From Mahapanchayat in Jatland

AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 70

CHIEF MINISTER PINARAYI VIJAYAN BJP CAN BUY FEW CORRUPT LEADERS HAS LOST HIS CREDIBILITY, SAYS JP BUT NOT TMC’S DEDICATED WORKERS: P5 NADDA DURING 2-DAY VISIT TO KERALA WEST BENGAL CM MAMATA BANERJEE P6

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No propaganda can deter India’s unity: Shah TIKAIT’S HUNKAAR ...FROM MAHAPANCHAYAT IN JATLAND 5 resolutions passed at gathering including Union Home Ministry says no extension withdrawal of farm laws, MSP legal guarantee of internet suspension at Delhi borders

Rihanna Amit Shah Greta Thunberg Jind: A huge crowd gathered on Wednesday Delhi Police New Delhi: Home national unity. at Jind in Haryana for a announces Minister Amit Shah “No propaganda farmers’ “mahapan- became the senior- can deter India’s uni- chayat” or meeting to reward on most member of the ty! No propaganda can push for the repeal of government to warn stop India to attain three new laws at the Sidhu, 3 others of the “temptation of new heights! Propa- heart of farmer protests sensationalist social ganda can not decide outside Delhi since No- media hashtags and India’s fate only ‘Pro- vember. While several comments” - a re- gress’ can. India such gatherings have sponse to the wave of stands united and to- been seen in the past few support for farmers gether to achieve pro- days in Uttar Pradesh, protesting the new gress,” Shah tweeted. Jind’s meeting took it to New Delhi: The Delhi agriculture laws, a Late Tuesday night Haryana’s Jat heartland. Police on Wednesday an- wave generated by a Rihanna tweeted to Five resolutions were nounced a cash reward six-word tweet from her 100 million follow- passed at the “mahapan- of Rs 1 lakh for anyone pop star Rihanna. ers: “Why aren’t we chayat”. Apart from the who provided informa- Shah joined the talking about this demand that the gov- tion on actor Deep Sid- growing list of BJP #FarmersProtest?” ernment withdraw the hu, his two associates, politicians and lead- and shared an article farm laws, the resolu- and Jugraj Singh, ac- ers, and Bollywood on the farmers’ pro- tions called for a legal cused of hoisting the celebrities tweeting test by American guarantee of minimum Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jind district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Nishan Sahib, a flag sa- against “propagan- news outlet CNN. support price for crops, cred to Sikhs, at the Red da” that threatens Turn to P6 a farm loan waiver and Fort during the farmers’ the release of farmers SC REJECTS JUDICIAL PROBE INTO R-DAY VIOLENCE protest on Republic Day. arrested after the vio- The police are con- New Delhi: The Supreme ment reportedly given by to the media not to declare COMPLY OR FACE ACTION: GOVT TO lence on Republic Day. ducting multiple raids Court on Wednesday re- Prime Minister Narendra farmers as ‘terrorists’ TWITTER ON ‘GENOCIDE’ HASHTAG Bharatiya Kisan Un- fused to entertain a clutch Modi during the all-party without any evidence, in Delhi and Punjab to New Delhi: Twitter may face action if it does not ion leader Rakesh Ti- of petitions demanding meeting that “the law will news agency ANI reported. look for the accused comply with the government’s orders, the centre kait addressed the gath- judicial investigations into take its own course” and In their petition, advocates who participated in the warned on Wednesday, stressing that the social ering at Jind, consid- the violence during the allowed the petitioners to Vishal Thakre and Abhay violent clashes between media giant “unilaterally unblocked” accounts and ered the epicenter of tractor rally in Delhi on Re- withdraw pleas. The court Singh Yadav, both practis- police and farmers dur- tweets - linked to an objectionable hashtag related to Jat politics in Haryana. public Day. The apex court also dismissed another ing in Delhi, sought probe ing the Republic Day the farmers’ protest - despite its order. Turn to P6 also referred to a state- petition seeking direction by the CBI, Turn to P6 tractor march. Turn to P6 Historic: Sensex closes SC refuses plea against Ekana may host IPL, World T20 religious conversion laws as Jay Shah all praise for stadium above 50,000 for first time New Delhi: The Su- Mumbai: The BSE of 14,789.95. It touched preme Court Wednes- Vishal Srivastav Sensex closed above the an all-time high of day refused to entertain historic 50,000-mark for 14,868.85 during the day. a plea challenging the Lucknow: ‘Yahan to the first time ever on IndusInd Bank validity of laws enacted IPL hona hi chahiye’.... Wednesday as the post- topped the Sensex gain- by states, including Ut- (IPL must happen here) Budget euphoria con- ers’ chart, zooming 7.65 tar Pradesh and Uttara- were the first words of tinued for the third per cent, followed by khand, which deal with Jay Shah as he had first straight session amid a PowerGrid, Dr Reddy’s, religious conversion by We are not on merits glimpses of the Bharat spurt in buying by for- Sun Pharma, NTPC and marriage and others. at all. Allahabad and Ut- Ratna Shri Atal Bihari eign funds and positive Axis Bank. A bench headed by tarakhand high courts Vajpayee Ekana Cricket global cues. On the other hand, Ul- Chief Justice S A Bob- are entertaining simi- Stadium in Lucknow on Banking, finance and traTech Cement, Maru- de, while saying that lar petitions. We are not Wednesday. pharma counters ti, ITC, Kotak Bank, the petitioner should denying the importance Shah, Honorary Sec- hogged the limelight, Asian Paints, Nestle In- approach the concerned of matter at all. We are retary, Board of Control BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and VP Rajiv Shukla inspecting the while cement and FMCG dia and TCS were among high court, observed saying we would like to for Cricket in India Ekana stadium. Also seen are Ekana Stadium MD Uday Sinha stocks succumbed to at 50,255.75, up 458.03 the losers, slipping up to that the issue raised is have the benefit of high (BCCI) and newly elect- and UPCA Secretary Yudhvir Singh along with other ofﬁ cials. profit-taking. points or 0.92 per cent. 0.90 per cent. important and the high courts view, said the ed President, Asian After touching a re- Similarly, the broader “Domestic equities courts of Allahabad bench, also comprising Cricket Council (ACC), hold a meeting with Ut- However, exclusive cord intra-day high of NSE Nifty surged 142.10 continued to remain in and Uttarakhand are Justices A S Bopanna was in the city along tar Pradesh Cricket As- sources have revealed 50,526.39, the 30-share points or 0.97 per cent to the grip of bulls already dealing with pe- and V Ramasubrama- with BCCI Vice Presi- sociation (UPCA) office- to First India that BSE benchmark ended its fresh closing record Turn to P6 titions on it. nian. Turn to P6 dent Rajiv Shukla, to bearers. Shah’s visit Turn to P6

ADDL DIRECTOR PRAVEEN SINHA MISSING INFO APPOINTED ACTING CBI CHIEF New Delhi: CBI Addi- AMC lacks data on RAT kits worth `130 cr: RTI tional Director Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch ing kits and that two these kits discarded af- Gujarat cadre IPS, has Of 34 lakh kits purchased, lakh kits remain un- ter use? How do we know been appointed acting two lakh remain unused used.” these purchases were chief of the agency till In its reply, AMC said not just on paper?” a decision on a new Gargi Raval data on how many peo- that 32 lakh kits were He also raised ques- Praveen Sinha director is taken to ple tested using the 32 bought (from SD Biosen- tions on the difference in succeed Rishi Kumar of the director with Ahmedabad: The lakh kits turned out to sor Healthcare Ltd) for cost for both lots of tests. Shukla who retired immediate effect till Ahmedabad Municipal be positive for COVID-19, Rs121.12 crore, while two “Why would the civic on Wednesday after a the appointment of a Corporation has admit- either. lakh kits were pur- body pay Rs81 more per two-year fi xed stint. The new CBI chief or until ted that about two lakh Social activist Ankur chased (from MyLab kit from a separate com- Appointments Com- further orders, which- antigen test kits remain Sagar, who filed the RTI Discovery Solution Pvt. pany in the second mittee of the Cabinet ever is earlier. Shukla, a unused. In all, the civic application, said, “I had Ltd) for Rs9.18 crore. round of purchasing? chaired by PM Narendra 1983-batch IPS offi cer body spent a whopping sought information re- “The civic body has The AMC does not even Modi chose Sinha. An from Madhya Pradesh Rs130.3 crore to buy 34 garding how many such failed to share zone-wise have any information on order issued by the cadre. The CBI director lakh tests, it said in re- kits were purchased Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation —FILE PHOTO or month-wise usage de- either state or Central DoP and Training on is chosen by a high- ply to an application from February 2020 to tails,” Sagar told First government SOPs Wednesday stated that powered committee of filed under the Right to December 2020, and tion. Out of five differ- formation: that they India, adding, “Were 32 (standard operating pro- Sinha will look duties PM, LoP and CJI. Information. Oddly, the whether they used a ten- ent questions, I asked I spent roughly Rs 141 lakh people really test- cedures) to buy things,” AMC does not have any der process or a quota- got only two bits of in- crore to buy antigen tested? If so, where were he said. NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 02 SHANKERSINH VAGHELA TO REJOIN CONGRESS? Despite the rumours, senior leaders have neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of his return, as the party plans to run its PODAM experiment First India Bureau

Gandhinagar: Ac- cording to specula- tions rife in the political circuit, veteran leader and former Chief Minister of Gu- jarat Shankersinh Vaghela may return to the Congress fold unconditionally. There have been rumours doing rounds about Vaghela’s plans but leaders of the opposition party have avoided commenting on it. As per reports, if everything goes as planned, the party Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela. may implement its new social engineering experiment of PO- DAM (Patidar, Other Backward Class, Dalit, Adivasi and Muslims). Vaghela’s supporters at a rally —FILE PHOTO In a recent Facebook Live session, Vaghela bying for Vaghela’s will also help Congress can add more value to munity is represented had stated, “If the Con- ‘ghar vapsi’, they have strengthen its base on it. They appointed by Gyasuddin Shaikh, gress high command, not responded to calls its new social engineer- Hardik Patel as the Imran Khedawala, especially Sonia or Ra- from First India to con- ing PODAM experi- working president of Shailesh Parmar and hul Gandhi ask me to firm or deny the ru- ment, where it plans to the Gujarat Pradesh Naushad Solanki. This rejoin Congress, I will mours. establish voter base in Congress Committee new social engineering that if the former CM trums of the society. At the opposition party love to do that uncondi- The possibility of these communities, as- (GPCC) for the Patidar experiment can change chooses to rejoin Con- the same time, it is also could had the chance to tionally, to defeat the Vaghela returning to serted political analyst community. Leaders the game of Gujarat gress, it will be more a question of whether form a majority in the Bharatiya Janata Party Congress cannot be Hemant Shah. such as Mohansinh politics,” observed beneficial to him than Vaghela will enjoy the state assembly. His re- (BJP).” ruled out. If it works “As of now, the Con- Rathwa, Tushar Chaud- Shah. to the party. The party same credibility among turn can benefit Con- While there have out, it will help bail out gress has OBC leaders hary, Ashwin Kotwal, But, not everyone is is presently facing a the voters, or not. gress, but for that to been murmurs about the Congress party that such as Bharatsinh Dr Anil Joshiyara and confident of Vaghela’s leadership crisis and it Notably, had Vaghela happen, the party will senior Congress leaders is currently facing a Solanki, Arjun Modh- even Ashwin Kotwal return to Congress. Ma- may help if it is joined not left the Congress on have to give him free Bharatsinh Solanki and leadership crisis in the wadia, Amit Chavda from the tribal commu- hesh Pandya, political by a face that will be ac- the eve of the 2017 as- rein, stated senior jour- Arjun Modhwadia lob- state. Not only that, it and others, but Vaghela nity. The Muslim com- analyst is of the view cepted across all spec- sembly elections, then nalist Dilip Patel. Failing to get a ticket, female Former AMC councillor Cong workers stage protest ‘removed’ from voters’ list First India Bureau when he revealed the fake bill road scam Ahmedabad: Former in AMC before the councillor repre- media and officers senting the Ghatlo- of the civic body. The dia ward Jatin Patel, whole scandal had who had exposed the dented the image of fake bill road scam the party. He is a in the Ahmedabad two-term councillor, Municipal Corpora- who was likely to get tion (AMC) by pre- a ticket from the par- senting documenta- ty, due to his clean ry evidence, was and rebellious im- shocked to find him- age. It is surprising Women Congress workers outside the party ofﬁce in Rajkot on Wednesday. self off the voters’ that just four days list. Patel is believed prior to the last day First India Bureau Rajkot city office on of the ward and years. The lady who to be part of former for nomination of lo- Dhebar Road, when felt that only she has been selected as Gujarat Chief Minis- cal body polls, he has Rajkot: With the lo- the name of ward can win the elec- a candidate is not a ter Anandiben Pa- found his name miss- cal body elections one president tion but, this is the known face. There- tel’s group. Jatin Patel ing from the list,” around the corner, Harshaba Jadeja did party’s decision. As fore, we demand that According to the said a source from the Congress party not appear in the for her chances of her name be crossed former councillor, his the BJP. seems to be feeling first list released by winning, there can off the list and the name was in the list be removed. It is to be by high-ranking Now, as per sourc- the heat in the run- the party. be other candidates selection of a more initially, but when the noted that his father postholders in the es, Patel is likely to up to finalizing its “Jalpaben Gohil who are more eligi- eligible candidate final voters’ list was Zaver Patel died in party to keep Patel seek legal advice as candidates. has been finalized ble then her,” said should be made, even published, it was not. January 2019 and af- aloof from contest- he wants to contest On Wednesday, a in the first list un- Rajkot city Con- if it isn’t me. Other- However, according ter that, Jatin cast a ing upcoming local the election. He was group of female Con- der the general cat- gress president wise, I will ensure to officials, his name vote in the 2019 gen- body polls. “Patel one of the contend- gress members egory from the Ashok Dangar. that nobody gets en- may have deleted eral elections. was reprimanded by ers for the standing staged a protest in ward. Harshaba is “We have been ac- try in the ward,” as- when Patel filed an According to the Bharatiya Jana- committee chairman front of the party’s the vice president tive in the party for serted Jadeja. application for his sources, this ‘dele- ta Party (BJP) high position in the 2018 late father’s name to tion’ is a lame effort command in 2017, reshuffle.

WORLD CANCER DAY Guj women rank third from bottom in cancer screening Gargi Raval Overall, the accom- ing for 0.3% and ru- The survey has lll estimates of the num- panying report ber of women aged ral for 0.2% of every also reported the The National Ahmedabad: The clearly indicates between 30 and 49 screening for cervi- percentage of men World Cancer Day is that cancer aware- years who have ever cal cancer. aged 30-49 years Family Health marked each year ness and preference been screened for cer- As for breast can- who have undergone on February 04, for early screening vical, breast or oral cer, only 0.1% of both an examination for Survey took with the objective to in the state of Guja- cancer in 22 states urban and rural wom- oral cancer, for the into account raise awareness and rat is very low. and UTs. en have been screened first time. The encourage the pre- One in 10 Indians is The fraction of or have examined awareness of oral the estimates vention, detection likely to develop can- women aged 30-49 themselves for cancer. cancer among men and treatment of cer in their lifetime, years and who have The awareness was reported to be of women in the disease. But, ac- and one in 15 will die been screened for about oral cancer higher – although it the age bracket cording to the 5th of it, according to a cervical cancer is among women also re- does not even ac- National Family recent World Health lower than 7% in mains low with only count for one per- of 30 to 49 Health Survey Organisation (WHO) every state. Gujarat 0.2% of women in cent of the age (NFHS), few people study. is just second last both urban and rural group population. It years in 22 opt for screening The recently re- on the list with ur- parts going for oral is 0.5% in urban and states and UTs cancer in India. leased NFHS includes ban women account- cavity examination. 0.9 in rural pockets. GUJARAT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 03 Army Major’s wife accuses him Security guard murdered while protecting ATM in Bhuj of cruelty, demanding dowry First India Bureau Says she decided to file police complaint against husband, in-laws since there is no hope for reconciliation Bhuj: A security guard lost his life First India Bureau THE BEGINNING while fighting off robbers at the Anjar Vadodara: An Army SBI ATM on Tuesday Major’s wife has night, police officials lodged a criminal said on Wednesday, complaint against adding that they have her husband and in- launched an investi- laws under the Dow- gation bases on CCTV ry Prohibition Act footage and the mo- and the section of bile-tracking system. Indian Penal code. The deceased has Sayajiganj Police been identified as Sub-Inspector is in- Navin Solanki, a vestigating the case. 21-year-old native of According to the Bhabhar taluka in Ba- The police have begun to investigate the murder at the ATM. complaint filed at the naskantha district. His Sayajiganj police sta- brother-in-law discov- was declared brought curity guard Navin tion, Suchi (name ered his body in a pool dead. Prima facie, he must have stopped changed), an MBA of blood inside the seems to have bled them. During that graduate, married ATM booth on Wednes- out,” he said. fight, the robbers must Meet in December 2017 —FILE PHOTO day morning and Based on primary have stabbed him,” the in accordance with called the police, the information, the police official said. Hindu rituals. At the tar Pradesh, where her would keep asking for their home in Va- efforts to reunite with Anjar police station of- say it is likely that He added that senior time of the wedding, husband was posted. dowry and even com- dodara, her husband her husband and decid- ficer said. Solanki was stabbed by officers have formed a Suchi’s parents gave She reportedly told plain about her cook- allegedly demanded ed to file the complaint “A team rushed to robbers on Tuesday number of teams to the newlyweds Rs20 the police that her hus- ing in bouts of petti- Rs50 lakh to get his since the in-laws re- the spot as soon as the night in an attempt to trace the assailants, lakh worth of jewel- band began to torture ness, she told the cops. parents’ home reno- fused to accept her back call came in on take the ATM. who will be charged lery and household and harass her a few In April 2018, the vated. into their family even Wednesday morning “Robbers must have with murder. Solanki items. Suchi then days after she went to couple was visiting She told the police after an intervention by and took the guard to a attempted to break managed to foil the moved to Meerut in Ut- live with him. He Suchi’s parents at that she finally gave up the family’s elders. hospital. However, he into the ATM, and se- robbery, he also said.

Brain-dead X, XII State Board exams to start May 10 Culprit turns out to person from First India Bureau per, followed by Sci- language, will be held be daughter’s lover A’bad gives ence on May 12, Math- on May 21. This year, Gandhinagar: The ematics on May 15, and the Board has given new lease of Gujarat Secondary end with the second students two days’ hol- in Rajkot robbery and Higher Second- language on May 20. iday between two main ary Education Board Students of Class papers. life to four on Wednesday an- XII Science stream will Exams for the Class nounced that the take their exams from XII General stream Board exams for 3-6 pm. The first paper and Vocational stream Classes X and XII for these students is will last 15 days, with will begin on May 10. Physics, on May 10, fol- General stream exams The Class X exams, lowed by Chemistry on being held from 10.30 to be held from 10 am May 12, Biology on am to 1.45 pm and Vo- to 1.15 pm, will begin May 15 and Maths on cational exams being with the language pa- Students giving Board exams. —FILE PHOTO May 17. The last paper, held from 3-6.15 pm.

First India Bureau TAKING NO CHANCES Ahmedabad: The family —FILE PHOTO members of a 42-year-old in Ahmedabad First India Bureau It was revealed that have donated Singh was the thief five of his or- Rajkot: In a shocking who executed the theft gans after he incident, a jewellery at his girlfriend’s resi- was declared theft in the home of a dence. The crime oc- brain-dead. city-based woman curred when Jagruti- Dharmesh Patel was committed by the ben was away in was rushed to a lover of her daughter. Ahmedabad on Janu- private hospital According to the ary 17, to see her sick after falling to the case filed with the po- father. ground while tak- lice, a beautician Upon her return, she ing a bath on named Jagruti resid- discovered that all her Wednesday morning on the Railnagar jewellery was missing. ing. Doctors there Main Road complained When she inquired declared him about the theft of gold about the ornaments, brain-dead, and and silver ornaments her daughter was also requested his fam- from her apartment. at a loss. The police dis- ily members to do- On conducting an in- covered that Vijayraj nate his working vestigation, the police had swiped the jewel- organs, which can uncovered the love af- lery when he had gone give new life to Ahmedabad Municipal corporation health workers and animal husbandry workers disinfect a grave dug for 35 pigeons that were found dead in a residential society in fair of Jagrutiben’s to visit Jagrutiben’s Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The authorities took samples from the dead birds and have sent them to the lab to be tested for bird fl u. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI others. When they daughter with a youth daughter (his girl- agreed, the man- named Vijayraj Singh. friend) at her residence. agement of the private hospital informed Civil COVID-19 UPDATE Hospital authorities. A team of spe- cialists then 27K people vaccinated, state sees 283 new cases of nCoV helped to move Patel to the Civil one each in Ahmedabad day, with 59. This was Hospital campus, Wednesday brought two more city and Rajkot dis- followed by where his viable fatalities—one each in Ahmedabad trict. With this, the to- Ahmedabad Municipal organs--two eyes, tal death toll has risen Corporation with 52, two kidneys and city and Rajkot district—taking the to 4,391. Surat city, with 36, Ra- his liver--were The state also saw jkot city, with 33, and harvested for do- state’s total death to 4,391 283 new cases of COV- Vadodara district with nation. ID-19, taking the case 11 cases. “Four benefi- First India Bureau since the beginning load to 2,62,406. At present, there are ciaries have now of the drive on Janu- At least 528 patients 2,956 active cases got a new lease of Gandhinagar: The ary 16. were also discharged across the state, with life, thanks to state government The state also said from hospitals across 28 critical patients put Dharmesh Patel vaccinated 27,065 that not a single per- the state on the day. So on a ventilator sup- and his family,” people at 942 centres son has been found far, 2,55,059 patients port. Dr Rajnish Patel, on Wednesday, a re- with serious side ef- have recovered from The state has not dis- Additional Super- lease from the health fects due to the COV- COVID-19 in the state. closed the total num- intendent of the department said, ID-19 vaccine. The Vadodara Mu- ber of samples taken Civil Hospital, bringing the total to On Wednesday, two nicipal Corporation for COVID-19 tests for said. 4.19 lakh people who people succumbed to reported the highest more than two weeks have been vaccinated the Sars-CoV-2 virus, Almost 4.2 lakh people have been vaccinated so far. —FILE PHOTO number of cases on the n o w. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 04

BRIG VETERAN ANIL GUPTA The author is a Jammu LASTING PEACE A DISTANT based veteran, political commentator, columnist, security and strategic analyst DREAM UNLESS WE CHANGE espite ongoing series of talks to resolve the contentious mil- er renounced all earlier for- itary standoff in Eastern eign agreements as unequal Ladakh, the Chinese incur- treatises imposed on it dur- sions and aggressiveness con- ing the ‘century of humilia- tinue on the borders. Close at tion’ and demanded renego- the heels of revelation of con- tiation of all borders. D struction of a village in the Chinese obsession with disputed territory in Upper Tibet stems from many rea- Subansiri District of sons, one of them being to Arunachal Pradesh came to fulfil Mao’s revisionist the news of the forced Chinese dream of Five Fingers. Mao incursion in area of Naku La believes Tibet to be China’s in North Sikkim. All this at a Right-hand palm with time when there appears to be Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, no positive development in re- Bhutan and Arunachal solving the ongoing standoff Pradesh to be its five fingers and the relations between the which also need to be liber- two nations are deteriorating ated contrary to the Indian by the day with chances of a claim as mentioned above. confrontation on the border Tibet is China’s fundamen- appearing more likely soon tal vulnerability viz a viz India after the snow melts. While and a mechanism available to the Dragon’s treachery contin- visionist” power aiming to in 1954, when, under the the later to refrain China. In- ues unabated, India needs to change the existing status Panchsheel Agreement, we dia made a cardinal mistake prepare herself militarily, po- quo. It resulted in annexa- THE CHINESE GREED SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SUBSIDING. surrendered in Tibet all our of accepting Tibet Autono- litically and diplomatically to tion of Inner Mongolia, Xin- APART FROM ITS ADVENTURISM IN THE SOUTH AND military and other facilities, to mous Region (TAR) as part of halt the Chinese expansion- jiang and Tibet. Subsequent- EAST CHINA SEAS, IT HAS BEEN STEADILY EXTENDING China. Chinese responded China thus permitting China ism, a product of its Middle ly, India also became a victim ITS CLAIM LINES ACROSS LADAKH TO INCLUDE MORE with attacking an Assam Ri- to share a border with India. Kingdom Complex being pur- of Chinese expansionism. AND MORE INDIAN TERRITORIES, WHILE REPUDIATING fles outpost in Longju in the China time and again defied sued vigorously by the Chi- The Chinese greed showed INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH. OF Central Frontier of erstwhile India’s hopes of a peaceful co- Ever since the nese Communist Party (CCP) no signs of subsiding. Apart LATE, IT HAS INCLUDED SIKKIM ALSO IN ITS GROWING North-East Frontier Agency existence through its acts of emergence of under the garb of China from its adventurism in the LISTS OF DISPUTES WITH INDIA (now Arunachal Pradesh) and treachery by showing scant building a road through the respect to mutual treaties and Communist Dream of its overambitious South and East China Seas, it Paramount Leader Xi Jinping. has been steadily extending Indian Territory of Aksai international conventions. China or the Ever since the emergence its claim lines across Ladakh Chin in Ladakh. Nehru still Time has come to junk the Peoples Republic of Communist China or the to include more and more In- did not realise the gravity of One Nation policy of China by of China (PRC), Peoples Republic of China dian territories, while repudi- tained control of the mainland public of China” or the lead- the situation till China back- paying it back in the same the Indian (PRC), the Indian leader- ating Indian sovereignty over China forcing the Republic of er of China’s Taiwan region stabbed India in 1962. coin. India needs to consider leadership ship beginning with Pandit Arunachal Pradesh. Of late, it China (ROC) government to as “President”, so as not to It is worth reminding the to derecognise Tibet as part of beginning with Nehru desired to have has included Sikkim also in relocate to Taiwan. Since then, send wrong signals.” The readers that at the time of in- China and recognise Taiwan Pandit Nehru friendly and cordial rela- its growing lists of disputes the ROC has continued to exer- Chinese sensitivity to Tai- dependence in 1947, India did as an independent nation. To desired to have tions with China under the with India. The stubborn pos- cise effective jurisdiction over wan is growing by the day not share a common boundary begin with India needs to en- friendly and hope that it would contrib- ture adopted by China in the the main island of Taiwan and and CCP considers cosiness with China in the north, but hance commerce and cultural cordial relations ute towards world peace, current standoff has proved a number of outlying islands to Taiwan by any other with two hitherto independent relations with Taiwan and in- with China oppose colonialism and beyond doubt that China con- while communist China is also country as a a direct assault nations –– Sinkiang (present crease military cooperation. under the hope form the pillars of a Pan– siders India as its rival but known as Peoples’ Republic of on its sovereignty. day Xinjiang) and Tibet. The To ensure Hans supremacy that it would Asian order. India was will not tolerate any rival. It China (PRC) continues to The other Achilles Heel of northern border was consid- CCP has been subjecting the contribute among the first few nations has therefore decided to put claim it as its part (23rd prov- CCP is Tibet, the region that ered settled in accordance other ethnic minorities to sup- with the Shimla Convention of pression and subjugation. towards world to establish diplomatic ties India in its place buoyed by its ince). China’s official position shares border with India and with the PRC on April 1, mighty Comprehensive Na- on Taiwan is uncompromis- has had historic ties with In- 1914 with the Tibetan nation There is growing unrest in peace, oppose 1950. Pandit Nehru had in- tional Power (CNP). ing. It claims that Taiwan is, dia since centuries. With the being a signatory to the con- Tibet and Xinjiang against in- colonialism and troduced China for the first It has established beyond was, and always has been an end of the Chinese Civil War, vention. The Shimla Conven- creased Chinese atrocities. form the pillars time at an international doubts its greed for expan- inseparable part of China, and the newly-established com- tion defined the boundaries China also plans to change the of a Pan–Asian stage during the first-ever sionism and hegemony over that international law sup- munist regime, openly stated between Tibet and China prop- population along the Sino-In- order. India was multi-national Afro-Asian its neighbours. India has de- ports China’s claim. CCP its intention of ‘liberating’ er, and that between Tibet and dian border through establish- among the first Conference at Bangdung in cided to contest Chinese revi- wants outright reunification, Tibet, but the Indian estab- British India (the latter came ment of the Hans populated few nations to 1955. India was instrumen- sionism and expansionism. the sooner the better, seeing lishment paid no heed. to be known as the McMahon villages. To counter it India establish tal in getting China the per- It has refused to bow down to the recovery of the island as To maintain control over Line). The boundary between should take off the gloves and diplomatic ties manent membership of the the machinations of Xi Jin- the final chapter in the civil Tibet, the PLA entered Tibet Jammu & Kashmir (which give up its timid Tibet policy. with the PRC on United Nations Security ping for which it has received war and end of past humilia- on October 7, 1950 and subse- merged with India in October India should assist the Tibet- April 1, 1950. Council. Unfortunately, considerable global support. tions when China was forced quently annexed it, thus elimi- 1947) and Tibet was estab- an resistance movement with- Pandit Nehru Nehru failed to read Mao’s India needs to strategize to to cede territory to foreigners. nating the traditional buffer lished vide Treaty of Chushul in Tibet and give free hand to had introduced mind which at its back was exploit the Chinese vulnera- On the other hand, there between India and China. In- signed in 1842 and between the Dalai Lama and his gov- China for the filled with Sinocentrism bilities which are in plenty. is growing global support dia displayed utter lack of stra- Sikkim (which merged with ernment to espouse the Tibet- for Taiwan as it is viewed as tegic thinking by dismissing India in 1975) and Tibet was first time at an (ideology that China is the The CCP is, however, very an freedom cause from Indian cultural, political, or eco- sensitive to the two “Ts” a victim of growing Chinese Tibetan pleas for help and in- agreed under the Anglo-Chi- soil. It should also draw inter- international nomic centre of the world) namely Taiwan and Tibet. expansionism that wants to stead insisting on Tibetans to nese Convention 1890 and national attention to increased stage during the and Chinese Nationalism As a consequence of the impose the communist ide- settle the issue peacefully with physically demarcated in 1895. human right violations inside first-ever multi- focussed on a modern pow- civil war in China the nation ology on a democratic na- China. Nehru was too enam- Had Tibet not been forcibly an- Tibet comparable to the atroc- national Afro- erful Chinese nation. was divided into two parts in tion. China at the same time oured with his image of Shan- nexed by PRC there would ities being committed on Uig- Asian Conference Mao’s ideology manifested 1949 two years after India at- threatens that “Taiwan ti Doot (messiah of peace) and have been no boundary dis- hur Muslims. at Bangdung in form of China emerging tained independence. Mao’s shall not be referred to as a “Hindi Chini Bhai-Bhai’’ fa- pute on our northern borders. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY in 1955 on the world scene as a “Re- communist government re- ‘country’ (‘nation’) or “Re- çade and committed a big folly The PRC on assuming pow- THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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The Congress PEOPLE NABBED ON PM Narendra Modi tion of farm laws for leader said the farmers’ R-DAY: KEJRIWAL two years, Congress issue needs to be re- leader Rahul Gandhi on solved as soon as possi- Guwahati: Prime Min- leges in Charaideo and Wednesday questioned ble and the government ister Narendra Modi Bishwanath districts. why the Centre is forti- needs to listen “as farm- will visit Assam on He will also launch the fying the national capi- ers aren’t going away”. February 7 & lay the ‘’Assam Mala’’ scheme tal if it plans to resolve In another dig at the foundation stone of under which the state the farmers’ problems. BJP-led Central govern- two medical colleges public works depart- Addressing the me- ment, Gandhi said that and launch the scheme ment will upgrade the dia, the former Con- at a ‘time when India for the upgradation of state highways. gress president remind- needs to put money in the state highways, Work will be taken up ed the Government of Security tightened during an ongoing protest, at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Wednesday. the hands of its people’, state Finance Minister in 2500 km to be taken its job and said, “Farm- the budget 2021 is for Himanta Biswa Sarma up at the initial stage, ers are the strength of LOCALS FORCED TO WALK FOR HOURS AT SINGHU BORDER the 1 per cent popula- said on Wednesday. he said adding the esti- India. Suppressing tion in the country.” Union Finance Minis- mated Rs 5,000 crore them, beating them and “I had expected from ter Nirmala Sitharaman project is expected to be threatening them is not the Budget that Govt too is scheduled to visit completed within 15 the government’s job. will provide support to Guwahati on February 6 years. In the February 6 Their job is to talk to 99% of India’s popula- and be present at a pro- function where Sithara- them and find a solution. But this Budget is gramme where money man will be the chief tion to their problem.” that of the 1% popula- will be given to the bank guest, the state govern- “Prime Minister is tion. You snatched away accounts of eight lakh ment will transfer Rs saying that offer is still money from people in tea garden workers in 3,000 each to the bank on the table to postpone the small and medium the state, Sarma told me- accounts of eight lakh laws for two years. What laws or you don’t,” he Delhi is surrounded by threatening, beating, industry, workers, dia. The PM will visit tea garden workers does it mean? Either added. He called farm- farmers. Why is Delhi and killing them? Why farmers, Forces and put Dhekiajuli from where which will involve an you believe that you ers ‘people who give us being converted into a is the Government not it in the pockets of 5-10 he will lay the founda- expenditure of Rs 2.4 need to get rid of the sustenance’, and said, ” fortress? Why are we talking to them and not people,” he added. —ANI tion of two medical col- crore, Sarma said. IN THE COURTYARD Dictators’ names begin with M! Kerala CM has lost SC junks plea seeking probe On RaGa’s dig, BJP’s retort his credibility: Nadda Thiruvananthapuram: BJP New Delhi: The Con- in Indian politics, eve- National President Jag- into China’s alleged gress leader Rahul rybody has seen. Need at Prakash Nadda, who Gandhi, who regularly not react,” party chief arrived on Wednesday targets Prime Minis- JP Nadda said. for a two-day visit to surveillance on Prez & PM ter Narenra Modi in Gandhi has been Kerala ahead of the state New Delhi: The Su- Chief Justice of India his tweets, posted a consistently targeting Assembly elections, preme Court on SA Bobde, while dis- barbed question. the government over slammed the ruling par- Wednesday refused to posing of the plea, “Why do so many the farmers’ issue. ty of the Communist JP Nadda pass any order on a asked the petitioner to dictators have names Slamming Congress Party of India (Marxist) plea seeking direc- file a representation that begin with M?” leader Rahul Gandhi and said that Kerala not only in Kerala but tions to the Central before the Centre say- he tweeted. A list fol- for his tweet asking Chief Minister Pinarayi the world over. Pinarayi government to inves- ing “these are sensi- lowed as evidence why names of many Vijayan has lost his cred- Vijayan has lost his tigate China’s alleged tive matter, make a rep- “Marcos, Mussolini, Rahul Gandhi dictators begin with ibility. credibility,” Nadda said surveillance on the resentation to the Milosevic, Mubarak, the letter “M”, Union “Kerala CM Pinarayi while addressing a President of India, Home Ministry or Fi- Mobutu, Musharraf, shared 12,400 times. Agriculture Minister Vijayan has been at- press conference here. Prime Minister, judg- nance Ministry”. Micombero”. The BJP refused to re- Narendra Singh tacking constitutional “An investigation es (sitting and re- The Bench allowed There was no fur- act. Tomar on Wednesday bodies. In the gold scam, which is going on is go- tired) of the apex the petitioner to file a ther explanation or “Is it necessary to said even Congress the involvement of the ing to throw further court and High Court personalities. representation before context to the tweet, take Rahul that seri- doesn’t take its former Chief Minister Office light and it seems many and other influential A Bench headed by the government. which was liked near- ously? His approach, president’s statement has embarrassed self- ministers are going to ly 58,000 times and whatever it has been seriously. —Agencies respecting Malayalis, come to light,” he said. SC dismisses PIL to Suspended seek direction to CBI to IAS officer NCPCR identifies 50 Central govt has power to deport submit status report M Sivasankar ‘religious places’ to New Delhi: SC junked a PIL seeking direction gets bail illegal foreign nationals: MHA to CBI to submit a sta- Kochi: A court in Ker- combat child labour New Delhi: In a writ- and deport foreign na- may also, by an order, tus report in actor Su- ala on Wednesday New Delhi: Apex child manner with the inten reply in Rajya tionals staying ille- direct the removal of shant Singh Rajput granted bail to sus- rights body NCPCR has volvement of multi- Sabha on steps being gally in the country,” any person from India death case. A bench pended IAS officer M identified 50 “religious stakeholders including taken to deport Roh- said Minister of State who enters the coun- comprising Chief Jus- Sivasankarin the dol- places”, including the child welfare police of- ingyas, the Ministry for Home Affairs Nity- try without a passport. tice S A Bobde and Jus- lar smuggling case, ob- Taj Mahal & Shri Ram ficers, anti-human traf- of Home Affairs anand Rai, while re- “Further, under Ar- tices A S Bopanna & V serving that the of- Janmabhoomi in Ayod- ficking unit, represent- (MHA) said Central sponding to Shiv Sena ticle 239(1) of the Con- Ramasubramanian fence against him was hya, where interven- atives from NGOs. government has been MP Anil Desai’s query. stitution of India, the dismissed plea filed by 2020 and despite lapse “serious” in nature tions will be undertak- NCPCR said it has vested with powers to The minister main- Administrators of all advocate Puneet Kaur of almost 5 months the and “required inten- en to ensure zero toler- noted instances of detain & deport ille- tained that detection the Union Territories Dhanda. “We are not probe agency is yet to sive probe” ance towards child la- “child begging, child gal foreign nationals. and deportation of Ro- have also been direct- going to entertain this. conclude its investiga- Sivasankar, the for- bour. labour & kids in street “Central Govern- hingya migrants after ed to discharge the You go to High Court,” tion. “The CBI is not mer Principal secre- The National Com- situations” reported at ment has been vested due process of nation- functions of the Cen- the bench said. The pe- acting responsibly in tary of Chief Minister mission for Protection religious places, which with powers under ality verification is a tral Government re- titioner had contended the present case and Pinarayi Vijayan, was of Child Rights (NCP- is not only exploitation sections 3(2)(e) and continuous process. lating to the aforesaid that apex court passed there is a delay in the released by 3 pm from CR) said the interven- but also does not re- 3(2)(c) of the Foreign- He also said that the powers since 1958,” an order for the CBI conclusion of investi- prison after 98 days in tion shall be undertak- flect a positive image ers Act, 1946 to detain Central government said Nityanand Rai. inquiry on August 19, gation of case,” it said. judicial custody. en in a collaborative of our nation.

266 APPS BLOCKED BY GOVT SINCE PM ‘GLAD’ TO SEE PIETERSEN’S JUNE 2020: CENTRE TO LOK SABHA ‘JNVS TO START PHYSICAL AFFECTION TOWARDS INDIA 93K CYBERCRIMES, SEXUAL New Delhi: 266 mobile by elements that are CLASSES FOR CLASSES 10, 12’ New Delhi: After Kevin ening the fi ght against CRIMES REGISTERED: MHA apps have been blocked hostile to the sovereignty New Delhi: The schools for Classes 10 Pietersen praised ‘beloved COVID”. “Glad to see your New Delhi: Over enhanced use of the by the government so and integrity of India, Ministry of Education and 12. The Ministry country’ India for provid- affection towards India. :) 93,000 cybercrimes internet, the number of far since June 2020, Lok defence of India, security has allowed the restart said that it has pre- ing COVID-19 vaccines to We believe that the world related to fraud, cybercrimes was also Sabha was informed. of the State as well as to of physical classes for pared Standard Operat- South Africa, PM Naren- is our family and want to sexual exploitation and increasing. As per data Union Minister of State the public order, apart Class 10 and Class 12 ing Protocols (SOPs) dra Modi on Wednesday play our role in strength- spreading of hate have maintained and pub- for Home G Kishan Reddy from being detrimental to students in Jawahar for re-opening of JNVs said that he is glad to ening the fi ght against been registered in the lished by the National said use of the banned the interest of the general Navodaya Vidyalayas based on guidelines of see the former England COVID-19,” PM wrote, country between 2017 Crime Records Bureau, apps by a large number public. Mr Reddy said with (JNVs) in those states the Ministry of Home cricketer’s affection replying to Pietersen’s and 2019, Rajya Sabha 21,796 cybercrimes of people in India enables the enhanced use of cyber that have allowed gov- Affairs and the Ministry towards India. PM said, tweet. On Monday, EAM S was informed. Minister were registered in compilation of huge data space, number of cyber ernment and private of Health and Family “we believe that world is Jaishankar had informed of State for Home G 2017, 27,248 in 2018 which might be collated, crimes, including online schools to reopen Welfare. our family” and want to that ‘Made in India’ vax Kishan Reddy said the and 44,546 in 2019. analysed, profi led & mined fraud is also increasing. play “our role in strength- have arrived in SA. 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 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 06

Opposition MPs give adjourment notices POWERGallery FOUR SECRETARIES OF 1984 BATCH RETIRING IN 2021 in LS demanding repeal of farm laws Four Secretaries of 1984 batch out of total nine are retiring in 2021. Accordingly, A B P Pandey EXPLAINED: A look at how, when, and what happened in Parliament when it convened of Maharashtra cadre working as Finance New Delhi: Eleven BRING BILL FOR RESTORING J&K Secretary will be retiring in February 2021, while COMMITTEE FORMED Ms. Shakuntala Gamlin of UT cadre working Members of Parliament TO SUGGEST REFORMS STATEHOOD: GHULAM NABI AZAD TO GOVT from Shiromani Akali as Secretary, Empowerment of Persons with Dal, Communist Party IN CRIMINAL LAWS enior Congress leader Ghulam Disabilities is due to retire in March and Ravi Kant of India (Marxist), Tri- SNabi Azad asked the govern- of Bihar cadre working as Secretary, Department ment to bring a bill in Rajya namool Congress, Indi- of Ex-Servicemen Welfare superannuates in June. an Union Muslim T Sabha proposing restoration of statehood for J& K. “I appeal to Durga S Mishra working as HUPA Secretary is League (IUML), Bahu- you, if Jammu and Kashmir has scheduled to retire in November this year. jan Samajwadi Party to progress, we need to take our (BSP), Shiv Sena, Revo- own people into conﬁ dence and NO REGULAR HEADS FOR AIR AND DD lutionary Socialist Par- give them love,”he said. All India Radio and Doordarshan are not having ty, and Congress have regular DG,s. Supriya Sahu left the DD in June given notices of ad- DEMAND IN RS FOR PARLIAMENTARY 2019, since then no regular incumbent could be journment motion in from IUML, NK Prem- gave the notice on appointed. DG, News, Mayank Agrawal, is holding Lok Sabha demanding chandran from RSP, and “repres=sion of agitat- WOMEN’S RESEARCH AND the additional chage of DG, DD for the last one farm laws to be re- Adv AM Arif from CPI ing farmers by police RESERVATION BILL SUPPORT FOR MPS year. Shahryar retired as DG in December 2019. pealed. (M) are among those with the use of wires, iju Janata Dal (BJD) n the direction of Lok These MPs include who gave notices today. spikes, trenches” and to BMember of Parliament OSabha Speaker Om Since then the organisation is waiting for a regular Sukhbir Singh Badal Congress MP TN take up discussion on Dr Sasmit Patra raised a Birla, LS Secretariat has DG. Presently, CEO, PB is holding the additional and Harsimrat Kaur Prathapan has also giv- farmers”. demand in Rajya Sabha rolled out “Parliamentary chage of DG. Badal from SAD, en an adjournment mo- On Tuesday, LS wit- for the passage of the Research and Informa- Gaurav Gogoi, Manish tion notice in the Lower nessed three adjourn- Women’s Reservation Bill. tion Support to Mem- MAJ. GEN. ABHIJIT BAPAT MAY BE MOVED TO ARMY TRAINING COMMAND Tiwari, Preneet Kaur, K House over the governments following Oppo- During the Zero Hour, Dr bers” (PRISM) to provide Suresh, and Jasbir Sin- ment’s approach in sition protests against Patra reiterated the long 24×7 round-the-clock Major General Abhijit Bapat, General Ofﬁ cer gh from Congress. dealing with agitating the arm laws. Farmers pending demand for the research and information Commanding (GOC) of Karu-based 3rd Infantry Ritesh Pandey from farmers. have been protesting passage of the Bill in the support to Members of Division, is likely to be moved and posted on BSP, ET Mohd Basheer TMC MP Saugata Roy since November 26. Parliament. Parliament (MPs). Shimla-based Army Training Command (ARTRAC).

EIGHT IPS OFFICERS GET NEW ASSIGNMENTS IN DELHI POLICE BJP can buy a few As many as eight IPS offi cers have been India fastest country in world to reach given fresh assignments in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Deepak Purohit has been promoted leaders but not my to Addl CP had posted at the Headquarter while 4 million COVID-19 vax mark: Centre Chinmoy Biswal was posted as DCP, Crime and workers: Mamata New Delhi: India has SAUDI ARABIA Gaurav Sharma is DCP, Security. Rajiv Ranjan become the fastest BANS ENTRY FOR Singh has been appointed as DCP, Outer North Alipurduar (WB): Hit- country in the world to district DCP; Esha Pandey as DCP, PCR; Urjiva Goel ting back at the BJP reach the 4 million NON-CITIZENS as DCP, West district; Ghanshyam Bansal as DCP, amid a continuing exo- COVID-19 vaccination he ban applies to Traffi c and Manoj C was made Addl DCP, Outer dus of ministers and mark, achieving this Tnon-citizens including North Delhi district. legislators from the Tri- feat in 18 days, the health practitioners, diplo- namool Congress (TMC) Union Health Ministry mats, from 20 specifi c 33 IRSEE OFFICERS PLACED IN SAG in the poll-bound West said. countries. According to As many as 33 Indian Railway Service of Electrical Bengal, Chief Minister More than 41 lakh Saudi Press Agency, Engineers (IRSEE) offi cers have been appointed Mamata Banerjee said Mamata Banerjee beneficiaries have been the countries facing to offi ciate under selection grade (SG). They the saffron party could administered shots Vaccination drive is going at a fast pace in India. suspension of arrival “buy a few corrupt lead- Harbour MLA Dipak under the countrywide for non-Saudis include are: Neeraj Gupta, Sugind Surendran, BK Kisku, ers” but not her party’s Haldar resigned from exercise. India continues to un- fronts as well, it said. India, Argentina, Brazil, Dilip Kumar Kujur, SKN Singh, Pankaj Kumar “dedicated workers”. the party on Monday “As on February, 1, dertake its vaccination With a high number of Egypt, France, Germany, Kesharwani, Raju Lal Meena, Rajiv Kumar, “There is no place for and joined the BJP. Oth- India was among the drive at a fast pace,” the COVID-19 patients re- Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Alok Ranjan Mohanty, corrupt people in TMC, er TMC leaders who top five countries in ministry highlighted. covering every day and Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Om Shankar Prasad, Biplab Das, Pratibha Gupta, those who wish to leave have joined the BJP terms of number of India’s fight against the sustained fall in the Portugal, South Africa, Vijay Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar Chatterjee, ruling party should do recently are Suvendu COVID-19 vaccine doses COVID-19 is bringing mortality rate,” minis- Sweden, Switzerland, Boppudi Srinivasu, Jitendra Yadav, Lalit Kumar so immediately,” Baner- Adhikari, Rajib Baner- administered to people. daily successes on other try adds. Turkey, the UAE, the UK. Tomar, Ajit Kumar, Jeetesh Kumar Singh, jee said. jee, Baishali Dalmiya, Khursheed Ahmed, Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, The TMC supremo’s Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Vishal Monldoi, M Senthamil Selvan, Karpoor latest remark comes Chakraborti, and Rudra- after two-time Diamond nil Ghosh. DRDO continuously After suspension, Chandra Yadav, Santosh Kumar Singh, Bhimraj Dhanna, Prem Singh Meena, Shobharam Verma, developing Sanjay Singh compares Vinod Kumar, Narendra K Agrawal, Prasanna K GUJARAT WILL NEVER RULE BENGAL, Bhanja and Neeraj Kumar Verma. DECLARES MAMATA BANERJEE Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, who has triggerd a technology: Rajnath Centre with Hitler 24 OFFICERS FROM ODISHA AWARDED IFS CADRE huge “outsider versus insider” debate in the state Bengaluru: Asserting New Delhi: After his ahead of the assembly election, offered a clarifi ca- that India has to focus suspension from Rajya As many as 24 offi cers of State Forest Service of tion, saying there is no discrimination in the state on new goals for new Sabha for raising slo- Odisha have been awarded Indian Forest Service between Bengalis and non-Bengalis while reiter- India, Defence Minister gans against the new (IFS) cadre. The offi cers: Lakshmikanta Mishra, ating her stand on the controversial law on the Rajnath Singh said the farm laws in the House, Arjun Behera, Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra, Bimal National Register of Citizens. But when it comes to DRDO is continuously Aam Aadmi Party Prasanna Acharya, Jayanta Kumar Das, Biswa ruling Bengal, the matter is different, she indicated. developing technology (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh Ranjan Rout, Sudarshan Patra, Mihira Kumar that will help the compared the Central Biswal, Dilip Kumar Swain, Aswini Kumar Kar, BJP LEADER MUKUL ROY’S BROTHER country in achieving government with ‘Hit- Satyanarayan Behura, Arun Kumar Mishra, Bikash -IN-LAW SRIJAN ROY JOINS TMC these goals. “Today, Rajnath Singh ler’ and accused the Sanjay Singh Ranjan Dash, Sudeep Nayak, Kedar Kumar Swain, when the world is government of taking Prasanna Kumar Sahoo, Lalitendu Jena and Kolkata: A BJP leader, who the Trinamool changing so fast and a in achieving these harsh action against the Centre for treating Pradipta Kumar Sahoo; Harsha Bardhan Udgata, Congress said is a brother-in-law of the saf- new world order is goals,” Singh said in the protesting farmers. farmers indifferently, fron party’s national vice-president Mukul Roy, emerging in front of us. Bengaluru at Aero In- “The government is he said, “A total of 44 Kapil Prasad Das, Hanif Mohammed, Santosh rejoined the ruling party of West Bengal. Srijan We have to focus on new dia 2021. “In many of taking such harsh ac- farmers of Punjab are Banchhur and Prasanna Kumar Behera, Lakshmi Roy returned to the TMC months before the goals for our new India, our tests, we have got tion against the protest- missing, we have no Narayan Behera. assembly elections in the state amid the exo- I am happy to see that success in our maiden ing farmers that even idea they are dead or dus from the party to the BJP. Handing over the DRDO is continu- attempt itself, this is Hitler has failed in front alive, are farmers are By arrangement with: http:// the party fl ag to Srijan Roy and two others. ously developing tech- our great achieve- of the Centre govern- from an enemy coun- whispersinthecorridors.com nology that will help us ment,” he added. ment.” Taking a dig at try?,” Singh asked.

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Tikait’s hunkaar... (removal from power)?” where the mahapan- No propaganda... and Delhi governments 122 persons so far. and this plea should be Navneet Sehgal, ACS Tikait and several oth- he questioned. chayat was held today, Her tweet was quickly on “action or steps tak- tagged with them. Information. “IPL to ers were on the stage It was Tikait’s tearful was the first in the re- followed by a flood of en by them over the vio- Historic: Sensex... hona hi chahiye ya- when it suddenly col- appeal last week that gion to have sent men to such messages, includ- lence” and ask the in- and broader indices Ekana may... han.... (IPL must hap- lapsed under their led to a resurgence of Mr Tikait’s sit-in at the ing one from teen cli- quiry commission to made fresh record highs was more centered to- pen here) Kisne design weight, briefly inter- the farmer agitation af- Delhi-UP Ghazipur bor- mate activist Greta submit its report in a today,” said Binod Modi, wards hosting of Indian kiya hai isko? (who de- rupting the meeting. ter a backlash over the der in response to the Thunberg and Leba- time-bound manner Head Strategy at Reli- Premier League (IPL) signed this stadium?),” Tikait, a Jat leader Republic Day tractor viral video of the farm- nese-American former and take action on it. ance Securities. and World T20 matches Shah asked Sinha. Shah from Uttar Pradesh, ap- rally violence, when er leader in tears. adult film star Mia in Lucknow in their up- was particularly happy pealed to people not to protesters broke Five resolutions were Khalifa. Both Rihanna Delhi Police... SC refuses... coming editions. with the colour combi- panic after the accident. through barricades and passed at the “ma- and Ms Khalifa were la- Police also said they are Senior advocate Sanjay Shah who had nations used for the He warned the govern- clashed with the police. hapanchayat”. Apart belled “anti-national” looking for protesters Parikh, appearing for reached Lucknow on seating areas and he ment that it would find After the January 26 from the demand that today by the BJP’s Sam- named Jajbir Singh, the petitioner, said they Tuesday evening, visit- also appreciated the it difficult to stay in violence, the police the government with- bit Patra. Buta Singh, Sukhdev have challenged the ed the stadium on state-of-the-art dressing power if the new laws have barricaded the draw the farm laws, the Singh and Iqbal Singh laws enacted by three Wednesday morning rooms of the venue that are not repealed. protest sites outside resolutions called for a SC rejects... and announced a re- states including Uttar where he strolled across has already hosted a “We have so far talked Delhi’s borders with ce- legal guarantee of min- Special Investigation ward of Rs 50,000 for Pradesh and Uttara- the stadium along with ODI couple of years about ‘bill wapsi’ (re- ment barriers and imum support price for Team (SIT) or a judicial information on them. khand as innocent per- Rajiv Shukla and Yudh- back. The BCCI Secre- pealing the farm laws). spikes on the roads. crops, a farm loan waiv- commission into the Till date, police regis- sons are being booked vir Singh, Honorary tary also inquired about The government should “When the king is er and the release of January 26 violence in tered 44 FIRs in connec- under these Acts. Secretary, UPCA. They the size of the stadium, listen carefully. What scared, he secures the farmers arrested after Delhi. They also urged tion with the violence He said the top court were accompanied by red and black soil pitch- will you do if the youth fortress,” Tikait said. the violence on Repub- the top court to call for during tractor march had earlier issued no- Uday Sinha, Managing es, water drainage fa- call for ‘gaddi wapsi’ The village Kandela, lic Day. records of the Union and arrested a total of tice on similar petitions Director, ECS and cilities etc. 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 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 07

—GILLES SABRIE/ Why is China BLOOMBERG cil announced the “Internet Plus” program with the aim of fostering more ANGELA HUYUE ZHANG entrepreneurship in the digital sector. This placed antitrust regulators in a Cracking Down on difficult position, because overly harsh HONG KONG: Since the Chinese au- regulation might thwart domestic in- thorities suddenly halted fintech con- novation and entrepreneurship. And glomerate Ant Group’s planned initial the last thing antitrust officials want public offering in autumn 2020, its par- to do is act in ways that could be per- ent company, e-commerce king Alibaba, ceived as contrary to the national de- has been facing harsh regulatory scru- velopment agenda. tiny. On Christmas Eve, China’s anti- ALIBABA? This explains why the Chinese antitrust authority announced that it was trust regulator adopted a “cautious and investigating the firm’s exclusive busi- The Chinese authorities’ antitrust action against tolerant” approach vis-à-vis the tech ness practices. And Alibaba’s founder, sector. When disgruntled competitors Jack Ma, recently eased concerns re- complained about Chinese tech giants’ garding his fate by appearing in public the e-commerce giant appears arbitrary. The abusive business practices, the author- for the first time since last October, ity preferred to deploy relatively leni- when he delivered a speech criticizing perception that the same business practices are ent regulatory tools such as the Anti- financial regulation in China. Unfair Competition Law and the E- The mere announcement of the in- Commerce Law. vestigation into Alibaba wiped more treated in dramatically different ways when These laws lack teeth, because the than $100 billion off the firm’s mar- largest fines that can be imposed under ket value overnight. Given the Chi- policy priorities shift will not bolster investor them are relatively small. And instead nese government’s huge regulatory of launching investigations, the anti- power, investors are rightly anxious trust regulator conducted administra- about Alibaba’s prospects. But the confidence in China’s thriving internet firms. tive interviews with each of the major government’s sudden and aggressive online platforms on the eve of Singles’ move against the firm also reveals Day, China’s largest e-commerce sales much about the regulatory regime’s promotion event, in an effort to per- weaknesses. suade them not to impose restrictive To be sure, the Chinese government trading conditions on merchants. has legitimate reasons to be vigilant Similarly, the regulator also re- toward the country’s highly concen- frained from intervening in merger trated internet sector. By targeting su- transactions involving a “variable in- perstar firms like Alibaba, China is fol- terest entity,” a structure many Chi- lowing a global regulatory trend, with nese tech firms have used to circum- US and European Union policymakers vent government restrictions on for- similarly vowing to impose tougher eign investment in the internet sector. sanctions against monopolistic inter- Until early last year, hundreds of ac- net giants. quisitions by Alibaba and Tencent had Just as Americans are worried about completely escaped antitrust scrutiny. Amazon’s dominance in e-retail, Chi- As a result, the firms have become two nese consumers have equally good rea- of the largest investors in China’s sons to be concerned about Alibaba. In digital economy, together owning a 2020, Amazon’s share of the US e-com- large proportion of the tech sector’s merce market was slightly less than unicorns. 40%, whereas Alibaba’s Tmall and This regulatory inertia continued Taobao held over 50% of China’s e-re- until Ant Group’s IPO debacle, when tail market. the antitrust regulator received a clear The current investigation into Aliba- signal from China’s top leadership to ba is not the first time that the firm’s rein in the tech giants. But the author- business practices have been subject to ity’s previous lax regulation in this antitrust scrutiny. JD.com, China’s sec- area has contributed to today’s intrac- ond largest e-retailer, lodged a com- table dilemma: once a monopoly plaint about Alibaba with China’s anti- emerges, it is hard to reverse it using trust authority back in 2015. Dissatis- antitrust law. As EU and US antitrust fied with the authority’s perceived fail- regulators have recently discovered, ure to act, JD.com filed a suit against such legislation is too blunt a tool for Alibaba in a Chinese court (the case is tackling Big Tech. still pending). Above all, the sudden recent regula- In fact, Alibaba used to be far more tory crackdown against Alibaba gives dominant in e-commerce. At its peak, the impression that Chinese law en- when it was first listed in 2014, the forcement is arbitrary. Of course, no firm accounted for more than 80% of The founder of Alibaba Jack Ma recently made his fi rst public appearance since last October, easing concerns about his fate. law is implemented in a vacuum. But China’s online retail market. Since —MARLENE AWAAD/BLOOMBERG it appears that the Chinese authorities then, its share has been gradually treat the same business practice in eroded by JD.com and other rivals dramatically different ways when pol- such as Pinduoduo. Ma’s remarks may have been the trust authorities are seldom chal- they bring and the approaches icy priorities shift, even when the rel- So, why did China’s antitrust author- trigger, the fundamental reason lenged in court, they must closely they employ to tackle them. evant laws remain unchanged. This ity wait so long before investigating relates to regulatory inertia, a observe the formal and tacit rules One such constraint relates to risk certainly will not bolster investor Alibaba? Many have linked the current phenomenon deeply ingrained in of the bureaucracy and conduct a the Chinese government’s initia- confidence in China’s thriving inter- antitrust campaign to Ma’s October Chinese bureaucratic politics. cost-benefit analysis before every tives promoting innovation as a net firms. speech and his seemingly recalcitrant As I elaborate in my forthcom- regulatory move. These consider- driver of economic growth. In attitude toward regulation. Although ing book, although China’s anti- ations influence the type of cases 2015, for example, the State Coun- SOURCE: PROJECT-SYNDICATE.ORG If only humans would realise the value of a person or a moment before it becomes a memory, then life would be even more beautiful. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 2ND FRONT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 08 8 people escape fire at 3 ‘AIMIM CAN’T FOOL GUJARAT’S shops in A’bad building First India Bureau ground floor, Ahmedabad’s acting SECULAR MUSLIM VOTERS’ Ahmedabad: A fire Chief Fire Officer Congress MLA from Ahmedabad Imran Khedawala believes Asaduddin broke out in 3 shops Rajesh Bhatt informed located in a building mediapersons. Owaisi’s party can’t dent his party’s prospects in civic body polls in Ahmedabad’s “Eight people, in- Naranpura locality cluding 4 women, First India Bureau BJP’S B-TEAM? on early Wednesday trapped in the apart- morning, according ments of the building Ahmedabad: Put- to fire department of- were rescued,” he said, ting up a brave face ficials. Eight people adding that no casualty amidst the AIMIM were rescued from The blaze was controlled in was reported. queering the pitch the premises. two hours. The fire was in the upcoming The blaze erupted brought under con- civic body polls, around 6.30 am in the The building has res- trol after a couple of Congress’ Muslim shops located on the idential apartments on hours, the official MLA in Ahmedabad ground floor of the the top two floors and said. The cause of the Imran Khedawala three-storey building, smoke entered the flats fire was not immedi- has claimed the vot- official sources said. after the fire on the ately known, he said. ers in the minority- dominated areas of the city would not get carried away. SWACHH BHARAT MISSION Khedawala, who won BATTLE OF WITS?: Congress MLA Imran Khedawala (left) says AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI from the Jamalpur- can’t spoil Congress prospects. —FILE PHOTO Khadia constituency during the 2017 State He believes that the islator simultane- the BJP, he says. ing of contesting Assembly elections people are clever ously admitted that Khedawala wonders from other seats like clinching a BJP domi- enough to see AIMIM contesting that Owaisi speaks of Bopal, Maninagar nated seat, believes the through the game of the local body elec- increasing Muslim po- and Odhav in AIMIM of Asaduddin communal polarisa- tions would help the litical representation Ahmedabad. Owaisi would not have tion. BJP as was the case but his party his going Khedawala said he an impact on the voters. He pointed out that in the Hyderabad to contest the polls worked for the peo- In an interview to the AIMIM didn’t have Municipal Corpora- from seats that already ple even when he a local news portal, a base and had only tion elections re- have adequate Muslim was not a corporator Imran Khedawala in- candidates. “We (Con- cently. The BJP won representatives. “How and expressed confi- sisted that, “Voters gress) will go to people 48 seats from the 4 can this increase Mus- dence that, “we will in Gujarat are secu- with the work we have seats there. Similar- lim’s political repre- win 4 seats in Khad- lar enough and won’t done during our ten- ly, the seats that sentation,” he asks. ia and 8 seats in Ja- fall for the AIMIM’s ure,” said Khedawala. AIMIM contested in He asked why was malpur. So it is mis- A painter gives fi nal touches to a painting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat political ideology.” The Congress leg- Bihar only helped the AIMIM not talk- sion 12 for us.” Mission and city’s heritage on a wall outside Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Wednesday.

23 relatives of NHAI contractor sets record for IOC gets new Guj Godhra victims laying concrete road in 24 hours Refinery head First India Bureau First India Bureau

Vadodara: A contrac- Starting at 8 am on Vadodara: The Indian to get more tor of the National February 1, 2021, Oil Corporation (IOC) Highways Authority they finished the job, has announced the ap- of India has created a totalling 2,580 meters pointment of Sanjaya compensation world record for the Bhatnagar as the Exec- —FILE PHOTO laying of pavement or approximately utive Director and Re- quality concrete 10.32 km lane, by 8 finery Head of its Guja- (PQC) for a 4-lane am the next morning rat Refinery near Va- highway of 2,580 me- dodara in Gujarat. ters length within 24 Bhatnagar assumed Sanjaya Bhatnagar hours. tra-modern concrete the charge on February Starting at 8 am on paver machine. 1. He succeeds Sudhir the next phase of February 1, 2021, they The feat comes in Kumar, who superannu- growth to become a ma- finished the job, total- the backdrop of the ated from the service on jor PetChem hub ling 2,580 meters or ap- Ministry having con- January 31. through the Petrochem- proximately 10.32 km structed 8,169 km of Bhatnagar’s was ear- ical & Lube integration —FILE PHOTO lane, by 8 am the next National Highways lier Executive Director project,” an official morning. With a width (NHs) from April 2020 (Technical) at the Guja- statement from the of 18.75 meters, an area achieved. World Records. to 15 January 2021 rat Refinery, which has company said. of 48,711 square meters The feat by the con- The record is part of with a speed of about the capacity of 13.7 mil- The project is be- of concrete was laid for tractor, Patel Infra- the greenfield Delhi- 28.16 km per day. The lion tonnes per annum lieved to enhance the the expressway in 24 structure Limited, Vadodara-Mumbai Ministry is hopeful (MTPA). petrochemical and spe- First India Bureau directed the govern- hours. The highest has been recognized 8-lane Expressway pro- that it should be able “Bhatnagar has tak- cialty product integra- ment and railways to quantity of concrete by both, the India ject, and was carried to cross the construc- en charge at a crucial tion index of Gujarat Ahmedabad: As pay additional com- laid in 24 hours – 14,613 Book of Records and out by the world’s larg- tion target of 11,000 time when Gujarat Re- Refinery to 20.7 per many as 23 rela- pensation of Rs 10 Cubic Meter was also the Golden Book of est fully automatic ul- km by 31 March. finery is gearing up for cent. tives of the people lakh to each of the who died in the relatives of the de- 2002 Godhra Sa- ceased in the Godhra PULLING OUT ALL STOPS! barmati train at- train carnage. tack incident were Bipin Thakkar, paid an additional who lost 2 of his fam- compensation of ily members in the BJP has 500 lawyers for municipal elections Rs 4.85 lakh by the incident, said the fi- —FILE PHOTO Railway depart- nancial assistance The ruling party has as- JJ Patel said the legal ment on Wednes- would help the rela- cell had been active for day. The compensa- tives who lost their signed two lawyers and a no- the last 20 days after the tion was paid as loved ones. He said announcement of the according to a true justice would be tary for each of the wards in elections and zone-wise judgment of the done if the culprits meetings were also held Gujarat High Court are hanged to death. the 6 municipal corporations for the same. The team in 2017. The matter is pend- of lawyers will help The State Govern- ing before the Su- going to the polls in Gujarat candidates fill forms ment had paid Rs 5 preme Court. and scrutinize it before lakh as compensa- He said they were First India Bureau rustled up a team of it is submitted. tion to the relatives helped by lawyer 500-odd lawyers and no- As for the taluka lev- of the deceased in Dipak Shukla who Ahmedabad: Fighting taries to ensure that the el elections, each taluka 2019, whereas the had not taken any the upcoming local nominations of their will have a team of five Railways has now fees from them. In body polls like a veri- selected candidates are lawyers and two nota- paid financial assis- all, the kith and table national battle, not rejected and they ries to help the candi- tance of Rs 4.85 lakh kin of 42 people the Gujarat BJP has get all legal assistance. dates. The nagarpa- to the 23 people who (out of 59) who put its legal cell on The BJP has as- likas will have a team are relatives of the died in the incident the high alert mode to signed two lawyers of two lawyers and one deceased. would get the addi- ensure none of its and a notary for each polls. Even as the par- convenors JJ Patel candidates don’t face notary for each ward. In 2017, the Guja- tional compensa- candidates faced any of the wards in the 6 ty is yet to announce and Parindu Bhagat legal hurdles while This has been the rul- rat High Court had tion. legal wrangles. municipal corpora- the names of its can- have put in place a filing their nomina- ing BJP’s strategy for a The ruling party has tions going to the didates, its legal cell system to ensure that tions. long time. 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, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2021

aheedaaah Waah! Waheeda Rehman has wooed generations with her beauty, grace, gorgeous dances and path-breaking Wroles, this Throwback Thursday as she celebrated her 83rd birthday on February 3, City First remembers some of her most amazing dance sequences!

come-thither expressions and the from every step and sigh – Dukh sheer innocence she managed in mera dulha Virha hai doli – I still those enigmatic smiles in full get goosebumps when I see her sleeved dress, makes this song sitting on the floor- beautifully ANITA HADA one of my top favourites not to demure absolutely beautiful in [email protected] mention that I loved the mous- white! She reminded of an Ajanta tache swirling macho Sunil Dutt sculpture in this number! iya Tose Naina laage re making a statement with both- Zara nazron se keh do ji and was the dance sequence the money and the weapon! Bhanwra bada nadaan re is car- that made me fall in love Jaane kya tune kahi is one of ried purely on her impish expres- with Waheeda. I watched my favourites because it cele- sions- a joy to watch! P the 8-minute song over- brates the innocence of the Waqt ne kya haseen sitam – The awed as she brought streetwalker that Waheeda as- light and shadows and Waheeda alive the ‘idea of India’ says, as she beckons the smitten Rehman – still as she emotes each through the festivals, all woven curious Guru Dutt with her large syllable with her bottomless yes together in the amazing grace of expressive eyes. – is a song which will always stay her dance and expressions. Kaan- Rangeela re is a poem in love with me- it is a dance of emo- to se kheench kar yeh aanchal, and despair- I believe it to be one tions and life! another Waheeda special from of the finest dance sequences of Waheeda ji … jiyo hazaa- the same movie Guide was my Waheeda as she portrays a heart- ro saal! ‘rebel’ song for a long time, Wa- broken woman with heeda in her path-breaking role pain flow- as Rosie was heartbreakingly ing beautiful and far ahead of her times. Raat bhi hai kuch bhhegi bheegi, the sensuous grace of Wa- heeda, her 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 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 10

MANOJ EDWIN (Uncle Nibolson’s) INDULGE IN A COOKING [email protected]

f my earliest mem- ories of childhood is waking up to the sharp, high- EXPERIENCE O pitched sound of the pressure cooker whistle. It seemed to me to be the harshest sensations as a child. But today, it reminds me of my Mother and her warmth, and the delicious food lovingly prepared and served by her. Her efforts nourished my spirit as much as it filled my stomach. During my school days, My Mom who was also working in a government hospital used to prepare food for us in the evenings. I was not a foodie then! I developed this interest as years passed by. My love for cooking comes from both my Mom and Dad. When my two sisters and I were growing up in the 70s, we loved everything Mom cooked, but there was a dish she made PREPARATION 45 minutes on woodfire. I do meat. Saute till the garlic you make notes and see that stood out over every- Prepare the stock : In a not use gas and pressure raw smell goes. Turn the someone demonstrate. It is thing else. It was Yakhni large cooking pan, add cooker. Keep checking the heat to low and add the now a hands-on experience Pulao. My elder Sister Na- washed meat and water. meat every 20 minutes. stock. Once it starts boiling where you learn as much lini is close to Mom’s magic Wrap up these spices in a When the meat is tender, add soaked rice. Check the about food, as you do about of Yakhni Pulao and my muslin cloth and place it in drain the stock and keep salt. management. younger Sister Shalini the pan Black and green the meat aside. Please do Now cover the pot with a Cooking classes are no makes the best Shami ke- cardamoms, cloves, black not wash the meat again or cloth or a kitchen towel and longer limited to that are babs anyone could ever cumin, cinnamon stick, bay else you will lose the fla- place the lid on top. Allow conducted by women in make. So delicious. leaf, peppercorns, corian- vour. You should have ap- rice to cook for 20 minutes. their homes to teach young Today I am sharing one der seeds, fennel seeds, proximately 6 cups of stock. As much as you may be brides how to put up a fan- of My Mom’s favourite rec- peeled onions cut into four, Prepare the Pulao: In a tempted, Please do not open cy dinner on the table. It is ipe without which our Chopped ginger and garlic. heavy-bottomed pan. Add the during the steaming no longer a class even! It is Christmas in incomplete Add salt to taste. ghee and sliced onions. On process or else you will lose about having an experience even today. Place the pan on fire and the medium heat, fry the the aroma and will end up learning exotic dishes and cook the meat till it is ten- sliced onions till caramel- with undercooked rice. bonding with family and Mutton Yakhni Pulao der, but not falling off the ized, this will take about 10 Now turn the heat off and friends over food. bone. To tenderise, minutes. Add ginger-garlic allow the rice to settle for 20 You could argue that you INGREDIENTS the meat will ap- paste and the reserved - 30 minutes. Decant with a can be done by simply look- 1-kilo old basmati rice, proximately wide-rimmed steel plate as ing up recipes from the in- washed and soaked in wa- take we do at home. Serve with ternet or watching YouTube ter for a minimum of 2 plain yoghurt or Raita. videos and learn along, but hours. 1.5-kilo fatty goat Learning to cook is no nothing to beat a real-life meat on the bone. 250 longer that instruc- hands-on experience and grams Clarified butter. 4 tion class where learning live from each oth- pods black Cardamoms. 6 er. “There is a Chef in each pods green cardamoms. 10 one of us.” People from all cloves. 1 teaspoon black walks of life, who love food, cumin. 50 grams indulge themselves in Whole coriander cooking these days. seeds. 100 grams fennel seeds. 1 large stick cinnamon. 3 dried bay leaf. 1 teaspoon black pepper. Salt to taste. 2 medium-size peeled onions plus 2 medium size thinly sliced onions. 50 grams Fresh ginger. 50 grams Fresh garlic. 2 litres of water. 25 grams each of ginger and garlic paste Mutton Yakhni Pulao for Pulao.

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A party may be thrown in something that you have managed to of your well wishers will keep you day to spend time with family.Good your honour at work. Your good achieve. You will be a pillar of MEGHNA KAUR, Content Creator going on the professional front. planning will see you complete tasks. performance is likely to be noticed. strength to a friend or associate. ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 11 Rihanna extends Love and heartbreaks ...her tweet SUPPORT! fter many celebrities spoke up about the farmer protests in India, now an in- A ternational celeb- rity is also speaking up, singer and pop icon Rihanna recently extended her support on the issue. If you didn’t know, nu- merous farmers are protesting on the outskirts of Delhi against the centre’s agricul- tural laws, condemning the internet shutdown aimed at crippling the movement. Speaking upon the issue, Ri- hanna tweeted on Wednes- day, “Why aren’t we talking Shilpa Rao about this?! #FarmersPro- test,” along with a news ar- ndian playback singer, ticle about the situation. Shilpa Rao has released —Agency her latest track, ‘Rusvaai- Rihanna I yaan’, the second song from the album Songs of love on January, 20. Released ahead of Valentine’s week, the song is penned down by Kausar Munir and composed Happy B’day, Shakira! by Amit Trivedi. Rusvaaiyaan Botox on SUSHMITA AIND narrates the story of heart- s the pop icon, Waka Waka, the singer fanbase, and fea- [email protected] breaks and the brevity of life. Shakira, who never disappoints and ture as a judge on In an exclusive interview doesn’t seem to always wows fans with reputed shows with City First, Shilpa Rao shared “This A age turns 44 on her phenomenal talent. like The Voice. the face? song is about a ray of hope. The song cele- Wednesday, we are look- Over her almost 3 dec- —Agency brates love in the form of pain. Even when ing back at some of her ades long career, the we feel isolated, there is integration among most iconic hit songs, singer and mentor individuals. That we will conquer every that still have a re- ha managed to situation with love.” served spot on our play- build a niche for On being asked about her experience list. From classics like herself with her with Amit Trivedi, she said, “With Amit, it’s Hips Don’t Lie to ever- Spanish music, actually such a long association since 2006. green anthems like build a global We have collaborated for multiple projects such as DevD, Manmarziyan, Lootera, etc and audiences have loved our work.” Shilpa Rao has recently got married to her best friend Ritesh Krishnan on January, Indian fans 25 and has stepped into the new phase of life. 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Late Hal Holbrook Late Swami Om mmy Award winner Hal Holbrook recently he self-pro- passed away, he was 95 claimed god- E years old. The Holly- man and a wood veteran was best known T former Big for playing American novelist Boss 10 contestant, Alissa and Armaan Genelia and Riteish Sidharth Malhotra Mark Twain in the solo show Swami Om took his Mark Twain Tonight, which he heavenly abode on rmaan Jain and Alissa n their 9th wedding an- idharth Malhotra was first began performing in 1954. Wednesday. Swami Malhotra celebrated niversary, Genelia seen stepping out to Not only did he perform in the Om had been facing their first wedding an- Deshmukh has posted ...his post meet the director Vish- show, but he also wrote and di- health issues and A niversary on Wednes- O an adorable video with S nuvardhan as the pa- rected the play as well. Reports was diagnosed with day. The lavish wedding took her husband Riteish Desh- eeping his fans updated with his parazzi spotted him. On his via the New York Times con- Covid-19 a couple of place last year in Mumbai and mukh. She has added a cap- day to day happenings, Amitabh way out, a needy man ap- firmed that Holbrook died on months ago. It was now the couple is making mem- tion in which she mentions Bachchan has yet again posted a peared before him, asking for January 23 at his home in Bev- reported that he ories in Rishikesh as they cel- that love finds you, and that K picture on his Instagram where he help, to which he instantly of- erly Hills, California. His death was even paralysed ebrate their one year of togeth- ‘there is no me without you’. is seen riding a three-wheel bike to enter fered a helping hand. The pa- was confirmed late on Monday following which he erness. The couple has been Wishing the couple all the best sets. Big B who enjoys a massive fan follow- parazzi loved his spontaneous by his assistant, Joyce Cohen. had breathed his seen twinning while on their wishes for their future ening was seen enjoying music as he enters action and is displaying love —Agency last. —Agency excursion. —Agency deavours! —Agency the set on his new bike. —Agency for his kindness. —Agency CITY BUZZ 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 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 12 JODHPUR COUTURE SHOW CITY FIRST Fashions by Yogesh Jajra, Deepee’s Abhishek Trivedi, ajasthan’s largest AGJ Jewellery by Ajay Sin- fashion festival, gh, Nirvan by Vandana and Jodhpur Couture Nirupama and Woven RShow is back with Threads by Harshad Pa- its 10th edition. Decked in huja. traditional and royal The directors of the Jodhpuri couture, mod- Show, Ajay Singh Rao and els from all over the state Gaurav Gaur said, “Or- will spread fancy vibes Gaurav Gaur Anil Panwar ganised by Classic Make- in Marugarh, Jodhpur up Studio, this famous on February 7. Even the of the fashion industry will ble collection of 2021 with up- Jodhpur Couture Show students of Modi Uni- grace the event, some of whom coming hairdos and royal will showcase the exper- versity and Apex Uni- are – Swati Jangid, Charvi makeup trends. Various art- tise of traditional art- versity will participate Tanya Dutta and Aditi Hun- istry pieces will also be pre- istry and handicrafts. It to learn the basics of dia. Makeup artists Kunjal sented by Dungari by Moon will also promote the the fashion industry. Raval and Himanshi Rawal Bohra, Rivaayat Jodhpur by call of ‘Local for Vocal’. Several famous faces will also launch their incredi- Nikhail Mehta, Indus Pride [email protected] Swati Jangid From left: Kunjal Rawal and Aditi Hundia

IN THE PINK CITY! SPOTTED! —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN As winter is fading away, the sky is once again changing its SHAAM-E- SANGEET colour. Jaipurites experienced a purple hue in the sky as the dusk entered. NEHAL NAYAR [email protected]

musical evening, ‘Ek Shaam Sangeet Ke Naam’ by singer Aparna Bajpai was organised recently A in Jaipur, which was a joint association of Saurabh Sharma, Aman Duggal, Deepti Chaudhary Saini, Pragya Tibriwal, Aasthika Entertainment ADCP Suneeta Meena, Aparna Bajpai and Aman Duggal and Argus Homes. Renowned artists of the Pink City, along with Mallika Sarabhai was seen shooting for an upcoming Aparna Bajpai created a soothing web series ‘The Rocket Boy’ at Jawahar Kala Kendra atmosphere with their soulful (JKK) on Wednesday. singing. Additional DCP Jaipur Police, Sunita Meena and Ra- jasthan Congress Cabinet Archa- na Sharma were the chief guests of the event and enjoyed the show ODISHA TOURISM ROADSHOW with utmost enthusiasm. The guests of honour of the vent were CITY FIRST States in terms of tour- senior journalist Urukram Shar- ism in the country. ma, actor and director Dr Jyoti inister of In his Keynote Joshi, and social activists Anuj Tourism, Address, Principal Srivastava, Amita Madhup and Odia Lan- Secretary, Tourism, Mahabeer Soni. M guage, Litera- Sports & Youth Servic- Hosts from Argus Homes, Alok ture & Culture, Gov- es, Government of Odi- Srivastava, Aman Duggal and Shadow paintings by Artist Shakti Singh ernment of Odisha, sha, Vishal Kumar Dev Khushboo Salgia welcomed every- Jyoti Prakash Panigra- threw light on the post- one to the beautiful evening with event was to give recognition to mi, Mukta Chadha, Anna Ashok, hi delivered the inau- Covid tourism plan and great hospitality. my fellow artists, and felicitate Poonam Sharma, Abhijeet Joshi, gural address at the During the inaugural ceremony said that in 2021 the fo- Founder of Aasthika Enter- them for being so consistent in Shalini Mathur, Rajeev Mathur, ‘Odisha Tourism Road- cus will be on develop- tainment, Aparna Bajpai stated, this industry and doing such a Bela Mathur, Sanjay Mishra, show-2021’ at Hotel B2B network meetings States when it comes to ing cruise tourism, “This is the first edition of this great work.” Charisha, Meena, Usha Nair, Lalit on Wednesday. were held during the tourism. The Govern- homestays, heritage musical evening, and various The artists present at the Sania and Bilal. Anchors Arvind The programme was roadshow. ment of Odisha is hospitality as well as evenings like this will be organ- event, along with Aparna Bajpai Pareek and Shikha made the organised by FICCI in He informed that working hard to en- upgrading of ecotour- ised for the people in Jaipur. The were, Om Prakash Goswami evening memorable. collaboration with Odi- both Rajasthan and sure that the State be- ism facilities in the main purpose to organise this Rajesh Goswami, Ruchi Goswa- [email protected] sha Tourism. Over 500 Odisha are god-gifted comes one of the Top 3 state. [email protected] NEWLY-WEDS! Induction program BLESSINGS!

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NU Medical College by Dr Sandeep Bakshi, admitted the fifth Chairperson, JNU Hospital batch of MBBS course and Medical college. J2020-21, who cher- On this occasion, Dr Bak- ished the golden dreams of shi congratulated the new becoming a doctor. In the batch of students on this Jaydev Unadkat, the Rajasthan Royals fast-bowler, induction program held at new beginning and wel- POSTER LAUNCH: ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’, a Rajasthani fi lm, took to social media on Wednesday to reveal that the auditorium of JNU Hos- comed them to the premier presented by N K Mittal and directed by Lakhwinder J Singh launched its he has tied the knot with Rinny on Tuesday. Unadkat pital on Wednesday, 150 stu- institute. He said that poster on Sunday. The fi lm features the story of four brothers and their posted a picture with his wife along with a note that dents were honoured with JNUIMSRC aims to produce families and shall begin shooting soon. The creative producer of the fi lm is said that the wedding took place on February 2 in a Tilak and the gold medals world-class doctors. Dharmendra Upadhyay and the lead actors are Poonam Sharma, Andaz Khan, Moti Dungri Ganesh Ji ceremony that included family and friends. were awarded to the toppers —CITY FIRST Deepak Meena, Veer Rathore and Karishma Tak among others.

HAPPY B’DAY! DURING THE DAY! —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI GUJ: To encourage RAJ: The poster launch ceremony of the the enthusiasm of Fashion Modeling Competition ‘Junoon the young cherubs, a Season 03’ was organised by the Aastastu fashion show entitled, Event Solution at The Black Box Club, ‘Prince and Princess of Jaipur on Wednesday. The poster was Gujarat’ (season-2) was launched by India Glam founder director organised by Glamor and patron Pawan Tank, Mrs India Glam World Entertainment 2021 winner Sneha Rathod, Miss India and Orange 1 Group. Glam 2021 winner Rishika Mudgal, Miss Pavan Solanki, Anang India Glam fi rst runner-up Muskan Kamdar, Mistry and Kiran Miss India Glam fi nalist Ragani, And Shalu Panjwani were the jury Tank, director of The Black Boks by Dr members for the event. Sundar Gujar among others. The directors IPS Bhuvan Bhushan The fashion show held a of Aastastu Event Solutions Anurag Singh celebrated his birthday on world record in India as and Mohit Sharma shared, after all these Wednesday, February 3. We more than 50 children auditions, the fi nalists will have to fi ght for wish him all the best! walked the ramp. the title crown at the Grand Finale in Agra.