DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020, AHMEDABAD, LATECITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `4.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,DECEMBER15,2020 OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD 4302 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 -Oct 23) Mostofwhat At timeslikethese, planetary activity when planetary thereistakes place pressures arefew, in public-reaches of youshould begin to your solar chart, suggesting notice Jupiter’s benevolent that your worldlyambitions movementsinyour emotional should occupyfirstplace. life. Remember,though, that Private concerns maybeput on ‘good luck’ oftenhas strange thebackburner,evenifonly results. Today’s blessings temporarily. Hopefullyfriends might bring tomorrow’s and lovers will wait their turn. problems,soleave nothing to chance. TAURUS (Apr 21 -May 21) Younow have a SCORPIO (Oct 24 -Nov 23) chance to prove Youmay have had to justhow astute, enduresome sortof sympatheticand abreak or CALVIN &HOBBES by BillWatterson self-protectiveyou can be, separation. Don’t althoughnobody should blame other people, and don’t doubt justwhat youhavehad blame yourself, either! Rather, to go through to reachyour trytosee what underlying current stateofself- purpose mayhavebeen knowledge! Onlyyour closest served.Evenanunexpected friendsreallyunderstand rejection could pave the way ACROSS DOWN howyou feel. forsomething muchbetter. 1Book by whichone’s simply 1Diana madlyinthe swim instructed (7) (5) GEMINI (May22-June 21) SAGITTARIUS (Nov 24 -Dec 5When knockedout of course it 2It’s notmade still but it’s still Reassuring 22) should be replaced(5) made (6,7) planetaryaspects Although youstill 8Refusing to compromise Irene 3Oriental up lateperhaps is signifythat you need to choose your can’t sign anyway carriedshoulder high mayprocrastinate wordswith care, (13) (7) to your heart’s desire. In fact, youshould insistontelling the 9New or old slaver 4Mysetsmethodicallyarranged thereisnothing like truth as yousee it. The crux of (5) (6) putting things offuntil the matter is notwhat yousay, 10 Yethestill plays Shylock 5Sortoflead mother will follow tomorrowtorestore your but who yousay it to:some (7) in principle (5) belief thatyou areincontrol people understand you, others 11 Charge backupintime 6Screen an Italian is unable to of your ownlife. Mind you, do not. Youmight have to learn perhaps (6) see (8,5) youcan’tput the inevitable the difficult artofpatience. offforever. 12 Still good advice to the excited 7The morecomplicated MARVIN by Tom Armstrong CAPRICORN (Dec 23 -Jan 20) (6) mathematical proposition CANCER (June 22 -July23) Youmustnot be 15 Jams and preserves (7) The financial drawnintoany (7) 11 Is in the wayofprogress outlook is becoming further unnecessary 17 New bales of fur (7) brighter.The one arguments, (5) 13 Take aliberty? (7) thing youcan be especiallyifyou have no 19 Cheating by giving twocards 14 Remarks players ignoreasthe sureofisthat planets aligned personal emotional interestin instead of one (6-7) team comes in (6) with your solar house of the people with whom you 20 Measures ladder 16 Still producing cheerful tunes moneyare doing their best. disagree. It would be better to (5) (5) Your long-term security is enjoythe littlepleasures that 21 Slight point to one who makes 18 Keen section of the agerange thereforenot at issue, but if arenow coming your way, and advances (7) (5) you’retempted to take arisk leave thoughtlessindividuals youmight want to leave it fora to fend forthemselves. fewdays. SolutionsCrossword4301:Across: 1Slums,8Fandango,9Avail,10Sedative,11 AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Edits,12Lad,16Endive,17Aspire,18Dim,23Group,24Lacrosse,25Sighs,26 LEO (July24-Aug 23) At work it is alla Terriers,27Leash.Down:2Lovedone,3Maintain,4Valeta,5Ideal,6Snail,7Nobel, Youshould, by question of least said, 12Led,13Dam,14Sportive,15Crouches,19Insert,20Flute,21Score,22Toxin. rights, fare better soonest mended. than mostthese One thing youcan days,for youare rely on is that employers or under asortofinfallible colleagueswill eventually celestial protection. The return to the same question, like JUMBLED WORDS DifficultyLevel5s important planetary aspects some sortofbrokenrecord. 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Only if yourely opportunity.Iknowthat you SUDOKU 1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; on your ownskills and talents sometimes needmore 3s=Medium;4s=Hard; can youbesurethat youwill confidence, but youmay just 5s=VeryHard;6s= win through and achieve have to dive intopublic events ls el .W .G -H y. da to up and st y, da er st ye wn do ll fe ou fy :I er sw An Genius your goals. whether you’reready or not. SOLUTION MPER PU E, DU ON ,F OOT SN E, US PA SOLUTION: Gujarat AgroIndustries Corporation Ltd. GUJARATREGIONALOFFICE (A Government Enterprise) EMPLOYEES' STATEINSURANCE CORPORATION TENDER NOTICE (MinistryofLabour &Employment, Govt. of India) 15 DEC 1987 Panchdeep Bhavan, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-1. 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