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JAI HO, JAI HO SHANKARA Sadhus gather to take a holy dip in the waters of Ganga river to mark Maha Shivratri during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar. (Inset): Devotees perform Abhishek of Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri festival, at the historic Kasel Shiv Mandir, near Amritsar. —PHOTOS BY PTI

Brahma Kumaris’ chief Dadi BENGAL BHOOCHAL! Hriday Mohini dies at 93 rahma Ku- maris’ chief Nandigram ‘attack’: Mamata appeals administrator Dadi Hriday B Mohini died for peace; BJP demands CBI probe, on Thursday at a private hospital in Mumbai. She was 93. She was under- going treatment at Sai- says ‘drama’ won’t yield any results fee Hospital in Mumbai for the last 15 days. The Kolkata: Appealing to ta further said. spokesperson added her party workers and Explaining her con- that after the death of its supporters to maintain dition from the hospital former chief Dadi Janki a peace, West Bengal where she has been ad- year ago, Mohini was Narendra Modi Amit Shah @AmitShah Chief Minister Mamata mitted to, Mamata said, appointed as the chief @narendramodi Pained to learn about Banerjee, who was in- “I was doing ‘namaskar’ administrator of the or- Dadi Hriday Mohini Ji the passing away of jured after being alleg- standing on the bonnet ganisation. Her body will will be remembered for Rajyogini Dadi Hriday her numerous efforts to edly pushed by some of my car, at that time be brought to the head- Mohini ji. Her devotion alleviate human suffering and resolve towards the unknown miscreants in pressure was exerted, quarters in Abu Road, and further societal welfare of society and Nandigram, said Thurs- because of which my where on Friday, the empowerment. She played humanity will continue to day that she would re- leg was hit by the car. In public will be able pay a pivotal role in spreading guide us. She will always the positive message of the sume work possibly in that condition, whatev- respects for the ‘Rajyo- be remembered for her Brahma Kumaris family. pioneer efforts to create two to three days. er medicine I was carry- gini’ with a last prayer. Anguished by her passing a better world. My deep- “I’m hoping I can ing I had those and soon The last rites will be per- away. Om Shanti. est condolences. get back to my daily we left for Kolkata. formed on March 13. schedule after 2 or 3 Since then, the doctors Governor Kalraj Mishra, Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 days. But owing to the are treating me.” Chief Minister Ashok Ge- My heartfelt condolences at the passing away of Rajyo- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee admitted at SSKM hospital after suffering injuries gini Dadi Hridaya Mohini Ji, the Chief of Brahma Ku- condition of my leg, he chief minister was hlot, Lok Sabha Speaker maris. She devoted herself to the service of humanity & there would be a prob- during her Nandigram visit on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI hospitalised after she Om Birla and Vasund- inspired people towards the spiritual path. My thoughts lem but I will manage was injured during her hara Raje condoled her are with her followers..may God give them strength. it. I won’t cancel any campaign in Nandi- demise. of my meetings… I TMC POLITICISING ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS TMC’S gram, from where she might have to travel ISSUE: KAILASH LETTER ‘FULL OF INSINUATIONS’ also filed her nomina- on a wheelchair in or- BJP leader Kailash Responding to the letter sent by TMC over the Nan- tion for the upcoming der to do it,” she was Vijayvargiya accused digram incident, the Election Commission of India assembly elections. The Very worried about Maha: Centre seen saying in a video TMC of politicising said it was unfortunate that the letter was “full of doctors have said that message on Facebook. alleged attack on West insinuations and averments”. “Completely incorrect she has suffered severe New Delhi: The Centre comes on a day when “I am appealing to all Bengal CM Mamata Ba- to suggest that Commission has taken over law and bone injuries in her left is “very worried” about the Maharashtra gov- to remain calm and nerjee. We believe such order machinery in the state in the name of con- ankle and foot and mild the upsurge in corona- ernment announced a maintain peace. I ask all incidents should not be ducting elections and appropriated whole gover- injuries in her right virus cases in Maha- week-long lockdown - to please refrain from politicized. I hope EC nance structure,” the poll body said, adding that the shoulder, forearm and rashtra, NITI Aayog from March 15 to March doing anything that will send enough cen- incident was “indeed unfortunate” and needs to be neck. Although her con- member Dr VK Paul taken for granted if the 21 - in Nagpur, which would cause problem to tral forces to Bengal. inquired into with “promptitude and dispatch”. dition is stated to be said on Thursday, add- country has to remain reported over 1800 cases common man,” Mama- “stable”, Turn to P6 ing the virus cannot be Covid-free. The remark in 24 hours. Turn to P6

Cops suspended, ZERO TOLERANCE one arrested for Kanpur girl’s father’s death NCRB: Yogi Govt Has Nipped Communal Violence In The Bud Kanpur: A In a major As per NCRB, there is a significant NO RIOTS IN UP crackdown on the accused involved in decrease in dacoity, rape, extortion- Kanpur rape survi- kidnapping, loot and clashes in the state vor’s father’s murder, policeman, whose First India Bureau ernment communique. two sons are ac- Citing data by Na- cused in the case, Lucknow: Pursuing its tional Crime Records was arrested. With policy of zero tolerance Bureau (NCRB), a gov- this, three policemen for crime, the Yogi Adi- ernment official said from the Sajeti Police tyanath government the BJP Government’s station have also been seems to have come a crackdown against ma- ship of Yogi Adityanath state by controlling suspended. Kanpur long way in not only ef- fias and criminals has has witnessed a sharp large-scale communal rape survivor’s father fectively maintaining changed the perception decline in the crime clashes,” he said. was mowed down by law and order but also about Uttar Pradesh. rate. Needless to say, it According to NCRB, a speeding truck. instilled a sense of se- “Despite being the most has also in the process there has been a signifi- See P3 curity among the com- populous state, UP un- CM Yogi performing Rudrabhishek of Lord Shiva at Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur on the occasion efficiently restored har- cant decrease in dacoi- mon man, claims a gov- der the effective leader- of Maha Shivratri that was vividly celebrated across the nation on Thursday. mony and peace in the ty, rape, Turn to P6 UTTAR PRADESH 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 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 02 FUNCTIONS TO COMMEMORATE THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE WILL BE ORGANISED IN ALL DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH ‘AMRIT’ FOR 75 YRS OF INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE: PM MODI TO INAUGURATE GALA CELEBRATIONS First India Bureau royalty from the mining related works is re- Lucknow: Uttar hief Minister Yogi Adity- hief Minister Yogi Adity- ceived by the govern- anath, who visited West Pradesh is all set to C Canath on Thursday reviewed ment. Mining should be Bengal recently, will be the star celebrate Amrit progress of various projects done as per prescribed campaigner for BJP in Assam Mahotsav to be under the Ayodhya Vision conditions. and West Bengal on March 16 kicked off by Document and has directed He directed the De- and 17 respectively. Yogi will officials to help develop the partment of Mining Prime Minister address rallies in these states Naredra Modi today to Temple Town into a vedic city and Home Affairs to to drum up support for BJP with all facilities. mark 75 years of Inde- that rules in the Centre and the send their teams to Ban- pendence on 15th Au- state of Uttar Pradesh. da district and investi- gust, 2022. gate the proceedings of Chief Minister Yogi ongoing mining works Adityanath will par- ttar Pradesh Chief Minister over there. ticipate in the event UYogi Adityanath has extend- The UP CM instruct- through a programme ed his greetings to people and ed officials to set up 200- to be organised at offered prayers at Shiv temple bed hospitals from the Shaheed Memorial in in Bharohia area of Gorakhpur district mineral fund in Kakori, Lucknow. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his offi cial residence on Thursday. district on Thursday on the oc- Hamirpur, Mahoba and Four places associ- casion of Maha Shivaratri. Chitrakoot districts, ated with the Freedom Smarak (Ballia) and tions at a high-level that the preparation adding that construc- struggle in Uttar Jhansi Fort / Pandit meeting convened at his with regards to the ogi has instructed officials tion of these hospitals, Pradesh will focus to Deendayal Auditorium government residence same are complete. Yto set up a 200-bed hospital good medical facilities commemorate the Inde- (Jhansi) where special here on Thursday said Later, while review- from ‘District Mineral Fund’ in should be available over pendence struggle. functions would be held that ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ ing the works of the Hamirpur, Mahoba and Chitra- here. The CM also in- The places include during the ‘Mahotsav’. will be organised by the Mining Department, koot. Construction of hospitals structed the Energy De- Kakori (Lucknow), Chief Minister Yogi state government in all the Chief Minister di- will provide good medical facili- partment to speed up Shaheed Smarak Adityanath, who took the districts and offi- rected that it should be ties to people here, he said. Yogi Speaks installation of smart (Meerut), Shaheed stock of the prepara- cials should make sure ensured that the entire prepaid meters. UP Pension scheme Modi, Rajnath, Yogi in 323 PMAY: UP beats adds 2648 elderly all other states members in Noida member strong BJP SWC First India Bureau First India Bureau The total number First India Bureau Lucknow:Uttar Pradesh of old-age pension has outshined several Noida: As many as beneficiaries in the Lucknow: The Uttar other States and set a 2,648 beneficiaries district is now more Pradesh BJP on Thurs- record of sorts by got added in Gautam than 21,000. At the day announced the building more than 7 Buddh Nagar for a rate of Rs 500 per names of 323 members lakh houses under the monthly financial month, every quar- of its state working Pradhan Mantri Awas support extended by ter a sum of Rs 1,500 committee, and also Yojana (PMAY). Prime CM Yogi Adityanath. the Uttar Pradesh is transferred direct- listed permanent and Minister Narendra government under a ly to the bank ac- special invitees to the Modi has already target of construct- pension scheme for count of beneficiar- panel. praised UP Chief Min- ing 17,72,564 houses the elderly, officials ies, he said. Twenty-eight sen- ister Yogi Adityanath under the Pradhan said. According to the ior party leaders, in- for prompt implemen- Mantri Awas Yojana Gautam Buddh Uttar Pradesh gov- cluding Prime Minis- CM Yogi convened a meeting reviewing state’s readiness against COVID-19 on Thursday. Medical tation of the housing (Urban). For this, the Nagar Social Welfare ernment, any person ter Narendra Modi, Education Minister Suresh Khanna, PS to CM Sanjay Prasad, CS RK Tiwari, ACS (Home) Awanish K scheme. budgetary provision Officer Shailendra above the age of 60 in Defence Minister Ra- Awasthi, ACS Navneet Sehgal and DIG HC Awasthy were also present at the meet. According to infor- of Rs 80,821 crore Bahadur Singh said the state with an an- jnath Singh, UP Chief mation provided by the was also made. It is District Magistrate nual income not Minister Yogi Adity- has announced the trict presidents, district Swami Prasad Maurya, housing department, worth mentioning Suhas LY recently more than Rs 46,080 anath and several names of members of in-charges and mayors Satish Mahana, Ashu- the State Government that a contribution of approved addition of in rural areas and Rs state and central min- the state working com- will be invitee members tosh Tandon and Anil has constructed as Rs 27,445 crore was to 652 more pensioners 56,460 in urban areas isters, have been in- mittee, permanent in- of the state working Rajbhar, have been many as 7,01,594 houses be provided by the under the scheme. is eligible for old-age cluded as permanent vitees and special in- committee, he said. made special invitees, till March 1,2021 under Central Government, Of these, 233 pen- pension. invitees, according to vitees, state unit media A total of 94 leaders, he added. Pradhan Mantri Awas out of which an sioners are in urban The beneficiaries a statement. co-in-charge Himanshu including MPs and cab- Assembly polls in UP Yojana. amount of Rs 15,128 areas and 419 in ru- are eligible for a UP BJP president Dubey said. inet ministers like are going to be held just The state govern- crore has already ral areas. A total of monthly pension of Swatantra Dev Singh All the party’s dis- Suresh Kumar Khanna, about a year from now. ment was given the been released. 2,648 new pensioners Rs 500 per month have been added so which is transferred far this financial directly into their year, Singh said. bank accounts. ‘Yogi taking credit of Yogi performs Puja on Maha Shivratri First India Bureau hishek. The Chief SP regime works’ Minster also in- First India Bureau “Thankfully the picture Gorakhpur: Chief spected ongoing con- is his own, though work Minister Yogi Adity- struction works of Lucknow: Samajwadi is of someone else!”. anath dynamically Guru Gorakhsh Party President Akh- He also tagged a pho- reached Gorakhpur Nath Vidyapeeth. ilesh Yadav on Thurs- tograph of the CM on on Thursday to offer Chief Development day accused CM Yogi of which it was written, prayers to lord Shiva. Officer Indrajeet Singh taking credit for works “Taking a selfie in front CM’s helicopter land- and ADM Rajesh Singh done in his regime. of the Lahchura dam ed at Bapu PG College Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi performed Mahashivratri rituals welcomed the CM at Pi- Pointing at a picture built in the SP regime... Grounds of Gorakh- at Gorakshnath Temple on Thursday. piganj from where he where Yogi took a selfie thank you for shining pur’s Pipiganj at reached Gorakhnath —REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE at Lahchura dam, Ya- light on the work done around 2:30pm, where at Piteshwarnath Shiv formed all rituals in- Temple and offered dav tweeted in Hindi, during our time”. the CM offered prayers Mandir and per- cluding the Jal Ab- prayers.

HI TECH TRAVEL Driverless pod taxis likely to connect Jewar Airport, Greater Noida First India Bureau environment and con- than metro trains be- it more viable than even CEO, India and Middle venient, Singh said, a cause they are envi- buses which run with East, Nitin Kumar said Noida: Driverless per- day after meeting with ronment friendly, empty seats, he added. the construction cost sonal rapid transport representatives of Ul- cost-effective and pro- These self-driven pod for pod taxi system (PRT) or pod taxis could tra PRT, a company that vide last-mile connec- taxis run on battery or would cost five times be considered for last specialises in taxi pods. tivity, he said. hydrogen and are envi- less than creating a mile connectivity of Dhirendra Singh, The accident rate in ronment friendly. They metro or train route. passengers commuting in whose constituen- pod taxis is zero. There occupy less space and A heritage city till to and from the upcom- cy the Greenfield air- is no carbon emission hence are naturally Vrindavan is being de- ing Noida International port is coming up, as they are battery-op- suitable for Indian cit- veloped while several Airport, BJP leader and said Uttar Pradesh erated. With prefabri- ies and have viability in multinational compa- Jewar MLA Dhirendra Chief Minister Yogi cated construction, the future also, Kumar said. nies are also planning Singh said. Adityanath has been facility could be set up Singh said besides facilities in the region, The hi-tech pod taxis, apprised of the idea Pod Taxis are an eco friendly, cost effective mode of travel. —REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE on the route in a period the airport, a film city which makes the option which are used in sev- of having taxi pods of two months. One taxi is coming up in Jewar of having pod taxis eral western countries, for connectivity be- Greater Noida.The ing futuristic mode of pods can be more vi- can have five to six pas- along the Yamuna Ex- practical for commuta- are cost-effective, pro- tween Jewar and CM’s thrust is on hav- transport and taxi able on this route sengers, so that makes pressway. Ultra PRT’s tion, he added. UTTAR PRADESH 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 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 03 The UP Irrigation Dept has already completed 11 projects that were pending for the last four decades 8 dead, 4 injured in Yogi govt sets December deadline SUV-truck collision for 15 irrigation projects in state First India Bureau —FILE PHOTO visit to Bundelkhand hayak irrigation project, had assured of adequate lifeline in Bundelkhand, Lucknow: With its con- drinking and irrigation will bring positive tinuous effective efforts water facilities to the changes in the lives of to reach to farmers, the people. farmers of Hamirpur, Yogi Adityanath govern- The irrigation depart- Banda and Mahoba. The The damaged vehicle after hitting the truck. ment has planned to ment, apart from target- Arjuna Sahayak irriga- complete 15 prominent ing 15 projects by Decem- tion project is worth Rs First India Bureau irrigation projects in the ber 2021, has also 2,600 crore. It is sched- Expressing his grief state by December 2021. planned modernisation uled for completion in Agra: As many as eight This would go a long way of nine projects for one or two month. It will people were killed and on the incident CM in boosting the irriga- which a proposal has be inaugurated by PM four others were injured Yogi asked officials to tion requirements of the been sent to the govern- Narendra Modi. The Ar- on Thursday morning extend all help farmers. ment for approval. There juna Sahayak irrigation when the car in which According to informa- are some projects which project on river Dhasan they were travelling tion from the irrigation are lying incomplete be- will offer irrigation fa- rammed into a truck in The dead bodies have and water resource de- cause of paucity of cilities to 1.5 lakh farm- Etmauddaula area of been sent for post mor- partment these projects provide Rs 342 crore. in the rural areas for next fiscal there is provi- funds or pending cases ers of as many as 168 UP Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. tem while the injured are lying in limbo for During the current fiscal which adequate funding sion of Rs 1,137 crore for in the court over acquisi- villages of Hamirpur, “Four people are in- are being treated at the quite a long time. Once the irrigation depart- has also been made in central Ganga canal, Rs tion of land. Moves are Banda and Mahoba and jured and have been hospital. completed these projects ment has completed 11 annual budget 2021-22. 976 crore for Rajghat ca- afoot to sort them out. around four lakh people rushed to a hospital. Chief Minister Yogi would enhance the 3.77 projects which were While targeting comple- nal project, Rs 610 crore Other pending pro- will get the benefit of The truck is from Naga- Adityanath expressed lakh hectares irrigation pending for the last four tion of 11 projects by De- for Saryu canal, Rs 271 jects are Arjun sahayak pure drinking water, and land and the car is bear- grief over the road acci- facilities in the state. The decades. CM Yogi Adity- cember the government crore east Ganga canal scheme, Chillimal pump also, irrigation facilities ing the registration dent and instructed se- Centre under its long- anath has laid especial has also planned eight and Rs 104 crore for Cane canal scheme, Badhai will be provided by the number of Jharkhand,” nior officers to reach out term loan plan from NA- emphasis on increasing more schemes in next Betwa link canal project. dam project and Kanhar project to an area of said SP City Botre Ro- on the spot and help in BARD has decided to the irrigation facilities financial years. For the The CM during his 2-day scheme. The Arjuna Sa- 15,000 hectares. han Pramod. every possible way.

Cop held, 3 others suspended CRIME ROUND UP STUDENT KILLS TWO GIRLS FEARED DROWNED MAN ARRESTED in rape survivor’s father’s death SELF AS FATHER WHILE BATHING IN THE GANGA WITH CHARAS continued from p1 ing medical examina- rabh, who threatened FAILS TO PAY FEES Pratapgarh: Two girls were feared drowned in the WORTH RS 1 CRORE tion on Wednesday. the survivor’s kin with Shahjahanpur: A Ganga in Manikpur area of Pratapgarh district after Shahjahanpur: A man Kanpur: In a major SI Devendra Yadav, rape-and-murder if Class 12 student al- they slipped into deep water while bathing in the was arrested with one crackdown on the ac- currently posted in they moved police, is legedly committed river on the occasion of Mahashivratri on Thursday, kg of charas worth over cused involved in Kan- neighbouring Kannauj, still on the run. UP Po- suicide in Shahja- police said. Four girls -- Sangita alias Radha (12), Be- Rs 1 crore in the interna- Cong demands pur rape survivor’s fa- was on Thursday lice have activated its hanpur district as he gam (13), Anjali (12) and Khushi (10) -- slipped into tional market in Uttar ther’s murder, a police- charged with engineer- surveillance machin- was “upset” over his deep water while bathing in the river, Station House Pradesh’s Shahjahan- probe into man, whose two sons ing the hit-and-run on ery, set up five teams father’s failure to pay Officer (SHO), Manikpur, Subhash yadav said. pur district, the police are accused in the case, the highway that killed and dispatched a SWAT his school fees, the said on Thursday. The killing of rape was arrested. With this, the man. team to track and ar- police said on Thurs- CHARRED BODY OF GIRL, WHO WENT accused was identified three cops from the Sa- The police are trying rest Saurabh, said Kan- day. Anup Kumar (18) as Vipin, they said. Fol- victim’s father jeti Police station have to close-in on the killer pur SSP Preetinder shot himself with a MISSING THREE DAYS BACK, FOUND lowing a tip-off, Vipin First India Bureau also been suspended. truck and driver before Singh.Mastermind countrymade pistol Chitrakoot: The charred body of a mentally un- was arrested on Wednes- Kanpur rape survi- arresting the cop. Golu Yadav was nabbed on Wednesday, after stable girl, who had gone missing from her resi- day near Machhla vil- New Delhi/Kanpur: vor’s father was mowed While Yadav’s son, on Wednesday. his father told him dence, was found from a village in Chitrakoot dis- lage in Khudaganj area The Congress on Thurs- down by a speeding Deepu, accused of ab- The government also that he could not ar- trict, the police said on Thursday. The body of the with one kg of charas day demanded a judicial truck, metres away duction and gang rape, suspended three police- range the money for 17-year-old was found from Kuriyadeeh village in worth over Rs 1 crore in probe into the death of a from the health centre was tracked down and men, including two out- his school fee, DSP the Bargarh area on Wednesday, Station House Of- the international mar- rape survivor’s father in where his teenage arrested in the morn- post in charge and a Mahendra Kumar ficer (SHO) Ravi Prakash said. She had gone miss- ket, Superintendent of a road accident in Kan- daughter was undergo- ing, his elder son, Sau- constable on Thursday. said. ing from her home on Monday. Police S Anand said. pur, and questioned the silence of PM Modi on the issue. Congress spokesper- Tax Evasion: Excise Ahead of Panchayat polls, Aiming For Less: Azam son Supriya Shrinate said the Yogi Adityanath staff record statement government had failed to liquor worth `40L seized allowed to sell gun control crime against First India Bureau First India Bureau —FILE PHOTO women, contrary to the The accused can claims being made in Lucknow: SIT Luc- ‘beti bachao’ (save the know recorded the state- be called up for Ballia: Liquor worth girl child). ments of the officials of questioning several around Rs 40 lakh alleg- “We demand that the the Excise Department times in the future edly meant to be distrib- family be duly compen- suspended for their con- uted ahead of the pan- sated. We demand a judi- nection with the tax eva- chayat polls in Uttar cial inquiry and we de- sion case of Rs 100 crore through computers and Pradesh and for smug- mand that the insensi- by the Co-operative Com- documents in the depart- gling into neighbouring tive government wakes pany Limited Liquor fac- ment office in Nawaganj Bihar has been seized up and owns up its moral tory in Saharanpur. The Chowk onThursday, af- from the city, the police responsibility,” she said. SIT recorded the state- ter which the statements said on Thursday. According to the po- ment of Excise employ- were recorded. “During a drive to The liquor was which a Rs 1,000-reward lice, the 13-yr-old girl was ees and four factory em- SIT in-charge Dev check the illegal sale of brought for distribution is given to a person if allegedly raped by Golu ployees and the team is Ranjan Verma said alcohol, 960 cartons of in the panchayat polls over 100 cartons of liq- Rampur MP Azam Khan —FILE PHOTO Yadav and Deepu on set to visit the district statements of Excise liquor worth over Rs 40 and was also to be smug- uor are recovered on the Monday. While the medi- jail on March 12 to re- Deputy Commissioner lakh were recovered gled into Bihar, where basis of his/her tip-off. First India Bureau cal examination of the cord the statements of RK Chaturvedi, Asst- from separate areas on its sale is prohibited, the Last month, police Khan has been lodged rape survivor was going the eight accused. Commissioner Jagar- Wednesday,” Superin- SP said. had recovered 1,900 car- Rampur: Rampur dis- in Sitapur jail in more on, her father was hit by The SIT team gath- ampal, Excise Inspector tendent of Police Vipin He said police are run- tons of liquor worth over trict administration on than a hundred cases a truck outside. ered evidence by going Arvind Verma etc. Tada said. ning a special drive in Rs 1 crore, the SP said. Thursday granted per- mission to Rampur MP for more than a year. Azam Khan, currently FATAL BRAWL lodged in Sitapur jail, to sell his double-barrel three arms licences. gun. He had sent his ap- The government has plication to the district now capped the num- VDO killed on birthday by dhaba owner, staff magistrate through the ber of arms a person jail superintendent. can have to only two. two other staffers of du University (in Vara- “Azam Khan had After this, licence hold- Vijay and brother Som were attacked the dhaba were taken nasi) where Vijay suc- sought permission to ers are selling their ad- with bottles of soft drinks & iron rods into custody for inter- cumbed to injuries on sell a licensed gun by ditional weapons. Khan rogation. Thursday, he added. post. The administra- had also sought per- First India Bureau Vijay Yadav (26), the Ghazipur superin- Police said that Vijay, tion gave permission to mission from the jail. deceased, and his tendent of police (SP) along with Som and him by post to sell his Tazeen Fatma, Azam Varanasi: In a shock- brother Som Yadav OP Singh said, “Vijay three other friends, had gun. Now, he can sell Khan’s wife, said that ing incident, a village were attacked by the and Som were attacked gone to Kalika Dhaba it,” said Rampur City his family did have development officer owner and staff of a with bottles of soft in Tulsipur area for Magistrate, Ramji arms, but they were (VDO) was brutally ‘dhaba’ (roadside res- drinks and iron rods by dinner, Wednesday be- Mishra. deposited since the murdered on his birth- taurant) following a the dhaba owner and ing the birthday of Vi- Khan has been time of election and day while his brother brawl. his staff following a jay, son of retired nay- lodged in Sitapur jail in were not withdrawn suffered grave injuries The condition of brawl between them on ab tehsildar Mahendra more than a hundred thereafter. in the Tulsipur area Som was stated to be Wednesday late night.” Yadav. After dinner, a cases for more than a Apart from Azam under the limits of Kot- stable, the police said. Vijay Yadav —FILE PHOTO After suffering head brawl erupted with the year. His son Abdullah Khan, Tanjim Fatima wali police station in Vijay, who was a resi- injuries, they were dhaba manager and the Azam Khan has also also has a licence for Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaz- dent of Gora Bazar in as VDO in Dobhi block Four persons including rushed to the trauma staffers, which led to a been lodged in Sitapur two and his son Umar ipur district. Ghazipur, was posted of Jaunpur district. owner, manager and centre of Banaras Hin- clash. jail. Azam Khan had Abdullah has one arm. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 04

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Some 12 of the 14 countries and companies in the world, still, territories reporting no cases are small the efficiency and wellbeing of Pacific or Atlantic islands. the financial markets were Whether the race to end the pandemic will never considered critical for be a sprint or a marathon remains to be seen, the economy in particular and as does the extent of the gap between rich and I the society in general. Now It is poor contestants. However, as vaccines roll just the ripe time to design and out across the world, it seems we are collec- implement a dynamic mecha- tively just out of the starting blocks. nism of corporate governance Here are the challenges we face over that will protect the interests the next 12 months if we are to ever be- of relevant stakeholders with- gin to reduce COVID-19 to a sporadic or out hindering the growth of endemic disease. business houses. Developing safe and effective vaccines in So, what is corporate govern- such a short time frame was a mission as am- ance? As per my evaluation, it is bitious, and with as many potential pitfalls, a systematic structure and the as walking on the Moon. procedures which regulate cor- Miraculously, 12 months after a pandemic porate functioning and efficien- takeovers and mergers calling Yet, it has been observed was declared, eight vaccines against SARS- cy. Usually, it is the combination for capital restructuring are that corporate frauds and CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have of rules, processes or laws by actually gateways for corrup- failure of governance have been approved by at least one country. A which businesses are operated, tion. If the companies do not I BELIEVE THAT increased in frequency, in- ninth, Novavax, is very promising. So far, regulated, or controlled. have real independent direc- PEOPLE, PURPOSE, tensity, and magnitude due more than 312 million people have been vac- Unfortunately, in India, tors on the Board, there is a PROCESS, AND to unethical business prac- cinated with at least one dose. the purpose of corporate chance that members might tices and insufficient disclo- While most high-income countries will governance is not impecca- not comply strictly with the PERFORMANCE sures. The prevailing ine- have vaccinated their populations by ear- ble or faultless. Investors laws and the takeover may be ARE THE FOUR PS OF quality, the glorification of ly 2022, 85 poor countries will have to learned this the hard way driven by a board member hav- THE GUIDING greed, lack of concern for wait until 2023. when huge corporations like ing vested interests in the ac- PHILOSOPHIES OF society, and manifold regula- This implies the world won’t be back to nor- DHFL, YES Bank, Jet Air- quisition. Which obviously INDIAN CORPORATE tions without monitoring on mal travel, trade and supply chains until 2024 ways, CCD, IL&FS & King- would deprive the sharehold- GOVERNANCE the ground are some of the unless rich countries take actions — such as fisher Airlines collapsed. It ers of any tangible gains. reasons responsible for the waiving vaccine patents, diversifying produc- was simple to blame GST and As a corporate trainer and increase in the rate of scams tion of vaccines and supporting vaccine de- the insolvency laws. Yet, fail- consultant, I strongly believe year after year. livery — to help poor countries catch up. ure to comply with corporate that people, Purpose, Process, Though a lot of new stand- The vaccines have been shown to be safe governance rules and not and Performance are the four Ps tory objectives, too much gov- ards have been set and changes and effective in preventing symptomatic and sticking to legislation were of the guiding philosophies of ernment interference, poor fi- in reporting made with a focus severe COVID-19. However, we need to con- not given due recognition. Indian Corporate Governance. nancial self-sufficiency, and on the process of enforcement tinue to study the vaccines after being rolled Based on reports The above-listed debacles of If these four Ps are prac- absenteeism of directors on and compliance, the need of out (conducting so-called post-implementa- of various massive business houses dic- ticed, an environment of fair- the governing body. the hour is to create a commit- tion studies) in 2021 and beyond. This is to committees tate as to why corporate gov- ness, transparency, account- To add to the misery is the ted human resource to ensure determine how long protection lasts, whether constituted ernance is of great importance ability, and responsibility missing objective of the audit good corporate governance in we need booster doses, how well vaccines under SEBI. today? Though, one can argue will be built which is neces- committee to include risk man- practice. Thus, a major respon- work in children and the impact of vaccines Performance endlessly that the equity cult is sary for fostering long-term agement control systems to sibility lies on the shoulders of on viral transmission. evaluation for yet to spread in a big way in our investment, financial stabil- create an environment for obe- institutions that are consid- What should make us feel optimistic is that all Directors, country and hence the impact ity, and business integrity to dience to the practices of good ered beacon in imparting the in countries that rolled out the vaccines early, including of corporate governance on support a better growth rate governance. concept of education in the such as the UK and Israel, there are signs the Independent small shareholders is not of and an inclusive society. Based on reports of various minds of young professionals. rate of new infections is in decline.’ Directors, much consequence. But here, Having said that, though I committees constituted under The solution, in my opinion, compulsorily by accepting this argument, we agree that there are sufficient SEBI, recommendations on the to this problem in India, maybe WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL putting in place tend to lose the core point. Stud- arrangements in the law to reforms needed in the system to provide more teeth to the BARRIERS TO OVERCOME? a whistleblower ies and statistics reflect that deal with good corporate gov- were introduced recently. Per- watchdog organizations like One of the most salutary lessons we have retail investors are accounting ernance, the problem remains formance evaluation for all Di- SEBI, granting greater powers learned in the pandemic’s first year is how mechanism and for nearly $1.2bn per month in in the implementation of those rectors, including Independent to investigating agencies, ensur- dangerous it is to let COVID-19 transmission constitution of a the form of SIPs. And there- laws specially in the PSUs in Directors, compulsorily put- ing enhanced accountability go unchecked. The result is the emergence of Risk mgmt fore, corporate governance India. As the ownership of ting in place a whistleblower from public sector banks, and more transmissible variants that escape our Committee were standards made by SEBI and PSUs remains with the govern- mechanism and constitution decongesting the courts in immune responses, high rates of excess mor- thought to the govt are needed to be prac- ment, the failure to sustain of a Risk Management Com- bringing culprits to swift justice. tality and a stalled economy. make the system ticed in letter and spirit. Corporate governance is a mittee were thought to make THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY —THE CONVERSATION foolproof It is often seen that corporate common sight due to contradic- the system foolproof. THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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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 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 06 PM’S MOTHER RECEIVES FIRST DOSE OF VACCINE As many as 2,52,89,693 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far, Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday New Delhi: The PM the COVID-19 vaccine at Narendra Modi's moth- AIIMS. Remarkable er, Heeraben Modi, re- how our doctors and sci- ‘Bhagavad Gita opens minds, inspires one to think’ ceived her first dose of entists have worked in the COVID-19 vaccine quick time to strength- New Delhi: The Bhaga- Acharya Vinoba Bhave on Thursday. en the global fight vad Gita makes people PM TO FLAG OFF 'PADYATRA' described the Gita as a "Happy to share that against COVID-19," PM think, inspires them to New Delhi: PM will fl ag off a 'Padyatra' from Sabar- Mother who would take my mother has taken Modi tweeted. question & keeps minds mati Ashram in Gujarat on Friday & launch various in- him in her lap if he the first dose of the The countrywide vac- open, said PM Modi. itiatives planned under 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav' to stumbled. Greats like COVID-19 vaccine to- cination drive was "The Gita makes one commemorate 75th Anniversary of India's Independ- Mahatma Gandhi, day. I urge everyone to rolled out on January think. It inspires us to ence. The padyatra will be joined by different groups Lokmanya Tilak, Ma- help and motivate peo- 16, & vaccination of the question. It encourages of people on the way to Dandi. Union Minister Prahlad hakavi Subramania ple around you who are Frontline Workers debate and keeps our Singh Patel will lead the fi rst lap of 75 kilometres of Bharathi were inspired eligible to take the vac- started on February 2. minds open. Anybody the padyatra, which will be undertaken by 81 march- by the Gita," he added. cine," PM Modi tweeted. The next phase of vac- who is inspired by Gita ers from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in Navsari, a PM also said that The PM had taken cination commenced on will always be compas- journey of 241 miles that will end on April 5. with the increasing his first dose of the vac- March 1 for those who sionate by nature and popularity of e-books, cine at All India Insti- are over 60 years of age democratic in tempera- especially amongst the tute of Medical Scienc- & for people aged 45 & Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the launch of the ment," PM Modi said Kindle version of Swa- beauty of the Bhagavad youth, efforts to digitise es, Delhi on March 1. above with specified co- Kindle version of Swami Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita, while speaking at the mi Chidbhavananda's Gita is in its depth, di- the Gita would connect "Took my first dose of morbid conditions. —ANI through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Thursday. virtual launch of the Bhagavad Gita. "The versity and flexibility. more youngsters.

Kedarnath WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY POLLS NEP gives right IN THE COURTYARD temple portals EC rejects nomination of TMC education for to open on revolutionary Notice to EC seeking to debar poll candidate Ujjwal from Joypur campaigners for Covid violation May 17 Kolkata: The Election changes: Prez Commission on Thurs- New Delhi: The Na- New Delhi: A legal no- day rejected the nomi- tional Education Policy tice has been sent to nation of Trinamool 2020 aims to give the the Election Commis- Congress candidate country’s youth the sion of India (ECI) on Ujjwal Kumar from Joy- right education to bring Thursday seeking to pur Assembly seat. BJP ‘revolutionary changes’ debar election cam- candidate Narhari Ma- in the course of history, paigners for violation hato is in the fray in said President Ram of COVID-19 protocol Systemic Change High Court seeking Joypur. She is a former Nath Kovind on Thurs- during campaigning in (CASC) has sent the necessary directions. Forward Bloc MP who day. While addressing Assembly elections of notice to the ECI and He stated that the Com- Dehradun: The sacred recently joined tje BJP. IT SEIZES RS 121.50 LAKHS IN KOLKATA the 41st annual convoca- Assam, Kerala, Tamil urged it to take strict mission had directed portals of the Himalyan Elections to 294-mem- tion of Anna University Nadu, West Bengal and action against those that every person shall shrine of Kedarnath ber West Bengal Assem- in Chennai, the Presi- Puducherry. who are not following wear a face mask dur- will be opened on May bly will be held in eight dent said that new poli- Vikram Singh, for- its directions of man- ing every election-relat- 17 at 5 in morning with phases starting from cy aimed to implement mer Director-General datory masks. ed activity. “Further, the no restrictions on the March 27 with the final a modern education sys- of Police, Uttar Singh, in a notice EC vide its Advisory visitors count, said round of voting taking tem based on resources Pradesh, and presently filed through advocate dated October 21, 2020, Ravinath Raman, CEO place on April 29. The relevant to the evolving the Chancellor of Noi- Virag Gupta, men- sought the cooperation Chardham Devasthan- counting of votes will needs of the present. “... da International Uni- tioned if the Commis- of all political parties to am Management Board. take place on May 2. Education is catalyst for versity and Chairman sion failed to take ac- follow instructions re- The decision to open West Bengal is likely change and the youth is of Think Tank Centre tion, he would be com- lated to pandemic at all the portals was taken to witness a triangular the most potent agent of for Accountability and pelled to approach the stages. —ANI on occasion of Shivratri contest this time with social transformation. in line with the auspi- TMC, Congress-Left al- Educated youth, given ‘Climate activist’ cious time from an as- liance and BJP in the has set a target of win- Left have stitched the the right direction, can Wrongful prosecution: trological point of view fray.While Mamata Ba- ning 200 seats in alliance for polls & had bring revolutionary Shubham Kar at Omkareshwar tem- nerjee seeking her third 294-member state As- already finalised seat- changes in the course of seeks bail in Plea in SC seeks ple, Ukhimath. consecutive term, BJP sembly. Congress & the sharing agreement.—ANI history,” Kovind said. ‘Toolkit’ case framing of guidelines New Delhi: The Goa U’khand CM Tirath Singh Amit Shah & others extend Bench of Bombay High Court had ear- Rawat to expand Cabinet lier granted him pro- greetings on Maha Shivaratri tection from arrest New Delhi: On the oc- until March 12, so casion of Ma- that he can approach hashivratri on Thurs- the court in Delhi, day, political leaders where an FIR had extended greetings to been registered un- the people of the coun- der IPC Sections 124A try. Union Home Minis- (sedition), 153A (pro- BJP leader Tirath S Rawat L interacts with outgoing CM Trivendra ter Amit Shah wished moting enmity) and New Delhi: A plea has tional case in which the Singh Rawat after he was elected as new CM of Uttarakhand. for happiness, peace & 120B (criminal con- been filed in the Su- Allahabad High Court, prosperity in every- spiracy). Shubham preme Court seeking a on January 28, declared New Delhi: Newly-ap- pansion will take place one's life. "Heartiest Kar Chaudhari, a 'cli- direction to the Centre, rape convict Vishnu Ti- pointed CM of Uttara- soon. "There would soon greetings to all country- Members of Kinnar Akhada take holy dips in Ganga river on the mate activist', ap- all states and Union ter- wari innocent, observ- khand Tirath Singh be a Cabinet expansion," men on the auspicious occasion of Shivratri during Kumbh 2021, in Haridwar on Thursday. proached a Delhi ritories to frame & im- ing that the motive be- Rawat is set to expand its said Gautam when occasion of Mahashiv- Court seeking antici- plement guidelines to hind the FIR was relat- Cabinet soon. Sources asked about the expan- aratri. May Mahadev picious occasion of Ma- jnath Singh tweeted, patory bail in 'Toolkit' compensate victims of ed to a land dispute. informed that there are sion of CM Tirath Singh bring happiness, peace hashivaratri. "Hearti- "Best wishes to all of you document case relat- “wrongful prosecution” Vishnu was arrested on 3 Cabinet posts up for Rawat's Cabinet. Amid & prosperity to every- est greetings to all on the auspicious occa- ed to farmers' protest. through government September 16, 2000 after grabs and will be filled this talk, Madan Kau- one's life. Om Namah countrymen on the aus- sion of Mahashivaratri! Additional Session machineries. The PIL being booked for rape soon. Confirming this, shik, State Minister for Shivaya," Shah tweeted. picious occasion of Ma- Bholenath provides hap- Judge Dharmender has been filed by BJP and atrocities under the Dushyant Gautam, in Urban Development, too BJP President JP Na- hashivaratri. Har Har piness, prosperity & Rana is scheduled to leader and lawyer Ash- SC/ST (Prevention of charge of Uttrakhand had met Gautam in the dda also wished the Mahaadev," said Nadda. peace in life of all of you. hear the bail on wini Upadhyay in the Atrocities) Act and was said that the Cabinet ex- national Capital. —ANI countrymen on the aus- Defence Minister Ra- Jai Bhole Nath!" March 12. backdrop of a sensa- in jail for 20 years. —PTI

FROM PG 1 NCRB: Yogi Govt... criminals have been sent West Bengal unit has de- not yield any results this This is a serious matter. Priyanka gandhi reaches extortion-kidnapping, behind bars till the year manded a a CBI probe time.”With the assembly This has two lessons - loot and clashes in Uttar 2019. It is to be mentioned, into the alleged attack on elections around the cor- don’t take the virus for Pradesh. No riots oc- that in the data released Chief Minister Mamata ner, Mamata and her granted, and if we have curred in the state in the by NCRB after the Minis- Banerjee, saying that it party Trinamool Con- to remain Covid-free, shimla home on 4-day visit year 2018, whereas places try of Home Affairs was needs to be seen whether gress have claimed a con- then, we need to follow like Maharashtra record- questioned in the Rajya the incident was a “well- spiracy behind the inci- Covid-appropriate behav- Shashikant day morning and ed 94 cases of communal Sabha, UP recorded no scripted drama” to gar- dent while the BJP al- iour,” he added.Maha- stayed at home for violence. With powerful cases of communal riots ner votes.Speaking to re- leged that this was “tac- rashtra, the worst-hit Shimla: Congress the whole day. It is be- initiatives like ‘Mission in the span of the last porters, state party presi- tics to gain sympathy.” state in the country, today General Secre- ing told that after tak- Shakti’, CM Yogi also suc- three years. However, dent Dilip Ghosh said reported 13,659 daily cor- taryPriyanka Vadra ing part in the Con- ceeded in achieving his large-scale communal that the people of the Very worried... onavirus cases, which is reached her home in gress’s mass rally in aim of ensuring the safe- clashes took place in Ut- state have seen such “dra- “As we were reaching 60 percent of the coun- Shimla on Wednes- Shimla, the party’s ty, dignity and empower- tar Pradesh in the year ma” earlier as well. “It here for this press confer- try’s single-day total. The day. Relatives and state in-charge Rajiv ment of women in Uttar 2016 before Yogi Adity- needs to be probed what ence, we learned that a Union Health Ministry family members have Shukla met Priyanka Pradesh with a stern anath took charge. actually happened. How strict lockdown is being today said eight of the 10 also accompanied at her house in the warning that perpetra- come a Z-plus protectee imposed in Nagpur. So, cities with the highest her. It is being told afternoon. Shukla tors of crimes against Bengal bhoochal!... gets attacked is a matter we are reaching a situa- number of active cases that Priyanka will was accompanied by females will be dealt with the doctors are planning that has to be looked into. tion where those ap- belong to Maharashtra. stay for four days. State Vice President an iron hand Under the to conduct a series of The state should order a proaches are being They are - Pune, Nagpur, Priyanka reached Kehar Singh. After powerful safety mecha- medical tests, including a CBI probe to bring out the brought back,” Dr Paul Thane, Mumbai, Amra- Chabrada at around the meeting, Shukla Priyanka Gandhi nism of girls and women CT scan, to assess the de- truth,” he said and added said.“We are very wor- vati, Jalgaon, Nashik and 10.35 am on Wednes- left for Delhi. in UP, a total of 25895 gree of her injury.BJP’s that “such drama would ried about Maharashtra. Aurangabad. NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 07 BABUS’ DILEMMA: ONE GROUP PRO FARM PROTESTS, OTHER AGAINST IT First India Bureau misled by the misinfor- Centre and state gov- Devendra Tiwari of Singh had said a meet- mation campaign un- ernment have taken Bharatiya Kisan Manch ing of the retired senior Lucknow: A group of leashed by some vested several steps in the re- said the new laws allow officers and prominent retired bureaucrats interests against the cent past to help farm- farmers the freedom to people from various from Uttar Pradesh on farm laws and try to un- ers join the mainstream sell their crops wher- fields was held recently Thursday appealed to derstand the govern- and contribute to the ever and whoever they to discuss the farmers’ farmers protesting ment’s motive behind development of the na- want to. issue. against the three cen- them and the benefits tion while benefiting Tiwari said while the The group had called tral farm reform laws to the laws have for the from the government’s government has in- upon the farmers to end their agitation say- farmers on their own,” farmer-friendly poli- creased the MSP, many continue their ongoing ing the laws are in their said Atul Gupta in a cies. baseless rumours are stir for the repeal of interest. statement here. He said the UP gov- being spread about the farm laws and for en- The retired bureau- The former UP chief ernment did not only farm laws. suring minimum sup- crats, including former secretary added that pay Rs 1.15 lakh crore to He added that the port price for their pro- UP Chief Secretary the new farm laws have sugarcane farmers but new laws make it bind- duce, the statement Atul Gupta, also ap- helped farmers in- also reopened several ing for the buyers to pay said. pealed to the farmers crease their income, sugar mills which had on time. The group had also “not to be misled by any noting that the budget- been shut down. Earlier on Mar 9, sev- decided to support the misinformation cam- ary provisions are The ex-UP DGP eral retired government Uttar Pradesh Kisan paign unleashed by aimed at both strength- stressed that the new officials and prominent Mazdoor Morcha of some vested interests ening agriculture and laws will not end man- UP people had extended Sardar V M Singh and against the farm laws”. enhancing farmers’ in- dis, or the Minimum their support to the on- all other farmers’ out- The appeal was made come. in the rates of their pro- ty to the contractor. dia, said former IAS of- Support Price mecha- going farmers’ agita- fits which have raised two days after another He further explained duce by one and a half The contractor is also ficer Sudesh Ojha, add- nism provided by the tion against the Cen- issues concerning the group of former bu- how the government times. bound by the law to pay ing baseless rumours government and, on the tre’s farm laws. plight of the small and reaucrats and some does not at all intend to As for contract farm- a bonus to the contract- are being spread that contrary, enhance farm- In a statement issued marginal peasants and prominent people from end mandis and instead ing, Gupta said while ing farmer if the farm the new laws would lead ers’ income. here on Tuesday, for- are agitating at the vil- the state extended their seeks to link them elec- the new laws allow produce yields more to farmers losing their Singh said the agita- mer IAS officer and sec- lage level for the repeal support to the ongoing tronically through farmers the freedom to than the anticipated in- land to contractors. tion has been causing retary to the govern- of the three farm laws farmers’ agitation. eNAM (National Agri- end the agreement with come, he said. Former UP Director problems for common ment of India, Vijay and passing legislation “The protesting culture Market), which the contractor, it does Contract farming is General of Police people on a daily basis Shankar Pandey and on the MSP, the state- farmers should not get guarantees an increase not give the same liber- not a new concept in In- Sulkhan Singh said the for months. former IPS officer S N ment had said.

UP defeat Gujarat to reach Vijay BAM BAM Hazare Trophy final after 16 long yrs BHOLE!

First India Bureau taken the score to 240- mark which would have New Delhi: Akshdeep made it difficult for Nath’s tight seam-up them,” he said. stuff along with a use- Asked whether they ful half-century helped decision to bat first was Uttar Pradesh defeat a mistake, he said: “We Gujarat by five wickets were positive and confi- to reach the Vijay Haz- dent about our batting are Trophy final after 16 but those initial few Devotees take part in a Shiv Barat procession on the occasion of Mahashivaratri festival, in Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY PTI long years. wickets cost us dear.” They will meet Mum- UP new ball duo Day- bai in the final at the al (3/71) and Aaqib Feroz Shah Kotla on Uttar Pradesh team clelbrates after the win against (2/22) shared five wick- Sunday. Gujarat. They will now face Mumbai in the final. ets among them and it Nandigram ‘attack’ on Mamata nothing Opting to bat at the was their discipline and Ferozshah Kotla, Guja- Fresh from his UP skipper Sharma control that did not al- rat top-order put up an match-winning 112 said they executed their low Gujarat to break but politically motivated drama: Maurya ordinary show and against Delhi in the plans well to ensure the free. found the going tough quarterfinal, Yadav easy win. The only respite First India Bureau people of West Bengal. while campaigning and against some relentless came to the crease after “Initially, the ball came from Het Patel Keshav Prasad while is currently admitted in UP bowling attack to be UP lost their set duo of was skidding the idea who topscored for Guja- Lucknow: Uttar campaigning called for Kolkata’s SSKM Hospi- bundled out for a paltry skipper Karan Sharma was to bowl wicket to rat with a 87-ball 60 Pradesh Deputy Chief the investigation into tal since Wednesday 184 in 48.1 overs with (38) and Akshdeep in wicket and not give (5x4) in a 66-run part- Minister, Keshav Pras- the attack on Mamta night. The SSKM Hospi- Nath taking 1 for 29 in 6 quick successions. away any loose deliver- nership with veteran ad Maurya has gone to didi so that the truth of tal on 11th March re- overs apart from pacers Yadav held his nerves ies. We just stuck to our Piyush Chawla (42-ball call the incident involv- the whole incident is leased the medical re- Yash Fayal and Aaqib and ensured that there’s plan and it resulted in 32; 2x4, 1x6). ing West Bengal Minis- known to the public. port of the CM of West Khan finishing with no more jitters as he the success,” Sharma ter Mamta Banerjee He went on claim that Bengal which stated three and two scalps re- smashed one six and said. Brief Scores: Guja- which occurred in BJP is set to form gov- that she has injured her spectively. three boundaries to Gujarat skipper Pri- rat 184; 48.1 overs Nandagram on Wednes- ernment in West Bengal ankle and needs to rest. In reply, UP survived script the win with 44 yank Panchal blamed it (Het Patel 60, Piyush day as a politically mo- which is why it has Mamta Banerjee has re- some early hiccups be- balls to spare. on the sloppy batting Chawla 32; Yash Day- tivated drama. Keshav Prasad Maurya forced the President of portedly suffered dam- fore Nath wrested con- UP had last made the and said they threw al 3/34, Aaqib Khan UP Deputy CM is Trinamool Congress to age to her bone and an trol with a calculated final in 2004-05 season way their initial few 2/22) lost to Uttar seen campaigning for has nothing to show for put on a show to divert MRI scan was taken 104-ball 71 (8x4), while when they shared the wickets. Pradesh 188/5; 42.5 West Bengal Elections her work. He further al- the public. which confirmed dam- the in-form Upendra Ya- trophy with Tamil Nadu “Batting was poor overs (Akshdeep Nath and in one such cam- leged that the West Ben- On Wednesday West age to her ankle bone. dav sealed the issue after a tied finish. initially and we gave 71, Karan Sharma 38, paign has called out gal CM prefers to stay Bengal Chief Minister The care of West Ben- with an unbeaten 31 Hailing their disci- way two-three quick Upendra Yadav 31 not Mamta Banerjee for in power while exploit- Mamata Banerjee got gal CM is overseen by a from 25 balls. plined bowling effort, wickets. We could have out) by five wickets. putting on drama as she ing the sympathy of the injured in Nandigram team of 6 doctors.

had put up posters with Twitter. He along with the picture of PM Modi along picture wrote “Overthrow with the words “Bahut the government, hui Janta par petrol-diesel which spreads false ki maar…abji baar Modi propagandas” IP Singh sarkaar”(which roughly said that BJP should translates to “enough not forget its own great boy for the opposition parties including a former their official Twitter handle man’s budget in the of blow on the public advertisement which parties who allege that IAS officer an opportunity and websites. —M Tariq Khan state, to a Samajwadi using petrol-diesel… I why I have placed he got selected without and ammunition to Party leader, it seems to This time it will be Modi the posters all around GOT A JOB (UPPSC), which recently appearing for the interview! attack the Government SP LEADER be pinching the most. government”). Another Lucknow. He even called WITHOUT drew praise for carrying out Chaudhary himself has and question the entire GOES Samajwadi Party leader IP line written in the poster for people to spread APPLYING? appointments in a fair and gone into hiding and selection process. While Singh has found a unique goes “Yaad hai na…inka the posters across the transparent manner. Is it a switched off his cellphone no government official has BONKERS way of protesting as he ye vada”(which translated country and remind ailing from Maharajganj, case of just one rotten apple after the news including a reacted to the charges so ON FUEL has put Prime Minister means “do you remember people of the promised H this elusive Lekhpal, spoiling the barrel or is picture in which he is seen far, they have taken down PRICE RISE Narendra Modi’s posters these promises of them”). made by PM. The posters who got selected apparently there more to it than meets receiving the keys of his the video message of across Lucknow reminding The SP leader had not only were though removed through dubious means, is the eye? The young man new car went viral on the Chaudhary in which he is hile rising fuel and him of his promises made put up such posters but soon by the police once bringing bad name to UP has all of a sudden seems social media. His vanishing thanking the government Wgas princes are before he had formed the also tweeted pictures of they got the whiff of it. Public Service Commission to have become a poster act has given the Opposition for giving him the job from destabilising common government. The SP leader it on micro-blogging site —Vishal Srivastav Belief is the greatest motivator; nothing motivates a person more than the fact that somebody believes in them. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India 2ND FRONT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 08 —FILE PHOTO Panchayat elections: The testing ground for bigger poll fortunes of parties in UP Parties sniff voter mood by guaging drift of the village allegiances; serves as dress rehearsal for ‘22 polls

First India Bureau —FILE PHOTO pending panchayat polls former union minister, with the diligence and is monitoring along with Lucknow: In keeping focus it brings to any the state functionaries. with the political grain form of electioneering. The BJP’s fear was the of the ruling order in Ut- The BJP regards it as a SP which prides itself as tar Pradesh, like its pre- “curtain raiser” to the the authentic rural enti- decessors, the Yogi Adi- 2022 Assembly polls, a ty and the rest as “pre- HC dismisses tyanath dispensation re- suggestion the SP tenders” might propa- sisted calling the elec- baulked at while the BSP, gate the perception tions to the state’s rural the third angle of the UP again. plea against BJP bodies. UP’s political triangle, kept typically The SP plans to flag parties, which treat ev- mum. Adityanath’s seat de-res- ery election like a carni- The SP’s contention ervation move as an is- MLA’s election val, were curiously re- was, rather than expend sue that militated luctant to hold gram time and energy on the against the rights of the First India Bureau margin of defeat is panchayat elections rural polls, it would con- OBCs and Dalits. Long very huge as the win- which are invariably edly, the major players panchayats ended in De- cally elected agents to serve them for the big dubbed “urban” and Prayagraj: The Alla- ning candidate has scheduled close to an As- hotly contest the results, cember. dictate electoral choices. battle. But party insiders “upper caste”, the BJP’s habad High Court won this election by sembly poll and, there- because like it or not, the Most politicians claim This isn’t entirely true conceded that the SP was recent spectacular wins has dismissed a peti- securing 73,325 votes fore, regarded as a mea- outcome loosely defines that the village pradhan because panchayat polls tardy in taking on the in UP have demolished tion challenging the while the petitioner sure of their strengths political allegiances in or mukhiya’s role has always acquire a mo- BJP for the past four the myth. However, if election of Ajeet Pal has just secured and weaknesses. the villages. In February, become less salient as mentum of their own, years. the SP and the BSP play Singh, BJP MLA 61,455 votes.” These elections, bar- the High Court directed the under-empowered drawing the parties in Leaving little to up Adityanath’s alleged from the Sikandra Seema Sachan had ring those to elect zilla the state election com- groupings of the past the heat and dust. chance, the BJP em- pro-Rajput bias in the Assembly segment in contested 2017 elec- panchayat representa- mission to conduct the have become politically Among UP’s major barked on a “rural con- polls, it might take away Kanpur Dehat in tions against Ajeet tives, are not fought on rural polls by April be- discerning and less parties, the BJP alone nect” programme which from the BJP’s dream 2017. Ajeet Pal Singh Pal Singh on a SP party symbols. Expect- cause the tenure of the prone to allow their lo- has plunged into the im- Radha Mohan Singh, a electoral record. is a Minister for State ticket. The submis- in the Yogi govern- sion of the petition- ment. er’s counse was that Dismissing the pe- the returning officer BJP MP’s son Ayush files surrender application Plea seeks guidelines to tition filed by one See- has acted against the ma Sachan on mandatory provi- First India Bureau been recovered from his ered a pistol from his compensate victims of Wednesday, Justice sions of the Repre- house. “At midnight (Adarsh’s) house which D.K. Singh observed, sentation of Peoples’ Lucknow: The son of around 2:10 am, some smelled afresh,” Thakur wrongful prosecution “The counsel for the Act in not providing BJP MP Kaushal three-four unidentified said. We interrogated —FILE PHOTO petitioner has misera- required documents Kishore, Ayush has filed persons fired gunshots Adarsh and he accepted bly failed in proving to the agents. Sec- a surrender application at BJP MP Kaushal his role in the incident. as to how the said ondly, election of the in a Lucknow court, Kishore’s son Ayush. Adarsh confessed he non-providing of copy winning candidate which has scheduled a During the incident, his fired gunshots but it was of required document has been materially hearing in his case on brother-in-law Adarsh his brother-in-law who to polling agents by affected on account March 12. was also with him. Po- asked him and was re- the presiding officers of improper recep- Last week Uttar Ayush — FILE PHOTO lice started the investi- peatedly persuaded by has resulted in mate- tion of votes of the Pradesh police had de- gation and found Ayush to commit the rially affecting the EVM, the seals of tained Adarsh, the some people. Adarsh’s activities sus- crime. Why the incident result of the returned which were found brother-in-law of Ayush The Lucknow Police picious after looking at happened or was staged candidate. tampered or broken after it emerged that Commissioner DK the CCTV footage of the is yet to be probed. “It has also come at the time of Ayush had allegedly Thakur had said that incident. We spoke to Adarsh is at home now on record that the counting. asked him to fire at him Adarsh has been de- people at the spot. and his health condition in order to implicate tained and a pistol has On search, we recov- is fine now,” he added. First India Bureau cent citizens and no relief is given by the New Delhi: A plea has courts, the petitioner HOLY AURA Greater Noida records most been filed in the Su- said being the custodi- preme Court seeking an of the Constitution, direction to the Centre the Supreme Court noxious air in North India to frame guidelines to may use its plenary compensate victims, constitutional power, First India Bureau gram per cubic meter. subjected to wrongful as an alternative, to AQI within the limit prosecutions, and im- frame guidelines for Noida: Greater Noida of 0-5 is regarded as plement the recom- compensation to vic- in Uttar Pradesh, good, 51-100 satisfacto- mendations of the Law tims of wrongful pros- over 60 km from the ry, 101-200 moderate, Commission’s report ecution. national capital, re- 201-300 poor, 301-400 number 277, dealing Citing the cause of corded the most pol- very poor and 401-500 with the issue. action for the PIL, the luted air in the is considered severe. The plea, filed by ad- plea said: “The Alla- northern region on According to the vocate Ashwini Kumar habad High Court ac- Thursday afternoon, Ministry of Earth Sci- Upadhyay, contended quitted Vishnu Tiwari, according to the data ences’ System of Air that there are many who spent 20 years in from the Central Pol- —FILE PHOTO Quality and Weather startling cases which jail on rape charges lution Control Board Forecasting and Re- show the gross abuse with no compensation (CPCB). gram at 263, Noida and search, the AQI is like- of power and authori- awarded, ignoring Greater Noida, Faridabad at 283 and ly to stay in the poor to ty by the state and vex- even the public law which comprises of 264 microgram per cu- moderate category for atious complainants, remedy which shows residential and indus- bic meter, respectively. the next two days in which caused absolute the necessity of effec- trial areas, recorded Besides this, Agra is Delhi. Surface winds “miscarriage of jus- tive compensation and A priest adorning the Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri at Mankameshwer Temple the air quality index of recording AQI of 222, are calm. Thunder- tice.” Arguing that legal mechanism for in Lucknow on Thursday. Devotees, eager to get a mere glimpse of the Lord, waited in 309 microgram per cu- Hisar of 270, Lucknow storms with gusty failure of justice caus- malicious prosecu- queues for hours. Devotees also performed Abhishek of Lord Shiva and organised Bhandaras bic meter, while Delhi 284, Meerut 246, Pani- winds and local dust es irreparable damage tions and wrongful in- across Lucknow. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR logged it at 243, Gha- pat 192, Sonipat 183 lifting are likely at iso- to right to life, liberty carceration of inno- ziabad at 283, Guru- and Rohtak 243 micro- lated places on Friday. and dignity of inno- cents.” ‘UP on rank 2 in india 57 UP cadre IAS officers to attend training in Mussoorie with 65k beggars’ Induction Training Programme will AKHILESH RETURNED FROM DEPUTATION

First India Bureau Rajya Sabha, 4,13,670 be held from April 5 to May 14 beggars including Ahtesham Siddiqui NEW DELHI: India has 2,21,673 males and over 4 lakh beggars, 1,91,997 females are re- Lucknow: Lal Baha- EXCLUSIVE with the highest 81,244 siding in India. dur Shastri National beggars in West Bengal Delhi has 2,187 beggars Academy Mussoorie cadre. The Induction followed by 65,835 in Ut- whereas Chandigarh has released the list Training Programme tar Pradesh, while Lak- has only 121 beggars. of officers called up will run from April 15 shadweep merely has Lakshadweep has only for Induction Train- to May 14 and the last Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, two vagrants according two beggars, while ing Programme (ITP) date for reporting of Dwivedi, Devendra Ku- Prakash, Chandra to the 2011 census, Union Dadra Nagar Haveli, in Mussoorie. the officers at the Mus- who have been called Chandra, Indra mar Pandey, Krishna Prakash Singh, Dinesh Social Justice Minister Daman and Diu and The list contains 336 soorie academy is up for the ITP (Induc- Vikram Singh, Manv- Kumar Om, Prakash Chandra, Dr. Arvind Thawar Chand Gehlot the Andaman and IAS officers names April 4. tion Training Pro- endra Singh, Nagendra Arya, Om Prakash Rai, Kumar Chaurasia, informed the Rajya Nicobar islands have from entire country The list of the 57 IAS gram) include Swadesh Pratap, Rakesh Kumar Sanjay Kumar Singh I , Gyaneshwar Tripathi Sabha. 19, 22, and 56 vagrants out of which 57 officers officers from batch Kumar Ojha, Ajay Singh, Shailendra Ku- Sudha Verma, Suren- and Hari Pratap Shahi In a written reply to respectively. belong to Uttar Pradesh 2002 to 2019 from UP Shankar Pandey, Deep mar Singh, Shivakant dra Ram, Arun among others. www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2021

‘HALLYU’ FACTOR! K-pop groups are designed for success, satisfying not just musically, but visually too with their perfectly performed dance routines and larger-than-life music videos!

synchronized perfection. K-pop culture shot to fame in the early 90s’ but the enormous hit dropped in 2012 with PSY’s ‘Gang- MONICA PRABHAKAR nam Style’ which spent five years [email protected] racking up more than 3 billion views on YouTube, reigning as the t is the idea that South Ko- most-viewed video in the plat- rean pop culture has grown form’s history. in prominence to become Fast Forward to the current world an eminent driver of global domination of South Korean pop I culture, seen in everything culture, thanks to chart bursting from Korean dramas on tracks by TIME magazines’ most Netflix to ever-evolving Ko- popular boy band, BTS (Bangtan rean Pop Culture. Boys) and Billboard sensation And at the heart of Hallyu is the ‘Blackpink’. Their music is state-of- ever-growing popularity of K-pop. the-art and has called for collabora- K-Pop amasses the audience tions with eminent western singers worldwide through its distinctive like Adele, Adam Levine, Justin blend of addictive melodies, slick Bieber, Selena Gomez and Dua Lipa. choreography and production val- Even though, the burgeoning ues. And an endless parade of attrac- genre’s popularity may seem like tive South Korean performers who a fad, the rise of K-pop has greater spend years in gruelling studio sys- cultural resonance than meets the tems learning to sing and dance in eye. 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 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 10

Sun’s position in the birth chart: Its ills effects and diseases

fire or vehicle. tion cannot be applied to all people as such de- Person is likely to tailed individual consul- 6 suffer from gas, dia- tation is required. There betes, malaria, diar- are several Vedic solu- rhoea, appendix, fever, tions but they are ad- pit dosha, and tubercu- vised individually as losis. they differ from person to person. Fear of death from If you feel that the 7 some old disease. Sun is laying weakly on your side of the horo- Increase in sexual de- scope, then please re- ASTROLOGER 8 sires and constant member to eat Jaggery RAGINI SHREE sexual thoughts. after your meals, the ele- ments which govern the Problem in feet, loss universe are present in- Keep your head cov- someone or are in debt, Ragini, a 9 of animals (cattle). side our own body. Wake ered during the day when try to return their mon- up before the first rays the Sun is harsh. Make ey. Abstain from alcohol professional For effective solutions, of the Sun fall on earth, sure that you take care of or any substance abuse. astrologer, believes it is advis ed to get stand as if you are inhal- the elders at home. Do Keep the environment of individual horoscope ing the rays in your not be surrounded by your office or home or looks can be checked for an in-depth body, let it flow in your any ill remark. If you shop as per the guidance deceptive and he placement of Sun person. consultation. One solu- whole body. have taken money from by Vastu. T(Surya) in the horo- maintains a low scope or the planetary If Sun is placed with profile without chart holds immense im- 2 Shani (Saturn) in the portance in deciding horoscope, it leads to pedantry. She what kind of ailments lack of money, poor and problems afflict a health of spouse (hus- stresses on Vedic person. Sometimes peo- band/wife), and even knowledge and ple with negative posi- jail term for the person. tioning of Sun in the spiritual insights planetary chart suffer If Sun and Rahu are during from diseases for long 3 placed together, it time that are not treated leads to fatal accidents, consultations with even through medical effects of ghosts/spirits, people who science or medicines. damage to reputation, Here we will discuss obstacles in promotion approach her from about some of such ef- in work/job. the world over. She fects and their possible treatments. If Sun is placed in has always made 4 janam lagan, it leads true predictions If a person is passing to several misfortunes, 1 through Sun’s maha- constant headache, a based on a mixture dasha, antardasha, and problem in the eyes, even gochar is also not harsh tongue/tone. of astrology and in a favourable position, spiritual then the problems are Problems from gov- doubled and dance of 5 ernment agencies, enlightenment. the head of the affected physical pain through

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SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES NOV 23 - DEC 22 DEC 23 - JAN 20 JAN 21 - FEB 19 FEB20 - MARCH 20 You may choose to invest in A soft approach in Freelancers will be in great Raising capital for a a scheme you have been handling a subordinate will demand and will earn well. A business project will contemplating for long. You go a long way in encourag- marriage or birth is likely to require some hard can expect a productive day ing a positive relationship. bring happiness on the thinking. Some at work. You will need to be careful Those going for a long drive are in domestic front. An inheritance or misunderstanding over a trivial issue about your food habits, as it can affect for an enjoyable time. A visit to property comes your way most with spouse can fl are up on the health otherwise. Those wanting peace relatives is on the cards and will unexpectedly. You will be competent domestic front. Investing in property and quiet at home will have to ensure prove entertaining. Your feeling for enough to get selected in a tough can give handsome returns, so keep MAHIMA CHOUHAN, Model the same. someone is likely to pull him or her. competition, despite the odds. an eye on it. ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 11

MALE FERTILITY How age affects men’s chances of having kids

to 50 years. During this time, they Egg supplies can accumulate chromosomal er- rors as they age, increasing the MICHAEL CARROLL As women age both the number risk of conditions such as Down’s Reader / Associate Professor in and the quality of their eggs de- syndrome. Reproductive Science, clines. All the eggs a woman will This ageing of the egg cells and Manchester Metropolitan ever have for her reproductive the continuing drop in numbers University life is determined before she’s are responsible for the limited born, through a process called fertile window in women. This n 2012, proud dad oogenesis. decline in fertility occurs more Ramjit Raghav made By the 20th week of pregnancy, steeply after the age of 35 where global headlines when a female foetus has approximate- she will have roughly 25,000 eggs he became a father at ly 6 to 7 million germ cells, all in her ovaries. By the time she Ithe age of 96. He had beat- with the potential to turn into reaches menopause there will be Men can produce children for en the record for the eggs. After this, the number of just 1,000 eggs remaining. longer than women world’s oldest dad – a re- germ cells drops steeply. Those —SHUTTERSTOCK/FIZKES cord he’d set himself, two that remain develop into primary years earlier, at the age of oocytes, or immature egg cells. 94. These immature egg cells go Older fathers Older men fathering through some changes, then form Men’s fertility doesn’t stop as number of sperm produced, ter the age of 40. Sperm motility risks of unsuccessful or abnor- children is not unknown, primordial follicles, each contain- abruptly as women’s. The testis called the concentration or count, fell after the age of 43 and ejacu- mal pregnancies, because of fer- especially in the world of ing an egg. These primordial fol- can still produce the male hor- how well the sperm swim, known lated volume after 45. tilisation with damaged sperm. celebrities. Rod Stewart be- licles will remain at this stage mone testosterone and sperm as their motility, and the shape of In a 2015 meta-analysis study, The offspring of older fathers came a dad for the eighth until puberty, by which time there cells, enabling some men to father the sperm, called their morphol- using data from 90 studies, male show high prevalence of genetic time at 66, Mick Jagger at are 400,000 to 500,000 left. children into their 90s. ogy, are all known to change with age was associated with a de- abnormalities, childhood cancers the age of 72, and Bernie At the start of puberty until However, this doesn’t mean age. crease in semen volume, a de- and several neuropsychiatric dis- Ecclestone became a father menopause, groups of primordial men’s fertility is unaffected by One study examining sperm crease in total sperm count, a orders such as autism, psychosis again at the age of 89 in follicles are activated and start to age. One study showed after ad- quality in 5,081 men aged 16.5 to decrease in motility and a de- and bipolar disorders. July 2020. Men can produce mature. Each month, one mature justing for female age, conception 72.3 years reported ejaculate vol- crease in the percentage of nor- In a recent study in the BMJ sperm from puberty to a egg cell will ovulate – be released during a 12-month period was ume, sperm concentration, sperm mal sperm morphology. men aged 45 years or older had in- ripe old age and continue into the Fallopian tube. As the 30% less likely for men over the motility and sperm morphology Older fathers are also associ- creased odds of fathering infants to father children as long woman ages, the number of fol- age of 40 compared with men didn’t change before the age of 34. ated with negative effects on the born premature, of low birth as they do so. licles continue to decline with younger than 30. However, sperm concentration child. Older men can accumulate weight, and with a low Apgar score Women, on the other age. Those remaining immature Although sperm is still pro- and the proportion of sperm of damage and mutations in sperm – a score used to test the health of hand, have a limited fer- eggs can stay at this stage for up duced, the quality changes. The normal morphology declined af- DNA that may result in increased a newborn – compared with their tile window. Past 51 – the younger counterparts. On top of average age of menopause this, the offspring of fathers older – they cease to release any than 55 were more likely to require eggs and become infertile. assisted ventilation and admission Both men and women are to a neonatal intensive care unit. delaying having children. Women’s fertility window is, on The average age of first- average, much shorter than the time mothers in the UK is years men are able to produce nearly 29 and fathers 33. sperm. But the negative effect of The biological differ- older age on fertility in women is ence often lead to discus- well documented. sions of women’s biologi- For men, there’s increasing evi- cal clocks running out, dence indicating older men have while men are under the poorer semen quality, increased impression they’ll stay sperm DNA damage and muta- fertile for much longer. tions, leading to less reproductive But the reality is much success. Older men should also be more complex than that. counselled on their offspring’s pos- There is a growing body sible increased risk of certain of research showing that medical conditions. men’s fertility is hugely Sperm motility is affected by the man’s age affected by age. —SHUTTERSTOCK/YURCHANKA SIARHEI SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM CITY BUZZ www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 12

—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR HAPPY MAHASHIVRATRI One of the most prominent festivals celebrated with immense fervour is Maha Shivratri. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the day is marked as the convergence of Shiva and Shakti. The celebrations begin in the wee hours of the morning and continue till late at night. Lucknowites worshipped Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivratri as the day is considered auspicious for spiritual growth. Long queues of devotees could be seen at various places. They performed dances and small skits outside various temples in Lucknow. The worship is said to liberate a soul from the cycle of birth and death and attains salvation!

FOOD VIA FRAMES COMMISSIONING Be it ‘Dalgona coffee’ or Caesar’s salad or a full spread of French cuisines CEREMONY Lucknow’s grub influencers turned photographers present everything exquisitely!

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he world of so- cial media and Italian spread by Kiran of ‘Foodthroughmyframes the rise of so- Picture by Aprmay Pandey T cial media in- fluencers have Nursing cadets of College of Nursing with the senior lieutenants during the ceremony introduced us to the world of trends, the latest and a CITY FIRST tral Command, Luc- Officer is both chal- lasting one being, food know commissioned lenging and reward- photography. he commis- the Nursing Cadets as ing. He also empha- Food photography, a sioning cere- Lieutenants into the sized that in the ever- trend popularized by the T mony of the prestigious Military expanding and chang- gourmet connoisseurs 3rd Batch of Nursing Nursing Service. The ing health scenario of who not only try Cadets of College of institution takes the Armed Forces, scrumptious, good look- Nursing was held on pride in bestowing its MNS Officers play an ing food but also present March 10 at Parade third batch of gradu- imperative role as them in such an aesthet- Ground of Command ates, the finest consci- versatile and unique Freak shake by Shaurya Gupta of ‘foodandreviews’. ic way. Be it ‘Dalgona By Aprmay Pandey aka Gladtobeglutton Hospital, Central entious products to health care providers. coffee’ or ‘Caesar’s sal- Command in Luc- the service of the na- Nursing Officers ad’ or a full spread of ture tells a story”, and lated in Lucknow.” On food photography which about them on my per- know Cantonment. tion. The commission- posted to various French cuisines Luc- that’s how my journey the other hand, globe- I still do from my mobile sonal Instagram and The Chief Guest, Maj ing ceremony was at- Armed Forces Hospi- know’s grub influencers to become a food photog- trotter and aesthete, phone. I mean it’s your people were engaging Gen Ramesh Kaushik, tended by Officers, tals have the distinc- turned photographers rapher began. The love Aprmay Pandey aka creativity and ideas with my content. After Commandant, Com- MNS Officers, proud tive opportunity of present everything ex- for food and the urge to ‘Gladtobeglutton’ said, which can make your shifting from Jaipur to mand Hospital Cen- parents and civilian nursing the soldiers quisitely. And City First click all the more ap- “My page is all about picture look perfect.” Lucknow, I started my tral Command, Luc- guests. and civilians living in spoke to some of the pealing food photos good food, luxury life- But when you switch cit- food blog wherein I know reviewed the Maj Gen Ramesh diverse parts of the city’s food explorers ex- made me who I am today style and sharing that ies in India the scope of started posting better commissioning pa- Kaushik in his ad- country in time of clusively. as a food influencer. It with my Instagram fam- vivid food choices just food pictures and pro- rade. Maj Gen Ramesh dress to the newly peace and war. They Kiran Kukreja of all started when I was in ily. During my time in expands. Shaurya Gup- viding genuine reviews Kaushik and Brig Su- commissioned Nurs- also play a vital role ‘Foodthroughmy- Delhi, going from res- Italy, I explored its cul- ta of ‘foodandreviews’ about them.” This is one nita Sharma, Princi- ing Officers accentu- in the UN peacekeep- frames’ on IG shared taurants, cafes to hop- ture and food and there- said, “I loved visiting trend that we’d like to pal Matron, Com- ated that the responsi- ing forces. her experience of start- ping on to try local street after started my page on cafes, trying out differ- like to have more of and mand Hospital Cen- bility of a Nursing [email protected] ing, saying, “Every pic- food which only esca- Instagram to share my ent dishes and posting is here to stay.

ENACTMENT! WEBINAR! HONOURING CEREMONY! —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR

Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna gave a message via his tweet to mark World Kidney Day on Thursday. The minister attended Wednesday witnessed a heart-touching play performed by the talented artists during the traditional folk drama ‘Dhanush Bhang a webinar organised to spread awareness about healthy eating habits Ramlila’ by the divine educational cultural and social institution in Sangeet Natak Academy auditorium in Lucknow. and how one can prevent themselves from diseases in Lucknow. TN Pandey Dy CTI Gorakhpur Patron IRTCSO was honoured with ‘Rail Warrior Honors Award’ by Sr DCM LJN Sir in NAWABI ARCHITECTURE! TWEETED! Lucknow on Thursday. Divisional President of Union Mode, Divisional Minister Station Director Lucknow, CTTI Headquarters SP Singh, Ritesh Vishal, SM Pandey, Pawan Kumar Rai, Shivshankar Prasad, Nayyar Ahmed, Gyanendra On the occasion Singh, Narendra Singh Chauhan Ji Rajan Saxena were also of Mahashivratri, honoured on the occasion. Robert Vadra worshipped Lord HAPPY B’DAY! Shiva and shared glimpses from his visit to the temple along IPS Pramod Kumar Amid the citadels of marvellous Nawabi architecture, Lucknow is a storehouse of historical complexes that envelop within with spreading a Tiwari celebrated his themselves astounding stories from the past. One amongst these, forgotten through the passage of time, is the Sibtainabad positive message birthday on Thursday, Imamabada housed in the city’s heart, Hazratganj. Once a centre spot of multiple episodes of history, the enclosures of this via his Tweet. March 11. We wish fortified campus have been refurbished into the central walls of modern LDA homes. him all the best!