6 new Andhra legislative council members... PG 05 << VIEWS & VISION OF CITY Volume: 12, Issue: 198 FRIDAY, APRIL 02, 2021, MUMBAI 12 Pages, ₹2 /- RNI No. MAHENG/2009/29332 www.afternoonvoice.com ARVIND SAWANT Rajinikanth to be honoured with Indian New Shiv Sena’s cinema’s... PG 12 << Chief Spokesperson Newsmakers Bureau with a very appropriate of damage to the Party. Raut is Meanwhile, the Uddhav afternoon_voice approach he handled the on the harsher side and Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has issue. Sawant is on the softer side of dropped state minister n a damage controlling Sawant was earlier also a Shiv Sena. The move to Gulabrao Patil and Lok Sabha m o d e , S h i v S e n a spokesperson of the party. He appoint Sawant also as the member Dhairyasheel Mane Is u p r e m o U d d h a v was the Shiv Sena's lone Sena's chief spokesperson as party spokespersons. Thackeray has appointed its minister in the Narendra comes against the backdrop of Mumbai Mayor Kishori Lok Sabha member Arvind Modi-led central cabinet R a u t r e c e n t l y c a l l i n g Pednekar, Maharashtra Sawant as the party's chief before he quit in 2019 after his Maharashtra NCP leader Anil Transport Minister Anil spokesperson, in an obvious party broke ties with the BJP Deshmukh an "accidental Parab, Rajya Sabha member move to keep in check on its and joined hands with the home minister". P r i y a n k a C h a t u r v e d i , Sanjay Nirupam other chief spokesperson NCP and Congress to form Recently, state Congress legislators Sunil Prabhu, Sanjay Raut. Sawant very government in Maharashtra. chief Nana Patole had asked if Pratap Sarnaik, Bhaskar stages gracefully handled the recent Raut, the Rajya Sabha Raut was the spokesperson of Jadhav, Ambadas Danve and controversy by Lok Sabha MP member and the executive Pawar. Maharashtra Revenue Manisha Kayande, Sena's protest calling Navneet Rana who leveled editor of 'Saamana', was made Minister and senior Congress deputy leader Sachin Ahir, grave charges against Arvind the party's chief spokesperson leader Balasaheb Thorat said former mayor Shubha Raul, it unfair Sawant and Shiv Sainiks. in September last year. But his Raut should be careful before << Without losing his calm and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PG 04 loose talks have caused a lot making any comments. In the era of equality nothing much has changed for her ndia is in denial of the fact that a majority of its women do not feel fear. India – and the rest of the world – would do well to make women’s safe alone on the streets, at work, in markets, or at home, even safety and freedom central goals of democracy and development, and Ithough they have learned how to cope with this existential learn about the science of cultural change. anxiety. When I asked young educated women in Delhi if they feel In the era of equality nothing much has changed, girls are molested, safe, most said no. And most of those who said yes had learned to raped and burned alive by the male counterparts, nothing much has modify their behaviours to feel safe – they don’t go out alone changed for the daughters of India. In our country of an estimated 20 unnecessarily; come home at night before dark; get permission to go million commercial sex workers, 16 million women and girls are out; are always careful and alert; and they censor their speech, their victims of sex trafficking according to non-government organisations clothes and their body posture, including whether or not they look men working in India. Most of the poor girls pushed into sex trade by family in the eyes. Indian women are in a constant state of vigilance, like a members to counter poverty. The father literally bargains for perks Dr.Vaidehi country on terrorist alert. For rape there is no fixed time: always be CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 alert. No democracy is a democracy when half its population lives in afternoonvoice.com/editorial [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews FRIDAY, APRIL 02, 2021 Editoritis AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 02 In the era of equality nothing Arvind much has changed for her << Sawant PAGE 1 New Shiv Sena's chief spokesperson << PAGE 1 corporator Sheetal Mhatre, Kishore Kanhere, Sanjana Ghadi and Anand Dube will continue as the Sena's spokespersons, the party said. Seven months after it announced a list of 10 spokesperson, the Shiv Sene on Wednesday released a revised panel of 16. The Sena has also dropped some names from its list of 10 declared in September 2020, including that of deputy chairperson of state council Dr. Neelam Gorhe and ministers Gulabrao Patil and Uday Samant. A party functionary said the move by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who is CM, was aimed at not giving Raut unfettered powers as sole chief spokesperson. Another functionary said that the 2022 BMC polls was another reason the party felt like revising its list of spokespersons. “As a working journalist, he has a knack of smelling things in politics, and the party should use him as an asset,” the functionary said. [email protected] vaidehitaman vaidehisachin Volume No. 12 | Issue No. 198 Editor Dr. Vaidehi Printer and Publisher Printed at Newsmakers Publications Pvt. Ltd. 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Any litigation against the content or publication will be entertained under the Jurisdiction of Mumbai only. afternoonvoice.com/opinion [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews FRIDAY, APRIL 02, 2021 Voices AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 03 PM Modi’s vision to modernise Agriculture n his 75th Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi asserted that adopting modern Ipractices in the agriculture sector is imperative; PM Modi has said that in every aspect of life newness, modernisation is essential. First of all, let us understand what modern farming Modi has rightly means. It means farming using modern said that “In order techniques and technologies. This “ farming is facilitated by modern science to create new and many new aspects of discoveries and employment inventions. Modern agriculture uses new opportunities in methods of irrigation and new means of investment. The modern farming provides the agriculture a farmer with a commercialised sector, to increase occupation and employment sphere. In farmers’ income, it India’s agriculture sector, modernisation is the need of the hour. India is one of the the former Prime Minister of India, Lal farmers discover new ways that have is equally largest producers of food grains globally. Bahadur Shastri holds value and relevance been unknown for years. It will give them important to adopt Though its agriculture is very small-scale, for thousands of years to come. While an opportunity to alleviate the challenges new alternatives, yield from farming is low and the soldiers at our nation’s borders protect that hinder crop growth and increase pressure on land is enormous. This needs our countries from enemies, farmers of agricultural yield. The introduction of the innovations along to change with the help of digital India feed the country each and every latest farm equipment, such as tractors, with traditional precision technology. Agriculture is not day. Modi has rightly said that “In order front loaders, backhoes, and more, will agricultural just a sector for India or just a job that to create new employment opportunities help farmers increase their productivity. In people do; it is simply a way of life for us in the agriculture sector, to increase addition to equipment, caring for crops is practices.” Indians. Without this sector, the farmers’ income, it is equally important to also important. On the other hand, using population boom in this country and the adopt new alternatives, innovations along modern agriculture technologies often economic cycles will come to a literal with traditional agricultural practices.” also means more environmentally friendly standstill. It contributes around 32 per Food is as important as oxygen and production. For example, using fewer cent of the national income and provides water. While oxygen and water are pesticides means less polluted land, employment to 70 per cent of Indian produced by our imaginary gods, food is better soil and thus better quality yield working force. Although the majority of produced by our living God, the farmer of and better farmers life and work Vinod C. Dixit citizens are engaged in agriculture, the India. Given the present-day scenario conditions. country is still not self-sufficient in where every part of the economy is India’s agricultural policies have seen a producing enough food to feed the suffering due to corona virus pandemic, major boost since the Modi government population. Modern farming has got a the agriculture sector needs immediate came to power in 2014 and decided to number of advantages over other systems relief and relaxations. focus on doubling farmers’ income by of farming; firstly, the production of the In every aspect of life, novelty and 2022. The government has also set an agricultural products is very higher in the modernisation is essential. Otherwise, it ambitious food grains production target modern faming.