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State-level poetrycompetition to be

held in UranKonkan Marathi SahityaParishad will be hostingMadhuban Katta, a poetrycompetition on 17th De-cember, 2019 at N.I. HighSchool at Vimala Tala,Uran City…

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NMMC to carry outfumigation drive

in Vashi andsurrounding areas

Alarmed by the rising mos-quito menace in Vashi andsurrounding areas, corpo-rator of ward 64, Vashi,Divya Gaikwad requestedthe Health Department ofthe Navi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation (NMMC)to undertake fumigationdrive in the area. Accord-ingly, fumigation will bedone in various sectors inVashi in the evening by theofficials..

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NEWS IN

BRIEFBy Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecity based Indian Su-per League side Mum-bai City FC (MCFC)outfit which earlierplayed their homegames at the DY PatilStadium, Nerul, NaviMumbai for the inau-gural two seasons(2014–2015) beforeshifting their homeground to MumbaiFootball Arena from3rd Season. They, how-ever have maintaineda close tie with the 21stcentury city for its pre-season and tourna-

MCFC plays perfect hoststo Special Olympics

Bharat-Maharashtra team

Mumbai City FC’s Paulo Machado hands over a footballand jersey to Program Manager – Maharashtra of SpecialOlympics Bharat, Hansini Raut

ments’ training needs.MCFC, which is

popularly known as Is-landers’ by its millionsof followers and hadreached the semi-finalstage during the last

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NMMC awards Colleges for bestdisaster management projects

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) and the Unit-ed Nations Develop-

ment Programme(UNDP) had organiseda unique competitionfor the Colleges on Di-saster Management.The team from eachCollege had to showcasetheir creativity andoriginality with theirunique concepts forcombating disaster andthe steps that can be

taken by the governingbodies during naturalcalamities.

54 students fromvarious engineering col-leges from Navi Mum-bai, Panvel, Thane andMumbai had submittedprojects. Out of these,six projects were select-ed for their concepts.

IIT, Mumbai pre-

sented a sample project‘Portable OperationRoom for Disaster’ thatis very easy to navigateand use for emergencyoperations in the disas-ter affected areas. Vive-kananda Education So-ciety’s Institute ofTechnology, Chembur’s

Construction debris accumulatesbehind Raghuleela Mall, Vashi

By Jim George

VASHI: Piles of con-struction material, de-bris and waste is beingrampantly dumped atthe prime location inSector 30A, Vashi be-hind the RaghuleelaMall. In addition, theroad leading towardsthe mall, which re-

mains a popular hang-out spot due to its closeproximity to the Vashirailway Station, hasbeen dug up since along time for seweragework, posing inconve-nience to the pedestri-ans and also constrict-ing the road.

When contacted

Vaijyanti DashrathBhagat, corporator ofthe area said, “We areaware of the situation.It is an open plot but wehave not been able tofind out th owner of theplot. There is no boardput up and nobody

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PANVEL: A healthcheck up camp was or-ganized by Ekta Sa-majik Sanstha, Ka-mothe at Banubai Adi-vasi pada, near Karna-la, Panvel. Around 70people availed of the fa-cility.

“These Adivasi fam-ilies do not have accessto proper medical guid-ance and medical facil-ities. During the checkup it has been observedthat most of the villag-ers are addicted to to-bacco, gutkha and alco-hol. Because of this ad-diction they are facing

Health check up camp held

severe health issueslike bone TB, blood TBand cancer. Our doctorsguided them about theharmful effects of con-suming tobacco and al-cohol. They were alsoexplained about good

health and hygiene,”said Amol Shitole, Pres-ident of the Sanstha.

Short session wasalso conducted onhealth issues of womenand their hygiene. san-itary pads and multivi-

tamin, Calcium tabletswere distributed towomen participants. “Itwas also observed thatmany kids faced worm-ing issue and sufferedfrom normal cough &fever. De-worming med-icines and other neces-sary medicines weregiven to them,” he in-formed.

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NAVI MUMBAI: Amotorcyclist suc-cumbed to his injuriesafter his motorcyclecollided with thespeeding MahindraTUV pickup vehiclenear Vaje village inPanvel taluka onMonday afternoon.The driver of thevehicle was arrested

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Theanti- human traffick-ing unit has arrestedfive women includingthe manager of ShagunSpa and Massage Cen-tre in Sector 3,Kharghar for runningflesh trade in the Cen-tre on the pretext of spaand massage parlour.

The racket wasbusted after the anti-human trafficking unitreceived informationthat the people workingin spa lured customers

Five women arrested forrunning flesh trade at a

massage parlour in Khargharcoming to its centrewith sexual favours.Accordingly, senior po-lice inspector ArjunGard sent a fake cus-tomer to Shagun Spaand Massage Centre onMonday evening. Onbeing confirmed aboutthe racket, the policeteam raided the mas-sage parlour.

During the raid thepolice arrested fivewomen who operate amassage parlour andfour women who wereworking at the centre.

Speeding Mahindra pick up hits bike; Biker diesby Panvel Talukapolice after theaccident.

The deceased hasbeen identified asHarishchandraSitaram Jale, 52, aresident of Vajevillage. Jale wouldtravel on his HeroHonda Fashion Motorbike for his travel andfor visiting his farm.

Last Monday morn-ing, Jale was on hismotorcycle as usualfor work. Aftercompleting his work,he was returningback home at around11:30 pm. When hereached Diggi'sbridge, a speedingMahindra pickupvehicle hit his motor-cycle. Jale was

seriously injured inthe accident. He wasfirst rushed to GandhiHospital in Panveland was later taken toa sub-district hospitalin Panvel. But doctorsdeclared him dead onadmission. ThePanvel Taluka policearrested Mahindrapick-up driver, JamesDurai Pandian.

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project was on 'Lake cleaning'; Ramrao Adik'sInstitution of Technology, DY Patil College Nerulpresented 'Human Detector - Snake Robot' project;M.H. Sabu Siddiqui College of Engineering (Thetwo student groups independently performedchemical disaster project experiments on 'HumanRescue Robot' and 'Hazard's Material DetectionUsing Raspberry Pi'. The students of SIES, Ner-ul, presented an ingenious experiment to propa-

gate the message 'Accident Mitigator'.The winners were honoured by Mayor

Jayawant Sutar at the general body meeting ofthe Municipal Corporation along with the Prin-cipals of the Colleges, and the professors whoguided the project. On this occasion the DeputyMayor, Mandakini Mhatre, Municipal Commis-sioner Annasaheb Misal, Chairman of StandingCommittee Naveen Gavte, House Leader Ravin-dra Ithape, Leader of Opposition Vijay Chaug-ule, Avinash Lad, Dr. Jayaji Nath, and otherswere present.


By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Amotorcyclist wascritically injured anddied after his motorcy-cle collided with aMahindra TUVpickup vehicle nearVaje village in Panveltaluka on Mondayafternoon. The driverof the vehicle wasarrested by PanvelTaluka police after theaccident.

The deceased has

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKoparkhairane policehas arrested a youngman for allegedly kill-ing his father. The in-cident came to light af-ter the police launchedits investigation on themurder of DannaiyaKalipili (49) who wasfound dead near theKoparkhairane rail-way station. And ar-rested Hemraju Kalip-ili, 28, on murdercharges during furtherinvestigation.

As per the investi-gation a police officialsaid, Dannaiya, an al-coholic would comedrunk, and beat hischildren and his wifeevery day for petty rea-sons. Fed up of the tor-turing he killed his fa-ther.

The deceased a na-tive of AndhraPradesh, lived with his

Fed up of beatings,man kills alcoholic father

wife and two sons anda daughter. A knownalcoholic addict formany years. He wouldget violent after drink-ing and beat his chil-dren along with hiswife. Despite his chil-dren were older.

Since Dania and hisolder son Hemrajuwere both involved inwelding work, Hemra-ju came to work withhis father at the MIDCin Navi Mumbai, saida police official. How-ever, he was removedfrom work because hewas drunk all day. SoDannaiya had goneback to AndhraPradesh. And Hemra-ju continued working.But, after going back tohis native he startedbeating his familyagain. Due to thisHemraju developed an-ger for his father.

Meanwhile, Hemra-

ju called his father toKoparkhairane after hecame to known that hewas in Mumbai to meethis friend last Satur-day. Accordingly, afterDannaiya arrived,Hemraju took his fa-ther who was drunk inthe corner of the trainstation and him hardon his head with aniron rod and killed andfled from the spot.

The next morning,Dannaiya's body wasfound, Koparkhairanepolice launched searchagainst an unknowperson on murdercharges. In the mean-time, some MIDCworkers identified thedeceased following thepolice called his sonHemraju and duringinterrogation he con-fessed to killing his fa-ther, informed seniorpolice inspector Surya-kant Jagdale.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Theanti- human traffick-ing unit has arrestedfive women includingthe manager ofShagun Spa andMassage Center inKharghar Sector-3, forrunning prostitutioncentre in the pretextof spa and massageparlour.

The prostitution

Five women arrested for running fleshtrade at massage parlour in Kharghar

centre was busted afterthe anti-human traffick-ing unit received in-formed in the spa luredcustomers coming centrewith sextual favourswhich was operating inBelpada village. Accord-ingly, senior policeinspector Arjun Gardsent a fake customer toShagun Spa and Mas-sage Centre on Mondayevening. At this time, a

police team raided themassage parlour afterthe mufti policeconfirmed about theprostitution racketrun at the centre.

During the raidthe police havearrested five womenwho operate a mas-sage parlour and fourwomen who wereworking at thecentre.

Biker dies after and speedingMahindra pickup hits his bike

identified as Harish-chandra Sitaram Jale,52, a resident of Vajevillage. Jale wouldtravel on his HeroHonda Fashion Motorbike for his travel andvisiting his farm. LastMonday morning, Jalewas on a motorcycleas usual for work.After completing hiswork he was return-ing home around11:30 pm. Whe hereached Diggi's

bridge, a speedingMahindra pickupvehicle hit his motor-cycle. In the incidentJale was seriouslyinjured. He was firstrushed to GandhiHospital in Panvel.And was later taken toa sub-district hospitalin Panvel. But doctorsdeclared him dead. ThePanvel Taluka policearrested Mahindrapick-up driver JamesDurai Pandian.

NAVI MUMBAI: Manyof the eatables labelledas health food may notbe all that healthy, ac-cording to Dr. FatimaRadhanpurwala, Reg-istered Dietician.

Speaking at a sem-inar as part of the Dia-betes Awareness Weekobserved by LionsClubs InternationalDistrict 3231 A2 in As-sociation with NaviMumbai KannadaSangha Vashi, DrRadhanpurwala saidon Monday that par-ents should exercisecaution when childrencrave for fast food asmost of it is actually

All that ‘health’ food maynot be healthy

Lions’ diabetes campaign focuses on lifestyle

A view of the Lions cookery competition

junk food that impactsthe health.

Even the health foodthat we find in mallsand markets might notbe totally healthy. “Wemust check for the con-tents,” the certified di-abetes educator said.One would be shockedto see sugar content insugar-free items aswell.

Lion MukeshTanaeja, visionaryleader for diabetesawareness, Ln. Su-jatha Rao, Zone Chair-person along with Zon-al Clubs came togeth-er for Diabetes Aware-ness Service Week Cel-

ebrations and organ-ised the Nutrition TalkDrawing and CookeryCompetitions.

Chief Guest LnVidhya Nayak saidspreading awarenessabout diabetes definite-ly helps in controllingthe health issue. Shegave away prizes towinners of the compe-titions.

Lion Varsha Chau-mal and Lion LathaTawari were the guestsof honour. Ln. SavithaH Nayak, Ln Vijay-aLakshmi Banda andLn Keertappa Hana-ma were the project co-ordinators.

NMMC to carry out fumigation drivein Vashi and surrounding areas

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

VASHI: Alarmed bythe rising mosquitomenace in Vashi andsurrounding areas, cor-porator of ward 64,Vashi, Divya Gaikwadrequested the HealthDepartment of the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC) toundertake fumigationdrive in the area. Ac-cordingly, fumigationwill be done in varioussectors in Vashi in theevening by the officialsas per the followingschedule:First week of every month

Wednesday- Sector1 & 1A

Thursday- Sector 4& 5

Friday- Sector 6

Second week of everymonth

Wednesday- Sector2 & 3.

Thursday- Sector 8.Friday- Sector 7.

Third Week of everymonth

Wednesday- Sector1 & 1A.

Thursday- Sector 4& 5.

Friday- Sector 6.

Fourth week of everymonth

Wednesday- Sector2 & 3

Thursday- Sector 8Friday- Sector 7“If fumigation is not

done as per aboveschedule in any of theareas mentioned, theresidents can approachme,” said Divya Gaik-wad


Issue : 169 21 November, 2019

Misuse of water has to be stoppedIt is a common fact that if corrective mea-

sures are not taken immediately, there is goingto be acute shortage of fresh potable drinkingwater in the near future. There is a need to in-crease public awareness on the importance ofconservation, preservation and protection ofwater resources and drinking water supply. Af-ter air, water is the second most essential life-line for the survival of human beings. Naturecreated adequate resources for their survival,however because of meddling by the human be-ings, the resources have not only been pollut-ed, they have also been depleted due to grossmismanagement. Pollution from land-basedsources is greatly affecting the aquatic biologi-cal resources and biodiversity. Rampant use ofpesticides is further making the fresh water re-sources unusable.

Though water is one of the replenish able re-sources, yet due to depleting green cover be-cause of excessive deforestation and consequentreduction in rainfall, perennial drought like sit-uation has been created in many parts of ourcountry. It is because of this reason it has be-come all the more important to conserve water,besides finding means to replenish the aquifers.While each one of us can do our bit by conserv-ing water at home and being more cautious whileusing it, the real solution lies in rainwater har-vesting, which has to be followed religiouslywherever possible.

Rainwater harvesting technique is twopronged. Firstly, by collecting rain water fromroof tops and open catchment areas and storingin huge underground sumps and secondly byarresting the surface run off into the rivers andseas by constructing percolation chambers torecharge the aquifer. The former has a limita-tion that it can be adopted only during mon-soons. Besides, it requires huge investment byway of construction of water retaining structures.The latter is a long-term solution and shall go along way in making this vital resource availablefor human consumption. Even for places likeMumbai/ Navi Mumbai, where sub soil water isnot potable in many areas, collection of surfacerun off into artificially created lakes after treat-ing them for water retainment, can provide via-ble solution. This rainwater after treatment canbe used for all purposes. Further, the sewagetreatment plants can be provided in the residen-tial complexes as the recycled water can be usedat least for washing vehicles and horticulturepurposes. Besides, this shall prevent pollutionof water bodies into which this sewage wouldhave been otherwise discharged.

It is heartening that many of the schools, col-leges and residential complexes are utilizing thistechnique and are thus contributing immenselyin conserving water. The town planning author-ities should also implement this in letter andspirit and thus save the human civilization fromevident disaster in making on account of deplet-ing water resources.

Mumbai Po-lice is working24X7 to makesure about thereasons for cybersecurity crimesand the waysand means tocurb such hap-penings in theMetro. The ci-pher is anymethod of en-crypting text(concealing itsreadability andmeaning). It isalso sometimesused to refer tothe encryptedtext message it-self althoughhere the term ci-pher text is pre-ferred. Its originis the Arabic sifr,meaning emptyor zero. In addi-tion to the cryp-tographic mean-ing, cipher alsomeans (1) some-one insignificant,and (2) a combi-nation of symbol-ic letters as in anentwined weav-ing of letters fora monogram.Some cypherswork by simplyrealigning the al-phabet or other-wise manipulat-ing the text insome consistentpattern. Howev-er, almost all se-rious ciphers useboth a key (a vari-able that is com-bined in someway with the un-encrypted text)and an algorithm(a formula forcombining thekey with thetext). A block ci-pher is one thatbreaks a messageup into chunksand combines akey with eachchunk (for exam-ple, 64-bits oftext). A streamcipher is one that

Cyber safety essential

By C K Subramaniam

applies a key to each bit,one at a time. Most mod-ern ciphers are blockciphers. Poly alphabet-ic ciphers are inherent-ly fast, in most cases re-quire little storage, andare easy to implement inhardware or software.The hard part is design-ing one that is secure.Cyber crimes are on theincrease and the PoliceCommissioner is tryingall the ways and meansto bring out the truth insuch crimes so thatmore and more aware-ness will be created forthe future.

Life without the In-ternet, an innovativetechnology, seems al-most unimaginable formost people in India.

Today the Internet isintrinsic to media andcommunications, enter-tainment, politics, de-fence, business, bank-ing, education and alsoadministrative systemsas well as to social in-teraction. The Internetdisentangles this ex-traordinarily complexinformation and com-munication technologyfrom its place in ourdaily lives, allowing it tobe examined anew.Technology has histori-cally been shaped bygovernmental, militaryand commercial re-quirements, but the de-velopment of the Inter-net is increasingly driv-en by its users. You-Tube, Facebook, Twit-ter, Flickr and manyother emerging applica-tions are shifting theway we express our-selves, communicatewith our friends, andeven engage with globalpolitics. At the sametime three-quarters of

the world's populationremain effectively ex-cluded from the Inter-net. Packed with casestudies drawn fromaround the world, theInternet presents aclear and up-to-date in-troduction to the social,cultural, technologicaland political worlds thisnew media form is cre-ating.

In the high competi-tive world students arestriving hard for suc-cess. As the stakes arevery high the youngergeneration vie for tophonours and the socialmedia is playing a piv-otal role in makingtheir dreams come true.So, blaming the young-sters for their inclina-

tion to operate Internet,but at the same timethey should not crossthe limit and break theonline laws. Whateveryou mention in socialmedia is passingthrough to people fasterthan light and oneshould take proper carebefore posting messagesin respect of sensitivematters. There is noquestion of doing itknowingly or unknow-ingly but make sure be-fore you do controversialpostings in the socialmedia. Misuse of Pass-word and hacking arepart and parcel of thepresent day working.And number of cases arereferred to EconomicOffence Wing to getclarity and justice ofsuch financial fraudstaking place in theBanking Industry. Inthis context, young gen-eration should mind itnot to enter into suchcyber crimes and losetheir credentials in the

society just to make fewthousand rupees. Thegreed may land thembehind bars.

As a regular and ac-tive in FB I take all theprecautions to protectmy decorum and not tobe too controversial onsubjects relating tosports, cinema or evenpolitics. As a senior citi-zen I take this opportu-nity to give proper feedback to my pals andtrain them how to goabout the task of becom-ing a respected citizen ofthis country withoutany adverse record andto keep away from theill effects of social mediaas well as cyber crimesand lead a trouble life.It is a matter of conve-nience and that shouldnot come in the way ofcropping up fresh prob-lems in a technologybased society.

Increasing interestin Internet is verymuch intruding and theyoungsters fall prey tothe web world. Even ad-vertisements arescreened showing ayoungster sitting andoperating his mobile andhear phone on to frus-trate the head of thefamily. To add to thewoes even political par-ties are offering freeWifi to appease youngvoters to pin their faithon select party so as towin coming Assemblyelections with thisfavour. So, the onlineculture is groping thechildren to darkness.The young generationsit late hours to browsethrough the net andgather good as well asbad informationthrough their searchand thus losing valuablesleep in the late nighthours. At times the evilmind turns to do cybercrimes and the numberof offence is on the in-crease as per CrimeRecords Bureau. This isa very bad precedence aswe expect that theyoung generation is thefuture of our country.By just gluing to the laptop or mobile, the young-sters spoil their eyesight

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: If youare keen to make You-Tube work for you andbring in a stellar in-come, then, you need tobegin by understandingthe medium, accordingto a recent analysis byBisbo, a fast-growingYouTube platform foranimated news-basedcurrent affairs content.

YouTube has be-come the default plat-form for viewing videocontent. For successfulvideo content creators,it is also a great sourcefor online earnings. Be-coming a YouTubermight sound fancy andexciting but the moneydoes not come easy. Toearn money on YouTubeone needs to get at leasta few million minutesworth of watch timeevery month. For mostpeople, that's a tall taskunless you have some-thing unique to offer.Pedigree helps, like ifyou are already a well-known brand name inthe real world, or ifyou’ve been luckyenough to be one of theearly YouTubers andhave, by default, devel-oped a following thathabitually looks for-ward to your content.

For Indian contentcreators, it’s a littletougher. On an average,an Indian creator canexpect about $100 permillion minutes ofwatch time if the con-tent is watched exclu-sively in India. Where,you may get as low as60-70 paise per minute

Knowing target audienceessential to generate revenue for

YouTuber: Shakir Ebrahim One needx to understand the medium to start earning from it

viewed. But if youchoose your audiencewisely and target West-ern and/or Scandina-vian markets, youcould get 7-10 cents ormore per minute; 10-15times as much as viewsfrom India.

Therefore, an IndianYouTuber or YouTubechannel needs to care-fully strategise for goodmonetization, or earn-ings from the video plat-

form. Barring those,who record tons of mil-lion minutes, one needsto carefully choose theaudience they’re target-ing.

Shakir Ebrahim,Founder of GoBisboBroadcasting NetworkPvt. Ltd. and Creator ofBisbo said, "One needsto select a niche audi-ence, preferably withhigher disposable in-come, though in India,that group is more like-ly to be on Instagram.Cosmetics, fashion,style, travel are someareas that are alreadyin vogue. Companiesdealing in those areastarget the well-heeledand have money tospend if you become aninfluencer. The moneyis decent pocket moneyand often you are given

products rather thancash but keep at it, soonthe cash will also comein."

"Being a YouTubeinfluencer is not aneasy task, it's almost asgood as a full time job.Also, it's not somethingyou can decide to do.You have to have it inyou; if you produce vid-eos on style, then youneed to have an under-standing of content,

looks; if travel, then apenchant for hiking orgoing off beaten tracksor a niche sport likegaming, biking etc.",Shakir added. Betweenthe two platforms, You-Tube and Instagram,the latter is much easi-er to monetize, eventhough Instagramgives you no revenuedirectly, while YouTube

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For the past several months, the salary of employees of Sun Shine Hospital at NerulSector-1 has been delayed by the hospital administration. With no salary the employ-ees who have been facing immense problems, visited the MNS party workers on 8thNovember and shared their grievances. Following which the party president YogeshShete along with MNS sub-division president Vinod Pakhle, sub-division presidentDevendra Pillay, Shashikant Gaikwad, Nitin Patil met the officials of the hospital andgave them the deadline of 20th November to make the payment. The hospital has nowstarted releasing the dues. (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Konkan Mar-athi Sahitya Parishadwill be hosting Madhu-ban Katta, a poetrycompetition on 17thDecember, 2019 at N.I.High School at VimalaTala, Uran City.

The contest is opento Marathi poets in thestate. The poem has tobe submitted by 5th

State-level poetrycompetition to be held in Uran

December. There is norestriction with re-gards to the subject forthe poetry but it shouldnot be vulgar. The en-try fee is Rs 300 and thelast date to pay the feeis 12th December.

The first prize win-ner will get Rs 15,000,second prize winnerwill get Rs 10,000 andthe third prize winner

will get 7,000, andfourth prize winner willget Rs 5,000 and fifthprize winner will get Rs3,000. There will be sixconsolation prizes. Thewinners of consolationprize will get Rs 2,000each.

Interested peoplecan contact KonkanMarathi Sahitya Par-ishad on 09819652951.

MNS’ efforts yield result


By Salma Prabhu

It has been shownwith research that whenfeedback given appropri-ately and in a timelymanner, it raises selfesteem in children andalso raises efficiency inthe case of adults.

We all like to receivea genuine complimentin other words known asfeedback. Right fromthe mother who workshard to make breakfast,meals, keep the houseclean, go to work, dopurchasing, plan every-day for the family to achild who wakes up ontime, goes to school,keeps his room and deskclean, helps the mother,does his homework andstudies, plays and keepseverything in its place,everyone needs appreci-ation and feedback.

Feedback would beof two types. One wouldbe elaborate with fullanalysis and explana-tion and the other wouldbe brief and with ges-tures. Both are impor-tant.

A person with a goodEmotional Quotient al-ways takes feedback asa constructive one. Hewould also accept con-structive criticism as abase to improve himself.Anyone who can takecriticism in a positivemanner is moving to-wards evolving.

In fact, our parentsare the first people whoteach us to do so. Theyhug and kiss often whenchildren listen to themand they scold or repri-mand when childrenmisbehave. I would re-quest parents here to dowhat the managers do.The managers call theemployee and explain tothem why they are be-

Genuine Feedback-Emotional Quotient VII

ing given a raise or whythey are being fired.They give a quantita-tive and qualitative feed-back to the employee.They also give a chanceor warning before actu-ally firing them.

People with highEmotional Quotient areable to work on theirareas of concern. Peoplewith low EQ wouldblame the manager andprobably quit.

So, going back to theway we are reprimand-ed or appreciated in thechildhood. If parentswould also use the tech-nique of explaining the

appreciation and whythe reprimand with pa-tience, it will help chil-dren understand themeaning and the mes-sage of the feedback.This will help them alsolearn to analyze. And inturn we shall have chil-dren who will grow upto have high EmotionalQuotient.

If you want to raisechildren with high Emo-tional Quotient then dothe following as far asgiving feedback is con-cerned.1. Use your observation

skills and never leta moment go whereyou could have giv-en a genuine feed-back on the goodthings they are do-ing.

2. Be gentle and usepositive words like "Ican see you areworking hard withyour Math and suc-ceeding in master-ing it".

3. Have a good dictio-nary for yourself onall the possible posi-tive words and donot use just you are

good or great or su-per. But keep a biglist of positive words.

4. Explain to themwhy you have beenso tempted to give afeedback.

5. While correctingthem also keep yourtone soft but asser-tive. Explain to themwhy you are correct-ing for example "Ican see that youhave exceeded yourscreen time, despitehaving told me thatyou shall follow it"."This is not accept-able and you shallhave to decide onwhat needs to bedone regarding thismistake of yours.We have set screentime after having agood discussion to-gether and now youhave broken thatagreement".In the above conver-sation you have notlost your postureand you have asser-tively displayed yourdisapproval. So, ex-plain for what youare upset. If you arepunishing by takingaway the screentime on the followingday then explainwhy.

6. Do not carry thepast with you anddon't give examplesof the past. "You haddone the same mis-take in your lastexam and thereforeI am sending you fortuitions". Insteadsay "Should we takesome help so we canbe very confidentwith our concepts forthe upcoming exam-ination".7. Feedback needs to

be always genuine asthere lies the key of itbeing a useful tool.

8. Use this tool oftenfor positive outcome.Salma Prabhu is ClinicalPsychologist Career Coun-sellor author of Mom DadU R Wonderful and You areMy Star and environmental-ist. Readers may write to heron salmaprabhu7@ gmail.com or call 9322851484

PANVEL: Followingthe efforts of the BJPcorporator of PanvelCity MunicipalCorporation andleader of the houseParesh Thakur, theauditorium at Va-sudev BalwantPhadke in Panvelhas been repaired.

After receivingcomplaints that theauditorium, which isunder the adminis-tration of PCMC,that Panvel’s loneauditorium was indilapidated conditionand parts of it wasdamaged due to rain,Paresh Thakur hadordered the adminis-trant to carry outrepair work immedi-ately.

Panvel’s only auditorium repaired

Shalabh Goel Inducted As CR DivisionalRailway Manager - Mumbai

By Ashok Dhamija

A senior officer of1989 batch of IndianRailway Service of Elec-trical Engineers (IR-SEE) Shalabh Goel, hastaken over as Division-al Railway Manager,Mumbai Division ofCentral Railway today.He was Executive Di-rector/Electrical Ener-gy Management inMinistry of Railways(Railway Board) beforetaking over as Division-al Railway Manager,Mumbai Division ofCentral Railway (CR).

He completed hisgraduation in ElectricalEngineering from Indi-an Institute of Technol-ogy, Roorkee and Post-Graduation in Energy

Shalabh Goel

Studies from IndianInstitute of Technology,Delhi. He has variedexperience of workingin different fields of In-dian Railways includ-ing Railway Electrifica-tion, Electric Locomo-tives, Electric Loco Op-erations, EMUs andMEMUs over Central

Railway, NorthernRailway. He also hadfruitful deputation ten-ure in Delhi Metro RailCorporation looking af-ter construction of var-ious traction relatedworks in undergroundand elevated corridors.

He is proud recipi-ent of General Manag-er’s Award and Minis-ter of Railway’s Award.

He has held severalimportant assignmentson Indian Railways in-cluding Director/Rail-way Electrification inMinistry of Railways.He has also worked inCentral Railway HeadQuarters and Nagpur,Bhusawal and MumbaiDivision of Central Rail-way.

Fr Agnel Multipurpose School, Vashiplayers Vedant Desai (Left) and ReyanshShah scored seven goals among them-

selves in their quarter final match againsttheir next door neighbours Anjuman IIslam Abdul Azim Khatkhatay English

Secondary School in their sides convinc-ing 7-0 win in a pre quarter final match of

the Navi Mumbai Area School Associa-tion’s Boys U-17 Inter School Footballtournament. Left winger Vedant scored

four of those, while Right winger Reyanshscored the other three.

(By Ashok Dhamija)

Agnels Tricksters To The Fore…


season, however didhave the best of homeoutings this timearound. They had abright start and wonone match and drewanother in their awaygames. They then lostthe next two in front oftheir fans in Mumbai.

The league whichhas been put on pause

As part of its phil-anthropic activity,Mumbai City FC invit-ed the Special Olym-pics Bharat (SO Bhar-at) Maharashtra teamfor a special trainingsession on learning thefiner tips of playing theworld’s most populargame at its Navi Mum-bai Sports Association

Post the training ses-sion, the Islanders pre-sented the SO Bharatteam with a MumbaiCity FC shirt and afootball autographed bythe squad as a token ofappreciation.

Jorge Costa,MCFC’s Head Coach,who was delighted inhaving the SO Bharatteam said, “We cannotimagine the hardshipsand barriers these won-

children deal with therigours of life throughsport. On behalf of theclub and the entireteam, I wish them thebest in the future andlook forward to meet-ing them again soon.”

Program Manager– Maharashtra of Spe-cial Olympics Bharat,Hansini Raut said,“The aim of SO Bhar-at is to improve thehealth and well-being

Paying glowingtributes to the IndianSuper League side,Mumbai City FC man-agement and team forinviting them ahead ofthe World Children'sDay which is celebrat-ed on 20th November,he further added “TheSpecial OlympicsBharat Maharashtrateam feels privileged tohave met and trainedwith the Islander’s as

MCFC plays perfect hosts...Contd. from pg. 1

Mumbai City FC players pose for a photograph with SO Bharat athletes as part of the World Children’s Day celebration

Mumbai City FC players Mohammed Rafique (L) andSourav Das (R) boost the morale of one of the SO Bharatathletes.

The excited SO Bharat athletes cheer their favourite MCFC first team from the side lines during the Islanders practisesession at NMSA ground in Vashi. These special children latter interacted and practised with them too.

due to India’s partici-pation in the ongoingWorld Cup qualifierssince 10 Nov till 23Nov, 2019 however hasprovided the MCFCside which is current-ly placed eighth amongten teams in the poolstanding, time to re-coup under their Por-tuguese Head Coach,Jorge Costa.

practise ground inVashi. The excited SOBharat athletes spentan evening with the Is-landers’ first teamwhile observing andpractising with them.The serene lush greenvenue allowed both setsto share their experi-ences of the challengeseach faced in their fightto be better every day.

derful kids go throughon a daily basis. Weare glad that we couldshare an evening andspend some time on thepitch with them.Sports teaches eachand one of us that wehave to keep goingwhen it gets tough andit's incredible to see theway Special OlympicsBharat is helping the

of children with intel-lectual disabilities andallow them to reachtheir full potential. SOBharat also advocatesand makes consciousefforts towards mak-ing sport as a platformfor social inclusion forthe special athletes,promoting unified andinclusive sport in theirprogrammes”.

they are popularlyknown by their mil-lions of fans MumbaiCity FC first team.These professionalplayers were verywarm and made ourteam feel comfortable.

SO Bharat focuses onsocial inclusionthrough sport and weare extremely happythat Mumbai City FCsupported our causewhile participating inan inclusive footballtraining session withour children. We wishthem all the best forthe remainder of theirseason.”

Mumbai City FCcontinue their Hero

ISL campaign as theytake on NorthEastUnited FC in an awaygame on 27 November2019 at the Indira Gan-dhi Athletic Stadium inGuwahati.

Constructiondebris....Contd. from pg. 1

comes to that plot. Wehave informed the NaviMumbai Municipal Cor-poration about the issue.”With regards to potholesand the ongoing workshe said, “The workwould be expedited.”

CIDCO PRO PriyaRatambe told she wouldcontact the concerned of-

ficials when asked for acomment.

Residents allegethat the plastic andwaste being dumpedinto the constructiondebris can lead to a neg-ative impact on healthand the environment.Lead from the landfillif in contact with watercan be poisonous andmay cause great harm,they say.


Bestselling author Faraaz Kazi and Big Boss celebrity Sushant Divgikar unveilthe book ‘As death stared back’ by Ajinkya Bhasme with an exuberant flavor

The book is based on a real life incident of a psych patientBigboss 8 contes-

tant and LGBTQ activ-ist, Sushant Divgikarlaunched India’s firstpsychological fictionalhorror book ‘As deathstared back’ written byauthor, Ex- scientistand IIT Bombaya l u m n u s A j i n k y aBhasme, at the Bom-bay Adda, Mumbai.The book is based on areal-life incident of apsych patient wherethe author is creatingawareness aboutCapgras Delusion andmental illness in India.

The chief guest forthe launch, Bestsellingauthor Faraaz Kazi inhis educationally elab-orate speech, men-tioned about the powerto break taboos and al-leviate stigma aboutmental illness.

As death staredback, is Mr Bhasme’ssecond book in whichhe narrates a true psy-chological horror storywhich is a distinctive

tale of a modern-daynuclear family whoselife gets disrupted afterthe untimely demise ofthe man of the family.The book intends todrag the readers intothe ocean of mentalhealth of a single moth-er and her son whenten years later; a manstands at her doorstepclaiming to be her deadhusband.

Thanking the audi-

ence present at thel a u n c h , A j i n k y aBhasme said, “India isa place where mentalhealth is not talkedabout openly and whenit comes to Capgras de-lusion, the awarenessjust isn’t there. It isthe least researched &the scariest syndromewhich affects not onlythe patient but also thecaregiver.”

He added, “This

book is not like a text-book that only tellsabout Capgras delu-sion, it will take read-ers on an educationaltrip, in the darkness ofhuman mind, andleave them there gasp-ing for breaths, tryingto figure out whether tobelieve the man whoresurrected from thedead, who is gainingeveryone’s confidenceor the mother and son

whose sanity will bequestioned for not be-lieving in what theysee.”

Discussing MrBhasme’s book,Sidharth Jain, ChiefStorytellar, The StoryInk said, “I really ap-preciate the concept ofthis book and how MrBhasme has penneddown the whole fiction-al plot. It is a master-ful tale of the horrors ofa human mind and thewretchedness of thesoul. He has spun theplot like a spider web,

with beauty and intri-cacy, where each strandseems individual, butwhen you look at thecomplete picture, it isall connected. Everyword written in AsDeath Stared Back isvery intelligently cho-sen to satisfyingly con-nect it to the end.

Ankit Bathla, Actor,Thapkipyarki, VishalFuria, Director, Webseries Criminal

Justice and othersenior dignitaries fromUPL were among thosepresent at the launch.

By C.K. Subramaniam

The iconic EdenGardens in Kolkata isset to make history onNovember 22 by host-ing the first-ever day-night pink ball Testmatch to be played onIndian soil. Indiancricket team goes intothis match with a 1-0lead over Bangladesh,which can at bestdraw the series by win-ning the day-nightTest in Kolkata.

India has tradition-ally been reluctant toembrace innovation incricket. However, onFriday, after muchheel-dragging, theywill finally experiencea day-night test when

Curtain raiser for pink ball Cricketthey face neighboursBangladesh in Kolka-ta. The game's mostinfluential nation wasthe last major team tojump on the Twenty20bandwagon and theBoard of Control forCricket in India(BCCI) doggedly re-sisted the Decision Re-view System before ac-cepting it almost re-luctantly.

When a weak WestIndies side played theirfirst pink ball D/Nmatch in 2016, TeamIndia dared to playDay and Night matchat the fag end of 2019against Bangladesh.We were the first tosay no to WADA, DRS

and D/N Test but wefind solace in plyingIPL for 12 seasons andthat too under lights.

Pink ball cricket isa different ball gamebut why hesitate to ac-

cept change and makeup our mind as per ourown whims and fancyand keep ICC to our

advantage all thetime? Bangladesh sideis not so fit for playing

5 day test match andnow they are made toplay five day testmatch under lights. Itis a good beginning forTeam India in the pipeopener as the teamacross the border issure to succumb andthe fans need not wastetheir sleep for this mis-match. They havebeen immune to thecharms of day-nighttests and turned downan offer to play one lastyear in Adelaide,where Australia hadhosted New Zealand inthe first-ever pink-balltest in 2015.

With most of theIndia and Bangladeshplayers having practi-

cally no experiencewith the pink ball,which has been usedonly sporadically indomestic cricket inboth countries, thereis at least a level play-ing field in that re-gard. After red andwhite balls, finally itis pink ball cricket inIndia.

Anyway, Pink ballis not going to swingin the way it swung inthe 2014 series, whereour World class bats-men failed miserablyand Virat Kohli failedmiserably againstJimmy Anderson.The writer is freelancer

from Sanpada,Navi Mumbai


India’s biggest ever technical textiles fair Techtextil India opens todaywith 23% surge in exhibitors reflecting the progressive sector

Left to Right: Mr. Winston Pereira, General Manager, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd, Mr. Mohan Kavrie,Managing Director, Supreme Nonwoven Industries Pvt, Shri Ajit Chavan, Secretary, Textiles Committee, Ministry ofTextiles, Government of India, Mr. Olaf Stecken, Dipl-Ing (FH) Composite Technology, VDMA, Mr. Michael Jänecke,Director - Brand Management (Technical Textiles & Textile Processing), Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Mr. Michael Dehn,General Manager – Sales & Marketing, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd, Ms. Priyanka Pawar, Group ExhibtionHead, Textile and Textile Technologies

An industry grow-ing at a CAGR of 20 percent to reach USD 28.7billion, technical tex-tiles is one of the mostdynamic sectors in In-dia. Techtextil India2019, the leading plat-form to source productsusing technical textiles,reflects the industrywith the biggest open-ing received this year.India’s first Hackathonfor the industry alongwith Farmer’s Con-clave will also be host-ed during this edition.Maharashtra Industri-al Development Corpo-ration (MIDC) alsoshowed strong supportto encourage trade anddevelopment during thethree-day show.

Technical textilehas been a promisingarea for the Indian in-dustry which is set toplay a crucial role inthe creation of New In-dia. Displaying ad-vanced solutions from192 companies the sev-enth edition of Techtex-til India was inaugurat-ed by Shri Ajit Chavan,Secretary, TextilesCommittee, Ministry ofTextiles, Government ofIndia. The exhibition isan important market-place to develop newideas, strengthen exist-ing consumer relations,and gain new businessrelationships.

“I am proud to con-firm that, this year, thebiggest Techtextil In-dia, is showcasing 17%surge in exhibitionspace, 23% in exhibitornumbers and 25% in-ternational exhibitors.The show will also hostinsightful and uniquefringe programmes likeHackathon, Farmer’sConclave, exclusiveproduct presentations,Centre of Excellenceand the world renownedTechtextil Symposium.Exhibitors, businessvisitors and interestedstakeholders musttake advantage of thesehighlights as they willopen various opportuni-ties to gauge newtrends, industry in-sights and business

deals,” said Mr RajManek, Executive Di-rector and Board ofMember, Messe Frank-furt Asia Holding Ltd.

To encourage tradeand investment oppor-tunities with pioneercompanies from 13 na-tions, MIDC officialswill promote govern-ment schemes andmeet relevant decisionmakers at the show.Looking at the bur-geoning nature of thesector, this collabora-tion will result in manyfruitful domestic andinternational businessrelationships with thegovernment.

India’s first Hackathonon Technical textilesWith an aim to

identify solutions to thecritical challenges ofsustainable urban liv-ing, Messe FrankfurtIndia will host India’sfirst Technical TextileHackathon on 22ndNovember 2019. TheHackathon titled“Techtextil NEXT” willbuild an eco-systemthat supports India’stechnical textile start-ups and enables themto develop products andprototypes with Techni-cal Textiles, driving in-novations in the indus-try.

Farmer’s Conclavehighlighted the use of

technical textiles inagriculture

Farmer’s Conclavehosted on 20 November

2019 brought togetherdecision-makers of thecotton and textile indus-try, government offi-cials, brands and inves-tors on one platform toaddress current topicsand future scope of cot-ton in technical textilesand utility of technicaltextiles in agriculture.The event attracted pro-gressive farmers andfocused textile studentsfrom multiple states todiscuss agendas likeuse of technical textilesin agriculture to doublethe income of farmersand the scope of appli-cations for cotton in theindustry.

The event also wit-nessed the launch of aunique range of natu-ral coloured cotton gar-ments and first timeever, multi-applicationof a very special cottonwith complete supplychain within India.

Centre of Excellence topresent their research

and innovationsTechnical textile re-

search centres like TheBombay Textile Re-search Association(BTRA), The Synthetic& Art Silk Mills' Re-search Association(SASMIRA), Ahmeda-bad Textile Industry'sResearch Association(ATIRA), The South In-dia Textile ResearchAssociation (SITRA)DKTE Society's Textile& Engineering Insti-tute and PSGtech Col-

lege of Technology areshowcasing the latestproducts and advance-ments catering to vari-ous application areas ofthe technical textile in-dustry.

India has a hugeworking-age populationresulting in easy avail-ability of affordable,skilled manpower andraw material. This hasled to major technicaltextile multinationalssetting up their manu-facturing base in Indiamaking it a major mar-ket for investment.This edition also marksthe largest internation-al participation with25% surge as many for-eign contingents likeAustria, Belgium, Chi-na, France, Germany,Italy, the Netherlands,Saudi Arabia, Korea,

Spain, and Taiwan willtest waters in the Indi-an sub-continent.Product launches to woo

focussed businessvisitors and investors

For the first time atTechtextil India, StollIndia Pvt. Ltd willpresent a range of ad-vanced technologiesthat can be used forvarious purpose in theshoe market. Short 2Dand 3D knit fabrics andaccessories, cost andspace-saving machinemainly for the 3D shoe-uppers mass segmentwill be displayed by thecompany. Many otherinteresting types ofmachinery like a new“super UV protector” tomake automotive &transportation textilesmore resistant to light;a range of high-perfor-

mance disperse dyes forpolyester sportswear;and a water-based tex-tile coating binder thatrallies renewable natu-ral ingredients for ap-plications such as teabags and coffee filters orcapsules by Archromawill also be showcasedat Techtextil.

Nanofics coatingsthat are used to add newfunctionalities such ashydrophilic, hydropho-bic or oleophobic in acost-effective way byEuroplasma NV willalso participate for thefirst time in TechtextilIndia.

This exhibition or-ganised by MesseFrankfurt Trade FairsIndia Pvt Ltd is one ofthe biggest insightfulknowledge and productpresentation platformattracting stakeholderthe entire cross-sectionof Technical textiles in-dustry. The show, opentill 22 November 2019at Bombay ExhibitionCentre will witnessleading machinerymanufacturers, rawmaterial suppliers, fab-ric suppliers, the end-product manufactur-ers, consultants, start-ups/new entrepre-neurs, investors, re-search and develop-ment companies, test-ing, and certificationauthorities and indus-try associations, a ma-jor textile institution allunder one roof.

does.One of the main rea-

sons for this anomaly isthat in India, the massaudience comes to You-Tube to watch film andsong clips that are fo-cused on Bolly/Tolly andother woods and jokesand skits. Meanwhile,on Instagram peoplecome to check out oth-er people, follow celeb-rities, what they wear,where they go, their

gym workouts, etc andopinion leaders. Thetwo audiences mayeven be the same, buttheir mind set is differ-ent while on each plat-form. Further, Insta-gram has short contentand one can easily ac-cess feeds on the gowithout taking out timespecially it. On Insta-gram you can even bean influencer with 50Kfollowers, but 50K sub-scribers on YouTubemeans literally noth-ing.

Once we’ve foundthe right audience anddirection, it’s all about

Knowingtarget

audience...Contd. from pg. 5

using this analysis tocome up with the rightcontent for your chan-nel. Bisbo has been ableto strike this balancewith a unique blend ofanimation and currentaffairs, which hashelped it in monetizingits YouTube channels.However, there is adownside associatedwith being a newschannel; one cannothave sponsored newsand maintain neutrali-ty and credibility, somonetizing from spon-sors for Bisbo is limit-ed to brand place-ments.


Celebrating World Television DayBy Vinod C. Dixit

21st November iscelebrated as WorldTelevision Day whichrecognizes that televi-sion plays a major rolein presenting differentissue that affect peo-ple. It is a day to re-new governments’, or-ganizations’ and indi-viduals’ commitmentsto support the develop-ment of television me-dia in providing unbi-ased information aboutimportant issues andevents that affect soci-ety. Television is asymbol of communica-tion and globalizationthat educates, informs,entertains and influ-ences our decisions andopinions.

Today, we havesmartphones, tabletsto play the smartapps, social network-ing sites, internet, You-Tube, which help usconnect with people,inform us about Globalevents and entertainus simultaneously butit does not that meana life without televi-sion makes not muchdifference. Televisionis one of the most in-fluential forms of me-dia for communicationand information dis-semination. It is usedto broadcast freedom ofexpressions and to in-crease cultural diversi-ty. Today, we all areaware that Televisioncontinues to be the sin-gle largest source ofvideo consumption.Though screen sizeshave changed, and peo-ple create, post, streamand consume contenton different platforms,the number of house-holds with televisionsets around the worldcontinues to rise. Tele-vision is one of the sin-gle greatest technolog-ical advances of the20th century, servingto educate, inform, en-tertain and influenceour decisions and opin-ions. It is estimatedthat approximately90% of homes aroundthe world have televi-sions, however, withthe introduction of in-ternet broadcasting,

the number is declin-ing in favour of com-puters. Television cre-ates authority. Whensomething is shown onTV it has a particularauthority about it be-cause you know thatyou and millions of oth-er people are seeing itand that professionalshave produced it. Tele-vision is so influentialthat when an audiencesees your day-in andday out there's a cer-tain acceptance thatsets in; you're on long-er a threatening per-sonality. They becomemore willing to acceptwhatever you present.There are many chan-

nels which broadcastexcellent educationalprograms. They canhelp students learnmany beneficial thingsin an easy to under-stand way. Our par-ents, or grandparentsare not habitual of us-ing the internet. Forthem, television is theonly source they arecomfortable with. Thisis why, the life withouttelevision will be diffi-cult for them. The pow-er of television is likeevery power: It has itsgood and its bad sides.It can help spreadinga wonderful message,an idea, art, news,sports, movies and en-tertainment. Therehave been many suc-cess stories of usingtelevision for educationin many countrieswhich has outlined theconcept that televisionis basically not just anentertainment orientedmedium and it is hos-tile to thoughts.

If we look at the

history of Television,In 1927, a 21 year oldinventor by the nameof Philo Taylor Farn-sworth invented theworld’s first electronictelevision. He lived ina home without elec-tricity until he was 14years old. In highschool, he began tothink of a system thatcould capture movingpictures, change theminto a code, and themmove those imageswith radio waves to dif-ferent devices. He wasyears ahead of the me-chanical television sys-tem as his structurecaptured moving imag-es using a beam of elec-

trons. Farnsworth lat-er famously transmit-ted the image of a dol-lar sign using his tele-vision after a fellow in-ventor asked “Whenare we going to seesome dollars from thisthing?” Neither ofthem knew the televi-sion would become theemblem for an interna-tional day promotingthe spread of global in-formation.

World TelevisionDay is not so much acelebration of the tool,but rather the philoso-phy which it repre-sents. Television rep-resents a symbol forcommunication andglobalization in thecontemporary world.There is no doubt thatWorld TV Day is per-haps best as it encour-ages us all to reflect onTelevision’s historyand future as morethan just entertain-ment.The writer is freelancer,writer and cartoonist.

PMC Bank- A flop showThe banking industry is subject to control

systems which take the role of watchdogs thatare meant to ensure integrity of the bankingand financial institutions. There are three ma-jor categories of watchdogs that have been charged with the responsi-bility of identifying frauds and enforcing and implementing effectivegovernance in any bank. They are: the management, auditors andthe Reserve Bank of India.

In case of PMC Bank there has been internal information systemfailure, which resulted in non-reporting of over dues to the board,auditors and regulators. This means calibration of the informationsystem has taken place to suit a pre-designed agenda. Going by thehistory of events that have taken place, one has to say that there is a‘multi-organ failure of the control systems’ in the context of PMC.

Co-operative banks have been simply thrust on the banks’ regula-tor by the government. There was great reluctance by RBI but itsuccumbed to the pressure. RBI simply doesn't have the infrastruc-ture to supervise the co-operative banks. As for commercial banksregulation, RBI's track record appears to be reasonable. I am notsurprised if some more cooperative banks are in pipeline waiting tofall. They offer a slightly higher percentage of interest in deposits andhence depositors seek them. Political interference is another big is-sue in cooperative banks. Their boards have political representatives.Their credit system is very poor to say the least. If there has not beenmore failures, depositors should thank their stars. In any case it istime, the government and RBI should strive to wind up the coopera-tive banking system and diver the deposits to commercial banks. Ofcourse, one major issue in such a clean up is their lending portfolio.

The RBI admits that it came across these illegal transactions onlyafter an anonymous person from the PMC bank blew the whistle.This clearly reveals the weakness in the inherent system and loop-holes in the working made the clients cry for to get back their hardearned money. The PMC bank's senior officials manipulated the date,which was picked up the RBI's auditing team with its eyes closed.The PMC bank submitted fraudulently manipulated data to the RBIfor sample checks and this sample did not contain undisclosed HDILrelated accounts. The disclosed HDIL accounts were seen and themajority were assessed to be non-performing accounts (NPAs). Bythe time the cat is out of the hat, the hard earned money of the depos-itors were blocked to find out the crux of the fraud. The auditor’smandate had been decided by the management of PMC and not by theshareholders/members, by-laws and professional standards which bindthe statutory auditors

The moot point is if the company had cleared the loans from thebank by utilising the public issue proceeds, understandably therewould not have been any need to go in for higher loans. Hence what isthe need to persuade the company to borrow money from the bank?This leads us to believe that the Principle of Agency has been misin-terpreted for the sake of its own goal. Probably, the bank could havedeposited the money that was available by repayment in other per-mitted investment avenues. In order to avoid being reprimanded bythe central bank, PMC had been showing all the group accounts asstandard accounts, which is a gross violation of the prudential normsapplicable to the banking industry.

Now the depositors of the PMC bank are deserted and they nowfeel the pinch. Number of them are dying in harness when their ownmoney is blocked for a while without use. It is no fault of the deposi-tors and the RBI is just allowing maximum of Rs.50000/= which is ameager amount for a heart ailment or any other serious disease. It isnow or never situation. The Maharashtra government is hangingand that is adding salt to the wound. Both the government and RBIshould come to terms and end this sensitive issue by the month end.

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

People should cooperatewith airport officials

When people are frisked at airports or at malls, they don't co-operate with the authorities. They must do so willingly. It is for theirown safety. They must realise that.

Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Letters to the Editor....


as well and make theirlife miserable withblack circle forminground the eyes. It is in-deed a matter of greatconcern and thus we asparents should desistthe youngsters from fall-ing prey to this habitand this just turn themto addicts. While driv-ing or even travellingthrough trains andwalk as pedestriansyoung boys and girls usethe hear phone and inthe deaf years they couldnot expect impendingdanger through thesound of the vehicle/train. Thus, the writingis on the wall it is bet-ter from overdoing any-thing will spell doom inthe end. By applying to

technology one shouldnot fall victim of a cy-ber crime and see thatsuch evil mind will notcatch their minds aswell. One should re-member that breakingthe law online is an of-fence and punishable.

The major flaw inthe present system isthe way youngsters aregiven freehand to movein isolation or in agroup thereby the de-velop a bad characterand that lead to all thetroubles. The mind ofthe youngsters becomecorrupt and they lookfor money to lead a highfive living. They arenot able to mingle witha group with a goodbackground and fallinto the trap of bad ele-ments. Hindi cineworld make them more

aggressive and thatmind is well and trulydeveloped from a veryyoung age. Teenagerswaylaid are not scaredto commit rape in openas they are shamelessin their acts and did notforesee the impendingrepercussions. Stab-bing classmate hap-pened due to enmity orat the request of thegang leader or at timefor achieving monetarybenefit. Even presentchildren even kidnap forransom and includeskidnapping their ownbrothers to achievetheir aim of makingeasy money. Teachersare friend, philosopherand guide for the chil-dren. But if they be-have in an indecentway, then what we canexpect from the chil-

dren, who follow him tothe core. Preventing theyoungsters from the fol-lies of social life is notan easy thing. Themind should be devel-oped in such a way toface any eventualityand the will to go on theright path. By doing soone can get a cleanmind and that willagain lead to happiness.The hurdle of passingthrough a youngster'slife have many obsta-cles but it is up to theperson to make a de-cent living rather enter-ing into unwanted of-fences and therebybringing insult to thefamily and the institu-tion you study or work.Parental care is of ut-most importance toguide them to achievea religious mind and

that gives the addition-al protection when oneencounter such ticklishsituation. All are notborn criminals. So, theright approach and theright mix of friendshipprevent you from be-coming perpetrators ofsuch heinous crimes.One should not be car-ried away by infatua-tion. Internet is reallyinteresting if it is madeuse of for worthwhilepurposes.

It is easy to apply forInternet banking. Allthe new generationbanks, major national-ized banks, and someprivate banks provideonline banking. Theregistration processmight differ slightly be-tween banks, but over-all it is quite the same.You can go through the

Cyber safety..Contd. from pg. 4

terms and condition byvisiting the websites ofthese banks. New gen-eration banks provideonline registration fornet banking for theiraccount holders. Forothers, you can down-load the registrationform from their web-sites. You have to fill theforms correctly andhand it over to thebank along with therequired documents.The banks will send youthe required details andpassword to start onlinebanking. You candownload the registra-tion forms for onlinebanking of popularbanks. In an innova-tive Internet world lifewithout Internet is athing of the past.The writer is freelancer from

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai


17th CISCE Inter-School Basketball Tournament Gets Underway In City

142 Boys and Girls teams vie for zonal glory

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai: The17th edition of theCISCE Inter SchoolBasketball Tourna-ment which is beingorganised and hostedChrist Academy,Koparkhairane, NaviMumbai got underwayon 19th Nov, 2019. Thefive day tournamentbegan with greatsplendour is witness-ing enthusiasticparticipation fromastounding 142 teams(Boys and Girls) fromabout 47 schools fromMumbai Zone includ-ing Navi Mumbai,Thane and surround-ing areas in the U–14,U–17 and U–19categories.

A different versionof the survival of thefittest was witnessedat the courts. Theparticipating teamsshowcased sheerdesperation, as theyfocussed hard on thetask on hand, sweat-ing profusely unmind-fully as they yearnedto score the next pointin their quest for teamglory. The crowdexploded with cheersand a relieved smileformed on player’sface. Team matescelebrated, whileopponents looked feltshattered - a multi-tude of feelings cours-ing through theirnerves. Certainly, thebasketball courtwasn’t the ideal placeto relax or be contentamidst cacophony ofnoises occurringaround the court. Thesound of the basket-ball bounce repeatedly,and the swish of thenet while the ball goesthrough it as well asthe disappointingclank of the rim whensomeone missed madethe tie an excitingaffair. The venues atChrist Academy andFr. Agnel Multipur-pose Sports Complex,Vashi reverberatedwith constant yellingfrom their team mates

The initial part of the tournament is being held at twovenues including Chirst Academy and Fr Agnels in orderto carter to large number of matches.and opponents s hadthe referees and thespectators involvedthrough out

“I love my team!” ajubilant playerexclaimed. “We’regoing to rewrite ourstory,” he quipped

“November Mad-ness has broughtwith it the mostfrenetic, endearing,heart–stopping, gut–wrenching sportingevent of this year–The 17th CISCEInterschool Basket-ball Tournament–2019–20, for Maha-rastra Region is beinghosted our instituteat Christ Academy,Koparkhairane andFr. Agnel, Vashi.Christ Academywhich has hard–wonreputation for produc-ing well–trained andcompetitive young-sters across all agegroups in varioussports, at the Stateand the Nationallevel, is equipped withtwo state of artBasketball courtsattuned with latestinfrastructure pavingthe most conduciveenvironment to playand thrive” sharedRev Fr.Jaison,Principal of ChristAcademy, Ko-parkhairane.

An avid supporterof the game Rev FrJaison further added“The Tournament

began with greatsplendour withparticipating schoolsfrom Mumbai Zone.The response hasbeen very impressivewith 142 teams (Boysand Girls) from about47 schools participat-ing in the under theU–14, U–17 and U–19 categories in thetourney which isbeing held from 19 to23 Nov, 2019 in aknock out format andthe final day willwitnesses winnersfrom Mumbai Zoneclashing with theother winners inMaharashtra for thestate glory Thetourney itself isslowly warming upand one can alreadywitness a granddisplay of sportsman-ship and one canexpect a show of greatpromise lies ahead.”.(Photo by Author).

Brief Results:Under – 14 Boys:Vibgyor High,

Goregaon beat EuroSchool, Thane 22 –07; Shishuvan School,Matunga beat

Lokhandwala Foun-dation, Kandivali 30– 02; Vibgyor High,Goregaon beat DostiFoundation School,Thane 25 – 00;Christ ChurchSchool, culla beat

Lodha World School,Thane 12 – 5;Billabong High,

Thane beat Ramni-was Bajaj EnglishHigh School, MaladWest 26 – 05; Bom-bay Scottish, Powaibeat KohinoorInternational, KurlaWest 14 – 07; Laksh-dham High School,Goregaon East beat

Sanjivani Internation-al School, Kharghar14 – 02; LokhandwalaFoundation, Kandivalibeat LilavatibaiPodar High School,Santacruz West 23 –08.

Under – 14 Girls:Vibgyor High,

Goregaon beat

Vibgyor High, Malad23 – 02; BombayScottish, Powai beat

Ramniwas BajajEnglish High School,Malad West 12 – 00;Christ Academy,Koparkhairane beat

Avalon HeightsInternational School,Vashi 18 – 14;

Under – 17 Boys:Vibgyor High,

Goregaon beat

Lodha World school,

Palava 23 – 08;Lakshdham HighSchool, Goregaon Eastbeat LokhandwalaFoundation, Kandivali18 – 11; BombayScottish, Powai beat

Lilavatibai Podar HighSchool, SantacruzWest 18 – 8; LodhaWorld school, Palavabeat Dosti Founda-tion School, Thane 20– 02; Sanjivani Inter-national School,Kharghar beat LodhaWorld School, Thane 11– 08.

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