13032023_First India Mumbai.pdf

13032023_First India Mumbai.pdf
‘National Film Heritage Mission giving new lifeline to heritage of Indian cinema’ New Delhi: Union information and broadcasting minister Anur- ag Singh Thakur on Sunday visited NFDC- National Film Archive of India (NFAI) during his Pune visit and reviewed the progress made under National Film Heritage Mission. The minister stated that the mission is giving a new lifeline to the heritage of Indian cinema, where many films which were not previously accessible at all, will be made available to audience worldwide in the best quality available, while simultane- ously ensuring the long term preservation of Indian cinema. “Na- tional Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) is moving ahead at full steam at NFDC-Nation- al Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune. As part of NFHM, 3 major projects are ongoing at NFDC- NFAI: Digitization of Films, Conservation of Film Reels and Restora- tion of Films. All these projects are colossal in nature in the field of film preservation and have never been attempted on this scale globally,” the ministry said in a release. Till date, 1,293 features and 1,062 shorts and documentaries have been digitized in 4K and 2K resolution. Additional 2,500 features and shorts and documentaries are in the pipeline to be digitized. 6 dead in accident on Samruddhi Expressway in Buldhana district First India Bureau Buldhana: Six persons were killed after their car met with an accident on Sunday morning on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maha- rashtra’s Buldhana district, a police official said. The accident took place at 8am at Shivni Pisa village when the car, with 13 occu- pants, was on its way from Au- rangabad to Shegaon here, Buld- hana Superintendent of Police Sarang Awhad told PTI. “The driver of the car lost control, after which the vehicle hit a road barrier andoverturned. Six of the car’s occu- pants, comprising a man, four women and a girl, have died. The injured have been shifted to Aurangabad for treatment,” the SP said. E a r l i e r, some officials had cited a tyre burst as the prima facie cause of the accident, though they had added more details were awaited from the site. MUMBAI l MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 303 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI FORMER ANDHRA CM KIRAN KUMAR REDDY RESIGNS FROM CONGRESS New Delhi: Air India handed over an unruly passenger who allegedly smoked in the lav of a London-Mumbai flight on March 10 and behaved aggressively with other people on board, to security agencies on arrival. Mumbai Police have registered a case against the passenger Ramakant (37), a US citizen. New Delhi: Former Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned from Congress on Sunday. Sources said the veteran politician is likely to join the BJP but only after getting an assurance that he will be given a suitable position in national politics. UNION IT MoS TO MEET STARTUPS AMID CONCERNS OVER SVB ISSUE New Delhi: Union minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Sunday he will meet Indian startups this week to asses the impact on them following the collapse of US-based Silicon Valley Bank. He shared this information on Twitter. FLYER HANDED OVER TO COPS FOR SMOKING IN FLIGHT ADANI GROUP PREPAYS $2.15 BILLION LOANS AHEAD OF DEADLINE New Delhi: Adani Group on Sunday said it has repaid loans aggregating USD 2.65 billion to complete a prepayment programme ahead of March 31 deadline to cut overall leverage in an attempt to win back investors’ trust. WEAPONS, NARCOTICS SEIZED NEAR LoC IN J&K’S RAJOURI AREA Rajouri/Jammu: Army troops guarding the LoC recovered small arms and narcotics from Rajouri district of J&K on Sunday, officials said. Two pistols, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and heroin was among the recoveries made, they said. READ Crucial Crucial BRAHMOS TO BAG $2.5 BN CRUISE MISSILES ORDER FROM NAVY New Delhi: The Indian Navy is going to place orders for acquiring more than 200 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles worth over $2.5 billion which would be equipped on all the frontline warships of maritime force, the officials said on Sunday. MODI, SHAH LEAD BJP’S MISSION SOUTH INDIA I’M BUSY WORKING FOR PEOPLE, SAYS PM Congress party busy digging Modi’s grave, PM stresses PM inaugurates 118 km long B’luru-Mysuru E-way Moni Sharma Mandya: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress and other Opposition parties of being busy digging his grave, while he was striving for the development of the country and the welfare of the poor, as he also declared that blessings of the people is his biggest protection shield. On his sixth visit this year to Karnataka, where As- semblyelectionsaredue by May , he also asserted that the “double engine” govt is a necessity for the fast-paced development of the state. Congress never both- ered about pains and sufferings of the poor, he alleged, adding that, “it was a coalition government (at the Centre) running with the support of various types of people.” BJP govt has made all efforts to serve poor, to alleviate their sufferings, PM said. First India Bureau New Delhi: The Centre in a filing to the Su- preme Court on Sunday stuck to its earlier stand that same-sex marriage is not compatible with the concept of an “Indi- anfamilyunit”,whichit said consists of “a husband, a wife, and children which necessarily presuppose a biological man as a ‘husband’, a biological woman as a ‘wife’ and children born out of union between the two - who are reared by the biological man as father and the biological woman as mother”. It is submitted that despite the decriminali- sation of Section 377 of IPC, petitioners cannot claim right for same-sex marriage to be recog- nised under the laws of the country, it said. PM MODI DEDICATES WORLD’S LONGEST RAILWAY PLATFORM IN KARNATAKA Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated to the nation the “longest railway platform in world” at Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Station. IT’S RAINING FLOWERS! Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a grand welcome on his arrival, in Mandya on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and other developmental projects in presence of Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai in Mandya district on Sunday. PM HOLDS MEGA ROADSHOW AMID ‘MODI-MODI’ CHANTS IN KARNATAKA KEY HIGHLIGHTS AFFIDAVIT STATES... Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was showered with flower petals as he held a mega roadshow in Karnataka’s Mandya with crowd chanting ‘Modi-Modi’ on both sides of the road. Modi threw flower petals which got piled up on the bonnet of his car back at the cheering crowd at several places as he was given a rousing welcome during a massive road show in the district headquarters city of Mandya. `8,480 CRORE The 118 Km long Bengaluru- Mysuru Expressway project inaugurated in Maddur 75 MINUTES From over 3 hours to 75 mins, Expressway will reduce the travel time between the two cities 6-LANING Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275 and will act as development in the region `4,130 CRORE Foundation stone for Mysuru- Kushalnagar 4 lane highway laid by PM Narendra Modi z Registration of marriage of same sex persons also results in violation of existing personal as well as codified law provisions z Parties entering into marriage creates an institution having its own public significance, as it is a social institution from which several rights & liabilities flow z Family issues are far beyond mere recognition and registration of marriage between persons belonging to the same gender z It will not be permissible to pray for a writ of this court to change the entire legislative policy of the country deeply embedded in religious and societal norm Central govt opposes same-sex marriages Second leg of Budget session from today; Govt says our priority to pass Finance Bill First India Bureau New Delhi: The second leg of Budget session will commence on Mon- day with the government asserting that its priority is to pass the Finance Bill and the Op- position planning to raise issues like the action of central agencies against the BJP’s political rivals and allega- tions against the Adani group. Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar sought views of leaders of various political parties on ways to curb disruptions in the House at a meeting held on Sunday . Opposition members raised the issue of alleged misuse of central agencies against non-BJPgovtsandmove to appoint Dhankhar’s personal staff on parl committees. More on P5 JK’S BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED IN PARL BY SITHARAMAN TODAY Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2023-24 in Lok Sabha today. The UT is at present under the central govt rule. Nirmala Sitharaman will also present Supplementary De- mands for Grants - Second Batch for 2022-23. First India Bureau Thrissur: Union HM Amit Shah on Sunday urgedpeopleof Kerala to support his party in the 2024 general elections, make India a secure and developed country and ensure a prominent place amongst the nations. Addressing the Jan Shakti rally organised by BJP in Thrissur, he said although the people of Kerala provided opportunities alterna- tively to the Congress and the Communists for the past several years, both have failed to deliver and could not bring any development in the state. He said India’s economy was in the 11th position when PM Modi took over, adding, Nar- endra Modi government took the fight to Pakistan’s soil following Pulwama and Uri incidents. More on P5 Shah urges people of Kerala to support BJP in 2024 general polls Congress doesn’t know that the blessings of crores of mothers, sisters, daughters, and people is the biggest protection shield for Modi. —Narendra Modi, PM l Heterosexual marriages the norm: Centre opposes pleas in SC over same-sex marriages l An affidavit, filed by the Central govt before the Apex court opposing the pleas is scheduled over for the hearing today l Over 4 gay couples in recent months have asked SC to recognise same-sex marriages The notion of marriage itself necessarily and inevitably presupposes a union between two persons of the opposite sex. —Centre Amit Shah being felicitated by BJP workers in Thrissur on Sunday. Anurag Singh Thakur Mumbai ACP Nitin Bobde dies on duty due to heart attack First India Bureau Mumbai: Assistant Commissioner of Po- lice (ACP) of Yellow Gate Division, Nitin Bobde, died after suffer- ing a heart attack at his office between 2 pm and 4 pm on Saturday . 55-year-old Bobde came on duty around 10 am, according to Mum- bai police and rested in his room after having lunch around 2 pm. However, when staff of his office knocked on the door, there was no answer from inside. Sensing that something was not quite right, the staff went inside but found Bobde to be unre- sponsive. The staff rushed him to St. George Hospital for treatment, but the officer could not be re- vived. The post-mortem is being conducted at St. George Hospital. Bobde was a Senior Police Inspector at Mankhurd Police Sta- tion before taking charge as Senior Police Inspector of Matunga Police Station. He was then promoted as ACP and posted at the Yellow Gate Division.
NEWS MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 02 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Khadse calls Sanjay Pawar a ‘traitor’ First India Bureau Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Ravindra Bhaiya Patil was defeated by Maha- vikas Aghadi for the post of president in Jal- gaon District Bank. NCP’s rebel Sanjay Pa- war has won after se- cret voting. Meanwhile, this defeat has come at the expense of NCP leader Eknath Khadse. Speaking to the media after this defeat, Khadse said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has got this success because of the traitor leader Sanjay Pawar. Khadse said, “He did not deserve to win. Basi- cally , I strengthened the Bharatiya Janata Party in Jalgaon, so Girish Mahajan and Mangesh Chavan got a place in the party. As one of us became a traitor, he got the district bank. Other- wise, our defeat was not possible. Whatever Ma- hajan is saying after this victory, it is only because of his ego.” Khadse said that winning an election by cheating is not a great achievement. Fight and win elections demo- cratically, he added. I strengthened the Bharatiya Janata Party in Jalgaon, so Girish Mahajan and Mangesh Chavan got a place in the party. As one of us became a traitor, he got the district bank. Oth- erwise, our defeat was not possible. Whatever Mahajan is saying after this victory, it is only because of his ego. —Eknath Khadse, NCP While addressing media, Eknath Khadse said that ‘he did not deserve to win’ First India Bureau Pune: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fad- navis on Sunday said that the State Govern- ment is putting efforts to promote ground water conservation. He said that the government is in process to launchthesecondphase of a campaign called ‘Jalyukt Shivar 2.0’ in 5000 villages. While speaking to the media, Fadnavis said, “we All know that 50% of Maha- rashtra witnesses less rainfall therefore we don’t have much op- tions available. During the previous government, we had started the Jalyukt Shivar project by which we could promote water conservation in 20,000 villages in Maharashtra. Today, approximately 37 lacs hectare of land has come under irrigation which is helping the farmers to take two crops in a year. Now we are going to launch ‘Jalyukt Shivar 2.” “In the first phase of Jalyukt Shivar 2.0, we have taken 5000 villages under this scheme,” he said. Fadnavis also men- tioned that this year efforts will be taken for the water conversation in Maharashtra. “This year is also very important as some weather model has predicted that there will be limited rain during this time. Therefore we have to do water conservation and we must save water drop by drop,” he said. Fadnavis also appre- ciated the efforts taken by the Pani foundation, a non-profit, non-gov- ernmental organization whichworksfordrought prevention and water- shedmanagementinthe state of Maharashtra. “I also think the Pani Foundation is working well for this initiative; they have engaged nearly 40,000 farmers till now. Most importantly they are training the farmers. Therefore even during my last government, I was actively involved to help the Pani foundations with this initiative,” he said. ‘Govt to launch Jalyukta Shivar 2.0 in 5000 villages of Maha’ SAVE WATER The Maharasthra Government is putting efforts to promote ground water conservation, Dy CM said ‘DROP BY DROP’ Adani row: Maha Congress to protest outside Raj Bhavan First India Bureau Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress will stage a protest outside the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai today to protest against the recent Adani-Hin- denburg row. During the protest, questions over the Modi government’s silence on the investigation of scam by Adani industries will be raised. Maha- rashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said, “The Modi government has remained silent and been turning a blind eye towards the scam by Adani industries. The country is going through a financial cri- sis due to Narendra Modi’s dictatorial rule. As of now, the financial scam by Adani industries has come forth, and the hard-earned money of the citizens is no longer safe. The NDA government has given people’s money to Ada- ni on a platter. Rahul Gandhi had alerted the NDA government on the possibility of a scam in the Adani group, but his warnings were ignored for obvi- ous political reasons.” He further added that Central agencies, including the Enforce- ment Directorate, CBI and Income Tax department, have been deployed exclusively for harassing leaders of Opposition parties. “The NDA government led by Narendra Modi has a special spot for industrialist Gautam Adani. The Modi government is supporting corrupt Gautam Ada- ni. The Modi government has remained silent on the scam, but the Congress party is asking for answers in the interest of the people. ED has initiated action against political leaders like Hasan Mushrif and Sadanand Kadam, but not a single word against the industrialist who has put public money in jeop- ardy. Raj Bhavan in Mumbai will be gher- aoed after the morcha from Girgaon Chow- patty to Raj Bhavan on Monday at 3 pm. We will mainly condemn the misuse of the central agencies,” Patole added. “Financial scam by Adani industries has come forth, and the hard-earned money of citizens is not safe” ‘They’ aren’t needed in our alliance: Athawale First India Bureau Mumbai: Raj Thacker- ay, Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have often appeared on the same platform since the change of power in Maharashtra. It is be- lieved that all three share a very good relationship with each other. There are also talks that the three will fight the municipal elections together. Now, Union Minister Ramdas Atha- wale has made a statement in this regard. Athawale said that they are not needed in ouralliance.Meanwhile, Athawale has also demanded that the cabinet should be expanded while saying that it is difficult to achieve success in Maharashtra alone. He has also demanded three seats in the Lok Sabha and some seats in the Legislative Assembly . Athawale said, “We are not wor- ried about the all-India meeting being held in Shirdi on May 27.” As Shinde has been given the name and symbol of the Shiv Sena by the Election Commission, Athawale has expressed the be- lief that the verdict of the Supreme Court will also be in their favour. Athawale said, “Both Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut are responsible for the vertical split in Shiv Sena. They left our support and the Congress went with the NCP, which has led to this situation.” “Our alliance will win 2024 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will not make any difference,” added Athawale. Our alliance will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will not make any difference. The people of Shirdi will show full faith in me. —Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister ‘Khadse was in the race for CM, look where he is now’ First India Bureau Mumbai: Theelection of Jalgaon District Bank was held on Sat- urday which shocked theNCPleaderEknath KhadsealongwithMa- havikas Aghadi as NCP’s Ravindra Patil had filed an application for the election of thepresidentfromMa- havikas Aghadi. How- ever, NCP’s Sanjay Pa- war has rebelled and won by submitting an application from the Shinde group. Follow- ing the same, Minister Girish Mahajan has criticized Khadse over this. Speaking to the media, Mahajan said, “Khadsehadamiscon- ception that the district and the coopera- tive are because of me. Inthebank,inthemilk union, in the assembly and in the district, I was the one who faced the most arrogance of Khadse. There can be no other example than how much a man falls when he starts flying in the air.” “EverythingKhadse used to say when he was in BJP is because of me. He could not re- tain his own constitu- ency after leaving the party . He was in the race for the post of Chief Minister, now where has he fallen,” added Mahajan. “No one from Khadse’s panel was elected in the Dudh Sangh elections. BJP had boycotted the district bank elections last year. At that time, Khadse criticized us and showed how I am Bahubali. Now, in the elections held after a year, BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde group) showed him the position,” commented Mahajan. Bonde slams Pawar after he ‘winks’ on Uddhav’s reaction Farmers begin Nashik-to-Mumbai foot march Nashik (PTI): A foot march of farmers and workers spearheaded by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to draw the government’s attention towards various demands of these sections began from Din- dori town in Maharash- tra’s Nashik district to Mumbai on Sunday . The organisers said that thousands of farmers and unorganised sector workers are taking part in the ‘Long March’ that has been organised over demands like the Mini- mum Support Price (MSP) for onions, ap- propriate price for agri- culture produce, electricity bill waiver for farmers, speedy com- pensation for crops losses due to the unsea- sonal rains and forest land rights. A number of Accred- ited Social Health Ac- tivists or ASHA workers and tribals are also taking part in the march, they said. Former MLA J P Gavit is leading the march that set off around 12 noon from Dindori, around 25 km from Nashik city . The participants were seen carrying red flags of the CPI(M) and placards with slogans like “Give MSP to onions” written on them. First India Bureau Nagpur: BJP MP Anil Bonde criticized that opposition leader Ajit Pawar winked as Ud- dhav Thackeray react- ed on the budget. I was also a Shiv Sainik but such an insult was never done during Balasa- heb’s tenure, said Bonde while talking to the media in Nagpur. Bonde said that it is sad that Ajit Dada had to wink while Uddhav Thackeray was speaking and Shiv Sainiks felt nothing. When Ajit Pawar was going to give 6,000 to the farmers, he said that it would be Rs 3 per day. Isn’t this an insult to the farmers? Did the farmers get any support during their government? “The era of Corona and Mahavikas Aghadi was slowing down Ma- harashtra. But now Fi- nance Minister Fad- navis’ economic resolution is giving happiness to everyone. The budget is meant for the balanced development of the entire state. The opposition cannot even speak against this budget, so they now say that the electricity bill of the farmer will increase, but that is not the case. Now, solar en- ergy is being in- creased,” said Bonde. Isn’t this an insult to the farmers? Did the farmers get any support during their government? said Bonde Directors, ex-branch head of Canara bank sentenced First India Bureau Mumbai: Two directors of fictitious com- puter companies, Pravin Bharathan and Mahesh Nagarajan, along with a former branch head of Canara Bank, S. Mahalingam have been sentenced by a special court in connection with a high- profile bank fraud case dating back to 2001- 2002. The offences related to banking activities were found to have harmful effects on customers and society at large. The two directors were found to have op- erated fictitious companies dealing in comput- ers and their spare parts. The court has observed that such offences have far-reach- ing consequences beyond just the banks involved. Rupture in fuel pipeline fixed after 48 hrs of damage Thane (PTI): A fuel pipeline in Thane district, which ruptured and caused a fire that killed one person, has been repaired after 48 hours. The 18-inch line, transporting diesel of BPCL from Mumbai to Manmad, was restored by several agencies working together. The fire broke out due to an underground cable ex- plosion, and an inquiry has been instituted to ensure there is no re- currence. The police are also investigating if fuel was being pilfered from pipeline, as there have been instances of pilferage on this route. NCP leader Eknath Khadse Girish Mahajan Ramdas Athawale BJP MP Anil Bonde Nana Patole
MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 03 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia US nat’l booked for smoking, misbehaving on Air India flight First India Bureau Mumbai: A case has been registered against a US citizen for allegedly smoking in the bath- room and misbehaving with other passengers on Air India London- Mumbai flight, said Mumbai Police on Sun- day . The 37-year-old Ram- akant has been booked by Mumbai’s Sahar Po- lice Station for causing inconvenience mid- flight on March 11. Ac- cording to the Mumbai Police, a case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 336 (whoever does any act so rashly or neg- ligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others) and Aircraft Act 1937, 22 (refuse to follow a law- ful instruction given by the Pilot-in-Command), 23 (Assault and other acts endangering safety or jeopardizing good order and discipline) and 25 (for smoking). “Smoking is not allowed on the flight but as he went to the bath- room the alarm started to ring and when we all ran towards the bath- room we saw he had a cigarette in his hand. We immediately threw the cigarette from his hand. Then Ramakant started shouting at all our crew members. Somehow we took him to his seat. But after some time he tried to open the door of the aircraft. All the passengers got scared because of his behavior and he started acting a gimmick on the flight. He was not ready to listen to us and was shouting. Then we tied his hands and legs and made him sit on the seat,” the crew member of Air In- dia told the Sahar Po- lice. The accused passenger didn’t even stop and started banging his head. “One person among the passenger was a doc- tor.Hecameandchecked him. Then Ramakant said that he has some medicine in his bag. We didn’t find any but an e- cigarette was recovered whilecheckingthebag,” the police added. The 37-year-old Ramakant has been booked by Mumbai's Sahar Police Station for causing inconvenience mid-flight Somehow we took him to his seat. But after some time he tried to open the door of the aircraft. All the passengers got scared because of his behavior and he started acting a gimmick on the flight. He was not ready to listen to us and was shouting. Then we tied his hands and legs and made him sit on the seat. —Air India Crew Member Part of Dahisar bridge finally opens after two years of collapse First India Bureau Mumbai: The portion of a reconstructed bridge on the Dahisar river, which is also a crucial link connecting Shrikrishna Naga- rin Borivali leading to the highway and railway station, was inaugurated on Saturday. The bridge was shut down for the commut- ers in 2021 after a portion of the bridge collapsed. While one part of the bridge has been completed, work on the other part is still awaiting clearance from the forest department. Last month, the Ud- dhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena had protested demanding that the bridge be opened to the public. The bridge connects the Western Express- way to Srikrishna Na- gar, Abhinav Nagar and Shantivan. The BMC had floated a tender for the demoli- tion and construction of the bridge in Janu- ary 2022. Work on wid- ening and reconstruc- tion of the bridge began soon after. “The bridge was reconstructed using inte- grated deck slabs. It is 41.5 metres long, and 22 metres wide. Of this, work on 11 metres of the bridge, comprising two lanes has already been completed,” said an official from the BMC. One part of the bridge near SGNP, falls under the forest department. The BMC has ap- pointed a consultant to obtain a NOC. Work on the second phase will begin after that. OFFICIAL SAYS… lll While one part of the bridge has been completed, work on the other part is still awaiting clearance from the forest dept, which the locals are also hopeful for Zero-tolerance policy,says AI after smoking incident First India Bureau Mumbai: Air India has takennoteof thealleged smoking by a passenger in the lavatory on Sun- day and subsequently misbehaving with fel- low passengers on its London-Mumbai flight. The 37-year-old has been booked by Mum- bai’s Sahar Police Sta- tion for his causing inconvenience mid-flight on March 11. The Police said that the accused is of Indian origin but a citizen of the United States of America and holds a US passport. “A passenger on our flight AI130, operating London-Mumbai on March 10 2023, was found smoking in lavatory. Subsequently he behaved in an unruly and aggressive manner, despite repeated warnings,” an Air India spokesperson said. The spokesperson added the person was handed over to the security personnel upon the flight’s arrival in Mum- bai and the regulator was informed of the incident. “We are extending all cooperation in investigations,” he said. “Air India follows a zero tolerance policy for any behaviour that compro- mises the safety and security of passengers and staff,” spokesperson added. We are extending all cooperation in investigations, said the spokesperson Pharma firm COO held by CIU for smuggling ‘IS drug’ First India Bureau Mumbai: A top official from a pharma company in Bengaluru has been arrested by the Mumbai Customs department’s Central In- telligence Unit (CIU) for allegedly smuggling Tramadol, a scheduled drug in India, to Sudan earlier this year. A recent interception by the Customs Intelli- gence Unit (CIU) at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma- haraj International Air- porthasrevealedamajor drug smuggling attempt. The consignment, which was declared as Tamol-X, a calcium car- bonate tablet, was found to contain 10.5 lakh tablets of Tramadol, a high- ly addictive pain medica- tion. The interception occurredonFebruary23, and customs officials statedthatthesmugglers went to great lengths to conceal the drugs. A potent painkiller in high demand on the black market, Tramad- ol carries the dubious distinction of being used by soldiers of the Islamic State (IS) while on the battlefield. The consignment was being exported to Sudan by First Wealth Solutions based in Vir- gonagar, Bengaluru but was intercepted. “Sam- ples from the consignment were sent for testing to the Central Rev- enues Control Labora- tory (CRCL) in New Delhi, which confirmed the tablets to be Trama- dol. Subsequently, Gu- dipati Subramanyam, the Chief Operating Of- ficer of First Wealth Solutions, was sum- moned for inquiries,” said a Customs officer. He added that during questioning,Subraman- yam confessed to ille- gally exported Tramad- ol in past as well. A potent painkiller, Tramadol carries the dubious distinction of being used by IS men in the battlefield First India Bureau Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Munici- pal Corporation’s (NMMC) under-construction elevated storage reservoir (ESR) in sector 1A, Shiravane, has been leaking for around 15 days. Locals have raised serious concerns over the poor construction work leading to the leakages. The NMMC has constructed a 1.8 MLD ca- pacity overhead water tank in a garden at a cost of Rs7.18 crore to serve a population of 50,000. The construction began in July 2020, and locals claim that the garden area has been permanently affected and cannot be restored. Shiravane social ac- tivist Santosh Sutar alleged, “The newly constructed water tank at NMMC is leaking when filled with water for over 15 days, which could reduce the tank's shelf life due to corro- sion of the steel. This is seen as a failure on the part of NMMC to learn from a similar incident at Cidco where an under-construction water tank collapsed, killing a few in Kharghar.” The ESR water tank is constructed upon a portion of an acre area garden plot because of space constraints. The work includes a 1.375 MLD ground storage reservoir, and pump house, besides earth filling as part of garden restoration measures. When asked about the issue, the contract- ing farm’s engineer Harshad Patil said, “The hydraulic testing is on and leakages are being arrested through grouting. The leakage arrest will be completed soon.” `7 crore under-construction water tank leaking: Locals SERVING 50,000 Man allegedly assaults Polish woman in Amboli; accused on the run: Police Mumbai (ANI): The Mumbai Police have registered a complaint against a suspect for allegedly raping a foreign national in the Amboli area of Mumbai. The incident took place recently, and the police are currently searching for the accused. The victim is a citizen of Poland, according to authorities. The accused, Manish Gan- dhi has been charged in accordance with the rel- evant sections of the Indian Penal Code, according to Mumbai police. A police official investigating the case said that during the early questioning, it was discovered that the accused sexually assaulted the victim several times between 2016 and 2022. The official said, “The accused used to blackmail the girl after capturing inappropri- ate photos of her. He used the images to in- timidate the lady and threatened to leak them on social media,” The police are looking for the offender, he said. Customs seizes gold worth `1.40cr hidden in undergarments shoes Mumbai (ANI): The Bombay Customs department detained three foreign citizens who were found carrying gold worth Rs1.40 crore in their footwear and undergarments. The suspects have been taken into custody, and further legal action will be taken against them. Three foreign citizens who landed in Mumbai on Friday from Addis Ababa were intercepted by the customs department and gold worth about Rs1.40 crore, weighing 3 kilo- grams, was seized from their possession. The suspects allegedly hid the gold in their undergarments and the soles of their shoes, according to Bombay Cus- toms officials. The agency released the details in a statement. “Three foreign citizens who had landed in Mumbai from Addis Ababa on March 10th were detained by Mum- bai Airport Customs with more than 3 kg of gold worth Rs1.40 crore. The insoles of their shoes and their undergarments both con- tained gold, which was discovered “The statement read. The matter is still being investigat- ed further. Three foreign citizens who landed in Mumbai from Addis Ababa were intercepted by customs department
PERSPECTIVE MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 04 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia l Vol 1 l Issue No. 303 l RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Dangat Media Pvt Ltd, No.22, Dighe MIDC, Vishnu Nagar, TTC Industrial Area, Dighe, Navi Mumbai-400701. Published at Plot No. 3 Scheme C of Manglorean Garden Home, CHS Limited, Survey No. 5, 6C (Part) Ville Parle East, Mumbai 400057. Phone 022-46031417. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra Editor: Kartikey Dev Singh responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju North-East India is witnessing fast development due to peace. People who had taken up Arms are returning back to mainstream due to the Govt’s people friendly actions. @ PemaKhanduBJP Govt is actively implementing the major schemes and policies initiated by @narendramodi Ji. Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp Big day for the cheetah reintroduction programme undertaken because of the decisive leadership of PM Shri @ narendramodi ji! Two cheetahs (one male and one female) have been released into the wild in Kuno National Park from their enclosures. Both cheetahs are doing good. SPIRITUAL SPEAK Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. —Bible IN-DEPTH BBC, TORY GOVT CRITICISED FOR CURBING SOCCER STAR’S REMARK he BBC has been in turmoil ever since ‘Match of the Day’ presenter Gary Lineker’s suspension for comparing the Tory government’s policy on illegal migrants with that of Nazi Germany . The former ace footballer’s suspension has led to a boycott of pro- grammes by several other sports presenters pushing the broad- caster in turmoil. Lineker was the leading scorer for England at the 1986 soccer World Cup. The boycotts have forced the BBC to air only “limited” sports pro- grammes. Analysts and soccer players also extended support to Lineker, once a national hero. The BBC has come in for scathing criticism for political bias and curbing free speech. Known for unbiased reporting, the BBC has a Conservative Par- ty supporter Richard Sharp as Chairman. In 2021 Sharp helped arrange a loan for Boris Johnson who was then the prime minister. So far there seems to have been no effort to resolve the cri- sis. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged the BBC and Lineker to settle their differences. TOP TWEETS T sraelis in tens of thousands have beenprotestingon Saturdays against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms for greater accountability of the country’s SC. The protests have been going on since Jan- uary . Israelis are opposing the proposal which they fear will mark end of democracy . Netanyahu heads a right- wing coalition which came to power on December 29, 2022. Soon after, on January 4, 2023, the law minister Yariv Levin announced plans to reform the judiciary . The reform proposed to limit the Supreme Court’spowerstoruleagainst the legislature and the executive and to grant majority to the right-wing coalition on the judges’ appointment committee. Following this proposal, weekly protests began tobeorganizedinthecountry . The last of them on March 11, the protesters’ count was esti- mated to be around 5 lakh. Netanyahuisfacingtrialfor corruption and wants to over- haul the system to restore bal- ance between the different wings of the government as, in his view, the judiciary en- joys too much power over the legislature. Many in India would be keenly watching the developmentsasjudiciaryver- susthelegislatureandjudicial accountability have been the subject of much debate. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has attacked SC for its judg- ment in Kesavananda Bharati case which said that Parl can amendConstitutionbutnotits basic structure. The SC has stoutly defended its powers. Vice President Dhankhar and the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, on the other hand, have also questioned the Supreme Court’s power to quash the National Judi- cial Accountability Bill passed by the Parliament. PROTESTS IN ISRAEL TO SAVE DEMOCRACY Israelis in tens of thousands have been protesting on Saturdays against Prime Minister Benjamin’s proposed judicial reforms for greater accountability of the country’s Supreme Court I INDIA COULD BE THE NEW CHINA OF THE 2020s his could be India’s decade if it plays its cards right. The subcontinentalstateispoised to be the next China, even if its path will likely be less straightforward than that of China and more of a Leninist two steps forward, one step backwards. Leaving aside the multiple domestic issues India will have to address to realize its full potential, it is already, in the words of an Indian analyst, in a “geopolitical sweet spot.” Recently concluded defense and technology agreements with the US constitute a milestone. The agreements acknowledge re- ality, including that one un- derestimates the US at one’s peril and that, despite their domestic travails, the US and the UK still produce 50% of the global wealth as opposed to China and Russia’s combined 20%. “For India, the West is the most important trading partner, the dominant source of capital and technology, and the major destination for the Indian diaspora,” said col- umnist and former member of India’s National Security Advisory Board C. Mohan Raja in a Foreign Policy arti- cle, titled ‘It’s Time to Tie In- dia to the West.’ With India set to become the world’s third largest economy, Raja advocated turning the Group of 7 (G-7), which groups the world’s foremost democratic economies, into a G-8 with India as its newest member. The agreements reinforce the notion that supply chain security and geopolitics have become as important as economics and pricing in creating and/or managing global value chains. Fur- thermore, they are a step towards enabling India to redress its trade imbalances skewed in China’s favor. Fi- nally, the agreements constitute a building block for a potential future multilateral security arrangement in the Gulf in which India would be a key player. INDIA AS A PLAYER IN THE GULF Gulf security was not foremost in the minds of Indian and US policymakers when they conceived the agreements. However, inevitably, that is where the Gulf is going for multiple reasons. These include a US desire to rejigger America’s commit- ment to Gulf security and share the burden with regional players. The US is not yet at a point where it is willing to share control of Gulf security commitments with other external powers. Still, it is something that policymakers in both the Trump and Biden administrations have at various times considered. It’s an option that the US has not pursued, but neither has either administration re- jected it out of hand. “I don’t think we are ever again going to see a position where the United States is prepared to be the primary security pro- vider and bear any burden or pay any price to uphold order in the Middle East,” said former Singaporean diplomat and chairman of the Nation- al University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute Bila- hari Kausikan. A NEW MULTIPOLAR WORLD ORDER India’s regional relation- ships, ability to get its domestic house in order, and grow its economy will likely shape its place in a new 21st centu- ry world order. This year’s Indian chairmanship of the Group of 20, which brings together the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies, is an opportunity for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to showcase where India is heading. One focus will be the impact of the rise of Hindu na- tionalism, the country’s in- creasingly strained inter- communal relations, and what India’s motto for its chairmanship, “One Earth One Family One Future” means in practice. So far, In- dia, like China, has benefit- ted from Muslim-majority states emphasizing national interests rather than communal and identity concerns. However, that may prove to be a fragile proposition. The US may have suffered the least, given its ability to marshal its allies in Europe and some in Asia to forcefully support Ukraine while re- maining focused on its rival- ry with China in Asia. Even so, as former Indian national securityadvisorShivshankar Menon notes, “worries re- main… about the United States being distracted by Ukraine from its roles else- where, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.” Thoseworriesarecompound- ed by the bungled US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and concern about the impact of deep polarization in the US that is likely to be reflected in the campaign for the 2024 presidential election. SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER T JAMES M DORSEY The writer is an award-winning journalist and commentator on foreign affairs who has covered ethnic and religious conflict and terrorism across the globe for over 3 decades. “India….can work with neighbors to build the peaceful and more prosperous periphery that its own development demands. It can participate in the remaking of the rules of the international system now underway… And it can reengage economically with the dynamic economies of Asia, participating in global value chains, to further its own transformation,” Menon said. The decade of India might finally have arrived. Leaving aside the multiple domestic issues India will have to address to realize its full potential, it is already, in the words of an Indian analyst, in a “geopolitical sweet spot.” Recently concluded defense and technology agreements with the US constitute a milestone The Russia-Ukraine War, China’s intransigent rise, American fixation with China and Russia and other new geopolitical developments present a unique opportunity for India to step up in an emerging multipolar world
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MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 05 INDIA www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia MODI GOVT’S ZERO-TOLERANCE TO CONTINUE AGAINST TERRORISM: HM First India Bureau Manama (Bahrain): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that India has a robust participa- tory democracy along with a vibrant multi- party system where hopes and aspirations of the citizens find ex- pression through the elected representatives. “All members (MPs) enjoy the freedom to express their views and thoughts in Lok Sab- ha,” Birla said during the General Debate at the 146th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) here. The 146th Assembly of the IPU is being held in Ma- nama from March 11-15. Birla’s remarks are being seen as a response to Congress leader Ra- hul Gandhi, who had alleged that mics were put off when Opposition members speak. He, however, did not men- tion the former Con- gress president’s name. Reiterating India’s long-standing view that all “global issues should be resolved peacefully through dialogue”, he said “the Parliament of India has always held extensive and meaning- ful debates and deliber- ations on contemporary global challenges such as climate change, gender equality, sustainable development and the Covid-19 pandemic”. He emphasised that global institutions propagating peace, har- mony and justice are crucial for peace, pros- perity, sustainability and a just world order. Birla said that in global institutions like the UN Security Coun- cil, there is a broad con- sensus among many nations to bring about reforms to reflect the re- alities of a rapidly changing world order. TheLokSabhaSpeak- er also stressed that “reform in the UN Security Council cannot be de- layed any further”. He said that it is crucial that the subject is included in future global agendas so that “we could contribute more and more to addressing challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, pov- erty, gender equality and terrorism”. He said India is leading the world in the ar- ticulation of Global Cli- mate Action Plan to combat the issue of climate change. Members have freedom to express views in House: LS Speaker LS Speaker Om Birla delivers speech on “Promoting peaceful co-existence inclusive societies: Fight against intolerance” at General Debate during #IPU146, in Manama, Bahrain, on Sunday. BIRLA IN BAHRAIN First India Bureau Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit ShahsaidonSundaythat the Modi government’s policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism will continue in the times to come and the separa- tism, terrorism and anti- nationalactivitiesinany part of the country will be dealt with firmly . Hesaidtheviolenceis coming down substan- tially in Kashmir, while insurgency in North- east and Left Wing Ex- tremism-affected areas has also reduced. Addressing a 54th CISF Raising Day parade at National Indus- trial Security Academy (NISA) here, Shah laud- ed Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for its work in strengthening India’s economy and said that Naxalities and terrorists are under control due to CISF. The UnionHomeMin- ister said that the CISF will safeguard crucial ports and airports in the country as it has been doing for the past 53 years. This is the first time that CISF is holding the ‘Raising Day’ celebrations outside the National capital, New Delhi. It used to be held at CISF ground located on the outskirts of Del- hi, in Ghaziabad. “CISF has a very important contribution in the economic progress of the country because any country can progress only when the security of its industries, security of airports and seaports is ensured. CISF has fulfilled all the objectives of the estab- lishment of CISF in 53 years,” Shah said. “PM Modi has proposed the vision of a 5 trillion-dollar economy for which the safe- guarding of ports, airports, etc is very important. CISF will safeguard them as they have been doing for the past 53 years,” he said. He further said that the Home Ministry will strengthen the CISF with all technologies in the upcoming times to protect the ports, airports and others. The UnionHomeMin- ister said that CISF worked as a first re- sponder during the COVID-19 pandemic cri- sis at airports and railway stations. At CISF Raising Day, Shah lauds Force’s work in strengthening India’s economy Union HM Amit Shah at the inauguration of first baffle range ‘Arjuna’ on the 54th Raising Day of CISF, in Hyderabad on Sunday. CISF Director General Sheel Vardhan Singh (R) also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI New Delhi: During the firstphaseof Budgetses- sion, Opposition parties created ruckus in both Houses of Parliament — Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha — over the Hindenburg report on the Adani group. On the last day of the first phase of session on February 13, the Lok Sabha proceedings went on smoothly throughout the day, but the uproar continued in the Rajya Sabha, following which Chairman Jaideep Dhankhar ad- journed the House proceedings till March 13. Therelationsbetween the ruling party and the Opposition have soured further in the month- long break, which will likely affect the Parlia- ment proceedings. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi has been arrested by the Central Bureau of In- vestigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Direc- torate (ED). K Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief MinisterKCRand involved in the expan- sion campaign of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), has been questioned by the ED in Del- hi. The investigating agency is continuously tightening its grip on RJD supremo Lalu Ya- dav’s family as well. ❍ 2nd LEG OF PARLIAMENT’S BUDGET SESSION Rahul, ED-CBI actions to heat up both the Houses Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar chairs an all-party meeting before the second part of the Budget Session, at VP House, in New Delhi, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI Mahesh Sharma New Delhi: Nagaland was without an Opposi- tion before assembly polls. All the parties in the state were with the ruling coalition. Al- though they were not a part of the government, but their support was to the government. After the elections, it seemed that there would be an Opposition in the state and perhaps a strong one. But within a week of poll results, it has become clear that this time also Nagaland will be without Opposition. The Opposition will not have a single MLA in the 60-member assembly as all 60 MLAs will support the govt. Think, the MLAs of the parties opposing the BJP at national level have also won, but they will also support the govt. The two parties of the ruling coalition, the NDPP and the BJP, got 25 and 12 seats re- spectively, and an absolute majority. Despite this, all other parties have supported the government. Its old rival NPF has five MLAs and has not got the sta- tus of the main Opposi- tion party and it too has already supported the government. Nagaland will be without Oppn,again! Kolkata (Agencies): Trinamool Congress leader Santanu Bando- padhyay, who was arrested by the Enforce- ment Directorate (ED) on Friday in the teacher’s recruitment scam in West Bengal, was re- manded to three-day ED custody by a special PMLA court here on Monday. Although the ED counsel had made a plea for 14-day custody of Bandopadhyay, the principal nodal officer of Hooghly district Zil- la Parishad, the judge granted remand till March 13. Bandopad- hyay on Saturday claimed that he has been framed in this matter and that it had been done purposefully by those who are already in judicial custody in relation to the multi-crore scam. How- ever, he did not name anyone specific on this count. Meanwhile, ED sources said that the agency has got definite proof that Bandopad- hyay had direct links with TMC legislator and the former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Edu- cation (WBBPE), Manik Bhattacharya, who is currently in judicial custody along with his wife and son for their alleged involvement in the recruitment scam. Santanu involved in ‘money for transfer’ racket also, says ED Chennai: Tamil Nadu Policehaveregisteredan FIR against former Ta- mil Nadu CM and inter- im general secretary of AIADMK, Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS). The case has been registered on a complaint by an Amma Makkal Munnet- ra Kazhagam (AMMK) functionary that he was assaulted by AIADMK men led by EPS. EPS was travelling from Chennai to Ma- durai and when he was travelling in an airport bus to the airport, a person was making de- rogatory remarks against him. Then this incident happened. FIR against Palaniswami for ‘assault’ of AMMK worker CISF ‘RAISING DAY’ CELEBRATIONS HELD OUTSIDE NEW DELHI FOR 1st TIME KHARGE MEETS VP DHANKHAR AHEAD OF 2nd PHASE OF BUDGET SESSION Hyderabad (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attended the 54th CISF Raising Day parade at National Industrial Security Acad- emy (NISA) here. The CISF was set up under the act of the Parliament of India on March 10, 1969. Since then, CISF Raising Day is being celebrated on March 10 each year. This year the CISF’s annual Raising Day celebrations in being held here. As per officials, this is the first time that CISF is be holding the ‘Raising Day’ celebrations outside the National capital, New Delhi. New Delhi (PTI): Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar here on Sunday, after which he asserted that opposition parties want a discussion during the second leg of the Budget session on every burning issue facing the nation. Kharge also asserted that opposition parties are keen to play a constructive role in making the government accountable.Kharge met Dhankhar, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, at the Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas. “Met @VPIn- dia, ahead of the forthcoming session of the Parliament to seek his cooperation,” the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said in a tweet. BUDGET SESSION Hyderabad (ANI): The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders set up a hoarding of ‘Washing Powder Nirma’ giving sarcastic welcome to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Hy- derabad on Sunday. In continuation to various posters that surfaced on the walls of Hyderabad against BJP leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, an- other hoarding giving Amit Shah a sarcastic welcome has come up at JBS junction in Hyderabad today. Posters against BJP continue to surface in Hyderabad since Saturday when the BRS MLC and Telan- gana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter and MLC K Kavitha appeared before the Enforce- ment Directorate (ED) in connection with the case pertaining to the now-defunct Delhi excise policy. The BRS leaders have put up a hoarding that read ‘Welcome Amit Shah’. BRS ‘GREETS’ HM WITH ‘WASHING POWDER NIRMA’ POSTERS Santanu Bandopadhyay was held in teacher’s recruitment scam. Edappadi K Palaniswami PM Narendra Modi with Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio during latter’s swearing-in ceremony, in Kohima last week. —FILE PHOTO Dimple Sharma Samalkha: The RSS paid tributes to late Sa- majwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, socialist leader Sharad Yadav, senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hira- ben Modi at its annual general body 3-day meeting that began here on Sunday . Around 1400 RSS workers are participating in this meet that is being held in Haryana after a long gap of 12 years. The Sangh also paid tributes to late Biju Janata Dal (BJD) l e a d e r and former Od- isha minister Na- bakishore Das, whowaskilledby a police officer. The list also included the names of S a g a r Sahu a n d Budhram Kartam, the BJP leaders from Chhattisgarh who were “martyred in Naxalite violence”. The list of noted per- sonalities who were paid tributes included the names of the prime minister’s mother, Hi- raben Modi, actor-film- maker Satish Kaushik, actor Javed Khan Am- rohi and singer Vani Jairam. Sangh functionar- ies also paid homage to industrialists Jam- shed J Irani and Vikram Kirloskar. RSS annual 3-day meet begins in Haryana’s Samalkha town Birla’s remarks are being seen as a response to Rahul Gandhi, who alleged that mics were put off when Oppn members speak
MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 06 INDIA www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia New Delhi (PTI): In- formation and Broad- casting minister Anur- ag Thakur has said that nearly 1,300 feature and 1,062 short films and documentaries have been digitised under the National Film Her- itage Mission (NFHM). Thakur,whoreviewed the progress made under the Mission during his visit to the National Film Archives of India in Pune, said an additional 2,500 feature and shorts films documentaries were in the pipeline to be digitised. NFHM is giving a new lifeline to the heritage of Indiancinema,where many films which were not previously accessible at all, will be made available to audience worldwide,Thakursaid. Giving new lifeline to cinema: Thakur NATIONAL FILM HERITAGE MISSION Srinagar (PTI): At- tempts are being made round-the-clock to wipe out the remnants of terror in Jammu and Kash- mir and the “enemy” is finding it hard to digest the prevailing peace, the Union Territory’s police chief Dilbag Sin- gh said on Sunday . Singh was speaking to reporters on the side- lines of the opening ceremony of the 71st BN Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship at the Bakshi Stadium. Asked about the targeted killings, especially of minorities, in the Valley, Singh said while some incidents are taking place, violence has largely come down. “Targeted killings have also come down. Some incidents take place sometimes but we take those seriously and counter measures are being taken. At- tempts are on day and night to wipe out the remnants of terror and these will continue,” Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir director-general of police, said. The police chief also expressed happiness that youngsters who used to “play with grenades” are today taking part in sporting activities. Raipur (PTI): Con- gress government in Chhattisgarh has given out-of-turn promotion to 77 police jawans posted in different districts of Bastar division to recognise their service in the fight against Naxalites, an official said on Sunday. The order for their promotion was issued by Chhattis- garh DG) Ashok Juneja on Saturday on the oc- casion of Holi. New Delhi (ANI): In- dian Navy’s indigenous- ly built guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in a Mari- time Partnership Exer- cise with French Navy (FN) ships FS Dixmude, a Mistral Class Amphib- ious Assault Ship and FS La Fayette, a La Fay- ette Class Frigate, in the Arabian Sea. As per Defence Minis- try, the exercise wit- nessed a wide spectrum of evolutions at sea which included cross- deck landings, boarding exercises seamanship evolutions. The seam- less conduct of the exercise reaffirmed the in- teroperability and high level of cooperation between the two navies. New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has brought back a kidnapping-and-murder accused wanted by the Kerala Police through extradition from Saudi Arabia, the 33rd fugitive extradited since last year, under “Operation Trishul” on Sunday, officials said. Mohammed Haneefa Makkata, a fugitive with an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued against him, was wanted by the Kerala Police in connection with the abduction and killing of one Karim in 2006, a case that was probed by the Kunna- mangalam police station in Kozhikode, the officials said. He was located in Saudi Arabia on the basis of the RCN, they added. The Interpol unit of Saudi Arabia informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about Makkata’s loca- tion and sought a team to take him back to In- dia, the officials said. New Delhi (Agencies): The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a key lend- er to US startups since the 1980s, has also affected several startups in India, hitting their daily cash needs and other running expens- es. US authorities swooped in and seized the bank’s assets after a run on deposits made it no longer tenable for the medium-sized bank to stay afloat on its own. Ruchit G Garg, the chief executive of Har- vesting Farmer Net- work, was among the startup owners in India whose business felt the ripple effect of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, the biggest since 2008 when Wash- ington Mutual sput- tered and died. “We have been banking with SVB for over 10 years. We have deposits that are right now stuck with them. Thankfully for us, the situation is a little bit better as most of our operations are in India,” Garg said. “Just by sheer planning and luck we have a lot of money already made as FDI in Indian entities. But still a large portion of our money is sitting in SVB,” he said. Many other startups, however, may be in a much worse situation, Mr Garg said, citing young companies that carry out a bulk of their operations abroad, especially in the US. “Multiple startups have their money stuck in SVB, the most serious being the ones operating in the US. If they have been working mostly in India, they would have funds parked in Indian banks too. The problem is magnified for startups that have SVB as the only main banking partner,” said Garg. UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS 8 IPS OFFICERS Dr. Ahtesham Siddiqui Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has transferred eight senior IPS officers. Many DIG and IG rank officers, including those in Luc- know and Kanpur have also been transferred. IPS Piyush Mordia Joint CP Law Order Police Commissioner Lucknow has been made the new ADG Zone of Lucknow Range. Until now, he was posted as Joint Police Law and Order Lucknow Commission- er in Lucknow. Besides, DIG IPS Upendra Kumar Agar- wal of Devipatan Range has been made the new Joint CP in Lucknow Police Commissioner- ate, while DIG IPS Amarendra Kumar of Ayodhya Range has been made the new DIG of Devipatan. IG Range Meerut IPS Praveen Kumar has been made the new IG of Ayodhya. IG IPS Nichketa Jha of Agra Range has been made the new IG of Meerut while DIG IPS of Aligarh Deepak Kumar has been made the new DIG of Agra Range Kan- pur Commissionerate. IPS Suresh Kulkarni posted in Aligarh has been made the new DIG while IPS Amit Verma posted in SIT has been posted as Additional Police Commissioner in Kanpur Police Commis- sionerate. ADMINISTRATIVE RESHUFFLE IPS Praveen Kumar IPS Piyush Mordia Indian France Navy conduct MaritimePartnershipExercise Wanted murder accused brought back from Saudi Arabia, says CBI StartupCEOdecodeseffects ofUSbank’ssuddencollapse The ship is a part of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam, under the operational control of FOCinC (East). Mohammed Haneefa Makkata Ruchit G Garg Anurag Thakur reviewing National Film Heritage Mission’s progress. Tapan Kumar, Director, Intelligence Bureau, with JK DGP Dilbagh Singh and Syed Javaid Mujtaba, ADGP Armed, JK, during 71st All India Police Football Championship, in Srinagar on Sunday. Union Minister for Information Broadcasting Anu- rag Thakur visited NFDC- National Film Archive of India (NFAI) during his Pune visit and reviewed the progress made under National Film Heritage Mission. Anu- rag Thakur stated that National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) is moving ahead at full steam at NFDC-National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune. As part of NFHM, 3 major projects are ongoing at NFDC-NFAI: Digitization of Films, Conservation of Film Reels and Restoration of Films. All these projects are colossal in nature in the field of film preservation and have never been attempted on this scale globally. Till date, 1,293 features and 1,062 shorts and documentaries have been digitized in 4K and 2K resolution. Additional 2,500 features and shorts and documentaries are in the pipeline to be digitized. New Delhi (Agencies): Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will meet representatives of Indian start-ups affected by the collapse of the troubled Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to understand how it has impacted them and how the government can help. “A few start-ups have reached out to me, and there is a general worry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of India’s ‘techade’ has a big role for the success of our start-ups and innovation ecosystem. We want to be supportive of our young Indians in whatever way we can. We won’t let the SVB failure slow their growth,” Chandrasekhar said. UNION IB MINISTER VISITS NFAI, PUNE AND REVIEWED PROGRESS OF NFHM UNION MIN CHANDRASEKHAR TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIAN START-UPS HIT BY SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSE CRUCIAL READ MADHURI’S MOTHER SNEHALATA DIXIT DIES AT AGE OF 90 4 TN FISHERMEN ARRESTED BY SRI LANKAN NAVY Mumbai (PTI): Film star Madhuri Dixit’s mother Snehalata Dixit died here on Sunday. She was 90. The Bollywood actor shared the news in a statement issued to the media. “Our beloved Aai, Snehalata Dixit, died peacefully this morning surrounded by her loved ones,” the statement said. Snehalata Dixit’s last rites will be performed at Wor- li’s Vaikunth Dham. Mad- huri, who is the youngest of the four siblings, had shared a heartwarming post on her mother’s 90th birthday last year. New Delhi (Agencies): Four fishermen from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for trespassing into their wa- ters. The arrest was made at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday. The arrested were taken to the Sri Lankan Naval base at Paruthithurai in the island nation for further questioning. The arrested fishermen are L. Arokiaraj (54), A. Ashok (28), A. Karuppu (22) and S. Sakthi (21). All the arrested are from Kottai- pattanam coastal village in Pudukottai district. Muzaffarnagar (Agencies): A young couple have allegedly died by suicide in Muzaffarnagar. Pankaj (23) and Shivani (20) were pulled up by the girl’s family over their relationship. Moments later, Pankaj killed himself by consuming poison and his girlfriend, Shivani also followed suit. Circle Officer (Budhana), Vinay Kumar Gautam, said, “The two victims were distant relatives. They consumed poisonous substances and died during treatment. Further probe is on.” Guwahati (Agencies): A probe into the death of a person, suspected to be a dacoit, in a police encounter in Assam’s Udalguri district confirmed that it was a case of “mistaken identity”. The CID probe concluded that the person killed in the shootout was not dacoit Kenaram Boro (also known as Kenaram Basumatary) but a person identified as Dimbeswar Muchahary, who his family asserted was a “small-time farmer”. The police, however, claimed he was also a “hardened criminal”. The police claimed that two policemen were also injured in the “shootout”. COUPLE ENDS LIFE AFTER FAMILY DISAPPROVES THEIR RELATIONSHIP SUSPECTED ‘DACOIT’ SHOT DEAD IN POLICE ENCOUNTER WAS A FARMER, FINDS PROBE Attempts being made to wipe out remnants of militancy in JK: DGP 77 C’garh cops receive out-of- turn promotion Canberra (ANI): Aus- tralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday said that India and Australia have forged a deeper connection in education, culture, defence and trade. “We’ve forged a deeper connection between Australia and India, from education and culture to defence and trade,” Albanese tweeted on Sunday . The Australian PM also shared a video showing highlights of his India visit. Alba- nese on Wednesday arrived in Ahmedabad on a state visit to India. The Australian PM was on an official visit to India from March 8-11. During the visit, the Australian PM met Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi at the Hy- derabad House in New Delhi to hold bilateral talks. The Australian PM also met External Af- fairs Minister S Jais- hankar. The EAM said Albanese’s visit and today’s annual summit will take India-Austral- ia ties to a higher level. “Delighted to call on Prime Minister @Al- boMP of Australia this morning. His visit and today’s Annual Summit will take our ties to a higher level,” Jaishankar tweeted on Friday. Albanese on Satur- day thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “extraordinary effort” to make his Australian delegation feel welcome in India. He tweeted, “Thank you to Prime Minister @narendramodi for the extraordinary effort to make my Australian delegation feel welcome in India. Having the pleasure of hearing The Triffids and The Go-Betweens on the si- tar was unexpected and extremely touching.” INDIA, AUS HAVE DEEPENED TIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS: ALBANESE THE AUSTRALIAN PM SHARES HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS INDIA VISIT Aus Prime Min Anthony Albanese shares a picture of him hugging PM Narendra Modi. Aus PM Albanese shares a picture of bilateral discussions on his Twitter on Sunday. l We have forged stronger links in education, culture, defence: Aus PM New Delhi (PTI) : India and Australia have agreed to conclude the negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement “as soon as possible” as there is huge potential to enhance bilateral commerce in the next 5 years, as per joint statement issued on Sunday. The statement was released after the meeting of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell here on March 11. Both countries have already implemented an economic cooperation and trade agreement (ECTA) in December 2022 and are now negotiating to widen the scope of that pact into a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA). “Ministers look forward to concluding CECA as soon as possible,” the statement said. TALKS FOR COMPREHENSIVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT ‘AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’
MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 07 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Commodity Price Change % Chg GOLD 56,890.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 10g) SILVER 65,700.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg) COMMODITIES Currency Price Change % Chg USDINR 82.05 0.00 0.00 GBPINR 98.01 0.00 0.00 CURRENCIES Two-wheeler PV exports decline in Feb New Delhi (PTI): Exports of two-wheelers, passenger vehicles and three-wheelers from India declined by 35% in February mainly due to the weakening of currencies against the US dollar in destination countries, especially in the Afri- can continent. According to data released by industry body SIAM, shipments of two- wheelers, passenger vehicles and three-wheelers declined to 3,01,561 units last month from 4,63,025 units in February 2022. Two-wheeler exports dropped by 37% to 2,35,087 units last month from 3,75,689 units in the year- ago period. Motorcycle shipments declined to 2,01,097 units last month from 3,49,221 units in the year-ago period. Scooter exports, however, rose to 33,378 units as compared with 24,830 units in February 2022. ACCORDING TO DATA BY SIAM DATA IN NUMBERS z Two-wheeler exports dropped by 37% to 2,35,087 units last month from 3,75,689 units in the year-ago period z Motorcycle shipments declined to 2,01,097 units last month from 3,49,221 units in Feb 2022 period. Scooter exports, however, rose to 33,378 units business BRIEFS New Delhi: Bank of Ma- harashtra (BoM) on Sun- day announced a reduc- tion in the interest rate on home loans to 8.4% from the existing 8.6%. The new rate is effective from March 13, 2023, BoM said. The home loan at 8.4% makes it one of the lowest in the banking sector. Besides, it said, the bank has also a special rate of interest (ROI) for defence personnel, including paramilitary forc- es, benefiting salaried and pensioner categories for home loans. —PTI BoM CUTS HOME LOAN RATE TO 8.4% FROM EXISTING 8.6% New Delhi: After witnessing the withdrawal of funds in the last three months, Gold exchange- traded funds (ETFs) attracted a net flow of `165 crore in February, mainly due to a slight correction in gold prices. This was in comparison to a net out- flow of `199 crore registered in January, `273 crore in December and `195 crore in November. Prior to that, Gold ETFs attracted `147 crore in October, data from Asso- ciation of Mutual Funds in India showed. The demand for physical Gold in India is largely driven by festival and wedding season. —PTI GOLD ETFs RECORD `165 CRORE INFLOW IN FEBRUARY 2023 New Delhi: Eight of the top 10 valued firms faced a combined erosion of `1,03,732.39 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance In- dustries and ICICI Bank taking the biggest hit amid an overall weak trend in equities. Barring Bharti Airtel and ITC, eight firms suffered erosion from their mcap. RIL remained the most valued firm, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, HUL, SBI, ITC, HDFC Airtel. —PTI 8 TOP COMPANIES LOSE `1.03 LAKH CRORE M-CAP New Delhi: Reversing their selling trend, foreign investors have infused over `13,500 crore in the Indian equities so far in March primarily driven by bulk investment from US- based GQG Partners in the Adani Group. This came following a net out- flow of `5,294 crore in February. Prior to that, FPIs made a net investment of `11,119 crore in December, data with the depositories showed. According to the data, FPIs invested `13,536 crore in Indian equities till March 10. —PTI ADANI BLOCK DEAL HELPS FPI INFLOWS TURN POSITIVE *Rates till the edition went to print. = = = = INDIA’S CHEMICAL DEMAND LIKELY TO JUMP TO $1,000 BILLION BY 2040: MCKINSEY REPORT New Delhi: India is likely to account for more than a fifth of incre- mental global consumption for chemicals over the next two decades as domestic demand is projected to rise to $1,000 billion by 2040, McKinsey said in a report. In the report titled ‘India: The next chemicals manufacturing hub’, McKinsey said the country’s chemical industry has been a global outperformer in demand growth and shareholder wealth creation over the last decade. The sector is projected to grow at 11-12% during 2021-27 and 7-10% during 2027-40 -- tripling its global market share by 2040. —PTI INDIA AGREES TO RUSSIA OPERATING MORE PASSENGER FLIGHTS CONNECTING 2 COUNTRIES New Delhi: India Russia have “in principle” agreed to revise their bilateral air services agreement whereby Russian carriers will be allowed to operate as many as 64 weekly flights to various Indian cities. Presently, Russia can operate up to 52 weekly civilian flights. India has “in principle” agreed to increase the number of weekly flights that Russian carriers can operate to India to 64 from 52. In this regard, the bilateral air services agreement will be amended in due course, an official said. —PTI OTHER STORIES GOVT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROMOTE GI New Delhi: The government will provide financial assistance to eligible agencies for undertaking initiatives for the promotion of Geographical In- dications (GIs) products. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has issued operational guide- lines for financial assistance for undertaking the initiatives for the promotion of GIs. A GI, a kind of IPR, is primarily an agricultural, natural or manu- factured product (handicraft and industrial goods) originat- ing from a definite geographical territory. —PTI LAMBORGHINI EYES TIER I, TIER II CITIES FOR INDIA BIZ GROWTH New Delhi: Having established a presence across top cities in India, Automobili Lamborghini is now eyeing customers in smaller centres to generate additional volumes. The Italian automaker is bullish on the country’s economic growth, a rise of first- generation entrepreneurs and large-scale road infrastructure development to fuel future business growth. Lamborghini India Head Sharad Agarwal said India is already one of the biggest markets for the Italian brand and the country has huge potential for growth in the coming days. —PTI SAYS RBI MPC MEMBER INFLATION LIKELY TO FALL OVER THE YEAR New Delhi (PTI): Infla- tion is expected to come down over the year, RBI Monetary Policy Commit- tee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal said on Sunday, asserting that the government’s supply-side action coordinated with a flexible inflation-targeting regime has kept the rate of price rise lower than that in other countries. Goyal said that India has successfully dealt with ‘pluri-shocks’ over the past three years, showing considerable resilience. “Inflation rates are expected to come down over the year. “Government supply-side action coordinated with a flexible inflation targeting regime has kept Indian inflation rates lower than other countries and our own past averages even in this period of major adverse external supply shocks,” she said. She was asked whether high inflation become the norm in India. “Since nominal policy rates rise with inflation to maintain an expected real positive rate under inflation targeting this prevents demand over-heating and anchors inflation expectations,” she noted. Goyal said policy rates had been cut steeply during the pandemic, so they had to be raised fast after recovery was established. “But policy rates must not rise too much at present because of slowing external demand. Domes- tic demand must be allowed to compensate,” she emphasised. According to Goyal, as long as the expected future real policy rate does not rise much above unity, RBI is not over-tightening. Tax mop-up may fall short of RE: Official New Delhi (PTI): The government may not achieve a revised tax collection tar- get of `30.43 lakh crore for the current financial year, a top official said. Revised estimate was raised steeply by over 10% from the budget estimate in the FY24 Budget presented last month, the official said. The revised estimates (RE) for the current fiscal pegged gross tax revenues at `30.43 lakh crore, higher than the budget estimates of `27.57 lakh crore. On the direct tax side, the official said, “The RE was quite steep. We are ex- pecting a shortfall. The net collections could be between `15-15.5 lakh crore.” In the current fiscal, the revenues from direct tax (which includes income and corporate taxes) are projected to grow by over 17% at `16.50 lakh crore compared to 2021-22 fiscal when the collection was `14.20 lakh crore. In the current fiscal, the revenue from corporate tax is expected to come in at `8.35 lakh crore. This is projected to rise by 10.4% to over `9.22 lakh cr in next fiscal. Personal income tax collections this fiscal are esti- mated at `8.15 lakh crore and are projected to rise by 10.4% to over `9 lakh crore next year. DATA IN NUMBERS z The revised estimates (RE) for the current fiscal pegged gross tax revenues at `30.43 lakh crore, higher than the budget estimates of `27.57 lakh crore z In the current fiscal (2022- 23), the revenues from direct tax are projected to grow by over 17% at `16.50 lakh crore Global cues and inflation trends to drive maket New Delhi (PTI): Domes- tic equity investors are likely to keep a close watch on global cues, especially the fallout of the US-based Silicon Valley Bank failure, inflation trends and foreign fund flows in the coming week after days of volatile trading sessions. Analysts opined that investors will be waiting for the consumer price inflation data for February to be released on Monday . “Poor global cues were major contributors to the weakness in the Indian equity markets, and they will continue to be significant next week,” Santosh Mee- na, Head of Research at Swastika Investmart Ltd, said ahead of the start of new week. India, Aus to conclude talks for CECA soon New Delhi (PTI): India and Australia have agreed to conclude the negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement “as soon as possible” as there is huge potential to enhance bilateral commerce in the next five years, according to a joint statement issued on Sunday . The statement was released after the meeting of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell here on March 11. Both countries have already implemented an economic cooperation and trade agreement (ECTA) in December 2022 and are now negotiating to widen the scope of that pact into a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA). “Ministers look forward to concluding CECA as soon as possible,” the statement said. The CECA will create new employment opportunities, raise living stand- ards and improve the general welfare in both countries, it added. “India-Australia bilateral trade exceeded $31 billion last financial year. Both agreed that given the trade complementarities between the two countries, there is considerable potential for significantly en- hancing bilateral trade within the next 5 years,” the statement said. Centre to infuse more capital in public sector general insurers New Delhi (PTI): The government may have to infuse more capital in the three public sector general insurance companies to improve their financial health, a senior government official said. The government last year provided `5,000 crore capital to three insurers --National Insurance Com- pany Limited, Oriental In- surance Company Limited and United India Insur- ance Company . Based on the perfor- mance in the FY23, the finance ministry would take a call as to how much capital they would require to meet regulatory require- ment, the official said. They are not in good financial health and fund would be infused in these entities to augment their solvency margin, the official added. The solvency margin is the extra capital the companies must hold over and above the claim amounts they are likely to incur. It acts as a financial backup in extreme situa- tions, enabling the company to settle all claims. As per the regulator IR- DAI’s mandate, the mini- mum solvency ratio insurance companies must maintain is 1.5 to lower risks. In terms of solvency margin, the required value is 150%. MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS z The government may have to infuse more capital in the three public sector general insurance companies to improve their financial health z The govt last year provided `5,000 crore capital to National Insurance Company Limited, Oriental Insurance Company Limited and United India Insurance Company INDIAN SOFT DRINK MARKET TO GROW: PEPSICO BOTTLER New Delhi (PTI): The Indian soft drink market is expected to see “significant growth” as consumption is antici- pated to increase steadily , which will deliver sustainable and healthy volume growth across all product categories, said Varun Beverages Ltd (VBL), PepsiCo’s largest franchise bottler. This would be driven by factors such as shifting population de- mographics, the rising spending power of young consumers, accelerated urbanisation, and growing rural consumption. The company is in the process of further expanding its capacities to meet the higher demand expectations. Its distribution model and on-the-ground end-to-end infrastructure facilities continue to be the key growth drivers and VBL remains committed to extending it to newer areas and under-penetrated regions.
MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 08 2NDFRONT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia If one has to progress in life, we must take out time to introspect on our present and learn from our past, on a daily basis. — Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India First India Bureau Mumbai: The Enforce- ment Directorate (ED) raided the house of Na- tional Congress Party (NCP) leader Hasan Mushrif at 5 am on Sat- urday. Also, the ED has arrested Shiv Sena Thackeray group MLA Anil Parab’s close asso- ciate and businessman Sadanand Kadam in the Sai Resort case. These two incidents have made the Bharati- ya Janata Party (BJP) face dark clouds and come under. Sanjay Raut has referred to Kirit Somaiya as Popat- lal and Chandrakant Khaire has now alleged that Somaiya gets money from ED. After the ED action against Sadanand Kad- am and Hasan Mush- rif, Khaire has alleged that Kirit Somaiya gets commission from ED. “Kirit Somaiya is the broker of ED. Somaiya gets commission from ED money. That is why Somaiya already knows about the En- forcement Directorate action,” said Khaire. “How does a BJP person knows about ED’s action? Who will be attacked? Who will be arrested? How does So- maiya know this?”, commented Khaire. On the other hand, Sanjay Raut criticized Somaiya as the parrot of Mulund. In response, Somaiya said that both Sanjay Raut and Ud- dhav Thackeray are co- medians like Kapil Sharma. The reaction of both of them makes me laugh. Kirit Somaiya gets commission from ED: Khaire Kirit Somaiya —FILE PHOTO VERBAL ATTACKS After action against Kadam and Hasan Mushrif, Khaire has alleged that Kirit Somaiya gets commission from ED WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE Mumbai Indians bowler Amelia Kerr with teammates celebrates the wicket of UP Warriorz player Kiran Navgire during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) T20 cricket match, at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI Bachhu Kadu’s ‘dog ’ remark creates row in Assam assembly First India Bureau Mumbai: It seems like Achalpur MLA Bach- chu Kadu does not stay far from the limelight as the MLA from Maha- rashtra is now currently in political discussions in Delhi and As- sam. A statement made by him in the Maha- rashtra Assembly caused confusion in the Assam Assembly . Along with this, MLAs of opposition parties in As- sam have also demanded Kadu's arrest while opposing his 'dog statement' passed against Assamese people. Independent MLA from Achalpur and President of Prahar Janshakti Party Bach- chu Kadu had given a controversial statement regarding Assam while speaking regarding back stabbing legislators of Maharashtra. Kadu had said, “Send all the stray dogs of Ma- harashtra to Assam. They have value there. People in Assam eat dog meat. The people there eat dog meat like we eat deer. These dogs will be traded. We came to know about it when we went to Guwahati. Meanwhile, Kadu's statement has heated up the atmosphere in the Assam Assembly and faced a huge uproar over Kadu's statement in the budget session of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Because of this, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria also had to stop his speech. Con- gressMLAKamalakhya Purkayastha raised the issue and said, Why is the government silent on this after such a controversial statement regarding Assam? Mean- while, the opposition legislators have also demanded the arrest of Kadu. KADU APOLOGIZES Don’t be loyal to leaders, but Shivaji Maharaj: Bachhu First India Bureau Mumbai: Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party, Congress along with allied parties formed the Mahavi- kas Aghadi and formed the government in 2019. But 7 months ago, 40 MLAs from the party split with Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde and formed a new group of MLAs. As a result, the coalition government in the state collapsed. Eknath Shin- de's new group formed a new government with the BJP. When Shinde rebelled,BachchuKadu, an MLA from Prahar Jan Shakti Party , Shiv Sena's ruling ally , also stood with Shinde. Shiv Sena chief Ud- dhav Thackeray , Yuva Sena president and MLA Aditya Thacker- ayareconstantlycriti- cizing all these MLAs. Rebel MLAs are being called 'traitor' MLAs. Meanwhile, Bachchu Kadu has responded to Uddhav Thacker- ay's criticism. Achalpur MLA Kadu said, “Some call us traitors. Absolute- ly, we are traitors. We are traitors to leaders, not people. This Bachchu Kadu is not one of those who en- slave the leaders.” Meanwhile, Kadu also gave the basic mantra of loyalty to the workers by saying, “You should not be loyal to leaders. Don't take sides. Be loyal only to your father, be loyal to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.” “Absolutely, we are traitors. We are traitors to leaders, not people” First India Bureau Mumbai: While the H3N2 flu virus, which has been increasing respiratory illnesses across the nation, has prompted the union health ministry to urge states to be vigilant, it has only been found in a few cases at the BMC's Kasturba Hospital over the past few months, according to civic health officials on Saturday . We have been receiv- ing one or two cases of H3N2everymonthinthe flu panel tests done primarily for H1N1 virus, BMCchief healthofficer Dr Mangala Gomare said on Saturday . According to Sanjay Khandare, the state health secretary, there are currently no H3N2 cases. He said, We will increase our monitor- ing and perform ge- nome sequencing in accordance with the Un- ion government's in- structions. However, doctors claim that there is proof of constant viral attacks at different outpatient clinics and hospitals, where pa- tients are arriving with fevers caused by the flu as well as other viruses like adenoviruses and the respiratory syncyt- ial virus. Poor data is a result of high costs; The reason for poor data are costs; while the first flu panel with the H1N1 test costs `8,000, the other panels (if the first panel is negative) could range from `1,500 to `20,000. Our statistics indi- cate that influenza A and H3N2 cases are on the rise across the nation, said Dr Nilesh Shah of Metropolis Laboratory. Every month, the facility runs hundreds of flu panel tests, and in January and February, the amount of H3N2 has been increasing. According to the union health ministry, H3N2 instances began to increase in the middle of December 2022 and may begin to decline in March, when the flu season will have ended in many regions of the nation. In Mumbai, where flu cases typically start rising in June, doctors blame the “strange weather patterns” for high viral activity . Not only H3N2, but others too take Mum by storm Mumbai (ANI): A For- mula 1 car caught fire during the Oracle Red Bull racing event in Mumbai's Bandra on Sunday, officials have confirmed. The incident occurred at Band- stand in Mumbai's Ban- dra where the car racing was taking place. The rescue team arrived promptly and managed to extinguish the fire. Fortunately, no casualties have been re- ported in the incident and further details are awaited in the case. Oracle Red Bull Rac- ing runs billions of race-strategy simula- tions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), helping give drivers get their best chances to win. The event marked the return of Oracle Red Bull racing to India after an eight-year hiatus. F1 car catches fire during Oracle Red Bull racing The rescue team arrived promptly managed to extinguish fire. First India Bureau Mumbai: Flagging rising air pollution in Mumbai and bad air quality, the city civic body has set up a panel to suggest dust control measures. The committee comprising seven members under the chairmanship of Addi- tional Municipal Com- missioner (Western Suburbs) Sanjeev Ku- mar, will suggest dust control measures, which will be strictly implemented in BMC (Brihanmumbai Mu- nicipal Corporation) areas from April 01, an official statement said on Sunday. As per the directions given by Municipal Commissioner I S Cha- hal, the panel shall submit a report within seven days. The dust control measures will be strictly implemented in the BMC area from April 01, 2023, and strict action will be taken against violators, said the statement issued by the BMC. The municipal commissioner on Sunday reviewed the Mumbai Beautification Project, air pollution control measures, and the pre- paredness for the upcoming G20 meeting. The air quality in Mumbai region including the city is currently bad due to changes in the wind speed condi- tions combined with dust arising from various development and construction works, which are going on a large scale. In view of this, dust is the main factor responsible for air pollution. To control it, a committee comprising seven members has been constituted under the chairmanship of Additional Municipal Commissioner(Western Suburbs) Sanjeev Ku- mar, it said, adding stringent action including stopping the construction work will be taken against violators of dust control measures. The air pollution situation has arisen like never before in the Mumbai metropolitan city. In the post-COV- ID-19 period, the dust generated by large- scale construction as well as various development works, and changes in the wind speed are the two main factors, the statement said. Civic body sets up dust control panel AIR POLLUTION IN MUMBAI As per the directions given by Municipal Commissioner I S Chahal, the panel shall submit a report within seven days. The dust control measures will be strictly implemented in the BMC area from April 01, 2023.
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