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1. Shinde govt reverses three MVA decisions Satish Nandgaonkar Mumbai: The state government on Thursday reversedkeydecisionsby the Maha Vikas Aghadi including reintroducing the pension scheme for those jailed during the Emergencyyears,andal- lowingvoterstoelectsar- panches, presidents of semi-urban and rural local bodies. The state cabinet, which is currently limited to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dep- uty CM Devendra Fad- navis,approvedapropos- al from the urban development department to re-startapensionscheme for those jailed during the Emergency years, from August 01. Those jailed for more than one month will receive a monthly pension of Rs10,000; their spouse willgetRs5,000aftertheir demise.Forthoseimpris- oned for less than one month, the state will pay a pension of Rs5,000 per month and Rs2,500 per month to their spouse after their demise. “The scheme was dis- continued by the MVA governmentprobablyun- der pressure from the Congress,”Fadnavistold reporters. The cabinet also ap- proved a proposal to allow voters to directly elect the heads of gram panchayats, nagar parishads and nagar panchayats, rather than hav- ing elected representatives choose them. The Fadnavis-ledgovernment had brought this change in 2018, but the MVA government reversed the de- cisionin2020.Theearlier rule that no-confidence motions against the pres- identsof nagarparishads and nagar panchayats cannot be moved within one year has now been extended to 2.5 years. The cabinet also ap- proved a marketing department proposal to allow farmers to directly elect their representatives in the agricultural produce marketing committees (APMC) by amendingtheprovisions of theMaharashtraAgri- culturalProduceMarket- ing Regulation Act, 1963. The amendments will allow any adult farmer whohassoldhisproduce at the APMC thrice in five years to vote. The proposal has been ap- provedtoenablegenuine farmers holding 7/12 ex- tractof theirlandtoelect the APMC members. In severalgrampanchayats, members who are not ac- tive farmers hold the power to elect the members. Allows farmers to vote for APMC committees, allows voters to decide heads of local bodies, reintroduces pension scheme for those jailed during Emergency Maharashtra cuts VAT on petrol & diesel, to cost exchequer `6K cr Mumbai (PTI): Maha- rashtra government has decided to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs5 and Rs3 per litre respectively, said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Thursday . The decision, which is to be implemented from Thursday mid- night, would entail a burden of Rs6,000 crore on the state exchequer. It will benefit the common man affected by the fuel price hike, Shinde told reporters after a cabinet meeting at the secretariat ‘Man- tralaya’. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said the decision was part of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s commitment to people’s welfare. The government will ensure the burden of Rs6,000 crore on the state exchequer does not impact development works, said Shinde. Prices brought down by Rs5 and Rs3 respectively to benefit common people: CM TWITTER SEES LONGEST GLOBAL OUTAGE IN YEARS FREE BOOSTER JAB FOR ADULTS FROM TODAY FOR 75 DAYS ZUBAIR MOVES SC SEEKING TO QUASH ALL FIRs BIHAR TERROR: PM’S PATNA VISIT WAS ON TARGET New Delhi: Twitter experienced longest outages for years, with social network completely unavailable to users around globe on web and mobile for almost an hour on Thursday. Many users reporting “over capacity” error messages and even errors saying “this page is down.” New Delhi: All adults will be able to get free booster doses of the coronavirus vaccine at government centres under a special drive over the next 75 days from Friday. Aimed at improving third-dose coverage, drive will be held as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations. New Delhi: AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair has moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash all six cases registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh police over his ‘controversial’ tweets. The six FIRs were filed against him in UP. Patna: The Patna Police has busted a suspected terrorist module in Patna, who as per cops, were planning to make India an Islamic nation by 2047. Both terrorists have been arrested and there was a plot to target Modi during his visit on July 12. MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT TO COMMENCE FROM MONDAY MIND YOUR LANGUAGE! Use of some terms will henceforth be considered unparliamentary in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, according to a new booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat Moni Sharma New Delhi: The booklet listing out unparliamentary words and expressions comes ahead of the Monsoon session beginning July 18. Some words and expressions are declared unparliamentary from time to time by the Chair in different Legislative bodies in country as well as in Commonwealth Parls, have been compiled by LS Secretariat for ready reference in fu- ture. However, the RS Chairman, LS Speaker will have last word in expunging words & expressions. List states that some of the key- words may not appear unparliamentary unless read in conjunc- tion with other expressions spoken during the parl proceedings. NEW DICTIONARY FOR NEW INDIA: RAHUL GANDHI CRITICISES GOVERNMENT’S MOVE NO WORDS HAVE BEEN BANNED, SAYS OM BIRLA The government’s decision to designate certain words as unparliamentary has sparked off a debate. Now, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has jumped into the discussion and criticised the govt’s move. Rahul Gandhi shared an image on Twitter that described word unparliamentary. LS Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that no word had been “banned” in either house and the list was merely a compilation of expressions that had been scrubbed off records in past. “Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released...to avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on internet. No words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of the words that have been expunged,” Birla said. “Have they (Oppn) read this 1,100-page dictionary (comprising unparliamentary words)?,” Om Birla told the media. LIST OF THE UNPARLIAMENTARY WORDS w Gaddar w Jumlajeevi w Girgit w Ghadiyali Ansu w Apmaan w Asatya w Ahankaar w Kala Din w Kala Bazaari w Danga w Dalal w Daadagiri w Dohra charitra w Bechara w Vishwasghat w Samvedanheen w Pitthu w Behri Sarkar w Khareed Farokht w Shakuni w Taanashah w Jaichand w Vinash Purush w Khalistani w Khoon Se Kheti w Baal Buddhi w Chamcha w Dohra Charitra w Nikamma w Nautanki w Dhindora wPeetna wVinash wTaanashahi w Lollypop w Goons w Bobcut w Dictatorial w Covid Spreader w Snoopgate w Ashamed w Abused w Bloody w Cheated w Betrayed w Corrupt w Crocodile tears w Drama w Hypocrisy w Incompetent w Chelas w Childishness wCoward w Criminal w Crocodile tears w Disgrace w Donkey w Eyewash w Fudge w Hooliganism w Mislead w Sexual wHarassment w Foolish Alas, Gotabaya resigns as Sri Lanka President Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Ra- japaksa on Thursday emailed his resignation letter to the parliament speaker. He had fled to the Maldives earlier this week and on Thurs- day took a Saudi Air- lines plane to Singa- pore. Sources have, however, refuted media reports on their on- ward travel. His escape to Maldives was negotiated by former Mal- dives President Mo- hamed Nasheed, sources said. Gotabaya’s original resignation letter will be flown from Singapore. www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia MUMBAI l FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 70 SC SETS ASIDE HC ORDERS AGAINST SAHARA CHIEF New Delhi: The SC on Thursday set aside Patna HC orders in an anticipatory bail case including the one directing Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to appear before it. Orders were passed by HC while hearing anticipatory bail application of another person. ED ARRESTS EX-NSE CHIEF, BOOKS SANJAY PANDEY Mumbai: The ED on Thursday arrested former NSE Chief Chitra Ramakrishna in an illegal ‘phone tapping’ case related to exchange’s co-location scam. ED also filed a money laundering complaint against ex-Mum- bai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey.P2 SINGER DALER MEHNDI GETS 2 YEARS JAIL IN 2003 CASE Patiala: A court in Punjab’s Patiala on Thursday dismissed the plea of leading bhangra-pop singer Daler Mehndi against his two-year jail in a 19-year- old human trafficking case. He was subsequently arrested and sent to a local jail. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI BSE SENSEX 53,416.15 98.00 | NSE NIFTY 15,938.65 28.00 I2U2 establishes positive agenda in its first summit, says PM Modi MODI AT I2U2 SUMMIT: INDIA-ISRAEL-UAE-USA New Delhi: Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi joined USA President , Israeli PM Yair Lapid and UAE President at the first virtual summit of thefour-nationgroup- ing ‘I2U2’ on Thursday . TheinauguralI2U2lead- ers meeting focused on food security crisis and clean energy . The lead- ersdiscussedinnovative ways to ensure longer- term, more diversified food production and food delivery systems that can better manage global food shocks, read a joint statement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the first I2U2 leaders’ virtual summit, as US President Joe Biden, Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan listen to him, in New Delhi on Thursday. GOOD MODEL FOR PRACTICAL COOPERATION AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES: PM MODI UAE TO INVEST $2 BN FOR FOOD PARKS ACROSS INDIA: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES INDIA SAYS NO ROLE IN RAJAPAKSA’S TRAVEL FROM LANKA WE CAN DO GREAT DEAL IF WE STICK TOGETHER: BIDEN LAPID: WE WANT TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER “Our cooperative framework is a good model for practical cooperation in face of increasing global uncertainties,” said PM Modi at I2U2 summit, adding, “We have identified joint projects in various sectors and prepared a roadmap to go ahead.” “We can make important contributions to global economy. Amid increasing global uncertainty,” said Modi. The United Arab Emirates will invest USD 2 billion to develop a series of integrated food parks across India under the framework of the four-nation grouping. The decision was announced after the leaders of the grouping held the first virtual summit. India on Thursday reiter- ated that it has no role in SL Prez Rajapaksa’s travel from country or in facilitating same. An MEA spokesperson said that india has taken note of media reports that Raja- paksa is now in Singapore. “We will continue to stand with the people of SL, and their aspirations,” said MEA spokesperson Bagchi. Accepting that “there is a vacuum” right now, US President Joe Biden said this group is going to work to identify new infra projects over next 3 years. “The challenges we face today include accelerating climate crisis and growing food insecurity,” said Biden. Israel PM Lapid said real solutions will only come through countries who know how to bring together resources. “We want to change world for better. “All of us want same thing: infra devp, quality edu for kids, re- ducing damage inflicted on environ,” said Lapid. READ Crucial Crucial Kerala reports India’s first case of monkeypox; Centre rushes team New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday rushed a high-level, multi-disci- plinaryteamtoKeralato collaborate with state health authorities and institute public health measures after one case of monkeypox was con- firmedinKollamdistrict of this southern state. A person who re- turned to Kerala from UAE and was hospital- ised after showing signs of monkeypox, state Health Min Veena said. SYMPTOMS WERE REPORTED IN TRAVELLER FROM UAE SUSPEND ME,SAYS TMC MP DEREK O’BRIEN Lashing out at the government’s decision to designate certain words as unparliamentary, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien said that he would ensure that he uses such “basic” terms. Derek O’Brien had also challenged the Speaker to suspend him. ‘EXPUNGING WORDS AS PER PARL RULES’ Amid the row over questioning by Oppn over words listed as “unparliamentary”, sources said removal of words has been taking place since 1954 under various pol dispensations. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on Thursday. Gotabaya Rajapaksaa Eknath Shinde

2. NEWS MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 02 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia HC rejects stay order plea on refund by Mumbai developer Satish Nandgaonkar Mumbai: The Bom- bay High Court has refused to grant a stay sought by Radius and Deserve Builders LLP Developers on a refund order by Ma- harashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MEAT) after the developer failed to comply with its April order to deposit a refund amount to a homebuyer in full. Justice Prithviraj Chavan took serious cognizance of the non- compliance of the court’s April 19, 2022 order by the company, in which it had asked the developer to deposit the entire refund amount within eight weeks. Counsel for the developer submitted that his client could not comply with the order as its chief promoter had been arrested. “Counsel takes an excuse that the chief promoter of the appellant’s company is behind bars, which would not be and cannot be a reason for non- compliance of the order passed by this Court. Since the order passed by this Court on April 19, 2022 is self-operative, there shall be no stay to the effect and operation of the impugned judgment,” said the court in its July 05 order. On April 19, Justice Bharati Dangre had directed that the stay on the refund order could be granted if Radius Developers deposits the entire refund amount. Home buyer Sunita Gunjal had booked a flat in the developer’s Anantya project in Chembur and paid more than 20% of the Rs46.17 lakh total con- sideration in April 2016. However, when the developer unilaterally changed the possession date from December 2020 to December 2024, she had approached the housing regulator Ma- harashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority. In August 2018, Maha- RERA granted a refund of only the principal amount to Gunjal. She appealed against it before MEAT which ordered a refund of the amount with interest. CRUCIAL READ POLICE NAB MAN WANTED FOR ABDUCTION BODY OF 35-YEAR-OLD FOUND IN POND Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested a 41-year- old accused wanted in connection with a case of kidnapping a man and thrashing, him, police said on Thursday. Rajesh ‘Raju’ Shettiyar and his associates allegedly kidnapped a man on May 8, took him to the Sewri area, and thrashed him. An FIR was registered under sections 367 (kidnapping). Mumbai: Body of a 35-year-old man, identified as Paresh Bhosale, was found in a pond in Malad on Monday. The victim’s T-shirt, which featured the name of a local cricket team as well as his initials, assisted police in determin- ing his identity via Facebook, an official said on Wednesday. He worked as team leader at a company. All in order for Bal Thackeray memorial construction: BMC First India Bureau Mumbai: The Brihan- mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and a heritage panel told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that all necessary pro- cedures were followed for the construction of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s memorial in Mumbai. Thackeray (86) died at his residence in suburban Bandra in No- vember 2012. The BMC and the Mumbai Herit- age Conservation Com- mittee (MHCC) submitted their affidavits before a division bench comprising Chief Jus- tice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik in response to a public interest litigation. It challenged the decision taken by the Ma- harashtra government in 2017 to convert the former mayor’s bungalow in Shivaji Park area to a memorial for Thackeray. The petition was filed in April 2017 by one Bhagvanji Rayani after the government proposed to set up the memorial.The memorial is to be constructed on a plot where the mayor’s bungalow was located at Shivaji Park in Dadar. In its affidavit of May 2018, the BMC said that the state government sanctioned the change of the mayor’s bungalow to ‘Bal Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak’, and the said land reservation was changed from green zone to residential zone. The change in the reservation was done in accordance with provisions of the Maharash- tra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act. The MHCC in its affidavit said the mayor’s bungalow was a Grade II-B heritage structure and the committee had given all necessary No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for construction of the memorial. The HC bench posted the matter for hearing on August 25. NO DISCREPANCIES ‘Allclearancesgiven forBullettrainwork’ First India Bureau Mumbai: The state government has given all the clearances needed to expedite the Mumbai- Ahmedabad bullet train project, Deputy Chief Minister Dev- endra Fadnavis said, after the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given all the clearances for the project, Fadnavis said, explaining that pending issues included those related to the forest clearances and land acquisition, among others. The estimated cost of the bullet train project- -which is expected to cover the distance of over 500km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in around two hours--is Rs1,10,000 crore, of which Rs88,000 crore are being funded by the Japan Interna- tional Cooperation Agency (JICA). Over 70% of the land re- quired in Maharashtra for the project has been acquired in Thane and Palghar districts. The previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government headed by Uddhav Thackeray had not taken any step to put the project on the fast track. Proposal to convert Thackeray’s bungalow into a memorial was given the nod in 2018. —FILE PHOTO Civic body, MHCC respond to petition filed against conversion of the former mayor’s bungalow into a memorial SOUND APPROVAL The memorial is to be constructed on a plot where the mayor’s bungalow was located at Shivaji Park in Dadar. In its affidavit of May 2018, the BMC said that the government sanctioned the change of the mayor’s bungalow to ‘Bal Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak’, and said land reservation was changed from green zone to residential zone. The change in the reservation was done in accordance with provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act. The committee had given all necessary NOCs for construction. Renni Abraham Mumbai: Maharash- tra’s ruling government is in a legal bind that could leave them politically blindsided over the delimitation exercise carried out by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in March 2022 for forthcoming local civic bodies. This included the Mumbai, Thane and Pune municipal corporations, 20 municipalities, apart from thousands of local bodies across the state. Around 23 civic corporations including Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur as well as medium and small civic bodies including 221 town municipalities, 25 zilla parishads, around 284 block samitis and several village panchayat samitis are scheduled to go to polls in 2022 by September and October. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that he would like the delimitation exercise to be carried out for local civic bodies afresh. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was more cautious and said that his government would articulate merits of their case before Supreme Court Jus- tice Dhananjay Chan- drachud, while following the apex court’s directions on the same. A senior BJP leader told First India, “The MVA government had usurped the powers of the state election com- mission (SEC), and taken upon itself to carry out the delimitation process which is currently being challenged in the apex court for its unconstitutionality. Moreover, the Shiv Sena in particular, had customized the wards of civic corporations including BMC in Mum- bai, TMC in Thane and PMC in Pune and tweaked the ward de- marcations to suit their own political ends. We will point out the inher- ent flaw in how the process was done to seek a fresh exercise.” State election com- mission (SEC) Secre- tary, Kiran Kurundkar, says, “It is true that the powers of the SEC were taken over by the state. However, the process of delimitation, which was a public exercise, was carried out, with an additional chief secretary (ACS) rank officer appointed for hearings in the BMC. Senior and experienced officers were deputed for public hearings in other corporations as well.” These officers then submittedrecommenda- tionstotheSECafterthe process was completed. The SEC, in turn, either accepted or rejected the recommendations in keepingwiththevarious electoral acts that applied to the same. PM Narendra Modi and his then-Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe initiated the project in Ahmedabad in 2017. —FILE PHOTO ED case against former Mumbai CP First India Bureau Mumbai: The En- forcement Directo- rate has filed a money laundering complaint against ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey and former NSE top boss- es Chitra Ramkrish- na and Ravi Narain in connection with the alleged illegal phone tapping case of the stock exchange employees, officials said Thursday. It also placed Ram- krishna, till now in judicial custody in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) colo- cation case linked to alleged manipulation of the bourse, under arrest. Pandey is understood to have been summoned by the ED to appear before the agency on Fri- day in Delhi for questioning in the phone tapping case, the officials said. The federal probe agency filed the fresh case under criminal sections of the Preven- tion of Money Launder- ing Act (PMLA), a week after the CBI booked them. The Central Bureau of Investigation had alleged that Narain and Ramkrishna, both former chief executives of NSE, had roped in a company founded by retired IPS officer Pan- dey to snoop on the stock market employees by illegally inter- cepting their phones calls. “The CBI, and now the ED, have named Pandey, his Delhi-based company iSEC Services Pvt. Ltd, NSE’s former MD and CEOs Narain and Ramkrishna, executive vice president Ravi Varanasi and head (premises) Mahesh Haldipur, among others, in their respective complaints. Sanjay Pandey. (L to R) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, NDA prez candidate Draupadi Mumru, CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI Murmu meets MPs, MLAs in Mumbai First India Bureau Mumbai: The Nation- al Democratic Alli- ance (NDA) presidential candidate Drau- padi Murmu arrived in Mumbai on Thurs- day afternoon to meet and interact with MPs and MLAs of the ruling alliance. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis received her at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. She was ac- companied by Bharati- ya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinod Tawde. Murmu then headed to a private hotel near the airport to meet the elected representatives, including rebel Shiv Sena MLAs of the Shin- de camp. However, Mur- mu is not scheduled to meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence here, party sources said, causing loyalists to stay away from the meeting. “We are not going for the meeting,” Sena’s Sindhudurg MP Vinay- ak Raut told reporters on Thursday . Mumru receives a gift at a tribal event in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE Agency to probe if any proceeds were generated through alleged phone tapping, public funds laundered Defense counsel cites promoter arrest as grounds for non-compliance Counsel takes an excuse that the chief promoter of the appellant’s company is behind bars, which would not be and cannot be a reason for non-compliance of the order passed by this Court. Since the order passed by this Court on April 19, 2022 is self-operative, there shall be no stay to the effect and operation of the impugned judgment.” —Bombay HC bench MVA DELIMITATION PUTS NEW SHINDE GOVT IN LEGAL BIND Constitutional validity of process is being challenged in the SC ahead of local body polls BMC is one of the municipal corporations whose wards were‘customized’ by the MVA govt.—FILE PHOTO “The constitutional mandate has been discharged and the statutory process followed and completed in respect of the delimitation process. If the whole exercise has to be repeated it would lead to protracted elections by at least six months. The Supreme Court would also need to be convinced about the need for de- laying the elections as it is monitoring the whole process.” —Kiran Kurundkar, Secretary, SEC

3. MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 03 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia First India Bureau Bhandara/Palghar: Ten workers of a construction firm stranded in the swollen Vai- tarna river were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday , a senior official said. Meanwhile, the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) team rescued 15 people in Bhandara, in- formed the officials on Thursday . The people were stuck in a temple due to a flood-like situation. “About 15 people were rescued by the SDRFteaminTumsarin the Bhandara district, today .Theywerestuckin a temple due to a flood- like situation there,” said SDRF officials. In Palghar district, workers of a private firm engaged in construction of the Mum- bai-Vadodara Express- way , had entered the river in a barge as part of their work, but got stuck at Bahadoli due to the rising water level on Wednesday following heavy rains, an official earlier said. A team of the NDRF wassummonedandheli- copter arrangements werealsomadetorescue them. As the water level receded, the NDRF team rescued all the 10 workers using a boat, in an operation which continued till Thursday early morning, Palghar Col- lector Dr Manik Gursal said. “All the workers are safe,” said the collector who was monitoring the rescue operation. Pal- ghar district, located about 100km from state capital Mumbai, has been witnessing heavy rainssincelastweek.Ac- cording to district authorities, Palghar has received an average of 222.31mm rain in 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Thursday . A maxi- mum of 296.5mm rainfall was recorded in Mokhada. The district has received an average of 1,460.9mm rain so far thisseason,itwasstated. Staff at BMC asked to gear up for emergencies First India Bureau Mumbai: With Mum- bai expecting more rain in the next few days, municipal commissioner IS Chahal on Thursday asked officials to stay prepared to tackle emergencies and undertake rescue operations. Chahal held a meeting of the disaster management department of the Brihanmumbai Mu- nicipal Corporation (BMC) here. The city is being pounded by rains over the last one week. On June 29, 19 persons had died in a building collapse in suburban Kur- la. Officials should ap- peal to the residents of dilapidated structures in the city, to vacate the premises, Chahal was quoted as saying in a BMC release. Tempo- rary shelters should be provided till Septem- ber-end for people living in such buildings, he said. Buses of the civic transport body BEST and the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) should be arranged if local train services get hit by the monsoon, the commissioner directed. The department should be ready to run 400 BEST buses and 11 MSRTC buses to ferry stranded train commut- ers, Chahal said. The commissioner also ordered that potholes on roads should be filled up within 48 hours of receiving complaints. 900peoplerescuedfrominundated housesinChandrapuramidrains First India Bureau Chandrapur: Over 900 people were evacuated safely from houses that were inundated with water from the Irai dam in Chan- drapur district on Thursday , an official said. Disaster management personnel con- ducted rescue operations at Ballarpur, Ar- wat, Korpana among other places in the district, he said. The water level has increased in all reser- voirs, including the Irai dam, due to incessant rainfall in the district since last week. Offi- cials have opened seven gates of the dam by a metre. The discharge of water from the Irai dam caused flooding in Reh- mat Nagar, Datala, Haveli Complex, Sister Colony, Bangarwada, and low-lying areas of the city under the Chan- drapur Municipal Cor- poration, he said. Authorities have shiftedpeopletoschools in the city and food, water and mobile toilets have been made available. The district disaster management team rescued 22 truck drivers who got stuck near Bo- hegaon in Korpana tehsil in the district. Bo- hegaon bridge on Ward- ha river got flooded and the road was cut off for motorists. However, some truck drivers got stuck near the bridge and had to be rescued. Latur district has seen 300mm rainfall Latur (PTI): The Latur district received an average 56.5mm rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended 8 am on Wednesday , while its cumulative rainfall recorded so far this mon- soonstoodat307.9mm, officials said. The tehsil-wise data of the total rainfall this season is as follows: La- tur 307.9mm, Ausa 196.6mm, Ahmedpur 425.7mm, Nilanga 210.6mm, Udgir 399.1mm, Chakur 370.2mm, Renapur 298.3mm, Deoni 301.6mm, Shirooor- Anantpal 354.0, Jalkot 416.0mm. Meanwhile, district officials have issued warnings to the people in the villages located on the banks of Manja- ra, Terna and Tawarja rivers to remain alert in view of the heavy rains, the officials said. NDRF personnel conduct rescue ops after 10 workers were trapped in the Vaitarna River. —PHOTO BY ANI Villagers forced to carry children, belongings First India Bureau Nashik: The residents of Pegalwadi village were seen crossing a stretch of road filled with knee-level water with their belongings and children on their shoulders and heads as heavy rains pounded numerous areas in Maharashtra, leading to overflowing rivers and drains. In another incident in Palghar on Wednes- day, a landslide was reported in the Vasai area. Two people were killed in the incident while the another two were rescued. Maha- rashtra Chief Minister expressed his grief over the incident and took note of the situation. “The relatives of the deceased will be provided Rs4 lakh each from Palghar District Collector’s Natural Dis- aster Fund and Rs2 lakh each from Vasai Virar Corporation. Besides, he instructed the concerned administration to pay Rs50,000 each to the injured for treat- ment,” tweeted Eknath Shinde. A red alert issued by the India Meteorologi- cal Department (IMD) on Tuesday is said to continue for several districts of Maharashtra, including Raigad, Pal- ghar, Nashik, Pune, Sa- tara, and Kolhapur. There is an Orange alert for rainfall today in Mumbai, Thane, Gadchiroli, Chan- drapur, Ratnagiri, Sind- hudurg and Nandurbar. According to IMD fairly widespread/ widespread light/mod- erate rainfall and thun- derstorm/lightning with isolated heavy rainfall are expected over Maharashtra and several other states during the next four to five days. On Monday, various temples submerged under the Godavari river in Nashik, due to incessant rain over the past three days. —FILE PHOTO River, drains flooded following incessant downpours in Nashik MONSOON WOES SRDF EVACUATES 15, AS SRDF EVACUATES 15, AS NRDFRESCUES10 INMAHA NRDFRESCUES10 INMAHA Workers had entered the river in a barge but got stuck as waters rose onWednesday SDRF personnel rescued 15 people stuck ina temple due to a rise in the water level at Tumsar, in Bhandara. —PHOTO BY ANI Sea waves crash at the shore at Gateway of India in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI People try to protect themselves from rain at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI Rainfall and backflow from Wardha river has blocked roads to several villages in the district. Rescue ops to rescue stranded people at an empty house after its wall collapsed, in Pune. —PHOTO BY ANI Nagpur: Over 3,000 people from 29 villages in Gadchiroli district have been shifted to safety as a precaution after the IMD issued an orange alert for the district for the day. According to the disaster management cell, Godavari, Kaleshwaram and Indravati rivers in the district are flowing above the danger level, while Wainganga, Pranhita and Wardha rivers are inching close to the warning level. People living near these rivers have been asked to remain alert to the possibility of flooding. People in villages of Aheri and Sironcha talukas who live near rivers are being shifted to safer places on war footing. 3K EVACUATED AMID HEAVY RAINS IN GADCHIROLI District officials have issued warnings to the people in villages near river banks. 1 injured as buildings collapse in Pune, Thane,Amravati First India Bureau Pune/Thane/Am- ravati: A 50-year- old woman in Thane district was injured when a wall of her house crashed following a heavy downpour on Thursday morning, civic officials said. The incident took place around 5.30 am at a chawl (tene- ment) in Rashid Compound of Mum- bra township, Thane Municipal Corpora- tion’s regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said. Local firemen and RDMC personnel rushed to the spot for rescue work, and Tabassum Sayyed was admit- ted to a local hospital, he added. In Pune city, 11 people were rescued from three houses after a wall of an ad- jacent unoccupied “wada” (an old clus- ter of houses with many rooms) collapsed in Kondhwa Budruk area. In a third such incident, a ground-plus-one floor commercial building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Am- ravati city. However, no one was injured in Pune or Amravati as the buildings were unoccupied.

4. PERSPECTIVE MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 04 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia hat happened in Udaipur and Amarawati were hei- nous and planned acts. What follows in many parts the country in the name of blasphemy is nothing short of a chaotic mob frenzy . Condemnable is too insufficient and mild an adjective for such bel- ligerent conspiracy . How- ever, the response of the political fraternity continues to be disgusting; that of the bureaucracy and administration, under the command of their respective political lords, is mixed as always; that of the media is mostly de- pendent on its ideological leanings and its strength to counter or ignore pres- sures, political or otherwise. The response of the common man appears to be little more attentive and alive than usual. Each one of these groups extracts its share of mileage out of the reprehensible acts and resulting disorder. There are indeed exceptions, but they are like islands of sanity and hope in the otherwise turbulent seas. Any such public crime should be condemned, just condemned, without qual- ification. When we put ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in our response, we not only dilute the graveness of the crime but also associate our sympa- thies with those who glo- rify such inveterate senti- ments of violence. A wrong done by someone in the past, cannot justify a wrong done in retaliation by another person in the present, whether the gap between the present and the past is a few hours, a few days, a few decades or a few centuries. Such a vengeful mind-set breeds a continuing chain of violence and retaliation. When working against evil, it is essential to con- demn it unequivocally and to dissociate oneself from it. Those who respond with any reservations or conditions attached, risk the chance of being counted among those who per- petrate evil. Those who sincerely fight evil should ensure that such people are also counted among the evil-doers. The die- hards and the fence-sitters sympathetic to them may require different medi- cines, but both should be counted among the sick. All analysis, recrimina- tion, and explanation should come separately and much later, not when the atmosphere is charged with the passions of the moment. Ironically , the so called intellectuals rush too quickly to discussion that inevitably leads to unpleasant hardening of attitudes. The basic purpose of any discussion should be to develop better mutual understanding of views and viewpoints. But unfortunately such productive discussion is not often seen, neither in visual nor print media, and indeed it is hardly seen in seminars or meetings of any kind, general or private. Mostly , discussion on such issues does not fall in the category of genuine intellectual interchange. Rather, it tends to consist of argu- mentative exchanges or overly heated debate that merely propagates dog- mas. Such debates by people, who are not concerned directly and immediately, have a tendency to inflame both sides. They end up as irresponsible messiahs in- advertently adding fuel to an already burning fire. People in the grip of the passions of the moment would do well to avoid discussion of contentious issues. They should at least allow for a cooling-off period. This is not because they are necessarily mis- taken in their opinion, but because any hardening of attitudes is antithetical to compromises and peaceful solutions. If we want oth- erstolistentous,weshould first prepare ourselves to listen to others. And that becomes impossible when attitudes harden. We must realize that ter- rorism or any sort of ex- tremism thrives on parti- san attitude hardening into dogma. Therefore, instead of an immediate re- action, we should stop and think calmly and rational- ly . Throwing around accu- sations of blame and insti- gating people to raise their voices is simply playing into the hands of unscru- pulous leaders of all hue. An area is continuously doused with petrol, acci- dentally or intentionally . No one takes any steps to stop this process and the area continues to get satu- rated. No one tries to cor- don off and clean the area, and then someone throws a spark, perhaps acciden- tally ,perhapsintentionally . The area bursts into flame. Who should get the blame? Thosewhosprinkledpet- rol say that those who threw sparks should be blamed. Those who threw sparks say that the petrol- sprinklers should be blamed. Those who remained inactive blame both. This indiscriminate throwing around of invec- tive further inflames the fire. It also makes extin- guishing the fire more difficult. In fact, each and every group should share the blame. But they never do. Once again, the leaders are responsible because they callously continue to takeadvantageof theshort- ness of public memory . Nowadays, leaders, pol- iticians, preachers, and advisers — both altruistic and selfish, who themselves do not follow what they advise or preach — infest our social system. It would be good for them to recall the oft repeated incident from Gandhiji’s life where he postponed advis- ing a child not to eat jag- gery till he himself abandoned doing so. Why do none of these leaders actually go to dis- turbed areas with the re- solve of staying there un- til peace is permanently restored? Alas, this is not what they do; instead, they utter sympathetic cli- chés, promise some money or job and consider their duty to be fulfilled by means of a short, formal visit. This is because in their hearts they consider the common people to be mere stepping stones for their pursuit of personal glory . Yes, apparently they take care of their follow- ers but how? Not as fellow human beings, but as mu- nitions for the artillery employed in missions of their mercenary motives. It is time we realized how we are being used — mostlyinwayswescarcely suspect— by our so-called leaders; leaving aside a mi- nority of exceptions. In eyesof mostpoliticianswe are simply vote-banks and nothing else. For religious leaders we are hordes of mice who dance to the tunes of their sacrosanct flutes. For social activists we are sacrificial lambs ready to be slaughtered on the altar of their ideology for enhancing their glory . For the parasitic monolith of the bureaucracy we are simply a perpetual source of illegitimate pecuniary nourishment. For the media we are like fire-crack- ers that can be blown at will any time to enhance their TRP. The farcical irony is that each one of these leaders continues to exploit us on the pretext of our welfare, and we continue to produce more such leaders in our trance- like stupidity . Shouldn’t we pause and ask ourselves, “Are we not mere pawns on the chess- board of our leaders’ selfish games?” If we find the answertobeyes,weshould honestlyacceptthisreality andmakeearnesteffortsto dissociate ourselves from leaders who seek sacrifice without giving any . If we find that impossible, we shouldatleastextractfrom themwhatwecanwithour eyes wide open. Why kill for such people? And, yes, why die for them? THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL WHY KILL FOR THEM WHY DIE FOR THEM? W SURENDRA BOTHRA The writer is author, poet, editor, scholar of Jainism, Managing Editor - Prakrit Bharati Academy Shouldn’t we pause and ask ourselves, “Are we not mere pawns on the chess-board of our leaders’ selfish games?” If we find the answer to be yes, we should honestly accept this reality and make earnest efforts to dissociate ourselves from leaders who seek sacrifice without giving any. If we find that impossible, we should at least extract from them what we can with our eyes wide open. Why kill for such people? And, yes, why die for them? Ironically, the so called intellectuals rush too quickly to discussion that inevitably leads to unpleasant hardening of attitudes. The basic purpose of any discussion should be to develop better mutual understanding of views and viewpoints. But unfortunately such productive discussion is not often seen, neither in visual nor print media, and indeed it is hardly seen in seminars or meetings of any kind, general or private. Mostly, discussion on such issues does not fall in the category of genuine intellectual interchange. he monsoon session of Parlia- ment is set to begin from July 18. Instead of issues to be raised in the House, many MPs would be turningthepagesof thesau- rustosearchforalternatives to words declared unparliamentary by the Lok Sabha secretariat. Simple, innocu- ous words like hypocrisy and ashamed will be expunged if used during proceedings in the two Houses. As it is, MPs and ministers are rarely “ashamed” of their acts of omission and commissionbutevenif they do they won’t be allowed to say so. ‘Regret’ is a milder alternative now available unless one wants to use a strongerwordlike“perfidy”. For “incompetent” also thereisalonglistof alternatives available. Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra said in a tweet,“Basicallygovttaken all words used by opposition to describe how BJP destroying India banned them.” That explains why “jumlajeevi” figures in the listbut“andolanjeevi”does not. Opposition has also used “dictatorial”, “tana- shahi” “vinash purush” “behrisarkar”“Snoopgate” in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. The words are now on the list of guillotined words like “drama” and “incompetent”. Another Trinamool MP, Derek O’Brien, defiantly said that he will use all the banned words like “Ashamed, Abused, Be- trayed, Corrupt, Hypocri- sy, Incompetent”. “Sus- pend me,” he challenged. Eyes of most opposition MPs must be on the irre- pressible wordsmith, Con- gress MP Shashi Tharoor, to prepare a list of alternative words to help them continue with their verbal attacks on the government. Will someone call out against the new curtail- ment of freedom? DEAR MPs, IT’S TIME TO MUG UP THESAURUS The monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin from July 18. Instead of issues to be raised in the House, many MPs would be turning the pages of thesaurus to search for alternatives to words declared unparliamentary by the Lok Sabha secretariat T SPIRITUAL SPEAK I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed. —Buddha Amit Shah @AmitShah Matter of immense pride for every Indian, especially the people of Gujarat that India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City, Ahmedabad has now been included in the list of “World’s 50 Greatest Places of 2022” by Time Magazine. Congratulations to everyone! TOP TWEETS Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda Ever since 2001, when Shri @narendramodi Ji took over the reins of Gujarat, he has always emphasised the creation of world-class, futuristic infrastructure. It’s his approach towards infrastructure and development that has made this possible and is also helping the country. l Vol 1 l Issue No. 70 l RNI TITLE NO. 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7. MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 06 INDIA www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia RIL-AFI partner to support Indian athletes First India Bureau Mumbai: Reliance In- dustries Limited (RIL) and the Athletics Feder- ation of India (AFI) announced a long-term partnership to enable the holistic growth of Athletics in India. Reli- ance Foundation has been a dedicated partner to AFI over the years and now the partnership is set to deepen the en- gagement between the two organisations. The partnership aims to discover, nurture and develop Indian athletes from across the country and provide them with world-class facilities, coaching and sports sci- ence and medicine support by leveraging the Reliance Foundation ecosystem. This partnership will have a special focus on girl athletes to bridge the gender di- vide and enable them to achieve their dreams. As AFI’s principal partner, the Reliance brand will appear across the national team’s jer- seys and training kits. Nita M Ambani, IOC Member, and Director, Reliance Industries Ltd said, “We are delighted to expand Reliance Foundation’s partnership with the Athletics Federation of India. Athletics is one of the most popular disciplines in global sport, and this association aims to accelerate the growth of Indian athletics by providing opportunities and world-class facilities to our young tal- ent.” Nita M Ambani with young athletes. Hospitals asked to shut for selling minor’s egg cells Chennai(Agencies): Four hospitals in Tamil Nadu were ordered to shutpermanentlybythe state health department for their alleged involve- ment in the sale of egg cells of a 16-year-old. The girl was forced by hermothertodonateher egg cells eight times to various fertility centres. “Only adult married women in the 21-35 age group with a child are permitted to donate oo- cyte, only once. In this case the girl was forced into this several times,” said Ma Subramanian, the state Health Minis- ter, listing a series of violations identified by a probe committee. Oocyteisanimmature ovum or an egg cell in- volved in reproduction. “An Aadhar card was forged to show the mi- nor girl as an adult. A fictitioushusband’scon- sent was obtained,” Mr Subramanian added. The hospitals were accused of violating the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act. They neither have qualified counsellors nor did they counsel the donor girl of the pros and cons of the procedure, the in- quiry committee found. Action has also been initiated under the Aad- haar and POCSO acts. Ahmedabad (Agen- cies): Heavy downpours continued to lash partsof Gujarat on Thursday with many areas in the southern districts such as Navsa- ri, Valsad, and Dangs witnessing knee-deep water as flood waters fromswellingrivers entered villages and adjoining areas. As roads were submerged, traffic move- ment was affected. The authorities closed the Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway for traffic as the road has been submerged near Valsad. Similarly , more than 100 other routes/ highways were also closed in the State. According to Navsa- ri Collector Amit Prakash Yadav, three rivers – Purna, Kaveri and Ambika, flowing through Navsari in south Gujarat — are in spate. The Purna ex- ceeded the danger level onWednesdaynight.In all, 40,000 people were affected in adjoining areas,2,500peoplewere shifted to relief camps. Authorities rescued 45 people stranded in Tapi and Vadodara dis- trictsintheearlyhours of Thursday , according to a State government release. In Dolvan ta- luka of Tapi, fire bri- gadepersonnelrescued 10 people stranded in a village facing a flood- like situation. Over 30,000 people have been shifted from low-lying areas to safer locations. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shift an elderly person from a flood-hit residential colony following heavy monsoon rains, in Navsari on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI Devotees start pouring in Haridwar as Kanwar Yatra begins Haridwar: TheKanwar Yatra began on the first day of the Hindu month of ShravanonThursday amid tight security arrangements with Shiva devotees reaching Haridwar in large numbers to fetch the waters of the Ganga. The Kanwar Yatra is taking place after a gap of two years due to Cov- id-19 and the authorities hope that at least four crore Kanwariyas will come to Haridwar and neighbouring Ri- shikesh to collect the waters of the holy river during the nearly fort- night-long fair. All arrangements have been made for the yatra and police are committed for making it a success, Uttara- khand DGP Ashok Ku- mar said. When asked if the recent rise in Covid infections will affect it, Mr. Kumar said the normal protocol in view of the pandemic is still in place but there will be no special restrictions. “All activities have been opened up. The Char Dham Yatra is also going on. There are no restrictions anywhere. We think people should take necessary precau- tions themselves and participate in the pilgrimage,” the DGP said. He also appealed to devotees to register on policecitizenportal. uk.in/Kanwar for their own convenience although it is not man- datory. “It is for the convenience of the Kanwariyas only . Many of them get separatedfromtheirrela- tives. If they are registered it will be easier for us to reach their relatives. Therefore, my ap- pealistheymustregister. So far, 4,000-5,000 people have registered through the website,” he said. Shiva devotees from several states, including UP, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal, Punjab and Rajasthan, visit Harid- war and Rishikesh to collect waters of the Ganga and make an of- feringof ittoLordShiva in temples back home. In view of a large crowd of devotees expected to throng the two pilgrimage towns, strict vigilisbeingmaintained through CCTV cameras, drones and monitoring of the social media. Haridwar and adjoining areas have been di- vided into 12 super zones, 31 zones and 133 sectors with the deploy- ment of around 10,000 police personnel. The DGP visited HaridwaronWednesday and assessed the arrangements at Bairagi Camp, Sinh Dwar, S h a n k a r a c h a r y a Chowk,Jwalapur,Neeld- hara parking, Rodi Bel- wala and Har ki Pairi. TheDGPadvisedChar Dham yatris to avoid using the Haridwar-Roor- kee National Highway duringtheyatraandpre- fer other routes. BUS WITH AMARNATH PILGRIMS RAMS TRUCK, OVER A DOZEN INJURED Qazigund: More than a dozen people were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir crashed into a dump truck at a crossing in Qazi- gund on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The injured were taken to the hospital. The incident was caught on a closed- circuit television (CCTV) camera. Video footage captured the speeding bus colliding into the stationary dump truck as it was trying to take a turn at a crossing. Bystanders were seen running in panic when the crash took place. Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey interacts with Lord Shiva devotees or ‘Kanwariyas’ as the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’ commences, in Haridwar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI PREZ ELECTION ‘Draupadi Murmu will get more votes than expected’ Panaji (Agne- cies): Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Thursday said NDA’s Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu will get more votes than expected as the BJP has ‘numbers’ in the state at present. Murmu on Thursday afternoon arrived in Goa to seek support from the MPs and the MLAs for the upcoming July 18 election. Apart from the support of MLAs, BJP has two members of Parlia- ment — Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik, and Ra- jya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar. Twenty MLAs of BJP , alongwithtwoMGPand three independent MLAs, rushed to the hotel in the capital city , after the assembly session was adjourned early on Thursday , to meet Drau- padi Murmu. Shripad Naik, Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Ten- dulkar and other senior BJP leaders were present. Chief Minister Sawant,afterthemeeting withMurmu,speakingto reporters said that apart from support of BJP’s 20 MLAs, two of MGP and three independent, Mur- mu will get more votes. “We are hopeful that Draupadi Murmu will get more votes than the number we have at present. Apart from 25 MLAs, we have appealed to other MLAs too to vote for her, we are hopeful to get more votes,” Sawant said. MP Vinay Tendulkar said that Draupadi Murmu will get maxi- mum votes from Goa. “She will win with majority votes,” Ten- dulkar said. NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu during her visit to meet NDA MLAs, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI BJP running ‘Operation Kamal’ even in Presidential poll Bhopal (PTI): Oppo- sition parties’ Presi- dential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country’s highest constitutional post and sought a probe into it. He claimed that the saffron party was carrying out ‘Opera- tion Kamal’, under which it was allegedly offering “huge money to non-BJP MLAs” to ensure its presidential candidate’s win as it is afraid of the outcome of a free and fair election. Kamal or lotus is the poll symbol of the BJP. In recent years, the opposition parties have been ac- cusing the BJP of carrying out ‘Opera- tion Kamal’ to gain power in the states where it does not rule. JMM ANNOUNCES SUPPORT TO MURMU IN UPCOMING PREZ POLL Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief Shibu Soren on Thursday said his party will support NDA presidential nomi- nee Droupadi Murmu in the July 18 election. It is for the first time that a tribal woman has got an opportunity to become President of India. Soren directed all MPs and MLAs of the JMM to vote for Murmu on July 18. Murmu, the former Jharkhand governor, had recently visited the state to seek support for her candidature. She met the JMM chief and its executive president and Chief Minister Hemant Soren. IN THE COURTYARD NUPUR CASE: AG DECLINES CONSENT FOR CONTEMPT AGAINST EX-JUDGE, 2 LAWYERS HC DISMISSES PLEA SEEKING POSTPONEMENT OF NEET-UG EXAM New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thurs- day dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Centre, the National Testing Agency (NTA), and others to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Un- dergraduate (NEET-UG) exam scheduled to be held on July 17. Refus- ing to entertain the plea, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula said: There is absolutely no merit in the petition. Dismissed.” “The pressure can only be eased by self-study, not by the manner you are doing this. I wish the students all the best,” the bench orally remarked. MOOSE WALA CASE: TRANSIT REMAND OF ‘SHOOTERS’ GRANTED New Delhi: The Patiala House Court on Thursday granted one-day transit remand of Lawrence Bishnoi gang shooters Ankit Sersa and Sachin Chaudhary to Punjab police in connection with the murder case of singer Sidhu Moose Wala. ‘GYANVAPI MOSQUE COMPLEX NOT WAQF BOARD PROPERTY’ Varanasi: The Hindu side on Thursday argued in a district court here that the Gyanvapi complex is not the property of Waqf Board and the case over it should be heard in its entirety. The Hindu plaintiff had earlier claimed that a Shivling was found in the “wazookhana” New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal has declined consent to initiate criminal contempt charges against a former Delhi HC judge and two senior advocates who openly criticised observations passed by the SC while turning down a plea by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, in which she urged to club all criminal cases filed across the country over her alleged derogatory remarks on Prophet. The three – former Delhi HC judge SN Dhingra, former addl solicitor general Aman Lekhi and senior advocate K Rama Kumar – spoke against the SC comments. CBI files fresh FIR against Mehul Choksi New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has filed a fresh FIR against fugitive diaman- taire Mehul Choksi for a l l e g e d l y cheating a C a n a r a B a n k - l e d consortium to the tune of Rs 55.27 crore, officials said on Thursday . The agency has also booked Bezel Jewellery anditswhole-timedirec- tors, including Choksi, Chetna Jhaveri, Dinesh Bhatia and Milind Li- maye. Canara Bank and the Bank of Maharash- trahadsanctioned`30cr and `25 cr respectively as working capital. MONSOON FURY CONTINUES IN GUJ, MANY HIGHWAYS CLOSED Dhiman appointed HP Chief Secy Shashikant Sharma Shimla: 1988 batch HP cadre IAS officer currently working as ACS EnergyandIndustryRD Dhiman has been ap- pointedasthenewChief Secretary (CS) of HP. CurrentCSRamSubhag Singh applied for CIC of the state although Ram Subhag Singh can be made an advisor in the govt.Dhimanisalsosen- ior to IAS officers Al- ireza Rizvi, Nisha Singh and Sanjay Gupta. Rizvi is currently posted in DelhionCentraldeputa- tion while Nisha Singh and Sanjay Gupta are posted in HP itself. RD Dhiman Ram S Singh

8. BIZ BUZZ MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 07 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Securitisation volumes shoot 70% in June qtr Mumbai (PTI): Securi- tisation volumes shot up 70% to Rs 35,000 crore in June quarter and the credit growth at non-banks may take the number to the pre-pandemic highs of Rs 1.9 lakh crore in FY23, Crisil Ratings said on Thursday. The volumes were high in first quarter of FY23 primarily due to increase in economic activity, while the high growth came on the back of a low base, it said. PNB’s account aggregation platform is live New Delhi (PTI): PNB has on-boarded Account Aggregator (AA) platform to help customers digitally access and share information from one financial institution to other regulated such entities. The AA system helps banks leverage data acquired digitally through customers’ consent. It thus elim- inates the need for physical documen- tation furnishing by a customer for other financial usages. Sebi invites applications to hire 24 officials New Delhi (PTI): Sebi on Thursday invited applications for as many as 24 senior-level executives in the IT department. The recruitment drive would beef up the headcount at the Sebi for faster more effective execution of its regulatory role. In its notice, Sebi has invited applications from Indian citizens for the post of Officer Grade A (Asst Manag- er) in the Information Technology stream. SBI Contra Fund AUM doubles in last one year New Delhi (PTI): SBI Mutual Fund on Thursday said its equity fund — SBI Contra Fund — has recorded nearly 100% growth in its asset base to Rs 4,688 crore in last one year. “The scheme AUM (Assets Under Management) stands at `4,687.76 crore as on June 30, 2022 as compared to `2,397.73 crore as on June 30, 2021,” SBI Mutual Fund said. INDIA’SJUNEWPIINFLATION COMES IN AT 15.18 PER CENT New Delhi (PTI): The wholesale price-based inflation eased to a three-month low of 15.18% in June on a sharp decline in the prices of minerals, but food articles continued to remain costly . June is the 15th consecutive month when the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation remained in double-digit. Last month, it touched a record high of 15.88%. In June 2021, it was 12.075. Inflation in food articles in June was 14.39%, as prices of vegetables, fruits and potato witnessed a sharp spike over the year-ago period. In May, the wholesale price inflation in food articles was 12.34%. The rate of price rise in vegetables was 56.75%, while in potato and fruits, it was 39.38 and 20.33%, respectively. The WPI inflation in minerals dropped sharply to 8.55% in June. In the fuel and power basket, inflation was 40.38%, while in manu- factured products and oil seeds, it was 9.19% and 2.74%, respectively . Inflation in crude pe- troleum and natural gas was 77.29% in June. Icra Chief Econo- mist Aditi Nayar said minerals and basic metals displayed a sharp month-on-month correction in June 2022, as fears of an im- pending global reces- sion unfolded, dampen- ing commodity prices. “We expect the WPI inflation to ease to 13% in July 2022, reflecting the ongoing correction in global commodity and fuel prices as well as domestic food prices,” Nayar said. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX Icra Chief Economist Aditi Nayar said that the RBI could hike interest rates by 60 bps over the next two reviews, taking the repo rate to 5.5% by Sep- tember 2022, followed by a pause to ascertain the momentum of economic growth. The RBI mainly looks at retail inflation to frame monetary policy. RBI could hike interest rates by 60 bps June is the 15th consecutive month when the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation remained in double-digit. Last month, it touched a record high of 15.88%. In June 2021, it was 12.075. 15TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH Inflation in food articles in June was 14.39%, as prices of vegetables, fruits and potato witnessed a sharp spike over the year-ago period. In May, the wholesale price inflation in food articles was 12.34%. INFLATION IN FOOD ARTICLES New Delhi (PTI): In- dia’s merchandise exports in June grew by 23.52% to $40.13 billion, while the trade deficit ballooned to a record of $26.18 billion, according to the government data released on Thursday . Imports expanded by 57.55% to $66.31 billion in June compared to the year-ago month, the data showed. The trade deficit stood at $9.60 billion in June 2021. Cumulative exports in April-June 2022-23 rose by about 24.51% to $118.96 billion, while imports increased 49.47% to $189.76 billion during the period. The trade deficit during the first three months of this fiscal widened to $70.80 billion from $31.42 billion in the year-ago period. Exports rise 23.52% to $40.13 billion in June New Delhi (PTI): Fi- nance minister Nirma- la Sitharaman on Thursday called on G20 countries to ensure that the developing nations are guarded against any “unintend- ed consequences” of the proposed global minimum tax deal at the G20. Nimrala Sithara- man said that to ensure a fairer and inclusive tax system, it is necessary that all G20 inclusive framework members actively participate in the finalisation of the proposed deal to tax multinational companies and said the pact should result in “meaningfulrevenues” for the developing countries. A total of 130 countries, including power- houses like India and U nited States, had in July last year agreed to a overhaul of global tax norms to ensure that multinationals pay taxes wherever they operate and at a minimum 15% rate. G20 must ensure nations earn ‘meaningfulrevenues’:Nirmala New Delhi (PTI): Elec- tronics major Samsung India is targeting to sell Galaxy M-series smartphones worth $1 billion this year, a senior company official said. Samsung India senior director Aditya Bab- bar said that the first half of the year has been very good for the company, with over 20% year-on- year growth in value terms. “We have 42 million happy M-Se- ries consumers since 2019. We have very aggressive plans for the year. We have set ourselves a target of $1 billion this year coming from the M series,” he said. He was speaking on the side- lines of launching two new M-series smartphones - Galaxy M13 and Galaxy M13 5G. The M13 5G with 6GB internal memory and 128 GB external memory is priced at `15,999, while the another model with 4GB internal memory and 64 GB external memory will be tagged at `13,999 apiece. Samsung India aims to sell M-series smartphones worth $1 bn this year AGGRESSIVE PLANS “We have very aggressive plans for the year. We have set ourselves a target of $1 billion this year coming from the M series,” Samsung India senior director Aditya Babbar said. New Delhi (PTI): Rating agency Icra on Thursday said it expects prices of domestic coal to remain high in the ongoing quarter as well given the supply challenges of the dry fuel during monsoon. The domestic e-auction premium on coal increased by over 400% in May, there- by adversely im- pacting the cost structure of the base metal companies and margins. Domestic coal prices to remain high COAI urges fair play in India’s 5G faceoff New Delhi (PTI): In- dustry body COAI on Thursday said administrative allocation of spectrum for private 5G networks will be against tenets of level playing field as it laud- ed use of open bidding and transparent auction route by companies seeking 5G airwaves. Administrative allocation of spectrum for captive 5G networks is against principles of level playing field and “effectively provides a backdoor entry to big technology players to provide 5G services and solutions to enterprises in India” without equiv- alent regulatory compliance and payment of levies that telcos are subject to. The sector is poised for mega 5G spectrum auction. Total 72 GHz of spectrum worth at least `4.3 lakh crore will be put on the block. Sensex,Nifty slide for 4th day;IT,banking shares dip Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains to close lower for a fourth straight session on Thursday due to selling in IT and banking shares amid weak global equities. The 30-share BSE benchmark settled 98 points or 0.18% lower at 53,416.15. The broad- er NSE Nifty also pared initial gains and ended 28 points or 0.18% down to settle at 15,938.65. Among the Sensex constituents, Axis Bank declined the most by 1.74%. HCL Technologies, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra,TCS,Wipro, UltraTech Cement and ITC were the major laggards. Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 9 paise to settle at a new record low of 79.90 against the US currency on Thursday due to a firm US dollar in overseas markets and capital outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened strong at 79.72 and witnessed an intra-day high of 79.71 and a low of 79.92 against the US dollar in the day trade. The local unit finally settled at 79.90 a dollar, down 9 paise over its previous close. ` DROPS 9 PAISE TO HIT LIFETIME LOW OF 79.90/$ PE inflows into proptech firms rise to $741 million New Delhi (PTI): Private equity investments in proptech firms rose 35 per cent to $741 million last year as investors sought to tap huge opportunities amid rising use of technology in the realty sector, Hous- ing.Com said. Proptech firms that are providing solution in sales and marketing, and construction management got 69% of the total funds. Inflow of funds into proptech firms stood at $551 million in 2020. Between 2009 and 2021, the proptech players in India received a total of $3.2 billion Private Equi- ty (PE) investments. In the total investment figure, Austral- ia’s REA group- owned Housing.Com has included private equity, venture capital, debt, PIPE (Pri- vate Investment in Public Entities), project level investments, and pre-IPO private equity deals, at the early, growth and late stage. New Delhi (PTI): The presence of open network for digital commerce, a Unified Pay- ments Interface-type protocol, will be gradually expanded to more cities after the success- ful launch of its pilot phase, Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said on Thursday . Open network for digital commerce (ONDC) is a set of standards for voluntary adoption by sellers or logistics providers or payment gateways. The objective is to de- mocratise the fast-growing e-commerce sector in the country to help small retailers and reduce the dominance of online retail giants. It provides small retailers the freedom to choose any logistics player and seller platform based on different parameters like location and rates. “Yes, certainly,” the commerce and industry minister said when asked whether they are planning to expand the ONDC to more cities as the pilot phase in five cities is going well. ‘ONDCtobegraduallyexpandedtomorecities’ New Delhi (PTI): IR- DAI on Thursday allowed general insurers to launch products for the agriculture and allied activities without its prior approval. Last month, IRDAI had permitted insurers to launch health and most of the general insurance products by extending the ambit of ‘use and file’ procedure, thus giving them greater leeway in de- signing and pricing of insurance covers in line with market needs. The ‘use and file’ procedure was also extended to most of the life insurance products. “In order to facilitate the insurance industry to promote insurance penetration and enhance coverage in the unserved and un- derserved areas by de- signing suitable and need-based products covering agriculture and allied activities, the Authority...Hereby permits the general insurers to file retail products for agriculture and allied activities under the Use and File procedure,” it said. This move, IRDAI said will facilitate insurance companies to design launch innovative products for these segments in a timely manner expand choices available to the policyholders. Norms eased for launching agri insurance products HELPING MOVE The move will facilitate insurance companies to design launch innovative products for these segments in a timely manner. New Delhi (PTI): In- dia’s capital expenditure recorded a growth of over 70% in May 2022, revealed in the Finance Ministry’s economic report for the month of June released on Thursday . This can be attrib- uted to the government’s concentrated approach to expanding capex while maintain- ing a budgeted fiscal deficit to GDP ratio following the excise duty cuts on fuel. The review released on Thursday by the ministry also said that global headwinds would continue to pose a downside risk to growth as crude oil and edibles, which have driven inflation in India, remain major imported components in the consumption basket. The surging inflation may have been a stumbling block but robust GST collection, increase in customs duties, and imposition of windfall tax are likely to boost govt rev- enues. Capex grows by 70% in May: FinMin report HIGHLIGHTS 70% India’s capital expenditure recorded a growth of over 70% in May 2022. The review released also said that global headwinds would continue to pose a downside risk to growth. RoSCTL HELPING BOOST EXPORTS, EMPLOYMENT: AEPC New Delhi (PTI): The Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme for the apparel sector has helped enhance cost competitive- ness of the industry in global markets and boost exports, the Apparel Export Promotion Council said on Thursday. The scheme has provided a stable and predictable policy regime to boost exports and employment, AEPC Chairman Naren Goenka said. “RoSCTL is a forward-looking and growth-oriented scheme which has provided a stable and predictable policy regime, helping boost exports and employment,” Goenka said.

9. MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 08 2NDFRONT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia A bad attitude scars you for life, disables your path to success. It is something you can change and should! — Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India First India Bureau Mumbai: Indian Su- per League (ISL) fran- chise Mumbai City FC on Thursday confirmed that the club will deal with Kerala Blasters FC for the transfer of defender Sanjeev Stalin. The 21-year-old joins the Islanders’ on a four- year contract. “It’s a big step for me to join Mumbai City FC at this stage of my career. But it’s one that I am confident about. I am looking forward to learning from my peers, seniors and coach Des Buckingham,” Stalin said in a press release. The club’s head coach Des Buckingham described the defender as “one of the most exciting talents in India.” Stalin went on to rep- resent India at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He also represented In- dia at the U-20 level. He then featured for I-league side Indian Ar- rows, making 28 appear- ances in two seasons and later moved to Por- tugal in 2019, where he played for Deportivo Aves U-23 side and had a loan stint with the third division club Ser- tanense. First India Bureau Mumbai: Artist Manoj Das had shipped a consignment of paintings worth Rs 4.3 lakh to one of his fans in Ri- yadh, but the consignment got lost in transit. Instead of tracing the paintings, the staff offered Das a compensation of Rs 5000. The artist then went to the police who tracked the paintings and handed them over to him. The paintings were couriered to Riyadh on March 2 from the Blue Dart office at Hotcase area of Mira Bhay- andar. A fee of Rs 22000 was also paid. Blue Dart employees Navin Rawale and Ma- hesh Gurav opened the consignment and checked the packet before booking the consignment, Das said. The customer called me when the paintings did not reach their des- tination even after a month, but no one gave me a proper answer,” said a disgruntled Das. Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed there is no government in place in Maharashtra at present as the Eknath Shinde-led dispensa- tion is “illegal”. He also asked about the whereabouts of Gov- ernor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, in face of rains wreaking havoc across the state. Talking to reporters, Raut said cholera has broken out in many parts of the state, which has resulted in deaths. “Maharashtra is again under a lock- down. Nearly 100 people have died due to floods,” he said. According to the state government figures, 83 people have died due to rain-related incidents between June 01 and July 10. These deaths were caused by incidents like floods, lightning strikes, land- slides, falling of trees and collapse of structures, among others, the state disaster management authority had said in a report. On Wednesday, the state health department said 181 people have been infected with cholera, of whom, five have died. “In such a situation, no government exists in the state. There is no government in the state, because this is an illegal government,” said Raut. “Where is our gover- nor now? There is no government in the state, and there is no cabinet,” he said. Cops handing over the paintings to painter Manoj Rai. First India Bureau Nashik: Swar Mauli Foundation, founded by legendary singer Late Lata Man- geshkar, which was announced on the oc- casion of Guru Purni- ma on Wednesday, is making her dream of building an old age home for artists, come true. Lata Mangeshkar, who left for the heaven- ly abode on February 6, had registered this or- ganization in July 2021. The Swar Mauli Foundation is deter- mined to help artists who are in the twilight of their age and in dire need of help. It was Lata Didi's vision to help and heal elderly artists who are either abandoned by their children or feel financially helpless to sustain their lives, the foundation, that is coming up with an old-age- home in Nashik, said in its statement. With renowned starts such as Lalita Pawar, Bharat Bhushan, Parveen Babi, Achala Sachdev and A K Hangal, dying alone, the home will fill a long- felt need, industry in- siders said. During my journey (of life), I witnessed a dismal side of life; wherein not all older people were being looked after by their families. In my younger days, I witnessed many of the artists from our film industry being left to face the evening of their lives by themselves. As years passed by, this side of life over- whelmed me and I decided that I needed to do something in my own little way to heal this pain,LataMangeshkar had said. The launch of the foundation was announced by Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan on Twitter. Bharat Ratna Lata ji's .. most noble gesture and gift for humanity, he wrote. Apart from Lata Man- geshkar, the founding members of the foundation consist of Usha Mangeshkar, their niece Rachna Shah and Mayuresh Pai. Singer Sonu Nigam and direc- torMadhurBhandarkar are a part of five-member advisory committee of the Swar Mauli foundation. First India Bureau Mumbai: A special Prevention of Chil- dren from Sexual Of- fences (POSCO) court ordered 20-year rigor- ous imprisonment to a father and two of his friends for gangrape of minor, 16-year-old daughter over a period of two months in 2018. The three were booked for offences under section 376-D under the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections under POSCO Act. The court also ordered the accused to compen- sate an amount of Rs 10000 each to the victim. Her father, a drug peddler was let off from the jail after serving a two year jail term. After sometime, he started drugging the daughter and gangraped him with his friends. Special Public Prose- cutor Veena Shelar said that the matter came into light when a person from Railway Child- line found her at CSMT station, 15 days after she had run away from home. She narrated the ordeal over there, after which a police case was filed and the girl was given shelter in children's home in Dongri. First India Bureau Mumbai: The Bom- bay High Court on Thursday said it does not have an issue with helipads in villages, but the Maharashtra government should also provide good roads for children to go to schools. A division bench headed by Justice Prasanna Varale made the remark while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) taken up suo motu on the plight of students of Khirkhindi village in Satara district. The students of Kh- irkhindi village have to travel by a boat in the Koyna river backwaters and then walk through a forest to reach their school. The court directed Maharashtra chief secretary to convene a meeting with secretar- ies of the departments concerned and come up with a positive and permanent solution. The HC said it was only interested in seeing the children get help and facilities for their education. The court noted that a village in Satara district has two helipads, but no roads or bridges. “We don’t mind helipads in some villages, but at the same time we also want to see good roads for children to go to school or college, fin- ish their education and help the society,” said Justice Varale. We only want the Ma- harashtra government here to take positive steps and do whatever is possible and find a permanent solution, he added. First India Bureau Mumbai: The Bom- bay High Court on Thursday said that it will not allow unauthorized buildings to take the life of even one “innocent person”, while taking a serious note of the dangers posed by such structures. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik was hearing a petition filed by three residents from Thane, who had sought the demolition of nine unauthorized buildings in Mumbra that were being inhabited by several families, to avoid any untoward incident or loss of life. The bench asked the state government why a 1998 government reso- lution, which was still being implemented, re- strained civic authorities from demolishing unauthorized structures during the monsoon season. “Is demolishing an unauthorized building riskier during the rains? What is the logic behind the GR?” asked the court. The petitioners, one of whom is a state wit- ness in the 2013 ‘Lucky Compound’ building collapse in which 76 people were killed, approached the court through advocate Neeta Karnik. On Thursday, Karnik told the court that the Thane Municipal Cor- poration (TMC) had served several demolition notices to the unauthorized structures, and had even cut off power and water supply . However, residents continue to live there and had even managed to access power and water via illegal channels. TMC’s counsel Ram Apte confirmed that the civic body had sent several demolition notices to the nine buildings, but residents had refused to vacate. Advocate Suhas Oak, who appeared for the residents of the said buildings, urged the court to take a “human- itarian view”, and stop TMC from demolishing the buildings at least till the end of monsoon. To this, the court said, “We are on hu- manitarian ground already, as we want you to live. One building that collapses might take with it several lives, and also bring down neighbouring buildings.” The bench then directed that the “senior- most member” of each family residing in these nine buildings must give an undertaking by this evening stating that all residents will vacate the structures by August 31. In an oral di- rection, the court said that the TMC can re- frain from carrying out the demolition action against the nine buildings till then. ISL: Mumbai City FC signs defender Sanjeev Stalin `5K compensation for paintings worth `4.3L! Father, two frns get 20-yr RI for minor’s gangrape PHILANTHROPIC GESTURE Lata’s gift: An Old-age home for elderly artists Swar Mauli is based on belief that no elderly should be left alone to face life when it is most vulnerable Students of Khirkhindi village travel by a boat and then walk through a forest to reach their school. —FILE PHOTO ‘Helipad ok, but build good roads for school-going kids’ HC pulls up Maha govt for not ensuring facilities such as good roads for children to reach their schools Won’t allow unauthorized buildings to take lives: HC Bench directs families of nine dilapidated buildings in Mumbra to vacate their homes by Aug 31 UNIFORM POLICY NEEDED BAILABLE WARRANT AGAINST RAUT CANCELLED On HC’s order to vacate structures by August 31, defense counsel Oak argued that the subject of the petition was only nine buildings. “At least 90% of buildings in Mumbra are unauthorized. In such a case, the government needs to devise a uniform policy,” he said. The high court, however, said that while a policy should come into force, one could not say that in the meantime, let unauthorized development continue. Mumbai (PTI): A Mumbai court on Thursday cancelled a bailable warrant issued against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after he appeared before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The Sewri metropolitan magistrate’s court had last month issued a process (summons) against Raut, asking him to appear before it on July 04. However, he did not turn up before the court then following which a bailable warrant was issued against him. NO GOVT EXISTS IN MAHA, SAYS SENA MP SANJAY RAUT Sanjay Raut Sanjeev Stalin Bombay High Court Lata Mangeshkar

10. A s soon as business- man Lalit Modi shared pictures from his vacation with actress Sushmita Sen, everyone wondered if the couple has tied the knot se- cretly. The business tycoon shared pictures from their recent trip to the M a l d ive s Islands and w r o t e , “Just back in London after a whirling g l o b a l t o u r # m a l - dives # sardinia with the families - not to mention my #better-looking partner @sush- mitasen47 - a new beginning a new life finally . Over the moon. However soon, Lalit clarified that he is dating Su- shmita and they are not married. In his tweet, he also expressed that marriage too will happen! His tweet read, “Just for clarity. Not married - just dating each other”. GOOD LUCK JERRYTRAILER J anhvi Ka- poor has re- turned with a comedy- drama. Titled GoodLuck Jerry, the makers dropped the film’s trailer on Thursday and it fea- tures the actress sharing screen space with other senior actors. Helmed by Sid- dharth Sen, the film is a remake of the Tamil movie Kolamaavu Kokila and will feature actors such as Deepak Dobriyal, Mita Vashisht and Sushant Singh in pivotal roles. OnThursday ,theGoodLuck Jerry trailer was released. Sharing the same on social media,Janhviwrote,“FINAL- LY! Miliye Jerry se. Aur yaad rakhiye- hum jitne dikhte hain, utne hain nahi #Good- LuckJerry streaming from 29th July .” T aapsee Pannu is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. One of her films Ha- seen Dillruba which was released in 2021, won a lot of hearts. The film which also stars Vikrant Mas- sey and Harshvard- han Rane got mixed reviews from the critics and the audience. Well, according to the sources, Taapsee opened up about the sequel to this 2021 film. When she was asked if a sequel to Haseen Dillruba is being made, Taapsee Pannu revealed that she is glad people actually started an- ticipating it as soon as the film was released. K aran Johar kick- started Koffee With Karan Sea- son 7 last week. This week we will see Sara Ali Khan and Jan- hvi Kapoor gracing the couch. Just hours before the episode’s release, Karan dropped a brand new video with Janhvi and Sara. Sharing the video, Karan captioned it, “My Kof- fee guests tonight are nothing less than PHAT and you know what that means @janh- vikapoor @saraal- ikhan95.” NEWBEST FRIENDS IN TINSEL TOWN W hile it is usually believed that two people get together when they have quite a few things in common and are often spotted together, the opposite can also be true. The latest buzz is a prime example. Word on the street is that Aditya Roy Ka- pur and Ananya Panday are the new best friends in tinsel town. Even though they haven’t teamed up for a film yet and haven’t been spotted together in public either, the grapevine has it that something is brewing between the two actors. She was report- edly dating Ishaan Khatter, whom she met during the making of Khaali Peeli (2020). In fact, earlier this year, his mother Neelima Azim had even said that Ananya is a part of their inner cir- cle. However, Anan- ya and Ishaan broke up in March. Aditya, on the other hand, was said to be seeing model Diva D h a v a n , but things have gone quiet on that front too. PRETTY HOT TEMPTING T ara Sutaria is one of the most popular starlets in Bollywood currently. For Ek Villain Returns, Tara will be making her debut as a singer for the upcoming film. A few hours back, she shared a behind-the-scenes picture from a music studio as she preps for her song. Taking to her Instagram handle, she captioned it: “Been waiting a long time to share the largest part of who I am with you all... It’s almost here :)Youready?”React- ing to the post, her boyfriend-actor Aadar Jain com- mented: “Can’t wait.” Tara’s singing debut Taapsee on Haseen Dillruba’s sequel Tara Sutaria Taapsee Pannu Janhvi Kapoor Sara Ali Khan Ananya Panday SUSHMITA TIED KNOT WITH LALIT MODI? Sushmita Sen His post... www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/ thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 MUMBAI, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 here are some movies that you watch, enjoy, and then forget about as soon as you leave the theatre. Then some films linger in your thoughts for years after you’ve seen them. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’ is one such movie that is forever etched in people’s hearts. Released on July 12, 2002, ‘Devdas’ is a remake of late legendary actor Dilip Kumar’s film of the same name. It starred Shah Rukh Khan, Aish- warya Rai Bachchan, and Madhuri Dixit Nene in the lead roles. Astheiconicfilmturned 20 on Tuesday, Aishwarya took a stroll down memory lane and shared her exqui- site look at the character Paro. She captioned the post with several emojis. Aishwarya’s post left many fans nostalgic. T Her post... Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

11. 10 ETC MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia ADITI, Model FACE OF THE DAY! Aries MARCH 21 - APRIL 20 Self-discipline may help you achieve peak physical fitness. You may need to monitor your finances closely. You are likely to win the day on the professional front by your original ideas. Keep options open on the investment front. Health will be satisfactory. Gemini MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Be more assertive in dealing with workplace issues, otherwise you can be taken for granted by others. Joining an online exercise routine is indicated and will prove beneficial. Those trying to boost income may figure out newer ways. Luck favours you on the academic front. Leo JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 Some of you can safely say goodbye to depression, as positivity enters your life once again. You may find it difficult to convince a family member regarding something you want to achieve. Clarity of mind and retentive power will help you forge ahead on the academic front. Libra SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22 A diet plan adopted recently will suit your system well. Your performance may leave you feeling good today on professional or academic front. Maintain confidentiality regarding a property deal being negotiated by you. A chance for an outing with lover finally arrives. Sagittarius NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22 Health may become a concern. You will need to muster all your persuasive powers to swing a deal in your favour. Good negotiating skills are likely to bring a lucrative deal within your grasp on the professional front. You will get help in tying up loose ends on the domestic front. Aquarius JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19 You will get the opportunity to acquire new property at a good price. Health may become a concern. Think twice before investing in anything big. 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Help people out as much as you can as monetarily you face no problems. Today you will enjoy the trust of senior management. Scorpio OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Opportunities to further your career will come only if you make efforts. A new health routine may start giving health benefits right away. You gel well with a new acquaintance. Financial scene is likely to stabilise once you review your investment options.up a new job. Capricorn DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20 Taking up a regular fitness routine will help you get into shape. Aca- demic pursuits will be fruitful. Increase in household expenditure is possible, so take all steps to cut it down. You will need to choose the investment schemes wisely to ensure profitable returns. Pisces FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20 Will power, will be your key to remain in shape. An exciting time lies ahead as travelling with friends is foreseen. Do not misunderstand the motives of someone trying to help you. You are set to grow professionally and attract new clientele. You are likely to receive guidance from a spiritual leader. YOUR DAY Horoscopeby SaurabbhSachdeva Whatsapp Subscription Subscribe “First India” Daily E-News Paper For Free On Whatsapp To Receive the Most Exclusive News from the Power Corridors of MAHARASHTRA. Make Make Your Skin Your Skin Monsoon Monsoon ready ready ho does not want clear s k i n ? Rains can be tough on our skin, be assured you are not the only one. As humidity increases, so does trouble for the skin, making it greasier along with regular oc- currences of clogged pores. Not only the skin but the hair and scalp also become a problem zone during the monsoons. How- ever, dread not. Me- hak Dawar, one of In- dore's best and leading make-up artists, suggests tips that can be essential in keep- ing our skin and hair healthy during the monsoon, as the season approaches. SHIVANI SHRIVASTAVA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in W SKIN CARE TIPS n Cleanser: Wash your face with a mild cleanser face wash that won't dry out your skin. The Less the foaming is, the better the cleanser is. Be sure to cleanse twice a day -- in the morning and at night, before heading to bed. n Toner: Before applying any makeup on the face, the use of toner is a must as it helps in removing any remaining impurities and residue. Given all the humidity, you probably don't want something too heavy, so go light with your thick creams. Instead, toners restore skin’s pH level, provide hy- dration and treat acne. It will keep your skin healthy and fresh. n Sunscreen: A must item to use in all the weather, make sure you have a habit of applying sunscreen on a daily basis - whether you are going out or not. Just because it is cloudy outside does not mean it is okay to give your sunscreen a miss! UV rays penetrate through the clouds and even through windows. n Water-based moisturizer: It gives an extra boost of nourishment to the skin and is great. Depend- ing on your skin concerns, you can opt for any water-based moisturizer that works for you. HAIR CARE TIPS n Humidity calls for thorough cleansing of the scalp. Using a gentle shampoo gets rid of the buildup and balances and nourish- es your scalp. Be sure to apply the shampoo to your scalp only, Otherwise, you will dry out your hair. n Do not wash your hair often. Try to wash it once a week. n Have a habit of chang- ing your pillow covers often as it carries dust and our face oils. Tie up your hair and sleep. Mehak Dawar, make-up artist: “Monsoon trig- gers excessive oil se- cretion in the body and leads to itching which may further cause skin and hair related issues including disorders as well as fungal and bacterial infections. Not only skin care products may help but you also keep a check on your diet. A healthy diet which includes all types of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and greens will help your skin and hair to look great.”

12. upur Jhankal first caught the glam- our world’s eye at just age 18, when she was crowned as the 2nd Run- ners of Elite Miss Rajasthan, the diva’s list of titles grew to include model, and eventually, influencer. Known for her strong opinions and inspiring career choices, Nupur is a force to be reckoned with. Describe yourself and what would you say are some vital skills or characteristics to have to make it in the modelling world? I would describe myself as an ambivert. I be- lieve in living in the moment, anything and eve- rythingthat’s goneoryetto come never affects my nature of behaviour. Being a model in- volves hy- perfocus on your appear- ance. However, beauty is subjective, and you never know what someone will find beautiful about you. You can reflect confidence in your body language, which can affect how other people perceive you. And thisissomethingthatIhave believed in since the very beginning. What inspired you to find the Supermodel in you. Share some insides of your journey. I don’t really consider myself a supermodel. I think thereisstillalongwaytogo. But my passion and zeal to work harder every day are what I think will lead me to thebestjourneyandresults. Modelling comes with a lot of new and commendable moments to cherish for a lifetime and one of the foremost for me would be my crowing as the 2nd Runners of Elite Miss Ra- jasthan when I was just 18 years old and was so na- ive that I didn’t realise that this moment will really mould my life to be something else. I am grateful to Gaurav Gaur for introducing this world to me. What was the biggest rookie mistake you made when just starting out? People used to come to me and tell ‘Oh you’ve got a dusky complexion, we require fair models for the part’ and ‘you’re too skinny for the shoot’ which really made me confident but gradually things worked out in my favour. What has been the most memorable or rewarding moment in your career? Being called at my school justafteroneyearof passing out as a jury member. I felt commendable when while introducing me my principal said that despite the fact that I have been the most no- torious child she has ever come across and I was the pain in her neck during school days- She was proud of me. And that hit me real hard. And that was the proudest moment that Mod- elling has given me. UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in N SHE PAINTS HER RAINBOWS OVER HER BLUES! ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022 11

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