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Covid-19: Uran tallysurges to 110

15 patients tested positive forCovid-19 on Tuesday. Tak-ing the tally to 1180. Of these,936 have recovered andhave been discharged. 190corona positive patients areundergoing treatment, while54 people have succumbedto the virus, said Uran Teh-sildar Bhausaheb Andhare.

NM Police Chiefrequests Ganpati

Mandals to provideRemdesivir and

Tocilizumab for poorCovid-19 patients

The Navi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner Sanjay Ku-mar has requested all theGanpati Mandals in the sat-ellite city to celebrate thisyear’s Ganesh Chaturthifestival by taking the oppor-tunity to help humanity. Hehas asked the GanpatiMandals to make availablecostly medicines like Rem-desivir and Tocilizumab forthe poor and the needy…

(More on page 5)One dies and two

injured as car collideswith a truck on the

Mumbai-PuneExpressway

A car heading towardsMumbai from Pune collidedwith a moving truck, killing thedriver on the spot and seri-ously injuring two others whowere also in the car nearBhatan tunnel on the Mum-bai-Pune Expressway. Oneof the injured is a youngwoman. They are undergo-ing treatment at a privatehospital in Panvel…

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CM Uddhav Thackerayappeals citizens to

avoid crowding duringGaneshotsav

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: In areview meeting thatwas held on Tuesday,18th August, the ChiefMinister of Maharash-tra, Uddhav Thackerayurged the people toavoid over crowdingduring the upcomingGaneshotsav in view ofthe Covid 19 pandemic.He also urged the citi-zens as well as theGanesh Mandals to fol-low the rules laid downby the governmentwith regards to theheight of the idols, theirimmersion, social dis-

Urges people and the Ganesh Mandals

to follow guidelines

tancing, wearing ofmasks etc.

Chief Minister wasspeaking at a reviewmeeting held with the

top officials through vid-eo conference. DeputyChief Minister Ajit

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: On17th August, 2020 avirtual meeting of allthe leaders of thetrading communityfrom Maharashtradealing inAPMCproductswas heldunder thechair-manshipof MohanGurnani,Chairmanof Cham-ber ofAssociations of Maha-rashtra Industry andTrade (CAMIT) andWalchand Sancheti,President of Federa-tion of Association ofTraders, Pune whereit wasunanimously decidedthat all the APMCyards in Maharashtrawill observe one daytoken strike on 25thAugust, 2020 todemand the amend-ment of APMC Act inMaharashtra and

All APMC yards inMaharashtra to observe

one day strike on25th Aug, 2020The traders are demanding

amendment of the APMC Act in Maharashtraand abolishing of market fee

abolishing of marketfee.

Speaking with theNewsband Correspon-dent Mohan Gurnanisaid, “By an ordinancedated 5th June, 2020,

theGovern-ment ofIndiapermittedthe sale ofagricul-tureproducefromfarmers toconsum-

ers and no market feewas to be levied on thegoods sold outside themarket yard. The aim

NMMC constructs 135artificial immersion pondsThe artificial ponds are in addition to the 23 main

immersion sites; the aim is to avoid overcrowding

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to avoid over-crowding while carry-ing out immersion pro-cess during Ganeshot-sav, the Navi Mumbai

Municipal Corporation(NMMC) has created135 artificial ponds inits eight wards in thesatellite city. Theseponds are in addition to

the traditional 23 im-mersion sites.

There are 15 artifi-cial ponds in Belapur

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Twopeople living in Panvelarea tried to sell carsunder the pretext ofleasing cars for toursand travel. The accusedhave been identified asMitesh Bhanushali andShailesh Dabhane.Kharghar police haveregistered a case offraud against them andstarted searching forthem.

The accused in thecase, Mitesh andShailesh, had posted anadvertisement on OLXa fortnight ago sayingthat they rent the caron a monthly basis.Anil Kumar Shukla,who lives in Vashi area,had contacted ShaileshDabhane after seeingthe advertisement.Shailesh said he want-ed a 7-seater car. Shuk-la agreed to give him aMaruti Ertiga car.Shukla then went to In-

On the pretext of renting cars for toursand travels, two dupe Vashi resident

dia Bulls in Panvel,where Mitesh lives, tonegotiate the deal. Healso promised a month-ly fare of Rs 25,000 anda fare of Rs 9,000 perkm for a 6,000 km jour-ney.

After Bhanushalientered into an agree-ment with Shukla tolease an Ertiga car,Shukla rented three Er-tiga cars from his ac-quaintance Krishna Be-hra of RN Tours andTravels and handedthem over to Bhanush-ali. Shukla convincedhim that Bhanushalihad paid Rs 25,000 inadvance for each of thethree Ertiga cars. Thenext day, Bhanushalifled stating that he wasgoing to Akola for per-sonal work. Shuklatried to contact Bha-nushali, but he did notanswer the calls. How-ever, at around 12.30pm, the Malegaon traf-

fic police sent him a fineof Rs 1,000 on his mo-bile phone as his carwas speeding.

Meanwhile, as Bha-nushali did not bring acar that night, Shuklavisited his house at In-dia Bulls in Panvel thenext morning andfound out that he hadnot arrived there ei-ther. Meanwhile,Krishna Behra came toknow that Bhanushalihad posted a photo ofhim on WhatsApp tosell Krishna Behra'sErtiga car which hehad rented from Shuk-la. When Shukla thentried to contact Bha-nushali, it was foundthat his phone wasswitched off. It was alsofound that ShaileshDabhane was alsoevading giving infor-mation about his car.Shukla rushed toKharghar police stationand lodged a complaint.

Pawar, Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh,Health Minister RajeshTope, Chief SecretarySanjay Kumar, Addi-tional Chief Secretaryof Home DepartmentSitaram Kunte, Princi-pal Advisor to the ChiefMinister's Office AjoyMehta, Additional ChiefSecretary to the ChiefMinister's Office Ash-ish Kumar Singh, Prin-cipal Secretary VikasKharge DivisionalCommissioners, Collec-tors, Chief ExecutiveOfficers of Zilla Par-ishads, Municipal Com-missioners, DistrictSuperintendents of Po-lice, and the StateMembers of the taskforce were present atthe meeting.

The Chief Ministerreviewed the district-

wise coronavirus mea-sures taken so far andthe further plans andmeasures that are be-ing undertaken to re-duce the mortality rate.

CM said, “People ofall faith and religionhave cooperated withthe government by cel-ebrating festivities in asimple manner athome. In the same way,the upcoming Gane-shotsav and Moharramshould be celebratedwithout crowding”.

He also directed toensure law and orderduring the festival. Hesaid that a large num-ber of people have goneto Konkan for Gane-shotsav and more pre-cautions need to be tak-en there.Idol height

As per the guide-lines, the height of theidol of Lord Ganeshashould be 4 feet for theGanesh Mandals andthat of the domestic idolshould be 2 feet.

According to theguidelines issued by thestate government, theimmersion of domesticGanesha idols should bedone at home if possi-ble, if it is not possible,many artificial pondsshould be constructedand immersion shouldbe arranged here tak-ing care that there is noovercrowding at theimmersion points.

The SarvajanikGanesh Mandals havebeen urged to spread so-cial, enlightening mes-sages to the devotees.They have also beenurged to provide onlinedarshan facility for thedevotees to avoid crowd-ing.

After reviewing theCovid-19 situation inthe state, the Chief Min-ister said that the situ-ation was under controlin some places and thenumber of corona pa-tients was increasing insome districts. He ap-pealed for the expert

guidance from thestate-level task force tocurb the death toll. Healso directed to increasethe number of IntensiveCare Unit (ICU) bedsand oxygen beds in theareas where coronaryheart disease is preva-lent.

The Chief Ministerdirected to set up jum-bo facilities for coronatreatment all over thestate and said that dueto the onset of mon-soon, more care needsto be taken. “Increasethe number of tests,ensure that the testrates are controlled,try to get the test re-port as soon as possi-ble,” he directed.

CM also appealedfor public awarenesscampaigns in villagesthrough Corona Vigi-lance Committees. Heappealed the officials tocontinue working dayand night until thecoronavirus is defeat-ed.

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Carrot Ganesh!

Lord Ganesha

comes home in

advance!By Lakshman Sundar

As if to assure me ofHis presence Lord Ga-napathi has come to ourhome in Vashi in ad-vance. When I returnedfrom the market afterbuying vegetables on

Sunday (August 16,2020) morning I wassurprised to see one car-rot in Lord Ganesha 'sshape. My family,neighbours and friendssay that it augurs welland Lord Ganesha hasblessed us by visitingour home almost a weekahead of GaneshChaturthi which fallson Saturday, August 22,2020. I am very delight-ed. I thanked LordGanesha for this won-derful gesture.

NAVI MUMBAI:ELTA@I MumbaiChapter presented its6th webinar onAugust 16, 2020 onthe topic ‘EmpiricalResearch - The FunWay’, presented byDr. Chumki Biswas.

What could havebeen a dry as dust,verbose and heavydiscourse was trans-formed into a scintil-lating oeuvre of wordsand a vivid cascade ofslides, embellishedwith relatable exam-ples. The contents ofthis two-hour longsession were blendedseamlessly into alucid and easilycomprehensibleexperience thatcaptivated the audi-ence and left themwanting for more.

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Dr. RamkishanBhise, Dr. SachinBhumbe and Mr.Anwar Shaikh playedthe key role inorganising thiswebinar. While Dr.Tamsha Acharya, aneminent academic,brilliantly moderatedthe session. Theeloquent Mrs. Anupa-ma Shenoy set thetone of the day byintroducing thespeaker. Mrs. SumanSharma, one of theforemost founders ofthe chapter, proposedthe vote of thanks.

Furthermore, Mr.Abhijit Kamthe andMrs. Mrunal Sangi-trao, the technicalexperts, extendedtheir support frombehind the scenes bystreaming the sessionlive.

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: An in-vestigation has re-vealed that three peopleworking at the Belapuroffice of Ninja Cart, anonline vegetable andfruit selling company inBelapur, stole Rs 2 lakh20,000 from the officeand conspired that themoney was robbed byan unknown theft. TheCentral team of theCrime Branch has ar-rested the three andhanded them over tothe NRI police for fur-ther action.

The arrested in thecase are cashier-Gan-pat Mohan Prajapati(21), manager ManojMohan Borichha (32)and Prasad Sunil Ni-kam (27).

Three arrested for stealingRs 2.5 lakh from work place

Last week, the threeallegedly stole Rs 2 lakh20,000 from the shop.Meanwhile, the compa-ny's team leader, whilechecking the accountfound that there was adiscrepancy of around Rs2 lakh 20 thousand inthe account. So whenGanpat, Monaj andPrasad were questionedabout this, they cookedup a story and said thatan unidentified thief hadentered the office andstole Rs 2 lakh 20 thou-sand from the amountkept in the drawer.

They also lodged afalse complaint with theNRI police station. Ac-cordingly, an investiga-tion into the case wasinitiated by the Centralteam of the Crime

Branch along with theNRI police. During in-vestigation, Senior In-spector of Police NBKolhatkar, AssistantInspector of Police Dn-yaneshwar Bhedodkar,Constable Popat Pa-vara, Police Naik Sa-chin Dhanwate, Mith-un Bhosale, DilipBhaskare questionedcashier Ganpat Praja-pati, Prasad Nikamand Manager ManojBorichha. Their state-ments differed. Duringfurther interrogation,the three confessed tostealing Rs 2 lakh 20thousand from the shopand that they had fab-ricated the story. Thetrio have been handedover to NRI police forfurther investigation.

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NERUL: To markthe birthday of NCPsenior leader andformer Deputy ChiefMinister, Late R RPatil, food graindistribution program

Navi Mumbai NCP celebrateslate R R Patil’s birthday

was organized by NCPNavi Mumbai incollaboration with andunder the chairmanshipof NCP Navi MumbaiDistrict PresidentAshok Gawade. Localcorporator Swapna

Gawade, Saluja SutarSwapna GaikwadGawade, NCP YouthRajesh Bhor, JatinDhanavade, IsmailKhan along with otherdignitaries werepresent.

By Dinesh Pawar

U R A N : PithoriAmavasya was ob-served on Tuesday.On this day, devo-tees worship PithoriDevi.

Pithori Amavasyais observed on theday of No-Moon dayin the Bhadrapada(August-September)month, according tothe Hindu calendar.

Pithori Amavasya observed in Uran

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Consideringthe growing number ofCoronavirus cases, lawand order should re-main unaffected duringGaneshotsav. The Gov-ernment of Maharash-tra has issued PublicGaneshotsav 2020guidelines regardingthe same. JagdishKulkarni, Senior In-spector of Police, UranPolice Station has ap-pealed the citizens tocelebrate Ganeshotsavas per the guidelines ofPublic Ganeshotsav

Ganeshotsav should be celebrated byfollowing guidelines: SPI Jagdish Kulkarni

2020 during a meetingwhich was attended by

office-bearers of 14 Sar-vajanik Ganeshotsavmandals in Uran talu-ka.

Speaking further,

Kulkarni said, “Theannual grand arrivaland immersion of ShriGanesh idol will nottake place. The size ofthe idol should be lim-ited to 4 feet for Sarva-janik Mandals. Careshould be taken not toovercrowd under anycircumstances. In ac-cordance with law andorder, the necessary in-structions given by thestate government, po-lice administration, lo-cal administrationshould be followed fromtime to time.”

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: VijayPatil, President ofNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation Em-ployees Officers'Union, in a letter writ-ten to the Commission-er of the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC), Abhijit Ban-gar has accused thatVijay Vairal, Superin-tendent, NMMC is ha-rassing teachers, Prin-cipals and the non-teaching staff. Mr. Pa-til has asserted that hehas substantial evi-dence to prove his alle-gations.

On behalf of NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation EmployeesOfficers Union, VijayVairal, has been ap-pointed as the Superin-tendent in the Educa-tion Department and ithas been alleged that hehas destroyed and mis-placed important filesfor his own benefit inthe office.

“There has been al-legation that he hasspent lakhs of money onpurchasing bookswhich are not of muchimportance. He hasalso been misleadingthe education officer

and is signing docu-ments that can mar theimage of the depart-ment,” says Mr. Patil.He also asserted thatearlier too the teachershad filed a written com-plaint against Mr. Vair-al with the educationofficer. However, no in-quiry has been made bythe education officer tilldate.

He further said thatthe Commissionershould hold a hearing inthis regard. Vijay Patilhas mentioned in theletter that he would fur-nish all the requisiteevidences.

Vijay Patil, President of NMMC’s EmployeesOfficer’s Union demands action against

Vijay Vairal, Superintendent NMMC

In a letter written to the civic chief Mr. Patil

has accused Vairal of harassing teachers

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: On theoccasion of Indepen-dence Day, Navi Mum-bai-based social activistSujit Sutar celebratedhis birthday on 15thAugust by distributingfood grains to SwamiVivekananda Orphan-age at Yeoor, Thane,Balkum village and dis-tributed meals to theneedy people at Thanestation. Also presentwere social activistsSagar Parkhe, Annu

Social worker Sujit Sutar celebrates hisbirthday by distributing ration and food

Anger, PrathameshNigudkar, Devendra

Madhavi, Girish Kot-kar.

The devotees wor-ship Goddess Durgaon this holy day.The fast on thisAmavasya is ob-served by the mar-ried mothers for theprosperity and thehealth of their chil-dren. The meaningof ‘Pith’ is flour bywhich the name ofthe festival cameinto existence.

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Idols of Goddess Gaurai and the ornaments are being displayed across the city. GauriGanesh will be observed on the fifth day of Ganesh Utsav (Photo and Text by SumitRenose)

Ganpati Bappa Morya!

Rupesh Rasal, an artisan from Rasayani is giving final touches to the idol of Ganesha.The city will be celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi on Saturday, 22nd August (Haresh Sathe)

Siddharth gave asoulful performance forPrime Minister Naren-dra Modi at Ayodhyaearly thismonth

Most lovedmusic label inIndia, Tips re-vealed theirnew artist, Sid-dharth Mohanas their latestaddition to thelabel. Siddharthalso recentlyperformed be-fore Honourable PrimeMinister Shri NarendraModi in Ayodhya.

Kumar Tauranisays “We are very excit-ed to announce Sid-dharth Mohan exclu-sively as a part of our

TIPS Music welcomes SiddharthMohan as part of its Bhatki Prem

family. Siddharth isyoung and hard-work-ing man with a beauti-ful voice. We welcome

him with open arms intoour home and as a partour label”

“It has been quitesometime, Tips and Ihave been in talks andfinally we can make anofficial announcement.

I am sure that my as-sociation with Tips willhelp me grow as an art-ist and together we will

create great con-tent for currentand new gener-ations to come.”says Mohan.

He also saidthat the labelhas done greatthings indepen-dently which isone of the rea-sons of his asso-ciation.

Siddharth has re-leased a new devotion-al track titled “ShreeKrishna Govind”through Tips BhaktiPrem which is receiv-ing lots of praise andlove from his fans.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Theheavy rainfall that hasbeen lashing the cityfrom first week of Au-gust has disrupted thenormal life. The waterlevel at Morbe dam toohas risen. On Monday,August 17, 16.98 mm ofrainfall was recorded inthe Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation’s(NMMC) jurisdiction.82.88 mm of rain wasrecorded in the munic-ipal area from 8.30 amon Monday to 8.30 amon Tuesday.

Due to the heavyrains, tree falling inci-dents were reportedfrom nine differentplaces and short cir-cuits were reported infour places. Meanwhile,potholes have surfacedon the Thane -BelapurMarg, internal roads inMIDC, Airoli Knowl-edge Park forcing driv-ers to drive on bumpyroads.

Meanwhile, traffic

snarl could be seen atmajor junctions in thesatellite city. The traf-fic jam was reported atTabale T junction dueto waterlogging onTuesday. There was also

heavy traffic jam onPanvel Highway andThane Belapur Road.There were also reportsof waterlogging in thesubway at Koparkhair-ane, Sanpada.

Continuous rainfalldisrupts normal life

Rainfall

17/08/2020, 8:30 am To 18/08/2020, 8.30 am.

Belapur - 97.20 mmNerul - 130.80 mmVashi - 80.40 mmKoperkhairane - 68.20 mmAiroli - 41.80 mmAverage - 82.88 mmTotal rainfall - 2238.32 mm

Morbe Dam rainfall

Daily rain - 40.40 mmDam level - 82.58 MtrTotal rainfall - 1971.20 mm

By Ashok Dhamija

Dream 11 have been selected asthe official sponsors for the upcom-ing edition of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) to be played in the UAEfrom September 19 due to the COV-ID-19 pandemic this year. This wasannounced by the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tues-day . Fantasy gaming platformDream11 won the title sponsorshiprights with a bid of Rs 222 crore fora four and a half month deal afterahead of India’s major corporate con-

From fantasy to real, Dream 11 tobe title sponsors for IPL this year

glomerate -Tata group and two Edu-cation Technology companies — BY-JUs and Unacademy.

Dream11 which is already a bigspender on cricket are already asso-ciated with at least six IPL teamsand also with the InternationalCricket Council. Funded by Chinesecompany Tencent, the fantasy crick-et league platform has MS Dhoni,former Indian captain as its brandambassador who had recently an-nounced his retirement on India’sIndependence Day last weekend.

A Tryst WithBail Pola…

A 12-year child Parmeshwar Y Dande takes aliking for the clay toy bullocks on the occa-sion of ‘Bail Pola’ or the ‘Bullock Pola’ in thecity. As per tradition Lord Krishna, the eighthincarnation (avatar, or avatara) of the LordVishnu killed demon Polasur after he was at-tacked as a child. This is also why childrenare given special affection on this day(Amavasya in the month of Shravana) by thefarmers especially from the Vidarbha regionof Maharashtra who depend heavily on bul-locks for farming and worship them after elab-orate traditional rituals (By Ashok Dhamija)

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By Dr. Aditi Mahajani

What is scaling?

It is a procedure ofcleaning teeth per-formed by a dentistusing a device to re-move tartar andstains from the teeth.

Why do I need it?

Regular manualbrushing sometimesis ineffective andleaves micro debrison the tooth surfacewhich allows tartarto build up within thegums and on the toothover a period of time.Scaling can help re-move tartar stuck be-neath the gumswhich is not possiblemanually. Hence, ascaling appointmentonce or twice a year isrecommended.What will happen if I don’t

get scaling?

Not getting scal-ing done by a dentistcould cause tartarbuild up around yourteeth. Overtime, thetartar allows bacteriato grow and form col-onies around it. Thiscauses redness of thegums and bleedingfrom gums called gin-givitis. If neglectedfurther, the infectionin the gums proceedsto the bone support-ing the teeth calledperiodontitis.

Do teeth become loose

after scaling?

NO. Scaling doesnot make teeth loose,loss of bone does. As Isaid earlier, neglect-ing your oral hygieneand allowing the in-fection to spread

TOOTH BE TOLD

To scale ornot to scale?

causes loss of bone.While the bone is lost,the tartar that envel-ops the tooth keeps itfirm and steady. Assoon as this tartar isremoved, the teeth be-come loose proving lossof bone due to pro-longed disease under-neath. In few cases,this mobility may bereversible providedthere is still adequatebone support for thetooth. The scaling pro-cedure by itself is notresponsible for looseteeth!Will scaling make my teeth

sensitive?

TEMPORARILY.Some amount of sensi-tivity to cold beverag-

es may be present fora brief period after ascaling procedure. Butit is reversed overtime. Scaling can alsounearth tooth decaynecessitating filling totreat the resultant sen-sitivity. In cases whenbone is lost, a part ofthe root becomes ex-posed to the oral envi-ronment. Unlike thewhite part of our teethwhich are covered bystrong enamel, the rootlacks enamel since it isideally covered by boneand gums. Exposure ofthe root following re-moval of tartar cancause sensitivitywhich can be managed

with desensitizingtoothpastes.

Does scaling cause

bleeding?

Before I answerthis for you, I want toremind you that scal-ing is needed whentartar accumulatesaround the teeth. Themillions of bacteriaresiding in the tartarattack the gumsround the clock mak-ing them weak andfriable. Hence, a cer-tain amount of bleed-ing can be anticipat-ed during a scalingprocedure and it iscompletely normal.However, patientswho may be on bloodthinners, cancer

treatments or havehemophilic condi-tions, liver disorders,etc should informtheir dentist of saidcondition so that thedentist can make aninformed decision.

To scale or no to scale?

The simple answeris YES! Your dentistcan tell you how fre-quently you shouldget scaling done. Cou-pled with the correctbrushing technique, ayearly scaling ap-pointment might beall you need!Send in your queries at

draditimahajani@gmail.com

Image courtesy: Internet

NM Police Chief requests GanpatiMandals to provide Remdesivir and

Tocilizumab for poor Covid-19 patients

Suggested the initiative to help Humanity

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI : TheNavi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner SanjayKumar has requestedall the Ganpati Man-dals in the satellite cityto celebrate this year’sGanesh Chaturthi fes-tival by taking the op-portunity to help hu-manity. He has askedthe Ganpati Mandals tomake available costlymedicines like Rem-desivir and Tocilizum-ab for the poor and theneedy.

In a tweet SanjayKumar said, “All Gan-pati mandals are re-quested to take this op-portunity of crisis tohelp humanity by mak-ing available costlymedicine for Covid 19like Remdesivir, Tocili-

zumab and other medi-cines for poor patientsduring and after treat-ment. Help humanity.”

NM Police Chief fur-ther tweeted “GanpatiMandals can also think

about purchasingand running an ambu-lance in its area of in-fluence in Ganpatimandals’ name. An im-portant service to hu-manity and good re-minder of

benevolence of the man-dal over the year.”

Speaking with theNewsband, SanjayKumar said, “In thebackdrop of Covid-19,the bigger societieswhich have more than500 dwellings can thinkabout donating on hu-manitarian ground andthey should not organ-ise social functions insociety.”

Lauding the re-quest of NM PoliceChief, a resident ofNavi Mumbai Vinodku-mar Upadhyay said,“Purpose of celebratingGaneshotsav will beserved in real term, ifeven 5 percent of Man-dals or big societiesshow readiness to takeinitiative in this direc-tion.”

Division, 27 in NerulDivision, 16 in VashiDivision, 17 in TurbheDivision, 14 in Ko-parkhairane Division,17 in Ghansoli Divi-sion, 22 in Airoli Divi-sion and 7 in Digha Di-vision. Informationabout the locations ofartificial immersionponds by department isbeing provided throughhoardings as well asthrough WhatsApp andon the website of thecorporation, Facebookand Twitter.

Ganeshotsav 2020starts on 22nd August.The guidelines with re-gards to its celebrationin the backdrop of Cov-id 19 has already beenissued by the HomeDepartment of the Gov-ernment of Maharash-tra. Also, a meeting ofGaneshotsav Mandalsalong with the officialsfrom the Police andTraffic Police Depart-ment was held by theCommissioner of theNMMC, Abhijit Ban-gar.

There are a total of

23 traditional immer-sion sites (Belapur - 5,Nerul - 2, Vashi - 2,Turbhe - 3, Koparkhair-ane - 3, Ghansoli - 4,Airoli - 3, Digha - 1) inthe NMMC area wherevolunteers and life-guards will be deployed.

Under ‘Talao Vi-sion’, gabion walls havebeen constructed forimmersion of idols inthe 14 main lakes anddevotees and Srigane-shotsav Mandals areurged to immerse idolsin the same place asevery year and contrib-ute for the protectionand conservation of theenvironment.

“Each immersionsite will have an alter-native arrangement ofgenerator with ade-quate electrical systemas well as first aidroom. Drinking wateris being provided to thecitizens coming for im-mersion at the immer-sion sites and a facilityplatform is also beingset up,” informed Mr.Bangar.

The Solid WasteManagement Depart-ment is keeping twoseparate NirmalyaKalash for wet and dry

Nirmala at all the im-mersion sites and sep-arate carts are beingarranged for the pras-ad fruits. These prasadmaterials and fruitswill be distributed tothe needy children andcitizens.

Separate vehicleshave been arranged forregular transportationof Nirmalya and sepa-rate arrangementshave been made at theproject site at Turbheto process Nirmalya.

For immersion ofShriganesha idols bythe citizens residing inRestricted Zone-3, theidols will be collected bythe concerned Division-al Office of NMMCnear the entrance of theContainment Zone andwill be properly im-mersed.

While celebratingthe festival, civic bodyhas urged the citizensto strictly follow theguidelines and wearmasks and keep socialdistance. “Adoptingself-discipline is essen-tial. It is important toregularly wash handsand follow other safetymeasures,” says Mr.Bangar.

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Issue : 62 20 August, 2020

Widen tax base

In the early 90’s our country made remarkable strides in eco-nomic growth with higher exports and industrial output. Unfortu-nately, the same development process could not continue for longas there was overall economic recession and the revenue fell farshort of expenditure. Today, the statistics of industrial output andeconomic growth is quite disheartening. The government in itsbid to contain deficits and carry out development process findsraising the tax rates of the introduction of new taxes as the easi-est way out.

However, frequent and disproportionate hikes in tax rates notonly put an additional burden on the masses but also encouragetax theft and evasion. It should be realised that the hikes can bemade more acceptable to the people if they are done in smallproportions. Similarly, after paying huge taxes, citizens have ev-ery right to know where the money is spent. Consumers definite-ly will not be happy to pay the increasing taxes if they continue toface problems and poor quality services.

While it is true that it is absolutely necessary to generate moreand more number of tax payers but practically things are differ-ent. High rates of tax are generating a feeling of burden in themasses. Every common man shells out his maximum income tothe government by way of taxes. No one can escape the tax trau-ma. Because of high tax rates, people are either reluctant to payor are manipulating and concealing true income to save on taxes.They are able to do this because of loopholes in the policies. As aresult, the tax base of our country and the state is not widening atthe pace at which it should have grown.

To increase the revenue, government should try to widen thetax base and this would be possible only when the tax rates aremade reasonable. This will automatically generate voluntary taxpayers. Apart from this, stringent policy measures should be madeand adopted to prevent tax evasion. Methods of calculation oftaxes should be simplified so that there is least possibility of ma-nipulation and evasion of taxes. With simple rules and reason-able rate of taxes, the government will be able to widen the taxnetwork, which will ultimately result in larger revenue and fasterdevelopment process as a whole.

Learn child psychology during pandemic

To all parents andeven grandparents, aswell as teachers, it istesting time duringthe pandemic and it istime to teach childrenpsychology as thelockdown is going tocontinue for manymore months and thechildren will have tosit at home and studythrough virtuallearning. Hereare some unbe-lievably simpleparenting ideasthat work.

The childrenneed a minimumof eight touchesduring a day tofeel connected toa parent. Andthis is possible atthe time of coronavi-rus as both parents sitat home under theguise of work fromhome and the childrenget the utmost care. Ifthey’re going througha particularly chal-lenging time due topressure of portions tobe covered and theneed to adjust to thevirtual learning froma very young age. Thepersonal touch doesn’thave to be a big deal;it could be thestraightening of acollar, a pat on theshoulder or a simplehug. Parents getpersonal attention andhave a better under-standing.

It is quite impera-tive that the childrenneed one meaningfuleye-to-eye conversa-tion with a parent. Itis especially impor-tant for babies tohave that eye contact,but children of allages need us to slowdown and look themin the eyes. There arenine minutes duringthe day that have thegreatest impact on achild: The first three

minutes right afterthey wake up. Thethree minutes afterthey finish thestudies in virtualclasses and the lastthree minutes of theday before they go tobed.

We need to makethose momentsspecial and help ourchildren feel loved.These are simple,right? Nothing reallyearth-shattering here.So we can try all thisduring the spare timeand that would helpto know each other ina better way. Theclose approach willhave a better under-

standing in thecrucial period of theircareer. Whenever youfeel like scolding orbeating your child,take a deep breath, orcount 1-10 and thenact. Let’s ask them tostudy their favoritesubject on their own..Do not prepare themfor one exam withoutstudying at all. Letus see how he per-forms without yourbacking.

Remember whatour kids are learningin 5th std is taught to7th std abroad. Letskeep our kids out ofunwanted competi-tion. It is observedthat 80% of what kidsare learning ,won’t beuseful to them infuture. Our kids can

really afford to dowhatever they want todo in future. Higherdegrees do not guaran-tee success andhappiness. Not all thehighly educated peopledo well professionally.And not all who dowell professionally arethe happiest ones.

Keep the kids inhigh spirits and helpthem enjoy their sparetime for better useand don’t spoil theirchildhood. Supportthem and let them bewhat they want to be.

The closure ofschools and universi-ties over the last fourmonths has highlight-

ed the inequities inthe Indian educationsystem, with somestudents able tocontinue the learningprocess via onlinetools, while othersbeing left out. TheNational EducationPolicy (NEP), ap-proved by the Cabinet,has a new section ondigital education toensure equitable useof technology. Whenwe introduce technolo-gy, we must ensurethat no child is leftbehind and there is aneed to inculcateknowledge. A dedicat-ed unit to coordinatedigital infrastructure,content and capacitybuilding will be theultimate solution tothe problem. Teachersneed to get training inonline educationalmethods relevant tothe Indian situation inorder to help bridgethe digital divide.Integration of technol-ogy is the need of thehour to improveclassroom processes.There lies the realsuccess of implemen-tation.

By C K Subramaniam

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A carheading towards Mum-bai from Pune collidedwith a moving truck,killing the driver on thespot and seriously injur-ing two others who werealso in the car nearBhatan tunnel on theMumbai-Pune Ex-pressway. One of theinjured is a young wom-an. They are undergo-ing treatment at a pri-vate hospital in Panv-el.

The deceased hasbeen identified as Amey

One dies and two injured as car collides with

a truck on the Mumbai-Pune ExpresswayPatil, 28, and hisfriends VishnuManchekar, 28, andShweta Sadanand An-erao, 25. The three weregood friends and hadgone to Pune on August15 for work in theirfirst Hyundai Vernacar. They were return-ing to Mumbai fromPune in the evening af-ter work. Amey wasdriving the car. Ataround 9 pm, whilethey were about to crossthe Bhatan tunnel onthe expressway, a truckin front of the car sud-

denly slowed down.Amay also tried to slowdown, but the truckdriver suddenly appliedbrake and the car col-lided with the truck.The driver of the car,Amey Patil, was killedon the spot. Hisfriends- PrathameshManchekar and Shwe-ta were both seriouslyinjured. They wererushed to a private hos-pital in Panvel. Panveltaluka police have reg-istered a case againstthe truck driver whofled after the accident.

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CBDT announces Income Tax policy changes

The Central Boardof Direct Taxes(CBDT)- a statutoryauthority which worksunder Department ofRevenue in the Minis-try of Finance, Govern-ment of India engagedin looking into the pol-icies and planning ofdirect tax laws in thecountry- has come outwith changes in theexisting income taxpolicies. Here are thehighlights:

1. Income Tax Newdisclosures asked inthe new ITR forms1to7 are: 1. House own-ership: Individual tax-payers who are jointowners of house prop-erty cannot file ITR 1or ITR4.

2. Passport: Oneneeds to disclose thePassport number ifheld by the taxpayer.This is to be furnishedboth in ITR 1-Sahajand ITR 4-Sugam.Hopefully, it will bemade mandatory inother ITR Forms asand when they are no-tified.

3. Cash deposit:For those filing ITR 4-Sugam, it has beenmade compulsory todeclare the amountdeposited as cash in abank account, if suchamount exceeds Rs 1crore during the FY.

4. Foreign travel: Ifyou have spent more

By Lakshman Sundar

than Rs 2 lakh ontravelling abroad dur-ing the FY, you need todisclose the actualamount spent.

5. Electricity con-sumption: If your elec-tricity bills have beenmore than Rs 1 lakh inaggregate during theFY, you need to dis-close the actualamount.

6. Investment de-tails: Details of invest-ment qualifying for de-duction under chapterVIA with bifurcation ofdetails of investmentmade during the peri-od from April 1, 2020to June 30, 2020.

7. For every assess-ment year, the lastdate for filing tax re-turns is July 31, How-ever, this year ITR fil-ing date has been ex-tended till November30, 2020 due to pan-demic Covid-19.

8. Income Tax Ex-emptions and Deduc-tions that you canclaim under the NewTax Regime for FY2020-21 (AY 2021-22):Withdrawal by an em-ployee from the Em-ployees' ProvidentFund (EPF) is not tax-able after 5 years ofcontinuous service.

9. Withdrawal fromNational PensionScheme (NPS) on ma-turity or prematureclosure up to 40% ofthe amount received onsuch withdrawal re-mains tax free for all.In case of partial with-drawal from NPS, upto 25% of the contribu-

tions made by the in-dividual will be taxfree. Employer’s con-tribution to NPS up to10% of their basic sal-ary and dearness al-lowance also remainstax free.

10. Under Section10 (10D) of the IncomeTax Act, the sum as-sured and any bonuspaid on maturity orsurrender of the life in-surance plan is taxfree. Maturity proceedscontinue to be exemptunder Section 10(10D)even in the new re-gime. The maturityamount including in-

terest received on theSukanya SamriddhiYojana will not attractany tax.

11. Conveyance Al-lowance granted tomeet expenditure in-curred on conveyancein performance of du-ties of an office and anyallowance granted toan employee to meetthe cost of travel on touror on transfer (includ-ing relocation) are taxfree.

Interest receivedfrom post office savingsaccount balance up to3,500 annually per in-dividual will remain

free from tax.12. Any scholarship

granted to meet educa-tion costs is tax exemptunder Section 10 (16) ofthe Income Tax Act.Gratuity received fromthe employer up to ?20lakh after rendering 5years of continuous ser-vice. Leave encash-ment received at thetime of resignation orretirement up to ?3lakh.

13. Form 26AS willnow be a complete pro-file of the taxpayerw.e.f. 01.06.2020,CBDT vide Notificationdated May 28, 2020

amended Form 26ASin Sec 285BB w.e.f.01.06.2020. Key take-aways are:

14. New form 26ASwill also provide infor-mation in respect of“Specified financialtransactions” which in-clude transactions ofpurchase/ sale of goods,property, services,works contract, invest-ment, expenditure, tak-ing or accepting anyloan or deposits of suchvalue as may be pre-scribed but not lessthan of Rs 50,000.

15. Informationabout income tax de-

mand, refund, proceed-ings pending, and pro-ceedings completedwhich may include as-sessment, reassess-ment under section148,153A 153C, revi-sion, appeal will alsobe shared in this form26AS.

16. Information onthis form 26AS will notbe a one-time affair atyear end. This will bea live 26AS, as this willbe updated regularlywithin 3 months fromthe end of the month inwhich such informa-tion is received.

17. Form 26AS will

now be a complete pro-file of the taxpayer forthat particular year asagainst earlier form26AS which just pro-vided the informationabout taxes paid by wayof TDS/TCS or self-as-sessing. This form willalso have mobile no,email I’d and Aadharno. of the taxpayer.18. Further an en-abling provision hasbeen notified empower-ing the CBDT to autho-rise DG Systems or anyother officer to uploadin this form, informa-tion received from anyother officer, authority

under any law. Thusany adverse action ini-tiated or taken or foundor order passed underany other law such ascustom , GST , BenamiLaw etc. including in-formation about Turn-over, import, export etc.will also be put in thisform 26AS so that notonly the concerned tax-payer but also all theIncome Tax authoritieswill know and haveaccess to such informa-tion.

19. This form 26ASwill also provide infor-mation received by TaxDept from any othercountry under the trea-ty /exchange of infor-mation about incomeor assets of the taxpay-er located outside India.

20. The implicationof this new form 26ASwill be that banks, fi-nancial institutions orany other authority orcustomer, buyer etc.while carrying out duediligence of the person/corporate concernedwill now ask for form26AS so as to be surethat there are not anymajor issues aboutsuch person/corpo-rates.

21. This will nowmake difficult for anytaxpayer to hide infor-mation from any bank/ financial institution/authority about anyproceedings againstunder any law or taxdemand, tax disputesetc. So, mandatorilypassport no. is to bementioned, applicablefor all.

was to promote theconcept of ‘One nationOne market’. Whilethe trading communi-ty as a whole wel-comed the said step bythe Government ofIndia, the Govern-ment of Maharashtrahas not yet amendedthe APMC Act inMaharashtra. As aresult, the tradersoperating from withinthe market yard in

the state continue tobe governed by theMaharashtra Agricul-ture Produce Market-ing (Development andRegulation) Act andhave to pay marketfee of 1 percent oftheir transactionvalue as market cess.”

Traders claim thatthis is unjust as thosetraders who areoperating from withinthe APMC yardscontinue to pay themarket fee while thoseoperating outside theAPMC market do not

have to pay suchcharges.

Gurnani furtheradded, “It is pertinentto note that multina-tional companies andlarge corporates arelikely to enter theAPMC trade in nearfuture and pose agreat threat to tradersin APMC Markets.Moreover many stateslike Karnataka, UttarPradesh, Punjab etc.have already amendedthe APMC Act provid-ing level playing fieldto the traders within

and outside themarket yard.”

Gurnani added,“Earlier, tradedelegation led byCAMIT, Pune Mer-chant Chamber andthe Federation oftraders of Associationhad met SharadPawar and StateCooperation MinisterBalasaheb Patil andalso made the repre-sentation to ChiefMinister UddhavThackeray to amendthe Act and providejustice and level

playing field to thetraders inside themarket yard. Howev-er, till date no actionhas been taken andtherefore in thevirtual meeting it wasunanimously decidedthat all the APMCYards in Maharashtrawill observe one daytoken strike on 25thAugust, 2020. Also anine member actioncommittee wasconstituted to decidefuture course of actionincluding indefinitebandh, if the Govern-

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ment of Maharashtradoes not amend theAPMC Act andabolish market feeforthwith.”

The virtualmeeting was attendedby all the trade leadersfrom Mumbai, Vashi,Nagppur, Pune,Kolhapur, Sangli,Solapur, Ahmadnagar,Nanded, Nandurba,Dondaincah, Shirpur,Amalner, Latur,Barshi, Nashik,Baramati, Phaltan,Neera, Satana,Manmad etc.

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Kid’s Zone

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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NAVI MUMBAI:Under ‘Mission Breakthe Chain’, the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)is carrying out freeantigen testing on alarge scale. FromJuly 16, the antigentesting facility hasbeen started in allthe 22 antigentesting centres. Inaddition, 34 mobileantigen testing vansare going door todoor for conducingthe testing. So far51,323 people havebeen tested for Covid19 through antigentesting.

Citizens who reportnegative in theantigen test but havecorona-like symptomsare immediatelyreferred for RT-PCRtesting. In addition,people with co-morbid-

More than 50,000 antigen testingconducted in a month in the satellite city

ities, as well as seniorcitizens are alsoadvised for RT-PCRtesting. If the reportsare positive, theindividuals are kept inisolation until their

reports are negative.Similar instructionshave been issued tothe heads of 22antigen test centersand hospitals.

NMMC has its ownupdated fully auto-

matic RT-PCR labora-tory with 1000 testingcapacity per day. Thelab is functioning atthe Municipal Hospi-tal at Nerul andreports are being

received from herewithin 24 hours.

“Under the ‘Mis-sion Zero Navi Mum-bai’ initiative, antigentesting has beenstarted in societiesand colonies from

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Whilecare is being taken atall levels to prevent thespread of corona, ashocking case has cometo light in which a deal-er from Pavne, MIDCgot used hand glovesfrom various hospi-tals, washed andcleaned them, packedthem properly andsold them in the stateand abroad. NaviMumbai Police CrimeBranch Unit-1 raidedthe premises inPavne MIDC andseized about 4 lakhused hand gloves andother materials. Thecrime branch has ar-rested the dealer.

Subhash Nikam,senior police inspector,Crime Branch Unit-1,had received informa-tion that used gloveswere being washed,cleaned, re-packed andsold in Gami Industri-al Park in PavneMIDC. A team from

Crime Branch arrests dealerfor selling used hand gloves

Crime Branch Unit-1raided the 80 no gala ofGami Industrial Parkin Pavne MIDC onTuesday evening. Dur-ing the raid, six wom-en and one man were

found to be packinghand gloves of differentsizes and colours.

Six workers werewashing hand gloves inan automatic washingmachine and dryingthem with the help of ahand glove blower.

A team from theCrime Branch then

went to plot No. 40 andfound that PrashantSurve had handed overthe gloves to a personworking there, sayingthat the gloves weresoaked in the rain and

had given them to dry.The Crime Branch thenwent to plot No. 29 andfound that the personworking there waspacking hand gloves,sanitizer, goggles andother items in the box.

The crime branchthen seized about 4lakh used hand gloves,

washing machines andother items found inthe three blocks. Thepolice have arrestedPrashant Surve afterreceiving informationfrom the workers that

he was the owner ofthe company. Investi-gations have revealedthat Prashant Survegot the used handgloves from some hos-pitals in Aurangabadand sent the washedand packed handgloves worth lakhs ofrupees to Mumbai,Pune, MadhyaPradesh, Nagpur, Au-rangabad, Kerala andPunjab for sale.

Prashant Surveprocured hand-glovesand other materialsfrom various hospi-tals and sold them inthe black market.The police is current-ly interrogating as tohow Surve has gotthese used handgloves and fromwhich hospitals?

Over 4 lakh used hand gloves and other materials seized

August 10 and tillAugust 16 as well.Antigen tests of 6999persons have beenconducted in 69societies. Of these, 325tests came positive,”

informed AbhijitBangar, Commis-sioner, NMMC.

“Our mainobjective is to curband control thegrowing Covid 19cases by detectingcorona infections asearly as possible andreducing mortalityby paying specialattention to seniorcitizens and co-morbid individuals,”

added Mr. Bangar.The Municipal

Commissioner inter-acts with the medicalofficers and depart-mental officers everyevening and personallytakes the daily report.