FREE PRESS - VOL. 11 NO. 362 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | JUNE 14, 2022 | PAGES 14 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; FOR 24X7 UPDATES NEW DELHI News Brief Three boys drown in well Three boys drowned while taking bath in a 35-feetdeep well in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Gorkha village, located about 100 km from the district headquarters in Sultanganj police station limits, they said. Abducted UP girl rescued from MP Four months after she went missing, a 20-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur has been found by police from Morena district in Madhya Pradesh. The girl told the police that she had been abducted by two persons, Jitendra Gupta and Pawan, in February. The two raped her and then pushed her into prostitution. First underground museum Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country's first-ever underground 'Gallery of Revolutionaries', a museum dedicated to the luminaries of the Indian Independence Movement, created at the Maharashtra Raj Bhavan, on June 14. Moderate quake in Meghalaya A moderate quake, measuring 4 on the Richter scale, was recorded in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills and adjoining areas on Monday but no loss of life and damage to property has been reported so far. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported that the tremors were also felt in adjoining areas of Assam and the tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km from the surface. Hari Chand dies at 69 Two-time Asian Games gold medallist in longdistance running, Hari Chand, passed away on Monday morning aged 69. The former athlete was reportedly undergoing treatment in Jalandhar. Hari Chand was the winner of gold medals in 5000m and 1000m events at the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games Online betting ads banned The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday issued an advisory to print, electronic and digital media to refrain from advertising the online betting platforms. The ministry has also advised the online and social media, including the online advertisement intermediaries and publishers, to not display such ads in India or target the Indian audience. BJP sweeps Karbi Council polls The ruling BJP in Assam on Monday swept the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council elections, winning all the 26 constituencies, the State Election Commission (SEC) said. Congress, the principal opposition party in the state, scored a duck. "The counting of votes was held peacefully. BJP won all the 26 seats," SEC said in a statement. Equity investors became poorer by over Rs 9.75 lakh crore in two days of heavy decline in the equity market, with the Sensex plunging 1,457 points on Monday . The 30-share BSE benchmark 1,456.74 tanked points or 2.68 per cent to settle at 52,846.70 on Mon. day It had ended 1,016.84 points or 1.84 per cent low. er at 54,303.44 on Friday In line with weak trend in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed Rs by eroded firms 9,75,889.77 crore to Rs 2,45,19,673.44 crore in two days. "Markets crashed with full force on the first day of the week, as benchmark indices slumped below their Blade attack main accused to be booked under NSA: Minister FP NEWS SERVICE Bhopal After media outcry and huge public resentment over the outrageous blade attack incident of Bhopal, the state government swung into action. Home minister Dr Narottam Mishra told media on Monday affirmed that the main accused in the case –Badshah Baig, would be booked under National Security Act. Free Press (digital) had on Sunday highlighted the fact that the main accused SIT FORMED TO FAST-TRACK CASE of the attack, Badshah Baig, is a hardened criminal with 32 cases against him lodged at nine police stations on the city Follow. ing a tiff over eveteasing with a woman on June 9, Baig assaulted the woman with a sharp blade inflicting a severe injury on her face. The woman received 118 stitches on her A Special Investigation Team led by the Director General of Police has been formed. CONTD. ON P6 EDIT PREZ ELECTION: CRITICAL FOR OPPOSITION UNITY Rupee slides 11 paise against USD, breaches 78-mark for first time Dropping for the third straight session, the rupee depreciated by 11 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 78.04 against the US dollar on Monday as a global market meltdown and stronger greenback overseas weighed on investor sentiment. The safe-haven dollar climbed as investors wagered on accelerated rate hikes by the Federal Reserve after US consumer inflation soared to a fourdecade high in May. crucial levels on acrossthe-board selling pressure. There have been heightened concerns amongst investors that central banks will be more aggressive in the coming months to hike interest rate in order to combat inflation, which will in turn hurt economic growth and put margins under pressure. "Markets were also down due to continued strength in Brent crude prices, 10year bond yields rising to 3.20% from recent lows of 2.80%, and the expected said numbers," CPI Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities Ltd. Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, TCS, NTPC, Infosys and State Bank of India were the major laggards in HC WARNING ON HATE SPEECH THOSE IN POWER MUST ACT RESPONSIBLY NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court turned down the plea of CPM's Brinda Karat to allow a police case against BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma on Monday over alleged hate speech delivered in 2020 during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The court upheld the order of the trial court, which had turned down a similar appeal last year on the ground that there was no mandatory sanction from the central government. The High Court, however, issued strong remarks on the subject of hate speech, especially by political leaders. Expressing concern, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said, "Hate speech is given by elected representatives, political and religious leaders especially on the basis of religion, caste, region or ethnicity is against the concept of brotherhood". Such people, he said, NEW DELHI "bulldoze the constitutional ethos" and violates the equality and liberty granted under the Constitution. "This is a gross insult to the fundamental duties prescribed under the Constitution. Therefore, there is a need for strict action from the central and state governments," the judge said. Calling hate speech the "starting point of attacks" - ranging from discrimination to exclusion, deportation, and, even genocide -"against a targeted community" the court said it is "not appropriate for leaders to engage in such acts or speeches". "In a democracy like India, the elected leaders carry their responsibility not only towards the voters in their , constituency but also towards the society and nation as a whole and ultimately to the Constitution," the court said. CONTD. ON P6 nal, which satellite images indicate includes the construction of over 300 new missile silos," SIPRI's statement noted. China had 350 nuclear warheads in January 2021 as well as January 2022, it stated. "Even though SIPRI's estimate of China's total inventory is the same as for Janu- ary 2021, the number of stockpiled warheads potentially available for use has new because changed launchers became operational during 2021," it noted. While India's nuclear stockpile increased from 156 in January 2021 to 160 in January 2022, Pakistan's nuclear stockpile has remained at 165 in January 2021 and January 2022, it claimed. "India and Pakistan appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, and both countries introduced and PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN THE FOSSIL HISTORY Rare dinosaur 'egg-in-egg' found in Bagh area NEW DELHI A team of researchers from Delhi University has discovered an 'egg-in-egg' dinosaur egg from Madhya Pradesh, which is probably the first time in the fossil , history a statement issued by it said. According to the researchers, the discovery is a "rare and important find" as no 'ovum-in-ovo' egg was found in reptiles until now. The findings have been published in the latest issue of the journal Scientific Reports. tiabnormal The tanosaurid dinosaur egg was discovered from Bagh 34.30c. 23.50c REPRESENTATIVE PIC area in MP's Dhar district, and could provide important insights into whether dinosaurs had a reproductive biology similar to that of turtles and lizards, or crocodiles and birds, their immediate cousins, they said. The Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of central India has been long known for discovery of di- nosaur fossils (both skeletal and egg remains). The authors documented a large number of titanosaurid sauropod nests near Padlya village close to Bagh town. While studying these nests, the researchers came across one 'abnormal egg'. The research team found a sauropod dinosaur nest consisting of 10 eggs including the abnormal egg which had two continuous and circular eggshell layers separated by a wide gap reminiscent of ovumin-ovo (one egg inside another egg) pathology of birds, read the statement. CONTD. ON P6 Sunrise : 05.42 Sunset : 07.12 SUPERWOMAN SHILPA’S COMEBACK Pg-14 NCLAT UPHOLDS Rs 200 crore penalty; to be deposited within 45 days the Sensex pack on Mon. day In the broader market, the BSE smallcap gauge tanked 3.15 per cent and midcap index declined by 2.73 per cent. All BSE sectoral indices ended lower, with IT tumbling 3.92 per cent, followed by teck (3.45 per cent), metal (3.39 per cent), industrials (3.35 per cent), finance (3.17 per cent) and bank (3.12 per cent). A total of 2,839 stocks declined, while 658 advanced and 116 remained unchanged. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai settled with deep cuts. Markets in Europe were also facing heavy selling pressure in mid-session deals. CONTD. ON P6 3 die due to food poisoning in Rewa, CM mourns OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Three persons including a 5-year-old child died due to food poisoning in Rewa on . Monday Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in his tweet, expressed grief on deaths of children. After Mandla district, it is now Rewa District where people have died due to food poisoning Madhya in Pradesh. The chief minister has wished for speedy recovery of people undergoing treatment in the hospital. A 5-member team of the health department conducted door-to-door treatment by camping for a week. The patients were taken to Sirmaur Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Medical College, Rewa, hospital through ambulance. Rewa district collector Manoj Pushp said three deaths were reported from June 7-13. Two of them are over 75 years of age and one child is 5-year-old. We organised health check-up camp and conducted water testing so there is no water contamination. CONTD. ON P6 INDIA, PAK EXPANDING NUCLEAR ARSENAL: THINK TANK India had 160 nuclear warheads as on January 2022 and it appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, Stockholm-based defence think tank SIPRI . claimed on Monday Similarly, Pakistan also appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement. "China is in the middle of a substantial expansion of its nuclear weapon arse- WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE INVESTOR WEALTH CRASHES Dealbreaker: OVER RS 9.75 LAKH CRORE Setback for WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN `3 QUALITY AT VALUE RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 continued to develop new types of nuclear delivery system in 2021," it claimed. India does not share official data on its nuclear arsenal. "The availability of reliable information on the status of the nuclear arsenals and capabilities of the states nuclear-armed ...India varies considerably and Pakistan make statements about some of their missile tests but provide no information about the status or size of their arsenals," the SIPRI's statement said. CONTD. ON P6 Shakti Kapoor's son detained after drug raid at 5-Star BENGALURU: Actor Shakti Kapoor's son, Siddhanth, has been detained for allegedly taking drugs during a party at a Bengaluru ho. tel, the police said today Acting on a tip-off, police raided the party at the Park Hotel and sent samples of around 35 guests for medical tests. Five guests tested positive for drugs and Siddhanth Kapoor was one of them, officials said. Siddhanth Kapoor was in. vited as a DJ at the party Five more people have been . taken into custody "A total of five persons have been arrested including Siddhanth Kapoor after they tested positive for consuming drugs. CONTD. ON P6 Amazon NEW DELHI In a major setback to Amazon, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday rejected the US e-commerce giant's appeal against an antitrust suspension of its investment deal with Future Group, saying the retailer had not made full disclosures at the time of seeking approval. NCLAT also upheld a Rs 200 crore penalty imposed on Amazon by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and asked the e-commerce giant to deposit the same in 45 days. It supported the CCI findings that Amazon didn't make full disclosures regarding the deal with Future Retail subsidiary - Future Coupons Pvt Ltd (FCPL). The competition watchdog had on December 17, 2021, levied a Rs 200 crore penalty on Amazon and suspended its deal with Future, stating that the US firm deliberately suppressed the actual scope and purpose of the 2019 investment and made false and incorrect statements. Amazon had challenged the decision, arguing that it had not concealed any information. Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC (Amazon), a direct subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc, had in 2019 acquired 49 per cent shareholding in FCPL, which in turn held 9.82 per cent interest in FRL. CONTD. ON P6 NATIONAL HERALD CASE ED quizzes Rahul in 2 sessions as Cong protests AGENCIES New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in a money laundering probe linked to the National Herald newspaper after the MP reached the headquarters agency's here accompanied by a battery of party leaders and supporters. Gandhi, who entered the headquarters of the federal agency in central Delhi around 11.10 am, was put to questioning about 20 minutes later after he finished some brief legal proceedings and marked his attendance. He was allowed by the ED to leave for lunch around 2:10 pm and he returned for the questioning around 3:30 pm, officials said. It is understood that Gandhi wrote down his statement under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) during the first round of questioning. The former Congress president first left for the ED office from the Congress headquarters on Akbar Road in the morning and was accompanied by party leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram. CONTD. ON P6 Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka and Congress men walk to ED office in Delhi Venugopal collapses in police custody Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, who recovered from a week's bout of Covid-19 only on Sunday, collapsed in the police custody after the arrest of a large number of the party leaders for violation of the prohibitory orders under section 144. RaGa briefs Sonia Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday seized the lunch break to rush to the Gangaram Hospital here to brief his mother Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the first round of questions posed to him in the interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate officials in the National Herald case and returned to its office for the second round of interrogation. CONG PROTECTING GANDHIS' RS 2,000 CR ASSETS: IRANI police India by Congress mid road Minister to prevent their demonstrations here, Abarricadesblockades conference atworkers around UnionGate and Smriti Irani claimed at a press the BJP headquarters that they were not to protect democracy but protect the Gandhis' assets of Rs 2,000 amassed through corrupt practices. Man ends life by jumping into cousin's funeral pyre SAGAR An 18-year-old man allegedly ended his life by jumping into the funeral pyre of his cousin sister in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, . police said on Monday The incident took place on Friday evening in Majhguwa village under Baheria police station limits, they said, adding that the reason behind his extreme step was not yet known. The man's 21-year-old cousin went missing on Thursday evening after she left home to go to a farm to fetch some vegetables, Baheria police station incharge Divya Prakash Tripathi said. When she did not return, her family started a search. They suspected that she might have slipped into a well located at a farm in the village. Later, they spotted the woman's body in the well and informed police, the of- ficial said. After getting inthe about formation woman's death, her cousin Karan (18), who lived in Dhar, located 430 km from here, travelled to Sagar on his motorcycle, he said. On Friday evening, during the woman's last rites, Karan allegedly jumped into the burning pyre, the official said. Some villagers pulled him away and rushed him to a hospital, but he died on , way to the medical facility the official said. The police have registered a case and are conducting an investigation into the incident, he added. Govt airlifts injured MBBS student from B’desh to AIIMS-Delhi AGENCIES Jammu The Central government airlifted an MBBS student from Jammu and Kashmir, who was undergoing treatment at a Bangladesh hospital after being critically injured in an accident, to the AIIMS in New Delhi for specialised treatment on Monday, BJP leader Ravinder Raina said. Shoaib Lone, a resident of Rajouri district here, is a final-year MBBS student in Barind Medical College in Dhaka. On June 3, Shoaib, along with two of his friends from the college, met with an accident. One them died and two others, including Shoaib, were critically injured in the accident. During his visit to Rajouri district, Raina met the student's father Mohmmad Askam Lone. CONTD. ON P6 Ahmedabad cops to hold Hindu-Muslim cricket matches AHMEDABAD Aiming to spread the message of communal harmony, peace and team spirit, the Ahmedabad Police will organise cricket tournaments in communally-sensitive areas in the old city ahead of Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra on July 1, a po. lice officer said on Monday Teams participating in these matches will have members from Hindu and Muslim communities. Two teams each with members of both the communities are being formed in the areas falling under REPRESENTATIVE PIC the police stations along the route of the Rath Yatra, he said. The 145th procession of the Rath Yatra will be taken out from the Lord Jagannath temple in the Jamalpur area of the old city on July 1. "We are forming mixed teams of Hindu and Muslim players in the old city area under the limits of police stations that fall en route to the Yatra. We will organise tennis ball cricket tournaments in these areas," said the Joint Commissioner of Police (Sector 1), RV Asari. The idea is to encourage members of both the communities to understand each other better and to instil the spirit of coordination and teamwork among them. CONTD. ON P6