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Two arrested forforging documents to

obtain e-passThe Central Cell of

the Crime Branchhas arrested twomembers of a gangwho were trying to gete-passes by uploadingfake documents to goto inter-district andinter-state from NaviMumbai. The duo,identified as NavnathAgatrao Dabde, 37,and Ishwar PratapShinde, 30, are be-lieved to have forgede-passes to more than100 people over thepast month. The twoare being interrogat-ed by the police…

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MP Rajan Vichareholds meeting with

NMMC chiefAlarmed by the

rising cases of Covid19 in the satellitecity, MP Rajan Vi-chare held a meetingwith the Commission-er of the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpo-ration (NMMC) andpresented 11 pointsfor consideration. Themeeting was attend-ed by district chiefVitthal More, deputydistrict chief DilipGhodekar, city chiefVijay Mane, corpora-tor Suresh Kulkarni,Namdev Bhagat andKashinath Pawar…

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCustoms Departmentand the Directorate ofRevenue Intelligence(DRI) in a joint opera-tion with Customs De-

partment at NhavaSheva port on Sundayseized 191 kg of hero-in. It has been learnedthat the stock of thisdrug was sent to Indiafrom Afghanistan un-der the name of Mu-lethi, an ayurvedicmedicine. DRI teamhas arrested two per-sons in the operation.Sources said that thevalue of the drug in theinternational market isaround Rs 1,000 crore.

DRI had receivedinformation that a

Heroin worth Rs 1,000crore seized fromNhava-Sheva port

Search operation undertaken

jointly by DRI and Customs

large stock of narcoticshad arrived at the Nha-va-Sheva port fromabroad. Accordingly,the DRI and the Cus-toms Department con-ducted a joint search

operation at Nhava-Sheva port on Sundayand found the suspi-cious container. Whenthe DRI and Customs

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PANVEL: MLA PrashantThakur has demanded theRaigad District Collector NidhiChaudhary that the homequarantine period of devoteescoming to Raigad district fromthe state and other districts,especially for one and a halfand five days of Ganpati, should beminimized.

As per the government’s order,devotees going for Ganeshotsav inKonkan region have to be compulso-rily home quarantined for 10 days.“This will not be of much use for thedevotees who have Ganpati for oneand a half and five days. Therefore, aminimum home quarantine periodshould be reduced,” says Mr. Thakur.

MLA Thakur in his letter to Dis-

MLA Prashant Thakur demandsreduction in home quarantine period forpeople travelling to Konkan and Raigad

trict Collector, NidhiChaudhary has highlightedthat as per the order the devo-tees coming from other statesand districts have to be homequarantined in Raigad districtfor 14 days for Ganpati Utsav.However, people coming for one

and a half day and five-days Gan-pati celebration will face many diffi-culties. “Many have recently joinedtheir offices or may have just start-ed their business as part of ‘MissionBegin Again’ and if they are quaran-tined for 14 days, it will affect theirwork,” he pointed out.

He suggested that a healthcheck-up can be conducted at theirplace which will help the devotees toovercome the problem.

Writes letter to District Collector

Antigen testing facilitynow at your doorstep

NMMC starts 6 mobile antigen testing facility

NAVI MUMBAI: The NaviMumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) whichhas been striving to breakthe Covid-19 chain in itsjurisdiction by tracing,tracking, testing andtreating (TTTT) has nowlaunched six mobile anti-gen test van services.

The initiative is a jointventure of the civic bodywith Bharatiya JainSanghatana under the‘Mission Zero Navi Mum-bai’. The initiative wasflagged off by GuardianMinister of Thane Dis-trict, Eknath Shinde inthe presence of MP RajanVichare, at CIDCO Exhi-bition Center, Vashi. Onthis occasion, MunicipalCommissioner AbhijitBangar, Chairman of Gov-ernment Slum Improve-

ment Board Vijay Nah-ta, Additional Commis-sioners Sujata Dholeand Sanjay Kakade, In-dian Jain Association of-fice bearers DharmeshJain, Vijay Lakhani,Rahul Nahta, RajulVora, Shilpin Tatar, Dr.Vivekananda Sawantand other municipal of-ficials and dignitarieswere present.

The municipal corpo-ration has undertaken‘Mission Break theChain’ by which the pa-tients are being traced,tracked, isolated and giv-en timely treatment.The corporation hasstarted antigen testingfacilities in 22 centres.The report of the test is

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By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Jan-mashtami, the Appear-ance Day, or birth an-niversary of LordKrishna, one of themost widely reveredand most popular of allIndian divinities, will becelebrated in the Sri SriRadha MadanmohanjiTemple on 12th Au-gust,2020 from 5.30 pmto midnight at theISKCON Temple inKharghar, Navi Mum-bai. The Kalash Abh-ishek of the most popu-lar Hindu deity, wor-shipped as the eighthincarnation (avatar, oravatara) of the LordVishnu will be held inthe evening whereintemple priests willbathe the Lord (on be-

ISKCON Kharghar to Celebrate Janmashtami Utsav

To stream proceeding live on its social channels in view of COVID -19 pandemic

half of devotees) in Pan-chamrit from a SilverKalash for which devo-tees can register onlinefor this particular sevain advance at https://iskconkharghar.co.in/donation. The MahaAbhishek of The Lordwill be at 12 midnightof 12th / 13th August,2020. The celebrationof 124th Vyasa Puja ofthe Founder AcharyaSrila Prabhupada willbe held on 13th Augustwith programs in thetemple in the morningand the Abhishek in theevening.

The celebrationshowever will be carriedout as per the Govern-ment guidelines onhealth and safety inview of the COVID -19

pandemic. The Templeauthorities howeverhave made arrange-ment to present thewonderful devotionalfervour without lakhsof devotees from the

city and neighbouringareas having to step out

of your home on its so-cial media channels www.facebook.com/iskcon.navimumbaiand www.youtube.com/channel/UCxPrcWdZqlotspjMCTs6kRA

The Bhakti KalaKshetra, the Cultural

wing of ISKCON hasalso organized a threeday online e-culturalprogram starting 11thAugust 2020 compris-ing Dance, Drama onKrishna Leela by kids,congregation devotees& digital BhajanSandhya by PadamShri Anup Jalota & Vi-nod Trivedi. The sametoo will be live streameddaily from 6 pm on-wards.

Earlier the fivedayRadha Madanmo-hanji Mahotsav atISKCON Khargharcommenced from 30thJuly with the JhulanUtsav, festival of swing-ing the deities of LordKrishna & Radharanion a beautifully deco-rated swing with devo-tion. In addition to dai-ly prayers and sermonsby noted scholars daily,a special ‘NarshimaYajna’ to invigorateLord Vighna VinashaNarshima blessings forWorld Health on 8thAugust. Lord BalaramJayanti too was cele-brated on 9th August,with Abhishek of thedeities of Lord Krishna& Balaram.Srila Prabhupada’s 124th

VyasaPuja on 13th Aug. His Divine Grace

A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada,founder-Acharya of theInternational Societyfor Krishna Conscious-ness appeared in 1896in Calcutta. Srila Prab-hupada establishedISKCON in July 1966and his aim was to pro-mote Krishna Con-sciousness throughoutthe world. To commem-orate the 124rd birthanniversary of thefounder-Acharya SrilaPrabhupada, ISKCONKharghar has orga-nized a day long pro-gram in which promi-nent people, devoteesand congregational dev-otees will offer homageand heartfelt offeringsto Srila Prabhupadafrom 10am onwards.This celebration shallcomprise of Pushpa Ab-hishek and aarti to Sri-la Prabhupada at 12:30noon followed by specialoffering 2100 bhogaitems. In the eveningfrom 6.00 pm onwards,congregation devotees,life members and do-nors will bathe (by S.devotees on your behalf)Srila Prabhupada withmilk, honey and ganga-jal in special kalashmade of meena andbrass. Devotees shallsing the glories of Prab-hupadaji

Department inspectedthe container, it wasfound that heroin washidden in the contain-er under the name of

Ayurvedic Mulethi.The team also foundthat some drugs werehidden in the pipes.The DRI team seizedthe container alongwith the stock of hero-in and arrested the twopersons associatedwith the container.

Mulethi is in great

Heroin worthRs 1,000crore....

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demand in India.Therefore, the stock ofdrug was sent to Indiain the name of thisAyurvedic medicine.Sources said that alarge racket is activebehind this and thedrugs are sent to Mum-bai and Goa. The priceof one kg of heroin in

the international mar-ket is around Rs 5 croreand the value of hero-in seized from NhavaSheva port is aroundRs 1,000 crore. It issaid to be the largeststockpile of narcoticsever seized in the coun-try during the lock-down.

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheCentral Cell of theCrime Branch hasarrested two membersof a gang who weretrying to get e-passesby uploading fakedocuments to go tointer-district andinter-state from NaviMumbai. The duo,identified as NavnathAgatrao Dabde, 37,and Ishwar PratapShinde, 30, arebelieved to haveforged e-passes tomore than 100 peopleover the past month.The two are beinginterrogated by thepolice.

Two arrested for forging documents to obtain e-pass

In order to preventthe spread of coronadisease, it has beenmade mandatory toget an e-pass fromMumbai and NaviMumbai to travel toMaharashtra or otherstates. After submit-ting the onlinedocuments on thelink provided by thegovernment, the e-pass is issued by thepolice department.However, as manypeople do not knowhow to get an e-pass,accused NavnathDabde and Ishwar

Shinde had advertisedfor the e-pass throughWhatsApp. Therefore,needy citizens fromoutside Navi Mumbaiwho wanted to travelcontacted Dabde andShinde who chargedRs 1,000 to Rs 1,500from them andobtained Aadhaarcard details.

However, whileuploading theAadhaar card of theperson willing totravel on the govern-ment link, the duoforged the card detailsof a person living in

Navi Mumbai follow-ing which the officialsof Navi Mumbai,issued the e-passes.

Meanwhile, NirajDabhade, a CrimeBranch police consta-ble on duty at theNavi Mumbai PoliceCommissionerate, onAugust 6, whileconducting online e-pass clearance,noticed that the frontand back numbers onthe Aadhaar cardused for e-pass weredifferent. Further

Gang believed to have forged several e-passes

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By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to support eco-nomic growth and in-dustrial developmentacross the countrywhich is reeling on ac-count of prevailingCOVID -19 pandemic,Bank of Maharashtra(BoM), a premier pub-lic sector bank, hasslashed its MarginalCost of Funds basedLending Rates (MCLR)

Bank of Maharashtra cutsMCLR and gold loan rates

consecutively for thefifth month.

The new MCLR

rate will now be 6.80%(from 7.00%) down by20 bps. In addition theinterest rate on gold

loans offered to farmersand retail customers at1 Year MCLR have

been reduced to 7.40%(from 7.80%) and7.50% (from 8.00%) re-spectively.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TataMemorial Hospital haslaunched Can Helper:India’s first toll-freeemotional support hel-pline for cancer pa-tients and their fami-lies. This is a joint ini-tiative by Tata Memo-rial Centre and CiplaPalliative Care &Training Centre, Pune.

Talking about theservice, Dr. Badwe, Di-rector, Tata MemorialCentre said, “The Cov-id -19 pandemic hashad a great impact onall patients and espe-

Tata Memorial Hospital launchesCan-Helper Helpline

This is India’s first toll free emotional support

Helpline for cancer patients and their families

cially those with seri-ous chronic illnessesincluding advanced can-cer. With this helpline,we hope to address psy-chosocial counsellingneeds to reduce the

stress and anxiety ofthe patients and theirfamily members. Wewill also include patientnavigators in this en-deavour to retain thecontinuum of care.”

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A mo-torcyclist was killed onthe spot in an accidentat Shilphata on Sun-day afternoon. Follow-ing the accident, Turb-he MIDC police haveregistered a caseagainst the dumperdriver and arrestedhim.

Motorcyclist killed in dumper collisionThe deceased has

been identified as Muru-gan Periyar, 50, a resi-dent of Bhandup. Muru-gan had come to NaviMumbai on his motor-cycle on Sunday morn-ing for work. At around12.30 pm, while travel-ing on his motorbikefrom Mahape circle, hewas hit by a dumper

heading towards Ko-parkhairane from Shil-phata. Murugan fell andsustained serious headinjuries and died on thespot. The dumper driv-er fled the scene afterthe incident. However,Turbhe MIDC policenabbed and registered acase against the dump-er driver.

26-year-old Assamese woman missingPANVEL: A 26-year-old woman

from Khairnegaon in the taluka hasbeen missing. As per the complaintfiled by her family with the TalukaPolice Station mentioned that she lefthome without telling anyone.

Her name is Riya Rajen Munda(Assamese). She is of medium height,

five feet tall, fair complexion, roundface, round nose and black hair. Sheis wearing a white Punjabi dress andcan speak Hindi, Assamese and Ne-pali. If anyone knows more aboutthis young woman, they can contactTaluka Police Station Police on02227452444.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Alarmed by the risingcases of Covid 19 in thesatellite city, MP RajanVichare held a meetingwith the Commissionerof the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) and presented11 points for consider-ation. The meetingwas attended by districtchief Vitthal More, dep-uty district chief DilipGhodekar, city chief Vi-jay Mane, corporatorSuresh Kulkarni,Namdev Bhagat andKashinath Pawar.

During the meeting thedelegation suggested the

following: -1) If corona patients

are found in the uppersociety in Navi Mum-bai, then antigen test ofthe whole societyshould be done. Also, ifthe test process is com-pleted, the societyshould be disinfected.

2) “Antigen Test oncall” A helpline numbershould be started forthe citizens within thelimits of the corporationwho cannot go to thecentre. The team fromNMMC can go to thehomes of such citizensand conduct the test.

3) “Mobile Antigen

MP Rajan Vichare holdsmeeting with NMMC chiefPresents 11 points for better handling of Covid-19 situation

Test” the corporationshould start mobile An-tigen Test vehicles inwhich the citizens canbe tested. Municipalvehicles should beparked in slums, villag-es, markets and crowd-ed places in Navi Mum-bai for antigen testing.This will help in break-ing the chain of novelcoronavirus.

4) Injections ofRemedesivir, Tocili-zumab which are effec-tive for corona diseaseshould be provided freeof cost by the corpora-tion to the needy pa-tients in the municipallimits. For this a hel-pline number should bestarted.

5) Start a call cen-ter for home quaran-tine and corona patientswith elderly and otherailments, and contactthese patients daily tofind out about their con-dition. If they have anyproblem, timely helpcan be provided.

6) Increase thenumber of ambulancesin each ward. Often theambulance does not ar-rive on time whichspreads panic.

7) The CIDCO Exhi-bition Centre currentlyhas 1100 beds, of which

only 500 beds have oxy-gen facilities. Make ICUbeds available to critical-ly ill patients.

8) The Corporationshould take possessionof maximum number ofICU beds in private hos-pitals within its munic-ipal limits. This willcurb the looting of pa-tients by the private hos-pitals.

9) Specialist doctorsfrom Reliance, Apollo,Fortis and D.Y. Patilshould provide servicesin the municipal hospi-tal where the mortalityrate is higher one day ina week. NMMC doctorsshould also be guided forthe treatment.

10) Insurance coverfor doctors, nurses, hos-pital staff and class IVemployees of the corpo-ration should be provid-ed. Also increase thehonorarium of Ashaworkers which will mo-tivate these officers towork during the coronaperiod.

11) During the Coro-na period, patients arebeing looted from pri-vate hospitals. Strictaction should be takenagainst private hospi-tals which impose un-realistic bills on pa-tients.

investigation revealedthat the accusedDabde had uploadedthe documents. It wasalso found that hehad uploaded severaldocuments in thesame manner overthe last month andhad given his ownmobile number foreach.

After further

investigation, SeniorInspector NB Kolhat-kar, Assistant Inspec-tor of Police GaneshKarad, Rani Kale,Sub-Inspector of PoliceAdviti Juikar andtheir team from theCentral Unit of theCrime Branch foundout that the gang wasactive. After that, thecrime branch regis-tered a case againstthe gang at the CBDpolice station underthe Fraud and IT Act

and arrested NavnathDabde and IshwarShinde. The courtremanded them inpolice custody tillAugust 10. Althoughit is not known howmany people weregiven e-passes by thegang in this manner,it is believed that theymay have given e-passes to more than ahundred people. A fewmore people are saidto be involved in thegang.

Two arrestedfor forging...

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Fight depression by YogaDepression is a

much discussed topicand the recent suicideshave highlighted it.When we talk aboutdepression ,we don’ttake it seriously as ev-ery day we become de-pressed for some rea-son ,but when this be-comes an illness ,it isserious because it af-fects your brain. It isgenerally the reactionto something sad, lossof someone, or dejec-tion, but when thesefeelings aggravate andbecome intense, it leadsto a medical conditioncalled clinical depres-sion, and then it createhavoc in life of the per-son affected . We ob-serve that when youget emotionally at-

tached to somethingover a period, and itdoesn’t exist anymore,it leaves a gap, and de-pression takes over tocope with the loss.Many factors can causedepression like ,genet-ics, fluctuation in thehormone levels, somemedical conditions,post-surgery reaction,and high stress levels.

It is a common yet se-vere problem thatneeds to be tackled be-fore it gets out of handand here Yoga helps ina big way . Yoga is oneof the best ways tolighten your mood andkeep depression at bay

and it is a known factthat yoga poses in-crease blood circulationto the brain and enablethe production of themood-elevating hor-

mones. We very wellknow that the e prac-tice of yoga doesn’thave any adverse sideeffects, so it is a betteroption as compared toother medication fordepression. Yoga is al-ways good for body and

mind but if you are de-veloping followingsymptoms then practicecertain poses of yogaand it will help you pro-fusely.

• You feel worthlessand guilty every day

• Your concentra-tion decreases and youcant take decisions

• All the hobbiesand activities you en-joyed previously ,don’tinterest you now

• You think aboutdeath and suicide

• You feel unstable

and slow• There is change

in your weight eitheryou gain or you lose

Yoga as everybodyknows, benefits thebody and mind im-mensely. It will im-prove the flexibility ofbody and helps in re-moving pains andaches .I can vouch frommy experience. Manyyears back I have de-veloped arthritis symp-toms .I joined yoga andit has helped me a lot

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NMMC Chief issues revisedstaffing guidelines for treating

critical patients at Vashi HospitalAims at bringing down fatality rate due to Covid-19

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Eventhough the recoveryrate in the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) jurisdic-tion is 77 percent, thenumber of Covid-19 cas-es in the city are rising,which is a matter ofgreat concern. With anaim to bring down themortality rate to Zero inthe city, the civic bodychief Abhijit Bangar isundertaking several in-itiatives. The latest isthe revision of staffingguidelines for treatingcritical patients atVashi Hospital.

Speaking with theNewsband Abhijit Ban-gar said, “In our effortto bring down the fatal-ity rate due to Covid-19,a revised staffing guide-lines have been issued.The patients come tothe dedicated CovidHospital in Vashi fortreatment with severesymptoms. Hence, anew order for the peri-od of work for 11 Physi-cians, Intensivists/Anesthetists have been

issued. Now the dutiesof the doctors will bebased upon the Stan-dard Treatment Proto-col.”

As per the require-ments in the Covid 19ward and ICU room,

medical experts are re-quired to monitor thehealth status of eachCovid 19 patient everyhour. These medical ex-perts have been as-signed the responsibili-ty of treating these Cov-id- 19 patients accord-ing to the new StandardTreatment Protocol.

The medical special-ists have been asked tobe present full time in

Covid 19 ward and ICUward during their tim-ing. The Medical Super-intendent has to visitCovid 19 Ward and ICURoom at least 3 times aday to inspect the situ-ation there.

The order clarifiesthat the Medical Super-intendent as well as theHead of the Depart-ment of Medicine andthe concerned medicalexperts should presentthe details of theprogress of their workto the NMMC Commis-sioner in the meetingwhich is held everyevening through webcommunication.

PANVEL: On behalfof Bharatiya JanataParty, Panvel City Ma-hila Morcha felicitatedpeople working in thehospitals with CovidYodha Gaurav San-manpatra on the occa-sion of Raksha-bandhan. Doctors,nurses, ambulancedrivers, cleaners, etc.

BJP Panvel City Mahila Morchafelicitate people working in hospitals

from Panvel taluka andPanvel city police sta-tion, rural hospitalPanvel were honoured.

Panvel City MahilaMorcha President Var-sha Naik Women andChild Welfare Chairper-son Kusum Mhatre,Kamothe City Presi-dent Vanita Patil, Sap-na Patil, Nita Mali,

Suhasini Kekane, Anja-li Inamdar, SnehalKhare, Ravindra Naik,Aditi Marathe, JyotiDeshmane, ManishaChile, Nanda Tapre,Shaila Ambekar, May-uri Unnatkar, AshokAmbekar honoured theCovid warriors whohelped the citizens invarious ways.

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I think increasing time of business hours does effectspread. In India already many cases have increased duecorona virus. We are already in worst condition in theworld. Daily count is now beating US and Brazil. Tim-ing extension will not affect the condition. Namrata Mishra, Airoli

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Should timings for businesses be extended?

Timing of business should not be extended because itmay attract more rush in the evening hours and it couldgive chance to spread the virus infection. It may resultin the spread of Covid. Hence it is important to exercisecaution.Deepa Mantry, Sanpada

Shops are open for enough time. We can go at the giventime and shop. I don’t think there is a need to extend atthis stage. I can see most of the shops in town are openand people are going and buying whatever they want.There is no difficulty as such. When situation will settledown then increase the time. Now we should not takerisk too. Twinkle Kaur, Panvel

I have my father’s stall in Navi Mumbai. We are readysuffering big losses. How much more loss we should bear?It is very difficult to survive in this condition. Shopsand business timing should extend. Even Malls shouldbe opened now as there are many states in India wheremalls have been opened and working properly. Krishna Tarafdar, Ulwe

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Shiv Sena protests against Karnataka BJP government at Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajChowk, Vashi, on Sunday, over the removal of the chapter Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajfrom the syllabus (Photo by Sumit Renose)

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: On behalf ofBharatiya JanataParty Uran MahilaMorcha, on Saturday,8 August, celebratedRakshabandhan withCovid warriors andtied rakhis andhanded over a CovidYodha certificate tothe officers and staffof Uran Police

Station. Followingwhich they held atree plantation drive.

On this occasion,Uran MunicipalCouncil Mayor SayliMhatre, BJP WomenUran City PresidentSampurna Thali,Uran Taluka WomenPresident RaniMhatre, Taluka VicePresident Nirmala

Gharat, Uran PoliceStation AssistantInspector VrishaliPawar, Women PoliceNaik Sachita Mhatre,BJP Division Presi-dent SugandhaKolisadasya VishrantiMhatre , NishaMhatre, KalawatiGawand, RanjanaThakur, werepresent.

Rakshabandhan and tree plantingcelebrated by BJP Uran Mahila Morcha

IDBI Federal Future Fearless Marathonto be held on Independence Day

Entries closes on 12th August

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: The annu-al IDBI Federal Life In-surance Marathon willbe held on Saturday,August 15, 2020. Orga-nised by NEB Sportsand packaged in a newconcept to overcome thechallenges posed by theunprecedented pandem-ic and to celebrate In-dia’s 73rd Indepen-dence Day, the mara-thon which has beenchristened as ‘IDBI Fed-eral Future FearlessMarathon’ aims tomake every Indian feelfree while also instillingpositivity in each of

them during these try-ing times.

To be held in fourcategories – Full Mar-athon (42.2 Km), HalfMarathon (21.1 Km),10 Km and 5 Km, thesame is open to partici-pants in age groups of10 to 65 years, tillWednesday 12 August,2020 by paying a nomi-nal fee of Rs 118, includ-ing GST online.

As per the organis-ers the runners, eachrunning in his or herown respective city,across the world, willneed to monitor theirdistances and timings

on any of the availabletracking apps andshare the links orscreenshots on the giv-en platform link, to beeligible for certificates.To reinforce the spirit ofnationalism, the fullmarathoners are re-quested to run in saf-fron colours, the half-marathoners in green,the 10 Km runners inwhite and the 5 Kmones in navy blue whilefollowing all the safetyguidelines set down bythe Central and Stategovernments andmaintain social dis-tancing while running.

available within half-hour thus ensur-ing immediate treatment.

Speaking about the service AdditionalMunicipal Commissioner, SanjayKakade said, “With this mobile servicewe aim to reach out to every society andtrace if any person is Covid-19 positive.We also want people to come forwardand report if they have any symptoms.Through this initiative we will be ableto spread awareness as well”, he said.

It has been observed that many cit-izens do not come to antigen testingcenters for getting tested. Through the‘Mobile Antigen Test Van’, the doctorswill be able to reach out to people andconduct tests in the society and colo-nies. The Indian Jain Association re-

sponded positively to the Commission-er’s concept and through them planswere made to start antigen testingmobile services. This initiative is sup-ported by United Way, Credai MCHI,Desh Apanaye.

Under this initiative, awareness onCovid 19 will also be spread in themunicipal area. In the societies and col-onies where antigen testing will be con-ducted, information will be given aboutthe antigen testing on the previous dayso that people will come forward to getthe test done.

Special emphasis will be given tosenior citizens as well as people withco-morbidities like diabetes, hyperten-sion, heart disease and kidney disease.In addition, people with symptoms suchas cough, fever, cold, difficulty inbreathing will be tested.

Antigen testing...Contd. from pg. 1

Human Emotional IntelligenceHellen Keller, well known American author, activist once said,

“The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot beseen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”

In todays’ world when many of us are living somewhat roboticlifestyle which is devoid of deeper meaning and purpose and hasbecome somewhat visionless and passionless, are we displayingemotions towards each other or towards our society? A study bythe University of Michigan in 2017 found that college studentstoday are showing less empathy than previous decades, a 40%decline in fact. That is an alarming number.

Emotions critically influence all aspects of our lives, from howwe live, work, learn and play, to the decisions we make, big andsmall. Emotions drive how we communicate and connect with eachother, and impact our health and well-being. Human emotional in-telligence (or your EQ) is our ability to recognize not only our ownemotions but also those of other people, and to use emotions toguide our behaviour, adapt to different environments and achieveour goals.

Today, we are living in a digital world and are surrounded bylots of hyper-connected systems, smart devices and advanced AI(artificial intelligence) systems. In other words, lots of IQ, but noEQ. That’s a problem. Just look at how we use our mobile devicesand interact with intelligent agents such as Siri and Amazon’s Al-exa and do not interact with human beings.

People have less time to reflect on anything as they becomedominated by a need to act, a need to be online, robotically alwayschecking. Instead of enhancing close bonds, technology has facil-itated avoidance of direct person-to-person contact, which takestoo much time. We maintain the illusion that we are connectedmore closely than ever by the number of Facebook “likes” weaccumulate. Our sense of connection exists in the action, not anaccumulated, deepening experience. It is not unusual to see allthe family members busy on their phones while dining out. Evenat home each one is hooked on to their mobiles checking aimless-ly the various posts on social media.

Getting rid of technology is not the answer, but society mustfind a balance. Empathy is very valuable, maybe the most valuableresource for humanity. There is a need to introspect and ask fewquestion from ourselves: Do we spend more than an hour a day onany social media platform? Are we constantly in a reactive state,which prevents us from listening to others? Do we look at ourphone when we are in a conversation with another? Do we answercalls at the dinner table or other valuable family moments? Do wefind ourselves choosing to text instead of having a conversation?Are we having conversations over text or email that should bedone in person? If we have answered yes to any of these ques-tions, then we certainly have an imbalance.

As much as we may appreciate modern technology, it haschanged our ability to communicate on many levels. Communica-tion is becoming a lost art and it is failing miserably at the hands ofour children.

Social media has many advantages, but there are plenty of draw-backs as well. Sitting behind the screen of a computer or phonegives people the courage to say what they want without a filter orcompassion. Our emotional intelligence is getting lost in transla-tion and we are slowly losing the ability to be honest with eachother and work through difficult conversations; to take a momentand sit with a situation, even when it feels uncomfortable, and movetoward communication to solve the problem.

Enjoying the gifts that come with technology is important, butmoving forward into a new age with balance is even more impor-tant. Maybe the biggest cost we have encountered already is theharm to human relationships. A small start is our best next stepand it counts.

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Issue : 55 11 August, 2020

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: H.P. Swami Shri In-dradevaswarananda SaraswatijiMaharaj’s Radhe Radhe ParivarUran Samiti on Saturday donatedrupees one lakh fifty thousandtowards the construction of Ram

H.P. Swami Shri IndradevaswaranandaSaraswatiji Maharaj’s Radhe Radhe

Parivar Samiti donate for theconstruction of Shri Ram Mandir

temple at Ayodhya. The chequewas handed over by the trustee ofthe temple, Shri Chandrakantobhai Thakkar in the presence ofGupta, Narayan Tandel, SubhashPatil, Pandhari Gharat, RajeshShah.

By Nidhi Agarwal

Kulfi is undoubt-edly India’s bestsweet dessert on astick, so beat theheat with this frozendessert. Watch oursummer special rec-ipe and learn tomake Kulfi at home.Kulfi, this tradition-al Malai Kulfi standsout with an extrarich and intense fla-vor and creaminess

Kulfi is best de-scribed as Indian-style ice cream.However, unlike icecream, kulfi is notchurned. This is a des-sert and can be madequickly and easily.

Ingredients: (Thisquantity gave me 12medium sized kulfisand 5 small ones withlittle bowls.)

- 2 liters (8 cups)milk (preferably fullcream

Creamy Malai Kulfi- 1 can condensed

milk- 1 cup of milk pow-

der- 4 tbsp sugar (op-

tional-use only if youwant it a little moresweet)

- 1/4 nutmeg pow-dered

- 10 to 12 cardamompods, powdered

- saffron (optional)- pistachios, crushed

(for garnishing)Method: In a heavy-

bottomed pot or pan,mix in the milk, con-densed milk, and milkpowder and cook onmedium heat until themilk comes to a rollingboil, about 15 minutes.

Once the milkcomes to a boil cook onlow heat for about 25to 30 minutes, stir-ring in between to pre-vent sticking, untilthe mixture thickensand caramelizes andgets that lovely kulfiflavour.

In a small bowlpour a ladle of themixture and mix inthe cardamom andnutmeg and make asmooth paste.

Stir in the pasteinto the kulfi mix-ture. If used directlyt h e c a r d a m o mforms lumps whichmakes it difficult todisintegrate into ahomogeneous mix-ture.

Allow to cool andpour into kulfimoulds. If you do not

have kulfi moulds,pour into shot glassesand when the mixtureis half frozen, about30 minutes, insert astick into it. Chillovernight or for 6 to 8hours.

Nidhi Agarwal is the

founder of ‘Cake N Bake’

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.After a long time myleft leg was injured ,after initial treatmentI am able to walk withless pain ,and the rea-son being Yoga .Itmakes the musclesstrong .This is the casewith body ,but yogasoothes mind also.Thebreathing exercises in-volved in Yoga givesrelaxation to mind .Arelaxed mind can fightdepression easily.There are certain yogaposes for fighting de-pression. These are :1. Balasana (Child

Pose)2. Sethu Bandhasana

(Bridge Pose)3. Urdhva Mukha

Svanasana (Up-ward-Facing DogPose)

4. Adho Mukha Svan-asana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose)

5. Halasana (PlowPose)

6. Uttanasana (Stand-ing Forward FoldPose)

7. Savasana (CorpsePose)

Balasana (Child Pose)

Benefits -Deeplyrelaxing,Calms the ner-vous system, reducingstress, and anxiety

Halasana (Plow Pose)

Benefits-Calms thenervous system, reduc-ing stress andfatigue,Stimulates thethyroid gland, helpingto improve your moodand energy levels

Savasana (Corpse Pose)

Benefits -Enables adeep and meditativerest, releasing stress, amajor cause of depres-

sion, helps reduce VataDosha ,helps rejuve-nate and refresh

Adho Mukha Svanasana

(Downward-facing

Dog Pose)

Benefits -Energizesand rejuvenates thebody, increases bloodcirculation to the brain,helping to boost yourmood,helps relieveheadache, insomnia,and fatigue

Setu Bandhasana

(Bridge Pose)

Benefits-Calms thebrain, reducing anxietyand depression, opensup the lungs and re-duces thyroid problems,which causes moodswings and depression.Breathing exercisesare, particularly, effec-tive techniques to helpovercome depression.

Bhramari Pranayama

(Humming Bee Breathing

Excercise)

Benefits -Helps calmthe agitatedmind,Builds confidence

Nadi Shodhan Pranayama

(Alternate nostril breathing

technique)

Benefits -Helpsbring the mind to thepresent, discarding un-wanted thoughts of thepast and future, helpspurify the nadis – en-ergy channels, ensur-ing smooth flow of pra-na ,helps releases accu-mulated stress, andward off depression

These asanas andPranayam help devel-op the body and mindbringing a lot of healthbenefits. Yet, it is not asubstitute for medicineand it is important tolearn and practice yogapostures under the su-pervision of a trained

Yoga teacher. Nowadaysmany people are fallingprey to depression andthe reasons could rangefrom hectic and un-healthy lifestyles, hor-monal imbalances,stress and an inabilityto deal with traumaticlife experiences and thisis a difficult experiencefor the person and thepeople around. As perthe World Health Orga-nization, more than 300million people of all agessuffer from depressionglobally .But the goodnews is that there aresome simple lifestylechanges like yoga, med-itation and better eatinghabits that could helpovercome feelings of de-pression. Ayurveda,says that depression isa sign that the body-mind complex has lowprana or life-force ener-gy and the prana is re-sponsible for enthusi-asm, happiness, andpeace. So regular prac-tice of yoga and medita-tion help to increase theprana levels, therebyremoving the symptomsof depression and in theprocess healing body inmind. In fact, severalscientific studies havefound yoga to have heal-ing effects on peoplewith depression. But itshould be kept in mindthat while one is on thejourney towards recov-ery, it is important toremain optimistic andhave faith. With all itsinfinite possibilities,the life is a gift for usand it can become afountain of joy and hap-piness not just for one-self but for others aswell.

Kanak’s Pen..Contd. from pg. 4

By: Dinesh Pawar

URAN: A public pro-test was carried out bythe Shiv Sena Uransupporters and officebearers against Karna-taka government forremoving ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj con-tent from the state syl-labus.

Santosh Thakur,Mayor Vinod Mhatre,Taluka Liaison ChiefJ.P Mhatre, City Liai-son Chief Ganesh Mha-

tre, District PramukhRamesh Mhatre, AwaSena Taluka PresidentChetan Mhatre, CityOrganizer Dilip Ra-halkar, Sub-TalukaOrganizer KM Ghar-at, Deputy City ChiefArvind Patil, GaneshPatil, Panchayat Com-mittee Member HirajiGharat, CorporatorSameer Mukhari, Cor-porator Mrs. VarshaPathare, Women Liai-son Chief, Shraddha

Sawant, VandanaPawar, City Organiz-er Megha Mestri,Former City Chief Su-jan Shiradhankar,Head of DepartmentS.K Puro, SandeshPatil, Ashwin Gavas,Ganesh Shelar, SanjayGawand, Vikas Kadu,Vicky Mhatre, Rupen-dra Gudekar YuvaSena City Head Nay-an Bhoir, Bharat Pa-til, Bandya and ShivSainiks were present.

Shiv Sena supporters from Uran protestagainst Karnataka Government

‘Amhi Pirkonkar’ group coverpotholes between Pirkon-Aware road

By: Dinesh Pawar

URAN: AmhiPirkonkar group ofPirkon village filledthe potholes whichhad surfaced betweenPirkon-Aware road inPirkon village, Urantaluka. The groupfilled the pits at theirown cost. The workwas carried out onSaturday.

“Due to the torren-tial rains potholes hademerged on the roads

making it difficult forthe motorists to ride.Thus we decided tocover the potholes byourselves,” said agroup member.

Girish Mhatre,Ramakant Joshi,Ashok Gawand, ArunPatil, GaneshGawand, KalpeshGawand, PrashantMhatre, Pramod Patil,Shashikant Gawand,Vilas Gawand, NareshPatil, Rajendra

Thakur, Tejas Joshi,Vaibhav Patil, NanduMhatre assisted in thework. Also present onthe occasion wereMahendra Gawand,Vaibhav Gawand,Manohar Mhatre,Surendra Gawand,Bhushan Gawand,Jayesh Patil, ManishGawand, VikasGawand, VinayakMhatre, Manoj Joshi,Deepak Patil andChetan Gawand.

Krantikari Seva Sangha cancels Dahi handi,says President Namdevsheth Phadke

PANVEL: KrantikariSeva Sangh has can-celed the Dahi handiUtsav on August 12,said President NamdevSheth Phadke.

Krantikari SevaSangh MaharashtraState celebrates Dahi-handi Utsav in NewPanvel every yearwith great enthusiasmand fervour. During

Dahi handi festival,many meritorious stu-

dents are honored.However, this year theSangh has arrangedambulances for theflood victims in Malin.Namdev Sheth Phad-ke, president of Kran-tikari Seva Sangh Ma-harashtra, said thatthey have providedcash assistance of Rs50,000 to the flood vic-tims in Maharashtra.

Two children look at Ganesh idols as an artist gives the final touch to the idol. GaneshChaturthi will be celebrated on 22nd August across the country (Photo by Sumit Renose)

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Kid’s Zone

Shreeram Abhang, 6 years,Father Agnel School, Vashi.

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your creativityand latent talent! Newsband has a column ex-clusively for our young readers. Children sendus your drawings, articles, poems etc. alongwith your Name, School Name and Standard.Either email us or send by post to the follow-ing email id :- dailynewsband @yahoo.co.in orNewsband, Real Tech Park, Office No 1313/1314,13th Floor, Plot No 39/2, Sector 30A, Vashi, NaviMumbai - 400 703

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NMMC receives medical safety equipmentworth Rs. 1.77 crore from Tata Trust

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is gettingsupport and help fromvarious social organi-sations and trusts inits fight against Covid19. On 8th August,2020 Tata Interna-tional Ltd donatedmedical safety equip-ment worth Rs 1.77crore from its CSRfund to the NMMC.

The medical safetyequipment which wasgiven to the NMMCincludes 10,000 N95

covers.Speaking with the

Newsband NMMCCommissioner AbhijitBangar informed, “We are pleased toshare that TATA Trusthas donated medicalsafety equipmentworth Rs 1.77 crorefrom their CSR fund.This would greatlyhelp in our effort tocombat Covid-19. Allthe protective gearsprovided by the TATAtrust will be used bythe corona warriorswithin the NMMClimits.”

masks, 10,000surgical masks,10,080 PPE Kits,

2000 protectivegoggles, 2000 handgloves and 7000 shoe

By: Indrani Basu

NAVI MUMBAI: As Jan-mashtami, the birth ofLord Krishna, is aroundthe corner, city basedKrishna Institutes aregearing up to celebratethe festival followingthe safety rules laiddown by Central andState Government. Though the festivity fer-vor in the city is quitelow due to pandemic andlockdown at hotspotzones, the religious cen-ters are doing their bestto bestow a festive moodto their devo-tees.

ISKCON Janmash-tanmi , biggest everevent will be observed atthe picturesque RadhaMadan Monhanjitemple located at HareKrishna landKharghar, near Panda-va Kada.

ISKCON is cele-brating this auspiciousoccasion with completereligious fervour fromAugust 11-13.Respect-ing the safety regula-tions the ceremonieswill be held closed doorinside the actual templepremises and will betelecast live to thou-sands of devotees whoare waiting eagerly tovisualize this sacredevent.

Surdas Pravuji, thepresident of the societyinformed, “Sri SriRadha MadanmohanjiMahotsav has started

ing Janmashtami ,though this will be alow key affair this yeardue to pandemic. Theceremony will be held atHaveli temple located atsector 29 Vashi . LordGovardhananathji willbe bathed with pan-chamrit at 12 .40 mid-night, abhishekh andpujan will be performedby pandits only, insidethe temple in closed door.Later lord will be of-fered with an array ofcooked food , sweets asmahabhog. ”This yearwe have cancelled allkinds of decorationwhich is the main at-traction of the Jan-mashtami celebration.Only a simple Sringaarof Lord will be done. Wewill later forward videoclips to our devotees,”informed Dilip Parikh ,the Managing Trustee.Next day Nandotsav ,which is a very popularmerriment amongKrishna devotees, willbe performed by a hand-ful of sevaks in a closedarea.

from 30th July withJhulan Yatra Utsav.This year’s Janmash-tami is special underpandemic situation,however, amid Covidpandemic our seva ofthe lord will be ceremo-nised prioritizing thehealth, safety and Govt.guidelines. Devoteeswill experience the bliss

of Krishna Conscious-ness sitting at homeand participate virtual-ly in Kalash Abhishekconducted by Seniordevotees who will per-form on their behalf.”

Prior to thisfestival ISKCON NaviMumbai organized‘Narasimha Yagna’which included Sri SriSutam Homam, SriNarasimha Homam,Sri Sudarshan Homamfor World Health andSafety on August 8 . Jan-mashtami, the Appear-ance Day, or birth an-niversary of LordKrishna, will be cele-brated at Sri Sri Radha

Madanmohanji Temple,Kharghar on 12thAug from 5.30 PM tomidnight . It will be fol-lowed by 124th VyasaPuja of the FounderAcharya Srila Prabhu-pada be observed on13th August with dis-course and Abhishek .

Kalash Abhishek ofthe Lord will be held in

the evening wherein Sr.devotees will bathe theLord (on behalf of thedevotees) in Pancham-rit from a Silver Kalashfollowed by Mahaav-ishek. The Bhakti KalaKshetra, the culturalwing of ISKCON haschalked out a three daye-cultural programstarting 11th Augustcomprising Dance, Dra-ma on Krishna Leela bepresented by kids, digi-tal Bhajan Sandhya byShri Anup Jalota andShri Vinod Trivedi.

In a similar occasionVaishnava Seva Samajunder the aegis of Pus-timarg sect is celebrat-

This year city devotees will experience virtual Janmashtamicelebration conducted by religious institutions