FREE PRESS FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms - VOL. XXXIX NO. 183 | INDORE | THURSDAY | DECEMBER 8, 2022 | PAGES 16 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. 38281/83 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT ALL SET FOR ANOTHER WASHOUT SESSION? FOR 24X7 UPDATES KILLER QUEEN! Pg-13 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 29.40c. 16.20c Sunrise : 06.54 Sunset : 05.42 Extreme heat waves may break human survivability limit in India: WB report AGENCIES New Delhi News Brief SC mobile app 2.0 launched NEW DELHI :The Supreme Court on Wednesday launched android version 2.0 of its mobile application which will give access to law and nodal officers of various union ministries to watch court proceedings real time. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said the app can be downloaded from Google Play store while the iOS version will be available in a week's time. No SC status to Dalit converts:Govt NEW DELHI :Centre has told the Supreme Court The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 does not suffer from any "unconstitutionality" and the exclusion of Christianity and Islam was due to the reason that the "oppressive system" of untouchability was not prevalent in either of these two religions. Cyclonic storm likely, TN braces for rain CHENNAI: The depression over Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and lay about 750 kilometres off Chennai on Wednesday, and it would develop into a cyclonic storm influencing moderate to heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the IMD said. The low pressure area over S-East Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on December 6 over the same region. 'Conflict Tiger' captured in Yavatmal in Maha YAVATMAL: The Pandharkawda forest division in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on Wednesday tranquilised and captured a 'Conflict Tiger' that had killed one person Kolar area last month, a forest official said. Talking to PTI, Pandharkawda Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF) Kiran Jagtap said the tiger was seen moving around very close to Bramhani and Kolar villages last month. Extreme heat waves are increasing with alarming frequency across India in the past few decades and soon the country may become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit, a World Bank report said. The reportm titled "Climate Investment Opportu- nities in India's Cooling Sector", said that severe heat waves are responsible for thousands of deaths across the country, where higher temperatures are arriving early and staying for far longer periods. "In April 2022, India was plunged into the grip of a punishing early spring heat wave that brought the country to a standstill, with temperatures in the capital, New Delhi, topping 46 de- DOUBLE ENGINE: MCD BHI AAP KI AGENCIES New Delhi The results of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have suggested that people are more inclined towards having a double-engine government which binds the ruling party to fulfil their electoral promises. The high-stakes battle for control over the Delhi Municipal Corporation has ended with the AAP winning 134 of the total 250 wards in the national capital's civic body polls, uprooting 15-year rule by the BJP. As the Delhi State Election Commission announced the final results today AAP won , 134 wards while BJP came second with 104 wards. Congress managed to get 9 wards while three wards were bagged by Independents. CONTD. ON P8 RBI's inflation control measures turn home EMIs CHENNAI loanAGENCIES/inflationary Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is hiking repo rate to control inflation, home loan borrowers will see their EMI turning infla, tionary say in a month's time, said officials from housing loan companies. , On Wednesday the RBI hiked the repo rate by 35 basis points. The repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks. Housing finance companies in turn borrow from the banks and lend to homebuyers. This fiscal, the RBI has increased repo rate by 2.25% and the housing loan Cos will pass on the increased rate to their borrowers. SEE BUSINESS PG A child dressed as CM Arvind Kejriwal takes part in celebrations of AAP's victory in the MCD polls, in New Delhi, on Wednesday Report further cautioned that rising heat across India can hit economic productivity, observing that 75% of India's workforce or 380mn people depend on heat-exposed labour, at times working in potentially life-threatening temperatures SC reserves verdict on DeMo pleas, directs Centre, RBI to place related records NEW The DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India to place before it in a sealed cover the relevant records pertaining to the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination for its perusal. Reserving its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Centre's 2016 decision, a fivejudge bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer heard the submissions from Attorney General R Venkataramani, RBI's counsel, and the petitioners' lawyers, including advocates P Chidambaram and Shyam Divan. The SC directed the parties to file written submissions by Dec 10. "Heard. Judgement reserved. Learned counsels of the Union of India and RBI are directed to produce the relevant records," the Bench, also comprising Justices Gavai, Bopanna, Ramasubramanian and Nagarathna said. CONTD. ON P8 Dhankar takes on SC in maiden speech for scrapping NJAC Act OUR BUREAU/ NEW DELHI Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday gave a surprise by raising the issue of the Supreme Court striking down the NJAC Act during his maiden speech in the House after his felicitation by all sides on the opening day of the winter session of Parliament. “A glaring instance of severe compromise of Parliamentary sovereignty and disregard of the mandate of the people,” he said. Stressing that the power of Parliament is supreme, he said Parliament in a much needed historic step passed OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced hike in honorarium sarpanch's from Rs 1,750 to Rs 4,250. Right of mutation and division of properties too would be given to panchayats. The CM also warned of strict action against those POINTERS Chief Minister asks sarpanchs to develop every village as Ladli Friendly Village. Chouhan asks sarpanchs to prepare village master plan akin to city master plan. Once again, right of mutation and property division given to panchayats Chief Minister exhorts sarpanchs to ensure plantation in Panchayats and solve small dispute at panchayat level itself. filing false complaints with CM Helpline. CM was addressing the orientation state-level training-cum- convention of newly-elected sarpanchs at Jamborie Maidan of . Bhopal on Wednesday Chouhan further said that sanction administrative right of gram panchayat would be increased to Rs 25 lakh from Rs 15 lakh and added that Rs 1,472 crore of 15th Finance Commission has been issued to Panchayats. Asserting that rights of sarpanchs will remain in the hands of sarpanchs, he said that gram sabha meeting be held properly at regular interval. CONTD. ON P8 Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar with Rajya Sabha MPs during a meeting at Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday the 99th Constitutional Amendment Bill paving way for the National Judicial Appointment Mission (NJAC). “This historic parliamentary mandate was undone by the Supreme Court on Oc- tober 16, 2015 by a majority of 4:1 finding the same as not being in consonance with the judicially evolved doctrine of ‘Basic Structure’ of the Constitution, said Dhankar. CONTD. ON P8 100 Most Powerful Women NEW DELHI : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Vice President Kamala Harris are among Forbes' 19th annual list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' of 2022. While Harris is ranked third, Sitharaman is at number 36 on the list that was released on Tuesday highlighting "innovators and instigators who are leading on the world stage to redefine traditional power structures". This is the fourth year in a row that Sitharaman made it to the list. Last year, she was in the 37th spot, 41st in 2020 and 34th in 2019. In 2021, Harris became the first woman, the first Black person, and the first South Asian-American to become the American Vice President. A California native, Harris was born in Oakland to immigrant parents - her mother was from India and father from Jamaica. Apart from Harris, Bela Bajaria, head of Global TV at Netflix, is another Indian-American on the list who is ranked at number 71. CONTD. ON P8 'Lock up men as they create trouble, let women walk free' KOCHI The Kerala High Court on Wednesday pointed out that if the object of a curfew in women's hostels in educational institutions is to ensure the safety of the inmates, then it should be the men who should be locked up. A single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran said that imposing curfew on women's hostel will not serve any purpose and nothing can be gained from mistrusting women students. "Lock up the men, I am saying (this) because they create trouble. Put a curfew for men after 8 p.m. Let ladies walk out," he remarked. He also said that Kerala is yet to be free from archaic norms, GOVT NEW LAW COLLEGE SCANDAL Students accuse teachers of being anti-establishment, pro-Article 370 in J&K PROBE COMPLETE, report likely to be submitted today OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore In what may invite further trouble for faculty members of Government New Law College, some students have reportedly admitted before the inquiry committee that a few Muslim teachers would talk against the Army and oppose abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that the seven-member committee constituted by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) to probe into scandal has completed the probe and is likely to submit its report likely on Thursday . The committee members took statements in writing from 16 teaching and nonteaching employees and more than 120 students. Sources said that some students accepted that the teachers would talk to them against the establishment and criticize the Centre for abrogating Article 370. The students also admitted that the Muslim teachers promoted religious fundamentalism and "negative thoughts" about the Central temperatures. "By 2030, India may account for 34 million of the projected 80 million global job losses from heat stress associated productivity decline," the report said. The World Bank further said that lost labour from rising heat and humidity in the country could put up to 4.5 per cent of India's GDP at risk by the end of this decade. Save Tanmay Op continues,rescuers keep fingers crossed LLM exam cancelled DAVV on Wednesday cancelled LLM second semester exam citing unforeseen reasons. However, the exam, which was scheduled to start from Thursday, was cancelled after incharge principal of the Government New Law College refused to double up as exam centre stating that six teachers were on forced leave and the principal was hospitalized. The university was not in a position to change exam centre at the eleventh hour so it cancelled the exam saying new dates would be announced later. government. On Dec 1, college principal Dr Inamur Rahman had sent six teachers, including four Muslims, on forced leave for five days after the ABVP accused them of being anti-establishment and promoting religious fundamentalism. Two of these teachers hail from Kashmir, the ABVP activists had claimed. The following day, the ABVP activists took out a book from college library a book containing objectionable content against Hindu community and the RSS, VHP and other Hindu outfits. CONTD. ON P8 Boy not showing any movement OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal Even as rescue operation is continuing in full speed to save six-year-old Tanmay, who fell into a 40-feet-deep borewell in Mandvi village of Betul, sources claimed that no movement by the boy had been detected. Keeping their fingers crossed, the rescue team has been supplying oxygen in the borewell to ensure that Tanmay is asphyxiated. The rescue operation is likely to continue till Thursday morning. Teams of State Disaster Response Team and National Disaster Response Team are assisting the rescue operation. Senior officers of district, including Collector, SP, Tehsildar are constantly keeping a close tab on the operation. JCB machines are digging a pit around the borewell so that rescuers can reach Tanmay The operation . slowed down after digging team's efforts were blocked by rocks at a depth of 40feet. CONTD. ON P8 Poachers' snare snatches tiger's life Sarpanch's honorarium hiked to Rs 4,250 Nirmala, Harris among Forbes' Administrative sanction right of Gram Panchayat to be increased to Rs 25-L from Rs 15-L grees Celsius. The month of March, which witnessed extraordinary spikes in temperatures, was the hottest ever recorded," it said. The World Bank report further cautioned that rising heat across India can hit economic productivity, observing that 75 per cent of India's workforce or 380 million people depend on heat-exposed labour, at times working in potenlife-threatening tially underscoring that older generation should not be allowed to take such decisions. "How long can we keep our students locked up? Think, Kerala has not grown up and our students are required to be kept locked up. So be it, if that's what society wants.Let not these decisions be taken by people who belong to a different generation. As the saying, every generation is like a new country, we do not have any right to keep laws on the new generation," Justice Ramachandran observed. He made the observation while considering a plea moved by five female MBBS students and office bearers of the College Union of the Medical College Kozhikode, who approached the court to challenge a GO issued in 2019 that prescribed a condition restricting the entry and exit of hostel inmates of higher education colleges after 9.30 p.m., without any reason. The judge during hearing said that he is calling upon society to think about it and is opening the issue for discussion, if needed. CONTD. ON P8 Trapped accidentally TIGER CARCASS FOUND IN HANGING POSITION TRAPPED IN A SNARE CM ORDERS STRICT ACTION AGAINST ACCUSED ACS Forest department, JN Kansotia told Free Press that snare was possibly put up by hunters to trap herbivore animals and it looks that tiger accidentally got trapped in it. CM has ordered strict action against the accused. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A tiger got entangled in a trap set up by poachers and lost its life. The incident occurred in jungles of compartment number PS460 in North Panna range of Chhattarpur circle on Tuesday evening. Officers said that poachers had set up a trap to catch wild boar or herbi- Asphyxiated to death vore animal. However, the tiger accidentally became the victim. CONTD. ON P8 HC sets aside BJP MLA Rahul Singh's elections Singh won election from Khargapur in 2018 against Cong's Chanda Singh Gour who filed the case OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in The Jabalpur High Court has set aside the election of BJP legislator Rahul Singh Lodhi, nephew of former chief minister Uma Bharti, for improperly filing nomiofficial papers, nation . sources said on Wednesday Singh won the election from Khargapur constituency of Tikamgarh district in 2018 against Congress candidate Chanda Singh Gour who filed the case. The petitioner alleged that the nomination papers of Lodhi had been improperly filed, which affected outcome. election the Rahul submitted two nomination forms about his status as partner of a firm, M/s R S Constructions, Tikamgarh, which has contact with MP Rural Road Development Authori(MPRRDA). ty This leads to corrupt practices, the court said. According to the court order, the last date for submission of nomination paper was Nov 9, 2018, but the returning officer accepted documents after that date. CONTD. ON P8 A senior officer said that tiger's head got struck in the snare. Later, the tiger tried to climb a nearby tree. However, the snare got struck in a branch of the tree and tiger died of asphyxiation. After autopsy, carcass of tiger was burnt as per protocol. No part of tiger was missing, hence poaching possibility has been ruled out. Ties can't be normal if China is busy on LAC, says Jaishankar NEW DELHI India's relations with China cannot be normal as long as Beijing tries to unilaterally change LAC and continues to build up forces along the border, External Affairs Minister S Jais. hankar said on Wednesday Replying to queries by MPs after his suo motu statement on foreign policy in Rajya Sabha, the minister said India has made it clear to China that it will not tolerate any unilateral change in the Line of Actual Control (LAC). "Diplomatically, we have been very clear. We have been very clear with the Chinese that we will not tolunilaterally any erate change to the Line of Actual Control. CONTD. ON P8