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1. AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 59 PM DISCUSSES TOTAL OF 11 PROJECTS IN PRAGATI MEET the Ministry of Road Trans- port and Highways and one from the Ministry of Petrole- um and Natural Gas. Progress under insurance schemes- PMJJBY and PMSBY schemes reviewed PM in the meeting, re- viewed the performance with regard to in grievanc- es related to insurance schemes under the Depart- ment of Financial Services viz. ‘Pradhan Mantri Jee- van Jyoti Bima Yojana’ (PMJJBY) and ‘Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana’(PMSBY). Prime Minister also re- viewed the progress under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Sys- tems (CCTNS) project- a comprehensive and inte- grated system for effective policing through e-Govern- ance. In previous PRAGATI in- teractions, PMhas reviewed a total of 269 projects with a to- tal investment of Rs. 12.30 lakh crores. Prime Minister has also reviewed the resolu- tion of grievance redressal related to 47 government pro- grams and schemes across 17 diverse sectors. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first PRAGATI meeting of the year 2020 on Wednesday. It marked Prime Minister’s thirty-second interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involv- ing Central and State governments. In the PRAGATI meet- ing, PM discussed a total of eleven items, out of which nine are delayed projects. These nine projects, worth over Rs 24,000 crores, are spread over nine states viz. Odisha, Telangana, Maha- r a s h t r a , Jharkhand, Bi- har, Karnataka, A n d h r a P r a d e s h , Kerala, and U t t a r Pradesh and three Union ministries. These clude three from the Min- istry of Rail- ways, five from in- —Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar. Rupani to launch nutrition mission today from tribal Dahod Haresh Jhala van Arts and Com- merce College in Da- hod, which will be also attended by Trib- al Affairs Minister Ganpat Vasava and Minister of state for child welfare. The Chief Minister believes it is the State Government’s duty to see that Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi’s idea of “Sahi Poshan- Desh Roshan” to make the nation free of mal- nutrition mented by promoting such programmes ag- gressively. Month of September National Health Survey 2005- 06, some 45 per cent of children under 5 years of age were un- derweight. Some 50 per cent were breast- fed in the first hour, while 45 percent in- fants were exclusive- ly breastfed, 56 per- cent had initiated complementary feed- ing between months. Twenty-four per cent infants were getting adequate pro- teins and calories, while 80 per cent were anaemic. Family FOUR PILLARS OF POSHAN ABHIYAAN Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will on launch ‘Gujarat Poshan Abhiyan (Gujarat Nu- trition Mission)’ 2020- 22 from the backward tribal district of Da- hod. The motive behind the ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ is to ensure that nutrition levels of children, girl, pregnant women and lactating women in the state, especially in the poor areas, are main- tained. The function will be held at the Navjee- Thursday breastfeeding and exclusive), com- plementary anaemia, growth mon- itoring, girls’ educa- tion, diet, right age of marriage, hygiene and sanitation, as well as food fortification. According to the (early 2018 was celebrated as Rashtriya Mah. The activities during the POSHAN Mah focussed on So- cial Behavioural Change and Communi- cation (SBCC). The broad themes were: an- tenatal care, optimal POSHAN feeding, 6-9 is imple- Turn on P5 Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

2. TALKING POINT 02 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia The Indian litfest season marches on, reaching its frenzied zenith, as always, in the last week of the month with the Jaipur Literature Festival. The festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today Traffic dept gears up to curb congestion near Diggi Palace DIVYA HEMNANI GREATEST LITERARY SHOW ON EARTH T ers, thinkers, politi- cians, journalists and popular cultural icons from India and abroad. Recipients of various awards like the Man Booker, the Pulitzer, the Sahitya Akademi, the Ramon Magsaysay, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will also be present. Some of the speakers include Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Baner- jee, the Ford Founda- tion International Pro- fessor of Economics at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Ja- meel Poverty Action Lab and co-author of Good Economics for Hard Times, with co- awardee Nobel Laure- ate Professor Esther Duflo. Also on the list are Ashok Vajpeyi, Hindi poet and critic, author Chitra Mudgal, poet and lyricist Akhtar, among others. This year, a new initia- tive iWrite will serve as a platform for unpub- lished manuscripts, from which one will be chosen to receive feed- back from experts. Any entry that makes it to the top 10 shortlists will get an opportunity to be shared with inter- national publishers, literary agents, trans- lators and other indus- try experts in a face-to- face pitching session for a potential book deal. T Literature Festival will see the participation of renowned authors and artists from all over the world. While the festi- val will definitely give the city tourism a major boost, the residents of the colonies around Diggi Palace where the event is organised have written to the police commissioner plaining that they are confined to their homes for five days every year due to encroachments and traffic chaos. They have requested the police officals to en- sure the same doesn’t happen this year. “The road connecting Tonk Road with Diggi Palace is just 40-feet wide. It is encroached upon by registration counters, shops and tent. The res- idents of Shivaji Marg, Diggi House Colony and other nearby colonies use this road to reach Tonk Road, but it is blocked for five days,” said a local resident. Add commissioner Ajay Pal Lamba told media persons that act- ing on the complaint, the police have made alternative ments for parking and have also asked the or- ganizers to remove the encroachments.The traffic department has put restrictions on the roads leading to Diggi Palace. A senior traffic department said that no parking will be allowed any- where between Yadgar Junction and SMS Hos- pital. he festival will witness speakers that include writ- he internationally- acclaimed Jaipur 250 com- Javed arrange- official —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO HERE ARE YOUR PICKS OF THE SESSIONS THAT SEEM THE MOST PROMISING Where Books mean Business H THURSDAY H MONDAY z Inaugural Session: Each Other’s Stories z Climate Emergency: Dia Mirza, Renata Lok-Dessallien, Sonam Wangchuk, Apoorva Oza, Namita Waikar and Shubhangi Swarup in conversation with Samir Saran ance, ignorance and inequity make for a lethal mix, heralding note violence, de- struction and fear. Building equitable platforms for dia- logue and creating safe environs for writers to write and artists to express themselves are piv- otal for the suste- nance of a progres- sive society. It is lit- erature and the arts that create a window that allows us to un- derstand other socie- ties, their cultures, histories, traditions, economies and ways of life,” he added. JBM witnessed ex- clusive participation of dignitaries in the world literature like of Jo Lendle, writer and publisher; Hans Jacob Frydenlun, Norway’s Ambassa- dor to India; Naveen Kishore and Ravi Deecee, to name a few. z The Arts, Sciences and Creativity: Hon CM Ashok Gehlot, Open- ing Address by Namita Gokhale, William Dal- rymple and Sanjoy Roy VANSHIKHA GOUR z Reporting the New India: Rana Ayyub and Bee Rowlatt in conver- sation J kickstarted with its 7th edition of Jaipur Book Mark Wednesday at Hotel Diggi Palace. Sanjoy K Roy, Fes- tival Producer, pre- sented the keynote and welcomed all the delegates from approximately 20 countries. “The idea behind Jaipur Book Mark is a translation that holds the key to the future of publishing, making new voices, new ideas and stories accessible to a larger leadership,” said Roy during his speech. “Around the world, culture and heritage are at risk, as intoler- z In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin: Lindsey Hilsum in conversation with Christina Lamb aipur Literature Festival 2020 H FRIDAY H SATURDAY H SUNDAY z Secrets of Amber: by Rashmi Dickinson, in conversation about responsible and sus- tainable tourism with Hon. Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh Bharatpur and Edward Dickinson on z Letters to a Young Muslim: Omar Ghobash and Rakh- shanda Jalil in conversation z Kali’s Daughter: Yashica Dutt & Raghav Chandra in conversation with Pragya Tiwari z Tyrant: Shakespeare on Poli- tics: Stephen Greenblatt intro- duced by Vishal Bhardwaj z Akbar and Dara: Supriya Gandhi and Manimugdha Sharma in conversation with William Dalrymple z Howdy, America!: Varghese K. Georgein conversation with Navtej Sarna z Uninhabitable Earth: Da- vid Wallace-Wells, John Lanchester in conversation with Prem Jha z Of the People, By the People: The Indian Constitution: Navin Chawla, Madhav Khosla and Margaret Alva in conversation with Saif Mahmood coming z Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain z Flood and Fury: Jairam Ramesh, Krupa Ge in conver- sation with Marcus Moench z Forgotten Masters: William Dalrymple introduced by BN Goswamy z Poor Economics: Abhijit V Banerjee in conversation with Sreenivasan Jain z Partition Voices: Kavita Puri and Sam Dalrymple in conversation with Aanchal Malhotra z There’s Gunpowder in the Air: Manoranjan Byapari in conversa- tion with Anu Singh Choudury z Shashi on Shashi: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael Dwyer z AI and Creativity: Marcus du Sautoy in conversation with Sanjoy K Roy z Culture & Resilience: Pavan K. Varma & Saba Naqvi in conversa- tion with Sanjoy Roy z The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Rip- per: Hallie Rubenhold in conversation with Bee Rowlatt z Word, Image, Sound: Shob- haa De and Amit Khanna in conversation with Kaveree Bamzai z Manto and I: Nandita Das and Shubha Mud- gal in conversation with Kaveree Bamzai z The Travel Session: Katie Hickman, Howard in conver- sation with William Dalrymple z The Body, The City: Raj Kamal Jha and Rheea Mukherjee in conversa- tion with Parvati Sharma Music stage 2020: Festival to feature dazzling musical performances T the calming strains of Morning Music. The stage will be graced by- acclaimed artists like exponent of Konnakol through spoken percus- sion and Mrindangam, BC Manjunath; sitar maestro, recipient of the President’sAward for best instrumentalist at age 15, Purbayan videos viewed almost two bil- lion times. The Festival will also present a pow- er-packed evening at an iconic and historic venue Jaipur. Supported by Rajasthan this majestic evening at Amer Fort will feature a mesmerising perfor- mance by Pandit Rajen- dra Gangani. have been Chatterjee; leading Car- natic veena-player Sar- aswati Rajagopalan; Carnatic vocalist based in the UK and founder of Manasamitra, Su- priya Nagarajan. Some more musical performances will be presented by popular folk fusion artist Aab- haHanjura; based singer-songwrit- er Gavin James whose he start each day with Festival will Heritage in Tourism, Dublin-

3. EROSION OF LIBERTIES INDIA SLIPS IN DEMOCRACY INDEX 2019 AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 59 Apex court says no stay without hearing Centre, gives govt 4 weeks to respond 10 SC asks HCs to restrain from passing CAA orders The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the High Courts across the country to from passing any or- ders on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act while granting the Central government four weeks’ time to file a reply on the petitions regarding the newly-amended law. A Bench of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, Justices S Ab- dul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna heard more than 140 petitions challenging or sup- porting the law. The law fast-tracks the process of granting citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians who fled religious New Delhi: Making clear it will not stay the (Amendment) Act without hearing the Centre, the Su- preme Court on Wednesday gave the government four weeks to respond to petitions challenging the CAA and said a five-judge Constitution bench will hear the matter. Hearing a batch of 143 peti- tions, an apex court bench head- ed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notice to the Centre and restrained all high courts from hearing pleas on the CAA till it decides on the pleas. The bench, also comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and San- jiv Khanna, said it will hear the petitions pertaining to Assam and Tripura separately as the prob- lem with the CAA in these two states is different from rest of the country . “The matter is uppermost in everybody’s mind. We will form a five-judge bench and then list the case,” the court said. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, ap- pearing for some petitioners, said the issue be referred to a Consti- tution bench and the NPR exer- cise be postponed Isro to send HER in Gaganyaan ‘Vyomamitra’, a lady robot set for space in December 2021 The Economist cited “democratic regression (in) erosion of civil liberties” as a major reason in awarding India a score of 6.9 on 10 - its lowest since the index was first published in 2006 Citizenship restrain Owaisi dares Shah to debate on CAA with “bearded man” Hyderabad: After Home Minister Amit Shah threw a challenge to leaders like Rahul Gandhi for a public debate over CAA, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi joined issue and wanted the for- mer to discuss the law with him in- stead of others. At a rally in Luc- know in support of the CAA on Tuesday , Shah- had emphatically said the Citizenship Amendment (CAA) will not be with- drawn and those pro- testing can continue to do so even as he chal- lenged opposition lead- ers for a public debate on the amended leglis- lation. Addressing a rally in Karimnagar district on Tuesday night ahead of the municipal polls on January 25, the Hy- derabad MP said the Home Minister called for a public debate on CAA with the opposi- tion even as he asked Shah to debate with him on the legislation. WHAT IS THE INDEX ABOUT INDIA SLIPPED 10 PLACES TO 51ST POSITION INDIA BASED ON “FLAWED DEMOCRACY” CATEGORY Act The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a UK-based com- pany. It intends to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states. CHINA RANKED AT 153RD Turn on P5 Turn on P5 Turn on P5  Norway tops the list followed by Iceland and Sweden. Other countries in the top 10 include New Zealand at the fourth place, Finland (5th), Ireland (6th), Denmark (7th), Canada (8th), Australia (9th) and Switzerland (10th). Interpol blue notice against Nithyananda First India News WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS Based on their total score, the countries are classi- fi ed as one of four types of regime: “full democracy” (scores greater than 8); fl awed democracy scores greater than 6 and less than or equal to 8; hybrid regime scores greater than 4 and less than or equal to 6; authoritarian regime scores less than or equal to 4”.  Brazil was ranked 52nd with a score of 6.86, Russia stood at 134th with a score of 3.11. Ahmedabad: The In- terpol has issued a blue corner notice against rape accused self-styled godman Swami Nithy- ananda, following re- ports that he is hiding somewhere Ecuador though the Embassy of Ecuador has denied this. It is on the request of the Gujarat Police that the Interpol on Wednesday issued a blue corner notice to locate, identify gather information of the self-styled god- man, who has been ac- cused of rape and fi- nancial fraud. The Ahmedabad Ru- Bengaluru: Even before orbiting astronauts on India’s first manned mis- sion to the space in De- cember 2021, the Indian Space Research Organi- sation will send ‘Vy- omamitra’, a ‘lady ro- bot’, in unmanned Gaga- nyaan spacecraft. The robot was the cen- tre of attraction at the inaugural session of the “Human and Exploration - Pre- sent Challenges and Fu- ture Trends” here on Wednesday. Vyomamitra, a combina- tion of two Sanskrit words Vyoma (Space) and Mitra (Friend), took everyone by surprise Coronavirus outbreak: India screens 43 flights at 7 airports  Pakistan was ranked 108th  Sri Lanka stood at 69th claimed  Bangladesh was pegged at 80th  North Korea was at the bottom of the global ranking at 167th place. around ISRO Chairman K Sivan (L), Principal Scientifi c Adviser to GoI K Vijay Raghavan and others look at humanoid robot during the inauguration of Symposium on Human Spacefl ight and Exploration in Bengaluru. ral Police had sent a let- ter to the state Criminal Investigation Depart- ment (CID) last month and the latter followed it up with the Interpol. A blue corner notice is is- sued to locate a person who is missing or is an identified or unidenti- fied criminal or is want- ed for a violation of or- dinary criminal law. Terror attack alert in Guj, BSF launches ‘Operation Cold Air’ Alert has been issued across the country on the occasion of Re- public Day on January 26. In particular, the security of inter- national borders has been en- hanced. The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched ‘Op- eration Cold Air’ on the Indo- Pakistan border. A 15-day alert has been issued for it on the bor- ders of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. BSF has increased the number of soldiers on the border to counter any terrorist attack. According to reports re- ceived by the intelligence agency, Pakistan can carry out terrorist attacks on the border on January 26 in six ways. With the launch of the first terrorist pad, Masarur can infiltrate Afghan and BJP MLA resigns in a huff saying legislators not respected FOUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED  The training of astro- nauts will begin in the third week of January in Rus- sia, Isro chief K Sivan told reporters in Bengaluru. days by 2022, as part of the Indian Human Spacefl ight Programme. Last year, Isro had said it wanted woman astronauts to be part of the mission. Spaceflight Taliban terrorists through his older brother. Pakistan Rangers are helping these terrorists. The other could also send weapons to Pakistan via drone. BSF sources said that terrorist commanders can use pre-numbered drones to send weapons using Paki- stan-Army and ISI. Third, sources say that smugglers in Punjab and Ra- jasthan can supply weapons to disrupt Khalistan sup- porters on January 26. Fourth, alerts have been is- sued on Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari Border, Hasanwala Border and Kartarpur Corner. BSF has increased security in these places. It is suspected that this celebration may be disrupt- ed on January 26. or  Gaganyaan is a crewed orbital spacecraft intended to send astronauts to space for a minimum of seven  K Sivan said today that many of Gaganyaan’s sys- tems needed to be tested. Turn on P5 Turn on P5 rus Disease (nCoV) out- break in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. All seven identified airports have airports signage dis- played boldly at the stra- tegic locations. According to Sudan, the Embassy in China has informed that till Janu- ary 22, der the directions of the Union Health Ministry . These airports in- clude Chennai, Bengal- uru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Delhi, Mumbai and Kol- kata respectively . This is being done as a preventive against the outbreak of deadly Novel Corona Vi- the country so far. However, no case has been detected through these screening efforts. The Civil Aviation Minis- try, from Tuesday, initiat- ed the thermal health screening of passengers arriving from China in- cluding Hong Kong at seven Indian airports, un- New Delhi: Secretary at the Union Health Minis- try, Preeti Sudan, on Wednesday that a total number of 43 flights and 9156 pas- sengers arriving from China have screened for novel coro- navirus illness at seven different airports across informed been measure Turn on P5 Turn on P5 Haresh Jhala ceived any resignation or communication in this regard from the Savli MLA Ketan Trive- di.” Inamdar’s resigna- tion letter was all over the social media on his proper letterhead. According to sources, State BJP vice-presi- dent Bhargav Bhatt had gone to see Inamdar af- ter the news of his res- ignation. He reportedly convinced him that whatever his grievanc- es will be addressed by the party and he should not press for his resig- nation. He also claimed that he is not the only one disappointed by the government, there are many other MLAs who are unhappy, “but only I have dared to come out openly and resigned.” Inamdar asserted, “My insult is my con- stituents insult,” and added that officers are not respecting the MLAs and neither are approving works of the people. Assembly Rajendra Trivedi, how- ever, told First India, “My office has not re- BJP’s Savli constitu- ency MLA Ketan Inam- dar emailed his resigna- tion to the State Assem- bly Speaker, Chief Min- ister Vijay Rupani and party chief Jitubhai Vaghani. He told media persons later, “I re- signed because MLAs are not being heard by the council of minis- ters, people’s works are not taken up by the gov- ernment, though sug- gested or requested by the MLAs. I am unhap- py with the State Gov- ernment and so have quit resigned.” BJP’S UNIQUE PRESSURE POLITICS FROM VADODARA JP sources pointed out that this is not the fi rst time that such a shock has come from the party’s Vadodara district unit. Even in the past, MLAs and organisational leaders have tried to arm-twist the party leadership for a share in the spoils of power -- either as a minister or in state-run boards and cor- porations. And so party circles interprete Inamdar’s resignation as a press tactic of sorts. When Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was to expand his cabinet, similar tactics were used by Vadodara BJP leaders. As a result, the Chief Minister had to accommodate Manjalpur MLA Yogesh Patel as a Minister of State. Similarly, when Waghodia MLA Madhu Srivastav demanded a ticket for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat during the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Rupani had to appoint him as Chairman of the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation. Gandhinagar: ruling Bharatiya Ja- nata Party was in for a shock on Wednes- day when its legisla- tor from Vadodara district resigned as an MLA alleging that the State Government has failed to respect MLAs and people’s problems remain un- attended. As the news spread like wildfire, senior party leaders rushed to convince the MLA to withdraw his resignation. The BJP’s Savli Speaker constituency MLA Ketan Inamdar and (left) his resignation. Turn on P5

4. GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 04 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 96% men and 17% women own mobile phones, says survey First India News their way to work. To avoid sexual har- assment, opined that girls should be married early to pro- tect them from sexual harassment compared to 43% women and 38% men who think so. A disparity was also seen in terms of having leisure time. 30% of young men reported that they go out for lei- sure activities. form of sexual harass- ment: visual, verbal, unwanted sexual con- tact such as touching and groping in just the last one year. Of these 25% mentioned that they were subjected to sexual harassment on their way to school,” said Subhalakshmi Nandi, director ICRW. She added that 61% of these women said they were sexually abused on national Centre for Re- search on (ICRW) from 2016 to 2019. The respondents in- clude 522 girls, 544 wom- en, and 562 males. “It was a women em- powerment project that fosters freedom from violence in public spac- es in 16 villages of Patdi and Dasada of Suren- dranagar. We’ve found that 37% girls reported experiencing tling data, with 37% of female respondents say- ing they had been vic- tims of sexual harass- ment. The baseline research was conducted in 16 vil- lages of Sabarkantha with young men (18-22 years), adolescent girls (15-19) and women (20-45 years) by the Society for Women’s Action and Training (SWATI) and the Inter- Access to mobile and internet Own mobile phone Reasons for not continuing education Women Adolescent Girls Young Men 42% girls Ahmedabad: A survey conducted in 17 villages of Sabarkantha dis- tricts revealed a gender- bias in mobile phone ownership. A total of 96% of the men owned a mobile phone, while only 17% of the girls re- ported having a mobile. While this is odd on its own, the study also threw up some unset- 96 The school/ college is in Financial problem No transport facility Unsafe Transport Need to support the 13.9 0.8 24.2 42.9 26 19.1 8.8 8.2 40.2 Adolescent Girls Women Young Men 44.4 23.5 Family won’t allow Have access to internet 3.9 Scared of SV on the way 26 Scared of SV in school 4.4 0.5 0.5 Family wants me to get Not interested in studies Completed the studies 13.3 36.6 55 4.3 Initiatives 0.5 8.5 some Adolescent Girls Women Young Men Percentage* HARDIK PATEL GETS BAIL, BUT MAY BE ARRESTED AGAIN SOON Police from Modasa and Siddhpur are waiting to apprehend him in old cases Video of MLA’s son firing gun goes viral; father unhappy First India News went viral, and attract- ed the attention of the Kutch (West) Police Su- perintendent, who had immediately instructed the Nakhatrana police personnel, under whose jurisdiction his house falls, to inquire into the issue. Jaydeepsinh’s father and Congress MLA from Abdasa constitu- ency Pradhyumansinh Jadeja told First India, “I disapprove of the ac- tions of my son. Weap- ons are not for show.” Bhuj: There is a race between youngsters on how to be famous on so- cial media and get more likes. Sometimes, this leads them to forget that they are violating the law. A video show- ing a Kutch youth firing his weapon, which went viral recently, has put his father, MLA Pradu- mansinh Jadeja, on the defensive. The video in question shows Jay- deespinh SGCCI’s 12th edition of Udyog kickstarts from tomorrow First India News Councillor Shehzad Pathan gets 5 hrs’ bail Ahmedabad: Although a city court granted Hardik Patel bail in a sedition case, there is still a possibility that the Congress-affiliated Patidar leader might be arrested again, with Modasa and Siddhpur police authorities wait- ing to settle old scores. Both sets of officials have been seeking to take him into custody for violating laws in their respective juris- diction in the past. The Congress leader, who was arrested by the Cyber Cell Ahmedabad Branch on January 18, was granted bail by the Sessions Court Wednesday . However, he still had to spend a night in jail because the official court order did not reach the jail au- thority soon enough. Sources say the Sid- dhpur police have been Cricket ground to be used for R-Day programme at Rajkot mansinh Jadeja, an ag- riculturist who also runs a transport busi- ness, firing his licensed 12-bore gun from his terrace. Jaydeepsinh shared this video to his Facebook page. It soon First India News court on Wednesday granted only five hours conditional bail. Pathan said he will get disqualified if he remains absent from the coming general board meeting. Prior to this board meet- ing, he was absent in two meetings. In November, he was on paternity leave and in Decem- ber last year, he was arrested. Pathan is likely to attend the general board meeting with security protection. According to sourc- es, senior BJP lead- ers want to disquali- fy him if he fails to remain present in the third consecutive meeting. Ahmedabad: hzad Khan Pathan , a Congress councillor from Danilimda, has been granted five hours of conditional bail to attend a gen- eral board meeting of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corpora- tion (AMC) sched- uled for January 29. Pathan was arrest- ed last month for cases related to riot- ing after violence broke out in the Shah E Alam locality dur- ing a protest rally against the Citizen- ship Amendment Act (CAA). Pathan had asked for 10 days bail from the Sessions Court, against which the She- had Pradhyu- —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Hardi Patel outside the court. lice to catch him near the jail,” said Nikhil Sa- vani, a close aide of Pa- tel. Patel was arrested for failing to appear before the court in a sedition case filed against him in 2015. Additional ses- sions judge BJ Ganatra grated Patel bail on the condition that he will cooperate with court proceedings and not seek adjournment with- out a genuine reason. The court will now hear Patel’s sedition case on January 24. camped outside the Sa- barmati Central Jail, were Patel has been im- prisoned to arrest him. The Modasa police are right on their heels. It is a possibility that Patel will be arrested by the cops as soon as he is re- leased from jail on Thursday . “There are many cas- es filed against Patel across the state and po- lice authorities from different stations are seeking his arrest. Once he has been arrested, it is very easy for the po- First India News lakh square feet, is set to be one of the biggest Udyog exhibitions yet with more than 200 par- ticipants. The three-day exhibi- tion will also have pavil- ions of different coun- tries, states, public sec- tor units, corporates, textile machinery, elec- tricals, electronics and instrumentation, plas- tic products and more. of Parliament CR Patil and Darshana Jardosh will also remain pre- sent. On this occasion, commissioner for indus- tries Dr Rahul Gupta and senior president of Yes Bank, Arun Tiku, will also attend the inau- gural function. Devesh Patel, head of SGCCI’s exhibition cell, said the event, which will cover an area of 1.25 of the Crime Surat: The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) will organize the 12th edition of Udy- og, its biennial exhibi- tion, at Sarsana Conven- tion Centre January 24- 26. Minister of health Kumar Kanani will in- augurate the event on Friday, while Members on CRIMEBRANCH Woman raped by ex-beau in front of minor son Couple, relative commit suicide following elopement School trustee attacked in Vejalpur Ahmedabad: school trustee and an- other trustee’s hus- band have filed a cross-complaint Vejalpur police. Po- lice sources say trus- tee Jignesh Shah had a spat with Farzana- banu’s husband An- war Shaikh over an alleged dispute in their accounts. Shai- kh allegedly attacked with a knife and in- jured his sources added. First India News the pitch in the run-up to Republic Day . Saurashtra Cricket Association media man- ager Himanshu Shah said, “I think the pitch- es are well covered and no damage has been re- ported,” The Cricket Ground was abandoned as an international ven- ue when the Saurashtra Cricket Association built the Saurashtra Cricket Association Sta- dium in 2008 but first- class matches are played here. The last Ranji Tro- phy match was played here just over a week ago. Ashwin Devipujak (25) was privy to their relationship helped them elope, he added. “The trio left the vil- lage on January 19 and could not be traced by their families,” the of- ficial said. They were found un- conscious Radhanpur on Tues- day evening and were rushed to Radhanpur Referral where were declared dead, he added. Patan: A couple and a man who helped them elope allegedly com- mitted suicide, fearing backlash for their ac- tions in Gujarat’s Pa- tan district, the police said on Wednesday . Prakash Devipujak (18) was in love with Hiral Devipujak (24), who was married to a resident of Pedhamali village in neighbour- ing Mehsana district, inspector Y B Jadeja of Radhanpur police sta- tion said. Prakash’s relative cused dragged her into a bush near a railway crossing, raped her in front of her minor son and then demanded that she marry him. Police say the vic- tim shouted for help but to no avail. Later, the accused took the woman and her son to a nearby medical facil- ity for treatment. The woman narrated her ordeal to her husband and then filed a com- plaint against the ac- cused person. allegedly Rajkot: Cricket lovers in Rajkot are unhappy with the Rajkot Munici- pal Corporation (RMC) for its plan to use the Madhavrao Cricket Stadium for a cultural programme on Republic day . This year, with state- level Republic Day cele- brations taking place in Rajkot, RMC has organ- ized a cultural pro- gramme at the stadium on January 25. However, to accom- modate a large number of Spectators, the civic Ahmedabad: A mar- ried woman was alleg- edly raped by a 27-year- old man in front of her minor son. Sources say that the accused, who is a former boy- friend of the victim, allegedly slashed her private parts too in an incident that took place in the Dabhoi area of the state. Reports say that the victim had refused to meet the accused after he asked her to do so. She was also being blackmailed. The ac- A and Scindia in body here has erected huge stages on the ground, damaging the cricket pitch. However, RMC assis- tant manager sports de- partment DM Dodiya has denied that any damage being caused to reportedly near Hospital, they thumb, GUP SHUP HE IS CONGRESS’ QUIET RESEARCH STUDENT G President Amit Chavda nor is it Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Paresh Dhanani. There are chances all guesses may go wrong. Well, it is the party’s Gujarat unit spokesperson Manish Doshi, who quietly does his job while also responding to media queries, even on ticklish issues. But that is just one of Manish Doshi’s strengths, the other is his press releases especially when the state level leaders have nothing to say. There is not a single day when a Congress press release does not come, thanks to Doshi. And most often, his press releases are well researched with authentic data to target the government. LAZY OR INTELLIGENT I in the state secretariat. Normally, almost all fi les go from down to the top in the government. However, these young bucks have fi gured out a new tack. These section offi cers are very cool, intelligent and smart in terms of passing on work. Anyone who approaches them for work is fi rst asked to get a recommendation letter from the minister fi rst, before they deign to prepare a fi le and passing to it up the chain of command to the under-secretary or department head. We’re not entirely sure if this is super lazy or super brilliant on their part, but it’s a pain in the behind for anyone who needs work done. A TIME TO CHEER A municipal commissioner and BJP councillors, MLA Ketan Inamdar’s resignation letter seems to have recharged the councillors. Many disgruntled councillors had been murmuring about resigning but with only a few months left on their terms, that would would have been embarrassing. Now, that seems to have changed. Even if the BJP has a full majority in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, many of the councillors cannot raise their voice on behalf of people. Most of the councillors were asked to remain silent and turn deaf ears even if the offi cers do not pay heed to their grievances. We’re now waiting for the other shoe to drop. BOOTLEGGER WINS AS COPS FIGHT I third parties take advantage of them. There was a disagreement between a crime branch offi cer and a zone level police offi cer. When the Crime Branch offi cer received information about the large quantity of alcohol stored in the car, he sent a team to raid the police station near the metro rail project in city. It was reported to the zone level offi cer. In order to thwart the would-be crime branch raid, he hid a car full of alcohol bottles behind a police outpost. The raid failed and the bootlegger won. We have to wonder if he’s ever heard of the word Schadenfreud, forget knowing what it means! fter the alleged ‘stupid episode’ of a verbal spat between the uess who works hard the most in the Gujarat Congress? Not its State t is diffi cult to understand the new breed of government offi cers working nternal disputes within the police department are often so severe that BUGGED? Or is it the grapevine... . First India begins a column that brings to you gossips or tete-e-tete from the corridors of power

5. GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LOP’s Samvad to connect and encourage party workers AMC demolishes old parab, raises eyebrows Paresh Dhanani has been meeting party workers in one taluka after the other to boost moral First India News Whatever we are to- day is because of par- ty workers. They work day and night for the party and so we get elected to the taluka or district or nag- arpalika or even to the As- sembly. We owe our victory to them and we should always be polite to them and respect them. We can’t afford to ig- nore them. —Paresh Dhanani, Leader of Opposition. Bharuch: Leader of Op- position has kicked off a ‘Samvad Karyakram’ to boost the moral and en- courage party workers to prepare for the upcoming general elections at the Municipal Corporation and District Panchayat levels. As part of his Kar- yakram, Paresh Dhanani has been around the state and meeting Congress party workers at taluka after taluka. Addressing Congress workers in Ankleshwar taluka on Tuesday even- ing, he sought to explain why the Congress party has been out of power for more than two decades. “Today, you welcomed me with so many gar- lands. If each party work- er had used these gar- lands to keep his/her First India News Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) demolished a parab (water stand) near to Juna Manekchowk on Monday , leading to some controversy over why the civic body chose now to tackle a long-standing issue. Area residents say the parab was very old and needed repairs. Members of the Choksi Ma- hajan group have been demand- ing that the water connection to the dry parab be restored, so that the structure may be put to use again. “The parab has not been in use since 1992-93. People stopped using it after the Sherba- jar shifted,” said Chinu Choksi, president of Choksi Mahajan. He added, “The Parab was more than 60 years old and di- lapidated. However, it is not pri- vately owned, so there are no ‘owners’ to bear the cost of re- Police arrest one more in Vishal Goswami case First India News Sherbajar, travelling pairs, which was estimated around Rs2-3 lakh.” Some locals allege the AMC demolished the structure to ben- efit food stalls, which operate in the area at night. However, town development officer Ramesh Tadvi has rubbished these alle- gations. “The building was no more than 30 years old and in very bad shape. The Commis- sioner himself had visited the area and decided to demolish. It was not a heritage structure,” he said. denied ticket, he/she starts raising noises in the name of caste and community, and com- plaining of injustice by the party. He appealed to party workers to give up such tactics and work for the party and not candi- dates. and we should always be polite to them and respect them. We can’t afford to ignore them,” he said. Explaining the need to work for the party and not for individuals, Dha- nani emphasized that whenever there is an election, if any leader is er leaders sitting on the dais. “Let it be clear that whatever we are today is because of workers. They work day and night for the party and so we get elected to the taluka or district or nagarpalika or even to the Assembly . We owe our victory to them neighbour happy and if each worker had won the hearts of at least 10 neighbours, we would never have lost power for so long. However, as par- ty workers, we failed to keep our own neighbours with us.” He also addressed oth- 4 workers die in wall collapse Two mobiles, SIM card found in Jail First India News First India News and shifted to Gandhi- nagar Civil Hospital. The doctors at the hos- pital did triage, but the labourers could not sur- vive their serious inju- ries. All four were de- clared dead. The de- ceased were identified as Parth Patel (25), Rajesh Chauhan (25), Vasant Bhupatji (20), and Pravin Sodha (27). Surprisingly, neither the owner of the private construction site nor any area resident called emergency services for the rescue operations. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Ahmedabad: Four con- struction labourers in their twenties died after being trapped under a collapsed wall ne ar Ku- dasan in Gandhinagar on Wednesday after- noon. They had been working on the con- struction of Pramukh Anand Orbit when a wall suddenly collapsed there. The four were alive when they were extracted from the rubble, but succumbed to their in- TOC), the city crime branch arrested four associates of Goswami. Police sources say Gos- wami had been running his racket from inside the Sabarmati Central Jail for the past five to six months. According to crime branch ACP BV Gohil, “After interrogat- ing Goswami and his gang members, learnt that Verma was helping the gang mem- bers get weapons.” Ahmedabad: A com- plaint has been filed against two prison in- mates after two mobile phones and a SIM card were found from them at Sabarmati Central Jail, police sources say . Sabarmati Jail officials conducted a surprise inspection on Tuesday morning after gangster Vishal Goswami and his associates were caught using mobile phones and SIM cards to carry out their ran- som racket from inside the prison. A complaint has been filed with Ranip Police station against Ashif Shaikh and Abdul Im- ran Pathan. sources say jail officials found Shaikh hiding a SIM card below his leg, which led them to re- cover two Samsung mo- bile phones from him. After interrogation, Shaikh told police about Pathan, who was also searched and interro- gated. Police suspect that the mobile phones and SIM card were used in criminal activities. Ahmedabad: The city’s crime branch Wednesday arrested one more associate of noto- rious gangster Vishal Goswami from the Sa- barmati Central Jail. Police arrested Alok Verma for providing weapons to Goswami’s gang members for their alleged ransom racket. Verma has been behind bars for an Angadia loot on Mall, case of Langhnaj of Gandhinagar. Earlier this month, in the first case registered under the Gujarat Con- trol of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GC- Four labourers killed after wall collapses at a construction site near Kudsan area in Gandhinagar we further help, and after a struggle of a few hours the four were taken out from under the rubble juries. Another labour- er is still in hospital. Three excavator ma- chines were called for Woman files violence plaint against in-laws First India News Docs save abandoned baby with rare condition First India News shifting her to hospital. The condition is rela- tively rare, with a rate of around four cases per 1000 live births, says Dr GH Rathod, medical su- perintendent. Immedi- ate surgery is needed for newborns with gastroschisis, a condition in which a part of the intestines bulges via a separation in the belly . Dr Rakesh Joshi says the survival rate of ba- bies diagnosed with gas- troschisis is not very high in the country . hospital, where she was treated in the depart- ment of paediatric sur- gery under Dr Rakesh Joshi. The emergency surgery was performed by Dr Niral Thakkar, Dr Nirkhi Shah and Dr Is- han Bhavsar on Janu- ary 9 at around 11pm. Sources say the baby is doing well and is likely to be discharged on Thursday and sent to an orphanage. Staff mem- bers of the adoption agency were present throughout the surgery and were very prompt in ment informed police about Nipun Shilpa, who named in the domestic violence alongside their son Rut- vij Desai. ACP Vini said, “We filed her com- plaint here in 2016 but all the accused of this case are in the US. So we told the immigra- tion department to in- form police whenever any of these accused arrived in India.” Ahmedabad: An aban- doned baby born with gastroschisis – a birth defect where a baby is born with its intestines outside its body–was saved after successful surgery Ahmedabad Civil Hospi- tal. Sources say the new- born baby girl was found by a farmer named Rameshbhai on January 9 on a road in Kuvana. After finding the baby , Rameshbhai immedi- ately took her to a health and were Police Ahmedabad: Two NRIs were taken for ques- tioning as soon as they arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, in rela- tion to a complaint of domestic violence filed by their daughter-in- law in 2016. Nipun Desai and his wife Shilpa were de- tained on their arrival from Nepal. Sources say Ahmedabad Airport’s immigration complaint diagnosed Joseph at the Doctors with the baby. vind Shishu Gruh was contacted, after which one of their workers took the newborn to the centre, from where she was referred to Palan- pur Civil Adoption agency Ara- Hospital. depart- FROM JACKET AND PG 1 Rupani to... A survey was conduct- ed about the intake of food in the tribal belt for children between 1 and 3 years, according to which, 81 per cent were getting cereals and millets, while share of pulses and legumes was 42 per cent, fats and oil 0.7 and sugar and jaggery share was 1.5 percent. The survey said that the state needs to focus more on breastfeeding infants in the first hour and that there should be emphasis on de-worm- ing of children, adoles- cents and pregnant women to improve ab- sorption of nutrition. For supplementary Nutrition Programme for 6 months to six ing children at his Ahmedabad He has also charged with wrongful confinement of chil- dren to make them col- lect donations from fol- lowers to run his ash- ram. He was also seen with a model and actor in ex- plicit footage. Follow- ing this, the govern- ment had cancelled his passport. years, should focus on serving Dense Dal Bhog, hot cooked food, Energy dense take home ration, fruits to children and should provide tri-candy, the survey recommended. government and was last seen in a video claiming that he is Lord Shiva and no court can even touch him. Nithyananda re- portedly bought an Is- land and formed his own Hindu country called Kailasha, located near Ecuador, claimed on his website. However, the Embas- sy of Ecuador refuted the reports Nithyananda’s ence stating it had re- jected his request for asylum and he left for Haiti. Ecuador also de- nied reports Nithyananda buying an island there. In 2010, the police had arrested him from Him- achal Pradesh after fil- ing a case of kidnap- ping and sexually abus- Mayawati(Bahujan Sa- maj Party). bench.” Asserting that it will not grant any stay on the CAA without hear- ing the Centre on the matter, it said, “Will pass order on granting any interim relief to pe- titioner opposing CAA after four weeks.” The Health Ministry has directed travellers to China, in particular, Wuhan city to monitor their health closely. Travellers have been asked to follow simple public health measures and a good standard of hygiene. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had directed to make all logistics sup- port and arrangement immediately with re- gard to screening of passengers arriving in India from amidst Novel Corona Virus Disease outbreak in China. “Provision of space at the pre-immi- gration area with logis- tics to install the ther- mal cameras will be made at the airports. ,” the official said. “Hello everyone. I am Vyomamitra, the proto- type of the half-human- oid, been made for the first unmanned Ga- ganyaan mission,” the robot said. Explaining about the role in the mission, she said, “I can monitor through module param- eters, alert you and per- form life support opera- tions. I can perform ac- tivities like switch pan- el operations...” ashram. been Terror attack... Fifth, BSF has also in- creased alertness in 13 small rivers and 3 ma- jor rivers in Jammu. BSF has issued alerts not only in Jammu but also in the rivers area of Punjab. BJP’s unique... BJP sources said Vadodara party organisation and elect- ed leaders have demonstrat- ed great unity when it comes to seeking share in power. They work like a team to build pressure on the gov- ernment as well as the party organisation. nu- as SC asks... persecution in Afghani- stan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and took ref- uge in India on or be- fore December 31, 2014. Interpol blue... Later, Gujarat police would start process for issuance of red corner notice against the god- man, Deputy Superin- tendent of (Ahmedabad Rural) KT Kamaria told First In- dia. A red corner notice is issued to seek loca- tion and arrest with a view to extradition or other similar action. Nithyananda is on the run since last year of pres- Coronavirus outbreak... a total of 440 cases of pne umonia nCoV were confirmed in China and a total of 9 people have died. Cases have been re- ported in 14 provinces (including Taiwan) and municipalities as well. Owaisi dares... Accusing the opposi- tion of “misleading” people on the amended citizenship law, Shah threw the challenge for the debate to Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Ba- nerjee, Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Apex court... by a couple of months. He also urged the bench to put on hold the oper- ationalisation of the CAA. The bench “Even we think that the matter should be heard by a Constitution China Police of with Isro to... when she introduced herself to the audience gathered there. said,

6. PERSPECTIVE 06 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 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 SOREN PLAYED PIED PIPER FOR J’KHAND PARTIES Instead of a ‘pitched battle’ with the BJP, Hemant Soren devised the ‘Guerrilla tactic’ IN-DEPTH RESTORING FISCAL ORDER IN THE US High debt will likely increase interest rates by more than the CBO assumes I n recent years, the US government has taken several essential eco- nomic-policy steps. The tax reform embedded in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the recent United States -Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agree- ment, “phase one” of a China-US trade deal, and recent regulatory reforms are all needed to revive and strengthen economic growth. It is now time for another essential policy step: correcting the trajectory of fiscal policy . The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) current baseline projection of federal gov- ernment spending in future years far out- paces federal government revenue, as the figure below clearly shows. The result is an exploding federal budget deficit, which will bring the federal debt as a share of GDP to 144% by 2049, according to the CBO baseline, and likely to the 219% projected in the CBO’s alternative fiscal scenario. These debt levels are unprecedented in US history . In contrast to previous periods when the deficit fell after similar upward bursts, the cur- rent CBO projections show no such reversal. The large deficit will crowd out important fed- eral programs, including needed infrastruc- ture investment, as well as private investment needed for economic growth. Debt service will account for a rising share of spending, and the high debt will likely increase interest rates by more than the CBO assumes, leading to an eco- nomically perilous debt spiral. It does not have to be this way. The figure also shows a sensible targetfor spending as a share of GDP, establishing a path toward fis- cal consolidation. This target moves very gradually – by only 0.1 percentage point per year – reducing the share of federal spending in GDP from 20.7% to 19.5%. This gradual path does not represent “aus- terity” in any meaningful sense. Federal spending would grow at a rate slightly less than the growth rate of GDP , leading to small- er deficits over time. If credible, the plan would have no negative demand effects on GDP. According to CBO research that I cited when I testified before the House Budget Committee in November, such a target would lead to higher GDP growth and more income per person, in contrast to current CBO pro- jections of exploding deficits. But achieving this target means that the future expenditure share of GDP would be substantially lower than projected by the CBO under current policy. As John Cogan explains in his recent book The High Cost of Good Intentions, consolidation paths like this require reforms that boost the efficiency of government programs – such as keeping the growth of Social Security spending per per- son in line with inflation. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW. not work as evident in the case of Tejaswi Yadav not attend- ing Sonia’s all-party meet over CAA rather sending a nomi- nee, while on the other hand recently appointed CM of Jharkhand Hemant Soren per- sonally went and attended the meet. Small issues like this makes huge impact on allies. Moreover, both the parties should opt for only those par- ties with whom their ideolo- gies meet naturally so that the vote bank could be consoli- dated. The BJP, in Bihar, has a coa- lition with JDU’s Nitish Ku- mar and LJP’s Paswan. How- ever, if the Congress-RJD alli- ance garners a few parties to- wards itself, the BJP-JDU-LJP alliance might also walk on the same lines. But it is for sure that the saffron party will call the shots if it comes to bringing more parties to the fold, although the chances of that happening are slim, since not always does an alliance of dozens of parties ensure vic- tory. An alliance done on the base idea of mutual under- standing and working towards victory is sure to reach its goal. So it will be curious to see whether opposition in Bi- har learns some lesson from their Jharkhand counterpart. out of fourteen seats in the state. Learning from its appar- ent loss, the JMM went back to the drawing board to chalk out its strategy for assembly elec- tions. Hemant, realised that mutual trust between his par- ty, Congress and RJD was im- portant and that the ‘baggage’ had to be shed, thus JVM’s Babulal Marandi was shown the door by the Congress. Sec- ondly, instead of a ‘pitched battle’ with the BJP, Soren de- vised the ‘Guerrilla tactic’. Whereas the saffron party continued to play on its strong point of article 370 and other national issues, Soren brought the fight to the regional level and cornered the BJP on local pan-state issues. The BJP could not fathom, and the un- dercurrent swept the alliance towards a grand victory. Now, putting this trick to the upcoming Bihar assembly election, should not be a major challenge for the opposition. But each state has its own challenges and its own brand of politics. What then is the answer to the opposition par- ties? To begin with, the alliances will have to be small. As show- cased in the Lok Sabha elec- tions, an alliance of five par- ties could manage victory on KARTIKEY DEV SINGH @KARTIKEYBANETHI I Hemant, realised that mutual trust between his party, Cong & RJD was important and that the ‘baggage’ had to be shed, thus JVM’s Marandi was shown the door by Cong t has been a month since Jharkhand weaved a political surprise for Hemant Soren, a forty-four-year-old politician, who not only became the youngest Chief Minister of Jharkhand but also is the youngest of all the regional ‘Khastraps’. Being a ‘young- ster’ in front of senior politi- cians does mean that he lacks in experience in running a state or even its politics, but still he did display an acute sense of political maturity and a heightened awareness of the ‘political swing’. As a result, Soren junior is making an exemplary work on ‘how best to bring the Bhartiya Jan- ta Party (BJP) ‘down’, without getting drawn in its ‘web’, a story that all parties except the saffron could hear, under- stand and learn from, espe- cially with Bihar elections scheduled later this year. Let me explain here. During the 2019 general elections, BJP had performed too well in Jharkhand, bagging twelve BJP, in Bihar, has a coalition with JDU’s Nitish Kumar and LJP’s Paswan. However, if the Congress-RJD alliance garners a few parties towards itself, the BJP-JDU- LJP alliance might also walk on the same lines just one seat out of forty. It would be prudent not to repeat the same mistake since a ‘tug- of-war’ situation arises be- tween the parties to place their own member as candi- date after all survival of party is also a major issue. Congress and RJD will have to realize that their future de- pends on mutual sacrifice for the party’s benefit. Also, ‘childish’ political acts will PROJECTSYNDICATE..COM ‘They’: A nod to shifting attitudes on gender O The Word of the Dec- ade, “they,” honors the way the pronoun has be- come a singular pronoun for many people who iden- tify as nonbinary. “They” has actually been used as a singular pronoun in English for centuries if the gender of someone be- ing spoken about isn’t known, or if that person’s gender is unimportant to the conversation. For ex- ample, if I started telling you something funny my kid said, you might ask, “What’s their name?” or “How old are they?” Only in recent years has “they” become wide- ly accepted as a pronoun for nonbinary individu- als for whom the pro- nouns “he” and “she” would be both inaccurate and inappropriate. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM announce words of the year. In December, Merri- am-Webster announced that its word of the year was “they.” It’s rare for words as simple as pronouns – “I,” “he,” “they” – to get so much media and cultural attention. But that’s ex- actly what’s been hap- pening over the past few years, which made them a tempting choice for voters. This year’s American Dialect Society Word of the Year, “(my) pronouns,” highlights the trend of people presenting their preferred pronouns in email signatures and on social media accounts – for example “pronouns: she, her, hers, herself.” People started doing this to help destigmatise a nonbinary person’s decla- ration of their pronouns. take center stage, especial- ly a new use of “they” that expands the closed class, linguists can’t help but get excited. n January 3, the American Dia- lect Society held its 30th an- nual “Word of the Year” vote, which this year also included a vote for “Word of the Decade.” It was the year – and the decade – of the pronoun. In a nod to shifting at- titudes about gender iden- tities that are nonbinary – meaning they don’t neat- ly fit in the category of man or woman – over 200 voters, including me, se- lected “(my) pronouns” as the word of the year and “they” as word of the decade. Pronouns, along with conjunctions and preposi- tions, are generally consid- ered a “closed class” – a group of words whose number rarely grows and whose meanings rarely change. So when pronouns PRONOMINAL IMPORTANCE Word of the year votes are lighthearted ways to high- light the natural evolu- tion of language. Candi- dates must be demonstra- bly new or newly popular during the year in ques- tion. Previous American Dialect Society winners have included “dumpster fire” in 2016, “fake news” in 2017 and “tender-age shelter” in 2018. Because so many words enter our collective vo- cabulary each year, the American Dialect Society also votes on subcatego- ries, from “Euphemism of the Year” to “Political Word of the Year.” “Peo- ple of means” – used by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in February 2019 to refer to billionaires – won the former and “quid pro quo” won the latter. While the American Dialect Society’s annual vote is the longest-run- ning vote, other language publications, from Merri- am-Webster to Oxford English Dictionary, also Word of the Decade, “they,” honors the way the pronoun has become a singular pronoun for people who identify as nonbinary TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Launched SERVICE (SAIL Employees Rendering Volunteerism & Initiatives for Community Engagement) portal and unveiled the SERVICE policy to encourage @SAILsteel employees and their families to participate in volunteer activities towards achieving social good. #SAILinSERVICE G Vol 1 G Issue No. 59 GRNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208. 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7. INDIA AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 07 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 Centre seeks 7-day deadline for hanging death row convicts MHA sought SC to fix time limit for filing of curative pleas after rejection of review pleas 22 children to get ICCW National Bravery Awards Soldiers in Siachen getting personal kit worth `1lakh New Delhi: Indian sol- diers deployed in the world’s highest battle- field Siachen glacier are getting personal worth around Rs one lakh for against extreme cold conditions there. Along with the per- sonal kit, every soldier also gets worth around Rs 1.5 lakhs for survival and moving around Siachen glacier. The equipment and personal kit of the troops were ex- amined and reviewed by Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Nara- vane during his trip to Siachen. “The facilities have been provided to the soldiers for personal pro- tection from winters and survival in the extreme cold conditions. Clear in- structions have been is- sued by the Army top brass that if the troops need more facilities, they should be provided that,” sources said. —ANI kit which had dismissed his claim of being a juve- nile at the time of of- fence saying he cannot re-agitate the issue by filing fresh application. A Delhi court has re- cently issued death warrants for Feb- ruary 1 against the four convicts -- Vinay Shar- ma (26), Akshay Kumar Singh (31), Mukesh Ku- mar Singh (32) and Pawan (26) -- in the case after their hanging got delayed from January 22 due to pending peti- tions. The 23-year-old paramedic student, re- ferred to as Nirbhaya, was gang-raped and bru- tally assaulted on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012, in a moving bus in south Delhi by six people be- fore she was thrown out on the road. —Agencies New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day dead- line for executing death penalty of condemned prisoners. The plea of the Minis- try of Home Affairs (MHA) assumes signifi- cance in view of the the death row convicts in the sensational Nirb- haya gangrape and mur- der case of 2012 filing review, curative and mercy petitions, which has delayed their hang- ing. MHA’s plea sought a direction from the top court in fixing the dead- line for filing of curative pleas after the rejection of review petitions. It also sought a direc- tion that “if the convict of death sentence wants to file mercy petition, it would be mandatory for WEEK FOR PLEAS protection equipment Twenty-two children selected for the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) National Bravery awards 2019 include one award given posthumously pose for a group photograph during a press conference, in New Delhi on Tuesday. fresh the Guwahati saved his mother, aunt and him- self after being thrown overboard a boat in the Brahmaputra river in September 2018. Das, whose mother was present at the press conference, said he aspired to become a doctor. Another boy who dis- played exemplary cour- age is Everbloom K Nongrum (10) from Meghalaya. He saved two of his friends in separate drowning inci- dents in 2019. The youngest recipi- ent would be Lourem- bam Yaikhomba Man- gang (8). The Manipur boy saved the life of a boy who was drowning in Imphal River. Adithya K (15) from Kerala helped rescue over 40 people after the bus they were travel- ling in caught fire while returning from Nepal. The boy has been chosen for the ICCW Bharat Award. The National Brav- ery Awards are a set of awards given annually since 1957 by the Union government to chil- dren below 16 years of age for “meritorious acts of bravery against all odds. New Delhi: A total of 22 children, including 10 girls and 12 boys, have been selected for the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) National Awards, 2019. The names of the awardees were an- nounced by the ICCW at a press conference in New Delhi on January 22. Among the awardees are the two youths from Jammu and Kashmir -- Sartaj Mohidin Mugal (16) from Kupwara and Mudasir Ashraf (19) from Budgam -- for per- forming acts of valour in Kashmir in 2019. Another awardee is Venkatesh (11) from Karnataka; he guided an ambulance carrying a body and the relatives of the deceased during the floods in August, of- ficials said. Muhammed Muhsin. 16, Kozhikode in Kera- la drowned while sav- ing three of his friends in the rough sea in April. Muhsin been chosen for the ICCW Abhimanyu Award posthumously, the officials said. Another awardee is Assam boy Krishna Das (12) from Bravery view petition/curative petition/mercy petition of his co-convicts”. The top court, on Jan- uary 20, had rejected the plea of a death row con- vict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case challenging the Delhi High Court order ernments, prison au- thorities in the country to issue death warrant of a convict within sev- en days of the rejection of his mercy petition and to execute death sentence within seven days thereafter irrespec- tive of the stage of re- a convict of death sen- tence to do so only with- in a period of seven days from the date of receipt of death warrant issued by the competent court”. The MHA submitted that the top court should “mandate all the compe- tent courts, state gov- ‘J-K children nationalists, guided in wrong direction’ programmes for the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. Asked about people living on India-China border areas complain- ing that China’s Peo- ple’s Liberation Army (PLA) troubles them, Singh asked the people not to be worry and trust the armed forces. “Don’t worry. As far as our borders are con- cerned, place your trust in the armed forces of our country . No country has the courage to raise their eyes towards In- dia,” he assured the people. New Delhi: The chil- dren in Jammu and Kashmir are national- ists but sometimes they are guided in the wrong direction and such peo- ple should be held re- sponsible, Defence Min- ister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday . “Children in Jammu and Kashmir are na- tionalists too. They should not be viewed otherwise. Sometimes, people do not motivate them in the correct manner and they guide them in the wrong di- rection. Those who mo- tivate them in the Priyanka Gandhi to lead Congress movement in UP on farmers’ issue CONG HAILS SINGH has Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a pro-CAA rally in Meerut on Wednesday wrong direction should be held responsible and not the children or youth,” the defence minister said at the NCC Republic Camp. Singh’s came days after CDS General Bipin Rawat advocated the need to start deradicalisation Kamal comments Day —ANI CAA-NRC-NPR STIR Mamata holds march in Darjeeling Opposition abusing Hindus ‘Every bagh can be Shaheen Bagh’ some were carrying the national flag. Banerjee has been oppos- ing the new law after passed. She is continuously holding events against CAA and rais- ing her voice against NRC and NPR. —ANI Darjeeling: Chief Min- ister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday held a rally in D a r j e e l i n g against CAA, NRC and NPR. Some protesters in the rally were seen holding banners that read “No NRC” while Lucknow: Congress is planning to launch a movement Pradesh to take on the BJP government on the issue of farmers. Priyanka Vadra, along with Con- gress Interim President Sonia Gandhi, is in Rae Bareli for a two-day tour where the training of State Congress Com- mittee and District Con- gress Committee heads is going on. During which, Priyanka will give directions to lead- ers and workers regard- ing the farmers’ move- ment. Congress will or- ganise “Kisan Jan Jag- ran Abhiyan” at the village level in Uttar New Delhi: BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday said the opposition parties and Con- gress, in par- ticular, have made it a prac- tice to abuse Hindus in the name of pro- test against Citizenship Amendment Act. “We are ob- serving how the environment is being vitiated by the opposi- tion parties in the name of pro- tests against CAA and NPR. To protest is a democratic right but taking the cover of protests, Congress and other opposition parties are abusing Hindus,” Patra said. —ANI New Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh and former Chairper- son of Nation- al Minority Commission Wajahat Ha- bibullah filed a p e t i t i o n against CAA, NRC and NPR. PIL said that CAA is a step lead- ing to promulgation of NRC with clear intent of placing all backward sections of citizens including Muslims into deten- tion centres and removing them from the mainstream. “In the time to come, every Bagh (gar- den) can be Shaheen Bagh,” Azad warned—ANI it was Gandhi Mayawati accepts debate challenge zenship law “at any fo- rum and at any place.” Mayawa- ti alleged the government is “disturbed protests against the contentious Citizen- ship Act, NRC and NPR”. —ANI Lucknow: After Home Minister Shah dared opposition for a debate on CAA, BSP supre- mo Mayawati on Wednesday said her party accepts the challenge to discuss and debate the new citi- chalked out and the pro- gram will be announced in the coming week. This is going to be the first major movement under the leadership of Congress General Sec- retary . —ANI month farmers’ problems in the state. After this, a big rally of farmers will be held in the districts of UP. The strategy for the movement has been highlighting by every FRENCH OR GERMAN FIRMS TO SUPPLY TORPEDOES TO NAVY New Delhi: German Atlas Elektronik and French Naval Group are in the fi nal race for supplying heavyweight torpedoes for the Indian Navy’s tender to acquire around 100 of them for the Scorpene class conventional and Arihant class nuclear submarines. “The last day for responding to the tenders was January 17 HOUSE SET ON FIRE AFTER RUMOURS OF COLLECTING NRC Rampurhat: The house of a 20-year-old woman was set on fi re by a mob in West Bengal’s Birbhum on Wednesday, following rumours that she was collecting data for the proposed nationwide NRC. Chumki Khatun and her family are now under police protection after the incident happened in Gourbazar village in INDIAN OIL SIGNS MOU WITH GHANA’S PETROLEUM AUTHORITY New Delhi: Indian Oil signed a MoU with the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana for providing assistance and technical expertise in implementation of the National LPG Promotion Policy in the African country in a step that will further strengthen relations between the two sides. The purpose of the MOU is to strengthen cooperation between the parties, wherein Indian Oil, the country’s fl agship oil marketing company, would provide support to the National Petroleum Authority of Ghana in several areas. ANUPAM KHER REPLIES TO ‘CLOWN’ COMMENT New Delhi: Naseeruddin Shah had recently made a remark on Shah while expressing his views on the recent CAA-NPR protests. Shah had said, “An- upam Kher has been very vocal. I don’t think, he needs to be taken seriously, he is a clown”. Kher responded with a tweet, “Janab Naseeruddin Shah saab ke liye mera pyar bhara pranam. Woh mujhse bade hai. Um ar mein bhi aur tajurbe mein bhi. Mein humesha unke kala ka izzat karta aya hoon aur karta rahunga. Par kabhi kabhi baaton ka do tuk jawab dena zaroori hota. yeh hai mera jawab.” last week and only two fi rms including German Atlas Elektronik and French Naval Group have responded to the request for proposal issues in this regard,” defence sources said. The tender assumes signifi cance as the French-origin Scorpene submarines, being built in India at MDL, have not yet been equipped with new Mallarpur police station area.However, police de- nied that the incident was linked to the NRC. Khatun has been working for an NGO on contract. In partnership with an online fi rm, the NGO was train- ing rural women to use smartphones effectively and Khatun collected some general data, as part of the training.

8. INDIA AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 08 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 POWERGallery IN THE COURTYARD SC STARTS HEARING PETITIONS CHALLENGING ART 370 ABROGATION CBI awaits responses of 3 countries in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case MRS GS LAKSHMI QUITS INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE GS Lakshmi presently Additional Director Gen- eral in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, New Delhi, has resigned from ISS with effect from Marcy 5, 2020. WILL J&K DGP BE CHANGED ? After the new govt order that has divested the power of transfer posting of junior cops, rumours are high that J&K DGP Dilbag Singh is likely to be changed. BRAHMIN DGP UNLIKELY IN UP ? In the corridors of power in Lucknow it is said that with RK Tiwari as CS, now appointment of a Brahmin DGP is unlikely in UP. UP govt has reportedly forwarded names of 5 IPS offi cers for the post of DGP. These offi cers belong to 1985 to 1987 batches, Hitesh Awasthy, Anand Kumar, Sujan Singh RK Vishwakarma & RP Singh. IG CRPF CHAUHAN REPATRIATED TO UP DS Chauhan, IG, CRPF, has been repatriated to his parent UP cadre. He is a 1988 batch IPS offi cer. He is likely to be given some important assignment. SANJAY CHANDER APPOINTED ADG, CRPF Sanjay Chander has been appointed ADG, CRPF on deputation basis. He is a 1987 batch IPS offi cer of West Bengal cadre. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGH RETURNS TO PARENT MP CADRE FOR PROMOTION Sanjeev Kumar Singh, ADG, BSF, has been giv- en premature repatriation to his parent cadre to get promotion. He is a 1987 batch IPS offi cer of MP cadre. SL THAOSEN APPOINTED ADG, BSF SL Thaosen has been appointed ADG, BSF on deputation basis. He is a 1988 batch IPS offi cer of MP cadre. HALF PAY LEAVE OF OUTGOING AP CS, L V SUBRAHMANYAM EXTENDED The half pay leave of outgoing CS of AP, LV Subrahmanyam has been extended upto Feb 6, 2020. Subrahmanyam, who is a 1983 batch IAS offi cer of AP cadre, is on leave since Nov 6, 2019 and due to retire in April, 2020. MAXIMUM EMPANELMENT AT ADG LEVEL FROM UP Six IPS offi cers, out of total 14, belonging to 1990 batch from Uttar Pradesh have been empanelled for holding Additional Director General of Police level posts in Govt of India. ONLY ONE IPS OFFICER OF 1990 BATCH FROM BIHAR EMPANELLED AS ADG Only one IPS offi cer, out of total three, from Bi- har cadre and 1990 batch has been empanelled for holding ADG and ADG equivalent posts in Government of India. KARNATAKA DGP TO RETIRE Karnataka DGP Neelmani Raju is superannuat- ing by this month end. She is 1983 batch IPS offi cer of Karnataka cadre. NINE IRS OFFICERS APPOINTED EXPENDITURE OBSERVERS As many as nine IRS(C&CE) offi cers have been appointed as Expenditure Observers for Delhi Assembly election- 2020. These offi cers belong to 2002 to 2011 batches. MAJOR RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN MAHARASHTRA As many as 20 IAS offi cers have been trans- ferred and posted to different places in Maha- rashtra. Accordingly, Arvind Kumar has been posted as Additional CS, Rural Development and Water Conservation Dept, Mumbai, while DT Waghmare was made Chairman and MD, MS Electric Transmission Company, Mumbai and Parrag Jaiin Nainuttia is Secy, Social Justice and Special Assistance Dept, Mantralaya, Mumbai. Similarly, Ranjit Singh Deol has been posted as MD, MMRCL, Mumbai; RR Jadhav as Secretary, Deputy CM Offi ce, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Prajkta Verma as Secy, Marathi Bhasha Dept, Mumbai; SN Gaikwad as Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corp, Pune; AM Kawade as Commis- sioner, Co-op and Registrar, Co-op Societies, Pune; Saurabh Rao as Commissioner, Sugar, Pune; SS Dumbare as DG, MEDA, Pune; Om- prakash Deshmukh as Inspector Gen Registra- tion and Controller of Stamp, Pune; SR Jondhale as Secy (SDC) and SEO (2), GAD, Mantralaya, Mumbai; KB Umap as Commissioner, State Excise, Mumbai; Tukaram Mundhe as Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corp, Nagpur; AE Rayate as Addl Settlement Commissioner and Addl Director, Land Records, Pune; Sam- pada Mehta as Joint Commissioner, Sales Tax, Mumbai; RD Nivatkar as Collector, Mumbai City, Mumbai; Ayush Prasad as CEO, Zilla Parishad, Pune; UA Jadhav as CEO, Zilla Parishad, Akola and Kiran Patil has been posted as Deputy Secy, CS Offi ce, GAD, Mantralaya, Mumbai. have been answered based on the progress in the investigation. Further, during the hearing, on a plea of the petitioner on the issue of a pending petition un- der Art 161 of the Consti- tution of India, the court directed the counsel for the petitioner to ascer- tain the status of the same from the Govern- ment of Tamil Nadu. Earlier on Tuesday , the SC asked the Tamil Nadu Government to file a detailed status report within two weeks on the release of those convict- ed for Rajiv Gandhi’s as- sassination.Gandhi was assassinated by a Libera- tion Tigers of Tamil Ee- lam (LTTE) bomber during an elec- tion rally in Sriperum- pudur in May 1991. A two-judge bench headed by Justice L Nageshwar Rao was hearing the matter pertaining to the belt bomb investigation in the assassination case which involved a convict named AG Perarivalan. —ANI New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is waiting for the response from three countries regarding the Letters Rogatory sent to them in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assas- sination case. The counsel for the CBI explained to the court that the investiga- tion on the majority of the pointers of the Jain Commission of Inquiry (JCI) has been complet- ed. However, finalising of some of the issues is based on the outcome of Letters Rogatory sent abroad. There were 25 Letters Rogatory sent to 24 countries, out of which, the execution re- ports in part, is awaited from three countries. With respect to the proceedings before the Supreme Tuesday, during the hearing of a SLP filed by one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assas- sination case, it is in- formed that the apex court had directed the CBI to file a status re- port on the further in- New Delhi: Supreme Court's five-judge Con- stitution Bench, headed by Justice NV Ramana, on Wednesday started hearing many petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The petitions were filed after the central government scrapped Article 370 in August last year and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territo- ries -- Jammu and Kash- mir and Ladakh. —ANI Nainital HC sends notices to former CMs, asks them to submit rent of govt houses Nainital: The Nainital High Court has sent no- tices to the state govern- ment and former chief ministers while hearing a petition against Utta- rakhand Former Chief Minister Facility (Resi- dential and Other Fa- cilities) Act, 2019. The HEARING ON JAN 30 LAKSHMI’S LAWYER MOVES DELHI HC bench headed by Justice Ramesh Chandra Khul- be has sought their re- plies in the matter. The petitioner stated that former chief ministers should pay their dues and said that the Act is wrong in giving waiver. The court had earlier ordered former chief ministers to vacate gov- ernment houses and pay their dues. The next hearing of the case is on February 11. suicide Court on by the JCI and the same has been filed. During the hearing, the clarifications sought by the court vestigation conducted by the Multi-Discipli- nary Monitoring Agen- cy (MDMA) of CBI on the mandate stipulated —ANI Union mins, CMs, celebs, among 40 BJP star campaigners for Delhi Model MoU for mutual recognition of foreign certificates approved Sonia, Rahul among Cong’s star campaigners Daman to be HQ of two merged UTs New Delhi: With barely weeks to go for the elections to the Delhi Assembly , Con- gress has released a list of its star cam- paigners, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Gandhi, former PM Manmohan and Navjot Singh Sidhu, who will pitch the party’s case to the electorate in the national capital. Be- sides, Sidhu and the Gandhi family, the list includes CMs of Cong-ruled states, in- cluding Capt Ama- rinder Singh (Pun- jab), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), New Delhi: Union Cabi- net has approved a MoU prepared by Shipping Ministry which empow- ers it to enter into agree- ments with other coun- tries for mutual recogni- tion of certificates. “Shipping Ministry has prepared a model MoU which was sanc- tioned by Cabinet today . It gives power to the Ministry to enter into an agreement with oth- er countries for mutual recognition of certifi- cates,” said Union In- formation and Technol- ogy Minister, Prakash Javadekar. “It will in- crease employment op- portunity youth,” he added. —ANI New Delhi: The Un- ion Cabinet Wednesday desig- nated Daman as headquarters newly-carved UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, I&B Minis- ter Prakash vadekar said the Cabinet also ap- proved ments and repeal in Acts dealing with GST, VAT and Ex- cise Duty in view of the merger of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. on which won only 3 seats out of 70 in 2015 polls. The list also men- tions Chief Ministers Yogi Adityanath, Jairam Thakur, Mano- harlal Khattar, Triven- dra Singh Rawat and former Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Besides Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, all party MPs in Delhi including Gambhir will convince voters to support the BJP, which is out of power in Delhi for over two decades. New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday released its list of star campaign- ers for Delhi Assembly polls which includes PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda, several union minis- ters and chief minis- ters of the states ruled by the party . Union Ministers, in- cluding Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, Mukhtar Ab- bar Naqvi, Thawarch- and Gehlot will cam- paign for the party, of out pesh Baghel (Chhat- tisgarh), Kamal Nath (MP) and V Naraya- nasamy (Puducher- ry). Rajasthan Depu- ty CM Sachin Pilot, too, has made it to the list of star campaign- ers. Another inter- esting inclusion is actor-turned-politi- cian Shatrughan Sinha, who joined Congress after re- signing from BJP in April last year. Priyanka Singh Madhya Ja- amend- Gautam Bhu- for the —ANI NAQVI VISITS SRINAGAR, SAYS THERE’S POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE Srinagar: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met and interacted with the locals at Lal Chowk here on Wednesday, as part of the central government's outreach programme in the region post-abroga- tion of Art 370 in Aug last year. Amid tight security, Naqvi made his way to a market where he greeted ARMY CHIEF VISITING J-K TO REVIEW CURRENT SECURITY OPS New Delhi: For the fi rst time after taking over as Army chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane is visiting Jammu and Kashmir to review ongo- ing security operations in the Union Territory on Wednesday. “General Manoj Mukund Naravane is visiting Jammu and Kashmir to review ongo- ing security operations BJP RENAMES CONGRESS AS ‘MUSLIM LEAGUE CONGRESS’ New Delhi: The BJP, on Wednesday, launched a scathing attack on the Congress calling it “Muslim League Congress” citing multiple recent examples to accuse the party of being Hindu pho- bic and Muslim appeaser. Basing its argument on two Maha leaders — Cong’s Ashok Chavan and its ally NCP’s Jitendra Awadh, BJP tore into both. Party Spokesperson Sambit Patra held a press conference to allege, “2 days ago, Ashok Chavan said – ‘We formed govt in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena on the appeal of our Muslim brothers.” in the region today,” said Army offi cials. Gen Nara- vane is also scheduled to visit Army positions close to Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu sector and to re- view the operations there, they said. During the visit to the Northern Command Headquarters, the Army chief will be briefed by the offi cials about the security scenario in J&K. and interacted with the people there. “There is a positive environment (in the region),” Naqvi said.

9. SPORTS AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 09 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia in WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT! BRIEF India’s campaign ends in Thailand New Delhi: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a second con- secutive opening round defeat as she went to Line Hojmark Kjaers- feldt of Denmark to bring curtains on the country’s campaign in the Thailand Masters badminton tournament. by your opponent, but also the condi- tions. Normal service resumed with Ash- leigh Barty sweeping into the Australian Open third round in straight sets. A three-set come- back winner in the opening round, top-seeded Barty needed barely an hour to see off big- hitting world No 48 Polo- na Hercog 6-1 6-4. The third seed said he had low expectations coming into the tourna- ment having not played a competitive match since November but has been very sharp so far and maintained his record of always having reached at least the third round on each of his 21 visits to Melbourne Park. Melbourne: Novak Djok- ovic and Roger Federer both eased into the third round of the Australian Open on Djokovic is never at his most comfortable windy conditions but he made a flying against Japan’s Tatsuma Ito and dropped just sev- en games in a 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory . The second set was tight but, once the defending champion took that, any semblance of danger passed. Djokovic said with a smile: “I was like, ‘Yes, it’s going to be a windy day . I love the wind.’ I’m being sarcastic now, of course. “I don’t think players en- joy these kind of condi- tions. You have to accept them and embrace the fact that I guess you’re go- ing to be challenged on different levels, not just Easy wins for Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Madison Keys and Roberto Bautista Agut as all marched into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday Wednesday . in start Adelaide Strikers defeat Melbourne Sydney: Adelaide Strik- ers displayed an all- round performance to defeat Melbourne Stars in the ongo- ing Big Bash League at Ade- laide Oval. Chas- ing 163, Stars were starring down barrel af- ter being re- duced to 63/4 in 10th over. Aus to host cricket WC Melbourne: Australia will host the eleventh Indoor Cricket World Cup in Melbourne from October 10 - 17 this year. World Indoor Cricket Federation announced Melbourne as the host city which means Aus- tralia will host its third WC in 2020. In February, Australia will be host- ing the ICC Women’s T20 WC & ICC Men’s T20 WC later this year. WOZNIACKI ACCUSES OPPONENT game to take the second set and the match 7-5. According to WTA regu- lations, players are permit- ted to call for treatment on the court at a change of ends if they are suffering from a non-acute medical condition such as muscle cramping. However, they also state that a code viola- tion for unsportsmanlike conduct may be issued if deemed that gamesman- ship is involved. Caroline Wozniacki has pointed the finger at her sec- ond round opponent at the Australian Open, accusing Dayana Yastremska of fak- ing injury. The former world No. 1 was leading 7-5 5-4 having recovered from a 3-0 deficit in the second set when the Ukrainian called for a medical timeout. Wozniacki, who won her sole grand slam title in Mel- bourne two years ago, broke Yastremska in the final India A beat New Zealand A Lincoln: Prithvi Shaw flourished yet again as India A notched up a convincing five-wicket victory over New Zea- land A in the first unof- ficial ODI. A day after being picked as the in- jured Shikhar Dhawan’s replacement in India’s ODI squad against New Zealand’s senior team, Shaw smashed 48 off 35 balls to lay the founda- tion for the visiting team’s chase. Roger Federer serve against Serbian player Filip Krajinovic during the second round. Nagwaswalla & Gaja bring up win for Gujarat New Delhi: Gujarat steered to the win against Punjab in the first session itself by curbing Punjab to a meagre total of 109 runs. The duo of Arzan Nagwaswalla and Chin- tan Gaja wreaked havoc on Punjab’s batting force as they scalped five and four wickets respectively to guide Gujarat to a 110-run vic- tory and six vital points. Nagwaswalla was picked Man of the Match due to his im- pressive bowling. All Gujarat needed were 7.1 overs on the fi- nal day of the match as they beat Punjab by 110 runs to pocket six points. Punjab, who re- sumed the day’s play at 87/4, needing 133 runs more to win the match, but Arzan Nagwaswal- got four wickets in the Kumble reacts after PM Modi cites example Nikhat Zareen into Strandja Boxing QF HITCHED! Nandhidhaa posts surprise win Gibraltar: India’s Woman International Master P V Nandhidhaa stunned compatriot R Praggnanandhaa in the opening round of the Masters category in the 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival. Nandhidhaa held her own against talented Praggnanand- haa, who is the 3rd youngest Grandmaster, and won in 67 moves in Classical Sicillian game in tournament. New Delhi: Two days after PM Modi cited the example of Anil Kumble playing with a broken jaw against the West Indies in a match in 2002 at his annual ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event on cop- ing with exams, the leg- endary leg-spinner thanked PM and said he was honoured to have been mentioned by him. Kumble also wished students ahead of their exams. “Honoured to have been mentioned in #ParikshaPeChar- cha2020 Hon. PM dramodi ji,” he tweet- ed. “Best wishes to eve- ryone writing their ex- ams,” he added. This was the third edition of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’, which takes place be- fore the onset of exam season in schools. New Delhi: Defending champion Nikhat Za- reen (51kg) sailed into the quarterfinals of the Strandja Boxing Tournament af- ter her rival Sevda Ase- nova abandoned their second-round bout in Sofia, Bulgaria. The In- dian was declared the winner after Asenova forfeited during the opening round of the bout. Local favourite Asenova was a former gold-medallist at the event, which is into its 71st edition this year. In the men’s competition, Duryodhan Singh Negi (69kg) and Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) ad- vanced after winning their respective open- ing bouts. Singh defeat- ed Poland’s Mateusz Polski, while Hussam- uddin defeated France’s Enzo Grau. Narendra Memorial Bangla appoints Ottis as coach New Delhi: Former West Indies fast bowler Ottis Gibson has been appointed as Bangla- desh bowling coach. The 50-year old Barba- dos-born Gibson has signed a two-year agree- ment with the Bangla- desh Cricket Board which will go till 2022. Gibson replaces South African Charl Lan- geveldt who resigned in December 2019. Lan- geveldt is now South Af- rica’s bowling coach. Gujarat players celebrate the wicket against Punjab. second innings. Sarfaraz in elite list after 301 not out la, who had scalped a five-wicket haul in the first innings, and Chin- tan Gaja shared the spoils as Punjab lost the last six wickets for 22 runs and were bowled out for 109. While Nag- waswalla picked up his second fifer of the match, Chintan Gaja Thankyou @naren- Sarfaraz Khan is the 7th Mumbai batsman to hit a triple hundred in Ranji. He joins an elite list that include Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Wasim Jaffer, Rohit Sharma. Tim Tebow has said “I do.” The former NFL quarterback and Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters exchanged vows they had written for each other. FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Yash first motorsports person to get PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Development. They will also meet Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi be- fore they take part in the Republic Day pa- rade on January 26. “I thank the Govern- ment of India for con- sidering me worthy of this award and humbly accept it. It is a great honour to receive the award from the Honor- able President of India and to meet the Honor- able Prime Minister of India,” Yash said after receiving the award. New Delhi: Bengalu- ru’s Yash Aradhya cre- ated history by becom- ing the first motorsports star to win the prestig- ious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on Wednesday . He received award in a grand cere- mony held at the Rash- trapati Bhavan from President Ram Nath Kovind. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puruskar is India’s highest civilian honour bestowed upon excep- lll MANU BHAKER IGNORED FOR AWARD; FATHER QUESTIONS The 17-year-old has been scorching race tracks since the age of 9. He has 13 championship wins with over 65 podium finishes and 12 Shooting sensation Manu Bhaker’s father Ramkishan questioned the selection criteria after the shooting ace was not considered for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Award. The 17-year-old has won a plethora of medals in top inter- national competitions since starting out as a 16-year-old in 2018, in which she became the the youngest Indian to win a gold. “If she is ignored like this after winning so many medals, then it is really disappointing. I would like to ask what is the criteria behind selecting the award win- ners? Hasn’t she done enough?” he said. ented kids was chosen by an elite panel set up by the Union Ministry of Women and Child tional students from various fields under the age of 18. 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10. 2ND FRONT Every morning seek blessings for a wonderful day and every night be grateful for the day. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Amarinder gifts Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to Badal to grasp CAA Statements of SAD leaders clearly exposed their ignorance on this issue, said Punjab CM Chandigarh: Even as he questioned Shri- omani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Badal’s logic in inter- preting his criticism of CAA as being “anti- Sikh”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday sent him a copy of ‘Mein Kampf’, advis- ing him to read Adolf Hitler’s autobiogra- phy to understand dangerous implica- tions of the unconsti- tutional legislation. Given the current at- tempts by the Centre to replicate Hitler’s agenda in India, it was impor- tant for the SAD leaders to read the German Nazi leader’s autobiography before coming out with Singh, urging Sukh- said in a letter sent to HI-TECH RESCUE! 1945, his purification of the German race by his ethnic cleansing, led initially to the re- moval of his main op- position, the Commu- nist parties, followed by persecution of in- tellectuals, and finally to the extermination of the Jews.” “Read the book, as one always learns from his- tory . The world has changed and our televi- sion and other media are powerful, and certainly different to that of Ger- many in the 1930s under Joseph Goebbels. Never- theless, the talk of camps and a national register to eliminate the Muslim and Jewish communi- ties is ominous,” Ama- rinder wrote. —Agencies Sukhbir along with the book. In the letter, Amarinder that during the last Vid- han Sabha session, he had promised to send the SAD copies of Hit- ler’s ‘Mein Kampf’, which in English trans- lates to ‘My Struggle’. “These were his (Hit- ler’s) beliefs which he sold to the German peo- ple in his rise to power, which later became his government’s when his Nazi party as- sumed office,” wrote the Chief Minister, adding that “apart from de- stroying Germany in World War II, to fulfil his territorial ambi- tion, from the time he assumed office in 1933 to the end of the war in recalled “irrational reactions” on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), said the Chief Minister. Statements of SAD leaders, Sukhbir, clearly ex- posed their ignorance on this sensitive is- sue, with grave reper- cussions for the na- tion, said Amarinder bir to read the book and decide “whether it’s country first or political expediency”. “Supporting the bill in both houses of Par- liament and in the Vidhan Sabha and op- posing it on other plat- forms is unbecoming of a political leader,” the Chief Minister policy , including Ahmedabad Fire Department bought a drone worth Rs 25 lakh. In this drone there are two kinds of Cameras, one is 4k and the other is with thermal imaging. In Thermal Imaging Camera there are three modes, one is Infrared Mode, Black Mode and White Mode. The 6.50- kg drone’s top speed is 35km/h, its flying height is 400ft and Range is 2km and is useful for High angle rescue. The Drone has capacity to find human being in flood situation also with its body temperature. — PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE Gujarat selects twin step well ‘Rani Ki Vav’ tableau for Republic Day parade First India News ‘India’s GDP to grow at 5.5% in FY21’ Mumbai: India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on Wednesday it expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 5.5 per cent year-on- year in the next finan- cial year (FY 20-21) but added that downside risks persist. This is only a margin- al improvement over the GDP growth of 5 per cent estimated by the Nation- al Statistical Office for the current financial year (FY 20). The slow- down in the agency’s view is a combination of several factors. —ANI COURTESY MEET ture, and the arts along with engineer- ing marvel. In addition to these, six other tab- leaus of various depart- ments of the Central Government have also been selected for the pa- rade. The guidance and direction in building this tableau were given by Ashwani Kumar (IAS), Secy , State Infor- mation and Broadcast- ing Department, Infor- mation Director Ashok Kalaria, Additional Director Arvind Patel, Dy Directors Pankaj Modi and Hiren Bhatt. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Government has selected histori- cal monument ‘Rani Ki Vav’, the twin step well, as a tableau to represent the state in the national parade that will be held in New Delhi on the Re- public Day on Janu- ary 26. This engineer- ing marvel has been recognised by UNESCO and has been selected as a ‘World Heritage Site’. The twin step wells are located on the banks of The the Sarasvati River in Patan town of North Gujarat. Along with ‘Rani Ki Vav,’ some six- teen other tableaus have been selected for the national parade. Shah’s close confidantes elected chairman, V-C of Guj co-op bank First India News The Rani ki Vav is the best example of Gujarat’s traditional means for water con- servation that exhibits a unique combination of civilization, cul- Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday. , Secretary General, ECI, Umesh Sinha also accompanied CEC. Now, cervical cancer testing in state First India News cervical cancer, there is an urgent need to estab- lish a robust primary screening mechanism. Since cervical cancer is preventable, early screening can save lives and reduce the cost of healthcare considerably. the launch of the city’s first screening facility , we have taken a step towards fulfill- ing our objective of making more women aware about the im- portance of regular and early screening,” Parmar said. Dr Sandeep Sewlikar, Medical and Scientific Affairs Head, Roche Di- agnostics India, said, “Primary screening for cervical cancer has evolved over the past decade. HPV-based screening can accu- rately and safely test for the presence of various strains of HPV , strains 16 and 18, that predominantly cause cervical cancer in India.” Ahmedabad: The In- dian Red Cross Socie- ty (IRCS) has an- nounced the launch of Gujarat’s first mo- lecular diagnostics technology for cervi- cal cancer screening in the city. Cervical cancer is preventable with early detection through mo- lecular human papillo- mavirus (HPV) DNA- based screening, says Dr Prakash Parmar, IRCS secretary , Gujarat. Increasing base: Search for territory leads lions 20 km from Rajkot In the last five years, the bank has made a profit of more than Rs 500 crore and in a true sense the cooperative leaders have played the role of big brother in bailing out weak dis- trict cooperative banks like Junagadh, dodara, Surendranagar, Panchmahal and Kutch. Now these banks are financially sound enough to run on their own. Ahmedabad: board of directors of the Gujarat State Co- operative Bank on Wednesday Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s close confidantes Ajay Pa- tel and Chaudhary as chair- man and vice chair- man respectively. As many as 22 direc- tors elected them to the The The DNA With elected Persistent infections of certain high-risk types of the HPV are known to be the primary cause of cervical cancer. “Owing to the high incidence and mortali- ty rates associated with Va- Shankar Gujarat State Cooperative Bank Ltd's directors elect Ajay Patel as chairman and Shankar Chaudhary as vice chairman. especially district posts. Both of them are being consecutively elected on the same po- sitions since 2009, and once again the Board reposed faith in them. First India News route but have not spot- ted the two lions so far, adding that the two lions may have moved to- wards Jasdan, some 60 kilometre from Rajkot. “At times, make brief visits to far-off areas before moving back towards their habitat,” Shiya- ni added. As per the state forest department’s last cen- sus held in 2015, there were 523 lions, includ- ing 310 adults, in the state, their numbers having doubled since 1979. spotted on Sunday in nearby Gondal area. Lions have been spot- ted as late as November last year in forests in Chotila in Surendrana- gar as well as Vinchhi- ya and Jasdan in Ra- jkot, these being among the first sightings of the big cats in the region in a long time, the officials added. “The pugmarks of two lions were found on Monday Tramba village, some 20 kilometre from Ra- jkot city. Villagers claim to have spotted ANIMAL PLANET SERIES ON GIR TO BEGIN ON JAN 27 Rajkot:An increase in population has left the big cats of Gir looking for new terri- tory. While they’ve been spotted in Am- reli, Junagadh and Gir Somnath before, they now seem to have travelled closer to Ra- jkot. The pugmarks of two lions have been found near a village about 20 kms away from the city, and of- ficials on Tuesday stated that the two from Gir Forest were maker Upma Bhatna- gar, Executive Pro- ducer and Director, Optimum Television, The Lion Kingdom features renowned veterinary surgeon Steve Leonard as the series host. The Lion Kingdom premieres on 27th January at 9pm on Animal Planet and Animal Planet HD. Animal Planet is set to premiere a 10-part series ‘The Lion King- dom’ that focuses on India’s battle with the deadly Canine Dis- temper Virus (CDV) which threatened to wipe out the last of the surviving Asiatic Lions in the world living in the wilds of the Gir National Park. Produced by film- they near them about 40 km from Ra- jkot, on Sunday . Lions in Gondal, are known to cover 20-25km overnight,” said Rajkot DFO PT Shiyani. He said forest teams have spread out on the

11. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 11 AHMEDABAD, THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2020 Students showcasing the designs the designers during ‘Creations 2020’ CREATIVE CREATIONS THE 11TH ANNUAL FASHION SHOWCASE OF IIS UNIVERSITY, ‘CREATIONS 2020’ WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA Jagdeesh Chandra with Dr. Ashok Gupta NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in I ndian culture is adorned with serenity by everyone around. Showcasing this through fashion is a result of creativ- ity and grace. The 11th annual fashion show, ‘Creations 2020’ by the department of Fashion and Textile Technology of IIS (Deemed to be University) was held on Wednes- day evening. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the event as the Chief Guest and ap- preciated the designs showcased by the students of the fashion department. The sum-up of the collection show- cased, and their designers are- Indigo Fables by designers In- sha Kagzi, Anam Kagzi, Aditi Jain and Mitali Gupta, Nostal- gic Vibes by designers Mili Nim- bark, Kritika Rathore, Akshita Mahawar and Nupur Mulani, Bewitching Blend, Mosaic Flair by designers Mili Jain, Firdos, Meesha Gupta and Nancy Jain, Wayside Wanderer by designers Shreya Gupta and Shumaila Khan, Forward Fusion by designers Vib- huti Podder, Megha Gupta, Tarushi Jain, Dharvi Nahata, Ayushi Paliya, Ambalika Mathur, Preeti Goyal, Gu- rusha Chowdhary and Shaikh Saher, Ethnic Enchantment by designers Ritika Nuhal, Saloni Jain and Neha Tiwari, Ethereal Saga by designers Diksha Khatana and Manya Gupta, Dayspring Blaze by designers Neha P Sahetai and Vedanshi Jain, HERE COMES JLF’20! Watch this space in the coming days for exclusive and out of the box coverage of Jaipur Literature Festival 2020. Neon Glint by designer Nan- dani Choudhary, and Van- guards of Vogue by design- ers Preeti Verma, Somya Verma and Riya Pokharna. There were also various awards that were distrib- uted to the students, for which the winners were Mosaic Flair Collection for the Urban Award, Neon Glint for the Indigenous Award, and Nostalgic Vibes and Bewitching Blend for the Special Jury Award. Lux —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

12. LISTING AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 12 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 FACE OF THE DAY ‘SKI KISSES AREN’T MY THING’ S a dark blue one. ‘A Ski kiss...not really my thing,’ lamented the star. In the photo slide, Kate received a kiss from Danny, 33, but proceeded to wince after realizing it wasn’t for her. Kate and Danny Fujikawa wel- comed daughter Rani last October. The two have known each other for 15 years, as Danny is the stepbrother of her best friend. Kate also shares son Bingham, eight, with ex-boyfriend Matt Bellamy, and eldest child Ryder, 15, with ex- husband Chris Robinson. he is a mother of three, youngest is just over a year old. But Kate Hud- son was kid-free as she enjoyed her ‘first trip away from baby’ while hit- ting the slopes of Saint Moritz in Swit- zerland’s valley with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa. 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13. ETC AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 202013 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 ‘CAN’T BE TOO ATTACHED TO SUCCESS’ very year we feel that Alia Bhatt reached peak of her ca- reer. However, the raises the bar with each performance. Af- ter impressing the fans with her skill set across genres, Alia Bhatt has been roped in for yet another spine chilling role. The ac- tress is soon to be seen playing the titular role in Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ where she will be bringing the crime story of the brothel owner on the celluloid. acknowledges the fact that she is extremely passionate about her career, films and the art. However, she rec- ognises that she should strike a balance and not be too attached to her success or failures. She says that one should keep their head down, work hard and give their best. At times, things fall into place and at other times they don’t. Alia Bhatt was ini- tially given the tag of nepotism. However, the actress proved that success comes only to those who have talent and work hard for it. While Alia is jug- gling with 5 films lined up for the near future, the actress has reached to another height. She seems to have a very busy 2020 and antici- pates an even busier 2021. Anyone who goes on a journey with a bag full of expectations will also have certain disappointments, Alia told this in an inter- view. She spoke about her professional life stating that despite the fact that she has not had many failures in the career, she has learned a lot from them. Alia, who has had several blockbust- er biggies to her credit, E has the actress Leela Sanjay —Agency Alia Bhatt SNAPPED! Priyanka’s speech GOES VIRAL G Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. The actress and activist used the platform to shed light on several is- sues such as global poverty, climate crisis, women’s role in society, achieving the UN’s sustainability goals and gender equality. She also spoke about countering world poverty and revealed how the world needs USD 350 billion in order to end poverty by 2030. Chopra said, “I might not be a billionaire that can make the kind of contributions that we’re talking about, but I know that as soon as I had a little bit of a platform when I started my work in the entertain- ment business almost 20 years ago, I understood the power of influence, I understood the power of keeping the conversation going. I understood the power of not letting it die down, to un- derstand the urgency .” She also added, “I want my kids to grow up in a world where the world leaders have listened to Greta’s (Thun- berg) generation, where the climate cri- sis is contained if not averted, where a woman’s ability to succeed is a basic hu- man right and not based on geography and chance.” lobal icon Priyanka Chopra par- ticipated in a fireside chat with Maria Forbes at the World Eco- nomic Forum’s annual event in Kartik Aaryan as Veer from ‘Love Aaj Kal’ CHARACTER #2 A Aaryan went on to reveal character number 2, Veer on Wednesday . In the flick, Kar- tik will be seen playing two roles- one opposite Aarushi Sharma and the other oppo- site Sara Ali Khan. The 29-year-old actor hopped on to Instagram as he introduced Veer in a post that read, “Meet my other half #Veer #Aaj #2020 Koffee With Veer !! Kaun chalna chahega ?#LoveAajkal” In the picture shared by the ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ ac- tor, Kartik is seen sporting a geeky look as he is sitting on a bench holding a laptop in his hand alongside a coffee mug on the table. The actor invited the audi- ence to have a coffee with him in the intriguing caption. Earlier, Kartik had shared a picture introducing his char- acter Raghu, which was seen striking a pose to mimic Sal- man Khan from one of his 90’s flicks. The movie ‘Love Aaj Kal’ is the remake of the 2009 movie by the same name. The original movie featured Sara’s father Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padu- kone in the lead, it explored two love stories set in differ- ent time periods. dding much to the ex- citement of fans for his upcoming flick ‘Love Aaj Kal’, Kartik —Agency —ANI Priyanka Chopra Jonas ACTING & CHILLING IN THE PINK CITY —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO and Jaipur. She added, “I have always been into dancing and singing since my childhood, and while performing in any school or college competition, I have al- ways opted Rajasthani folk songs.” Shweta, donning a Rajasthani touch Lehenga outfit, was dolled up by the beauty experts at the Salon for the Award show. While sharing her excitement, she said, “ I love the vibes of Jaipur- ‘Mujhe Jaipur Apna Lagta Hai’. I strongly feel that when you want something, all the uni- verse conspires in helping you to achieve it and I am hoping that my love for this place proves to be lucky for me.” As a person, Shweta is a big- time foodie and also shared her favourite traditional food list of Rajasthan that includes Dal- baati-choorma, Gatte ki Sabji, Patod ki Sabji, Ker Sangri, Mirchi ke Tapore and Dal Dhokli. KIRTI CHAUHAN kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in J vourites spot for celebrities to visit while participating in various national-interna- tional level festivals. During the Rajasthan International Film Festival 2020, which concluded with the Award night on Wednesday, vari- ous celebrities were spot- ted chilling and enjoying the vibes of Rajasthan. Talking about it, beau- ty pageant ‘Mrs Asia International India 2014’ winner cum ac- aipur, being the hub of art and culture in Rajasthan, has be- come one of the fa- Anshuman Jha with (from left) Manisha and Yasheel Pandel Bhi Akele, Tum Bhi Akele’ were screened and got appreciations for their vibrant concept and performances by the actors. In a conversation with City First, Chhattisgarhi Shweta shared that she feels strongly connected to Rajasthan tor Shweta Padda and movie ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ fame An- shuman Jha were seen chilling and relaxing on Wednesday at Hashtag Blunt Salon. During the festival ‘RIFF 2020’, Shweta’s film ‘Mooso - the mouse’ and Anshuman’s ‘Hum (From top) Janhvi Kapoor was snapped post workout on Wednesday, while Alaya Furniturewala was snapped during her promotions for ‘Jawaani Jaaneman’ and Gauri Khan was papped post her salon session in Mumbai. beauty Shweta Padda

14. CITY BUZZ AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 14 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 SNEAK PEEK OF MUKT’S JOGI CITY FIRST N Ashok Anjum and Kabir Das among others. Mukt consists of Tarun Gagdekar (vocals & guitar), Udit Bhavsar (vocals & gui- tar), Daidipya Sheth (bass gui- tar), Dhaval Yadav (percus- sion and vocals) and Yash Joshi (drums). cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com in Ahmedabad. The local band, which prides itself on spreading literature through music, performed songs in- cluding Jungle Ke Jogi, Doos- ra Banwas and Andhayug, all from their upcoming album. They’re known for composi- tions based on the poems of Ibn e Insha, Kaifi Azmi, atarani Amphithea- tre on Sunday hosted the pre-launch con- cert for Mukt’s de- but album. The al- bum’s name, Jogi, was unveiled by Mal- lika Sarabhai here Fangirl nails BTS cover art! Miniature Marvels at the Gufa M the original master sketch—on transparent deerskin in the Mughal empire, and on tracing paper today. Artist Monika Kadiwala, however, chooses to sketch her works directly onto her canvas, setting her apart from the crowd. Kadiwala learned the art form from various artists in- cluding her father Indravadan Shrimal. Her work has been on display at the Metropolitan Art Gallery in Udaipur and at vari- ous galleries and shows in Su- rat for the past two decades. Her latest exhibition, at Amda- vad ni Gufa, here in the city, is open to the public until Janu- ary 26. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com Self Defence for girls W portant for girls to have a basic idea of self defence. To this end, Sihan Habibkhan Ashrafi of Shito Ryu Karate is organizing self-defence classes for school- girls at various schools includ- ing Vishwabharati Higher Sec- ondary School and St Xavier’s High School, Mirzapur, here in Ahmedabad. He says, “The journey towards women’s safety is going to be a long one but the world we live in right now requires women to go are taught with self-defence at —PHOTOS BY NANDAN DAVE CITY FIRST iniature paintings are small and colourful handmade paintings. These are traced over PRACHI KUMAR cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com T Their fans call themselves ARMY, and they certainly feel like an army of adoring fans. This army expresses it- self through dance, song and fanart. One such fan is Mari- lyn Thomas, a college stu- dent, and she expresses her- self through nail art. “This design is inspired by a BTS album called, Love Yourself: Tear. It’s a single line drawing with intricate curves and lines. It took me he craze for the Korean boy band sensation BTS doesn’t seem to be abating any time soon. over an hour to finish the whole thing. It was the most challenging design I have created, main- ly because I did not have the right brushes,” she said, adding, “ I used brush- es from old bottles of nail-polish and eyeliner brushes. I even trimmed some to fit my needs,” she added. Talk about jugaad! —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI CITY FIRST ith the sheer amount of harassment wom- en face, it is becom- ing increasingly im- the goal. It is an essential tool in the arsenal of women if they are to feel more secure and stay better prepared to face the un- pleasant situations they might find themselves in the future.” cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com the extra mile to stay safe. Ka- rate is one such martial art form that was created to fend off attackers through hand-to- hand combat. It is especially useful if the specific techniques the goal. It is an essential tool in the arsenal of women if they are to feel more secure and stay better prepared to face the un- pleasant situations they might