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By Crime Reporter

The main accused in the Kharghar gang-

rape case has been ar-rested by the police from Chembur. The main ac-cused, identified as Ab-hishek Ajit Kharat, 31, and his accomplice Tejas Devalekar, 19, had fled on February 3 after gang-

raping a 19-year-old girl. While, Tejas was arrest-ed first by the police, Ab-hishek was absconding.

The victim and the accused lived in the same area in Kharghar and were acquaintances. On the night of February 3, the victim had gone for a pre-wedding programme

with her parents. The vic-tim felt thirsty during the programme and under the pretext of offering something to drink, the accused Abhishek and Tejas spiked her drink and took her to a nearby minibus and sexually as-

Kharghar gang rape case: main accused absconding since a month, nabbed

Mangrove cleanup Mar-shalls raise concern

over trash accumulated near coastal areasIn spite of conduct-

ing continuous clean up drives and collecting a huge trash from the coastal areas in Navi Mumbai, mangrove clean up warriors are unable to understand why so much trash gets accumulated even though nets or trash traps have been installed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) at every outlet of sewage canal across Navi Mumbai…

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80% oxygen supply should be for medical

use: Health DepartmentIn view of the increas-

ing number of corona patients in the state, the health department has directed the manufactur-ers in the state, to supply 80 per cent Oxygen for medical use and 20 per cent for industrial use. The health department has issued a notification in this regard on 31st March and it will be ap-plicable across the state till June 30th, 2021...

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Covid-19: four patients test positive in Uran

talukaOn Tuesday, March

30, four patients tested positive for Covid-19 in Uran taluka, taking the tally to 2459. Out of them, 2259 have recovered and discharged. Only 76 corona positive patients are undergoing treatment and 124 corona positive patients have died till date, said Uran Tehsildar Bhausaheb Andhare.

MIDC faces cyber attack on its IT infrastructure

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

The IT infrastructure of the Maharashtra

Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) faced a cyber attack on March 21, 2021 at around 2.30 am. As a re-sult, the entire computer system of the corpora-tion was shut down and the attackers demanded ransom through email, MIDC has revealed.

All of MIDC’s sys-

tems are hosted on ESDS (Cloud Service Providers) and local servers, managed by MIDC’s internal team. Also, Trend Micro anti-virus is used for security and mainte-nance. The ransomware SYNack affected local server systems and da-ta-base services hosted at the headquarters of MIDC. An email from the attackers reported the attack. However, the amount of ransom is not directly mentioned,

says the press release from MIDC.

“Computers have been promptly discon-nected from the network to prevent the spread of viruses in the computer system after the cyber attack. The backup files of the Corporation's One Window Scheme, ERP, BPAMS, Computer Land Allocation System and Water Payments are stored on a separate net-

w o r k and are all se-c u r e . A l s o , E R P -Wa t e r P a y -m e n t System

(ERP-WBS), Integrated File Management Sys-tem (IFMS) will be re-activated by March 31, 2021,” reads the press release.

In order to control this attack and reduce its impact, action is be-ing taken as per the rec-ommendations of cyber security experts. The case has been reported to the Mumbai Police Cyber Crime Unit, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corpora-tion (MIDC) said.

Files complaint with the Cyber Crime Cell

The rising high tide has led to unseason-

al floods at Uran again during this Holi festival bringing back memories

of the inundation of vil-lages two years ago. Of-fice goers noticed flood near CIDCO office on the road between Bokad-

vira and JNPT Town-ship. High tide had also surrounded the illegal

High tide causes unseasonal floods

again at UranGreens blame reckless landfill of mangroves, wetlands; Raigad

Collector says wetland rejuvenation activities underway

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

In view of the increasing number of corona patients in the state, the

health department has directed the manufacturers in the state, to supply 80 per cent Oxygen for medical use and 20 per cent for industrial use. The health department has issued a noti-fication in this regard on 31st March and it will be applicable across the state till June 30th, 2021.

In the state, covid 19 patients are in dire need of oxygen for treatment and in view of the daily increase in the number of patients, manufactur-ers have been instructed to increase the produc-tion of oxygen for medi-cal purposes many times over. Oxygen supply through oxygen produc-tion centres in the state will be monitored to en-sure smooth supply of oxygen. Priority should be given to the supply of oxygen to hospitals and the medical sector, the notification reads.

For the implemen-tation of this decision, the Commissioner of

Health and the Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration have been appointed as competent authorities at the state level and the Divisional Commissioners at the regional level as competent authorities. The notifi-cation will be effective till June 30, 2021, said Dr. Pradeep Vyas, Princi-pal Secretary, Department of Health.

80 per cent oxygen supply should be for medical use: Health Department

By Crime Reporter

A fire broke out at Punjab Na-

tional Bank's ATM centre in Airoli, Sec-tor-5 around 11.30 pm on Tuesday. PNB Bank's ATM machine, passbook entry machine and cash in the machine were completely destroyed in the fire. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpo-ration's Airoli fire brigade brought the fire under control in half an hour and averted a major disaster

as a petrol pump is lo-cated in the vicinity. It

is suspected that the fire was caused due to short circuit.

Punjab National Bank near the petrol pump in Airoli Sec-tor-5, has a branch and the bank’s ATM Centre is adjacent to it. The ATM centre has three ATM ma-chines, a passbook entry machine and a cash deposit ma-chine. After half an hour of relentless efforts, the fire at the ATM centre was brought under con-

trol.

ATM machine burnt to ashes in Airoli

Notification issued in the backdrop of rising Covid 19 cases

By ashok Dhamija

Maharashtra Sports and Youth Welfare Minister

Sunil Kedar said that there was urgent need for the State Sports Department, Army and NCC to work in tandem in order to en-hance the standard and perfor-mance of sportsperson of the state across various games. He was speaking at a virtual meeting organized by the Ministry with the Army and the NCC representatives through an audio-visual system. Sports Commissioner Om-prakash Bakoria, Retired Brigadier Su-dhir Sawant, N.C.C. Additional Director General of Maharashtra YP Khandure too were present on the occasion.

Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Sunil Kedar said “Many countries em-phasis on the need to strike a balance between sports and formal education. The talented youngsters are then mould-ed right from school level onwards so that they can excel at state, national and international level including Olym-pics Games. The state government on its parts has taken various initiatives on this front over the years and many

of the sportsperson from Ma-harashtra have excelled at Kh-elo India Youth Games (KIYG) games in the recent past. Efforts are being made to ensure that the successful ones raise their standards and compete at inter-national level too. For this, an In-ternational Sports University has

been established at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune”.

Sharing his thoughts on the recent re-marks made by Retired Brigadier Sudhir Sawant, the Sports and Youth Welfare Minister said “The state needs sports coaches of repute and efforts are also underway to create international level coaches and facilities of that standard to ensure Maharashtra and India become a ‘Superpower in the Field of Sports’. In-fact all the three wings of the Defence including Army have excellent coaches and infrastructure in their folds. NCC department too has various facilities available. Since the same is available across the state it becomes very impor-tant that these resources be available to the talented young sportsperson, so that they can excel at the big stage”.

Better coordination between Sports Department, Army and NCC will improve standard of sports in state: Sunil Kedar

Sunil Kedar

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By siddhesh Waykar

With an aim to sensitize the resi-dents about the need to follow

Covid 19 protocols, the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and Navi Mumbai Police organised a campaign ‘All Out’ recently in Vashi amidst rising Covid 19 cases in the city. The campaign targeted the people without mask and fined them for vio-lating Covid 19 protocols. Over 100 police personnel were part of the cam-paign which was carried out under the guidance of DCP Suresh Mengade and NMMC chief, Abhijit Bangar.

“The main aim was to spread awareness in the society as we are touching the peak in Covid cases in the city. People are acting irresponsibly and carelessly by roaming out in pub-lic areas without masks or maintaining social distancing even after several warnings”, said Bhanudas Khataokar, Traffic In-charge, Vashi.

During the campaign, the police and NMMC officials distributed free masks

to the people who were seen wear-ing handkerchiefs to cover their face and a fine of ₹200 was charged from people who were found without mask.

Police personnel are deployed in various crowded spots of Vashi. “It is observed that drivers of autorick-shaw, taxis and buses strictly follow the covid protocols than anyone else”, Khataokar said.

“People are not cooperating with the officials and are taking everything lightly. The youths, in particular do not appear to be taking the rules se-riously. It is high time we understand the need to adopt Covid 19 protocols,” he added.

"We (Police and NMMC) are al-ways keeping a strict vigil on people who are violating the protocols. We may launch the campaign (All Out) again if required, but as of now, we are ensuring complete safety measures and strict action against the violators of the rules'', said Bipin Kumar Singh, Police Commissioner of Navi Mumbai.

‘All Out’ campaign spreads awareness about Covid 19 protocols

The campaign, which was jointly conducted by Navi Mumbai police and NMMC, was held in Vashi

It is suspected that the fire was caught due to short circuit

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

In a joint operation car-ried out by the Navi

Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC), Ra-bale Police Station and Rabale- MIDC Police Station, people who did not comply with Covid-19 rules were penalised.

During the special operation the officials collected a total fine of Rs 68,900 and registered cases against offend-ers, said Rabale MIDC police inspector Nitin Gite.

Gite further said, “There has been a surge in the cases and the sat-ellite city has been regis-tering more than 300 cas-es every day. Despite the surge, citizens has been behaving carelessly and not following the covid protocol. Considering this problem, Deputy Commissioner of Police Suresh Mengde had or-dered action against the citizens”.

As per the order of Deputy Commissioner

Suresh Mengde, under the guidance of Se-nior Inspector Yogesh Gawde of Rabale Po-lice Station, action was taken against 43 citizens who did not wear masks and were seen crowding within the limits of Ra-bale Police Station and a fine of Rs 20,300 was collected.

Under the guidance of senior police inspec-tor Nitin Gite of Rabale MIDC police station, action was taken against 130 people for not wear-ing masks and not fol-lowing social distance. A fine of Rs 48,600 was recovered from the citi-zens. Cases were regis-

tered against 68 citizens. Meanwhile, during the special operation, ac-tion was taken against three vehicles for fer-rying passengers more than the permissible limit. Action was taken against four shops for not closing down their shops within the stipu-lated time.

The special operation was carried out by Se-nior Inspector of Police Nitin Gite. Assistant In-spector of Police Rahisa Sheikh, Sagar Gavasane, Sub-Inspector Kiran Pa-til, Hanumant Ubale and 20 employees of the Municipal Corporation were present.

By abhitash D. singh

While the Covid 19 cases are surging even in the jurisdiction

of the Panvel City Municipal Corpo-ration (PCMC), but it is observed that the recovery rate of the patients in home quarantine is better. As of now, in PCMC jurisdiction 2,400 corona positive patients are taking treatment in which 230 are in home quarantine and their recovery rate is better.

The Medical Health Officer of PCMC Dr. Anand Gosavi said, "Now-adays people are realising that the coronavirus can be treated at home by following the health advice given by the doctors. Earlier, there was gen-eral feeling that coronavirus cannot be treated at home but slowly the per-ception is changing and people have started treating themselves under the supervision of the doctors by remain-ing in home quarantine. 87 percent of people in PCMC jurisdiction are get-ting home treatment. The state gov-ernment as well as PCMC are coming up with various initiatives to stop the spread of coronavirus. The state gov-ernment has imposed night curfew from 8 pm to 7am from Sunday which

is strictly followed in PCMC jurisdic-tion. Even public should take the re-sponsibility of following the Covid-19 safety protocols."

Gosavi further informed, "The sec-ond wave of coronavirus cannot be ruled out. In PCMC jurisdiction the

number of positive cases has reached 31,888. 669 patients have succumbed to the virus. The citizens are requested to strictly follow the rules laid down by the government. Those in home quarantine have to follow the norms and strictly follow the advice of the doctors. If anyone has any symptoms of coronavirus, they should immedi-ately contact the nearest medical cen-tre and seek medical expertise. Early detection can help in controlling and curbing the spread.”

Covid-19: Punitive action against citizens who do not comply with rules

Patients in home quarantine show better recovery rate: PCMC

By Crime Reporter

A married woman living in Kharghar, allegedly committed

suicide by hanging herself at her resi-dence due to constant mental harass-ment by her in-laws for not having a child. The Kharghar police have registered a case of harassment and inciting suicide against 7 members of the family and have arrested them.

The deceased Varsha (25) was married to Jagdish Baldevbhai Dan-tani (Waghari) 6 years ago. During the first year of marriage, the couple lived in their native village, Mokasan in Gujarat. Later they started living with Jagdish’s brothers and parents in Chem-bur. However, during 2016 due to dispute, Varsha moved to Gu-jarat. However, after the differences were sorted out, Varsha and her husband started liv-ing in Kharghar, Sec-tor-19. As the couple

were married for six years and did not have children, her in-laws, kept taunting her.

Unable to bear the mental pros-ecution, she committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Kharghar on March 22 last year. After her funeral, Varsha's mother and sister lodged a complaint at the Kharghar police station against the deceased's husband and his family. Accordingly, Kharghar police have arrested Jagdish Dantani, Rajesh Dantani, Riteish Dantani, Vivek Dantani, Ritabahan Dantani, Aarti Dantani, Ajay Dantani.

Woman commits suicide following harassment by in-laws

Police arrest 7 members of the family including husband for inciting suicide

By Dr. a.K. sengupta

Higher Education Forum (HEF), the largest think tank in the space

of higher education in India, held its 12th Annual Convention on 27th March, 2021 on a virtual mode. This event was organised in collaboration with Bombay Management Associa-tion (BMA) and ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai.

The theme of the Convention this year was: Future of Work: Contours, Challenges, Preparedness and Road-map. Because of several changes in ex-ternal environment during last couple of decades, the nature of work has com-pletely undergone a change and idea was to have a look at the new meaning the word “Work” and challenges as-sociated with it. Whether higher edu-cational institutions were fully geared up to meet the challenges to create the right types of employable gradu-

ates was the other associated issue.The inaugural key note address was

delivered by Dr Bhimaraya Metri, Di-rector, IIM Nagpur. There were 2 panel discussions where several dignitaries shared their views on the theme of the Convention. Dignitaries included Ms Uma Rao, VP, HR, Ashok Leyland, Dr Jawahar Surisetty, Advisor to Govt, and TED Speaker, Prof R S S Mani, President BMA and VP, ITM Group, Dr Sanjay Muthal, ED, Kontempore Leadership and Business Solutions, Mr Maheshwar Peri, Founder CEO, Careers 360, Dr Lakshmi Mohan, Di-rector, ITM Business School, Mr Ra-jeev Gupta, TED Kanke, and Mr Alok Sheopurkar- EVP & HR Head, HDFC AMC,

The Convention was attended by around 150 delegates from the world of corporate and academics including students.

HEF Annual Convention held virtually

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Halitosis, more com-monly known as

bad breath or oral mal-odor is described as foul unpleasant smell arising from the mouth. Bad breath is a very common complaint which can be embarrassing for an in-dividual to admit.

Bad breath can be simply classified into: genuine and non-gen-uine. 85% of genuine halitosis is arises from within the mouth. Re-maining cases occur due to disorders or infections of nasal cavity, sinuses, throat or pharynx, gas-tric disorders, diabetic ketoacidosis, lung infec-tion, liver and kidney failure. Non-genuine or pseudo-halitosis is when an individual feels he has bad breath but it is not detectable by oth-ers.

Bad breath can be also classified into- physiologic and patho-logical. Physiologic bad breath means there is no underlying pathology for the bad breath, which includes temporary bad breath due to garlic or onion consumption or an unclean tongue.

Pathologic bad breath includes a specific un-derlying cause for the bad breath- which may be an intra-oral cause or extra-oral cause (not arising from the mouth but rest of the body).

COMMON IN-TRAORAL CAUSES

OF BAD BREATH• Consumption of on-

ion, garlic - tempo-rary bad breath

• Unclean tongue and putrefaction (de-composition) of food remnants in the mouth (most com-mon)

• Decayed tooth• Infection of the

gums, abscess (pus discharge)

• Recent tooth extrac-tion

• Frequent lodgement of food in the mouth

• Decreased salivation (dry mouth)COMMON EX-

TRAORAL (SYS-TEMIC) CAUSES OF

BAD BREATH• Infections arising

in the nasal cavity, sinuses (Sinusitis), pharyngitis, tonsilli-tis.

• Gastric disorders• Severe diabetes (dia-

betic ketoacidosis) can give rise to a fruity odor

• Kidney failure gives

an ammonia like odor to the breath

• Liver failure is of-ten associated with a rotten egg like smell coming from the mouth

• Lung infection

WHY DOES BAD BREATH OCCUR?

As millions of bac-teria multiply in the oral cavity, food acts as a source of nutrition for these bacteria. The bacteria decompose the food remnants to release volatile sulfide gases like hydrogen sulfide, dimethylsulfide and methyl mercaptan. These sulfur compounds are released when saliva evaporates from the sur-face of the tongue and other parts of the oral cavity producing a typi-cal foul smell. HOW TO DIAGNOSE

BAD BREATH?1. Self diagnosis: The

most common way is when the individuals themselves realize that they are expe-riencing bad breath coming from their mouth.

2. Diagnosis by peers:

In some cases, bad breath is realized by another person such as a family member, friend, colleague etc.

3. Examination by a trained professional followed by scoring the intensity of bad breath. Halimeter detects the levels of volatile sulfur com-pounds in the breath and hence allowingSTRATEGIES

TO AVOID BAD BREATH

• Identifying the cause of halitosis: Visiting a dentist should be the first step to di-agnose halitosis and identify the etiology

for the same as 85% cases arise due to in-traoral causes.

• Regular cleaning of the tongue using a tongue cleaner, fre-quent gargling espe-cially after meals.

• Professional tooth cleaning (scaling) at least once a year and treatment of gum diseases like gingivi-tis and periodontitis.

• Treatment of decayed teeth and elimina-tion of foci for food lodgement

• Use of mouthwashes - to increase dissolu-tion of volatile gases and decrease bacte-rial load. Cetyl pyri-dinium chloride con-taining mouthwashes and chlorhexidine are frequently used. Specific mouthwash-es containing Zinc help in reducing the volatile sulfides by converting them into zinc sulfide.

• Treatment of dry mouth- Dry mouth can be commonly caused by aging, fol-lowing radiotherapy or use of certain drugs like antide-pressants, antianxi-ety drugs. Lemon, amla or citrus fruits can be used to natu-rally boost saliva se-

cretion. Medications to increase salivation are available, which are prescribed by dentists following proper diagnosis.

• Extraoral causes- need to be identified and treated specifi-cally. Most patients are aware of the sys-temic disorder they are suffering from.

• Individuals without genuine halitosis need psychological counselling for their complaint.

• Mouthfreshners like mint, menthol are commonly used to mask halitosis by smokers. Addition-ally, sprays are fre-quently used to mask halitosis.Bad breath can be

caused due to numerous underlying factors. It is important to address the cause of the bad breath in order to effectively treat it. The use of face masks for long hours these days have in-creased the occurrence of bad breath. Following a good oral hygiene pro-tocol is essential to pre-vent any oral malodor.

Dr. aditi Mahajani is periodontist and oral

implantologist

image source: internet

Tooth Be Told: Ultimate strategies to eliminate bad breath

By: Dr. aditi Mahajani

By siddhesh Waykar

Pillai’s College of Arts, Commerce & Science

organised convocation cer-emony on 30th March, 2021 at its college campus for the BMM students of batch 2019-2020. The event took place behind closed doors with the presence of about 30 students only following proper Covid 19 guidelines and necessary safety measures.

Every year, during the convocation ceremony, stu-dents wear black gown and cap as dress code. However, this year, in the backdrop of Covid 19, there was no dress

code and the students wore casual white outfits.

“We did not get our fare-well and felt our convocation would be better. However, the

situation is still the same. I am glad that I met my friends after a year”, said Deasin Dominic, a student.

“I am happy that we came

and met our friends and teachers. The function was not up to the mark but, yes, it was better than attending it virtually”, said Pranjali Patil,

another student.There was no stage deco-

ration except a prop and a banner for clicking pictures. No other students from any other streams were allowed during the convocation time. “We had to keep the covid protocols in mind and en-sured that no one violated them. Maintaining social distance and wearing a mask was compulsory for every-one. It was great to see ev-eryone getting together after a long time and still obeying our safety guidelines”, said Akshata Narkar, Professor at PCACS.

Pillai’s College celebrates offline Convocation for 2019-20 batch

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By Ryhea george

Has it crossed your mind lately that even though

you are fit, you lack in some-thing and that you do not really have the ideal body image. If so, then then we believe that you have also fallen into the trap of body extremity and ideal body imaging being done through social media. You follow a new influencer and they speak about the ideal body image, you watch movies and dramas and see how the women and men have the perfect body, hair and skin type. These things can lead to a lot of anxiety, people get stressed when they do not have the perfect skin for a party or if their dress does not fit the way they thought it would be. Why is it that people are getting hooked to social media in an intense way? Dr. Nahid Dave, a con-sultant psychiatrist shares valuable tips on how one can overcome these problems and avoid falling in such traps.

Social media, says Dr. Dave, is a platform for us to get connected and to commu-nicate. It gives us the infor-mation of the whereabouts of the peers and acquaintances and shows us the various milestones of their life that they have achieved. Social media brings out role models very close to us. It helps us drop battles between their virtual life and our real life. The daily dose of updates that we get about our role models, influences, friends, families and colleagues keeps us hooked to the ad-vertisement as the basic de-sign is such that the people get inclined towards want-

ing more of it. There is some form of novelty always at-tached to it which is merely impossible to get in our ev-eryday lives.

“The major issue is that the youth get easily affected with what they see on social media and what is being por-trayed as the ideal or one can say the default functioning of a human being. It is very important to understand the difference between real life and virtual life, for example if you think of your own life, your one post on instagram

or facebook could be really different from what is going on in your real life. It is im-portant to limit your screen time. Even if you spend hours on your mobile it is important to introspect and understand about what you're spending their time on,” says Dr. Dave.

Certain apps available in the play store also pro-vide information about how much time you spend on your mobile and how much you spend on each app. And people get a total shocker to see their results being around 5-8 hours a day. What you expose yourself to plays a really important role in your

decisions and somewhere it gets collected in your sub-conscious. Make adequate, real life opportunities for you to enjoy, he advises.

Social media can posi-tively impact body image in a number of ways. Health and wellness, fitness, and plant-based food accounts can all be inspirational models for some users. Through these frameworks, social media users can maintain a healthy and positive outlook on their body image. But it can also promote having a lean waist

or a particular height and even having a perfect jaw-line.

Dr. Dave further adds, “Social media often tries to draw a direct relationship be-tween beauty, perfection and happiness. Beauty is defined by fairness, lean models, perfect outfits, and stereo-type fats as unattractive. It has become really common for us to compliment or com-ment on someone's height, body weight complexion and dressing sense when we meet them, it has become a part of who you are. They also decide about their men-tal state depending on their looks. Although there is a

growing trend of influencers who try to bring the change of accepting all bodies but the damage done by the ide-al type or perfection is still deeper. Every few years our perspective changes depend-ing on the movies we watch, the people we meet and the books we read. Even a small bit of change impacts the us in some or the other way. Having the perfect picture, the perfect filter and the perfect camera angle plays a very detrimental effect on the body image of the major-

ity of the people.” Some of the body positiv-

ity influencers such as Na-bela Noor, Aashana Bhag-wani, Sakshi Sindhwani, Tanvi Geetha Ravikshankar etc, are trying to bring in the body positivity norm in the society preaching about love for our body and ourselves and to grow towards being a healthy and better person.

“Body positivity influ-encers may contribute in lessening the gap between help develop the level of ac-ceptance but this is not an absolute solution. Self-ac-

cepting is more internal and external. There are always going to be ample issues to pull you down. Till I don't love myself I won't be able allow myself to love anyone else pr be worthy of love. My happiness will always depend on external factors. Body positivity influencers can really help people see themselves in different light. There are various factors that play when a person talks about the body image. It starts from the family itself, when your relatives, aunts and comments or looked at me made me feel I was lesser about myself. Self-accep-tance is a journey but a pos-sible one,” says Dr. Dave.

In order to inculcate self love she adds, “Make a note of things that you like about yourself, it is difficult for you to write, ask a friend what they like about you and sur-round yourself with people is extremely important, the kind of energy is impor-tant that you carry around you. Whether they accept you as just the way you are or are or constantly asking for changes in you. Getting high after a great workout is far better than getting a high after eating a chocolate bar. Endorphins released after an exercise is much better and hence use a friend analogy, whenever you think you are being mean to yourself ask yourself what advice you would give yourself. Learn to see things from another perspective as if you are your own friend. All the strengths that you have are going to create opportunities and my happiness is not dependent on external factors.’

Do not fall into trap of body extremity or ideal body imaging

Aashana BhagwaniNabela Noor

Sakshi Sindhwani

By: Crime Reporter

A 3-year-old girl who went to a grocery store with her mother

and a younger sister, was suddenly at-tacked by a pet dog in Vashi Sector-6 on Monday afternoon. The girl was rescued from the clutches of the dog by the grocery shopkeeper. However, in the attack, the girl sustained serious injuries on her stomach. The Vashi po-lice have registered a case against the owner of the dog after it was found that

the owner of the dog had deliberately avoided keeping his dog in proper cus-tody.

The injured girl has been identified as Pratiksha Shinde (3 years), a resident of Sector-6, Vashi. At around 11.30 am on Monday, Pratiksha along with her mother, Swati Shinde and younger sister, Pranjal went to a grocery shop

in F-Type Market. After taking the groceries, Pratiksha was holding her mother's hand and walking towards her home. One of the two dogs, which was standing with the woman near Mano-har Medical, suddenly ran towards the girl and grabbed her by the teeth. The grocery shopkeeper immediately freed the girl from the dog's clutches and res-

cued her.Her family rushed her to the mu-

nicipal hospital for treatment after she was seriously injured in the attack. The dog belonged to Christina Joseph, who lives in the same area. The parents have alleged that Christina, who was stand-ing with her two pet dogs, deliberately avoided keeping her dogs in proper care. According to Vashi police, a case has been registered against the owner of the dog, Christina Joseph.

3-year-old girl seriously injured after pet dog attacks herA case of negligence filed against the owner of the dog

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It was disheartening to see how some residents had thrown cau-

tion to the wind and celebrated Holi with great gusto without wearing masks or keeping social distancing. Such reckless behaviour only makes the matter worse and adds on to the problems of the state government, which is battling hard to curb and control the pandemic. The Covid 19 cases are rising all over the country with Maharashtra topping the list. Lockdown, as we all know, has its adverse effect. The state has barely been able to come out of the finan-cial doldrums that it experienced due to the lockdown. The worst affected are the daily wage earners and small businessmen. In such a scenario, we are left with just two options: expe-dite vaccination drive and strict ad-herence to Covid 19 protocols.

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is leaving no stones unturned in expediting vaccination drive and in meeting the daily target. For the convenience of the residents, the civic body has opened various vaccination centres. The jumbo vac-cination Centre at ESIS Hospital at Sector 5, Vashi, is not only strategi-cally located, but is also one of the well organised centres of the munic-

ipal corporation. Apart from this, the civic body has made the vaccination facility available in 23 Urban Health Posts and 18 private hospitals as well. The aim is to ensure smooth and speedy immunisation of citizens against the virus which has affected millions of people globally with more than 2.8 million succumbing to it so far.

NMMC should open up more such jumbo vaccination centres at other locations as well. This will not only help the civic body to carry out its immunisation drive rapidly but will go a long way in curbing the ris-ing cases under its jurisdiction.

Apart from this, there is another way to control the spike- following Covid 19 protocols. We have been hearing about this for more than a year now. Unfortunately, till date, many are feigning ignorance and are preferring to disrespect these rules. This, obviously proves to be detri-mental not only to themselves but to others as well. It is indeed the duty of each one of us not only to protect our-selves but others as well and the only way to do is to follow all the Covid 19 protocols stringently. Taking jab, when the turn, comes, is yet another way of keeping ourselves protected.

Vaccination and strict adherence to rules are key

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Good Friday will be celebrated on April

2, 2021 and Easter Sun-day, April 4, 2021. Spe-cial prayers are held in the church on this day. Against the backdrop of the increasing Covid-19 cases, multi-religious festivals have been cel-ebrated with simplicity. Currently, the number of patients in the state as well as in big cities is on the rise again. Since Covid-19 is still preva-lent, the Maharashtra state government has appealed to celebrate Good Friday and Easter Sunday with simplicity.

The Government has issued the following

guidelines: -During the Holy

week between March 28 and April 4, 2021, the attendance of the peo-ple should be regulated according to the space in the church during each prayer meeting. If church is big, it should be attended by a maxi-mum of 50 people and if there is less space in the church, a special prayer meeting should be orga-nized in the presence of 10 to 25 people, so that there will be social dis-tance in the church with-out any crowd. 4 to 5 special prayer meetings should be organized as required.

Particular attention

should be paid that the devotees wear masks and use sanitizers during these prayer meetings. Disinfection should be arranged in the church. The church manager should arrange for the online broadcast of the prayer meeting. Also, messages given for these festivals should be dis-seminated through social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube.

Avoid large gather-ings or crowds in public places or on the street outside the church. Reli-gious events should not be organized in such a way as to attract crowds and processions should not be taken out.

State government issues guidelines for Good Friday and Easter Sunday celebrations

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HigH tiDe CaUses UnseasonaL fLooDs...

garbage dump at Bori Pakhadi, Uran, against which the local residents have been fighting for 14 years – running from the Prime Minister’s Office to the local Tehsildar.

“Raigad district Guardian Minister Aditi Tatkare too directed Raigad district Collec-tor, Dr. Nidhi Choudhari to resolve the issue, yet the situation has not im-proved,” said B N Ku-mar, director of NatCon-nect Foundation.

The flooding of the roads has also sent shock waves among the people of Kunde village who had spent sleepless nights during the Holi of 2019.

NatConnect and oth-er environmental groups have blamed reckless landfill and burial of wetlands and mangroves all over Uran by NM-SEZ, JNPT SEZ and the City and Industrial De-velopment Corporation (CIDCO).

In an urgent mail to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Environment Minister Aditya Thack-eray and the High Court appointed wetlands and mangrove committees, Kumar has appealed for an immediate stoppage of landfill all across Uran.

“The entire environ-ment destruction has to be properly and scien-tifically assessed before resumption of any so-

called development,” said Nandkumar Pawar, head of Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan.

“The project propo-nents do not care for or-ders from the wetlands committee or the envi-ronment department,” Pawar pointed out and said the only way to save Uran is to stop all recla-mation forthwith.

Raigad district col-lector asserted that the administration af-ter studying 130 wet-lands, has sent a list to the Government. Even those wetlands that fall under CIDCO have been identified and added in the list. Once these are notified, these would be protected as per the law by the Forest Depart-ment. Once notified, they will all be protected as per the laws by the relevant authorities. The process of notification of mangroves as reserved forests is also on. Alle-gations that no work is being carried out with regards to protection of mangroves, does not have any merit. Despite the pandemic, in the last one year, we have com-pleted all the requisite processes and we have also got mangroves no-tified. The number of wetlands have been in-creased from the earlier four to now seventeen. Infact, we are going to increase more, as we are currently re-verifying all the wetland sites from the original wetland at-las. If there are wetlands

which are naturally de-finable, those would be notified as well. As re-gards JNPT, they have taken all relevant per-missions for reclama-tion, including from the High Court. Besides they are undertaking mangrove rejuvenation activities as required un-der the law. The stand of High Court and the gov-ernment of Maharashtra is that whenever devel-opment works need to be carried out, which is in larger public inter-est, approval would be given, but against that, mangrove rejuvenation activities need to be un-dertaken.”

"How long will we be in a denial mode?" the in-formation obtained from MCZMA clearly shows that JNPT SEZ has no Coastal Zone clear-ance. The environmen-tal clearance given by the department does not say a word about either mangroves or wetlands. We have approached the government with these documents. On Panje, there are clear cut orders from the Environment department and the High Court appointed wetland and mangrove commit-tees to protect the water body. MCZMA also said Panje falls under CRZ-1. Hence there should be no construction. The ad-ministration has failed to protect the place and to adhere to the Environ-ment Director Narendra Toke's orders,” added Kumar.

Under the guidance of Shashikant Khamkar, Founder of Winners Group, Joy of Giving initiative is being carried out for the past three years. On the fourth Saturday of the month, Joy of Giving is celebrated by donating utility items to needy organizations. As part of its initiative, the Foundation recently donated washing machine to Niti Foundation in Thane. (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

Winners Education Charitable Trust Airoli donates washing machine to Niti Foundation

7thursday, 1 april 2021

By ashok Dhamija

Following their 3-1 suc-cess in the Test and 2

-1 triumph in the T20Is, Team India wrapped up their three match ODI se-ries with a 2-1 victory over current ICC ODI World Cup Champions England played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadi-um, Pune early this week. In the series decider, the host held their nerves in the death overs, despite some sloppy performance in the outfield, to register a hard fought seven-run win after setting a target of 330 against the visitors.

In a battle of fluctuating fortunes, England fought back through south-paw Sam Curran after they had lost seven wickets with only 200 runs on the board inside 31 overs. The no.8 batsman Sam in the company of tail enders took the match deep during his unbeaten knock of 95, before be-ing choked for runs (14 to win in the final over with two wickets in hand) by rookie left arm pacer T Natarajan, in his first game of the series, with his inch perfect yorkers.

Virat Kohli’s go to bowler Shradul Thakur (4/67) with the white- ball struck at regular intervals with his clever variations in the middle overs. The willy pacer took dkey wickets of Dawid Malan (50), England skipper Jos Buttler (15), debutant Liam Liv-ingstone (36) and Adil Rashid (19), the later who was brilliantly caught by In-dian skipper himself in the 40th over. Earlier Bhuvneshwar Kumar had dis-missed both the openers Jason Roy (14) and Jonny Bairstow (1) in his first two overs to give India a solid start. Previ-ous match’s protagonist Ben Stokes (35), fell to Natarajan (1/73) despite getting a reprieve from Hardik Pandya early on in his innings. Hardik though made amends with a well-judged catch of Moeen Ali (29) off Bhuvneshwar (3/42) later and a brilliant run-out of Mark Wood (14) in the final over at the striker end, following an eventful pen-ultimate final over of his which resulted

in five runs and two dropped catches of Sam and Mark respectively.

Earlier, put in bat opener Shikhar Dhawan (67), wicket keeper batsman Rishabh Pant (78) and all-rounder Hardik (64) scored half-centuries in less than run a ball to ensure a fighting total of the board, before the hosts were bowled out in the 49th over. Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma (37) along

with Shikar once again provided a good start with a century partnership (their 17th overall) for the opening wicket in just the 14th over. The duo however were dismissed in space of 14 runs by leg-spinner Adil (2/81) and Virat (7) dismissal by off spinner Moeen (1/39) soon after. Centurion of the last match K L Rahul (7) freak dismissal of a full toss off leg spinner Liam at the half way stage further set back India’s run-rate. Rishabh and Hardik took charge of the proceedings soon after and put on vital 99-run in just over 11 overs to ensure India’s fight back. Hardik in par-ticular took on Moeen and hoisted three sixes in a single over. Introduction of pacers Sams (1/43) and Ben soon paid

(1/45) dividends for the visitors as they dismissed the two set batsman respec-tively. Shardul (30) in the company of Krunal Pandya (25) then took the cen-tre stage with their entertaining half century stand for the seventh wicket, before the two fell to Mark (3/34). In-dia in the end lost four wickets in space of eight runs and were bowled out for 329 in 48.2 overs.

India captain Virat Kohli post the victory shared that in the battle be-tween the top-two sides, exciting finish is always on the card and eventually his team got over the line. The win will always be cherished as it came against the top team in the world. In flashback it has been an amazing season series against the visitors despite many ab-sence of many first choice players and that he along with his team mates were looking forward to IPL starting in April.

Jos Buttler, England captain shared that the white-ball leg was extremely competitive, following the red ball Test Series and the experience gained by his players will serve his team good dur-ing the upcoming World Cup later this year. He also highlighted the stunning performance of Sam Curran in the final T20I and got us so close to victory with his performance.

Brief Scores: India - 329 in 48.2 overs (Rishabh Pant 78 (62b: 5x4s, 4x6s) , Shikhar Dhawan 67 (56b: 10x4s), Hardik Pandya 64 (44b: 5x4s 4x6s); Mark Wood 3/34; Adil Rashi 2/81 beat England - 322/9 in 50 overs (Sam Curran 95* (83b: 9x4s, 3x6s), Dawid Malan 50 (50b: 6x4s), Liam Livingstone 36 (31b:4x4s, 1x6); Shar-dul Thakur 4/67, Bhuvneshwar Ku-mar 3/42) by seven runs. Man of the Match: Sam Curran (England). Man of the Series: Jonny Bairstow (Eng-land)

Team India champions once againRegister a hard fought seven-run win over England, wrap ODI series 2-1

Team India took home the ODI Silverware too, following their success in Test matches and T20I series (Photos courtesy BCCI)

Indian skipper Virat Kohli set high standards in the outfield with the sensational catch off Adil Rashid

Medium pacer Shradul Thakur struck at regular intervals and took four wickets in the middle overs

Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya scored freely and put on vital 99-run in just over 11 overs

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saulted her in the bus. The duo then took her to a secluded spot in the Taloja area in the dark and fled. The victim then reached her home with the help of some citizens

and informed her family about the incident.

The next day, a com-plaint was lodged at the Kharghar police station. Based on the complaint, the police had regis-tered a case of gang rape against both Abhishek and Tejas. The police im-

mediately arrested Tejas Devalekar. However, the main accused, Abhishek Kharat was absconding. Kharghar police had been searching him for the last one and a half month. The accused, Abhishek allegedly was hiding in the Lal Dongar area of

Chembur, said Assis-tant Inspector of Police Shridhar Pawar.

Chembur police traced Abhishek from Lal Dongar area and arrested him on Tuesday night. He was later handed over to Kharghar police by Chembur police.

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By indrani Basu

In spite of conduct-ing continuous clean

up drives and collect-ing a huge trash from the coastal areas in Navi Mumbai, mangrove clean up warriors are unable to understand why so much trash gets accumulated even though nets or trash traps have been installed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) at every outlet of sewage canal across Navi Mumbai.

On Sunday, 28th March, 2021 volunteers from Environment Life had gone to Talaye, the coastal area in between NRI Complex and TS Chanakya for cleanli-ness drive. They were astonished to see a huge amount of medical waste like used gloves, masks, syringes, injection am-pules, used medicines etc. accumulated near the water body. “This was surprising as we have been conducting the cleanliness drive around the water body every Sunday since last eight months. Inspite that there are tons of trash each time,” said Dharmesh Barai, the mangrove cleanup man who has dedicated his life for cleaning water-falls and mangrove areas in Navi Mumbai.

He added further, “The NMMC has fixed trash traps at every outlet of the nallahs across Navi Mumbai jurisdiction and has also installed net bar-ricade or trash barricade over and across the city sewage streams or nal-lahs. Then how so much trash gets accumulated every week near the cos-tal belt and on beaches?”

It is felt by the clean-up marshals that the gar-bage thrown away from other municipal jurisdic-tion come floating in the ocean and then due to high tide reach near the

coastal line and accu-mulate there. Dharmesh who has been conferred with the title of ‘Water Hero 2021’ by Swachh Sarvekshan team from Ministry of Housing and Urban affair, Govern-ment of India tweeted to Chief Minister, Environ-ment Minister and other authorities concerned re-garding this issue and re-quest them to solve this

at the earliest. Meanwhile Dayanand

Stalin, noted environ-mental activist and Founder of Vanashakti from Bhandup has also raised this issue. He has also taken legal action against Municipal Cor-porations and has urged the National Green Tri-bunals to implement the practice of treating all sewage at the source and then release into creek via streams. He has also suggested the use of trash trap, trash broom by all the civic bodies.

Stalin shared, “Even

after massive effort by several organisations and concerned citizens, the situation of beaches and coastal areas are turn-ing from bad to worse because the responsible authorities have failed to penalize the offenders or formulate strategies to stop such act.” His report said, “It is the respon-sibility of Municipal Corporation of Greater

Mumbai to implement the practice of treating sewage before releasing in creek and also take remedial measures to protect mangroves from ingress of debris, solid wastes.”

Stalin has urged the mangrove cleanup vol-unteers and marshall to take protection by wear-ing industrial gloves. He also suggested to take action by informing State Police and MPCB about the collected med-ical waste so that inves-tigation could be carried out.

Mangrove cleanup Marshalls raise concern over trash accumulated

near coastal areas

Environment Life collected few tons of trash including large amount of medical waste

By ashok Dhamija

The Holi celebra-tions in the city

was a low profile affair following Maharashtra Government imposing restrictions on pub-lic gatherings amidst

considerable increase in the number of Covid-19 cases recently. How-ever, the few who cel-ebrated this time around

took the ecofriendly way by using natural colours as depicted in the photo feature by author.

Subdued Holi celebrations

Youth too enjoy the festival of colours though in a subdued manner briefly in view of the pan-demic

Kids smudge natural colours one each other on the occasion of Holi in Vashi (Photos by Ashok Dhamija)Having a wonderful time

Trash traps put by NMMC across the city

By: Dinesh pawar

The fruit vendors selling tadgola (Ice apple) in Uran Market are

doing a brisk business following a sudden rise in the mercury levels in the city. While the demand for sugarcane juice, lemon water and juicy fruits increases dur-ing summer season, the de-mand for tadgola is always higher, say fruit vendors.

Tadgola is a seasonal fruit and is available only in summer. The fruit tastes sweet and is also very ben-eficial in terms of health.

“The fruit is being sold at Rs. 100 a dozen. People prefer to eat tadgola rather than consuming cold drinks due to its health benefits,” says Wasim Sheikh, a tadgola seller.

“There are a large number of palm

trees at Nagaon, Kegaon in Uran ta-luka. In summer, there is a lot of de-mand for the fruit”, said Madhukar Rama Mhatre who has been running

the family business of selling tadgola for the last 100 years.

Demand for ice apple rises as mercury soars high

Popularly known as Tadgola, the jelly fruit is known for its natural cooling properties and is highly recommended during summer