bidder if the win-
ning bidder failed to sign the
contract has been ended by the
Centre, two persons aware of the
development said.
A fresh tender will have to be
issued in such circumstances,
according to the modified public
procurement policy. This could
lead to delays and cost escala-
tions, experts said.
To make public procurement
more transparent and scrupu-
lous, the finance ministry last
month amended the manuals for
procurement of goods and work
pertaining to cases where the
lowest bidder fails to sign the
procurement contract. The
usual practice in such instances
allowed the procurement entity
to offer the contract to the next
successful bidder on matching
the terms of the first bidder.
“Now the procurement entity
has no such discretion in such
cases other then re-tendering,”
one of people said, requesting
anonymity.
As many as 12.88 lakh tenders
worth Rs 47.96 lakh crore have
been issued by over 30,000 gov-
ernment organisations since
2011, according to the official
e-procurement portal. In the
current financial year that
started in April, the portal has
already published 13,104 tenders
worth Rs 40,818 crore.
Earlier, the policy was that the
procuring entity, on being satis-
fied that there was no cartelisa-
tion and the integrity of the pro-
curement norms were main-
tained, could offer the next
SAT lifts Sebi curbs over Infosys’ insider trading case
Priyanka Gawande
priyanka.gawande@livemint.com
MUMBAI: The Securities Appel-
late Tribunal (SAT) on Monday
lifted restrictions imposed by the
Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Sebi) in its earlier order
pertaining to alleged insider
trading by employees of Infosys.
This comes after some
employees of Infosys filed an
appeal before the tribunal ques-
tioning Sebi’s order of 15 Sep-
tember 2021 confirming the reg-
ulator’s 31 May 2021 order that
restrained the employees of Info-
sys from buying or selling any
securities of Infosys till further
orders.
“When only prima facie
observations are being made
which the appellant has suffi-
ciently explained and discharged
his burden we are of the opinion
that at this stage debarring a per-
son from accessing the securities
Growth trajectory
The S&P Global India
Manufacturing Purchasing
Managers Index (PMI)
improved to 54.7 in April
from 54 the previous month.
PMI-Manufacturing
60
54.7
50
40
30
27.4
20
Apr 2020 Apr 2022
Source: S&P Global
commodity prices, the Russia-
Ukraine war and greater trans-
portation costs, the report said.
“A major insight from the lat-
est results was an intensification
of inflationary pressures, as
energy price volatility, global
shortages of inputs and the war
in Ukraine pushed up purchas-
ing costs. Companies responded
to this by hiking their fees to the
greatest extent in one year. This
escalation of price pressures
could dampen demand as firms
continue to share additional cost
successful bidder an opportunity
to match the financial bid of the
first successful bidder. If the
offer was accepted, the entity
could award the contract to the
next successful bidder at the
price bid of the first successful
bidder, said the person, citing
the discretionary powers.
To be sure, the discretionary
power was not absolute, as the
procurement entity had to give
in writing the reasons for allow-
ing second lowest bidder, he
added. The finance ministry of
finance did not respond to an
email query in this matter.
The new rule may lead to
delays in implementing projects
and consequently lead to cost
escalation, experts said.
The change in procurement
policy may lead to “delays and
higher costs in procuring essen-
tial and urgent goods and servi-
ces as the procuring entity is
now left with no option but to
re-tender in the event of failure
or withdrawal of bid” by the first
successful bidder, said Pradeep
Multani, president of the PHD
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, a lobby group.
“The earlier provision of
awarding a contract to the next
successful bidder at the price of
the first successful bidder was
quite expedient and had ade-
quate safeguards, which was in
the interest of efficiency and
economy in the procurement
process,” Multani said. “Re-ten-
dering of contract might lead to
higher prices as the earlier
quoted prices would be known
now to all bidders, besides the
delays in re-tendering.”
“The logic behind public ten-
der is to get the best service
timely and at economical rates,”
said AP Singh, partner at law
firm MV Kini.
The entities allegedly traded in the futures and options segment
of the Infosys scrip ahead of the financial results bulletin. REUTERS
market is not justified in the
facts of the case,” said a bench
led by Justice Tarun Agarwala
while quashing Sebi’s confirma-
tory order.
“In the absence of any direct
or indirect evidence coming
forth at this stage and the fact
that the investigation is still con-
tinuing, which may take time for
issuance of a show cause notice,
The companies reported a
further surge in input costs
during April. REUTERS
burdens with their clients,” said
Pollyanna De Lima, economics
associate director at S&P Global.
According to the report, com-
panies reported a further surge
in input costs during April, with
chemical, electronic component,
energy, metal, plastic and textile
costs higher than the previous
month.
Increases were partly attrib-
uted to rising transport fees and
the war in Ukraine. The overall
rate of inflation strengthened to
a five-month high and outpaced
Bloomberg
feedback@livemint.com
MUMBAI: Housing Develop-
ment Finance Corp. posted a
16% rise in fourth quarter profit
led by strong demand for home
loans as the pandemic eased.
Net income stood at ₹3,700
crore ($484 million) in the
three months ended March 31,
compared with ₹3,180 crore a
year ago. That beat the average
estimate of ₹3,320 crore in a
Bloomberg survey.
The country’s largest mort-
Anti-profiteering body gets 2
members, steps up hearings
Dilasha Seth
dilasha.seth@livemint.com
BENGALURU: India’s anti-profit-
eering watchdog has swung into
action after a year, with two new
members joining it, and is likely
to issue orders in the coming
months in cases involving
Cloudtail, Loreal India, Logix,
Prestige Estates, DLF and Hira-
nandani Group, among others.
With over 200 cases piled up,
the National Anti-Profiteering
Authority (NAA) has expedited
the number of hearings even as
the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Council mulls over its fate.
With its tenure set to end in
November, the NAA is expected
to pass orders in a slew of cases
in the coming months—over 100
hearings are scheduled till mid-
May alone.
According to the anti-profit-
eering rules under GST, “Bene-
fits of input tax credit should
have been passed on to the recip-
ient by way of commensurate
reduction in prices.”
“The NAA’s work was affected
last year with the lack of quorum
as there were vacant positions.
we are of the opinion that the
continuation of the interim
order against the appellant is
unjustified especially when the
appellant has not traded in the
scrip nor is there any finding
that he is a party to unlawful
gain,” the tribunal said.
The case pertains to entities
and individuals including Pran-
shu Bhutra, Amit Bhutra, Bhar-
Business
its long-run trend, it said.
After 14 price hikes across two
weeks in March totalling ₹10 per
litre, petrol and diesel prices
have remained unchanged for 26
straight days now.
India’s retail inflation meas-
ured by the Consumer Price
Index (CPI) touched a 17-month
high of 6.95% in March, and is
expected to remain elevated in
the coming months, with the
impact of high oil and commod-
ity prices trickling down in the
economy.
Despite the inflationary pres-
sures, output growth quickened
in April and outpaced its long-
run average. April data showed a
rebound in new export orders,
following the first contraction in
nine months in March.
In line with the ongoing
improvement in demand, firms
purchased additional inputs in
April. The upturn was sharp and
the most pronounced since last
November, the report said.
Even as there was an improve-
ment in business confidence
during the month, the overall
degree of optimism remained
subdued by historical standards.
While some firms foresee fur-
ther improvements in demand
and economic conditions, others
said the year-ahead outlook was
difficult to predict, according to
the report.
gage lender, which is in the
process of merging with HDFC
Bank, has seen robust demand
for home loans led by revival in
consumer spending as the
intensity of infections from the
pandemic eased. After the
merger with the country’s sec-
ond-largest lender, the com-
bined entity will be twice as
large as ICICI Bank, the third
largest in India.
Total income during the
March 2022 quarter increased
to ₹12,308.46 crore from
₹11,707.53 crore in the year-ago
Around 39 cases are being
currently probed by DGAP. PTI
However, with the two new
members joining in the last week
of February, the authority has
started functioning well and is
holding 5-6 hearings a day for
various cases,” said a govern-
ment official.
To pass a judicial order, a quo-
rum of three is required, which
was not there following the
vacancies since April 29, 2021.
After a gap of nearly a year,
the NAA issued two orders in
April—on Lodha and Alton
India. Its previous order—in the
case of Dough Makers—was way
ath C. Jain, Capital One Partners,
Tesora Capital, and Venkata Sub-
ramaniam V. V. Pranshu Bhutra
is senior corporate counsel of
Infosys and Venkata Subrama-
niam V. V. is senior principal,
corporate accounting group,
Infosys. Capital One and Tesora
Capital, two partnership entities,
were investigated by Sebi for
their trading activity.
These entities allegedly traded
in the futures and options seg-
ment of the Infosys scrip right
before the announcement of
financial results for the quarter
ended 30 June 2020.
The information pertaining to
the financial results was unpub-
lished price sensitive informa-
tion (UPSI), and the UPSI period
was from 29 June 2020 to 15 July
2020, according to Sebi.
A large part of the case rests
on the fact that Subramaniam
has been listed as a designated
person who can be expected to
Powered by
LIC sees strong demand
from anchor investors
Gulveen Aulakh
gulveen.aulakh@livemint.com
NEW DELHI: Life Insurance Corp.
(LIC) of India’s initial public
offering has received a robust
response from institutional
investors, with ₹5,620 crore
worth of shares reserved for
anchor investors getting fully
subscribed, government officials
aware of the details said.
Investors, including Norwe-
gian wealth fund Norges Bank
Investment Management and
Singapore sovereign wealth fund
GIC, were allocated shares of LIC
before the sale opens to the pub-
lic on May 4, the officials said,
requesting anonymity.
“The anchor book is to be allo-
cated up to maximum allowable
of up to about ₹5,620 crore, and
it is fully done,” one of the two
officials said. Alongside global
funds, domestic asset manage-
ment companies such as HDFC
Asset Management Co. Ltd, SBI
Funds Management Ltd, ICICI
Prudential Asset Management
Co. Ltd and Kotak Asset Manage-
ment Co. Ltd have also come in
as anchor investors, a second
official said.
The government expects to
raise about ₹21,000 crore at the
upper end of the price band in
what would be India’s largest
such sale.
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secre-
tary of the department of invest-
ment and public asset manage-
ment (Dipam), told Mint earlier
period, HDFC Ltd said in a reg-
ulatory filing.
For the full year 2021-22, the
company’s net profit rose to
₹13,742 crore against ₹12,027
crore in 2020-21. On a consoli-
dated basis, the net profit dur-
ing Q4 FY22 surged 21.6% to
₹6,892 crore, against ₹5,669
crore in Q4 FY21. Income dur-
ing the quarter on a consoli-
dated basis, however, fell to
₹35,060 crore from ₹35,754
crore a year ago.
The company’s board has
also recommended a dividend
back in March 2021.
The GST Council decided last
year that it will explore bringing
anti-profiteering cases under the
Competition Commission of
India. In the meantime, it
extended the NAA’s tenure in
view of the large caseload. How-
ever, the directorate general of
anti-profiteering has already
submitted its reports in the 206
cases piled up so far. Around 39
cases are being currently probed
by the DGAP.
“While there is talk of ending
the term of NAA, the fact
remains that such a body will be
needed till the time the possibil-
ity of a further GST rate reduc-
tion. Besides items like petro-
leum, alcohol and a part of real
estate are still out of the ambit of
GST, which will be introduced at
a later stage, requiring the anti-
profiteering to stay for a longer
term,” said another official.
M.S. Mani, partner, Deloitte
India said it was essential to
complete the cases pending with
the NAA soon so that the
impacted businesses get time to
review the verdict and evaluate
remedies.
have reasonable access to the
UPSI of the company. Amit Bhu-
tra and Bharath C. Jain were
working partners of Capital One
and Amit Bhutra was also a
working partner of Tesora.
This prima facie observation
coupled with series of phone
calls from Pranshu Bhutra to
Subramaniam and thereafter
from Pranshu Bhutra to his
cousin Amit Bhutra, prior to the
trades executed by Capital One
and Tesora, were bound to give
rise to a bonafide suspicion of
insider trading based on the
sheer preponderance of proba-
bilities caused by chain of con-
nections and activities involving
various entities, Sebi noted.
SAT in its order noted that the
SD database, which captures
details of designated persons
having access to UPSI, did not
include names of Bhutra or Sub-
ramaniam and thus, they did not
have UPSI-related information.
15
JOBLESSNESS RATE
SURGES TO 9.22%
IN URBAN AREAS
Reuters
feedback@livemint.com
NEW DELHI: India’s unemploy-
ment rate rose to 7.83% in April
from 7.60% in March, data from
the Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy (CMIE)
showed on Sunday.
The urban unemployment
rate rose to 9.22% in April from
8.28% the previous month,
while the rural unemployment
rate slipped to 7.18% from
7.29%, the data showed.
The highest unemployment
rate of 34.5% was recorded in
the northern state of Haryana,
followed by 28.8% in Rajasthan.
The LIC IPO is open from May 4 to May 9. REUTERS Economists say job opportu-
nities have been hit by sluggish
that book size from anchor cyholders and employees will be domestic demand and the slow
investors is expected to be able to invest ₹2 lakh each, and pace of economic recovery amid
around ₹5,600 crore. the categories will be mutually rising prices.
Queries sent to the spokes- exclusive, Pandey had said, indi- Retail inflation rose to a
man for the finance ministry on cating that if an employee is a 17-months high of 6.95% in
Monday did not elicit a response policyholder as well, he would be March, and is likely to peak
as of press time. able to invest up to ₹6 lakh in the around 7.5% later this year, Shi-
The government will sell 3.5% IPO. The IPO will open for sub- lan Shah, economist at Capital
of LIC, or 221.3 million shares, of scription to the public from May Economics, Singapore, said in a
which 22 million shares will be 4 till May 9, and shares will be note on Saturday. He expects a
reserved for policyholders and listed on exchanges on May 17. repo rate hike by the central
1.5 million for employees of the Institutional investors who bank in June.
insurance behemoth. LIC is val- fail to get shares during the The data from the Mumbai-
ued at ₹6 lakh crore, which is anchor allotment process can based CMIE is closely watched
just 1.1 times its original embed- buy LIC shares from the quali- by economists and policymak-
ded value of ₹5.39 lakh crore, fied institutional buyers’ quota, ers as the government does not
according to the government’s which will offer shares worth at release its own monthly figures
revised estimates. least ₹10,500 crore. Excluding of unemployment.
The government has set the reservations, the remaining They have also been watch-
price band for the initial share shares will be allocated in the ing the falling labour participa-
sale of state-run LIC at ₹902- 949 ratio of 50% to qualified institu- tion rate - the proportion of peo-
a share, with a ₹60 discount for tional buyers (QIB), 35% to retail ple in employment or seeking
policyholders and ₹45 for investors and 15% to non-institu- work among the working popu-
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FY22, HDFC said. The dividend
payout ratio is 40%. In FY22, Going digital and
individual approvals and dis-
bursements grew by 38% and
37%, respectively, compared to
green will determine
competitiveness in the
the preceding fiscal.
“In the month of March future. This upheaval
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its highest monthly individual affords India a massive
disbursements ever. This is
despite the fact that the previ-
opportunity.
A
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stamp duty benefits in certain
states, which were not there in
the current year,” it said.
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Knights end five-game losing streak
Nitish Rana’s 50-plus
partnerships with
skipper Shreyas Iyer
and Rinku Singh help
KKR beat Rajasthan
Rutvick Mehta
rutvick.mehta@htlive.com
MUMBAI: For all the changes
rung in thick and fast by Kolk-
ata Knight Riders (KKR) game
after game in this Indian Pre-
mier League, it’s their two con-
stant faces that stood up to
finally snap an alarming five-
match losing streak on Monday.
A 60-run stand between Nit-
ish Rana (48 not out, 37b) and
captain Shreyas Iyer (34, 32b)
brought calm to a jittery batting
line-up on a tricky Wankhede
Stadium pitch and against a
high-quality Rajasthan Royals
(RR) attack. Rinku Singh’s
23-ball 42 (6x4, 1x6) was just the
kind of impetus a 153-run chase
required as KKR pulled off a
seven-wicket win after a typi-
cally woeful start.
Having dropped Venkatesh
Iyer, KKR’s sixth different open-
ing combination in as many
games went much like the pre-
ceding five—leaving a job to do
for the others. Aaron Finch
played on a Kuldeep Sen length
delivery while Baba Indrajith
top-edged a pull off Prasidh
Krishna. At 32/2 after six overs,
it was the same old wobbly bat-
ting story for KKR.
Iyer and left-hander Rana
took it upon themselves to
steady it by eliminating risk for
the next four overs. Rana then
targetted R Ashwin, a sweeping
six sandwiched by two reverse-
hit fours in a 16-run 11th over.
Just as KKR began to flex mus-
Left-arm pacers thrive, give Newcomers Lucknow and Gujarat
India abundance of options face no first-season hiccups in IPL
Rasesh Mandani
rasesh.mandani@htlive.com
MUMBAI: Indian cricket has not
just begun to enjoy an abun-
dance of fast bowling options,
several among them are left-
armers, who were once rare in
the domestic game.
Seldom has a single IPL sea-
son thrown up so many Indian
left-arm quicks of such varied
skills as this one.
Mohsin Khan is nippy with a
deceptive slower ball while
Mukesh Choudhary swings his
way to powerplay wickets. If
Yash Dayal controls the middle
overs with sharp bouncers,
Arshdeep Singh aces his yorkers
at the death. Then there are the
comeback artists—T Natarajan
and Khaleel Ahmed.
Each bowler may be at differ-
ent stages of development. But
the national selectors would
hope to identify the best among
them for the immediate future
with a World Cup around the
corner, and keep an eye out on
the others for the long-term.
India have searched for a dura-
ble left-arm pacer since Zaheer
Khan retired, to add variety to
their potent pace attack, but only
Jaydev Unadkat had come even
to the fringes.
Two among them whose
names went under the radar at
the auction—Mohsin and
Choudhary—enjoyed a super
Sunday.
The stand-out showing of
23-year-old Mohsin (4-0-16-4)
won the day for Lucknow Super
Giants against Delhi Capitals. In
the evening, 25-year-old Mukesh
Choudhary’s four-wicket haul
for Chennai Super Kings stopped
Sunrisers Hyderabad in their
pursuit of their target of 203. The
two share 19 wickets in 12
matches, handsome returns for
Lahiri ends T-15 in Mexico, Rahm wins
HT Correspondent
sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Anirban Lahiri
shot a brilliant 5-under 66 in
the final round to finish tied
15th in the Mexico Open PGA
Tour event on Sunday. The
34-year-old India No 1 played a
bogey-free round on the windy
Vidanta Vallarta course.
Spain’s world No 2 Jon
Rahm lived up to his billing as
favourite to claim a one-shot
victory, a final round 69 help-
ing him finish with an aggre-
gate of 17-under 267. Brandon
Nitish Rana top-scored for Kolkata Knight Riders with an unbeaten 48 off 37 balls against Rajasthan Royals on Monday.
cles, the skipper gloved Trent
Boult down the leg to RR coun-
terpart Sanju Samson, who
reviewed it.
Rana though stayed put,
while Rinku came in and flew. A
casual flick off the legs to smack
Sen for six, a hook off Krishna
for four—Rinku was serving it
all.
With 31 needed off 18, the two
calmly finished the job to hand
RR, frustrated more by the
wides given by the umpire in
Adding variety to a pace attack
The success of left-arm pacers in this IPL provides
India different options going into the T20 World Cup
in Australia. A look at those who have done well
Pacer
Mohsin
Khan
BCCI
* Arshdeep has not taken too many wickets but his precise bowling in the death has been a plus for PBKS
players who were bought at their
modest base price of ₹20 lakh.
“I played him (Mohsin) in the
nets a month ago and then didn’t
want to face him. He was sharp.
At times, scary in the nets,” LSG
captain KL Rahul gushed on
Sunday. “It’s not just pace, he has
a good brain and skill as well. He
has a great slower one and
knows when to use it.”
Mohsin was with Mumbai
Indians for three years, but
didn’t get to play as Kiwi left-
armer Trent Boult was in the
side. At LSG he is rated highly
and has taken eight wickets
including Sunday’s four-for.
“From the time, I began bowl-
ing when I was 9-10, I would not
look for swing. I would always
look to bowl fast,” Mohsin said.
He is the second left-arm pacer
from Uttar Pradesh, after Yash
Dayal, to announce himself this
season.
Mohsin hails from Sambhal
while Dayal comes from Prayag-
raj. Dayal was called up as a
reserve to the India team and
Wu, Tony Finau and Kurt
Kitayama of the United States
were tied second at
16-under, after Wu and
Finau shot brilliant
63s.
Lahiri, tied 35th
after the third
round, made steady
progress. He sank
birdies on the sixth,
ninth, 12th, 15th and
final holes. Solid off
the tee and reach-
ing 14 of the
1 8
greens
the 19th, their second straight
loss.
Jos Buttler’s blazing form has
meant fellow opener Devdutt
Padikkal’s lack of a big knock
hasn’t pinched RR much. The
left-hander couldn’t get going,
an attempt to work a full ball to
leg ending up as a sharp catch
for bowler Umesh Yadav in a
wicket-maiden third over.
Samson has been quick off
the blocks in this IPL, and it was
no different on Monday. He
Players
Mohsin Khan (LSG)
T Natarajan (SRH)
Khaleel Ahmed (DC)
Yash Dayal (GT)
Mukesh Choudhary (CSK) 8
Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)*
had attracted a bidding war
before going to Gujarat Titans
for ₹3.2 crore. His razor-sharp
bouncer that got Andre Russell
ducking and would have
resulted in his wicket but for his
overstepping is an example of
his efforts. He strikes every 13
balls (7 wickets) and delivers
effective slower balls in the slog
overs.
Arshdeep shines at death
The most improved bowler
among the lot is Punjab Kings’
Arshdeep Singh. He was one of
only two players retained by the
franchise before the auction and
has vindicated that faith by con-
trolling the proceedings in the
death overs.
Among those asked to line up
against power-hitters at the
death, Arshdeep stands out with
an economy of 6.25, conceding
only three fours. He would want
to improve on his wickets tally
though, having taken only three
so far.
Mukesh Choudhary is making
in regulation, the highlight of
his round was a 35 foot putt
on the par-4 15th to go
9-under for the tour-
nament.
Lahiri shot 68 in
the first two
rounds and carded
a one-over 72 in the
third round on Satur-
day. But for a few
birdie putts stopping
agonisingly short,
he could
Sport
smacked a couple of fours and a
lovely lofted six over
cover to awaken the RR
innings in a largely pas-
sive 38-run powerplay.
Usually when Buttler is
around after the field
restrictions, his attack-
ing prowess touches
incredible levels. That
didn’t happen for the
season’s leading scorer,
who was kept quiet by disci-
plined KKR bowling. It was the
Mat Wkts Ave Econ SR
4 8 10.63 6.07 10.5
9 17 17.82 8.66 12.35
6 11 17.27 7.92 13.09
4 7 20.86 9.13 13.71
11 25.45 9.82 15.55
9 3 77 7.7
up for the absence of the injured
Deepak Chahar in the powerplay
overs—his eight wickets are the
most by any bowler in that
phase.
Natarajan, Khaleel on
comeback trail
As for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T
Natarajan, Indian cricket would
be egging him on to add more
chapters to his fairytale cricket
story. Having spent most of 2021
on the sidelines due to a troubled
knee, he has swung back into
contention with 17 wickets,
already surpassing his produc-
tive 2020 IPL (16 wickets) that
earned him the India cap. This
year, Natarajan, with a remod-
elled run-up, has proved he is
more than a yorker specialist.
Delhi Capitals’ Khaleel Ahmed
has also regained some of his
rhythm missing in the last two
seasons, taking 11 wickets, and
striking every 13 balls. He last
played T20 and ODI cricket for
India in 2019 and is on a come-
back trail.
have had a top-10 finish.
The Mexico Open extends
Lahiri’s strong season. Missing
three cuts in a row on the PGA
Tour, he was T-74 in the Arnold
Palmer Invitational before a
brilliant runner-up finish at the
Players Championship in
March.
The world No 85 then fin-
ished T-13 at the Texas Open
and was T-66 in the RBC Heri-
tage tournament. Lahiri moved
up three spots to 55th on the
FedExCup standings that will
determine qualification for the
playoff events on the PGA Tour.
BCCI
kind of innings where two of his
three fours came
because Sunil Narine
did not bend to stop the
ball while fielding.
When Buttler fell for
a 25-ball 22 in the ninth
IPL over by Tim Southee
after a nicely-timed
2022 jump by Shivam Mavi at
log-on, RR were in a fix.
More so as just before
that over, Samson received
lengthy treatment from the
Somshuvra Laha
somshuvra.laha@htlive.com
KOLKATA: Not every debutant
franchise has done well in IPL.
In 2011, Pune Warriors India and
Kochi Tuskers Kerala finished
eighth and ninth in a 10-team
tournament. In 2016, Rising
Pune Supergiant finished sev-
enth out of eight teams, and
though Gujarat Lions finished
top of the table, they lost both
qualifiers in the playoffs.
It has been entirely different
for Gujarat Titans and Lucknow
Super Giants. In their first sea-
son, they top the IPL points table
and are almost through to the
playoffs. That’s a huge deal
60 because their consistency con-
trasts with the wide-ranging
problems that normally weigh
down franchises in their first
season.
IPL’s most expensive teams,
Titans and Super Giants hit the
league with clear team plans.
They picked Hardik Pandya, a
proven all-rounder and face of
Gujarat cricket, and KL Rahul,
an all-format India captain-in-
waiting, as skippers. They also
entrusted old IPL hands Ashish
Nehra and Gautam Gambhir the
task of running the sides.
Captains’ innings
Leading up to the auction, and
then the tournament, there was
considerable doubt over Hardik
Pandya’s role. He was expected
to be a lower order enforcer with
the bat but bowling fitness was
under intense scrutiny. Till the
match he hurt his hamstring—
the all-rounder had lost his India
spot after back surgery that pre-
vented him from bowling—he
had bowled his full quota of
overs in four matches, taking
four wickets, twice striking in his
first over. He bowled full tilt,
opening the bowling with
Mohammed Shami in three
matches and lending the Titans
bowling an advantage many
other teams miss.
It was with the bat though
that Pandya really turned it on.
Taking on responsibility by pro-
moting himself to No 4, he has
scored three fifties, two of them
in wins. After the auction in Feb-
ruary, Titans’ batting had looked
thin but Pandya has helped ban-
ish that notion by becoming
their highest scorer with 308
runs at an average of 51.33 and
strike rate of 135.68.
It hasn’t been much different
with LSG. Having led Punjab
Kings for the previous two sea-
sons, KL Rahul was accustomed
to the frenetic nature of T20
leadership. At a new setup,
Rahul has done well to help the
franchise settle down in terms of
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
A
l
Kerala clinch
Santosh Trophy
NEW DELHI: Hosts
Kerala won the national
Today's match football championship
Time for the Santosh Trophy
on Monday after beating
Gujarat Titans (GT) West Bengal 5-4 on
vs 1 won
GT
penalties in front of a
Punjab Kings (PBKS) packed crowd in
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai 1 Match Manjeri. The match was
goalless at full time
KEY MATCH-UP before Dilip Oraon put
Shikhar Dhawan (PBKS) vs West Bengal ahead in
Mohammed Shami (GT) the 97th minute. Kerala
In a batting unit that has struggled for consistency, Shikhar equalised three minutes
Dhawan has provided solidity with a couple of notable from the close courtesy
half-centuries. He is among the top run-getters this a header by Bibin
season with 307 runs in nine matches at an average Ajayan, pushing the
of 38.37 and strike rate of 126.33. If Gujarat can final into a shootout.
dismiss Dhawan early, they will go a long way
towards restricting them to a below-par total.
Mohammed Shami is often Gujarat's go-to AC Milan on track
bowler for wickets in the powerplay, and he is for Serie A title
likely to exploit any movement on offer with the
MILAN: Portugal
new ball to make inroads into the Punjab line-up.
forward Leao struck
with eight minutes
remaining against
Team Pld Won Lost Net RR Pts MOST RUNS Fiorentina to ensure AC
GT 9 8 1 0.377 16 Jos Buttler (RR) 588 Milan are still favourites
KL Rahul (LSG) 451 for a first Scudetto since
LSG 10 7 3 0.397 14
Abhishek Sharma (SRH) 324 2011. Milan’s 1-0 victory
RR 10 6 4 0.340 12 over Fiorentina means
Shyreas Iyer (KKR) 324
SRH 9 5 4 0.471 10 they have 77 points from
Hardik Pandya (GT) 308
RCB 10 5 5 -0.558 10 35 games. Inter Milan
MOST WICKETS are second with 75
DC 9 4 5 0.587 8
Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) 19 points after beating
KKR 10 4 6 0.060 8 Udinese 2-1.
Kuldeep Yadav (DC) 17
PBKS 9 4 5 -0.470 8 T Natarajan (SRH) 17
CSK 9 3 6 -0.407 6 Osaka, Muguruza
Wanindu Hasaranga (RCB) 15
MI 9 1 8 -0.836 2 Umesh Yadav (KKR) 15 exit Madrid Open
MADRID: Naomi Osaka
physio. With Buttler gone and That was left for Shimron Het- and Garbine Muguruza
Samson’s stroke-making myer to do, who only walked in were among leading
impacted by a troublesome with three overs left and walked players to be knocked
back, RR didn’t get the middle- back after hitting two consecu- out of the Madrid Open.
overs kick that Buttler has inva- tive sixes off Southee and one Spain’s Sara Sorribes
riably given them. four in a 13-ball unbeaten 27. Tormo beat Osaka 6-3,
Samson, who was 21 off 15 Not too little but certainly too 6-1 in the second round.
after the powerplay, reached his
second fifty of this IPL but took
late.
Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals
Sorribes Tormo next
faces Daria Kasatkina
34 balls to score his remaining
33 runs.
152/5 in 20 overs (S Samson 54; T
Southee 2/46). Kolkata Knight
after she fought back to
upset Maria Sakkari 3-6,
Karun Nair (13, 13b) and Riders 158/3 in 19.1 overs (N Rana 6-3, 6-1. Anhelina
Riyan Parag (19, 12b) couldn’t 48*, R Singh 42*). KKR won by Kalinina brushed aside
provide impetus to the innings. 7 wickets. Muguruza 6-3, 6-0.
IPL debutants find ance is about leadership, speci-
ficity of roles and matchups, it
can go haywire without the part
instant success played by the coaching staff,
from picking the right players in
Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants the auction to fielding the apt
eleven in different match condi-
have all but sealed their berths in the
playoffs. Here's why they have clicked
tions. For new franchises, it’s all
the more important because
even the core has been built
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS from scratch.
Take the case of LSG, who
Rahul leads from the front ‘retained’ Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi
With two centuries already this season, Rahul is and Krunal Pandya before auc-
in top form with the bat. With a strong squad tion. In Evin Lewis and Quinton
at his disposal, he is also showing
de Kock, they then bought open-
that the struggles during his Punjab stint were ers who could run away with the
more a result of not having the players required game. They hit the jackpot when
to win T20 matches consistently they got two proven all-rounders
in Marcus Stoinis and Jason
Gambhir's mentorship Holder. England fast bowler
From their picks at the auction to the backing of Mark Wood, bought for ₹7.5
young Indian players, Gambhir's imprint on Lucknow is clear. crore, pulled out due to injury
His experience of leading KKR to two titles as well as his shrewd understand- but LSG’s Indian recruits are
ing of the game are key factors behind Lucknow's solid run shining—Avesh Khan and Moh-
sin Khan are leading the pace
Domestic players show their worth efforts, Krunal has taken on the
middle-overs spinners’ job and
Ayush Badoni's toil to get chances for the Delhi state team
an uncapped player like Ayush
is well known. Mohsin Khan, too, was not on the radar of
Badoni his carving wins with
most IPL teams, judging by Lucknow snapping him up for
belligerent batting.
just ₨20 lakh. But they have shown their worth and
Titans were dealt a blow when
provided evidence of the depth of talent in India
Jason Roy pulled out ahead of
IPL. But with the immensely tal-
GUJARAT TITANS ented Rashid Khan, express yet
underrated Lockie Ferguson, the
Hardik excels as skipper rejuvenated David Miller and
At the start of the season, there might have been with Matthew Wade as wicket-
doubts over Hardik's ability to lead given his limited keeper-batter, they have still
captaincy experience. He also had to ensure that his done extremely well.
own form was up to scratch. He has allayed any Both camps have many
concerns emphatically. In eight games, he has scored coaches and support staff but it’s
308 runs at an average of 51.33 and assumed greater evident they owe a lot of this suc-
responsibility cess to the crafty Gautam Gamb-
hir and Ashish Nehra. Head
Coach Nehra's backing coach of Titans, Nehra has been
hands-on, walking the sidelines
Ashish Nehra had never been the head
at matches, constantly talking to
coach of a franchise earlier, but he has
the players and ensuring a very
struck a chord with his players. He must
relaxed atmosphere. Hardik has
be relishing the performances of left-arm
said while he is captain, there is
pacer Yash Dayal, who Titans backed at
“no hierarchy in the team. “I like
the auction with a bid of ₨3.2 crore
to grow with my teammates or
people around me. That’s the
Indians to the fore reason of our success as well,” he
Whether it is Rahul Tewatia (L) finishing said on Saturday.
games or the likes of Abhinav Manohar playing You also get a measure of the
useful cameos, the second rung of Indian players
have stepped up. As we have seen from previous
seasons, it is the strength of the Indian contingent
success Titans have achieved in
terms of getting the best out of
their recruits, especially Indian
players like Abhinav Manohar
that decides how a team fares
and Rahul Tewatia—who is on a
match-winning spree as a fin-
performances. A lot of that hundred came in more demand- isher—and Wriddhiman Saha,
assurance has come in the 451 ing circumstances as none of who hit a match-winning 68 in a
runs he has scored at an average Rahul’s teammates scored more high-score chase against Sunris-
of 56.37 and strike rate of 145 at than 22. He dug in, batted into ers Hyderabad.
the top of the order. Only behind the last over to reach the cen- Similarly, Gambhir—a two-
Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler on tury, contributing over 60% of time IPL winning skipper with
the list of run-getters this season, the LSG total of 168. Rahul main- Kolkata Knight Riders—has
Rahul underlined his leadership taining almost the same strike backed players he believes can
with two very contrasting centu- rate (166.1) despite teammates make a difference at LSG. Like
ries against Mumbai Indians. contributing much less proves encouraging Badoni to go out
His first hundred—both his versatility as a batter. and finish matches in his first
knocks are identical 103*— came IPL season. Krunal has flour-
at a strike rate of 171.7, when the Player management at ished as a spinner this season
rest of the batters scored 88 off its best while Avesh has held his nerve in
60 balls in a total of 199. The next As much as a team’s perform- pressure situations.
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
Villarreal hope for a miracle Harshada bags Jr world lifting gold
versus formidable Liverpool
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MADRID: The small Spanish city
of Villarreal could be facing its
last Champions League night in
a while if it doesn’t pull off
another upset on Tuesday
against Liverpool. The modest
club ousted Juventus and Bayern
Munich on its way to a surprise
semifinal appearance. But if Vil-
larreal can’t reverse a 2-0 first-
leg loss against the English club,
recent history shows they may
not have another chance to play
in the competition soon.
Villarreal are only seventh in
the Spanish league, nine points
from the final qualification place
for the European competition
with four rounds to go. The
team’s chances of qualifying
through the Spanish league took
a hit on Saturday as they lost at
second-to-last-place Alavés,
when coach Unai Emery had to
rest some of his regular starters
ahead of the match against Liv-
erpool. That means only the
Champions League title is likely
to allow the club back into
Europe’s top club competition.
And returning after that may
not be easy either, considering
Villarreal’s recent record.
Based in a city of 50,000 peo-
ple in southern Spain, Villarreal
hadn’t played in the Champions
League since the 2011-12 season.
Before that, they had only quali-
fied for the tournament in
2005-06 and in 2008-09. This is
their third appearance in the
knockout stage, and first since
they made it to the quarterfinals
in 2009. They reached the semi-
finals in 2006. “We are going
through a historic moment. Our
people are very proud,” Emery
said on Monday. “We’ve been
playing well at home. Hopefully
in front of our fans we will have
our best and advance.”
Villarreal haven’t lost a home
match in more than five months,
since a Spanish league loss to
Barcelona last November.
Villarreal fans are preparing a
big party to try to help them pull
off an unlikely comeback.
Mosaics will be displayed inside
the La Cerámica Stadium, and a
corridor of fans will welcome the
team’s bus carrying the squad
from the training centre to the
stadium.
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NEW DELHI: Sharad Shantaram
hear about this girl more often,”
said coach Pramod Sharma, who
is travelling with the contingent.
Harshada took up weightlift-
Garud couldn’t stop beaming. As ing when she was 13 after her
Yellow Submarine look out of depth the news of his daughter, Harsh-
ada, winning a historic gold at
the Junior Weightlifting World
father took her to coach Biharilal
Dube’s training facility—Dube
Gurukul—in their town. The sep-
Villarreal surpassed expectations to reach the semis after upsetting Juve and Championships on Monday tuagenarian could quickly tell
came in, excited neighbours and the young girl had potential.
Bayern. Liverpool have all but shut the door with a 2-0 win at Anfield. Coach journalists made a beeline to “My past four generations
Unai Emery faces an improbable challenge against the Reds, who are chasing a Sharad ‘s humble home in Vad- were all wrestlers, but I took a
gaon Maval, a town in Maha- detour to weightlifting. How-
quadruple of Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup titles. rashtra’s Pune district. His ever, we are conditioned to spot
phone kept ringing non-stop as certain attributes. She had
well, but the proud father wasn’t Harshada Garud on way to the 45kg junior world gold. TWITTER impressive physique and power
2
Only twice have a team lost the first leg of a European Cup
semi-final 2-0 and gone through - Hamburg against Real Madrid one bit irritated. for her age, but most impor-
in 1979-80 and Roma against Dundee United in 1983-84. “I have never been this happy. be an option,” he said. I expected to win a medal here, tantly, she had the humility to
Harshada has fulfilled my A young Sharad vowed to but gold is beyond my expecta- learn and toil,” he said.
The Reds have never gone out after winning a first leg 2-0 at home in dream,” the 45-year-old said groom his child into a champion tions,” Harshada, who looks up “Before she left for Greece, my
3 Europe. But they have conceded at least three goals in the away leg of
each of their last three Champions League semi-finals.
after his daughter became the
first Indian, boy or girl, to win a
world junior title. Sharad’s own
weightlifter, and 28 years on, as
18-year-old Harshada (45kg)
lifted a total of 153 kg (70 kg
to Tokyo Olympics silver medal-
list Mirabai Chanu, said from
Greece. She has been a consist-
only advice to Harshada was to
stay calm and not commit a foul.
When I saw her first lift, I knew
1 10
Celtic are the only team to Liverpool are on promising weightlifting career snatch, 83 kg clean and jerk) to ent performer in age-group com- she was on to something special.
have completed a European the verge of their had ended by the time he turned win the title in Heraklion, petitions, winning gold It sounds a bit dramatic, but I
quadruple in 1967. Man 10th European 17, having only represented his Greece, Sharad’s dream had (under-17) in the Khelo India couldn’t stop my tears when she
United, Barca, Inter, Bayern, Cup/Champions League state at school level. “My father come true. Youth Games in 2020 and won gold,” Dube, who followed
Ajax and PSV have all won the final appearance, five didn’t earn enough to support Harshada’s top finish is a first bronze in the Asian junior the action on YouTube, said.
treble of European Cup, league higher than the next my sporting pursuit. He passed for an Indian at the junior championships in Tashkent later Turkey’s Bektas Cansu took
title and domestic cup. English side (Man United). away before I turned 18, which worlds, after Mirabai Chanu that year. “All her lifts were quite silver with a combined lift of 150
meant it was up to me to feed my won bronze (2013) and Achinta impressive today. She has been kg and Moldova’s Hincu Teodo-
34
In the first leg, Thiago Alcantara gave a stunning
two brothers and two sisters. Sheuli finished with silver (2021). competing in international ra-Luminita the bronze with a
performance from midfield, making 103 passes (with a
Naturally, weightlifting ceased to “I am very happy with my lifts. events for three years now, you’ll 149kg effort.
96.3% accuracy) and attempting 34 passes in the final third.
1 20
The Reds restricted Villarreal Trent Alexander-Ar-
to just one shot on goal nold won 100% of his { CHESS OLYMPIAD } { KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES }
during the 90 minutes at ground duels in the
Anfield. It’s hard to see the La Liga
side overturning the two-goal
deficit in the second leg.
first leg, made 20 entries into
the final third and provided 15
crosses into the Villarreal box.
India name squads for Priya Mohan beats Dutee
open, women’s sections Chand to win 200m gold
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the first. We're 2-0 up but we Cerámica. We will test represent India in the Open and Mohan outpaced the experi-
know we're not through." them much more." women’s sections at the 44th enced Dutee Chand to win the
Chess Olympiad with five-time 200m gold, a day after securing
Jürgen Klopp, Unai Emery, world champion Viswanathan the 400m title at the Khelo India Priya Mohan. HT
Liverpool manager Villarreal coach Anand to be the mentor of the Viswanathan Anand. AFP University Games at the Kant-
teams at the tournament, kick- eerva Stadium here on Monday. hard for this and I was in peak
ing off here on July 28. Sasikiran. The 19-year-old Arjun While the 2018 Asian Games form, but the weather wreaked
Both of Villarreal’s elimina- final in five seasons. The last Moreno and Arnaut Danjuma. India being the host are enti- Erigaisi and SL Narayanan will silver medallist Chand was out of havoc,” said Mohan, who repre-
tions in the knockout stage came time they were eliminated in a Moreno missed the first leg with tled to field two teams each—in also be part of the first team. the blocks in a flash to take the sented hosts Jain University.
against an English club—Arse- knockout round after winning a muscle problem, while Albiol Open category as well as The second team has R Pragg- lead into the first 100m, the “I was hoping to do a 51 in the
nal. Villarreal qualified for the the first leg was in the 2001-02 is nursing a knock. In the first leg women’s section—for the first- nanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, D 19-year-old Mohan ran a brilliant 400m. This is a great track, my
Champions League this season quarterfinals against Bayer Lev- against Liverpool, the defender time ever. It has bolstered the Gukesh and Raunak Sadhwani. bend to overtake and cement her home track, I’d called all my
by winning the Europa League erkusen. The English club won became the oldest Spaniard to home team’s medal chances at The team will also have the stature in the event. While friends, but, sometimes things
for their first significant title. all five away games it played in play in a Champions League the 14-day event, which is experienced B Adhiban. Mohan clocked 23.90 seconds don’t go your way. I’ll be travel-
Even making it back to the the Champions League this sea- semifinal at age 36. expected to witness participa- In the women’s section, the for the gold, Chand, representing ling to Europe to try and qualify
Europa or the Europa Confer- son, including against Inter Midfielder Yéremy Pino is out tion of world’s top names from first team will have Koneru KIIT, claimed silver with a tim- for senior Worlds, and improve
ence League may be difficult for Milan in the round of 16 and with a muscle problem. more than 150 countries, accord- Humpy, D Harika, Tania Sach- ing of 24.02 seconds and Flor- my timing. This is a good start,”
Emery’s team as it sits four Benfica in the quarterfinals. Emery, highly successful in ing to All India Chess Federation. dev, R Vaishali and Bhakti Kulk- ence Barla of Ranchi University she added.
points behind sixth-place Real It remained unclear if Emery the Europa League, is enjoying Vidit Gujrathi, who led India arni. The second team will have secured the bronze with 24.13s. A majority of the day’s action
Sociedad and five points from will be able to count of some key his best Champions League cam- to gold in the 2020 Olympiad, Soumya Swaminathan, Mary Despite the win, Mohan was was at the athletics venue. The
fifth-place Real Betis. players because of injuries, paign ever after never getting held virtually, will be part of Ann Gomes and Padmini Rout unhappy that rain had wreaked men’s and women’s kabaddi and
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to have a
quiet Eid,
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will
celebrate O Dhvani Bhanushali has released her
new single, Dynamite, today on Hitz
Music. This uptempo dance track
promises to bring something fresh to the table,
with close both in terms of music and visuals.
The colourful music video, directed by Collin
D’Cunha, is set in the scenic state of Punjab. It
family in features Dhvani as a modern-day Punjabi kudi,
who knows that a girl’s stature is the same as
Lucknow Delhi that of a boy, and this comes across through the
powerful lyrics of the track. Penned by Kunwar
Juneja and composed by Gourov Dasgupta,
Dynamite is Dhvani’s first rap outing, too. The
video has been choreographed by Rajit Dev.
The idea for the video was born from the
thought, ‘What if a regular Punjabi girl gets
superpowers?’ The video is an explosion of

I WILL SPEND colours and a celebration of the sights and

sounds of Punjab.
Dhvani says, “Dynamite was a blast to work
on. Punjab has a beautiful vibe and I love the

EID WITH MY
energy the people have there. Dynamite is
desi to the core. From the composition by
Gourov and visuals by Collin to the
P words — we’ve created a world of
our beautiful culture with a
We’ve created a

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message that’s so important for
every girl.”
world of our Vinod Bhanushali of Hitz
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a message that’s

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empowering. Its music and
so important for lyrics will connect easily
with today’s girls. The music
every girl. video shows Dhvani in a
never-seen-before look.”
DHVANI BHANUSHALI, D’Cunha adds, “In the music
Singer
to celebrate and meet their video, we’ve captured Dhvani’s
loved ones. I will have a quiet personality and free spirit. It reflects
Eid, with just close family at her character’s innocence, along with

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aving just wrapped home. We want to remember modernity and confidence.”
up the shoot of his the people we lost in the last Dynamite is out on Hitz Music’s
next, actor Ali Fazal two years. I think the country YouTube channel. HTC

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the festivity. “For me,
has suffered a lot, so I am not
in a celebratory mood,” says
Eid means being with family. the Mirzapur actor, who lost
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much better
And this year, I will be with my
granny in Lucknow (Uttar
Pradesh),” he shares, adding
now. I am glad that for most people, Eid is “a
that everyone quiet affair”, which includes
spending time with family. But,
will be able to
his mother and maternal
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meet their
and altering festive plans of
many, he is happy that things
loved ones. have changed.
“People couldn’t meet family
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under the patronage of the
royals. One such school of art
recently unveiled a collection of
generational artworks in the Capital.
The exhibition titled Path of Grace
had over 70 miniature paintings
from the erstwhile royalty of
Kishangarh. At the show, the air
resonated with notes of haveli
sangeet and a documentary took Diya Kumari and Vaishnavi Kumari
guests on a tour of Phool Mahal and
its art. “We have contemporarised Promila
miniature paintings and pichhwais Bahri
to revive the style,” said Vaishnavi
Kumari, founder, Studio
Kishangarh. Those present at the do
included MP Diya Kumari and
designer Raghavendra Rathore.

Folk musicians performing haveli sangeet Brijeshwari Kumari Gohil

Raghavendra Rathore and Aakash

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Rakshanda
Khan
Eid is special, as it comes after
a month of fasting and feels
like a reward. But sadly, this
year I lost my grandmother;
so we won’t be celebrating on
a grand scale, despite the
festival being observed
without any restrictions after
two years. My nani believed in
living her life completely, and
family get-togethers were
most important to her. We
will have my mum’s side of
the family meeting up and
celebrating her, as every Eid
lunch used to be at her house.
She was a mind-blasting cook,
and I will miss those cherished
moments [with her] a lot.
‘EXCITED FOR MY FIRST
EID AFTER MARRIAGE’
Rishabh Suri
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S
hama Sikander is
excited that she will
celebrate her first Eid
after she tied the knot
in March this year, with
businessman James Milliron.
“Eid has always been an
integral part of my life, since
childhood. I used to fast a lot
before, and look forward to
getting eidi. That is what
children want! Since it’s my
first after wedding, so we are
excited to host our loved ones.
So this time, I am looking
forward to giving eidi — it’s a
total shift,” says the actor.
The 40-year-old says the
celebrations will start in the
morning, with her entire
family and friends invited. “We
will organise a lunch.
Everybody will wake up early
in the morning, go for Eid
prayers, and break the fast
after it. My mum and my whole
family will cook delicious
delicacies, and then come to
my house. I love the kebabs.
The one thing I never fail to do
on every Eid is eating sheer
khurma and biryani! I don’t
cook, that isn’t something I do.
I don’t enjoy it (cooking) as
much, I am more of an eater,”
she adds.
Does her husband also take
a keen interest in the rituals or
how the festival is celebrated?
“We both were very religious at
one point, now we are totally
into spirituality. We respect
everybody who does it, goes for
iftar. We have iftar at our home
as well. But we don’t do any
religious activities anymore. It
just happened, it was a
conscious decision,” Sikander
signs off.
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Due to the pandemic,
everyone was being careful
and following guidelines. But
finally, after two years, we can
step out to pray on Eid. Every
festival had come to a
standstill owing to the Covid-
19 situation earlier. But this
year, many festivals will be
celebrated dil se with no
restrictions, fingers crossed!
So that makes this year
special. Things are back to
normal, which feels good. I am
looking forward to celebrating
by meeting my close friends,
and have planned a lunch for
them. Though now, my mum
doesn’t cook a lot but she is
making sheer khurma, which
is her speciality and is
supervising the biryani
preparation. Eid Mubarak!
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time is magical: Javed Ali
Eijaz Khan
A family prayer in the
morning is a must for us.
Family get-togethers are
the main essence for me on
Eid, every year. And last two
years were tough for all of
us. But this year, the vibe is
different and you can easily
see that on the roads. The
festive vibe is clearly visible
and I am happy. This year,
Pavitra (Punia; actor,
girlfriend) will be with us,
so that is definitely special. I
hope she will prepare
something because she is
an amazing cook. Food, fun,
family and laughter, that’s
my Eid agenda this year.
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my family in Jammu. Har Eid
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milenge, Eid mubarak kahenge
and ek saath festival celebrate
This year, I will be in
Europe along with my
wife and daughter. I
karenge. It will be a day full of will be travelling to
love, laughter and some Germany, Spain and
Food, fun, family and scrumptious food with my sister, Austria. Once you have
brother-in-law, and my adorable a kid, your travel plans
laughter — that’s the nieces and nephews. I am looking
forward to clicking some
revolve around your
kid’s school calendar.
festivity agenda for beautiful pictures of my family,
giving Eidi and just having a good
This year’s Eid will be
special as we all will be
celebrities this year time with everyone back home.
My parents went to Umrah, so we
together during the
festival. I am going to
will wait for them. I will miss my miss the festivities
mum a lot on Eid. back home. So maybe
later on, I will try to
cook something
Kavita Awaasthi special. But yes,
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prayers are a must and
this year, I will be
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rom getting together with family and praying for the people
friends, to relishing delicious sheer who are suffering in
khurma and biryani, TV celebrities can’t
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the Ukraine-Russia war.
wait to go all out this festive season — that
too with no pandemic restrictions! Yet,
some would prefer to keep it simple and close-knit.
Let’s hear it from the actors, on how are they look
forward to celebrate Eid with their loved ones.
Sana Sheikh
For Eid, like always, I will be at home with my
family. The festival has always been pleasant and
simple for me, and I hope it remains like that
always. This year, I will let my mum rest as I plan to
make sheer khurma and biryani. Every year, I have a
get-together with my loved ones at home. This
time, it’s just family as a few of my friends are out
of town. But I plan to have a small house party
later. I will start my day with prayers, later will
plant two jamun saplings in my building
compound, as I have been nurturing them from
scratch in my balcony since the first lockdown.
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adopted. Driving to enjoy daylight hours for desire. Your professional
the weather is very much travelling. Outstanding competence may come
on the cards for some youngsters. A dues may need to be paid urgently. into question and may hurt you. You
colleague appears supportive and You may have to contend with bad will be able to to keep ailments at bay.
will help you out of a tight corner. mood of a family member today. LOVE FOCUS: Your endeavour to get
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academic front. Those working You may have to handle someone upset your daily work schedule.
outdoors are likely to find extra close sympathetically. A good Health clubs and gyms may be the
energy to take up additional tasks. business deal will bring profit. answer to your coming back in shape.
LOVE FOCUS: It is best not to cross your LOVE FOCUS: Lover has ideas, but may LOVE FOCUS: It is best to leave things
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will look up soon. Some Students may have to Lack of preparation may
family issues may get strive harder to make make you stumble,
resolved. Don’t expect spoon feeding their mark. There is a need to tighten academically. Take steps to save your
on the academic front. the purse strings for a little while. health from polluted surroundings.
LOVE FOCUS: Spouse may rub you the LOVE FOCUS: An outing with beloved LOVE FOCUS: Budding romance will
wrong way. will not prove exciting. someone special is likely to kick-start.
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praised at workplace is work needs to be sorted buying is likely to save a
the only positive thing you can count out at the earliest. You will be at substantial amount. A task well
id ke intezaar mein jo mazaa hai woh kuch on today. peace with yourself, despite accomplished will give you an
E alag hi hota hai,” says singer Javed Ali, as
he excitedly talks about his love for the
festival. The Srivalli (Pushpa: The Rise; 2021)
LOVE FOCUS: Lover is likely to go back
on their word making you lose your
peace of mind.
provocations.
LOVE FOCUS: Equations may need to
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immense sense of satisfaction.
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provide a sense of contentment.
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Eid. “A lot of people wonder how
I record and perform at concerts
while observing roza. I believe
that the energy that I feel during
this time, without eating and
drinking anything for hours, is magical,” says
the 39-year-old.
Sharing how he celebrates Eid, he adds, “On
the day of the festival, I wait for the Eid ki
namaz with a lot of excitement. I go to the
masjid and offer my prayers. I wear new
clothes on the day and relish delicacies like
sewaiyaan at home. I look forward to meeting
and wishing a lot of people this Eid.”
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From chic bohemian to Y2K styles, he
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trends spotted at the music fest known for its distinct fashion
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The pandemic encouraged

A
vibrant combination of music, many to express themselves
art, and fashion, Coachella is an unabashedly — bold hair
annual event that takes place colours, gender-neutral clothing,
over two weekends, attracting or men opting for conventionally
fans from all over the world. Its feminine prints or colours. Take
fashion, in particular, has gained for instance, this visitor at the
prominence over the years, with it even fest, sporting bright blue-green
making its mark over the mainstream hair extensions, a futuristic bra
industry. After two years of the pandemic plate, deconstructed hoops and
playing spoilsport, Coachella was back this year glasses. Add a pop of colour to your
at the Empire Polo Club, California (US), with look with a striking hair colour.
post-pandemic trends seen galore. Here
are some of the styles spotted at the
festival that are likely to dictate the trend
chart in the coming months. Read on.

Bright accessories
Fun accessories in vivid shades such as pink,
orange and neons are a hit. Here, Brazilian model
Alessandra Ambrosio is wearing a white cutout
jumpsuit with a contrasting neon pink tasselled
tote bag, making it a statement piece. She also
wore colourful beaded neckpiece and bracelets,
Y2K butterfly along with pink sunglasses. If you want a striking
accessory, like a statement bag, keep your outfit
top in a neutral tone, such as white or beige.

Several Y2K trends such as low-

rise jeans and micro miniskirts
made a comeback, owing to the
nostalgia attached to them.
Butterfly tops are one trend
that’s being spotted everywhere
— from ramps to social media
feeds. Jumping on the Out of this world
trendwagon, actor Vanessa
Hudgens wore a blue butterfly Futuristic style might take over the
top with denim shorts and white streets with modular pieces and
chunky shoes to Coachella. This reflective wear gaining prominence
summer, you too can embrace this after the lockdowns. For her Coachella
Y2K trend in a fun colour, like blue visit, businesswoman Natasha
or pink, with denim shorts or a Poonawala wore a white top and
skirt to travel back in time. holographic tasselled mini skirt, layered
with a pink jacket and fur shoes.
Reflective sunnies completed her look.

Dopamine To try futuristic fashion, think non-

traditional layering, reflective items,
Comfort meets
style and silver everything.
glam
Dresses, jewellery or makeup, From sneakers instead of heels to
this feel-good colourful trend to Coachella, with matching loungewear becoming accessible in its
is here to stay! Here, American
YouTuber James Charles is in a
Boho chic headgear, and oxidised elevated avatar, comfort comes in a
jewellery synonymous with trendy package now. Here, a Coachella
rainbow-hued bodysuit, eye Reminiscent of the ‘60s and bohemian fashion. While attendee can be seen in a pink bra top and
makeup and nails. You, too, ‘70s, this trend is back, but in going for a boho chic look, matching tulle skirt with white sneakers. For
can try this trend by an elevated avatar. Fashion keep the outfit classy and PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM
your next girls’ day out, you can marry
incorporating vivid shades of influencer Juhi Godambe opt for quirky oxidised comfort with glam effortlessly by opting for a
the rainbow in your #OOTD. wore a shimmery co-ord set jewellery. similar combination.

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Luxury retailer Fetishcore:

What are the goes fur-free Fashion royalty The new trend
honoured late in town
different ways of André Leon Think latex bodysuit, leather
Talley harness and accessories! Fashion

styling a crisp The who’s who of fashion world got

involving such fetishes is rapidly
gaining prominence, amid an
increasing acceptance of BDSM-

white shirt? together to celebrate the life and

legacy of late André Leon Talley,
fashion designer, journalist,
adjacent styles on runways and
red carpets. Trend forecasters at
the platform Lyst state that their
memoirist and media personality, site searches for “harness” have
A white shirt is most definitely one of the key pieces in a who died in January at the age of increased by 132% month-over-
wardrobe because it’s supremely versatile. It works for 73. Models Naomi Campbell, Karlie month, while queries for “leather
all seasons and occasions, and never goes out of style. On Moda Operandi will no longer sell Kloss, and fashion editor Anna choker” have increased by 100%
a hot summer afternoon, you can pair an oversized white fur or exotic animal skin on their Wintour were among those present since the beginning of the year.
shirt with denim shorts and retro sunnies. website. This announcement at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in The platform has also seen a 26%
Opt for a statement bag or shoes to amp came after PETA sent the brand Harlem, USA, to pay their respects rise in page views for “latex.”
up this basic look. You can also knot information about exploration of to the renowned Black editor.
your white shirt up and pair it with animals for fur, which has earlier
formal trousers and sneakers for a inspired brands like Calvin Klein
casual day out. If you’re going for and Chanel to quit fur.
a more formal occasion at night,
you can pair it with a mini
leather skirt and finish
the look with a pair of
stilettos or edgy boots.
You could also use a
Coastal grandmother aesthetic Kim and Pete
white shirt inside a
linen short suit set
The ‘Coastal grandmother’
trend refers to the
make red
and tie-up heels for a
chic look! Using your
affluent, unbothered
lifestyle that involves
carpet debut
white shirt as a base, living by the beach and The American media personality
you can also overlay it sipping mimosas at 3pm. Kim Kardashian and comedian
with a lace or leather The term was coined by Pete Davidson, recently made a
corset, or a cropped influencer Lex Nicoleta, glamorous red carpet debut as a
tank, and pair it with and the hashtag has over couple when they attended the
denim jeans or 22.7 million views on 2022 White House
shorts — this TikTok. Actor Anne Correspondents’ Dinner. While
looks rad. Hathaway, too, joined the Kardashian chose a shimmery
trendwagon on Insta. silver bodycon gown by
Actors Diane Keaton and Balenciaga, Davidson wore a black
Shreeja Rajgopal, Meryl Streep’s looks in pantsuit with matching sneakers
Stylist Something’s Gotta Give and sunglasses. The couple
(2003) and It’s attended the dinner hand in hand,
Complicated (2009) are and even posed together for
examples of the aesthetic. photographs at the gala. Compiled by Shruti Shende
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022
my city 07
PHOTO: MONEY SHARMA/AFP

I try to push the limits As the country

to see what I am
capable of: Ravi Dahiya
Siddhi Jain
siddhi.jain@hindustantimes.com
reestyle wrestler Ravi
F Kumar Dahiya is on a
roll! Having become
India’s first-ever three-
time Asian champion, he is,
however, in no mood to sit
to train at Chhatrasal Stadium
in Delhi, when he was all of 11,
and he holds his many fond
memories of the city close to
his heart. “Jo seekha hai, Delhi
se seekha hai. My favourite
memory is of travelling from
Chhatrasal Stadium to the
Delhi airport, to board
comes together to
celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr
today, eminent
personalities in the city
share their plans to
first international tournament
(Sub-Junior Asian spend the day revelling
Championship, Mongolia) in
2013. It was a different with family, friends
experience for me and a dream
come true,” says Dahiya, who
hopes to get a breather in
Haridwar or Kedarnath some
time amid his jam-packed
and food!

back and relax. But, with his a flight for my schedule this year.
third Asian Championship
medal that he clinched recently
in Mongolia, he can’t stop
himself from saying: “It is a
great feeling to play for your
country, and then winning,

EID 2022: AN
even better!”
“Abhi toh sirf Asian
Championships mein medal
jeeta hai. Koshish poori rahegi
ki aane wale [Olympic] games

OPEN HOUSE
mein bhi India ke liye medal
laun,” says the 24-year-old
wrestler, who won in the 57kg
weight category. He adds,

WITH SEWAI
“Since I’m young, I try to push
the limits to see what I am
capable of, be it practice time
or diet plan. I don’t want any
regrets later. Aur humara

result aayega toh [usse
dekh ke] aur khiladi
taiyyar honge.”
The first thought that
crosses his mind on
winning any recognition is of
gratitude — towards the
Almighty and his coach, Satpal
Singh. Ask if his recent feat
spelt a fresh wave of happiness
in his village in Haryana’s
Sonipat district, and he
chuckles, saying: “Maine mana
kiya tha kisi ko aane se,
because I have to dive straight
into the next training. But
everyone is very happy. If
anyone comes, they are
welcome to congratulate me!”
In a tweet, Dahiya called his
Tokyo Olympics silver medal
his kohinoor, while his display
picture is of the aspiration he
has set for himself — a gold
medal at the Paris Olympics
2024. How close is he to
realising his dream? “Initially,
there were no goals, we’d play
sports to bunk school! Jab
kushti mein ghuse toh
laga ki yehi career
hai. Jab result
aane shuru huye To reach the
tab goal badhna heights of a position
shuru hua,”
shares the in one’s profession is
Khel Ratna one thing, to maintain
awardee,
adding: “There it and push yourself
are about two
years remaining
more is another.
for the Paris RAVI KUMAR DAHIYA,
Olympics. It’s my
dream to win a gold
medal in Paris. There are
Asian Games and
Commonwealth Games this
year, too, and I hope to win
gold in both of them.”
The Sonipat-born first came
AND KEBAB
PHOTO: ‘EMBRACE EACH ‘MORNING NAMAZ
TWITTER
OTHER WITH LOVE’ IS THE MOST
Sarod player Ayaan Ali Bangash, IMPORTANT’
AMOUNTS who plans to celebrate the day Sharing her plans for low-key,
‘WILL COOK COPIOUS with family, says, ”I hope for the cautious celebrations, writer
OF FO OD!’
anda Jalil shares hsh day when all humans stand Rana Safvi tells us, “Though
Writer-literary historian Rak has been spent shoulder to shoulder with each we cook delicacies such as
years
how Eid over the last two
is returning to our other and shout out loud that sewai, biryani and qorma, it’s
in isolation. “The raunaq
s now . This yea r, we hope the old chahal- we are one. Then and only then the morning Eid namaz that’s
festival
bac k. We hav e an open house on will it be a mubarak Eid. the most important feature
pahal will be
w tha t no invitation is This is the day we of the day. We will only offer
Eid. Our friends kno
ded . So I will coo k cop ious amounts of food embrace each other our Eid namaz and the
nee with love and all immediate family will gather
today!” that is good to offer thanks to Allah for his
inside of us. mercy as opposed to the
Today, I will be open house we kept every
‘EID IS ABOUT Text: Naina with my year [earlier, where] all our
GIVING’ Arora and family, which friends would come over.”
Sitarist Shujaat Khan Digvijay is always a
shares how the true blessing!”
spirit of the occasion
lies in sharing and
caring for others. “A ‘HUM SABHI KO
P very important part of
Eid is to give to those
MOHABBAT AUR
BHAICHAARE KI
around you who are ZARURAT HAI’
poor or don’t possess For Kathak exponent
much. Over the last Rani Khanam, Eid is all
couple of years, instead about spreading love
of throwing huge and harmony. Hoping
parties, we have this Eid will be better
started finding people than the last two years,
who we can help due to the pandemic, she
medically and
physically. That’s my
says: “Iss baar zoron
shoron se Eid manayein,
plan for this Eid as gale lagayein. Hum sabhi
Freestyle wrestler well,” he says. ko mohabbat aur
bhaichaare ki zarurat
hai. Sewai and sheermal
will be prepared at home
for all the guests who
will come to meet us
today.”
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r us h in De lh i
wedding
Siddhi Jain and Angela Paljor
htcity@hindustantimes.com

t is said that Goddess

I Madhura and Lord

Sundaresa — avatars of
Goddess Parvati and Lord
Shiva — got married on
Akshaya Tritiya. The day is,
hence, considered auspicious
for couples wanting to tie the
knot, for it is believed that they
will be blessed with prosperity
and happiness. This is perhaps
why Delhi will witness a
wedding rush today, in
addition to the usual gold rush.
Quench thy thirst Ruchika Arora Bansal, a
Delhi-based wedding planner,
Nothing beats the indescribable relief one gets by just holding a cool glass of a refreshing
drink, from the many roadside vendors in Delhi. Here’s a duo guzzling down one such
summer cooler, to get some respite from the heatwave that has had Delhi reeling for the
says, “Despite no muhurat, one
can exchange vows on
Akshaya Tritiya; even
P
past few weeks. The Capital has already recorded the second hottest April month in almost those with mismatched Though Covid-19
72 years! horoscopes. It is
believed that the sun
has somewhat
dampened the wedding
and the moon are
best placed... If you spirit, an estimate of P
#dilse s Hi Choku, Happy four yea
rs and
compare it with pre-
pandemic days, there 4,000-5,000 weddings is Yeh saal ka sabse
the best thing
one month to us! You are sure is a rush as shubh muhurat
s Hi S, Tumhara nya funda back stabbing that has ever happened to
me. people have become
expected, this
ka ab nahin chalega. Tc. Lu. Me Nothing’s tak ing this away. Babeluu
very particular about Akshaya Tritiya. hota hai. Ismein lagan
s Oye Teri Deewani Teri Deewani, I
getting married on saya
dates or not getting ANIL THADANI,
dekhne ki zarurat packed for the day,
shares: “I got booked for
planned at the very last
minute, and blocked my
love you to the moon and back. Tera bina s Hi, Ek tajurbe ki baat bata raha hoo.. Ek married at all!” From Jea Band nahin padti. May 3 back in December, calendar just 10 days back.”
kya zindagi. Main teri tu mera. Bas ab hum waqt se zindagi, bina zindagi ke bita raha Acharya Rajesh from but due to some last- Virender Chawla from
dono hi. Your Love hoo. John Paschim Vihar informs how he ACHARYA RAJESH, minute changes in dates by Chawla Band says his band is
was inundated with calls to definitely is lucky for Ruchi Pandit from Pashchim Vihar the bride, it got cancelled. One fully booked on this auspicious
s Jaan, I am waiting for you to come s Dear Pri, Wish you a very Happy match kundalis to solemnise Kaul, a Gurugram-based bride was unable to travel from day, but shares another
back to me jaldi. Kab waapis aayegi yaar. I Birthday. I can’t wait to spend my life with weddings on this date: “I am consumer researcher who is the United States around this concern: “Iss baar market mein
am really missing you and waiting for you. you. You’re my sunshine always . Thank you performing one wedding getting married today. “We time. In between, I received woh baat nahin hai jo pehle
Teri Budhu for being in my life. Your Baby today, but I know pandits who dealt with a couple of vendors last minute,” says the multiple queries for the same hoti thi... Be it the fear of
will be performing multiple postponements, then this date bride-to-be. date, but since I was already another Covid-19 wave or
DISCLAIMER: Dil Se is a compilation of fun messages from our readers. The views expressed weddings during the day, was suggested. It sort of fell Neha Chaudhary, a Delhi- booked, I couldn’t take those. rising temperature, many
belong entirely to the senders and are not to be construed as an endorsement by the evening and the night.” into place because it’s a good based makeup artist whose Luckily, I got booked by other weddings are being moved to
publication. Send your messages to meandmycity1@gmail.com. If not for others, this day saya. We had to book a lot of appointment diary is quite brides, who got their weddings November or December.”
08 showstopper
Cast of That ’70s Show to reunite for spinoff
NEW DELHI
TUESDAY
MAY 03, 2022

Bill Murray addresses complaint: t’s official! The cast of That Wilmer Valderrama (Fez) will creators of the original series

It’s been quite an education for me I ’70s Show will reunite for
its upcoming web series
spinoff, That ’90s Show.
According to The Hollywood
Reporter, actors Topher Grace
make guest appearances.
Actors Kurtwood Smith and
Debra Jo Rupp will reprise the
roles of Red and Kitty Forman,
joined by new cast members
are also on board the 10-
episode spinoff as writers,
showrunner and executive
producers. ANI

(Eric Forman), Mila Kunis Ashley Aufderheide, Callie The sitcom That ’70s Show
(Jackie Burkhart), Ashton Haverda and Maxwell Acee aired in 1998, and went on for
ays after production was Kutcher (Michael Kelso), Laura Donovan, among others. eight seasons

D suspended on Being
Mortal following
complaints about Bill Murray’s
Prepon (Donna Pinciotti) and Variety reports that the

inappropriate on-set Bill Murray

behaviour, the veteran actor PHOTO: MARIO
addressed the issue saying ANZUONI/REUTERS
there was a “difference of
opinion” with a woman he was
working with that led to the
grievance. “I did something I
thought was funny, and it
wasn’t taken that way,” Murray
told CNBC in an interview.
On April 20, the production
house sent a letter to the
movie’s cast and crew to
inform them the production
was being suspended due to a
complaint they were
investigating. The banner did
not specify who the complaint
against was. Later, The
Hollywood Reporter
confirmed the suspension of
the production had to do with a
complaint against Murray.
While the Ghostbusters
(1984) star didn’t provide
further details on what exactly
happened, he said he was
“optimistic” that production
would restart. “As of now we
are talking, and trying to make
peace with each other. We like
each others’ work. We like each
other, I think, and if we can’t
really get along, there’s no
point in going further working
together or making the movie
as well. It’s been quite an
education for me,” the actor-
comedian said.
Being Mortal marks the
directorial debut of actor-
comic Aziz Ansari, who also
stars in the film alongside Seth
Rogen and Keke Palmer. PTI

P
I did something
I thought was
funny, and it
wasn’t taken
that way. We are
trying to make
peace with each
other.
BILL MURRAY, Actor