OUR EDITIONS: www.firstindia.co.in www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia & LUCKNOW instagram.com/thefirstindia

AHMEDABAD l WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 111

NEW DELHI WORLD’S MOST POLLUTED CAPITAL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality levels based on the concentration of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5. India was home to 35 of the world’s 50 most polluted cities, according to IQAir’s 2020 World Air Qual- ity Report, which gathered data for 106 countries. P6 FRUSTRATED SHAH HATCHING Won’t privatise all banks; will protect staff interest: FM

New Delhi: Union Fi- CONSPIRACY TO KILL ME: DIDI nance Minister Nirma- la Sitharaman on Tues- REFERRING TO ALLEGED ‘ATTACK’ ON HER IN NANDIGRAM, SHE SAID NO day said that the inter- ONE WILL STOP HER FROM TAKING FORWARD HER BATTLE AGAINST BJP est of the employees of the banks which are likely to be privatized will be protected. FM said, “Interests of workers of banks which are likely to be privatised will abso- lutely be protected - whether their salaries RLYS WILL NOT BE PRIVATISED, or scale or pension, all WILL REMAIN WITH GOVT: GOYAL will be taken care of.” “Even for those banks New Delhi: Clearing the air over which are likely to be the privatisation of India Railways, privatized, the privat- which has been opposed by several ized institutions too leaders, Union Railway Minister will continue to func- Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that tion after privatization; the national transporter will not be the interests of the privatised and it will always stay staff will be protected,” with the government. Speaking on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses an election campaign rally at Saltora, in Bankura district on Tuesday. the FM further added. the Demand for Grants of Ministry The Finance Minis- of Railways 2021-22 in Lok Sabha, Meija: West Bengal ter made the Turn to P6 Goyal said, Turn to P6 Chief Minister Mamata YOGI: CHANGE BROUGHT BY BJP Poverty, joblessness Banerjee on Tuesday BEHIND DIDI’S TEMPLE RUN accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of Balarampur: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath rampant in WB: Singh hatching a conspiracy on Tuesday said his West Bengal counterpart Maha in grip of 2nd COVID wave, to harass TMC leaders Mamata Banerjee has been forced to take to West Midnapore: De- ahead of the assembly ‘Chandi Path’ publicly and visit temples due to fence Minister and BJP step up contact tracing: Centre elections in the state the change in people’s mindset after BJP came leader Rajnath Singh and wondered whether to power at the Centre. Speaking at an election on Tuesday slammed Mumbai: The Centre the Election Commis- rally at Balarampur in Purulia, BJP’s star cam- the ruling governments warned Maharashtra sion is working as per paigner said, a sect of people was created in the in West Bengal in the on Tuesday that the his instructions. country, before BJP-led government assumed past and at present, stat- state is witnessing the Claiming that Shah is power at the Centre in 2014, who believed that ing they are responsible beginning of the sec- getting “frustrated” by even visiting temples would pose a threat to their for destroying the state. ond wave of the Cov- “poor turnout” at his ral- secular credentials.“A change has come… EIsn’t “Post-independence, id-19 pandemic and lies, Banerjee also al- this a change? This is new India. Each and every the kind of develop- asked the state gov- leged that the BJP is plot- person has to go to God. ment that should have ernment to scale up ting conspiracies to kill been done in West Ben- any discrimination. the pace of vaccina- her as her security direc- NADDA’S JAB ON MAMATA! WHEN gal, has not been done. Strict action will be tak- tion campaign, espe- tor Vivek Sahay was re- Ruling governments de- en against those propa- cially in districts wit- moved by the Election ARE YOU QUITTING POLITICS? stroyed the state. Be it gating violence,” the nessing a sharp in- Commission after she New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday CPM or TMC, poverty BJP leader said. crease in infections. sustained injuries last asked WB CM Mamata Banerjee when she will be and unemployment are “Whenever Sourav Issuing a letter to MAHARASHTRA, PUNJAB CONTRIBUTE week in Purba Medin- quiting politics as she had earlier said that she rampant in the state,” Ganguly crossed the Maharashtra’s Chief ipur’s Nandigram. would quit politics if Batla House encounter is Singh said during a pub- crease, it was sure that Secretary Sitaram HIGHEST DAILY COVID-19 CASES Referring to the al- proved to be true. Court has now sentenced death lic rally in West Mid- he would hit a six. Like- Kunte, which is based New Delhi: India detected 24,492 cases of the nov- leged “attack” on her in penalty to Ariz Khan. I want to ask Mamata Ji napore. “I want to as- wise, with your support on the assessment of el coronavirus on Monday, of which 15,051 cases Nandigram, Banerjee now, ‘When are you quitting politics?,”Nadda said sure the people that the in Lok Sabha, we have the central team’s vis- were from Maharashtra and 1,818 from Punjab. The said no one will stop her while holding a rally in Bengal’s Kotulpur. Nadda day we form the govern- crossed the crease and it last week, the Union number of active cases in the country has increased from taking forward said Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) slogan of ‘Maa, ment, we will prevent surely we will hit a six in Health Secretary to more than 2.23 lakh. In view of the rising cases, her battle against the Mati, Manush’ is now reduced to “torture against attacks against every- Assembly polls and form Rajesh Bhushan has Prime Minister Narendra Modi may chair a meeting BJP. Banerjee also won- women, killing of BJP workers and appeasement.” one, be it BJP, TMC or BJP government here,” urged Turn to P6 with chief ministers on Wednesday. dered whether Turn to P6 CPM. There won’t be he added. Turn to P6 EC announces bypolls in CURBING NCOV 2 LS, 14 Assembly seats Night curfew extended by 2 hrs till March 31 coronavirus,” the gov- New Delhi: Election Sahara, Sujangarh and GET MY SECURITY Will now be in place 10 pm-6 am ernment said in the Commission on Tues- Rajsamand, Telanga- CHIEF BACK, in A’bad, V’dara, Surat, Rajkot statement. day announced by- na’s Nagarjuna Sagar, It is to be noted that elections to Tirupati Gujarat’s Morva Hadaf, MAMATA TO ECI First India Bureau at 6 am, at least until the Gujarat, which was see- Lok Sabha constituen- Jharkhand’s Madhu- Kolkata: Hours after the end of the month, the ing a daily jump of cy in Andhra Pradesh pur, Karnataka’s Basa- Election Commission of Gandhinagar: In a bid state said in an official about 200 in the number India (ECI) ordered the and Belgaum Lok Sab- vakalyan, Karnataka’s to curb the rising num- statement on Tuesday. of COVID-19 cases last suspension of two sen- ha seat in Karnataka Maski, Madhya ber of COVID-19 cases, The decision was tak- month, reported as ior IPS officers in West and for 14 vacancies in Pradesh’s Damoh, Ma- Bengal Sunday for the the state government en on Tuesday at a core many as 890 new cases assemblies of different harashtra’s Pandhar- Nandigram incident that has decided to extend committee meeting of on Monday. states. pur, Mizoram’s Serch- left CM Mamata Banerjee the night curfew--cur- the coronavirus task- On Monday, the The polling will be hip, Nagaland’s Noks- injured, she had written rently in place in force headed by Chief Ahmedabad Municipal held on April 17 and en, Odisha’s Pipili and to the poll body seeking Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Minister Vijay Rupani. Corporation also asked counting of votes will Uttarakhand’s Salt. a suspension of the Surat and Rajkot from “The state govern- eateries, restaurants take place on May 2. As- Last date of filing order, stating that her midnight to 6 am--by ment has decided to im- Popular eateries in Manek Chowk were among the business and malls in eight wards sembly by-election will nomination is March chief security officer was two hours. It will now pose a curfew from 10 establishments in eight wards of the city asked to close down of the city to close down be held in Rajasthan’s 30. —ANI “in no way Turn to P6 come into effect at 10 pm pm to 6 am in view of at 10 pm by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Monday. at 10 pm. and continue to be lifted the increasing cases of —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Turn to P6 NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 02 Will BJP keep the same criteria for 2022 election candidates? Party did not field candidates over 60 years or those who had served 3 terms in local body polls First India Bureau deny tickets to those years old and have Saurabh Patel, Babu above the age of 60, held three terms al- Bokharia, Rajendra Gandhinagar: Will and those who have ready.” a source in the Trivedi and Jetha the Bharatiya Jana- already held office party told First India. Bharwad will also ta Party risk going thrice, at least 30 ex- “There are differ- have to stay out of the to the Gujarat As- isting lawmakers, in- ent opinions prevail- arena, alongside Ru- sembly elections, cluding Chief Minis- ing in the party re- pani and Patel. slated for December ter Vijay Rupani and garding candidate This will no doubt next year, without Deputy Chief Minis- selection. Despite cause friction within some of its senior- ter Nitin Patel would having many new fac- the party. most leaders in the have to sit out the es people have voted “If the rule is im- state? 2022 elections. for BJP. So, the high plemented, then the Sources privy to de- “Looking at the re- command is consider- party will likely face velopments in the BJP cent election results, ing implementing the flak from most exist- say the high command the high command is same criteria of the ing MLAs. There are has already started strongly considering age and number of already rumours do- contacting younger the criteria of setting terms a person has ing the rounds that faces as the party be- aside three-time contested,” this per- the CM and deputy gins its preparations MLAs and those aged son added. CM would be appoint- for next year’s polls, 60 years or more. Should the party de- ed as governors, as in leading to speculation There are some chanc- cide to stand by its ear- the case of former that it might well fol- es that the age criteria lier decision, other CM Anandiben Patel. low the same criteria may not be kept in senior leaders such Dr But this decision will it did for the recently place for the Assem- Nima Acharya, Vallab- be a bitter pill to held local body elec- bly elections, but hbhai Kathiria, Bhu- swallow for many tions. there are talks about pendra Chudasma, leaders,” the person If the BJP stands avoiding candidates The party’s policy could mean that CM Vijay Rupani (R) and Deputy CM Nitin Patel (L), seen here at an event in Ahmedabad to mark the BJP’s Babu Patel, Kunvarji familiar with the de- by its decision to who are more than 60 win in the municipal corporation elections, might have to sit out the state Assembly polls next year. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Bavalia, RC Faldu, velopments said. Indecent picture shared DESPITE POLL WIN, WANKANER in BJP group in Surat PREZ & VP ARE ‘INDEPENDENT’ First India Bureau First India Bureau

Surat: Local Bharati- Rajkot: The Bharati- 16 members offered ya Janata Party work- ya Janata Party their resignations er Satish Rana made (BJP) encountered a from the party after waves in the party’s setback when both unanimously social media network the president and supported candidate after he shared a de- vice president of the was set to be given cidedly NSFW (not Wankaner nagarpa- suitable for work) lika were chosen the boot photograph in the from the independ- WhatsApp group of ent candidates who the city’s Ward Num- contested the local for the party, added ber 19 (Anjana-Dumb- body elections. De- Vyas. hal). The group’s A screenshot of the interaction. spite winning a ma- Confirming the members include sev- jority in the civic news, Jayshreeben’s eral senior leaders 15 minutes more. president about this.” body, the ruling par- son Amit Sejpal said, such as BJP state Former Ward 19 However, Vinod Jain, ty was not favoured Jayshreeben Sejpal Dharmendra Singh Jadeja “Initially, there was no president CR Patil councillor Rajendra the party’s media con- when it came to elect- conflict, but when we and MLA Sangeeta Agarwal was the first to venor, said the issue ing the top positions. Bahujan Samaj Party A letter with the members offered their heard that Ritaba was Patil. demand that the nude had not come to his no- Speaking to First In- (BSP). But, all elected signatures of all mem- resignations. During set to be granted the The image shocked photo be deleted, re- tice yet. dia, BJP Wankaner members of the civic bers was sent to the voting, 15 ‘dissatis- mandate, we felt cheat- the group’s members, minding Rana that it Interestingly, this is city president Dinu body unanimously district president who fied’ members voted ed. Despite the unani- who demanded that was the group for the not the first time such Vyas confirmed, “Of agreed to grant the forwarded it to the for Jayshreeben while mous decision of all Rana delete the porno- “BJP Parivaar”. images have been the total seats in the mandate to Jayshree- parliamentary board. only 10 voted for the members to elect my graphic image, which Agarwal later told shared in this group, Wankaner nagarpa- ben Sejpal as president Earlier, when the pre- BJP president candi- mother, Ritaba was go- was posted at around 10 First India, “Such a with former ward presi- lika, 24 seats were won and Dharmendra Sin- discussed name was date. Three members ing to get the post. pm, at the earliest. How- move is indecent, which dent Ketan Matliwala by the BJP and four gh Jadeja as vice presi- not put forth as the remained absent. This Therefore, all of us re- ever, the image stayed should not be tolerated. also making a similar were grabbed by the dent.” president nominee, 16 incident is really sad signed from the party.” where it was for a good I have told the ward gaffe earlier.

NO TAKERS CM tweets thanks to Jay Shah & GCA, gets trolled First India Bureau ing this decision.” ID-19 patients were in- Rupani had While many berated creasing at an alarming Gandhinagar: Post a the CM for not taking rate.” lauded the surge in COVID-19 the decision himself, More criticism fol- cases, a decision to others praised him for lowed about the weak decision to hold the two remain- thanking the BCCI and leadership of the chief ing T20 matches of GCA. minister as users not allow the ongoing India- One of the Twitter bashed him for not call- spectators England series at users, Samir Dagli ing it sooner. One of the Ahmedabad’s Naren- tweeted, “Being the Gu- users,@abhi_ar1 wrote, for the on- dra Modi Stadium jarat CM this decision “Thank you very much was announced by the was supposed to be tak- Jay Shah and GCA for going India- Board of Control for en by you. There was no taking such a decision. Cricket in India role required from the It was very much diffi- England (BCCI). Chief Minis- BCCI or Jay Shah. BCCI cult for the CM of the ter Vijay Rupani late is not worth more than state.” T20 series on Monday night took the lives of people in On the other hand, a to his Twitter handle Gujarat.” few people appreciated at Narendra and thanked the na- Another user, @it- the decision taken. For tional cricket body as sparthdave tweeted, instance, @ Bhavesh Modi Stadi- well as the Gujarat “You are the CM, you Dholakia wrote, “A re- um in A’bad Cricket Association should take the deci- ally good decision and (GCA) for disallowing Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad —FILE PHOTO sion. You have to order in the interest of the owing to spectators at stadium BCCI, bloody illiterate people. Now it’s time for for the matches. The for not taking the ac- CM Rupani read, “The in ongoing T20 matches against COVID-19. I CM @Vijay Rupani BJP. the state government to rise in nCoV CM was then heavily tion himself in the decision taken by @ is a very prudent step. It thank @JayShah and You should not have al- work and curtail short- trolled by the social first place. BCCI & @GCAMotera, will surely help other office bearers of lowed even the first two age of hospital beds in cases media platform users The tweet posted by not to allow spectators strengthening our fight @GCAMotera for tak- T20 matches when COV- small cities.” GUJARAT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 03 Jivandeep Hosp challenges AMC ATS nabs gangster Sajju Kothari in Mumbai in HC over move to seal building First India Bureau Owner says permits including fire NOC, in place; Shrey Hosp victims hearing today Ahmedabad: The Anti-Terrorist Squad First India Bureau proached the Gujarat (ATS) apprehended High Court with a history-sheeter Sajju Ahmedabad: The prayer to stay the en- Kothari from Mum- Ahmedabad Munici- quiry commission pro- bai on Tuesday. A pal Corporation ceedings. According to case under the Guja- (AMC) officials them, the commission rat Control of Or- sealed city-based Ji- is not sharing all rele- ganized Crime (GUJ- vandeep Hospital for vant documents. COC) Act has been not producing re- Therefore, they have filed against him, quired permit cer- pleaded the court to said officials. tificate for usage of see that the commis- Fearing arrest for its building as a hos- sion does not submit various crimes, Ko- pital on March 06. its final report before thari fled from Surat Sajju Kothari. —FILE PHOTO Their action is now hearing out the re- and after conducting being challenged by quest of the victims’ searches for him, the policemen, including and attacking each the hospital manage- families. ATS was successful in the jailor, who had in- other with tubelights. ment before the Gu- Eight COVID-19 pa- tracking him down to tervened when a clash In April 2016, police jarat High Court. tients were killed when a neighbourhood in broke out between two carried out a search at Moreover, the peti- a fire broke out in the Mumbai. Kothari will rival groups of in- Kothari’s Surat resi- tion of Shrey Hospi- Intensive Care Unit be handed over to the mates in a Surat sub- dence. He was brought tal fire incident vic- High Court of Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO (ICU) of the COVID-19 Surat police officials jail in 2011. to Surat in connection tims’ plea to stay the ward at Shrey Hospital who will file official While the trigger for with a case and pre- enquiry commis- ing use permit. (NOC) too and that The petitioner’s in August last year. charges against the the clash is yet to be sented before a court. sion’s proceedings In his petition, he there was no reason prayer is that the court Meanwhile, in a wor- history-sheeter for ascertained, it in- However, he went to will be heard today. submitted that the that it should be sealed. stays the AMC’s action rying turn of events, a several cases of or- volved an altercation Lajpore Jail and sur- Dr Chinubhai Patel, building which houses Patel further stated and also quashes and court section officer ganized crime and between two groups rendered. Assistant owner of Jivandeep the hospital has had a that he runs the clinic set aside the sealing and a peon of the Guja- gambling. led by gangsters Man- commissioner of po- Hospital, has taken is- building usage certifi- situated on the ground order. rat High Court tested While serving a sen- ish Scindia and Sajju lice Bhakti Thakar sue with the AMC’s de- cate since 1993. He also floor of the building Meanwhile, family positive for COVID-19 tence in prison, he was Kothari (Memon), said, “We want to know cision to seal the build- mentioned that the and that he resides on members of Shrey on Tuesday. They both involved in the physi- whose supporters re- whose vehicle he used ing on grounds that it hospital had a fire No the top floor with his Hospital fire tragedy work in the legal wing cal assault on three sorted to brick-pelting to travel to the jail.” does not have a build- Objection Certificate family. victims have ap- of the court.

18 months on: Students of South Guj FOR THEIR SAFETY Uni still await promised tablet comps First India Bureau Youth Struggle Com- mittee told First India. Surat: Several stu- “We have the receipt dents of the city- slips for the deposits as based Veer Narmad well. It has now been South Gujarat Uni- more than one and a versity were detained half years since then. by the police on Tues- The university should day, following a pro- either give us the tab- test at the manage- lets of give us back our ment department. deposit amount with Protesters, who also interest,” he further locked the door to the added. department, said the Several of the protesting students were detained by the police The students have university had prom- after they sealed the management department of the university. given Vice-Chancellor ised to give first-year Shivendra Gupta an students tablet com- Yojana. at the time. However, ultimatum and de- puters back in 2019, “The university had we are all yet to receive manded that he re- under the govern- even collected Rs1,000 the digital devices,” a solve the issue by ment’s Namo E-Tablet as the deposit amount member of the Student April 15. Daily jump inches towards 1K mark First India Bureau —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI 4,966 active cases with 58 patients on ventilator Gandhinagar: On support. The state’s re- Tuesday, Gujarat re- covery rate now stands ported 954 new COV- at 96.65%, the govern- ID-19 cases, taking ment said. the state’s total case Barring Botad and load to 2,80,051. The Dang, all the other dis- sudden spurt comes tricts reported new cases in the wake of reports on Tuesday, with Surat that more than 800 22.15 lakh people have received the first dose of the vaccine, leading the chart with people contracted the while 5.43 lakh have received the second, the state said. 263, followed by 241 cases Ahmedabad police were seen urging Amdavadis to disperse deadly disease amid in Ahmedabad city, 92 in from Manek Chowk after the AMC directed eateries and other the second phase of partment, two more pa- death toll due to COV- Vadodara city, and 80 in businesses to down shutters by 10 pm on Monday night, a day the government’s vac- tients succumbed to the ID-19 has reached 4,427 Rajkot city. Many dis- before the state government extended the night curfew by two cination drive. novel coronavirus infec- since March last year. tricts saw cases in the hours on Tuesday. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat will According to informa- tion in the 24 hours end- With 703 patients be- 10-30 range while 22 dis- now remain under curfew from 10 pm to 6 am until March 31. tion released by the state ed 5 pm on Tuesday. With ing discharged on Tues- tricts saw single-digit —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI government’s health de- this, the state’s total day, Gujarat now has increases.

SPARK NOTES Seven windmills laid waste to 1,042 trees in Kutch in 2 years lll Gargi Raval tion in the state Assem- these turbines. They ted that neither forest bly, the government on have also made several nor revenue officers While the step Gandhinagar: With a Tuesday admitted that representations to the have submitted any re- total wind power gen- sparks from seven authorities, asking that ports on the issue despite away from eration capacity of windmills have dam- action be taking against being directed to submit conventional 7,542MW as of July aged as many as 1,042 windmill owners. a report regarding dam- 2020, Gujarat is one of trees in the two blocks Tuesday’s question age to trees due to wind- sources of the top two producers of Lakhpat and Na- came from Congress mills after a spot visit. of wind energy in the khatrana of Kutch, be- MLA Puja Vansh, who Notably, Vansh had energy is country after Tamil tween September 2018 asked when and if the asked the same ques- laudable, the Nadu. While the step and December 2020. revenue and forest de- tion back on September away from convention- This is not news to partment officers pre- 19, 2018. The govern- govt could do al sources of energy, residents of the region, pare a report after they ment said that the rev- more to protect the state could do who have complained received a written com- enue officer had filed more to protect the en- several times about the plaint regarding damage cases against windmill the environment vironment. huge loss to local flora to trees. In response, the unit owners in Na- In response to a ques- and fauna caused by —FILE PHOTO government also admit- khatrana and Lakhpat. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 04

IN-DEPTH PSB STAFF WARNS OF SPIRITUAL HEALTH AT WORK PLACE A BIGGER STRUGGLE fter the indefinite protest by farmers against the three new farm laws it is now AND RESILIENCE TO NEGATIVITY! the turn of employees of nationalised DR JYOTI banks to warn of indefinite strike if the JOSHI A government presses ahead with its banks privatization plan. The two-day strike by 10 The author is a soft skill trainer, lakh employees of public sector banks which ended business coach and English language on Tuesday crippled banking services across the instructor in Germany, Europe country but the government is unfazed. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was unequivocal about the privatisation plans which were intended tress affects us mentally, for “scaling up” of public sector banks and wanted physically, and spiritually. In them to “meet the country’s aspirations”. She also a time of crisis, the impulse sought to allay fears of employees saying that their is to give in to fear, concern, interests will be protected and they won’t lose their and panic, which engenders jobs. Not all PSBs, she said, will be privatised. Like soul sickness. The physical in the case of farm laws, the government won’t give response comes first, and its privatization plan a second thought as it expects S one tends to go into self-iso- to earn Rs 1.75 lakh crore through divestment of lation, and social distancing. public sector units and banks. The second effect is realized There guessing games are on about which banks on our soul, that one experi- will be put under the hammer and whether indus- ences personally with sel- trial houses will be allowed to bid for them. In the dom answers and advice. In latter case concerns have been raised about conflict an event of failure, hopeless- of interests and could lead to lending for the own- ness, death, defeat, and vari- er’s own businesses. Former RBI governor ous happening the soul Raghuram Rajan and deputy governor Viral Acha- reaches its dark pit which rya raised the red flag, warning of bad lending in seems invincible. With the spite of RBI’s proposed strict controls. The RBI in- growing materialistic ap- ternal group’s suggestion favouring PSB ownership proach to life, profiling com- by industrial houses could be a hint of what is to petition at the workplace, come. But who will be the beneficiary of the govern- shrinking family dynamics, ment’s proposal? One has to wait for the answer. falling dialogues among lievable capacities to outreach man gestures we tend to over- friends, and unhealthy life- and connect to others. look can be overwhelmingly style, spiritual health is at Fully embracing and un- satisfying and can provide us increased risk of decay. How- derstanding these profound with a sense of belongingness SECOND COVID WAVE ever stressful the situation discoveries will allow one to RESILIENCE TO at the workplace and be part of GRIPS MAHARASHTRA and anxiety levels are, the fundamentally change his/ NEGATIVITY IS our work community. Univer- soul is the most intimate her whole relationship to life ACHIEVED WHEN WE sal truths do not matter until he second wave of Covid-19 is here, the part of us, and it isn’t found and rather than fearing oth- they are true for you personal- Union Health Ministry said in a grim by running away. Spiritual ers and seeing them as rivals PONDER TO REFLECT ly. The secret imparted by the warning. The warning pertained to Ma- well-being is alien to many or adversaries, one becomes UPON OUR DAILY world’s wisdom traditions is harashtra which accounted for 15,051 people’s daily lives, especial- an inspiration to do every- DEEDS AND THERE IS that your sense of self, the sim- T fresh cases out of the total 24, 492 novel ly at the workplace. Millions thing one can to help and ple experience of “I am,” is the UNBREACHABLE coronavirus cases detected in the country on Mon- of people experience an un- support others and be a part gateway to inner peace and joy. day. This was close to the peak touched in October easy soul, however you want of their winning journey. INTEGRATION Resilience to negativity is last year. Punjab came next with 1,818 cases. Mon- to define it — the weariness And the truth is, we are a BETWEEN OUR achieved when we ponder to day’s death toll stood at 131. The Maharashtra situ- of heart, existential dread, a part of them! Both east and ACTIONS AND reflect upon our daily deeds ation has forced the government to impose full/ sinking feeling that nothing west have a long tradition of THOUGHT and there is unbreachable partial lockdown in several cities of the State. As really matters, Negative out- understanding and examin- integration between our ac- lockdowns, partial or full, cannot be the solution, look towards life. — without ing spiritual well-being. tions and thought. Little a health ministry deployed in the State suggested finding a way out. These approaches towards mindfulness about our work implementation of 14 public health measures to Life forces us to work. We all spiritual enlightening give habits or communication check the virus from spreading. The measures in- A simple have different life lessons, and us a sense of security and style with colleagues can clude a strict containment strategy, proper moni- while going through those dif- control over our life path speculation about what spirit- prove a great tool for our toring of home isolation cases and contact tracing. relaxation ficult inner fires at a job there and direction. By bringing ual awakening is all about. spiritual awareness. When With the number of active cases in the country exercise can is no need for the unhealthy one close to one’s soul, and Spirituality can only be experi- we reflect, we seek a higher increasing to more than 2.23 lakh and given the grav- motivate us to levels of competition and con- increasing higher awareness enced in the fleeting moment. purpose and tend to see be- ity of the Covid-19 upsurge, Prime Minister Naren- perform an act flict that arise from the fear of or deeper self-understanding With increasing competition at yond the mundane pattern dra Modi may address a meeting of chief ministers of kindness or the unknown and the crippling these solutions help us in the workplace, one can either of actions. We achieve peace today. Other than the Covid-19 numbers, the prime inspire us to self-doubt that burdens need- various ways and try to re- see colleagues as rivals or con- with our immediate sur- minister may possibly also allay fears on adverse lessly. We should try to create verse the damaging effect on vert it into an opportunity to roundings and that is the effects Covid-19 vaccines in view of the scare in Eu- show around us a world of connec- our soul in modern society. find that common connection moment of change. Trusting rope over Astrazeneca shot developed by Oxford. appreciation to tion, collaboration, and kind The best workaround for this which recent scientific studies this new form of knowledge France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Denmark, some colleague compassion which involves our challenge would be by connect- claim that all of us share. A takes practice. Over time, Iceland, Norway, Bulgaria and several other coun- for their job, co-workers. We must realize ing with the immediate com- simple relaxation exercise can we may find these tips lead- tries halted the use of Astrazeneca. Some countries offer help to that everyone and everything munity and adopting relaxa- motivate us to perform an act ing us into new work oppor- said the vaccines caused clotting and “unspecified” those in need, or else in the universe is a part of tion techniques and attempting of kindness or inspire us to tunities. With this not only adverse effects. The vaccine is also used in India bring comfort to ourselves. Recent scientific dis- to look around for joy at the show appreciation to some col- do we achieve an inner bal- under Covishield brand name but there have been coveries have revealed that we workplace. When we open up, league for their job, offer help ance but also, we continue to no complaints about its safety. The World Health someone feeling are not only deeply connected we realize everyone is experi- to those in need, or bring com- grow and inspires. Organisation has insisted that the shot is safe. Is the lonely and to everything in the world encing stress. Nor is it neces- fort to someone feeling lonely THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY scare in Europe more political than real? anxious. around us but also have unbe- sary to enter into metaphysical and anxious. These simple hu- THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Top Credit-rating agencies could derail Economic Recovery! TWEET

n March 10, the liabilities. For many coun- when it burst in 2008, and businesses, funded largely Rahul Gandhi credit-rating tries, it offers the best of exacerbating the bust by the institutions they rate. @RahulGandhi agency Moody’s chance of making their through rapid reversals And they are players in the GOI is privatising profit & placed Ethiopia debt burdens sustainable. and downgrades. And they markets they purportedly nationalising loss. Selling PSBs to O on review for a But now, the threat of rat- have been known to adjust assess, meaning that self- Modicronies gravely compromises India’s financial security. I stand downgrade. The problem ings downgrades is casting ratings in ways that seem interest inevitably shapes in solidarity with the striking bank isn’t violence and repres- a shadow over these coun- to reflect ideological posi- their decision-making. Rat- employees.#BankStrike sion in Ethiopia’s embat- tries’ prospects. tions, such as a commit- ings agencies have, for ex- tled Tigray region. Rather, This points to a systemic ment to fiscal austerity. ample, been involved in the Moody’s has concluded problem in international And yet, as Yuefen Li, creation of financial prod- Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp that the Ethiopian govern- finance: the extraordinary the United Nations Inde- ucts that they were then re- Welcome the approval for revised ment’s commitment to en- – and undeserved – power pendent Expert on Foreign sponsible for rating – includ- cost estimates of `9129.32 crore gage with private credi- wielded by a few private Debt and Human Rights, ing the mortgage-backed for strengthening of transmission tors, as part of the G20 credit-rating agencies. Just points out in a new report, securities that, flush with & distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim. This will boost Common Framework for three – Moody’s, S&P Glob- and Exchange Commission ing tricks and complex fi- ratings agencies face no ac- AAA ratings, helped bring per capita power consumption in Debt Treatments beyond al Ratings, and Fitch Rat- has recognized them as of- nancial instruments to countability for their mis- about the 2008 crisis. these States, and contribute to their the Debt Service Suspen- ings – control more than ficial statistical rating or- mislead investors, credi- takes or damaging behav- And yet, even as regula- overall economic development. sion Initiative, raises the 94% of outstanding credit ganizations. And many in- tors, and regulators about ior. Their ratings are le- tors work to limit conflicts risk that those creditors ratings. And there is sig- stitutional investors, re- its value. The ratings agen- gally described as “opin- of interest among most fi- will incur losses. For that, nificant cross-sharehold- quired by law to hold only cies were certainly fooled: ions,” which are protected nancial-market players, Spiritual the country apparently ing among them. “investment-grade” assets The Big Three all issued under free-speech laws, they seem content to leave must be punished. These oligopolistic firms in their portfolios, must Enron investment-grade and they do not disclose credit-rating agencies to SPEAK Whereas the DSSI aims are market movers and abide by the rating agen- ratings just days before the their methodology. In police themselves. The lack to provide immediate re- makers, influencing finan- cies’ verdicts. company collapsed. short, ratings agencies do of regulatory action partly Whatever happened, lief to low-income coun- cial portfolio allocations, Concerns about ratings redit-rating agencies not bear appropriate re- reflects the lobbying power happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is tries during the pandemic, the pricing of debt and agencies were first widely have also been accused of sponsibility for the enor- of the Big Three. And it is happening for the good. the Common Framework other financial instru- expressed during the En- enabling the United States’ mous power they wield. generating serious risks, Whatever will happen, will was designed to help debt- ments, and the cost of cap- ron scandal in 2001. Enron, subprime-mortgage bub- Moreover, as Li also notes, which the coronavirus pan- also happen for the good. distressed sovereigns re- ital. Bolstering their au- an energy-trading compa- ble, which triggered the conflicts of interest abound. demic has intensified. —Bhagwad Gita schedule or reduce their thority, the US Securities ny, had been using account- global financial crisis Ratings agencies are private WWW.PROJECT-SYNDICATE.ORG/ l Vol 2 l Issue No. 111 l RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Planet Survey No.148P, Changodar-Bavla Highway, Tal. Sanand, Dist. Ahmedabad. Published at D/302 3rd Floor Plot No. 35 Titanium Square, Scheme No. 2, Thaltej Taluka, Ghatlodiya, Ahmedabad. Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra. Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

To Receive Free Newspaper PDF Daily

Whatsapp:

http://bit.ly/whatsappahm

Telegram: https://t.me/firstindiaahmedabad

Click the above link☝ & subscribe us on your preferred platform.

INDIA 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, MARCH 17, 2021 05 CONG, GOVT ENGAGE IN WAR OF WORDS IN LOK SABHA OVER SEDITION CASES New Delhi: The Con- PAR PANEL TO GOVT: CONSIDER REDUCING gress and the govern- Parl panel bats JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AGE TO 16 YRS ment engaged in a war of words in Lok Sabha New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended to for simultaneous the government to consider bringing down juvenile de- on Tuesday over sedi- linquency age from 18 to 16 in cases under POCSO Act, tion cases with the op- elections noting that minor sexual offenders may commit more position party alleging New Delhi: Batting for holding serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncoun- the stringent law is be- of simultaneous elections, a parliamentary committee said selled. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home ing misused, drawing a Affairs, headed by Congress MP Anand Sharma, in its sharp retort from Un- this will reduce the burden on the exchequer, expenditure report submitted to Rajya Sabha, observed that there ion minister G Kishan has been a large number of cases under the POCSO Act Reddy who asked it not of political parties and also ensure that human resources where the age of juvenile offenders has been below the to lecture others on de- threshold age for applicability of the law. mocracy. are optimally utilised. ‘The committee also believes During the Question PARL PANEL ASKS SWAPAN DASGUPTA Hour, Congress mem- that simultaneous elections ber from Telangana will reduce voters apathy of GOVT TO VEST MORE RESIGNS AS RAJYA Anumula Revanth Red- frequent elections and will POWER TO CBI SABHA MEMBER dy sought the number enthuse general population and voters in particular which New Delhi: A parlia- New Delhi: Nominated of cases registered un- mentary committee RS member Swapan der the offence of sedi- will ultimately enhance voters participation in the electoral on Tuesday asked the Dasgupta tendered his tion across the country Bill passed to raise upper process,’ the department- government to assess resignation from the during the last 10 years, related standing committee on the need for amending upper house of Parlia- the conviction rate and limit for legal abortions law and justice, and personnel existing laws or bring ment after being named the steps taken for their New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to ministries said. The report out a new legislation to as a BJP candidate in the speedy trial. raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from was tabled in both Houses on clearly defi ne the man- West Bengal assembly The focus of his ques- the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for ‘’special cat- Tuesday. The committee said date of the Central Bureau elections. Dasgupta, who tion was on climate ac- egories of women’’ including rape survivors, victims it is of the view that the idea of Investigation and vest became a RS member on tivist Disha Ravi who of incest, minors, & the differently-abled. The Medi- of ‘One Nation, One Election’ more power in it. The April 25, 2016, has been was arrested in the cal Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, or simultaneous elections is recommendation came named by the saffron par- farmer protest toolkit 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnan- not new to the country as the after the Central Bureau ty as its candidate from case earlier this year cy Act, 1971 was passed by voice vote. The bill was fi rst three Lok Sabha elec- of Investigation apprised Tarakeshwar constituency and later granted bail, passed by Lok Sabha a year ago. A demand to send tions in 1952, 1957 and 1962 the panel that its inves- in the poll-bound state. “I and cases registered the bill to a select committee of RS was defeated by were held simultaneously only tigations are impeded have resigned from Rajya against farmer union voice vote, along with other amendments proposed and it can be brought into by the withdrawal of Sabha today to commit leaders after the Janu- by members. ‘’The bill as amended is passed,’’ RS the mainstream with suitable “general consent” by myself totally to the fi ght ary 26 violence in the deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh said. amendments to Constitution. states, mainly those ruled for a better Bengal, Das- national capital. —PTI by opposition parties. gupta said on Twitter. No plan to appoint Bank strike continues to impact PSB services Centre Mumbai: Bank em- als got affected due to bank employees and of- privatising panel to revisit state, ployees continued with the strike. However, ficers are participating their nationwide strike ATMs are likely to re- in the strike. profit: RaGa on Tuesday, for the sec- main functional. The strike came after centre powers: MHA ond day, following the The United Forum of Union Finance Minis- call of the United Fo- Bank Unions had called ter Nirmala Sithara- rum of Bank Unions a two-day nationwide man’s Budget an- (UFBU). Like all other strike on March 15 and nouncement where she parts of the country, it 16, against privatisa- announced the privati- has impacted services tion of Public Sector sation of two public sec- and operations in Mum- Banks and ‘retrograde tor banks (apart from bai, Panchkula and banking reforms’. The IDBI Bank) as part of Siliguri. United Forum of Bank the government’s disin- The strike called by tor Banks and ‘retro- its and withdrawal at Union, an umbrella vestment drive to gener- New Delhi: Congress the UFBU against priva- grade banking reforms’. branches, cheque clear- body of nine bank un- ate Rs 1.75 lakh crore. leader Rahul Gandhi tisation of Public Sec- Services such as depos- ance, and loan approv- ions, with over 10 lakh —ANI lashed out at the Centre on Tuesday and alleged that the BJP was “priva- New Delhi: The Minis- Commission on Centre- tising profit” and “na- try of Home Affairs State Relations, headed Mumbai Police chargesheet No info on leaked tionalising loss”. (MHA) on Tuesday in by Justice Punchhi, had His comments come the Lok Sabha said that submitted its report in WhatsApp chats: Govt amid a nation-wide bank there is no proposal of 2010 in seven volumes. intended to target Arnab: HC told strike. The two-day appointing any com- “It (report) contains New Delhi: The central strike, which came into mission to revisit the 273 recommendations Mumbai: The Republic in October, 2020, almost government has no in- force on Monday, has distribution of powers covering broad subjects TV Editor-In- Chief four months later. formation on the leak been initiated by nine between Centre and evolution of Centre- Arnab Goswami’s coun- However, the Police of WhatsApp chats re- public sector bank un- states as of now. State relations in India, sel on Tuesday submit- failed to name Goswami lated to confidential ions, which are opposing MHA denied any pro- constitutional govern- ted before the Bombay as accused in the case, and sensitive informa- the government’s policy posal of the above-said ance and the manage- High Court that the FIR the lawyer said, adding tion, including the to privatise the lenders. commission in its reply ment of Centre-state and Chargesheet filed that such an approach scrapping of Article Taking a dig at the to a question from MPs relations, Centre-state by Mumbai police in showed malice and 370, which surfaced BJP, Rahul Gandhi said NK Kateel and Sumala- financial relations and Television Rating malafide on the part of during the investiga- that selling public sec- tha Ambareesh that planning, local self-gov- Points (TRP) manipula- Police to target Goswa- tion of TRP scam by the by the Mumbai Police tor banks to “cronies” said, “Whether any com- ernments and decen- tion case was solely in- mation pertaining to mi by ‘hook or crook.” Mumbai Police, Lok before a court as part of will compromise the mission would be ap- tralized governance in- tended to target his cli- TRP manipulation A division bench of Sabha was informed on its chargesheet in a case country’s financial se- pointed to revisit distri- ternal security, crimi- ent for his earlier re- through Hansa Re- Justice S S Shinde & Tuesday. A 500-page of misuse of TRP, which curity. bution of Centre-state nal justice and Centre- portage against state search group employee Justice Manish Pitale transcript of a purport- led to a political storm. “Government of In- powers in view of objec- state cooperation, envi- government. in June 2020, however was hearing plea by ed WhatsApp conversa- “No such informa- dia (GOI) is privatising tions raised by various ronment, natural re- The counsel, also al- the Mumbai Police ARG Outlier Media Pvt tion, containing details tion has come to the no- profit and nationalising states on the legislations sources & infrastruc- leged that Mumbai Po- Commissioner Param Ltd, which runs Repub- of the Balakot air tice of the govern- loss. Selling PSBs to relating to electricity, ture, socio-economic lice including suspend- Bir Singh revealed de- lic TV and other chan- strikes and abrogation ment,” Union Minister Modicronies gravely agriculture and if so, development, public ed API Sachin Waze, tails of the alleged nels along with Goswa- of Article 370, went vi- of State for Home G compromises India’s fi- the details thereof ?” policy and good govern- who was in charge of fraud naming Republic mi, challenging the po- ral in January this year Kishan Reddy said in a nancial security,” Gan- The MHA said that a ance,” MHA said. —ANI the probe, had got infor- TV channel as suspect lice probe. —Agencies after it was submitted written reply. —PTI dhi tweeted. —PTI

FIR AGAINST CHANDRABABU NAIDU, ED ATTACHES PROPERTIES OF AIDE IN AMARAVATI LAND CASE PRINCIPAL ADVISOR IN PMO SHINDE’S DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW 300+ COMPANIES FILED FOR Amaravati: In a major Dalit community in the PK SINHA RESIGNS Mumbai: ED has attached Ltd - in which Shinde’s BANKRUPTCY IN 3 YEARS: GOVT setback to Telugu Desam state capital Amaravati. New Delhi: PK Sinha, his papers on Mon- two offi ces owned by the daughter Priti Shroff and New Delhi: The as per data provided by Party (TDP) Supremo and The other accused min- the former Cabinet day evening, said the daughter and son-in-law son-in-law Raj Shroff Ministry of Corporate the National Company former Andhra Pradesh ister is education baron, Secretary and Prin- sources. After Misra, of former Union Home are major shareholders. Affairs said more than Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chief Minister, Nara Ponguru Narayana, cipal Advisor in the Sinha became the Minister and former “ED attaches commercial 300 Indian companies 149 companies fi led Chandrababu Naidu, the who owns the Narayana Prime Minister’s Offi ce second high-profi le of- Maharashtra CM Sushil- properties worth Rs. have fi led for bankrupt- for bankruptcy in 2018, Crime Investigation De- group of educational (PMO) has resigned fi cial to exit the PMO. kumar Shinde in a money 35.48 Crore belonging to cy between 2018 to 103 in 2019 and anoth- partment (CID) has fi led institutions. Narayana from his post on Misra had resigned in laundering case. The of- Raj Shroff and his wife, 2020. Union Minister er 72 in 2020 making an FIR against him and had served as the Andhra personal grounds. The August 2019 after the fi ces, located at a building owners of M/s Jindal of State for Finance and a total of 324 Indian a former cabinet minis- Municipal Administration retired 1977-batch Lok Sabha elections, in Mumbai’s Andheri, are Combines Pvt. Ltd & Corporate Affairs Anu- companies which have ter for being allegedly and Urban Development IAS offi cer of the Uttar prompting a rejig in in name of 2 companies- M/s Orlando Trading Pvt. rag Singh Thakur in a fi led for bankruptcy involved in a case of Minister when Naidu was Pradesh cadre put in the PMO. Jindal Combines Pvt Ltd Ltd. under PMLA in Bank written reply in RS said during 3 years period. land-grabbing from the the Chief Minister. and Orlando Trading Pvt Fraud case.” ED tweeted. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 06

MODERNA BEGINS TESTING VACCINE POWERGallery WILL BARUAH SUCCEED JAIN IN CBIC ? S R Baruah is likely to succeed Ajay Jain as Member of the CBIC. He is 1987 batch IRS(C&CE) ON KIDS AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS officer. LALMALSAWMA PACHUAU TO JOIN Study will assess safety & effectiveness of doses of mRNA-1273 given 28 days apart MIZORAM GOVT ON DEPUTATION Bengaluru: Moderna —PHOTO BY ANI Lalmalsawma Pachuau is joining the State Inc has begun dosing ‘Vaccines not being exported Government of Mizoram on deputation basis. He is patients in a mid-to-late at the expense of Indians’ an IRS-IT officer. stage study of its Cov- STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NHRC ! id-19 vaccine, mRNA- New Delhi: Union At present, there is no Member and Chairman in 1273, in children aged Health Minister Harsh the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). six months to less than Vardhan on Tuesday 12 years, the company said that the central SHUKLA LIKELY TO GET EXTENSION said on Tuesday. government is not ex- Anil Shukla is likely to be given an extension for six The study will assess porting vaccines to for- months to one year. Presently he is posted as IG, the safety and effective- eign nations at the ex- NIA. He is an AGMUT cadre IPS officer. ness of two doses of pense of the people of ATUL KUMAR TO BE SP CBI ? mRNA-1273 given 28 India. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Atul Kumar is likely to be appointed as SP in CBI. days apart and intends At the Rajya Sabha He is 2008 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. to enroll about 6,750 today, Vardhan said that cine requirements in children in the United “experts at the highest the country. IS IT A CONSPIRACY AGAINST DG, States and Canada. level” and a “committee India administers JAILS ? The vaccine has al- A cyclist without a face mask rides past through a billboard depicting picture of MP CM Shivraj Singh of the government” are over 30 lakh vaccines in Suddenly the name of Tihar jail has come up in ready been authorized Chouhan making an appeal to wear face masks due to surging of cases, in Bhopal on Tuesday. keeping a check on vac- a day. —PTI the Antilla weapon case of Mumbai. Sources say for emergency use in that it seems the conspiracy has reportedly been Americans who are ing conducted in col- hatched against the present DG , Jail. He is an aged 18 and older. laboration with the Na- AGMUT cadre IPS officer. Will there be a thorough In a separate study tional Institute of Al- SAD PREZ SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL TESTS POSITIVE investigation in this matter ? which began in Decem- lergy and Infectious New Delhi: Shiroma- uty CM of Punjab, ID test done. “I would protocol I have isolat- SC LEFT WITH ONLY ONE WOMAN ber, Moderna is also Diseases (NIAID) and ni Akali Dal president asked people who like to inform every- ed myself. I request JUDGE testing mRNA-1273 in the Biomedical Ad- Sukhbir Badal said he came in touch with one that I have tested those who came in With Supreme Court Judge Justice Indu Malhotra adolescents between 12 vanced Research and had tested positive for him in the last few Covid positive,” he contact with me dur- - the first woman judge to be elevated directly and 18 years old. Development Authority COVID-19 on Tuesday. days to isolate them- said in a tweet. “My ing the last few days to from the Bar – demitting office on March 13, 2021, The latest study is be- (BARDA). —Agencies Badal, a former dep- selves and get a COV- health is fine & as per isolate themselves.” the apex court has been left with just one woman judge. Now, Justice Indira Banerjee is the lone woman judge in the top court, which was working with 30 judges at the time of Justice Malhotra’s Mumbai cop ‘seized’ Hindu man buried retirement. in Saudi due to 22 of world’s 30 most ORDERS OF MOHAPATRA AS ED NEXT MONTH ? own housing society’s consulate mistake Orders for the elevation of P K Mohapatra as ED in India in a nationalized bank are likely to be issued next CCTV footage: Sources New Delhi: A peculiar polluted cities are case came up before the New Delhi: Twenty- month. Mumbai: Suspended Delhi HC on Tuesday two of the world’s 30 S N TRIPATHI IS NOW DIRECTOR IIPA Mumbai policeman wherein the body of a most polluted cities are Former Secretary in the GoI S N Tripathi is now Sachin Vaze, arrested Hindu man, an Indian in India, with Delhi be- Director Indian Institute of Public Administration for his suspected role in citizen, was wrongly ing ranked as the most (IIPA). He is former 1985 batch IAS officer of the placement of an ex- buried in Saudi Arabia polluted capital city Odisha cadre. plosives-laden car out- as per Muslim rites due globally. The report is side industrialist Muke- to incorrect translation prepared by Swiss or- H S SOHAL POSTED AS PCCF IN sh Ambani’s residence, of his religion on the ganisation, IQAir, in DELHI SEGMENT is found to have seized death certificate by In- the form of the ‘World H S Sohal has been posted as Principal Chief his own housing socie- dian Consulate officials Air Quality Report, Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Delhi segment ty’s digital video re- Police officer Sachin Waze in Jeddah. The wife, 2020’, which has re- of the AGMUT Cadre on being relieved from corder while he was being taken to court in Mumbai. who has been running leased globally. Ghaziabad is the second most polluted city in the world. deputation. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of probing the case under from pillar to post to get “India continues to AGMUT cadre. the Crime Intelligence Mr Vaze having brought the body, has ap- feature prominently at among the 30 most pol- Pradesh, Bhiwari in Ra- P K SINHA LIKELY TO BE NEW LG, Unit. The NIA which the SUV to his own resi- proached the high court the top of the most pol- luted cities in the world jasthan, Faridabad, PUDUCHERRY later arrested him, is dential compound. The seeking direction to the luted cities ranking, are Ghaziabad, Buland- Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, Principal Advisor to PM Narendra Modi, PK Sinha probing if the CCTV Scorpio carrying gela- MEA to take steps to ur- with 22 of the top 30 shahar, Bisrakh Jalal- Bandhwari, Gurugram, is likely to be appointed as LG Pudhuchery. footage from the DVR tin sticks was found on gently exhume the re- most polluted cities pur, Noida, Greater Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak had been tampered Mumbai’s Carmichael mains and repatriate globally,” the report Noida, Kanpur, Luc- and Dharuhera in Har- SC COLLEGIUM TO MEET ON with. It is also looking Road, near Mr Amba- them to India in a time- said. Besides Delhi, the know, Meerut, Agra and yana, and Muzaffarpur WEDNESDAY ? Supre Court Collegium is likely to meet on into the possibility of ni’s Antilia building. bound manner. —PTI 21 other Indian cities Muzaffarnagar in Uttar in Bihar. —PTI Wednesday to clear a couple of names for the Judges in the Apex Court.

Former Cong leader Chacko, By arrangement with: http:// ‘We will block Delhi-Noida border’ whispersinthecorridors.com New Delhi: Bharatiya —PHOTO BY ANI hi, Chilla Border at who left party, joins NCP Kisan Union (BKU) Delhi-Noida crossing New Delhi: Senior lead- election. The former leader Rakesh Tikait on was blocked by other er PC Chacko, who re- Congress leader will be Tuesday warned of farmer unions. Howev- signed from Congress meeting NCP chief blocking the Delhi-Noi- er, after January 26 vio- last week, is all set to Sharad Pawar at his of- 5 injured as Air Force bus da border, amid the on- lence in the national join Sharad Pawar-led ficial residence where going farm protest. capital, some farmer Nationalist Congress he will be formally in- meets with accident in Mum Rakesh Tikait along leaders ended their pro- Party (NCP). PC Chacko, ducted into the party. In Mumbai: 5 passengers nical fault in the vehi- with other farmer-lead- test and vacated the who quit the party after his resignation letter, were injured after an cle, the official said. ers have been camping border, taking moral being a part of it for dec- Chacko said, “I have Air Force bus met with There was 24 passen- at Ghazipur border responsibility for the ades, said it was “diffi- quit Congress and sent an accident in Vikhroli gers in the bus of the near Delhi for months violence that took place cult” to be in the party. my resignation to par- area of Mumbai on Thane Air Force Sta- now, demanding the re- Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border during their protest in New Delhi. during the tractor The resignation left the ty’s interim chief Sonia Tuesday, police official tion, he said. After be- peal of new reforms in march. Congress and its leader Gandhi. I worked hard said. The accident took ing alerted, local police the agriculture sector. they will block the bor- yet to decide the date. Farmers plan to Rahul Gandhi red-faced for the party, but it is dif- place when the bus driv- rushed to the spot and The BKU spokesper- der (Delhi-Noida bor- Earlier, before Janu- strengthen protest digi- as it came just ahead of ficult to work with the er applied brakes sud- shifted the injured per- son Rakesh Tikait said der). The committee is ary 26 mayhem in Del- tally. —Agencies the Kerala Assembly Kerala Congress team.” denly due to some tech- sons to hospital, he said.

FROM PG 1

Night curfew... tators at the Narendra pendence, and alleged ment in the infrastruc- in the future. structure projects, fi- and it will remain with priate behaviour and Gujarat on Monday re- Modi Stadium in that the poll panel is ture sector. “We have been engag- nance minister Nirma- the government. It is tracking and testing of ported 890 new cases of Ahmedabad in view of working as per Shah’s The statement as- ing with the RBI to en- la Sitharaman said. the property of the In- cases as the prime rea- COVID-19, taking its the surge in COVID-19 instructions. sumes significance sure that the regulatory —Agencies dian government,” son behind the infec- tally to 2,79,097. cases. “Is Amit Shah run- amid an ongoing two- functions and supervi- Goyal said. —Agencies tion surge, apart from Surat, which has been ning the EC? He is giv- day strike called by the sory function of the RBI RLYS WILL... the apathy of the dis- reporting the highest POVERTY, ... ing instructions to the bank unions to protest are strengthened. I am “It is our endeavour GET MY... trict administration to number of COVID-19 Singh said the BJP will EC. What happened to against the proposed assured by the RBI Gov- that Indian Railways directly involved in the implement already pre- cases in the state lately, form the government in their independence? privatization of banks ernor that internally an has become the engine incident”. In a two-page scribed measures for also decided on Tuesday West Bengal with a My director, security by the union govern- institutional mecha- for the country’s fu- letter dated March 14, transmission control.” to shut down all forms clear majority. “The (Vivek Sahay) was re- ment. nism is being further ture growth.” He said, CM Mamata had said Maharashtra is in the of mass transit, includ- numbers in 2019 Lok moved (by EC) as per Finance Minister strengthened,” Sithara- whether it is economy, there was a “pragmatic beginning of a second ing city buses and BRTS Sabha polls is an indica- his instructions,” she Nirmala Sitharaman man said during Ques- convenience of passen- & impromptu response wave of COVID-19 pan- vehicles, in areas cate- tion of the change that alleged. —PTI on Tuesday informed tion Hour in the Rajya gers, or any other area, for ensuring better and demic. Efforts to track, gorized as micro-con- is going to happen in Parliament that the Re- Sabha. government is listen- more efficient security.” test, isolate cases and tainment zones. Bengal with the upcom- WON’T PRIVATISE... serve Bank of India is Meanwhile, the Un- ing to the demands of —Agencies quarantine contacts Further, the Gujarat ing state Legislative statements during a taking measures to ion Cabinet on Tuesday everyone with sensi- are limited there with Cricket Association Assembly election,” media briefing on Un- strengthen its regula- approved setting up of tivity, and understand- MAHA IN... no adherence to COV- (GCA) on Monday said Singh said. ion Cabinet approving tory and supervisory a development finance ing their require- the state to bring down ID-19 appropriate be- the next three T20 a bill to set up a Devel- capacity, and expressed institution (DFI) which ments. its positivity rate and haviour among people matches between India FRUSTRATED... opment Finance Insti- hope that these steps will raise capital from “I want to clarify step up contact-tracing. both in rural and urban and England will be the Election Commis- tution (DFI) to gener- will ensure no regula- the markets and offer that Indian Railways The team noted the areas,” Bhushan wrote played without any spec- sion has lost its inde- ate funds for invest- tory mishaps take place long-term debt to infra- will not be privatised lack of Covid-19-appro- in the letter. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 07

the days or weeks following im- munization, up to around six weeks after vaccination. NIGEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD Data from AstraZeneca’s clini- Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s cal trials, involving 24,000 people, Research Institute found four of these thromboem- bolic events occurred in people HAZEL CLOTHIER given the vaccine, and eight oc- Epidemiologist and Senior Research curred in the placebo group who Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research didn’t receive the COVID-19 vac- Institute cine. Following vaccination with the JIM BUTTERY AstraZeneca shot, these events Professor of Child Health Informatics, did not occur at a rate higher Department of Paediatrics, The than the expected “background University of Melbourne rate”. As of March 10, there have ermany, France, Spain been 30 thromboembolic events and all of Italy also reported from almost five million G paused their AstraZeneca people given COVID-19 vaccines roll-outs, shortly after this arti- in the European Economic Area. cle was published. In the UK, more than 11 million Ireland and the Netherlands doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have temporarily paused their have been administered, and the roll-outs of the AstraZeneca rate of blood clots has not been COVID-19 vaccine, due to con- greater than the natural rate ex- cerns about blood clots. pected to occur. The move follows reports from Australia will need to detect Norway over the weekend, where whether rates of clots are the three health-care workers who same or greater than expected fol- had received the vaccine were lowing COVID-19 vaccines. To do treated for blood clots. Austria so, our vaccine safety surveil- last week also reported two cases lance service in Victoria, called of serious adverse events related SAEFVIC, has determined local to blood clots after immuniza- background rates of these (and tion with this vaccine. other) potential adverse events, Norway, Denmark, Iceland though this isn’t yet published and one region of Italy have all data. Other jurisdictions through- also temporarily halted their As- out Australia have done the same, traZeneca immunization pro- in collaboration with the TGA. As grammes while they investigate. the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out While these responses have continues, we will monitor if the come from individual countries, number of these events in Aus- the European Medicines Agency tralia remains within the expect- said last week there’s “no indica- How safe is your ed “background rate”.

tion” recent reports of blood clots following vaccination were TAKING caused by the AstraZeneca vac- cine. The drugmaker itself said CONCERNS a review of 17 million people vaccinated in the United King- Data suggests no increased risk of blood SERIOUSLY dom and the European Union Given the data, we don’t think it’s found no evidence of increased vaccine? necessary to stop or pause COV- risk of blood clots. clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine ID-19 vaccine roll-outs in the So far, data from the Phase 3 meantime. Halting vaccine roll- clinical trials and real-world outs can dramatically dent public roll-outs suggest blood clots and confidence in the vaccine, and the other “thromboembolic” events World Health Organization rec- occur no more frequently in peo- ommends caution as the vaccine ple vaccinated with the Astra- safety assessments continue. Zeneca shot than they do in the Of course, this doesn’t mean we general population. Thrombo- should ignore the recent reports embolic events include blood of blood clots in people given the clots, pulmonary embolisms and vaccine. We should thoroughly deep vein thrombosis. investigate them as a matter of As vaccine safety experts, we priority, which is what’s occur- agree it’s very important to in- ring in these European countries. vestigate these safety concerns In fact, it’s important to con- thoroughly. sider all adverse events as poten- But we would urge extreme tially possible, so none are dis- caution in pausing roll-outs missed. while investigations are under- It’s also important for both way because, once a vaccine roll- the regulators and investigators out is paused, it can sometimes to consider whether vaccine dent vaccine confidence so much technology is potentially relat- that it struggles to recover, as ed to any safety concerns. The seen in Japan with the Human AstraZeneca vaccine is what’s Papillomavirus vaccine. known as a “viral vector” vac- We agree Australia should cine, which uses a different continue its roll-out while these technology to the mRNA vac- investigations are taking place. cines like Pfizer and Moderna’s shots. The United States hasn’t seen an increase in thromboem- ‘BACKGROUND bolic events while using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in RATES’ its rollout. But safety surveil- Across huge populations, we ex- lance is ongoing, which will pect there to be a small percent- also soon include data on the age of people who will at some Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. point in their lives have a throm- In Australia, we have robust boembolic event. We call this a vaccine safety systems including “background rate”. Unfortunate- active surveillance via “AusVax- ly, about 17,000 Australians suffer Safety” which asks vaccinated a thromboembolic event each individuals for reports via SMS of year. vaccine side-effects. Adverse So when vaccinating many mil- events can also be reported direct- lions of people, we expect a very ly to state vaccine safety services small number of them to develop or to the TGA. a blood clot that coincidentally The TGA said last week it hasn’t occurs not long after they’ve re- received any reports of blood ceived a vaccine. This doesn’t clots following the use of the As- mean it was caused by the vac- traZeneca vaccine in Australia cine. since the first dose was adminis- An adverse event after vaccina- tered on March 05, but close mon- tion that could be worthy of in- itoring will continue. vestigation may happen within SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM The leader has the Intelligence to have a vision for the team and the capacity to make the vision into reality. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, 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, MARCH 17, 2021 08 Zakia Jafri’s long quest for WAITING THEIR TURN justice in 2002 riots continues The Supreme Court has directed it would finally settle the case on April 13 First India Bureau JUSTICE DENIED? New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Tues- day stated it would finally decide on April 13 and entertain no further adjournment in the plea for justice by Zakia Jafri, wife of Zakia Jafri slain MP Ehsan Jafri, who has challenged an SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots. People waiting in long queues to get application forms of affordable housing scheme of the A bench headed by Gujarat Government outside a bank in the Paldi area in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Justice A M Khan- —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI wilkar took note of the Supreme Court —FILE PHOTO request of senior advo- cate Kapil Sibal, appear- week. heard someday. was burnt at Godhra Gujarat High Court’s ing for Jafri, that the Senior advocate Earlier, Jafri’s coun- killing 59 people and October 5, 2017 order matter be heard some- Mukul Rohatgi, appear- sel had told the apex triggering riots in Guja- rejecting her plea time in April as several ing for the SIT (Special court that a notice need- rat. against the decision of Robbers advocates were busy in Investigation Team) ed to be issued in the On February 8, 2012, the SIT. Rupani sanctions the Maratha reserva- also opposed the letter plea as it related to an the SIT filed a closure The plea also main- assault GEB tion case being heard for adjournment, and alleged “larger conspir- report giving a clean tained that after the presently by a five-judge said the matter should acy” from February 27, chit to Modi and 63 oth- SIT gave a clean chit official as he `165 crore for Constitution bench. be decided. 2002 to May 2002. ers, including senior in its closure report However, Solicitor The apex court, in Ehsan Jafri was government officials, before a trial judge, stopped them Surat, Vapi, Dhrol General Tushar Mehta, February last year, had among the 68 people saying there was “no the petitioner filed a appearing for the Guja- fixed the case for hear- killed at Gulberg Socie- prosecutable evidence” protest which was First India Bureau rat Government, op- ing on April 14, 2020 say- ty in Ahmedabad on against them. dismissed by the mag- posed the plea for ad- ing the matter had been February 28, 2002, a day Zakia Jafri filed a pe- istrate without con- Gandhinagar : journment and sought adjourned many times after the S-6 Coach of tition in the apex court sidering “substanti- Chief Minister Vi- hearing of the case next and would have to be the Sabarmati Express in 2018 challenging the ated merits”. jay Rupani on Tuesday sanc- tioned Rs. 165.20 crore for Surat Municipal Corpo- Somnath cops Brother-sister police duo ration and Vapi and Dhrol cities for developing in- book a person for booked for dowry torture First India Bureau frastructural Bhavesh Barot amenities like Surat: A gang of rob- roads, street lights, CM Vijay Rupani ‘hurting Hindu Himmatnagar: The bers allegedly attacked drainage lines and Chithoda Police in Sa- an official of the Guja- railway flyovers. garpalikas. During barkantha district has rat Electricity Board The amount has the 2020-21 financial religious sentiments’ booked an SRP consta- when he tried to stop been approved un- year, Rupani has so ble, his sister and a them from a housebreak der the ‘Swarnim far allocated in all constable with in the Jahangirpura Jayanti Mukhya Rs 3,120 crore under Ahmedabad police and area after getting doors Mantri Shaheri Vi- the SJMMSVY. their parents in a dow- of a housing shut to tar- kas Yojana Besides the SMC, ry harassment case. get one house. This was (SJMMSVY) for pro- he sanctioned Rs 50 Pushpaben captured in the CCTV jects to be imple- crore to Vapi Nagar- Shaileshbhai Dodiar, installed in the society. mented under a pub- palika for construct- 27, in her police com- Amit Kumar of lic-private-partner- ing GIDC J-type road plaint filed on Monday Awakened Citizens said ship arrangement. and railway flyover alleged that her hus- that 7-8 robbers dressed Of this, Rs 114.66 connecting Namdha band Shailesh Muke- in undergarments were crore has been sanc- Road. Similarly, he shbhai, father-in-law seen in the society. tioned for the Surat has allocated Rs. 54- Mukeshbhai Dodiar, —FILE PHOTO About 6 houses were Municipal Corpora- lakh for laying pav- mother-in-law Maniben closed from the outside tion to undertake er-blocks in Dhrol and husband’s sister Atarsumba village near ferred to suffer silent- and the families were 775 developmental Nagarpalika. Mayaben Mukeshbhai Vijaynagar. ly in the hope that locked inside. works such as mak- “The Chief Min- tortured her physically For a few months, she things would settle They then attempted ing cement-concrete ister’s transparent Irshad Rasheed and mentally for giving was treated well there down after she gave to rob one house, opened roads, street lights, and quick decision birth to baby girl and until she gave birth to birth to her baby girl. its window grills and water pipelines and making approach First India Bureau is also seen appealing harassed her for de- her first child. After the However, on provoca- broke in just when a drainage lines in has eased the path people that they mands of dowry. birth of her son Jain- tion by his police con- GEB employee saw private societies. of developing Veraval: Gir Som- should read Gazni’s She presently lives at ish, her husband and stable sister Maya, them. He was attacked. The Chief Minis- world class smart nath Police have work. her maternal home at inlaws started quarre- her husband and par- The residents said ter has adopted an cities for the Mu- registered a case The complaint Limbda village and was ling with her on petty ents assaulted her this was witnessed a few approach to allocate nicipal Corpora- against a man for says Irshad has tried married to SRP consta- issues and taunting her and drove away her days ago in a nearby so- grants under the tions and Nagarpa- an alleged mali- to create disharmony ble Shailesh Dodiar in frequently for not hav- from their home al- ciety. An offence has SJMMSVY directly likas of the state,” cious act intending among communities 2016. After her mar- ing brought enough leging that Shailesh been lodged in Jahang- to the municipal cor- according to an of- to outrage religious and his video has riage with Shailesh, she dowry. was not the father of irpura police station for porations and na- ficial statement. feelings of people. hurt the sentiments went to live with him at She said she pre- the the baby girl. further investigation. The offences were of people. registered for a vid- Irshad Rasheed eo clip, which is in also handles a You- ALL ON PAPER! circulation on so- Tube channel and on cial media since that he has uploaded Monday afternoon. personal profile pic- However, the police ture as well as videos. Whither Vinoba? Bhoodan panel hasn’t met once have found the vid- Gir Somnath Su- eo clip is an year perintendent of Po- Bhoodan Committee was formed prising Principal Secre- cies related to the old. lice Rahul Tripathi tary (Revenue), Princi- Bhoodan land. There Somnath Temple told media that pri- in 2017 in Gujarat to check records of pal Secretary (Urban were supposed to be the manager Vijaysinh mary investigation land donations, it remains on paper Development and Ur- committees at the State Darbar has lodged a by the technical team ban Housing), Secre- as well as the district complaint against Ir- showed that the video Gargi Raval Congress MLA Shailesh tary (Legal), and Secre- level. However, the apex shad Rasheed uploaded almost a Parmar on the floor of tary or representative state-level committee Joyned, who has re- year ago. Gandhinagar: The the State Assembly re- of the Gujarat Bhoodan has not met even once corded the video in Irshad has now up- State Government has garding the formation of Samiti. since its formation. the backdrop of the loaded another video admitted that the the Bhoodan Committee The committee had The government in- Somnath Temple. apologising to the Bhoodan Committee under a February 17, been formed to check the formed that the policy The video shows Hindu community that was formed on the 2017, Revenue Depart- records of the land par- would be framed after Irshad praising the and claiming that directions of the Gujarat ment resolution and the Acharya Vinoba Bhave leading the historic Bhoodan Movement. cels, which were donated the database from all the act of Mohammad someone was mis- High Court in 2017 has number of times the —ARCHIVAL PHOTO during the Bhoodan district collectors was Qasim Gazni of leading the people by not held a single meeting committee has met since Movement and prepare a collected. As of now, the bringing down the circulating an edited till December 31, 2020. then. High Court, the State- der the chairmanship database of the same. collectors are accumu- Somnath Temple and video clip. This was in response It was on the direc- level committee was of the State Chief Sec- Also, the committee was lating information of the to a question asked by tions of the Gujarat constituted in 2017 un- retary, comprising com- supposed to frame poli- land parcels. 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 MARCH 17, 2021

The Mademoiselle look Want to know the secret to dress your best every day? Take a hint from the French. It seems like every woman in Paris is so effortlessly elegant, even if her outfit is nothing special. City First brings you French style rules to look stunning!

includes lots of simple de- signs and neutral colours. Start by developing a closet of basics like t-shirts, but- MITALI DUSAD ton-ups, and simple pants. [email protected] Stick to neutral colours like black, white and nude. rench-style consist- ently appeals to so INVEST IN QUALITY many of us because OVER QUANTITY it’s an effortlessly el- French girls always invest in F egant vibe that can a few pieces of quality make us feel like our clothing over a large ward- truest selves. It’s all robe filled with low-cost about ease, and most items. Start by purging any women across the At- low-quality or deteriorat- lantic don’t care for ing items of clothing you throwaway, high BE EFFORTLESSLY CHIC own. Replace them with street styles. What The most cardinal of all high-quality pieces you do they care about French style rules is to ap- know will last longer than is clothing that’s pear effortlessly chic. You one season. well-made and ver- should never look like satile—pieces you’ve spent more than 30 ONE STATEMENT PIECE that read pol- minutes in front of a mirror PER OUTFIT ished without and that goes for both your Once you have a good closet trying too hard. outfit and your make-up! of basics and carefully cu- rated statement pieces, you START WITH THE BASICS can easily put together When it comes to dress- many different outfits. ing, the French go back Pick one statement piece to basics. Classic per outfit to add some per- French style clothing sonality to your look. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 10

Going Nuts Over PINE NUTS the genus Pinus produce drome,’ in which eating edible seeds. INGREDIENTS INGREDIENTS pine nuts give a metallic, Ghee/butter/ol- olive oil to sauté, 2-3 cups rock- bitter taste on the taste ORIGIN ive oil to grease, et spinach (washed), 2 tbsp buds. Some studies have These come from the pine fresh beans and roasted pine nuts, minced gar- shown that this syndrome trees. Pine cones, specifi- radishes (cut lic, salt to taste and black pep- only happens on consum- cally. Interestingly, these into slices of per powder ing specific species of aren’t nuts but seeds that your choice), a pine trees found in China. out the extra flavour. All nuts as they contain essen- are found inside these pinch of sugar, METHOD In some rare cases, pine you need to do is just fry tial fatty acid (the omega-6 cones. Usually, it takes salt to taste,  Heat oil in a pan and begin nut allergy can cause them on a pan with/with- fat), pinolenic acid. These about 1.5 years for them to black pepper cooking the spinach leaves itchy skin, breathing dif- out any grease. nuts have the potential to be ready, and, hence the powder, 2 tbsp over medium-high heat for ficulty, abdomen pain and curb one’s appetite, as the price! Also, because they roasted pine nuts 3-5 minutes. vomiting. HEALTH BENEFITS pinolenic acid helps release ABOUT CAULDRON SISTERS come covered in a thick  Add pine nuts, garlic and Pine nuts, like other the hunger-suppressant en- Ratika & Richa Khetan, two shell that needs to be bro- METHOD cook for another 2-3 minutes. BUYING AND STORAGE nuts, are high in calo- zymes called cholecysto- Sisters, started Cauldron 1 Sisters in 2015. It started as ken before they’re sold in  Heat some but-  Season with salt and pepper While buying unshelled ries. 100 g of dry kernels kinin and Glucagon-like an exotic food gift hamper the market, the extra la- ter in a pan and and it’s ready to serve on a nuts, look for dark brown contain 673 calories, which peptide-1 (GLP-1) in the gut. business, but their love for bour adds to the final cost over medium- side.Poetry is that genre of colour, uniformity among is monounsaturated fats, Pine nuts are an excel- food encouraged them to which the consumer bears. high heat, sau- literature which cascades the nuts, spot-free and iron and magnesium. 6 lent source of Vitamin start culinary workshops, The pine trees are com- té beans and down to the inner core of the crack-free nuts and feel the They can promote B-complex group, such as food deliveries, and slowly mon in China, Russia, radishes until heart effortlessly and is capa- weight when you put them 2 health as they’re rich thiamin, riboflavin, nia- and gradually it turned huge Mongolia, Korea, and Af- crisp and ten- ble of bringing about sea on your palms. While buy- in phytochemicals, vita- cin, pantothenic acid, vita- as restaurants and cafes ghanistan. While Europe der. This will changes in human psyche. ing shelled kernels, check mins, antioxidants, and min B-6 (pyridoxine) and started approaching them for consultancy. is a large consumer and take about 5 Poetry is at its best when re- for uniformity in all the minerals. folates. These vitamins producer of pine nuts as minutes. cited live before the audienc- nuts and always buy from Pine nuts are rich in help in cellular substrate well, Italy is where this nut  Sprinkle sugar, es that is why Mushaira and an authentic source. To 3 vitamin E, zinc, fibre, metabolism. mong all the nuts, is extensively used in the salt and black Kavi Sammelan together store, use an air-tight jar and protein. Vitamin E Among all the nuts and pine nut seems to preparation of traditional pepper. were chosen to be organized so that no humidity can contains antioxidants that 7 seeds, pine nuts are one be the most exclu- basil pesto.  Add the pine annually and that too on the mess with the nuts. You protect the skin from of the most powerful sive type. Also Did you know the “flow- nuts and voila! eve of 26th January the re- can either store them in harmful free radicals. source of manganese, A known as pignolia ers” of the pine tree even-  Spinach and public day of India when the the refrigerator or keep at They’re rich in mono- which helps our body de- or pignoli nuts, we tually become the cone? Pine Nuts (you constitution was adopted a cold place. Their shelf- 4 unsaturated fatty acids velop resistance against usually see it in The female cones take can add more whose preamble itself envis- life is long if well taken like oleic acid (18:1 undif- infectious agents and our pesto pasta. Yes, it about two–three years to greens to the ages secular credentials in- care of. Just like stale al- ferentiated fat) that con- harmful free radicals. comes with a high price mature after pollination. recipe) ter-alia. monds, if you notice a pun- trol LDL or “bad choles- tag and that’s probably be- While at it, the female gent smell, oily surface terol” and increases HDL RECIPES cause it’s got labour-inten- cones (ovulate or seed and a bitter taste in your or “good cholesterol” in Sautéed Radishes and sive harvesting process. cones) may become any- quite similar to any other iana) and are long and pine nuts, it’s better to dis- our blood. Green Beans with Pine In today’s blog, we talk thing between 3 cm to 35 nut like walnut and pea- slender in shape with card them. People on diet are often Nuts (or any veggie of about its origin, traits, cm. Once the scaly cone nut. Because of their rich pointed ends. 5 asked to snack on pine your choice). taste, storage tips, selec- matures, it splits open nat- texture, they are a great USAGE tion process, allergies, urally to release the kernel add on to any dip, sauce ALLERGIES Pine nuts can be used in a health benefits, and two – the pine nut! and cream. Some people suffer from number of baked items, easy recipes that can be ‘pine nut mouth’ or ‘pine soups, pasta, dressings, made under 10 minutes! FEATURES THE INDIAN PINE NUTS nut syn- dips, salads and also Scroll down: Pine nuts have a dark- These grow in the Him- smoothie bowls. Their brown outer shell that’s alayan region combined creamy and NAME very hard in nature. Inside like Himachal crunchy texture is Botanically, pine trees be- it, the edible kernel is Pradesh, what makes them a long to the family of formed that is off-white in Kashmir top choice of chefs Pinaceae and the Pinus ge- colour and relatively sweet and Uttra- around the world. nus. Some of the common in taste. khand. This It’s, however, sug- names are pinon nuts, variety is gested to roast pignoli, cedar nuts, chilgo- TASTE known as these nuts a little za, pinyon pinenuts, etc. A They have a cashew-like Chilgoza pine before using them in great number of species of texture and the flavour is nut (Pinus gerard- your recipes to bring

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER YOUR MAR 21 - APR 20 APR 21 - MAY 20 MAY 21 - JUNE 21 JUNE 22 - JULY 23 Health tips from an expert Seek help of health experts Those suffering from Avoid ignoring minor will enable you to get before undertaking a new chronic ailments may fi nd ailments as they may DAY closer to your fi tness fi tness regimen. remarkable improvement compound later on. Better FACE OF THE DAY Horoscope by goals. Past investment Investment antiques and in their health with home to consult an expert in may start yielding handsome returns jewellery would bring handsome remedies. It’s a very good day to take fi nancial matters before making an Saurabbh Sachdeva from today. Chances of being misled fi nancial gains. On professional front, calculated risks in fi nancial matters. investment. Your hard work and by competitors in business are high, recognition for good work would Today you’ll enjoy the trust of senior dedication are likely to be noticed by so remain alert. Your generous motivate you to work harder. Distant management. Domestic disputes seniors, paving way for promotion or behavior would enable to enjoy time. relatives may come for surprise visit. may snowball into a major row. increment. Family will be supportive.

LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 AUG 24 - SEP 23 SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Regular exercise and Seek opinion of expert Dedication to stick to There is an urgent need to moderation in diet will help before opting for a health regular exercise and remain on guard against in improving fi tness and supplement. Your gullible healthy diet will enable you seasonal aliments. Avoid health. Long-pending nature would allow people to attain your desired being indulgent in your arrears and dues are likely to be to take advantage of you, so remain physique. You will be greatly spending to balance budget. recovered. Senior management will alert. The day is not likely to pose benefi ted by investing in companies Continue to put in efforts at work and be appreciative of your creative inputs any major problems at workplace. of repute. Develop a good you will see promising opportunities on professional front. A youngster You will succeed in resolving adaptability to handle pressurized coming your way. Matrimonial match may not fi t well in your expectation. misunderstanding with family. situation on professional front. for siblings will bring happiness.

SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES NOV 23 - DEC 22 DEC 23 - JAN 20 JAN 21 - FEB 19 FEB20 - MARCH 20 Those pursing extreme Yoga would help in raising A sound fi nancial health of A sound monetary position fi tness may get an energy levels and improve businessmen would enable would enable you to keep opportunity to compete your metabolism. Past to give monetary benefi ts to pace with changing times. professionally. Don’t give a investments in conserva- employees. Problems on Successful implementation fi rm commitment in fi nancial matters tive schemes are likely to fi ll your professional front could force to of new ideas and projects would add before considering the viability of the coffers to the brim. Unilateral compromise on your principles. to your prestige on the professional project. You succeed in completing an decisions on professional front Roadblock in the matrimonial alliance front. Avoid raising controversial important project well before deadline. would invite the ire of colleagues. of kin gets cleared bringing happiness issues at home to maintain harmony. AKANSHA ARYA, Model You’ll disagree on the family front. Place emphasis on domestic affairs. for entire family. You have to be very cautious. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 11

SET RELOCATED

OSCARS!he Oscars 2021 nominees an- nouncement was historic in From the sets more ways than one. While T diversity was at play, sever- hooting Eros International’s Haathi al artists like Viola Davis, Mere Saathi was as challenging an ex- Chloe Zhao, Riz Ahmed, perience for the team as it was reward- Steven Yeun and Emer- S ing. Haathi Mere Saathi cast including ald Fennel made his- Rana Daggubati, Pulkit Samrat, Shriya Pil- tory with their nom- gaonkar and Zoya Hussain proved to be adven- inations. Mean- turous team players facing every challenge while, the present- with great elan. Shares the source, who was ers themselves present on the set of this Prabu Solomon direc- were no less be- torial, “It took a six-hour-long drive from Kochi hind. The Oscars airport to reach the town close to the forest 2021 nomina- where we were to shoot.” —Agency tions were an- than Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra and nounced by Nick Jonas from London. The live none other presentation saw the couple an- COMEBACK nounce the nominees with ease as ollywood actress well as have fun. —Agency Esha Deol Takhtani, is the B elder daughter of legendary Bollywood ac- tors Dharmendra and Dancing Hema Malini, is all set to make comeback in Bol- lywood. She was away Esha Deol from the industry as she with the was with her daughters Radhya and Miraya and now she is thinking to make a comeback in the films. The actress has already started the preparation and has been devil reading many scripts in the free time. —Agency emi Lovato fans can now rejoice as the sing- er is all set to drop her POSTER OUT Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas D new album titled Danc- umy Jafry’s next directorial Chehre has ing With the Devil...The Art of been in headlines. The makers had re- Starting Over, next month. cently dropped the teaser of the film The singer confirmed the R which received immense love from the news during her live stream audience. The session on Clubhouse. Lova- teaser made SILENCE... to’s new album will be a step fans more ex- ahead of her upcoming four- cited for the part docuseries, Dancing with film as they the Devil, which is slated to were waiting Can you hear it? release on March 23 on You- with bated Tube whereas her new album breath for the will be dropping on April 2. release of the Demi Lovato —Agency film. It was that the mak- ers had an- SUSHMITA AIND nounced the [email protected] trailer release Favourite job Poster of the film date on Tues- he trailer of the up- day and also dropped the solo poster of Am- coming thriller ‘Si- ophie Turner and Joe Jonas be- itabh Bachchan. The trailer will be out on lence... Can you hear Manoj Bajpayee during came proud parents to their first March 18, 2021. —Agency T it?’ was launched on the virtual launch child, a baby girl who they named the virtual platform Zoom on the session. The team re- S Willa Jonas, in July 2020. Since Tuesday. During the virtual vealed that the thriller is then, it’s been parental bliss for the couple THE BIG BULL TEASER OUT launch, the team of Silence, about a murder mystery as their primary focus is, of course, baby he much-awaited teaser of Abhishek Bach- including Director Aban which is unveiled by Willa. Moreover, Sophie has been very chan starrer The Big Bull got finally re- Bharucha Deohans and actors, ACP Avinash Verma por- lowkey when it comes to sharing anything leased. The film, which is inspired by the Manjoy Bajpayee, Prachi De- trayed by Manoj and In- about Willa as it’s almost going to be a year T life of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, will be sai and Arjun Mathur joined spector Sanjana por- and the pair still released on Dis- trayed by Prachi. haven’t given fans a ney Plus Hot- This is the first OTT glimpse of Willa’s face, star on April 8, debut for Prachi and opting for her privacy 2021. Owing to she feels exuberant instead. the pandemic about her character as However, we do get the film’s re- she does not demolish some adorable tidbits lease date had feminity while playing a here and there on how the been constantly cop. Manoj, on the other Jonas-Turner family is shifting, but hand, plays the angry doing. On account of now the makers cop who is separated Mother’s Day, Sophie Poster of the film have decided to from his family and has took to her Instagram go for a digital thrown himself into Stories to reveal to her 15 release. The film’s trailer will be out on March 19. work and faces bouts of million followers and Abhishek Bachchan has released the teaser on his anger throughout the counting the favourite job social media handles. —Agency Poster of the film mystery thriller. Sophie Turner ..her post she’s ever had. —Agency

SPOTTED! aina Ne- hwal a Bollywood known Actress S name in the HAPPY Sonakshi world of sports cele- Sinha was brates her birthday to- in Jaipur day! Her journey has been a for her tremendous ride which we shall birthday! upcoming soon witness in her biopic which is set project. to release on March 26. The biopic stars During her Parineeti Chopra as Saina. She has repre- visit to the sented India three times in the Olympics, Pinkcity, winning a bronze medal in her second the actress appearance. She is the first Indian enjoyed the badminton player to have won an puppet show Olympic medal, the first Indian at Chokhi to have reached the final of the Dhani, BWF World Championships, Jaipur on along with being the only Monday. Indian to have won the The actress BWF World Junior Cham- shared a pionships. Saina has glimse of made our country her visit proud and we wish on her her all the best to- Instagram day! handle and expressed Saina Newal gratitude. 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, MARCH 17, 2021 12

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA A MAGICAL EVENING dresses, which featured fine work of embroidery on party wear dresses. The show stopper for this round MITALI DUSAD was singer Simran Chaud- [email protected] hary. In the final round of the show, the models dis- arious stunning played cocktail party de- models dressed up signer apparels. The show’s in ethnic and west- stopper for this round was Anchor, Nia Sharma, Simran Chaudhary and Balraj Syal ern attire walked actress Nia Sharma. Dur- V on the ramp at the Gaurav Gaur ing the program, Balraj ‘Live Fashion Stu- Syal entertained the guests dio’, a show organ- Creations. with his stand up comedy. ised by Shree Balaji Crea- The show was divided Talking about the show, tions on Tuesday in Sita- into 3 glamorous rounds Manish Agarwal from pura, Jaipur. Television that showcased 7 designer Shree Balaji Creation said actress Nia Sharma, singer outfits in each round. In the that this is for the first time Simran Chaudhary and co- first round, the models in Jaipur that a fashion median Balraj Syal were showcased ethnic suits show is being organised in- the highlights of the even- with Akansha Bhalla as the house in the fashion studio. ing. Jagdeesh Chandra show stopper. The fashion show was live graced the occasion as the The second round wit- telecasted on the Shree Bal- Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the audience, seen here Chief Guest and felicitated nessed the models in semi- aji Creation online mobile Riya Sain, Himakshi Chaudhary, Monica, Akanksha Bhalla, are Manish Agarwal and Anita Agarwal Tanu Chaudhary the team of Shree Balaji traditional and fusion platforms. Riya Suledia and Priyanka

SOME MORE GLIMPSES OF WEDDING OF THE SON OF DR ALOK TRIPATHI, WEDDING SHENANIGANS! WEDDDING BELLS VC, SARDAR PATEL POLICE UNIV JODHPUR ON MONDAY AT HOTEL LALIT. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN —PHOTO

Jagdeesh Chandra with Mohd Said, Parveen Akhtar, newly weds Asma & Arbaaz, Mairaj and Sheeraz The wedding ceremony of Arbaz Ahmed with Asma Ahatram was held at Shiv Vilas Garden, Jaipur on Tuesday. Arbaz is the son of Syed Mohammad Saud and Parveen Akhtar and Asma is the daughter of Late Ahtramuddin and Swaleha Begum. Jagdeesh Chandra congratulated the newlyweds and wished them a happy married life ahead!

Governor Kalraj Mishra blessed the newlyweds, seen here with Suresh Mishra, Govind Jaiswal, Alok Tripathi, Pradeep Sharma and Anupama Tripathi. CM Ashok Gehlot with the Tripathi family —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA —PHOTO

Dr. Satish Poonia and Dr. CP Joshi with Alok Tripathi and the newly weds B D Kalla and Tripathi family Dr. Raghu Sharma and Tripathis ML Lathar and his wife with the Tripathi family The wedding ceremony of Chanchal with Yogendra took place on Monday at Entertainment Paradise Jaipur. Jagdeesh Chandra greeted the newlyweds on the occasion. A BLISSFUL CEREMONY

Jagdeesh Chandra with the Gulab Chand Kataria, Anand and Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Lahoti newly weds and proud parents Kuldeep Ranka and the Tripathis Smita Srivastava with the Tripathis and Dinesh MN

Lt. Gen. Alok Kler, Anu, Jagdeep and Pinky Shivina, Anu, Manjul and Shraddha Shivraj

CITY FIRST

he members of the Jaipur Chap- ter of Mayo Col Rajeev Sharma, Alumni gave a Gen. S. Kulkarni, Naveen Thakur Man Singh Kanota KK Sharma, ML Lather and their wives T warm farewell to the and Randhir and Mahipat Singh DB Gupta with Alok and Anupama Tripathi Dinesh MN and Haider Ali Zaidi with Tripathis Biju George Army Commander, South Western Com- dinner. Mayo College, Lt Gen S mand, Lt Gen Alok Poet Jagdeep Singh’s Kulkarni and his wife, Kler (alumnus of anthology of poems, Pravina, Col Bhawani the 1979 Batch of ‘My Epitaph’ was of- Singh, Randhir Man- Mayo) and his ficially launched by dawa, Bonnie Dundlod, wife, Anu Kler Gen Kler and his Thakur Man Singh Gen Kler on Sunday wife for the Mayo Kanota, Veer Vijay Sin- at Hotel Narain Niwas Alumni fraternity. gh, Shivina Kumari Palace. The guests had Jagdeep Singh is also and Manjul Kumari a gala time by munch- the President of the among others were pre- Dr Samit Sharma and Sanjay Agarwal, Malini Agarwal, ing over sumptuous Jaipur Chapter. sent on the occasion. Rajeshwar Singh Dr Sandeep Bakshi VK Singh and Mrs Singh Kuldeep Ranka, Kapil Bhatt and ML Lather snacks and delectable The Director of [email protected]

THE GRAND CELEBRATIONS! HAPPY B’DAY! CONDOLENCE!

Kamla Bora, wife of Senior Journalist Rajendra Bora passed away on Tuesday due to ill health. The funeral ceremony L to R: Lion Dr Vinod Verma, Lion Gaurav Gupta, L to R Tajinder, Ruchika, Seema Gumber, took place at Lion VK Luthra, Lion Navratan Aggarwal, L to R Lion Gaurav Gupta, Lion VK Luthra, Lion Gaurav Gupta, Lion Navratan Aggarwal, Shiprapath. Lion Nargis Gupta and Captain Sunil Gupta Lion Navratan Aggarwal, Lion Nargis Gupta Lion Nargis Gupta, Lion Dr Vinod K Verma City First IAS Rohit Kumar Singh extends deepest Lions Club Delhi Veg organised a get together on Monday at Bikanervala, Noida to celebrate the spirit of Festivals of Colors - Holi and to celebrate the success of its grand show, celebrated their birthdays condolences to ‘Entrepreneur Excellence Awards 2021’, held on March 6 in Jaipur. The success party was presided by District Governor Lion Nargis Gupta and PID Lion VK Luthra along with HE on 16 March, Tuesday. We the family. KL Ganju, Director of Bikanervala Lion President Navratan Aggarwal. The organising team and guests of the Award Ceremony were felicitated on the occasion. wish them all the best!