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AHMEDABAD l SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 61 Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Firday. MIZO CM ZORAMTHANGA MEETS PM MODI, SEEKS INTERVENTION FOR CENTRE’S NOD TO NRC-LIKE BILL Aizawl: Chief Minis- ter Zoramthanga met Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi in New Delhi and appealed for clearing the NRC- like bill, aimed at de- tecting foreigners in Mizoram, that has been awaiting the Centre’s approval for months, officials said on Friday. In the meeting on Thursday evening, Zoramthanga sought Modi’s intervention to ensure that the Mi- zoram Maintenance of Household Regis- ter Bill, 2019 is immediately cleared by the central government and implemented in the state that shares an over 700-km border with Bangladesh and Myanmar, they said. He told the prime minister that the bill seeks to identify genu- ine residents of the state and will also help to check arms smug- gling, drugs and hu- grammes are the state government. CM’s singing talent comes alive as Rajkot gears up for R-Day “grabbed” by such foreigners who clan- destinely stayed back and assimilated with the local people. The National Regis- ter of Citizen (NRC) was updated in Assam to detect foreigners staying illegally . A similar nationwide exercise has also been proposed, leading to massive protests across the country . However, the prime minister has clarified that there has been no discussion on it. Zoramthanga urged Modi for a sepa- rate cadre for Mizoram in civil services, sources said. Mizoram falls under AGMUT (Arunachal PradeshGoa mUnion Territories) cadre. CM told Modi that the duration of postings under the AG- MUT cadre is too short to be well acquainted with the local issues, which inconveniences both the officers and man trafficking across the border, officials here said. The Mizoram Main- tenance of Household Register Bill, 2019 was passed by the state assembly on March 18 last year and the bill was sent to the governor for his assent. Then gover- nor Kummanam Ra- jasekharan ferred the bill to the Centre, according to official sources. The chief minister had met Modi, seeking his intervention for the nod to the bill on December 5 as well. Zoramthanga, who had introduced the bill in the assembly, had said that influx of illegal foreigners into the state through its porous borders has remained a serious concern for several decades and in many cases, the ben- efits of development and welfare Have invited PM for ‘Sagarmatha Sambaad’, says Nepal Foreign Min searchers, private sec- tors and civil societies... We expect high- level participation from India.” Gyawali said. According to the Sagarmatha baad’s website, the conference is a multi-stakeholder dialogue forum committed to deliberate on the most promi- nent issues global, regional and national cance. The theme of the Sambaad is, “Climate Change, Mountains, and the Future of Hu- manity .” Kathmandu: Nepal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the maidan ‘Sagarmatha Sam- baad’ to be held in April, foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali said on Friday. During a press conference, Gyawali said that Nepal will host the first-ever multi- stakeholder dialogue from April 2-4. “We have invited Prime Minister Modi and other dignitaries. And as we have already mentioned, it will be the platform for the government policymakers, had re- Sam- also of Mizora- signifi- re- —ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with Nepal’s foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali. pro- —FILE PHOTO Masuma Bharmal Jariwala Racecourse – one of the most place of the city – and inaugurated the arms exhibition. To add fragrance to the celebrations this year, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation also organised a based flower show highlighting various themes. Around 70 different varieties of flowers will be brought from various parts of the country, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Ben- gal, Sikkim and Ma- harashtra. himself sang the first stanza of ‘Sare Jahan se Accha’ for children at the Rashtriya Ekta Children Carnival, organised at Racecourse ring road where 21,090 children together sang the patriotic song after Rupani. This record is likely to get an entry into the India Book of Records. Not many people know this, but Rupa- ni loves to sing patriotic songs and old songs. His friends will speak of how they do not miss an opportunity to ask Rupani to sing during Makarsankranti when they all make it a point to meet at least once in a year. Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel will un- veil the flag made on Friday in the presence of record book authorities and other dignitaries. The flag is also likely to enter India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records while efforts are being made to get the flag registered with the Guinness World Re- cords. Moreover, Rupani also inaugurated per- manent lightings at memorable, the state government will attempt to break two world records on the day . The government will hope to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records as they plan to build the world’s largest hand- made national flag, made of thousands of papers using Origami technique. In another attempt to make the record books, event will see a record number of children singing songs together. Interestingly, Rupani popular Rajkot: Rajkot is all set to host the 71st Re- public Day celebrations of the state on Sunday, with the entire city decked up for its eminent guests, even as Chief Minis- ter Vijay Rupani himself set the tone by singing ‘Saare Jahan se Achha’ while thousands joined him on Friday. Government buildings and city roads have been lit up with colourful lightings projecting artistic designs. But to make the occasion more theme- the including close patriotic Chief Minister Vijay Rupani during an arms exhibition on Friday.

LIT FAMES 23RD - 27TH JANUARY 2020 Day 02 AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 There is a India beyond politics... There are various cultural as well as other issues that make the country what it is today 02 they heard. He then also high- lighted about political estrangement that has creeped into politics. “A Finance Minister is kept behind bars for 105 days without proof,” he said. Keeping the audience’s interest in mind, Dwyer asked what does he think about his image of being a politician, who enjoys the status of a major celeb- rity with his intellectu- al wit and charismatic persona. opined, “I think most politicians are hard- working, they just don’t get the due recognition. Moreover, being an LS MP, I have to constantly think about the people of my constituency and their concerns.” In the last leg of the session, he was asked about his mind-bog- gling vocabulary with a variety of newly coined words that often take the world by storm, Tharoor said, “ I was told by a media house to do a word of the week, I never thought anything unusual. We are coming up with interesting an- ecdotes, light hearted- illustrations. There was an idea that they would come out with a ‘Tha- roorsaurus, which was of course a word play on Thesaurus, but also sounds like a very scary dinosaur’ laughed, leaving the audience in splits. asked about if any sort of comedy exists in politics, to which he gently replied saying, “ In In- dia it doesn’t work.” He then continued to describe through an incident of the past. In 2009, there was the infamous ‘cat- tle class’ tweet that the MP had posted. Tharoor said that he had no idea that his remark poking fun at the airline had caused such outrage till 23 hours later, when he landed in Liberia, when panicky calls from Del- hi informed him “the proverbial dung had hit the proverbial fan”. People called for his resignation and he was in a state of disbelief. “Fi- nally, after four days of front-page news, the prime minister (Man- mohan Singh) had to say, for god’s sake, it was a mere joke,” re- called Tharoor. The storm did die down but he learnt that innovation and intrud- ers are not welcome in Indian politics. The former UN diplo- mat proved his point by quoting the famous lines of Shakespeare: “ Prosperity of jest is not in tongue of the teller but in ear of the hear- er.” Adding further, he said that its the only thing that matters in Indian politics. He said that people don’t consider what one intended to say, but pay attention only to what they think sake of Hindu-Muslim unity in the country . ” Switching over to politics, the Cong vet- eran said that former Prime Minister of In- dia, Indira Gandhi had an entirely different vision of coalition government and the government formed under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee also had their own vision of coalition government, but the current Modi government have a vision at all.” Adding further, he said, “There is a India beyond politics. There are various cultural as well as other issues that make the country what it is today. There needs to be a creative Consti- tution.” Speaking about his homeland went on to say , “Onam is the biggest festival ob- served in Kerala. Its our Diwali and Christmas combined and not only this, Hindus, Muslims and Christians equally celebrate the festival with great vigour. The legend behind the festival is that there was a king named Ma- habali. He was such a good king who used to look after his people so well that the Devas started to worry that his ambitions related to the well-being of his people started getting bigger than he could fulfill. The Devas sitting in heaven, then PURVA SHREE MAHASANI his view any T he entire audience seated in the Lawns, were eagerly awaiting for the ses- Front sion, ‘Shashi on Shashi,’ Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael Dwyer, when suddenly they extended a warm welcome to renowned writer cum politician of Indian origin, Shashi Tharoor with a huge round of applause, to which Tharoor, who is the Member of Parlia- ment from Lok Sabha from Thiruvanan- thapuram, Kerala, re- sponded with his warm yet infectious smile. The Cong MP while speaking about how the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, are being side- lined by the opposition in today’s day and age, said, “Gandhi ji spent his life working for the country and its people, but the man who assassinated Bapu, was a former RSS thought he was more inclined towards saving the rights of Muslims as compared to Hin- dus, just because he stood for unity, which makes Mahatma Gan- dhi, the first Hindu Martyr to die for the India needs better disaster mitigation doesn’t Gandhi ji spent his life working Tharoor for the country and its people, but the man who assassinated Bapu, was a former RSS worker, thought he was more inclined towards saving the rights of Muslims. Gandhi was he first Hindu Martyr to die for the sake of Hindu- Muslim unity in the country Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP Tharoor Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael Dwyer at Front Lawn on Thursday. did BJP’s Amit Shah do three years ago! he tweeted, “ Happy Va- mana Puja!,” The Cong leader added stating, “ This is an unjust action…Do you get the irony of it…that’s how their(BJP’s) vision dif- fers from the people of Kerala. So, they are not winning any seats in Kerala.” The LS MP was then of seeking the land with third step. Tharoor continued with narrating the legend saying, “ Thus, King Mahabali comes back every year to see whether the people of his region are leading a life full of happiness and prosperity that’s the reason Onam is celebratd in a big way in Kerala. And what that of Lord Vishnu and measured the entire earth with his first step, the entire heaven with the second step and then asked the King, “ Where shall I keep my third step? realising that nothing was left, King Mahabali bowed down his head and Lord Vishnu kept his feet over the King’s head thus, fulfilling his wish sent an incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a dwarf Vamana to King Mahab- ali. The dwarf asked King Mahabali, “ May I ask for a boon?” to which the King agreed. The dwarf asked some land which could be measured three steps. The gener- ous King agreed to that too. The dwarf suddenly took his real form, worker, through and the MP VASUNDHARA @ JLF wide-ranging quences, flooding. Ghats there is no life!”, he laments. Unlike the other two panelists, Ramesh’s interest in the issue came not from direct personal experience of local events, but rather from the experience and overview he gained during his time as India’s environment minister. His national perspective on the issue made way for an in- sightful conversation about how people in general, but Indians specifically, relate to water. Moench pointed out that this was a conversation that was fraught with paradoxes, and how some of the worst floods could happen in areas “where scarcity and excess coexist”. conse- including “Without DIVYA HEMNANI Jairam F loods ravaged dia’s landscapes with unprece- dented have In- urban fury Marcus Moench moderated the session ‘Flood and Fury’ with Krupa Ge, Jairam Ramesh and Viju B on the second day of JLF at Baithak Hall on Thursday. over the last decade. Mumbai, Surat, Srina- gar, Chennai, Patna and cities across Kera- la have all been swal- lowed up by floodwa- ters and Jairam Ramesh is an economist, mentalist, and author of Green Signals. Viju B’s book Flood and Fury: Eco- logical Devastation in the Western Ghats in- vestigates the ecological crisis in the West- —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR Mostly human waste, but also other waste.” Viju B., author of ‘Flood and Fury’, simi- larly began his investigation by looking into the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats, an area close to his heart. He reports that although the Ghats provide almost a quar- ter of India’s popula- tion, about 35% of the area has been lost, with and desperately wor- ries about its future.” She said, “Let me tell you now once and for all so when it happens to you —and happen it will, for our cities are not flood resilient— you can be prepared. Floods are the new norm, everywhere in the world. And what flows into your home, when it floods, is sewage. Almost always. ing historical archives, filing and chasing RTI (right to information) queries, speaking to journalists and read- ing disaster management plans. I doesn’t just document the how and why of the flood that wrecked the city. The book places the 2015 flood and floods bygone against the physical and cultural landscape of Chennai, ern Ghats. Krupa Ge’s Rivers Remember: #ChennaiRains. In conversation with energy and water expert Mar- cus Moench, they speak of flood and fury, and how to reverse the rage of the rivers. Krupe Ge shared a personal story about the Chennai floods, “ I did a three-year inves- tigative project inter- viewing victims, sift- sewage. environ- politician Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh visited the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! For aficionados of Indian media & entertainment business these are real mile- stones as every single film that we make in India tells us something about ourselves no matter how you might think it is absolutely a rubbishy film but even behind that rubbish, there is always something that says that yes something is happening in our society in its own eccen- tric odd way which is being reflected” said the famous Indian col- umnist Shobha Dey. Amit Khanna also discussed his old mem- ories and the time he worked together with Shobhaa De in various projects. The panel also discussed how Indian cinema has evolved during the time. I have never interacted with the movie businesses at all. It’s my commentary on the movies and the cinema which continues today along with the personalities that drive it, that interests me a lot because for me foundation of the intel- lectual discourse in the community, country or in the world than its quite scary”, said the author of Word, Image, Sound. When asked about fake news, he said, I think the fake news is over emphasised. and the reason is in the last year or two, technology has been developed which allows serious media professionals; to discover what is fake so it is a menace. to an individual one to one, one to all and many to many and in a way no other medium can afford it. Now, there is a negative as- pect to it also social media has become the driver of the news and information in this universe. It is biased or almost all the time it is biased and partisan and people take posi- tions and that drives the public discourse which I think is a little dangerous because the ade-wise look at the evolution of newspa- pers, cinema, music, television, dance, theatre, and radio-based on the History of Media and Entertainment in India, and is a first of its kind exploration of the subject. “Media never before in history has been as democratic as it is today and the reason is definitely social media because it is ultimate democratisation where an individual can write MOHIT MOHANAN A Words, Images, Sounds discussed the history of entertainment business in conversation with author Kaveree Bamzai & Shobhaa De. His book takes a dec- mit Khanna who took 4 years to write the book Shobhaa De speaking during the JLF session along with Amit (left) Khanna in conversation with Kaveree Bamzai (center). social media, the term itself connotes that it’s meant for social interaction, not for intellec- tual discourse when that becomes the and

AHMEDABAD l SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 61 A TEARFUL BUT HAPPY CAROLINE WOZNIACKI HEADED INTO RETIREMENT ON FRIDAY AFTER THIRD-ROUND DEFEAT PHONE-TAPPING WAS NOT CULTURE OF STATE AND MY GOVERNMENT HAD NOT GIVEN ANY SUCH ORDERS: FADNAVIS P5 P9 14°C - 27°C TAX KITTY TURNS TURTLE! Govt faces first fall in direct taxes in 20 years: Report Decline in demand stung businesses, forcing companies to cut investment and jobs, denting tax collections BSE SENSEX 41613.19 226.79 | NSE NIFTY 12248.25 67.90 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Excessive tax is social injustice: CJI INDIA’S DIRECT TAX COLLECTION India’s corporate and income tax collection in 2019-20 is likely to fall for first time since 2000-01 12 trin rupees 10 8 6 had managed to collect only Rs 7.3 lakh crore as of January 23, more than 5.5 per cent below the amount collected by the same point last year, said a senior tax official. After taxes from companies in advance for the first three quarters, officials garner about 30-35 per cent of annual direct taxes in the final three months, data from the past three years shows. But eight senior tax officials interviewed by Reuters said despite their best efforts direct tax collections this financial year were likely to fall below the Rs 11.5 lakh crore collected in 2018-19. “Forget the target. This will be the first time that we’ll see a fall in direct tax collection ever,” said a tax official in New Delhi. Turn on P5 Mumbai:India’s corporate and income tax collection for the current year is likely to fall for the first time in at least two decades, over half a doz- en senior tax officials told Reuters, amid a sharp fall in economic growth and cut in corporate tax rates. Prime Narendra Modi’s government was target- ting direct tax collection of Rs 13.5 lakh crore for the year end- ing March 31 - a 17 per cent increase over the prior fiscal year. However, a sharp decline in demand has stung businesses, forcing companies to cut investment and jobs, denting tax collections and prompting the government to forecast 5 per cent growth for this fiscal year - the slowest in 11 years. The tax department 4 HIGHLIGHTS New Delhi: With only a few days to go for the Union Budget, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today asked the central government to take steps to reduce the tax burden on citizens and ensure the country’s all- round development. Speaking at an event held to mark the 79th Foundation ceremony of the Income Tax Ap- pellate Tribunal in the national capital, Chief Justice Bobde said that “excessive can be seen as a form of social injustice imposed on the people. “While tax evasion is social injustice to fellow citizens, arbi- trary or excessive tax also results in social injustice by the government itself,” he added. 2 z Taxes are likely to fall below Rs 11.5 lakh crore collected last year PM MODI, BJP ENDANGERING WORLD’S BIGGEST DEMOCRACY: THE ECONOMIST 0 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 collecting The Economist - whose sister concern Economist Intelligence Unit ranked India 10 places lower in the Democracy Index earlier this week -- has dedicated its latest cover to what it calls “Intolerant India” and criticised the Narendra Modi government over the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), commenting that it “imperils the inspiring idea of India as the world’s largest democracy”. Forget the target. This will be the first time that we’ll see a fall in direct tax collection ever. We’ll be very happy if we can even breakeven with what we collected last year. But I’m not too hopeful z Direct taxes account for 80% of government’s estimate for annual revenue typically z Government was target- ting direct tax collection of Rs 13.5 lakh crore ‘India slowdown temporary, expect momentum’ Minister —Tax official etary Fund (IMF) said. On emerging markets, she said they are also moving forward. “We had a downgrade in one large market In- dia but we believe that’s temporary. We expect momentum to improve further going ahead. There are also some bright spots like Indo- nesia among others. She, however, said a growth rate of 3.3 per cent is not fantastic for the world economy . “It is still sluggish growth. We want fiscal policies to be more ag- gressive and we want structural reforms and more dynamism,” the managing director of the International Mon- Davos: Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary and she expects the momentum to improve going ahead. Speaking at Davos in Switzerland at the World Economic Fo- rum 2020, she also said the world appears a better place in Janu- ary 2020 compared to what it was when IMF announced its World Economic Outlook in October 2019. She said the factors driving this positive momentum include re- ceding trade tension after the US-China first phase trade deal and synchronised tax cuts, IMF chief taxation” Turn on P5 Turn on P5 You have shown courage to fight situations: PM to young bravehearts CRUCIAL READ NEW KID ON THE BLOCK 2 BACK FROM CHINA UNDER CORONAVIRUS WATCH IN MUM New Delhi: Two people in Mumbai, who returned from China, have been kept under observation for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus that has killed and infected many in the neighbour- ing country. The rapidly spreading coronavirus has killed 25 people and infected at least 830 across country, China said earlier in a statement. Another 177 elsewhere in the country are also criti- cal, China added. SC ALLOWS RAJ PANEL TO HOLD PANCHAYAT POLLS BY APR-20 Jaipur: Supreme Court allowed the Rajasthan State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday to hold ‘panchayat’ polls in the state by April this year. The top court had earlier stayed the Rajasthan High Court’s order cancelling the notifications reorgan- ising certain ‘gram pan- chayats’ and ‘panchayat samitis’ in the state after November 15-16, 2019. A bench, comprising CJI Bobde and Justices BR Gavai passed the order. New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi on Friday interacted with the 49 children who are winners of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Puraskar 2020, and said that they have shown courage to fight difficult situations. “I am amazed that at such age you all have performed incredible tasks. This must have inspired you to do more good deeds in future. You have shown courage to fight Trump coming to Ahmedabad, will be first US Prez to visit Guj Narendra Bal Shreyas Iyer played a blistering inning of 58 of just 29 balls as India chased down a target of 204 with one over to spare against New Zealand in Twenty20 clash in Auckland on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the awardees of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2020, in New Delhi on Friday. Turn on P5 Darshan Desai officials were also at the Motera stadium for security related inspections. The gesture from India is considered to be reciprocation of a huge “Howdy Modi!” reception of Naren- dra Modi in the US during his visit in September. Senior officials believe President Trump might kick off his visit to India from Ahmedabad, just like previous heads of state, Chinese President Xi Jinping and prime ministers of Japan Shin- zo abe and Israel’s Benja- min Netanyahu, meeting there to initi- ate preparations. Jay Shah, Secretary of BCCI and son of Un- ion Home Minister Amit Shah, and Guja- rat Cricket Associa- tion (GCA) Vice-Presi- dent Nathwani were also present at the meeting. Amit Shah is the Presi- dent of the GCA. A team of police officials, including Director- General of Police Shi- vanand Jha, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Ashish Bhatia, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) and senior Intelligence Bureau Ahmedabad:Gujarat is all set to host the world’s most powerful leader, US Presi- dent Donald Trump, on February 23 when he and Prime Minis- ter of the world’s largest democracy, Narendra would inaugurate the world’s largest cricket stadium taking shape in Ahmedabad. This is for the first time in the history of Gujarat that a sitting US President will be visiting here. Highly placed official Dhanraj Modi, Chief Principal Secretary to CM K Kailashnathan visited Motera stadium to take stalk of situation about the construction work. —PHOTOS BY NANDAN DAVE Rs 800-crore cricket stadium in Motera in Ahmedabad after holding a joint rally there. sources confirmed to First India that the US President and PM Modi would throw open the Vijay Nehra and a host of other officials inspected the cricket ground and held a Principal Secretary to the CM K. Kailashna- than, Ahmedabad Mu- nicipal Commissioner After instructions from New Delhi, Guja- rat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim, Chief Turn on P5

GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 in ONE KILLED IN POLICE FIRING, SEVERAL INJURED IN CLASHES CRIME BRANCH BRIEF SGCCI’s Udyog 2020 begins Surat: Udyog-2020, the 12th edition of the bien- nial exhibition organized by the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Indus- try (SGCCI) began on Friday at the Sarsana Convention Centre. State Health Minister Kumar Kanani and Member of Parliament Darshana Jardosh inaugurated the three-day exhibition. MSME Commissioner J Ran- jeet Kumar lit the customary lamp at the launch of the event, and senior president of Yes bank Arun Tiku was also present at the inaugural function. SGCCI president Ketan Desai said this exhibition has helped boost business in the city for the past 24 years, while Commissioner Kumar talked about government initiatives for growth of the MSME sector. S’rashtra Univ to conduct inquiry into sexual misconduct OUT NUMBERED First India News First India News sity will conduct an inquiry into the case. The university will summon Haresh Zala of the So- ciology department, record his statement and ask whether he communicated the student or not. In an audio clip that went viral on Thursday , where the professor is heard asking for inde- cent favours from the student. He also as- sured the girl that if she meets his demand, he will make her a professor. Prafullaben Rawal, chairperson of the university’s Committee, told that they will not take pos- session of professor Zala’s mobile phone as it is not their job. Ahmedabad: At least one person was killed in police firing and several others including policemen were injured when two big mobs of two different communities clashed in the Ak- barpura Khambhat in Anand district on Friday afternoon. The situation is reported to be tense but under control by late this evening. Police have detained several people from both the sides and started investigations even as big crowds from both the sides gathered at the police station. Po- lice had to open fire after lathi charge and bursting of dozens of tear gas shells could not bring the situation under control. Police rounds and more than 25 tear gas Rajkot: Saurashtra University will conduct an inquiry into allegations that a professor was demanding sexual favours from his student. This is the third time that a professor from the university has been involved in sexual misconduct accusations in the insti- tute’s history, sources say . In one case, the university had to dismiss a professor facing similar accusations. Saurashtra University registrar Ramesh Par- mar told media persons that they have not received any plaints from the girl. However, based on media reports, the univer- professor with area of Police force deployed in disturbed areas in Khambhat of Anand on Friday. —PHOTO NANDAN DAVE heavy stone pelting.” Local police tried to control the situation but because of the sheer number of mobs on both the sides, additional reinforcements had to be rushed to Akbar- pura from Khambhat city and Anand district. Contacted by First India, SP Chauhan refused to comment. rushed to Akbarpura of Khambhat. Khamb- hat Police Inspector DP Chauhan told First In- dia, “Two days ago a dispute broke out between two groups of Akbarpura area. On Friday afternoon, the dispute turned into a big clash has groups from both the sides gathered and started indulging in hospital. The Friday outbreak of violence was a result of an ongoing dispute between some members of both the communities. About eight houses and shops were also torched and there were rumours of acid attach but police did not confirm this. Ahmedabad Range IG A K Jadeja also shells. In all, 24 people have sustained injuries in varying degrees. Five police officials were also injured. The person who lost his life in the firing is reported to be a middle aged person. He was hit by the bullet when he was trying to board an auto rickshaw. His body was sent for postmor- tem to the government Vishakha AMC approves 536 cr for roads Ahmedabad: The road and building committee of the Ahmedabad Mu- nicipal Corporation (AMC) on Friday approved road work worth Rs536 crore. This is the second attempt by the AMC to invite bidders for road work. The initial estimate of the work was Rs400, against which the civic body received a bidder who quoted 37.5% more than the estimate. The final bid came from RKC In- frabuilt at 34% more than the base price, after negotiations. com- suddenly Cheating complaint against builder in Madhavpura Makrand fired six lobbed Ahmedabad: Chandrakant Mehta, a resident of Paldi, has filed a cheating complaint with Madhavpura police station against five persons, including a builder, accusing them of taking crores of rupees worth of loans on his apartment in Koba. According to police, Mehta, who is a grains trader, filed a case against Rajlabdhi Infrastructure director Bhupendra Patel, his wife Priti Patel, former director Prakash Patel, attorney holder Prat- ish Vakil and an employee of Corporation Bank. Another fire in Surat ACB WILL USE CRIME SCENE FORENSICS IN CHAVDA CASE Light showers may fall First India News Vipul Rajput Ahmedabad: Unusual- ly for this time of year, parts of Gujarat might see a few light showers on Monday and Tuesday . The met department has predicted some rainfall in Saurashtra and Kutch on Monday , and in South Gujarat on Tuesday . Thus, the unseasonal rain is likely to fall in Surat and Valsad, and may even extend up to Ahmedabad, Gandhina- gar and Vadodara. A Western distur- bance is expected to approach the Western Himalayas, which will induce a circulation over northern plains of the country and cause rains over these areas. Experts in forensics and psychology will visit the same spot where Chav- da was caught accepting the bribe. The team will visit and reconcile the space and time and prepare a report. Part of bridge on river collapses Mehsana: A portion of the bridge on river on the Palanpur by-pass highway on the out- skirts of Mehsana has collapsed, causing diffi- culties for motorists. An official of the road and buildings department said a diversion has been created, until the damage is repaired. The bridge was con- structed around four to five years ago, and its poor construction had raised eyebrows as well. Congress MLA Bharat Thakor said that the collapse was a grave concern, since the bridge is located on an important approach road. Ahmedabad: Following the recent arrests of an Anti-Corruption reau (ACB) officer and government officials, the ACB will introduce “crime scene forensics” to prevent their own arrested officers from using loopholes and inside information to escape the law. Junagadh ACB police inspector DD Chavda was arrested by his own department for taking a bribe of Rs18 lakh. Chavda was arrested again in another graft case of Rs15 lakh earlier this week. ACB sources said crime scene foren- Woman kept under ‘house arrest’ Bu- —Keshav Kumar, ACB director Surat: Days after a fire caused damage worth more than Rs 300 crore, the city witnessed another blaze on Friday when a massive fire broke out in an old wooden house in Surat’s Begumpura area. Onlookers reported the blaze to the fire brigade, which then dis- patched a convoy of eight vehicles to extin- guish the flames. forensics report in a few days,” the ACB director also said. “If the accused is well-educated and a government official, then it is only natural for him to consider all aspects of his defence. The ACB will now introduce this procedure criminals so that the perpetrators will not be able to take advantage of the law.” gy will visit the same spot where Chavda was caught accepting the bribe. The team will visit and reconcile the space and time and prepare a report, which we will present to the court as evidence.” “Inspector Chavda is well-versed in the law and in using legal loopholes. To prevent him from escaping, the ACB will have a crime scene sics will be used in his case. ACB director Kes- hav Kumar told First India, "The accused in the ACB trap confessed to his crimes in the police statement. But the accused in the court does not consider the statement made to the police as admissible. We will use crime scene forensics in this case.” He says, “Experts in forensics and psycholo- Man allegedly kidnapped and released for such him Sarkhej. Pathan, who was present three other persons, submitted his verification papers to Shar- ma, who was not satisfied with the documents. Pathan and his accomplices then allegedly kidnapped Sharma and demand- ed him to pay Rs10 lakh. Sharma was then released in the evening after he paid them Rs10 lakh, which they say had been de- posited to the Delhi- based company. Vejal- pur police have filed the complaint and have started a probe. to meet in Ahmedabad: A Noi- da resident has filed a complaint at Vejalpur police station alleging that he was kidnapped by some persons in the city. According to Vejalpur police, Noida resident Ravi Shar- ma, who works with at a New Delhi-based company as a documents verification officer, was in the city to verify documents of an employee of the Sa- hajanand Charitable Trust. In his complaint, he says he contacted Tausifkhan Pa- than on Thursday morning after reach- ing the city and asked with ‘Urban consumer not ready for a price increase’ Ahmedabad: With the rabi season starting on a strong note, many believe that it is good news for rural India. However, this is also good news for urban dairy consum- ers. RS Sodhi, MD of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federa- tion said, “After three years, this is an opportunity for farmers to be happy . Urban consum- ers are calling it food inflation and we are calling it an increase in farmers’ income.” First India News tion reached the vic- tim’s house. PSI Chavda “When police knocked the door of their house and asked the girl to come out, she threatened to kill her mother if they intervened. Po- lice then started engag- ing her in discussions, after which, we learnt that the daughter is mentally unstable.” sister was also threat- ening to kill his mother. After rescuing the woman– who was then sent to her relative’s house – police admitted her daughter to a mental health hospital in the city . After the caller told police about the incident, PSI AD Chavda and the SHE team of Madhavpura police sta- We have not filed any complaint in this incident because the girl is mentally unstable. told, Ahmedabad: A woman was forcibly being kept under house arrest by her mentally unstable daughter, who was allegedly holding her at knifepoint and threat- ening to hurt her if police intervened. In a four-hour Madhavpura police and members of the SHE —AD Chavda, PSI fied himself as Chintu Punjabi, on Thursday evening filed a complaint saying his mother was forcibly kept under house arrest by his sister in the Shahibaug area. He added that his team rescued the woman after they received a phone call from a resident of Australia saying his mother’s life was in danger. According to sources, the caller, who identi- operation, Maruti Suzuki begins export of S-Presso from Mundra First India News GUP SHUP Team of One A state government on fi re safety, the state government enacted the Fire Safety Act 2013. However, for a long time, there was no offi cer appointed. Now, they have put a fi re offi cer in place at Ahmedabad, but he is the only offi cer there. The government is supposed to have appointed a team to handle major fi res or explosion-related crises, but, so far, the fi re-safety director is a team of one with no subordinates or team members to help tackle major disasters in the state. Hyperactive AMC officials W asked them to show results, but some offi cers, especially in the estate department, have suddenly turned hyperactive. Earlier this week, the department demolished a water stand in Manekchowk because it was ‘dilapidated’. Now, it’s gone a step further. The team in the new west zone has served notices to private societies for expanding their underground water tanks! And this is on the same day when an overhead water tank inaugurated by AMC offi ce-bearers as recently as Tuesday was found leaking. ‘Nothing to do with us!’ W MA and Ayushman, it recognized many private hospitals as channels for these schemes. Up went the boards outside private hospitals announcing the schemes. Now that the ghost-card scam has been revealed these hospitals have pulled down those boards. We hear this was decided after a certain doctor's association meeting a week ago. We can’t help wondering what was said at that meeting. Also, did these hospitals sprint to distance themselves from fl awed projects, or was something else afoot? Oh! To be a fl y on that wall! fter the Gujarat High Court pulled up the BS VI-compliant 1.0-li- tre, three-cylinder K10 petrol engine claiming 21.7kpl (ARAI) and mated to a five-speed manual or an AMT. The car is offered in six colour options. The S-Presso, which has been positioned as a direct rival to the Re- nault Kwid in India, plays in the mini-seg- ment within the pas- senger vehicle space, with attributes of an SUV such as high ground clearance and boxy design. e’re guessing it’s only because someone fi nally hen the government launched healthcare schemes like Ahmedabad : Coun- try’s largest carmaker on Friday announced that it has begun ship- ments of the car to Lat- in America, South Af- rica and the Asian region - all left-hand-drive markets - with the con- signments getting des- patched from the Mun- dra port located on the northern shores of the Kutch district Gujarat. The Maruti Suzuki S-Presso comes with a 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 in

GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 05 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 Ayushman scam: Govt, pvt hosps under scanner An official says inquiry was ordered after First India published article on scam Ex-MLAs will sit on ‘Dharna’ on Jan 27 First India News PREPARATIONS FOR REPUBLIC DAY Gandhinagar: Office- bearers of the Gujarat ex-MLA council will sit on a one-day protest at ‘Satya Grah Chavani’ in Gandhinagar. With this dharna, they aim to attract the attention of the state government, which they say has not been paying heed to the council’s demands. While the council had sought permission for its dharna on Thursday, the administration has not granted it any permission as of Friday evening. Former MLA and former minister Jaynaray- an Vyas told the media that this single protest is for those former MLAs who are living in a poor “There are some 100 former MLAs who are financially weak and the demand is for them and not for all 300 former MLAs,” he said. Vipul Rajput of Sunshine Hospital and Jalaram Hospital. Each hospital made a claim of one patient under both the Ayushman and MA health insurance schemes.” But sources said one private hospital’s suspension was revoked following the intervention of a politician. It has been reported that the suspension of a hospital was revoked on the basis of a doctor’s apol- ogy letter and the intervention of a politician. Dr Nikhil Chauhan, project officer of Ayush- man cards said, “An agency called MD India is investigating the matter. The number of hospitals involved in the card scandal is not clear.” Health Commis- sioner Jayaprakash Shivhar could not be contacted. YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA Gandhinagar: state government has suspended a number of private hospitals and government hospitals for their alleged involvement in ghost admis- sions under Ayushman Bharat, the Modi government’s flagship health insurance scheme. Vadodara’s Sunshine Hospital and Jalaram Hospital are both suspended for irregulari- ties in the Ayushman scheme, while Sir T General Hospital in Bhavnagar and GG Hos- pital in Jamnagar are also suspended. Notices have been issued to the superintendents of the government hospitals involved. There was also a crackdown on hospitals charging patients un- The IMPACT DECEMBER 18, 2019 department says the inquiry was ordered after this newspaper published an article on the ghost Ayushman card scam on December 18. However, investigations revealed that this scam is not limited to Ayush- man cards, but there is now evidence of fraud in the MA card scheme. He added, “Investiga- tion into Ayushman ghost cards has exposed the maladministration der the Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) scheme. In one case at Sunshine Hospital, a patient’s di- alysis claim was made by the hospital under both the Ayushman scheme and the MA card health scheme. Earlier this month, the state ordered the cancellation of more than six lakh ghost Ayushman cards. A senior official of the Gandhinagar health condition. —PHOTO NANDAN DAVE Cong aims to expose ‘model state’ in Delhi First India News have not yet been invited to participate in New Delhi by the party leaders there. “So far there has been no communica- tion from the party re- garding the campaign in New Delhi. Gener- ally, a list comes from Delhi or an order men- tioning names of leaders and allocation of constituency or zone. The leaders are ready to go there but waiting for the invite. Meanwhile, leaders are busy in a block- level programme called ‘Samvad’,” said a source. Delhi, so the Congress party will remind the BJP of health condi- tions in Gujarat. “The health sector in Guja- rat is not healthy at all. Deaths of infants, mal- nutrition among girl children and the lack of affordable health services are the core issues. Despite having various schemes, the needy and poor do not get timely treatment.” However, it is to be noted that, although party leaders head to Delhi well in advance ahead of any such assembly election, they Ahmedabad: The Gu- jarat Congress aims to expose the Gujarat Model in the capital ahead of Delhi’s assembly election. From next week, senior leaders including MLAs and office bearers will conduct an election campaign ahead of the polls scheduled on Feb- ruary 8. According to chief spokesperson Manish Doshi, the party will expose BJP manifesto claims. “BJP is claiming to give free elec- tricity up to 1,000 units P gramme at the Sabarmati River Front, where officials displayed arms, ammunition, armament and other latest equipment including a temporary hospital, an operation theatre and an ICU. In Rajkot, major government buildings have been decorated with colourful and artistic lights. In addition, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel opened a theme-based three-day flower show, which was also visited by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Friday also saw rehearsals of the performances set to take place on Republic Day . reparations for Republic Day are in full swing across the state. In Ahmedabad, the Indian Army organized a Know Your Army pro- health 23 years, but have not given any relief even to farmers,” Doshi. He further said that the BJP is promising better healthcare in in ground reality in Guja- rat , the so-called ‘model state’ of BJP, is that they hike the charges every single year. They have been in power for Delhi. But the said FROM PG 1 ‘India slowdown... and Vietnam,” she noted. She further said a number of African countries are doing very well, but some other nations like Mex- ico are not. On risks ahead for the global economy , the IMF chief listed factors like weakness in long-term productivity growth and low inflation. “We are living in a more risk-prone world. It is only January and there have been events that are sparking risks for the global economy,” she added. Narendra Modi today shared the “secret of his radiance” with winners of children’s bravery awards, in Del- hi for the Republic Day parade. During free-wheeling interaction with 49 recipients of the “Prime Minister National Award 2020”, PM Modi also gave them tips and life lessons. “Someone asked me many years ago, how come you have such a radiant face? I had a simple answer. I said I work hard and I sweat so much that I massage my face with it and it gives me a glow,” PM Modi said. He advised that every child should learn to “sweat very hard” at least four times a day . is another key reason behind the sluggish tax collections. “We’ll be very happy if we can even breakeven with what we collected last year,” said another senior tax official in the financial capital Mum- bai, the biggest tax gen- erator, accounting for about a third of reve- nues from direct taxes. “But given the state of the economy, I’m not too hopeful.” Arunachal The children are winners in the fields of art and culture, innovation, scholastic, social service, sports and bravery. Ahead of the interaction, dayeshwar Singh Bha- ti, one of the awardees said that he was inspired by Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi and has learnt from him to work for the country . “I look upto Naren- dra Modi sir, I have learnt from him that if the country gives you something then you have to give it back in some way or the other”, he said. Any child with an exceptional achievement in the fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, social service, arts and culture, sports and bravery can apply for the award. Also, any person who knows about a meritorious achievement by a child can rec- ommend this child for the award. A high-level committee selects the winners after careful consideration of each application. President Ram Nath Kovind, pre- sented the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on January 22. Why my glows: Prime Minister Pradesh. a Hri- Children’s Trump coming... who came calling since Narendra Modi’s election as Prime Minister in 2014. Hailed as the world’s largest cricket stadium, the Motera has the seating capacity for 1.10 lakh specta- tors as against Mel- bourne Ground, Australia, of 95,000. So far, India’s biggest stadium was Eden Gardens in Kolk- ata with a capacity of 62,000 seats. Motera stadium boasts of having India’s biggest parking area of 3,000 cars and 10,000 two-wheelers. Govt faces... He estimates that direct tax collections for this year could end up roughly 10 per cent below fiscal 2019. Direct taxes typically account for about 80 per cent of the government’s projections for annual revenue, and the shortfall may leave the government need- ing to boost borrowing to meet expenditure commitments. The tax officials also say that a surprise cut in headline corporate tax rate last year aimed at wooing manufactur- ers and boosting investment third-biggest economy Cricket Excessive tax... The top judge’s sugges- tion comes at a time when the country’s economy through a worrying growth slowdown amid high inflation and a weakening rupee. Re- tail inflation rose to about five-and-half year high of 7.35 per cent in December 2019, further increasing the burden on the common people, mainly due to spiralling prices of vegetables onions. The is going You have... difficult situations,” Prime Minister Modi said. The 49 awardees are from different re- gions including one each from Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and in Asia’s skin such as

PERSPECTIVE THE NATURE OF THE SPIRITUAL PATH If each individual progresses in their own way, how will I know if I am making progress? 06 AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 IN-DEPTH SNAKES COULD BE THE SOURCE OF CORONAVIRUS S SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service nakes – the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra – may be the origi- nal source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter. The illness was first reported in late De- cember 2019 in Wuhan, a major city in central China, and has been rapidly spreading. Since then, sick travelers from Wuhan have infected people in China and other countries, including the United States. Using samples of the virus isolated from patients, scientists in China have determined the genetic code of the virus and used microscopes to photograph it. The pathogen responsible for this pandemic is a new coronavirus. It’s in the same family of viruses as the well-known severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS- CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which have killed hundreds of people in the past 17 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV . We are virologists and journal editors and are closely following this outbreak because there are many questions that need to be answered to curb the spread of this public health threat. As many as 20,844 passengers from 96 flights have been screened for novel coronavirus symptoms in India as of January 24, a statement from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The health ministry said 4,082 passengers were screened in 19 flights on Friday . The statement also said that no case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) has been detected in the country so far. Three persons, however, have been put under observation, it added. A travel advisory has been extended to 12 more airports in addition to the current seven, the health ministry said. WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS? T he very word “spirituality” means that you are not trying to be like anybody. It does not matter what you want to be in the world, in some way you are trying to be like somebody. For example, if you aspire to be a musician, you probably have someone in mind who you want to play like. You are thinking of a certain kind of music because you heard somebody and it made an im- pression upon you. Whatever you do external- ly, you are always trying to either be like somebody or better than somebody. On the spiritual path, on the other hand, you are not trying to be like anybody, nor are you trying to be better than anybody. Such a state where just being yourself is more than enough, is the goal of spirituality. It is the experience that “Just sitting here, I am complete by myself. I don’t need to become anything or make myself into something. If I simply sit here, the entire world is within me. I am so absolute, all existence is within me.” The ultimate goal is also such, and the process is also such, that it is not necessary to be like anybody. Each individual can be in his own way and still be progressing. “If each individual progresses in their own way, how will I know if I am making progress?” When you walk on the in- ner path, why do you strug- gle to evaluate yourself? There is no need to evaluate. The evaluation and what needs to happen will happen in a completely different dimension. You can’t do spirituality, you have to allow it. If you allow it, it will happen. To allow spiritual growth you need a certain level of maturity which just lets you sit down and do nothing. You are willing to allow whatever hap- ton, neutron, and electron. All that is fine, but you will not know anything about the flower. The only “understanding” that you need is, how you are bound at the material level. If you understand this and free yourself from those bondages, you will end up where you have to go. If I talk about the sky, it is no use. What are the ropes that are tying you down to earth? Your business is with these ropes that are tying you down, not with the sky . Once you untie them, you reach the sky, and when you do, you will know what it is. A Guru’s work is to show you where these knots are and to help you untie them. When you come close to the edge, maybe just with one knot left, then he can push you. If he pushes you when you have many ropes tied down, it will damage you. He can push you only when everything is broken and just one single thread is hanging. He can afford to push you because you will not break, the rope will. But when you have ropes tied all over, if he pushes you, something of you will break. pens. If something truly won- derful has to happen, you are not needed. On the other hand, if you are satisfied with petty happenings, you can do it. But if you really want something enormous to happen, you are not needed. If you know how to keep yourself aside, it will happen. This, above all, must be understood clearly: that which is not in your experience, cannot be understood. People are always trying to “understand.” I recently saw a big book, “Understanding God.” They are even trying to understanding God, that which created them! How do you get to understand that? You cannot understand anything which is in a different dimension than you are. The whole effort is to move to a different dimension. And if that is to happen, you must resist this urge to understand. You have to see that you cannot understand, and there is no need to understand. It is experienc- ing, which takes you out of this dimension. Try to understand a flower and see, what will you un- To allow spiritual growth you need a certain level of maturity which just lets you sit down and do nothing. You are willing to allow whatever happens If you are satisfied with petty happenings, you can do it. But if you really want something enormous to happen, you are not needed. If you know how to keep yourself aside, it will happen The name of coronavirus comes from its shape, which resembles a crown or solar corona when imaged using an electron microscope. Coronavirus is transmitted through the air and primarily infects the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds. Though most of the members of the coronavirus family only cause mild flu-like symptoms during infec- tion, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV can infect both upper and lower airways and cause severe respiratory illness and other complica- tions in humans. This new 2019-nCoV causes similar symptoms to SARS-CoV and MERS- CoV. People infected with these coronavi- ruses suffer a severe inflammatory response. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM derstand? In your attempt to do so, maybe you will pull it apart, petal by petal. Maybe you will analyze everything about it and then you will conclude everything is pro- Doomsday Clock: 100 seconds until end of the world S “an angry granny”. The world was fur- thest from self-destruc- tion in 1991, shortly after the end of the Cold War, when the clock showed 17 minutes to twelve, according to the Doomsday Clock. lower entry thresholds for nuclear war make the situation “dangerous” and demanding of an “urgent response”. Last August saw the collapse of the 1987 Interme- diate-Range Nuclear Forc- es (INF) Treaty between the US and Russia, which banned a whole class of medium-range launched nuclear-capable missiles of 500 to 5,500 kilo- metres – ranges that leave little time for any response. Attempts to renegoti- ate a new INF-style Treaty, one that would also include other world powers such as China or India, have so far been unsuccessful. At the same time, the demise of the the INF Treaty has triggered fears for the future of nuclear arms control. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.EURACTIV.COM ince 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scien- tists (BAS) an- nually adjusts set at two minutes to midnight. The risk of civil collapse from nuclear weapons and the climate crisis is at a record high, according to US scientists and former officials, calling the current environment “profoundly unstable”. The time was now being kept in seconds rather than minutes because the “moment demands attention” and the “threats level is worsening”, Bron- son said, and being men- aced by powerful leaders who “denigrate and dis- card the most effective methods for addressing complex threats.” The science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists nounced that the change was made due to nuclear proliferation, failure to tackle climate change and “cyber-based disinformation”. its symbolic Doomsday Clock, which indicates how close humanity and the planet are to complete disaster. This year, we’re closer than ever, the scientists announced on Thurs- day (23 January). “It is now 100 seconds to midnight,” declared the Bulletin’s president, Rachel Bronson, at a Washington D.C. news conference while a black cloth was lifted to reveal the time on the “end of the world clock”. The clock was first created by US scientists working on the atomic bomb- building Manhattan Pro- ject during World War II to warn humanity of the dan- gers of nuclear war. In 2019, the clock was DYING ARMS CONTROL ACCORDS The threat from nuclear weapons has increased, in part due to the collapse of the Iran nuclear deal, North Korean nuclear weapons development and continued proliferation from countries such as the US, China and Russia, Georgetown University Professor Sharon Squas- soni told reporters. With important arms control treaties being ended or undermined, a new arms race for nuclear weapons, a proliferation of nuclear weapons and ground- For the first time this year, the board was joined by members of The Elders – a group of international and former founded by Nelson Man- dela in 2007. 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INDIA AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 PFI RESPONSIBLE FOR CAA PROTESTS, THERE ARE PROOFS, SAYS RAZA CAA ‘Muslims being misled by terror outfits on CAA-NRC’ 154 EMINENT CITIZENS WRITE TO PRESIDENT Some forces want to divide society: Ramdev Lucknow: Muslims of the country are being misled by outfits such as PFI over the issue of Citizenship ment Act (CAA) and Na- tional Register of Citi- zens (NRC) as part of a conspiracy, Pradesh Cabinet Min- ister Mohsin Raza said on Friday . “Things which are happening, are not happening in opposition to CAA. There is another conspiracy behind it. Banned terror outfits like SIMI and PFI are misleading and making Muslim women sit on streets as part of this conspiracy ,” Raza said. He also claimed that evidence has been recovered from letters of Popular Front of India (PFI) and the handbills distribut- ed by it. PFI, an organisation based in Delhi, Amend- New Delhi: As many as 154 eminent citizens, including former judges, civil servants and defence offi cers, on Friday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to safeguard democratic institutions and take action against those indulging in violence in the name of anti-CAA protests. Central Administra- tive Tribunal chair- man and former judge Permod Kohli, who led the delega- tion to the President, claimed that the protests against Citizen- ship (Amendment) Act were “instigated” by some political elements. —PTI New Delhi: Yoga Guru Ramdev on Friday said that misinformation is being spread that citizenship of Muslims will be revoked through the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He said that there are some “domestic and international forces” that want to create “division in society.” “No one can be stripped off their citizenship. Misinformation is being spread that citizenship of Muslims will be revoked through Citi- zenship (Amendment) Act. It is wrong. There are some domestic and international that want to create division in Ramdev said. JAC Convener Mushtaq Malik administers the oath to Muslims as they should not show any document as a mark of protest against CAA, NRC, and NPR, in Hyderabad on Friday. Protest against CAA, NRC in Hyderabad 102 persons held over anti-CAA protests : Police Uttar was founded on Novem- ber 22, 2006. On Wednesday, Raza had said that PFI tried to give a chaotic dimension to protests in the state against CAA. He further said that the banned outfit want- ed to radicalise youth and push them towards terrorism. Previously, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had stated that role of PFI is coming forward in violence and Home Minis- try will decide on action against them. —ANI obtained from the police station and staged a protest. Immediately after this, an extra force was called in and a few protesters were taken into preventive They were shifted to Goshamahal grounds and Moghal- pura police station to ensure that no untoward incident curred,” police said. “The protesters were later released,” police added. —ANI permission Crime Hyderabad: A protest was staged against the Citizenship ment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) night in the Moghalpu- ra area here. According to Moghal- pura Police, on the in- tervening night of Jan- uary 23 and 24, a few people including women staged a protest against the CAA and NRC in the limits of Moghalpura police. “The protesters had New Branch of Delhi Police has registered a total of 10 cases till date in connection with protests against CAA and NRC, police said on Friday . It said 102 people have been arrested for indulging in violence during the protests against the CAA and NRC in central, southeast and northeast police districts. Protests had erupted in different parts of the country including the national capital . —ANI Delhi: Amend- The newly-enacted Citizenship (Amend- ment) Act, 2019, fast- tracks citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Af- ghanistan and Bangla- desh who came to In- dia on or before De- cember 31, 2014. —ANI last Muslims custody. police oc- forces society,” R-DAY ‘My govt didn’t tap phones, but State free to probe’ You all are going to showcase a new India in R-Day parade: PM Mumbai: Amid allegations that previous BJP- led dispensation in Ma- harashtra tapped the phones of Opposition leaders, former Chief Minister Devendra Fad- navis on Friday said phone-tapping was not the culture of the State and his government had not given any such orders. He also said that the Maharashtra Aghadi (MVA) government was free to conduct an inquiry into the phone-tapping charges against the previous BJP-led dispensation. “Phone-tapping not the culture of Ma- harashtra. My government had not given any such orders,” navis, who is the Lead- er of Opposition in the State Legislative As- sembly, said. “The whole country knows the credibility of those who have levelled such allegations,” Fad- navis said. “The State government is free to probe the allegations with the help of any machinery. People of Maharashtra know the truth. A Shiv Sena leader was the Minister of State for Home during my ten- ure,” he added. —ANI MINISTER SPEAKS New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi on Friday en- couraged the cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), Nation- al Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers and several artists who will take part in the Republic Day parade on January 26. “I extend my warm wishes for the Repub- lic Day and the Janu- ary 26 parade to all of you. You all are, in a way, going to showcase mini-India, a new In- dia. Our whole country and the world will seek to learn and understand the new Bharat through you,” Modi Captain Tania to lead Corps of Signals Contingent Narendra Prez’s nod for award of 35 Correction Service medals Assistant Superinten- dent, Special Sub Jail Kozhikode, E. Krishna- das, Deputy Superinten- dent, Central Jail Bho- pal, Priyadarshan Shriv- astava, District Proba- tion Officer, Sambalpur, Niranjan Sahu, Jailor, Sub-Jail Jeypore, Lala- tendu Bhusan Das, and Assistant Matron, Nari Bandi Niketan, Sambal- pur, Sobhagini Singh are those to be conferred with the medals.—PTI New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has approved conferment of 35 Correctional Ser- vice medals on prison personnel on Republic Day, a Home Ministry statement said. Of the 35 recipients, 6 have been selected for Distinguished Service and 29 for Meritorious Service. Six are women. Superintendent, Dis- trict Jail Thiruvanan- thapuram, Sathyaraj D., Narendra Modi@narendramodi My young friend Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati’s life journey motivates us all. He did not let setbacks deter him. His pioneering work makes chess even more popular among the youth. I hope he continues to innovate and ideate with the same zeal in the times to come. Vikas ‘Formed govt despite phone tapping by Home Ministry’ is Mumbai: Shiv Sena spokesperson Raut on Friday said that despite the Union Home Ministry allegedly tapping the phones of Shiv Sena leaders, including his, the party managed to form the government in Maha- rashtra with the NCP and the Congress. “Phone tapping is done in politics these days, I don't take it very seriously. The Home Ministry is habituated to tap phones and keep an eye on their oppo- nents. But despite them indulging in snooping, we formed the government in Maharashtra,” the Sena leader said. said at an event, en- couraging the tableaux artists, tribal guests, cultural artists, NCC cadets, and NSS volunteers. —ANI Sanjay Fad- ficers.” When asked how she feels about leading the contingent, she said, “It feels good and it is our duty to re- main truthful to the uniform we are wearing. There is no pres- sure on us. It is about equality, the selection was irrespective of our gender. We are soldiers irrespective of caste, gender, place of birth and religion.” —ANI mind that one day I would want to earn the uniform for myself.” She furthur said, “The selection happened at our signals training centre a year ago. Two officers were selected then to lead the contingent on Army Day parade as well as the Re- public Day parade. The selection was made from a combined pool of male and female of- New Delhi: Captain Tania Shergill will be leading the Corps of Signals Contingent at the Republic Day parade on January 26. When asked when did she decide to join the Army , Shergill said, “There was no specific day. Ever since I was a little girl, I had seen my father wearing the uniform. So I always had that at the back of my Earlier in the day, Raut claimed that a senior leader of the ruling BJP had informed him about the tapping of his phone by the government. “I have been informed by a senior BJP minister that my phone is being tapped,” Raut claimed in a tweet. —ANI We are soldiers irrespective of caste, gender, place of birth and religion, believes Captain Tania Shergill. OVER 300 INCLUDING SUMITRA MAHAJAN DETAINED, RELEASED Indore: As many as 353 people including senior BJP leader Sumitra Ma- hajan, who were detained for protesting against the Kamal Nath-led government, have been released. District jail Superinten- dent Aditi Chaturvedi said: “353 people including Sumitra Mahajan, who were detained for protesting (against the state CRIME SCENE RECREATED AT M’LURU AIRPORT IN IED IMPLANT CASE Mangaluru: Aditya Rao, who was arrested for planting Improvised explosive device (IED) at Mangaluru airport on January 20, was brought to the airport on Friday for recreation of the crime scene as part of the investigation process. One more case was registered against Rao in connection with a ELABORATE SECURITY IN HARYANA FOR REPUBLIC DAY Chandigarh: Haryana Police have made elaborate security arrangements ahead of Republic Day celebrations across the state. Speaking to media on Friday, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Navdeep Singh Virk said that all the Commissioners of Police and District Super- intendents of Police have been directed to ensure elaborate security cover on January 26 at all important venues for celebrations and fl ag-hoist- ing. Further, additional forces have been deployed to deal with any untoward situation. GOVT SCRAPS MONTHLY PENSION SCHEME FOR MISA PRISONERS Raipur: Chhattisgarh Government has scrapped monthly pension scheme meant for those who were jailed under Maintenance of Internal Se- curity Act (MISA) during the emergency period from 1975-1977. “Chhattisgarh Government has scrapped monthly pension scheme to people jailed under Maintenance of Internal Security Act during 1975-77 emergency period,” said an order issued by the general administration department (GAD). The pension was granted under the scheme ‘Lok- nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Samman Nidhi’. government) at Collec- torate’s offi ce, have been released.” BJP leaders under the chairmanship of party state president Rakesh Singh demon- strated against the Kamal Nath government.The district administration only allowed the protest, however, Rakesh Singh insisted on entering the collector’s offi ce. hoax call to the terminal manager of the airport on January 20, police said. “One more case has been registered against Aditya Rao at Bajpe Police station for a hoax call to the terminal manager of Mangaluru International Airport on January 20,” said PS Harsha, Man- galore Commissioner of Police on Thursday.

INDIA AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 ‘No poha, eat onlyhalwa to be Indian’ BJP leader Vijayvargiya suspected some workers of being Bangladeshi when he saw them eat ‘Poha’ POWERGallery LT GEN C P MOHANTY APPOINTED SOUTHERN ARMY COMMANDER Lt Gen C P Mohanty has been appointed Southern Army Commander. LT GEN Y K JOSHI APPOINTED NORTHERN ARMY COMMANDER Lt Gen Y K Joshi has been appointed as Northern Army Commander. ALOK SHRIVASTAVA APPOINTED MEMBER, NCLAT Alok Shrivastava has been appointed as Member of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). He is a 1984 batch IAS offi cer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. WILL AMITABH RANJAN BE NEW DGP OF TRIPURA? Amitabh Ranjan is likely to move to Tripura as DGP in place of A K Shukla who is retiring on January 31. Tripura cadre 1988 batch IPS offi cer Ranjan is presently Additional Director in the IB. VIKAS ARORA TO RETURN TO HARYANA? IG in the BPR&D Vikas Arora is expected to return to the parent cadre Haryana in a couple of months. He is 1998 batch IPS offi cer. WILL SOMESH GOEL MOVE TO GOI? After the appointment of J P Nadda as BJP President, rumours are rife that senior-most IPS offi cer in Himachal Pradesh Somesh Goel may move to GoI. He is 1984 batch IPS offi cer of HP cadre. NAVEEN KUMAR G S JOINS AP GOVT ON ICD Naveen Kumar G S has joined Andhra Pradesh Government on inter cadre deputation. He is a 2007 batch IAS offi cer of UP cadre. 46 IIS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED IN A MAJOR RESHUFFLE MIB has transferred 46 Indian Information Service (IIS)offi cers of JAG, STS and JTS level. Among them, one offi cer belongs to group-B senior grade. Rest are IIS Group - A offi cers. Among transferred offi cers, most of them have been shifted locally. ONE IPS OFFICER OF 1990 BATCH FROM KERALA EMPANELLED AS ADG One 1990 batch IPS offi cer, out of total two, from Kerala cadre has been empanelled for holding ADG and ADG equivalent posts in Government of India. NHAI MEMBER FINANCE, R K PANDEY ALLOCATED WORK R K Pandey, Member Projects, National High- ways Authority of India, has been assigned Projects in states of UP & UK, Gujarat, AP & Telangana, Karnatka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Kerala and Construction work of 2nd offi ce building of NHAI, CG, WB, North-Eastern Stats, MP and Odisha, Planning & Bharatma- la, Greenfi eld Projects of Bharatmala, Logis- tics Parks & IMS, standard, R&D, Quality Assurance Technology induction, emergency landing facilities, MIS, Bridges, Road Safety, utility shifting (technical). MP CADRE IAS OFFICER ASHISH UPADHYAYA INDUCTED ON NTPC BOARD The Central Government has appointed Ash- ish Upadhyaya, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, as Government Nominee Director on the Board of NTPC Ltd. He is an IAS Offi cer of 1989 Batch belonging to Madhya Pradesh cadre. ‘Eating habits of workers created suspicion over their nationality’ CONG HITS OUT AT VIJAYVARGIYA Owaisi had on Tuesday questioned the tradi- tion, citing the Arabic origin of the sweet del- icacy’s name. “Halwa is an Arabic word and not a word of either Hindi or Urdu. Now you have become Arab. They should shun halwa word as it is an Arabic word. You have seen the Finance Minis- ter saying hello to halwa. There is nothing wrong with this. But they say they will change names,” he had said while speaking at a gathering in Telanga- na’s Karimnagar. “If God wants, people of the country will change them. From where did halwa come? Remem- ber, I am not halwa but red chilli,” the AIMIM chief had said. New Delhi: Taking a dig at BJP Kailash Vijayvargiya over his ‘poha’ remark, AIMIM chief Asadud- din Owaisi said that labourers should only eat “halwa” as then only will they be called “Bharat ka shehri” . “Labourers should not have poha but only HALWA and HALWA and will be called Indi- an, Bharat ka Shehri otherwise B.......... hope ‘9 pm nationalist’ will not take offence,” Owai- si tweeted. His comment came after BJP general Kailash Vijayvargiya said he suspected workers of being Bangla- deshi when he saw them eating ‘Poha’ Some Twitter users linked Owaisi’s ‘halwa’ leader Indore: BJP general secretary Kailash Vi- jayvargiya has said that C C C he p e c t e d that there were some 'Bangla- d e s h i workers' a m o n g construc- sus- Labourers should not have poha but only HALWA and HALWA and will be called Indian otherwise B.......... . —Asaduddin Owaisi, tion labourers working at his house as they had 'strange eating habits'. The leader, on Thurs- day, said that the eating habits of the workers made him suspicious of their nationality . "There was some construction work going at my house so I noticed that some AIMIM chief secretary jibe with the recent customary ‘halwa ceremony’ held at the Fi- nance Ministry before the printing of the Un- ion Budget are Bengali and when I asked them from which district they belong to, they could not answer me," the leader said at a conference in Indore. workers were eating only 'Poha' (flattened rice). After speaking to them I realised they could not speak Hindi. I was later told that they starts. —ANI IN THE COURTYARD Nirbhaya convicts’ lawyer seeks docus to file pleas Bail granted to ex- Bhushan steel CMD Delhi HC grants interim relief to JNU students plea said that convicts undertook several steps to obtain relevant information necessary to file mercy petitions. "In the regular inter- val, the convicts have requested cerned authority to sup- ply documents pertain- ing to their medical records from 2012 to 2015 and from 2019 to 2020, records of cellular con- finement, records of the amount earned in prison through labour, records of educational and reformative activities," the plea said. —ANI Court extends bizman Thampi’s ED remand till January 28 its order on bail of San- jay Singhal after con- cluding from both the sides. Senior advocate Sid- harth Luthra and advocate Vijay Aggarwal, who appeared on behalf of Singhal, had argued that his client had fully cooperated with the agency and has appeared before it whenever called. On the other hand, public prosecutor Nitesh Rana representing ED had argued that Singal remained evasive and did not cooperate. —ANI Karnataka HC orders notice to Nithyananda and state New Delhi: Lawyer of Nirbhaya convicts, AP Singh filed an application before a Delhi court seeking urgent direc- tions to Tihar Jail authorities to provide documents needed to file curative and mercy petitions for 3 convicts. Singh contended that prison authorities have not issued documents required to file curative and mercy petitions for Vinay Sharma, Pawan Kumar Gupta and Ak- shay Kumar Singh. The application heard on Saturday . The Review plea of Fadnavis to be heard in open court by SC New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BSPL) chair- man and managing director Sanjay Singhal in connection with a multi-crore laundering case per- taining to an alleged bank loan fraud. Special CBI Judge Arun Bhardwaj, while granting bail, directed Singhal to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh and two sureties of the like amount. Court had on Thursday reserved arguments former the con- money HOSTEL MANUAL New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim relief to the students of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNU) and directed that they need to register for the winter session within one week as per the old manual and that no late fee is to be charged. Observing that 90 per cent of the students have already registered, Justice Rajiv Shakdar said, "As the remaining 10 per cent students are concerned, they need to register within one week as per the old manual. No late fee will be charged from them." Justice Shakdar was hearing a petition filed by the students' union of the varsity (JNUSU) challenging the decision to amend the Hos- tel Manual contending that it is "malafide, ar- bitrary, illegal and ad- versely affects the student community". The court also made Central government, through the Ministry of Human Resource Devel- opment and UGC, a party to the case. The court issued notices to the respondents University will be slow pace of question- ing as the accused has some medical issues and is being given suffi- cient time during interrogation. "We need more time as some new facts have sur- faced in the matter. We need to confront him with facts," Mahajan told the court, seeking an extension of the remand. However, Thampi's counsel senior advocate Raju Ramachandran strongly opposed the extension of remand ar- guing that he has already made 16 appear- ances before the agency . New Delhi: SC has decided to hear in open court review plea filed by former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis against its judgment di- recting that he will face trial for allegedly sup- pressing information in election affidavit. Fad- navis is accused of sup- pressing information in his 2014 election affidavit about two forgery and criminal defama- tion cases against him in a Nagpur court. "Application(s) seeking oral hearing of the review petitions in open court is/are allowed," order by a three- judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra stated. —ANI New Delhi: A special Delhi court on Friday extended till January 28 ED remand of NRI busi- nessman CC Thampi, a close aide of Robert Vadra, in connection with a money l a u n d e r i n g case. S p e c i a l Judge Arvind Kumar extended the remand by four days and asked ED officials to conclude the interrogation in the matter. The bail petition filed by Thampi will also be heard on the next date. Advocate Amit Ma- hajan, appearing for the ED, said the agency cannot be blamed for the Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered notice to the state government and self-styled godman Swa- mi Nithyananda while hearing a petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to him. A petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking cancellation of bail granted to Nithyananda for skipping the trial and fleeing the country . in the case and granted two weeks' time for them to file a reply and slated the matter for the next hearing on February 28. Senior advocate Akhil Sibal, appearing for JNUSU, told the court that the old hostel manual was altered in a nut- shell without consulting the representatives of the student body . —ANI these pending TUKDE TUKDE GANG PRESENT IN BOLLYWOOD TOO, SAYS UP MIN LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Minister Shrikant Sharma has said that there is a 'tukde tukde' gang in Bol- lywood which is speaking against the amended citizenship law with defi nite political motives. Shrikant Sharma was responding to remarks made by actor-director Nandita Das, who said that Delhi's Shaheen Bagh ‘AI SHOULDN’T SUBSTITUTE HUMAN DISCRETION IN JUDICIAL MATTERS’ New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde on Friday said that he is looking into the use of artifi cial intelligence (AI) for judicial functioning but added that it should never be allowed to substitute human discretion necessary for decision making.“Use of technology in judicial functioning is a fasci- BJP SHOULD STOP ‘PRODUCING FAKE NEWS’, SAYS YECHURY New Delhi: CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday slammed BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje for her tweet in which she had alleged that Hindus of Kuttipuram in Malappu- ram were being denied water as they support- ed CAA, and said that the “ruling party should stop producing fake news”. Yechury told media reporters. “BJP should stop doing fake news production, it is really harming the unity of the country and is against the country’s interest,” he said. CEO ASKS POLICE TO FILE FIR AGAINST BJP’S KAPIL MISHRA New Delhi: The Chief Electoral Offi cer (CEO) of Delhi on Friday asked the police to fi le an FIR against BJP leader Kapil Mishra for his tweet where he termed the Assembly elections in the national capital as a contest between ‘India and Pakistan.’ Mishra on January 23 had tweeted “... On 8th February there will be a contest between India and Pakistan on the streets of Delhi.” The Election Commission had asked Twitter to re- move the BJP leader’s post after the Delhi CEO’s offi ce requested the poll body. will be replicated. "Those from Bollywood speaking against CAA have political motives and are provoked by political parties. They should read CAA before speaking. We are not taking anyone's citizenship, but giving citizenship to those who faced persecution. They are also being misled by those with vested interests," he said. nating area and is an important breakthrough. Understanding the nature of matter decided by the tribunal, AI can play a signifi cant role in docket management and decision making,” CJI said addressing a gathering at the 79th foundation day celebration of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) at New Delhi.

SPORTS AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 INDIA KI JEET KA SHREYAS BRIEF ‘Ministry to hire 1500 coaches’ New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said government has decided to hire around 1500 coaches to fill up vacancies and ensured full support to the country’s athletes. “There are approximately 1500 vacancies for coaches, whom we couldn’t hire due to technical rea- sons. So we have decided to fill up these vacancies in the coming days,” Rijiju said on the sidelines of a program celebrating ‘National Girl Child Day’. India beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first T20I World record for most number of successful 200-plus chases nings with an 80-run partnership coming off only 47 balls. India crossed 100 in the ninth over thanks to their whirlwind partnership, albeit both had chances. (7) early in the second over as he played one too many shots in a bid to go after spinner Mitchell Santner (1-50). Rahul and Kohli then took charge of the in- Auckland: The im- mensely Shreyas Iyer enhanced his reputation of a fin- isher with a scintillat- ing as India crushed New Zealand by six wickets in a high-scoring first T20 Interna- tional. Iyer built on KL Rahul’s (56 off 27 balls) blazing start and Virat Kohli’s useful 45 off 32 balls as India made short work of a 204-run target, knocking it off with an over to spare. Credit should be given to Indian bowlers for restricting New Zea- land towards the end considering the dimen- sions of the Eden Park. Earlier, Colin Munro and Kane Williamson had smashed quick-fire half-centuries as New Zealand scored 203-5. In pursuit of 204, In- dia lost Rohit Sharma talented Dakar biker dies after Saudi crash The Hague: Dutch mo- torcyclist Edwin Strav- er, who crashed during the penultimate stage of the Dakar rally , has died of his injuries, his wife confirmed on Friday . The 48-year-old from Ri- jswijk in southern Neth- erlands fell from his KTM 450 on January 16 travelling at relatively low speed, but fractur- ing his spine. “Edwin died in the early hours of Friday morning sur- rounded by his loved ones,” his wife Anja den Hollander told AFP . Virat Kohli played an excellent supporting role by scoring 45. SCOREBOARD India vs New Zealand Toss: India, field first New Zealand MJ Guptill c Sharma b Dube C Munro c Chahal b Thakur Williamson c Kohli b Chahal Grandhomme c Dube b Jadeja 0 2 0 0 0.00 LRPL Taylor not out TL Seifert c Iyer b Bumrah MJ Santner not out Extras: 6 (lb 1, w 5) Total: 203/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.15) Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Martin Guptill, 7.5 ov), 2-116 (Colin Munro, 11.5 ov), 3-117 (Colin de Grandhomme, 12.2 ov), 4-178 (Kane Williamson, 16.6 ov), 5-181 (Tim Seifert, 17.5 ov) Bowling: JJ Bumrah 4-0-31-1, SN Thakur 3-0-44-1, Mohammed Shami 4-0-53-0, YS Chahal 4-0-32-1, S Dube 3-0-24-1, RA Jadeja 2-0-18-1. India RG Sharma c Taylor b Santner 7 6 0 1 116.66 KL Rahul c Southee b Sodhi V Kohli c Guptill b Tickner SS Iyer not out S Dube c Southee b Sodhi MK Pandey not out Extras: 11 (nb 1, w 10) Total: 204/4 (19 Overs, RR: 10.73) Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Rohit Sharma, 1.4 ov), 2-115 (KL Rahul, 9.6 ov), 3-121 (Virat Kohli, 11.1 ov), 4-142 (Shivam Dube, 13.2 ov) Bowling: TG Southee 4-0-48-0, MJ Santner 4-0- 50-1, HK Bennett 4-0-36-0, BM Tickner 3-0-34-1, IS Sodhi 4-0-36-2. India win by 6 wickets R B 4 6 SR R B 4 6 SR 30 19 4 1 157.89 59 42 6 2 140.47 51 26 4 4 196.15 56 27 4 3 207.40 45 32 3 1 140.62 58 29 5 3 200.00 13 9 1 1 144.44 14 12 0 1 116.66 HIGHEST TARGET CHASED BY INDIA AIFF launches masters course New Delhi: The All In- dia Football Federation has launched a football management program after the signing of an MoU with Spanish second division side Cadiz CF. This will enable students in the program to study in three cities over the course of a year New Delhi, Mum- bai and Cadiz in Spain. The program will provide exemplary football managers to meet the needs of Indian football. 54 27 3 3 200.00 1 2 0 0 50.00 2 2 0 0 100.00 z 208 v WI Hy- derabad 2019 z 207 v SL Mohali 2009 z 204 v NZ Auckland 2020* Rohit Sharma is celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss New Zealands Martin Guptill during the T20I cricket international. BBL: Coach David Hussey fined for breaching Code of Conduct Tearful Wozniacki heads into retirement after 3rd round upset NBA champion Ron to visit India Mumbai: The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday announced that five-time NBA champion Ron Harper will visit India from January 25 to 30 as part of the league’s continued efforts to grow the game in the country . Harper will first stop in Mumbai on January 25, where he will engage with the youth at the NBA Bas- ketball School at the St. Stanislaus School. The initial charge was lodged after watching a television Hussey conducted during the ninth over of the Melbourne Stars’ in- nings against the Ade- laide Strikers at the Ad- elaide Oval on Janu- ary 22. under Article 2.23 after earlier being found not guilty by independent Code of Conduct Com- missioner Adrian An- derson of breaching Article 2.18 for attempt- ing to gain an unfair advantage during a Big Bash League match. Melbourne Sydney: Stars coach David Hus- sey has been fined $2,000 for a level one breach of Article 2.23 of Cricket Australia’s Code of Con- duct for acting contrary to the Spirit of Cricket. Hussey accepted the offence and sanction Nurture our daughters with equal opportunities: Sachin interview Liverpool beat Wolves 2-1 New Delhi: Riding on goals from Jordan Hen- derson and Roberto Fir- mino, Liverpool on Thursday edged past Wolverhampton with a 2-1 scorecard at Mo- lineux Stadium, extend- ing their Premier League winning streak to 14 matches. The Reds are now unbeaten in their last 40 games in the English top flight. They have 67 points from 23 matches, 16 points more than second-placed Manchester City, who have played a game more. bowling great Court- ney Walsh will also coach the Ponting XI and Warne XI respec- tively in the Bushfire Cricket Bash set to be played on February 8. The charity match will be the curtain-rais- er to the Big Bash final on February 8, with the venue yet to be determined. Both matches, as well as the Australia women’s T20I match against India at Junc- tion Oval, are on the same day . New Delhi: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday called for equal opportunities for daughters of the country on the occasion of National Girl Child Day . “Daughters are our pride and the light in our lives. Let’s nurture them with love and equal opportunities to follow their dreams,” Tendulkar said in a tweet. India observes the National Girl Child Day on January 24. It is celebrated Caroline Wozniacki unfurls Denmark’s flag after her third-round loss. like to thank the fans, the support we feel on court is really amazing. Also the support I’ve had my from family, and especially my dad, who has coached me all those years,” she said, through the tears. “I usually don’t cry, sor- ry, those are the special moments I’ll remember. It’s been really amazing, a great ride. I really am happy , though, I’m ready for the next Wozniacki said. Melbourne: A tearful but happy Caroline Wozniacki into retirement after a 7-5 3-6 7-5 third-round defeat at the hands of Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur ended her participation in the Australian Open and her 16-year career. The 29-year- old said last year that Melbourne would be the site of her final outing as a tennis professional. Wozniacki, one of the most popular players on the women’s cir- WTA World No. 1 headed Two-time Year- End No. 1 30 WTA singles titles awareness among people about inequalities, discrimination and ex- ploitation faced by girls in society. Tendulkar and West Indies fast- smiling WTA Finals Champion Two-time WTA Diamond ACES Award winner to raise Park, KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES cuit, sat beside the court soaking up the atmosphere for a few BIG UPSET: 7-TIMES CHAMPION SERENA WILLIAMS SUFFERS DRAMATIC EXIT Serena Wiliams’ hunt for a 24th grand slam remains a work in progress after the seven-times champion suffered an exit from the Australian Open, her earliest in 14 years, falling 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 to China’s Wang Qiang in a stunning third round upset that tore the women’s tournament open. “I made far too many errors to be a professional athlete,” Williams said. moments before addressing a packed Mel- bourne Arena. “I’d NADA collects 346 samples chapter.” Shooting, Aquatics, Weightlift- ing, Boxing, Basket- ball, Kho-Kho, Football, Hockey, Wrestling, and Badminton,” it added. In the final medal tally of Khelo India Youth Games 2020, Ma- harashtra first with 256 medals, bettering their 2019 effort of 228. Haryana came second and also became 2nd state to win 200 medals while Delhi finished at third with 122 medals. Kabaddi, New Delhi: National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has collected 346 athletes samples at recently concluded Kh- elo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati with an aim to promote clean sports. “It has been a great success this time as we have exceeded our target and sent out a message of a no-tolerance policy for doping,” Na- tional Anti Agency said in a statement. “We have been ROGER FEDERER’S 100TH WIN Roger Federer worked hard for 100th win at Australian Open as he survived a massive scare by Aussie world No 47 John Millman in the 3rd round, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 (8). THIRD SEED CRASHES OUT The World No.32 Milos Raonic pulled off the upset over the defend- ing semifinalist and No.6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round of the Australian Open 2020 on Friday. finished including Gymnastics, ball, Judo, Table Ten- nis, Cycling, Archery, Lawn Ball, Athletics, Volley- working extensively on spreading out a message against the practice of doping and have covered various sports Doping Tennis,

Of course, there will be obstacles. They are part of the joy of success and achievement. 2NDFRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 SHAH WASN’T JUST FLYING KITES, HE WAS IN A ‘MISSION’ Union Home Minister was here interacting with Gujarat leaders & getting ‘ground reality reports’ CEC Arora: Elections are indispensable root of democracy GUJARAT FIEFDOM First India News Vaghani, whose term has expired. Shah landed on his home turf in the night of January 10 and the next day had a string of engagements throughout 11. After spending the night, Shah flew back to New Delhi the next morning. He was back in Ahmedabad on Jan- uary 13 night and the next day, (Uttarayan), was seen flying kites from a terrace in the city’s Prahladnagar area. It is afterall crucial for both PM Naren- dra Modi & Amit Shah that their Gujarat fiefdom remains tact,with Rajya Sabha elections in April, municipal corporation and local bodies polls towards the end of the year, and then the State Assembly battle slated for 2022. Ahmedabad: So, you thought Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in Ahmedabad here around Uttarayan just to fly kites. Or just to inaugurate a slew of State Government projects, leaving his hectic sched- ule between the nationwide protests over CAA and NRC. He came twice during last 10 days and spent two days, but the story lies in the four nights he was here interacting with Guja- rat leaders and getting ‘ground reality reports’. It was only after this visit that the intense speculations over the future of CM Vijay Ru- pani came almost to a close. Earlier, the Union Home Minister was at Rupani’s official resi- dence to see the func- January CEC Sunil Arora took over as Chairperson of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for the year 2020. tioning of CM’s Dash- board and at a lunch where several BJP leaders were present (First India reported first). Here, Shah is learnt to have hinted at his displeasure over the working of State unit. Shah also reportedly held discussions with the state leaders about the re-organisation of the State BJP unit, including the future of present chief, Jitubhai New Delhi: CEC Sunil Arora said that democracy has proven to be the most enduring political system and elections are the indispensable root of democracy . He took over as Chair- person of the Forum of the Election Manage- ment Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for the year 2020. Election Commission of India on Friday host- ed the 10th annual meeting of the FEMBoSA in the national capital. CEC of Bangladesh, KM Nurul Huda was the Chairperson of FEMBoSA. Arora drew a special mention to the general election 2019 along with assembly elections and said, “Election is the most indispensable root of democracy. After votes have been count- ed, the result must be accepted no matter how disappointed the defeat- ed candidate feels.” Today ECI will ob- serve 10th National Vot- ers’ day in the presence of President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Law linking Aadhaar to Voter ID on cards this in tee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its consideration so that a Bill in this regard could be introduced before the Parliament. The amendments to the Representation of the People Act will require citizens to link their Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) with the 12-digit Aad- haar, while ensuring privacy protection. “The Ministry is busy in preparing a Cabinet note considering Election Com- mission’’s proposal to tweak the electoral law,” an official said. New Delhi: Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Elec- tion Commission’’s proposal to give it statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar numbers of new ap- plicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in the electoral rolls. The sources said, is working to amend the Rep- resentation of the People Act, 1951, and is expected to submit the changes before the Cabinet commit- Home Minister Amit Shah fl ying kite during the eve of Makar Sankranti. —FILE PHOTO ‘Inclusion of CAA in syllabus of Univ unfair’ Hardik Patel gets bail First India News CITIZENSHIP LAW IN UNIV SYLLABUS Lucknow: Bahujan Sa- maj Party Mayawati said that her party opposes the decision of inclusion of “highly-controversial and divisive” Citizen- ship Amendment Act (CAA) in the syllabus of the Lucknow University . The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said that the inclusion of CAA in the course of Political Science by the varsity is absolutely ‘wrong and unfair’. “De- bate on CAA is fine. But despite the court’s hear- chief Ministry, Ahmedabad: After being arrested thrice in a week’s time, Patidar- Congress leader Hardik Patel was finally released on Friday. How- ever, his release span would be short-lived as according to the sources, he is very likely to be detained by the Vas- trapur Police on Janu- ary 25. He was first arrested by the Cyber Cell on January 18, for evad- ing court hearing in a sedition case of 2015. On January 22, he was granted condition- al bail & was released from Sabarmati Jail. But the very next day on January 23, he was again arrested by Gan- dhinagar Police for un- lawful assembly case filed in 2017. On Janu- ary 24, he was released by Gandhinagar Police after he secured bail from Mansa court. But Hardik was soon arrested by the Siddhpur Police. The case was filed against him before the assembly election. BJP ‘dabang’ MLA threatens to slap Madhu Srivastav revenue officers, party defends him gees from Hindu, Chris- tian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bang- ladesh and who entered India on or before De- cember 31, 2014. —ANI She further said that the BSP strongly opposes this decision and will “definitely take it back” if her party comes to power in the state. The CAA grants In- dian citizenship to refu- ing over the matter, the inclusion of this highly controversial and divisive citizenship law by the Lucknow Universi- ty in the syllabus is completely wrong and unfair,” tweeted in Hindi. In democracy, power is won and le- gitimized only by regular elections, based on the universal, equal, direct and freely expressed suffrage. —Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner Mayawati Ranthambore Tiger Park Zone one closed for tourists Nirmal Tiwari place recently when T86 charged a Gypsy with a loud roar. In that incident too, the Gypsy op- erator was patient and took the car away from the tiger. After this incident, Arvind Kumar Jha, Deputy Forest Con- servator of Tourism, informed that the Park Zone I has been closed for tourists until further orders. sador Kenneth Juster charged by tiger T107. Moreover, Tiger T107 was very angry, and with Gypsies coming from both the sides, he charged them. Thank- fully, the drivers drove the Gypsies away from the tiger. With tiger’s charging, the tourists including kids were ter- rified for a moment. A similar incident took Cart Palace on Wheels on Friday. Meanwhile, some other Gypsies also joined Zone I with tourists. Sources while tiger T107 was visible to tourists during this period, the Gyp- sy operators took the vehicles closer to the tiger for better visibili- ty . The tigers after hearing the noise of tour- populated areas. Re- cently, a tiger was spot- ted sitting in a guava orchard. On Friday, a big incident was avert- ed by the intelligence of Gypsy drivers as tigers attacked two Gypsies carrying tourists. US Ambassador Kenneth Juster went on a safari in the morning at Zone I of Ranthambore with tourists of the Royal Ranthambore: ecological system of the Ranthambore Park is highly disturbed these days due to an increase in the number of tigers and narrowing forest area. The imbal- ance is leading to tiger fights over territory or sighting of tigers in nearby villages and The Tiger say that ists, the angry tiger T 107 suddenly charged the Gypsies. However, it has not been confirmed whether it was the Gyp- sy carrying US ambas- PM to address Global Potato Conclave via video conference First India News gy could be harnessed for bigger and better yield. Also planned are interactive with farmers under ‘Kisan Gosthi.’ Potato has carved a special place for itself in the world food indeed as in terms of human con- sumption, potato is the third most important food crop in the world after rice and wheat. Potato’s importance in food & nutritional security of world led to official declaration of the year 2008 as the Interna- tional Year of Potato by the UN. Demand for both fresh & processed potatoes is on the rise. First India News to install a tall statue in the middle of the lake. He wishes to invest Rs 10 to 15 crore. Reve- nue department has not approved this because there is a high court stay order on any development in any type of water bodies in the state. Madhu outburst on Friday came as a surprise to many within the party and in political circles. It came almost 36 hours after the party had successfully convinced Savli (Va- dodara district) MLA Ketan Inamdar to with- draw his resignation. one, his soul is pious.” Srivastav had gone to the extent of alleging that Revenue Depart- ment officers were not following the orders of the Revenue Minister. Revenue Minister Kau- shik Patel sounded de- fensive and tried to justify the ment’s action. The Waghodia MLA wants to build a Hanu- man temple in the middle of Vadi lake. He claims to have got permission from the municipal corporation and even the district collector. claimed that he wants Ahmedabad: The PM Narendra Modi will address the Global Potato Conclave on January 28th through video conference. The conclave is organised at the Mahat- ma Mandir in Gandhi- nagar by Indian Council of Agriculture search, ICAR- Central Potato Research Insti- tute (ICAR-CPRI) & In- dian Potato Association. Agriculture experts from 30 different nations across the world will attend 3 day conclave which will begin on January 28th around 10.30 am where PM sessions Vadodara: The hot- headed BJP MLA from Vadodara Madhu Sriv- astav on Friday pub- licly threatened to de- liver five slaps on the face of a revenue officer who did not ap- prove his file to build a Hanuman Temple in the middle of Vadi lake in Vadodara city. He did not stop there, Srivastav even assert- ed, “I don’t plead before officers to clear my file, I compel them to do my work.” However, BJP leaders came out in de- Dr Swarup Kumar Chakrabarti depart- Modi through video conference. The conclave will conclude on January 30. Also planned is an ‘Agri-Expo’ with more than 300 stalls. There will be special field visit programmes farmers will be taken to the field & will be shown how modern technolo- will address Re- Srivastav’s BJP MLA from Vadodara Madhu Srivastav him, stating, “Srivas- tav is by nature an angry person, He never has bad intentions or grudge against any- fence of Srivastav instead of reprimanding him for his utterances. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel defended where He has

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 11 AHMEDABAD, SATURDAY JANUARY 25, 2020 Day 02 23RD - 27TH JANUARY 2020 —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR JLF TADKA! LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL MESS The audience of Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 witnessed the journey and unfiltered emotions of Bollywood actress Lisa Ray in the session VANSHIKHA GOUR vanshikha.gour@firstindia.co.in O n the second day of Jaipur Literature Fes- tival 2020, Bollywood actress Lisa shared about her book, ‘Close to the Bone’, that highlights the an- ecdotes about her journey, the struggles she faced, cancer, and many more, in a conversation with Sanjoy K Roy . “While my parents were busy making a family in Can- ada, my grandma was in charge to take care of me. She would read from Polish news- papers and go ‘Oh God! An- other crash in India. I hope your father’s relatives were not in this terrible thing that happened.’ She desired to somehow condition me away from my heathen side. The irony of everything is that my strongest connection, strongest alignment, is with India today,” said Lisa during the session. While talking about her book, ‘Close to the Bone’, Lisa shared, “Even presenting this Ray —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA Lisa Ray with husband Jason Dehni lovable. But now I have come to a great sense of peace with this truth of life that change is the only thing constant. I believe in taking back my power and voice away from the world because I do not need outside validation from anybody. The power is in within myself. I believe that life is a beautiful mess,” Lisa said while wrap- ping up the session. about breaking open my ribs, bones and heart and putting them on a platter. It is about my being candid, what I went through and where I am now.” “There was a time when I was being bombarded by the world. The thinner I got because of my health crisis, the more I was celebrated. There was always a part of me that did not feel worthy enough or book was quite a challenge for me. When people talk about me, they just know a few key- words like model, actress, cancer, etc. But I hope when a reader actually enters the words of the book, they will understand that it has become my lifeline and my ability to reach out to everyone. We con- nect through our failures and obstacles. This book is literally my ROYALLY YOURS FRANCESCA CARTIER BRICKELL OPENS UP ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST ELITE JEWELLERY BRAND ‘CARTIER’ NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in D launched Francesca Cartier Brickell’s Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire’ with Meru Gokhale on Friday . During the session, opened up about the history of the world’s finest jewellery brand ‘Cartier’. “It was about 10 years ago when I discovered an old trunk with hundreds of letters that be- ay two of Jaipur Lit- erature Festival (JLF) witnessed royalty , as Diya the Hope Diamond, and much more. The colours and stones of India had inspired Jacques Cartier, author’s grandfather, in curating colourful jewellery pieces, which eventually gained worldwide recognition. Dur- ing the session, the author narrated a few lines from the book, which eventually made the audience curious about knowing more about the history of the world’s elite jewellery brand. of the brand was that there was never any involvement of jewellery designers, as the designs were created by the architects to create something different and unique. Francesca spoke about various mag- nificent creations like the Tiara inspired by the 18th- century architecture, San- tos De Cartier- the first-ever wristwatch males, the necklace made for Maharaja Bhupinder Singh (Maharaja of Patiala), longed to my grandfather. The letters explained the history of Cartier as a brand, and I was extremely keen on researching every single thing, because of which I ended up writing a book.” The author also mentioned that according to her, India plays a very important role in the history of the brand. Cartier was started by 3 brothers- Louis, Pierre and Jacques Cartier, with their motto being ‘never copy , only create’. The specialty Kumari great- book ‘The also Francesca curated for Diya Kumari and Francesca Cartier Brickell

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JLF’20 AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 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 Day 02 23RD - 27TH JANUARY 2020 JLF TADKA! —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR, SANTOSH SHARMA & SUNIL SHARMA Over the years, the JLF has combined to become not just the biggest literary festival in the world, but the biggest fashion festival too. City First brings to you the looks of various fashionistas and several other glimpses, which caught the eyes on the second day of the festival

CITY BUZZ AHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 14 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia MISS SARGAM? —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR ed not once but many times from different perspective by different authors.” “I started writing short stories for a theatrical production of music. I worked with theatrical artists for the production of a song that had 6-7 stories in it. It got a very warm response from audience of theatres and music, so I thought why not continue this path of writing short stories and where perhaps we can include musicians and their nu- ances.” said the vocalist. Mudgal shared that a lot of people see musicians on stage but musicians are different people off stage. She said, “This book actually holds your hand and takes you to behind the scenes to see how it all unfolds.” “Musicians are substituta- ble and it is sad that after so many years of practice, you’re still where you were in the start.” said the musician. Talking about the increasing importance of technology in the music industry, the musician said, “Technology can be used for great advantages but totally relying on it is bad. I think we’re moving towards the situation where the louder you’re, the better everyone feels about you.” Models posing on the ramp during the fashion show KARISHMA GWALANI cityfirst@firstindia.co.in THE TWO-DAY ANNUAL EXHIBITION EVENT AT THE ELLEN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN PICKED UP WITH A FASHION SHOW ON FRIDAY O n the second day of Jaipur Literature Festi- val, the acclaimed vocalist Shubha Mudgal talked about her debut collection of short stories, ‘Looking for Miss Sargam: Stories of Music and Misadventure’ in a conversation with Sudha Sadhanand. Laced with humour, Shubha dived into her repertoire of stories of despair, hope and loss. While talking about her musi- cal journey, Mudgal said, “My parents were academicians and I had to acknowledge it. They were fond of art and had always en- couraged me to attend concerts, read books, listen to various kinds of music and that’s where my obsession for music began.” The seven stories in ‘Looking for Miss Sargam’ are fictional and yet very realistic accounts of classical musicians of all times. She mentioned, “The kind of work that was done by Vilayat Khan that needs to be document- COLOURS OF DIVERSITY On the first day of the fest, a fashion show on the theme ‘One India’ was held to showcase the garments being exhibited in the exhibition. During the event, around 80 models walked the ramp donning the outfits designed by the college students, depicting the modest fashion, inspired by different cultures in India. To take the event to a larger scale, a few inter-college compe- titions like Stand Up Comedy, Poster Making, Singing and more were also organised, where more than 150 students partici- pated from various colleges of the Pink City . The college premises was fully decked up with colourful and artistic products, along with 15 stalls being exhibited by 200 (ap- prox) students from the college, displaying garments, Decorative interior products, Painting, Jew- ellery, Vintage goods and more. KIRTI CHAUHAN kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in T sign on Friday at the college premises. The event was inaugurated by the Italian fashion design- er Manuela Along with her, various fashion enthusiasts and designers including Kirti Rathore, Yogesh Mishra and Miss Rajasthan 2019 winner Kanchan Kha- tana and more were also present as the guests to encourage and promote he annual design fest ‘La Musee D’Art’ was organised by Ellen School of Art and De- two-day Catania. Yogesh Mishra, Kanchan Khatana and Gaurav Verma the work done by the students, informed Director of College, Ram Yadav. OF ART AND LIFE MICA CONCLUDES THE SUMMIT CITY FIRST M larly known as EDC concluded its annual flagship event e-summit 2019 after two days of formal and informal events, workshops and speaker sessions. The Entrepreneur- ship Development Cell at MICA seeks to celebrate the spirit of en- trepreneurship and encourage the start-up culture at MICA through events and networking activities. The theme for this year was ‘Take-off’ aiming to give wings to the en- trepreneurial ideas of the students. The two- day event witnessed huge participation in formal case study competition Start-up ga- rage 5.0. The teams surprised the judges with their unique en- trepreneurial ideas. The event concluded ternational Start-up CITY FIRST S sign at CEPT University . At the age of 24, Anisha Samal has already learnt to juggle multiple hats. In her art, she com- bines her interest in crafts and miniatures with her passion for making art. Her exhibition titled Aadhvan, currently on display at the Ahmedabad ni Gufa here in Ahmedabad is a collective set of art- works depicting her journey through life. he’s an artist from Orissa and a post- graduate student of furniture de- ICA’s Entre- preneurship Development Cell, popu- day event where he talked about his journey before and after he took off with his idea of a Fintech company . Students were also a part of workshop on Bollywood as an inno- vator in AR/VR in col- laboration with Super- fan AI. There were a number of other informal events like sar- casm workshops, food entrepreneurs, family business and committee wars as part of the event. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com —PHOTOS BY NANDAN DAVE Enrichment Tour, 2020. An evening with speaker Mukul Sachan, Co-founder of Lending- kart was also organized as part of the two- with a nail biting round where teams battled it out for a cash prize and round trip to Singapore to attend In- and Anisha Samal Spanning perspectives, the paint- ings focus on themes such as womanhood, love and nature. Her feminine forms resonate with a beautiful and strong energy while also giving a social message against the objectifica- tion of women. cIn addition,she attempts to give a contemporary- abstract style to a spiritual subjects as a way of expression. Each painting in the exhibition is accompanied by a little write-up and These were penned by Raj Gaurav, Anisha’s batchmate from CEPT. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com different WHAT’S HAPPENING! Yesteryears Bollywood actress Vyjayanthimala Bali launched Wings of Nature in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The book, curated by architect and photographer Sanat Shodhan, is a labour of love that has been 20 years in the making. Published by Printbox, Wings of Nature is a one- of-a-kind pictorial guide on birds and bird watching and includes of over 500 pictures of birds and their beautiful habitats. poem.

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