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Mumbai: Amid poor
air quality ahead of
G-20’s maiden working
group meeting in the
financial capital, a
top government official
on Monday said long-
term measures are
needed to help mitigate
pollution in the mega-
polis.
Speak-
ing on the eve of the
meet, India’s G-20 Sher-
pa Amitabh Kant said
the two
refineries run by state-
run entities have com-
mitted to reducing liq-
uid sulphur and other
sulphur content emis-
sions over the next 2-3
months.
Kant said civic body
commissioner Dr. Iqbal
Singh Chahal raised the
issue of emissions from
state-owned oil refiner-
ies with him, following
which he took up the
matter with the Petro-
leum Secretary
.
The two refineries
are modern ones which
do not emit smoke, but
give out sulphur diox-
ide, Kant said, citing
information provided to
him.
“In the case of Mum-
bai refineries, SOx
emissions are well with-
in the prescribed norms
of 10.43 ppm,” Kant
said, adding that the re-
fineries have committed
to reducing emissions
in the short term.
Stating that long-
term measures like
switching to electric
mobility are required to
mitigate the problem,
Kant also listed out oth-
er issues.
The challenges in
Mumbai are different
from the ones in New
Delhi, which is also
plagued with difficul-
ties, he said.
“One of the challeng-
es is that the Deonar
dumping ground (is)
also near the refinery.
Burning there should
be stopped.
Kant said at the four-
day meeting starting
Tuesday, efforts will be
made to arrive at a con-
sensus on the green de-
velopment pact and
added that the country
is championing chang-
es in lifestyles for the
environment.
Related report P3
POLLUTION IN MUMBAI
Farewell to Koshyari
before Dec 19; ball in
President’s ‘court’!
Sandeep Shukla
Mumbai: Is the grue-
some ‘battle’ of the op-
position parties against
Maharashtra Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
over the latter’s re-
marks against Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj
nearing its end? It
would certainly seem
so!
Highly placed sourc-
es in the political and
‘power’ circles of Maha-
rashtra and New Delhi
have hinted that it is
only a matter of few
days before Koshyari is
shown the door. Sources
have revealed that the
‘power that be’ have
made up their mind re-
garding Koshyari and
that he would be re-
placed, before Decem-
ber 19 at Nagpur, when
the winter session of
Maharashtra legisla-
tive assembly would
commence.
The leaders of Maha
Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in
Maharashtra had met
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah and com-
plained against Koshy-
ari while demanding
his removal. Even Sata-
ra royal and BJP MP
Udayan Raje Bhonsle, a
descendant of Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj,
and Kolhapur royal
Sabhaji Chhatrapati,
another descendant of
Shivaji, had also de-
manded his removal
and had warned the
governments of pro-
test.
Meanwhile, sources
have revealed that the
Union Home Ministry
has given a green signal
to remove the Governor
and now President
Draupadi Murmu can
take a decision any-
time.
Decision likely any moment now as
Home Ministry has also agreed to it,
claim sources
Shinde-Fadnavis-
Bommai finally meet in
‘seclusion’!
Mumbai: With mer-
cury rising in Maha-
rashtra and Karnata-
ka over border related
issues, Monday wit-
nessed a coincidence
wherein the three
most important per-
sons from the two
neighbouring states -
Maharashtra CM
Eknath Shinde, Depu-
ty CM Devendra Fad-
navis and Karnataka
CM Basavaraj Bom-
mai - came together
for the first time since
the controversy erupt-
ed and took both the
states by storm.
It has been learnt
that Eknath Shinde
and Devendra Fad-
navis met Basavaraj
Bommai at
Ahmedabad airport,
during which, accord-
ing to highly placed
sources, ‘an important
political issue con-
cerning both the states
was discussed’. The
meetcameontheheels
of the swearing-in cer-
emony of new Gujarat
CM Bhupendra Patel.
It has been reported
that the trio - Shinde,
Fadnavis and Bommai
- met in a special room
at the airport while
heading back to their
respective states after
the swearing-in cere-
mony
. Political observ-
ers now believe that
the meeting could re-
sult in a renewed tacti-
cal approach by the
ruling dispensation
towards the issue that
threatens to turn vio-
lent if not dealt with
seriously
.
MAHARASHTRA-KARNATAKA BORDER ROW
KANT THANKS BMC FOR PREPS!
Thanking for the work done to welcome the
delegates ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, Kant
tweeted and said, “Mumbai is awash in the
colours of #G20! A special thank you to @
mybmc for the tremendous work they have
done to welcome our esteemed international delegates
to the 1st Development Working Group (DWG) Meeting
of India’s Presidency.” Notably, BMC Commissioner and
Administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal is at the forefront of the
arrangements and management done in this regard.
Kant identifies oil refineries, garbage burning as key factors
Sources reveal, ‘an
important political
issue concerning
both the states was
discussed’
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Amitabh Kant
CM Eknath Shinde
‘23 GOLDEN GLOBE
AWARDS: RRR BAGS
2 NOMINATIONS
New Delhi: SS Rajamouli’s
period action film “RRR”
has been nominated for a
Golden Globe Award in the
best picture non-English
language category. HFPA
shared the announcement
on Monday evening.
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JUSTICE
DIPANKAR DATTA
SWORN IN
AS SC JUDGE
Mumbai: The Bombay HC has granted bail to Maharashtra’s ex-Home
Minister Anil Deshmukh in CBI case saying that order would be effective
after 10 days. Justice Karnik imposed a surety of `1 lakh and condition
that he would report to the CBI office.
New Delhi: Bombay HC CJ Dipankar Datta was on
Monday administered oath of office as a SC judge by
CJI DY Chandrachud. With this, the total number of
judges in top court has reached 28 against sanctioned
strength of 34, including the CJI.
NORA FILES
DEFAMATION
SUIT AGAINST
JACQUELINE
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi has filed
a defamation case in a court here against actor
Jacqueline Fernandez, alleging that the latter
made defamatory allegations against her for
“malicious reasons” and to destroy her career.
DESHMUKH BAILED, TO REMAIN JAILED 10 DAYS
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ACCUSED IN BOGTUI
KILLINGS FOUND
DEAD IN CBI OFFICE
Kolkata: The prime accused
in the arson and violence in
Bogtui village of Bengal’s
Birbhum district, which had
in March claimed at least 10
lives, was “found hanging”
on Monday in a temporary
office set up in Rampurhat
by the CBI, a source said.
ENERGETIC TEAM WILL TAKE GUJ
TO NEWER HEIGHTS OF PROGRESS:
MODI CONGRATULATES CM PATEL
CM PATEL’S SWEARING-IN
SPARKLES WITH BJP BRASS
PM Narendra Modi congratulated Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel after a swearing-in ceremony
on Monday. “Congratulations to Shri Bhupen-
drabhai Patel on taking oath as CM of Gujarat.
I would like to also congratulate all those who
took oath as Ministers. This is an energetic
team which will take Gujarat to even newer
heights of progress,” the PM wrote in a tweet.
Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh interact
during swearing-in ceremony in Gujarat.
Devendra Fadnavis is also seen here.
MODI MAGIC SMASHED BJP’S OWN RECORD,
BAGGED 156 SEATS IN RECENT GUJ POLLS
PATEL SARKAR 2.0
IN GUJARAT!
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Bhu-
pendra Patel took
charge of Gujarat on
Monday in an oath cer-
emony in which top
BJP leaders including
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, party
chief JP Nadda and sev-
eral CMs were present.
This is Patel’s second
term in the top post.
A total of 16 ministers
of Bhupendra Patel’s
cabinet were sworn in at
a function in Gandhina-
gar. The new Gujarat
cabinet is leaner and
there is only one woman
in the 17-member cabi-
net. The new Council of
Ministers will have 8
Cabinet, 6 MoS and 2
Ministers of State with
Independent Charge.
NEW COUNCIL OF MINS
Cabinet mins include
Kanu Desai, Rishikesh
Patel,RaghvjiPatel,Bal-
vantsinh Rajput, Kun-
varji Bavaliya, Mulu
Bera, Kuber Dindor and
Bhanuben Babariya. P5
BJP’s Bhupendra Patel
takes oath as the 18th
Chief Minister of Gujarat
New Gujarat cabinet is
leaner with only one
woman among 17 ministers
Modi greets and bows
before gathering at the
swearing-in ceremony here
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people while posing for a group picture with Gujarat Governor
Acharya Devvrat, newly sworn-in State Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State Cabinet Ministers
during a ceremony, at Helipad Ground, in Gandhinagar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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FACE-OFF BETWEEN INDIAN CHINESE
TROOPS ALONG LAC
THE CLASH WITH CHINA IN TAWANG REGION OF ARUNACHAL ON DECEMBER 9
RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES ON BOTH SIDES; 6 INDIAN SOLDIERS INJURED
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Indian and
Chinese soldiers
clashed at a location
along the Line of Actu-
al Control (LAC) in the
Tawang sector of
Arunachal Pradesh on
December 9, resulting
in minor injuries to a
few personnel from
both sides, military
sources said on Monday
.
They said Indian troops
resolutely confronted
Chinese PLA soldiers.
The sources said both
sides immediately dis-
engaged from the area.
“As a follow up to the
incident, our Com-
mander in the area held
a Flag Meeting with his
(Chinese) counterpart
to discuss the issue in
accordance with struc-
tured mechanisms to
restore peace and tran-
quillity,” source said.
CHINA’S ATTEMPT
TO GET ACCESS TO
TOP OF 17,000 FT
PEAK: SOURCES
Sources said on
Monday that it was
an attempt by China to
take over the strategic
heights. 5 battalion
strength was brought
by the Chinese to
capture 17,000 feet
peak - around 1,000
Chinese soldiers came
prepared.
Amid murmurs that
Centre was prepping
to remove Koshyari,
the Maha-Governor
shoots letter to Amit
Shah claiming he
would never insult
Shivaji. P2

First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has issued a
notice to the National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) and sought their
reply on the bail plea of
activist Gautam Nav-
lakha. Navlakha, an ac-
cused in the Elgar Pari-
shad case of 2018, is
currently on one-month
house arrest in Navi
Mumbai.
Navlakha had ap-
proached the high court
last month in appeal
against the trial court
rejecting his bail plea.
While rejecting the plea,
Special Judge Rajesh
Kataria said, “After pe-
rusal of the charge
sheets, there is ample
material against Gau-
tam Navlakha. Prima
facie,Navlakhaseemsto
be connected with the
alleged offence.” The
judge had added, “The
offence is very serious
in nature. Therefore, in
view of that and prima
facie material against
him, he is not entitled to
the grant of bail.”
Advocates Harsh-
wardhan Akolkar and
Wahab Khan, appear-
ing for Navlakha, ar-
gued that the activist
was falsely implicated
in the crime.
First India Bureau
Pune: State minister
Chandrakant Patil on
Monday took a step for-
ward to end the tussle
over his statement on
social reformers Baba-
saheb Ambedkar and
Mahatma Phule by ten-
dering an apology and
asking that those ar-
rested for the ink attack
on him be released.
The ink-throwing in-
cident occurred at Pim-
pri Chinchwad on Sat-
urday in protest against
Patil's statement that
Ambedkar and Phule
did not seek govern-
ment grants for run-
ning educational insti-
tutions. The use of the
word begged by Patil,
who is the Higher and
Technical Education
minister, stirred a con-
troversy
.
Police had arrested
three people for the at-
tack and are question-
ing a television journal-
ist to find out if the lat-
ter is involved.
Issuing a statement,
Patil said he has been
paying tribute to
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, Mahatma
Jotiba Phule, Dr Baba-
saheb Ambedkar and
Karmveer Bhaurao Pa-
til and has been follow-
ing their teachings in
action.
I have great respect
for their great work. I
had no intention of
hurting anyone as I had
uttered that word inad-
vertently in my dialec-
tical language and I
had already tendered
my apology for that
word, Patil said in the
statement.
I do not want Maha-
rashtra to get dis-
turbed on this issue. I
once again tender my
apology if anyone's
sentiments have been
hurt, said Patil. He
added that action, if
any, against the jour-
nalists must also be
withdrawn.
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First India Bureau
Thane: Senior Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) leader, Jitendra
Awhad, has alleged that
the magnitude of hatred
and revenge politics wit-
nessed in the state is un-
precedented. Awhad
made the remarks while
addressing an NCP rally
recently in Thane.
The state has never
witnessed such a situa-
tion where there was
hatred, vengeance and
revenge politics going
on to settle scores, said
Awhad, who was recent-
ly arrested in an assault
case and also booked on
the charge of molesta-
tion. He added he would
not surrender to those
in power even if a CBI
inquiry is ordered
against him.
He said if the NCP
fields candidates with
winning potential, the
party can capture power
in the forthcoming mu-
nicipalcorporationelec-
tions in Thane. Notably
,
the Thane civic body
has been traditionally
controlled by Shiv Sena.
Awhad further add-
ed that NCP will
launch rallies and hold
meetings with the peo-
ple in Thane to under-
stand their issues.
Citizens of Thane
want a change and
NCP is the best option
for them, he added.
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WOMAN GETS 7
YRS’ RI FOR KIDNAP
SALE OF TODDLER
Palghar: A district court
sentenced a woman to
seven years of rigorous
imprisonment with a fine
of Rs50,000 for kidnap-
ping a toddler and selling
him. Addtional sessions
judge SR Vadali foudn
the 45-year-old woman
guilty. Acting on a tip-off,
a team from Manickpur
police station had nabbed
the woman when she
struck a deal of Rs 1 lakh
with a police decoy on
May 23, 2017.
CASE AGAINST 4
FOR SHARING CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY
Palghar: The police
have registered a case
against four persons for
allegedly publishing child
pornography content on
social media. According
to police, the Maharash-
tra Cyber Department
recently received a tip-off
from the Ministry of
Home Affairs about four
Palghar residents in-
volved in the racket by a
US-based NGO National
Centre for Missing and
Exploited Children.
TRANSGENDERS TO
HAVE OPTION IN COP
RECRUITMENT
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra police on Mon-
day created an option
for transgenders in the
application form for re-
cruitment of constables
and constable-drivers,
after a Bombay High
Court directive issued
last week. The govern-
ment had assured it
would modify its web-
site to include a drop
down for transgenders
in the ‘sex’ category in
the application form.
`894 CR ALLOTED
FOR NASHIK WORKS
FOR 2023-24
Nashik: The district
planning commit-
tee has sanctioned
Rs894.63 crore for
the fiscal 2023-24 for
development works
in Nashik, an official
said on Monday. All
departments have
also been directed to
ensure funds for works
scheduled for fiscal
2022-23 do not lapse
due to non-usage, dis-
trict Guardian Minister
Dada Bhuse said.
TEEN MOLESTED,
MOB VANDALIZES
SCHOOL PREMISES
Nagpur: A mob van-
dalized vehicles and
furniture in a residen-
tial school in Nagpur
on Monday claiming
police inaction after
a 15-year-old men-
tally unwell girl was
allegedly molested by
the facility’s caretaker
on December 08. The
incident took place in
a school-cum-hostel
in Jaitala area and the
28-year-old accused
has been arrested, the
MIDC police station
official said.
Would never insult Chhatrapati Shivaji: Guv to Amit Shah
First India Bureau
Mumbai: After facing
widespread backlash
for his “icon of olden
times” remark, Gover-
nor Bhagat Singh Ko-
shyari has written to
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah stating he
would never imagine
insulting an icon such
as Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj even in his
dreams.
The governor has
also been facing flak
from the Opposition
for his comments, trig-
gering calls for his re-
moval from office.
“I cannot even imag-
ine in my dreams to
insult icons like
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, Maharana
Pratap and Shri Guru
Govind Singh. You are
aware that I do not
hesitate to express re-
grets or apologize im-
mediately even if I un-
intentionally made a
mistake,” Koshyari
stated in the letter ad-
dressed to Shah dated
December 06.
The governor also
taunted former Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray withou t
taking his name.
“When some big per-
sonalities were staying
at home during the
COVID-19 pandemic, I,
irrespective of my age,
walked up to the high
altitude forts in Maha-
rashtra on my feet. I
did not use a helicopter
or any vehicle to reach
the top,” he stated.
The governor said
some portions of one
of his speeches deliv-
ered at a university
event were selectively
picked and used for
creating controversy
.
“Some people took a
portion of my entire
speech at a university,
out of context, for criti-
cism. With a reference
to the past icons, I was
presenting the current
eminent personalities
who could be the inspi-
ration for the youth,”
he stated.
Speaking at an event
in Aurangabad in No-
vember where two
leaders were bestowed
with honorary degrees,
Koshyari had said, “In
Maharashtra, you need
not look elsewhere (as)
there are so many
icons here. While
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj is of olden
times, there are
Ambedkar and Nitin
Gadkari.”
Koshyari reiterates apology for ‘olden
times icon’ remark as opposition
calls for his removal from position
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari —FILE PHOTO
INK ATTACK
Patilissuesapology,
seekswithdrawalof
probeagainstscribes
Awhad targets Maha govt over ‘revenge politics’
‘It’s sad such
accusations are being
made against Shivaji’s
mavala (soldier)’
Laments atmosphere
of hatred , vengeance
and settling scores in
Maha political circuit
HAPPY B’DAY!
Nationalist
Congress Party
(NCP) chief
Sharad Pawar
was presented
with a portrait
of himself by
party leaders
during his
82nd birthday
celebrations
held in
Mumbai on
Monday.
—PHOTO BY
BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
HC KEEPS DESHMUKH
BAIL NOD IN ABEYANCE
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Former state
home minister and Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty (NCP) leader Anil
Deshmukh was granted
bail by the Bombay
High Court on Monday
in a corruption case be-
ing probed by the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI).
Deshmukh, however,
will not be released yet
as the HC has kept the
order in abeyance for 10
days, after CBI sought
time to challenge it in
the Supreme Court.
A single bench of
Justice MS Karnik al-
lowed Deshmukh’s bail
plea after hearing argu-
ments of both sides. He
asked Deshmukh to
post surety of Rs1 lakh
prior to his release.
He is currently in ju-
dicial custody and
lodged at the Arthur
Road prison in Mumbai.
Deshmukh,74,hadap-
proached the high court
after a special CBI court
rejected his bail plea last
month. He sought bail
bothonmedicalgrounds
as well as on merits.
The Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) lead-
er has been in jail since
November last year af-
ter he was arrested by
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) in a money
laundering case.
After his bail plea
was accepted by HC, his
supporters burst crack-
ers and distributed
sweets outside his resi-
dences in Mumbai’s
Worli and Nagpur city
to celebrate the news.
Meanwhile, the HC
on Monday also granted
interim bail to an aide
of Balasahebanchi Shiv
Sena MLA Pratap Sar-
naik in a money laun-
dering case being
probed by the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED).
A single bench of Jus-
tice MS Karnik granted
interim bail to MLA Sar-
naik’s aide Amit Chan-
dole, who was also a pro-
moter of Tops Group se-
curity service provider
company, and M Sasid-
haran, its ex-MD.
NHSRCL DIRECTED TO PLANT 1.10 LAKH
MANGROVE SAPLINGS IN PALGHAR, THANE
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court has directed the
National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), which
is carrying out the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project,
to undertake compensatory plantation of 1.10 lakh mangrove
saplings in the city and neighbouring districts of Palghar
and Thane. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta
and Justice Abhay Ahuja had on December 09 allowed the
NHSRCL to cut mangroves for the project. The detailed order
was made available on Monday.
Grants CBI 10
days to appeal
order in `100
crore corruption
case involving the
former minister
NIA asked to respond on Navlakha bail plea
NCP’S NAWAB MALIK MOVES HC FOR BAIL
Mumbai (PTI): Former minister
Nawab Malik has moved the
Bombay High Court seeking bail in
a money laundering case linked to
a land deal in which fugitive gang-
ster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides
were involved. Malik’s plea has
been posted for hearing by Justice
MS Karnik for Tuesday.
Withdraw Y+ security vehicles bought with Nirbhaya Fund: NCP
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) on Monday de-
manded immediate
withdrawal of vehicles
procured under the
Nirbhaya Fund and de-
ployed for Y-plus secu-
rity of Balasahebanchi
Shiv Sena legislators.
The Opposition party
said these vehicles
should be given back to
the Nirbhaya Squad, a
dedicated force formed
to put a stop to various
crimes perpetuated
againstwomenandgirls.
The Sharad Pawar-led
partyhaswrittenaletter
tothedirectorgeneralof
Maharashtra police
about the demand.
“The Nirbhaya Fund
wascreatedtoenablethe
police machinery to ef-
fectivelydealwithissues
relating to women’s safe-
ty in the state. Diverting
vehicles meant for wom-
en’s safety and pressing
them in the service for
protecting MLAs sup-
porting the government
is clearly violative of the
NirbhayaScheme,”state
NCP Chief Spokesper-
son Mahesh Tapase,
wrote in the letter.
The state is duty-
bound to correct this
wrong, he added.
OUTRAGED
Mumbai police procured 220 Boleros, 35 Ertigas, 313 Pulsar
motorcycles and 200 Activa two-wheelers using Rs30 crore
corpus of Nirbhaya Fund this year. —FILE PHOTO
Over 47
vehicles have
been deployed
to provide
security cover
to CM Eknath
Shinde-led
Sena faction
MLAs, MPs
It is shameful how these MLAs have
accepted these vehicles and nobody
seems to be bothered or willing to
voluntarily withdraw said vehicles after it
has come to light that they were procured for
the protection of women.
—Mahesh Tapase, NCP leader

MAHARASHTRA
03
Mum records 1,50,988 air
travellers in a single day
Mumbai (ANI):
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj International
Airport (CSMIA), the
world’s busiest single
crossover runway air-
port, has handled a re-
cord passenger move-
ment with 1,50,988 trav-
ellers transiting on De-
cember 10, 2022.
The above total pas-
senger movement in-
cluded 1,11,441 do-
mestic travellers
and 39,547 interna-
tional travellers, ac-
cording to a statement
from Mumbai Inter-
national Airport.
The statement
also said during
the Covid era,
the highest
number of pas-
sengers was
73,509, observed
on February
13, 2021, while
1,50,276 pas-
sengers were
recorded on
Decem-
ber 20,
2019.
In comparison with
the single-day passen-
ger movement recorded
as 1,56,329 on December
21, 2018, CSMIA has
achieved 97 per cent of
this traffic number this
year, according to the
statement.
CSMIA has also
achieved approximate-
ly 98 per cent of the
single-day passenger
traf fic
o f
152,562, recorded on De-
cember 22, 2017 this
year.
On December 10,
2022, in the national
landscape, domestic
aviation operations
soared high with 414,114
passengers on 2,798
flights. A total of 5,586
total flight movements
and 827,429 total pas-
sengers, according to
Airports Authority of
India (AAI) data.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
AT POLICE STATION,
COP SUCCUMBS
Mumbai: A fire broke out
in one of the rooms on
the premises of Kherwadi
police station in Bandra
on Monday around 1 pm,
in which an assistant
sub-inspector was injured,
police said. The injured cop,
identified as Arvind Khot,
was rushed to a hospital for
treatment with 95% burns.
He succumbed to his
injuries late in the evening.
An investigation has been
launched, official said.
HORSE FALLS INTO
DRAIN CHAMBER,
SAFELY RESCUED
Thane: A horse was
rescued from the chamber
of a nullah in Mumbra
township on Retibunder
Service Road, officials
said. “The horse fell into
the chamber of the drain at
around 10.20 pm. Teams
of Fire Brigade personnel
and Regional Disaster
Management Cell (RDMC)
rushed to the spot with a
JCB machine and safely
pulled out the horse,” an
RDMC official said.
COPS ARREST 53
FROM ILLEGAL
DANCE BAR
Thane: Police raided
an illegal dance bar in
Dombivali city in Thane
and detained 53 people,
including 26 women, for
indulging in obscene acts,
an official said on Monday.
After getting confirmation
of illegal activities, police
raided the bar arresting
53 people and registered
cases against them under
sections 294 (singing,
reciting or uttering any ob-
scene song or words, in or
near any public place) and
114 (Abettor present when
the offence is committed)
of the Indian Penal Code.
All 53 persons were taken
into custody, he added.
TANKER CARRYING
COOKING OIL FLIPS;
NO CASUALTIES
Thane: A tanker transport-
ing cooking oil overturned
on the Mumbra bypass
road in the early hours
of Monday causing an
oil leak and disruption of
traffic, though no one was
injured in the incident,
officials said. Prima facie,
the driver lost his control
over the 16-tyre tanker,
causing it to overturn,
officials said. The tanker
was removed from the
road with the help of two
cranes and the spillage
cleared in an operation
that took over six hours,
a Regional Disaster
Management Cell (RDMC)
official said.
24-YR-OLD ABUSED WOMAN HANGS SELF;
HUSBAND, HIS FATHER HELD FOR ABETMENT
Thane: A 24-year-old woman committed
suicide by hanging herself at house on
Sunday noon, police have arrested the hus-
band and father-in-law of the woman from
Kalyan for abetting suicide, an official said
on Monday. The accused used to harass
the woman over petty things and beat her.
Unable to bear the abuse, she decided to
commit suicide, as per the First Informa-
tion Report. A case was registered against the husband and
her in-laws under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.
MAN DIES AFTER COLLEAGUE INSERTS AIR
PRESSURE PUMP INTO PRIVATE PARTS
Mumbai: A 20-year-old contract worker died after his
colleague allegedly inserted an air pressure pump meant
to clean metal dust into his private parts, police said. The
incident took place in a private firm in Nizampur in Sakri
tehsil and the deceased has been identified as Tushar
Sadashiv Nikumbh, an official said. “During a work break, a
colleague caught Nikumbh and inserted the pump into the
latter’s anal area. The air pressure damaged his vital parts
in the stomach region,” he said. The 28-year-old colleague
has been arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to
murder,” the official added.
CRUCIAL READ
‘Mum’s ‘poor’ AQI matter of concern’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Continuing
its dismal Air Quality
Index (AQI) output,
Mumbai city’s AQI re-
mained in the ‘poor’ cat-
egory at 245 on Monday
as well, according to
System of Air Quality
and Weather Forecast-
ing and Research (SA-
FAR). State minister
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
expressed concern over
Mumbai’s air pollution
and called for govern-
ment action.
Speaking on the mat-
ter, state Tourism Min-
ister Mangal Prabhat
Lodha said, “The qual-
ity of Mumbai’s air is a
matter of great concern
and something needs to
be done immediately.
The government will
act on it in the next
three to four days.”
Since the cloud frac-
tion has increased over
Mumbai and Pune, it
has resulted in the re-
duction of cooling dur-
ing the night, thereby
increasing the mini-
mum temperature, said
an official statement
from SAFAR.
According to SAFAR,
Mumbai AQI indicated
“lower end of poor” and
is likely to remain with-
in the limits of the cat-
egory for the next few
days. Mazegaon area of
Mumbai recorded ‘very
poor’ AQI of 303, where-
as the AQI of Chembur
was recorded at 321
(poor).
Meanwhile, as per In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment’s (IMD) pre-
diction, the city and
certain areas of Mum-
bai, Thane districts
may witness light rain
and thundershowers on
December 13, along
with an overcast sky
.
Mumbai woke up to
another chilly day on
Monday as the lowest
temperature recorded
at 18 degrees Celsius,
was one degree below
average.
IMD’s regional met
centre in Mumbai has
also predicted thunder-
storms and lightning
over coastal region,
central Maharashtra,
and Vidarbha region on
Tuesday
.
As a result, these sub-
divisions have been
placed on yellow alert,
warning inhabitants to
“be aware” of thunder-
storm activity
.
At the beginning of
next week, a few thun-
dershowers and light
drizzles may make an
appearance in Mumbai,
the state capital. Rem-
nant development of
Cyclone Mandous and
its path will determine
how this forecast pans
out, said IMD officials.
WEATHER
FORECAST
The quality of Mumbai’s air is a matter of
great concern and something needs to be
done immediately. The government will act
on it in the next three to four days.
—Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Maha Tourism Minister
Mumbai has
been consistently
recording poor
AQI for the past
week. —PHOTO
BY BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
As state capital
records 245
AQI on Monday,
IMD predicts
thundershowers,
light rainfall,
today
Patients cannot be
forced to buy drugs
from hosp stores: FDA
Pune (PTI): Patients
cannot be compelled
to purchase medicines
from hospital-attached
drug stores, said Maha-
rashtra Food
Drug Administration
(FDA). A notification
issued by Abhimanyu
Kale, Commissioner,
FDA, said the
administration had re-
ceived repeated com-
plaints that patients
have been forced to buy
medicines from the
drug store in hospitals.
“It is illegal for a hos-
pital to force patients
to buy medicines from
their affiliated stores,”
said the notification,
addressed to all
the divisional
joint commis-
sioners, assis-
tant commis-
sioners, and drug in-
spectors (Drugs).
Patients don’t need to
purchase medicines
from hospital-affiliated
shops and the same can
be purchased from any
licensed drug store, it
said. The hospitals con-
cerned should promi-
nently display a sign-
board at a prom-
inent place vis-
ible to the pa-
tients, as per
the notification.
It is illegal
for a hospi-
tal to force
patients to buy med-
icines from their af-
filiated stores.
—Notification ad-
dressed to all the officials
IN REVERENCE
Devotees throng Mahim dargah for 10-day annual fair
Mumbai (ANI): Devo-
tees have thronged
Mumbai’s Mahim dar-
gahinlargenumbersfor
an ongoing 10-day fair
held in honour of Makh-
doom Shah Baba that
began on December 08.
As the fair had to be
cancelled due to COV-
ID-19 restrictions for the
past two years, people
are marking the occa-
sion with enthusiasm.
The annual fair will
continue till December
17 and will witness of-
ferings of over 400 “san-
dals”. The sandal is
usually an assortment
of sandalwood paste,
flowers and a shawl that
are offered to Makh-
doom Shah Baba.
Festivities are typi-
cally held on the 13th
day of the Urdu calen-
dar month. The event,
which has been gazet-
tedsince1910,ismarked
by the first offering
made by Mumbai police
to the 14th century Sufi
saint Makhdoom Fakih
Ali Mahimi, whose
grave is inside the
Mahim dargah.
Noor Parkar, Librar-
ian and Research Assis-
tant at the dargah said,
“Makhdoom Ali Mahi-
mi (1372-1431) was a
Muslim scholar from
the Konkan region in
India. He is widely ac-
knowledged for his
scholarly treatises, lib-
eral views and human-
ist ideals. Mahimi was
born into a family
of Arab travellers from
Iraq, who had settled on
the island of Mahim,
one of the seven islands
that later formed
the city of Bombay
(now Mumbai).”
There are many leg-
ends about why the
Mumbai police has
made the first “sandal”
offering for years. As
per folklore, the Sufi
saint had helped a polic-
ing authority catch
thieves and the practice
to make the first offer-
ing started after he
passed away, she said.
Police personnel carry sacks of ‘sandal’ offering to Mahim dargah
in Mumbai on Thursday. —ANI PHOTO
Set to continue till December 17,
the fair will see 400 ‘sandal’
offerings to Makhdoom Shah Baba
Man held
for stalking
actor on
social media
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Stalking on
social media platforms
lands a man behind bars
in city
. The 35-year-old,
arrested in suburban
Andheri, was allegedly
stalkingandharassinga
26-year-old actor, police
said on Monday
. The ac-
tor, who worked in a web
series in Hindi and Ben-
gali,hasbeenfacinghar-
assment for the last few
months, police added.
While interacting
with her fans through
live streaming on a so-
cial media platform re-
cently, the actor had re-
ceived obscene messag-
es from an unidentified
person, he said.
She blocked the per-
son on the platform but
he started sending mes-
sages on her Instagram
account. After a few
days, he started tagging
her and her husband
with defamatory con-
tent on Twitter too, the
official added.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Eight-year-
old Mumbai boy, Ar-
yaveer Pittie clinched a
silver medal in the
Bangkok Rapid Chess
Championship that
concluded on Monday
at the Prasarnmit Plaza
Sukhumvit in Bangkok.
Players across seven
countries participated
in this Junior Rapid
Chess Championship
conductedbyRedKnight
Chess club, in the un-
der-8 category
. Aryaveer
secured the silver medal
with a creditable score
of four points out of a
possible six. While
SuthiponpaisarnProud-
pitcha of Thailand se-
cured gold with a score
of 5/6, said a release
from the South Mumbai
ChessAcademy(SMCA).
Elated over her son’s
victory
, his mother Nee-
sha Pittie, said they are
proud of his victory and
look forward to more of
them in the future.
Aryaveer is a student
of the American School
of Bombay (ASB) and
the South Mumbai
Chess Academy
(SMCA). He is current-
ly preparing for the In-
ternational Rating
Chess Championships
to be held in New Delhi.
Bangkok Rapid Chess
meet: City boy shines
Aryaveer Pittie
–FILE PHOTO
SINCE 1910...

PERSPECTIVE
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Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Congratulations to Mr. @
Bhupendrapbjp for being sworn in
again as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
The people of Gujarat have given
unprecedented support to BJP’s
politics of development. I am confident
that Bhupendrabhai’s double engine
government under the guidance of @
narendramodi ji will take Gujarat’s
pride and development to new heights.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Congratulations to Shri @Bhupendrapbjp
ji on taking oath as Gujarat’s Chief
Minister for the second term. I am
confident, he will continue taking the
state forward on newer heights of
development and good governance.
Wishing him a successful tenure ahead.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
One who sees inaction in
action, and action in
inaction, is intelligent
among men.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CIVILIZATIONAL
SPREAD GOES
GLOBAL VIA THE
TEMPLE ROUTE
rom Ayodhya, Vara-
nasi and Ujjain, India
is now focusing on
temples in Angkor
Wat in Cambodia
where king Suryavarman II
built a grand temple complex
dedicated to Lord Vishnu which
has attracted lakhs of tourists.
Subsequent rulers changed An-
gkor Wat, world’s largest reli-
gious monument, from Hindu to
Buddhist religious centre. Now
India has decided to restore the
Angkor Wat temple due to In-
dia’s civilizational spread. A
great deal of restoration work
has already taken place. With
temple construction/restoration
being the Union government’s
priority
, External Affairs Minis-
ter S. Jaishankar said in Vara-
nasi recently that it is “a matter
of pride for us that we are build-
ing a temple in UAE”. India also
has the approval to build a tem-
ple in Bahrain and has around a
1000 temples in the US.
India’s expanding religious
footprint, especially in Arab
countries, is a significant and
welcome development.
TOP TWEETS
F
wo states had two
different parties
forming new gov-
ernments in a
contrasting at-
mosphere. On one side was
Gujarat where BJP the new
government led by Bhupen-
dra Patel took oath of office
in the presence of party stal-
warts led by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah, chief
ministers of all BJP-ruled
states, party leaders and Un-
ion ministers. This is Bhu-
pendra Patel’s second con-
secutive term as chief minis-
ter proving that the term
anti-incumbency has lost its
relevance in Gujarat. Con-
gress, which seems to have
lost the plot, ended up with 16
seats and the new challenger
Aam Aadmi Party could win
only five seats. The show of
strength and exuberance was
an indication that the BJP
was all set for triumphant re-
turn to Lok Sabha in 2024.
The other state that wit-
nessed a change is Himachal
Pradesh where the BJP could
not beat anti-incumbency and
lost by a wafer thin percent-
age of votes. In terms of seats
Congress still got a majority
byasafemargin.Comparedto
Gujarat the loss in Himachal
was relatively inconsequen-
tial for the BJP. It was, how-
ever, a lifeline for the Con-
gress. Yet, the swearing-in of
Sukhvinder Singh turned out
to be a low-key affair despite
the presence of party’s big
leaders. The initial differenc-
es over choice of chief minis-
ter may have played a damp-
ener despite the fact that
Himachal offers a glimmer of
hope to the Congress.
While the BJP is gung ho
about 2024 after its Gujarat
victory, the Congress has to
cover a lot of ground to cover
andinternalissuestosortout.
CONTRASTING TALES
OF TWO POLL WINS
Two States had Two
different parties forming
new govts in a
contrasting atmosphere.
On one side was Gujarat
where BJP, the new govt led
by Patel took oath.
Swearing-in of Sukhu in
HP turned out to be a
low-key affair despite
the presence of the
party’s big leaders
T
INDIA CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
eing a trainer, leadership
coach and a mentor associ-
ated with the corporate world
over 15 years, I thought of
elaborating the need for a
good corporate governance
because of the increasing
concerns about the non-com-
pliance of standards of fi-
nancial reporting and ac-
countability by many corpo-
rate houses.
The collapse of interna-
tional giants likes Enron,
World Com and Xerox are the
glaring examples of the ab-
sence of good corporate gov-
ernance and corrupt prac-
tices adopted by manage-
ment of these companies in
CAHOOTS with their finan-
cial advisers. In last few dec-
ades, even Indian markets
have witnessed ugly practic-
es wherein investors have
lost their life time earnings
with no conclusive actions on
the culprit corporate houses.
Well, SEBI appreciated the
need for corporate govern-
ance and accordingly ap-
pointed several committees
to guard the interests of in-
vestors and shareholders of
a listed company against lack
of adequate standards of fi-
nancial reporting and ac-
countability
. Yet, the trend of
companies raising capital
from the market at fake valu-
ation by projecting a wrong
assessment of the company’s
assets and profitability could
not be arrested.
Though in India, the or-
ganizational framework for
corporate governance in-
volves the Ministry of Corpo-
rate Affairs (MCA), the Secu-
rities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) and the National
Foundation for Corporate
Governance (NFCG), only the
listed companies are forced to
comply with its provisions.
90% of unlisted companies
remain out of the gambit of
these set rules and regula-
tions and therefore, the inter-
est of market forces remains
by and large at the mercy of
these company owners.
No doubt that these unlist-
ed and private limited com-
panies make a major contri-
bution to economic growth
and employment in India.
However, the corporate gov-
ernance needs of such com-
panies have all through been
relatively neglected by the
experts and policy-makers
alike. How the interests of
various stakeholders like
customers, suppliers financi-
ers, , employees, and govern-
ment is being taken care of
by these Corporates remains
debatable.
Now the question arises as
to why a relevant aspect of
profitability in business, that
is good governance, is not
given attention to by most of
these unlisted and private
limited companies? The
short answer is their igno-
rance coupled with diluted or
non-existent rules in manag-
ing of such companies by the
concerned authorities.
It may be worthwhile on
my part to carry out a quick
SWOT analyses of good gov-
ernance for readers to under-
stand. The strengths or the
advantages of it are enor-
mous. For example, while
running a company, it is easy
to violate rules and regula-
tions if one has no legal ex-
pertise. Initiating govern-
ance procedures in place can
help comply with these laws
to focus on company’s suc-
cess.
Not just this, following laid
down regulations, one can
boost company’s reputation.
A company with a strong
reputation will have an easi-
er time attracting investors
and developing strong rela-
tionships with customers.
So, are their any short
comings and weaknesses
that need to be looked into by
company owners? Yes in-
deed, like two sides of every
coin, there are a few disad-
vantages which if guarded
against will enrich the work-
ing culture and environment
in the corporate. First and
foremost, business houses
are beholden to both state
and federal laws. The basic
purpose for forming a corpo-
ration is to shield sharehold-
ers from the liabilities of the
company to the amount of
money or other assets invest-
ed by them.
Apart from limited liabili-
ty protections, corporations
are actually formed so that,
the company can trade stocks
in order to raise required
capital. The problem, how-
ever, if a corporation wants
to sell stock and protect its
owners from liability, is that
it must follow a wide range of
formalities. For instance, the
board of directors must act
in the best financial interest
of the company. If they are
not fulfilling this fiduciary
duty, they may be subjected
to personal liability
.
While pandemics like Cov-
id 19, crashing Rupee and
framing of non-conducive
policies are considered
threats to good governance,
globalization and healthy
competition are a few oppor-
tunities for corporates to en-
ergise their efforts and tight-
en their belts for adopting
and practicing principles of
good governance for growth.
Though some measures
have been taken by SEBI and
RBI backed by strong politi-
cal will, much is needed to be
done by the corporates them-
selves to pay attention to the
grievances of investors and
protection of their invest-
ment by abiding with the
laws and adopting good
standards of effective man-
agement. If India wants
greater pie of FDI resulting
into sustainable financial
growth, it must implement
stronger laws protecting in-
terests of Global investors.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
B
Though some measures
have been taken by SEBI
and RBI backed by strong
political will, much is
needed to be done by the
corporates themselves
to pay attention to the
grievances of investors
and protection of their
investment by abiding with
the laws and adopting
good standards of effective
management. If India
wants greater pie of FDI
resulting into sustainable
financial growth, it must
implement stronger laws
protecting interests
of Global investors
Being a trainer,
leadership coach and a
mentor associated
with the corporate
world for over 15
years, I thought of
elaborating the need for a
good corporate governance
because of the increasing
concerns about the non-
compliance of
standards of financial
reporting and
accountability by many
corporate houses
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer

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05
INDIA
Shimla (PTI): The
Himachal Pradesh gov-
ernment on Monday
said it will take up the
issue of restoration of a
plaque declaring that
the foundation stone for
the Atal Tunnel was
laid by Congress leader
Sonia Gandhi with the
concerned authorities.
In a release issued
here, Chief Minister
Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu said the plaque
has been “missing”,
which is an “insult to
democracy”. It must be
restored at the earliest,
he said.
The state Congress
had protested after
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi inaugurated
the tunnel on October 3,
2020, alleging that the
foundation stone laid by
Gandhi on June 28, 2010
had been removed be-
fore its opening.
Gandhi had laid the
foundation stone for the
tunnel as the then chair-
person of the National
Advisory Council, ac-
cording to the release.
The 9.02-km tunnel
was built by the Border
Roads Organisation to
connect landlocked La-
haul-Spiti district, said
Sukhu, who assumed
charge as the Chief
Minister on Monday
.
Himachal Pradesh
Police had on October
14, 2020 said the founda-
tion stone was secure
with the construction
company which built
the tunnel.
“Issue of restoration of Atal Tunnel foundation
stone to be taken up with concerned authorities”
HIMACHAL CM SUKHU SAYS
Gandhinagar (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leaders, including
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath, Madhya
Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh
Chouhan and others
took part in the oath-
taking ceremony of Gu-
jarat Chief Minister
BhupendraPatelinGan-
dhinagar on Monday
.
Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai, Assam’s Him-
anta Biswa Sarma, Utt-
arakhand’s Pushkar
Singh Dhami and
Tripura's Manik Saha
were also present. Lead-
ers from different BJP-
led states and Union
Ministers have already
reached the venue for
the oath-taking ceremo-
ny of Bhupendra Patel.
BJP leader Bhupen-
dra Patel will take oath
as the Chief Minister of
Gujarat for a second
consecutive time in
Gandhinagar today
.
Patel took the oath as
the 18th Chief Minister
by Governor Acharya
Devvrat at the Helipad
Ground near the new
Secretariat in Gandhi-
nagar at 2 pm.
Talking to the report-
ers at the airport, Naga-
land CM Neiphiu Rio
said, “We’ve come here
to celebrate the victory
of Gujarat. In partner-
ship, we are very much
confident of winning
polls (in Nagaland).”
CMsOFBJP-RULEDSTATESTAKEPART
SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF GUJ CM BHUPENDRA PATEL
Shivraj Chouhan,
Adityanath, Bommai,
Himanta, Sawant,
Eknath Shinde and
others in attendance
Union Ministers Parshottam Rupala, Mansukh Mandaviya, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami and others attend the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM-designate Bhupendra Patel, at Helipad Ground, in Gandhinagar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Deputy CM Mukesh
Agnihotri at the Congress CLP meeting in Shimla, on Monday.
Gandhinagar (ANI): BJP
leader Bhupendra Patel
took oath as the Gujarat
CM for a second consec-
utive time in Gandhinagar
on Monday. Born on July
15, 1962, in Ahmedabad,
Patel holds a Diploma in
Civil Engineering from
Government Polytech-
nic, Ahmedabad. He
is a member of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS). He is also
an active member of
Pandit Deendayal Library
managed by RSS at
Memnagar. Beginning
his political journey as a
member of Memnagar
municipality, Patel got
elected as MLA from
Ghatlodia constituency
(Ahmedabad) in the 2017
Gujarat assembly elec-
tions. He was sworn in
as the 17th Chief Minister
of Gujarat on September
13, 2021. He was first
elected as BJP legislative
party leader on Septem-
ber 12, 2021.
PATEL’S JOURNEY
FROM M’NAGAR
COUNCILLOR TO
SECOND-TIME CM
GUJARAT CREATED HISTORY UNDER PM
MODI’S LEADERSHIP, SAYS SONOWAL
Ahmedabad: Union Minister and BJP leader Sarbananda So-
nowal on Monday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
leadership for the party’s historic win in the Gujarat Assembly
polls. The former Assam chief minister spoke to reporters at
the Ahmedabad airport as he reached the city for the oath-
taking ceremony of Bhupendra Patel as the next Gu-
jarat Chief Minister. Sonowal said: “It is certain
that India will become the best nation in the
world under the leadership of Prime Minister
Modi and with continued development...,
we are moving fast in that very direction.”
Taking a dig at the Congress, the BJP leader
said: “Congress handled
the government in different
states and at the Centre for
almost 60 years. They could
not do anything even after
getting the opportunity for
such a long time.”
Shimla (PTI): The
Himachal Pradesh min-
istry will be expanded
soon in consultation
with the Congress high
command and begin
work on implementing
pre-poll promises from
its first Cabinet meet-
ing, CM Sukhvinder
Sukhu said on Monday
.
Sukhu said all “guar-
antee schemes” would
be implemented in the
first Cabinet meeting.
Among the “guaran-
tees” offered by the Con-
gress ahead of the elec-
tions include implemen-
tationof theOldPension
Scheme, about 5 lakh
jobs for the youth, a Rs
680-crore start-up fund
for youths, Rs 1,500 per
month to women and
free electricity up to 300
units of consumption.
Cabinet expansion
soon: Himachal
Pradesh CM Sukhu
Kolkata (Agencies):
Leader of Opposition in
West Bengal Suvendu
Adhikari on Monday
filed a PIL before a divi-
sion bench of Calcutta
High Court demanding
the deployment of cen-
tralarmedforcesduring
next year’s election to
thethree-tierpanchayat
system in the state.
In the PIL, Adhikari
also appealed for the ru-
ral civic body polls to be
conducted next year un-
der the supervision of a
retired justice of the
Calcutta High Court.
The matter will come up
for hearing on Tuesday
.
Recently
, in a number
of public rallies, Suv-
endu Adhikari ex-
pressed apprehension
that the ruling Trina-
mool Congress will try
to wrest control over all
the three- tiers in the
state’s panchayat sys-
tem by unleashing vio-
lence as they had done
in the last polls in 2018.
So now, his close associ-
ates said, he has decided
to tap the legal doors so
that avenues are opened
to make the rural civic
body polls peaceful as
far as possible.
Adhikari seeks central forces’ deployment
BENGAL PANCHAYAT POLLS
Chennai (PTI): DMK
youth wing secretary
and Chief Minister M K
Stalin’s son, Udhayani-
dhi, is expected to be
appointed a Minister
this week, party sourc-
es said here on Monday
.
Udhayanidhi, who
represents the Chep-
auk-Tiruvallikeni con-
stituency here in the
Assembly, has not made
any denial vis-a-vis the
development.
Asked on the matter,
DMK spokesperson
Constantine Ravindran
said that be it Ministers
or party district secre-
taries, there is a de-
mand that Udhayanidhi
Stalin be made a Minis-
ter. “Now, this demand
is more pronounced,”
he told PTI.
On a claim doing the
rounds that Udhayani-
dhi would be appointed
Minister on December
14, he said: “There is no
denying the fact that
party office-bearers
want to see him as a
Minister. A decision,
however, lies in the
hands of our party
president (Chief Minis-
ter M K Stalin).” Party
sources added that he is
expected to be inducted
into the Cabinet by this
week and consequently,
a Cabinet reshuffle is
also on the cards.
Udhayanidhi to be sworn in as
Minister in MK Stalin Cabinet
Chandigarh (ANI):
Former Punjab CM
Prakash Singh Badal
and his son
S u k h b i r
Singh Badal
a p p e a r e d
before the
Punjab Po-
lice Special Investiga-
tion Team probing the
2015 Kotkapura police
firing incident that took
place against the anti-
sacrilege protesters that
occurred after the dese-
cration of the holy book
of Sikhs in October 14.
Both SAD leaders ap-
peared before the SIT at
11.30 am and were
grilled. On November
29, former Director
General of Police
Sumedh Saini, who has
been accused in the
case, did not appear be-
fore the SIT.
2015 Kotkapura firing: SIT grills
SAD patriarch Parkash S Badal
AT LOGGERHEADS
FORCED RELIGIOUS
CONVERSIONS: SC
HEARING ON JAN 9
EXTENSION TO ED
DIRECTOR: SC
NOTICE TO GoI
New Delhi: The apex court
on Monday adjourned to
January 9 the hearing of
a plea seeking direction
to the Centre and states
to take stringent steps
to control fraudulent
religious conversion by
“intimidation, threatening,
deceivingly luring through
gifts and monetary
benefits”. The matter
was deferred as the
Solicitor General
was not available.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday sought
the response from the
Centre and others to a
plea challenging the third
extension granted to En-
forcement Directorate chief
Sanjay Kumar Mishra. A
bench issued notices to
the Union of India, Central
Vigilance Commission
and the ED director
on a plea filed by
Congress leader
Jaya Thakur.
Kolkata: Former WB minister Partha Chatterjee on Monday
prayed for bail before a special CBI court here in a case in
connection with the alleged irregulari-
ties in the recruitment of teaching and
non-teaching staff in state govern-
ment-aided and sponsored schools.
Opposing his bail prayer, the CBI
prayed for an extension of his judicial
remand. The special CBI court judge, after hearing argu-
ments of both sides, reserved the order on the prayers.
Muzaffarnagar: A special court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli
district on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment
for raping a five-year-old girl. Special
Judge, Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court,
Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs
50,000 on convict Sompal after hold-
ing him guilty under various sections
including IPC 376 (rape) and 5/6 of the POCSO Act. The
court decided the case in 28 days.
WB SSC ‘SCAM’: CBI COURT RESERVES
ORDER ON PARTHA CHATTERJEE’S BAIL
MAN AWARDED LIFE TERM FOR RAPING
5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN UTTAR PRADESH
IN THE COURTYARD
Suvendu Adhikari with BJP state chief Sukanta Majumder (L) and
party leader Rahul Sinha (R) at a protest rally, in Kolkata, on Monday.
Udhayanidhi Stalin with CM
MK Stalin. —FILE PHOTO
HPCC CHIEF
MEETS SUKHU
Shimla: Himachal
Congress chief Pratibha
Virbhadra Singh met
with Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu who took charge
as the Chief Minister of
the state on Monday.
Sukhu assumed charge
of the office at the
state civil secretariat in
Shimla on Monday.
PM NARENDRA MODI BOWS BEFORE GATHERING
AT SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF GUJARAT CM
Gandhinagar (ANI): Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday greeted and bowed
before the gathering at the swearing-in
ceremony of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhu-
pendra Patel and his cabinet ministers in
Gandhinagar. The Prime Minister led the
long line of dignitaries at the swearing-
in ceremony of Patel, who took oath as
the chief minister for the second time.
Earlier, on Sunday evening, PM Modi held
a roadshow in Ahmedabad after his party
swept the Gujarat Assembly bagging 156
seats, the highest-ever electoral haul for
any party in the state since it was founded
in 1960. People lined the streets through
which PM Modi’s convoy passed and
greeted him with loud cheers. The PM was
also seen waving at the adoring crowds.
TMC MEETS CEC
Dhanbad: The ruling
Congress party in
Jharkhand on Mon-
day warned its lead-
ers of strict action if
they were found mak-
ing public comments
against the party
. The
party’s disciplinary
committee chairman
Brajendra Prasad Sin-
gh said some Con-
gress leaders were
repeatedly issuing
statements against
the party. Describing
it as indiscipline, he
said that strict action
will be taken against
those found to be mak-
ing such statements.
A section of leaders
was openly express-
ing their resentment.
Cong warns leaders over
anti-party statements

06
INDIA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The men’s
FIFA World Cup, the
most important event
in international foot-
ball, features the top
national teams in ac-
tion. Football is widely
perceived as the most
popular sport in the
world, and the FIFA
World Cup, which is
held every four years,
spectacularly draws
massive crowds.
In the ongoing World
Cup, Argentina, Croa-
tia, France and Moroc-
co are the four teams
that have qualified for
the semifinals.
The World Cup will
resume when Argenti-
na takes on Croatia in
the semifinals on De-
cember 14. And on De-
cember 15, Francee will
take on Mmorocco.
The FIFA World Cup
2022, is currently taking
place in Qatar from No-
vember 18 to December
20, will be the first win-
ter World Cup ever. It
was planned this way so
that players could es-
cape the scorching high
temperatures in Qatar
throughout the summer.
The FIFA World Cup is
also the first to be con-
tested in the middle of
the club football season.
FIFA (Fédération In-
ternationale de Football
Association) website
states that the first
World Cup competition
was held in Montevi-
deo, Uruguay’s capital,
in 1930, 92 years ago.
The four teams in the
first competition that
allegedly played in an
“unfinished stadium”
were Argentina, Uru-
guay, the United States
of America, and Yugo-
slavia.
Curtains to fall on soccer extravaganza this week
FIFA WORLD CUP
lll
In its nearly 100-
year history, just
eight teams have
won the FIFA
World Cup.
Brazil has won 5
tournaments,
followed by Italy
(4) and Germany
with 3 titles
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
`1Kcrcybercrimeproceedsattached:Govt
New Delhi (Agencies):
Proceeds of crime of
more than Rs 1000 crore
related to cyber and
crypto assets frauds
have been attached un-
der the provisions of
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002
(PMLA), the Govern-
ment informed the Lok
Sabha on Monday
.
Besides, estimated
GST evasion by such
companies was nearly
Rs 22,936 crore between
April 2019 and Novem-
ber 2022, it added.
Ministry of Finance,
in a written reply
, said
thattheEnforcementDi-
rectorateisinvestigating
several cases related to
cyber and crypto assets
frauds wherein online
gaming etc. have been
used for committing
fraud and siphoning of
the proceeds generated
thereof.
Furthermore, it said
that in so far as evasion
of Goods and Services
Tax (GST) is concerned,
CBIC formations have
initiated investigations
against some gaming
companies (including
Online gaming compa-
nies) located in India as
well as abroad. The esti-
matedevasionof GSTby
these companies works
out to Rs 22,936 crore, re-
lating to period April
2019 to November 2022.
MoS(Finance)Pankaj
Chaudhary said, “
Assets
amounting to Rs 289.28
crore have been seized
under section 37A of
Foreign Exchange Man-
agement Act, 1999.” The
reply said, “Necessary
action as per provisions
of law is taken against
suchcompanies,asmen-
tioned above.”
Govt said in LS that proceeds of over Rs 1000 cr of crime related to cyber and crypto assets frauds have been attached under the PMLA
A session in progress in the Parliament.
FINANCE MINISTER CROSSES SWORDS WITH
T’GANA CONGRESS MP OVER RUPEE FALL
New Delhi: A bitter war
of words ensued between
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman and Congress
member A Revanth Reddy
in Lok Sabha on Monday
over rupee depreciation.
The drama began during
Question Hour, when Reddy,
who represents Telangana’s Malkajgiri, while asking a
question on depreciation of rupee, referred to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s old statement on rupee’s fall,
which he had made when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.
2 PUNJAB MPS RAISE
FARMERS’ ISSUES IN LS
New Delhi: Two MPs
from Punjab on Monday
demanded
that farmers
should
be given
fair price
for their
produce and
the Electricity Amendment
bill be reviewed. During
Zero Hour in Lok Sabha,
Congress MP from Patiala
Preneet Kaur and SAD MP
from Bathinda, Harsimrat
Badal demanded that all
cases lodged against farm-
ers should be withdrawn.
DIMPLE TAKES OATH
AS MAINPURI LS MP
New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party leader Dimple Yadav,
former Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minster
Akhilesh
Yadav’s
wife, on
Monday took oath as
Lok Sabha MP after a
magnificent victory in the
Mainpuri bypolls in Uttar
Pradesh last week. The
seat was vacated following
the death of her father-in-
law Mulayam Singh Yadav
in October.
In these cases, as on December 6,
2022, proceeds of crime of more
than Rs 1000 crore have been at-
tached / seized / freezed under the provi-
sions of Prevention of Money Laundering
Act, 2002 (PMLA). —Ministry of Finance
ScindiamakessurprisevisittoDelhiIGIA
amid passenger congestion complaints
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ionCivilAviationMinis-
ter Jyotiraditya Scindia
on Monday made a sur-
prise visit to the Termi-
nal 3 of Delhi Interna-
tionalAirportamidcom-
plaints of crowd conges-
tion by passengers.
A video released by
Scindia’s office said, “It
was a surprise visit of
the minister to the air-
port and he inspected
all the suspected con-
gested areas and inter-
acted with the airport
staff to ensure maxi-
mum to avoid over-
crowding.” Post-inspec-
tion the minister had a
meeting with all the
stakeholders at the
DIAL office where key
directions were issued
(with timelines on
each), and we should
see changes take effect
from tomorrow to the
next 6-7 days, said a
statement by the Minis-
try of Civil Aviation.
Rocky Singh, the host
of a popular food and
travel show on TV and
the Internet, was one of
the complainants. He
wrote “Welcome to
Hell” alongside a pic-
ture of a really long line
at security
.
Civil Aviation Minis-
ter’s visit is a response
to the heavy backlash
against the Delhi Indira
Gandhi International
Airport triggered by
the congestion.
Scindia speaks to IGIA officials on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AFTER SURPRISE IGIA VISIT, SCINDIA
ISSUES KEY ORDERS TO DEFUSE T3 RUSH
New Delhi: After his sur-
prise visit to IGI Airport,
in an exclusive interview
with ANI, Union Civil Avia-
tion Minister Jyotiraditya
Scindia highlighted that
steps were being taken to
ensure ease of travel to air
passengers. “Today we’ve
increased the number of
entry gates from 14 to 16.
There was a meeting with
officials inside the airport
where we’ve decided that
a signboard should be
placed at every entry gate
displaying the waiting time
before entry,” Union Civil
Aviation Minister Jyotira-
ditya Scindia told ANI.
An artist makes paintings of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi,
French footballer Kylian Mbappé and Croatia’s captain Luka Modric.
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA, SRI LANKA RESUME FLIGHT
SERVICE BETWEEN CHENNAI AND
JAFFNA AFTER COVID-19
MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL
CARTEL HELD WITH GOLD WORTH
`46 LAKH IN LUCKNOW
GENDER-NEUTRAL VIEWS IN KERALA EDU
POLICY WILL CAUSE ‘SEXUAL ANARCHY’: UDF
Colombo (PTI): India and Sri Lanka on
Monday resumed flight services between
Chennai and Jaffna, three years after the
island nation discontinued the services
due to the Covid pandemic. The first
flight on resumption of services landed
this morning at the Jaffna International
Airport, Upul Dharmadasa the Chairman
of the Airport and Aviation Services told
reporters. Jaffna airport officials said the
Alliance Air service landed at Jaffna at
1125 am local time. A small ceremony
was conducted to welcome the flight
which had 14 selected passengers,
mostly officials, on board. The return to
Chennai was scheduled for 2.50 pm
local time.
Lucknow (Agencies): A member of an in-
ternational cartel was arrested by the Gomti
Nagar police after the Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI) detained him up on a tip
off from Amausi airport soon after he landed
from Guwahati. The accused is Sunny Dilip
Lal Sharma alias Manav Govind. While he
had secured an identity in the name of Ma-
nav Govind to smuggle gold this time, it was
revealed that he had been using six different
identities. The DRI team recovered 862
grams of gold worth Rs 46 lakh from him.
He was later handed over to the Gomti Nagar
police. Police said that during interrogation,
it surfaced that Sharma originally hailed from
Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra and was a part of
an international syndicate.
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The Congress-led UDF
opposition on Monday contended in the Kerala assembly
that the gender neutral views in the ruling Left front’s
proposed new education policy will result in “negation of
religion” and “sexual anarchy”, while the LDF said nothing
has been decided and everything was up for discussion.
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a key ally of the
Congress-led UDF opposition, said the proposed new ed-
ucation policy and the gender neutral views in it will create
“gender confusion” among children and the general public.
“The education policy aims to bring in gender equality and
rational thought. That cannot be allowed at state expense.
It will lead to negation of religion. Therefore, it has to be
removed from the policy,” IUML MLA N Samsudheen
claimed in the assembly.
Thakur inaugurates
Table Tennis match in
Kashi Tamil Sangamam
UNSC: Russia backs India’s
permanent membership
Moscow (ANI): Rus-
sian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov has once
again backed India for
permanent member-
ship at the United Na-
tions Security Council
(UNSC) stating that
New Delhi has added
value to the Council
with its stance on global
and regional issues.
“I think that India is
currently one of the
leading countries in
terms of economic
growth, maybe even the
leader. Its population
will soon be bigger than
that of any other coun-
try. New Delhi has vast
diplomatic experience
in settling various
kinds of problems, as
well as authority and a
reputation in its re-
gion,” Lavrov said. Lav-
rov made these remarks
while responding to me-
dia queries on at the
Primakov Readings In-
ternational Forum in
Moscow on December 7.
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Union IB
and Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur said on
Monday that two cul-
tures are suniting
through literature, cul-
ture and sports and
other genres at the
‘Kashi Tamil Sanga-
mam’ event. He inaugu-
rated the friendly Table
Tennis match organized
today as a part of the
eight day long ‘Kashi
Tamil Sangamam —
Sports Summit’.
Thakur inspected
and reviewed the upgra-
dation of the Sigra Sta-
dium in Varanasi. He
proposed changes for
the betterment of the
stadium upgradation
work. He also conduct-
ed space audit of vari-
ous offices of the Minis-
try of Information
Broadcasting in Vara-
nasi. He visited Kashi
Vishwanath Temple
and offered his prayers.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Thakur said that
in the ‘Kashi Tamil
Sangamam’ event, vari-
ous programs of litera-
ture and culture are
taking place and as
such the initiative of
connecting North and
South through sports is
also happening. He also
said that the linkages
between North and
South reflect our an-
cient traditions which
are more than thou-
sands of years old.
Anurag Thakur tries his hand at a match in Varanasi, on Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov. —FILE PHOTO
40 injured
as bus
overturns in
UP’s Gonda
Gonda (Agencies):
Around 40 passengers
were injured when a
double decker bus over-
turned in Colonelganj
area of Uttar Pradesh’s
Gonda district on Mon-
day, the local police of-
ficials said.
The police sources
said that the incident
took place near Bhamb-
hua railway crossing
when the Gonda-bound
bus from Delhi over-
turned after hitting a
stationary tractor.
Nearly 40 passengers
travelling in the bus
were injured in the ac-
cident and have been
admitted to the hospi-
tal, the police said.
The police officials
said that the condition
of eight passengers is
stated to be serious.
The accident took place near
Bhambhua railway crossing.
Don’tmakeunsubstantiated
remarks:DhankhartoMPs
New Delhi (PTI): Rajya
Sabha Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Monday cautioned the
MPs that they should
not make unsubstanti-
ated remarks as that can
tantamount to breach of
privilege of the House.
During the Zero Hour,
Sanjay Singh (AAP) al-
leged the government
was misusing investiga-
tive agencies to target
opposition leaders. He
said that in the past
eight years, the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
conducted 3,000 raids on
the opposition leaders
but only 23 persons
could be convicted.
Some members from
the treasury benches
objected to the remarks,
prompting the Chair to
intervene. Dhankhar
said anything being
spoken in the House has
to be precise and with
sanctity and ownership.
RS PASSES ENERGY
CONSERVATION
(AMENDMENT) BILL
New Delhi: A bill seeking
to mandate the use
of non-fossil energy
sources such as bio-
mass, ethanol and green
hydrogen was passed by
Parliament on Monday.
The Energy Conservation
(Amendment) Bill, 2022
was cleared in Rajya
Sabha by a voice vote
on Monday. Lok Sabha
passed the legislation in
the previous session in
August this year. The bill
provides for penalties for
violations by industrial
units or vessels, and on
manufacturers if a vehicle
fails to comply with fuel
consumption norms.

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 54,461.00 109.00 0.20 (Per 10g)
SILVER 68,503.00 934.00 1.36 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.53 0.25 0.30
GBPINR 101.27 0.50 0.50
CURRENCIES
‘415 MN PEOPLE LIFTED OUT OF POVERTY’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: More than 400
million people were lifted
out of poverty in India be-
tween 2005-06 to 2019-21, the
governmentsaidonMonday
citing UNDP's Global Multi-
dimensional Poverty Index
(MPI) 2022.
As per the baseline re-
portof MPI2021releasedby
NITI Aayog, India's MPI
identifies 25.01% of the
population as multidimen-
sionally poor, Minister of
State (Independent Charge)
of Ministry of Planning
Rao Inderjit Singh said.
As per the 'Global Multi-
dimensional Poverty Index
2022:Unpackingdeprivation
bundles to reduce multidi-
mensional poverty' report
released by Oxford Poverty
Human Development Ini-
tiative (OPHI) and United
Nations Development Pro-
gramme (UNDP), in India,
415 million people exited
poverty between 2005-06 to
2019-21, Singh said.
IN INDIA, SAYS GOVT
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The MPI data was based
on NFHS-5, which was
conducted over two years
from June 17, 2019 to
April 30, 2021 due to delay
caused by the pandemic.
z The % of population as
multidimensionally poor
in rural and urban areas
is 32.75% and 8.81%,
respectively.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Digital
financial services firm
One97 Communications
on Monday said that its
loan disbursals reached
an annualised run rate of
around `39,000 crore in
November this year. OCL-
had reported loan disbur-
sals at an annualised run
rate of around `37,000
crore in October. “Our
loan distribution business
(in partnership with top
lenders) continues to wit-
ness an accelerated
growth with disburse-
ments through our plat-
form now at an annualised
run rate of `39,000 crore
in the month of Novem-
ber,” Paytm said in a reg-
ulatory filing.
New Delhi (PTI): India
imported 131.92 million
tonne of coal worth `2.3
lakh crore in April-Sep-
tember period of ongoing
financial year. In FY22, the
country’s coal import of
208.93 million tonne (MT)
was worth `2,28,741.8
crore, Coal Minister Pral-
had Joshi said in a reply
to the Rajya Sabha. The
coal import was 215.25
MT in FY21. Import of
coal in India consists
mainly of coking coal and
high grade coal, whose
prices are normally higher
than thermal coal.
INDIA IMPORTS COAL
WORTH `2.3 LAKH
CRORE IN APR-SEPT
PAYTM LOAN
DISBURSAL REACHES
RUN RATE OF `39K CR
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
price fell by `109 to
`54,461 per 10 gram in
the national capital on
Monday amid weak global
trends. In the previous
trade, the precious metal
had closed at `54,570 per
10 gram. Silver, however,
climbed `934/kg to
`68,503/kg. “Gold prices
traded lower on Monday
amid a firmer dollar,” said
Dilip Parmar, Research
Analyst at HDFC Securi-
ties. In the international
market, gold was quoting
lower at $1,789.4/ounce.
GOLD RATES FALL BY
`109; SILVER PRICES
JUMP BY `934
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
crude steel output rose by
about 5% to 10.34 million
tonne (MT) in November
2022, according to Steel-
Mint India. As per the re-
search firm, the top six
steel makers produced
6.28 MT steel and the rest
4.06 MT came from the
secondary sector. The
country had produced
9.88 MT of steel during
the same month of 2021.
In November 2021, large
producers jointly manu-
factured 6.09 MT steel,
while the secondary in-
dustry produced 3.79 MT,
it added.
INDIA’S STEEL
OUTPUT GROWS 5%
TO 10.34 MT IN NOV
*Rates till the edition went to print.
`36,145 CRORE
SPENT UNDER CSR
BY COMPANIES IN
2019-21
New Delhi (PTI): A total of
`36,145 crore has been spent
by various companies across
the country to carry out de-
velopment activities as part of
their Corporate Social Respon-
sibility (CSR), Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
said. While `17,672.40 crore
has been spent under the CSR
by the companies in 2020-21,
`18,473.41 crore has been
spent in 2019-20, she said.“The
government monitors the
compliance of CSR provisions
through the disclosures made
by the companies in the MCA21
registry. Whenever any violation
of CSR provisions is reported,
action against such non-compli-
ant companies is initiated as per
provisions of the Act.”
AI CLOSE TO FINALISE
DEAL OF 50 BOEING
737 MAX PLANES
Mumbai (PTI): Tata Group-
owned Air India is close to
finalising a deal with US
aircraft maker
Boeing for 50
narrow-body
Boeing 737
MAX planes
for its international budget
arm Air India Express, accord-
ing to sources. The sources
said the deal will be part of
a large aircraft order that Air
India has been discussing with
Boeing Co and Airbus SE since
the beginning of this fiscal.
Air India plans to triple its fleet
over the next five years.
OYO ROLLS FEATURES
FOR LISTING HOTELS
BASED ON RATINGS
New Delhi (PTI): Travel tech
firm OYO on Monday launched
a feature on
its app listing
hotels that
provide the
most consist-
ent and high-quality customer
experience based on ratings
and reviews. Consumers can
now see hotels marked ‘Super
OYO’ while booking through
the OYO App. The category
called ‘Super OYO’, constantly
analyses each hotel’s perfor-
mance on multiple parameters
such as customer ratings and
reviews.
GOVT ACROSS WORLD,
FORUMS LAG BEHIND
IN RULEMAKING
New Delhi (PTI): Govern-
ments across the world and
internet
forums have
lagged behind
in rulemak-
ing for big
technology players for their in-
novations that can cause harm
to society, Minister of State
for Electronics and IT Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said. Minister
of State (MoS) Chandrasekhar
further said the internet, which
has been a force for good,
has also increasingly begun to
represent risk, user harm and
criminality.
ABRY BENEFITTED 60
LAKH BENEFICIARIES IN
PANDEMIC: MINISTER
New Delhi (PTI): The
Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar
Yojana (ABRY) meant for
creating
employment
during the
pandemic ben-
efitted 60.13
lakh beneficiaries, Parliament
was informed on Monday.
The ABRY was launched on
October 1, 2020, to incentivise
employers to create new em-
ployment and restore employ-
ment lost during the COVID-19
pandemic. “The terminal date
for registration of beneficiaries
was March 31, 2022.
ALL-INDIA ELECTRICITY DEMAND MAY GROW 7%
TO 1,480 BILLION UNITS IN FY23: ICRA
New Delhi (PTI): The all-India electricity demand is expected to
grow 7% to 1,480 billion units (BU) in the ongoing financial year,
as per Icra. In the preceding 2021-22
fiscal, the all-India power demand
was at 1,380 BU, the ratings agency
said on Monday. “All-India electricity
demand to remain healthy at over
7% in FY23 despite growth slow-
down post Q1 of this fiscal, and grow
at 5-5.5%in FY24,” Icra said. The
estimates are based on the fact that all-India electricity demand
increased 10.6% year-on-year in first eight months of FY2023.
OTHER STORIES
Netdirecttaxcollectionrise24%
New Delhi (PTI): The net
direct tax collection grew
24% to `8.77 lakh crore in
the April-November of the
current fiscal, the Finance
Ministry said on Monday
.
This represents 61.79%
of the full-year Budget Es-
timates (BE) of direct tax
collection for 2022-23
(April-March).
“Direct tax collection net
of refund stands at `8.77
lakh crore as of November
30, which is 24.26% higher
than the net collection for
the corresponding period
last year,” the ministry
tweeted.
The collection accounts
for 61.79% of Budget Esti-
mates for FY 2022-23.
The Budget estimated
direct tax collection at
`14.20 lakh crore this fiscal,
higher than `14.10 lakh
crore collected last fiscal
(2021-22). Tax on corporate
and individual income
makes up for direct taxes.
Tax collection is an indi-
cator of economic activity
in any country
.
The collection from the
levy of tax on GST has flat-
tened to around `1.45-1.50
lakh crore per month.
Sensex declines 51 points on Monday
Mumbai (PTI): The
Sensex ended over 51
points lower on Monday
while the Nifty settled flat
amid a weak trend in glob-
al markets and continu-
ous foreign fund outflows.
Markets are awaiting the
November inflation data
to be announced later in
the day, traders said.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex declined 51.10
points or 0.08% to settle at
62,130.57. During the day,
it tumbled 505.52 points or
0.81% to 61,676.15.
The broader NSE Nifty
ended at 18,497.15, margin-
ally higher by 0.55 points.
From the Sensex pack,
Asian Paints, Infosys, Ti-
tan, Kotak Mahindra
Bank, Power Grid, Bharti
Airtel, State Bank of In-
dia and Bajaj Finserv
were the major laggards.
Tata Steel, Nestle, Dr
Reddy’s, UltraTech Ce-
ment, Wipro and HDFC
Bank were among the
winners.
RBI sells $33.42 billion in April-
September to curb rupee volatility
New Delhi (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank of India (RBI)
net sold $33.42 billion in the
foreign exchange market in
the first six months of cur-
rent fiscal to defend the ru-
pee from excessive volatil-
ity
. The central bank close-
ly monitors the foreign ex-
change markets and inter-
venes only to maintain or-
derly market conditions by
containing excessive vola-
tility in the exchange rate,
without reference to any
pre-determined target level
or band. “During the finan-
cial year, the RBI’s opera-
tions have resulted in net
sales of $33.42 billion till
September 2022.”
Govt won’t make
RBI’s inflation
letter public
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Monday ruled
out making public the RBI
report detailing the rea-
sons why the central bank
could not keep
inflation with-
in the targeted
6% upper lim-
it for the three
consecutive
quarters.
“Yes sir, RBI has fur-
nished a report to the cen-
tral government, as man-
dated under Section 45ZN
of the RBI Act, 1934 and
Regulation 7 of RBI Mone-
tary Policy Committee and
Monetary Policy process
Regulations, 2016,” minis-
ter of state for finance Pan-
kaj Chaudhary said.
Indian Rupee strong against every
currency: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sitharaman
on Monday lauded the In-
dian Rupee and said it has
been strong against every
currency
.
The statement from the
minister came during Mon-
day’s parliamentary ses-
sion. “The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has used for-
eign exchange reserves
that it has to intervene in
the market to make sure
that the Dollar-Rupee fluc-
tuation does not go too
much,” she said.
Sitharaman also praised
the Indian economy in the
parliament by calling it the
fastest-growing economy
.
“It is sad that some peo-
ple in Parliament are jeal-
ous of the country’s in-
creasing economy. India
has the fastest-growing
economy but the opposi-
tion has a problem with it.
Everyone should be proud
of India’s growth but some
people take it as a joke,”
she said while taking a dig
at the opposition.
The rupee on Monday
declined 25 paise to 82.53
against the US dollar as
heavy selling pressure in
domestic equities and a
strong greenback in the
overseas market weighed
on investor sentiments.
TO `8.77 LAKH CRORE
GST EVASION OF `23,000
CRORE UNDER PROBE
New Delhi (PTI): GST eva-
sion of about `23,000 crore
by gaming companies be-
tween April 2019 and No-
vember 2022 is being inves-
tigated by the tax officers,
Minister of State for Fi-
nance Pankaj Chaudhary
said on Monday
.
In a written reply to a
question in the Lok Sabha,
the minister said the En-
forcement Directorate has
attached proceeds of crime
of more than `1,000 crore
in several cases related to
Cyber and Crypto assets
frauds wherein online
gaming etc have been used
for siphoning the proceeds.
“The estimated evasion
of GST by these companies
works out of `22,936 crore,
relating to the period April
2019 to Nov. 2022,” he said
on Monday
.
DATA IN
NUMBERS
z The Budget estimated direct
tax collection at `14.20 lakh
crore this fiscal, higher than
`14.10 lakh crore collected last
fiscal. Tax on corporate and
individual income makes up for
direct taxes.
z The collection from the levy
of tax on goods and services
sold (GST) has flattened to
around `1.45-1.50 lakh crore
per month.
z Refunds amounting to `2.15
lakh crore were issued between
Apr 1-Nov 30, which is about
67% higher than the last year
` FALLS 25 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.53/$
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
declined 25 paise to close at
82.53 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Monday,
pressured by a lacklustre.
At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the rupee
opened lower at 82.54
against the greenback and
witnessed a high of 82.50
and a low of 82.74.It finally
settled at 82.53.

08
2NDFRONT
z What is meant by
‘X-Factor Modi’?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
Its meaning is absolute-
ly clear. ‘Modi All the
way,’ ‘One man show
Modi’, ‘Man of the
match Modi,’ ‘Modi A to
Z in Gujarat’, ‘156 a
Modi miracle’. This
means that Gujarat’s
script is written, direct-
ed, produced and even
starred by Modi. And
when we talk about
Modi, Amit Shah is ‘in
built’ in that story
. Look
at Modi, he stayed in
Gujarat for 21 days and
campaigned in a man-
ner that looked as if he
himself is contesting
the Chief Ministerial
election. He conducted
12 Yatras and stayed
there for 21 days. He
covered 52 constituen-
cies and the Party won
in 46, which means the
success rate is over 88%.
This is why
, I advise my
friends in the Congress
to give walk over to
Modi and Shah in Guja-
rat. Entire nation is
there, go and contest in
some other state. They
should be extremely
careful while entering
Gujarat because there
exists the ‘X-Factor
Modi.’
z Did Narendra
Modi, or Mohan
Bhagwat or Amit
Shah even think that
this target of 156
would be achieved?
It doesn’t seem so. Yes,
everyone had this
thought in their hearts
that they would cross
the 127 seat record.
Amit Shah had said
that they would cross
the numbers and JP
Nadda said that they
would create a record,
but no one said that
they would achieve 156
seats. No one except CR
Patil said that the party
would go past 140-150
seats. The basic point is
that they focus on each
election as if it is the
last election of their
lives, and they consider
the night prior to the
election to be the last
night of their lives so
they must do whatever
needs to be done. They
contest the elections
following the principle
of ‘Saam, Daam, Dand,
Bhed’ and if seen logi-
cally, all this had to
happen in Gujarat, per-
haps not 150 plus, but
about 130 seats. Even
those near to Prime
Minister had opined
that the Party would
get seats in the range
of 129-130. The reason
for this was that last
time, the BJP got about
54-55 percent votes and
the Congress got 44 per-
cent, or thereabout. So
they had thought that
this time around the 40-
45% votes that go to
Congress would be di-
vided due to the ‘three
-way’ contest, and that
is what exactly hap-
pened. So, they had
thought they would get
a little over 127, but
never did they think it
would swell to 156 seats.
So, you are right in say-
ing that all, even the
senior leaders, hadn’t
imagined that the Par-
ty would win 156 seats.
z So does this victory
mean that Narendra
Modi has become
larger than his own
party?
It can be said that in
Gujarat, it is not BJP,
but Modi that has won.
This is why, this phe-
nomenon is created
that Modi is bigger
than the Party. And
when perceived holisti-
cally, this holds true as
well. One person holds
the reins of the people.
No other party has a
bigger ‘crowd- pullar’
than the BJP in the na-
tion. In the BJP, its
think tank, its own so-
cial circle, there is no
one more powerful or
bigger leader than
Modi. He has become
greater than the Party,
but it is his modesty
that he salutes the Par-
ty and stays within the
confines of Party’s dis-
cipline, but the truth is
that he is actually
greater than the Party.
z PM Modi conducted
a 55 kilometre long
road show in
Ahmedabad. Do you
think this road show
had a major impact
on the election, consid-
ering the results now?
See, Modi is a ‘Master-
mind Strategist.’ He
strategises and Amit
Shah executes it. He
knows what needs to be
done and when. They
won the Uttar Pradesh
election and the very
next day
, when everyone
was taking time out and
relaxing, Modi reached
Ahmedabad and under-
took a nine kilometre
long road show, approxi-
mately six months be-
fore the election. There
were thousands of peo-
ple on the road then,
and they repeated the
same rally during cam-
paigning, but this time,
it was 55 kilometre long
and a million people
participated in this road
show. It was a great
‘Mastermind card’
played by Modi, on the
eve of second phase of
the election, and that
has given tremendous
results. It was a ‘Master
stroke.’
z Do you think it is
only Modi and Shah,
who have understood
Gujarat?
Of course, that is what
it seems to be. There are
reasons for it too. They
campaigned in Gujara-
ti, which is a ‘master-
mind move’ and all oth-
er political parties were
bamboozled. This estab-
lished a connect among
people. Those who were
not going to vote for
them, immediately fell
for the party over the
use of Gujarati lan-
guage. They know it far
better than anyone
which card to play at
what time. Let me cite a
few examples through
which you will come to
know why only these
two men know and un-
derstand Gujarat. The
people inform them. I
went to observe the elec-
tion campaigning in
Ahmedabad and sat in a
bus. I came across a
child and asked her if
she knows Narendra
Modi. She said yes, he
frequently visits Delhi .
I told her no he lives in
Delhi. She said no, he
lives in Ahmedabad and
sometimes goes to Del-
hi. When she became
adamant, her father en-
quired about the com-
motion. I told him about
our conversation that
the girl was saying Nar-
endra Modi lives in Gu-
jarat whereas, I was say-
ing that he now lives in
Delhi. The father imme-
diately asked me not to
teach the girl wrongly
and stressed that he
(PM) lives in Gujarat
and seldom visits Delhi.
Look at the passion of
people. With this, tell
me who can defeat Nar-
endra Modi? Then I
went a little further and
towards the Teen
Darwaza area, I came
across a Paani-Puri sell-
er and asked him about
the political situation.
He said that earlier
there used to be riots
thrice in a week, the
market used to remain
closed in Ahmedabad,
which is factually cor-
rect. People used to wor-
ry
, if someone from the
house would go out for
work, they would worry
if the child would re-
turn safely, be it Hindu
or Muslim. Now that
worry has vanished,
there are no riots and
we all are happy. Then
another example is
from Surat, where a
‘Mazaar’ had to be re-
moved and established
elsewhere, as it was part
of some development
project. When asked
that the ‘Mazaar’ was
removed yet you want
to vote for Modi, they
said even Temples have
been shifted. They said
that Modi has shifted
150 temples and only
two ‘Mazaars’ have
been shifted. So look at
the sentiment and state
of mind of the people.
They say that Modi will
remove, be it ‘Temple’
or ‘Mosque,’ if it falls in
thewayof development.
That is why, I say that
only these people know
and understand Gujarat
and that, thought of
‘Hindu-Muslim enmity’
is ending now. I went to
another Muslim domi-
nated area and asked
them. They agreed that
they didn’t want to vote
for Modi, but also ac-
cepted that now they
have no other option left
and secondly, the ‘Dou-
ble engine Government’
which Modi talks about,
has resonated with
them. They stressed
that if any other gov-
ernment comes to pow-
er, then issues like scar-
city of water and other
such matters would
spring up. Therefore,
they said that they need
development too and
hence, would vote for
Narendra Modi. So,
when the voters have
such a perception in
their minds, then, I can
say for sure that only
two people understand
this state.
z Till now it has been
Modi and Shah. But
do you think now CR
Patil’s name can also
be included in this
list?
You can say CR Patil is
like a ‘trouble shooter.’
I would not go as far as
saying that he is the
face in Gujarat, but
surely, his stature is
considered to be larger
than that of the Chief
Minister. So, after Modi
and Amit Shah, you
can say that he is some-
where in the second
line and he is there be-
cause his idea (about
party’s number of
seats) came true. He
was Party President
and was Modi’s person-
al choice, although
nothing can happen in
Gujarat without Amit
Shah’s approval. PM
Modi also consults him
while taking decisions
about Gujarat. In fact,
Patil was the only per-
son, who had stressed
that the party would
win around 150 seats
and if the party does
not get as many seats
then he proclaimed he
would retire from poli-
tics. And now the party
crossed the 150 mark.
z How do you analyse
Amit Shah’s role in
this historic victory?
His role is parallel to
Narendra Modi. I al-
ways say, ‘They are
natural allies.’ He had
started planning about
all this since 2011-12. he
has been planning this
for over a decade and
now that the elections
were here, he sat in Gu-
jarat for ten days. He is
a ‘Mastermind,’ he
makes all the strategies
and executes them and
hence, he is called
‘Chanakya.’ Since the
beginning till the end,
he carried out several
roles including that of
a troubleshooter, man-
ager game changer.
Above all, he conducted
23 rallies and covered
108 assembly constitu-
encies. He also con-
trolled the rebels, estab-
lished coherent under-
standing with CR Patil
and as Narendra Modi’s
trusted General, he did
wonders in Gujarat.
z Has JP Nadda’s
stature and role in-
creased considering
the manner in which
the entire election
campaign has been
conducted?
Of course. His stature
and role has increased.
Moreover, his say in the
decision making pro-
cess in the PMO has
also been substantial.
And the reason for it is
that he is a loyalist, he
is a hard working per-
son, a thorough gentle-
man, a low-profile and
silent performer. So,
his stature has definite-
ly increased and with
the role and responsi-
bilities assigned to
him, he is the third im-
portant person after
Modi and Shah. His
tenure would go up till
2024 elections, but it is
very much possible
that keeping in mind
his performance and
co-ordination, he may
continue on the posi-
tion.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Gujarat script written, directed, produced and starred
by one man ‘Hero’ i.e. PM Modi, says Dr Chandra
Taking a look back at the recently announced Gujarat election results, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and
First India; CMD, First India News, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra delves deeper into the phenomenon that is Narendra Modi, how the
‘X-Factor’ surpassed every other party and its leaders, how PM campaigned as if he was contesting as Chief Minister, how Modi has
become greater than his own party and how the results surprised everyone including Modi, Shah, Nadda, Bhagwat and others but
were in line with the predictions of Gujarat’s BJP state chief CR Patil’s claim of party winning over 150 seats. Excerpts… (Part-I)
During the show
#XFactorModi!trended
top All-India
on Twitter
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Astha Khandelwal, Amit Mishra, Aditi Nagar,
Mimansa Malik and Poornima Mishra during The JC Show.
Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra during
The JC Show.
‘X FACTOR’ MODI
Being true to yourself is critical
to growth … your own and your
Organization.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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MUMBAI, TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Varunavi Singh, a
ravishing supermodel
shares her inspiring
journey in an exclusive
interview with City First!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
rose can never be a sunflower,
and a sunflower can never be a
rose. All flowers are beautiful
in their own way
, and that’s like
women too and beautiful model
Varunavi Singh proved that
rare is beautiful. While de-
scribing her dreams, the young achiev-
er said “I want to encourage women to
embrace their own uniqueness.” When
asked about her personality, she said,
“I’m a student pursuing Bsc, a model
and also a make-up artist. I am an ani-
mal lover who loves to feed street dogs
and other animals, some of my hobbies
are dancing, travelling, gardening and
many more. I believe that I am a rising
model. Moreover, I’m a hard-working,
passionate, punctual and optimistic per-
son.” While describing her journey
, the
ravishing beauty said, “I belong from a
middle-class family, modelling is not
considered a reputed and graceful pro-
fession also they don’t allow their
daughters to make their career in the
field of modelling, they don’t feel proud
been a parent of a model. ” From my
childhood, I have always been so fasci-
nated by modelling, as it is diverse and
allows you to channel what style you
prefer. The various styles available
keep the job interesting and inspiring
where your passion will grow in the
diverse high-energy environment.”
she added. When asked about her
memorable moment, the young dream-
er said, “My biggest achievement till
date in the field of the modelling is
that I have won the title ‘3rd runner
up’ of Elite Miss Rajasthan and also I
have done the show ‘THE JC Show’ live
on the national television and I am ex-
tremely thankful to Jagdeesh Chandra
sir to giving me this opportunity and
I also want thank Gaurav Gaur for
believing in me.”
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FENUGREEK
NUTRITION
Fenugreekseeds
and leaves are
strongly aromatic
and flavorful. The seeds
are bitter, but lose their bit-
terness if lightly roasted.
They are rich in vitamins
such as thiamin, folic acid,
riboflavin, niacin, vitamins
A, B6, and C, and are a rich
storehouse of many miner-
als such as copper, potassi-
um, calcium, iron, seleni-
um, zinc, manganese, and
magnesium. Fenugreek
leaves are a rich source of
vitamin K as well.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF
FENUGREEK
Fenugreek seeds are a rich
source of trigonelline, ly-
sine and l-tryptophan. The
seeds also contain a large
number of saponins and
fibres that may account for
many of the health benefits
of fenugreek. The follow-
ing are some of how the
fenugreek herb has been
used traditionally for treat-
ing a variety of conditions.
REDUCES CHOLESTEROL
Fenugreek contains sapo-
nins that help reduce the
body’sabsorptionof choles-
terol from fatty foods. Some
studies also indicate sapo-
nins have a role to play in
reducing the
body’sproductionof choles-
terol, especially LDL or bad
cholesterol. For example,
Reddy and Srinivasan from
the Central Food Techno-
logical Research Institute,
CSIR, Mysore, India, found
that fenugreek helped re-
gress existing cholesterol
gallstones in mice. Further,
theyclaimedthatfenugreek
could significantly reduce
cholesterol concentration.
REGULATES BLOOD SUGAR
AND CONTROLS DIABETES
An unusual amino acid
(4HO-Ile), so far found only
in fenugreek, has possible
anti-diabetic properties
such as enhancing insulin
secretion under hypergly-
cemic conditions, and in-
creasing insulin sensitivi-
ty. Iranian researchers
from Qom University of
Medical Science suggest
the potential of 4HO-Ile as
an adjunct to diabetes
treatment for type 1
as well as type
2 diabetes.
ENHANCES BREAST
MILK PRODUCTION
Fenugreek has been known
since ancient times as a
herbal galactagogue - or a
herb that increases milk
production. Fenugreek has
been used traditionally by
mothers to increase the
production of breast milk
and stimulate milk flow
while nursing and breast-
feeding. Other examples of
herbal galactagogues in-
clude blessed thistle, milk
thistle, fennel, anise, net-
tle, and others. However, it
must be noted that there
are very little modern data
on their safety and efficacy
.
This is supported by some
studies that have found
that consumption of herb-
al tea containing fenugreek
seeds enhanced the produc-
tion of breast milk in moth-
ers and facilitated infant
birth weight regain in ear-
ly postnatal days.
PROTECTS FROM
CANCER
Studies have shown that
the fibres in fenugreek
may help prevent certain
cancers. For example, Re-
searchers at Rajiv Gandhi
Center for Biotechnology,
Thiruvananthapuram,
found that fenugreek has
estrogenic effects and
could be a possible alter-
native to Hormone Re-
placement Therapy (HRT).
Other studies have shown
that saponins and muci-
lage in fenugreek bind to
toxins in the food and
flush them out, thus pro-
tecting the mucus mem-
brane of the colon from
cancers.
MAINTAINS HEALTHY
TESTOSTERONE LEVELS
An Australian study re-
ported the significant posi-
tive effect of fenugreek on
physiological aspects of
male libido and also found
that it may assist in main-
taining normal healthy
testosterone levels. The
study recruited 60 healthy
males between the ages
of 25 and 52, without
erectile dysfunction
and randomized to 2
tablets per day of
600mg Testofen (a
Fenugreek extract
and mineral for-
mulation) or a placebo
for 6 weeks. The research-
ers found that Testofen
significantly increased
sexual arousal and orgasm
in the study men.
AIDS DIGESTION
Fenugreek is said to be an
effective heartburn or acid
reflux remedy because the
mucilage in fenugreek
seeds assists in soothing
gastrointestinal inflamma-
tion, and coating the stom-
ach and intestinal lining.
According to a study pub-
lished in the journal Phyto-
therapy Research, a 2-week
intake of a fenugreek fibre
product taken 30 minutes
before two meals/per day,
by subjects with frequent
heartburn, diminished
heartburn severity
. The re-
searchers found that the
effects were similar to that
of ranitidine at 75mg,
twice a day
.
HELPS WITH WEIGHT LOSS
Fenugreek complements
diet and exercise for weight
loss. This thermogenic
herb aids weight loss by
suppressing appetite, in-
creasing energy in the
short term, and potentially
modulating carbohydrate
metabolism.
FENUGREEK’S USE AS A
NATURAL HOME REMEDY
Fenugreekiswidelyknown
for its culinary properties
and also as a traditional
remedy for several condi-
tions.
It has been used tradi-
tionally in India, China,
and the Middle East for
thousands of years to treat
many ailments and condi-
tions.
Fenugreek seeds are rich
in vitamin E and are added
as preservatives in pickles.
Dried leaves of the fenu-
greek are used for flavour-
ing meat, fish and vegeta-
ble dishes.
Herbal tea made with
fenugreek, lemon and hon-
ey are traditionally used as
a remedy for fevers.
Fenugreek has been used
traditionally as a remedy
for eczema, burns, abscess-
es, and gout.
Fenugreek has also been
used to stimulate uterine
contractions and induce
childbirth.
Fenugreek extract has
been suggested to assist in
balancing women’s hor-
mones and also to enlarge
breasts.
A paste made from fresh
fenugreek leaves applied
regularly to the scalp be-
fore a bath may help with
hair growth, improve hair
complexion, and reduce
dandruff.
FENUGREEK
FENUGREEK
Health Benefits,
Health Benefits,
e nu g re e k
(Trigonella
f o e n u m
g r a e c u m ,
native to
S o u t h e r n
Europe and
Asia), is an annual
herb with white
flowers and hard,
yellowish-brown
and angular seeds.
Commonlyknown
as methi in Hindi
and vendhayam in
Tamil, it is a popular
ingredient in many
North and South In-
dian dishes and
home remedies.
F
Uses, and Side Effects
Uses, and Side Effects
SOURCE: https://www.medindia.net/patients/lifestyleandwellness/fenugreek.htm?utm_source=topnaviga-
tionutm_medium=desktoputm_content=utm_campaign=medindia#health-benefits-of-fenugreek
MITA MAJUMDAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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