18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf

PARL READY TO HOLD
MONSOON SESSION FROM TODAY
www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
JAIPUR l MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 42
‘Queen Of
Badminton’
beats China
SINGAPORE
OPEN TITLE!
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
PV Sindhu, the Indian champion to have won two Olympic medals, defeated
China’s Wang Zhi Yi in a nail-biting clash to win her maiden Singapore
Open badminton title. Sindhu was up against the reigning Asian Champion who
had not dropped a single game prior to the summit clash on Sunday. Sindhu
proved to be too good for the Chinese as she outclassed her from the word go.
Sindhu won the first game 21-9, giving nothing away to her opponent.
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
PV SINDHU has won it India!!! Thrilling game; here’s that
moment ! Stunning performance by @Pvsindhu1 to clinch
her first ever #SingaporeOpen title with a 21-9, 11-21, 21-15 defeat
of #WangZhi. 3rd title of 2022, she is looking in superb form!
Will West Bengal’s gubernatorial appointment
blossom into a new ‘Mamata-BJP relationship’?
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: With
Jagdeep Dhankhar tout-
ed to be the next Vice
President of India, the
search for a new Gover-
nor for West Bengal has
started. This moment in
the nation’s political his-
tory could also be the
new beginning of the
relationshipbetweenthe
Centre and West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee.
The Ministry of
Home Affairs has start-
ed the process of con-
sultation with Mamata
Banerjee which would
be completed in the
next one or two days.
Sources said that for-
mer minister Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi and Sisir
Adhikari, MP and fa-
ther of Suvendu Adhi-
kari, are in the race for
the post of West Bengal
Governor. Sisir Adhi-
kari became MP by win-
ning the election on
TMC ticket. However,
due to the anti-party
rhetoric, TMC is angry
with him. However, ac-
cording to political ob-
servers, it is only a dis-
tant possibility because
normally Governor ap-
pointees dont belong to
their home state.
An important meet-
ing was held in Darjeel-
ing Raj Bhavan three
daysagoamongMamata
Banerjee, Jagdeep
Dhankhar and Himanta
Biswa Sarma. Accord-
ing to sources, Himanta
had made Didi aware of
thetopleadership’sdeci-
sion regarding
Dhankhar in the meet-
ing. Banerjee herself
hadwelcomedthismove
andhonouredDhankhar
byofferingashawl.Now,
she has given indication
to support Jagdeep
Dhankhar in the Vice
Presidential election.
Notably
, the TMC will
not attend the meeting
of Opposition parties
called by Congress on
Monday and cited prior
engagement in Shaheed
Diwas rally as the rea-
son. On the other hand,
Mamata has called a
meeting of MPs at her
residence regarding the
election of Vice Presi-
dent after the rally
.
Now it remains to be
seen whether it is really
the beginning of good
relations between
Mamata Banerjee and
BJP
, where the final call
onthegubernatorial ap-
pointment will be taken
byNarendraModi,Amit
Shah and JP Nadda.
Sources said that
former minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
and Sisir Adhikari, MP
and father of Suvendu
Adhikari, are in the
race for the post of
West Bengal Governor.
Sisir Adhikari became
MP by winning the
election on TMC ticket
Mamata Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankhar
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: An all-par-
ty meeting was called
on Sunday ahead of the
Monsoon session of
Parliament where the
opposition raised the is-
sues including price
rise, the row over ‘un-
parliamentary words’
and demanded the with-
drawal of the Agnipath
recruitment scheme.
Congress took strong
objection to the absence
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi from the
meeting convened by
the government. Con-
gress general secretary
Jairam Ramesh ques-
tioned Prime Minister’s
absence from meeting.
Union Parliamentary
Affairs minister Pral-
had Joshi said that 45
political parties were
invited for the meeting,
of which 36 parties at-
tended. Leaders of vari-
ous parties attended the
meeting convened by
the government in Par-
liament House.
l Monsoon session
will end on August 12
l 36 parties takes
part in the meeting
l Congress questions
on the PM’s absence
l 24 new bills are to be
introduced in the session
l In monsoon session, election
for president will be held today
l Election for vice president
will be held on August 6
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks at an all-party meeting called by the government ahead
of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, as Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal look on, at
Parliament Annexe building, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
The Lok Sabha has been
bringing out a list of
unparliamentary words
since 1954. The government is
open to discuss all issues under the
rules and procedures of Parliament.
—Pralhad Joshi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister
BANNED!
ABOUT MARGARET ALVA
CRUCIAL READ
KAUN BANEGA RASHTRAPATI!
After a controversial list
of ‘unparliamentary’
words, LS secretariat
issued advisory prohibiting
distribution of any pamphlets,
leaflets or placards in House.
Bulletin also barred any
“demonstration, dharna,
strike, fast or for purpose
of performing any religious
ceremony” in the House.

z Margaret Alva is a for-
mer Union Minister and
veteran Congress leader

z Alva has served multi-
ple terms as Governor of
Rajasthan, Goa, Gujarat
and Uttarakhand

z The 80-year-old was
elected to Rajya Sabha in
1974 as a representative
of Congress

z Alva held Parl Affairs
and Youth Affairs portfo-
lios in the Central cabinet
GOVT, OPPN TO
CLASH OVER
VARIOUS ISSUES
The Monsoon session
of parliament is likely
to see the opposition
trying to corner the
government on the
Agnipath scheme and
issues like price rise
and list of ‘unparlia-
mentary’ words.
GOVERNMENT CALLS ALL-PARTY MEET
ON SRI LANKA CRISIS TOMORROW
The government will hold an all-party meeting
on the current Sri Lanka economic crisis on
Tuesday. The meeting will be chaired by Union
ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar,
said Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad
Joshi. During an all-party meeting convened on
Sunday, TN-based DMK and AIADMK demanded
India intervene in the neighbouring country which is
facing a debilitating economic crisis.
Murmu v/s Sinha
GAME TODAY...
W
ith the ten-
ure of Ram
Nath Ko-
vind coming to an end
on July 24, around
4,800 MPs and MLAs
will vote to elect Presi-
dent today
. NDA candi-
date Draupadi Murmu
having a clear edge
over the Opposition’s
Yashwant Sinha as
over 60% of votes are
expected to be cast in
her favour. The polling
will take place be-
tween 10 am and 5 pm
in Parliament House
and state legislative
assemblies. Counting
of votes will take place
on July 21 while the
next President will
take oath on July 25.
Draupadi Murmu
‘Privilege, honour’: Margaret Alva’s first reaction.
Yashwant Sinha
Ex-Union min Margaret
Alva is Oppn’s VP pick
New Delhi: The Oppn
has picked veteran Con-
gress leader Margaret
Alva as its vice presi-
dential pick. Announc-
ing news, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar said on
Sunday, “The Opposi-
tion candidate for the
post of VP of India will
be Margaret Alva.”
Pawar further said
that 17 parties are on
board for this unani-
mous decision. “We are
trying to contact Mama-
ta and Kejri. Last time
they supported our
joint prez candidate,”
he said, adding that
even JMM is together
with oppn parties in
poll. Sena’s Raut said,
“We are all together”.
Alva (80) will file her nomination papers on Tuesday
DHANKHAR CALLS
ON SHAH IN DELHI!
National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Vice
Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar
calls on Union Home Minister Amit
Shah, in New Delhi on Sunday. Jagdeep
Dhankhar will file nomination for post of
Vice President today. Full report on P6
2,00,00,00,000
shotslandmark!
India’s historic milestone in 18 months
India creates history again!
Congrats to all Indians on
crossing the special figure
of 200 crore vaccine doses. Proud
of those who contributed to making
India’s vaccination drive unparalleled
in scale and speed. This has actually
strengthened the global fight against
Covid-19. —Narendra Modi, PM
New Delhi: India
achieved a major mile-
stone in its vaccination
programme against
Covid as the cumulative
vaccine doses adminis-
tered in the country
surpassed the 200-crore
mark on Sunday. Ac-
cording to the health
ministry data, 98% of
adult population re-
ceived at least 1 dose
while 90% are fully vac-
cinated. Data showed
that 82% of adolescents
aged 15 to 18 years have
also been vaccinated
with 1st dose since the
vaccination for this age
group began while 68%
have got both the doses.
A medic inoculates the booster
shot to a security staff during
free vaccination drive in Delhi.
JAB JAWAN!
DOUBLE TROUBLE:
INDIGO, AI DIVERTED
CRPF OFFICER
KILLED IN ATTACK
ICSE 10TH
RESULTS
2022 DECLARED
New Delhi: Saturday-
Sunday midnight saw
two international flights
by Indian carriers – one
by Indigo and others air
india express – Divert
to a third country after
suspected aftershocks as
a precautionary measure.
DGCA is probing the cases.
Srinagar: A CRPF officer
Vinod Kumar was killed
in a militant attack in the
Pulwama district of JK on
Sunday, an official said. “At
about 2:20 pm, terrorists
fired upon joint naka
party of police and CRPF
in Gangoo area of south
Kashmir,” police said.
New Delhi: CISCE or ICSE
class 10th results have
been declared on Sunday.
As many as 99.98% of
students managed to
pass the exams. The
pass persentage of girls
was higher than boys as
99.98% of girls 99.97%
of girls managed to pass.
‘ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
PATEL IS POL MALICE’
FORMER RAJ MINISTER INDIRA
MAYARAM PASSES AWAY AT 87
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot pays tribute to Indira Mayaram as
Arvind Mayaram looks on, on Sunday. Former Rajasthan minister
Indira Mayaram died here due to cardiac arrest on Saturday night.
Rajasthan’s economic policies
increased per capita income: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said that
State Govt has imple-
mented various amnes-
ty schemes, due to
which revenue collec-
tion is increasing and
state’s GDP has in-
creased by ` 3 lakh in 3
years and this is symbol
of devp. He said that de-
spite the Corona period,
the per capita income
has increased by 26.21
percent in the last three
years thanks to strate-
gic economic policies of
the state govt. Turn to P8
Centre could
not implement
GST properly,
says Gehlot
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday condemned the allega-
tions against late Congress leader
Ahmed Patel by the Gujarat Po-
lice’s SIT and called it a symbol of
political malice. He also slammed
BJP for allegedly trying to impli-
cate Sonia and Ansari in a case.

Lunaram Darji
Barmer: In Bar-
mer’s Jalipa Ka-
purdi Lignite Min-
ing Project, the
Ministry of Coal,
in a big relief to
Raj West Power
Plant, has given
permission to reg-
ularise the transfer
of mining leases
issued in the name
of RSMML in
Jalipa and Kapurdi
to BLMCL.
The audit report
of Jalipa and Ka-
purdi Mines was
prepared by the Ac-
countant General
Inspection Team in
2016-18, in which
the mining lease of
BLMCL was de-
clared void. In
April 2022, after the
issue was raised
in the assembly,
the state govern-
ment banned lig-
nite mining.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said that under
the Prashasan Shehron
ke Sang (PSKS) cam-
paign, door-to-door sur-
veys will be done in
each ward and eligible
persons will be given
leases. He was address-
ing a meeting organ-
ised at the Secretariat
on Sunday to resolve
the problems being
faced in connection
with the leases being
given in the heritage
area of the Municipal
Corporation, Jaipur.
Khachariyawas said
that the state govern-
ment has simplified
the rules for granting
lease and up to 75 per
cent discount is being
given. He also directed
the officers to solve
the problems in grant-
ing leases of multi-sto-
rey houses.
‘Govt has simplified patta distribution’
PSKS CAMPAIGN
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Munesh Gurjar, and Kunji Lal Meena during the meeting on Sunday.
The progress of the
campaign is being
monitored and a
survey of all the
wards of Municipal
Corporation Jai-
pur, Heritage will
be done by July 30.
—Kunji Lal Meena,
Principal Secretary, Urban
Development and Housing
BJP MLAs TRAINED, STRATEGY
MINTED FOR TODAY’S POLLING
BJP legislative meeting was held on the eve of Presidential elections in Jaipur
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP MLAs
were given training on
the process of presiden-
tial elections going to be
held on Monday
.
A meeting of the
BJP Legislature Party
was held at the BJP
headquarters which
was attended by most
of the MLAs.
“In this meeting, a
strategy was prepared
for the voting for the
Presidential election.
Along with this, train-
ing was also given to
the MLAs,” party
sources said.
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
had issued instructions
to all the MLAs two days
ago to be present in the
meeting. Gulab Chand
Katariaanddeputylead-
er of opposition Rajen-
dra Rathore trained the
MLAs in the meeting.
NDA has nominated
tribal Draupadi Murmu
as its presidential can-
didate. The party BJP is
also appealing to the
MLAs of tribal areas of
other parties as well as
two dozen ST MLAs to
vote for Murmu.
CONGRESS MLAs’
MEET OVER PREZ
POLLS TODAY
Jaipur: The Congress
MLAs have been called
for a meeting over Presi-
dential polls on Monday
at 9.30
am. The
meet-
ing will
be held
in the
lobby
of As-
sembly
prem-
ises, informed Chief Whip
Mahesh Joshi. Deputy
Chief Whip Mahendra
Chaudhary has been
made UPA candidate
Yashwant Sinha’s agent.
NDA candidate Draupadi
Murmu’s agent is Rajen-
dra Singh Rathore.
Satish Poonia, Vasundhara Raje, Rajendra Rathore, Gulab Chand Kataria, Madan Dilawar, Chandrashekhar and other BJP leaders attend
the party’s legislative meeting on the eve of Presidential elections in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Election observer Verma inspects
arrangements for Prez elections
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A meeting
was held on Sunday at
11 am to assess the ar-
rangements for Presi-
dential Elections 2022 at
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan
in Jaipur.
Election Observer
Rakesh Kumar Verma
and Chief Electoral Of-
ficer Pravin Gupta
along with other State
officials concerned vis-
ited and checked main
polling hall, security
measures, CCTV cam-
eras, strong room as
well as other venues
prepared for the proce-
dure for the conduct of
Presidential elections.
Verma commended
the State officials con-
cerned on the overall
arrangements, which
according to him are
highly satisfactory
. Ad-
ditional Chief Electoral
Officer, Krishana
Kumar also present in
the meeting.
The polling of Presi-
dential election will be
held on 18th July from
10 am to 5 pm.
Rakesh Kumar Verma, Jogaram and other officials hold meet to
check arrangements for Presidential polls in Jaipur on Sunday.
Runaway minor
raped, sold into
marriage; 1 held
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Muhana
Thana Police has arrest-
ed a man for allegedly
raping and selling a
14-year-old minor girl
after she left her home
and went missing.
Police informed that
the accused has been
identified as Devpal (33),
a resident of Bhusawar
town in Bharatpur.
“The minor girl left
her home on June 26 af-
ter getting angry with
herparents.Shereached
Bharatpur and inciden-
tally came in contact
with the accused. The
accused raped the vic-
timandlatersoldherfor
marriage. She was then
repeatedly raped by an-
other man,” informed
Muhana SHO Lakhan
Singh Khatana.
“The victim’s parents
had filed a missing re-
port.Basedontheinputs,
theaccusedwasarrested
from Bharatpur while
the girl was detained
from Hindaun City
. The
man who purchased the
victim is being searched
for,” added Lakhan Sin-
gh Khatana. The girl
was raped repeatedly
raped for ten days.
GIRL LURED WITH JOB
PROMISE, RAPED
Jaipur: A 23-year-old
girl was allegedly raped
for two-and-half years
in Jaipur’s Muhana
Police Station area on
the pretext of marriage.
Police informed that the
accused, identified as
Anand Kumar Soni, was
a colleague of the victim
at a private company
located in Sodala. “The
accused and victim
became friends while
working together in a
company. In January
2020, the accused took
the victim to a hotel and
raped her. When she
protested, the accused
promised to marry her.
They were residing
as live-in partners for
the last two-and-half
years,” police said.
“The accused even took
money from the victim
and raped her on the
pretext of marriage,”
added police.
Four children drown
in separate incidents
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Heavy rain-
fall coupled with
thunderstorm oc-
curred at isolated
places in East Ra-
jasthan while several
places received light
to moderate rain in 24
hours ending 8.30 am
on Sunday, the weath-
er office said.
In Jalora village
near Raniwara, two
people, who were
grazing goats, alleg-
edly died by drowning
in a Lake on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in Tonk
district’s Alipur vil-
lage, two minor girls
drowned while bath-
ing in a lake.
Srinagar in Ajmer
recorded 7 cm rain-
fall, 6 cm each in
Bhadra and Sujan-
garh, and 5 cm each
in Tonk tehsil, Be-
gun, Hindoli, Baswa,
Ratangarh and Su-
ratgarh.
Meanwhile, BJP
leader Ramzan Ali
Choubdar has de-
manded an investiga-
tion from the govern-
ment in the sewerage
construction company
LT’slinebuiltinSad-
huwali.Thelineof 3.50
km canal was done for
water reserve at a cost
of 8.50 crore.
FOOD POISONING: 2
DIE IN BANSWARA,
FOUR CRITICAL
DOC GETS LIFER
FOR RAPING
MINOR GIRL
Banswara: Two children
died while the condition
of an elderly woman,
her son, grandson, and
granddaughter got criti-
cal after food poisoning
in Kherwa village of
Ghatol subdivision.
Those critical were
rushed to Banswara
District Hospital. A total
of seven people had
consumed food togeth-
er on Saturday night.
Bundi: Special POCSO
court Judge Salim Badar,
while delivering the
verdict in a four-year-
old case, sentenced an
ayurveda doctor life
imprisonment and fine
of Rs 2 lakh for raping
a minor girl. On March
28, 2018, the victim
appeared at the Hindoli
police station and gave a
report that the accused
Dr. Veniram raped her.
Jaipur: Two incidents of chain snatching took place in
Jaipur on Sunday. Police have registered the cases and
are looking for the suspects who are absconding. The
first incident took place
in the Jhotwara area,
while the second incident
occurred in Murlipura. In
Jhotwara’s Satya Nagar,
two-wheeler-borne
miscreants snatched a
gold chain of an elderly woman while she was walking
outside her house. A similar incident was reported
in Murlipura’s Rameshwar Dham Colony on Sunday
when an elderly woman was returning from a temple.
Jaipur: In a major action, Jaipur Police Commissioner-
ate’s Special Team led by Inspector Khaleel Ahmed
raided illegal hookah and dance bars in which 65
people including 18 girls were arrested. The police
raided the bars in Chitrakoot, Gandhi Nagar and Sindhi
Camp police station areas after the complaints were
received that the hookah bars and dance bars were
running under the guise of cafes. The police team
itself was stunned on seeing youth wasting money on
the bar-girls. Inspector Khaleel Ahmed said that they
would not allow playing with the culture of the city and
such action will continue even further.
TWO CHAIN-SNATCHING INCIDENTS IN
JAIPUR IN A SINGLE DAY, SEARCH ON
65 PEOPLE INCLUDING 18 GIRLS HELD
IN HOOKAH AND DANCE BAR RAIDS
Admission quota fixes for
‘donors’ in govt schools
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has now fixed
the admission quota
for philanthropists
(Bhamashahs) in
the MG English Medi-
um schools.
Quota has been fixed
for admission in schools
for donors who spend up
to Rs 50 lakh on build-
ing, development and
renovation by adopting
government schools.
On the recommenda-
tion of philanthropists,
the admission quota
has been fixed to admit
a maximum of two stu-
dents in each class and
maximum of 10 stu-
dents per year in the
entire school.
Meanwhile, ex-state
edu min and BJP MLA
Vasudev Devnani on
Sunday termed the or-
der a violation of RTE
Act and demanded its
withdrawal.
Coal Ministry
gives nod to
transfer of
mining leases
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The
Bharatpur Police
hasarrestedapriest
and his wife for al-
legedly threatening
the priest of a Ha-
numan Temple lo-
cated inside Maha-
rani Shri Jaya Col-
lege of Bharatpur.
The accused has
been identified as
Priest Manoj Shas-
triandhiswifeMan-
isha. Officials in-
formed that the vic-
tim Tara Chand had
filed a complaint
statingthathefound
a letter on July 15
threatening him to
leave the temple or
he will be killed like
Kanhaiya Lal.
“The accused
threatened to be-
head him like Kan-
haiya Lal if he did
not leave the temple
within ten days. Lat-
er, the cops gathered
CCTV footage and
interrogated sus-
pected people,” po-
lice said.
Two held in
‘Udaipur-like
beheading’
threat case
‘Hindi medium students to get
admission in nearby schools’
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: In a relief
to parents and stu-
dents, Education Min-
ister BD Kalla has al-
lowed that those opting
for Hindi medium will
be given admission in a
nearby school.
Besides, application
for vacant posts in Ma-
hatma Gandhi English
Schools will begin to-
day. Although the ad-
mission process has
completed in new
schools of the state, ap-
plications will be taken
from today to July 22.
Unemployed Federation President Upen Yadav meets BD Kalla on
Sunday. Yadav put forward various demands including issuing
detailed syllabus of teacher recruitment, more posts of special
teachers and increasing the post in Sanskrit department REET.
A car wades through a waterlogged road at Statue Circle, Jaipur after heavy rain on Sunday.
JALIPA KAPURDI
LIGNITE MINING
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
NEWS DIGEST

First India Bureau
Ajmer: The police team
has recovered three mo-
bile phones belonging
to Ajmer Dargah Khad-
im Gauhar Chishti and
informed that impor-
tant clues relating to
the killing of Kanhaiya
Lal tailor in Udaipur
are likely to be revealed
from theses confiscated
mobile phones.
The police had even
received necessary infor-
mationduringinterroga-
tion.Policeinformedthat
during interrogation it
wasrevealedthatGauhar
Chishti had illegally tak-
en possession of a shop
located in Dargah area.
After a court order, the
police vacated the shop
from his possession.
Ajmer Dargah
committee chief
meets Collector, SP
SP Dargah committee
PresidentSaiyadShahid
Hussain Rizvi and mem-
ber Saiyad Babbar on
Sunday met Ajmer Dist
Collector and SP regard-
ing maintaining peace
in the city
. “A message
of peace will be given
from Dargah.”, he said.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: An SUV of
Rashtriya Loktantrik
Party (RLP) MLA
Narayan Beniwal was
stolen from outside his
apartment building in
Vivek Vihar area of
Jaipur on Saturday
night. Narayan Beniwal
is the brother of Na-
gaur MP Hanuman
Beniwal.
“Beniwal had parked
his Scorpio vehicle out-
side the building last
night. The vehicle was
missing this morning,
SHO Shyam Nagar
Shreemohan Meena
said.
He said the footage of
CCTVs installed in the
building in Vivek Vihar
and nearby areas are
being examined.
I routinely park the
vehicle outside the
building in Vivek Vihar
area. When I came out
this morning, the vehi-
cle was missing, MLA
Beniwal said.
Thieves have no fear
of police. When the ve-
hicle of an MLA can be
stolen like this, then
what would be the con-
dition of the common
man? Police check and
trouble normal people
during nakabandi but
thieves and criminals
are roaming scot free,
he said.
RAJASTHAN
03
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Sun-
day cornered the Cen-
tre over levying Goods
and Service Tax (GST)
on food items.
“In the year of the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav, the Modi govern-
ment has taken the un-
fortunate decision of
levying GST on food
items like flour, pulses,
rice, jaggery, wheat, ba-
jra, jowar, milk, curd,
paneer, buttermilk etc.
in retail. For the first
time in years, essential
food items have been
taxed. This is a step to
snatch the morsel from
the mouth of the poor,”
CM Gehlot said.
CM Gehlot attacked
Modi govt by adding,
“Mandis are being
closed across the coun-
try in protest against
this decision, which
shows how much pub-
lic anger is caused by
this move. This anti-
people move by the
Modi government
should be withdrawn
immediately,”
CM corners Centre over GST on food items
FOR COMMON PEOPLE’s CAUSE
RLPMLA’sSUVSTOLEN,BJP
LASHESOUTATSTATE GOVT
5,400 litres of adulterated
milk found in Alwar Dairy
File photo of the stolen Scorpio and the flat where it was parked.
Alwar: A video of
Alwar city MLA Sanjay
Sharma’s driver
slapping a worker at
Nekawala toll plaza on
Manoharpur-Dausa
National Highway has
become viral. The MLA
was going from Alwar
to Jaipur when his car
was stopped on Satur-
day afternoon at the toll
plaza as the car did not
have a FASTag. The toll
workers asked for the
MLA’s I-card. When the
MLA showed the I-card,
the toll worker asked for
the 17th assembly and
not the 15th assembly
I-card.
This led to an alterca-
tion between the MLA
and the toll workers.
A young man making
FASTag also reached
there. Meanwhile, the
driver of the infuri-
ated MLA slapped the
young man. Later, the
MLA’s car was allowed
passage. The MLA com-
plained about the toll
workers and the FASTag
employee at the Raisar
police station. Police
reached the toll plaza
and took three people
into custody.
Minister of
State is not
monitoring, this
department is run by
daily monitoring. There
is resentment in every-
one’s mind about the law
and order. It is not sur-
prising even if a police of-
ficer’s vehicle is stolen.
—Gulab Chand Kataria,
Leader of Opposition
Jaipur: A desire of a
transfer was sent by e-
mail from the Transport
Minister’s office from a
fake letter pad of Bagru
MLA Ganga Devi. The
mail was sent from the
personal email of DK
Yadav where the appli-
cant sought transfer to
Dudu district transport
office. The matter came
to light after a call
came from the office
of Transport Min to the
MLA’s office. MLA’s
private secy, Devendra
Kumar, complained to
the police that no such
letter was issued from
the MLA’s office.
Kota: After threat to
three businessmen in
Udaipur, a textile trader
in Kota has received a
threat call on WhatsApp
from an international
number. The trader
was threatened to face
consequences like
Kanhaiya Lal of Udaipur.
He reached Borkheda
police station after get-
ting upset and gave a
complaint to the police.
FAKE TRANSFER
DESIRE ON BAGRU
MLA’s LETTER PAD
KOTA TRADER
RECEIVES THREATS
VIA WHATSAPP
MLA ALLEGES
MISBEHAVIOUR
AT TOLL; ASKED
TO SHOW I-CARD
RLP MLA N Beniwal’s vehicle was stolen
from his flat’s parking in Mansarovar area
Narayan Beniwal is the brother of Nagaur
MP and RLP head Hanuman Beniwal
CM’sadvisorMeenatositondharna
ifGangapurwaterwoesnotresolved
Dhariwalunveilsbookletofshops
allotmentinKota-Doriamarket
BJP MLA Sanjay
Sharma’s driver
slapping a man at
toll plaza, video
goes viral
Sandeep Goyal
Sawai Madhopur:
Ramkesh Meena, Advi-
sor to Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, has
threatened an agitation
that if the drinking wa-
ter problem in Gan-
gapur is not resolved
within two months, he
would sit on a dharna in
front of the mini secre-
tariat with city people.
An irate Meena said,
“‘The people of Gan-
gapur are stuck in the
dispute between the
government, water sup-
ply department and the
company. Work was to
start from 2005 but it’s
2022 and they still can’t
get proper drinking.
Gangapur is getting
only 10 MLD water in-
stead of 146 MLD.”
Meena said that de-
partmental engineers
were brought on the
spot many times and re-
quests were made to
ministers but the prob-
lem persists.
Meena was address-
ing a programme and
sought support from all
people present there.
City Council Chairman
Shivratan Aggarwal
gave his consent to Mee-
na’s demand.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: In a late Satur-
day night raid by the
vigilance team, a total
of 5400 litres of adulter-
ated milk was recov-
ered in Alwar Saras
Dairy and was flushed
down on Sunday. The
milk was brought from
Behror. The transporter
adulterated milk to in-
crease the fat.
The team chased a
truck for about 100 KMs
and caught it. Milk sam-
ples were taken at Saras
plant. In the morning,
the chairman of Saras
Dairy, Vishram Gurjar,
discarded the milk. The
contractor concerned
will be penalised.
In the last few days,
action has been taken
on finding problems at
Buchpuri, Berla Bass,
Hazari Ka Bass and Na-
gli Bihar compilation
centres. Alwar Saras
Dairy supplies milk to
Delhi, Haryana, Bhi-
wadi.
The adulterated milk was released in a drain on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Jaipur Po-
lice have arrested two
people after explosives
weighing 82.64 quintals
were seized from a resi-
dential building in Har-
mada. Police informed
the accused has been
identified as Kalu Ram
(56) and his brother Go-
pal Lal (48), both resi-
dents of Mohanwadi in
Harmada.
Additional DCP
(Crime) Sulesh Chaud-
hary while talking to
media said, “The crime
branch received infor-
mation regarding an il-
legal warehouse of ex-
plosives in the Harma-
da area. The warehouse
was being run in a resi-
dential building The
police team raided the
godown and seized 82.64
quintals of explosives.”
The explosives in-
cluded ammonium ni-
trate, gelatin sticks, fuse
wires and detonators,”
added Chaudhary
.
Jaipur:AnFIRhasbeen
filedatShyamNagarPo-
lice Station against un-
known miscreants for
allegedly giving death
threats to Karni Sena’s
National Prez Sukhdev
Singh Gogamedi.
Addressing a PC at
Rajput Sabha Bhawan
onSunday
,SukhdevSin-
gh Gogamedi said that
he is not going to be
afraid of any death
threatsbyanyone.Goga-
medi informed that he
has received death
threats from Pakistan.
The Rajput outfits also
burnt the national flag
of Pakistan and de-
manded action against
the accused. —FIB
First India Bureau
Barmer/Sri Ganga-
nagar: BSF personnel
caught an NRI couple
while roaming near the
international border in
Barmer. The Canadian
couple was caught
when they were visiting
restricted areas near
Munabao.
Police identified the
couple as Kulvinder
Singh (41) and his wife
Karamjeet (41). Couple
was released after the
security agencies did
not find anything suspi-
cious from them.
Meanwhile in Srigan-
ganagar,theBSFcaught
a Pakistani intruder
near the Hindumalkot
border area on Sunday.
The accused was trying
to enter from Pakistan
side on the border.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: A local court
has found Jaiprakash
Bagadwa, Rameshwar
and Ranjit Singh guilty
in a fake lease case.
The matter is related
to a fake lease of a plot
located on a highway in
Arjansar. The matter is
related to Naib Tehsil-
dar and Robert Vadra.
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) has already
put up a board of at-
tachment on the plot
while Magharam Maro-
thia has claimed owner-
ship of the plot. The
court has summoned
the accused by bailable
warrants. The ED probe
is based on 18 FIRs reg-
istered, and multiple
charge-sheets filed by
the Rajasthan Police
against main accused
Jai Prakash Bagadwa
and 10 others.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The customs of-
ficials at the Jaipur In-
ternational Airport
seized gold weighing
over 145.26 grams worth
around Rs 7.50 lakhs on
Sunday from a passen-
ger from Mumbai.
The seven gold sticks
were recovered from
three cosmetic tubes
that the passenger had
brought from Doha. Of-
ficials informed the pas-
sengersoninternational
flightsareoftenchecked,
but a passenger travel-
ling from Mumbai to
Jaipurwasdetainedand
checked. “On inquiry,
the passenger denied be-
ing in possession of or
carryinganysuchitems.
However, when the of-
ficials broke the cosmet-
ic tubes, they found gold
sticks inside them,” of-
ficials added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bharatpur:
The National Eligibility
cum Entrance Test
(NEET) UG exam was
conducted on Sunday in
25 cities across Ra-
jasthan. A total of 18
lakh 72,341 aspirants
were registered for the
exam. Conducted by the
National Testing Agen-
cy, exams were held in
497 cities across the
country between 2pm to
5:20pm.
In a tragic incident
reported from Bharat-
pur, a 17-year-old girl
allegedly committed
suicide by hanging her-
self from a ceiling fan
in Bharatpur’s Mathu-
ra Gate area on Satur-
day night. Police in-
formed the deceased,
identified as Divya
Sharma (17), a resident
of the Housing Board
area, was preparing for
the NEET exam. Ac-
cording to Police the
girl committed suicide
due to exam pressure.
The economic condi-
tion of family is also
not good and the victim
was a meritorious stu-
dent. The body was
handed over to the fam-
ily after post-mortem.
Udpr beheading: Police recover 3
mobile phones of Gauhar Chishti
82.64 quintal explosives
seized in Jaipur, two held
NEET UG exam held in Raj;
girl hangs self in Bharatpur
Seized explosives.
(Left) Candidates coming out of examination centre at Subodh College on Sunday. (Right) A girl checking
seating arrangements at Vidhyashram School before the exam. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
FIR filed over
death threats to
Karni Sena Chief
Pb couple held at
border in Barmer;
1 Pak intruder
caught in Sgnr
Bikaner land
scam: 3 found
guilty by court
Customs officials
seize gold from
domestic flier
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Sunday unveiled a
booklet of allotment of
shops in Kota-Doria Sa-
ree market. The traders
had been waiting for
the allotment of shops
in for a decade.
In 2018, the then BJP
govt had increased the
rate of shop allotment
from 4070 sq feet to
12000 sq feet and there-
fore the traders will not
purchase the shop. Now
during the Congress
rule, it was decided to
allot the shops on the
earlier rate of Rs 4070
sq feet. Dhariwal ful-
filled his promise by
unveiling the allotment
booklet.
mobile phones of Gauhar Chishti
YOU READ IT IN FIRST
INDIA ON JULY 17, 2022
Shanti Dhariwal during the booklet launch programme of newly
constructed shops in Kota-Doria Market in Rampura on Sunday.
OP Bunkar, Rajiv Agrawal, Manju Mehra, Pawan Meena, Sonu
Qureshi, Ravindra Tyagi, Rajesh Joshi, others were also present.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot’s
visit to Bikana broke records
on social media. The event at
MGS varsity was watched by
a record number of 30 lakh
people on FB. The post got
1.36 lakh Likes and more than
5,000 shares. The FB post
was actually related to the
sports world and a number
of sportspersons and their
families watched the event
on the social media. There
is a craze of CM among the
sportspersons due to policy
of providing govt job to medal
winners. —Naresh Sharma
CM GEHLOT’S
EVENT HIT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
CM along with
Amin Kagzi met his
former media
advisor M Yasin and
extended Eid wishes
Jaipur: To give relief to the people of Pali district,
drinking water will be brought to Rohat block from
pumphouse of Kudi, Gram Panchayat of Jodhpur. For
this a pipeline of 450 mm DI of
about 30 km length will be laid
from Kudi to Rohat. Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has given
financial approval of about Rs
37.42 cr for this project.
CM GEHLOT SANCTIONS `37.42 CRORE
FOR PIPELINE FROM JODHPUR TO PALI
Ramkesh Meena

PERSPECTIVE
04
he Government an-
nounced a defence forces
recruitment scheme on 14
June 2022 wherein a new
recruitment model has
been promulgated for en-
try into the defence forces.
The scheme has been
rolled out and named as
Agnipath and the new re-
cruits have been catego-
rised as Agniveers. The
Agniveers will be recruit-
ed for serving in the
armed forces for a period
of four years and then one
fourth will be retained in
service and balance will
pursue career of their
choice in other avenues in
civil. The scheme has
been analysed quite com-
prehensively for its posi-
tives as well as the chal-
lenges that needs to be
addressed by concerned
authorities. The recruit-
ment process by all three
services has already com-
menced for youth includ-
ing women.
The broad objectives of
the Agnipath scheme as
enumerated by thegovern-
ment are: - youthful profile
of the armed forces, in-
creased risk-taking ability
,
imbibing the armed forces
ethos, courage, commit-
ment,andteamworkinthe
youth, creating a work
force of disciplined, moti-
vated, dynamic, and
skilled youth for country,
attracting youth talent to
keep pace with modern
warfare to deal with
emerging modern tech-
nologies. However one sig-
nificant factor that has
been compelling in mak-
ing this decision is budget-
ary constraint and cutting
down costs in terms of pay
and pension of defence
forces by the government.
PROS AND CONS
The scheme has come un-
der fine scrutiny in the
environment and the pros
and cons of this scheme
needs to be analysed fur-
ther for intended improve-
ment by the organisation.
IMPACT ON
OPERATIONS BASED
ON SHORT TENURE
SOLDIERS
Apparently this issue
does have merit and will
be tested in time to come.
But the positive side is
that these youth will be
more educationally quali-
fied, mentally and physi-
cally agile and adaptive.
In modern warfare sce-
nario the operations are
going to be intensively
weapon, artificial intelli-
gence and techno centric
with reduced scope for
physical contact battles.
This makes induction of
Agniveers definitely rele-
vant for future warfare.
As seen in past even new
recruits have proved their
mettle and worth in bat-
tles especially counter in-
surgency and counter ter-
rorist operations.
TRAINING
There is a risk of many
Agniveers who would just
understand their roles
and tasks before they are
asked to seek other ave-
nues. In his four-year ten-
ure, the recruitment
training, authorized
leaves, and temporary du-
ties may further reduce
his availability for the or-
ganisational tasks. Train-
ing of Agniveers will have
to be really innovative
and comprehensive to be
absorbed in six months
and later on-the-job train-
ing would be a continuous
process. A possibility of
increasing the training
period of six months to
nine months as separate
component and then giv-
ing another four clear
years for unit service and
three months for exit and
resettlement in civil life
may be an option to obvi-
ate these shortcomings.
IMPACT ON
REGIMENTATION
AND UNIT BONDING
Regimentation and Unit
bonding have traditional-
ly been considered as es-
sential battle winning fac-
tors and impact on these
can only be ascertained
once the scheme is in pro-
gress. The Navy
, Air Force
and some Army corps pos-
sess largely technical
manpower and that gets
rotated every two to three
years and hence the issue
may not be so relevant. In
case of permanent affilia-
tion units of Infantry
, Ar-
moured, Artillery and En-
gineers this may hold
greater relevance and
here comes the quality of
time and association rath-
er than quantity of time
that army will have to
work on to counter this
possible adverse impact.
An effort by system and
units to take care of Ag-
niveers resettlement may
enable a stronger bonding.
JOB INSECURITY -
NON RETAINED
AGNIVEERS
Presumably on comple-
tion of the four-year peri-
od, Agniveers will go to
the society as a disci-
plined, dynamic, motivat-
ed, and skilled workforce
for employment in other
sectors to pursue their ca-
reer in the job of their
choice. Various govern-
ment departments have
announced reservation in
jobs for Agniveers. But
the question mark still
hangs as despite tall
claims on assisting the
ESM in their resettlement
post retirement, the
ground results are not
very encouraging. Ag-
niveers resettlement defi-
nitely poses a big threat as
if unemployed, there is a
risk of them falling prey
to the lure of crime syndi-
cates, radical political
outfits, and worse the for-
eign intelligence agen-
cies. Trained in handling
weapons and explosives
and having the basic
knowledge of military es-
tablishments functioning,
such a person can be a
real asset or a securi-
ty threat too. This aspect
of their constructive en-
gagement needs to be
traded well.
Is any other country do-
ing the same? The Ag-
nipath scheme has been
worked out keeping Indi-
an scenario in mind and
correlating this with the
fact that other countries
have similar schemes may
not be really relevant.
Some countries like Chi-
na, US, Israel or France
have arrangements in
place similar to Agnipath
scheme but none of them
have similar geo - political
scenario or defence com-
pulsions like India.
The Agnipath scheme
is intended to extended
technological edge of In-
dian armed forces which
will be more destructive
than the numerical
strength of the enemies.
The schemes makes
armed forces more agile,
flexible and lethal and
better equipped with so-
phisticated weapons, arti-
ficial intelligence and lat-
est surveillance and de-
struction systems (en-
hanced capital available
for modernisation of
armed forces as revenue
expenditure reduces).
There are some issues of
concern with regards to
resettlement of Agniveers
and their training and op-
erational efficiency that
will have to be carefully
and innovatively ad-
dressed by the govern-
ment and armed forces.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
AGNIPATHSCHEME:
MOVING AHEAD
T
The Agnipath scheme is
intended to extended
technological edge of Indian
armed forces which will be
more destructive than the
numerical strength of the
enemies. The schemes makes
armed forces more agile,
flexible and lethal and
better equipped with
sophisticated weapons,
artificial intelligence and
latest surveillance and
destruction systems
(enhanced capital available
for modernisation of armed
forces as revenue
expenditure reduces).
There are some issues of
concern with regards to
resettlement of Agniveers
and their training and
operational efficiency that
will have to be carefully and
innovatively addressed by
the government and
armed force
el Aviv – The
Ukraine war is
being fought
both on the bat-
tlefield and in
the broader geopolitical
context. And Russia seems
to have a chance of win-
ning on both fronts.
On the battlefield, Rus-
sia’s military machine ini-
tially showed itself to be
ineffective and antiquated.
Butthathasbeenparforthe
course for Russia ever since
Napoleon’sinvasionin1812.
Through a combination of
barbarism and sheer num-
bers – “Quantity has a qual-
ity all its own,” said Stalin
– Russia has generally man-
aged to turn the tide. And,
indeed, in Ukraine today
,
what has become a brutal
war of attrition is produc-
ing slow but consistent Rus-
sian advances.
A similar shift in Rus-
sia’s favor may well be play-
ing out geopolitically
. The
West’s resolve to uphold its
robust values-based re-
sponse is waning. Though
NATO members projected
unity at their recent sum-
mit in Madrid, Europe
seems to be increasingly
divided on Ukraine.
Eastern European coun-
tries,togetherwithFinland
andSweden,viewRussiaas
an immediate, even exis-
tential, threat. But for
countries like Italy, Spain,
and even France, more im-
mediate security concerns
lie in Africa and Sahel, as
well as in the possibility of
a new migrant crisis. And
amid skyrocketing infla-
tion and slowing economic
growth, political sustaina-
bility of economic sanc-
tions is far from certain.
While West should con-
tinue to support Ukraine,
the time has come to nego-
tiate a ceasefire and launch
serious peace talks. This
includes, negotiations be-
tween Ukraine and Russia
to decide the fate of Rus-
sian-occupied territories.
(A plebiscite on future of
eastern Donbas region is
one possible outcome.)
Source: Project Syndicate
TALKING PEACE
IN UKRAINE
On the battlefield,
Russia’s military
machine initially
showed itself to be
ineffective and
antiquated. But that has
been par for the course
for Russia ever since
Napoleon’s invasion
in 1812
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
From passion comes confusion of mind, then loss
of remembrance, the forgetting of duty. From this
loss comes the ruin of reason, and the ruin of
reason leads man to destruction.
—Bhagavad Gita
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
Those with the history of creating the
most famous rubber stamp are insulting
a #PresidentialCandidate who has broken
barriers and risen from the grassroots.
Juveniles with a silver spoon need to learn
some grace and humility. Rashtrapati
Bhawan is not a backyard of dynasts.
TOP TWEETS
Nirmala Sitharaman @nsitharaman
India continues to keep the momentum
on vaccination. People of India voluntarily
joined in vaccination and lead in building
awareness. Drawing inspiration from @
PMOIndia, the well coordinated, steady
efforts of @mansukhmandviya his team
is showing in actual numbers too.
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 42 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author has been Head Security
Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and
DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd
The Government announced a defence forces
recruitment scheme on 14 June 2022 wherein a new
recruitment model has been promulgated for entry into
the defence forces. The scheme has been rolled out
and named as Agnipath and the new recruits have been
categorised as Agniveers.
CORRELATING WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES
Is any other country doing
the same? The Agnipath
scheme has been worked
out keeping Indian
scenario in mind and
correlating this with the
fact that other countries
have similar schemes
may not be really relevant.
Some countries like
China, US, Israel or France
have arrangements in
place similar to Agnipath
scheme but none of them
have similar geo - political
scenario or defence
compulsions like India.

To Receive Free Newspaper
PDF Daily
Whatsapp:
http://bit.ly/whatsappjpr
Telegram:
https://t.me/firstindiajaipur
Click the above link☝ subscribe us on your
preferred platform.

INDIA
06
Promoted by
Shree Cement Ltd.
40 STRANDED KAILASH YATRA
PILGRIMS RESCUED AFTER 36HRS
Dehradun (PTI): The
Uttarakhand govern-
mentonSundayrescued
at least 40 pilgrims
stranded in Bundi vil-
lage due to the closure
of the Kailash Manasa-
rovar road. The strand-
ed Kailash Yatra pil-
grims were rescued us-
ing helicopters and
brought to Dharchula.
According to the admin-
istration, the road was
closed due to large boul-
ders on the Kailash
Yatra route.
“All the pilgrims were
safely taken to Dharchu-
la after eight flights. The
road was closed and pil-
grims were stuck in
Bundi after returning
from the Kailash Yatra,”
Dharchula deputy col-
lector Nandan Kumar
told India Today
.”
Pilgrims have the op-
tion to choose between
two routes. One goes
through Uttarakhand’s
LipulekhPass,whilethe
other goes through Sik-
kim’s Nathu La Pass.
They were rescued af-
ter being stuck for 36
hours.
Uttarakhand is wit-
nessing heavy rains
which resulted in land-
slide in several areas.
This comes amid the
Kanwar Yatra which
has begun in the state
amid tight security
.
Bhubaneswar (PTI): With heavy rain
continuing to batter several parts
of Odisha on Sunday, at least two
districts are reeling under floods,
while a landslide has been reported
in another, officials said. The flood
situation in Motu area in Malkangiri
district adjoining Andhra Pradesh
remained grim as backwaters of
Godavari River inundated several
villages, affecting many people. Water
levels in Sabari and Sileru rivers have
risen, and at least three villages in
Motu have remained marooned for
the last three days, they said. Adding
to the woes, heavy rain continued to
lash Malkangiri district, though its
intensity has reduced on Sunday, the
officials said. Road communication
with neighbouring Chhattisgarh, Tel-
angana and Andhra Pradesh has been
cut-off as water is flowing at least
eight feet above NH 326, as a result
of which hundreds of trucks carrying
essential items have been stranded.
Hyderabad (PTI): Telan-
gana Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan on Sunday
visited flood-affected areas
in Bhadradri-Kothagudem
district and interacted with
the residents at relief camps.
The Governor, also distrib-
uted hygiene kits, medicines
and other relief materials.
Tamilisai Soundararajan
tweeted: “Distributed
Hygiene Kits, Tarpaulins,
Medicines and Food Packets
to the public at flood relief
camp in Ashwapuram Vil-
lage #badrachalam District,
organised by @IndianRed-
Cross Society”.
Thiruvananthapuram: With heavy
rains continuing to lash parts of
Kerala, water levels in several dams,
including the Mullaperiyar and Idukki,
in the state are reaching their respec-
tive storage capacities and some even
reached red alert status on Sunday.
According to figures provided by the
Kerala State Disaster Management
Authority (KSDMA), water in six
dams — of which four are in Idukki
— under the control of KSEB are at
red alert levels and in one at orange
alert level. The dams where water
has reached red alert levels at 11.00
AM were — Ponmudi, Kallarkutty,
Erattayar and Lower Periyar in Idukki,
Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode and Moozhiyar
in Pathanamthitta districts of the state.
Water levels in the Mullaperiyar dam,
meanwhile, were holding steady at
135.7 feet as of 12 PM due to reduc-
tion in rainfall in the area for the last
few hours and no alerts have been
issued, an official said.
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN
KERALA, WATER IN SOME
DAMS REACH ALERT LEVELS
TWO ODISHA DISTRICTS
REELING UNDER FLOODS,
MALKANGIRI WORST HIT
GOVERNOR VISITS
FLOOD-HIT AREAS IN
TELANGANA
U’khand is witnessing heavy rains which resulted in landslides in
severalareas,alsoleadingtotheclosureofKailashMansarovarRd
Amaravati: Flood flow remained
rather steady at 25.93 lakh cusecs
in river Godavari in Andhra
Pradesh on Sunday morning.
The gush seemed to have slowed
down going by the discharge
at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in
Dowaleswaram near Rajamahen-
dravaram, which increased by
just over 33,000 cusecs in the
last 11 hours, according to the AP
Water Resources Information and
Management System data. But the
level may rise when the discharge
from upstream Bhadrachalam
in Telangana reaches the Cotton
Barrage via Polavaram.
GODAVARI FLOOD
REMAINS STEADY IN
ANDHRA PRADESH
Farmers fete Nadda after BJP
names Dhankhar for Vice Prez
New Delhi (PTI):
Farmers from differ-
ent regions felicitated
party president JP
Nadda on Sunday and
lauded Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi for
the decision.
BJP leaders said
farmers, especially
from Haryana, Ra-
jasthan and western
UP, met Nadda to ex-
press their happiness
at the choice of
Dhankhar, a Jat lead-
er from Rajasthan.
“Farmers accorded
BJP president JP Na-
dda a grand felicita-
tion at the party head-
quarters on making
‘kisan putra’ Jagdeep
Dhankhar the NDA’s
vice presidential can-
didate,” Nadda’s of-
fice said in a tweet.
BJP ‘kisan morcha’
(farmers’ wing) head
Rajkumar Chahar
said farmers wanted
to convey their thanks
to the party leader-
ship for elevating
Dhankhar, whose win
is all but certain due
to the party’s strong
majority in the elec-
toral college.
BJP National President JP Nadda being felicitated by BJP
Kisan Morcha in Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Lucknow: The Anti-
Terrorism Squad (ATS)
of the Uttar Pradesh
Police on Saturday
arrested a member
of the Popular Front
of India (PFI), who
was wanted by the
Bihar Police. Accord-
ing to a statement
issued by the force,
the senior superinten-
dent of police (SSP)
of Patna had sought
cooperation from the
Uttar Pradesh ATS
in nabbing Nuruddin
Jangi alias “Advocate”
Nuruddin, a resident of
Bihar’s Darbhanga, in
connection with a case
lodged at the Phulwari
Sharif police station in
Patna district.
Amreli: A lioness
injured six persons
in separate attacks in
Gujarat’s Amreli district
on Sunday, a forest of-
ficial said. The incidents
occurred in Babarkot
village under Jafrabad
forest range, with three
persons getting injured
in the morning and an
equal number in an
attack in the evening by
a roadside, Jayant Patel,
Dy Conservator of For-
ests (Shetrunji division),
said. “The attacks have
been carried out by the
same lioness and efforts
are on to trap it. The
injured were referred to
hospitals and some were
discharged post primary
treatment,” he added.
UP ATS ARRESTS
PFI MEMBER
WANTED BY
BIHAR POLICE
SIX INJURED IN
ATTACK BY
LIONESS IN
AMRELI DISTRICT
CRUCIAL READ
Mayoral polls in 11 MP civic
bodies: BJP wins at 4 places
Birla hails socio-cultural
contribution of Vaishyas
Bhopal (PTI): Of the 11
civic bodies in Madhya
Pradesh where mayoral
elections were held re-
cently
, the BJP so far
emerged victorious in
Burhanpur, Satna,
Khandwa and Sagar on
Sunday
, while the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
opened its account by
winning in Singrauli.
As per the latest
trends, the BJP and Con-
gress candidates were
leading in three munici-
pal corporations each,
an official said.
The local bodies elec-
tions in the state for 413
municipalities, includ-
ing 16 Nagar Palika Nig-
am,99NagarPalikaPari-
shad and 298 Nagar Pari-
shad were held in two
phases – on July 6 and 13.
Under the first-phase,
pollingwasheldin11mu-
nicipal corporations, 36
nagar palikas and 86 na-
gar parishads, the count-
ing for which began at 9
am on Sunday
. Mayoral
polls in the first phase
were held in Burhanpur,
Satna, Khandwa, Sagar,
Singrauli, Jabalpur,
Gwalior, Chhindwara,
Indore, Bhopal and Uj-
jain.
BJP candidates Mad-
huri Patel, Yogesh
Tamarkar,AmritaAmar
Yadav, Sangeeta Tiwari
emerged victorious in
the mayoral elections to
Burhanpur, Satna,
Khandwa and Sagar in
respectively
,whileAAP’s
Rani Agrawal won the
city Singrauli city’s top
post, officials said.
Congress candidates
were leading in three
other corporations – Ja-
balpur, Gwalior and
Chhindwara, they said.
Speaker Om Birla inaugurating the Vishwa Arya Vaishya Mahasabha.
Bhopal (PTI): The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musli-
meen registered its first electoral victory in Madhya
Pradesh in the urban body polls on Sunday with its
woman candidate winning the corporator’s post in
Khandwa city. The AIMIM candidate, Shakira Bilal, won
the election from ward number-14 of the Khandwa Mu-
nicipal Corporation by defeating her nearest Congress
rival Noorjahan Begum by a margin of 285 votes, an
official said. Out of 50 wards in Khandwa, the AIMIM
had fielded candidates in 10 wards, besides mayoral
nominee Kaniz Fatima.
AIMIM REGISTERS 1ST POLL VICTORY IN
MP AS PARTY NOMINEE WINS
Politician’s killer
on run since
2005 held from
MP by UP STF
Noida (PTI): A key ac-
cused in the sensational
killing of a Samajwadi
Party lead-
er in UP’s
Kaushambi
was arrest-
ed after be-
ing on the
run for two
decades, po-
lice said.
Accused Girish
Mishra kept changing
his location from Bihar
to Maharashtra before
settling in Sehore (MP),
from where he was ar-
rested by the UP Po-
lice’s STF on July 15,
the officials said.
“After killing SP lead-
er Shiv Sagar Singh,in
2005 in a bomb attack,
Mishra had fled UP and
changed his name,”
DSP (Prayagraj STF)
Navendu Kumar said.
First India Bureau
Hyderabad: Inaugurat-
ing the global conven-
tion of Vishwa Arya
Vaishya Mahasabha
here on Sunday, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la expressed his happi-
ness that the conference
was being attended by
the representatives of
Vaishya Samaj from In-
dia as well as abroad.
He said this conference
had become unique due
to the confluence of
Vaishya brothers and
colleagues living in In-
dia and around the
world. Birla said the
Vaishya community
had played an impor-
tant role in the advance-
ment of every civilisa-
tion and culture since
ancient times.
He said that whether
it was a matter of ser-
vice to humanity or a
matter of welfare of the
country, society and in-
dividual, the Vaishya
community had always
been at the forefront in
social service.
Accused
Girish Mishra
New Delhi (ANI): At a
time when Opposition
parties are demanding
withdrawal of the Ag-
nipath recruitment
scheme, Indian Air
Force chief Air Chief
Marshal VR Chaudhari
on Sunday said his
force has received more
than 7.5 lakh applica-
tions under the new
scheme showcasing the
youth’s “keenness” to
join the armed forces.
The IAF chief also
addressed the “chal-
lenge” of finishing the
selection process on
time which the forces,
during the launch of
the scheme, had set De-
cember as the dead-
line.
Notably, Opposition
Member of Parlia-
ments, in a meeting
with Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Mon-
day, raised concerns
about the newly
launched scheme and
asked for its withdraw-
al or to send it for par-
liamentary scrutiny.
7.5L applications show youth’s
keenness: IAF chief on Agnipath
New Delhi: Amid multiple pro-
vocative activities by the Chinese Air
Force on the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) ahead of the military talks, Air
Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said
whenever the People’s Liberation
Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter
jets come too close to the border,
the Indian Air Force immediately
responds by scrambling its combat
aircraft to tackle the situation.
ON CHINESE AIRCRAFT
‘COMING TOO CLOSE’
VK Chaudhari
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Sunday
marked a day of trans-
fers in the Yogi Adity-
anath government of
Uttar Pradesh which
transferred 10 IPS and 5
IAS officers. One of the
IPS is kept awaiting
posting.
Chitrakoot DM
Shubhrant Kumar
Shukla will now be the
DM of Kannauj. There
were three attempts to
disturb the communal
atmosphere in Kannauj
district, in which no
one has been arrested
so far. Considering this
as a failure, the state
government has re-
moved DM Rakesh
Mishra and SP Rajesh
Srivastava.
Srivastavaisawaiting
the new posting. At the
same time, IPS Kunwar
Anupam Singh has been
made the new SP of
Kannauj.
IPS BK Maurya has
been given a new post-
ing as the Director Gen-
eral of Police, Logistics,
Lucknow. IPS Anupam
Kulshreshtha is Luc-
know ADG Traffic Safe-
ty. IPS Mohit Agarwal
has been posted as ADG
Technical Services,
Lucknow. IPS Bhajani
Ram Meena has been
made ADG Rules and
Manual in Lucknow.
IPS Shafiq Ahmed has
been transferred from
SP PTC Sitapur and
sent to the waiting cat-
egory
. IPS Radhemohan
Bhardwaj has been sent
from Superintendent of
Police PTS Jalaun as
the Commander 28th
Corps PAC Etawah.
IPS Himanshu Ku-
mar has been trans-
ferred from General
28th Corps PAC Etawah
and given a new post-
ing in Commander 23rd
Corps PAC Moradabad.
IPS Shalini has been
sent from General 23rd
Corps PAC Moradabad
to Commander 41st
Corps PAC Ghaziabad.
Special Secretary Ex-
cise IAS Nidhi Gupta
Vats has been posted as
Municipal Commis-
sioner of Bareilly. Jag-
dish, who was the Sec-
retary of the UP Public
Service Commission,
has been made Special
Secretary Excise. Com-
missioner and Addl
Registrar (Admn) Coop-
eration IAS Khempal
Singh has been given
the post of Secretary,
UP Public Service Com-
mission.
10 IPS, 5 IAS officers shifted in UP, CM removes DM, SP Kannauj
Taking a very impor-
tant decision, the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment has extended
the service period of
Dr. Arunvir Singh,
CEO of Noida Yamuna
Expressway, for one
year. Former bureaucrat
Arunvir Singh is a 1987
batch PCS officer.
ANOTHER
EXTENSION
Man riding a horse cart wades through waterlogged road due to heavy rains in Mathura on Sunday.
Shubrant K Shukla Bijaya Kr Maurya Abhishek Anand
Kallakurichi: Violence broke out on Sunday in Tamil
Nadu’s Kallakurichi as protesters set ablaze buses and
school property demanding justice after a Class 12
student died by suicide. Pro-
testers entered the school and
vandalized school property
and set ablaze school buses
as they sought justice over the
death of the Class 12 girl. On
Sunday, more than a thousand people staged a protest
in front of the school demanding justice for the student’s
death. Protesters pelted stones at the police van.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on
Sunday said he was yet to receive Minister T.S. Singh
Deo’s resignation from the panchayat department and
that he learnt about the lat-
ter’s move through media.
Singh Deo, locked in a turf
war with Baghel in the rul-
ing Congress in Chhattis-
garh, on Saturday resigned
from the panchayat and rural development department.
Singh Deo will still remain the Minister for health and
family welfare, medical education, twenty point imple-
mentation and commercial tax (GST) departments. “I
have not spoken to him (Singh Deo). I tried to call him
last night, but he could not be contacted,” the CM said.
TN STUDENT DEATH: PROTESTERS TORCH
SCHOOL BUSES AND POLICE VEHICLES
‘HAVEN’T RECEIVED MINISTER SINGH’S
RESIGNATION FROM PANCHAYAT DEPT’

AK Chauhan
set to become
NSE MD, CEO
New Delhi (PTI):
Market regulator Se-
curities and Exchange
Board of India (Sebi)
has cleared Ashish
Kumar Chauhan’s
candidature for the
post of managing
director (MD) and
chief executive officer
(CEO) of the National
Stock Exchange
(NSE). He is currently
the MD CEO of rival
bourse BSE. Vikram
Limaye demitted of-
fice of the MD CEO
of NSE on Saturday.
6 top firms lose
`1.68 lakh cr
in market-cap
New Delhi (PTI):
Six of the 10 most
valued firms suffered
a combined erosion
of `1,68,260.37 crore
from their market
valuation last week,
mainly dragged down
by IT major TCS amid
an overall weak trend
in the equity market.
From the laggards,
Tata Consultancy Ser-
vices (TCS) took the
biggest hit as its mar-
ket valuation tumbled
`99,270.07 crore to
reach `10,95,355.32
crore. Infosys also
suffered an erosion
of `35,133.64 crore,
taking its valuation to
`6,01,900.14 crore.
FPIs take out
`7,400 cr from
equities in July
New Delhi (PTI):
Foreign investors
continue to be
cautious about the
Indian equity market
and have pulled out
over `7,400 crore this
month so far amid
sustained strengthen-
ing of the dollar and
increasing concerns
over a recession in
the US. This comes
following a net
withdrawal of `50,203
crore from equities
in June. According to
data with depositories,
FPIs pulled out a net
amount of `7,432 cr
from Indian equities
during July 1-15.
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
INR HAS BEEN DEPRECIATING AGAINST THE $
New Delhi (PTI): Ru-
pee depreciation has
impacted the current
account deficit and
fuelled inflationary
pressures but at the
same time it has made
Indian exports more
competitive, according
to experts.
The Indian rupee
has been depreciating
against the $ and is
nearing the psycho-
logically key mark of
80, making imports ex-
pensive. “The depre-
ciation of the rupee
has multiple impacts
on the economy. Given
we have a negative
trade balance, though
a depreciation of the
rupee makes our ex-
ports more competi-
tive, our import bills
go up significantly.
“It has an impact on
the current account
deficit thus further
putting pressure on
the rupee as well as im-
ports inflation too as
the price of imports in
rupee terms is higher,”
said Ranen Banerjee,
Leader, Economic Ad-
visory Services, PwC
India.
A recent report by
the finance ministry
cautioned that India’s
current account deficit
(CAD) is expected to
deteriorate in the cur-
rent fiscal on account
of costlier imports and
tepid merchandise ex-
ports. Primarily driv-
en by an increase in
the trade deficit, the
CAD stood at 1.2% of
GDP in 2021-22.
Rumki Majumdar,
Economist, Deloitte In-
dia, said the US dollar
has strengthened amid
economic uncertain-
ties marked by rising
global inflation and
commodity prices, rap-
idly tightening mone-
tary policy in advanced
nations, rising geopo-
litical tensions, fears
of a global economic
slowdown, and even a
possible recession in
the US and a few major
European nations.
However, not always
does currency depre-
ciation hurt an econo-
my, she added.
“The opportunity to
boost services exports
revenue on the back of
the global digitisation
wave is promising. A
weaker domestic cur-
rency also is an oppor-
tunity for FPIs to enter
the equity market to
earn handsome re-
turns in the medium to
long term,” she opined.
Aditi Nayar, Chief
Economist, ICRA Lim-
ited, was of the opinion
that a weaker rupee
will partly counteract
the slide in commodity
prices, lessening the
fall in the wholesale
(WPI) and retail (CPI)
inflation expected over
the next few months.
“Similarly, the ben-
eficial impact of the
fall in input costs on
corporate margins
will be tempered. The
weaker INR will help
to protect some export
competitiveness, given
the sharper fall re-
corded by many emerg-
ing market (EM) cur-
rencies than the INR
in the recent period,”
she added.
CONCLUSIONS FROM EXPERTS
A recent report by
the finance ministry
cautioned that India’s
CAD is expected to
deteriorate in the
current fiscal on
account of costlier
imports.
Weaker rupee will partly coun-
teract the slide in commodity
prices, lessening the fall in the
WPI and retail (CPI) inflation
Primarily driven by an increase
in the trade deficit, the CAD
stood at 1.2% of GDP in FY22.
New Delhi (PTI): Fi-
nancial results, foreign
fund movement, global
cues and trends in the
rupee are the major fac-
tors that will drive the
equity markets this
week, analysts said.
Besides, internation-
al oil benchmark Brent
crude movement would
also influence trading
in the market, they add-
ed. “Market will react to
HDFC Bank’s numbers
on Monday, while Am-
buja Cement, HUL, In-
dusInd Bank and Wipro
will be the other promi-
nent names for Q1 earn-
ings this week,” San-
tosh Meena, Head of
Research, Swastika In-
vestmart Ltd said.
On the global front,
the ECB (European
Central Bank) and
Bank of Japan’s deci-
sion on the interest
rates will be an impor-
tant factor whereas the
movement of the dollar
index will remain a crit-
ical factor, Meena said.
“Market will also have
an eye on commodity
prices and behaviour of
FIIs (Foreign Institu-
tional Investors),” Mee-
na added.
The 30-share BSE
benchmark tanked
721.06 points or 1.32 per
cent last week.
Q1 earnings, global cues FII to influence trading
` FALL FUELS
INFLATION, BUT MAKES
EXPORTS COMPETITIVE
Now, pay GST on pre-packed,
labelled food items from today
New Delhi (PTI):
Customers will have
to pay 5% GST on pre-
packed, labelled food
items like atta, paneer
and curd, besides hos-
pital rooms with rent
above `5,000 from
Monday with the GST
Council’s decision
coming into force.
In addition, hotel
rooms with tariff of
up to `1,000/day, maps
and charts, including
atlases, will attract a
12% Goods and Ser-
vices Tax (GST), while
18% GST will be levied
on tetra packs and fees
charged by banks for
the issue of cheques
(loose or in book
form).
Last month, the
GST Council, chaired
by Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman and com-
prising her state coun-
terparts, had pruned
the exemption list and
imposed tax on a host
of goods and services.
The Council, based
on an interim report
of the Group of Minis-
ters (GoM) on rate ra-
tionalisation, had also
removed duty inver-
sion for goods where
the taxes on inputs
were higher than
those on the output.
Tax rates on prod-
ucts such as printing,
writing or drawing
ink; knives with cut-
ting blades, paper
knives and pencil
sharpeners; LED
lamps; drawing and
marking out instru-
ments will be hiked to
18% on Monday, from
12% currently, to cor-
rect the inverted duty
anomaly
.
Also, solar water
heater will now attract
12% GST as compared
to 5% earlier.
MAJOR HIKES
12% GST on Hotel
rooms with tariff of up
to `1,000/day, maps and
charts, including atlases
18% GST will be
levied on tetra packs and
fees charged by banks
for the issue of cheques
SHARE MKT
LAST WEEK
The 30-share BSE
benchmark tanked
721.06 points last week
due to weak global
trends, FII selling con-
cerns over high inflation.
New Delhi (PTI):
Amid soaring temper-
ature, demand for cool-
ing products, particu-
larly air conditioners
has witnessed a sharp
uptick and the indus-
try has registered a
cumulative record do-
mestic sales of nearly
6 million units in the
first half of this year.
The industry AC
sales number zoomed
even though makers
took a price increase
two to three times in
the last six months,
having a cumulative
impact of nearly 10-
15%, as they faced un-
precedented inflation-
ary pressure from met-
als to key components
and an increase in lo-
gistic charges such as
ocean freight.
The first half of this
year was very good for
the air conditioner in-
dustry, amid scorching
heat this season with-
out any lockdown re-
strictions, said CEA-
MA President Eric
Braganza.
“The January to
June AC market must
be close to 6 mn units.
We never had such a
high sales number in
the past. I expect the
second half to be in the
region of around 2.5
mn units and end this
year with around 8.5
mn units,” he said.
AC sales touch record 6 mn
units in first half of 2022
Co-living segment
sees strong
revival in demand
New Delhi (PTI):
The co-living seg-
ment has recovered
from the onslaught
of the COVID-19
pandemic and de-
mand for rental
homes has risen
sharply with reo-
pening of offices
and colleges, ac-
cording to top in-
dustry players.
The co-living in-
dustry, which pro-
vides managed
rental accommoda-
tions for working
professionals and
students, was se-
verely affected dur-
ing the last two fi-
nancial years due to
the pandemic and
lockdowns that
caused reverse mi-
gration from cities.
It was among the
worst affected sec-
tors because of clo-
sure of offices,
schools and colleg-
es for a long period
of time. Many small
operators even shut
their businesses.
Top officials of
leading co-living op-
erators such as,
CoLive, Housr and
Settl said the de-
mand for beds in
their co-living cen-
tres has bounced
back to pre-COVID
levels or even high-
er, encouraging
them to expand
their operations.
Rentals per bed
too have improved
after a fall during
the pandemic peri-
od, they added.
Property consult-
ants Housing.Com
expect significant
increaseindemand-
supply as well as
investments in this
segment in the com-
ing years. Interest-
ingly, the demand
for single-occupan-
cyroomshassurged
as working profes-
sionals need hy-
giene, privacy and
adequate space to
work from home.
POST COVID WORLD
AFFECTED SEC
New Delhi (PTI):
Tata Steel has
planned capex of
`12,000 crore on its
India and Europe op-
erations during the
current financial
year, the company’s
CEO T V Narendran
said. The domestic
steel major plans to
invest `8,500 crore in
India and `3,500
crore on the compa-
ny’s operations in
Europe, Narendran,
who is also MD of
Tata Steel said.
“We have planned
for about `12K crore
of capex for the year
of which about `8,500
crore will be spent in
India and the balance
in Europe.”
Tata Steel to
invest `12K cr
in FY23 on Ind,
Europe ops
Indian car buyers lapping up SUVs,
high-tech features like never before
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s romance with
SUVs is intensifying
ever so fast and au-
tomakers are fuelling
the affair even further,
having launched 36
such models in the last
five years.
Such is the craze for
SUVs at present that
waiting periods for
some of the most popu-
lar models are stretch-
ing to over two years,
and fresh orders are
still flowing in.
Car buyers are now
willing to spend more
on their personal mode
of travel and are prefer-
ring top-end variants
which come loaded
with features like sun-
roof and connected
technologies.
In a market
where hatchbacks
used to dominate
the sales charts, it
is the entry-level
and mid-sized
sports utility vehi-
cles (SUVs) which are
growing in popularity,
leading to more and
more product launches
in the segment.
“The SUV segment
hasseenamajorgrowth
in the last few years.
The SUV segment’s con-
tribution, which was
around 19% of the in-
dustry
, has now gone up
to 40% in 2021-22 and we
see it growing further,”
Maruti Suzuki India
Senior Executive Direc-
tor Shashank Srivasta-
va said.
One of the reasons
for the growth of this
segment has been cus-
tomers’ liking for vehi-
cles with high stance
and road visibility, he
added. With increase in
demand, the entry-level
SUV segment became
the largest in the do-
mestic passenger vehi-
cle market last fiscal,
overtaking the premi-
um hatchback ver-
tical which has
dominated the
market since
2011.
Out of 30.68
lakh volumes
last year, the
entry-level
SUVs’ share
stood at 6.52
lakh units.
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian luxury car market has huge
growth potential but remains suppressed due to high
taxation on luxury cars and unfavourable regulatory
environment, as per a senior executive of German luxury
carmaker Audi. Luxury car volumes account for less than
2% of the overall passenger vehicle sales annually and
the sector has been more or less at the same level for the
past decade. Audi Director Region Overseas Alexander
von Waldenburg-Dresel said it was the frequent changes
in policies and high taxation on luxury cars which was
hampering the growth of the segment. “Looking from the
outside, I have to admit that it is policies, which make life
a bit difficult for us... The duties are high when compared
to other countries,”
he said.
Luxury car market remains suppressed in
India due to high taxes: Audi
BIZ BUZZ
07

Before anything else, it is the mother who
moulds the child, morally, emotionally,
intellectually and physically.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The transfer
list of senior IAS has
now become ‘due’ as
posts of Secretary
, Com-
missioner or Director in
over a dozen depart-
ments are lying vacant
and the additional
charge of these posts
has been handed to oth-
er officials. Due to this,
several officers feel
overburdened. This is
also causing a worry in
the bureaucracy as offi-
cials do not carry out
the role of ‘additional
charge’ responsibly and
shy away from taking
important decisions.
The situation is particu-
larly serious in Water
Resources, Planning,
Sports and NRHM.
The DoP has accorded
additional charge of of-
ficials in the transfer
lists dated January 16,
April 13 and July 4. In-
stead of providing per-
manent charge, the DoP
chose to add on to the
already long list of ad-
ditional charge and as a
result, the number has
swelled to a dozen.
Additional charge
means a temporary ar-
rangement, which will
be existing ‘for a time
being’. But Naresh
Thakral has the charge
of Sports for the past six
months, while Anand
Kumar has Water Re-
sources for 4 months
now. The additional
charge of Excise Com-
missioner has been
handed over to Commis-
sioner, Sales Tax - Ravi
Kumar Surpur. This is
also the first time when
the charge has been giv-
en to an officer, who is
from outside Udaipur.
There is no dearth in
Surpur’s competence,
buthehassomuchwork
in Commercial Taxes
that handing him the re-
sponsibility of Excise is
a wrong precedent.
For the additional
charge of Home Secre-
tary, ACS Home had for-
warded Bhanu Prakash
Yeturu’s desire to DoP.
The matter is pending
for the past ten days
while the post is va-
cant. Arushi Malik is
leaving for study leave
from July 22 and Fi-
nance Secretary Suresh
Gupta will retire on
July 29. Both these
posts, which will fall
vacant soon, are impor-
tant and it is not practi-
cal to hand over their
additional charge and
hence, a new posting is
the order of the day
.
In the past, with
three IAS transfer lists,
the management at sen-
ior level has gone way-
ward, which is a far cry
from ‘good govern-
ance’. A new transfer
list has become the
need of the hour and
perhaps by July end,
the list may be released.
By then it is possible
that Sudhansh Pant
and Sandeep Verma get
their calls from New
Delhi, however, the DoP
will surely have to ap-
ply its mind preparing
the new list.
DoP’s ‘additional charge’ experiment ‘hurting’ bureaucratic mgmt!
VACANT POSTS WHOSE
ADDITIONAL CHARGE
HAS BEEN HANDED TO
OTHER OFFICERS

z Secretaries in 5
Depts: Water Re-
sources, Home, Plan,
Information and
Technology, Sports

z DG: HCM- RIPA

z Commissioner: Excise

z Mission Directors:
NRHM, Jal Jeevan
Mission

z Director: Civil Aviation

z MD: Jaipur City
Transport

z CMD: Jaipur Metro
CJ SHINDE: FORGET FORGIVE
WHATEVER WAS SAID YESTERDAY
He hinted towards political remarks made during the inaugural session on Saturday
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur: Chief Justice
of Rajasthan High
Court SS Shinde said
that Rajasthan is known
for its hospitality but
whatever was said yes-
terday wasn’t needed.
“Whatever was said
here yesterday, forget
thatandforgive,”hesaid
without naming anyone
in the closing ceremony
of All India Legal Ser-
vices Authorities meet
here on Sunday
.
It is believed that
Justice Shinde said this
in the context of politi-
cal remarks which were
made in the inaugural
session of the meet on
Saturday. During the
inaugural session, CM
Ashok Gehlot had said
that one Shinde is sit-
ting here, and the other
Shinde became the Ma-
harashtra CM.
Justice Shinde told
the media after the ses-
sion that along with
child education in Ra-
jasthan, issues like
child marriages, and
death feast have also
been discussed in the
two-day meeting.
He appreciated the
work of NALSA saying
that National Lok Ada-
lats have touched new
heights in the country
.
Executive Chairman of
NALSA Justice UU Lalit
said about 29 lakh cases
were disposed of in the
Lok Adalat held in July
last year. In September,
more than 42 lakh cases
were settled. “Medical
health facilities should
always be available to
every citizen. They
should also get legal aid.
No one should have any
problem in getting legal
aid. This is what we are
thinking this will be
our goal till 2047,”
Justice Lalit said.
CJ Sambhaji Shivaji Shinde, CJ Rajesh Bindal, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, CJ Ravi Shankar Jha
Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava unveil a booklet during the Valedictory session of the 18th All
India Legal Services Authorities’ meet organised by NALSA at JECC in Jaipur on Sunday.
CJ Sambhaji Shivaji Shinde addresses the Valedictory function.

z A book titled, ‘Legal
for All’ was launched
Bal Swaraj POCSO
Tracking Portal and
RALSA’s mobile app
‘Nyaya Ro Saathi’
were inaugurated
during the valedic-
tory function.

z 14 SC judges 22
HC judges partici-
pated in the two-day
meet held by NALSA.

z The meet was inau-
gurated by CJI NV
Ramana on Saturday
in the presence of
law minister Kiren
Rijiju and CM Ashok
Gehlot.

z CJ of Allahabad
HC Rajesh Bindal,
CJ of Punjab High
Court Ravi Shankar
Jha and Working
President of RALSA
Justice MM Srivas-
tava were present.
ABOUT THE
TWO DAY MEET
Jaipur (ANI): A day
afterJagdeepDhankhar
was declared the NDA
candidate for Vice-
Presidential polls, his
brother Randeep
Dhankhar said that
whenever the Governor
takes up any task he
makes it a point to com-
plete it.
Notably, Jagdeep
Dhankhar was declared
the Vice- Presidential
candidate for NDA after
the BJP parliamentary
board meeting held in
party HQs which was
attended by PM Modi
and other top BJP lead-
ers on Saturday. We
had not expected this.
When he became the
WB Governor, we didn’t
know even then. When-
ever my brother takes
any task into his hands,
he works hard to com-
plete it. When he did
advocacy, he used to
work very hard, his cli-
ents used to get positive
results, Randeep said.
When asked if the
family had anticipated
BJP’s move earlier, the
Guv's brother said that
they had ‘presumed’ it
when they saw
Dhankhar's picture
with Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah.
Jagdeep ensures finishing task
at hand: Randeep Dhankhar
Jagdeep Dhankhar with Kalraj Mishra during a lunch hosted by
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on Sunday.
Jhunjhunu: Celebrations broke out in West Bengal Gov-
ernor Jagdeep Dhankar’s village Kithana in Jhunjhunu
after his name as NDA’s Vice- Presidential candidate
was announced on Saturday. The village, located at
a distance of nearly 17km Chidawa, is witnessing a
festival-like atmosphere. Sweets were distributed in
the village, women sang ‘mangal geet’ amid burst-
ing of firecrackers. Earthen lamps were also lit in his
ancestral home in Kithana village. In Pilani, Jat com-
munity felicitated Jagdeep Dhankar’s brother Yashpal,
Chandrabhan Ved Prakash Dhankhar in presence of
Santosh Dullad Krishna Shyoran.
—Pradeep Gadhwal
CELEBRATIONS GALORE @ JAGDEEP
DHANKHAR’S VILLAGE, KITHANA
LATE MINISTER’S GLORIOUS BACKGROUND
Ex-Minister Indira Mayaram
cremated with honours
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Raj
Minister Indira Mayar-
am was cremated at
Lalkothi Mokshadham
on Sunday. Her son
Arvind Mayaram lit the
funeral pyre. CM Ashok
Gehlot was seen speak-
ing to Arvind Mayaram
for about 20 minutes,
who is the Economic
Advisor to CM. Educa-
tion Minister BD Kalla,
IAS GS Sandhu others
were also present.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
My deepest condolenc-
es on the passing away
of Indira Mayaram ji,
former Rajasthan Min-
ister and mother of Dr.
Arvind Mayaram ji, Eco-
nomic Advisor to CM.
May God give strength
to the bereaved family
in this difficult time and
may the departed soul
rest in peace.
Dr Arvind Mayaram
@MayaramArvind
My mother, Smt Indira
Mayaram, matriarch
of family, with infinite
capacity to love and
give, a great achiever-a
pilot and a minister-al-
ways there for us- left
to conquer other worlds
this evening. There’s a
void, longing, deep sor-
row-but also great pride
that I am her son.

z Indira Mayaram was a two-time
MLA from Sanganer constituency

z She was a minister in the first term
of Gehlot government

z She defeated strong BJP Leader
Vidya Pathak

z She was in Narayandutt Tiwari
camp of Congress

z She has been state president of the
Mahila Congress

z She was daughter of freedom fighter
Yugal Kishore Chaturvedi
COURTESY MEET!
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the latter’s residence in New
Delhi on Sunday afternoon during a courtesy visit.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Sunday con-
demned the allegations
against late Congress
leader Ahmed Patel by
the Gujarat Police’s
Special Investigating
Team and called it a
symbol of political mal-
ice. He said the BJP
leaders had levelled al-
legations against
Ahmed Patel even be-
fore the last Gujarat
elections, but he is not
alive to present his side
of the story
.
“Today Mr. Ahmed
Patel is not among us to
present his side, so
false allegations are be-
ing levelled against
him for political gains.
This politics of venge-
ance is proof of the
BJP-RSS’ character,”
Gehlot tweeted.
He also slammed the
BJP for allegedly try-
ing to implicate Con-
gress leader Sonia
Gandhi and former
Vice- President Hamid
Ansari in a case.
“The BJP is showing
the height of political
vendetta by accusing
Congress President
Smt. Sonia Gandhi,”
CM Gehlot said.
Allegations against Patel part of BJP’s vengeance: CM
Gehlot also slammed
BJP for allegedly
trying to implicate
Sonia Gandhi
Rajasthan’s economic...
Gehlot was addressing a state level conference or-
ganised by Raj State Tax Service Association at Ag-
riculturalResearchInstitute,DurgapuraonSunday
.
He said that the Rajasthan Budget 2022-23 is a big
achievement in itself in the entire country
. Corner-
ing the Centre, CM said that it wasn’t able to imple-
ment GST policies properly had to make fre-
quent changes in it. Lauding the efforts of Com-
mercial Tax Dept, CM said that dept has an impor-
tant role in state’s revenue collection. About 60%
of total revenue is collected it. He said that after
Raj Chhattisgarh now Jharkhand have also im-
plemented OPS to secure the future of employees.
FROM PG 1
Arvind Mayaram lights the funeral pyre of his mother Late Indira
Mayaram at Lalkothi Mokshadham in Jaipur on Sunday. Also
seen here are CM Ashok Gehlot Dr BD Kalla.
Late Indira Mayaram
Gurjar leaders meet
Om Birla in Delhi
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Adelegation
of Gurjar leaders from
the state met Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla in Del-
hi on Saturday
. Gurjar
leaders including Dr.
Badri Gochar and Vijay
Bainslaandothershelda
discussion with Birla
about the expansion of
the MBC category
. The
meeting was held at Bir-
la’s residence in Delhi.
Bainslatweetedthatthey
also had the privilege of
meeting and discussing
issues with IAS Anjali
Birla, daughter of Birla.

www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/
thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
JAIPUR, MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2022
Entrancing Belle Sejal
eing real and
authentic is
important in
almost all as-
pects of life.
Everyone is
unique for a
reason. We all have
our own paths. To live
life to your fullest po-
tential, you have to be
true to yourself. Sejal
Arora, a ravishing
beauty shares her
journey with City
First.
When asked to de-
scribe herself, the diva
replied, I am born and
brought up
in Jaipur, Rajasthan. I
tend to get nervous at
times and I am not perfect
but I still love the way I do
my things. Acting, Model-
ling, Dancing and Swim-
ming aren’t just my hob-
bies these are a part of
me. Pursuits that bring
out the best of me and
make me happy
.
Talking about some of
the vital qualities to have
to make it in the model-
ling world she said it is
important to master your-
self and to believe in your-
self. Being in the model-
ling industry is not easy
, a
model should handle eve-
rysituationsheisputinto
confidently
, as confidence
is the key to success.
Courage and inspira-
tion are the most impor-
tant of all the virtues be-
cause, without them, you
can’t practice any other
virtue consistently
.
When asked about what
inspired the diva to find
thesupermodelinherand
to share some insides of
her journey
, she replied,
“I did my first fashion
showforabrandname
Catmoss and was de-
c l a r e d the win-
ner. That’s when I real-
ised, that modelling can
be pursued as a career. I
have done several shows
for brands like Khadi,
saras, bigboss etc. I also
hadanopportunitytoplay
the lead role in a movie
and a tv serial on Zee
Marudhra. My mother is
my biggest support sys-
tem. She always has my
back no matter what the
situation is. I had to put a
halt to my modelling ca-
reer due to my studies. In
college, I bagged the title
Miss Fashionista during
my fresher’s party which
inspired me to re-consider
modelling as a career. Lat-
er I was introduced to
Elite Miss Rajasthan. So I
thought of taking this op-
portunity to put myself
forward, putting my exist-
ence to a worthy cause. I
am grateful to Gaurav
Gaur for providing us
girls with such a huge
platform where we can
grow into our beautiful
selves.
Becoming something
isn’t about arriving some-
where or achieving a cer-
tain aim. Instead, it is a
forward motion, a means
of evolving, a way to
reach continuously to-
ward a better self.
Talking about the
most memorable
moment in her ca-
reer she said, be-
ing on the front
page of such a
leading newspa-
per, First India
is my biggest
achievement.
B
A ravishing beauty Sejal Arora in conversation with City First shared her astonishing journey
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

iabetes (be it
Type 1 or Type
2), a metabolic
condition char-
acterized by
a b n o r m a l l y
higher blood
glucose (sugar) levels,
is becoming a grave
problem worldwide. It
is estimated to affect
30.3 million (1 in 10)
Americans as per the
Centers for Disease
Control Prevention.
Generally, blood glu-
cose is managed by diet,
medication and exer-
cise by monitoring the
blood glucose through
the traditional finger-
prick method or labora-
tory testing. The revo-
lution of technology
also emanates a more
convenient and less
painful way to keep
blood glucose levels in
check continuous glu-
cose monitors (CGMs).
WHAT IS A CONTINUOUS
GLUCOSE MONITOR
(CGM)?
A CGM is an automatic
measuring device for
blood glucose levels
throughout the day and
night. This offers glanc-
ing at the trends of
your sugar levels at any
point in time over a few
hours or days.
The first continuous
glucose monitoring sys-
tem among diabetic pa-
tients for use at home
was approved by the
U.S. Food Drug Ad-
ministration in 1991.
The monitor utilizes
the glucose levels in the
interstitial fluid (sur-
rounding the blood ves-
sels) to measure the
blood glucose.
The CGM involves
placing a sensor be-
neath the skin to meas-
ure the 24 hours glucose
levels and simultane-
ously warn one about
critically high or low
blood glucose levels.
The results are tracea-
ble from a wearable de-
vice or cell phone,
which is sent via the
transmitter.
This easy approach
may help individuals
take real-time positive
lifestyle decisions to
monitor the body’s glu-
cose changes through
medicines, food, and
physical activity
.
HOW DOES A CONTINUOUS
GLUCOSE MONITOR
WORK?
A CGM works by wire-
lessly measuring your
interstitial glucose lev-
el (fluid between the
cells). The sensor
records the
b l o o d
g l u -
cose
levels at almost any
time when you are
working, sleeping,
showering, or even ex-
ercising. An alarm is
typically enabled to in-
dicate too high or too
low glucose levels.
Unlike traditional
glucose monitors (that
require multiple finger-
tips prick to test the
blood glucose), CGMs
utilize a one-time inser-
tion of a tiny sensor
wire below the skin sur-
face of the abdomen
(belly) or the arm’s
back. Following this, it
is secured in place with
the help of an adhesive
patch for continuous re-
cording of the blood
glucose levels.
The glucose readings
are recorded by the sen-
sor from the interstitial
fluid beneath your skin
every five minutes and
are then transmitted to
either a smart device,
insulin pump, or elec-
tronic receiver. This
helps chart down the
real-time glucose data
of the users and can
also be downloaded to a
computer seamlessly
.
Some of the CGM
models are recommend-
ed for use among people
above the age of 18
years. However, there
are models available for
use in children as young
as the age of 2 years.
Among several mod-
els of CGM devices list-
ed by the American Dia-
betes Association, the
current ones can be
worn for continuous 7
to 14 days. However, the
long-term CGM models
available for implanta-
tion require a change of
thesensorbythehealth-
care provider.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
WHEN USING A CGM
 If you are using a CGM
for the first time, it is
important to calibrate
the device with the help
of your professional or
by measuring the blood
glucose levels on a stand-
ard glucose meter twice
a day (both the CGM and
standard reading should
be matching).
 Any person with type 1
or type 2 diabetes can use
a CGM for real-time blood
glucose monitoring.
 Depending on various
models, one may also
have to replace the CGM
sensor once every three
to seven days.
 It is important to under-
take necessary actions on
a CGM alarm sound
(towards critical levels of
blood glucose) or consult
your diabetologist.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF A CGM?
Some of the benefits of
CGM, when compared
to a standard blood glu-
cose meter, are:
 Aids in better managing
your daily blood glucose
levels as they help track
spikes between meals,
early morning, and sleep.
 Useful for patients who
are on intensive insulin
therapy or often suffer
from high or low blood
glucose levels.
 With seamless moni-
toring of glucose levels,
chances of low or high
blood glucose emergen-
cies are curbed drasti-
cally. CGMs help identi-
fies four times as many
serious glucose incidents
as a standard glucose
meter.
 Provides a real-time
graphical representation
of targeting your ideal
glucose levels.
 Helps prevent
diabetic complications
and promotes living for
all diabetic patients.
WHAT ARE THE
LIMITATIONS OF
CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE
MONITOR?
 Irritation or uneasiness
when wearing the CGM
sensor initially.
 CGMs are more expen-
sive when compared to a
standard glucose meter.
 Accuracy of some
of the older models of
CGM may interact when
you are critically ill, on
dialysis, pregnant, or
taking certain medica-
tions like acetami-
nophen, lisinopril, and
albuterol; hence, it is
important to consult
your physician before
confirming your CGM
results.
 Further accuracy is
needed to limit the use of
finger-stick glucose tests
for standardizing and con-
firming the CGM results
twice a day.
 Data overloaded may
sometimes lead to
confusion or anxiety.
 There is an issue of
improbability regarding
the different insurance
coverage for the
Continuous Glucose
Monitor’s (CGM) price.
10
ETC
F
A
C
E
O
F
T
H
E
D
A
Y
SAMYRA, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Self-discipline
may help you
achieve peak
physical fitness.
You may need
to monitor
your finances
closely. You are
likely to win the
day on the professional front by your
original ideas. Keep options open on the
investment front. Overall a very good day
for you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A diet plan
adopted recently
will suit your
system well.
Your performance
may leave
you feeling
good today on
professional or
academic front. Maintain confidentiality
regarding a property deal being
negotiated by you. A chance for an outing
with lover finally arrives.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
There is a
fair chance of
some property
getting allotted
to you. Good
opportunities are
likely to appear
on the academic
front. Good
health is assured through own efforts. A
very healthy bank balance will allow you
to buy a major item. Take extra care of
your health in this season.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Opportunities
to further your
career will come
only if you make
efforts. A new
health routine
may start giving
health benefits
right away. You
gel well with a new acquaintance and
develop friendly relations. Financial scene
is likely to stabilise once you review your
investment options.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Be more assertive
in dealing with
workplace issues,
otherwise you
can be taken
for granted by
others. Joining
an online
exercise routine
is indicated and will prove beneficial.
Those trying to boost income may figure
out newer ways. Luck favours you on the
academic front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Health may
become a
concern. You will
need to muster all
your persuasive
powers to swing
a deal in your
favour. Good
negotiating skills
are likely to bring a lucrative deal within
your grasp on the professional front. You
will get help in tying up loose ends on the
domestic front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It will be in your
interest to speed
up a financial
transaction.
You will come
out with flying
colours in a
competitive
situation on the
academic front. Appreciation for the work
done on the professional front is in the
pipeline for some. A very good day in all
terms for you.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Taking up a
regular fitness
routine will help
you get into
shape. Academic
pursuits will be
fruitful. Increase
in household
expenditure is
possible, so take all steps to cut it down.
You will need to choose the investment
schemes wisely to ensure profitable
returns.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some of you
can safely say
goodbye to
depression, as
positivity enters
your life once
again. You may
find it difficult to
convince a family
member regarding something you want
to achieve. Clarity of mind and retentive
power will help you forge ahead on the
academic front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will get
the opportunity
to acquire new
property at a
good price.
Health may
become a
concern. Think
twice before
investing in anything big. A healthy
debate with someone is likely to open
up your mind to the possibilities in your
particular field at work.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your efforts at
work will be
richly rewarded
by getting
noticed by those
who matter. A
balanced diet will
be the first step
in achieving good
health, so stick to it. Help people out
as much as you can as monetarily you
face no problems. Health should be your
priority in this season.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Will power, will
be your key to
remain in shape.
An exciting
time lies ahead
as travelling
with friends is
foreseen. Do not
misunderstand
the motives of someone trying to help
you. You are set to grow professionally
and attract new clientele. Overall a very
good day for you.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Continuous Glucose
Monitoring (CGM)
KARISHMA ABHISHEK
Cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
D
SOURCE: This article is sourced from www.medindia.net. Medindia is a trusted
health site from India and among the top 100 health websites in the world.

K
artik Aaryan is currently mak-
ing the headlines for his upcom-
ing action drama She-
hzada. Direct-
ed by Rohit Dha-
wan, the movie
will also star
Kriti Sanon and
has been one of the
most anticipated mov-
ies of the year. There were
reports that Shehzada will be hit-
tingthescreensonNovember4thisyear.
As per a recent update, the movie has
now been pushed to 2023 for release.
Shehzada will now be released
on February 10. Rohit
Dhawandirecto-
rial is said to
be a Bolly-
wood adap-
tationof Vai-
kunthapura-
muloo.
LIGER IN TREND!
V
ijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday
starrer ‘Liger’ is the talk of the town.
After its much-talked-about poster
launch and the ‘Akdi Pakdi’ track, fans
and audiences are eagerly waiting for the trailer
launch. So for the Vijay Deverakonda and Anan-
ya fans, here is the end of the wait. ‘Liger’
trailer will release on July 21, 2022.
Fans can gear up as Liger’s excitement has
been building for quite some time. Earlier Vijay’s
first look poster where he features naked with
the tagline ‘Saala Crossbreed’ took the internet by
a storm breaking many records. After the hype around the poster, makers also
shared the song poster of ‘Akdi Pakdi’ and then the party track later.
M
asaba Gupta - the
ace designer who has
won hearts with her
fashion sense and de-
signs, has also left everyone
amazed with her acting
skills when she made her
OTT debut with Masaba
Masaba in 2020. And
now Masaba Gupta
is finally re-
turning with
Masaba
Masaba
season
2. In
fact, the
makers
unveiled
the trailer
of the show
on Saturday.
K
atrina Kaif and
P r i y a n k a
Chopra made
their plans to
meet up ‘super soon’
public after their sweet
social media interac-
tion on Katrina’s birth-
day
. The actor celebrat-
ed her birthday in Mal-
dives with Vicky
Kaushal and their
friends. Katrina Kaif
turned 39 on July 16.
Many celebs like
Anushka Sharma and
Sonam Kapoor shared
birthday wishes for
Katrina on social me-
dia. Actor Priyanka
Chopra also wished
Katrina as the two en-
gaged in a sweet
ETC
www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022
11
Fan
Moment
ate actor
Sridevi and
Boney Ka-
poor’s elder
d a u g h t e r
Janhvi Ka-
poor is cur-
rently gearing up for
the release of the
OTT ‘Good Luck Jer-
ry’ that also stars
Deepak Dobriyal and
Sushant Singh.
During one of the
recent media inter-
views,JanhviKapoor
revealed that she
takes the script of
each of my films to
Tirupati. Recalling
how her mother, the
late actor Sridevi,
used to visit the Tiru-
pati temple on her
birthday
.
The actress also
added that when she
worked, mom used to
visit the temple on
her birthday every
year.But,thatstopped
after her marriage.
Elaborating fur-
ther, Janhvi added
that her inner voice
told her to visit the
temple on her birth-
day and she started
going there on her
birthdays.
L
A
nushka Sharma and Virat Kohli
are couples in the industry who
believes in finding joy in simple
things. Despite their busy sched-
ule, Virat and Anushka were seen attend-
ing a devotional event in the city.
In fact, the power couple even obliged
a fan with a photo during the event. In
the pic, Virushka were seen twinning in
white t-shirts and were seen carrying
their respective bags. The pic was cap-
tioned, “Great that Maharaji could bring
us together @virat.kohli and @anushkas-
harma to @krishnadasmusic. Love-
ly meeting and chanting with
you both. Ram Ram!” They
were all smiles while posing
with the fan.
RK EXPECTING TWINS?
A
lia Bhatt announced on Instagram on June 27 that she
and Ranbir Kapoor are expecting to become parents.
Ranbir has now sparked speculations they might
be having twins. Ranbir Kapoor, who is set to be-
come a dad for the first time, has sparked speculations
that he and Alia Bhatt are expecting twins. According to
the sources, Ranbir was asked to play the game of two
truths and one lie. He said, “I am having twins, I am
going to be part of a very big mythological film, I am
taking a long break from work.”
Masaba Masaba
season 2 Trailer
Shehzada pushed to 2023
Janhvi Kapoor
Ananya Panday
Her post...
Anushka Sharma
Alia Bhatt
Kriti
Sanon
Masaba Gupta
Katrina Kaif
Katie-Mimi
MEET

18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf

18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to 18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf

Similar to 18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf (20)

More from FIRST INDIA

More from FIRST INDIA (20)

18072022_First India Jaipur.pdf