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Special onlinecampaign to prevent

child abuseThe Kharghar-basedyouth organization haslaunched an online cam-paign on Anti-Child Abuseon August 15. The cam-paign will continue till 19thAugust. In the online se-ries of this campaign, ac-tivists of youth organiza-tions, representatives ofchildren rights organiza-tions, parents, representa-tives of social organizationswill interact and talk on dif-ferent issues pertaining tothe topic…

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Successful studentsof 10th & 12th

felicitated in UlweThe Shetkari Kamgar Pak-sh of Ulwe along with Aam-hi Ulwekar Mitra Mandalorganised a felicitation cer-emony of all the passedstudents of 10th and 12thstandard in Ulwe Sector-9at Sai Kripa Building on15th August, 2020…

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Woman delivers a babyat Panvel railway stationA pregnant woman travel-ing on the Mangala Ex-press when into labor whilethe train was reachingPanvel Station. The rail-way administration alight-ed the woman at the Pan-vel railway station and withthe help of the railway staffthe woman gave birth to achild safely.

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Contd. on pg. 4Children should be taught aboutlaw and order: Sanjay KumarNavi Mumbai Police Commissioner’s

opinion is supported by the citizens

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner, SanjayKumar recently tweet-ed that the childrenshould be taught aboutlaw and order rightfrom the childhood andinfact this should be-come a part of the cur-riculum in the school.His opinion is support-ed by many citizens ofthe satellite city.

Speaking with theNewsband Sanjay Ku-mar said, “I feel that

law and order shouldbe the part of curricu-

lum in the school.Many of the cases orcomplaints whichcome to police stationsare non-cognizable asper the law. But peoplefail to understand thisand become dissatis-fied. Distrust with thepolice departmentthen starts. Thoughmany times there areother reasons too, Iadmit."

Many citizensretweeted to the Navi

Contd. on pg. 6

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCOVID-19 epidemicwhich had put a twistto this year's Indepen-dence Day celebrationsacross the nation, how-ever failed to deter theenthusiasm and patriot-ic fervor of the students.

Students ot Nerulbased Delhi PublicSchool (DPS) celebrat-ed 74th IndependenceDay on a virtual plat-form on Saturday 15Aug, 2020 . The enthu-siastic students show-cased a medley of patri-otic songs, speeches,skits and dances on the

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) has decidedto allow all the shopsto remain open on alldays from Saturday,15thAugust,2020from 9am to 7pmexclud-ing hotspotsandcontain-mentzones inthe satellite city.

It may be recalledthat Manda Mhatrehad urged the NMMCChief Abhijit Bangarto allow all thebusiness establish-ments to remain openon all the days as thetraders were facingfinancial crunchesdue to closure ofbusinesses from thelast four months.

Abhijit Bangar,NMMC Commissionersaid, "In a meeting

All shops toremain open onall days: NMMCOrder will not be applicable for shops

in hot spots and containment zones

that was held recent-ly, it was decided thatall the shops shouldbe given permissionto conduct businesson all days in thesatellite city from15th August, 2020.

Earlier the shopswere allowed to openas per the odd-evensystem but now they

Schools across thecity celebrate virtual

Independence DayPandemic fails to deter the enthusiasm of the students

DPS Principal along with Vice Principal join the ChiefGuest durinng the flag hositing ceremony at their schoolpremises in NerulContd. on pg. 7

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By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: BharatiyaJanata Party UranTaluka Women's VicePresident NirmalaGharat's birthday wascelebrated on Satur-day, August 15, withtree plantation drive.

BJP Uran talukawomen vice presidentNirmala Gharat, BJPwomen activistsKashibai Gharat,Kamla Gharat,Ashwini Gharat

BJP Uran Taluka womencelebrate Vice President’s birthday

with tree plantation drive

Nirmala Sunil Ghar-at, Kusum Ambore

were present on thisoccasion.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A busi-nessman living in Ner-ul and his associates,who had been called toPavne MIDC under thepretext of giving gold atcheap rate, was duped ofRs 18 lakh cash. Turb-he MIDC police haveregistered a case of em-bezzlement and fraudagainst the gang.

Jagannath Aher'sfriends Mujib Khan andSyed Ali, who live inNerul area, were told byan acquaintance thatthey were selling gold at7 to 8 per cent lesserprice from the currentrate. Lured by the offer,Mujib Khan and Syedinformed JagannathAher about this, Jagan-nath Aher told his friendHarisingh about it andtold him that he wouldbuy the gold for hisdaughter. He also sug-gested Harisingh to buygold with him. Howev-er, Jagannath Aherasked Harisingh to paythe amount as he did nothave that much moneyat present. After Jagan-nath Aher promised toreturn the money with-in four days, Harisinghcollected Rs 18 lakhfrom his friends and rel-atives.

After that, at around8.30 pm last week, Ja-

gannath Aher, Haris-ingh and Aher's friendMujib Khan went to theWhite House on theThane-Belapur road ina car to collect the gold.Shortly after meetingSyed Ali, an acquain-tance of JagannathAher, a robber namedSohail, who had comethere in a rickshaw,asked a man to accom-pany him with the mon-ey. So Jagannath Aherand Syed Ali took thebag containing Rs 18lakh and went in a rick-shaw with Sohail.

After the rickshawreached Ruchit Hotel inMIDC, three robbers,Akshay, Santosh and

Shivkumar, came thereand demanded the bag tobe handed over to them.When Aher refused, thethree robbers pushedJagannath Aher andSyed Ali and fled in arickshaw with the bagcontaining Rs 18 lakh.Syed Ali and Mujib Khanthen tried to contact theperson who had calledthem to get the gold.However, his phone wasfound switched off. Afterthat, all of them tried tosearch for the robbers,but they were not found.Eventually, they rushedto the Turbhe MMIDCpolice station the nextday and lodged a com-plaint.

Unidentified gang loot Rs 18 lakh underthe pretext of giving gold at a low price

PANVEL: On theoccasion of IndianIndependence Day, theSub-Divisional Office,Panvel honoured JMMhatre CharitableOrganization for itscharitable work duringthe Corona pandemic.

JM Mhatre Charitable Organisationpresented with ‘Corona Warrior Certificate’

for social work during pandemic

Pritam Mhatre,President of JM MhatreCharitable Society andLeader of Opposition ofPanvel Municipalityaccepted the award. Onthis occasion, as thePresident of theOrganisation, he

thanked the Sub-Divisional Officer,Panvel as well as theTehsildar, Panvel andassured that he wouldcontinue to do suchsocial work for thebetterment of thepeople.

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: 74th Independence Day was celebratedwith great zeal and enthusiasm at Uran taluka.Tehsildar Bhausaheb Andhare hoisted the flag atUran tehsil office at 9.05 am. Revenue DeputyTehsildar Naresh Pedhvi and tehsil office staffwere present. The flag was hoisted at the handsof Mayor Saily Mhatre at Uran Municipal Coun-cil at 7.20 am.

74th Independence Daycelebrated with great zealand enthusiasm at Uran

Indian soldierand his wifeattacked on

IndependenceDay

Ex-servicemen

demand immediate

action by PM

Narendra Modi

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A Ser-geant in Indian Army,Pratap More alongwith his wife were at-tacked on Indepen-dence Day. He sus-tained slight injuriesin the attack. Talojapolice have registered acase against eight per-sons and have arrest-ed the rickshaw driverMithun Babu Ulvekar(31). Police have nowlaunched a search forthe other accused inthe incident.

Pratap More, a Ser-geant in the IndianArmy, resides at Tit-wala and is currently

Contd. on pg. 5

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By Staff Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A pregnant womantraveling on the Mangala Expresswhen into labor while the train wasreaching Panvel Station. The rail-way administration alighted thewoman at the Panvel railway sta-tion and with the help of the railwaystaff the woman gave birth to a childsafely.

Dolly Sunny, a 25-year-old preg-nant woman, who was traveling onthe Covid Special Mangala Expressfrom Ernakulam in Kerala to Delhi,while the train was approachingPanvel around 6 pm on Saturdaywhen she started having labor pains.Therefore, after being informedabout this at Panvel railway station,Dr. Vishal Wani of Vanrupi Clinic atPanvel railway station immediatelypicked up Dolly Sunny from the ex-press at Panvel railway station. Af-ter that, Dr. Wani took the womanto the women's waiting room at thestation and helped her deliver hersafely. The baby and mother have

Woman delivers a baby atPanvel railway station

been admitted to a nearby hospitalfor further treatment. This is the sec-ond incident at Panvel railway sta-tion in the last 10 months and inNovember 2019, a woman travelingon a Mumbai local had given birthin a similar manner.

Second Memorial Day of formerPrime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

observed by BJP Uran

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: On the occa-sion of the second Me-morial Day of formerPrime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee,Bharatiya Janata Par-ty Uran paid floraltribute to the great

leader on Sunday (Au-gust 16) at Uran Mu-nicipal Council.

BJP Uran talukapresident and corpora-tor Ravi Bhoir, BJPUran city president andcorporator, Raigad dis-trict OBC cell North

Raigad president Chan-drakant Gharat, BJPUran taluka generalsecretary Sunil Patil,BJP Uran taluka gen-eral secretary DeepakBhoir, corporatorNandu Lambe werepresent on the occasion.

ULWE: The ShetkariKamgar Paksh of Ulwealong with Aamhi Ul-wekar Mitra Mandalorganised a fe-licitation cere-mony of all thepassed studentsof 10th and12th standardin Ulwe Sector-9 at Sai KripaBuilding on15th August,2020.

The felicita-tion ceremonywas a joint effortby Shetkari Ka-mgar Paksh se-nior leader andproprietor ofDarya Sagar Enterpris-es Ramesh SethThakur, Aamhi Ul-wekar Mitra Mandaland Sachin RajeYerunkar.

Ramesh SethThakur and SachinRaje Yerunkar whowere leading the felici-tation ceremony whilespeaking with theNewsband Correspon-dent said, " The mainaim and motto behind

Successful students of 10th& 12th felicitated in Ulwe

felicitating all thepassed students from10th and 12th standardin Ulwe was to moti-

vate them to excel intheir future studies.'

The students whowere felicitated wereAyush Vipin, Amar-preet Singh, SayedSalim Lakhani, AdityaGaikwad, Niraj Kad-am, Anish Bain, SaloniMhatre, Sarvesh Kha-nolkar, Parth Chan-dane, Aditya Bansode,Pranjal Mukherjee,Aditya Gharat, AnujSingh, Avishkar

Parange, Devat Patil,Harsh Madhavi, Ni-khil, Sarvesh Naik,Vedant, Arya, Ayush

Gharat and KhushiVajpai.

Present during thefelicitation were SeniorReporter AashishChowdhary, PradeepRanawat, MangeshSawant, Naveen, Ni-nad, Ganesh Kadam,Sandip Patil, KishoreKadam, Amit Jaiswal,Vikram Singh, Gur-meet Singh, Mohite,Vinay Pathak andNilesh Patil.

By Abhitash D.Singh

ULWE: On the occa-sion of India’s 74th In-dependence Day,Vikrant Bhandari, so-cial activist from NaviMumbai along withhis team and HighCourt Advocate VarunVij, a representativefrom Furious RunningCulture Foundation or-ganized and conducteda bike rally in Ulwe.The aim was to ignitethe flame of patriotism

and spread the mes-sage of oneness andbrotherhood amongthe residents of Ulwe.

Speaking with theNewsband VikrantBhandari said, “Inde-pendence Day shouldbe celebrated with en-thusiasm and zeal.Our aim of organsingthe bike rally was toinfuse a patriotic fer-vour, oneness and to-getherness among thecitizens.”

Ulwekars participate in bike rally on theoccasion of 74th Independence Day

Adv. Varun Vij said,‘Riding around thestreets of Ulwe, seeingpeople cheering and re-sponding to the slogansand chants of ‘VandeMataram’ , ‘BharatMata ki Jai’ was in-deed positive and madeus happy that we hadthought of organizingit. Surprisingly theyoung children weremore vocal and enthu-siastically cheered therally with slogans”.

The rally was organised to ignite the flame of

patriotism & spread the message of oneness

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Right to a dignified lifeneeds planning

“Nobody grows oldmerely by living a num-ber of years. We growold by deserting our ide-als. Years may wrinklethe skin, but to give upenthusiasm wrinklesthe soul.” -Samuel Ull-man

This is a quotewhich I admire verymuch. Elderly or seniorcitizen, this word cre-ates an image of sag-ging shoulders ,sadeyes and resolute de-meanour. But shouldwe stick to this image?We all very well knowthat elderlies are a trea-sure of knowledge andexperience for theyoungsters as well asthe economy at large.And as we all witness,life expectancy im-proves, the geriatricpopulation in India isexpected to boom. Inthis age bracket medi-cal expenses are on thehigher side, as with

advancing age manyphysical and mentalproblems arise and sav-ings play a crucial rolein such situations.Dealing with medicalexpenses becomes diffi-cult as income mightdwindle during retire-ment, and as the ageadvances, susceptibilityto various ailments in-creases, which in turnincreases the need for asteady flow of income tocover the expenses fortreatment as well asprevention. Previouslychildren have takentake care of parents butwith nuclear familysystem they do not sup-port parents so the needfor knowing , savingschemes increases andalso the knowledge ofdifferent schemes forthe benefit of senior cit-izens becomes essential

. There are many reallife stories where seniorcitizens are ill -treatedby family. I have heardabout a real incidentand I have written astory based on it. Thestory was published inAmarr Uzala and it gotmuch appreciation.One letter which I re-ceived from a person,asked me how can peo-ple become so cruel toleave their parents insuch a way. I didn’t geta chance to meet theperson to inform that itis real story. I was justgoing through a newswhich said about onereport by Help age In-dia , an organisationthat works for the wel-

fare of senior citizens.In this report the inci-dents reported were soheart stirring. One se-nior citizen told thathis dependence on hisson and daughter inlaw has turned him intoservant ,one fromKolkata said that hisown nephew beat himso brutally that hecouldn’t move out of bedfor 7 days. These inci-dents are reflective ofa larger and deeperproblem that senior cit-izens in the countryface today , and that iselder abuse. To combatthis one has to be awareof the different schemeswhich the governmentof India has launched,in favour of senior citi-zens to protect theirrights and maintaingood health. Here I amlisting some of of the

top governmentschemes for senior citi-zens in India :

1. Pradhan Mantri VayaVandana Scheme

This is one of themost popular senior cit-izen pension schemesin Indiaand it is de-signed for senior citi-zens above 60 years ofage. The policy term ofthis Prime MinisterSenior Citizen Schemeextends to ten years.You can earn interest of8% per annum overthis scheme and theminimum and maxi-mum capping of pen-sion are Rs. 3,000 permonth and 10,000 permonth, respectively.

2. Indira Gandhi Na-

tional Old Age PensionScheme (IGNOAPS) -This is intended for old-er adults above the ageof 60 years, who fallbelow the poverty line,according to the guide-lines prescribed by theGovernment of India.This scheme gives as-sistance with money upto 200 p.m., and 500p.m., for people be-tween 60 and 79 yearsand above 80 years, re-spectively.

3. National Programmefor the Health Care of Eld-erly (NPHCE)- This wasintroduced in 2010, andthis scheme concen-trates on preventive aswell as promotive carefor the maintenance ofoverall health. It ad-dresses the health is-sues faced by seniors

Contd. on pg. 6

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will remain open from9am to 7pm on all thedays. The demand byManda Mhatre foropening the malls,however, has beenkept on hold for time-being. The shopkeep-ers have to ensurethat there is completeadherence to theguidelines set up bythe NMMC likefollowing the socialdistancing norms and

wearing the mask.However, the orderwill not be applicablein hot spots andcontainment zonesand here the samesystem of odd andeven will continue."

Mohan Gurnani,Chairman of Cham-ber of Associations ofMaharashtra Indus-try and Trade (CAM-IT) while lauding thedecision of NMMCsaid, " The decisionby the civic body toallow the shops andbusinesses to open all

All shops toremain...Contd. from pg. 1

the days from 9am to7pm in the satellitecity from 15th Au-gust, 2020 is com-mendable, but if allthe malls and otherbusinesses will startresuming theirnormal business thenit will be really a goodnews for the tradersin the days to come.Most of the traders inthe state are reelingunder financialcrunches due toclosure of businessesfrom the last fourmonths."

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Work from home was never in existence in India till thislockdown and that it was implemented temporarily forthe lockdown phase. Most of businesses as well as officesand government establishments, schools, colleges etcrequire physical presence and it may fail if work fromhome is implemented. Whereas owners can work fromhome for a few days in a week, permanently workingfrom home may affect their quality of management andimplementation. So it is better to open up everything as it was prior toCovid 19 phase and end this concept of work from home or implement itonly where it may work. I feel work from home shall never become thenew norm of the future nor should it be allowed to become one.

Lion Sunil Mishra, Businessman

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Do you feel ‘work from home’ should become the new norm

Yes, and I believe Covid has already pushed us to ini-tiate it! Lot of companies have given their employees anoption to work from home till 31.12.2020. It will defi-nitely become a new norm because after experiencingwork from home during the Covid crisis has opened oureyes to the practicality and possibility of this option.Earlier online teaching was considered impractical cit-ing that teaching cannot be effective without personalinteraction. Also, teachers were not equipped with required soft skills.But now after nearly four months of online teaching and working, it isseriously being considered. Even the NEP 2020 has mentioned the possi-bility of online teaching. WFH option is beneficial for companies in termsof saving loads on overhead costs like maintenance, power etc and maybeget more productivity from their employees. It will save a lot of timewhich is otherwise wasted in travelling. Work from home will also reducepollution, traffic congestion and improve the quality of life. However, posi-tions where more security is required, those people will have to go back toconventional job set-up. They can't be working from home for long whileputting company secrets and security at risk. WFH is good for employeessince it saves their travel time and expenses. Work load gets hectic forpeople who have got kids at home to look after. But in our country, a lot ofpeople prefer to work in office setup than at home. Also, younger genera-tion prefer to interact with colleagues rather than work in isolation. Somemay not get motivated if at home. Some may procrastinate. But the Pan-demic has clearly opened more opportunities for remote working. To getthe maximum benefit a middle path has to be reached. But WFH is hereto stay as the pros far outweigh the cons .

Varun Vij, Advocate, High Court, Navi Mumbai

Work from home cannot be a bench mark for each andevery person or each and every sector. Large Corporatescan afford to convert some of their departments whichare connected to Internet Sales and Services, PublicRelations to work from home. Technical expertise ormachine operators, traders, sales staff, house keeping,Banking etc can never work from home. So also the gov-ernment departments and semi government establish-

ments. Businesses required staff for attending office or factory work can-not also adapt to work from home. Services connected to Information Tech-nology which constitute less than 10 -15 percent of overall job sector canmanage to work from home. Moreover the cost of proving basic infra-structure to the employee also needs to be borne in mind. Hence what isnot suitable for majority of the population is not worth implementing andso I strongly feel work from home should not be allowed to become thenew norm.

Dr Pratap Mudaliar, Social worker, Vashi

Yes, it will facilitate work life balance for employees spe-cially females in city like Mumbai and suburb wheredaily at least 2 to 4 hours are spent on travelling. Yes,wherever possible work from home should be encour-aged as it would help in effective utilisation of time. Itwill save time, energy and money too. Also, productivityof people would be higher. However, my opinion is sub-ject to job profile of individual. It will be cost and time

effective for employees and employers too.Aasita Bhatt, Chartered Accountant, Nerul

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK :

Should malls be allowed to reopen?

Readers desirous of contributing in this column

may send their views along with their passport

size picture and address to contact@newsband.in

I feel this question itself is not practical. Look at thedrawbacks of working from home. Everything from com-puter, internet, data and instructions has to be deliv-ered to the employee by another employee. This itselfdestroys the very concept of work from home. If 1000people work from home, about 200-300 employees maybe required to provide them the working information ordata. So how come it's useful? Doesn't the cost of opera-tions get increased? Yes, the reduction in office rental

and travelling perks etc may be reduced , but even that is not substantialto continue with the plan. As this was meant to be a temporary option, itshould be phased out once the situation returns to normal.All in all I feel work from home may not become the new norm.

Lion Prasad Punde, Professional, Vashi

I do not support this new norm as it may kill more ofour economy as we all do different type of work. Forsome it may be possible to work from home but for somework it is essential to step out. For people like maids,cab drivers, tiffin services etc. it would be essential tocome out. So I think it would be better if we continuewith our old routine.Khushbu Chandwani, VasaiFor me work from home or from office doesn't really

matter as if we are dedicated towards our work locationdoesn't matter much. Except for some perks we get ofnot traveling, less expense and somewhere adaptable timetoo.Priyanka R. Ambekar, Mira Bhayandar

‘Work from Home' and 'online school' were future meth-od but due to corona pandemic both the things came atour doorstep. Since we are new to these things, theremay some issues but we will work on it. We will do moreand more improvements. And this is our actual future.Roshani Beg, Airoli

serving at the ArmyInstitute, Pune.Pratap More was shift-ed to HimachalPradesh on Saturday.

He came to Rohinjanvillage in Taloja areato meet his wife. Laterin the evening, whileMore and his wife wereshopping at a marketin Rohinjan, a rick-shaw driver, Babu Ul-vekar, threw water bot-

tles on the road. More'swife asked the rick-shaw driver about itand asked him to pickup the bottles.

However, he start-ed abusing More's wifesaying that he wouldnot pick up the bottles.

When More too ques-tioned him for his un-reeling behaviour, therickshaw driver start-ed abusing him aswell.

He even got out ofthe rickshaw and ranto beat More. After

that, he called 6 to 7 ofhis accomplices andbeat More. WhenMore's wife tried to re-sist the assailants, theassailants pushed heras well. In this incidentMore was slightly in-jured, he reached Talo-

ja Police Station andlodged a complaint. Po-lice have arrested therickshaw driver BabuUlvekar. Police havenow launched a searchfor Babu Ulvekar's ac-complices involved inthe case.

Indiansoldier...Contd. from pg. 2

Captain Cool’s retirement:End of an epoch in cricket arena

India’s World Cup winning captain, MS Dhoni has announcedhis retirement from International cricket. Dhoni, who was fondlycalled as ‘Captain Cool’ for his calm and composed attitude, hadmade his test debut in 2005 and retired from the longer format ofthe game nine years later.

Dhoni was one of India’s most successful captains. Under hisstewardship, India won the T20 World Cup in 2007, the 50-overWorld Cup in 2011 on home soil and the Champions Trophy in2013. The team also reached the top of the test rankings in 2009under his leadership. He also played in 98 T20 internationals forIndia and has enjoyed great success captaining Chennai SuperKings in the Indian Premier League - winning the competitionthree times since its launch in 2008.

Dhoni, who played in 90 tests, 350 one-day internationals and98 Twenty20s for his country, was dropped from India’s list of 27centrally contracted players in January. He had not played inter-national cricket since last year's 50-over World Cup, where hescored a half-century in India's loss to New Zealand in the semi-finals.

Having retired from Test cricket in December of 2014 with 4876runs from 90 matches, Dhoni carried on playing ODIs and T20Is.With 10,733 runs, Dhoni is fifth in the list of India’s all-time run-scorers in ODI behind Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Sourav Gan-guly and Rahul Dravid.

There is no doubt that every cricketer has to retire from thegame one day, but Dhoni’s decision has come as a shock to hisfans across the globe. Dhoni has scripted history and will alwaysbe remembered as India’s most illustrious captain, distinguishedwicketkeeper and also as one of the most destructive batsmenthe world has ever seen. His leadership quality, his cool and com-posed attitude even during pressure, his batting style, the ‘heli-copter shot’, his natural brilliance will be hard to match. His jour-ney will definitely be a source of inspiration for everyone the worldover.

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Issue : 60 18 August, 2020

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKharghar-based youthorganization haslaunched an online cam-paign on Anti-ChildAbuse on August 15.The campaign will con-tinue till 19th August.In the online series ofthis campaign, activ-ists of youth organiza-tions, representativesof children rights orga-nizations, parents, rep-resentatives of socialorganizations will inter-act and talk on differ-ent issues pertaining tothe topic.

The children whoare the future of India

Special campaign to prevent child abuse

The online campaign was launched on August 15, 2020

still face many forms ofexploitation. Therefore,on the occasion of Inde-pendence Day on 15thAugust, a campaign hasbeen launched at thegrassroots level throughthe youth organizationto eradicate child abuseand to create a safe en-vironment for children.The campaign, whichhas been going on forfour years, will be im-plemented this year aswell. However, due tothe lockdown, the cam-paign will be conductedonline from 15th to 19thAugust from 3pm to5pm through Jio meet-ing.

The campaign fo-cuses on (August 15)Child Rights, History,Types of Exploitationand Exploitation ofChildren, (August 16)Child Labour Preven-tion and Regulation Actand Procedure to Pre-vent Child Labor Prac-tices, (August 17) Pro-tection of Children fromSexual Abuse Act,2012, (18) August) Ju-venile Justice Act-2015,(August 19).

For more informa-tion, please contact Ali-cia Tavro-9892459833,Vijay Kharat-9757249486 or PrakashBhavre 9833740721.

Mumbai Police Com-missioner and support-ed his opinion.

Shrikant Mahajanreplying to Sanjay Ku-mar’s tweet wrote, "Iagree that this shouldbe included in the cur-riculum because manypeople are unaware oflaw and the reason in-justice may happenwithout knowledge."

Kishore Singh, RTIActivist and SeniorJournalist from Nerulreplied, " The law andprocedure subjectmust be included aspart of the civic lesson.This type of subject inthe curriculum willteach the students inthe school how to livein the society."

Sanjay Kumar re-

plying to one of thetweets writes, " Igno-rance of law is one ofthe reasons of corrup-tion in the criminaljustice system. Thisyou come across on adaily basis, whetheryour kids object youwhen you violate traf-fic signals then yes youare in the right hand.If not then you havenot trained them prop-erly."

Vaibhav Raut, re-plying to the PoliceCommissioner tweetsays, " Instead of lawpeople should be taughtdiscipline, because lawis a vast subject andinsufficient knowledgeis harmful."

Sanjay Kumar re-plying to Vaibhav Rauttweeted, "No knowl-edge is deadly."

Kiran Patil says,"The law and proce-

dure should be includ-ed in the curriculum.If each student knowsthe law and IPC foreven as basics, themovement of aware-ness gets spread in thesociety. Most of the se-rious crimes beginwith very small negli-gence due to lack ofknowledge and fear ofthe law."

Few parents stay-ing in Ulwe Sector-17talking with theNewsband said, "Weare very happy and aresupportive of the opin-ion of Navi MumbaiPolice CommissionerSanjay Kumar. All thestudents should betaught about the lawand procedure in theschool curriculum be-cause it will help themin following the lawsince their youngdays."

Childrenshould be...

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and provides dedicatedhealth facilities in dis-trict hospitals, commu-nity health centres(CHC), primary healthcentres (PHC), and sub-centres (SC) levelsthrough State HealthSociety.

4. Varishta MediclaimPolicy - This policy aidsseniors by covering thecost of medicines, blood,ambulance charges,and other diagnosis re-lated charges and thishelps meet the health-related expenses of se-nior citizens. Incometax benefits are allowedfor payment of premi-um under Section 80Dand although the poli-cy period is for oneyear, you can extend therenewal up to the ageof 90 years.

5. Rashtriya VayoshriYojana - This schemeprovides physical aidsand assisted-living de-vices for older adultsabove 60 years of agethat belong to the BPL(below the poverty line)category,this is a Cen-tral Sector Scheme andis entirely funded bythe Central Govern-ment.

6. Varishta PensionBima Yojana - This pen-sion scheme, launchedby the Ministry of Fi-nance, is for senior cit-izens above 60 yearsand the LIC of India

Kanak’s Pen..Contd. from pg. 4

has the authority tooperate this scheme. Itoffers assured pensionwith a guaranteed in-terest rate of 8% perannum for up to 10years and you can optfor monthly, quarterly,half-yearly, and yearlypension depending onhow you’d like to re-ceive it.

7. Senior Citizens'Welfare Fund - Thisscheme is launched bythe Ministry of SocialJustice and Empower-ment, and this fund in-cludes unclaimedamounts from smallsavings and savingsaccounts in the Centralgovernment schemes.

8. Vayoshreshtha Sam-man - This scheme fo-cuses on those seniorswho have made signifi-cant contributions intheir disciplines andrecognizes their effortsand it was upgraded tothe National Award in2013, and since then,awards have beengranted under thirteencategories. It is a goodinitiative to respect se-nior citizens.

9. Reverse MortgageScheme - This schemewas launched in 2007by the Ministry of Fi-nance to benefit seniorcitizens. In this the se-nior citizens can mort-gage their residentialproperty against a loanof 60% of the value ofthe house, with a mini-mum tenure of 10

years.10. Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojana - Thisscheme was launchedin 2018 by the Ministryof Health and FamilyWelfare and it coversup to 10 crore peoplebelonging to poor andvulnerable families.Under this scheme, cov-erage of up to Rs. 5 la-khs per family for sec-ondary and tertiaryhospitalization is pro-vided.

Not only theseschemes, there aremany laws also to se-cure senior citizens be-longing to variousclasses, and by availingthese the planning forhealth, and other relat-ed expenses has becomeeasier. If the children orsaid relatives neglect orrefuse to maintain thesenior citizens, theMaintenance Tribunalcan order the former tomake monthly allow-ances that shall not ex-ceed Rs 10,000 and this“Maintenance" includesprovisions for food,clothing, residence, andmedical attendance andtreatment. But the needis to change people’sattitude and educatethem ,we can start byeducating children,give pre-retirementtraining programme topeople, and also con-duct sessions for house-wives because they areusually the natural car-egivers in a family .

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Bur-glars broke the shut-ters of SiddhivinayakJewellers in Nerul Sec-tor-8 on Friday morn-ing and stole 18 ounc-es of gold jewelleryworth Rs 12 lakh 7thousand from theshop. Nerul police haveregistered a case

Burglary at Siddhivinayak Jewellers

Thief loot jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh

against the unidenti-fied thieves and aresearching for them.

The shop owner af-ter closing the shop onFriday night, left for hishome. The thievesbroke the shutters ofSiddhivinayak Jewel-lers and entered theshop at around dawn.On Saturday morning,

when the shop ownercame to open the shop,as usual, he noticedthat the shop had beenburglarized. Uponlearning of the incident,Nerul police rushed tothe spot. Police haveregistered a caseagainst unidentifiedthieves and are inves-tigating the case.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An em-ployee working ashousekeeping in Mind-space Terra Data, an ITcompany in Airoli, stolesix laptops worth Rs 6lakh from the company.The thief, identified asRiteish Nakul Pradhan,was arrested by RabaleMIDC police along withhis accomplice. Policehave seized 4 laptopsfrom both the accused.

Riteish Pradhan, aresident of Ghansoli,along with his accom-plice Raju PandurangKamble (27) stays inAiroli. Ritesh, is em-ployed with WhiskerIfra Care Pvt. Ltd. inAndheri. Through thiscompany, he was work-ing as a housekeeper inthe IT company Mind-

space Terra Data inAiroli. Due to the lock-down, Terra Data Com-pany employees havebeen working fromhome since last March.Taking this opportuni-ty, Riteish stole six ex-pensive laptops lastMay.

Meanwhile, the man-agement officers andemployees of Terra DataCompany, while inspect-ing the laptops in the of-fice on August 10, no-ticed that some of thelaptops were missing.When they checked theCCTV footage installedin the company, theyfound that Riteish hadtried to break down thedoors of the mailing of-fice. It was also foundthat the drawer was keptopen inside and the key

was taken from the se-curity guard. He wasalso spotted at 5pm onMay 22, carrying a lap-top hidden in his jacket.

The management ofTerra Data Companylodged a complaint atthe Rabale MIDC policestation. Accordingly, thepolice filed a caseagainst RiteishPradhan and arrestedhim.

He was later ques-tioned by police. Duringinterrogation, Riteshsaid that the he hadkept the stolen laptopwith his friend RajuKamble, who lives inAiroli. Accordingly,Raju Kamble was alsoarrested in the case and4 laptops were seizedfrom him, said PoliceInspector Anil Patil.

Housekeeping employee and his

accomplice arrested for stealing Rs 6

lakh worth laptops from MindspaceNAVI MUMBAI: In

order to overcome thedifficulties of gettingthe beds for patientswith severe Covid 19symptoms, the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)had recently signed aMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU)

NMMC gets additional ICUbeds at Dr. D Y Patil Hospital

These beds will help in treating serious Covid 19 patients

with Dr. D.Y. Patil,Hospital. Throughthis MoU, DY PatilHospital has toprovide 200 ICU bedsand 80 ventilators infour phases to theNMMC.

In the first phase,50 ICU beds havemade available to

NMMC on the occa-sion of Indian Indepen-dence Day. It will have20 ventilator beds.NMMC will providefree treatment to 19patients with severesymptoms. In the nextfew days, the remain-ing 150 ICUs will alsobe made available.

occasion, post the flag hoisting cere-mony at their school premises bytheir Principal, Vice Principal in pres-ence of their staff members.

“DPS Nerul organised the Inde-pendence Day Celebration virtuallythis time around due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has been affect-ing the globe. As per Maharashtragovernment regulations, Principal,Vice Principal and two staff memberstook part in the flag hoisting celebra-tions by the chief guest in the schoolpremises. Later nearly 3700 studentsshowcased their patriotism as theycelebrated the day on the virtual plat-form, with a medley of patrioticsongs, speeches, skits and dancesfrom the safety of their homes in aunique manner. The digital expres-sion, in no way, lessened the fervourof patriotism” shared J. Mohanty,Principal of the institute.

Independence celebration

by RCS students:

On the occasion of IndependenceDay, hundreds of Ryan ChristianSchool Vashi students of Grade I & IIshowcased their patriotism onlinewith great enthusiasm. Taking partin various tri-colour activities theyoung students showcased their cre-ativity with drawings, patriotic songsand heartfelt messages.

Edwin Fernando, Principal of theinstitute shared “Various tri-colouronline activities were conducted forstudents of our school under the guid-ance of their respective class teach-ers on the occasion of IndependenceDay. This activity was not only aimedat developing fine motor skills but also

at making the students aware of theirnational festivals and evoking a feel-ing of patriotism in their little hearts.All the students of Grade. I & II fromparticipated with great enthusiasm”.

She further added “ Earlier lastweek we also celebrated ‘Kranti Di-was’ a day observed to remember thehistoric ‘Quit India Movement’ whichwas initiated by Father of the nationMahatma Gandhi and the Indian Na-tional Congress way back in 1942.Our Upper Primary students cele-brated this day by making posters topay tributes to various freedom fight-ers”.

74thIndepen-

dence DayThe 74th IndependenceDay was celebrated withgreat enthusiasm and joyat New English School ofRayat Shikshan Sanstha,Market Yard School. May-or J. M. Mhatre hoisted theNational flag.

Schools across the...Contd. from pg. 1

A young student participates in fingerpainting tri-colour activity

Double Tri-colour salute by a young pa-triot

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74th Independence Day celebration

CR celebrates Independence Day

Sanjeev Mittal GM CR who hoisted the flag (Centre)latter addressed the gathering

By Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway (CR)celebrated the 74th Inde-pendence Day at Chhatra-pati Shivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT) Heritagebuilding, Mumbai bymaintaining appropriatesocial distancing norms.Sanjeev Mittal CR GMwho was accorded him theguard of honour by theelite members of the Rail-way Police Force, laterhoisted the tricolour flag.In his address he congrat-ulated all the CR staff andofficers, RPF on the mo-mentous occasion fortheir stupendous role dur-ing the coronavirus pan-demic in ensuring thesmooth services of the spe-cial outstation passenger/express, parcel and subur-ban trains while workinground the clock and en-suring timely mainte-nance of tracks and assetsto ensure smooth and safetrain operations.

KR Independence Day celebrationBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: The main Indepen-dence Day celebration of Konkan Rail-way Corporation Limited (KRCL) wascelebrated at Konkan Rail Vihar, Ner-ul while maintaining appropriate so-cial distancing norms and govern-ment guidelines on Saturday 15 Au-gust, 2020. Sanjay Gupta - Chairmanand Managing Director of KonkanRailway kicked off the proceeding byunfurling the National Flag in pres-ence of his Executives and Staff.

In his address he congratulatedall the KRCL employees for theirunstoppable spirit of in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic and ensuringthe smooth function of various ser-vices.

“During this corona pandemic, atotal of 94 nos. of Shramik specialswere run from Ratnagiri, Sindhu-durg, Thivim, Karmali, Madgaon,Udupi Stations to various parts ofIndia. Konkan Railway ensured thesafe arrangements and smooth func-tioning of these Shramik specialtrains in coordination with respectiveState Governments. In addition, Par-cel Specials and Ro-Ro services too areoperational to ensure smooth trans-portations of essential commodities.This year 194 trips of Ganpati Spe-cial Trains too have been announcedbetween Mumbai Central, Bandra(T), Mumbai CSMT, Lokmanya Ti-lak (T), Ahmedabad, Vadodara andRatnagiri, Kudal and SawantwadiRoad stations” said Sanjay Gupta

KRCL CMD also appreciated theefforts of his employees for their teamwork in their fight against the pan-demic, added “Timely distribution ofmasks, soaps, sanitizers, thermalscanners for all employees of KonkanRailway was ensured. COVID quar-antine centers too have been setup atChiplun, Ratnagiri, Madgaon, Verna,Karwar and Udupi Stations on KRroute”.

Sharing the vision of KRCL whichalways strives to serve the peoplewhile according safety highest prior-ity he added “Monsoons have alwaysbeen tricky in the Konkan region. Noweather conditions hamper the spir-it of our employees. Safety first is themotto of Konkan Railway - There areno shortcuts for it. Our staff is work-ing round the clock by performingtimely maintenance of tracks andassets to ensure smooth and safetrain operations. Konkan Railwayshas always promoted a paperless of-fice that has benefited vastly duringthis Corona pandemic”.

The KRCL CMD also threw lighton various projects being undertak-en by KRCL which included the fastpace of work of Udhampur - Srina-gar - Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL).The works of Raxaul - KathmanduRail Line survey which was awarded

Navi Mumbai: Vashi based Navi MumbaiSports Association (NMSA) one of the

oldest associations in the city to promoteand develop sports, cultural and social

activities celebrated Independence Day. Onthe occasion Dr. Dilip.K.Rane (Vicepresident) unfurled the tri-colour inpresence of Dattu B Patil (Jt. Hon.

Secretary), Kavita Ganguly, PrakashSrinivasan, Shilpa Kenia (all NMSA

committee members), members and staffwith patriotic fervour . (By Ashok Dhamija)

Sanjay Gupta - CMD KRCL unfurled thetri-colour (2nd from Left)

to KRCL is another step towardsprogress and the DEMU train for theNepal Project is already ready. Elec-trification work on KR route too is onfast track and in March 2020, the elec-trification for 108 km from Bijoor toThokur was approved by CRS.

Sharing his thoughts on the week-long cleanliness drive undertaken byKRCL ay from 10th to 16th Augustto mark the Independence Day –2020, he further added “Intensivecleanliness drives were conducted atall Railway stations, Station sur-roundings, Railway colonies, etc. AllEmployees are actively participatingwhile maintaining social distancingnorms”.

Navi Mumbai: On the occasion of the 74th Indian Independence Day, the Commission-er of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Abhijit Bangar hoisted theNational flag in the premises. Additional Commissioner Sujata Dhole and other depart-ment heads, officers, staff, police, firefighters, and citizens were present in compliancewith social distance.

NMMC commissionerhoists flag at NMMC

headquarters

Independence Day celebrated at KonkanBhavan.