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Natural Effects DanceAcademy’s 7th season

of ‘Storm’ receivesoverwhelming

response Natural Effects DanceAcademy’s 7th annualshow ‘Storm 2020’ that wasorganised at Aagri KoliBhavan Auditorium, Nerulreceived an overwhelmingresponse. The popularartists displayed their mas-tery in dance along with thestudents and won thehearts of the audience…

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Hand woven woolencaps distributed to the

children sufferingfrom Cardiac issues

India’s Crochet Queenfrom Mumbai and an NGOfrom Karnataka namedMICO institute distributedhand woven woolen mon-key caps to the little onessuffering from cardiac is-sues and getting treatmentat Satyasai Heart Hospitalin Kharghar…

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4 Bangladeshi womeninfiltrators held at

KoparkhairaneFour Bangladeshi womeninfiltrators along with threeteenager children wereheld from Bonkode town ofKoparkhairane area in theearly hours on Tuesdayby Special Branch of Mum-bai Police…

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NMMC to hold the largestemployment fair in Vashi

NAVI MUMBAI : TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) in associationwith the District SkillDevelopment Entrepre-neurship GuidanceCenter, Thane andDeendayal AntyodayaYojana, National Ur-ban Livelihoods Mis-sion, is going to orga-nize an EmploymentFair and Free Skills De-velopment Training pro-gram on Sunday, 9th

February, 2020 from10am to 5pm at Shan-karrao VishwasraoVidyalaya, School No.1

of NMMC located nextto Karmaveer BhauraoPatil Modern College inVashi Sector 15/16.

More than fifty des-ignated companiesfrom various sectorsare participating in thefair. These companieswill be selecting candi-dates directly throughinterview as per quali-fication and immediatejob placement paperswill be provided to theselected candidates.

Also, the youths willbe advised and regis-tered for free skillstraining through vari-

ous skill developmenttraining institutes.

Those seeking em-ployment opportunitieshave to bring along withthem any official iden-tification card, bio-data,xerox copy of education-al certificates, and pass-port size photo.

The Jobfairnmmcapp can be downloadedfrom the Google PlayStore for registration atthis website: http://www.nmmcjobfair20.com.Apart from this, regis-tration facility is avail-able on WhatsAppnumber 9833761826.

Mahavikas Aghadi gearsup for NMMC election

Rally attended by political bigwigs to woo voters

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Mahavikas Aghadi isleaving no stonesunturned for theupcoming NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation’s(NMMC) election.This election will bethe first electionwhere all the threeparties have joinedhands against theBharatiya JantaParty (BJP). NMMChas been the bastionof Ganesh Naik, whowas previously with

NCP but joined BJPin the last assemblyelection.

It will the firsttime three partieswill contest theelection against theBJP and its allies.Rally was organisedby MVA which wasattended by DeputyChief Minister AjitPawar of NCP,Guardian Minister ofThane EknathShinde, Public WorksDepartment MinisterAshok Chavan,Member of Parlia-

ment Rajan Vichare,Leader of opposition ofNMMC VijayChogule, JayantPatil, VishwajeetKadam and DeputyMayor of NMMCManadakini Mhatre.

Addressing theparty workers, AjitPawar said that it istime to bring an endto the dictatorship ofGanesh Naik inNMMC. “MahavikasAghadi is synony-mous to development

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NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munic-ipal Corporation(NMMC) under theaegis of the Ministryof Housing andUrban Development,Government of Indiais conducting an Easeof Living Indexsurvey in whichQuality of life,Economic ability and

sustainability are themajor parameters.The other parametersinclude Water,Electricity, Cleanli-ness and solid wastemanagement, Homefacility, Safety,Environment, Enter-tainment, Education,Transport, Livingstandard, Green landavailability etc.

“NMMC has beenawarded manyNational and Interna-

NMMC appeals citizensto participate in Ease of

Living Index surveytional prizes foradvanced planningfor water supply, solidwaste management,sewage water man-agement, Education,Health, Sportsground, PublicTransport and publicwelfare schemesearlier. NMMC wasranked seventh in thecountry in Swachha

Sarvekshan in 2019.All this possible dueto the cooperationfrom the people,” saidAnnasaheb Misal,NMMC Commission-er.

“The survey on‘Ease of Living Index’is carried out by theGovernment of Indiaand the citizensshould participate inlarge number by

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DOCUMENTS MISSINGThis is to inform by this Public Notice to the public in general that, IMr. Yusuf Raza Kashmiri (Address : Flat No.A-403, Plot No.14-15,Vidyulata CHS, Sector-11, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai – 410210),while travelling from Kharghar to Belapur on or about 01/11/2019, theoriginal document i.e. Power of Attorney of below mentioned Flatwas misplaced and not traceable. I have registered the Complaintwith the Kharghar Police Station in Missing Registrar No.0285/2020dated 28/01/2020. If anyone finds the said document, please supplythe same on above address. Also there are chances of misuse of thedocuments, so it is requested to all that do not enter any type ofcontract or agreement with anybody in connection with belowmentioned Flat / Property.

PARTICULARS OF THE DOCUMENTSThe Original Power of Attorney of below mentioned Flat / Property.

Flat No.A-403, Plot No.14-15, Vidyulata CHS,Sector-11, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai – 410210

Place : Kharghar, Navi Mumbai Sd/-Date : 06-02-2020 Mr. Yusuf Raza Kashmiri

I have changed my name from MOHAMMEDSALIM SHAIKH to SALIM IBRAHIM SHAIKH as peraffidavit no. BN564367

CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from SHOURYA TINU SULE toSHOURYA KALPANA DUBEY as per Affidavit No:-WK072926 dated 4th February 2020.

CHANGE OF NAME

PUBLIC NOTICEThis public notice is issued by Mafco Market Premises

Co-operative Society Ltd, having its Reg No. NBOM/CI-DCO/GEN(C)/1629/TTR/2005-2006 having address atSub-Plot Bay F, Plot No. 796, Sector-18, Turbhe, NaviMumbai, Thane Dist., has reported that the original ShareCertificate No. 115 comprising share Nos. 1141 to 1150 ofShop No. C-28 standing in the name of Mr. Arvind ManilalGala & Mr. Deepak Manilal Gala issued by our society is lost/misplaced and that the said member has now made an appli-cation to the society for issuance of a duplicate Share Certif-icate in lieu of the lost original Share Certificate No. 115, infurtherance of which this public notice is issued. An FIR hasalready been registered at APMC Police Station on 13/12/2019 in this respect.

By this Public Notice it is hereby notified that if any per-son has any objection or claim of whatsoever nature is thesaid Shop, it should be notified to us in writing within 15(fifteen) days from the date of publication hereto. Thereafterno such objection will be entertained and a duplicate sharecertificate will be issued.Date: 06-02-2020Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-Hon. Secretary

Mafco Market Premises CS Ltd.

PUBLIC NOTICERe: Flat no.G-203 on the second floor in the building of the OMSAI KRUPA Co-operative Housing Society Limited on Plotno.A-20, A-21, A-36 and A-37 situated at Vilage Koperkhairane,Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. ThaneTHIS is to notify the public that our Client SMT. HIRABAI ASHOKPATIL is the owner of Flat no.G-203 on the second floor in thebuilding of the OM SAI KRUPA Co-operative Housing SocietyLimited on Plot no.A-20, A-21, A-36 and A-37 situated at VilageKoperkhairane, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane (said premises).That the original Agreement dated 2nd February 2001 in respect of theaforesaid Flat is lost or misplaced on 10th January 2020 in transit andis not traceable.A Police complaint has been lodged with the Worli Police Station on30th January 2020 and recorded in Lost Property Registration no.240/2020.Any person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s,Company/ies, or any other Govt. /Concerned authorities having anyright, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaidPremises or by virtue of the aforesaid lost pages of the aforesaiddocument by way of inheritance, mortgage, possession, sale, gift,lease, lien, charge, trust, partnership, maintenance, development,easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwiseor any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to makethe same known in writing, with documentary proof, to the undersignedwithin a period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made as required hereinabove, our client will be at libertyto deem that such right/s, if any, have been waived for all intents andpurposes and not binding on our client.

Sd/-M.T.THACKER

ADVOCATE M.T.THACKER & ASSOCIATESAdvocates High Court

E-6/0:4, Sector-1, Vashi,Navi Mumbai-400 703.E Mail: [email protected]: 27825052 / 27825084 / 85

Date: 06-02-2020 Ref: 1912081

Lecture on myths and misunderstandings about snakes heldBy Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Nature andhuman beings have awonderful relation-ship. To speak aboutnature and its diversi-ties has become theneed of the hour. Inthis world, there arenumerous species ofsnakes, which areclassified as poisonousand non-poisonousones. But instead ofnurturing suchwildlife, certaindestructive species ofsnakes are on theverge of extinction dueto human destructivetendencies and mythsabout snakes.

“Snakes indirectlyassist farmers bydestroying rats thatharm the crops in thefield in the farm. Thatis why the snake iscalled an indirectfriend of the peasantsand farmers. Howev-er, many misconcep-tions about snakes areimprinted on a

person’s mind. Whilethis is all fictional, theharm is already done,”said Raju Mumbaikar,founder, Care ofNature.

He was speaking atRamchandra MhatreSchool where he spokeabout the variousmyths and misunder-standings aboutsnakes.

Also present were

snake catcher VilasThakur, Sarde VikasForum ChairmanNagendra Mhatre,Golden Jubilee Secre-tary Anil Gharat,Suvidya Gawand,Executive OfficerAshish Yadav, VMGawand, NM Gawand,Ashwini Gaikwad,Kalpana Mhatre aswell as a large numberof students.


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Passenger who wastravelling in the firstclass compartmentwithout ticket washeld for manhandlingticket checker atSeawoods RailwayStation. He wasidentified as Moham-med Hamja Saleem(25). Vashi RailwayPolice filed caseagainst him forcausing obstructionin government work,threatening govern-ment official andtravelling withoutticket.

Mohammed HamjaSaleem is a resident ofSector-5, Vashi andwas traveling onTuesday from CSMT-Panvel local in the

Passenger held formanhandling ticket checker

first class. On suspi-cion, the ticketcheckers, Joseph Pand Purne asked himto show ticket. Howev-er, instead of showingticket, Saleem startedarguing with the

ticket checkers andthreatened them withdire consequences.Then checkersbrought him to theVashi Police Stationand filed case againsthim.

FESCOM Mumbai division awarded various prizes to the winners of 2019 and 2020. ShriRam Kajrolkar, Ramesh Mohite and Patil were awarded special prizes for their outstand-ing achievements. (Photo courtesy: C.K. Subramaniam)

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of 23rd Founda-tion Day of Navi Mum-bai Court, a gatheringwas organised in thepremises of court by

Lawyers felicitated on the occasion of 23rd Foundation Day of Navi Mumbai Court

PUBLIC NOTICETo all public at large it is hereby informed by this notice that,I Mr. Ankush Sakharam Pandole, R/at – 10, SiddheshwarNiwas, MIDC Road, Cholegaon, Thakurli (E), Dist. Thane,the owner of the business of “Sapphire Bar & Restaurant”PAP Plot No. 308, 1st & 2nd Floor, TTC Industrial Aria,Khairne, Navi Mumbai, have given registered GeneralPower of Attorney vide Register No. TNN-3/6009/2019,dated 12/04/2019 to Mr. Sanjay Sopan Metakari, whichwas cancelled by me and also civil suit is pending beforeCourt in respect of that as Mr. Sanjay Sopan Metakari playedfinancial Fraud with me and defamed me, hence any personshould not deal with him regarding “Sapphire Bar &Restaurant”, if anyone does so, then I will not be respondiblein any manner, please all take note of this.

Date : 06/02/2020Place : Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-Mr. Ankush Sakharam Pandole

Navi Mumbai Bar As-sociation at Vashi inNavi Mumbai.

Lawyers who havebeen practising formore than 30 yearswere felicitated and pre-

sented with the me-mentos. Cultural pro-grammes were organ-ised on the occasion.Chief Magistrate ofNavi Mumbai Court,Smt. Trupti Deshmukh

and Justice Smt. Kolap-kar presided over thefunction.

The programme wasattended by Navi Mum-bai Lawyer Associa-tion’s President Advo-

cate Prasad P Patil,Vice president AdvocateKrushna Pawar, Secre-tary Advocate KiranBhosale, Treasurer Adv.Dinesh Kale, Joint Sec-retary Adv. Prasad

Madhvi,Adv VandanaMadhvi,Members Adv.Akshay Kashid, AdvJayashree Pawar, AdvAnkur Marke,Adv Su-nil Patil, Adv. Anil Pa-til.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: FourBangladeshi women in-filtrators along withthree teenager childrenwere held fromBonkode town of Ko-parkhairane area in theearly hours on Tuesdayby Special Branch ofMumbai Police.

Acting on the tip off,Special Branch ofMumbai Police team ledby Crime InvestigationPolice Inspector Bele

4 Bangladeshi women infiltratorsheld at Koparkhairane

with the help of Ko-parkhairane Policeraided the home num-ber 503, Godabai Ni-was, located at SamtaNagar of Bonkode townin Koparkhairanewhere Yasmin MumtajShaikh aged 45yearsand her 17 year daugh-ter and Rabiya AneesShaikh, 35, and hertwo daughters were ar-rested. Police also ar-rested two women Am-ina Mohammad Mirza,

30, and Gole Moham-med Imam Shaikh fromthe same area in homenumber 787. They weretaken to the police cus-tody and were ques-tioned. During interro-gation, the confessed tohave been staying inIndia illegally and hadcome in search of em-ployment. Mumbai po-lice have filed caseagainst them under thesection of PassportRules Act 1920.

Dead body found on theshores of Vashi Creek

NAVI MUMBAI: Aman’s body was foundon Wednesday after-noon along the shoreof Vashi Creek. Thedeceased has beenidentified as KiranMule (42). Althoughthe cause of his deathis unclear, itseems that he dieddue to illness.

The deceasedKiran Mule used tolive alone in JN-1colony in Vashi. Heworked as an estateagent andwas addicted toalcohol. It was very

usual for him to stayaway from his housefor two to three daysdue to this drunkenstate. Three daysprior to the incident,Kiran had gone outwith his friends. Hewas even spottedloitering around theshores of Vashi creek.The local fishermenspotted him wander-ing along the beachesof Vashi Bay foraround two days.

The fishermeninformed the police onWednesday afternoonthat the body of Mule

was found on theshores of Vashi Creek.Police then rushed tothe spot and recoveredKiran’s body. Policesaid no wounds werefound on Kiran’s body.The deceased, accord-ing to police, had beensuffering from jaun-dice for many monthsand was a consistentdrinker. It is believedthat he may have dieddue to his illness. TheVashi police haveregistered the case asaccidental death andare carrying outfurther investigation.

giving maximumanswers,” he added.

NMMCappeals...

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need to click on thefollowing link: https://eol2019.org/cirizenfeedback till29th February, 2020.


Issue : 235 6 February, 2020

Union Budget 2020-21:Ease out Estate Sector

With the economy inmidst of a sharp slow-down, the Union Budgetfor FY21 was beingawaited with high ex-pectations to act as agrowth booster. Howev-er, the budget fell shortof industry expecta-tions, with no majorannouncement for ac-celerating growth. Sincea long time, the real es-tate sector needs an in-dustry status that canhelp it with finances ata lower cost, especially

at times when the avail-ability of funding is amajor headwind for theindustry

It is time to allocatefunds for the real estatesector so that stuck re-alty projects can be re-vived and the investorsor buyers get justice.Interest on home loanshould be waived for theperiod there is delay ingetting possession offlats. The governmenthas not announced ade-quate funds to reviveprojects stuck becauseof financial issues.

But still it will be outof reach in major citiesfor common man to buya flat. Unless the FM /RBI consent to changethe rule making, thebanks should not to ac-cept the unsold flats assecurity for loans givento the builders/ develop-ers even after one yearof completion, the pric-es will never be withinthe reach. We would liketo see more schemes foraffordable housing and

health care. It is neces-sary to have an afford-able housing projects inall major cities to avoidlack of owned livingspace. The ownership ofa flat will definitely re-duce the monthly bud-get and thereby increasethe saving method.

Tax holiday for af-fordable housing, willdrive more projects inthis segment. TheUnion Budget has con-tinued its focus on realestate sector, particular-ly the affordable hous-ing segment. This de-duction continues to beavailable over and abovethe ¹ 2 lakh deductionsunder Section 24 of In-come Tax Act. Real es-tate buyers could lose amajor tax incentivewhile buying a new

home. With the new per-sonal income tax re-gime coming in, al-though optional, the taxincentives on interestpayment will have to beforegone.

The impact could besevere on the real estateindustry in India, whichis already facing one ofthe biggest slumps everwith an unsold invento-ry continuing to be pil-ing up. The new person-al tax regime will makeit simpler to file taxes,but you will have toforego all the deduc-tions, which includesinterest paid on yourhouse loan. The ¹ 2 lakhrebate will be a lot togive away for most buy-ers and may furtherdampen the sentimentin real estate.

To give further pushto the government’s‘Housing for All’ goal,the Union Budget hasyet again laid emphasison affordable housing,giving a boost to the sec-tor and home-buyers as

well. Last year, an ad-ditional deduction of upto ¹ 1.5 lakh for interestpaid on loans taken forpurchase of an afford-able house was an-nounced. The deductionwas allowed on housingloans sanctioned on orbefore March 31, 2020.

Now, to ensure thatmore persons avail thisbenefit, the FinanceMinister has proposed toextend the date of loansanction for availingthis additional deduc-tion by one more yeartill March 31, 2021. Re-ferring to the tax holi-day provided on profitsearned by developers ofaffordable housingprojects approved byMarch 31, 2020, the Fi-nance Minister has pro-posed to extend the date

of approval of suchprojects for availing thistax holiday, by one moreyear.

With economy indoldrums and acuteslump in consumption,efforts on demand cre-ation incentives aremissing. Any fiscal mea-sure in the sluggish realestate sector could pro-vide a fillip. To mini-mise hardships in realestate transaction, theBudget has proposed toincrease the circle ratelimit of 5% to 10%.

Lowering of incometax rates with the re-moval of exemptions,may not lead to anymeaningful boost to con-sumption. As far as thereal estate sector is con-cerned, the industrywas hoping that theGovernment wouldcome up with measuresto boost housing de-mand. However, the re-moval of exemptionsunder the new income

By C K Subramaniam

Contd. on pg. 10

Act responsiblyThe realization that if corrective measures are not taken im-

mediately, there is going to be acute shortage of fresh potabledrinking water has finally dawned upon us. After air, water is thesecond most essential lifeline for the survival of human beings.Nature created adequate resources for their survival, howeverbecause of meddling by the human beings, the resources have notonly been polluted, they have also been depleted due to grossmismanagement. Pollution from land-based sources is greatly af-fecting the aquatic biological resources and biodiversity. Rampantuse of pesticides is further making the fresh water resources un-usable.

Though water is one of the replenishable resources, yet due todepleting green cover because of excessive deforestation and con-sequent reduction in rainfall, perennial drought like situation hasbeen created in many parts of our country. It is because of thisreason it has become all the more important to conserve water,besides finding means to replenish the aquifers. While each one ofus can do our bit by conserving water at home and being morecautious while using it, the real solution lies in rainwater harvest-ing, which has to be followed religiously wherever possible.

Rainwater harvesting technique is two pronged. Firstly, by col-lecting rain water from roof tops and open catchment areas andstoring in huge underground sumps and secondly by arresting thesurface run off into the rivers and seas by constructing percolationchambers to recharge the aquifer. The former has a limitation thatit can be adopted only during monsoons. Besides, it requires hugeinvestment by way of construction of water retaining structures.The latter is a long-term solution and shall go a long way in mak-ing this vital resource available for human consumption.

Already the Hon’ble Supreme Court has intervened and takenlead in making it mandatory for the various organizations to imple-ment the rainwater harvesting. Even the bureau of Indian stan-dards has come out with code on this. Many state governmentshave made it compulsory to have provision for rainwater harvest-ing schemes in the construction of complexes before the com-mencement and occupancy certificates are issued for the work. Itis heartening that many of the schools, colleges and residentialcomplexes are utilizing this technique and are thus contributingimmensely in conserving water. The town planning authoritiesshould also implement this in letter and spirit and thus save thehuman civilization from evident disaster in making on account ofdepleting water resources.

Three unidentified men inautorickshaw rob a man

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Threeunidentified menmugged AugustineJosh (56), who lives inKoparkhairane andforcibly took him toMahape from Sector 1,Vashi. They hit himand robbed him of Rs30,000 worth ofjewelry. This incidenttook place on Mondayevening. The Vashipolice have launched asearch against thetrio.

The complainantin the case, AugustineJosh, 56, stays atKoparkhairane Sector-19. He had come toSector 1, Vashi onMonday evening torepair his laptop. Aftercompleting his work,he was standing nearthe main road talkingon the phone. That iswhen a rickshawstopped by in whichthree people weresitting. One of thoseasked Josh if he runs

a hotel. Saying no tohis question theburglars pushed Joshand forcibly took himinside the rickshaw.They drove the autorickshaw to a desertedplace near Mahape.Two of the burglarshit Josh and muggedhis gold ring and eightthousand rupees.Augustine Joshsomehow managed toreach home andapproached the VashiPolice Station.


Khelo India University Games to serveas launch pad for many International

Champions: Kiren RijijuBy Ashok Dhamija

After successfully hosting theKhelo India Youth Games in Guwa-hati last month, the Indian govern-ment has decided to conduct the firstever Khelo India University Gamesto unearth more talent for the futureinternational competitions. UnionMinister Of Youth Affairs and SportsKiren Rijiju expressed that the peo-ple of India will definitely see manyinternational champions coming outof the Khelo India UniversityGames. The multidisciplinary disci-plinary games will be held in Bhu-baneswar from 22 February to 1March 2020.

“The University Games are verypopular worldwide and the stan-dards are very high. Most of the starsin the Olympics arefrom universities.Therefore the standardof University Games inIndia has to be high.We will definitely seemany internationalchampions coming outof the Khelo India Uni-versity Games. The talents identi-fied in this tournament will be pro-vided with all the facilities and sup-port so that the athletes can repre-sent India in various internationalchampionships in the future,” saidRijiju.

The KIUG-2020 Odisha, will haveapproximately 3343 athletes (Male-1738, Female- 1605) from around 80-100 universities, apart from techni-cal and supporting staff. The KIUG-2020 Odisha will have 17 sports dis-ciplines. These includes Individual

Union Minister Of Youth Affairs andSports Kiren Rijiju

events of the likes of Archery, Ath-letics, Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Swim-ming, Weightlifting and Wrestling.While Team sports will include Bad-minton, Basketball, Football, Hock-ey, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball,

Rugby, Kabaddi. Thegames will be stagedacross 10 venues be-tween Bhubaneshwarand Cuttack. KalingaInstitute of IndustrialTechnology will be themain center for the

sporting extravaganza. Top Universities of the likes of

University of Mumbai, Shivaji Uni-versity- Kolhapur, Punjab University- Chandigarh, Guru Nanak DevUniversity - Amritsar, MaharshiDayanand University - Rohtak, Pun-jabi University - Patiala, DelhiUniversity Sports Council - Delhiincluding the hosts KIIT University- Bhubaneswar will all be vying fortop honors at the first ever KheloIndia University Games which isslated to take place in Bhubaneswar

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI:Rotary Club of Satel-lite City (RCSC), NaviMumbai which isinvolved in manycommunity basedprojects like Cataractsurgeries, Blooddonation, Literacycamps recentlyconducted a combinedawareness session onMenstrual HygieneManagement (MHM)and New Age Solu-tions Workshop for thebenefit of nearly 100students of SterlingCollege of Arts,Commerce & Science,Nerul under theleadership of SmartPresident 2019-20 DrSupriya Lad of RCThane Premium.

Among the impor-tant tips that wereshared included thoseon hygiene manage-ment waste manage-ment approaches ebased on the bestsolution, training, aswell as the introduc-tion of new materialsetc.

Rtn Sonal Modiwho is also the AvenueCo-chair of WinS inDistrict 3142 said“Rotary India WinSProgram is a pan

RCSC organises MHM workshopfor College students

India campaigninitiated by Rotary,Menstrual Hygiene isone of programs butthe key feature of theWinS campaign is toensure that govern-ment schools in Indiahave a set of function-ing and well main-tained water, sanita-tion and hygienefacilities. Water,sanitation and hy-giene in schools refersto a combination oftechnical and humandevelopment compo-nents that are neces-sary to develop andsupport appropriatehealth and hygienebehaviour amongchildren leading to ahealthy school envi-ronment.”

A representativefrom Sterling CollegeNerul shared that the

Dr Supriya Lad of RC Thane Premium took the lead inspreading awareness about MHM and New Age solutions

Nearly 100 students of Sterling College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Nerul benefitedfrom the workshop.

event was verybeneficial for all theparticipants who gotfirst-hand knowledgeabout the sensitiveissue from the ex-perts. This will notonly improve theirconfidence aboutthemselves but willalso serve as a plat-form to spread aware-ness among theirpeers without inhibi-tions.

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Natural Effects Dance Academy’s 7th season of ‘Storm’ receives overwhelming response

NAVI MUMBAI: Natu-ral Effects Dance Acad-emy’s 7th annual show‘Storm 2020’ that wasorganised at Aagri KoliBhavan Auditorium,Nerul received an over-whelming response.

The popular artistsdisplayed theirmastery in dancealong with the stu-dents and won thehearts of the audience.Present during thisoccasion were FamousDance Director FirozShaikh, who ispopularly known asThe Shadow man,Sanjeev Kumar,International BellyDancer PradeepVidhathe, DevesinghRajput, ActressShubhangi Sawant,Nishitha, ChhatraChhetri, PrashantTadakhe, SpidyShirgaonkar, MansiSandanshiv other

prominent personali-ties.

Dance Director and

organizer DurgeshRajput said, “Throughdance performances

we have tried tospread social messag-es as dance is the bestmedium to touch thedepth of the hearts ofthe audience.”

On this occasion,

hundreds of studentsof various age groupsdisplayed their artistictalent.

The Academy isrun by DurgeshRajput and his crew

members ShubhadaParjane, DineshRajput, Arun Walekar,Mukesh Baviskar,Swapnil Kadam. Theshow was hosted byDeepak Shetty.

Hand woven woolen caps distributed to theLittle Ones suffering from Cardiac issues

By Chandrashekar Hendve

KHARGHAR: TheTemperature hasfallen suddenly andthe climate hasbecome much colderthan before. India’sCrochet Queen fromMumbai and an NGOfrom Karnatakanamed MICO insti-tute distributed handwoven woolen mon-key caps to the littleones suffering fromcardiac issues andgetting treatment atSatyasai Heart

Hospital inKharghar.

Some women,which includedKalpana Hebelekarfrom Karnataka, andothers from Mumbai,Navi Mumbai, CharuTrehan, SadhanaGanty, Anjali, Pratib-ha, Devender Kaur,Sumangali, Riddhi,Asha came togetherto organize thisevent.

“Children needwarm clothes, espe-cially in the cold. The

program was imple-mented in thehospital to provideprotection from coldto the childrenreceiving treatment.It was heartening tosee the bright smileson the children’sfaces as they re-ceived the caps.Similar initiativeswould be launchedfor the childrenundergoing variousother treatments,”said a member fromMICQ.

and hence the votersshould cast vote inour favour in largenumber,” he said. Hewas speaking in theprogramme organisedby MVA at VishnudasBhave Auditorium,Vashi.

‘MVA is committedto tread on the path ofPhule Shahu Ambed-

kar and ShivajiMaharaj and hencedevelopment of thestate is our motto,” headded.

“The Centregovernment tabled theBudget 2020-21 butimmediately on thevery next day, theshare market regis-tered a fall. Approxi-mately Rs. 4 lakhcrores were lost. Thecountry is facingnationwide protest

against CAA & NRC.It is the responsibilityof our government aswell as MVA tomaintain the law andorder situation in thestate,” he added.

If elected, hepromised to solve theissues pertaining toNavi Mumbai SlumRehabilitation,problems of Parking,apartments which arein dilapidated condi-tion and no further

illegal construction.“The NMMC

election is due in themonth of April. Wemust ensure thevictory of MVA anduproot the power ofGanesh Naik,” hestressed.

Talking aboutGanesh Naik and hislack of allegiance toany party, EknathShinde said thatbefore joining NCPGanesh Naik was in

Shivsena and in thelast assembly electionhe joined the BhartiyaJanta Party. “MVAwill ensure completedevelopment of NaviMumbai and properfund will be allocagtedtowards this end.”

State PWD Minis-ter Ashok Chavan alsolaid stress on planneddevelopment andurged the citizens toensure MVA comes topower in NMMC.

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NMASA Inter School Athletics Meets Gets UnderwayGolden double for Dhiev, Vrishti, Kavya in sprints event

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: The35th edition of the NaviMumbai Area SchoolAssociation (NMASA)Inter School AthleticsMeet got underway onTuesday 4th February,2020 amidst enthusias-tic participation fromapproximately 2000 stu-dents (Boys and Girls)representing 35 schoolsfrom Airoli to Panvel /Uran. The three dayprestigious competitionwhich is being held atthe NMSA Ground,Vashi is witnessing in-tense competition forindividual and teamglory in 66 Track andField events in six agegroups viz U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16.

Athletes from Fr.Agnel MultipurposeSchool & Junior College- Vashi, New HorizonPublic School - Airoli,Podar International –Nerul, Christ Academy– Koparkhairane, RyanInternational School –Nerul, SBOA PublicSchool - Nerul, St Jo-seph High School (SSC)– New Panvel, St Au-gustine High School –Nerul, Ryan Interna-tional School – Sanpa-da among others, wereamong the medals win-ners at the end of Day2.

New Horizon Airoli’sDhiev Lalan and ChristAcademy’s VrishtiSolanki were in keyform and aced the Boysand Girls U-12 100mand 200m title respec-tively. Mohammed Ak-bar Husain of Ryan In-ternational School, Ner-ul and Kavya Nayekarfrom St Mary Multi-purpose School Vashiwere the toper in theBoys and Girls U-14100m sprint events re-spectively. Kavya infact added another Goldto her kitty after shewon the Girls U-14200m sprint event too.

Ameesh Ail fromRyan InternationalSchool Sanpada was thefastest athlete of themeet in the Boys U-16age category after a

close contest with Shas-hank Kuveshkar fromNew Horizon PublicSchool Airoli who camein second in the 100msprint. Shreya Janafrom Podar Interna-tional School (ICSE),Nerul piped TriveniTawade from Bal Bha-rati Public School,Kharghar to the tape inthe Girls U-16 100msprint event. The LongJump event too wit-nessed similar rivalrybetween the two talent-ed athletes from thecity, with Triveni bag-ging the title this timearound ahead of Shreyawith a leap of 5.02 m.

The Boys U-16,4x100m Relay eventwas won by the NewHorizon Airoli’s quad-rat comprising of RahulMahadik, Kanak Patil,Dhruv Bhavsar andShashank Kuveshkarahead of St AugustineHigh School Nerul’sPrasleen Nadar, Ibra-heem Gounday,Fardeen Khan and Mi-hir Desai. Fr. AgnelMultipurpose School

Vashi athletes compris-ing primarily of foot-ballers bagged the thirdplace. The Girl’s U-16,4x100m Relay eventwas won comfortablyby the Fr. Agnel Vashiquadrat of Shreya Cha-van, Maltina Nadar,Ragini Khetade andPrachi Shetty wayahead of Bal BharatiPublic School,Kharghar who came insecond.

In the Girls U-14Shot Put event , a her-culean effort of 7.95 mby VIBGYOR High,Airoli’s Kshitija N inher final throw saw herpip Sanjivani Interna-tional SchoolKharghar’s, ShranyaChavan and New Hori-zon Public School Airo-li’s, Riya Adhave on herway to her maiden ti-tle. The highly compet-itive event saw thetechnical officials re-vert to count back, af-ter Shranya and Riyawere tied at 7.91m. Itwas the Shranya whohad registered the dis-tance twice earlier in

the qualifying roundthat saw her earn thesecond place in the end.(Photos by Author).

Result (Finals*):Boys (U-12) 100m: 1)

Dhiev Lalan (New HorizonPublic School Airoli); 2) ArchitKumar (Ryan InternationalSchool Nerul); 3) Varad Dalvi(St Joseph High School (SSC)New Panvel)

Girls (U-12) 100m: 1) Vr-ishti Solanki (Christ AcademyKoparkhairane); 2) NandiniShirva ( Fr. Agnel Multipur-pose School Vashi); 3) Urdh-wa Jadhav (SBOA PublicSchool, Nerul).

Boys (U-12) 200m: 1)Dhiev Lalan (New HorizonPublic School Airoli); 2) ArchitKumar (Ryan International

School Nerul); 3) KushagraKumar (Don Bosco SeniorSecondary School, Nerul).

Girls (U-12) 200m: 1) Vr-ishti Solanki (Christ AcademyKoparkhairane); 2) AnushriKudva ( Fr. Agnel Multipur-pose School Vashi); 3) Urdh-wa Jadhav (SBOA PublicSchool, Nerul).

Boys (U-14) 100m: 1)Mohammed Akbar Husain(Ryan International School,Nerul); 2) Saif Chafekar (Fr.Agnel Multipurpose SchoolVashi); 3) Adarsh Singh (San-jivani International SchoolKharghar).

Girls (U-14) 100m: 1)Kavya Nayekar (St MaryMultipurpose School Vashi); 2)Aarya Datar (Fr. Agnel Multi-purpose School Vashi); 3)

Gauri Raut (Fr. Agnel Multi-purpose School Vashi).

Girls (U-14) 200m: 1)Kavya Nayekar (St Mary Mul-tipurpose School Vashi); 2)Arya Datar (Fr. Agnel Multi-purpose School Vashi); 3)Vedika Mule (Fr. Agnel Multi-purpose School Vashi).

Girls (U-14) Shot Put: 1)Kshitija N (VIBGYOR HighAiroli); 2) Shranya Chavan(Sanjivani International SchoolKharghar) ; 3) Riya Adhave(New Horizon Public SchoolAiroli).

Boys (U-16) 100m: 1)Ameesh Ail (Ryan Internation-al School Sanpada); 2) Shas-hank Kuveshkar (New Hori-zon Public School Airoli); 3)Mihir Desai (St. AugustineHigh School Nerul).

Girls (U-16) 100m: 1)Shreya Jana (Podar Interna-tional School (ICSE) Nerul);2) Triveni Tawade (Bal Bha-rati Public School Kharghar);3) Prachi Shetty (Fr. AgnelMultipurpose School Vashi).

Boys (U-16) 4x100m Re-lay: 1) New Horizon PublicSchool Airoli; 2) St AugustineHigh School Nerul; 3) Fr. Ag-nel Multipurpose SchoolVashi

Girls (U-16) 4x100m Re-lay: 1) Fr. Agnel MultipurposeSchool Vashi; 2) Bal BharatiPublic School, Kharghar; 3)Euro School Airoli

* Results Incomplete

Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School Vashi eves which won the4x100m Relay event in the U-16 category include (L to R)Shreya Chavan, Maltina Nadar, Ragini Khetade and Pra-chi Shetty.

Shreya Jana (2nd from Right) pips Triveni Tawade (Right) in the Girls U-16 100m sprintfinals. (Photos by Author).

Over 2000 Boys and Girls in six age groups from 35 schools are taking part in theNMASA Inter School Athletics Meet.

Winner of the Girls U-14 Shot Put event Kshitija N (C) isflanked by Shranya Chavan (L) and Riya Adhave (R) whocame in second and third respectively.

Vishwajyot High School, Kharghar made their debut inthe NMASA Inter School Athletics Meet by sending acontingent of 43 athletes. Photo shows few of them readi-ly pose for Newsband.


Madhya Pradesh Tourism announces “Namaste Orchha”A Three Day Festival celebrating the cultural landscape to showcase untapped tourism potential in MP

MUMBAI: Adding toits ongoing initiativesto promote MadhyaPradesh as a leadingtourism destination inthe country, the StateTourism Board an-nounced “Namaste Or-chha”, a new festivalscheduled to be heldfrom 6-8 March 2020,celebrating the cultur-al landscape of thestate in the historictown of Orchha. Thefestival was announcedat a curtain raiser inMumbai.

The three day ex-travaganza in this an-cient and quaint townwill feature diverse ac-tivities of music, dance,art, wellness, travel,nature, adventure, his-tory and culture. Theseactivities would be ledby experts in their re-spective fields with par-ticipants comprisinginvited delegates. Animmersive visual spec-tacle of Maha Aarti willbe curated at thebanks of river Betwa.

Renowned vocalistPadma Shri ShubhaMudgal, noted lyricist-writer SwanandKirkire, popular sing-er Shilpa Rao, ac-

claimed composerClinton Cerejo, the pi-oneers of fusion rockIndian Ocean, eminentactor Manoj Bajpayeeare some of the artistswho will create engag-ing experiences for theaudiences at the festi-val.

The MadhyaPradesh TourismBoard has recently won10 National Awardsand the state has alsobeen listed among theTop 3 ‘Best Value Des-tination’ of the worldby Lonely Planet. TheMadhya Pradesh Gov-ernment has identifiedtourism as one of theleading sectors for de-velopment and aims topromote MP as an at-tractive destination forboth domestic and in-ternational travellers.There is a sustained fo-cus on infrastructuredevelopment, restora-tion of heritage sites,development of naturalreserves and biodiver-sity, promotion of sus-tainable and responsi-ble tourism as well asrural tourism.

Mr. Faiz AhmedKidwai, SecretaryTourism, Govt of

Madhya Pradesh andManaging Director,Madhya Pradesh Tour-ism Board said,“Madhya Pradesh isamong the most excit-ing tourist destination

in the country and hasimmense potential togrow inbound tourism.Under the vision of theHonourable Chief Min-ister, tourism has beenidentified as a key fo-cus area. We are creat-ing new opportunitiesand initiatives to pro-mote the state and itsrich cultural, naturaland architectural her-itage and its traditions

and history. This festi-val will find a place ofpride in the lives of thelocal populace of Orch-ha, sharing their homeand heart with visitors.It will also bring the

very best of MadhyaPradesh together in ameaningful celebra-tion”.

There will also beworkshops and site-vis-its for photography,film-making, perform-ing arts; exhibitionsshowcasing the state’shandicraft heritageand legacies, sustain-able fashion and de-sign presentations in

collaboration with mas-ter-craftsmen and wellknown global-localbrands. It will also of-fer opportunity for lo-cal businesses to ex-pand tourism offeringsand weddings indus-tries to exploit the yetuntapped potential inthe state.

Ms Yasmin Kid-wai, Festival Directorsaid, “Orchha is a hid-den gem in MadhyaPradesh and thriveson its celebrated heri-tage, natural beauty,culture and creativity.Our thought is to cre-ate an annual event inthe cultural calendar ofMadhya Pradesh thatwill help to discoverthis fascinating placeand bring in the con-fluence of ideas andcreative collabora-tions”.

The Orchha FortComplex hosts the leg-endary and uniqueRam Raja Temple,built in honour of LordRam and is the onlyplace where he is wor-shipped both as a godand as a king. There isthe imposing Chaturb-huj Temple, with ablend of temple, fort

and palace architectur-al features, the royalpalaces- Raja Mahaland the Sheesh Mahal,which is now convert-ed into a heritage ho-tel; the Jahangir Ma-hal built by MaharajaBir Singh Deo in ho-nour of a visit by theMughal Emperor Jah-angir; and the PhoolBagh, an architecturalmarvel built for natu-ral cooling through awater ventilation sys-tem. Numerous ceno-taphs or chhatris, con-structed in honour ofvarious erstwhile rul-ers of the city, dot thevicinity of the fort andthe Betwa river.

The rich and unfet-tered natural resourc-es, biodiversity andpristine landscape arealso an unparalleledattraction for natureand adventure lovers toexplore Orchha. Fromguided tours of the Or-chha Wildlife Sanctu-ary to adventure sportsalong the Betwa river,picturesque naturalbeauty to an experi-ence of rural life,there’s something forevery traveller to takehome.

By Salma Prabhu

Last two monthsyou must havegot tips on enhancingalmost every relation-ship around you and Iam sure you must bedoing good. It is okayif you are working onsome and have gotlittle results as life islike that, we all havesome areas we arevery happy with andsome where we need

Why is it happening to me?to keep constantlyworking.

My recommenda-tion is keep workingon them, do not giveup. Last week I met aclient who sharedabout her issues withher children and afterpouring out her hearther question was“Ma’am why this hasto happen to me”?

I looked at herand wanted to tellher that believe me,almost every individ-ual in an around us,have some or theother problem andeveryone has thesame question intheir mind.

I started workingwith her on herareas of concern andshe was feeling

better at the end ofthe session. I told herto now pay a littlemore attention to herquestion which sheasked regarding whyit has to be her.

I asked her howwas she feeling aftershe had worked onresolving with methe issue? She saidshe felt better. Shealso said that whileshe was workingwith my help on herproblems sherealised that it wasnot as catastrophicas she thought itwas and there wereways to find asolution to them.

She also saidthat she realised thatothers have muchbigger problems than

her.I smiled and told

her that I felt thatthe session was asuccess now as shespoke exactly how aclient who goes to thenext level of evolving

speaks.We all have to

just look around us

as to how everyone issuffering in theirown zones. There isno one who is totallyat bliss unless theywant to be at blissdespite having manyproblems aroundthem.

Problems are likepart of life, they helpus learn, get better,accept, become morecompassionate,stronger, morecapable of solvingthings on our ownand also helpingothers.

If we had noproblems we wouldtake everything inlife for granted, wewould never under-stand ourselves andothers, we would notinvent things and we

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So next time youask yourself why isthis happening tome, look around, lookat the bright side, sitand plan how to getout of the problemrather than feel likethe only victim onthe earth. Take help,talk to close family,friends and if need bea counselor, but lookat the problem as astepping stone tobecoming a betterindividual.Salma Prabhu is ClinicalPsychologist, CareerCounsellor and AuthorDirector SPIC. You canwrite to her for querieson [email protected] Mobile :9322851484


Jainacharya Yugbhushan Suricoronated as Cachhadhipati

The high profile event boosted prestige

and reputation of Jain religion

MUMBAI: On the auspicious day of4th of February, 2020, the high pro-file coronation of His Holiness Jain-acharya Shri Yugbhushan SurijiMaharaj (Pandit M.S.) on the postof the Gachchhaadhipati of MohjitVijayji sect boosted prestige and rep-utation of Jain Religion. On theblessed land of Chikuvadi, Borivli(Mumbai), the ceremony was per-formed with a majestic grandeur &celebrations based on Jain rituals.Several dignitaries of the Sangh andthousands of general public wit-nessed this function. The peoplepresent on the occasion felt blessedto observe such rare moments intheir lives.

Jainacharya Yugbhushansuribecame part of 31 living members ofthe order of saints at the highestrank in Jaina order.

Around 100 Jain Monks (Sadhus& Sadhvis) adorned His Holinesswith the seat of Gachchhaadhipati.Jain protagonist Jakshay Shah, He-mant Shah (Canada), DineshbhaiThadiyawala (Manilaksmi Pilgrim-age), Jigneshbhai (Ahmedabad) andHimanshu Shah (Monarch Industry)as well as several Heads of Jain As-sociations and renowned personali-ties were present on the occasion.They offered their good wishes to thenew Gachchhaadhipati Shri and ex-uded confidence that being seated onthe throne, Jain Acharya Shri Gach-chhaadhipati would bless all withenhanced work for the betterment ofthe Sangh, Shashan (Administra-tion) and People’s welfare.

Shri Narendra Modi Prime Min-ister of India, Shri Amit Shah Home

Minister, and Shri Vijay Rupani,Chief Minister of Gujarat had sentcongratulatory letters for the occasionand sought blessings from Jaina-charya Yugbhushansuri on this oc-casion. Shri Amit shah expressed hiswishes in his letter that His HolinessJainacharya Yugbhushansuri shouldlead the way in mentoring the orderof world peace.

Many followers flew into Mumbaifrom across the globe to be a part ofthis historic occasion. The ceremonywas an eye-opener for those who werenot aware of the robust system of em-powerment of religious rights.

Jainacharya Shree Yugabhushan Suri isseen during coronation as Gachhadhipati,the highest rank of Jain religion

By Ryhea George

When in college, astudent goes through alot of biological, emo-tional, physical andmental changes. Someget through suchchanges very easilywhile most of themhave always fallen preyto various issues con-sisting of the abovegiven changes. It is avery sensitive period ofa person’s life wheredeviating from one’sgoal is very easy. A lotof students duringsuch course of time,deal with many issues,but due to lack ofproper guidance haveeither fallen prey to itor have gone into seri-ous issues of stress,depression and emo-tional instability.

Parent’s supportand encouragement goa long way in helpingthe students overcomethese issues. Parentshave difficulty under-standing what theirchild is going throughand wrongly assumethat the kid might havefallen into vices suchas substance abuse oreven worse. After asurvey conducted byRyhea George, report-er with Newsband itwas found that thereare some basic andcommon questionsthat every college goerhas or which havecrossed their mind atsome point of life.These questions arevery common but theanswers for thesevary and depend onevery individual.

In order to get a de-fault set of answersfor such students,Newsband had aQuestion and Answersession with MissYvette Lee, who is acounselor and a socialworker with MahatmaEducation Society’sPillai Group of Institu-tions. She has seen stu-dents coming to herwith various issuesthey have faced during

Questions that every College goer has

their college days. Hereare the excerpts:

Newsband: What isthe best way to notoverthink any situa-tion?

Yvette Lee: Themost important thing isnot to brush it under thecarpet. Acknowledgethat a situation is mak-ing you angry/ fearful/anxious/ jealous etc.Once you acknowledgeit and become aware ofit, put things into per-spective. It’s alwayseasy to make things big-ger and more negativethan they need to be.The next time you catchyourself making amountain out of a mole-hill, ask yourself howmuch it will matter infive years or even nextmonth. Sometimes justchanging up the timeframe, can help shutdown overthinking.

Newsband: How cana student deal withpeer pressure duringCollege days ?

Yvette Lee: Stu-dents should be taughtthat it is okay saying‘No’ to something theydon’t like and don’tagree with. We very of-ten bring up children tobe kind and always say‘yes’ to things to com-promise and accept andbe quiet. Hence teachingchildren about assertive-ness from a young ageis important. We shouldalso help students devel-op, believe and listen totheir instincts and payattention to how theyfeel. If there is some-thing that doesn’t feelright about a situation tothem, it probably isn’t.Teach them to listen totheir instincts.

Newsband: How doyou know when a re-lationship is over?

Yvette Lee: Youshould decide yourboundaries and it’s dif-ferent for everyone .You decide when yourrelationship is over.

Newsband: How tobe persistent on notfalling into sub-stance abuse ?

Yvette Lee: I thinkteaching them asser-tiveness and listeningto their instincts is thekey here as well.

Newsband: Towhom should the stu-dents speak abouttheir mental healthand issues related tothat ?

Yvette Lee: I thinkit should start by let-ting students and peo-ple at large feel that it’sokay not to be okay orfeel okay. Acceptanceand acknowledgementof feelings is the firststep to getting help.Students should be en-couraged to talk tocounselors, teachers,close friends, parents,cousins or whoeverthey feel comfortablewith. If any of thesesupport givers thinkthe situation is graveand that they might notbe able to handle it,they should encouragethe person to meet aprofessional counse-lors/ therapist/ psy-chologist etc.

Newsband: Howlong is too long to holdon to an issue you havewith your friends, fam-ily or a loved one ?

Yvette Lee: Aslong as you are able tohandle it and it doesn’taffect your relationshipwith the person and youare able to have a civilconversation with her/him about it. If this in-cident is taking toomuch of your mindspace and is affectingyour mental health andfunctionality. Youshould know it’s timeto get professionalhelp.

Yvette Lee

Letters to the Editor....

Kiwi team made team India pay priceTeam India lost a key match after scoring 347 runs as the Kiwi side

got the better of Kohli led side. As in the past, the batting clicked where-as the bowling was pathetic. Left handed batsmen of Kiwi side scored168 runs of 153 balls and our so called spinners gave away 148 runs for2 wickets. In all 24 wide balls were bowled to add to the misery.

Captaincy was totally lacking. Field placements were totally wrong.The best fielder Jadeja was throwing off the target and his bowling isnot a match winning effort any way and appears to be a liability in theside. But for Rahul all the other Indian batsmen wasted valuable deliv-eries looking for records. In the end, Team India lost the first ODI byfour wickets after winning the T-20 series 5-0. The much hyped threepacemen gave away 196 runs for two wickets. But for two run outs thereis nothing to write about our performance.

C.K. Subramaniam, Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Union Budget 2020- DisappointingThe Union Budget 2020 is disappointing. Although it has taken care

of the interests of many sectors and taxpayers, it has not given anyspecific relief to important sectors such as real estate and automobiles.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai


MUMBAI: Mumbaibased ‘The Vein Centre’partners with ApolloClinic (Andheri, Colaba& Vashi) for providingOPD and UltrasoundExamination servicesto patients of ApolloClinic (Andheri, Colaba& Vashi). The tie-upwill provide patients anaccess to the right so-lutions from the ex-perts for dealing thegrowing lifestyle dis-ease of Varicose Veins.This facility will beavailable in Colaba,Vashi and Andheri. TheVein Center is also look-ing further to provideconsultation services inApollo Clinic Nasikwith a view to treatingpatients in Mumbai.

There are over 4Mplus patients across thecountry which arelacking knowledge ofVaricose Veins. 99% ofthe people sufferingfrom Varicose Veinsavoid getting treated as

The Vein Center partnerswith Apollo Clinic

Varicose Veins and Spider Veins disease can now

be cured within 3-4 hours by the technologies

brought to India by The Vein Centre

the initial stage of thedisease is painless.Speaking on the tie-upDr. Sonia Kapote, Di-rector, Apollo Clinic(Andheri, Colaba,Vashi & Nasik) said,“We are elated to haveThe Vein Center OPDat our Apollo Clinic-Andheri, Colaba &Vashi. We believe in

providing our patientswith the best doctorsand quality diagnosticservices and engagingexperts from The VeinCenter will truly helpour patients to getquick relief from thiscommonly silent andoverlooked yet painfulissue.”

Commenting on thepartnership, Dr. Sau-rabh Joshi, Founder &

Principal Consultant,The Vein Center, “Apol-lo Clinic is well knownto offer high-quality di-agnostic and daycareservices for patients.With support fromApollo, we will positive-ly excel providing thetop class solutions tothe patients and con-sult them with the

right treatment. We atthe Vein Center andApollo Clinic(Andheri,Colaba, Vashi &Nasik) share a com-mon value of treatingour patients with Em-pathy and thus it iseasy for Vein Center toprovide its Consulta-tion services withinApollo Clinics (And-heri, Colaba, Vashi &Nasik).”

By Jubel D’Cruz

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh galmo (javla)• 2 medium-size onions, finely

chopped• 3-4 green chilies, finely chopped• 3-4 sprigs of coriander leaves,

finely chopped• 1 small tomato, finely chopped• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste• 3 tsp meat masala• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder• 1 cup rice flour• Juice of one lemon• Salt to tasteMethod:

1. Wash and clean the galmo(javla).

2. Keep it to drain in a sieve.3. De-seed the tomato and chop

it fine.4. Add all the ingredients in a

bowl and mix well.5. Use only 1/2 cup rice flour

first, then add as required.6. Squeeze the lemon juice in the

mixture.7. Add salt to taste.

Javla Cutlets8. Mix well and set aside for 15

minutes.9. Now take the mixture and

form patties on your palm.10. In a frying pan, add enough

oil and fry the patties on lowflame.

11. Don’t be in a hurry. Let itcook well on one side thenturn on the other side andcook till done.

12. It should turn nice and crispywith a nice crust.

13. Serve your cutlets as a start-er or as a main course.

Covestro (India) along with ARCHDevelopment Foundation organise a

3 day ‘Eureka Science Fest’ for students

MUMBAI: Covestro(India) Private Limit-ed, Mumbai along withtheir CSR partnerARCH DevelopmentFoundation from Vado-dara have been dedicat-edly working since past3 years with nearly 50government and aidedschools across India todevelop scientific tem-perament amongst thestudents of theseschools by providing“Brighter World Labs”constituting 109 work-ing models coveringmajority of the NCERTscience syllabus.

Apart from sciencelab – the project Bright-er World Lab is sup-ported with various sci-ence base activitiesthroughout the aca-demic year and an an-nual mega event of Eu-reka Science Fest isconducted every year.

This year EurekaScience Fest in Mum-bai was inaugurated byMr Anand Srinivasan,Managing Director,Covestro (India) Private

Limited along with MrNishant Shah – Direc-tor ARCH DevelopmentFoundation in the pres-ence of Guest of Honour– Shri Rajendra Bhat –Krishibhusan awardeeand founder of NisargMitra Farms.

11 schools fromThane and Navi Mum-bai surrounding withnearly 230 participantsexhibited various mod-els and science experi-ments in various catego-ries like Working Modelon Physics, phenomenalideas and innovativeconcepts on Smart Agri-culture and AlternateUse of Plastics and nu-merous science basedDIY activities. EurekaScience Fair was visit-ed by 1500 students fora day long event afterwhich winners of eachtheme and categorywere awarded by topmanagement officialsfrom Covestro and ArchFoundation.

The fair hosted in thecampus of Bharat Rat-na Shrimati Indira Gan-

dhi Vidya Mandir –Thane was aptly de-signed by the team ofArch Foundation keep-ing the buzz with theparticipants and visitorsalive through the day.The exhibits were eval-uated by experts fromvarious fields along withvolunteers from Coves-tro to minutely grade thestudents’ performanceand rank accordingly.

“The Brighter WorldLab project is very closeto our hearts at Coves-tro, not just because itis our brainchild, butbecause it involves twokey elements for abrighter future. One isthe channel – Scienceand the other is the doer– the child. If we canequip children of todaywith an appetite for sci-ence, instill a scientifictemperament for thethings around us andhelp them be curiousabout learning, theworld will be at theirfeet,” said Mr. AnandSrinivasan, MD, Coves-tro India.

tax regime, implying notax benefit on principaland interest for homeloans would be a damp-ener for the sector.

The extension ofbenefit for affordablehousing for the devel-opers as well as homebuyers by one year is astep in the right direc-tion. As far as the fund-ing constraint for thereal estate sector is con-cerned, the govern-

Union Budget 2020-21...Contd. from pg. 4

ment spoke about en-hancing the partialcredit guaranteescheme for NBFCs,which again may notsuffice for the ailingreal estate sector.

In order to push thefence-sitters to buyhomes, along with theexisting subsidies on af-fordable housing, thereis a need for deductionsin personal taxation.This measure can go a

long way in boostingoverall consumer de-mand and help in liftingthe economy. The Gov-ernment has not an-nounced adequate fundsto revive projects stuckrealty projects becauseof financial issues. Thebudget would providerelief to home buyers,who had been payinginterest on home loansfor years without get-ting possession.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada, Navi

Mumbai


Gaushal at Raj Bhavan in GujaratBy Vinod C .Dixit

In Gujarat Raj Bha-van – Gandhinagarwhile entering thesweet bells of a smallbell are heard in theears, as well as thesound of the calf. Thevisitor here may feelthat he has come to aplace where he does notbelong to the govern-ment building, but to aritualistic tradition, fol-lowing political proto-col. But things are dif-ferent.

Following the Vedictradition, the Governorof Gujarat, AcharyaDevvrat, is preparing aGaushala at Rajbha-van, where Gir is rais-ing cattle and his calf.The Governor visits theGaushala regularly.Since he has a keen in-terest and knowledge in

cattle herding, he is giv-ing guidance to theguardian of the cow andguiding him on the fit-ness of the cow and hiscalf. This cow’s calf isfull and its milk is con-sumed in the Rajbha-van only after its moth-er is weaned. The num-ber of cows will be in-creased in the comingtime. After the remov-al of milk from the useof Rajbhavan, every-thing that will growwill be distributedamong the employees ofthe milk. Not long ago,the Governor called forthis cow from Gir andthey are constantlyspreading propagandafor the improvement ofthe breed of Gir cowsand Desi cows. The cowsare weeded daily by thefull organic method.

When Acharya Dev-vrat was the Governorof Himachal Pradesh,he gave the slogan ‘Onehouse, one cow’. Hesays that whereverthere is, a gum shouldbe added to it with agum. It should be usedfor composting. It willalso provide good fertil-izer to the farmers.Farmers will be rid ofpesticides and preciousfertilizers, which alsocauses illnesses. I amalso a farmer and Ihave a gurukul in Ku-rukshetra, where thereare 300 cows. Fertiliz-ers are prepared fromtheir urine. He had aSindhi cow in the Him-achal Raj Bhavan. Heeven put up pillows forthe cow’s comfort. Theyalso have warm clothesfor them in the cold.

Himachal Rajbhavannever bought milk, yo-gurt, butter and garlicfrom the market duringhis tenure. A special per-son was also appointedin the Raj Bhavan tolook after the cows.

The cow has been asymbol of wealth in In-dia since ancient times.The cow was possiblyrevered because hu-mans are relied heavilyon it for dairy productsand for tilling the fields,and on cow dung as asource of fuel and fertil-izer. Reverence for cowsis in the major texts ofthe Vedic religion. Ma-hatma Gandhi saidthat “I worship it and Ishall defend its worshipagainst the wholeworld,” Gandhi regard-ed Cow better than theearthly mother, and

called her “the motherto millions of Indianmankind.” Cow-basedfarming has been thebackbone of our agricul-ture for centuries. Theinitiative taken Gujar-at Governor reveals thefact that the cow is verymuch attached to thesentiment and the cul-tural traditions of thepeople. It is to be re-membered that cow isthe back-bone of Indianeconomy. India wasgolden bird until cowwas base of agriculture.It is nice that our gov-ernment runsseveral goshalas, shel-ters for old cattle,across the country, butthese are too few andare not governed by se-rious norms.

The writer is freelancer,writer and Cartoonist.

Extension of theperiodicity JabalpurJn. - Coimbatore Jn.Weekly Special Till

March 30thBy Ashok Dhamija

Panvel: West Cen-tral Railway in coordi-nation with KonkanRailway have decidedto extend the periodici-ty of Train no. 02198 /02197 Jabalpur Jn. -Coimbatore Jn. - Ja-balpur Jn. Special(Weekly) with halt atPanvel Jn. too. TheSaturday Weekly Spe-cial Train no. 02198which will depart fromJabalpur Jn. Will nowbe extended upto 28thMarch 2020. On theother hand Train No.02197 which will de-part from CoimbatoreJn. Every Monday willextend upto to 30thMarch 2020. Passen-gers are requested tokindly avail the servic-es.


Marked as one of therenowned doctors, Dr. Rajasstarted his journey with thezest to become a well-quali-fied medical practitioner. Heinitiated his dreams of mak-ing a mark in the medical

field with and MBBS (Bache-lor of Medicine and Bachelor

of Surgery) degree fromMaharashtra University of

Health Sciences. Further tothis, he mastered his skills

with an MD Degree (Doctoror Medicine) in General

Medicine from Patil Universi-ty of Navi Mumbai. Indeed,his keenness to fine tune his

curing capabilities wentbeyond MD Degree and he

did a Fellowship in MedicalOncology from renowned

Jaslok Hospital and ResearchCenter in Mumbai. In a

conversation with JaspalSingh Naol, freelance jour-nalist, Dr. Rajas talks about

the trends, challenges inCancer treatment.

Following are the excerpts:

Newsband: What are themost common types of cancerin India?

Dr. Rajas: Breast & Cervicalcancer in females and Oral and oth-er head and neck & Lung cancerin males are some of the common-est in Indian population. The grow-ing numbers are precipitated by alack of awareness, negligence &myths about cancer; especially bythose between 40 and 60 years.Awareness is essential as regularscreening can help to detect can-cers in its early stages. Commoncancer in females living in urbanareas is breast cancer, while in ru-ral areas, it is cervical cancer,caused commonly by the HumanPapillomavirus accounting for 30 &12 percent of new cancer casesevery year respectively. Oral can-cer contributes 7 percent of newcancer cases annually. Cancersgetting diagnosed in laterstages results in fewer cure optionsand more expensive treatment.According to data from the IndianCouncil of Medical Research, the

number of cancer cases is estimat-ed to increase at by 1.45 millionnew cases every year.

Newsband: What are the big-gest challenges to treatment?

Dr. Rajas: Lack of awarenessis the biggest roadblock to timelydiagnosis and treatment. Changinglifestyles are also contributing to ahigher incidence of cancer – theseinclude sedentary habits, lack ofexercise, junk foods, increased con-sumption of alcohol and tobacco usein both the genders. This is com-pounded by the country’s inherentsocio-economic inequalities in ac-cess to healthcare. The rural areasespecially experience large num-bers of untreat-able cancers be-cause of a pauci-ty of funds,knowledge andtreatment facili-ties. The ICMRhas predicted thatby the year 2020,India will witnessmore than 17.3lakh new cases ofcancer, and morethan 8.8 lakh ofthese cases willresult in death.Again, this islargely becausethe majority of the patients visit hos-pitals for diagnosis or treatmentwhen they are already in the ad-vanced stages of their illness.

Newsband: What are the lat-est advancements in the field ofcancer treatment?

Dr. Rajas: Historically cancertreatment consisted of radical sur-geries, chemotherapy & radiationtherapy. In recent past few de-cades, newer surgical techniques -some assisted by robots, clinical tri-als bringing newer drugs with moreefficacy & fewer side effects tothe market, hormonal therapy, tar-geted therapy & the most recentImmunotherapy has changed thefield of cancer treatment tremen-dously. Immunotherapy is essential-ly the use of drugs which modifythe patient’s immune system in sucha way that it fights and keeps thecancer under control. Radiation

facilitate early diagnosis and possi-bly a curative treatment. Around theworld, 9.6 million people die eachyear from cancer – by 2030, thenumber of deaths is projected to riseto 13 million. What most peopledon’t realise is that more than one-third of cancer cases can be pre-vented, another third can be curedwith early detection and treatment.In fact, prevention, early detectionand treatment measures can helpsave up to 3.7 million lives everyyear. It is important to actively par-ticipate in preventive measuresaimed at improving literacy and un-derstanding around cancer, so thatwe can dissolve stigmas, increaseunderstanding, dispel myths andmisconceptions, and change behav-iours and attitudes towards cancer.

Newsband: What is the futureof cancer treatment?

Dr. Rajas: Until recently, che-motherapy was the only option totreat advanced cancers, but it hadits own set of side-effects. Elderlypatients were particularly more sus-ceptible to these complications, es-pecially if they already had pre-ex-isting conditions such as diabetes,cardiac dysfunction or poor kidneyfunction.

Since the last few decades, how-ever, many patients are getting ben-efits from the rise in useof hormonal drugs eg: Palbociclib,Ribociclib, targeted therapies eg: Trastuzumab, Bevacizumab & Im-muno - therapies such as Pembroli-zumab, Nivolumab, etc. Thesetreatments target the specific genesand proteins in cancer cells relatedto cancer growth. Promising devel-opment is that of immunotherapy, atype of treatment that stimulates anindividual’s own immune system tofight cancer. Immunotherapy treat-ments used to treat cancer includemonoclonal antibodies, man-madeversions of immune system proteins,checkpoint inhibitors that help thebody recognise and attack cancercells, and cancer vaccines. Chimer-ic antigen receptor T-cell therapy,where a type of the body’s immunecells called T cells are geneticallyaltered in the lab to better fight can-cer cells, can also revolutionise theway cancer is treated.

Lack of awareness is the biggest roadblock to timelydiagnosis and treatment of Cancer: Dr. Rajas B Patel

therapy has also evolved and im-proved tremendously over the yearsand one of the greatest advance-ments in this regard has been theintroduction of proton therapy.There are several studies whichindicate that proton therapy is mosteffective in treating tumours of theprostate, brain, head and neck, cen-tral nervous system, lung, and gas-trointestinal system as well as can-cers that cannot be removed com-pletely by surgery. It is often thepreferred option for treating solidtumours in children.

Newsband: Your advice tothose suffering from cancer?

Dr. Rajas: Educatingyourself can helpin decision mak-ing, determiningthe course of can-cer treatment andalso prepare youto cope up withthe side-effects.D i s c u s s i n gwith your doctorabout what, when& how of treat-ment, can helpyou to develop asupport systemfor yourself andthe loved ones.You could also

consider joining a cancer supportgroup, where you can learn fromthe shared experiences of others.It is very important to become vig-ilant about your eating habits andlifestyle – getting adequate exer-cise and rest is important as re-search indicates that people whomaintain some form of physicalexercise during treatment are ableto cope better and may also livelonger. Regular & sincere followup with your doctor is very impor-tant after completion of the treat-ment.

Newsband: What would youlike our readers to know onWorld Cancer Day?

Dr. Rajas: The importance ofawareness, both before and afterdiagnosis, cannot be emphasisedenough. Educating yourself andpeople around you about cancer andundergoing regular screenings can

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