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Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed near the Pokhara International Airport in Nepal on Sunday.
THEILL-FATED
DEADLIEST AIR CRASH IN NEPAL SINCE YEARS...
10 SECONDS
CRASH RESCUE OPS HALTED,
TO RESUME TODAY; 68 AMONG
5 INDIANS OF 72 REPORTED DEAD
NEPAL GOVT ANNOUNCES
A PUBLIC HOLIDAY TODAY
TO MOURN NATIONAL TRAGEDY
Moni Sharma
Pokhara/New Delhi:
Atleast68peoplediedon
Sunday in Nepal after a
plane carrying about 72
people from Kathmandu
crashed in Pokhara dur-
ingmorning,policesaid.
There were 68 passen-
gers and 4 crew mem-
bers on board the plane
that crashed just 10 to 20
seconds between the old
and new airports in the
city
, located in western
Nepal. The twin-engine
ATR 72 aircraft operated
by Yeti Airlines was en
route from Nepal's capi-
tal Kathmandu. Rescue
operationshavebeendif-
ficult because of a rag-
ing fire at the wreckage.
The search operation
was halted late evening
for Sunday and bodies
are yet to be retrieved,
said Army officials.
PRECIOUS LIVES
LOST, SAYS MODI
PM Modi condoled loss
of lives in the devastat-
ing plane crash in Nepal.
“Pained by the tragic air
crash in Nepal in which
precious lives have been
lost, including Indian
nationals. In this hour
of grief, my thoughts
and prayers are with the
bereaved families,” PM
Modi wrote on Twitter
tagging the PM of Nepal.
PM Prachanda calls
emergency meeting
Nepal PM Pushpa Ka-
mal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
called an emergency cabi-
net meeting. Nepal govt
has formed a five-mem-
ber commission of inquiry
to probe the incident.
Prachanda expressed
his sorrow and appealed
for an effective rescue of
passengers of the Yeti
Airlines ANC ATR 72 plane
crash in Pokhara.
INDIAN EMBASSY
ISSUES HELPLINE
Helpline issued by the
Indian Embassy are...
KATHMANDU
Diwakar Sharma:
977-9851107021
POKHARA
Lt Col Shashank Tripathi:
977-9856037699
Key highlights
l EAM S Jaishankar,
Jyotiraditya Scindia
condoles loss of lives
l Yeti has cancelled
all flights for today
l Pokhara Int’l airport
inaugurated 2 weeks
ago is on China belt.
RAMPUR
BANDIPUR
GORKHA
MANBU
DHUNCHE
BENIGHAT
KATHMANDU
POKHARA
10:33 am
10:58 am
Crash spot — bank
of the Seti River,
just before landing
-7°C in Mount Abu,
lowest since 1994
First India Bureau
Mt Abu/Jaipur: Cold
wave conditions pre-
vailed in parts of Ra-
jasthan where Mt Abu
and Fatehpur recorded
the coldest with -7°C
and 4.7°C on Sunday,
MeT dept said. Mt Abu
recorded the lowest
temperature since De-
cember 12, 1994. P3
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INDIA CELEBRATES 75TH ARMY DAY
SALUTING OUR
BRAVEHEARTS!
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: The Indian
army is maintaining a
strong defence posture
along the Line of Actu-
al Control (LAC), and is
ready to deal with any
contingency, Chief of
Army Staff, General
Manoj Pande said on
Sunday. In his address
at the 75th Army Day
celebrations at Parade
Ground, MEG & Centre
here, he said northern
border region has been
peaceful and steps have
been taken to maintain
peace through estab-
lished protocol and ex-
isting mechanism.
Pointing to the at-
tempts to smuggle arms
and drugs into Jammu
and Punjab border re-
gions using drones,
General Pande said
counter drone jammers
were being used against
such activities.”I re-
quest our Armed forces
to develop adaptation
capabilities according
to time. We should bring
into practice what we
have learned from con-
flicts like Ukraine and
keep ourselves updat-
ed,” Rajnath said.
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Army chief General
Manoj Pande: Strong
defence posture being
maintained at LAC
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh greets Chief of Army Staff, Gen
Manoj Pande at Shaurya Sandhya event in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Ceasefire at LOC
continues and
there has been
a substantial reduction in
violations. However, ter-
ror infra still remains on
other side. Our counter
insurgency mechanism is
effectively foiling infiltra-
tion bid from Pakistan.
—General Manoj Pande,
Chief of Army Staff
With technology
acquiring centre
stage in today’s
world, the majority of
the weapons are oper-
ated through artificial
intelligence, thereby
eliminating the need for
any in-person human
presence.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
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ANI
ARMY DAY PARADE CELEBRATED OUTSIDE
NEW DELHI FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1949
For the first time, the Army Day parade, which used
to take place in Delhi, was moved out of the national
capital and took place in Bengaluru at Parade Ground,
MEG & Centre. The 75th Army Day was first-of-its-kind
event, taking place outside Delhi ever since the celebra-
tions started in 1949.
SALUTE ALL BRAVE SOLDIERS: PRESIDENT
MURMU, PM MODI, OTHERS EXTEND WISHES
President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath
Singh, S Jaishankar and others conveyed wishes on
Army Day. “Let us recall countless stories of IA soldiers’
sacrifices! They have always pushed frontiers of valour
and courage and also acted as saviours in times of ca-
lamities,” tweeted Rashtrapati Bhavan. PM Modi said that
the countrymen are proud and grateful to the soldiers.
MP CM’S CHOPPER
SUFFERS TECH GLITCH,
LANDS SAFELY: POLICE
Dhar: A helicopter carrying MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Sunday landed in Manawar town of Dhar dist from where it had
taken off sometime back due to a technical glitch, police said. CM’s
chopper took off from Manawar, said SDOP Dhiraj.
TIME TO MOVE ON:
LALIT MODI NAMES
SON HIS SUCCESSOR
London: Former IPL Chairman and member of the Modi family
trust, Lalit Modi, on Sunday announced his son, Ruchir Modi as
the successor of the Lalit Kumar Modi (LKM) Branch of the KK
Modi Family Trust (KKMFT).
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Vaishya community has very important
contribution in country’s economy: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Highlighting
the contribution of the
Vaishya community in
the country’s economy,
CM Ashok Gehlot said
that the community has
created its own identity
in whole country with
its entrepreneurship.
“Vaishya community
has an important con-
tribution in country’s
economy
. Many person-
alities like Jamna Lal
Bajaj, GD Birla worked
closely with Mahatma
Gandhi. In natural ca-
lamities, community
has always gone ahead
and cooperated in relief
works,” he said. Turn to P8
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot felicitates Sanjay Agarwal in presence
of Dr Subhash Garg, Ashok Lahoty and others during International
Vaishya Mahasammelan at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur on Sunday.
Industrial houses from
Rajasthan have made
their own identity
globally, says Gehlot
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Crucial
8TH AND LAST NIZAM
OF HYDERABAD DIES
Istanbul: Mukarram Jah,
titular Nizam VIII, passed
away at 89 in Istanbul,
Turkey. As per his desire
of being laid to rest in his
home land, his kids will
travel to Hyderabad with
mortal remains.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS NOT
PRIORITY: TALIBAN
Kabul: The Taliban
said that overturning
restrictions on women
is not a priority for the
administration in Af, days
after denying there would
be a permanent university
education ban on women.
J&K: WEAPONS SEIZED
FROM TERRORISTS
Jammu: Security forces on
Sunday busted a terrorist
hideout in Jammu and
Kashmir’s border district
of Poonch, leading to the
recovery of a huge quantity
of arms, ammunition and
explosives, officials said.
RECORDS TUMBLE AT
GREENFIELD AS INDIA
THRASH SRI LANKA BY
MAMMOTH MARGIN
India’s captain Rohit
Sharma holds the winner
trophy after winning the
3rd ODI match against
Sri Lanka, at Greenfield
International Stadium, in
Thiruvananthapuram on
Sunday. P6
2 more hotels lean on
each other in Joshimath
Joshimath: Two more
hotels were dangerously
leaning towards each
otherwhilewidercracks
have appeared near Auli
ropeway and in other ar-
eas of land subsidence-
hitJoshimathonSunday
.
Also, the flow of water
increasedfromasuspect-
edundergroundchannel
burst in JP Colony in
Marwari area of the
town after a temporary
decline a couple of days
back. Muddy water has
been percolating down
from it constantly since
Jan 2 but experts are not
sure about its origins.
SC TO HEAR PLEA
ON JOSHIMATH
SUBSIDENCE TODAY
VANDE BHARAT
SHOWS THAT INDIA
WANTS BEST: MODI
PM Narendra Modi flagged
off Vande Bharat Express,
connecting Secunderabad
via VC and said the Vande
Bharat shows India wants
‘the best of everything’.
MODI WILL BE RE-
ELECTED AS PM IN
2024: AMIT SHAH
HM Amit Shah on Sunday
seeks blessings of Jain
Acharya Ratnasundar
Surishwarji in Ahmedabad.
He said Modi will be re-
elected as PM in 2024.
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Sambhar (PTI): Two
cousins, one 18 and the
other six, struggling
with deformed limbs
and stunted growth,
and several others, in-
cluding toddlers and
elders, in the joint fam-
ily coping with fre-
quent joint pains know-
ing the water they
drink could be the rea-
son but doing so any-
way because there are
no options.
That’s the story of
not just Singh family
but others as well in the
villages of Devpura
and Moondwara in Ra-
jasthan’s Sambhar
block, about 80 km from
the Sambhar salt lake,
India’s largest inland
salt lake. The villagers,
many of them unlet-
tered, blame the lake
water that has contam-
inated the groundwater
as the main reason for
high salinity and fluo-
ride content in drink-
ing water.
According to Om
Prakash Sharma, head
of the NGO Gram Chet-
na Kendra that works
in the area, disability
in the two villages
about 50 km from
Jaipur averages about
10 in 1,000. The national
number is 5 in 1,000
people. That is almost
double the normal aver-
age, he pointed out.
The disability is di-
rectly linked to high
fluoride content in the
area, a fact backed by
studies, he said.
Long term effects of
skeletal fluorosis takes
place if the fluoride
level in water is more
than 1 mg/litre, said Dr
Aman Dua, director,
joint replacement and
orthopaedics, at Delhi’s
Fortis Escorts hospital.
“So there is widen-
ing of bones, deformi-
ties in joints and the
symptoms are special-
ly marked in the spinal
column where they
may lead to nerve com-
pression and weaken-
ing of limbs because
of long term use,” he
told PTI.
According to a Cen-
tral Ground Water
Board (CGWB) report,
high fluoride in ground-
water in Jaipur district
where the villages are
located is a matter of
great concern with flu-
oride concentration go-
ing up to 16.4 mg/litre
in some places at Samb-
har block against the
permissible 1mg/l. In
the Sambhar lake itself,
it is 2.41 mg/l.
The signs are there
for all to see.
High fluoride in water takes toll on villages in Rajasthan
DISABILITY ECHOING
Cousinintocustodyover
suspicion of murder
Ravikant Sharma was found dead under mysterious circumstances
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Shyam
Nagar Police has taken
the cousin brother of
the deceased property
dealer into custody for
interrogation based on
a suspicion of murder.
Police informed that
33-year-old Ravikant
Sharma, a resident of
Rewari, was found
dead under mysteri-
ous circumstances at
his cousin brother’s
home in Nirman Na-
gar on Thursday even-
ing. “The victim had
bullet injuries in his
head. His cousin
brother Vikas Sharma
is a retired RTO In-
spector while Vikas
wife Swati Dikshit is
inspector in Transport
Department.
An FSL team was
called to collect the
samples while the post-
mortem was also per-
formed by a medical
board,” police said. “It
is suspected that Ravi-
kant was killed in order
to take revenge. Earlier,
it was said that the vic-
tim incidentally shot
him while he was check-
ing the gun. However,
there is a suspicion that
where it was an acci-
dent or planned mur-
der,” police added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the Ra-
jasthan High Court, a
division bench of Jus-
tice Pankaj Bhandari
and Justice Birendra
Kumar, expressing dis-
pleasure over not be-
ing able to find the ab-
ducted child from
Khairthal police sta-
tion area of Alwar
within six months, has
ordered to produced
the child in the court
by January 18. Failing
to do so, the High Court
has asked Bhiwadi's
SP, Women's Crime In-
vestigation Cell, Addi-
tional SP of Bhiwadi
and ASI to appear and
give an explanation.
While hearing the ha-
beas corpus petition,
theHighCourtobserved
that perusal of the case
diary shows that the mi-
nor was abducted by a
truck owner. However,
neither the truck was
seized nor the truck
owner arrested.
HC orders officers to find
abducted child by Jan 18
I
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VILLAGERS NARRATES INCIDENTS
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The 15th con-
vocation ceremony of
National Law Universi-
ty, Jodhpur was held on
January 15 on the uni-
versity premises in the
presence of Rajasthan
High Court Chief Jus-
tice Pankaj Mithal, Aca-
demic Committee, Ex-
ecutive Committee,
General Assembly and
High Court judges.
Quoting the Father
of the Nation, Mahatma
Gandhi, Chief Justice
of the High Court Pan-
kaj Mithal, said, “Youth
is the agent of change”.
“Not only our nation
but the world is looking
at the youth as the mes-
senger of change in
these uncertain times.”
Presenting the annu-
al progress report of
the University, Profes-
sor Poonam Saxena,
Vice-Chancellor of the
University, said that the
university has been
consistently providing
the best legal education
to its students.
Raj Chief Justice Mithal attends
convocation at NLU, Jodhpur
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 21-year-old
girl was allegedly black-
mailed and raped for
two months in Pratap
Nagar area, police said.
Police informed the ac-
cused, who is the neigh-
bour of the victim,
raped her in a sedated
state and also filmed he-
obscene videos. “The
40-year-old accused was
known to the victim as
both were neighbours in
Jagatpura area. Nearly
two months ago, the ac-
cused took the victim
with him to the market
to purchase medicines.
The accused mixed
some intoxicating sub-
stance in the drink and
gave her. When the girl
became drowsy, the ac-
cused filmed her ob-
scene videos and raped
her,” police said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a unique yet
awkward move, Con-
gress MLA Bharat Sin-
gh Kundanpur has sent
an invite to PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
to join a protest over il-
legal mining. Bharat
Singh has sent a letter
inviting Dotasra to join
the movement against
illegal mining. Now,
there are talks in politi-
cal circles whether Do-
tasra will accept this
invitation.Bharat Singh
is known for opening
front against his own
govt and he has often
cornered Mines minis-
ter Pramod Jain Bhaya.
He has often shot off let-
ters to CM Ashok Ge-
hlot seeking action
against illegal mining.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: India will be-
come the world’s big-
gest power in the com-
ing times, in which the
Indian Army will con-
tribute a lot, BJP state
president Satish Poonia
said. He said that with a
budget of Rs 94 thou-
sand crores for defense
production under the
rule of PM Modi, the In-
dian Army today manu-
factures 411 defense
equipment and also ex-
ports them to 75 coun-
tries. On the completion
of 75 glorious years of
the Indian Army, Poon-
ia reached the Amar
Jawan Jyoti Memorial
and saluted the bravery
and spirit of the Army
.
Girl raped for two
months in Jaipur
Cong MLA
invites Dotasra to
join protest over
illegal mining
Poonia salutes
bravery of Army
at Memorial
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a jumbo
transfer list, the health
department on Sunday
transferred 913 doctors
on a large scale across
the state.
Meanwhile, 119 offic-
ers of commercial tax
service were also trans-
ferred. The Finance De-
partment issued the or-
der. Three officers were
put on APO. Sudhir
Sharma, Premchand
Verma and Laxman Sin-
gh Rathore were put on
APO. Officer Rajeev Ku-
mar Sharma’s designa-
tion was changed. Ra-
mendra Sharma’s earli-
ertransferwascanceled.
Atotalof 36engineers
were transferred in the
Mines Department. The
orders were issued by
Neetu Barupal, Deputy
Secretary, Mines De-
partment. Transfers of
seven Superintending
Mineral Engineers, 12
Mineral Engineers, 17
assistant mineral engi-
neers are to be done.
Superintendent Min-
eral Engineer YS Sehwal
has been appointed Addi-
tional Director Vigilance
Udaipur Directorate
Arvind Kumar Nand-
wana has been posted as
SuperintendentMineral
Engineer, Bhilwara. Ra-
jsamandtoKamleshwar
Baregama, vigilance to
OP Kabra, Bikaner.
Sunil Kumar Sharma
has been transferred to
Bharatpur, Directorate
of Vigilance to Shiv
Prasad Sharma,
Yashwant Damor gets
vigilance in Bharatpur.
KhemchandGoyalhas
been posted as Superin-
tendent Mineral Engi-
neer Vigilance Jaipur.
Satyanarayan Kumawat
has been appointed Min-
eral Engineer Bhilwara.
Lakshmi Narayan Ku-
mawattransferredtoRa-
jsamand,vigilancequota
to Puranmal Singhadia,
Vineet Gehlot to Beawar,
ShyamKapritoJodhpur,
vigilance to Praveen Ku-
mar Agarwal, Ajmer,
Vigilance to Har Sukh-
ram Bishnoi, Jodhpur,
Jagdish Chandra Mer-
awat to Chittor, Manoj
Sharma to Bundi, Vigi-
lance Udaipur to Gopal
Bach and Pratapgarh to
Lalit Bachhra.
913 docs,119 commercial tax
officers shifted across State
Deceased Ravikant Sharma.
High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal presenting the degrees to
the students at convocation ceremony of NLU in Jodhpur.
Niranjan Arya and Khushveer Singh Jojawar inaugurated the
country’s first IVF center in Jojawar in Marwar junction.
Villagers struggling with several health issues because of water.
TAKING REVENGE
6miscreantsnabbedfor
firinggunshotsinJpr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Mansaro-
var Police on Sunday
arrested six miscreants
for allegedly firing gun-
shots at a family, police
said. Police informed
the incident took place
on Saturday evening in
the Mansarovar area
wherein the accused
tried to kill the victims.
“The miscreants
fired three rounds of
gunshots in the air.
However, no one was
injured in the mishap.
A country-made pistol
and live cartridge was
also recovered from the
possession of the ac-
cused. Raids were giv-
en at different places
and all the six accused
were arrested within 12
hours,” police said.
DCP (South) Yogesh
Goyal praised Mansa-
rovar SHO Dilip Soni
for arresting the six ac-
cused immediately af-
ter the incident.
Six miscreants in police custody for firing gunshots at a family in
Mansarovar in Jaipur.
MINOR GIRL RAPED
BY STEPFATHER IN
CHOMU
Jaipur: A minor girl was
allegedly raped by her step-
father in the Chomu, police
said. Police informed the
victim’s mother had a sec-
ond marriage after getting
divorced. “A few days back,
an argument broke out
between the accused and
the victim’s mother. On see-
ing this, the victim shouted
at the accused and revealed
to her mother that she was
raped by her stepfather. The
incident took place first in
2016. The victim’s mother
went into shock after hear-
ing this,” police said. “A
case has been registered
under provisions POCSO
Act,” police added.
PAYING TRIBUTE
Floral tributes were paid to former Chief Minister Late Jagannath Pahadia on his birth
anniversary on Sunday in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Navrang Singh, Purushottam
Sharma were also seen.
NiranjanAryainaugurates
2 events in Pali & Jojawar
First India Bureau
Pali: Chief Minister’s
advisor Niranjan Arya
inaugurated a post of-
fice made by a donor
family in Thakural vil-
lage in Pali. He was
given a grand welcome
by the villagers.
ShishupalSinghNim-
bada, member of the Ra-
jasthan Economic Back-
ward Commission, and
former MLA of Ahore
Shankar Singh Rajpuro-
hit were also present
with him. In another
programme, Niranjan
Arya and MLA Khush-
veer Singh Jojawar in-
augurated the country’s
first IVF center in Joja-
warinMarwarjunction.
In this, cow breeding
will be improved by em-
bryo transplant. A team
of expert veterinarians
transplantedembryosin
37 cows on the occasion.

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03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occasion
of Makar Sankranti, the
New Year Sneh Milan
ceremony of Rajasthan
IASOfficersAssociation
was organized on the
OTS campus and the
themewasLohri.Onthe
occasion, more than 75
officers along with their
family members partici-
patedintheprogramme.
Theprogrammestart-
ed with Lohri pujan. Or-
ganized in the presence
of Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma and other sen-
ior officers, the pro-
gramme was organized
in a different form.
The highlight of the
programme was the
antakshari, which was
organised on the initia-
tive of the Chief Secre-
tary
. The programme
lasted for about two
hours and aimed at pro-
moting mutual harmo-
ny and administrative
coordination. Recently
retired IAS officers Ga-
janand Sharma, Dinesh
Yadav and Deepak Nan-
di were also felicitated.
On the occasion, Pawan
Arora especially
thankedtheChief Secre-
tary for the new dimen-
sion, direction and en-
couragement from her.
Raj IAS Assn celebrates New Year, Makar Sankranti
SNEH MILAN
Mt. Abu records -7°C, Fatehpur
-4.7°C as cold wave prevails
Schools in Jaipur to open from 10 am as holidays will not continue; District collector issues
orders district education officers, now DEOs can take decision to change time till January 18
First India Bureau
Mt Abu/Jaipur: Cold
wave conditions pre-
vailed in parts of Ra-
jasthan where Mt Abu
and Fatehpur recorded
the coldest with minus 7
degrees Celsius and 4.7
degrees Celsius on Sun-
day
,accordingtoasenior
MeT dept official. Mt
Abu recorded the lowest
temperature since Dec
12, 1994 when mercury
dropped to -7.4 degree
Celsius. Last year the
minimum temperature
of Mount Abu was -2 de-
gree Celsius.
Severe cold wave with
ground frost occurred at
many places in West Ra-
jasthan due to which
minimum temperature
dropped appreciably in
Ajmer,KotaandUdaipur
divisions, said the Met
dept official. According
to MeT, Chittorgarh re-
cordedminus1.4degrees
followedby0.5degreesin
Sikar, 0.6 degrees in
Bhilwara, 1.2 degrees in
Bikaner, 1.6 degrees in
Pilani, 1.7 degrees in
Baran and 1.8 degrees in
Sangaria.Allmajorcities
across the state recorded
minimum temperature
below7degreeCelsiuson
Sunday night. State capi-
talJaipurrecordedmaxi-
mumandminimumtem-
perature of 19.5 and 5.6
degrees respectively
.
RAJ REELS UNDER COLD
In Mt Abu, (Clockwise) dew and water freezes on the standing crops in the fields.Windshields of tourist’s car covered in snow.Tourists
trying to get relief with hot tea amid bone chilling cold in Mt Abu on Sunday morning. —PHOTOS BY KAMLESH PRAJAPAT
(L) CS Usha Sharma and BN Sharma with Prakash Rajpurohit, Ujjwal Rathore, Pawan Arora, Rashmi Gupta, Samit Sharma, ML Chauhan and
Jogaram during Sneh Milan. (R) Punabi folk artists present a mesmerising dance performance to energize the evening.
Jailstafffastinguntodeath;
threefemaleguardsfallill
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The jail em-
ployees are observing
a state-wide hunger
strike over discrepan-
cies in salaries. On
Sunday, a female con-
stable in Tonk was ad-
mitted to the hospital
after her health dete-
riorated due to the on-
going protest. The
strike, being organ-
ised under the banner
of Akhil Rajasthan
Rajya Karmchari
Sanyukt Mahasangh
(Ekikrat). In Tonk
Jail, 39 policemen are
on a hunger strike and
it is expected that
more protesters will
be admitted to hosp as
their health also dete-
riorating.
In Sriganganagar,
the jail guards protest-
ed by boycotting the
mess. After the health
of two guards includ-
ing a female guard de-
teriorated, they were
taken to the district
hospitalfortreatment.
In Gangapur City also,
the jail personnel agi-
tated for salary anom-
alies and other de-
mands, here also the
women personnel sit-
ting on hunger strike
fell illl in the sub-jail.
BSF nabs 2 with heroin
worth `24 cr in Sgnr
9 new HC Judges
to take oath today
Sachin Pilot to
address farmer’s
rally in Nagaur today
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The newly ap-
pointed nine judges of
the Rajasthan High
Court will take oath on
Monday here. Chief Jus-
ticeJusticePankajMith-
alwilladministeroathto
allnewlyappointedjudg-
es. The oath taking pro-
gram will be held in the
court number 1. All the
judgesof Jaipurwilljoin
the program online.
The appointment or-
dershavebeenissuedfor
3 judges from advocate
quota and 6 judges from
judicial officer quota.
Ganesh Ram Meena and
AnilKumarUpmanfrom
Jaipur and Dr Nupur
BhatifromJodhpurhave
been appointed from the
advocate quota. Rajen-
draPrakashSoni,Ashok
Kumar Jain, Yogendra
Kumar Purohit, and
Ashutosh Kumar have
been appointed from ju-
dicial officer quota.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former deputy
CM Sachin Pilot will ad-
dress a farmers meeting
in Nagaur’s Parbatsar
on Monday
. He will also
visit Veer Tejaji mandir
in Kharnal.
The Congress leader
will hold the night stay
in Nagaur circuit house.
Next day, he will go to
Pilibanga in Hanuman-
garh and address the
farmers meeting there.
Pilot will also go to
Amarpura Bhadrakali
temple in Hanuman-
garh after the farmers
meeting.
Former MLA Suchi-
tra Arya held a press
conference in Nohar,
Hanumangarh to brief
the media about Pilot’s
visit. Youth leader
Rajesh Kandoi, former
Sarpanch Vikram Singh
and Krishna Mahiya
were also present.
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar: The
Border Security Force
(BSF) on Sunday seized
6 kgs of heroin, worth
over Rs 24 crores, from
Sri Ganganagar’s Rais-
inghnagar town. Police
informed the drugs en-
tered the Indian terri-
tory from Pakistan near
pillar number 334/1S in
Raisinghnagar.
“The BSF officials
opened fire after they
spotted smugglers. Two
smugglers were caught
with three packets of
heroin. The packets
weighed around 6kgs.
However, three smug-
glers managed to flee
from the spot and later
their vehicle was found
in 62RB village. A WiFi
dongle, clothes and oth-
er things were recov-
ered from the vehicle.
The value of narcotic
drugs is around Rs. 14
crores in the interna-
tional market. A search
operation is being car-
ried out to nab the three
accused,” police added.
Cubof T-79goesmissinginSMadhopur
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: The
14-month-old male cub
of Tigress T-79 Sharmili
has gone missing from
Phalodi range area in
Sawai Madhopur. The
cub has not been spotted
in the CCTV cameras
installed in forest area.
The forest depart-
ment has formed a team
tosearchforthemissing
cub using hi-technology
.
Continuous disap-
pearance of tigers and
tigresses in the sanctu-
ary have raised ques-
tions on the monitoring
system. Ranger Phalodi
Rajbahadur Meena said
that the cub was not
seen. Four tigers and ti-
gresses have gone miss-
ing in the Mandrayal
range.TigressT-118Var-
sha went missing a
month ago. Her mother
tigress T-92 Sundari
went missing five years
ago. Tiger Sultan T-72
disappeared about a
year ago.
Dotasra inaugurates CC road in Laxmangarh
First India Bureau
Sikar: Congress State
President Govind Singh
Dotasra during his one-
dayvisittoLaxmangarh
on Sunday inaugurated
the CC road in Durga
Colony on Mukundgarh
Road. He was the chief
guest at the felicitation
ceremony organized by
the All India Safai Maz-
door Congress Sangh.
Dotasra said that he
would take the demands
of the sanitation em-
ployees to the chief min-
ister. He announced the
construction of a road
from the city’s pucca
pyau to the railway gate
at a cost of about Rs 1
crore 14 lakh, Rs 5 crore
for drinking water pro-
ject, two classes for the
community school
building for Rs 15 lakh.
He said that there would
benoshortageof money
for development work.
JK Jajoo receives
‘VaishGaurav’award
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On 15 January,
2023, JK Jajoo was felici-
tated with the “Vaish
Gaurav” award at the
InternationalVaishFed-
eration Jaipur Central
by the Hon’ble Chief
Minister of Rajasthan
Shri Ashok Gehlot for
his fruitful impact and
dedication in the field of
social work. The cere-
mony took place at Birla
Auditorium,Jaipur.The
InternationalVaishFed-
eration aims at commu-
nity empowerment, the
event was held in the
same spirit to celebrate
the people of this com-
munity who are making
this society truly a bet-
ter place.
Jajoo is a philanthro-
pist, working in the field
of education with his
NGO Jagriti. Jagriti
aims to battle illiteracy
and provide free quality
and value based educa-
tion to the children liv-
ing in urban slums.
CM Ashok Gehlot felicitating JK Jajoo on Sunday. Subhash Garg,
Ashok Lahoty, Jyoti Khandelwal are also seen.
GS Dotasra with AISMCS officials
in Sikar on Friday.
Demolitiondriveathouses
ofpaperleakaccusedends
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The enforce-
ment wing of Jaipur
Development Author-
ity (JDA) on Sunday
razed the entire ille-
galconstructionfrom
the house of Bhupen-
draSaran,anaccused
inthepaperleakcase.
Thethree-daydemoli-
tion drive concluded
on Sunday under the
directions of Chief
Controller (Enforce-
ment) Raghuveer
Saini.Thedemolition
drive took place at
Plot No. 67 of Rajni
Vihar Colony located
in Heerapura. As per
the JDA tribunal’s or-
der, the civic body de-
molished the front
15-feet portion and
8-feet portion in the
back that was con-
structed by covering
the setback area.
“The building
should have been ide-
ally 8 metres in
height. However, two
more floors had been
constructedoverthe8
metres, and the tribu-
nal accepted that
these two floors were
illegal. The two addi-
tionalfloorswerealso
razed during the 21
hours of demolition
drive in the last three
days,” said a JDA of-
ficial.
JDA’s demolition work on Bhupendra Saran’s residence
completed on Sunday.
Female cop undergoing treatment at Hospital in Tonk.
Two accused in BSF custody.
More than 75 officers
attend programme
In Sikar, (L) dew drops froze on the fencing of farm in Sikar’s Fatehpur on Sunday morning. (R) Water coming out of the tap also freezes.
Newly appointed State
Information Commis-
sioner ML Lather, former
DGP, will take oath on
Monday. The ceremony
will be held at 10:30 am
in the State Election Com-
mission office.
LATHER TO TAKE OATH
AS SIC TODAY

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Surrender yourself to God, that is the
biggest support. Anyone who has come to
recognize this support is free from fear,
worry and suffering. —Bhagavad Gita
Amit Shah@AmitShah
Indian Army is synonymous
with valour and courage. On
#ArmyDay, I extend my greetings
to soldiers, veterans and their
families. India is proud of our
Army for their resolve to keep
the nation safe. We salute our
Bravehearts and bow down to their supreme sacrifices.
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Best wishes on Army Day to the
brave soldiers and ex-servicemen
of indomitable courage, extremely
disciplined and dutiful Indian
Army @adgpi. We are proud of
the selfless service spirit of the
brave soldiers of the Indian Army
who are ready to sacrifice their everything every moment
for the defense of the country.
ELDERS YEARN FOR CARE, HEALTHY LIVING
he United Na-
tions “World
Social Report
2023: Leaving
No One Behind
In An Ageing World” has
called for urgent collective
efforts to continued social
and economic improve-
ments for healthy ageing
of the elderly whose popu-
lation is on the rise. With
the global population of
those aged 65 and above is
expected to double from
761 million in 2021 to 1.6
billion in 2050, the demand
for long-term healthcare is
also increasing. In India,
the population of elders is
expected to touch 149 mil-
lion in 2031 after recording
an increase of 41 percent
over a decade. The World
Health Organisation and
the UN have marked 2021-
2030 as the Decade of
Healthy Living.
On one hand the rise in
longevity is a “success sto-
ry caused by improved
sanitation and medical
therapies, greater access to
education and family plan-
ning, and strides towards
gender equality and wom-
en’s empowerment”, the
report said. Notwithstand-
ing the constantly improv-
ing “health and wealth” of
countries the “inter-gener-
ational solidarity” will
continued to be required to
sustain old-age support.
The report points out
that the “high and rising
levels of inequality
threaten to become a de-
fining feature of present
and future generations”.
This inequality in in-
comes extends to old age
homes where class divide
makes them as big a chal-
lenge as living in one’s
own tenement. Doors of
old age home open with
difficulty for those who
can’t afford them. Some of
these homes charge for
rent, medical care and
personal care from in-
mates as profit is their
driving motive. Those run
by government are gener-
ally in a bad state.
T
The United Nations
“World Social Report
2023: Leaving No One
Behind In An Ageing
World” has called for
urgent collective efforts to
continued social and
economic improvements for
healthy ageing of the
elderly whose
population is on the rise
his year’s Union Budget—
the 11th in a row from the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)-led National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA)—is
being presented in the
backdrop of exceptional
circumstances. Not only is
a deeply divided world fac-
ing an unprecedented eco-
nomic challenge that is
being compounded by cli-
mate change, this is also
the last regular Budget
ahead of the general elec-
tion next year.
Ever since the covid-19
pandemic struck in 2020,
the world has been sub-
jected to repeated shocks
of unprecedented magni-
tude—the Russia-Ukraine
conflict, followed by the
ratcheting up of interest
rates by the United States
Federal Reserve, and most
recently the fresh surge in
the covid-19 pandemic in
China.
The combined impact
of the pandemic, geopo-
litical tensions, drying up
of global liquidity and the
commodity price shocks
has brought the world--
including the United
States, the largest econo-
my--dangerously close to
a recession.
However, Finance Min-
isterNirmalaSitharaman,
will have cause for cheer.
India continues to chal-
lenge this grim global nar-
rative with its economy
poisedtologanimpressive
6.5-7 percent growth in
2022-23. Even better, the Fi-
nance Minister has suffi-
cient cause to believe that
this is largely the outcome
of the policy playbook the
NDA adopted since it as-
sumed power in 2014.
THE NEW PLAYBOOK
Since it assumed power
nine years ago, the NDA
has sought to pivot the In-
dian economy
. These poli-
cy changes have been ap-
preciated and validated
most recently
, by the glob-
al investment banks,
World Bank and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund.
It began with the rollout
of the Goods and Services
Tax (GST)—the single big-
gest indirect tax reform—
which, for the first time,
economically unified the
country. The GST princi-
ple, ‘One Nation, One Tax’,
made the economy more
efficient by dramatically
reducing friction. Not sur-
prisingly, monthly gross
GST collections now aver-
age over Rs 1 lakh crore—
in November the accruals
to the exchequer was Rs
1.45 lakh crore.
To incentivise and re-
vive private sector invest-
ments the union govern-
ment slashed corporate
tax rates to 22 percent
from the prevailing 30 per-
cent; in addition, it fixed a
lower rate of 15% for com-
panies incorporated after
2019—this scheme is ex-
tended till 2023.
Similarly, the passage
of the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in
2016, helped with the miti-
gation of the legacy bad
debts of commercial
banks. According to the
Economic Survey of 2021-
22, financial creditors re-
covered Rs 2.55 lakh crore,
of the Rs 7.94 lakh crore
debt owed to banks, at the
end of 30 September 2021.
This repair of the finan-
cial sector, which also in-
cluded capitalisation of
bank balance sheets, re-
stored the ability of com-
mercial banks to lend.
The NDA also under-
took a major ideological
resetafteritformalisedthe
policy of privatisation—
the most recent example
was the sale of Air India to
the Tata group. Simultane-
ously the union govern-
ment has taken to moneti-
sation of idle assets owned
by the public sector to gen-
erate funds for big-ticket
Greenfield infrastructure
projects—the underlying
strategy is to crowd-in pri-
vate investment.
The pursuit of fiscal
prudence, unlocking of fi-
nancial resources and
buoyancy in tax collec-
tions has provided the
wherewithal to the FM to
fund infrastructure pro-
jects and the covid-19 re-
lief packages.Moreimpor-
tantly, it is now evident
thatthestructuralreforms
which improved economic
efficiency, proved to be a
buffer against the econom-
ic devastation unleashed
by the pandemic.
DIGITAL PUBLIC GOODS
The Indian economy also
received an unexpected
boost from the rapid roll-
outof DigitalPublicGoods
(DPGs) like Aadhaar, Uni-
fied Payments Interface
(UPI), CoWin, Open Net-
work for Digital Com-
merce (ONDC), Account
Aggregators, Health Stack
and Open Credit Enable-
ment Network (OCEN),
over the last decade.
These DPGs have been
created as an open digital
ecosystem, which enables
the private sector to use
these digital rails to create
innovations in payments,
health care and so on. At
the same time, by dramat-
ically lowering the cost of
entry
, these DPGs acceler-
ated formalisation of the
economy and democra-
tised access to identity,
covid-19 jabs, payments,
credit and more recently
e-commerce.
These public digital
rails have also been used
by the union government
to accelerate the rollout of
the Direct Benefits Trans-
fer, estimated to be cumu-
latively over Rs25 lakh
crore. The resulting disin-
termediation has also pre-
vented leakages and sav-
ings to the exchequer up-
wards of Rs 2 lakh crore.
Further, these benefi-
ciaries have become key
stakeholders in the Indian
economy—where previ-
ously they were outside
looking in.
PANDEMIC BLUES
The onset of the covid-19
pandemic, consequent
lockdown of the economy
causedimmensedistressto
both lives and livelihoods,
not just in India but the en-
tireworld.Unlikeotherna-
tions though, India did not
opt for a fiscal stimulus to
revive the economy
.
Instead it pursued a
calibrated strategy
, where-
in it initially focused on
saving lives and then grad-
ually put the spotlight on
livelihoods—even while it
bolstered the material ba-
sis of the vulnerable seg-
ments by rolling out the
free food grain scheme for
80 crore people; which has
now been extended till De-
cember 2023.
While this extraordi-
nary social safety net to-
gether with the big push
for providing electricity,
drinking water, sanitation
and housing for all, suc-
ceeded in mitigating dam-
age to those at the bottom
of the pyramid, the struc-
turalreformshasmadethe
economy more efficient.
The impact is yet to
manifest itself as the In-
dian economy was busy
repairing the damage
caused to the banking sec-
tor by an unprecedented
surge in bad debts. Fur-
ther, the back-to-back set-
backs beginning with the
pandemic, dampened the
recovery process. Howev-
er, with these one-off
shocks fading the econo-
myispoisedforarebound,
providing a healthy back-
drop for this year’s Budg-
et. Over to Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sitharaman.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A BUDGET FOR BHARAT
T
ANIL PADMANABHAN
The writer is a freelance journalist who
tweets @capitalcalculus
The impact is yet to manifest
itself as the Indian economy
was busy repairing the
damage caused to the
banking sector by an
unprecedented surge in bad
debts. Further, the back-to-
back setbacks beginning with
the pandemic, dampened the
recovery process. However,
with these one-off shocks
fading the economy is poised
for a rebound, providing a
healthy backdrop for this
year’s Budget. Over to
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
While this extraordinary social safety net together
with the big push for providing electricity, drinking
water, sanitation and housing for all, succeeded in
mitigating damage to those at the bottom of the pyramid,
the structural reforms has made the economy more efficient
THIS WILL BE THE LAST REGULAR BUDGET
AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR
This year’s Union Budget — the 11th in a row
from the BJP-led NDA — is being presented in
the backdrop of exceptional circumstances. Not only
is a deeply divided world facing an unprecedented
economic challenge that is being compounded by
climate change, this is also the last regular Budget
ahead of the general elections next year.

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INDIA
05
Chennai (ANI): EAM
S Jaishankar highlight-
ed India’s ‘strong and
firm’ counter-response
to China, which tried to
unilaterally change the
status quo on the Line
of Actual Control (LAC)
in May 2020, amid the
Covid-19 pandemic, and
more recently in the Ta-
wang sector of
Arunachal Pradesh in
December, last year.
The External Affairs
minister said, “On the
Northern borders, Chi-
na is seeking to change
the status quo by bring-
ing large forces, violat-
ing our agreements.
Despite Covid, remem-
ber, this happened in
May 2020. Our counter-
response was strong
and firm.” He said the
Indian forces deployed
along the border were
continuing to safeguard
the frontiers in the most
extreme and harshest
weather conditions.
“These troops de-
ployed in thousands,
safeguard our frontiers
in the most extreme ter-
rain and harshest
weather,” he added.
Expanding on why
India mattered more to
the world now, Jais-
hankar said the world
saw in India’s response
to China that it is “a na-
tion that will not be co-
erced and will do what
it takes to ensure its
national security”.
Our response to China was strong, firm: EAM
ON BORDER DISPUTES
Hyderabad (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
virtually flagged-off the
Vande Bharat train ser-
vice between Secun-
derabad in Telangana
and the port city of Vi-
sakhapatnam in
Andhra Pradesh on the
auspicious occasion of
Makar Sankranti.
Vande Bharat is a
true replica of India
which is coming out of
the mentality of de-
pendence and moving
towards Atmanirbhar-
ta (self-reliance), the
PM said before flagging
off the train.
Vande Bharat is a
symbol of New India's
capability and resolve.
It is a symbol of that In-
dia which has chosen
the path of rapid devel-
opment, the Prime
Minister said.
This Vande Bharat
Express symbolises that
India which expects eve-
rything to be the best.
This Vande Bharat Ex-
press symbolises India
which wants to give bet-
ter services to every
citizen of its, he said. It
was designed and made
in India, he pointed out.
This train will be the
eighthVandeBharatEx-
press to be introduced
by Indian Railways and
will be the first one con-
necting the two Telugu-
speaking states. It will
be covering a distance
of around 700 km be-
tween Secunderabad
and Visakhapatnam in
eight and a half hours.
The way all impor-
tant days and festivals
connect the country, In-
dian trains also with
their motion and jour-
ney give opportunity to
join and understand,
Modi said.
The PM said seven
Vande Bharat trains (al-
ready introduced) have
covered the cumulative
distance of 23 lakh kilo-
metres, equivalent to 58
rounds of earth. More
than 40 lakh passengers
have travelled in Vande
Bharat trains so far.
‘AsymbolofNewIndia’svision’
The first train will run between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in 8 hours and 30 minutes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Vande Bharat train connecting Secunderabad to Vishakapatnam, via video conferencing, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates scouts and guide
residence, in Ahmedabad, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Tughlaq's 53rd
Annual Day Function. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM MODI’S ROADSHOW IN DELHI
Several roads to be closed
today, traffic to be diverted
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Police has issued a
traffic advisory in view
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s roadshow
inNewDelhionMonday
.
“Bhartiya Janta Par-
ty is organizing a road
show having mass pub-
lic participation on
Sansad Marg from Patel
Chowk to Sansad Marg-
Jai Singh Road Junc-
tion on January 16 from
3 pm onwards. Prime
Minister of India will
grace the said road
show with his presence.
Special Traffic arrange-
ments will be in place to
ensure smooth traffic
management in the vi-
cinity of the roadshow
route,” said Delhi Po-
lice in a statement.
The traffic advisory
saidAshokaRoad(Wind-
sor Place to Jai Singh
Road GPO Both Car-
riageways), Sansad
Marg,TolstoyRoad(Jan-
path to Sansad Marg),
Rafi Marg (Rail Bhawan
to Sansad Marg), Jantar
Mantar Road, Imtiaz
Khan Marg and Bangla
Sahib Lane will remain
closed on January 16
from 2:30 pm to 5 pm.
Delhi Police further
informed that Baba
Kharak Singh Road,
Outer Circle Connaught
Place, Park Street/
Shankar Road, Minto
Road, Mandir Marg,
Barakhamba Road,
PanchkuainRoad,Raisi-
na Road, Tolstoy Road,
Janpath, Firozeshah
Road, Rafi Marg, Rani
Jhansi Road, DBG Road,
Chelmsford Road, Bhai
Veer Singh Marg, DDU
Marg, Ranjit Singh flyo-
ver, Talkatora Road and
Pandit Pant Marg are
expected to experience a
heavy volume of traffic
during the roadshow.
PAKISTAN MEDIA
PRAISES INDIA'S
RISING GLOBAL
FOOTPRINT
Islamabad (ANI): In
a first, a leading Pa-
kistan daily, The Ex-
press Tribune, lauded
India’s expanding
global footprint and
its growing stature
and heft on the world
stage under the
leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, saying he has
brought India to
the point where the
nation has begun to
cast a wider net of its
influence and impact.
The Op-ed column in
the leading Pakistan
daily further stated
that under PM Modi,
India’s foreign policy
has treaded skil-
fully and its GDP has
grown to over three
trillion USD. Call-
ing it ‘monumental
progress’, Shahzad
Chaudhry, a noted
political, security
and defence analyst,
writing in The Ex-
press Tribune, called
India a preferred
destination for all
investors. The writer
further reiterated that
India has, under the
chairmanship of PM
Modi, established its
own domain on the
foreign policy front.
India is also a big
producer of agri-
cultural products
and the IT industry,
Chaudhry noted in
his column.
Shah inaugurates
Scout and Guide
Training Centre
Ahmedabad (ANI):
Union Home and Coop-
eration Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday said
that it is very important
to inculcate the spirit of
service, dedication and
discipline in the citi-
zens along with patriot-
ism for making the
country ‘great’.
“If any country is to
be made great, the citi-
zens of the country have
to be great, and for that,
it is very important to
inculcate the spirit of
service, dedication and
discipline in the citi-
zens, patriotism is also
necessary,” Shah said
addressing after the in-
auguration of the newly
constructed training
and residence building
of Bharat Scout and
Guide Gujarat Region.
“The responsibility
of making India a devel-
oped and great nation in
immortality rests with
the children and youth
sitting here. If every
citizen of the country
takes one resolution,
the entire country will
fulfil 130 crore resolu-
tions. Even a small deci-
sion can change a per-
son’s life,” Shah said.
Lucknow: BSP chief
Mayawati on Sunday
ruled out an alliance
with any party for the
assembly polls in vari-
ous states and the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Key states of Karna-
taka, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Chhattis-
garh and Telangana
would go for polls this
year, besides states
from the North-East.
The former Uttar
Pradesh chief minister
said, I would like to
make it clear that in the
assembly elections of
Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and Rajasthan and in
the Lok Sabha elections,
which will be held next
year, the BSP will not
forge a coalition with
any party, and will con-
test the polls on its own
strength. Mayawati
said it became neces-
sary for her to make the
announcement as the
Congress and some oth-
er parties, as part of a
conspiracy, are alleg-
edly trying to create an
impression that they
would be forging an alli-
ance with the BSP
.
In the electoral alli-
ance made one or two
times at the state level in
UP and other states, bar-
ring Punjab, their votes
(allies) have not been
transferred to us, due to
which the BSP has in-
curred loss, she said.
Hence, our party has
decided to contest the
assembly polls and
Lok Sabha polls on its
own, she said.
‘BSP will contest alone in Assembly,LS polls’
Kozhikode (PTI): Ma-
hatma Gandhi’s great
grandson Tushar Gan-
dhi has said there is no
need for Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah to talk
about the contribution
of armed revolutionar-
ies in the country’s
freedom movement as
“Bapu” himself had ac-
knowledged their role.
Shah had recently
said only one type of
narrative of a non-vio-
lent movement during
the freedom struggle
has been “forced
through education, his-
tory legends”, where-
as India’s independ-
ence was a result of
collective efforts, in-
cluding the contribu-
tion of revolutionaries.
“We do not need an
Amit Shah to say these
things. Shah needs to
say these things because
he does not have any-
thing to say about him-
self. Bapu himself had
acknowledged that inde-
pendence was not
achieved only because
of hisattempts,”hesaid.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Sixteen opposi-
tion parties gathered
for a meeting, called
by the Congress, on
Sunday to discuss the
joint strategy for the
meeting convened by
the Election Commis-
sion on Monday to
demonstrate the con-
cept of Remote EVMs
for migrant voters.
The Election Commis-
sion has invited all rec-
ognised national and
state political parties
on January 16 to dem-
onstrate the function-
ing of the multi-con-
stituency prototype
Remote EVM.
Don’t need Shah to tell
about revolutionaries’
role: Tushar Gandhi
Remote EVM:
16 Opposition
parties agree
on joint stand
New Delhi (PTI): De-
fence Minister and sen-
ior BJP leader Rajnath
Singh on Sunday said
those alleging violation
of press freedom forget
that the governments of
his party had never im-
posed any ban on any
media organisation,
nor curtailed anyone's
right to free speech. The
Congress government
had amended the Con-
stitution to curb free
speech, he said refer-
ring to the amendment
of Article 19 in 1951.
Singh also said a de-
bate has again started in
the country regarding
freedom of expression.
Theinterestingthing
is that those who allege
a violation of media
freedom today forget
thatwhetheritisAtalji's
(former prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee)
government or Modi ji's
government, they never
imposed any ban on any
media house, nor cur-
tailed anyone's right to
freespeechexpression
in any manner, he said.
Hitting out at Con-
gress, he said the entire
history of the grand old
party is replete with in-
cidents of violation of
all kinds of freedoms.
BJP govts never imposed any ban
on media houses: Rajnath Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati addresses a press conference,
at the party office, in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rajnath Singh during the ‘Baat
Bharat Ki’ programme, at The
Ashok Hotel, in New Delhi on
Sunday —PHOTO BY ANI
‘BJP LIED, GANGA VILAS-LIKE CRUISE
SERVICE BEEN THERE FOR 17 YEARS’
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh
Yadav recently said that the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) is making false claims about the luxury
river cruise MV Ganga Vilas. He said that he has
been told that such a service has been running for
a very long time. It has been in existence for the
past 17 years. Talking to the media while attend-
ing the death anniversary of party leader Manoj
Kumar Pandey’s mother, he said, “This water
cruise has been running for many years, this is not
new. Someone has informed me that it has been
running for 17 years and only some
parts have been added to it, and
they are saying that they have
started it.” “The BJP people
are far ahead in telling lies and
doing publicity. It has also
been heard that...it also has
a bar,” said Yadav, further
adding, only BJP peo-
ple can tell whether
there is a bar on
the cruise or not.
PM FLAGS OFF VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS
Tushar Gandhi
IT WILL
TRANSFORM KIDS
YOUTH: SHAH
THE MATTER OF
NATIONAL SECURITY
“Scout and Guide
work to transform
children and youth
into ideal and com-
plete citizens. We are
here to endorse such
exemplary activities of
Scout and Guide. The
children of the country
should be made
aware of the sacrifices
of India’s freedom
fighters, to celebrate
the achievements of
India in 75 years and
to ensure that India
is first in every field
by the next 25 years,”
Shah stated.
The External Affairs
minister Jaishankar
also said that the
world saw through
India’s response that
it won’t be coerced
and will do what needs
to be done to ensure
national security.
—Representational Image

ARMY DAY BHARAT JODO YATRA
INDIA
06
Thiruvananthapuram
(ANI): Team India be-
came the first-ever
team in ODI cricket to
register a win by 300
runs or more, becom-
ing the team with the
biggest victory margin
in terms of runs in the
history of 50-over for-
mat on Sunday.
The Men in Blue ac-
complished this during
their third and final ODI
against Sri Lanka at
Thiruvananthapuram.
Centuries from Virat
Kohli (166*) and opener
Shubman Gill (116) pow-
ered India to 390/5 in
their 50 overs. In their
chase of 391, Lanka did
not put up even an inch
of fight and the match
appeared to be over
after Mohammed
Siraj(4/32)delivereda
brutal powerplay spell.
The visitors were bun-
dled out for 73 runs and
India won the match by
317 runs.
Previously, the big-
gest win by runs in ODI
cricket was recorded by
New Zealand.
MASTERCLASS PERFORMANCE
‘Battle Squads’ to be converted
into ‘Integrated Battle Groups’
Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande reviews the parade during the 75th Army Day Parade, at
Parade Ground, MEG Centre, in Bengaluru on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Army personnel of motorcycle
team ‘Tornadoes’ perform a
daredevil stunt at MEG Centre,
in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Bengaluru (ANI):
Chief of Army Staff
(CoAS) General Manoj
Pande on Sunday an-
nounced to convert the
“Battle Squads” into
“Integrated Battle
Groups” in an effort to-
wards structuring and
optimization of the
force.
General Pande made
the announcement
while speaking at the
75th Army Day event
organised here at Go-
vindaswami Drill
Square ground.
“In an effort towards
force structuring and
optimization, we are
planning to convert our
Battle Squads into Inte-
grated Battle Groups,
which will contribute
effectively to the battle-
field of the future,”
Pande said.
He further said that
“old establishments
and units are being dis-
banded, or are being
revamped with suitable
changes.”
To make the “teeth-
to-tail” ratio effective
with modernization
and technological infu-
sion, Pande said, “the
Army will be right-
sized so that human re-
source or manpower
can be used properly”.
“Our aim will be to
move from a manpow-
er-intensive to a techno-
logically driven Army,”
said the Army chief,
adding “our primary
focus will be our sol-
diers, who will be fully
prepared and equipped
to face the challenges
of the future.”
Srinagar (PTI): A robust security grid is
in place and adequate precautions have
been taken to ensure smooth and joyous
celebrations of the Republic Day in Jammu
and Kashmir on January 26, a senior
Army officer said on Sunday. “Things
are under
control. It
(Republic
Day) comes
every year…. We
take adequate precau-
tions and are prepared
both from the
operational point
of view as well as
from the logistics
point of view,”
General Officer
Commanding
of the Army’s 19
Infantry Division,
Major General Ajay Chandpuria,
told reporters. He said a robust
security grid has been put in place
and all arrangements, coordination
and synergy with the stakehold-
ers are being ensured. Maj Gen
Chandpuria said the situation in
north Kashmir is nearly normal.
Bengaluru (ANI): Army Chief General Manoj
Pande on Sunday said that the counter-
infiltration grid of the Indian Army is
continuously foiling the infiltrations at
the Line of Control (LoC) in western
border areas.Addressing the 75th
Army Day event at the Govindaswamy
parade ground in Bengaluru, the Army
Chief said that the ceasefire violations
have been brought down. “Cease-
fire continues at LoC in western
border areas and ceasefire
violations have been brought
down. But across the border,
terror infrastructure still
remains. Our counter-
infiltration grid is
continuously foiling
the infiltration from
there,” the Army
chief said in his
address. He also
acknowledged
the attempts
being made
to smuggle
weapons
and drugs through
drones in the international bound-
ary sector areas of the country.
‘PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO ENSURE
SMOOTH R-DAY CELEBRATIONS’
CONGRESS MP WHO DIED DURING
YATRA CREMATED IN NATIVE VILLAGE
Chandigarh: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaud-
hary, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during
the Bharat Jodo Yatra, cremated at his native Dhali-
wal village in Jalandhar on Sunday. The 76-year-old
two-time MP died on Saturday in Punjab’s Phillaur.
The yatra was suspended for 24 hours following
his death. Many political bigwigs including Cong
leader Rahul Gandhi attended the last rites of party
MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary. Wreaths were laid by
Rahul Gandhi, ex-CM Charanjit Channi, PPCC chief
Amarinder S Raja Warring and LoP Partap Bajwa.
Rahul’s Yatra garners
support in JK region
New Delhi: The buzz
created by Rahul
Gandhi’s long march
across India’s length,
whose last leg
through Jammu and
Kashmir is about to
begin, has ensured
that it is going to have
an impressive start
right at the entrance
to the Union Territo-
ry, from neighbour-
ing Punjab.
Veteran politicians
like former Chief
Minister Dr Farooq
Abdullah and former
minister Choudhary
Lal Singh have al-
ready announced
that they will join Ra-
hul Gandhi in his
Bharat Jodo Yatra at
Lakhanpur next
week.
Congress leaders
have informed the
Yatra will reach
Lakhanpur in the
evening on January
19, and after a night
halt there, will pro-
ceed from Kathua’s
Hatli Morh next
morning, they added.
Balkaur Singh, father of late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, walked with Rahul Gandhi
during Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Punjab led in Jalandhar on Sunday.
New Delhi (PTI): Former
Congress leader and
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil
Sibal on Sunday hailed
the Bharat Jodo Yatra,
saying that Rahul Gandhi
has been able to bring
together disparate ele-
ments of the society and
made them realise how
important it is to ensure
unity in the country.
Sibal, who had quit the
Congress last year, said
the party’s Kanyakumari
to Kashmir Yatra “opti-
cally” seems to have
succeeded and gotten
the support of non-Con-
gress elements as well.
Sibal said conceptually
the Yatra is a “wonder-
ful idea”. “I think that
he (Rahul), made them
realise how important it
is to ensure unity in our
country that respect
for diversity is at the
heart of our nation mov-
ing forward,” the former
Union minister said.
‘RAHUL MADE PEOPLE REALISE HOW
IMPORTANT UNITY IS FOR COUNTRY’
CRUCIAL READ
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supri-
ya Sule’s saree accidentally caught fire during an
event in Maharashtra’s Pune on Sunday. In a state-
ment, Sule later confirmed that she is safe and
there was no reason to worry. The Baramati MP
was at an event in Hinjawadi to inaugurate a karate
competition when her saree caught fire while
she was garlanding a small statue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj. A video of the incident that went
viral shows the NCP leader’s saree accidentally
touching a lamp kept on a table while she garland-
ed the statute.
NCP MP SUPRIYA SULE’S SAREE CATCHES
FIRE DURING PUNE PROGRAMME
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Sunday said it has
arrested an active member of the Goldy Brar gang
from Himachal Pradesh. Director General of Police
Gaurav Yadav said Inderpreet Singh alias Parry was
facing several murder cases in Punjab and Haryana.
He was involved in a dozen cases of murder, including
the killing of Pardeep Singh in Faridkot. “State Special
Operations Cell @PunjabpoliceInd has arrested Inder-
preet Singh @ Parry, operative of Gangster Goldy Brar
from #HimachalPradesh,” said Mr Yadav in a tweet.
MEMBER OF GOLDY BRAR GANG
ARRESTED IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
RLYS OFFICER HELD
IN RS 50 LAKH
CORRUPTION CASE
New Delhi: The
CBI has arrested an
Additional Divisional
Railway Manager
posted in Guwahati in
an alleged bribery case
of Rs 50 lakh, officials
said on Sunday. A
1997-batch Indian
Railways Service offi-
cer Jitender Pal Singh
was arrested along
with a person identi-
fied as Hari Om while
allegedly demanding
and accepting the
bribe, they said.
Lucknow: Former MLA
from Haidergarh assem-
bly seat and senior BJP
leader Sunderlal Dixit
died on Saturday after
falling down the stairs at
his home. The 80-year-
old suffered a serious
head injury during the
fall and was rushed
to Lohia Hospital in
Lucknow where doctors
declared him dead,
family sources said on
Sunday. Sunderlal Dixit
was elected thrice from
Haidergarh constituency.
New Delhi: The Indian
run-machine slammed yet
another century in the third
and final ODI against Sri
Lanka on Sunday. This was
Kohli’s third hundred in
his last four
innings and
46th in the
ODIs, just
three away to
equal Sachin
Tendulkar’s
all-time record of
49 tons.
New Delhi: Three ava-
lanches hit Ganderbal and
Bandipora districts of Jam-
mu and Kashmir, but there
was no loss of life, officials
said. They said avalanche
warnings have been issued
for 12 districts of the Union
Territory following moder-
ate to heavy snowfall. Two
simultaneous avalanches
hit the Sarbal area of Sona-
marg, in central Kashmir’s
Ganderbal district, while
another hit Gurez, in north
Kashmir’s Bandipora, the
officials said. The State
Disaster Management
Authority issued a ‘high
danger’ avalanche warning
for various districts.
FORMER UP MLA
SUNDERLAL DIXIT
DIES AT 80
CENTURION KOHLI
GOES PAST SACHIN
TENDULKAR
JK: AVALANCHES
HIT SEVERAL PARTS
Kohli, Siraj power India to monster ODI win
Delhi to witness intense cold wave
New Delhi: The weath-
er office has predicted a
return of the cold wave
over many places in
Delhi-NCR between
MondayandWednesday
.
The minimum tem-
perature is expected to
settle around 3 degrees
celsius. Dense to very
densefogisverylikelyin
some parts during night
and morning hours over
Punjab, Haryana, Delhi
and Uttar Pradesh dur-
ing the next 5 days.
The weather bureau
said minimum temper-
atures are likely to fall
further by about 2 de-
grees celsius over many
parts of northwest and
central India till Janu-
ary 17-18.
Encounter breaks out
in JK’s Budgam
New Delhi: An encoun-
ter broke out between
security forces and ter-
rorists in the Budgam
district of Jammu on
Sunday following a
search operation in the
region. Security forces
had launched a cordon
search operation
based on specific input
about the presence of
terrorists in the Red-
bugh area of Magam in
the central Kashmir.
The official noted
that the search opera-
tion turned into an en-
counter after terrorists
fired upon a search
party of the forces that
caused retaliation.
‘Perpetrators will
pay heavy price’
Jammu (PTI): JK Lt
Governor Manoj Sinha on
Sunday said the perpetra-
tors responsible for the
recent terror attack on a
village in Rajouri district
will have to pay a heavy
price for their heinous
action.
Vehicles commute on the snow-covered Srinagar-Jammu
Highway amid the cold winter, in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY ANI
CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BROUGHT
DOWN ACROSS LOC: ARMY CHIEF
BIDEN DECLARES EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA
Indian players with trophy pose for photographs after winning the 3rd ODI match against
Sri Lanka, at Greenfield Stadium, in Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 56,342 467.00 0.84 (Per 10g)
SILVER 69,421 778.00 1.13 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.33 0.23 0.28
GBPINR 99.4651 0.1545 0.1556
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: The com-
bined market valuation of
seven of the top-10 most
valued firms jumped
`1,07,224. 82 crore last
week, with IT majors Tata
Consultancy Services
(TCS) and Infosys emerg-
ing as the biggest gain-
ers. Last week, the
30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 360.81 points or
0.60 per cent. While TCS,
HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hin-
dustan Unilever, ICICI
Bank, HDFC and Life In-
surance Corporation of
India (LIC) were the gain-
ers, Reliance Industries
Limited, State Bank of In-
dia and Bharti Airtel faced
erosion from their market
valuation. —PTI
New Delhi: Foreign inves-
tors offloaded around
Rs15,000 crore worth of
Indian equities in the first
two weeks of January
amid risks of Covid in
some parts of the world
and recession worries in
US. Foreign portfolio in-
vestors (FPIs) have been
adopting a cautious stance
towards Indian equity mar-
kets for the past few
weeks. As per data with
the depositories, FPIs have
made a net withdrawal of
Rs15,068 crore from the
Indian equity markets dur-
ing January 2-13. —PTI
FPIS WITHDRAW `15K
CR FROM EQUITIES IN
2 WEEKS OF JANUARY
MCAP OF 7 MOST
VALUED FIRMS JUMP
OVER `1 LAKH CRORE
New Delhi: The govern-
ment has extended the ten-
ure of managing director
(MD) and CEO of Bank of
Baroda (BoB) Sanjiv Chad-
ha for about five months till
June 30. The order dated
January 14, 2023 comes
ahead of his three-year ten-
ure that ends on January
19. The Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) has approved the
proposal of the Department
of Financial Services for
extending the term of
Chadha till June 30, 2023,
sources said. —PTI
GOVT EXTENDS
TENURE OF BOB MD
SANJIV CHADHA
New Delhi: Rakesh Kumar
Jain has taken over as the
chairman of Indraprastha
Gas Ltd, the firm that re-
tails CNG to automobiles
and piped natural gas to
household kitchens in the
national capital region and
neighbouring towns. Jain,
who is Director (Finance)
at state gas utility GAIL
(India) Ltd, took over as
the company chairman on
January 14, IGL said in a
regulatory filing. IGL is a
joint venture of GAIL and
Bharat Petroleum Corpo-
ration Ltd (BPCL), and
they hold 22.5 per cent
stake each. —PTI
RAKESH KUMAR
JAIN TAKES OVER AS
CHAIRMAN OF IGL
*Rates till the edition went to print.
INDIA’S RUSSIAN OIL
IMPORTS TOP 1 MN
BARRELS A DAY IN DEC
New Delhi: India’s import
of crude oil from Russia
increased
further in
December
2022, top-
ping 1 mil-
lion barrels
per day for the first time ever
as Moscow remained its top oil
supper for the third month in
a row, according to data from
energy cargo tracker Vortexa.
Russia, which made up for
just 0.2 per cent of all crude oil
India imported in the year to
March 31, 2022, supplied 1.19
million bpd in December. —PTI
SCRAP OLD VEHICLES:
CENTRE EARMARKS
`2,000 CR TO STATES
New Delhi: The Union
government will give an
additional
Rs2,000
crore to
states under
the Special
Assistance
for Capital Investment scheme
to incentivise them to scrap
old vehicles and also provide
tax concessions to individu-
als for it. The government in
2022-23 Budget had intro-
duced the ‘Special Assistance
to States for Capital Invest-
ment’ scheme with an outlay
of Rs1.05 lakh crore. —PTI
DEMAT ACCOUNTS RISE 34% TO 10.8 CR IN DEC
New Delhi: The number of demat accounts rose to 10.8 crore in
December 2022, a surge of 34 per cent on yearly basis, on at-
tractive returns from the equity markets, ease of account opening
process and increased financial sav-
ings. Also, the incremental account
additions of such accounts were
higher in December in comparison
with the preceding three months,
however, below the financial year
2021-22 (FY22) average run-rate of
29 lakh. The incremental additions
of such accounts were 21 lakh in December 2022, compared to 18
lakh each in October and November and 20 lakh in September.—PTI
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi (PTI): Real es-
tate developers increased
the pace of construction
during 2022 with 4.02 lakh
housing units getting com-
pleted across seven major
cities as compared to 2.79
lakh homes in the previous
year, according to Anarock.
The construction works
were affected during 2020
and 2021 calendar years be-
cause of lockdowns to con-
troltheCOVID-19pandemic.
Real estate consultant
Anarock, one of the lead-
ing housing brokerage
firms, tracks primary
(fresh sale) residential
markets of seven major cit-
ies namely Mumbai Metro-
politan Region (MMR),
Delhi-NCR, Pune, Bengalu-
ru, Hyderabad, Chennai
and Kolkata. It compiles
data of sales, new launch-
es, prices and construction
status of projects.
As per the Anarock data,
the completion of housing
units was highest since
2017.About4.02lakhhomes
were completed in 2022
across the seven cities, a 44
per cent increase from 2021
level when around 2.79
lakh homes got completed.
Of the total completed
homes in 2022, the highest
were in Mumbai Metropol-
itan Region (MMR) at
1,26,720 units, almost 80 per
cent more than in 2021
when 70,500 units were
completed. In Delhi-NCR,
the project executions fell
marginally to 86,300 units
in 2022 from 86,590 units in
the previous year.
Pune saw 84,200 units
completed in 2022, against
46,080 units in the previous
year.
Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
and Chennai
combined witnessed com-
pletion of 81,580 units last
year against 63,870 units in
2021.
As many as 23,190 units
got completed in Kolkata
during2022calendaryearas
against 11,620 units in 2021.
Anarock Chairman Anuj
Purisaid,“2022wasawater-
shed year for the Indian
housing sector, with sales
breachingthepreviouspeak
levels of 2014. In response to
this high demand, develop-
ers remained focused on
completingtheirpreviously
launched projects.”Over
5.44 lakh units are sched-
uled to be completed across
these seven cities in 2023,
he added.
“Construction activity
will hopefully remain least
impacted even if the pan-
demic resurfaces, so most
completions in 2023 may be
as per schedule. Certainly,
developers are committed
to completing previously
launched projects before
launching new ones,” Puri
observed.
‘Devt gathered momentum post lockdowns’
4.02 L HOMES COMPLETED ACROSS TOP 7 CITIES
Amendments to comp law likely in Budget
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment is expected to pro-
pose amendments to the
competition law after tak-
ing into consideration var-
ious suggestions of a Par-
liamentary panel, in the
upcoming Budget session
of Parliament, according
to a senior official.
Besides, discussions are
going on with respect to
amendments to the Insol-
vency and Bankruptcy
Code (IBC) as well as the
Companies Act, 2013.
The official also said that
the corporate affairs minis-
try is examining a Parlia-
mentary panel’s sugges-
tions on having a new digi-
tal competition law.
The ministry is imple-
menting the Competition
Act, IBC and the Compa-
nies Act, and amendments
to these laws are expected
this year.
A bill to amend the com-
petition law was intro-
duced in Parliament on
August 5 last year and was
later referred to the Par-
liamentary Standing
Committee on Finance.
The panel tabled its report
on December 13 last year
and the ministry will now
be coming up with an
amendment bill after tak-
ing into consideration
various recommendations
of the committee.
The senior official said
the bill to amend the com-
petition law is expected in
the Budget session of Par-
liament.
The introduction of a
‘Settlement and Commit-
ment framework to reduce
litigations’ and incentivis-
ing parties in an ongoing
cartel investigation in
terms of lesser penalty to
disclose information re-
garding other cartels were
among the proposals in the
bill that was introduced in
August last year.
In its report, the Parlia-
mentary panel recom-
mended various changes to
the bill to amend the com-
petition law, including
bringing cartels under the
scope of settlements as a
“pragmatic recourse”.
The Budget session of
Parliament will commence
from January 31 with Pres-
ident Droupadi Murmu’s
address to the joint sitting
of Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha.
The session will have 27
sittings and will continue
till April 6 with a month-
long recess to examine the
budget papers. The first
part of the session will con-
clude on February 14 and
after a break, reconvene on
March 12.
THE ACT
IMPLEMENTATION
z Official said that corporate
affairs ministry is examining
a Parliamentary panel’s
suggestions on having a new
digital competition law
z The ministry is implementing
the Competition Act, IBC
and the Companies Act, and
amendments to these laws
are expected this year
Domestic automobile
ind scaling up efforts
New Delhi (PTI): The do-
mestic automobile indus-
try is scaling up efforts to
enhance localisation of
electronic components in
order to curtail depend-
ence on other countries,
especially China, as per
auto component industry
body President Sunjay
Kapur.
In an interaction with
PTI, Kapur noted that the
Automotive Component
Manufacturers Associa-
tion of India (ACMA), So-
ciety of Indian Automo-
bile Manufacturers
(SIAM) and the Ministry
of Heavy Industries are
working together to
achieve the target of lo-
calisation especially in
electronics.
He noted that there lies a
great opportunity for the
auto component industry
with the big push towards
electrification.
With growth in con-
sumption of electric vehi-
cles, the industry is wit-
nessing fast transforma-
tion of the auto compo-
nents sector to be an inte-
gral part of the electric
vehicle manufacturing
supply chain.
The component industry
is making steady invest-
ments and acquiring tech-
nology companies.
“We will have to keep lo-
calising...We as an indus-
try are very fortunate that
we can work with the elec-
tronics industry as well.
Together with combined
forces, we can look at scale
for localisation efforts and
that is something that we
have to do,” Kapur stated.
INDUSTRY BODY
PRESIDENT SAYS
z There lies a great opportunity
for the auto component
industry with the big push
towards electrification
z With growth in consumption
of electric vehicles, the
industry is witnessing fast
transformation of the auto
components sector
CII Business
Confidence Index
rebounds sharply
to two-year high
GST not payable for
promoting RuPay
card, says Ministry
New Delhi (PTI): Incen-
tives paid by the govern-
ment to banks for promot-
ing RuPay debit cards and
low-value BHIM-UPI
transactions will not at-
tract Goods and Service
Tax (GST), the Finance
Ministry said.
Last week the Cabinet
cleared a Rs2,600-crore in-
centive scheme for banks
to promote RuPay debit
cards and low-value
BHIM-UPI transactions in
the current fiscal.
New Delhi (PTI): The lat-
estCIIBusinessConfidence
Index for the October-De-
cember quarter rebounded
to its highest reading in al-
most two years of 67.6 from
62.2 in the previous quarter,
reflecting optimism around
India being in a ‘sweet spot’
despite the rising global un-
certainties, the industry
body said on Sunday
.
The sharp improvement
in the value of the index
was buttressed by subsid-
ing of concerns around the
impending recession and
its impact on the Indian
economy, CII stated. The
Index is based on the find-
ings of a survey of over 120
firms of varying sizes and
across all industry sectors
and regions of the country
.
However, a majority (70
per cent) of the survey re-
spondents feel that the In-
dian economy will expand
in a range of 6.5 per cent to
7.5 per cent in the current
financial year ending
March from 8.7 per cent in
the last fiscal.
‘Qtr earnings, inflation data
major factors to drive trends’
New Delhi (PTI): WPI in-
flation data, the ongoing
quarterly earnings and
foreign fund trading activ-
ity would largely dictate
terms in the equity market
this week, analysts said.
Global trends and Brent
crude oil movement are
also crucial factors to
watch out for, they added.
“The Q3 season has be-
gun with big IT names and
this week we will react to
earnings of some major
names, including HDFC
Bank, IndusInd Bank,
Asian Paints, JSW Steel
and HUL.
“On the global front, the
US market will remain
shut on Monday on ac-
count of Martin Luther
King Jr Day. However, we
will have lots of macro
numbers from the US, Eu-
rope and China. Apart
from this, movement in
crude oil prices, US bond
yields and the dollar index
will be other important
factors,” said Santosh Mee-
na, Head of Research,
Swastika Investmart Ltd.
Coal India should aim at providing
power to nation at ‘just price’: Chief
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned CIL chief Pramod
Agrawal has said that the
coal behemoth should aim
at providing electricity to
the county at “just price” as
80percentof thecompany’s
supplies is directed towards
coal-based power plants.
Coal India (CIL) ac-
counts for over 80 per cent
of domestic coal supply
and three quarters of the
country’s power genera-
tion is coal-based.
In a recent message to its
employees, Agrawal who is
the chairman and manag-
ing director of CIL said
that “our role is to supply
assured energy at afforda-
ble costs”. Stating that as
there is a sizeable scope for
energy expansion in the
country for the next few
decades, he said that the
company has a greater re-
sponsibility to shoulder.
“Aim for even loftier
heights in the last quarter
of the financial year and
make FY23 momentous by
shattering the annual tar-
gets as well. And, not rest
there. Once we achieve 700
MT production target that
should be a benchmark
base for further growth,”
he said.
Agrawal asked the em-
ployees to make a concert-
ed effort in meeting the
country’s energy and de-
velopmental goals with un-
relenting commitment.
“All the three perfor-
mance parameters -- pro-
duction of 479 MTs (mil-
lion tonnes), supplies of
508 MTs and OBR of 1,155
M, Cu.M, till December,
were ahead of the respec-
tive progressive targets,”
the message said.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will re-
view the implementa-
tionof budgetannounce-
ments and performance
of all departments at a
Chintan Shivir which
will be organised at Har-
ish Chandra Mathur Ra-
jasthan Institute of Pub-
lic Administration in
Jaipur from Monday
.
Ministers of all the
departments will pre-
sent the progress report
of their departments’
four-year works, budget
announcements, public
manifesto, campaigns,
implementation of in-
novations and other
works before Gehlot.
In different sessions,
discussions will be held
regarding the improve-
ment in the present
works as well as the pro-
posed works for the
coming year.
A cabinet meeting
will be held at 10 am on
the first day on Mon-
day. After the cabinet
meeting, detailed in-
formation about the
outline of the camp
will be given by Chief
Secretary Usha Shar-
ma following which
Ministers Parsadi Lal,
BD Kalla, Rajendra
Singh Yadav and Sub-
hash Garg will present
the progress report.
First India Bureau
Ashok Gehlot has given
consent to the public
participation scheme
in the village panchay-
ats for gaushala/ani-
mal shelter and ap-
proved Rs 1,377 crore
for construction and
operation in 1,500 gram
panchayats in the first
phase of the scheme.
Under the scheme, in
gram panchayats where
a competent executive
agency (Gram Panchay-
at/Voluntary organiza-
tion) will be available to
run gaushalas/animal
shelters, construction
will be on priority. An
amount of up to Rs one
crore will be used.
Under this, construc-
tion will be in 200 gram
panchayats in 2022-23
and 1300 in 2023-24. In
this, the state govern-
mentwillbear90percent
andtheexecutiveagency
will bear 10 percent. Rs
183.60 crore will be uti-
lised in 2022-23 and Rs
1193.40 crore in 2023-24.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The newly
elected executive
committee of Ra-
jasthan Cricket As-
sociation and office
bearers of District
Cricket Associations
met Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot under
the leadership of
RCA President Vaib-
hav Gehlot at CMR
on Sunday
.
CM Gehlot con-
gratulated the newly
elected office bearers
and also organised
lunch for them.
Chief Patron of
RCA and Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
was also present. CM
Gehlot discussed the
development of crick-
etinthestatewiththe
district officials. RCA
officials thanked him
for allotment of land
for stadium in Jaipur
and renovation of
Jodhpur stadium.
Those district of-
ficers were also pre-
sent in this meeting
who were earlier in
the Lalit Modi group,
but this time Vaib-
hav Gehlot was made
them elect president
unopposed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Father of
AdarshNagarMLARa-
feek Khan, Chotu
Khan, passed away on
Sunday
.Hewas84.Cho-
tu Khan was admitted
toSMSHospital20days
ago for treatment, but
could not recover. He
breathed last at 2:30 pm
on Sunday while his
family buried his re-
mains at Nahri Ka
Naka cemetery
. Dr
JagdeeshChandrapaid
the visit and consoled
Khan and his family
.
MinistersPratapSingh
Khachariyawas, Ma-
hesh Joshi and others
also paid tributes to
Khan’s father.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The vision of
RajasthanCMAshokGe-
hlot is being implement-
ed in other states ruled
by the Congress.
Gehlot first played
masterstroke in Ra-
jasthan by reviving the
OPS for state govern-
ment employees. Rahul
Gandhi, in a tweet, said
thatOPShasbeenimple-
mented in Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh and
Himachal Pradesh.
“Congress govern-
ment fulfilled its prom-
ise without delay
. A com-
mittee was formed to
implement ‘Har Ghar
Laxmi’ scheme in
Himachal to provide Rs
1500 per month to wom-
en. All this shows that
Congress means trust’
Rahul has given ex-
ample of OPS and
praised Gehlot’s vision
on many occasions.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the Youth
Congress elections to
be held in Rajasthan, a
reserved seat has been
kept for transgenders
for the post of general
secretary. For the first
time in the political
history of Rajasthan, a
seat has been kept for a
transgender in any
party. Recently, Youth
Congress elections
have been announced
in Rajasthan. In these
elections, the Congress
has increased the num-
ber of general secre-
taries in the organisa-
tion from 10 to 45. For
the first time so many
general secretaries
will be elected.
Out of these 45 gen-
eral secretaries of
Youth Congress, 14
seats will be open.
Apart from this, one
seat will be reserved for
transgender and one
seat will be reserved for
a handicapped. Eleven
seats have been re-
served for women. Be-
sides, there will be two
seats for SC-ST women.
Goals are necessary and a clearly
defined goal benefits us by
restoring a sense of focus to our life
and clears our path of distractions.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
First India Bureau
Ashok Gehlot said on
Sunday that it is neces-
sary to maintain an at-
mosphere of peace and
harmony in the coun-
try. This paves the way
for development. He
said that late Rajiv Gan-
dhi had dreamed of tak-
ing the country into the
21st century through
communication revolu-
tion, which is being re-
alised today and elec-
tronic media has ex-
panded on a large scale.
Gehlot was address-
ing the launching cere-
mony of the news chan-
nel ‘Sach Bedhadak’ on
Sunday. He hoped that
the channel would play
an important role in the
field of social concern.
During the programme,
a film based on the pub-
lic welfare schemes of
the state government
was screened.
Assembly Speaker Dr
CP Joshi, Ministers Dr
Mahesh Joshi, Bhajan-
lal Jatav, Subhash
Garg, Lal Chand Ka-
taria, RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore,
Mahendra Chaudhary,
Pukhraj Parashar, Ra-
jiv Arora, Kalicharan
Saraf, Pawan Arora,
Dr Somya, IPS Dinesh
MN, Justice Pankaj
Bhandari, and Found-
er-Group Editor of
Sach Bedhadak Media
Vinayak Sharma were
present.
‘Necessary to maintain peace, harmony in country’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To ensure good
governance in State,
CM Ashok Gehlot has
instructed all Collec-
tors Ministers to or-
ganise public hearings
and night chaupals
twice a month. A de-
tailed outline in this
regard will be given to
them in the Chintan
Shivir to be held at OTS
(Jaipur) on Jan 16-17.
Sources say that this
is aimed at tightening
the administrative ma-
chinery as well as gath-
ering political feedback
about govt’s perfor-
mance. Theme of Chin-
tan Shivir is ‘Good Gov-
ernance,wherein, Mins
will have to give presen-
tations about work done
on budget announce-
ments manifesto
promises time to
complete pending tasks.
Jaipur (PTI): With 24
of the 180 students se-
lected in the IAS in the
Civil Service Examina-
tion (CSE-21) hailing
from Rajasthan, the
state has now edged out
Uttar Pradesh to churn
out the highest number
of civil servants.
Experts attribute the
state’s good perfor-
mance to the excellent
coaching resources and
risingawarenessamong
the youth to appear for
the examination.
According to the fig-
ures of the Department
of Personnel and Train-
ing, in the past four
years, Rajasthan has
given 84 IAS officers and
the year-on-year graph
is on a continuous rise
in the last three years.
A total of 16 candi-
dates having domicile
in Rajasthan state were
selected in the civil ser-
vice examination, 2019
conducted by the Union
Public Service Commis-
sion (UPSC).
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RANA Presi-
dent and Jaipur Foot
Chairman Prem
Bhandari, who arrived
in Jaipur, discussed is-
sues related to NRIs
with UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
invited him for Holi mi-
lan ceremony to be held
in USA. He expressed
gratitude to the Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi for the 17th Prava-
si Bhartiya Sammelan
held in Indore.
Bhandari thanked
First India for raising
the issues of NRIs and
said that events like the
one in Indore will prove
to be milestones to help
us remain connected
with our motherland.
Bhandari said that in
2009, RANA gave a
grand welcome to Dha-
riwal in California and
in the history till date,
the only minister from
Rajasthan, Shanti Dha-
riwal, has been award-
ed the “Rajasthan Rat-
na Award”. Dhariwal
said that he will pre-
pare a program for the
Holi meet and will help
solve NRIs’ problems.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The transfer
list of IPS officers was
finally put on hold.
The names of several
senior IPS officers are
there in the list which
will now be issued af-
ter the State assembly
session. There was a
lot of buzz in the police
department regarding
the transfer list. In De-
cember last year, the
State Department of
Personnel (DoP) had
promoted 100 officers
of the IAS, IPS, and
IFS ranks.
Vaishya
community...
The CM was addressing
the International
VaishyaMahasammelan
organized at Birla Audi-
toriuminJaipuronSun-
day
. He said that today
the people of the com-
munity are settled in
every corner of India.
“The industrial hous-
es that came out of Ra-
jasthan have made their
ownidentityinthecoun-
try and the world. These
industrialists have con-
tinuously maintained
their association with
their native areas and
have worked for its pro-
gress,” he said. Gehlot
said that during the Co-
rona epidemic, the best
corona management
took place in the state.
With the resolution that
no one sleeps hungry
,
food and other arrange-
ments were made avail-
able for the needy with
the help of social work-
ers. In this, the Vaishya
community also went
ahead and did a remark-
able job.
Former Jaipur Mayor
Jyoti Khandelwal, San-
ganer MLA Ashok La-
hoty, and people of the
community were pre-
sent in the programme.
CM asks Collectors, Mins to hold
‘night chaupals’ twice a month
Civil Service Exam: Raj becomes
top IAS churner State, UP 2nd
Rafeek Khan’s father passes away at 84
Earlier the Col-
lectors organ-
ised night
choupals regularly, but
for some reason this
could not be done in the
last one or two years.
Now, they will start it
again.
—Dr Subhash Garg, MoS
Night Chaupal held in Sikar
district. —FILE PHOTO
CM Gehlot, Subhash Garg, Pukhraj Parashar, Bhajanlal Jatav, Kalicharan Saraf, Mahendra Choudhary,
Dr CP Joshi, Vinayak Sharma wife, Dharmendra Rathore, Rajeev Arora at the launch event.
Vinayak Sharma with Pawan
Arora at the launch on Sunday.
CHINTAN SHIVIR TODAY; CM
TO TRACK BUDGET PROMISES
Ministers of all departments will present four-year
progress reports before Chief Minister Gehlot
CM approves `1,377cr
for animal shelters in
1,500 gram panchayats
RCA officials meet
CM Gehlot at CMR
CM Ashok Gehlot, CP Joshi, Mahesh Joshi, Dharmendra Rathore,
Usha Sharma, Gayatri Rathore and others at Hawa Mahal Festival.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
CM Ashok Gehlot with CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, GS
Sandhu and others at CMR on Sunday.
Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and others visit MLA
Rafeek Khan’s residence to pay tributes to his late father.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra consoles MLA Rafeek Khan after his
father’s demise on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
CM Gehlot’s
OPS vision
being replicated
in other States
Youth Cong elections: Gen Secy
seat reserved for transgender
Jaipur: The sudden transfer
of IPS officer Vishnu Kant
has become a topic of dis-
cussion in the
police force.
Sources said
that an audio
is the reason
for the instant
transfer
of Vishnu Kant, who is a
senior IPS officer of 2005
batch. He was posted in
the Anti Corruption Bureau
for the last two and a half
years. Now he was given
a marginal posting in civil
defence.
IPS VISHNU KANT’S
TRANSFER CREATES
BUZZ AMONG COPS
RANA prez,Dhariwal
discuss NRI issues
IPS transfers likely
post assembly session
FROM P1…
CM AT LAUNCH OF SACH BEDHADAK NEWS CHANNEL
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA

WHENEVER YOU
FEEL A BIT DULL,
JUST ADD SOME
SPARKLE TO YOUR
CLOTHING STYLE. CITY
FIRST GIVES YOU SOME
INSIGHTS INTO THIS
BREATHTAKING ARTISTRY
OF MIRROR WORK FASHION
irrors have always been used to
depict India’s stunning scenery
and natural beauty
. It has been a
favorite in most millennial’ ward-
robes due to its ageless appeal and
adaptability. Mirror work, also
known as sheesha and abhala bharat
embroidery, is a kind of hand embroidery that
entails sewing tiny mirror bits to cloth.
Mirror craftsmanship originated in Persia in
the 13th century and traveled to India during
the Mughal dynasty. The usage of mirrors and
the art of mirror work come from traditional
Islamic beliefs; mirrors assist to ward off ill
luck and evil spirits by trapping or blinding the
evil eye. Hinduism and Jainism adopted the
religious practices, and shisha torans were
placed on the entrance door to fend off bad
spirits in these religions.
Mirror work also has a lovely heritage feel to
it; this is something that may inspire you. It can
be passed down through generations.
Different embroidery designs, colors, and sil-
houettes can be used with mirror work.
Dresses that have reflective mirror designs
are more appealing. One of the best things
about mirror work is that it can be created to
meet the demands of the customer and look
fantastic. Wear it traditional or western
you can don both the look without putting
in additional effort. If you wish to be the
highlight of any event then a mirror
dress will do the best for you.
Simply wear your Gold mirror dress
and go for the natural makeup with a
highlighter to get that glowy look.
Wear simple metallic gold silhouettes
to complete the look.
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cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
FASHION THAT
FASHION THAT
REFLECTS
REFLECTS
YOU!
YOU!
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IT IS TERRIBLE THAT THE
THREAT OF SYNTHETIC
MANJHA CONTINUES
DESPITE A BAN BY
THE GOVERNMENT.
CITY FIRST
HIGHLIGHTS
SOME
OF THE
AMAZING
WORKS DONE BY
VARIOUS BIRD
RESCUERS
AND NGOS!
estivals mark the spirit
of joy and celebration,
they have direct and
indirect impacts on
people through the op-
portunities they pro-
vide for; participation,
skills development and volun-
teering, one such hazardous
effect of a Makar Sankranti
festival was seen on Saturday
.
Kite flying has always been
part of the celebrations in
NorthandWesternIndia.How-
ever, with a rising number of
kites in the air and a sharper-
than-ever competitive edge in
kite-fighting, what was meant
to be a celebration of nature’s
rebirth has transformed these
locations into killing grounds
for their local and migratory
bird populations.
The increasing usage of
glass-coated, especially non-
biodegradable ‘Chinese’ man-
jha (kite string) composed of
metallic/nylon yarn with an
abrasive layer of broken glass
bondedoverit,hasexacerbated
the situation. Birds cannot see
this tiny string while flying,
and thousands of them become
entangled and are maimed or
killed each year during the
event. After the kite flying is
done, coils of this sharp man-
jha are seen hanging from trees
and lampposts, posing a men-
ace to both birds and humans.
Over the last few years, the
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)
has been collaborating with
government authorities and
local NGOs to solve this issue.
This year’s Makar Sankranti
festivities included a continu-
ous awareness campaign in
conjunction with the youth-
based organisation Raksha to
educate people in and around
Jaipur about the long-term im-
pact of kite-fighting, particu-
larly with Chinese manjha, on
bird populations in the area.
RAKSHA NGO
Raksha is a youth based organisation, established
by a small group of individuals inspired to start a
movement and make lasting change to work against
cruelty towards animals, to improve the health and
welfare of animals, to protect the environment.
Since its launch in January 2003, Raksha has
rescued close to 15,000 birds, 1200 mammals and
6000 reptiles in and around Jaipur and released
them into their natural habitats. It is the only full-
time bird and mammal rescue organisation in Jaipur.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
F
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
AND
MUKESH
KIRADOO
10
ETC
CUT STRINGS
NOT
WINGS!
ECO RESCUERS FOUNDATION
The Delhi-based non-governmental organisation Wildlife SOS in collaboration with Eco
Rescuers Foundation is conducting a free bird treatment camp in the Malviya Nagar area
of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The four-day camp was set up as bird casualties during the festival of
Makar Sankranti are the highest because of the use of glass-coated or ‘Chinese Manjhas’
during the kite-flying which is part of the festivities. These strings easily cut through
the soft flesh of birds and cause damage to their wings and limbs. The camp which was
started on January 12 was inaugurated by Rajiv Arora, Chairman of Rajasthan Small In-
dustries Corporation is equipped with a state-of-the-art medical operation theatre, medical
facilities, and transport carriers for injured birds.
SAAHAS FOUNDATION
Saahas Foundation is working
for the conservation of animals
for the last 5 years. Whether
it is treatment or any problem
related to food or organism. The
team of organisation has worked
even during the Corona period.
Right now our NGO has set up
bird medical camps at three
places in Jaipur. And many birds
have been rescued and treated
using designated open spaces
and choosing cotton thread or
natural fibre can help reduce the
risks of related fatalities and save
numerous lives.
HOPE AND BEYOND
Hope and Beyond is a social
organization that is commit-
ted to conserving wildlife and
is famous as Wildlife NGO in
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Our
mission is to provide greater
insight and appreciation of
the natural world and the
ways to protect it. We help to
provide a haven to all animals
in the wilderness. We have a
team of committed, trained,
and empathetic volunteers
who excel in handling and
rescuing reptiles and animals
of feline, canine and avian
family. Hope and Beyond
strives to inculcate sensitiv-
ity about the importance
of wildlife fauna among
masses, especially the youth,
by organising awareness
programs, seminars, and
symposiums.

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Hanumandas,Vijay,Alok, Divya, Pranika, Isha, Navya, Nehal,
Nandini, Neha,Arjun, Suvarna, sarvesh,Vikram, Sajal and Nandini
Deepak Ajmera, Rohit,Aditya,Ananya, Jyoti, Sunil,Aatya, Palak,Ashu, Krishana, Kusum, Shreepriya,Vashundra,Arvind,Twicle and Madhuri Zaina and Rupal
Sudhir Mathur Anirudh,Avika and Sharvya
Ichchha, Drishti, Sandeep, Swayam and Santosh Kumari
Chetan Aachrekar Swapnali Aachrekar
The Agnihotri family
Akshita Shaktawat
Aayush Mahajan
Preshati
Kavyyaa and Nikita with others
enjoying the kite festival
Karan,Ajit, Nidhi,Yashaswi,Abhishek , Varun, Manveer,Abhishek,
Apeksha,Viraj,Aditi, Dishant, Neha, Bharat, Navya
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
AND
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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