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1 ! ! !"#$ " # $ % & ! ' & & & ! % &'( )*'+ , '-. ! !"#$ (!)* & )+, & -). ! /"01 Amid the ongoing contro-versy over hijab, PrimeMinister Narendra Modireached out to the Muslimwomen of Uttar Pradesh sayingthe BJP stands with everyMuslim in the State which isreflected the way we got rid oftriple talaq. Muslim sisters know ourgood intentions. We made alaw against triple talaq andfreed Muslim sisters from thismalice, Modi said inSaharanpur on Thursday whichwill go to the polls on has around 35per cent Muslim populationand is home to Darul-UloomDeoband, Asia s biggest semi-nary. Realising the importance ofMuslim votes, the PrimeMinister wooed Muslims andtalked about them for at least10 minutes in his speech. Those dealing in votebanks are worried that noweven Muslims are supportingModi.

2 They could not digestthat some Muslim women wereposting small reels on socialmedia praising the BJP. Theywant Muslim women to bepushed back to the medievalage, but BJP and Yogi are com-mitted to protecting Muslimwomen, Modi also talked about thescheme Yogi has had initiatedfor farmers saying the BJPG overnment has given moremoney to sugarcane farmersthan what the previous gov-ernments had given in the last10 years. The BJP Government istaking permanent measures torelieve sugarcane farmers as ithas allowed them to makeeither sugar or ethanol as permarket demand. UP farmers have produced ethanolworth 12,000 crore and thisfigure is bound to increase incoming years, the PrimeMinister the SamajwadiParty, the Prime Minister saidthis party is making hollowpromises to the public.

3 Theparty is only concerned aboutits family, not about the devel-opment of UP. These peoplehad talked about giving elec- # 23 # The Raipur district Collectoron Thursday furtherrelaxed the restrictionsimposed on public activitiesdue to improvement in theCovid-19 order issued byCollector and MagistrateSaurabh Kumar states thatthere has been a fall in Covid-19 positive cases acrossthe this, noweateries (dhaba, bakeries, foodcourts and other food relatedestablishments) can operatetill midnight. The dhabas on NationalHighway outside the urbanlimits can operate for trucks,buses and other transport vehi-cles beyond midnight, an offi-cial communication revised order, howev-er, prohibits all types of dhar-nas, rallies and processions inRaipur case of religious, sports,cultural and other social pro-grammes (marriage and Dashgatra ), library, cinemahalls, malls and other publicevents, 50 percent of the max-imum capacity will be allowedat the venues.

4 But if the guests exceed 200or more, then permission hasto be sought from the nearestpolice station or at the district arriving fromforeign countries need to inti-mate the administration abouttheir business establishmentoperators, employees and cus-tomers will be required to usemasks during business. Allbusinessmen must keep masksan sanitizer for sale in their action will follow incase of violation and if peoplerefuse to pay fine. % % / /"01' 2% # Amid reports of technicalsnag in EVMs at someplaces and names missing fromthe voters list, polling in thefirst phase on Thursday passedoff peacefully in Uttar Pradeshwith an average of over 60 percent votes, ElectionCommission officials said. Anaverage of per centpolling was witnessed in UP. The polling, which start-ed at 7 am, was held in 58 Assembly seats spread across 11districts in the western part ofthe State.

5 The ElectionCommission reported peacefulballoting in the sprawling State swestern belt bordering Delhiwhere the main contest isbetween the ruling BJP and thecombination of the SamajwadiParty and the Rashtriya LokDal (RLD).The highest polling wasreported from Shamali withover per cent votes fol-lowed by per cent inMuzaffarnagar, per centin Baghpat, per cent inHapur, per cent inBulandshahr, per cent inMeerut, per cent inMathura, per cent inAligarh, per cent in Agra,54. 77 per cent in Ghaziabad,and per cent in GautamBudh Nagar. The Election Commissionsaid that many people werewaiting to vote and about 60per cent of the vote is likely totake place till the a slow start in the firsttwo hours till 9 am, when justeight per cent of the electoratehad turned out, the momen-tum picked up as thousands ofmen and women made it to thepolling stations after the sunpeeped out to give a respite from the winter chilland fog.

6 The electronic votingmachines broke down in someplaces and were quickly setright. "41 54 2 Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Thursdayclaimed the Narendra ModiGovernment managed thefinancial crisis better than theUPA Government did in 2008and said the Congress rulewas like dark age in India. In 2008 financial crisis,Indian GDP took a hit of crore in terms of reducedgains. In the recent crisis,Indian GDP lost lakhcrore. Despite the disruption tothe supply chain, inflation in2020-21 was per cent,whereas, in 2008-09, it was cent, she said while reply-ing to the debate on UnionBudget in the Lok Sabha,. It means that despite thecontraction in GDP and muchlarger loss to GDP we managedto keep the inflation lowerthan when India suffered asmaller crisis in 2008, theFinance minister said the Indianeconomy was strong and point-ed out that it grew faster thanthe US economy in the previ-ous financial year.

7 The Indian economy isprojected to grow at 9 per centin the next financial year, theUS is expected to grow at 4 percent, she said. There was indeed AndhaKal (dark age) in the country,but it was during the Congressrule. Rampant corruption, dou-ble-digit inflation, policy paral-ysis were part of the dark ageunder Congress rule, theFinance Minister pointed out under theModi Government the cur-rent account is in surplusdespite such a massive crisis. But in 2008, during a muchsmaller crisis, the Indian econ-omy was in a current accountdeficit, she said, 44 uni-corns have been identified inthis country. They have creat-ed wealth. They showcaseIndia s talent and has happened between2020 and 2021. The Finance Ministernoted that every village hasbeen electrified in India, Andhkaal (time of darkness) pre-vailed during their (Congress)rule, whereas now every househas got electricity in every village.

8 ! " # ! " 64"% # The karnataka High Courton Thursday asked stu-dents to avoid wearing any religious dress on campus-es of education till the courttakes a final call on the hijabcontroversy. Posting the matterfor Monday, the full court saideducational institutions canresume classes. Till the disposal of thematter, you people should notinsist on wearing all these reli-gious things, Chief JusticeRitu Raj Awasthi three-judge bench ofCJ Awasthi, Justices JM Khazi,and Krishna S Dixit, which wasformed on Wednesday, said itwanted the matter to beresolved at the earliest but tillthat time peace and tranquilli-ty is to be maintained. We will pass an order. Letthe schools and colleges till the matter is resolved,no student should insist onwearing a religious dress, the petitioners lawyer Devadatt Kamat told thecourt that such an order willamount to suspension of hisclient s constitutional rightsunder article 25, Chief JusticeAwasthi said the arrangementis only for a few days till thematter is resolved and askedhim to Wednesday, JusticeDixit, who was hearing thecase, referred the case to JusticeAwasthi s consideration with aview that a large bench maylook into the hijab row started inDecember end when a fewstudents started coming to theGovernment pre-universitycollege in Udupi wearing hijab.

9 To protest against it, someHindu students turned upwearing saffron scarves. Therow spread to other educationalinstitutions in different parts ofthe State, and the protests tooka violent turn at some placeearlier this week, prompting theGovernment on Tuesday todeclare three days holiday forthe : Muslim RashtriyaManch (MRM), the RSS Muslim wing, has backed theburqa-clad student who washeckled by youth shouting JaiShri Ram slogans at aKarnataka college, saying pur-dah is part of Indian culture.# $ % & ' Mumbai: RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das on Thursdaymade it clear that private cryp-tocurrencies are a threat tomacroeconomic and financialstability and undermine itsability to deal with challengeson the two fronts. Cautioning investors, thegovernor said such assets haveno underlying whatsoever, noteven a tulip.

10 The comments are a reit-eration of institutional con-cerns on such assets expressedearlier but assume significancebecause they come days afterthe Union budget put a 30 percent tax on gains made on crypto stakeholdershad welcomed the move as onewhich legitimises their trade. Private cryptocurrenciesor whatever name you call it area threat to our macroeconom-ic stability and financial sta-bility. They will underminethe RBI s ability to deal withissues of financial stability andmacroeconomic stability, Dastold reporters. He added that it is his duty to caution investors, andtold them to keep in mind thatthey are investing at their ownrisk. Using a historical contextto make a point on the value ofsuch instruments, Das said, They also need to keep in mindthat the cryptocurrency has nounderlying, not even a tulip .It can be noted that the tulip mania of the 17th cen-tury is often cited as a classicexample of a financial bubble,where the price of somethinggoes up, not due to intrinsicvalue but because of specula-tors wanting to make a profitby selling a bulb of the exoticflower.