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CRUCIAL READ
NEET 2021 EXAM HELD AFTER SEVERAL
POSTPONEMENT DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
New Delhi: The National Eligibility
cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 for
admission in Undergraduate medical
courses was held across the country
following COVID-19 protocols on
Sunday. The strict adherence to
COVID-19 measures was taken by the
students and the school authorities.
KEJRI RE-ELECTED
NATIONAL CONVENOR
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
was re-elected as the
national convenor of the
AAP for the third time
at the national executive
meeting of the party
on Sunday.  P2
CJI’S ‘VIVEKANANDA
MESSAGE’ TO YOUTH
New Delhi: CJI NV Ra-
mana said religion should
be above rigidities and
that there is a greater need
now to pay heed to Swami
Vivekananda’s words about
dangers posed by sectarian
conflicts in society.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As Uttara-
khand readies for polls
in Union Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan on
Sunday expressed confi-
dence that the BJP will
form a ‘double-engine’
government in the state
in the upcoming elec-
tions under the leader-
ship of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Pradhan was address-
ing a press conference
where the sitting
U’khand Cong MLA Ra-
jkumar from Purola As-
sembly constituency
joined BJP in New Del-
hi. Pradhan said,
“Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi has a special
attachment with the
‘Dev Bhumi’. In the up-
coming elections, we
will form a double-en-
gine government in Ut-
tarakhand under the
leadershipof PMModi.”
The 70 member Uttara-
khand Assembly polls
are likely to take place
in early 2022. He further
said,“Ihavebeenassoci-
ated with the party’s po-
litical activities in Utta-
rakhand for a very long
time. From Dehradun to
the villages situated in
the hills, Rajkumar ji
whojoinedtheBJPfrom
the Congress today is
known for his sensitivi-
ty
, belligerence and lead-
ership qualities.”
Uttarakhand Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami and state BJP
president Madan Kau-
shikwerealsopresentat
the press conference.
CongressMLARajku-
mar after joining the
BJP said, “I am im-
pressed by the work
done by PM Modi. He
took the country to the
global level. His work
including road con-
struction, the welfare of
SC/ST in Uttarakhand,
andthewayhemanaged
the COVID-19 pandemic
in the country is admi-
rable. BJP works for the
people.”
Rajkumar was earlier
a BJP MLA and had oc-
cupied the post of secre-
tary in the party’s state
unit.
The significance of
the joining can be
gauged from fact that
Uttarakhand chief min-
ister Pushkar Singh
Dhami and state unit
chief Madan Kaushik
both were present to
welcome the Congress
legislator in the party’s
fold.
“BJP is working to-
wards the upliftment of
thelowercasteandmak-
ing them independent,
while Congress has
made these people de-
pendent on subsidies
since Independence.” he
added.
 — Inputs from Agencies
BJP will form ‘double-engine’ govt in Ut’khand in 2022: Pradhan
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP President Madan
Kaushik show the party joining slip of former Congress MLA
Rajkumar as they welcome him in BJP, in New Delhi on Sunday.
CENTRE CLEARS
APPOINTMENTS
TO NCLT , ITAT
New Delhi: The centre
on Saturday approved
the appointment of
judicial and techni-
cal members to the
National Company Law
Tribunal (NCLT) and the
Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal (ITAT) days
after the Supreme
Court pulled up the
Centre over vacancies
in tribunals across the
country. In an official
communication, the
Centre announced
the appointment of
eighteen members
to the NCLT - eight
judicial members and
ten technical members
— and thirteen new
appointments to ITAT
- six judicial members
and seven accountant
members.  P5
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW  NEW DELHI
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh
said that CM Mamata Banerjee
knows that she may lose in the
Bhabanipur Assembly constitu-
ency just like Nandigram.
Kerala BJP General Secretary
George Kurian wrote to Home
Minister Amit Shah seeking
intervention to curb jihadi activi-
ties and protection to Bishop.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut
said that Shiv Sena will contest
the upcoming assembly elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh and Goa
on 100 and 20 seats respectively.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sun-
day attacked Centre over employ-
ment, saying the difference between
a week off and working day has
ended as “there are no jobs”.
GHOSH: DIDI
MAY LOSE
FROM
BHABANIPUR
KERALA BJP
WRITES TO
SHAH ON
BISHOP
SHIV SENA
GEARS UP TO
FIGHT UP,
GOA POLLS
RAHUL
ATTACKS
GOVT ON
JOB LOSSES
MODI-SHAH SURPRISE FACTOR CONTINUES
BHUPENDRA PATEL NEW
‘DADA’ OF GUJARAT
Patel will take oath as
CM at 2 PM today,
cabinet 2 days later. Amit
Shah to attend ceremony
Patel represents
Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya
constituency previously
represented by Anandiben Patel
1 2
WHO IS BHUPENDRA PATEL
Bhupendra Patel is a first-time
MLA from Gujarat’s Ghatlodiya
who won the 2017 assembly elec-
tion against the Congress’s Shashi-
kant Patel by more than 1 lakh votes,
the highest margin that year
Said to be a confidante of UP
Governor and former Gujarat
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel,
he belongs to the Patel or Patidar
community, which the BJP was
reportedly keen to appease ahead of
next year’s assembly elections
Patel, fondly known as
‘Dada’ in his constituency,
holds a diploma in civil engineering
and had declared more than `5 cr
in assets in 2017 election papers
Bhupendra Patel’s name was
a surprise announcement
by the party as he was not listed
among the main contenders after
Vijay Rupani’s exit
Bhupendra Patel has led
the Standing Committee of
Amdavad Municipal Corporation
(AMC) in the past
1
2
3
5
4
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: A day
after the exit of Gujarat
Chief MinisterVijayRu-
pani and his cabinet,
Ghatlodiya MLA Bhu-
pendra Patel was picked
to be the next CM of the
state.Hewilltakeoathas
CM on Monday after-
noon.
The decision to pick
Patel was taken at the
BJP legislature party
meetinginGandhinagar
onSunday
.Hisnamewas
proposed by CM Vijay
Rupani, whose resigna-
tionfromthepostonSat-
urday surprised many
.
BJP’s central observ-
ers Narendra Singh
Tomar and Prahlad
Joshi and party general
secretary Tarun Chaug
werepresentatthelegis-
laturepartymeet.Tomar
also met state BJP chief
C R Patil on Sunday
morning.Mostof the112
MLAsof thepartyinthe
182-member Assembly
werepresentat meeting.
Bhupendra Patel ex-
pressed gratitude to-
wards PM Narendra
Modi,BJPnationalpres-
ident J P Nadda and Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah while adding that
the blessings of former
Gujarat CM and UP
Governor Anandiben
Patel have always been
with him.  More on P3
WHY PATEL AS CM
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is known in political
circles for surprising, shocking, and
proving others wrong. By picking the
Ghatlodiya MLA, former chairman
of Ahmedabad Urban Development
Authority (AUDA) and Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation’s (AMC)
former standing committee chairman
- Bhupendra Patel - as the legislative
party leader and the next Chief
Minister, PM Modi has appeased
the Patidars, and cut to size Deputy
Chief Minister Nitin Patel’s influence
on the community. Both Bhupendra
Patel and Nitin Patel are from the
Kadva Patidar community. PM
Modi had already given two berths
to Leuva Patidars in the Central
Cabinet, and with a Kadva Patidar
as CM, Modi has reached out to the
entire Patidar community.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Hearty congratulations
and best wishes to @
Bhupendrapbjp on being
elected the leader of the
legislature party. I believe
that under the guidance
of Narendra Modi ji the state’s continu-
ous development journey will get new
energy and momentum.
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
Congratulations to
@Bhupendrapbjp on be-
ing elected as next Guja-
rat CM. I hope under the
leadership of Narendra
Modi ji you will give new
energy to the development of Gujarat
and the works of public welfare with
full devotion and dedication
Whoiseligibleforcovid-19
deathcert?ICMRclarifies
New Delhi: The govern-
ment has informed the
Supreme Court that the
Health Ministry and the
Indian Council of Medi-
cal Research (ICMR)
have come out with
guidelinesforissuingan
“official document” for
Covid-related deaths.
Only those COVID-19
cases will be considered,
saytheguidelines,which
have been diagnosed
through RT-PCR test,
molecular test, rapid-
antigen test or clinically
determined through in-
vestigationsatahospital
or in-patient facility by a
treatingphysician,while
admitted at hospital or
in-patient facility
.
Deaths occurring due
to poisoning, suicide,
homicide and accident,
amongothers,willnotbe
considered as COVID-19
deaths even if the infec-
tion is an accompanying
condition, the document
further elaborates.
Patients who have
“died either in hospital
settings or at home, and
where a Medical Certifi-
cateof Causeof Deathin
Form 4 and 4 A has been
issued to the registering
authority as required
under Section 10 of the
Registration of Birth
and Death (RBD) Act,
1969, will be treated as a
COVID-19 death,” the
guidelines read.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
INDIA
28,591
new cases
338
new fatalities
51
new cases
00
new fatalities
‘Dead’ Al Qaeda leader
surfaces on 9/11 anniv
ECB writes to ICC on
cancelled fifth Test
New Delhi: Twenty
years after the ghastly
terror attack on the US,
Al Qaeda leader Ayman
al-Zawahiri, rumoured
dead, has surfaced in a
video released on the
9/11 anniversary
.
US-based SITE Intel-
ligence Group, which
tracks the online activ-
ity of jihadist groups,
reported that Zawahiri
spoke on a number of
issues.
Rita Katz, SITE’s Di-
rector tweeted, “Amid
rumours of his death,
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman
al-Zawahiri shown in a
new 60-minute video,
this time offering some
evidence that he is not
dead--particularly, ref-
erence to events after
December when ru-
mours of death sur-
faced.”
In the video, Zawahi-
ri talked about a raid on
a Russian military base
by the Al-Qaeda-aligned
Hurras al-Deen in Syr-
ia, which it claimed on
January 1.
London: The England
and Wales Cricket
Board (ECB) has offi-
cially written to the In-
ternational Cricket
Council (ICC) to decide
the fate of the cancelled
fifth Test against India
at Old Trafford, indicat-
ing the two boards are
far from reaching a set-
tlement.
The series-deciding
Test in Manchester was
called off after a COV-
ID-19 outbreak in the
Indian camp forced its
senior players to ex-
press their apprehen-
sions to both the BCCI
and ECB on going ahead
with the match.
“Yes we have written
to the ICC,” an ECB
spokesperson told PTI
whenaskedif theywant
the global body to de-
cide on the fifth Test.
The ECB wants the
ICC’s Dispute Resolu-
tion Committee to ad-
dress the issue and ex-
pect that a forfeiture
would be granted so
that it can claim insur-
ance as it is set to lose 40
million pounds if the
match is declared aban-
doned due to COVID.
Gujarat CM-elect Bhupendra Patel meets
Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan
in Gandhinagar on Sunday evening.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
CORONA VAX DRIVE
COVERS 74 CRORE
New Delhi: More than 74
crore vaccine doses have
been administered in the
country so far under covid
vaccination drive. Over 1
cr 13 lakh vaccine doses
were administered to the
eligible beneficiaries in the
country during the last 24
hours. Recovery rate cur-
rently stands at 97.48%.
CAPITOL
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CM Kejriwal re-elected AAP Nat’l
Convenor for 3rd consecutive term
‘In Guj, AAP’s growing
influence compelled
BJP to change CM’
AAP to contest all 403 assembly seats in UP, it would be a mistake to consider party a minnow, says senior leader Sanjay Singh
Lucknow: Asserting
that Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) would contest all
403 assembly seats in
Uttar Pradesh, senior
leader Sanjay Singh has
said it would be a mis-
take to consider AAP a
minnow as it had
emerged “stronger”
than the Congress in
the recent panchayat
polls.
The Arvind Kejriwal-
led AAP made it clear
that it is not in talks
with any other party for
an alliance in the UP as-
sembly election due
early next year.
“Our party is strong-
er than the Congress in
the state. While the
Congress won 40 seats
in panchayat polls, we
scored a victory in
83panchayats. AAP got
over 40 lakh votes in
these polls, where 1600
party candidates con-
tested,” Singh, who
is AAP’s UP in-
charge, told PTI in an
interview.
“We are preparing to
contest on all 403 seats
alone. We are presently
not in talks for an alli-
ance with any other
party. Our focus is to
strengthen our base in
the state and in the past
one and a half months,
we have made over one
crore members,” Singh
said. “The party has
made Vidhan Sabha
incharges in 100-150
seats and our lead-
ers are meeting
those who want to
contest,” said
49-year-old Singh
who hails from
Sultanpur in
U t t a r
Pradesh.
Singh, who is a Rajya
Sabha MP, said the
main issue to be raised
by the AAP in the as-
sembly elections “will
be BJP’s nationalism
versus AAP’s national-
ism”. “BJP’s national-
ism is fake. Its national-
ism is full of hatred and
communalism. At the
same time, the national-
ism of the AAP is pro-
viding good
education,
g o o d
health..,”
he said.
—PTI
New Delhi: The
growing influence of
the Aam Aadmi Par-
ty (AAP) in Gujarat
has compelled the
Bharatiya Janata
Party(BJP)tochange
the chief minister in
the state, said AAP
spokesperson Ra-
ghav Chadha on Sun-
day
.
Speaking to ANI,
Chadha said, “When-
ever Aam Admi Par-
ty enters a state, tur-
bulence in the politi-
cal spectrum is ob-
served. So far there
has been a conveni-
ent musical chair be-
tween Congress and
the BJP in states. Af-
ter the emergence of
AAP, people got to
know about the pow-
er of the Opposition.
The inefficient Con-
gress gradually went
on the backfoot after
the AAP started play-
ing the role of Oppo-
sition from the
front.” “There was
no one who chal-
lenged the non-per-
forming chief minis-
ter or the govern-
ment in the state.
Congress does not
have that ability as it
is a compromised Op-
position. It is AAP
that has challenged
the BJP. It came un-
der pressure. AAP
made BJP under-
stand: either perform
or perish. Be it Utta-
rakhand or Gujarat
where the AAP has
entered BJP had to
change the chief
ministers...The influ-
ence of AAP is grow-
ing in Gujarat. AAP
is the big reason BJP
needs to change the
chief minister in Gu-
jarat,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal was
re-elected as the na-
tional convenor of the
AAP for the third time
at the national execu-
tive meeting of the
party on Sunday. Par-
ty leaders Pankaj Gup-
ta and N D Gupta were
elected as secretary
and treasurer, respec-
tively, it said.
The office bearers
have been elected for a
tenure of five years.
The national execu-
tive of the Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) had
elected a new
34-member execu-
tive body, which
included Kejri-
wal, on Satur-
day
.
In its first meeting
held on Sunday virtu-
ally, the newly elected
national executive of
the party proposed to
appoint a national
convenor, national
secretary and national
treasurer, the state-
ment said.
“All the executive
members unanimous-
ly agreed to elect sen-
ior party leader
Arvind Kejriwal as
the national convenor.
The national execu-
tive members unani-
mously elected senior
leader Pankaj Gupta
as national secretary
and N D Gupta as na-
tional treasurer,” the
statement added.
CM KEJRIWAL INAUGURATES NEWLY RE-DEVELOPED AREA OF CHANDNI CHOWK
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Sunday inaugu-
rated the newly re-de-
veloped Chandni
Chowk area, which, he
said, was aimed at at-
tracting more visitors.
In his address, the
Chief Minister said,
“Delhi is identified
with Chandni Chowk in
the whole world. Initial-
ly, its image was of bro-
ken roads, traffic jams
and electric wires, but,
the Delhi government
worked for three years
for its re-development
and beautification,
which have been com-
pleted today.” “People
from all over Delhi are
coming to see how beau-
tiful this place has be-
come. About 1.4 km
stretch of road from
Red Fort to Fatehpuri
Masjid has been beauti-
fied. Traffic in the area
has also been fixed,” the
CM said. —ANI
New Delhi: To offer an
enhanced travel experi-
ence to the railway pas-
sengers, IRCTC is all
set to open a New
World-Class Executive
Lounge at the New Del-
hi Railway Station.
This new lounge has
been set up on first
floor of platform num-
ber 1 of New Delhi Rail-
way Station and would
be started soon. An
IRCTC official said,
“The new state of the
art executive lounge
aims to provide all ser-
vices and facilities re-
quired for comfortable
wait for the passengers
during pre-departures
and post arrivals. The
lounge has been de-
signed on the looks of
airport lounges with
much more space and
serene environment.”
To access this newly
commissioned execu-
tive lounge, passengers
would have to pay an
entry charges of Rs. 150
plus taxes for first hour
and Rs. 99 for each ex-
tra hour. The lounge
will be operational 24x7
and the entry charges
will include a host of
services, such as seat-
ing facilities and Wi-Fi
internet facility
. —ANI
New lounge at New Delhi rly station set to open soon
FOR EXECUTIVE CLASS

This new
lounge has
been set up on
first floor of
platform
number 1 of
New Delhi
Railway Station
and would be
started soon
Executive Lounge at the New Delhi Railway Station.
FACILITIES
UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED: Kejriwal Convener,
Pankaj Gupta Secretary, ND Gupta Treasurer
Rahul attends NSUI national
executive meeting in Delhi
New Delhi: A two-day
national executive
“Sankalp” of the Na-
tional Students’ Union
of India began at NSUI
national headquarters
in the national capital
on Saturday
.
The first day was set
aside to discuss as well
as manifest the works
done by NSUI in the
past few months amidst
the global pandemic.
The National Executive
began with the hoisting
of the flag followed by
the national anthem.
The day went all well
under the kind pres-
ence of respectable dig-
nitaries and NSUI mem-
bers. The achievements
of NSUI in the past few
months were highlight-
ed at the gathering.
Lok Sabha MP and
former Congress presi-
dent Rahul Gandhi ad-
dressed the meet and
praised all the NSUI
members for their great
job during the COV-
ID-19 period. Rajya Sab-
ha MP, KC Venugopal
said, “I myself have
been a part of the NSUI
family
. And I used to sit
at the same place where
the members are..add-
ing glory to the deeds,
we can change the govt
for good.” —ANI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being felicitated by NSUI
members in New Delhi on Saturday. —ANI
Delhi reports 22 new COVID cases
in last 24 hours; no death reported
New Delhi: Delhi re-
ported 22 new COVID
cases and 44 recoveries
in the last 24 hours, ac-
cording to the health
bulletin of the union
territory
.
Thenewcasespushed
the total number of
COVID cases in the na-
tional capital to
14,38,233. Meanwhile,
the total recoveries
have gone up to
14,12,760. Currently, the
number of active COV-
ID cases in Delhi is 390.
The national capital re-
corded no death due to
the disease for the fifth
consecutive day. The
COVID death toll in
Delhi stands at 25,083
marking the case fatal-
ity rate at 1.74 per cent.
With the 61,968 COV-
ID tests conducted in
the last 24 hours, the
positivity rate in Delhi
stands at 0.04 per cent.
The total number of
COVID tests conducted
in the national capital
so far is 2,64,89,794.
Presently, there are
94 containment zones in
Delhi.
Asmanyas1,49,94,399
COVID vaccine doses
have been administered
in the national capital
so far. Out of this,
1,06,16,609 beneficiaries
received the single dose
of the COVID vaccine
while 43,77,790 people
have received both
shots. —ANI
CM Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the inauguration of the newly
developed Chandni Chowk stretch, in New Delhi on Sunday.
Health Minister Satyendra Jain also seen. — PHOTO BY ANI
CHACHA NEHRU HOSPITAL SEES
SPURT IN VIRAL FEVER CASES
Chacha Nehru Hospital
in Geeta Colony wit-
nesses a rise of child
patients suffering from
viral fever. “Number of
viral fever patients has
increased. They don’t
have major illnesses like
dengue. The fever set-
tles in 3-4 days, but the
condition of some chil-
dren is serious, needing
ICU admission,” tweeted
Dr Mamta Jajoo, Head
of Office, Chacha Nehru
Hospital on Sunday.
Nigerian national among
2 drug peddlers arrested
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice Special Cell arrest-
ed two persons belong-
ing to an international
narcotic drugs syndi-
cate, including a Nige-
rian national, and re-
covered over 16.65 kg
narcotic drugs worth
over Rs 30 crore.
The accused have
been identified as Babu
Lal (Bablu) and Chig-
ozie Foster Okafor (Da-
vid). Acting on informa-
tion, a team of Delhi
Police Special Cell laid
a trap near the crema-
tion ground of Mangol-
puri and arrested Babu
Lal with the heroin and
based upon his infor-
mation, police arrested
a Nigerian national
from a rented apart-
ment in Ram Nagar,
Delhi and seized over
16.65 kg narcotic drugs
along with a car and a
scooty from their pos-
session.
The duo revealed that
they are members of an
international narcotic
drug syndicate. Nigeri-
an national was identi-
fied as the main suppli-
er of heroin. —ANI
Delhi police arrested 4 accused, including 2 Nigerian nationals in the
drug cartel cases, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CRUCIAL READ
MAN DROWNS IN NARELA DRAIN
New Delhi: A man drowned after he fell and got
stuck inside a water-logged drain in north Delhi’s
Narela area on Saturday. The man, whose identity is
yet to be ascertained, was walking along a drain in C
Block of Narela Industrial Area. There was water-
logging around the drain following heavy rain in
the capital since early morning. Suddenly, the man
slipped and fell into the drain. He got trapped under
the concrete slab inside the drain.
New Delhi: One person died due to electrocu-
tion in the Bhati mines area of Delhi. The victim
has been identified as Mahender(35) who used
to work as a labourer. During the course of the
enquiry, it has been revealed that the victim got
an electric shock at an electricity pole near his
house and was taken to the AIIMS hospital in
Delhi, where he was declared brought dead, said
the Delhi Police.
LABOURER ELECTROCUTED
I myself have
been a part of
the NSUI
family. And I
used to sit at the same
place where the mem-
bers are on Saturday
adding glory to the
deeds, we can change
the govt for good.
—KC Venugopal, RS MP
Raghav Chadha
NEWS
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Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi is known in politi-
cal circles for surpris-
ing, shocking, and prov-
ing others wrong.
By picking the Ghat-
lodia MLA, former
chairman of
Ahmedabad Urban De-
velopment Authority
(AUDA) and
Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation’s (AMC)
former standing com-
mittee chairman - Bhu-
pendra Patel - as the
legislative party leader
and the next Chief Min-
ister, PM Modi has ap-
peased the Patidars,
and cut to size Deputy
Chief Minister Nitin
Patel’s influence on the
community
.
Both Bhupendra Pa-
tel and Nitin Patel are
from the Kadva Patidar
community. PM Modi
had already given two
berths to Leuva
Patidars in the Central
Cabinet, and with a
Kadva Patidar as CM,
Modi has reached out to
the entire Patidar com-
munity
.
Sources from the par-
ty say Bhupendra Patel
belongs to the former
Chief Minister and Ut-
tar Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel’s
group. By selecting
Bhupendra Patel, Modi
has rectified political
mistakes committed in
the state since 2016. The
party had to pay heavily
as factionalism within
had reached new
heights.
Patel is also associat-
ed with the real estate
sector and other reli-
gious groups. Coupled
with an urban presence
and his connection
through community
networks, he is expect-
ed to appeal to urban
and rural voters.
He has had a long ad-
ministrative experi-
ence, which can help
him run the state gov-
ernment. However, it is
not going to be a cake-
walk for him. The first
challenge will be select-
ing a team that can de-
liver in a short span,
control officers, and
make them answerable
and accountable to
elected representatives.
BJP KILLS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
BY ELECTING BHUPENDRA PATEL...
Patel’s first challenge is to create
a team that can deliver results in
a short span
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister, Nitin
Patel’s dream of promotion to the chief minister’s
post was shattered on Sunday evening when the
party selected first-time MLA Bhupendra Patel as
Vijay Rupani’s successor. Speculation is rife that
Patel may not even find a berth in the new cabinet.
According to some political analysts, Nitin Patel is
solely responsible for his political career reaching a
dead end. Earlier on Sunday, he told media persons
that the party high command should elect a popular
leader in the state, who can carry all communi-
ties together, has experience in administration, as
well as running various state departments. Patel,
through his statement, was trying to cement his
position as the state’s new CM; however, the party
high command had other plans. Patel’s strength
and experience worked against his ambitions, and
the party decided to drop him from the running
altogether.
Secondly, he was alleged to be the mastermind
behind the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS)
movement of 2015, which led to Chief Minister
Anandiben Patel’s resignation. In 2017, when he
was denied the chief minister’s post, he openly re-
volted against the party decision. His strained rela-
tions with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had severely
damaged the party’s interests. Now when the state
government was blamed for poor performance,
Patel could not escape from the criticism of being
the second in command in the government.
Speculation is rife that the
deputy chief minister may not even
find a berth in the new cabinet
NITIN PATEL’S CM DREAMS
LAY IN RUINS
Party workers attend the meeting held at ‘Shri Kamalam’
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel
(L to R) BJP National General Secy Bhupender Yadav, BJP Gujarat President
CR Patil, CM Bhupendra Patel, outgoing CM Vijay Rupani and Union Minister of
Agriculture  Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar
Rupani was ordered to resign on Saturday before 2 pm
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Major
drama unfolded be-
hind closed doors,
hours before Vijay Ru-
pani tendered his res-
ignation to the Gover-
nor of Gujarat, Acha-
rya Devvrat, albeit
speculation was rife
for over a year that the
national leadership
would replace him. Ac-
cording to sources, Ru-
pani received a call
from Delhi on Friday
night and was in-
structed to resign on
Saturday before 2 pm.
The party’s national
leadership denied Ru-
pani’s request for
more time and he was
told in no uncertain
terms that “he would
not get an extra min-
ute” after 2 pm on Sat-
urday
.
Rupani had no
choice but to abide by
the party’s orders, and
he submitted his resig-
nation to the governor
before the deadline.
According to sourc-
es, Rupani was not
called to Delhi to clar-
ify his position since
the BJP national lead-
ership was unhappy
with his functioning.
Some state leaders
who were together on
Saturday at Sardard-
ham were not even
aware of the develop-
ments regarding Ru-
pani’s future. One
leader told this re-
porter that he had just
reached home when
he received a call to
reach Raj Bhavan,
which took him by
surprise.
Rupani with Governor Devvrat at Raj Bhavan —HANIF SINDHI
MAIDEN ADDRESS
Arif Mansoori 
Aishwary Pradhan
Jhalawar: Targeting
Raj PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, who is
constantlyattackingRSS
andBJP
,UnionJalShak-
ti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat on
Sunday said that the
Congress leader is fight-
ingtosavehisbothposts,
PCCchief andeducation
minister.
“Now the question in
the mind of the common
man is whether Dotasra
will be able to save the
PCC chair or the post of
minister,” he said.
Shekhawat said that
Raj is lagging behind in
the Jal Jeevan Mission
scheme. “In 78 districts
and 1.10 lakh villages of
the country, 100 percent
households have got tap
connections, but unfor-
tunately some states in-
cluding Rajasthan are
not able to pick up the
pace.” he said. Shekha-
watvisitedtheRamkund
BalajiMaharajtemplein
Kanwadi. He also visited
RSS leader Prakash
Chandra and discussed
organisational issues.
Those who un-
derstand tra-
ditions of BJP
will not question this
subject (CM face). It is
responsibility of the
Parliamentary Board
to decide and that de-
cision will ultimately
be valid for all. Let us
all work together to
fulfill the obligations.
— GS Shekhawat, Union Jal
Shakti Minister
GS Shekhawat targets Rajasthan
PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra
GS Shekhawat prayed at Ramkund Balaji Maharaj temple where
Vasudev Devnani and other leaders were also present.
Former AMU student leaders applaud Bhagwat’s statements
Janardan Misra
Aligarh: Former stu-
dent union leaders of
Aligarh Muslim Univer-
sity (AMU), Nadeem
Ansari and Shazia Fa-
rooqi, have hailed the
recent statements of
Rashtriya Swayam Se-
vak Sangh (RSS) chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Muslimsandhaveasked
for government help in
establishing madrasas,
schools and colleges for
Muslim students.
Before the proposed
visit of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to Ali-
garh on September 14,
Ansari has written a let-
ter to the RSS chief for
this. Earlier he had
written to PM Modi
with the same demands.
Shazia Farooqi while
applauding the RSS
chief’s statements said
that development of any
country can be only as-
sured if citizens have
unity among them and
trust in their govern-
ment.
Ansari pointed out
that Bhagwat said that
all Indians carry the
same DNA and have the
same ancestors. He said
that the minority com-
munity was lacking in
education and the gov-
ernment should build
schools, madrassas and
colleges for them.
Ansari said that the
statement of RSS chief
should be appreciated
as it will lead to social
harmony and brother-
hood. He said that the
RSS chief has talked of
unity at a time when
atrocities on minorities
are frequent.
Social harmony can
lead to development
while enmity will pave
way for destruction, he
said.
Shazia said, “I am an
educationist and run-
ning a chain of schools
in the state. I strongly
believe that providing
education to Muslim
community can pave
way for development of
the whole country,” she
said.
She added that the
government should not
neglect any community
as brotherhood and
‘Ganga-Jamuni tah-
zeeb’ has only enriched
Indian culture.
COURTESY VISIT
Polling officials checking the electronic voting machines ahead of polling on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AICC gener-
al secretary and UP in-
charge Priyanka Gan-
dhi has been making
hectic efforts to prepare
the party for the 2022
electoral battle in the
state. During a two-day
visit to Lucknow she
heldaseriesof meetings
with UP Congress lead-
ers to chalk out an ac-
tion plan for the polls.
Shefinaliseda12,000-km
cycle yatra in UP and
also called for finalising
the list of candidates at
the earliest. The UPCC
has authorised Priyan-
ka Gandhi to give the fi-
nal nod to the list.
With the UPCC large-
ly banking on Priyanka
Gandhi, she has a diffi-
cult electoral task cut
out for herself. In view
of the“dilapidated”con-
dition of the party or-
ganisation, as a senior
Congress leader put it,
the onus of galvanising
the party before the 2022
election is solely on
Priyanka.
Priyanka in Uttar Pradesh
CHALLENGES GALORE
Nitin Patel
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi reached Tiloi
(Amethi) to meet victim family. Three children died due to wall
collapse in Dodarpur village.
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ndia, perhaps, now occupies
the driving seat for the rest of
the world in the ongoing po-
liticalturmoilinAfghanistan.
Both Russia and America
now realize how they were
“fooled” by the Pakistani
army and it’s “hybrid” civil-
ian government led by Imran
Khan.
The Chinese leadership
also now realizes that as the
“patron” of the Taliban-ISI
government, it has to cough
up its resources to feed the
two starving nations, Paki-
stan and Afghanistan.
Earlier, Russia had allowed
Pakistan to use its facilities in
Kazakhstan to bomb the re-
sistance forces entrenched in
the Panjshir Valley
. The Chi-
nese spy satellites helped Pa-
kistanibombersanddronesto
hit the targets with precision.
The Panjshir occupation
also wrote the final epitaph
of the world’s only Super-
power under President Joe
Biden. He, however, asks his
CIA chief Burns to visit New
Delhi to explore the possibil-
ity of redeeming his coun-
try’s prestige as well as re-
gaining his personal image.
He expects that with Indi-
an support, America should
explore a face-saving alibi to
camouflage his “cowardice
act” of abandoning the brave
people of Afghanistan. Biden
had claimed that the Afghan
forces had failed to resist the
Taliban. However, the world
is now fully aware of the fact
that Americans had connived
with the Pakistani Generals
to allow a walkover to the
Taliban forces to occupy Ka-
bul. Also, the Afghan com-
manders too were told not to
resist the invading forces.
Every day
, the new exposures
reveal the American narra-
tive being reeled oute by the
American media. It has fur-
thered suffered, when the
world witnessed the Afghan
women boldly facing the
Talibani goons having the
support of the Pakistani
army and it’s intelligence
outfit, ISI, pointing out auto-
matic rifles on their breast.
The agitators were also
raising anti-Pakistan slogans
protesting the Pakistani
bombing of the Panjshir Val-
ley. The world witnessed the
exemplary courage of facing
the ‘brutal force’, there were
now few takers of Biden’s
“lies”.The gunmen much to
the discomfiture of their
mentors in Islamabad could
not dare to open fire on the
unarmed women. Their
trainers had wished that
they should kill the women
and violate them as they had
done to the women of East
Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
In spite of the instructions
of the Haqqani network, the
Paki proxy which functions
directly under the GHQ in
Rawalpindi, to crush the pro-
testors also raising anti- Pa-
kistan slogans, the Taliban
soldiers did not open fire on
the unarmed women.In a bid
to inculcate fear and awe of
the barbaric force the Haqqa-
ni network was keen to repli-
cate what China had done at
the Tiananmen Square mas-
sacre in April 1989.
Meanwhile, China too has
a belated realization that the
new Afghan Government is
just an extension of the ISI.
It appears that Russia has
ultimately realized that it’s
advice to India was a blunder
that not to “assist” the Resist-
ance Forces”, though she had
an airbase with ready to fly
jet fighters in Kazakhstan.
The situation in Afghani-
stan continues to be fluid.It
will also be difficult for the
Chinese president, Xi Jin-
ping, to repeat the experi-
ment of Myanmar, where the
Chinese had successfully in-
fluenced the Myanmar army
chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to
put the democratic leader,
Aung Saan Suu Kyi, and oth-
ers behind the bar and im-
pose martial law. In its bid to
establish the road-link to My-
anmar’s ports, it wanted a
subservient government in
the country, which could be
achieved. Maybe,it was diffi-
cult to force a democratically
elected government to yield
to it’s never ending demands.
For this, she had to be pre-
vented from retaining power,
though she had signed a num-
ber of trade agreements with
China. Xi Jinping was keen to
have a docile regime. There-
fore, the military regime to be
installed for extracting maxi-
mum profits from the coun-
try. A similar strategy is be-
ing worked out by China of-
fering its surplus dollars to
Iran, Russia, and Pakistan.
With the disenchantment of
Russia, there are few chances
that the new alignment would
finally succeed in subjugat-
ing the people of the region.
The recent unfolding of
the events in Afghanistan,
except France, has also re-
vealed that NATO is just a
‘paper tiger’, and the Anglo-
American posture for democ-
racy is just rhetoric without
substance.
Meanwhile,the apologists
for the western powers, and
the US-based journalists, es-
pecially like Fareed Zakaria,
offer a weak defense for the
US President, Joe Biden, and
Pentagon that under tremen-
dous political pressure the
American-led NATO forces
had to abandon Afghanistan
leaving military hardware
worth billions of USD, but
they do not justify that how
could they surrender the
freedom-loving people of the
country to the “atrocious re-
pressive” regime of the Tali-
ban having logistic, political
and military support of the
totalitarian regimes of Paki-
stan and China.
The great game, which had
begun two decades ago in Af-
ghanistan, is now ready to hit
India. With the retreat of the
US-led NATO forces from the
region and succumbing of
Russia before the China-Pak
nexus, India is the only coun-
try fighting for human rights
and democracy, while the oc-
togenarian US President, Joe
Biden finally concedes the
retreat, if not the defeat, be-
fore the Dragon.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Ravi Shankar Prasad
@rsprasad
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
(AePS) of IPPB has brought banks
to the doorsteps of the people. The
number of transactions is consistently
rising through AePS. AePS processed
23383.2 lakh transactions with a total
value of `118484.8 crore in FY 2019-20.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The admiration, encouragement
and warmth during PM Shri @
narendramodi ji’s interaction with our
para champions was a treat to watch.
The life journeys, experiences, and
medal haul of our para-athletes has
made the nation proud and changed
the way people perceive disabilities.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Speak only endearing
speech, speech that is
welcomed. Speech, when it
brings no evil to others, is
a pleasant thing.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
AFTER RAP FROM
SUPREME COURT,
GOVT FILLS NCLT,
ITAT VACANCIES
he Supreme Court’s
rap has its effect.
Within a week of the
Apex Court express-
ing its strong dis-
pleasure at the delay in filling
vacancies in tribunals, the Cen-
tral government cleared 31
names for appointment to Na-
tional Company Law Tribunal
(NCLT) and Income-Tax Appel-
late Tribunal (ITAT). The NCLT
deals with company law and in-
solvency cases. The Supreme
Court had taken umbrage at the
Centre for not appointing mem-
bers to these tribunals.
Slamming the government, a
three-judge Bench headed by the
CJI NV Ramana and comprising
Justice L. Nageswara Rao and
Justice DY Chandrachud said on
September 6, “You are testing
the patience of the Court; no re-
spect for our judgments.” The
Bench was also upset with the
enactment of Tribunals Re-
forms Bill which went against
two earlier orders of the court.
The NCLT is a quasi judicial
body which deals with corporate
disputes. The ITAT is where
thousands of income-tax payees
go to seek redress of their griev-
ances, both equally important
for their respective roles.
TOP TWEETS
T
o some, Swami
Vivekananda’s
teachings mean
only nationalism.
That is how his
name has been used in recent
years to build up a frenzy
about nationalism. There’s
nothing wrong in being a na-
tionalist but there’s more to
the revered Swami’s speech-
es and writings than nation-
alism. He also spoke of secu-
larism with equal passion.
And it is the Chief Justice of
India NV Ramana who, on
the 128th anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda’s his-
toric speech at the World Par-
liament of Religions in Chi-
cago, reminded Indians that
Swamiji “propagated the
idea of tolerance and univer-
sal acceptance” way back in
1893. “He analyzed the dan-
gers posed by the meaning-
less and sectarian conflicts
in society to the nations to
the nations and civiliza-
tions,” the CJI said.
In a subtle hint to those
promoting intolerance in the
name of religion CJI Rama-
na said, “Long before the
painful churning took place
in the subcontinent during
the freedom struggle result-
ing in framing of an egalitar-
ian Constitution of India, he
advocated Secularism as if
he foresaw events to unfold.
He firmly believed that the
true essence of religion was
the common good, and toler-
ance. Religion should be
above superstitions and ri-
gidities. To fulfil the dream
of making a resurgent India
through the principles of
common good and tolerance,
we should instill the ideals of
Swamiji in today’s youth.”
Today’s tragedy is that the
youth is being brainwashed
into believing that nation-
building is possible only
through intolerance and big-
otry
. Political leaders spread
their narrow interpretations
of Swami Vivekananda’s
speech. Make the great Swa-
mi’s uncensored speeches
part of the curriculum for
their social relevance.
MAKING VIVEKANANDA
RELEVANT TODAY
Today’s tragedy is that the
youth is being brain-
washed into believing that
nation-building is pos-
sible only through in-
tolerance and bigotry
T
PAKISTAN BEFOOLS
THE WORLD POWERS
I
Russia had allowed
Pakistan to use its facilities
in Kazakhstan to bomb the
resistance forces entrenched
in the Panjshir Valley. The
Chinese spy satellites helped
Pakistani bombers and
drones to hit the targets
with precision
The recent unfolding of
the events in Afghanistan,
except France, has also
revealed that NATO is
just a ‘paper tiger’,
and the Anglo-
American posture for
democracy is just
rhetoric without
substance
Russia and America realize blunders in their Afghanistan policy
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SALINE GARGLE RT-PCR TEST TECH
TRANSFERRED TO MSME MINISTRY
NEERInstitutehastransferredtheknow-howoftheindigenously-developedsalinegargleRT-PCRtechnique
New Delhi: The Nag-
pur-based National En-
vironmental Engineer-
ing Research Institute
(NEERI) has trans-
ferred the know-how
of indigenously devel-
oped Saline Gargle RT-
PCR technique to the
Ministry of Micro,
Small  Medium En-
terprises for commer-
cialising it, a statement
said on Sunday
.
The Saline Gargle
RT-PCR technology is
simple, fast, cost-effec-
tive, patient-friendly,
and comfortable. It also
provides instant test
results and is well-suit-
ed for rural and tribal
areas, given minimal
infrastructure require-
ments, it said. NEERI
is an institute under
the Council for Scien-
tific and Industrial Re-
search. “The know-
how has been trans-
ferred. This would en-
able the innovation to
be commercialised and
licensed to all capable
parties, including pri-
vate, government, and
various rural develop-
ment schemes and de-
partments,” added.
What’s stretching the nerves of young IAS officers?
KARNAL SDM SINHA SENT ON LEAVE, JUDICIAL ENQUIRY ON...
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: The SMs
are full of stories of
how three incidents,
involving three young
IAS officers, dragged
three State govern-
ments, civil adminis-
trations, and civil serv-
ants in general, into
disrepute and weak-
ened their relationship
with the people.
All three incidents
spanned between
April-August 2021 dur-
ing Covid-19 second
wave and Farmers’ agi-
tation and all three IAS
officers were young
(2012, 2013  2017 batch
IAS). On all three occa-
sions, the IAS Associa-
tion was constrained to
come out with its ver-
sion of condemnation.
In the latest case of
acute embarrassment,
the Haryana adminis-
tration has been com-
pelled to send Karnal
SDM Ayush Sinha, a
2017 batch IAS, on leave
till the judicial inquiry
submits its report on
the August 28 Karnal
incident in a month’s
time. In a mass-circu-
lated recording of the
incident, the officer is
allegedly heard telling
policemen to “break
their heads” if the pro-
testingfarmerscrossed
the line. Farmers’ lead-
ers claimed that the
order led to injuring 10
and killing one in the
lathi charge.
As the viral video
brought shame to the
entire IAS community,
Karnal DM Nishant
Kumar Yadav person-
ally apologised to mini-
mise the outrage over
the incident.
Earlier, on May 23
this year when the
country was in the
midst of the second
wave of Covid, Sura-
jpur District Collector
Ranbir Sharma, a 2012
batch Chhattisgarh
cadre IAS officer,
slapped a man,
smashed his phone,
and asked policemen to
beat him. Sharma had
to apologise immedi-
ately after the video
went viral and trig-
gered a mass outrage,
leading to the IAS (Cen-
tral) Association
strongly condemning
the Collector’s deed,
saying it was totally
against the basic tenets
of the service  civility
.
A similar case hap-
pened in West Tripura,
where a marriage cer-
emony at a banquet
hall was disrupted and
vandalised by District
Magistrate Dr Shailesh
Kumar Yadav, a 2013
batch IAS officer. He
drew the ire of people
from across the nation
after a video of him
thrashing a groom and
guests for flouting the
night curfew went viral
on April 26 this year.
Ayush Sinha Ranbir Sharma Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav
BJPSOLDEVERYTHINGTHATCONGRESS
BUILT IN 70 YEARS: RAHUL
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the
BJP-led Centre, saying they “sold” everything in
7yr that the Congress-
led govt set up in 70
years. Addressing the
national executive of
the Congress-affiliated
NSUI, he said PM
Manmohan Singh was
dubbed a weak PM at the time of the Mumbai ter-
ror attacks but the media did not question Modi
at the time of Pulwama attacks.
GOVT ELECT 31 MEMBERS AT NCLT, ITAT
New Delhi: The govt has appointed 31 people as
judicial, technical and accountant members at the
NCLT and the ITAT, amid the SC flagging concerns
about vacancies at various tribunals. The National
Company Law Tribunal deals with matters mainly
related to companies law and insolvency law while
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal deals with income
tax matters. The appointments also come at a time
when the SC concerns, saying the Centre was emas-
culating tribunals by not appointing officials to the
quasi-judicial bodies that are facing staff crunch.
CRUCIAL READ
ZYDUS CADILA TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR 2 DOSE REGIMEN OF
ITS APPROVED 3 DOSE COVID-19 VAX IN INDIA
New Delhi: Considering the burden on
healthcare and the expense of buying
three doses, Zydus Cadila is planning
to seek approval for the two-dose regi-
men of its needle-free COVID-19 vac-
cine. The trials for the 2 dose regimen
are underway. The company is now
evaluating a 2 dose regime with 3mg
in each dose. The vaccine is likely to
be available by early October, sources
told ANI on Sunday.
UNVACCINATED MAY BE 10 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID: STUDY
VACCINATION TO
BOOST
ECONOMY: FM
Washington: A study showed that people who are
not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus are 10
times more likely to die from the infection compared
to those who have taken the shots. The findings
showed that the currently available Covid jabs provide
strong protection for most people against hospitalisa-
tion and death, even during the delta surge. However,
higher hospitalisation and death rates are observed in
older age groups, regardless of vax status.
Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir Peoples Demo-
cratic Party chief Me-
hbooba Mufti and Na-
tional Conference lead-
er Omar Abdullah on
Sunday expressed their
sadness over the death
of a cop who was shot in
a terrorist attack in Sri-
nagar’s Khanyar.
In a tweet, Mufti
said, “Saddened to hear
about the death of Jam-
mu and Kashmir Police
Sub Inspector Arshid
Ahmed killed by mili-
tants at Khanyar today.
May his soul rest in
peace and condolences
to his family.” Jammu
And Kashmir National
Conference leader
Omar Abdullah in his
tweet said, “Sorry to
hear about the death in
the line of duty of Sub
Inspector Arshid Mir of
JK Police in a das-
tardly attack in the
heart of Srinagar city
. A
young life with so much
promise, another griev-
ing family
. May Allah
grant Arshid place in
Jannat.”Police officer
Arshid Ashraf who was
shot at by terrorists in
Khanyar succumbs to
hisinjuries,”saidpolice.
Tuticorin: FM Nirmala
on Sunday said vac-
cination was the only
medicine to boost the
economy as it allows
people to conduct
businesses regu-
larly. Vaccination
programme has been
going on smoothly
in the country and so
far 73 cr people have
already received jabs
free of charge.
Mufti, Omar show grief over
deathofcopinterroristattack
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh
pays floral tribute to police officer Arshid Ashraf, who was killed
during a militants attack on a police party during a wreath-laying
ceremony at Khanyar, in Srinagar on Sunday.  —PHOTO BY ANI
Kushinagar): Launch-
ing an attack on Con-
gress, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Sunday
said Congress is the
mother of terrorism in
the country and insults
people’s faith in Lord
Ram. Yogi Adityanath
on Sunday launched
several development
projects in Kushinagar.
Addressing the pro-
gramme, the chief min-
ister said, “Congress is
the mother of terror-
ism in the country.
There is no need to tol-
erate people who hurt
the country. Congress
gives disease, insults
faith in Lord Ram and
gives shelter to the ma-
fia. But the BJP heals
the citizens, paves the
way for the construc-
tion of a grand temple
of Lord Shri Ram and
sends the mafia to the
place they deserve. If
there is BJP, there is re-
spect for everyone,
there is respect for
faith,”
“Apart from disease,
unemployment, mafia
raj and corruption,
what did the Congress,
SP and BSP govern-
ments give to the state?
Under Prime Minister
Modi’s leadership, there
is no place for appease-
ment politics.” “This
country was first looted
by the British and then
by the Congress. Nehru
did not believe in Ram.
Indira ji opened fire on
the saints. Sonia ji de-
nied the existence of
Ram,” he added.
Congress insults people’s faith in Ram: Yogi
‘ProudSon’ChiragPaswanOn
Death Anniv of Ram Vilas
LEADERS MISUSED
THE G-23: MOILY
CBDT refunds over `70,10cr
between April 1 to Sept 6
Patna: Remembering
his father Ram Vilas
Paswan, Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) MP Chirag
Paswan today said that
he is proud to be the son
of such a person.
Several political
leaders, including Un-
ion Minister and LJP
leader Pashupati Ku-
mar Paras, paid tribute
to the founder of LJP
and his brother, late
Ram Vilas Paswan on
his first death anniver-
sary on Sunday. Speak-
ing to the media, Chirag
Paswan said, “It is not
because I am his son, so
I am praising him. For
last years, he did a lot
for society, especially
for the Dalits and the
backward class, he de-
serves respect.
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader M
Veerappa Moily on Sun-
day said some leaders
“misused” the G-23 and
asserted that if anyone
persists with its institu-
tionalisation it would
be for “vested interest”
as reform of the party
was already underway
under Sonia Gandhi.he
former Union minister
also voiced strong sup-
port for poll strategist
Prashant Kishor’’s in-
duction into the Con-
gress and said those op-
posing his entry into the
party were “anti-re-
form”. Moily, who was
among the 23 leaders
who wrote to Gandhi
last year seeking organ-
izational overhaul, op-
posed the institutionali-
sation of the G-23 and
said “some of us put
our signatures only for
reform of the party
from within and to re-
build the party, not to
destroy it”. No sooner
did Sonia ji think of re-
forming the party from
within and from the
grassroots level, we did
not subscribe to the
idea of G-23, the senior
Cong leader said.
Several political and leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas.
MLA Shrimant Patil
M Veerappa Moily
Karnataka: The
ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
in Karnataka is
likely to face em-
barrassment after
former minister
and Kagwad MLA
Shrimant Patil re-
vealed that the par-
ty had offered him
cash to switch over
from the Congress
two years ago.
Patil was among
the 16 MLAs who
had switched over
to the BJP from the
Congress and
JD(S) in 2019, trig-
gering the fall of
the HD Kumaras-
wamy-led coalition
g o v e r n m e n t .
“They asked me
how much money I
wanted, but I re-
fused the money
and asked them to
give me a good po-
sition after the gov-
ernment is formed.
I have joined the
BJP without tak-
ing money.
SCATHING ATTACK
New Delhi: TheCentral
Board of Direct Taxes
has refunded over Rs
70,120 crore to more
than 26.09 lakh taxpay-
ers between April 1 to
September 16, the In-
come Tax Department
of India said on Sunday
.
It further said that
the income tax refunds
of Rs 16, 753 crore have
been issued in 24,70,612
cases and corporate
tax refunds of Rs 53,367
crore have been issued
in 1,38,801 cases.
CBDT issues refunds
of over Rs. 70,120 crore
to more than 26.09 lakh
taxpayers between 1st
April 2021 to 6th Sep-
tember 2021.
Union Minister Pashupati Paras is in no mood for a
reconciliation with his nephew and Jamui MP Chirag
Paswan. He indicated as much at the latter’s residence,
where he was attending a function on the occasion of
the first death anniversary of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
founder Ram Vilas Pawan on Sunday. Relations between
uncle Pashupati Paras and nephew Chirag Pawan have
been strained since the former, along with four other
MPs, engineered a split in the LJP and then became a
Union Minister in the Narendra Modi-led government.
PASHUPATI PARAS IN NO MOOD FOR
PATCH-UP WITH NEPHEW CHIRAG
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Nirmala Sitharaman
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cash to join
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Kolkata: It’s nearly
noon, the hour when
the four huge gates of
the famed Kalika tem-
ple of Kalighat, one of
the 51 ‘peethas’ (sacred
spots) of the Shakta
school of Hinduism,
are shut to lay devo-
tees.The last crush of
worshippers, few of
whom bother about the
social distancing
norms codified in large
letters on a board out-
side, are anxious to
have a glimpse of the
reigning deity of Cal-
cutta. ‘Pandas’ (reli-
gious guides) hustle in
villagers and towns-
people from Bengal,
North Bihar and East-
ern Uttar Pradesh each
clutching flowers, gar-
lands, boxes of sweets
and banknotes as offer-
ings, as policemen shut
down the huge gates
with much fanfare.
The Mother Goddess
is believed in folklore
to be the dispenser of
good fortune. From the
Governor of West Ben-
gal Jagdeep Dhankhar
to the state’s Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee, who lives a
stone’s throw away
from the temple com-
plex, to her electoral
rival in the forthcom-
ing Bhabanipore by-
election, Priyanka
Tibrewal, everyone
comes here on some
day or the other.
Everybody comes
here. Ministers, indus-
trialists, police com-
missioners, scientists,
farmers, saints, sin-
ners. Some hire priests,
some say their prayers
silently .
New Delhi: Dooradrush-
ti Foundation is collect-
ing `1 a day as a donation
from donors to make
healthcare accessible for
the underprivileged. It
further includes eco-
nomic re-
h a b i l i t a -
tion, educa-
tion, skill
d e v e l o p -
m e n t ,
healthcare, physical
aids, and much more.
With more than 10,000
people donating every-
day, the amount is kept
humble so that everyone
can afford to donate as
per their capacity. Since
the launch, Dooradrush-
ti Foundation has helped
more than 35 needy peo-
ple with their health and
education
a n d
c h a n g e d
their lives
for the bet-
ter.
The organisation had
also been acknowledged
and appreciated by re-
nowned actor Sonu Sood.
Since the beginning of
the lockdown, the Foun-
dation has actively been
serving people with the
proper financial and
medical help they re-
quire to come out of the
catastrophic effects
caused by the pandemic.
Currently, it has 1000 ac-
tive donors, working
tirelessly to support
those affected by COV-
ID-19 as well.
Founded by Dileep Ku-
mar Kandula, the over-
head charges of running
the foundation are main-
tained by the staff only.
Secondly, Dooradrush-
ti Foundation gives ac-
tual results and helps
people get indirectly in-
volved in a bigger mo-
tion just by spending
what we considered
loose change every day.
Under the guidance and
leadership of Dileep
Kandula, the organisa-
tion envisions building a
community of more
than one lakh active
members to uplift the
downtrodden and save
them from whatever
emergency they are in.
Dooradrushti collects `1 as donation to aid people amidst crisis
HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED

With more than
10,000 people
donating
everyday, the
amount is kept
humble so that
everyone can
afford to donate
as per their
capacity
Politicians, industrialists, commoners throng Kalighat as
financial hardships, electoral battles intensify
JADEJA, PUJARA, MOEEN ALI ARRIVE IN
DUBAI,TOUNDERGOSIX-DAYQUARANTINE
Dubai: Chennai Super
Kings (CSK) all-rounder
Ravindra Jadeja, Chetesh-
war Pujara and Moeen Ali
on Sunday arrived in Dubai
for the Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2021.
The boys will now un-
dergo a six-day quaran-
tine and join the rest of
the squad members who
are already in the bubble.
“En-coming. 4 times
the joy today at Whistles
Kingdom!” CSK tweeted.
Meanwhile, RCB skipper
Virat Kohli and pacer Mo-
hammed Siraj also arrived
in Dubai on Sunday
The duo will now undergo
six-day mandatory quaran-
tine and then they both will
join the team.
With the final Test be-
tween India and England in
Manchester cancelled, IPL
franchises on Friday got in
touch with charter compa-
nies to fly out their players
from Manchester to UAE for
the resumption of the cash-
rich league.
The 14th season, which
was postponed in May this
year in the wake of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, will resume
on September 19 in Dubai
with a blockbuster clash be-
tween Chennai Super Kings
and Mumbai Indians. The
action will then shift to Abu
DhabiwhereKolkataKnight
Riders will square off
against Royal Challengers
Bangalore. Sharjah will
host its first game on Sep-
tember 24 when Royal Chal-
lengers Bangalore take on
Chennai Super Kings.
In all, 13 matches will be
held in Dubai, 10 in Sharjah,
and 8 in Abu Dhabi. The
BCCI has decided to do away
with contact tracing devices
for the UAE leg, starting on
September 19.
‘FIT INDIA RUN 2.0’
organisedbyCISF
New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team led by
skipper Rani Rampal on Sunday participated in
all Woman ‘Fit India Run 2.0’ from Gyara (11)
Murti, Mother Teresa Crescent Road to National
Police Memorial, hospital Chanakyapuri here. To
celebrate the 75th year of Independence, under the
aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ CISF organised
all Woman ‘Fit India Run 2.0’ in
New Delhi.
“It was the proud moment for
CISF that, eight members of
Indian Women Hockey Team led
by Ms Rani Rampal, Captain of
the Indian Women Hockey Team
along with 07 other team
members actively participat-
ed along-with 200 Veeran-
gnas of CISF in this run,”
read an official statement.
The run was flagged off
from Gyara Murti, Mother
Teresa Crescent Road on
Sunday by Nand Gopal
Gupta, IG, CISF NCR and
the run concluded at
National Police Memo-
rial, Chanakyapuri. Savita
Punia, Neha Goyal, Gurjit
Kaur, Navjot Kaur, Udita,
Nisha, Navneet Kaur and
skipper Rani Rampal
featured in the event.
INDIAN MEN’S LOSE OPENING
MATCH AGAINST BAHRAIN
HOCKEY INDIA NAMES 25 PLAYERS
FOR SENIOR WOMEN’S NAT’L CAMP
Chiba Port Arena: The Indian
men’s volleyball team began
its Asian volleyball champion-
ship 2021 campaign with a
straight-sets loss to Bahrain
in their first Group A match at
the Chiba Port Arena, Japan
on Sunday. World No 84
India lost 3-0 (27-25, 25-21,
25-21) to Bahrain, ranked
87th in the world. The
Indian team has to finish
in the top two in
their group to
progress to the
quarter-finals.
India face a
daunting task
next against world No 30 Qa-
tar on Monday before taking
on nine-time Asian champions
Japan on Tuesday in their re-
maining two matches in Group
A, according to Olympics.com
India has appeared in all but
three editions of the men’s
Asian volleyball champion-
ships since it began in 1975.
They have the best finish of
fourth in the 2005 edition. A
biennial event, the 2021 Asian
Volleyball Championships also
act as qualifiers for the 2022
FIVB World Championships -
with the finalists gaining direct
entry to the tournament.
ASIAN VOLLEYBALL
New Delhi: After a memorable outing in the Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020 where the Indian women’s hockey team secured
a historic fourth place, Hockey India has called up 25 play-
ers for the senior women’s national coaching camp sched-
uled to begin in SAI, Bengaluru on September 13. The core
group which also includes the 16 players who were part of
the Indian contingent at the
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
will report on Sunday, for
the national camp which
will conclude on October
20, Hockey India release
stated.
The core probable group
includes Savita, Rajani Eti-
marpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Gurjit Kaur, Nisha,
Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam,
Namita Toppo, Rani, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Navneet
Kaur, Udita who were part of the Team at Tokyo Olympics.
Chandigarh:Himachal
Pradesh based
Shoolini University,
which was established
just 12 years ago, has
been ranked among the
top 100 universities in
the country by the Gov-
ernment of India’s Na-
tional Institutional
Rankings Framework
(NIRF).
The 2021 rankings
were declared by Union
Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
at a function in the na-
tional Capital.
Shoolini Universi-
ty’s School of Pharma-
ceuticals has been
ranked at 36th place
across the country,
while the Faculty of
Management has been
placed in the 76-100
bracket. Its School of
Engineering has been
ranked 102nd in the
country
.
This is the first time
that the University,
which has ranked top in
Himachal Pradesh, has
been included in the top
100 list.
For the last four con-
secutive years it was be-
ing ranked in the 101-
150 category
.
In the over-all rank-
ing it is among top five
universities in the re-
gion north of Delhi
which includes Punjab,
Haryana, Jammu and
Kashmir, Uttarakhand
and Chandigarh.
Chandigarh: Punjab
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (PPCC) presi-
dent Navjot Singh Sid-
hu on Sunday wrote a
letter to Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh urg-
ing him to take action
on the demands raised
by 32 farmer unions at
the meeting with the
Congress Party in
Chandigarh on Septem-
ber 10.
TRINAMOOL LIKELY TO UNITE WITH SP IN UP 2022
Lucknow: The Trina-
mool Congress is look-
ing towards an alliance
with the Samajwadi
Party for the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions, due early next
year.
A decision on this is
expected to be taken by
the leaders of both par-
ties in the coming
weeks. The Trinamool
has already launched
its mass contact pro-
gramme in Uttar
Pradesh from Pilibhit
where farmers had
staged a protest on the
issue of cane dues At
least two districts in
each of the 18 divisions
will be covered to gauge
the mood of the people
and their expectations.
Trinamool state presi-
dent Neeraj Rai said,
“We will tell the people
about the policies im-
plemented by us in West
Bengal and will seek
public feedback on the
welfare policies of the
state government. We
will prepare the
manifesto of the Trina-
mool Congress based on
the expectations of the
people.”
He said the Trina-
mool was focusing on
building a strong
organisational struc-
ture and cadre base in
Uttar Pradesh.
“The party has added
100 committed mem-
bers in more than 30
districts through the
membership drive
launched in May
.
The party leadership
wants a strong unit in
UP with a committed
workforce ahead of the
2024 General Elections.
Wherever we go, people
want to know how we
defeated the BJP in
West Bengal,” he added.
Shoolini breaks
into the top 100
universities league
MOTIVE
CHATTERJEE AVERS
Take action on
farmer unions’
demands: Sidhu
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srael has been one of
the focal points of the
pandemic in 2021 owing
to its rapid rollout of
COVID-19 vaccines. By late
February, authorities had ad-
ministered at least one dose
to 50% of the population,
with much of Israel’s immu-
nisation programme using
Pfizer vaccines.
Society then in effect reo-
pened across the summer of
2021. However, since then Is-
rael has reported significant
outbreaks, with over 10,000
confirmed new cases being
recorded each day in early
September.
A main part of the problem
has been vaccine coverage.
After its fast start, Israel’s
rollout slowed. There have
not been any clear interrup-
tions to vaccine supply, so
factors such as hesitancy or
access to healthcare may
have been an issue. For exam-
ple, there’s evidence of up-
take being lower among Arab
and ultra-Orthodox Jewish
groups.
The share of the popula-
tion having received one dose
increased from 50% in Febru-
ary to only 68% in September.
Children aged 12-15 have
been included in the rollout
since June 2021, yet despite
this, currently only 62% of
the population have had two
doses.
This has left Israel behind
many other countries in
terms of coverage, including
the UK. Having around 30%
of the Israeli population
completely unvaccinated
means that there’s approxi-
mately 2.7 million people who
are potentially susceptible to
infection and illness.
There are also concerns
that the immunity offered by
the Pfizer vaccines may be
waning over time, although
much of the research on this
is still at an early stage
(meaning it is still awaiting
review by other scientists).
Israel’s hospital data is,
though, showing that vacci-
nated people are susceptible
to infection. Recent reports
suggest that nearly 60% of
hospitalisations are fully
vaccinated.
However, as experts have
suggested, these figures
don’t necessarily mean that
vaccines have lost their ef-
fectiveness. The same sort of
trend has been seen in the
UK, and may simply reflect
the fact that the elderly are
more likely to be vaccinated
while also being more sus-
ceptible to disease – factors
which combine to inflate
COVID-19 cases and deaths
among the vaccinated.
A further factor is the
more transmissible delta
variant, which has now tak-
en hold in Israel. This form
of the virus is driving the
current series of outbreaks,
and its greater ability to
spread may partially explain
the rise in cases too.
EASING TOO
EARLY?
The other big part of the prob-
lem has been Israel ending its
restrictions. Dr Asher Salm-
on, director of the Depart-
ment for International Rela-
tions at Israel’s ministry of
health, suggested in July that
Israel “may have lifted re-
strictions too early”.
It’s the latest in a long line of
examples showing how com-
munity transmission can be
easily sustained when national
policy encourages the mixing
of susceptiblepeoplewithnoor
few restrictions in place. The
tragic consequences of relax-
ing restrictions in India shows
how devastating it can be when
decision-making goes awry
.
The COVID-19 Stringency
Index created by Our World in
Data is a composite measure of
the strictness of the COVID-19
containment policies in each
country around the world. As
of August 28 2021, Israel’s re-
strictions score was 45.4, far
less strict than New Zealand,
where outbreaks continue to
be limited in scope (96.3), but
comparable with the UK (44.0),
which is reporting around
30,000 new cases per day
.
TIME TO HIT
THE BOOSTERS
Countries watched the ini-
tial vaccine rollout in Israel,
gauging the vaccines’ impact
and using this information to
inform their own immunisa-
tion campaigns. Amid con-
cerns about waning immunity
,
there are once again reasons
to observe what happens next
in Israel, as it is now imple-
mentingaboosterprogramme,
giving third doses of vaccines.
In terms of the effectiveness
of boosters, early reports are
encouraging. In those receiv-
ing a booster, the risk of a con-
firmed coronavirus infection
appears to decrease 11-fold rel-
ative to individuals who have
received two doses. However,
the relevant study is still in
preprint, so its findings have
yet to be formally reviewed.
The use of boosters is con-
troversial. There have been
continuous calls for higher-
income countries to share
their vaccine stockpiles with
lower-income ones. This has
not yet happened to any great
extent. As of early September,
only 5.4% of the African con-
tinent has received at least one
dose of any COVID-19 vaccine.
The World Health Organiza-
tion has called for a moratori-
um on booster shots until at
least the end of September, but
it seems unlikely any country
will be altering their policies
accordingly – including Israel.
Israel’s vaccine rollout, over-
all, has arguably been imple-
mented very successfully
. But
the country is also an example
of what can happen when re-
strictionsarerelaxedtooquick-
ly
. What it shows is that all
countries – regardless of their
currentvaccinestatus–needto
maintain longer-term plans for
how to minimise the impact of
COVID-19, during this current
pandemic and beyond when
controlling smaller outbreaks.
It was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases
It was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases spiralling there?
spiralling there?
MICHAEL HEAD
Senior Research Fellow in
Global Health, University of
Southampton
THE CURIOUS
CASE OF ISRAEL
—ATEF
SAFADI/EPA-EFE
Israel has launched its booster programme, offering another dose to all over-30s
who had their second at least five months ago. —ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE
After easing earlier
in the summer, Israel
has now reintroduced
mask mandates and
limits on gatherings.
—MOSHE EINHORN/
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Kavita Pant
New Delhi: BJP has ap-
pointed its most diligent
and qualified General
Secretary and Union
Minister - Bhupender
Yadav - as the election
in-charge of Manipur.
There is no tough con-
test for the BJP in Ma-
nipur. The Congress,
which won as the single
largest party in the last
election, has been great-
ly weakened by the BJP
.
Ithadwon28seatsinthe
last election and now
has only 16 MLAs left.
Out of these, there is
talk of nine MLAs leav-
ing the party and join-
ing the BJP
. Two region-
al parties are strong in
thestate,oneof whichis
the National People’s
Party and the other is
the Naga People’s
Front and both of
them are with BJP.
Along with the Na-
tional People’s Par-
ty, the BJP is also
involved in the
government in
M e g h a -
laya. So,
m a k -
ing a
big leader like Bhupend-
er Yadav in- charge in
such a small state with
such a favorable atmos-
phere,isamoveperhaps
only the most qualified
BJP leaders can under-
stand.
Bhupendra Yadav has
done ‘Yadav politics’ in
Bihar and Jharkhand
neatly and has emerged
as a major face of OBC.
Leaving the top leaders
of the party
, Bhupender
Yadavisoneof thosefew
leaders, whose identity
and hold, span across
several states.
Therefore, political
observers feel that mak-
ing him in- charge of Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttara-
khand or Punjab would
have been more appro-
priate. It is worth noting
that he is considered a
manof greattrustbyUn-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah and perhaps the
BJP has some classified
political information or
a special mission in
mind for which it has re-
lied upon its most ‘capa-
ble warrior’ for a com-
paratively smaller, but
extremely crucial state
of Manipur.
A LEADER TO BANK ON
WHAT WILL BE KANHAIYA’S
FATE IN CONGRESS?
Jinendra
New Delhi: CPI leader
Kanhaiya Kumar is
wandering in political
landscapethesedays.He
hadcontestedthelastLS
polls from Begusarai
seat in Bihar, where
Lalu Prasad Yadav en-
sured Kanhaiya’s defeat
by fielding a Muslim
candidate from his par-
ty
.Sincethen,hisstature
has decreased  the so-
cial media presence is
also abysmal. He cam-
paigned in West Bengal
assembly polls, but
didn’t get much prefer-
ence. Now it is being
said that he can join the
Congress.Itisalsobeing
said that election strate-
gistPrashantKishorhas
also introduced Kanhai-
ya to Rahul Gandhi and
he wants to get him in-
cluded in the party
.
The question is, what
will Kanhaiya do by
joining the Congress
party? The Congress
party in Bihar is com-
pletely dependent on the
RJD and has to do poli-
tics according to it. In
fact it has ‘experienced’
amyriadof experiences,
but victory by separat-
ing from RJD in hopes
of fighting alone.
The Congress fought
2010 assembly polls
alone, making a hard-
working leader like Anil
Sharma the state presi-
dent. The party got 10 %
votes, but got only 4
seats. So, Congress can-
not decide to fight alone
on the basis of Kanhai-
ya. Being in CPI, he has
influence in a certain
section, which will end
as soon as he joins Con-
gress. Yes, it is possible
that both Prashant
Kishor  Kanhaiya join
Congress  try to bring
old Brahmin  Bhumi-
har votes of Congress
back into party’s fold,
then maybe, there will
be some possibility
. But
even then, electoral suc-
cess is not guaranteed.
WILL KEJRIWAL FULFILL
BHAGWANT MANN’S CM DREAM?
Kejriwal had declared that only a Sikh will be the CM  a Dalit will be the Deputy CM in Punjab
Sushil Kumar
New Delhi: Aam Aad-
mi Party’s Bhagwant
Mann, who was elected
Lok Sabha member for
the second time from
Punjab, has increased
the pressure on his par-
ty supremo Arvind Ke-
jriwal. Mann, who
wanted the party to con-
test elections on his face
even last time, wants
Kejriwal to declare him
as the chief ministerial
candidate, however, Ke-
jriwal doesn’t seem im-
pressed. He did induct
Navjot Singh Sidhu,
who at that time was
looking for a way to
leave the BJP and move
to a new party, because
Sidhu wanted Kejriwal
to declare him as the
CM candidate. Kejriwal
also did not make HS
Phoolka, who fought the
case related to the anti-
Sikh riots, as the CM
candidate and cleared
the way for the Khaira
brothers to leave the
party
.
In fact, Kejriwal does
not want the election to
be fought on the face of
any leader. Because if
the party wins, the Pun-
jab CM’s face will be
bigger than that of Ke-
jriwal, who lives in the
frustration that he is
the chief minister of a
semi-state like Delhi.
He is only satisfied that
he is the Supreme Lead-
er of the party and he
has expelled all other
leaders who had all In-
dia stature or were big
leaders, from the party.
That’s why he does not
want to declare anyone
as the CM candidate in
Punjab this time too. He
has declared that only a
Sikh will be the Chief
Minister and a Dalit
will be the Deputy
Chief Minister, howev-
er, he does not want to
name anyone. On the
other hand, Bhagwant
Mann is adamant that
if his name is an-
nounced, he should go
out for publicity. Mann
also showed strength by
meeting party leaders
at his home in the past,
but Kejriwal hasn’t
agreed to the demand,
yet as the party’s pros-
pects are deteriorating
due to the ongoing tus-
sle over the claim for
the post of CM.
BJP’S ‘MAN FRIDAY’ BHUPENDER YADAV TO HANDLE ‘MISSION MANIPUR’!
Bhupender Yadav is one of those few leaders,
whose identity and hold, span across several
states. Apart from his state Rajasthan, he
is also popular in Haryana  he has a good
hold in Bihar-Jharkhand also. Thus, political
observers feel that making him in- charge of
UP, Uttarakhand or Punjab would have been
more appropriate. It is worth noting that he
is considered a man of great trust by Home
Minister Amit Shah  perhaps BJP has
a special mission in mind for which it
has relied upon him.
On the other hand, Bhagwant Mann is adamant that if
his name is announced, he should go out for publicity.
Mann also showed strength by meeting party leaders at
his home in the past, but Kejriwal hasn’t agreed to the
demand, yet as the party’s prospects are deteriorating
due to the ongoing tussle over the claim for the post of
the Chief Minister.
STRIVING HARD FOR CM CHAIR
Arvind Kejriwal
Kanhaiya Kumar
Bhagwant Mann
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Regional
parties are looking
extremely worried
these days country,
regional ‘Satraps’
from all countries of
the state are seen do-
ing two things at this
time. Their first task
is an attempt to forge
a stronger alliance
than BJP  almost
everyone is running
forit.Thesecondtask
is the demand for a
caste-based census,
about which the re-
gional ‘Satraps’ are
vocal. In fact, such is
the situation that Bi-
har CM Nitish Ku-
mar, along with his
arch rival RJD leader
and LoP in Bihar As-
sembly Tejashwi Ya-
dav, reached Delhi to
meet PM Modi.
Both Nitish Kumar
and Tejashwi Yadav
have demanded the
PMtoconductacaste-
based census. RJD
Chief Lalu Prasad
hasannouncedthatif
the castes census is
not coducted this
time, then the census
will be boycotted. Sa-
majwadi Party has
also demanded this.
The question is, why
are the regional par-
ties so concerned
about conducting a
caste-based census
and forming a strong
opposition alliance
against the BJP?
The reason for this
is understood from
the analysis and sur-
vey of electoral data
by CSDS  Lokniti.
The bottom line of
this study is that BJP
has made a huge dent
in the OBC vote bank
of regional parties.
This didn’t happen in
2014, the first victory
of BJP under the
command of Naren-
dra Modi. In the 3
elections from 2004 to
2014, the OBC vote
share of regional par-
ties was around 37%.
But in the 2019 LS
polls, 44 % of OBC
voters voted for BJP
and the share of re-
gional parties came
down to 27%.
Think about it, al-
most half of OBC vot-
ers voted for BJP in
LS polls. This figure
has raised the con-
cern of regional par-
ties. However, in as-
sembly polls, more
OBC votes go in fa-
vour of regional par-
ties than BJP
.
SC’s wake-up call prompts Government to fill tribunal vacancies
Six retired
bureaucrats
become
technical
members in
NCLT
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Ra-
mana’s dire warning
has apparently prompt-
ed the Central govern-
ment to fill some of the
long-pending vacan-
cies in various tribu-
nals before the dead-
line of September 13,
2021.
Dealingwithaclutch
of petitions against the
Tribunal Reforms Act
of 2021, a special Su-
preme Court bench of
Justices Ramana, DY
Chandrachud, and L
Nageswara Rao direct-
ed SG Tushar Mehta
when the latter said
that he would convey
the SC’s wish to fill the
vacancies “No, no, Mr.
Mehta… ‘conveying’ is
something else… If
you don’t want an or-
der from us, you pass
the order of appoint-
ments… We expect
some appointments to
be made by Monday
.”
So, within 48 hours
last week, 37 appoint-
ments to three tribu-
nals - AFT, NCLT, ITAT
- were announced in
quick succession.
Accordingly, AFT
has got six judges as
judicial members.
They are Justice Bala
Krishna Narayana;
Justice Shashi Kant
Gupta; Justice Rajiv
Narain Raina; Jus-
tice K Harilal; Jus-
tice Dharam
Chand Chaud-
hary and Jus-
tice Anjana
Mishra. These
appointments
would be ef-
fective for
four years,
or till the
members attain the
age of 67 years, which-
ever is ear-
lier.
In the next 24 hours,
after the names of
AFT’s judicial mem-
bers were announced,
the Central govern-
ment announced the
appointment of 18 judi-
cial and technical
members to the Na-
tional Company Law
Tribunal (NCLT) and
13 judicial  account
members to the Income
Tax Appellate Tribu-
nals (ITAT).
From the bureau-
cracy, six retired offic-
ers, two from IAS and
four from IRS, were ap-
pointed as Technical
Members in NCLT.
Two retired IAS of-
ficers, who earned the
favour for the job are
former Panchayati Raj
Secretary Rahul Pras-
ad Bhatnagar (1983
batch UP cadre IAS)
and former Consumer
Affairs Secretary Avi-
nash Kumar Srivasta-
va (a 1982 batch UP
cadre IAS). From the
IRS side, five retired of-
ficers Subrata Kumar
Dash, Ajai Das Mehro-
tra, Manoj Kumar
Dubey, Kaushalendra
Kumar Singh and Anu-
radha Sanjay Bhatia
made it to the list.
Even though the gov-
ernment was report-
edly ready with the list
after the due process of
vetting as pointed out
by Justice Chandra-
chud, it took a warning
from the SC to move
into action and fill the
posts.
‘Shiv Sena will contest,
Goa assembly polls’
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut said
that his party would
‘definitely’ contest the
2022 Goa Assembly
polls in about 20 seats.
He added that the Shiv
Sena was also planning
to field candidates in 80
to 90 seats in the upcom-
ing Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions as they have “the
support of farmers’ or-
ganisations and smaller
parties” in the state.
“In Goa, we are defi-
nitely contesting the
elections. We plan to
contest about 20 seats in
Goa. In Uttar Pradesh,
too, we are planning to
contest 80 to 90 seats.
For Goa, efforts are on
to explore a formula
like the MVA. Let’s see
if we succeed,” Sanjay
Raut said.
About UP, the Rajya
Sabha MP said that
some farmers’ organi-
zations had promised
support to Shiv Sena for
the 2022 Vidhan Sabha
election.
Sanjay Raut’s com-
ments came two days
after Shiv Sena declared
that it would contest
“all the 403 seats” in the
Uttar Pradesh election
which will take place
next year.  — PTI
Sanjay Raut
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National Commission
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Sunday met the family
members of a woman
who died after being
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 the hospital where
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PM HAILS
PARALYMPICS
ATHLETES
New Delhi: PM
Narendra Modi shared
video footage of his
interaction with para-
athletes who recently
represented India at
the 2020 Summer
Paralympic in Tokyo.
In the video released
on Sunday, Modi was
seen congratulating
the Paralympic stars
for their record-break-
ing historic perfor-
mance at the multi-
sports event.“Today
you all are well-known
because of your hard
work,” the Prime Min-
ister told the athletes.
“You all can motivate
people, help bring
big changes… I am
always with you all.”
	
z In 2019 LS
polls in Bihar, RJD
got only 11%
OBC votes, but in
2020, this figure
reached 29%.
	
z Regional
parties feel that
OBC voters can be
turned away from
BJP by demanding
a caste census.
	
z Another way
is to form a
strong opposi-
tion alliance
and send the
message that the
regional ‘Sa-
traps’ are going
to defeat BJP.
THE STRATEGY
Regional leaders worried
about OBC vote!
BJP’s MOST ‘CAPABLE WARRIOR’
One must have pride in one’s
work, it makes one more
hardworking and shows
better results.
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ajaul, who is into
modelling since
her college days
aspires to earn a
huge name and
fame in the field
of fashion. With
her dreams and high
hopes, the ravishing model
wishes to own a fashion
clothing or makeup brand
of her own. Her success
mantra is, ‘Be yourself
and Stay Focussed’.
Q : Please tell us about
your journey
A: I was always fascinated
with dressing up, creating
new things, exploring new
places and after I won Ms
farewell and Miss Freshers
awards, I gained huge con-
fidence that led to my mod-
elling journey
. My parents
are my biggest inspiration,
they’ve supported me
throughout my journey
.
Q : What products do you
use on your skin?
A: Because I wear a
lot of make-up for
work it’s real-
ly impor-
tant to
keep my skin clean after
work so I use a great natu-
ral face wash, Tea Tree Oil
and Green Tea. I use or-
ganic coconut oil to take
my make-up off. The main
thing my mum taught me
was that you can never be
too young to start taking
care of your skin.
Q: What’s the best thing
about being a model?
A: Being able to travel to
amazing places, working
in an extremely creative
environment. I feel very
lucky to be able to work
with people from all over
the world, everyone has
their story and their jour-
ney and we’re all there to
have fun and create art in
our way
.
Q: What are your tips
for perfectly toned abs?
A: Boxing, laughing a
lot, pilates, yoga - every-
thing that involves core
exercises.
Q: What are your tips
for taking the perfect
selfie?
A: It depends on the
light, where I am and the
makeup. Usually from
above is a good starting
point and it’s important to
face the light. I like to
show an array of different
things on social media,
both work and personal.
BUDDING
BUDDING
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ISHA JAIN, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your energy and dynamism
will get you what you aim
for today on the academic
front. This is the day to play
your winning card on the professional
front. A lot of time may be wasted in
socialising, but you will love every
moment of it.Your upbeat mood will
brighten the domestic atmosphere.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A job switch needs to be
considered taking all
aspects into consideration.
You will feel satisfied with
whatever you do today on the social
front. Those seeking love may not
get lucky, but persistence will pay .
Those in the rat race may find it
difficult to pip the rivals at the post.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You may be played upon
for spending on someone
else’s needs. Health
matters gain priority and
will motivate for achieving total
fitness. Homemakers may enjoy the
day in the company of neighbors.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey,
but some breaks will keep you going.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Although money is not a
problem, you will have to
curb wasteful expenditure.
New opportunities will be
seized on the professional front.
Meeting relatives at a marriage or party
cannot be ruled out. Support from the
family may seem most encouraging for
those aiming an academic pursuit.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Job prospects for those
freshly out of professional
institutes are set to
brighten up soon. A
positive outlook will help you throw
out the negativity within. You will
manage to ignore distractions and
interruptions at work to complete a
pending task in time.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those planning to study
abroad are likely to get a
chance of a lifetime. Your
innovative ideas on the
professional front are likely to be well
received. Spirituality will have a special
allure for you. Good health will keep
you fit and energetic. You are likely to
expand your social circle.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You may be recognised for
your efforts on the
professional front. Some of
you can be invited for
guidance or consultancy. Chance of
a raise is possible for some. Timely
and correct decision will help you in
saving a lot of money. You will be
able to de-stress yourself today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Focussing on your career
graph will be a step that
will take you far. A rethink
is in order for those going
in for a heavy investment. Recover-
ing a loaned amount from someone
will not pose much difficulty. You will
manage to defuse tensions prevailing
at home by your tactful ways.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You succeed in putting an
ambitious project on the
tracks and cross all
hurdles in making it a
success. Love beckons and promises
to give immense joy and fulfillment.
Your consistency in performance on
the academic front will be noticed by
those who matter.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Satisfaction is foreseen for
the image conscious
people trying to achieve
perfect figure and
physique. You will succeed in
surmounting the odds to get a stalled
job back on the tracks. Your efforts
on the academic front will keep you
in contention.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A long journey may prove
to be tiring. Speculation
may not be profitable and
you may burn your fingers.
Some of you may get hard pressed
to find a good match for someone
eligible in the family. Joining a group
of health- conscious people is
possible for fitness enthusiasts.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
An old friend may pay you
a visit. You will put in extra
efforts to complete a task
entrusted to you. Your
academic aspirations may take some
time to get realised. A contentious
property issue may not show any
signs of getting sorted out amicably,
so have a backup plan ready.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ajasthan rejuve-
nates in the mon-
soon season. Tour-
istsfromallacross
the country have a
major reason to
visit the Land of
Maharajas. Many regions
in the state transform from
arid desert to verdant
greens with just a few
showers of rain. The Ga-
radiya Mahadev temple is
one such example. Not
many people are aware of
this picturesque temple
dedicated to Lord Shiva
that barely lies 30 km off
the city of Kota.
It is a tad remote, but if
you are someone who is
yearning for a dose of tran-
quillity, a trip to Garadiya
Mahadev is more than ag-
gregable. The place is actu-
ally inside the Mukundra
Tiger reserve on NH76. At
the park’s entrance, you
have to get your id’s
checked and pay a small
entry fee. The gravel road
that leads to the temple
does not look too promis-
ing. It is rocky, barren land
with nothing but a few
shrubberies sprouting
through the stones. Once
you reach the actual site,
the place may appear oddly
familiar. The beautiful
gorge shaped canyon looks
like a modest version of
the Grand Canyon in the
USA. You might also recall
seeing the place in the
commercials of Rajasthan
tourism. It doesn’t come as
a surprise why this remote,
devoid of tourist place is
the face of the tourism of
the state.
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL?
The place offers a great
vantage point of the river
Chambal and the valley be-
low at an altitude of 500
feet. From this spot, you
can see the river flowing
between the gorge in a
striking hue of teal envel-
oped by clear blue skies.
The river snakes and me-
anders through the valley
and turns to make a horse-
shoe bend for a picture-
perfect view. There are gi-
gantic cliffs that are curl-
ing around the gorge.
These cliffs are meticu-
lously carved by the flow
of the river Chambal, sim-
ilar to the Grand Canyons
that are carved by the Colo-
rado River. To add to the
beauty, the reflection of
trees growing on the cliffs
is mirrored in the water.
During the rainy season,
Garadiya Mahadev looks
even grander with numer-
ous waterfalls cascading
through its gorges.
The river Chambal and
its surroundings have been
infamous. There are many
dark myths associated
with it keeping human set-
tlements away from its
banks. The solitude evokes
a sense of adventure and
thrill. This place is perfect
for nature lovers, writers
or artists who can sit for
hours absorbing the seren-
ity of nature and find in-
spiration. Since it is pretty
secluded, it is advisable to
carry your food.
The scale of Garadiya
Mahadev might be much
smaller than the Grand
Canyons but its beauty and
accessibility make up for
what it lacks in its size.
HOW TO REACH
You need to hire a cab from
Kota to reach Garadiya
Mahadev temple. The tem-
ple is on NH 76 towards
Dabi and Chittorgarh. The
region is under the control
of the Mukundara Hills
Tiger Reserve. Therefore,
in addition to the taxi fare,
visitors need to pay an en-
try fee as well. The entry
ticket costs INR 75 for Indi-
ans and INR 500 for foreign
nationals. Students can
buy the same for INR 20
per person only after show-
ing their college I-card. If
you are taking your car the
fee is INR 200 per vehicle,
INR 400 for bus, and INR 30
for a two-wheeler vehicle.
SHALBHA SARDA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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TheMesmerizingGrandCanyon
TheMesmerizingGrandCanyon
NARCISSISTS
There’s more than one type – and
There’s more than one type – and
research reveals what makes each tick
research reveals what makes each tick
hances are
you’ve met a
n a r c i s s i s t .
Someone who
thinks they’re
better than
everyone else,
dominates the conver-
sation and loves the
limelight. But scientists
are increasingly realis-
ing that not all narcis-
sists are the same –
some are, in fact, ex-
tremely insecure.
In our new paper,
published in Personali-
ty and Social Psycholo-
gy Bulletin, we describe
the distinct types – and
what motivates them.
In classical Greek
mythology, the hunter
Narcissus was the son
of the river god Ce-
phissus and the nymph
Liriope. He was known
for his exceptional
beauty and physique.
One day when Narcis-
sus was walking in the
forest, the beautiful
nymph Echo saw him
and fell in love with
him. However, he reject-
ed her affections, leav-
ing her heartbroken.
As a punishment,
Nemesis, the goddess of
revenge, lured him to a
pool of water where he
encountered his own
reflection for the first
time. Narcissus fell in
love with his reflection,
and, eventually realis-
ing that his love could
not be reciprocated,
pined away to his death.
The myth of Narcis-
sus warns us of the dan-
gers of excessive self-
love, self-absorption
and lack of empathy for
others. It has had a pro-
found influence on
western culture, art
and literature.
Narcissism is also a
popular topic in psy-
chology. The English
physician Havelock El-
lis first identified nar-
cissism as a mental dis-
order in the late 19th
century. Sigmund
Freud considered nar-
cissism to be a normal
part of a child’s devel-
opment, but argued that
it could become a disor-
der if it persisted after
puberty into adulthood.
In modern psycholo-
gy, narcissism is usu-
ally conceptualised as a
personality trait,
which lies on a spec-
trum. Some people are
more narcissistic, oth-
ers less so. Narcissism
typically involves an
inflated view of one-
self, a sense of superi-
ority and entitlement
and a lack of concern
for others. The above
portrait of a narcissist
is a familiar one. But it
isn’t the only one.
I
n our research,
we investigated
two types of pre-
viously identi-
fied narcissism: gran-
diose and vulnerable.
Grandiose narcissists
are arrogant, domi-
nant and extroverted.
They tend to have high
self-esteem, be bold
and assertive and feel
happy and confident
about their lives.
Vulnerable narcis-
sists, on the other
hand, are withdrawn,
neurotic and insecure.
They tend to have low
self-esteem, be hyper-
sensitive and feel anx-
ious and depressed.
However, these two
types of narcissists
also have something in
common. Both are self-
ish, feel entitled to spe-
cial treatment and
privileges and re-
late to others
in antago-
n i s -
tic ways.
You might be able to
recognise the two
types of narcissists by
how they behave in so-
cial situations. Gran-
diose narcissists are
socially competent.
They are likely to be
dominant and charm-
ing. Vulnerable narcis-
sists, on the other
hand, are less socially
skilled. They are likely
to be shy and anxious
in social situations.
What’s more, while
grandiose narcissists
are forthright and as-
sertive in pursuing
their goals, seeking to
maximise success, vul-
nerable narcissists are
timid and defensive,
seeking to minimise
failure.
In our research, we
examined the social
motives and percep-
tions of both grandi-
ose and vulner-
a b l e
narcissists. In particu-
lar, we investigated
their desires to attain
social status and social
inclusion. We also
looked at whether they
felt they had been suc-
cessful in attaining so-
cial status and social
inclusion.
Social status refers
to being respected and
admired by others. It
involves standing out
and being seen as an
important person in
the social hierarchy
. In
contrast, social inclu-
sion refers to being
liked and accepted by
others. It involves fit-
ting in well with others
as part of the social
community
.
Any given person
may have or desire
both status and inclu-
sion, only one of the
two, or neither. For ex-
ample, in the TV show
The Simpsons, the
character of Mr Burns
has high status but is
not particularly liked
and accepted, whereas
the character of Hom-
er Simpson is well
liked and accepted but
does not have high sta-
tus.
We conducted two
studies, recruiting 676
adults based in the
United States. We as-
sessed their levels of
both grandiose and
vulnerable narcis-
sism. We
also assessed the ex-
tent to which they de-
sired status and inclu-
sion as well as the ex-
tent to which they felt
they had attained their
goals.
We found that both
grandiose and vulner-
able narcissists strong-
ly desired social sta-
tus. Interestingly,
whereas grandiose
narcissists felt they
were successful in at-
taining this status,
vulnerable narcis-
sists felt they did
not get the status they
deserved.
What’s more, gran-
diose narcissists did
not feel they had at-
tained social inclusion
but did not particular-
ly desire it either. In
contrast, vulnerable
narcissists also did not
feel they had attained
social inclusion but
strongly desired it.
Grandiose narcissists
therefore felt they had
met their social goals,
but vulnerable narcis-
sists did not.
Both types of nar-
cissists crave the re-
spect and admiration
of others. But while
grandiose narcissists
may be stars on the in-
terpersonal stage, tri-
umphantly capturing
the spotlight, their
vulnerable counter-
part may be a bit play-
er lurking on the side-
lines, resentfully seek-
ing, but failing to ob-
tain, the applause
they crave.
GRANDIOSE VERSUS VULNERABLE
NIKHILA MAHADEVAN
Lecturer in Psychology,
University of Essex
Not
all
narcissists
are
loud.
—K
PETRO/SHUTTERSTOCK
SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM
According to Greek mythology, hunter Narcissus fell in love with his own
reflection when he saw himself in a pool of water and pined away to death
as his love could not be reciprocated.
Founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud considered narcissism
part of a child’ development which would later become a
disorder, if persisted into adulthood.
Grandiose narcissists are arrogant, dominant and extroverted. —PRAZIS IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK
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  • 1. CRUCIAL READ NEET 2021 EXAM HELD AFTER SEVERAL POSTPONEMENT DUE TO CORONAVIRUS New Delhi: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 for admission in Undergraduate medical courses was held across the country following COVID-19 protocols on Sunday. The strict adherence to COVID-19 measures was taken by the students and the school authorities. KEJRI RE-ELECTED NATIONAL CONVENOR New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was re-elected as the national convenor of the AAP for the third time at the national executive meeting of the party on Sunday. P2 CJI’S ‘VIVEKANANDA MESSAGE’ TO YOUTH New Delhi: CJI NV Ra- mana said religion should be above rigidities and that there is a greater need now to pay heed to Swami Vivekananda’s words about dangers posed by sectarian conflicts in society. Aditi Nagar New Delhi: As Uttara- khand readies for polls in Union Minister Dhar- mendra Pradhan on Sunday expressed confi- dence that the BJP will form a ‘double-engine’ government in the state in the upcoming elec- tions under the leader- ship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pradhan was address- ing a press conference where the sitting U’khand Cong MLA Ra- jkumar from Purola As- sembly constituency joined BJP in New Del- hi. Pradhan said, “Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi has a special attachment with the ‘Dev Bhumi’. In the up- coming elections, we will form a double-en- gine government in Ut- tarakhand under the leadershipof PMModi.” The 70 member Uttara- khand Assembly polls are likely to take place in early 2022. He further said,“Ihavebeenassoci- ated with the party’s po- litical activities in Utta- rakhand for a very long time. From Dehradun to the villages situated in the hills, Rajkumar ji whojoinedtheBJPfrom the Congress today is known for his sensitivi- ty , belligerence and lead- ership qualities.” Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and state BJP president Madan Kau- shikwerealsopresentat the press conference. CongressMLARajku- mar after joining the BJP said, “I am im- pressed by the work done by PM Modi. He took the country to the global level. His work including road con- struction, the welfare of SC/ST in Uttarakhand, andthewayhemanaged the COVID-19 pandemic in the country is admi- rable. BJP works for the people.” Rajkumar was earlier a BJP MLA and had oc- cupied the post of secre- tary in the party’s state unit. The significance of the joining can be gauged from fact that Uttarakhand chief min- ister Pushkar Singh Dhami and state unit chief Madan Kaushik both were present to welcome the Congress legislator in the party’s fold. “BJP is working to- wards the upliftment of thelowercasteandmak- ing them independent, while Congress has made these people de- pendent on subsidies since Independence.” he added. — Inputs from Agencies BJP will form ‘double-engine’ govt in Ut’khand in 2022: Pradhan Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP President Madan Kaushik show the party joining slip of former Congress MLA Rajkumar as they welcome him in BJP, in New Delhi on Sunday. CENTRE CLEARS APPOINTMENTS TO NCLT , ITAT New Delhi: The centre on Saturday approved the appointment of judicial and techni- cal members to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre over vacancies in tribunals across the country. In an official communication, the Centre announced the appointment of eighteen members to the NCLT - eight judicial members and ten technical members — and thirteen new appointments to ITAT - six judicial members and seven accountant members. P5 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia NEW DELHI l MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. DELENG/2021/19840 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 15 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that CM Mamata Banerjee knows that she may lose in the Bhabanipur Assembly constitu- ency just like Nandigram. Kerala BJP General Secretary George Kurian wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking intervention to curb jihadi activi- ties and protection to Bishop. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that Shiv Sena will contest the upcoming assembly elec- tions in Uttar Pradesh and Goa on 100 and 20 seats respectively. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sun- day attacked Centre over employ- ment, saying the difference between a week off and working day has ended as “there are no jobs”. GHOSH: DIDI MAY LOSE FROM BHABANIPUR KERALA BJP WRITES TO SHAH ON BISHOP SHIV SENA GEARS UP TO FIGHT UP, GOA POLLS RAHUL ATTACKS GOVT ON JOB LOSSES MODI-SHAH SURPRISE FACTOR CONTINUES BHUPENDRA PATEL NEW ‘DADA’ OF GUJARAT Patel will take oath as CM at 2 PM today, cabinet 2 days later. Amit Shah to attend ceremony Patel represents Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya constituency previously represented by Anandiben Patel 1 2 WHO IS BHUPENDRA PATEL Bhupendra Patel is a first-time MLA from Gujarat’s Ghatlodiya who won the 2017 assembly elec- tion against the Congress’s Shashi- kant Patel by more than 1 lakh votes, the highest margin that year Said to be a confidante of UP Governor and former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, he belongs to the Patel or Patidar community, which the BJP was reportedly keen to appease ahead of next year’s assembly elections Patel, fondly known as ‘Dada’ in his constituency, holds a diploma in civil engineering and had declared more than `5 cr in assets in 2017 election papers Bhupendra Patel’s name was a surprise announcement by the party as he was not listed among the main contenders after Vijay Rupani’s exit Bhupendra Patel has led the Standing Committee of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in the past 1 2 3 5 4 Haresh Jhala Gandhinagar: A day after the exit of Gujarat Chief MinisterVijayRu- pani and his cabinet, Ghatlodiya MLA Bhu- pendra Patel was picked to be the next CM of the state.Hewilltakeoathas CM on Monday after- noon. The decision to pick Patel was taken at the BJP legislature party meetinginGandhinagar onSunday .Hisnamewas proposed by CM Vijay Rupani, whose resigna- tionfromthepostonSat- urday surprised many . BJP’s central observ- ers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Joshi and party general secretary Tarun Chaug werepresentatthelegis- laturepartymeet.Tomar also met state BJP chief C R Patil on Sunday morning.Mostof the112 MLAsof thepartyinthe 182-member Assembly werepresentat meeting. Bhupendra Patel ex- pressed gratitude to- wards PM Narendra Modi,BJPnationalpres- ident J P Nadda and Un- ionHomeMinisterAmit Shah while adding that the blessings of former Gujarat CM and UP Governor Anandiben Patel have always been with him. More on P3 WHY PATEL AS CM Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known in political circles for surprising, shocking, and proving others wrong. By picking the Ghatlodiya MLA, former chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) former standing committee chairman - Bhupendra Patel - as the legislative party leader and the next Chief Minister, PM Modi has appeased the Patidars, and cut to size Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel’s influence on the community. Both Bhupendra Patel and Nitin Patel are from the Kadva Patidar community. PM Modi had already given two berths to Leuva Patidars in the Central Cabinet, and with a Kadva Patidar as CM, Modi has reached out to the entire Patidar community. Amit Shah @AmitShah Hearty congratulations and best wishes to @ Bhupendrapbjp on being elected the leader of the legislature party. I believe that under the guidance of Narendra Modi ji the state’s continu- ous development journey will get new energy and momentum. Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda Congratulations to @Bhupendrapbjp on be- ing elected as next Guja- rat CM. I hope under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji you will give new energy to the development of Gujarat and the works of public welfare with full devotion and dedication Whoiseligibleforcovid-19 deathcert?ICMRclarifies New Delhi: The govern- ment has informed the Supreme Court that the Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medi- cal Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelinesforissuingan “official document” for Covid-related deaths. Only those COVID-19 cases will be considered, saytheguidelines,which have been diagnosed through RT-PCR test, molecular test, rapid- antigen test or clinically determined through in- vestigationsatahospital or in-patient facility by a treatingphysician,while admitted at hospital or in-patient facility . Deaths occurring due to poisoning, suicide, homicide and accident, amongothers,willnotbe considered as COVID-19 deaths even if the infec- tion is an accompanying condition, the document further elaborates. Patients who have “died either in hospital settings or at home, and where a Medical Certifi- cateof Causeof Deathin Form 4 and 4 A has been issued to the registering authority as required under Section 10 of the Registration of Birth and Death (RBD) Act, 1969, will be treated as a COVID-19 death,” the guidelines read. CORONA CATASTROPHE NEW DELHI INDIA 28,591 new cases 338 new fatalities 51 new cases 00 new fatalities ‘Dead’ Al Qaeda leader surfaces on 9/11 anniv ECB writes to ICC on cancelled fifth Test New Delhi: Twenty years after the ghastly terror attack on the US, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, rumoured dead, has surfaced in a video released on the 9/11 anniversary . US-based SITE Intel- ligence Group, which tracks the online activ- ity of jihadist groups, reported that Zawahiri spoke on a number of issues. Rita Katz, SITE’s Di- rector tweeted, “Amid rumours of his death, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri shown in a new 60-minute video, this time offering some evidence that he is not dead--particularly, ref- erence to events after December when ru- mours of death sur- faced.” In the video, Zawahi- ri talked about a raid on a Russian military base by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Hurras al-Deen in Syr- ia, which it claimed on January 1. London: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has offi- cially written to the In- ternational Cricket Council (ICC) to decide the fate of the cancelled fifth Test against India at Old Trafford, indicat- ing the two boards are far from reaching a set- tlement. The series-deciding Test in Manchester was called off after a COV- ID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp forced its senior players to ex- press their apprehen- sions to both the BCCI and ECB on going ahead with the match. “Yes we have written to the ICC,” an ECB spokesperson told PTI whenaskedif theywant the global body to de- cide on the fifth Test. The ECB wants the ICC’s Dispute Resolu- tion Committee to ad- dress the issue and ex- pect that a forfeiture would be granted so that it can claim insur- ance as it is set to lose 40 million pounds if the match is declared aban- doned due to COVID. Gujarat CM-elect Bhupendra Patel meets Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Sunday evening. Ayman al-Zawahiri CORONA VAX DRIVE COVERS 74 CRORE New Delhi: More than 74 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under covid vaccination drive. Over 1 cr 13 lakh vaccine doses were administered to the eligible beneficiaries in the country during the last 24 hours. Recovery rate cur- rently stands at 97.48%.
  • 2. CAPITOL NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 02 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia CM Kejriwal re-elected AAP Nat’l Convenor for 3rd consecutive term ‘In Guj, AAP’s growing influence compelled BJP to change CM’ AAP to contest all 403 assembly seats in UP, it would be a mistake to consider party a minnow, says senior leader Sanjay Singh Lucknow: Asserting that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would contest all 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, senior leader Sanjay Singh has said it would be a mis- take to consider AAP a minnow as it had emerged “stronger” than the Congress in the recent panchayat polls. The Arvind Kejriwal- led AAP made it clear that it is not in talks with any other party for an alliance in the UP as- sembly election due early next year. “Our party is strong- er than the Congress in the state. While the Congress won 40 seats in panchayat polls, we scored a victory in 83panchayats. AAP got over 40 lakh votes in these polls, where 1600 party candidates con- tested,” Singh, who is AAP’s UP in- charge, told PTI in an interview. “We are preparing to contest on all 403 seats alone. We are presently not in talks for an alli- ance with any other party. Our focus is to strengthen our base in the state and in the past one and a half months, we have made over one crore members,” Singh said. “The party has made Vidhan Sabha incharges in 100-150 seats and our lead- ers are meeting those who want to contest,” said 49-year-old Singh who hails from Sultanpur in U t t a r Pradesh. Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, said the main issue to be raised by the AAP in the as- sembly elections “will be BJP’s nationalism versus AAP’s national- ism”. “BJP’s national- ism is fake. Its national- ism is full of hatred and communalism. At the same time, the national- ism of the AAP is pro- viding good education, g o o d health..,” he said. —PTI New Delhi: The growing influence of the Aam Aadmi Par- ty (AAP) in Gujarat has compelled the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)tochange the chief minister in the state, said AAP spokesperson Ra- ghav Chadha on Sun- day . Speaking to ANI, Chadha said, “When- ever Aam Admi Par- ty enters a state, tur- bulence in the politi- cal spectrum is ob- served. So far there has been a conveni- ent musical chair be- tween Congress and the BJP in states. Af- ter the emergence of AAP, people got to know about the pow- er of the Opposition. The inefficient Con- gress gradually went on the backfoot after the AAP started play- ing the role of Oppo- sition from the front.” “There was no one who chal- lenged the non-per- forming chief minis- ter or the govern- ment in the state. Congress does not have that ability as it is a compromised Op- position. It is AAP that has challenged the BJP. It came un- der pressure. AAP made BJP under- stand: either perform or perish. Be it Utta- rakhand or Gujarat where the AAP has entered BJP had to change the chief ministers...The influ- ence of AAP is grow- ing in Gujarat. AAP is the big reason BJP needs to change the chief minister in Gu- jarat,” he said. —ANI New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was re-elected as the na- tional convenor of the AAP for the third time at the national execu- tive meeting of the party on Sunday. Par- ty leaders Pankaj Gup- ta and N D Gupta were elected as secretary and treasurer, respec- tively, it said. The office bearers have been elected for a tenure of five years. The national execu- tive of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had elected a new 34-member execu- tive body, which included Kejri- wal, on Satur- day . In its first meeting held on Sunday virtu- ally, the newly elected national executive of the party proposed to appoint a national convenor, national secretary and national treasurer, the state- ment said. “All the executive members unanimous- ly agreed to elect sen- ior party leader Arvind Kejriwal as the national convenor. The national execu- tive members unani- mously elected senior leader Pankaj Gupta as national secretary and N D Gupta as na- tional treasurer,” the statement added. CM KEJRIWAL INAUGURATES NEWLY RE-DEVELOPED AREA OF CHANDNI CHOWK New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- wal on Sunday inaugu- rated the newly re-de- veloped Chandni Chowk area, which, he said, was aimed at at- tracting more visitors. In his address, the Chief Minister said, “Delhi is identified with Chandni Chowk in the whole world. Initial- ly, its image was of bro- ken roads, traffic jams and electric wires, but, the Delhi government worked for three years for its re-development and beautification, which have been com- pleted today.” “People from all over Delhi are coming to see how beau- tiful this place has be- come. About 1.4 km stretch of road from Red Fort to Fatehpuri Masjid has been beauti- fied. Traffic in the area has also been fixed,” the CM said. —ANI New Delhi: To offer an enhanced travel experi- ence to the railway pas- sengers, IRCTC is all set to open a New World-Class Executive Lounge at the New Del- hi Railway Station. This new lounge has been set up on first floor of platform num- ber 1 of New Delhi Rail- way Station and would be started soon. An IRCTC official said, “The new state of the art executive lounge aims to provide all ser- vices and facilities re- quired for comfortable wait for the passengers during pre-departures and post arrivals. The lounge has been de- signed on the looks of airport lounges with much more space and serene environment.” To access this newly commissioned execu- tive lounge, passengers would have to pay an entry charges of Rs. 150 plus taxes for first hour and Rs. 99 for each ex- tra hour. The lounge will be operational 24x7 and the entry charges will include a host of services, such as seat- ing facilities and Wi-Fi internet facility . —ANI New lounge at New Delhi rly station set to open soon FOR EXECUTIVE CLASS  This new lounge has been set up on first floor of platform number 1 of New Delhi Railway Station and would be started soon Executive Lounge at the New Delhi Railway Station. FACILITIES UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED: Kejriwal Convener, Pankaj Gupta Secretary, ND Gupta Treasurer Rahul attends NSUI national executive meeting in Delhi New Delhi: A two-day national executive “Sankalp” of the Na- tional Students’ Union of India began at NSUI national headquarters in the national capital on Saturday . The first day was set aside to discuss as well as manifest the works done by NSUI in the past few months amidst the global pandemic. The National Executive began with the hoisting of the flag followed by the national anthem. The day went all well under the kind pres- ence of respectable dig- nitaries and NSUI mem- bers. The achievements of NSUI in the past few months were highlight- ed at the gathering. Lok Sabha MP and former Congress presi- dent Rahul Gandhi ad- dressed the meet and praised all the NSUI members for their great job during the COV- ID-19 period. Rajya Sab- ha MP, KC Venugopal said, “I myself have been a part of the NSUI family . And I used to sit at the same place where the members are..add- ing glory to the deeds, we can change the govt for good.” —ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being felicitated by NSUI members in New Delhi on Saturday. —ANI Delhi reports 22 new COVID cases in last 24 hours; no death reported New Delhi: Delhi re- ported 22 new COVID cases and 44 recoveries in the last 24 hours, ac- cording to the health bulletin of the union territory . Thenewcasespushed the total number of COVID cases in the na- tional capital to 14,38,233. Meanwhile, the total recoveries have gone up to 14,12,760. Currently, the number of active COV- ID cases in Delhi is 390. The national capital re- corded no death due to the disease for the fifth consecutive day. The COVID death toll in Delhi stands at 25,083 marking the case fatal- ity rate at 1.74 per cent. With the 61,968 COV- ID tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate in Delhi stands at 0.04 per cent. The total number of COVID tests conducted in the national capital so far is 2,64,89,794. Presently, there are 94 containment zones in Delhi. Asmanyas1,49,94,399 COVID vaccine doses have been administered in the national capital so far. Out of this, 1,06,16,609 beneficiaries received the single dose of the COVID vaccine while 43,77,790 people have received both shots. —ANI CM Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the inauguration of the newly developed Chandni Chowk stretch, in New Delhi on Sunday. Health Minister Satyendra Jain also seen. — PHOTO BY ANI CHACHA NEHRU HOSPITAL SEES SPURT IN VIRAL FEVER CASES Chacha Nehru Hospital in Geeta Colony wit- nesses a rise of child patients suffering from viral fever. “Number of viral fever patients has increased. They don’t have major illnesses like dengue. The fever set- tles in 3-4 days, but the condition of some chil- dren is serious, needing ICU admission,” tweeted Dr Mamta Jajoo, Head of Office, Chacha Nehru Hospital on Sunday. Nigerian national among 2 drug peddlers arrested New Delhi: Delhi Po- lice Special Cell arrest- ed two persons belong- ing to an international narcotic drugs syndi- cate, including a Nige- rian national, and re- covered over 16.65 kg narcotic drugs worth over Rs 30 crore. The accused have been identified as Babu Lal (Bablu) and Chig- ozie Foster Okafor (Da- vid). Acting on informa- tion, a team of Delhi Police Special Cell laid a trap near the crema- tion ground of Mangol- puri and arrested Babu Lal with the heroin and based upon his infor- mation, police arrested a Nigerian national from a rented apart- ment in Ram Nagar, Delhi and seized over 16.65 kg narcotic drugs along with a car and a scooty from their pos- session. The duo revealed that they are members of an international narcotic drug syndicate. Nigeri- an national was identi- fied as the main suppli- er of heroin. —ANI Delhi police arrested 4 accused, including 2 Nigerian nationals in the drug cartel cases, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI CRUCIAL READ MAN DROWNS IN NARELA DRAIN New Delhi: A man drowned after he fell and got stuck inside a water-logged drain in north Delhi’s Narela area on Saturday. The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was walking along a drain in C Block of Narela Industrial Area. There was water- logging around the drain following heavy rain in the capital since early morning. Suddenly, the man slipped and fell into the drain. He got trapped under the concrete slab inside the drain. New Delhi: One person died due to electrocu- tion in the Bhati mines area of Delhi. The victim has been identified as Mahender(35) who used to work as a labourer. During the course of the enquiry, it has been revealed that the victim got an electric shock at an electricity pole near his house and was taken to the AIIMS hospital in Delhi, where he was declared brought dead, said the Delhi Police. LABOURER ELECTROCUTED I myself have been a part of the NSUI family. And I used to sit at the same place where the mem- bers are on Saturday adding glory to the deeds, we can change the govt for good. —KC Venugopal, RS MP Raghav Chadha
  • 3. NEWS NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 03 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Haresh Jhala Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known in politi- cal circles for surpris- ing, shocking, and prov- ing others wrong. By picking the Ghat- lodia MLA, former chairman of Ahmedabad Urban De- velopment Authority (AUDA) and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) former standing com- mittee chairman - Bhu- pendra Patel - as the legislative party leader and the next Chief Min- ister, PM Modi has ap- peased the Patidars, and cut to size Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel’s influence on the community . Both Bhupendra Pa- tel and Nitin Patel are from the Kadva Patidar community. PM Modi had already given two berths to Leuva Patidars in the Central Cabinet, and with a Kadva Patidar as CM, Modi has reached out to the entire Patidar com- munity . Sources from the par- ty say Bhupendra Patel belongs to the former Chief Minister and Ut- tar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel’s group. By selecting Bhupendra Patel, Modi has rectified political mistakes committed in the state since 2016. The party had to pay heavily as factionalism within had reached new heights. Patel is also associat- ed with the real estate sector and other reli- gious groups. Coupled with an urban presence and his connection through community networks, he is expect- ed to appeal to urban and rural voters. He has had a long ad- ministrative experi- ence, which can help him run the state gov- ernment. However, it is not going to be a cake- walk for him. The first challenge will be select- ing a team that can de- liver in a short span, control officers, and make them answerable and accountable to elected representatives. BJP KILLS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE BY ELECTING BHUPENDRA PATEL... Patel’s first challenge is to create a team that can deliver results in a short span First India Bureau Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister, Nitin Patel’s dream of promotion to the chief minister’s post was shattered on Sunday evening when the party selected first-time MLA Bhupendra Patel as Vijay Rupani’s successor. Speculation is rife that Patel may not even find a berth in the new cabinet. According to some political analysts, Nitin Patel is solely responsible for his political career reaching a dead end. Earlier on Sunday, he told media persons that the party high command should elect a popular leader in the state, who can carry all communi- ties together, has experience in administration, as well as running various state departments. Patel, through his statement, was trying to cement his position as the state’s new CM; however, the party high command had other plans. Patel’s strength and experience worked against his ambitions, and the party decided to drop him from the running altogether. Secondly, he was alleged to be the mastermind behind the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) movement of 2015, which led to Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s resignation. In 2017, when he was denied the chief minister’s post, he openly re- volted against the party decision. His strained rela- tions with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had severely damaged the party’s interests. Now when the state government was blamed for poor performance, Patel could not escape from the criticism of being the second in command in the government. Speculation is rife that the deputy chief minister may not even find a berth in the new cabinet NITIN PATEL’S CM DREAMS LAY IN RUINS Party workers attend the meeting held at ‘Shri Kamalam’ Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel (L to R) BJP National General Secy Bhupender Yadav, BJP Gujarat President CR Patil, CM Bhupendra Patel, outgoing CM Vijay Rupani and Union Minister of Agriculture Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar Rupani was ordered to resign on Saturday before 2 pm First India Bureau Gandhinagar: Major drama unfolded be- hind closed doors, hours before Vijay Ru- pani tendered his res- ignation to the Gover- nor of Gujarat, Acha- rya Devvrat, albeit speculation was rife for over a year that the national leadership would replace him. Ac- cording to sources, Ru- pani received a call from Delhi on Friday night and was in- structed to resign on Saturday before 2 pm. The party’s national leadership denied Ru- pani’s request for more time and he was told in no uncertain terms that “he would not get an extra min- ute” after 2 pm on Sat- urday . Rupani had no choice but to abide by the party’s orders, and he submitted his resig- nation to the governor before the deadline. According to sourc- es, Rupani was not called to Delhi to clar- ify his position since the BJP national lead- ership was unhappy with his functioning. Some state leaders who were together on Saturday at Sardard- ham were not even aware of the develop- ments regarding Ru- pani’s future. One leader told this re- porter that he had just reached home when he received a call to reach Raj Bhavan, which took him by surprise. Rupani with Governor Devvrat at Raj Bhavan —HANIF SINDHI MAIDEN ADDRESS Arif Mansoori Aishwary Pradhan Jhalawar: Targeting Raj PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, who is constantlyattackingRSS andBJP ,UnionJalShak- ti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday said that the Congress leader is fight- ingtosavehisbothposts, PCCchief andeducation minister. “Now the question in the mind of the common man is whether Dotasra will be able to save the PCC chair or the post of minister,” he said. Shekhawat said that Raj is lagging behind in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. “In 78 districts and 1.10 lakh villages of the country, 100 percent households have got tap connections, but unfor- tunately some states in- cluding Rajasthan are not able to pick up the pace.” he said. Shekha- watvisitedtheRamkund BalajiMaharajtemplein Kanwadi. He also visited RSS leader Prakash Chandra and discussed organisational issues. Those who un- derstand tra- ditions of BJP will not question this subject (CM face). It is responsibility of the Parliamentary Board to decide and that de- cision will ultimately be valid for all. Let us all work together to fulfill the obligations. — GS Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti Minister GS Shekhawat targets Rajasthan PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra GS Shekhawat prayed at Ramkund Balaji Maharaj temple where Vasudev Devnani and other leaders were also present. Former AMU student leaders applaud Bhagwat’s statements Janardan Misra Aligarh: Former stu- dent union leaders of Aligarh Muslim Univer- sity (AMU), Nadeem Ansari and Shazia Fa- rooqi, have hailed the recent statements of Rashtriya Swayam Se- vak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Muslimsandhaveasked for government help in establishing madrasas, schools and colleges for Muslim students. Before the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ali- garh on September 14, Ansari has written a let- ter to the RSS chief for this. Earlier he had written to PM Modi with the same demands. Shazia Farooqi while applauding the RSS chief’s statements said that development of any country can be only as- sured if citizens have unity among them and trust in their govern- ment. Ansari pointed out that Bhagwat said that all Indians carry the same DNA and have the same ancestors. He said that the minority com- munity was lacking in education and the gov- ernment should build schools, madrassas and colleges for them. Ansari said that the statement of RSS chief should be appreciated as it will lead to social harmony and brother- hood. He said that the RSS chief has talked of unity at a time when atrocities on minorities are frequent. Social harmony can lead to development while enmity will pave way for destruction, he said. Shazia said, “I am an educationist and run- ning a chain of schools in the state. I strongly believe that providing education to Muslim community can pave way for development of the whole country,” she said. She added that the government should not neglect any community as brotherhood and ‘Ganga-Jamuni tah- zeeb’ has only enriched Indian culture. COURTESY VISIT Polling officials checking the electronic voting machines ahead of polling on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA First India Bureau Lucknow: AICC gener- al secretary and UP in- charge Priyanka Gan- dhi has been making hectic efforts to prepare the party for the 2022 electoral battle in the state. During a two-day visit to Lucknow she heldaseriesof meetings with UP Congress lead- ers to chalk out an ac- tion plan for the polls. Shefinaliseda12,000-km cycle yatra in UP and also called for finalising the list of candidates at the earliest. The UPCC has authorised Priyan- ka Gandhi to give the fi- nal nod to the list. With the UPCC large- ly banking on Priyanka Gandhi, she has a diffi- cult electoral task cut out for herself. In view of the“dilapidated”con- dition of the party or- ganisation, as a senior Congress leader put it, the onus of galvanising the party before the 2022 election is solely on Priyanka. Priyanka in Uttar Pradesh CHALLENGES GALORE Nitin Patel Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi reached Tiloi (Amethi) to meet victim family. Three children died due to wall collapse in Dodarpur village.
  • 4. PERSPECTIVE NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 04 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia l Vol 1 l Issue No. 15 l RNI TITLE NO. DELENG/2021/19840 Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Impressions Printing and Packaging Limited, C-21, 22 Sector-59, Noida-201301. Published at G-20, 3rd Floor, 309, Preet Vihar, New Delhi-110092. Phone 011-49846474. Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra. Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act ndia, perhaps, now occupies the driving seat for the rest of the world in the ongoing po- liticalturmoilinAfghanistan. Both Russia and America now realize how they were “fooled” by the Pakistani army and it’s “hybrid” civil- ian government led by Imran Khan. The Chinese leadership also now realizes that as the “patron” of the Taliban-ISI government, it has to cough up its resources to feed the two starving nations, Paki- stan and Afghanistan. Earlier, Russia had allowed Pakistan to use its facilities in Kazakhstan to bomb the re- sistance forces entrenched in the Panjshir Valley . The Chi- nese spy satellites helped Pa- kistanibombersanddronesto hit the targets with precision. The Panjshir occupation also wrote the final epitaph of the world’s only Super- power under President Joe Biden. He, however, asks his CIA chief Burns to visit New Delhi to explore the possibil- ity of redeeming his coun- try’s prestige as well as re- gaining his personal image. He expects that with Indi- an support, America should explore a face-saving alibi to camouflage his “cowardice act” of abandoning the brave people of Afghanistan. Biden had claimed that the Afghan forces had failed to resist the Taliban. However, the world is now fully aware of the fact that Americans had connived with the Pakistani Generals to allow a walkover to the Taliban forces to occupy Ka- bul. Also, the Afghan com- manders too were told not to resist the invading forces. Every day , the new exposures reveal the American narra- tive being reeled oute by the American media. It has fur- thered suffered, when the world witnessed the Afghan women boldly facing the Talibani goons having the support of the Pakistani army and it’s intelligence outfit, ISI, pointing out auto- matic rifles on their breast. The agitators were also raising anti-Pakistan slogans protesting the Pakistani bombing of the Panjshir Val- ley. The world witnessed the exemplary courage of facing the ‘brutal force’, there were now few takers of Biden’s “lies”.The gunmen much to the discomfiture of their mentors in Islamabad could not dare to open fire on the unarmed women. Their trainers had wished that they should kill the women and violate them as they had done to the women of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. In spite of the instructions of the Haqqani network, the Paki proxy which functions directly under the GHQ in Rawalpindi, to crush the pro- testors also raising anti- Pa- kistan slogans, the Taliban soldiers did not open fire on the unarmed women.In a bid to inculcate fear and awe of the barbaric force the Haqqa- ni network was keen to repli- cate what China had done at the Tiananmen Square mas- sacre in April 1989. Meanwhile, China too has a belated realization that the new Afghan Government is just an extension of the ISI. It appears that Russia has ultimately realized that it’s advice to India was a blunder that not to “assist” the Resist- ance Forces”, though she had an airbase with ready to fly jet fighters in Kazakhstan. The situation in Afghani- stan continues to be fluid.It will also be difficult for the Chinese president, Xi Jin- ping, to repeat the experi- ment of Myanmar, where the Chinese had successfully in- fluenced the Myanmar army chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to put the democratic leader, Aung Saan Suu Kyi, and oth- ers behind the bar and im- pose martial law. In its bid to establish the road-link to My- anmar’s ports, it wanted a subservient government in the country, which could be achieved. Maybe,it was diffi- cult to force a democratically elected government to yield to it’s never ending demands. For this, she had to be pre- vented from retaining power, though she had signed a num- ber of trade agreements with China. Xi Jinping was keen to have a docile regime. There- fore, the military regime to be installed for extracting maxi- mum profits from the coun- try. A similar strategy is be- ing worked out by China of- fering its surplus dollars to Iran, Russia, and Pakistan. With the disenchantment of Russia, there are few chances that the new alignment would finally succeed in subjugat- ing the people of the region. The recent unfolding of the events in Afghanistan, except France, has also re- vealed that NATO is just a ‘paper tiger’, and the Anglo- American posture for democ- racy is just rhetoric without substance. Meanwhile,the apologists for the western powers, and the US-based journalists, es- pecially like Fareed Zakaria, offer a weak defense for the US President, Joe Biden, and Pentagon that under tremen- dous political pressure the American-led NATO forces had to abandon Afghanistan leaving military hardware worth billions of USD, but they do not justify that how could they surrender the freedom-loving people of the country to the “atrocious re- pressive” regime of the Tali- ban having logistic, political and military support of the totalitarian regimes of Paki- stan and China. The great game, which had begun two decades ago in Af- ghanistan, is now ready to hit India. With the retreat of the US-led NATO forces from the region and succumbing of Russia before the China-Pak nexus, India is the only coun- try fighting for human rights and democracy, while the oc- togenarian US President, Joe Biden finally concedes the retreat, if not the defeat, be- fore the Dragon. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL Ravi Shankar Prasad @rsprasad Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) of IPPB has brought banks to the doorsteps of the people. The number of transactions is consistently rising through AePS. AePS processed 23383.2 lakh transactions with a total value of `118484.8 crore in FY 2019-20. Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp The admiration, encouragement and warmth during PM Shri @ narendramodi ji’s interaction with our para champions was a treat to watch. The life journeys, experiences, and medal haul of our para-athletes has made the nation proud and changed the way people perceive disabilities. SPIRITUAL SPEAK Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing. —Buddha IN-DEPTH AFTER RAP FROM SUPREME COURT, GOVT FILLS NCLT, ITAT VACANCIES he Supreme Court’s rap has its effect. Within a week of the Apex Court express- ing its strong dis- pleasure at the delay in filling vacancies in tribunals, the Cen- tral government cleared 31 names for appointment to Na- tional Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Income-Tax Appel- late Tribunal (ITAT). The NCLT deals with company law and in- solvency cases. The Supreme Court had taken umbrage at the Centre for not appointing mem- bers to these tribunals. Slamming the government, a three-judge Bench headed by the CJI NV Ramana and comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice DY Chandrachud said on September 6, “You are testing the patience of the Court; no re- spect for our judgments.” The Bench was also upset with the enactment of Tribunals Re- forms Bill which went against two earlier orders of the court. The NCLT is a quasi judicial body which deals with corporate disputes. The ITAT is where thousands of income-tax payees go to seek redress of their griev- ances, both equally important for their respective roles. TOP TWEETS T o some, Swami Vivekananda’s teachings mean only nationalism. That is how his name has been used in recent years to build up a frenzy about nationalism. There’s nothing wrong in being a na- tionalist but there’s more to the revered Swami’s speech- es and writings than nation- alism. He also spoke of secu- larism with equal passion. And it is the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana who, on the 128th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s his- toric speech at the World Par- liament of Religions in Chi- cago, reminded Indians that Swamiji “propagated the idea of tolerance and univer- sal acceptance” way back in 1893. “He analyzed the dan- gers posed by the meaning- less and sectarian conflicts in society to the nations to the nations and civiliza- tions,” the CJI said. In a subtle hint to those promoting intolerance in the name of religion CJI Rama- na said, “Long before the painful churning took place in the subcontinent during the freedom struggle result- ing in framing of an egalitar- ian Constitution of India, he advocated Secularism as if he foresaw events to unfold. He firmly believed that the true essence of religion was the common good, and toler- ance. Religion should be above superstitions and ri- gidities. To fulfil the dream of making a resurgent India through the principles of common good and tolerance, we should instill the ideals of Swamiji in today’s youth.” Today’s tragedy is that the youth is being brainwashed into believing that nation- building is possible only through intolerance and big- otry . Political leaders spread their narrow interpretations of Swami Vivekananda’s speech. Make the great Swa- mi’s uncensored speeches part of the curriculum for their social relevance. MAKING VIVEKANANDA RELEVANT TODAY Today’s tragedy is that the youth is being brain- washed into believing that nation-building is pos- sible only through in- tolerance and bigotry T PAKISTAN BEFOOLS THE WORLD POWERS I Russia had allowed Pakistan to use its facilities in Kazakhstan to bomb the resistance forces entrenched in the Panjshir Valley. The Chinese spy satellites helped Pakistani bombers and drones to hit the targets with precision The recent unfolding of the events in Afghanistan, except France, has also revealed that NATO is just a ‘paper tiger’, and the Anglo- American posture for democracy is just rhetoric without substance Russia and America realize blunders in their Afghanistan policy GOPAL MISRA The writer is accredited as a Journalist of Long and distinguished service with the Press Information Bureau of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry
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  • 6. INDIA NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia SALINE GARGLE RT-PCR TEST TECH TRANSFERRED TO MSME MINISTRY NEERInstitutehastransferredtheknow-howoftheindigenously-developedsalinegargleRT-PCRtechnique New Delhi: The Nag- pur-based National En- vironmental Engineer- ing Research Institute (NEERI) has trans- ferred the know-how of indigenously devel- oped Saline Gargle RT- PCR technique to the Ministry of Micro, Small Medium En- terprises for commer- cialising it, a statement said on Sunday . The Saline Gargle RT-PCR technology is simple, fast, cost-effec- tive, patient-friendly, and comfortable. It also provides instant test results and is well-suit- ed for rural and tribal areas, given minimal infrastructure require- ments, it said. NEERI is an institute under the Council for Scien- tific and Industrial Re- search. “The know- how has been trans- ferred. This would en- able the innovation to be commercialised and licensed to all capable parties, including pri- vate, government, and various rural develop- ment schemes and de- partments,” added. What’s stretching the nerves of young IAS officers? KARNAL SDM SINHA SENT ON LEAVE, JUDICIAL ENQUIRY ON... Rakesh Ranjan New Delhi: The SMs are full of stories of how three incidents, involving three young IAS officers, dragged three State govern- ments, civil adminis- trations, and civil serv- ants in general, into disrepute and weak- ened their relationship with the people. All three incidents spanned between April-August 2021 dur- ing Covid-19 second wave and Farmers’ agi- tation and all three IAS officers were young (2012, 2013 2017 batch IAS). On all three occa- sions, the IAS Associa- tion was constrained to come out with its ver- sion of condemnation. In the latest case of acute embarrassment, the Haryana adminis- tration has been com- pelled to send Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha, a 2017 batch IAS, on leave till the judicial inquiry submits its report on the August 28 Karnal incident in a month’s time. In a mass-circu- lated recording of the incident, the officer is allegedly heard telling policemen to “break their heads” if the pro- testingfarmerscrossed the line. Farmers’ lead- ers claimed that the order led to injuring 10 and killing one in the lathi charge. As the viral video brought shame to the entire IAS community, Karnal DM Nishant Kumar Yadav person- ally apologised to mini- mise the outrage over the incident. Earlier, on May 23 this year when the country was in the midst of the second wave of Covid, Sura- jpur District Collector Ranbir Sharma, a 2012 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer, slapped a man, smashed his phone, and asked policemen to beat him. Sharma had to apologise immedi- ately after the video went viral and trig- gered a mass outrage, leading to the IAS (Cen- tral) Association strongly condemning the Collector’s deed, saying it was totally against the basic tenets of the service civility . A similar case hap- pened in West Tripura, where a marriage cer- emony at a banquet hall was disrupted and vandalised by District Magistrate Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav, a 2013 batch IAS officer. He drew the ire of people from across the nation after a video of him thrashing a groom and guests for flouting the night curfew went viral on April 26 this year. Ayush Sinha Ranbir Sharma Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav BJPSOLDEVERYTHINGTHATCONGRESS BUILT IN 70 YEARS: RAHUL New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying they “sold” everything in 7yr that the Congress- led govt set up in 70 years. Addressing the national executive of the Congress-affiliated NSUI, he said PM Manmohan Singh was dubbed a weak PM at the time of the Mumbai ter- ror attacks but the media did not question Modi at the time of Pulwama attacks. GOVT ELECT 31 MEMBERS AT NCLT, ITAT New Delhi: The govt has appointed 31 people as judicial, technical and accountant members at the NCLT and the ITAT, amid the SC flagging concerns about vacancies at various tribunals. The National Company Law Tribunal deals with matters mainly related to companies law and insolvency law while Income Tax Appellate Tribunal deals with income tax matters. The appointments also come at a time when the SC concerns, saying the Centre was emas- culating tribunals by not appointing officials to the quasi-judicial bodies that are facing staff crunch. CRUCIAL READ ZYDUS CADILA TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR 2 DOSE REGIMEN OF ITS APPROVED 3 DOSE COVID-19 VAX IN INDIA New Delhi: Considering the burden on healthcare and the expense of buying three doses, Zydus Cadila is planning to seek approval for the two-dose regi- men of its needle-free COVID-19 vac- cine. The trials for the 2 dose regimen are underway. The company is now evaluating a 2 dose regime with 3mg in each dose. The vaccine is likely to be available by early October, sources told ANI on Sunday. UNVACCINATED MAY BE 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID: STUDY VACCINATION TO BOOST ECONOMY: FM Washington: A study showed that people who are not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus are 10 times more likely to die from the infection compared to those who have taken the shots. The findings showed that the currently available Covid jabs provide strong protection for most people against hospitalisa- tion and death, even during the delta surge. However, higher hospitalisation and death rates are observed in older age groups, regardless of vax status. Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Demo- cratic Party chief Me- hbooba Mufti and Na- tional Conference lead- er Omar Abdullah on Sunday expressed their sadness over the death of a cop who was shot in a terrorist attack in Sri- nagar’s Khanyar. In a tweet, Mufti said, “Saddened to hear about the death of Jam- mu and Kashmir Police Sub Inspector Arshid Ahmed killed by mili- tants at Khanyar today. May his soul rest in peace and condolences to his family.” Jammu And Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in his tweet said, “Sorry to hear about the death in the line of duty of Sub Inspector Arshid Mir of JK Police in a das- tardly attack in the heart of Srinagar city . A young life with so much promise, another griev- ing family . May Allah grant Arshid place in Jannat.”Police officer Arshid Ashraf who was shot at by terrorists in Khanyar succumbs to hisinjuries,”saidpolice. Tuticorin: FM Nirmala on Sunday said vac- cination was the only medicine to boost the economy as it allows people to conduct businesses regu- larly. Vaccination programme has been going on smoothly in the country and so far 73 cr people have already received jabs free of charge. Mufti, Omar show grief over deathofcopinterroristattack Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh pays floral tribute to police officer Arshid Ashraf, who was killed during a militants attack on a police party during a wreath-laying ceremony at Khanyar, in Srinagar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI Kushinagar): Launch- ing an attack on Con- gress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Congress is the mother of terrorism in the country and insults people’s faith in Lord Ram. Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched several development projects in Kushinagar. Addressing the pro- gramme, the chief min- ister said, “Congress is the mother of terror- ism in the country. There is no need to tol- erate people who hurt the country. Congress gives disease, insults faith in Lord Ram and gives shelter to the ma- fia. But the BJP heals the citizens, paves the way for the construc- tion of a grand temple of Lord Shri Ram and sends the mafia to the place they deserve. If there is BJP, there is re- spect for everyone, there is respect for faith,” “Apart from disease, unemployment, mafia raj and corruption, what did the Congress, SP and BSP govern- ments give to the state? Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, there is no place for appease- ment politics.” “This country was first looted by the British and then by the Congress. Nehru did not believe in Ram. Indira ji opened fire on the saints. Sonia ji de- nied the existence of Ram,” he added. Congress insults people’s faith in Ram: Yogi ‘ProudSon’ChiragPaswanOn Death Anniv of Ram Vilas LEADERS MISUSED THE G-23: MOILY CBDT refunds over `70,10cr between April 1 to Sept 6 Patna: Remembering his father Ram Vilas Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Chirag Paswan today said that he is proud to be the son of such a person. Several political leaders, including Un- ion Minister and LJP leader Pashupati Ku- mar Paras, paid tribute to the founder of LJP and his brother, late Ram Vilas Paswan on his first death anniver- sary on Sunday. Speak- ing to the media, Chirag Paswan said, “It is not because I am his son, so I am praising him. For last years, he did a lot for society, especially for the Dalits and the backward class, he de- serves respect. New Delhi: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Sun- day said some leaders “misused” the G-23 and asserted that if anyone persists with its institu- tionalisation it would be for “vested interest” as reform of the party was already underway under Sonia Gandhi.he former Union minister also voiced strong sup- port for poll strategist Prashant Kishor’’s in- duction into the Con- gress and said those op- posing his entry into the party were “anti-re- form”. Moily, who was among the 23 leaders who wrote to Gandhi last year seeking organ- izational overhaul, op- posed the institutionali- sation of the G-23 and said “some of us put our signatures only for reform of the party from within and to re- build the party, not to destroy it”. No sooner did Sonia ji think of re- forming the party from within and from the grassroots level, we did not subscribe to the idea of G-23, the senior Cong leader said. Several political and leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas. MLA Shrimant Patil M Veerappa Moily Karnataka: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka is likely to face em- barrassment after former minister and Kagwad MLA Shrimant Patil re- vealed that the par- ty had offered him cash to switch over from the Congress two years ago. Patil was among the 16 MLAs who had switched over to the BJP from the Congress and JD(S) in 2019, trig- gering the fall of the HD Kumaras- wamy-led coalition g o v e r n m e n t . “They asked me how much money I wanted, but I re- fused the money and asked them to give me a good po- sition after the gov- ernment is formed. I have joined the BJP without tak- ing money. SCATHING ATTACK New Delhi: TheCentral Board of Direct Taxes has refunded over Rs 70,120 crore to more than 26.09 lakh taxpay- ers between April 1 to September 16, the In- come Tax Department of India said on Sunday . It further said that the income tax refunds of Rs 16, 753 crore have been issued in 24,70,612 cases and corporate tax refunds of Rs 53,367 crore have been issued in 1,38,801 cases. CBDT issues refunds of over Rs. 70,120 crore to more than 26.09 lakh taxpayers between 1st April 2021 to 6th Sep- tember 2021. Union Minister Pashupati Paras is in no mood for a reconciliation with his nephew and Jamui MP Chirag Paswan. He indicated as much at the latter’s residence, where he was attending a function on the occasion of the first death anniversary of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Pawan on Sunday. Relations between uncle Pashupati Paras and nephew Chirag Pawan have been strained since the former, along with four other MPs, engineered a split in the LJP and then became a Union Minister in the Narendra Modi-led government. PASHUPATI PARAS IN NO MOOD FOR PATCH-UP WITH NEPHEW CHIRAG Image use for representation. Nirmala Sitharaman Was offered cash to join BJP: MLAPatil
  • 7. NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 NEWS 06 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Kolkata: It’s nearly noon, the hour when the four huge gates of the famed Kalika tem- ple of Kalighat, one of the 51 ‘peethas’ (sacred spots) of the Shakta school of Hinduism, are shut to lay devo- tees.The last crush of worshippers, few of whom bother about the social distancing norms codified in large letters on a board out- side, are anxious to have a glimpse of the reigning deity of Cal- cutta. ‘Pandas’ (reli- gious guides) hustle in villagers and towns- people from Bengal, North Bihar and East- ern Uttar Pradesh each clutching flowers, gar- lands, boxes of sweets and banknotes as offer- ings, as policemen shut down the huge gates with much fanfare. The Mother Goddess is believed in folklore to be the dispenser of good fortune. From the Governor of West Ben- gal Jagdeep Dhankhar to the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Ba- nerjee, who lives a stone’s throw away from the temple com- plex, to her electoral rival in the forthcom- ing Bhabanipore by- election, Priyanka Tibrewal, everyone comes here on some day or the other. Everybody comes here. Ministers, indus- trialists, police com- missioners, scientists, farmers, saints, sin- ners. Some hire priests, some say their prayers silently . New Delhi: Dooradrush- ti Foundation is collect- ing `1 a day as a donation from donors to make healthcare accessible for the underprivileged. It further includes eco- nomic re- h a b i l i t a - tion, educa- tion, skill d e v e l o p - m e n t , healthcare, physical aids, and much more. With more than 10,000 people donating every- day, the amount is kept humble so that everyone can afford to donate as per their capacity. Since the launch, Dooradrush- ti Foundation has helped more than 35 needy peo- ple with their health and education a n d c h a n g e d their lives for the bet- ter. The organisation had also been acknowledged and appreciated by re- nowned actor Sonu Sood. Since the beginning of the lockdown, the Foun- dation has actively been serving people with the proper financial and medical help they re- quire to come out of the catastrophic effects caused by the pandemic. Currently, it has 1000 ac- tive donors, working tirelessly to support those affected by COV- ID-19 as well. Founded by Dileep Ku- mar Kandula, the over- head charges of running the foundation are main- tained by the staff only. Secondly, Dooradrush- ti Foundation gives ac- tual results and helps people get indirectly in- volved in a bigger mo- tion just by spending what we considered loose change every day. Under the guidance and leadership of Dileep Kandula, the organisa- tion envisions building a community of more than one lakh active members to uplift the downtrodden and save them from whatever emergency they are in. Dooradrushti collects `1 as donation to aid people amidst crisis HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED  With more than 10,000 people donating everyday, the amount is kept humble so that everyone can afford to donate as per their capacity Politicians, industrialists, commoners throng Kalighat as financial hardships, electoral battles intensify JADEJA, PUJARA, MOEEN ALI ARRIVE IN DUBAI,TOUNDERGOSIX-DAYQUARANTINE Dubai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Chetesh- war Pujara and Moeen Ali on Sunday arrived in Dubai for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The boys will now un- dergo a six-day quaran- tine and join the rest of the squad members who are already in the bubble. “En-coming. 4 times the joy today at Whistles Kingdom!” CSK tweeted. Meanwhile, RCB skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Mo- hammed Siraj also arrived in Dubai on Sunday The duo will now undergo six-day mandatory quaran- tine and then they both will join the team. With the final Test be- tween India and England in Manchester cancelled, IPL franchises on Friday got in touch with charter compa- nies to fly out their players from Manchester to UAE for the resumption of the cash- rich league. The 14th season, which was postponed in May this year in the wake of the COV- ID-19 pandemic, will resume on September 19 in Dubai with a blockbuster clash be- tween Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The action will then shift to Abu DhabiwhereKolkataKnight Riders will square off against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sharjah will host its first game on Sep- tember 24 when Royal Chal- lengers Bangalore take on Chennai Super Kings. In all, 13 matches will be held in Dubai, 10 in Sharjah, and 8 in Abu Dhabi. The BCCI has decided to do away with contact tracing devices for the UAE leg, starting on September 19. ‘FIT INDIA RUN 2.0’ organisedbyCISF New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team led by skipper Rani Rampal on Sunday participated in all Woman ‘Fit India Run 2.0’ from Gyara (11) Murti, Mother Teresa Crescent Road to National Police Memorial, hospital Chanakyapuri here. To celebrate the 75th year of Independence, under the aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ CISF organised all Woman ‘Fit India Run 2.0’ in New Delhi. “It was the proud moment for CISF that, eight members of Indian Women Hockey Team led by Ms Rani Rampal, Captain of the Indian Women Hockey Team along with 07 other team members actively participat- ed along-with 200 Veeran- gnas of CISF in this run,” read an official statement. The run was flagged off from Gyara Murti, Mother Teresa Crescent Road on Sunday by Nand Gopal Gupta, IG, CISF NCR and the run concluded at National Police Memo- rial, Chanakyapuri. Savita Punia, Neha Goyal, Gurjit Kaur, Navjot Kaur, Udita, Nisha, Navneet Kaur and skipper Rani Rampal featured in the event. INDIAN MEN’S LOSE OPENING MATCH AGAINST BAHRAIN HOCKEY INDIA NAMES 25 PLAYERS FOR SENIOR WOMEN’S NAT’L CAMP Chiba Port Arena: The Indian men’s volleyball team began its Asian volleyball champion- ship 2021 campaign with a straight-sets loss to Bahrain in their first Group A match at the Chiba Port Arena, Japan on Sunday. World No 84 India lost 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-21) to Bahrain, ranked 87th in the world. The Indian team has to finish in the top two in their group to progress to the quarter-finals. India face a daunting task next against world No 30 Qa- tar on Monday before taking on nine-time Asian champions Japan on Tuesday in their re- maining two matches in Group A, according to Olympics.com India has appeared in all but three editions of the men’s Asian volleyball champion- ships since it began in 1975. They have the best finish of fourth in the 2005 edition. A biennial event, the 2021 Asian Volleyball Championships also act as qualifiers for the 2022 FIVB World Championships - with the finalists gaining direct entry to the tournament. ASIAN VOLLEYBALL New Delhi: After a memorable outing in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 where the Indian women’s hockey team secured a historic fourth place, Hockey India has called up 25 play- ers for the senior women’s national coaching camp sched- uled to begin in SAI, Bengaluru on September 13. The core group which also includes the 16 players who were part of the Indian contingent at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will report on Sunday, for the national camp which will conclude on October 20, Hockey India release stated. The core probable group includes Savita, Rajani Eti- marpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Gurjit Kaur, Nisha, Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Namita Toppo, Rani, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Udita who were part of the Team at Tokyo Olympics. Chandigarh:Himachal Pradesh based Shoolini University, which was established just 12 years ago, has been ranked among the top 100 universities in the country by the Gov- ernment of India’s Na- tional Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF). The 2021 rankings were declared by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at a function in the na- tional Capital. Shoolini Universi- ty’s School of Pharma- ceuticals has been ranked at 36th place across the country, while the Faculty of Management has been placed in the 76-100 bracket. Its School of Engineering has been ranked 102nd in the country . This is the first time that the University, which has ranked top in Himachal Pradesh, has been included in the top 100 list. For the last four con- secutive years it was be- ing ranked in the 101- 150 category . In the over-all rank- ing it is among top five universities in the re- gion north of Delhi which includes Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh. Chandigarh: Punjab Pradesh Congress Com- mittee (PPCC) presi- dent Navjot Singh Sid- hu on Sunday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urg- ing him to take action on the demands raised by 32 farmer unions at the meeting with the Congress Party in Chandigarh on Septem- ber 10. TRINAMOOL LIKELY TO UNITE WITH SP IN UP 2022 Lucknow: The Trina- mool Congress is look- ing towards an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elec- tions, due early next year. A decision on this is expected to be taken by the leaders of both par- ties in the coming weeks. The Trinamool has already launched its mass contact pro- gramme in Uttar Pradesh from Pilibhit where farmers had staged a protest on the issue of cane dues At least two districts in each of the 18 divisions will be covered to gauge the mood of the people and their expectations. Trinamool state presi- dent Neeraj Rai said, “We will tell the people about the policies im- plemented by us in West Bengal and will seek public feedback on the welfare policies of the state government. We will prepare the manifesto of the Trina- mool Congress based on the expectations of the people.” He said the Trina- mool was focusing on building a strong organisational struc- ture and cadre base in Uttar Pradesh. “The party has added 100 committed mem- bers in more than 30 districts through the membership drive launched in May . The party leadership wants a strong unit in UP with a committed workforce ahead of the 2024 General Elections. Wherever we go, people want to know how we defeated the BJP in West Bengal,” he added. Shoolini breaks into the top 100 universities league MOTIVE CHATTERJEE AVERS Take action on farmer unions’ demands: Sidhu
  • 8. TALKING POINT NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 07 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia I srael has been one of the focal points of the pandemic in 2021 owing to its rapid rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. By late February, authorities had ad- ministered at least one dose to 50% of the population, with much of Israel’s immu- nisation programme using Pfizer vaccines. Society then in effect reo- pened across the summer of 2021. However, since then Is- rael has reported significant outbreaks, with over 10,000 confirmed new cases being recorded each day in early September. A main part of the problem has been vaccine coverage. After its fast start, Israel’s rollout slowed. There have not been any clear interrup- tions to vaccine supply, so factors such as hesitancy or access to healthcare may have been an issue. For exam- ple, there’s evidence of up- take being lower among Arab and ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups. The share of the popula- tion having received one dose increased from 50% in Febru- ary to only 68% in September. Children aged 12-15 have been included in the rollout since June 2021, yet despite this, currently only 62% of the population have had two doses. This has left Israel behind many other countries in terms of coverage, including the UK. Having around 30% of the Israeli population completely unvaccinated means that there’s approxi- mately 2.7 million people who are potentially susceptible to infection and illness. There are also concerns that the immunity offered by the Pfizer vaccines may be waning over time, although much of the research on this is still at an early stage (meaning it is still awaiting review by other scientists). Israel’s hospital data is, though, showing that vacci- nated people are susceptible to infection. Recent reports suggest that nearly 60% of hospitalisations are fully vaccinated. However, as experts have suggested, these figures don’t necessarily mean that vaccines have lost their ef- fectiveness. The same sort of trend has been seen in the UK, and may simply reflect the fact that the elderly are more likely to be vaccinated while also being more sus- ceptible to disease – factors which combine to inflate COVID-19 cases and deaths among the vaccinated. A further factor is the more transmissible delta variant, which has now tak- en hold in Israel. This form of the virus is driving the current series of outbreaks, and its greater ability to spread may partially explain the rise in cases too. EASING TOO EARLY? The other big part of the prob- lem has been Israel ending its restrictions. Dr Asher Salm- on, director of the Depart- ment for International Rela- tions at Israel’s ministry of health, suggested in July that Israel “may have lifted re- strictions too early”. It’s the latest in a long line of examples showing how com- munity transmission can be easily sustained when national policy encourages the mixing of susceptiblepeoplewithnoor few restrictions in place. The tragic consequences of relax- ing restrictions in India shows how devastating it can be when decision-making goes awry . The COVID-19 Stringency Index created by Our World in Data is a composite measure of the strictness of the COVID-19 containment policies in each country around the world. As of August 28 2021, Israel’s re- strictions score was 45.4, far less strict than New Zealand, where outbreaks continue to be limited in scope (96.3), but comparable with the UK (44.0), which is reporting around 30,000 new cases per day . TIME TO HIT THE BOOSTERS Countries watched the ini- tial vaccine rollout in Israel, gauging the vaccines’ impact and using this information to inform their own immunisa- tion campaigns. Amid con- cerns about waning immunity , there are once again reasons to observe what happens next in Israel, as it is now imple- mentingaboosterprogramme, giving third doses of vaccines. In terms of the effectiveness of boosters, early reports are encouraging. In those receiv- ing a booster, the risk of a con- firmed coronavirus infection appears to decrease 11-fold rel- ative to individuals who have received two doses. However, the relevant study is still in preprint, so its findings have yet to be formally reviewed. The use of boosters is con- troversial. There have been continuous calls for higher- income countries to share their vaccine stockpiles with lower-income ones. This has not yet happened to any great extent. As of early September, only 5.4% of the African con- tinent has received at least one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. The World Health Organiza- tion has called for a moratori- um on booster shots until at least the end of September, but it seems unlikely any country will be altering their policies accordingly – including Israel. Israel’s vaccine rollout, over- all, has arguably been imple- mented very successfully . But the country is also an example of what can happen when re- strictionsarerelaxedtooquick- ly . What it shows is that all countries – regardless of their currentvaccinestatus–needto maintain longer-term plans for how to minimise the impact of COVID-19, during this current pandemic and beyond when controlling smaller outbreaks. It was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases It was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases spiralling there? spiralling there? MICHAEL HEAD Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton THE CURIOUS CASE OF ISRAEL —ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE Israel has launched its booster programme, offering another dose to all over-30s who had their second at least five months ago. —ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE After easing earlier in the summer, Israel has now reintroduced mask mandates and limits on gatherings. —MOSHE EINHORN/ ALAMY STOCK PHOTO SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM
  • 9. NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 08 2NDFRONT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Kavita Pant New Delhi: BJP has ap- pointed its most diligent and qualified General Secretary and Union Minister - Bhupender Yadav - as the election in-charge of Manipur. There is no tough con- test for the BJP in Ma- nipur. The Congress, which won as the single largest party in the last election, has been great- ly weakened by the BJP . Ithadwon28seatsinthe last election and now has only 16 MLAs left. Out of these, there is talk of nine MLAs leav- ing the party and join- ing the BJP . Two region- al parties are strong in thestate,oneof whichis the National People’s Party and the other is the Naga People’s Front and both of them are with BJP. Along with the Na- tional People’s Par- ty, the BJP is also involved in the government in M e g h a - laya. So, m a k - ing a big leader like Bhupend- er Yadav in- charge in such a small state with such a favorable atmos- phere,isamoveperhaps only the most qualified BJP leaders can under- stand. Bhupendra Yadav has done ‘Yadav politics’ in Bihar and Jharkhand neatly and has emerged as a major face of OBC. Leaving the top leaders of the party , Bhupender Yadavisoneof thosefew leaders, whose identity and hold, span across several states. Therefore, political observers feel that mak- ing him in- charge of Ut- tar Pradesh, Uttara- khand or Punjab would have been more appro- priate. It is worth noting that he is considered a manof greattrustbyUn- ionHomeMinisterAmit Shah and perhaps the BJP has some classified political information or a special mission in mind for which it has re- lied upon its most ‘capa- ble warrior’ for a com- paratively smaller, but extremely crucial state of Manipur. A LEADER TO BANK ON WHAT WILL BE KANHAIYA’S FATE IN CONGRESS? Jinendra New Delhi: CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar is wandering in political landscapethesedays.He hadcontestedthelastLS polls from Begusarai seat in Bihar, where Lalu Prasad Yadav en- sured Kanhaiya’s defeat by fielding a Muslim candidate from his par- ty .Sincethen,hisstature has decreased the so- cial media presence is also abysmal. He cam- paigned in West Bengal assembly polls, but didn’t get much prefer- ence. Now it is being said that he can join the Congress.Itisalsobeing said that election strate- gistPrashantKishorhas also introduced Kanhai- ya to Rahul Gandhi and he wants to get him in- cluded in the party . The question is, what will Kanhaiya do by joining the Congress party? The Congress party in Bihar is com- pletely dependent on the RJD and has to do poli- tics according to it. In fact it has ‘experienced’ amyriadof experiences, but victory by separat- ing from RJD in hopes of fighting alone. The Congress fought 2010 assembly polls alone, making a hard- working leader like Anil Sharma the state presi- dent. The party got 10 % votes, but got only 4 seats. So, Congress can- not decide to fight alone on the basis of Kanhai- ya. Being in CPI, he has influence in a certain section, which will end as soon as he joins Con- gress. Yes, it is possible that both Prashant Kishor Kanhaiya join Congress try to bring old Brahmin Bhumi- har votes of Congress back into party’s fold, then maybe, there will be some possibility . But even then, electoral suc- cess is not guaranteed. WILL KEJRIWAL FULFILL BHAGWANT MANN’S CM DREAM? Kejriwal had declared that only a Sikh will be the CM a Dalit will be the Deputy CM in Punjab Sushil Kumar New Delhi: Aam Aad- mi Party’s Bhagwant Mann, who was elected Lok Sabha member for the second time from Punjab, has increased the pressure on his par- ty supremo Arvind Ke- jriwal. Mann, who wanted the party to con- test elections on his face even last time, wants Kejriwal to declare him as the chief ministerial candidate, however, Ke- jriwal doesn’t seem im- pressed. He did induct Navjot Singh Sidhu, who at that time was looking for a way to leave the BJP and move to a new party, because Sidhu wanted Kejriwal to declare him as the CM candidate. Kejriwal also did not make HS Phoolka, who fought the case related to the anti- Sikh riots, as the CM candidate and cleared the way for the Khaira brothers to leave the party . In fact, Kejriwal does not want the election to be fought on the face of any leader. Because if the party wins, the Pun- jab CM’s face will be bigger than that of Ke- jriwal, who lives in the frustration that he is the chief minister of a semi-state like Delhi. He is only satisfied that he is the Supreme Lead- er of the party and he has expelled all other leaders who had all In- dia stature or were big leaders, from the party. That’s why he does not want to declare anyone as the CM candidate in Punjab this time too. He has declared that only a Sikh will be the Chief Minister and a Dalit will be the Deputy Chief Minister, howev- er, he does not want to name anyone. On the other hand, Bhagwant Mann is adamant that if his name is an- nounced, he should go out for publicity. Mann also showed strength by meeting party leaders at his home in the past, but Kejriwal hasn’t agreed to the demand, yet as the party’s pros- pects are deteriorating due to the ongoing tus- sle over the claim for the post of CM. BJP’S ‘MAN FRIDAY’ BHUPENDER YADAV TO HANDLE ‘MISSION MANIPUR’! Bhupender Yadav is one of those few leaders, whose identity and hold, span across several states. Apart from his state Rajasthan, he is also popular in Haryana he has a good hold in Bihar-Jharkhand also. Thus, political observers feel that making him in- charge of UP, Uttarakhand or Punjab would have been more appropriate. It is worth noting that he is considered a man of great trust by Home Minister Amit Shah perhaps BJP has a special mission in mind for which it has relied upon him. On the other hand, Bhagwant Mann is adamant that if his name is announced, he should go out for publicity. Mann also showed strength by meeting party leaders at his home in the past, but Kejriwal hasn’t agreed to the demand, yet as the party’s prospects are deteriorating due to the ongoing tussle over the claim for the post of the Chief Minister. STRIVING HARD FOR CM CHAIR Arvind Kejriwal Kanhaiya Kumar Bhagwant Mann Mahesh Sharma New Delhi: Regional parties are looking extremely worried these days country, regional ‘Satraps’ from all countries of the state are seen do- ing two things at this time. Their first task is an attempt to forge a stronger alliance than BJP almost everyone is running forit.Thesecondtask is the demand for a caste-based census, about which the re- gional ‘Satraps’ are vocal. In fact, such is the situation that Bi- har CM Nitish Ku- mar, along with his arch rival RJD leader and LoP in Bihar As- sembly Tejashwi Ya- dav, reached Delhi to meet PM Modi. Both Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav have demanded the PMtoconductacaste- based census. RJD Chief Lalu Prasad hasannouncedthatif the castes census is not coducted this time, then the census will be boycotted. Sa- majwadi Party has also demanded this. The question is, why are the regional par- ties so concerned about conducting a caste-based census and forming a strong opposition alliance against the BJP? The reason for this is understood from the analysis and sur- vey of electoral data by CSDS Lokniti. The bottom line of this study is that BJP has made a huge dent in the OBC vote bank of regional parties. This didn’t happen in 2014, the first victory of BJP under the command of Naren- dra Modi. In the 3 elections from 2004 to 2014, the OBC vote share of regional par- ties was around 37%. But in the 2019 LS polls, 44 % of OBC voters voted for BJP and the share of re- gional parties came down to 27%. Think about it, al- most half of OBC vot- ers voted for BJP in LS polls. This figure has raised the con- cern of regional par- ties. However, in as- sembly polls, more OBC votes go in fa- vour of regional par- ties than BJP . SC’s wake-up call prompts Government to fill tribunal vacancies Six retired bureaucrats become technical members in NCLT Rakesh Ranjan New Delhi: Chief Jus- tice of India NV Ra- mana’s dire warning has apparently prompt- ed the Central govern- ment to fill some of the long-pending vacan- cies in various tribu- nals before the dead- line of September 13, 2021. Dealingwithaclutch of petitions against the Tribunal Reforms Act of 2021, a special Su- preme Court bench of Justices Ramana, DY Chandrachud, and L Nageswara Rao direct- ed SG Tushar Mehta when the latter said that he would convey the SC’s wish to fill the vacancies “No, no, Mr. Mehta… ‘conveying’ is something else… If you don’t want an or- der from us, you pass the order of appoint- ments… We expect some appointments to be made by Monday .” So, within 48 hours last week, 37 appoint- ments to three tribu- nals - AFT, NCLT, ITAT - were announced in quick succession. Accordingly, AFT has got six judges as judicial members. They are Justice Bala Krishna Narayana; Justice Shashi Kant Gupta; Justice Rajiv Narain Raina; Jus- tice K Harilal; Jus- tice Dharam Chand Chaud- hary and Jus- tice Anjana Mishra. These appointments would be ef- fective for four years, or till the members attain the age of 67 years, which- ever is ear- lier. In the next 24 hours, after the names of AFT’s judicial mem- bers were announced, the Central govern- ment announced the appointment of 18 judi- cial and technical members to the Na- tional Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and 13 judicial account members to the Income Tax Appellate Tribu- nals (ITAT). From the bureau- cracy, six retired offic- ers, two from IAS and four from IRS, were ap- pointed as Technical Members in NCLT. Two retired IAS of- ficers, who earned the favour for the job are former Panchayati Raj Secretary Rahul Pras- ad Bhatnagar (1983 batch UP cadre IAS) and former Consumer Affairs Secretary Avi- nash Kumar Srivasta- va (a 1982 batch UP cadre IAS). From the IRS side, five retired of- ficers Subrata Kumar Dash, Ajai Das Mehro- tra, Manoj Kumar Dubey, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh and Anu- radha Sanjay Bhatia made it to the list. Even though the gov- ernment was report- edly ready with the list after the due process of vetting as pointed out by Justice Chandra- chud, it took a warning from the SC to move into action and fill the posts. ‘Shiv Sena will contest, Goa assembly polls’ Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that his party would ‘definitely’ contest the 2022 Goa Assembly polls in about 20 seats. He added that the Shiv Sena was also planning to field candidates in 80 to 90 seats in the upcom- ing Uttar Pradesh elec- tions as they have “the support of farmers’ or- ganisations and smaller parties” in the state. “In Goa, we are defi- nitely contesting the elections. We plan to contest about 20 seats in Goa. In Uttar Pradesh, too, we are planning to contest 80 to 90 seats. For Goa, efforts are on to explore a formula like the MVA. Let’s see if we succeed,” Sanjay Raut said. About UP, the Rajya Sabha MP said that some farmers’ organi- zations had promised support to Shiv Sena for the 2022 Vidhan Sabha election. Sanjay Raut’s com- ments came two days after Shiv Sena declared that it would contest “all the 403 seats” in the Uttar Pradesh election which will take place next year. — PTI Sanjay Raut CRUCIAL READ FUTURE BELONGS TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS: SINHA Srinagar: “Our biggest strongest asset has to be human capital, combination of talent, skill, creativ- ity,” Manoj Sinha, said in his presidential address after releasing the book ‘Analysis of Accreditation Reports of UTs of JK Ladakh,’ by NAAC during a function organised in collabora- tion with CUK.—ANI NCW TEAM MEETS SAKINAKA RAPE VICTIM’S KIN Mumbai:A team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Sunday met the family members of a woman who died after being brutally raped, and also visited the crime spot the hospital where she was treated. The 34-year-old woman was raped and brutal- ised with a rod inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka in the wee hours of Friday and she died on Saturday. —ANI PM HAILS PARALYMPICS ATHLETES New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi shared video footage of his interaction with para- athletes who recently represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympic in Tokyo. In the video released on Sunday, Modi was seen congratulating the Paralympic stars for their record-break- ing historic perfor- mance at the multi- sports event.“Today you all are well-known because of your hard work,” the Prime Min- ister told the athletes. “You all can motivate people, help bring big changes… I am always with you all.” z In 2019 LS polls in Bihar, RJD got only 11% OBC votes, but in 2020, this figure reached 29%. z Regional parties feel that OBC voters can be turned away from BJP by demanding a caste census. z Another way is to form a strong opposi- tion alliance and send the message that the regional ‘Sa- traps’ are going to defeat BJP. THE STRATEGY Regional leaders worried about OBC vote! BJP’s MOST ‘CAPABLE WARRIOR’ One must have pride in one’s work, it makes one more hardworking and shows better results. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
  • 10. NEW DELHI, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 ajaul, who is into modelling since her college days aspires to earn a huge name and fame in the field of fashion. With her dreams and high hopes, the ravishing model wishes to own a fashion clothing or makeup brand of her own. Her success mantra is, ‘Be yourself and Stay Focussed’. Q : Please tell us about your journey A: I was always fascinated with dressing up, creating new things, exploring new places and after I won Ms farewell and Miss Freshers awards, I gained huge con- fidence that led to my mod- elling journey . My parents are my biggest inspiration, they’ve supported me throughout my journey . Q : What products do you use on your skin? A: Because I wear a lot of make-up for work it’s real- ly impor- tant to keep my skin clean after work so I use a great natu- ral face wash, Tea Tree Oil and Green Tea. I use or- ganic coconut oil to take my make-up off. The main thing my mum taught me was that you can never be too young to start taking care of your skin. Q: What’s the best thing about being a model? A: Being able to travel to amazing places, working in an extremely creative environment. I feel very lucky to be able to work with people from all over the world, everyone has their story and their jour- ney and we’re all there to have fun and create art in our way . Q: What are your tips for perfectly toned abs? A: Boxing, laughing a lot, pilates, yoga - every- thing that involves core exercises. Q: What are your tips for taking the perfect selfie? A: It depends on the light, where I am and the makeup. Usually from above is a good starting point and it’s important to face the light. I like to show an array of different things on social media, both work and personal. BUDDING BUDDING TALENT K MITALI DUSAD cityfirst@firstindia.co.in KAJAUL SARASWAT, IS JUST 20 YEARS OLD BUT OOZES CONFIDENCE. A FIRST MISS INDIA CONTESTANT SHE HAS GRACED THE CATWALK FOR VARIOUS BEAUTY PAGEANTS ALREADY. IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH CITY FIRST, THE MULTI-TALENTED WOMAN SHARES THE SECRETS BEHIND HER BEAUTY REGIME AND HER EXPERIENCES SO FAR!
  • 11. 10 ETC NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia F A C E O F T H E D A Y ISHA JAIN, Model LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 Your energy and dynamism will get you what you aim for today on the academic front. This is the day to play your winning card on the professional front. A lot of time may be wasted in socialising, but you will love every moment of it.Your upbeat mood will brighten the domestic atmosphere. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 A job switch needs to be considered taking all aspects into consideration. You will feel satisfied with whatever you do today on the social front. Those seeking love may not get lucky, but persistence will pay . Those in the rat race may find it difficult to pip the rivals at the post. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 You may be played upon for spending on someone else’s needs. Health matters gain priority and will motivate for achieving total fitness. Homemakers may enjoy the day in the company of neighbors. Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but some breaks will keep you going. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Although money is not a problem, you will have to curb wasteful expenditure. New opportunities will be seized on the professional front. Meeting relatives at a marriage or party cannot be ruled out. Support from the family may seem most encouraging for those aiming an academic pursuit. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Job prospects for those freshly out of professional institutes are set to brighten up soon. A positive outlook will help you throw out the negativity within. You will manage to ignore distractions and interruptions at work to complete a pending task in time. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 Those planning to study abroad are likely to get a chance of a lifetime. Your innovative ideas on the professional front are likely to be well received. Spirituality will have a special allure for you. Good health will keep you fit and energetic. You are likely to expand your social circle. TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 You may be recognised for your efforts on the professional front. Some of you can be invited for guidance or consultancy. Chance of a raise is possible for some. Timely and correct decision will help you in saving a lot of money. You will be able to de-stress yourself today. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 Focussing on your career graph will be a step that will take you far. A rethink is in order for those going in for a heavy investment. Recover- ing a loaned amount from someone will not pose much difficulty. You will manage to defuse tensions prevailing at home by your tactful ways. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 You succeed in putting an ambitious project on the tracks and cross all hurdles in making it a success. Love beckons and promises to give immense joy and fulfillment. Your consistency in performance on the academic front will be noticed by those who matter. CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 Satisfaction is foreseen for the image conscious people trying to achieve perfect figure and physique. You will succeed in surmounting the odds to get a stalled job back on the tracks. Your efforts on the academic front will keep you in contention. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 A long journey may prove to be tiring. Speculation may not be profitable and you may burn your fingers. Some of you may get hard pressed to find a good match for someone eligible in the family. Joining a group of health- conscious people is possible for fitness enthusiasts. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 An old friend may pay you a visit. You will put in extra efforts to complete a task entrusted to you. Your academic aspirations may take some time to get realised. A contentious property issue may not show any signs of getting sorted out amicably, so have a backup plan ready. YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva ajasthan rejuve- nates in the mon- soon season. Tour- istsfromallacross the country have a major reason to visit the Land of Maharajas. Many regions in the state transform from arid desert to verdant greens with just a few showers of rain. The Ga- radiya Mahadev temple is one such example. Not many people are aware of this picturesque temple dedicated to Lord Shiva that barely lies 30 km off the city of Kota. It is a tad remote, but if you are someone who is yearning for a dose of tran- quillity, a trip to Garadiya Mahadev is more than ag- gregable. The place is actu- ally inside the Mukundra Tiger reserve on NH76. At the park’s entrance, you have to get your id’s checked and pay a small entry fee. The gravel road that leads to the temple does not look too promis- ing. It is rocky, barren land with nothing but a few shrubberies sprouting through the stones. Once you reach the actual site, the place may appear oddly familiar. The beautiful gorge shaped canyon looks like a modest version of the Grand Canyon in the USA. You might also recall seeing the place in the commercials of Rajasthan tourism. It doesn’t come as a surprise why this remote, devoid of tourist place is the face of the tourism of the state. WHAT’S SO SPECIAL? The place offers a great vantage point of the river Chambal and the valley be- low at an altitude of 500 feet. From this spot, you can see the river flowing between the gorge in a striking hue of teal envel- oped by clear blue skies. The river snakes and me- anders through the valley and turns to make a horse- shoe bend for a picture- perfect view. There are gi- gantic cliffs that are curl- ing around the gorge. These cliffs are meticu- lously carved by the flow of the river Chambal, sim- ilar to the Grand Canyons that are carved by the Colo- rado River. To add to the beauty, the reflection of trees growing on the cliffs is mirrored in the water. During the rainy season, Garadiya Mahadev looks even grander with numer- ous waterfalls cascading through its gorges. The river Chambal and its surroundings have been infamous. There are many dark myths associated with it keeping human set- tlements away from its banks. The solitude evokes a sense of adventure and thrill. This place is perfect for nature lovers, writers or artists who can sit for hours absorbing the seren- ity of nature and find in- spiration. Since it is pretty secluded, it is advisable to carry your food. The scale of Garadiya Mahadev might be much smaller than the Grand Canyons but its beauty and accessibility make up for what it lacks in its size. HOW TO REACH You need to hire a cab from Kota to reach Garadiya Mahadev temple. The tem- ple is on NH 76 towards Dabi and Chittorgarh. The region is under the control of the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. Therefore, in addition to the taxi fare, visitors need to pay an en- try fee as well. The entry ticket costs INR 75 for Indi- ans and INR 500 for foreign nationals. Students can buy the same for INR 20 per person only after show- ing their college I-card. If you are taking your car the fee is INR 200 per vehicle, INR 400 for bus, and INR 30 for a two-wheeler vehicle. SHALBHA SARDA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in R TheMesmerizingGrandCanyon TheMesmerizingGrandCanyon
  • 12. NARCISSISTS There’s more than one type – and There’s more than one type – and research reveals what makes each tick research reveals what makes each tick hances are you’ve met a n a r c i s s i s t . Someone who thinks they’re better than everyone else, dominates the conver- sation and loves the limelight. But scientists are increasingly realis- ing that not all narcis- sists are the same – some are, in fact, ex- tremely insecure. In our new paper, published in Personali- ty and Social Psycholo- gy Bulletin, we describe the distinct types – and what motivates them. In classical Greek mythology, the hunter Narcissus was the son of the river god Ce- phissus and the nymph Liriope. He was known for his exceptional beauty and physique. One day when Narcis- sus was walking in the forest, the beautiful nymph Echo saw him and fell in love with him. However, he reject- ed her affections, leav- ing her heartbroken. As a punishment, Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, lured him to a pool of water where he encountered his own reflection for the first time. Narcissus fell in love with his reflection, and, eventually realis- ing that his love could not be reciprocated, pined away to his death. The myth of Narcis- sus warns us of the dan- gers of excessive self- love, self-absorption and lack of empathy for others. It has had a pro- found influence on western culture, art and literature. Narcissism is also a popular topic in psy- chology. The English physician Havelock El- lis first identified nar- cissism as a mental dis- order in the late 19th century. Sigmund Freud considered nar- cissism to be a normal part of a child’s devel- opment, but argued that it could become a disor- der if it persisted after puberty into adulthood. In modern psycholo- gy, narcissism is usu- ally conceptualised as a personality trait, which lies on a spec- trum. Some people are more narcissistic, oth- ers less so. Narcissism typically involves an inflated view of one- self, a sense of superi- ority and entitlement and a lack of concern for others. The above portrait of a narcissist is a familiar one. But it isn’t the only one. I n our research, we investigated two types of pre- viously identi- fied narcissism: gran- diose and vulnerable. Grandiose narcissists are arrogant, domi- nant and extroverted. They tend to have high self-esteem, be bold and assertive and feel happy and confident about their lives. Vulnerable narcis- sists, on the other hand, are withdrawn, neurotic and insecure. They tend to have low self-esteem, be hyper- sensitive and feel anx- ious and depressed. However, these two types of narcissists also have something in common. Both are self- ish, feel entitled to spe- cial treatment and privileges and re- late to others in antago- n i s - tic ways. You might be able to recognise the two types of narcissists by how they behave in so- cial situations. Gran- diose narcissists are socially competent. They are likely to be dominant and charm- ing. Vulnerable narcis- sists, on the other hand, are less socially skilled. They are likely to be shy and anxious in social situations. What’s more, while grandiose narcissists are forthright and as- sertive in pursuing their goals, seeking to maximise success, vul- nerable narcissists are timid and defensive, seeking to minimise failure. In our research, we examined the social motives and percep- tions of both grandi- ose and vulner- a b l e narcissists. In particu- lar, we investigated their desires to attain social status and social inclusion. We also looked at whether they felt they had been suc- cessful in attaining so- cial status and social inclusion. Social status refers to being respected and admired by others. It involves standing out and being seen as an important person in the social hierarchy . In contrast, social inclu- sion refers to being liked and accepted by others. It involves fit- ting in well with others as part of the social community . Any given person may have or desire both status and inclu- sion, only one of the two, or neither. For ex- ample, in the TV show The Simpsons, the character of Mr Burns has high status but is not particularly liked and accepted, whereas the character of Hom- er Simpson is well liked and accepted but does not have high sta- tus. We conducted two studies, recruiting 676 adults based in the United States. We as- sessed their levels of both grandiose and vulnerable narcis- sism. We also assessed the ex- tent to which they de- sired status and inclu- sion as well as the ex- tent to which they felt they had attained their goals. We found that both grandiose and vulner- able narcissists strong- ly desired social sta- tus. Interestingly, whereas grandiose narcissists felt they were successful in at- taining this status, vulnerable narcis- sists felt they did not get the status they deserved. What’s more, gran- diose narcissists did not feel they had at- tained social inclusion but did not particular- ly desire it either. In contrast, vulnerable narcissists also did not feel they had attained social inclusion but strongly desired it. Grandiose narcissists therefore felt they had met their social goals, but vulnerable narcis- sists did not. Both types of nar- cissists crave the re- spect and admiration of others. But while grandiose narcissists may be stars on the in- terpersonal stage, tri- umphantly capturing the spotlight, their vulnerable counter- part may be a bit play- er lurking on the side- lines, resentfully seek- ing, but failing to ob- tain, the applause they crave. GRANDIOSE VERSUS VULNERABLE NIKHILA MAHADEVAN Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex Not all narcissists are loud. —K PETRO/SHUTTERSTOCK SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM According to Greek mythology, hunter Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection when he saw himself in a pool of water and pined away to death as his love could not be reciprocated. Founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud considered narcissism part of a child’ development which would later become a disorder, if persisted into adulthood. Grandiose narcissists are arrogant, dominant and extroverted. —PRAZIS IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 11 C