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BY CALLING ME JAMURA, THEY ARE INDIA IS PROUD OF ITS INFANTRY, SAYS P5 INSULTING THE PM,SAYS CHIRAG PASWAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI P6

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Radisson Blu in Jaipur. ACB’S #FIGHTAGAINSTCORRUPTION CAMPAIGN IN A SINGLE DAY, RAJ ACB DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN per- z Simultaneous traps/ ACB NETS 6 BIG FISHES sonally supervised the raids by ACB sleuths at 6 arrest of the ‘high-flyer’ spots across Rajasthan Naveen Sharma hlot is upbeat with an police constable Naresh arresting 7 men strikes exceptional success of Meena who used 6 in- fear among the corrupt. Jaipur: Unabated with his ACB team, which he ternet dongles and z an ongoing Local self has chosen very care- more than 10 mobile 10.75 lakh rupees recovered, of which elections scenario, a fully, mainly compris- phones to dodge the a whopping 10 lakh ‘fearless’ ACB headed ing of BL Soni and probable surveillance DG BL Soni recovered from consta- by a powerful team of Dinesh MN. After Dr of his own department! ble Naresh Meena of DG BL Soni and ADG Alok Tripathi’s depar- Even as the constable Jawahar nagar police was nabbed, his supe- Dinesh MN on Tuesday ture, Soni has also station of SriGangana- targeted six major cor- proved to be a right rior - station house of- gar district rupt destinations, ar- choice for this top slot Absconding SHO Rajesh Siyag Constable Naresh Meena fice Rajesh Siyag - went resting seven officials in such a short span of absconding since the z Of the 7 arrested, and recovering 10.76 his ACB tenure. In the state’s ‘corrupt and Jaipur when a team of Nagar police station of bureau learnt that part 4 are cops, while two lakh rupees cash in the slew of half a dozen mischievous’, the big- Jodhpur ACB nabbed Sri Ganganagar district of the bribe was to be others are patwaris and process. According to major actions that cre- gest trap of the day was red handed, a police while accepting a bribe handed to him. ADG Dinesh MN one civilian sources, CM Ashok Ge- ated ripples across the fruitfully carried out in constable of Jawahar of Rs 10 lakh in Hotel Turn to P6 FIRDOUS-NASHIN Bihar Assembly polls: Time to write Your own little place new future in Bihar, says Sonia Gandhi A day ahead of the first phase of polling in Bi- TEJASHWI’S ‘YAKSHA PRASHNA’ in ‘Heaven’, courtesy har, the Congress Pres- FOR MODI AHEAD OF BIHAR VISIT ident Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday issued a video Patna: RJD leader and Mahagatbandhan’s chief message appealing the ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav has posed 11 questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of people to vote for a Union Government his visit to Bihar on October 28. Prime Minister will change in the state. hold rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna Any Indian She said, “Today, the on Wednesday ahead of the Bihar As- ruling party is in the sembly polls. In a press statement, citizen can now arrogance of power Tejashwi Yadav stated, “Tomorrow buy a land, in and has deflected from Prime Minister Narendra Modi its path. Congress President Sonia Gandhi is coming to Bihar. I want to ask municipal areas “Their actions and these questions from the statements are not is in a bad shape, people py, and people of Bihar double engine govern- of Jammu and good, and labourers, are facing acute hard- are with the grand alli- ment of Delhi and farmers and youth are ship,” she said. ance,” Sonia said. Patna.” Turn to P6 Kashmir and hopeless. The economy “Everyone is unhap- Turn to P6 Ladakh without being a domicile Hizb chief, IM Now, ‘Corona Jihad’ new tool for IS: NIA Aditi Nagar Bros terrorists: New Delhi: Corona Ji- five alleged operatives of The Ministry of Home OMAR ABDULLAH @OMARABDULLAH MHA had, carrying out lone- the Islamic State Kho- RAMDAS ATHAWALE TESTS Affairs (MHA) has noti- Unacceptable amendments to the land The Ministry of Home wolf attacks, targetted rasan Province (ISKP) fied the Union Territo- ownership laws of J&K. Affairs (MHA) on Tues- killing of persons re- accusing them of using POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ry (UT) of Jammu and Even the tokenism of domicile day designated 18 more lated to the RSS to hurt the protests against the has been done away with when Union minister Ramdas Kashmir Reorganisa- individuals, all Pakistan religious sentiments Citizenship Amendment Athawale on Tuesday tion (Adaptation of purchasing non-agricultural land based, as “terrorists” un- which may lead to ri- Act (CAA) to instigate & transfer of agricultural land has tested positive for Central Laws) Third der the amended anti- ots, and target- Muslims against Covid-19 and was admit- Order, 2020. The Centre been made easier. J&K is now terror law that was ting important the Indian gov- up for sale & the poorer small ted to Bombay hospital, has repealed or substi- passed by Parliament last leaders by us- ernment. land holding owners will suffer. his party informed on tuted 26 state laws. year. The list includes ing anaesthe- “The inves- tomorrow. at 4 PM tomorrow. Tuesday. According to In the third order, Min- seven Indians who are sia injection tigation es- Mayur Borkar, the PRO of istry of Home Affairs now in Pakistan. Those were among tablished that Republican Party of India has repealed 12 state laws Estates Abolition Act, Kashmir Utilization of designated as terrorists the plans in the accused (Athawale) (RPI-A), his as a whole and others out Jammu and Kashmir Lands Act. include Hizb-ul-Mujahi- the discussion Sadiya and one results were released on of 26 adapted with chang- Common Lands (Regula- In the Order, MHA deen commander Syed of alleged Islamic Doctor Ishfaq had Tuesday morning. “Athawale has tested positive es or substitutes. Laws tion) Act 1956, Jammu stated, in exercise of Salahudeen, founders of State members, said the also discussed about and is now admitted in Bombay Hospital,” he said. which are repealed as a and Kashmir Consolida- the powers conferred by Indian Mujahideen Ri- National Investigation ‘Corona Jihad’ and de- Incidentally, Athawale had held a press conference whole include The Jam- tion of Holdings Act section 96 of the Jam- yaz and Iqbal Bhatkal Agency (NIA). sired that Corona pan- on Monday where he had inducted actor Payal mu and Kashmir Aliena- 1962, Jammu and Kash- mu and Kashmir Reor- and gangster Dawood The NIA made the demic should be used to Ghosh in the RPI-A. Though Athawale wore a tion of Land Act, Jammu mir Right of Prior Pur- ganisation Act, 2019 (34 Ibrahim’s close aide Cho- submissions in a destroy country, which mask, it did not cover his nose. and Kashmir Big Landed chase Act, Jammu and of 2019), Turn to P6 ta Shakeel. 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DEEP LOSS US stands with India Bullish Kotak against China rallies sensex Gujarati megastar Naresh Kanodia passes 377 points Mumbai: Equity away, his last nCoV test was negative benchmark Sensex ral- lied 377 points on Tues- 77-year-old veteran of the silver screen cal Party. Mahesh day, tracking massive Kanodia passed away buying in Kotak Mahin- had more than 125 films to his credit after a bout of paraly- dra Bank after the lend- sis this past Sunday. er posted strong quar- First India Bureau his last test for the Naresh Kanodia got terly earnings. The novel coronavirus had his break in the Guja- 30-share BSE index Gandhinagar: Lakhs come back negative. rati film industry with Mark T Esper, Mike Pompeo, Rajnath Singh and S Jaishankar. ended 376.60 points or of cinephiles in the The death of the a starring role in ‘Veli 0.94 per cent higher at state were left gutted 77-year-old veteran, ne avya Phool’ (1970), New Delhi: India and the US signed the landmark 40,522.10. Similarly, the on Tuesday after Gu- who had more than 125 which also featured defence pact, BECA, that will allow sharing of broader NSE Nifty jarati megastar Nar- Gujarati films under Arvind Pandya, Padma- high-end military technology, geospatial maps and surged 121.65 points or esh Kanodia died fol- his belt, comes just days PM Modi shared a photo in which he is seen flanked by Mahesh rani, Mahendra Zaveri, classified satellite data between their militaries as 1.03 per cent to 11,889.40. lowing a brief illness after that of his elder Kanodia on his right and Naresh Kanodia on his left. Ramesh Mehta, Jay- the two countries held a high-level dialogue on Shares of Kotak Mahin- and COVID-19. Doc- brother Mahesh. shree Parikh, Kalpna Tuesday, and vowed to ramp up their security ties dra Bank soared around tors at the UN Mehta The Kanodia broth- dustry since the mid- dreds of films through Diwan, and was direct- and boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific 12 per cent after the hospital, where he ers had been active in 1950s, and have cre- their eponymous Ma- ed by Manukant Patel. amidst China’s growing economic and military lender reported a 22 per breathed his last, said the Gujarati film in- ated music for hun- hesh & Naresh Musi- Turn to P6 clout in the region. Turn to P6 cent growth Turn to P6 NEWS www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 02 UNDENIABLY A CONGRESS BASTION, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO WINS THE PUBLIC MANDATE- JADEJA OR PATEL Castor seed imports by China worries domestic oil pressers First India Bureau

Ahmedabad: In a Industry has panic over China’s decision to begin asked the importing castor government seeds from India, local oil producers to look into have asked the Cen- tral government to the issue look into the issue. They are concerned that exports of domestic industry, seeds to China which could well be could adversely af- left starved for raw fect domestic cas- material.” tor oil production. India meets 85-90% In a letter to the of the global demand Commerce Ministry, for castor oil and the Solvent Extrac- its derivatives, bring- tors’ Association of ing in a turnover India (SEAI) stated, of about Rs6,000 “Over the past few crore. India took a months, China has hit in 2018-19, when been aggressively the export of castor buying commodities oil declined to 5.61 to bolster its state re- lakh MT from the serves. We under- previous year’s 6.51 stand they are also lakh MT. targeting to buy big While China ac- quantities of castor counts for nearly seeds from India.” 40% of India’s cas- Congress candidate It further states: tor oil exports, fol- Kiritsinh Jadeja “Traditionally, Chi- lowed by the US and campaigning in na buys castor oil European Union Karjan on Tuesday. and derivatives (EU). So, if China CONSTITUENCY WATCH from India but this keeps buying castor new-found interest seeds aggressively, in sourcing castor the domestic indus- seeds has huge ram- try would be badly IT’S TURNCOAT V/S ifications for our affected. ‘ ’ First IndiaOUTSIDER Bureau challenged by Kirit- IN KARJANin during the COV- of 2019, there are CONGRESS STRONGHOLD sinh Jadeja of Con- ID-19 lockdown. For 2,00,472 electorates Ahmedabad: For the gress. While Patel is once, we have our or- and 246 polling sta- first time in its his- being targeted for ganization in place on tions in the constitu- tory, state legislative changing his allegianc- every level of the elec- ency. The voter turn- assembly bypolls will es, Jadeja too has his toral roller-coaster,” out was 77.31% in the be conducted in the own share of worries. said a senior leader. 2017 assembly constituency of Kar- The decision to Located in Vadodara election.s The BJP jan. Necessitated af- grant Jadeja a ticket district of the state, Kar- and the Indian Na- ter the resignation has not gone down jan Vidhan Sabha comes tional Congress (INC) and defection of Ak- well with several Con- polls held in the con- time around, the par- under the Bharuch Lok secured 46.04% and shay Patel as an MLA gress leaders. He is be- stituency so far, it has ty had done its home- Sabha constituency. As 48.37% votes respec- and the Congress, the ing viewed as an ‘out- emerged victorious in work and reached the per the estimated data of tively in 2017 while seat became the talk sider; despite Jadeja 10 while the BJP has grassroots level to de- the 2011 census, out of 60.02% and 28.62% in of the town earlier settling in Karjan. A won two and the Janata termine the candi- the total population of 2019 respectively. this year when a slip- few party members Dal (JD) once. Veteran dates for the by-elec- 2,55,317 people, 87.97% is The incumbent Lok per was hurled at even made represen- politician Chandu Dab- tions. “It is wrong to settled in the rural areas Sabha MP of Bharuch state Deputy Chief tations for a ticket to hi came out on top on call Jadeja an ‘out- while only 12.03% inhab- is Mansukhbhai Dhan- Minister Nitin Patel. be granted to a ‘local’. four occasions includ- sider’. He has been it the urban areas. The jibhai Vasava (BJP) Akshay Patel is con- Being a Congress ing thrice against Con- working in Karjan for Scheduled Castes (SC) while Akshay Kumar testing the bypolls from bastion, the opposition gress and one time years now and has and Scheduled Tribes Iswarbhai Patel (INC) Castor and castor oil are hovering at prices of Rs1,080- Karjan on a Bharatiya party wishes to retain against JD. now become a house- (ST) ratio are 6.87 and was the sitting MLA of Rs1,100 and Rs1,145-Rs1,150 per 20 kg, respectively, in the Janata Party (BJP) the constituencies this A Congress spokes- hold name due to the 27.18, respectively. Karjan prior to his res- domestic market. ticket and he will be bypoll. Out of the 13 person said that this relief efforts he put As per the voter list ignation.

PAYBACK PIL to recover bypoll costs from resigning MLAs in HC

dates of the ruling  The petition also called for a party from their re- framework of norms to discour- spective seats in the November 03 state as- age malpractices during elections sembly bypolls.” Petitioner has plead- First India Bureau the politicians. ed the court to direct Advocate KR Koshti, the Election Commis- Ahmedabad: A Pub- who filed the petition, sion to introduce rele- lic Interest Litigation stated that since the vant rules and regula- (PIL) seeking recov- last general elections tions to prevent such ery of state by-elec- conducted till date, over kind of malpractices in tion costs from MLAs 15 Congress MLAs have tendering resignations who resigned from resigned from their by politicians for per- their positions in the posts and 10 have been sonal interests. middle of their terms re-elected on a Bharati- The petition also has been filed before ya Janata Party (BJP) mentioned, “The ECI the Gujarat High ticket. “The manoeuvre should forfeit deposit Court. The petition was executed with a Gujarat High Court. —FILE PHOTO amounts from return- also mentioned that view to escape the pro- ing candidates who the Election Commis- visions of disqualifica- marked the petitioner. frame rules inserting from the MLAs, who have been re-elected sion of India (ECI) tions. The aforesaid ac- He added, “There- the provisions of re- resigned from the under other banners. must recoup mone- tion on the part of law- fore, necessary direc- covering the expens- party between July Or else, it must ask tary expense of the makers reeks of cor- tions are required to es incurred by the 2018 and June 2020. such candidates to pay electoral process im- ruption and rampant be issued to the re- Election Commission Now, they are seeking the expenses incurred posed on voters from horse-trading,” re- spondents herein to to conduct the polls re-elections as candi- during the elections.” GUJARAT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 03 Khushboo Gujarat Ki not enough, as state places Party surprise: Police personnel on 12th in drawing tourists liquor raid stumble onto gambling ring —FILE PHOTO Cops nabbed 3 staffers, recovered 11 bottles of high-end booze and info on bets placed on football and cricket matches First India Bureau BIG SPENDER ted that he played and also took bets from Ahmedabad: A corpo- other people on sport- rate office was raided ing events. Police by Anandnagar po- found data of over 40 lice in the wee hours deals made on his of Tuesday morning, phone. A separate case after receiving a tip against Raichura has Gujarat has been making an effort to boost tourism in recent years. regarding an ongoing been filed under the liquor party on the Gujarat Prevention of First India Bureau Gujarat failed to lure premises of Safal Gambling Act. foreign tourists as com- Profitaire building in The three accused Ahmedabad: Accord- pared to other states, Anandnagar. Offi- have been sent for a ing to statistics from even though it has sev- cials apprehended medical examination the Central Tourism eral attractions. Accord- three staffers in following which they Department’s Market ing to figures released drunken state and re- will be produced in Research and Statis- by the Central Tourism covered 11 bottles of court. Police are seek- tics, in the last five Department, over high-end liquor from ing remand for Rai- years, the highest 5,95,607 foreign tourists the site. The cops also chura for his betting number of foreign visited Gujarat in 2019. accidentally stum- offences in order to dig tourists- over 20 mil- The state that was bled onto a betting up more information lion- visited the states visited by the highest website with data of Nirav Raichura admitted to taking bets from other people on sporting events. on gambling and oth- of Tamil Nadu and number of foreign tour- deals made, during ers involved in betting. Maharashtra. Guja- ists in the country was primary investiga- by the police. off, Delu led a team and Upon further explora- website called Golden- Rural police, on be- rat was placed 12th Tamil Nadu. Taking a tion of the staffers’ Deputy Commis- carried out a search at tion of the office, po- exch.com. Upon scru- ing informed about Rai- on the list of states look at the statistics of phones. Two cases sioner of Police (Zone- the premises, where lice recovered three tiny of the website, po- chura’s liquor den, car- that attracted tour- the past five years, under the Gujarat 7) Premsukh Delu had they found Nirav Har- branded liquor bottles, lice unearthed betting ried out a search opera- ists from all across 21,86,298 foreign tour- Prohibition Act and received information shad Raichura (Th- three empty ones and data from October 19 to tion at his home, where the globe. ists have visited Guja- the Gujarat Preven- that a liquor party was akkar), Santosh Cho- two knives from their 26 with bets on football they found branded Around 52 lakh for- rat. During the same tion of Gambling Act underway in the C- sla (Bharvad) and Ra- possession. and cricket. liquor bottles and a lav- eign tourists visited Bi- period, more than 2 have been lodged wing of Safal Profit- hul Purabia in a Raichura’s phone led During interroga- ish facility to entertain har, 80 lakh went to Ra- crore foreign tourists against the accused aire. Acting on the tip- drunken condition. the police to a betting tion, Raichura admit- a rich ‘clientele’. jasthan, and 79 lakh went to Tamil Nadu and landed in West Bengal. Maharashtra. Seaplane is just a pre-election NOW, ACTIVE CASES SHOW DECLINE IN GUJ First India Bureau political gimmick, experts say Gandhinagar: The 992 cases, five state has been wit- fatalities take state Gargi Raval nessing a decline in tally to 1,69,073 the number of new cases, toll to 3,698 Ahmedabad: Many cases of COVID-19 Amdavadis are going over the past few gaga over the water days. On Tuesday, the five patients who aerodrome and sea- the number (992) died on Tuesday, while plane facility, which is stayed firmly in the Surat had one death. slated to be inaugu- triple digits. With While Surat had the rated by Prime Minis- this, the number of If luck holds, medics could take more such breaks. —FILE PHOTO highest number of new ter Narendra Modi on active cases have also cases (225), cases also October 31. However, begun to show a the state reported a total In the past 24 hours, emerged in Ahmedabad political analysts downward trend. of 13,487 active cases. the state government (170) Vadodara (114), warn that this is just On October 01, there While this is a positive conducted 51,927 tests Rajkot (94), Gandhina- another political gim- were 16,717 active cases sign, the infection rate and detected 992 new gar (46), Mehsana (35), mick ahead of the by- in the state. By October has not yet fallen to a cases of Sars-CoV-2 in- Patan (33), Jamnagar elections that are set 10, this had fallen to level where it could be fection. Ahmedabad (26), Surendranagar to take place next The seaplane is slated to be inaugurated by PM Modi on October 31. —FILE PHOTO 15,958. On October 15, it said that COVID-19 is un- and Gandhinagar each (18), Amreli (17) and Tuesday. After all, was 14,804. On Tuesday, der control in the state. accounted for two of Banaskantha (17). this is the second time FOUR TRIPS A DAY FROM A’BAD TO SOU tine violation of the in the past three years model code of conduct. that the service has They (the Bharatiya Ja- been announced. nata Party) are desper- Modi even took a sea- ate to win the election, plane ride a few days they do not bother about ON YOUR before the Assembly decency in their cam- elections in 2017. paign. In 1995-98, before TOES Political analyst He- Modi became chief min- A police offi cer mantkumar Shah called ister, BJP had a thump- ‘kidnaps’ a child out the project as unnec- ing majority with 117- during a live demo essary. “This is an expen- 121 seats. When Modi organized by the sive joyride, nothing came in, in 2001, they C Team of the more. It is certainly not a had a lead of just 14,000 Ahmedabad police to make people facility for tourism, seats. Then, 2002 hap- aware of potential since it doesn’t even pened. The ensuing pan- dangers they face shorten travel time for minister has a hobby of when the economy is in ic changed the election while shopping in the locals. This is another inaugurating things—ir- a disarray.” mood,” he said, adding, run-up to the festive ‘dhating’ (gimmick) in respective of whether or Political scientist “Sadly, the people seem season. an attempt to woo the not it has been dedicated Ghanshyam Shah is to fall for these gim- —PHOTO BY people of Gujarat and already,” he said. “There even more scathing. micks repeatedly rather HANIF SINDHI influence them ahead of is no need for this at all, “This act by Narendra than looking for any al- the election. The prime especially at a time Modi is part of his rou- ternatives.”

OUTPOURING OF GRIEF Industry mourns Naresh Kanodia, the end of ‘Ram-Lakhan era’ —FILE PHOTO First India Bureau the industry shaken. hesh Kanodia. I remem- Kanodia was canning and worked with sev-  Reminiscing about ber that he used to sing shots nearby. When I eral big stars of his Losing the Ahmedabad: The toast the duo, actor Hiten Ku- in a female voice and my reached out to him, I time and also the new of the Gujarati film mar said, “In our indus- mother, who worked in was not expecting him generation. He was an battle to COV- industry for several try, they were referred Gujarati films, used to to recognize me. So, I actor, yes, but also a years, the other half to as ‘Ram-Lakhan’ lip-sync the lines on- was surprised when very good singer. He ID-19, the vet- of the Kanodia broth- Jodi. Their contribu- screen,” he said. Naresh Kanodia not had a huge fan follow- ers, Naresh Kanodia tion to the industry will Producer JD Ma- only did recognize me ing in the state and eran Gujarati (77) breathed his last always be remembered jethia, known for his but even asked that I abroad as well.” movie super- in Ahmedabad on years together.” work in the popular tel- work with him.” ‘Bhai Bhai’ fame Tuesday. He had been One of the biggest evision serial ‘Khichdi’, In an emotional up- Arvind Vegda’s memo- star died two battling COVID-19. names in the Gujarati recalled, “I was a fan of heaval after hearing ries associated with the The news came two stage and film industry, Mahesh-Naresh since about the demise of the mega star showcased days after his days after the veteran actor Darshan Jariwala childhood. I remember veteran Gujarati film his genial nature. “He actor’s brother Ma- also paid tribute to the that I was shooting for a star, folk singer Kirti- used to call to congratu- older brother hesh Kanodia passed Kanodia brothers. “I Gujarati movie in a dan Gadhvi, said, “Nar- late me every time I away. The loss of both have known them since Halol studio when I esh Kanodia was a su- launched a new album,” Mahesh passed great artistes has left childhood especially, Ma- Silver screen veteran Naresh Kanodia (in yellow) with his family. learned that Naresh perstar for many years he reminisced. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 04

IN-DEPTH FB’S CONTROVERSIAL CRITICAL THINKING OFFICIAL RESIGNS nkhi Das, Facebook’s director, public policy in India, South and Central Asia, who was at the centre of a controversy because of her pro-Bharatiya Janata A CORPORATE NEED A Party bias in blocking hate content on the social media site, has resigned. Facebook’s RETD. COL statement that “Ankhi has decided to step down to ANUPAM JAITLY pursue her interest in public service…” is obvi- ously not the entire truth. To look for the reason Defence expert, Motivational why one of FB’s “earliest employees” chose to step speaker & Corporate Trainer down one has to refer to the Wall Street Journal’s August report on how Ankhi was promoting the BJP’s agenda. The WSJ report said that for busi- n just eight months’ time ness reasons Ankhi did not apply “hate speech (March onwards) the Indian rules” on some individuals and groups close to the business landscape has cata- BJP for their anti-Muslim posts. The WSJ also re- pulted itself with drastic ported that Das told her staff members at FB that changes in the Healthcare “punishing violations” by BJP “would damage the systems, Medicines, Vac- company’s business prospects in the country, Face- cines, Facemasks and Sani- book’s biggest global market by number of users.” I tizers becoming the market- The FB has over 400 million customers in India. dominating services and Because of Ankhi’s blatant bias for BJP’s hate- products. The Covid-19 pan- mongers, Facebook’s India head Ajit Mohan had to demic has brought the coun- appear before a Parliamentary Standing Committee try’s usual business world to headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. The Con- a complete stand-still with a gress had earlier accused the social media giant of new aligned NORMAL mar- “an unholy nexus with the ruling party. On the other ket trend and pushed the hand, the Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad economy into one of the wrote a strongly worded letter to Facebook Mark worst recessions of recent Zuckerberg accusing the site of censoring the con- global times. This changed tent of those supportive of right-of-centre ideology. orientation has adversely af- One must remember that FB’s “algorithms ex- fected the hitherto fore un- ploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness” derstanding of business tion that CT does not imply cally, the culture at the top and be forewarned. norms with uncertainty criticizing or interfering is a good indicator and re- about future conditions with the major policy deci- flection of what is the pre- worsening the situation. The sions, culture, and ethos of sent critical thinking level RSS FOR DEBATE ON socio-economic fallouts have the organization one serve. AS PART OF BUSINESS in the remaining part of the further triggered the conse- Learning to master the skill ACUMEN, MANY GURUS organization. If the setup UNIFORM CIVIL LAW quences of poor consumer of critical thinking can have a HAVE OFTEN has an intelligent leader demand, supply fluctuations profoundly positive impact on CATEGORIZED CT TO BE who has great ideas but gen- he Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh’s and lockdown restrictions. nearly every aspect of one’s ca- A PART OF ONE’S erally lacks the procedural expertise, then there will be joint general-secretary, Dattatreya Hosa- Viewing from the eyes of a reer and business. The question DESIRABLE CORPORATE bale has set the cat among the pigeons by corporate trainer, I feel the arises, why is critical thinking no buy-ins from other stake- suggesting a nation-wide debate on uni- market scene has changed for so very important in business? BEHAVIOR AND AN holders and team commit- T form civil code (UCC) to make people all stake holders…Two top It is significant because busi- ESSENTIAL SOFT SKILL ment. It is therefore advised aware of it’s all about. Hosabale said that in the questions on every profession- ness leaders have to take major WHICH CAN BE that competent leadership Constitution the UCC is defined under the Direc- al’s mind is: What are the cut- decisions every day, from hiring LEARNED, PRACTICED, should bank heavily upon tive Principles of State Policy in Article 44 but ting-edge skills for seeking a and firing to handling public AND MASTERED the art and science of CT so Learning to without any time frame for its implementation. He job and climbing the next rung relation crises and to assess that the pyramidical struc- master the skill of left it to the government to decide on the time to on the career ladder? In my market forces & the interest of ture is efficiently organized critical thinking introduce a Bill on UCC, which refers to a single opinion, the answer to this lies all stakeholders. These are the and is driven by fruitful ac- can have a law applicable to all citizens like the Portuguese in the skill that has become the precise areas in which CT complishments. profoundly My interaction with the cor- Civil Code of 1867 is applicable in the whole of Goa. positive impact on biggest differentiator in cur- comes into play to make tough, Along with Ram temple in Ayodhya, triple talaq, nearly every aspect rent times: ‘Critical Thinking’ timely, and bold decisions. lution-driven decisions. porate world in over a decade and Article 370, the UCC has been on the agenda of one’s career and So, what is critical think- As part of business acu- The need of the hour is to has established that practicing of RSS and the BJP, which included it in its 2019 business. The ing (CT)? It refers to the abil- men, many gurus have often have empowered leaders and CT helps one to arrive not just poll manifesto. With the first three objectives hav- question arises, ity to analyze information categorized CT to be a part of decision-makers who can iden- at the best answers, but to a so- ing been realised, the UCC is now being pushed by why is critical objectively and make a rea- one’s desirable corporate be- tify the bottlenecks and strate- lution that most people will em- the Sangh. thinking so very soned judgment. In other havior and an essential soft gize ‘Employee Engagement’ to brace! Modeling critical think- Interestingly, the idea of UCC was junked by Jus- important in words, “Critical thinking is skill which can be learned, train and equip the teams to ing at the top is helpful in set- tice BS Chauhan, Chairman of the 21st Law Com- business? It is the intellectually disciplined practiced, and mastered. The take adaptative actions. The ting an example and dissemi- mission, who said that “UCC is not possible and not significant because process of actively and skill- job market today is increas- senior managers and execu- nating the skill to the remain- even an option”. “Personal Laws can never be done business leaders fully conceptualizing, apply- ingly acknowledging the im- tives need to identify the prob- ing levels of the organization, away with as they have constitutional protection,” have to take major ing, analyzing, synthesizing, portance of critical think- lem areas of repeat defaulters no matter the type or size of the said Justice Chauhan who recommended religion- decisions every and/or evaluating informa- ing. In fact, according to a and explore whether the issue company. With a wide range of wise amendments in family laws. Contrary to Ho- day, from hiring tion gathered from, or gener- 2016 PayScale and Future is because of the lackadaisical real-world applications, mas- sabale’s assertion, the law panel chief said that UCC and firing to ated by, observation, experi- Workplace joint report, analytical approach or, an in- tering critical thinking makes “could disturb the essence of the Constitution”. handling public ence, reflection, reasoning, about 60% of hiring manag- herent cognitive disassociation. us a quick learner, an excellent Muslims are the strongest opponents of the UCC relation crises and or communication, as a ers believe that the recent Given that Critical Thinking is problem solver, a creative as they perceive it to be an infringement on their to assess market guide to one’s belief and ac- graduates lack problem-solv- most important in business to- thinker, and thus, a successful personal laws as enshrined in the Shariah. Any forces & the tion.” However, a word of ing capabilities, coupled day, professionals must make an individual in the future! attempt to introduce the UCC is bound to stir the interest of all caution needs to be applied with the skills of taking im- effort to develop this soft skill. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY hornet’s nest. stakeholders here for the common percep- mediate and impromptu so- When observed holisti- THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Top New studies confirm Moon has icy poles TWEET Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank ater is more cals called hydroxyl ions droxyls, range from 100 @DrRPNishank abundant on on the Moon. million tonnes to the Jan Andolan for COVID-19 the Moon than Hydroxyl ions (OH-) are more recent 2.9 billion Appropriate Behaviour. Always we might have part of the water molecule tonnes. According to the wear a mask when stepping out. W suspected, ac- H2O, meaning water ice new estimate, up to 30% Reduce your chances of being infected or spreading #COVID19. of some areas of the lu- cording to two papers was a likely, but not defi- Be safe & ensure the safety of published today in Na- nite, source of the hydrox- nar surface could be ice your loved ones by adopting ture Astronomy that yls detected. But as hydrox- in cold traps. simple #COVID-19 appropriate confirm the presence of yl ions are found in many Even using the conserva- behaviour. #Unite2FightCorona ice on and near the lunar other compounds too, it tive price for water offered surface. was impossible to be sure. by launch company ELA of Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge It’s a boost for the pros- The new research used $US3,000 per kg for delivery While the Govt denies there is a pect of extracting water a new technique and has to low Earth orbit, the water migrant crisis, here is an indicator from the Moon, which can shown that a significant on the Moon could be worth for the PM to act upon. It has help support humans, or be proportion of those hy- billions of dollars a year, been only 6 months into the converted to rocket fuel, droxyls are indeed found because water can be split fiscal & #MGNREGA has already surpassed last year’s demand. although the situation is within water ice mole- into hydrogen and oxygen Currently, it has catered to 87 Mn far from simple. cules, possibly bound or and used as rocket fuel. workers costing 64,565 Cr. Last The first paper, led by suspended in the Moon’s Some of our research shows year Govt spent 66,863 Cr Casey Honniball of the surface rocks. More re- how a business case can be University of Hawai’i, search is needed to de- water ice than previously Elsewhere, sunlight high latitudes, there were made at low Earth orbit. offers confirmation of duce the precise details, estimated. warms the ice, causing it potentially very high num- The importance of the Spiritual the suspected discovery but the presence of mo- A “cold trap” is a place to “sublime”: the Moon’s bers of these cold traps new findings is there is of water on the Moon. In lecular water is big news. in permanent shadow, low atmospheric pres- (possibly billions), some as now far more certainty SPEAK previous studies, re- The second paper, led by where ice can survive be- sure means solid ice di- small as 1cm across. that the water is there, searchers had examined Paul Hayne of the Univer- cause it never receives rectly transforms into How much water is on and there are more wide- When pride comes, then comes frequencies of absorbed sity of Colorado, notes direct sunlight, and water vapour, which may the Moon? Current esti- spread opportunities to disgrace, but with the humble radiation and identified there are likely to be more where the temperature refreeze somewhere else. mates, based on the pre- find it. is wisdom. —Proverbs 11:2 the presence of chemi- “cold traps” containing stays sufficiently low. The study showed that at vious detection of hy- SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION

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BIHAR POLLS: Paswan said that he wants that each and every resident of the state to feel proud of being a ‘Bihari’ IN THE COURTYARD TARUN TEJPAL CASE BY CALLING ME ‘JAMURA’, THEY Complete trial ARE INSULTING PM MODI: CHIRAG by March 31, SC Patna: Reacting to min- gali' they are always ister Sanjay Kumar talking about. If this is ‘Nitish using foul words tells Goa Police Jha's 'jamura' comment, the condition, why Lok Janshakti Party shouldn't there be an New Delhi: Extending (LJP) leader Chirag investigation? Why is as he can sense loss’ the deadline for the Paswan on Tuesday the CM so afraid if he is Patna: Reacting to Bi- completion of the trial said JD(U) leader is ac- innocent?" he added. har Chief Minister in the sexual assault tually insulting Prime On Sanjay Jha's state- Nitish Kumar’s ‘nine case against journalist Minister Narendra ment that he is a flop in children’ jibe at RJD Tarun Tejpal to March Modi by calling him a Bollywood so he will also supremo Lalu Prasad 31, 2021, the Supreme 'Madaari'. fail in politics, Chirag Yadav, Congress lead- Court on Tuesday said Speaking at a press Paswan accused CM Nit- er Randeep Singh that if he were to agree conference here, Pas- Chirag Paswan addresses a press conference in Patna. ish Kumar of turning the Surjewala on Tues- to a trial through vide- nesses were yet to be wan said, "If I am a ja- word 'Bihari' into abuse day said the former is oconference, it would be examined in the matter. mura, who is the Sanjay Jha slammed is protecting the smug- and said that he returned resorting to such “un- over within two months. Solicitor General madaari? Do they know Paswan for criticising glers and who is profit- just to take care of his pleasant language” arrogant leader’s While the complain- Tushar Mehta, repre- who they are mocking? Nitish Kumar and said, ing from this smuggling father. "Had I stayed in because he has real- throne shakes and ant woman had sought senting the Goa govern- They say that I am act- "The statement made by of alcohol? Where is the industry for longer I ized that he is losing they use unpleasant her cross examination ment, seconded the ing on the orders of the Chirag about Nitish Ji revenue going, CM ji,? would have made a name the elections. language then it via videoconference court observations in Prime minister. By call- is part of 'Jamura' role, Is it going into your for myself. All actors “Nitish Babu is all shows that his loss is amid the COVID-19 pan- the matter. ing me jamura, they are he is playing nowadays. pocket?" he questioned struggle in the beginning. set to lose. Now he is visible,” Surjewala demic, Tejpal had Senior Advocate Ka- insulting the Prime Now, you can interpret Chief Minister on the I came back due to my fa- doing loose talks and told ANI here. The strongly objected to it. pil Sibal insisted that Minister and calling to your own under- liquor smuggling. ther's ill health. I saw the making personal at- Congress Leader A bench headed by the trial should not be him a madaari. The standing who is Chi- "The 'Saat Nischay' is reality of how they were tacks. Nitish was called the Jamoora Justice Ashok Bhushan extended. continuous insult of raag's 'Madaari'. Some- one of the biggest treating our people and considered to be comment made by noted that the judge The bench told Sibal: the prime minister is one is making Chirag scams. Some are saying using the word Bihari cool-headed but he Bihar Minister San- conducting the trial had "You are not agreeable beyond me. By being dance to their tunes, so that people were mak- was like an abuse. Nitish gets aggressive, jay Jha against LJP cited reasonable ground to a trial through vide- against just one person, he's dancing." ing 40 per cent commis- Kumar ji turned the word threatens the youth chief Chirag Paswan for the extension of the oconference, otherwise you are speaking "Everyone knows sions from this. When I 'Bihari' into an abuse. I and pushes them out ‘undignified and un- trial in the matter. The it will be over within against the PM as well," that alcohol is readily went for my yatra, I saw constantly addressed my- of the rally. When an acceptable’. —ANI bench said that 31 wit- two months." —PTI he said. JD(U) leader available in Bihar. Who the condition of 'nali self as a Bihari. —ANI Nobody trusts Chirag, NDA has ‘CM Nitish Kumar won’t speak Allahabad HC to monitor CBI on real issues like inflation’ probe into Hathras case: HC nothing to do with LJP: Thakur New Delhi: The SC on Patna: RJD leader directed that the Alla- Patna: Union Minis- the Tukde Tukde Tejashwi Yadav on habad HC will monitor ter Anurag Thakur on gang. Tuesday said that by the probe, being con- Tuesday said that no- "How can people be- commenting on my ducted by the CBI, into body trusts Lok Jan- lieve RJD? Tejashwi, family, Chief Minister the case related to the shakti Party (LJP) who removed the pho- Nitish Kumar is target- alleged gang-rape and chief Chirag Paswan tos of his parents ing Prime Minister subsequent death of a and the National from the posters, can Modi and moreover he Dalit girl in Hathras. Democratic Alliance do anything. The per- can only indulge in A three-judge bench gation and it will be de- has nothing to do with son who is close to the abusing me but he headed by Chief Justice cided at the later stage," his party. "Nobody people who commits won't speak on the real of India SA Bobde, the bench said. trusts Chirag Paswan genocide and is with issues like inflation which was hearing a The court observed and his party is not in Tukde Tukde gang and corruption that af- ‘People have decided to vote for state related issues,’ said Tejashwi. plea seeking to transfer that once the investiga- alliance with us. NDA and doing caste-based fects people. the trial in the case tion is complete, the has nothing to do with politics and divisive "By commenting on mar's 'nine children' "People of Bihar have from Uttar Pradesh to transfer of the case can LJP. NDA chief minis- Nobody trusts Chi- politics. Bihar people my family, Nitish Ku- jibe at RJD supremo decided to vote for is- Delhi, said that the be considered. "As of ter will be Nitish Ku- rag Paswan and his have understood that mar is targeting PM Lalu Prasad Yadav. sues related to state.” same will be decided at now, CBI is dealing with mar. We will form the jungle raj can come Modi as he also has 6 "Whatever CM Nitish "Even bad words used a later stage. The bench it and there is no cause government with full party is not in alli- back. Bihar parents siblings. Using such Kumar says, it is a bless- by Nitishji against me said that all aspects of of apprehension," it majority," Thakur ance with us. NDA will caution their kids language, Nitish Ku- ing for us but he is indi- are like blessings to me. the Hathras case, in- added. The bench also told ANI here. has nothing to do that if they vote for mar has insulted wom- rectly trying to target Nitishji is mentally and cluding security to the asked the CBI to file its The Union Minister with LJP. NDA chief him then jungle raj en and my mother's sen- PM Modi indirectly by physically tired and victim's family and wit- status reports in Alla- also took a swipe at minister will be Nit- can come," Thakur timents. They don't attacking us," he added. that is why he can speak nesses will be looked habad High Court. Mahagathbandan's ish Kumar. We will said. speak on main issues Yadav further stated whatever he likes. I after by the Allahabad A 19-year-old had suc- chief ministerial can- Meanwhile, Tejasvi including inflation, cor- that RJD's only focus is treat his words like a High Court. cumbed to her injuries didate Tejashwi Ya- form the government Surya praised Chirag ruption, unemploy- to provide jobs to the blessing. This time Bi- "So far as the transfer at Delhi's Safdarjung dav and said the Lalu with full majority. Paswan on Monday as ment etc, he can only youth, eradicate pov- har has decided to vote of the Hathras case to Hospital on September scion cannot be trust- Anurag Thakur, an "energetic" leader abuse us," said Yadav erty, construct open on the issues of employ- Delhi is concerned, it is 29 after being assaulted ed and has sided with Union Minister and a "special friend". reacting to Bihar Chief factories and food pro- ment and development," appropriate for the CBI and allegedly gang- Minister Nitish Ku- cessing units. Yadav said. —ANI to conclude the investi- raped on Sept 14. —PTI

CDS Rawat’s integrity FB’s Ankhi Coal scam : Delhi HC 21 yr old Haryana woman pledge on Vigilance Das quits suspends jail term of after row shot dead, accused held Awareness week Faridabad:A 21-year- over content ex-minister Dilip Ray old woman was mur- New Delhi: A day after dered in broad daylight he was awarded three outside her college in years in jail by a Special Ballabgarh in Hary- CBI Court in a coal scam ana’s Faridabad dis- case, the Delhi High trict on Monday. The Court Tuesday suspend- incident took place ed the sentence of for- during a failed abduc- mer Union minister tion attempt that was Dilip Ray. Dilip Ray recorded on camera. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat along with chief of army Ray’s application for The woman, identi- Staff and vice chief of army staff on the occasion of 74th Infantry suspension of sentence fied as Nikita Tomar, Family members of a 21-year-old woman who was allegedly shot Day at National War Memorial, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Bengaluru:Ankhi came up for hearing be- Screening Committee in had come out of her dead outside her college on Monday, stage a protest, at Ballabgarh. Das, Facebook’s fore the single-judge 1999.While sentencing college after appearing New Delhi: Chief of and officer of the Indian head of public poli- bench of Justice Suresh Ray, the special CBI court for an exam when the liminary investigation, had’. The family Defence Staff General Armed Forces from the cy who was in the Kumar Kait. “The sen- had observed that he incident took place, it has emerged that one claimed that the wom- Bipin Rawat took the start of their service life. eye of storm over al- tence has been suspend- “abused his official posi- ACP, Ballabgarh, of the accused was an was attacked out- integrity pledge and He also swore to perform leged bias in block- ed and the case has been tion” as his decision of Jaiveer Singh Rathi known to her. side her college by a swore to follow the rule tasks in an honest and ing of hate content fixed for hearing on No- “relaxation of policy told news agency PTI. Both the men alleg- man who was infatu- of law and perform transparent manner, on the social media vember 23,” said advo- without any logical or le- The accused, who ar- edly involved in the ated with her while the tasks in an honest and which are the qualities platform, has quit cate Chandra Prakash, gal basis amounts to rived at the spot in a murder have been ar- other accused is his as- transparent manner to synonymous with the the company.“Ankhi who represents Ray in gross abuse of his pow- vehicle, tried to pull rested and the main ac- sociate. mark the beginning of morals and tradition of has decided to step the case. ers…”. Ray was convict- the woman inside, in a cused has been identi- A case has been reg- the Vigilance Aware- the Indian Armed Forc- down from her role The case in which Ray ed along with five oth- possible bid to abduct fied as Tausif, police istered and the matter ness Week on Tuesday. es. The Central Vigilance in Facebook to pur- was convicted on October ers: CTL; its director her, but she resisted af- confirmed. The other is being investigated. General Rawat, dur- Commission (CVC), in its sue her interest in 6 and sentenced on Mon- Mahendra Kumar Agar- ter which one of the accused has been iden- Haryana Home Minis- ing his pledge, reiterated efforts to ensure a policy public service& day pertains to the alloca- walla; two senior Coal accused shot her. The tified as Rehan, a resi- ter Anil Vij said, “An to lead by example exhib- of 'Zero Tolerance to- played an instru- tion of 105.153 hectares ministry officials Pradip brutal murder was dent of Nuh in Hary- SIT led by ACP Crime iting integrity in person- wards Corruption', has mental role in of a coal mining area in Kumar Banerjee (then caught on camera. She ana. Anil Kumar will en- al behaviour and always decided that Vigilance growth of the com- Jharkhand’s Giridh dis- additional secretary) was taken to a hospital, The family of the sure quick probe and act in the public interest. Awareness Week will be pany,” Ajit Mohan, trict to Castron Technolo- and Nitya Nand Gautam but succumbed to inju- woman has linked the time-bound trial to en- These attributes are im- observed from October 27 MD India FB said. gies Limited (CTL) by the (then advisor, projects); ries, the ACP said. killing of the 21-year- sure justice to the fam- bibed in every soldier to November 2. Union ministry of coal’s and Castron Mining Ltd. He said during pre- old to so-called ‘love ji- ily.” —PTI INDIA www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 06

INDIA IS PROUD OF ITS INFANTRY : MODI POWERGallery 10 IPS OFFICERS RETIRING IN The Prime Minister extended greetings on the occasion of Infantry Day through Twitter OCTOBER As many as 10 IPS officers of various cadres and New Delhi: Prime Min- batches are retiring in October, 2020. They are: ister Narendra Modi on PM interacts Need to work together Vimal Anand Gupta of AGMUT cadre; Kamal Kumar Tuesday extended with SVANidhi greetings on the occa- against corruption: PM Ojha and K A Ninama of Gujarat; Ashit Mohan sion of Infantry Day beneficiaries Prasad and T Suneel Kumar of Karnataka; S P and stated that India is New Delhi: The need of economic offences, Singh and Deepak Verma of Madhya Pradesh; P proud of the role played the hour is to work with drugs network, money from UP V Deshpande of Maharashtra; Dr Alok Tripathi of by infantry in protect- a holistic approach laundering, terrorism New Delhi: Prime Rajasthan and V Naveen Chand of Telangana. ing our nation. against corruption or terror funding, all Minister Narendra “Greetings to all through systemic these are connected to Modi interacted WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FINANCE ranks of our coura- checks, audits and train- each other. So, we need with SVANidhi ben- SECRETARY ? geous infantry on the ing, said PM Narendra to work together with a eficiaries from Ut- Guessing game about the new Finance Secretary special occasion of In- Modi at the inaugura- holistic approach tar Pradesh via has started in the corridors of power. Will the next fantry Day. India is tion ceremony of the against corruption, video conferencing FS be appointed from the 1987 batch or some 1985 proud of the role played three-day National Con- through systemic on Tuesday and or 1986 batch IAS officer will be brought to the by the infantry in pro- ference on Vigilance checks, effective audits said that the street post after the retirement of A B P Pandey in Feb- tecting our nation. and Anti-Corruption. and capacity building vendors are now be- ruary ? One thing is certain that the puzzle of this Their bravery contin- Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —PHOTO BY ANI “Be it corruption, and training,” he said. coming ‘Atmanirb- ticklish question will be solved by the PM only. ues to motivate mil- har’ by the help of lions,” PM Modi tweet- Army, who had invaded this scheme. THREE SECRETARIES BELONG TO ed. The Indian Army Kashmir with the help ‘Such speed in scheme subscription a first’ UP CM Yogi Adi- SAME BATCH celebrates October 27 of tribal raiders in 1947. tyanath also partic- In the ministry of finance, three out of five Secre- every year as the ‘Infan- The Chinar Corps of New Delhi: The subscription for the such speed in the ipated in the event taries belong to the 1987 batch. T V Somanathan, try Day’, as it was on the Indian Army on Prime Minister SVA- first time, said PM. schemes for the first via video conferenc- Expenditure, Tuhin Kant Pandey, DIPAM and this day that the 1st Bat- Tuesday celebrated the Nidhi Scheme was “The PM SVANidhi time,” said Modi. He ing. “While inter- Debashish Panda, Financial Services are from the talion of the Sikh Regi- 74th Infantry Day at launched on June 1 scheme was launched stated that it was de- acting with the ben- 1987 batch. Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Economic Affair ment landed at Srina- Badami Bagh Canton- and the applications on 1 June. On July 2, cided to use technol- eficiaries of the PM is 1988 batch IAS officer. The senior most AB Pan- gar airbase and dis- ment in Srinagar to hon- for the same started applications for the ogy for this scheme SVANidhi scheme, I played resoluteness and our the sacrifice of the coming on online por- same started coming as well in order to realised that they dey is a 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer extraordinary courage gallant soldiers in fight- tal from next month. on the online portal. make the work paper- are happy but sur- and scheduled to retire next year in February. He is to thwart the evil de- ing the Pakistani invad- India is witnessing This is the first time, less and without a prised at the same Finance Secretary also. signs of the Pakistan ers in J&K in 1947. —ANI such speed in scheme the country is seeing guarantor. —ANI time.,” said Modi. RAHUL NAVEEN TO BE SPECIAL DIRECTOR ED ? Rahul Naveen is likely to be appointed Special Actor-turned- CM declares insurance Director ED.He is 1990 batch IRS(IT) officer. ‘India has max recovered PANWALE QUITS INDIAN politician STATISTICAL SERVICE Naresh Kanodia cover of `5L for jounos Saleemuddin Qamruddin Panwale has resigned Covid patients in world’ Lucknow: After senior from the Indian Statistical Service (ISS). IAS Dr Navneet Sehgal passes away CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF took charge as ACS In- DR ISHITA GANGULY TRIPATHI Seven day lockdown in Aizawl; Delhi reports Ahmedabad: Actor- formation in Uttar EXTENDED highest single-day spike of 4,853 cases turned-politician Nar- Pradesh, the work in esh Kanodia passed the department has The central deputation tenure of Dr. Ishita Ganguly New Delhi: India on away at UN Mehta Insti- geared up and he has Tripathi, working as Director in the Department of Tuesday reported its tute of Cardiology and started fulfilling the Commerce, has been extended for a period of three lowest single-day spikes Research Centre in promises of chief min- months beyond December 22, 2020. Dr Ishita is a in total coronavirus in- Ahmedabad on Tues- ister Yogi Adityanath. CM Yogi Adityanath 1999 batch IES officer. fection tally in over day morning. He was The journalist fra- three months. The daily hospitalised on October ternity is also happy chief minister’s an- LOKESH BAJPAI RETURNS TO jump of 36,838 in total 20 with Covid-19 infec- with the appointment nouncement. PARENT CADRE count was the lowest tion. Kanodia was 77. of Sehgal. The order was is- Lokesh Bajpai, Director, Department of Public En- since July 18 even as the Kanodia worked in The chief minister sued by an official of terprises, has been given premature repatriation to tally soared to 7,946,429. over 300 Gujarati films, had announced an in- the Information de- his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 1998 Death toll has mounted and won the Dadasaheb surance cover of Rs. 5 partment, Ram Mano- batch IoFS officer. to 119,535. Phalke Academy Award lakh to accredited har Tripathi. The Union Ministry in 2012 to mark the cen- journalists and now The department has BHARAT SINGH LASPAL RETURNS of Home Affairs (MHA) tenary of Indian cine- the department has sought the list of ac- TO PARENT CADRE on Tuesday issued an ma. The Gujarati film sent an order to dis- credited journalists till Bharat Singh Laspal, Director, Central Vigilance order extending the superstar died two days. tricts to execute the 5 pm on 28 October. Commission, has been given premature repatriation guidelines for ‘re-open- to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a ing’ the country, issued 1994 batch IDSE officer. last month, till Novem- ber 30. The MHA ex- The Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr Vinod K Paul along with Implement scheme for waiver C M SANE RETURNING TO PARENT tended the earlier the Secretary, MoHFW, Rajesh Bhushan addressing a PC on on CADRE ON OCT 29 guidelines keeping in COVID-19, Principal Director General (M&C), PIB, KS Dhatwalia, C M Sane presently Joint Secretary (Finance) in mind the ongoing coro- the DG, ICMR, Dr Balram Bhargava, and Joint Secry, MoHFW, Lav of interest on interest: RBI the Department of Space will be returning to parent navirus phase. “There Agarwal are also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI cadre on October 29, 2020. He is a 1993 batch IA & shall be no restriction on New Delhi: The Re- rowers for the six-month AS officer. inter-state and intra- tested positive for the necessary activities so serve Bank of India loan moratorium period state movement of per- disease in Mizoram as to break the chain (RBI) has directed all extended in view of the 5 STATE FOREST SERVICE OFFICERS sons and goods. No sepa- since Monday, 30 of of community trans- lending institutions to COVID-19 pandemic. PROMOTED AS IFS rate permission/ which were detected in mission without hin- implement provisions The relief will be ex- Five officers of the State Forest Service of A&N Is- approval/e-permit will Aizawl. dering essential ser- of the scheme for grant tended through finan- lands segment have been promoted to the IFS and be required for such The government, in vices.” of ex-gratia payment of cial institutions like allocated AGMUT cadre. The officers are: Thomas movements,” the guide- an order issued on Meanwhile, Delhi re- the difference between banks, NBFCs, NCFC - Varghese of Select List 2014, S H K Murti, Ashok lines read. Monday night, said, corded 4,853 fresh COV- compound and simple Micro Finance Institu- Kumar Paul, Ayub Hassan and Joju P Alappatt, all A weeklong lock- “in the light of the pre- ID-19 cases on Tuesday, interest from March 1 to tions, National Banks down came into force in sent situation, it is the highest single-day August 31 to borrowers The Ministry of Fi- for Agriculture and Ru- of Select List 2017. Aizawl municipal area necessary to impose spike here till date, as in specified loan ac- nance had earlier ap- ral Development, hous- By arrangement with: http:// on Tuesday after at fresh restrictions the infection tally in the counts and take neces- proved a scheme to pro- ing finance companies, least 34 people, includ- within AizawI Munici- city mounted to over sary action within the vide relief in interest National Housing whispersinthecorridors.com ing two infants, have pal area to curtail un- 3.64 lakh. —Agencies stipulated time. compounding to bor- Banks, etc. —ANI

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A ‘fearful’... Your own... shutdown government). The Unlawful Activities cused in the matter. financial discipline, said that the Integrated profit at Rs 2,947 crore According to DIG Vish- and of all other powers Prevention Act (UAPA), monitoring of develop- Financial Management for the July-September nu Kant, the bribe was enabling it in that be- Tejashwi’s ‘Yaksha 1967, as amended in Au- All departments... ment projects, economy, System (IFMS) was in- quarter. Without deny- demanded from a Kan- half, the Central Gov- Prashna’... gust last year empower- and accounting system, efficiency and time in troduced for better fi- ing speculations about pur based Pharma trad- ernment hereby makes He posed 11 questions to sthe MHA to designate and said that this would government work. “In nancial management of a merger with smaller er Hardeep Singh in the following Order in the Prime Minister and individuals as terror- help the retiring per- view of this, the IT de- the State Government rival IndusInd Bank, lieu of diluting a case respect of the Union asked, “Darbhanga ists. Earlier, 13 individ- sonnel to get rid of com- partment should create in the last term of Chief the private sector lend- against him under territory of Jammu and AIIMS was announced uals were designated as plicated formalities and a team of its technically Minister Ashok Gehlot. er said the objectives of NDPS act. “Constable Kashmir, namely--This in 2015 but why an- terrorists. not have to go round for skilled personnel who “Financial manage- its recent Rs 7,000-crore Naresh Meena had al- Order may be called the nouncement for the pension approval. “This can make software and ment has been made capital raising exercise ready taken Rs 15 lakh Union Territory of start of its work was Now, ‘Corona... will save time and will programs according to more efficient through included acquisitions from the complainant. Jammu and Kashmir done before the polls?” anti-national mentali- provide mental peace to the technical require- software like e-Kuber, but added that it will be Meena had fearlessly Reorganisation (Adap- “PM is coming to Mu- ty,” the NIA said in its the employees who re- ments of the govern- Pay-Manager, e-Grass, using the money judi- told the complainant tation of Central Laws) zaffarpur. Will his com- chargesheet filed before tire after 30 to 35 years ment. For this, we do Treasury etc. It will ciously. that his share out of the Third Order, 2020. bined government in a local court here in of service. Also, there not have to depend on take less than 15 min- Rs 15 lakh bribe was Delhi and Patna speak September this year. will be ease in other ac- any outside company,” utes for more than 25 US stands... only Rs 2.5 lakh where- Bihar Assembly... on the Muzaffarpur The chargesheet counting functions in- he said. thousand personnel External Affairs Minis- as 2.5 lakh were to be Speaking in Hindi, she shelter home case in named a Kashmiri cou- cluding payment of Chief Secretary Ra- who retire every year ter S Jaishankar and paid to ASI Sohan Lal said, “Delhi and Bihar which the Chief Minis- ple, Jahanzaib Sami salaries, medical, travel jeeva Swarup said that from the e-pension sys- Defence Minister Ra- and the rest of the governments are ‘bandi ter is providing protec- and Hina Bashir Beigh, etc. bills of the person- e-accounting is a big tem to fill their pension jnath Singh held the amount of Rs 10 lakh sarkar -- notebandi, tal- tion to the accused in Hyderabad-based Ab- nel,” the chief minister step in the direction of application form,” he third edition of the 2+2 would be given to Jawa- abandi, vyapar bandi, the rape of 34 orphan dullah Basith and Pune- observed. paperless governance. said. talks with US Secretary har Nagar SHO Rajesh aarthik bandi, Khet- girls?” he asked. based Sadiya Anwar Shri Gehlot said that Meanwhile, Additional of State Mike Pompeo Siyag,” officials said. khalihan bandi, roti- Shaikh, and one Nabeel IT has a significant con- Chief Secretary (Fi- Bullish Kotak... and Defence Secretary rozgar bandi (it is a Hizb chief... Siddick Khatri as ac- tribution in terms of nance) Niranjan Arya in consolidated net Mark T Esper. TALKING POINT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 07

Spontaneous thought, or mind- OUR MINDS MAY BE wandering, occupies up to 50% of wakefulness. WANDERING MORE Our thoughts and attention frequently drift away DURING THE from what we are doing and what is happening in our immediate PANDEMIC surroundings, with one thought following another along an associative trajectory

any feel the coronavirus pan- demic has changed not just our everyday lives, but also our in- ner mental lives. There has Mbeen talk of a mental health pandemic, but also of lockdown brain fog when we are awake, as well as reports of more fre- quent, vivid, and bizarre dreams when we are asleep. We tend to think of our waking and dream lives as separate. But it is striking how deeply they are linked. Spontaneous thought, or mind-wandering, occupies up to 50% of wakefulness. Our thoughts and at- tention frequently drift away from what we are doing and what is happen- ing in our immediate surroundings, with one thought following another along an associative trajectory. Spontaneous thoughts and experiences are also pervasive in sleep. The clearest ex- ample is dreaming, which has been de- scribed as an intensified form of the mind wandering that happens when we are awake. Considering dreaming and mind-wandering to- gether suggests the fluctuations in spontaneous experience, the natural ebb and flow of attention and somewhat erratic trajectory of thoughts con- tinue throughout waking and sleep. In normal circumstances, we mostly remain oblivious to the fact our minds have wandered. Most people also only rarely remember their dreams, but when awakened in the sleep laboratory can report mul- tiple dreams per night. Like mind wandering, dreaming is also largely (with the exception of certain lucid dreams) beyond our control. However, attention to our inner lives may be am- plified at a time when control over our everyday lives is elusive. Paying attention to your dreams when you first wake up in the morning drastically increases dream recall. And attempting to harness our thoughts and attention throughout the day can actually make us more aware of our failures, in- cluding lapses in attention. If you have been pay- ing more attention to your spontaneous thoughts during the pandemic, you might have become more aware of what was were there all along.

CHANGES IN SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT A GREAT ESCAPE — FOR BETTER OR WORSE eing in the ence alternative Bhere and now realities; we can is often lauded as a travel freely and virtue we should because dreams aim to cultivate are rich in social through mindful- interactions, we ness. But some- can interact with times, distraction people we are sepa- can be useful: Mind rated from in wak- wandering can ing life. Given the provide a welcome monotony, restric- break from boring tions, and social tasks, allowing us isolation many of to return with re- us are experienc- freshed attention. ing, the unruliness Other times, dis- and unbounded- traction might just ness of our minds be pleasant. In our might sometimes SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL dreams, we experi- be a great escape. he restlessness of our minds pleasant dream of visiting friends in f you have been sleeping more about topics such as social distanc- T might also have a silver lining. a faraway city might morph into a I during the lockdown, you are ing, contagion, or personal protec- Mind-wandering certainly does com- nightmare about getting infected, probably experiencing more early tive equipment. promise how well we perform tasks putting your family at risk, and being morning REM sleep. Because REM Some changes to our spontane- demanding attention. But because of pursued by the police because you sleep is typically associated with ous mental lives can indicate their associative nature, dreams and are breaching lockdown. the most vivid and complex something is amiss. Anxiety and mind wandering can also help make Spontaneous thoughts in waking dreams, this might lead to an in- stress are linked to increased re- new connections and see familiar and sleep might help process memo- crease in actual dreaming. If you petitive thoughts and rumination; topics in a new light. When our minds ries and guide future planning and have also ditched your alarm trouble focusing, disturbed sleep, wander, our thoughts are often drawn decision making, for example by ena- clock, you are probably awakening nightmares, and unpleasant to the future and personal concerns. bling us to imagine alternative cours- directly from REM sleep, which dreams, all of which seem to have Similarly, dreams have the tenden- es of action; they can also be a source further increases dream recall. increased during the pandemic. cy to weave disparate waking experi- of insight and creativity. Such The pandemic has also changed These repetitive, sticky, and ences and concerns into new and thoughts may also contribute to cop- what we daydream and dream non-progressive thoughts contrast sometimes bizarre narratives. You ing and emotional processing. Future- about. Waking concerns about the with the free, meandering move- might encounter a dream character oriented mind-wandering is often pandemic seem paralleled by more ment that characterises most who is a mixture of different people positive, whereas past-oriented mind frequent nightmares and dreams dreams and mind wandering. you have been close to at different wandering tends to be associated with times in your life. Or your initially negative moods and emotions. SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION HEMNANI DIVYA CONCEPT: DESIGN: CP SHARMA We all have two choices, accept the reality and sit quietly or persist in your purpose till reality accepts you. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 2ND FRONT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 08

WORLD INDIA GUJARAT COVID-19 UPDATE 11,68,562 4,40,71,979 1,20,023 79,87,731 3,698 1,69,073 DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES MAHARASHTRA TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA DELHI RAJASTHAN 43,463 DEATHS 16,54,028 CASES 10,983 DEATHS 7,14,235 CASES 10,991 DEATHS 8,09,638 CASES 6,356 DEATHS 3,64,341 CASES 1,867 DEATHS 1,89,844 CASES FACTCHECK: Guj deletes 3.96 lakh FINANCIAL STRESS PUSHES SURAT ration cards from subsidy benefits TRADER TO SUICIDE Responses to an RTI plea show lakhs of Food Security Act beneficiaries are being taken off since 2016 First India Bureau Shishir Awasthi SILENT ‘VICTIMS’ Government and there Surat: A young is no separate state businessman, Par- Ahmedabad: Notwith- budget for subsidized sottam Gundarnia, standing all the rations. engaged in online claims of the Gujarat Jog says the anomaly trading allegedly Government of reach- was found when MAGP committed suicide ing every poor person was flooded with calls by hanging him- with adequate ra- giving details of the self at his rented tions, it has been re- families being deleted office in Mota Var- vealed now that as from the priority house- achha in Surat on many as 3.96 lakh ra- hold list, and particu- Tuesday. tion cards or 15 lakh larly from tribal and Gundarnia, who team from Varachha people have been de- poor blocks. hails from Amreli, police station recov- leted from the Nation- “So, the MAGP de- ran his online trade ered the body and al Food Security Act cided to file an RTI partnership with a sent it for post mor- (NFSA) benefits. plea to get the exact friend from an office tem. The case has And all of them be- number of people/ra- near Lajamani been registered in long to the tribal re- tion cards that were Chowk in Mota Var- Varachha police sta- gions and backward ar- deleted since 2016. To achha. He was re- tion and the investi- eas. our surprise, the sta- portedly passing gation is on. This startling disclo- tistics of 38 blocks through financial The Covid-19 sure has come from Lakhs removed from food subsidy list in Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO currently available crisis and severe pandemic and lock- various government de- with us show that stress after huge downs have severe- partments in applica- been a trend since From at least 38 blocks, ti Jog of MAGP, NFSA (Antyodaya) families 3.96 lakh cards have losses in business ly affected the tions under the Right to 2016 when the Food as many 80,000 cards implementation be- (42 lakh people), to been removed from during the post-Cov- business fraternity Information Act by RTI Security Act was im- were removed or delet- gan in the State on whom 35 kg of ration the ‘priority house- id-19 lockdown. and Surat has seen helpline run by the Ma- plemented in Gujarat ed from the “priority April 1, 2016, and 3.41 is given per month hold’ lists.” These are The incident was several such cases hiti Adhikar Gujarat -- not just during the household” list in 2016- crore people have per family. from 10 districts, in- reported to the po- in recent months. Pahel (MAGP). Covid-19 crisis when 17, 42,000 in 2017-18, 1.86 been identified for In all, 3.82 crore peo- cluding Dangs, Navs- lice and Gundarnia’s A similar incident What is more sur- the State’s resources lakh in 2018-19 and subsidized ration (per ple are being covered ari, Tapi, Sabarkan- family by a neighbor- came to light on prising, the deletion are stretched. 70,000 in 2019-20. person 5 kg) along under NFSA with the tha, Banaskantha ing shopkeeper. A Monday. of beneficiaries has Numbers speak. According to Pank- with 8 lakh most poor support of the Central and Dahod.

Rahul exempted Land mafia Bharwad to go Gujarat Police catch 58 from court under Suspect Detection Test fugitives in 2-week drive First India Bureau First India Bureau appearance Ahmedabad: In a Rajkot: Continuing its drive between Octo- squeeze on the land ber 8 and October 22, mafia in Chief Minis- the Gujarat Police ter Vijay Rupani’s have caught 56 con- hometown Rajkot, the victs and undertrials Crime Branch police who were on the run would conduct a Sus- after obtaining bail, pect Detection System furlough or parole, (SDS) Test on Bhupat official sources said Viram Baabutar alias on Tuesday. Bhupat Bharwad who The drive was con- is facing 13 cases of Bhupat Bharwad in custody. ducted by the state CID Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO land grabbing and ex- Crime and various dis- tortion. vad has a family rela- Branch, told First India. trict units and railway First India Bureau BJP corporator Bharward was de- tionship with a Rajkot Under SDS Test, a per- police. Thirty of those —FILE PHOTO Krishnavadan tained by Rajkot police BJP corporator. son’s heart beats and apprehended had mur- Ahmedabad: An Brahmbhatt. Then, last week following a Four others wanted in blood pressure are der offences against Mehsana police, 3 each Among those held Ahmedabad court his lawyer SV Raju complaint by Dhaval the case are absconding. measured during inter- their names, 8 had body- by Surat city, Surat dis- by the Surat city on Tuesday granted was appointed Addi- Bharat Morani of Pedak “In past one week, we rogations. related crimes like as- trict and Godhra police. crime branch and CID Congress leader Ra- tional Solicitor Gen- Road for “forceful” received 2 compliants The police have ap- saults, and 2 were ac- The rest were held from team was murder ac- hul Gandhi a per- eral of India, and transactions of Rs 70 against Bharwad, who pealed to people to come cused of robbery. other places. It includes cused Bunty Patil, manent exemption needed permission lakh. A complaint has has crime record of 25 forward and file com- Of the 30 facing mur- one Lalu Dafer who es- who allegedly killed from appearance in of the Union Minis- been registered against years. We will conduct plaint against such per- der charges, 4 each were caped from Ahmedabad one more person a criminal defama- try of Law and Jus- him and one Rakesh SDS test on him,” Viral sons and those who were held by Ahmedabad, police custody 21 years while on the run, said tion case for calling tice to appear in the Dhirajlal Popat. Bhar- Gadhvi, PI, Crime victims of Bharvad. Banaskantha and ago. a police release. Union Home Minis- case. ter Amit Shah a Meanwhile, the or- “murder accused” der on Gandhi’s plea at an election rally for permanent ex- during the 2019 Lok emption from appear- Post-Covid, child marriages on rise among poor Sabha elections.. ance in another crim- —FILE PHOTO Additional Chief inal defamation case,  A global NGO has found that ris- The study, which is an For instance, in the Metropolitan Magis- filed by Ahmedabad overview of child labour Dangs region of Guja- trate RB Etaliya al- District Cooperative ing debt & falling incomes have led to in surgarcane fields rat, a predominantly lowed Gandhi’s plea Bank and its Chair- with a gender perspec- tribal area, 33% of the seeking exemption. man Ajay Patel, has increase in child marriages tive, has simultaneously total marriages in 2019 His lawyer had last been reserved by an- First India Bureau After Covid-19, the found that many chil- were child marriages, as September sought other city court. practice of child mar- dren are married off reported by the rural permanent exemp- Patel’s complaint Ahmedabad: An em- riage has become more early to escape sexual municipality. tion from appearance is about Gandhi’s pirical study by an NGO, common among migrant exploitation while in the The report says tradi- before the court, stat- claim that the coop- Global March Against families because of the fields. And most of these tional gender-based ing that he was a lead- erative bank was Child Labour, based in increasing debt and de- are from Scheduled norms have contributed er of a national politi- involved in a the Hague, has found creasing household in- Castes, Scheduled significantly to “child cal party and had a “scam’’ where that a large migrant pop- come. Hardships caused Tribes and other back- labour by normalising busy schedule. scrapped currency ulation of children in by multidimensional ward classes. unequal wages and un- Hearing on the of `750 crore was sugar harvesting are be- poverty and the fear of Child marriages have increased in poor regions after Covid-19 crisis. Child marriage is paid family work”. The plea was delayed first swapped with valid ing pushed into child sexual abuse of young prevalent in regions study was put together due to adjournments currency within 5 marriages and hazard- girls are key reasons for by caste-based structur- in to child marriage as a where farming incomes by the NGO policy re- sought by the lawyer days of demonetiza- ous labour because of child marriages. Thus, al poverty the choices means of survival and are low and migration search coordinator of the complainant, tion in 2016. the workers’ structural for children belonging to are not many but to en- avoid being victims of for harvesting sugar- Gazal Malik and project poverty. families made desperate gage in child labour, give sexual exploitation. cane has been a norm. officer Kratika Choubey. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 09 AHMEDABAD, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2020

ANITA HADA [email protected] WORTHY of ear a qawwali even today and almost au- tomatically your body will sway in the Remembrance! H typical fashion of the walis are a spiritual experi- qawwali – be it Par- ence for both, the listener and City First asks you to put your hands dah hai Pardah or performer. together for this totally wonderful music Teri mehfil mein kismet aaj- Mughal E Azam is one of man kar hum bhi dekhenge! my favourite movies and I genre in which even the totally unmusical The Hindi music industry loved Madhubala’s declara- boasts of some of the best tion of love in Teri Mehfil can participate as long as they can clap in qawwalis and they have Mein Qismat. reigned in a hallowed place. A In many of the Bollywood rhythm- and it is no mean feat– a short mystic tradition more than qawwali’s it was a verbal 700 hundred years old, the duel to outwit the other and joust with the qawwaali today for all of you! qawwali gained prominence made for amazing on-screen in Bollywood initially chemistry! Humein to loot Shammi and Shashi together! through 1950s Muslim social liya from Al Hilal is one the The well-known social mes- dramas and grew so much in oldest and still a joy to listen sage qawwali, one of the rar- popularity that its influences to but nothing beats Yeh Ishq est of Mehngai maar gayi became mainstream–even Ishq hai from Barsaat ki eek from Roti Kapda aur continuing to live on today. raat as a verbal classy duel of Makaan is eminently Amir Khusrau, the re- poetry. hummable. nowned poet is said to be the Nigahen Milane ko from Dil founding father of this genre. hi to hai is another classic by The word qawwali means Asha Bhosle and there is an- “words” worthy of remem- other in Jab Se Tumhe Dekha brance and the qawwali is the Hai, a qawwali Tumhe Husn authentic Sufi spiritual song Dekhe which I only remember that transports the mystic to- because it had the super cute ward union with God. For centuries, Sufi communities in the Indian subcontinent have sustained this musical tradition in the mahfil-e-sa- ma, or assembly for listening. Hear Ali Maula Ali Ali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Bhar do jholi meri ya Moham- mad by Sabri brothers and you will be transported to an- other realm. These Sufi qaw- ETC www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 10 5 ways doing it for the ‘gram has changed us

nstagram marked features over time, but it did how best to “optimise” en- ly popular, also had the ef- its 10th birthday a not invent all of them. gagement. fect of swamping the couple of days #BlackLivesMatter hashtag back, and having 2. UNDER THE INFLUENCERS 4. SEEING THROUGH THE FRAME with black squares. I amassed more Instagram is largely re- The apparent “Instagram- Instagram is rife with than a billion ac- sponsible for the rapid pro- mability” of a meal, a place, disinformation and con- tive users world- fessionalisation of the in- or an experience has seen spiracy theories which hi- wide, the app has changed fluencer industry. Insiders the rise of numerous visual jack the look and feel of radically in that decade. estimated the influencer trends and tropes. authoritive content. The And it has changed us. industry would grow to Short-lived Instagram template of popular Insta- US$9.7 billion (A$13.5 bil- Stories and disappearing gram content can see famil- 1. INSTAGRAM’S EVOLUTION lion) in 2020, though COV- Direct Messages add more iar aesthetics weaponised When it was launched on ID-19 has since taken a toll spaces to express more to spread misinformation. October 6, 2010 by Kevin on this as with other sec- things without the threat of Ultimately, the last dec- Systrom and Mike Krieger, tors. As early as in 2011, pro- permanence. ade has seen Instagram be- Instagram was an iPhone- fessional lifestyle bloggers The events of 2020 have come one of the main lenses only app. The user could throughout Southeast Asia shown our ways of seeing through which we see the take photos (and only take were moving to Instagram, on Instagram reveal the world, personally and po- photos — the app could not turning it into a brimming possibilities and pitfalls of litically. Users communi- load existing images from marketplace. They sold ad social media. In June racial cate and frame the lives the phone’s gallery) within space via post captions and justice activism on #Black- they share with family, a square frame. These could monetised selfies through outTuesday, while extreme- friends and the wider world. be shared, with an enhanc- sponsored products. Such ing filter if desired. Other vernacular commerce pre- users could comment or dates Instagram’s Paid like the images. That was it. Partnership feature, which As we chronicle in our launched in late-2017. book, the platform has grown rapidly and been at 3. INSTABUSINESS AS USUAL the forefront of an increas- As influencers commercial- ingly visual social media ised Instagram captions landscape. and photos, those who had In 2012, Facebook pur- owned online shops turned chased Instagram for a deal hashtag streams into adver- worth a $US1 billion (A$1.4 torial campaigns. They re- billion), which in retrospect lied on the labour of follow- probably seems cheap. Ins- ers to publicise their wares tagram is now one of the and amplify their reach. most profitable jewels in Bigger businesses fol- the Facebook crown. Insta- lowed suit and so did advice Source: https://theconversation.com/happy-birthday-instagram- gram has integrated new from marketing experts for 5-ways-doing-it-for-the-gram-has-changed-us-147039

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER MAR 21 - APR 20 APR 21 - MAY 20 MAY 21 - JUNE 21 JUNE 22 - JULY 23 YOUR You tend to magnetize You seek more pleasure You approach the world Your performance or reasonable, helpful, and and harmony in your daily more creatively and accomplishments are more pleasant people into your life, including your work or romantically during this in focus for a few days. FACE OF THE DAY life. This transit brings daily routines and health cycle, and it’s one of the Nevertheless, there is a DAY more pleasing, agreeable energy into pursuits. These things are more best times of the year for enjoying growing focus on the opposite sector existing partnerships, whether based enjoyable, or you make pleasant hobbies, leisure activities, and of your solar chart–your home and Horoscope by on love or business. If you need to contacts through your activities. You romance. Keeping an open mind and family sector. You might seek refuge Saurabbh Sachdeva make peace with someone, it’s a feel more accomplished through your options open can invite from demanding situations or quiet great time. cooperation and sharing. favorable experiences. time more often than usual.

LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 AUG 24 - SEP 23 SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Your curiosity can lead you You value people and You tend to have your way You can feel as if you’re in to fun discoveries and things that make you feel now, in a general sense, a letting-go or preparatory opportunities in the weeks comfortable, more so than and the power of attraction stage on a mental, social, ahead. You’re in great usual. You might attract is with you. You are more or romantic level in the shape for harmonizing with siblings, money, gifts, favors, and valuables comfortable in your own skin. People weeks ahead. You may be dealing acquaintances, classmates, and during this cycle. You might enjoy tend to acknowledge you and your with private matters of the heart, or neighbors. Purchases or gifts can giving special attention to your work, value. Today, you’re more inclined to you take particular pleasure in their help you connect and learn in happy, pet projects, or valuables. There is an connect with people and share ideas private life at this time. It may be a fulfi lling ways in the coming weeks. indecisive quality to the day. or learn something useful. time for processing your feelings.

SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES NOV 23 - DEC 22 DEC 23 - JAN 20 JAN 21 - FEB 19 FEB20 - MARCH 20 Your tastes are for the new, With matters of reputation You want to learn, entertain On a practical level, you’re different, and progressive. and career, you have new ideas, expand your in good shape for shared You better understand the considerable charm and knowledge and experiences, money or other resources benefi ts of relaxing and diplomacy at your and enjoy varied activities in during this cycle, or help taking some time off from disposal. People in authority, such as the weeks ahead. You are more and support come to you. As you responsibilities. It’s time to give special teachers, parents, or bosses, are generous and adventurous when it process your feelings, any attention to your humanitarian receptive. Opportunities, promotions, comes to love and expressing your improvements or changes you may impulses and happiness goals. or advances may be part of the affections. Intuition improves, and you need to make become clearer. It’s an JANNAT ZUBAIR, Actress Networking can bring rewards. picture. tend to enjoy others’ perspectives. important time for regeneration. ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 11 MOHABBATEIN TURNS 20 or die-hard fans of Bol- Farah shared that while lywood, the Shahrukh working on the film, she got a Khan, Aishwarya Rai, lot of support from Yash F Amitabh Bachchan Chopra and Aditya Chopra. starrer Mohabbatein that She even remembered how came out back in 2000 is ex- the young actors in the film tremely special. The romantic would need rehearsal months tale of 4 different couples and before the shoot and Shah their fight against the princi- Rukh would learn his steps in pal of Gurukul, is remem- the 5 minutes and nail it. bered till date. As the iconic Talking about Aishwarya, romantic film completes 20 Farah called her a thorough years on Tuesday, those asso- professional. She remem- ciated with it have been re- bered how she shot in ex- membering stories about it. tremely cold temperatures in Farah Khan opened up about a drenched saree without any several memories related to Still from the film complaints. Amitabh, Aishwarya and Shah Rukh Mohabbatein. —Agency MAKING LOVELY TOGETHER HISTORY Arjun Kapoor aylor Swift‘s latest Zac Efron album is making history! T-Swift’s ctor AjayHigh School Musical alum ‘DRAMEBAAZ’ Folklore has re- Zac Efron‘s close friend recently T turned to No. 1 on Aopened up and shared some the Billboard 200 details about the actor’s star-studded chart for the eighth birthday party and his relationship with Arjun Kapoor week, the album has also be- girlfriend Vanessa Valladares. “She’s come the first album to sell a lovely. [He] couldn’t get a lovelier, more rjun Kapoor gram account, Arjun million copies in the United sweet girl,” Australian radio host Kyle surprised his shared the video of his States in 2020. The 30-year- Sandilands said of Vanessa on his show fans recently version of rap from the old entertainer’s album sold Kyle and Jackie O. “He absolutely loves A when he shared song. He further nomi- another 57,000 copies in the Australia. Well, he’s in love with this girl a video of nailing Yo Yo nated Rakul Preet Sin- U.S. for the week ending on Vanessa. They’re lovely. Beautiful couple. Honey Singh’s rap on gh and Satish Kaushik October 22, according to They do everything together. They’re just song Care Ni Karda. for the same. Seeing her Nielsen Music/MRC Data. really sweet, and they’re lovely.” —Agency The makers of Rajkum- name pop up for the Folklore‘s total album mar and Nushrratt challenge, Rakul rose to sales has now jumped to starrer put forth a chal- the occasion and took it 1.038 million, making it the lenge and Arjun gladly up. Rakul wrote, “Ha- first album to sell a million MANDIRA BEDI’S took it up and shared an hah draaamebaaz!! copies in 2020. Taylor first emotionally recreated Challenge accepted released Folklore back on ADOPTION version of Yo Yo Honey now help me shoot it July 24 and debuted at No. 1 Singh’s rap. Seeing the tom on set.” Arjun re- on the Billboard 200. Taylor‘s same, Arjun’s co-star plied to her and wrote, last album Lover – released from the upcoming “@rakulpreet if on August 23, 2019 – was the film, Rakul Preet the director only album to sell a million Singh had an and DOP al- copies in 2019. —Agency epic response. low us.” Taking to —Agency his Insta- Taylor first released Folklore back on July 24 and debuted at The Bedi family No. 1 on the Bill- board 200. Tay- ctor Mandira Bedi made a big lor‘s last album announcement on social media. AMandira, Raj and their 9-year-old Lover – released son Vir welcomed a 4-year-old adorable on August 23, little girl named Tara into their lives earlier 2019 – was the this year. Sharing the happy news, Mandi- only album to ra called Tara ‘a blessing from above’ as she revealed that she became a part of sell a million their family on 28th July 2020. Lately, copies in 2019 Mandira Bedi revealed what led to Tara’s adoption and how she became family. She said that the lockdown made them rethink. “We had applied for adoption three years Taylor Swift ago, but it was during the lockdown that I felt the void even more.” —Agency

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RANVEER SINGH’S Cleared the rumours ennifer Garner recently posted a photo that INSPIRATION! had dozens and dozens of fans thinking she anveer Singh is a fashionista in the truest sense was announcing a pregnancy! However, the and never fails to drop a surprise bomb during J 48-year-old actress quickly shut down all of his public appearances. The actor was snapped those rumours. The pho- Rat the airport after ages on a Tuesday morn- to in question featured ing. The actor carried his speaker and was playing Jennifer holding a big Photo Caption some Indian hip hop beats as he made his way to pumpkin, covering her the entry gate. Ran- body. “I thought this ast night, model and actress Emily veer’s airport look was a pregnancy an- Rajatkowski revealed to the world, took us back in time nouncement for a hot Lvia a gorgeous Vogue cover shared and got us thinking second,” one fan wrote on her Instagram page, that she was preg- whether it was an in a comment on the nant while cutely showing off her growing inspired one. Turns pic. This comment baby bump. For the unversed, Rajatkowski out, Ranveer took received thousands has been married to actor and producer some inspiration ... her post of likes and com- Sebastian Bear-McClard since Febru- from his grandfa- ments reiterating ary 2018 and this will be the gorgeous ther who rocked the this stance. Until Jennifer cleared the air and wrote couple’s first child together. Making her hat and sunglasses in response: “STILL NOT HAVING MORE BABIES. first appearance post the heartwarming look a few months Good grief, I didn’t even see it, I just saw matching pregnancy announcement, Emily looked ... his post ago. —Agency Ranveer Singh smiles.” —Agency Jennifer Garner nothing short of fabulous. —Agency CITY BUZZ www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 12

ordering platforms. As the country slowly and Zomato noted that the steadily materialises from the number of restaurants of- lockdown to embrace what many fering food delivery on its of us refer to as the ‘new normal’, the foodservice and delivery indus- MITALI DUSAD platform are at 70% of pre- [email protected] ORDERING FOOD try, which encompasses the cloud covid levels. Out of this, kitchens or delivery-only kitchens in about 5% restaurants did India, are putting their best foot forward ndia’s eating out not offer food delivery ser- and keeping this in mind, I feel safe in market essentially vices pre-COVID. Most of ordering food online. collapsed briefly af- these are dining out cen- —ARUSHI JAIN, FOOD ENTHUSIAST ter the imposition tric places which have I of the nation-wide shown agility to pivot to lockdown. food delivery. ONLINE Delivery servic- The delivery-only res- For a few months, I didn’t go out and didn’t even order food es, however, continued to taurants do not have any online, until lately restaurants run depending on restau- dining space and depend started to take enough precautions rants that were able to oper- only on online orders and so did Zomato and Swiggy. ate during the strict lock- placed through food apps, The food delivering platforms even down. But a bulk of the in- which are the next big updated on their app about the safety dustry that employs mil- thing. Diners, who in the measures they are taking during this lions has lost out on months pre-COVID phase would pandemic which made me feel safe to or- of business due to restric- prefer dining out, are der food from my favourite places in town. tions on opening up and the now scaling up on —HITESH CHAUHAN subsequent need to main- takeaways and online tain social-distancing in food delivery as food public spaces. For restau- safety and hygiene This pandemic has affected eve- rants, that have taken to de- have become the key factor. ryone real bad. I and my family livery strongly, things have The escalating demand for still avoid ordering food online, as shown improvement, espe- online food delivery has fa- we do not know how many people cially as the country has cilitated the birth of deliv- will come in contact. The delivery partially restored economic ery-only restaurants, also men travel to many places and it en- hances the risk, so as of now, we are activity and general con- termed as virtual restau- exploring our hidden talents of cooking sumer anxiety around or- rants. City First brings you and great recipes available online are dering in has come down. opinions of people from helping big time. Restaurants are also back to Rajasthan and Gujarat on —LAKSHAY ARORA being listed on online food Online Food Delivery.

WHAT’S HAPPENING! RAJ: Jaipur Police emphasised the role of mask Annual Chef Awards & Summit for the reduction in the pace CITY FIRST tives on Opportunities of the spread of COVID-19. 5 During These Times’. lakh masks will be distributed n these unprecedent- Speaking on the occa- from police commissioner ed times, we have sion, Anil Bhandari, a to constable for 3 days till seen many vicissi- hospitality industry vet- there is no vaccine, with their I tudes and tried to eran and Chairman of motto being ‘Mask is the adapt to a new normal. the Organising Com- vaccine.’ While declaring war Thankfully, some things mittee ICF, said, “De- against Corona across the never change like the spite the pandemic, the district, the Commissionerate Indian Culinary Fo- determination and en- Police has made 650 rum’s (ICF) endeavour thusiasm of the chefs of awareness blocks. —MITALI to help deserving chefs ICF, is evident from the thrive. The raging Cov- fact that they have gone id- 19 pandemic has not ahead full steam to cel- GUJ: A family deterred the communi- Winners of Chef Awards 2020 with Team ICF ebrate the 17th Chef on their bike ty of chefs from the In- Awards and the 8th gazing at dian Culinary Forum to towards the hospitality safe event. organised the 8th edi- Knowledge Summit. I the parked celebrate their annual industry, the Indian Cu- Hosted to commemo- tion of Knowledge Sum- am thrilled to see that Seaplane at the flagship event of Chef linary Forum (ICF) suc- rate International Chefs mit which witnessed the the chefs who were Sabarmati River Awards and Knowledge cessfully organized The Day, the 17th Annual participation of the stal- working behind the in Ahmedabad Summit. Annual Chef Chef Awards saw warts of the Indian hos- scenes are in the fore- on Tuesday. Hoping to share a Awards and Sum- the presence of pitality sector resulting front. They are setting —PHOTO BY message of strength mit. By observing renowned master in knowledge building new standards of excel- HANIF SINDHI and positivity to the gas- the government’s chefs and veter- and thought leadership. lence in the hospitality tronomic world and to orders and guide- ans of the hospital- The theme of this year’s industry and inspiring recognize and honour lines, it was carefully ity industry at Pride summit was ‘Exploring more people to choose GUJ: Women the chefs and their ex- planned and curated to Plaza Hotel, Aerocity, New Horizons and Chal- this as a career. were seen ceptional contribution ensure a coronavirus- New Delhi. They also lenges: Experts Perspec- [email protected] shopping at the Bhadra Market in the old city of Ahmedabad, Full Moon Sadhna ahead of the MASS MOVEMENT Diwali Festival DR SANCHITA LEKHI SINGHI (Celebrity Tarot reader & Meditation Expert) in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. ull moon —PHOTO BY has al- AGAINST CORONA HANIF SINDHI ways CITY FIRST F been rep- resented for its unicipal Cor- GUJ: Ahmedabad strong magnetic poration Karanj women Police powers that can Greater and team members help you to at- M Heritage distributed face tract the right Jaipur is taking an initi- masks to the people things into your ative to spread an aware- who arrived for life like in Tar- ness message among the shopping without ot, Astrology, public to curb the a mask at the Meditations, Dr Sanchita Lekhi Singhi spread of corona. In Laldarwaja area Healings and the crowded areas Commissioner sage. In the first phase, in Ahmedabad on other occult sciences. It’s consid- of the city, people Municipal Cor- these programs will be Tuesday. ered most auspicious time, to do will witness various poration Greater organised at about 132 —PHOTO BY HANIF some important rituals to chan- street plays and local Jaipur Dinesh Ku- places in both the corpo- SINDHI nelise the powerful moon energy to folk songs, giving the mar Yadav and Commis- rations for about 10 days. manifest your dreams and desires into message of wearing sioner Municipal Corpo- Programs will be organ- HAPPY B’DAY! reality. This October Hunters Moon, 31 October, masks, following social ration Heritage Jaipur ised in crowded areas of is a great time to do ‘Midnight Meditation’ to distance and washing Lokbandhu on Tuesday the zone, under the direc- enhance your coming time with moon bless- hands frequently with flagged off the chariots tion of the Deputy Com- ings. To do this ritual, just sit back and relax soap. from the corporation missioners. During this under the moon sky, light a candle and make a Director of Autono- headquarters. The char- mass movement, 45 lakh wish to magnify its effects. mous Governance De- iot was adorned with the masks have been distrib- [email protected] partment Deepak Nandi, Corona awareness mes- uted in the state.

CITY FIRST scheduled for November 5. Commenting on the all-new yundai Motor India Ltd., HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT i20 booking announcement, SS the country’s First Smart Kim, MD & CEO-Hyundai Motor Mobility Solutions provider India Ltd. said, “i20 has been a H and the largest exporter super performer brand for Hyundai since its inception, on Tuesday that has perfectly resonated with announced the commencement the aspirations of modern Indian of bookings for the all-new i20. customers for more than a decade. Customers can now book the all- The all-new i20 is all set to re- new i20 establish benchmarks in the pre- IAS Nirmala Meena online or at Hyundai Dealer- mium hatchback segment with its GUJ: Members of Krantikari Vichar Manch detained by and IPS Adarsh Sidhu ships across the country for Rs 21 sleek style, thrilling performance police during their protest against, unemployment, rape, celebrated their birthdays 000/- only, starting early hours of and unmatched new technologies.” and suicide in Ahmedabad’s Hatkeshar area on Tuesday. on 27 October, Tuesday. October 28. The national launch is All new Hyundai i20 [email protected] —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI We wish them all the best!